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spring top 25
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/04/24/spring.top.25/index.html
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Very interested to see Troy Smith in a full season with some experience. I hadnt seen much of WV last year up until the bowl game. That team is a blast to watch. freakin Booty steps in with Jarrett and Smith waiting for him. Talk about being set up pretty. Kenny Irons, love watching him run with the ball. Reminds me of Cadillac.
Quote from: MURP on April 25, 2006, 02:14:21 PM
Very interested to see Troy Smith in a full season with some experience. I hadnt seen much of WV last year up until the bowl game. That team is a blast to watch. freakin Booty steps in with Jarrett and Smith waiting for him. Talk about being set up pretty. Kenny Irons, love watching him run with the ball. Reminds me of Cadillac.
Last I heard, Mark Sanchez is most likely to start for USC, not Booty.
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its not copy and pastable...perhaps a computer knowlegable fella like murp can post it
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NCAA Football Power Rankings
Rank LW School
1 -- Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2)
Key returnees: QB Troy Smith, WR Ted Ginn Jr., RB Antonio Pittman, DT Quinn Pitcock
Spring star: LB Ross Homan. The true freshman turned heads, drawing comparisons to a young A.J. Hawk.
Lowdown: The offense, which in addition to Smith, Ginn and Pittman welcomed top-rated high school RB Chris Wells during the spring, should be nothing short of powerful. The question is how quickly the Buckeyes' nine new defensive starters -- most of them highly touted, but untested -- jell.
2 -- Texas Longhorns
Texas Longhorns (13-0)
Key returnees: RB Jamaal Charles, T Justin Blalock, DT Frank Okam, S Michael Griffin
Spring star: TE Jermichael Finley. The pass-catching redshirt freshman could be a more athletic version of departed star David Thomas.
Lowdown: Replacing QB Vince Young with a pair of freshmen, Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead, might seem like a recipe for disaster, but the 'Horns are so loaded at the skill positions and on defense that it's been apparent they'll still be able to win without the quarterbacks running for 200 yards.
3 -- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3)
Key returnees: QB Brady Quinn, WR Jeff Samardzija, RB Darius Waker, S Tom Zbikowski
Spring star: QB Jimmy Clausen (H.S. junior). The prep star's much-anticipated announcement on Saturday that he was committing to the Irish upstaged ND's spring game.
Lowdown: With four veteran starters on the line to go with Quinn and the skill guys, coach Charlie Weis' offense, 10th in the country last season, figures to be even more potent. Nine starters return on defense, but the key will be developing a better pass rush and more consistent cornerbacks.
4 -- West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia Mountaineers (11-1)
Key returnees: QB Pat White, RB Steve Slaton, C Dan Mozes, LB Kevin McClee
Spring star: DB Quinton Andrews. The hard-hitting redshirt freshman is pushing for a starting spot in WVU's 3-3-5 stack.
Lowdown: The Mountaineers spent the spring cultivating a more productive passing game to go with the already powerful running combo of Slaton and White. The defense, which played a valuable but unsung role last season, will need several youngsters to step up in the secondary.
5 -- LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers (11-2)
Key returnees: QB JaMarcus Russell, WR Dwayne Bowe, FS LaRon Landry, LB Ali Highsmith
Spring star: DT Glenn Dorsey. LSU coach Les Miles says Dorsey is just as talented as departed stars Kyle Williams and Claude Wroten.
Lowdown: With Russell sitting out spring, backups Matt Flynn and Ryan Perrilloux made their push for playing time. The Tigers shouldn't have a problem reloading on defense, but running back (Alley Broussard and Justin Vincent are both coming off torn ACLs) and offensive line remain question marks.
6 -- Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners (8-4)
Key returnees: RB Adrian Peterson, LB Rufus Alexander, DE Carl Thibodeaux, DE C.J. Ah You
Spring star: CB Reggie Smith. The heralded sophomore, who moved from safety to corner, has the looks of a big-time playmaker.
Lowdown: With eight returning starters, the Sooners will likely trot out their best defense in several years, and a healthy Peterson is obviously a major luxury. The season will turn on how well the young offensive line can protect QB Rhett Bomar, who himself needs to develop.
7 -- USC Trojans
USC Trojans (12-1)
Key returnees: WR Dwayne Jarrett, WR Steve Smith, C Ryan Kalil, DE Lawrence Jackson
Spring star: FB Ryan Powdrell. Pressed into tailback duties because of injuries, the 260-pounder showed surprising running ability.
Lowdown: The offense will remain a mystery until the fall, when QB John David Booty returns from back surgery and several freshmen arrive to replenish the depleted backfield. The Trojans' front seven should be strong, particularly at linebacker, but the secondary could be a weakness again.
8 -- California Golden Bears
California Golden Bears (8-4)
Key returnees: RB Marshawn Lynch, RB Justin Forsett, WR DeSean Jackson, CB Daymeion Hughes
Spring star: LB Worrell Williams. The athletic sophomore was a standout in practices and will likely earn a starting spot.
Lowdown: New offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar installed components of the spread offense, a scary thought considering Cal's plethora of weapons. The only question is which quarterback, Nate Longshore or Joe Ayoob, will run it. The defense, extremely young last year, should be improved.
9 -- Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines (7-5)
Key returnees: QB Chad Henne, WR Mario Manningham, RB Mike Hart, LB LaMarr Woodley
Spring star: LB Shawn Crable. With an impressive spring, the junior is on his way to bumping one of UM's returning starters.
Lowdown: With new coordinators on both offense (Mike DeBord, coordinator for the 1997 title team) and defense (Ron English), the Wolverines figure to be less predictable than past seasons. Much of the O-line and backfield have slimmed down in hopes of becoming a quicker running team.
10 -- Auburn Tigers
Auburn Tigers (9-3)
Key returnees: RB Kenny Irons, QB Brandon Cox, DE Marquies Gunn, LB Will Herring
Spring star: LB Tray Blackmon. The hard-hitting redshirt freshman won the starting weakside linebacker job.
Lowdown: New defensive coordinator Will Muschamp (Nick Saban's former aide) spent much of spring tinkering with his personnel, including moving productive safety Herring to linebacker. Irons gives the Tigers a powerful runner, but some new receivers will need to emerge.
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11 -- Florida Gators
Florida Gators (9-3)
Key returnees: QB Chris Leak, WR Dallas Baker, LB Brandon Siler, DT Marcus Thomas
Spring star: WR Cornelius Ingram. The converted quarterback emerged as one of the Gators' top playmakers.
Lowdown: Leak, who will be a senior, looks more comfortable in Urban Meyer's offense, though heralded frosh Tim Tebow outplayed him in the spring game. The defense figures to be solid yet again. Last year's weaknesses -- the tailbacks and offensive line (which loses four starters) -- remain major question marks.
12 -- Florida State Seminoles
Florida St. Seminoles (8-5)
Key returnees: QB Drew Weatherford, RB Lorenzo Booker, WR Greg Carr, LB Buster Davis
Spring star: LB Lawrence Timmons. Ernie Sims' hard-hitting successor was named most dominant defender of the spring.
Lowdown: Weatherford, who will be a second-year starter, made major strides this spring, throwing just one interception in scrimmages, and the defense, despite losing seven starters, looks solid again. The question is whether the offensive line will improve enough to bolster FSU's sagging running game.
13 -- Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Bulldogs (10-3)
Key returnees: RB Thomas Brown, T Daniel Inman, DE Quentin Moses, S Tra Battle
Spring star: DE Charles Jonnson. Coaches say the junior has emerged as a dominant force opposite Moses.
Lowdown: The Dawgs will likely rely on their dominant defense and deep backfield (Brown, Danny Ware and Kregg Lumpkin) early on as they break in a new quarterback. Senior Joe Tereshinski remained No. 1 after spring, but heralded freshman Matthew Stafford will be a factor.
14 -- Clemson Tigers
Clemson Tigers (8-4)
Key returnees: RB James Davis, WR Chansi Stuckey, DE Gaines Adams, LB Anthony Waters
Spring star: WR/RB Rendrick Taylor. The electrifying sophomore caught four passes for 174 yards in the spring game.
Lowdown: QB Will Proctor, taking over full-time for departed Charlie Whitehurst, steps into what could be a loaded and balanced offense. The Tigers also return seven starters from a defense that ranked in the top 25 last season, though they'll miss DBs Tye Hill and Jamaal Fudge.
15 -- Louisville Cardinals
Louisville Cardinals (9-3)
Key returnees: QB Brian Brohm, RB Michael Bush, WR Mario Urrutia, WR Harry Douglas
Spring star: LB Lamar Myles. The sophomore may bump top returning tackler Nate Harris as the starting middle linebacker.
Lowdown: Brohm, recovering from a torn ACL, didn't participate in spring scrimmages, yet the offense was its usual, dominant self, with Urruita and Douglas taking their games to another level. The defense, which loses sack master Elvis Dumervil, struggled to sustain a pass rush.
16 -- Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-4)
Key returnees: QB Zac Taylor, WR Nate Swift, LB Corey McKeon, DE Adam Carriker
Spring star: RBs Marlon Lucky and Cody Glenn. The sleek sophomores combined for 182 yards in the spring game.
Lowdown: Taylor began showing command of coach Bill Callahan's West Coast offense late last season; the key now is developing a solid running game with Lucky and Glenn. The defense has the potential to be spectacular, particularly the front seven. Some new safeties need to emerge.
17 -- Oregon Ducks
Oregon Ducks (10-2)
Key returnees: QB Dennis Dixon, RB Jonathan Stewart, WR James Finley, S Patrick Chung
Spring star: WR Derrick Jones. The former USC signee could be Oregon's top receiver -- if the NCAA clears him to play.
Lowdown: The Ducks' defense, despite losing DT Haloti Ngata and three veteran defensive backs, has been impressive in scrimmages. The offense, however, which must replace weapons Terrence Whitehead, Demetrius Williams and Tim Day needs to develop more consistency.
18 -- Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5)
Key returnees: QB Drew Tate, RB Albert Young, DE Ken Iwebema, LB Edmond Miles
Spring star: C Rafael Eubanks. The redshirt freshman soared up the depth chart and might start come fall.
Lowdown: Tate and Young are All-Big Ten studs, but it's unclear who will step up in place of departed receivers Ed Hinkel and Clinton Solomon. A strong D-line, and safeties Miguel Merrick and Marcus Paschal, will anchor a defense that lost star LBs Chad Greenway and Abdul Hodge.
19 -- Penn St. Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions (11-1)
Key returnees: RB Tony Hunt, T Levi Brown, LB Paul Posluszny, DT Jay Alford
Spring star: QB Anthony Morelli. The junior looked sharp in his first spring game as a starter, completing 13-of-16 passes for 191 yards.
Lowdown: The Nittany Lions must replace 13 starters, including four-fifths of the O-line, three-fourths of the D-line and the entire secondary. Morelli, a better passer than predecessor Michael Robinson, will be called on to produce big plays with PSU's talented young receivers.
20 -- Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes (9-3)
Key returnees: QB Kyle Wright, TE Greg Olsen, S Brandon Merriweather, LB Jon Beason
Spring star: T Reggie Youngblood. The sophomore looks capable of filling Eric Winston's shoes at left tackle.
Lowdown: Despite an influx of six new assistants, not much has changed in Coral Gables if the spring game is any indication -- the defense remains dominant, while the offense is a work in progress. Wright and Kirby Freeman managed just 77 passing yards in the scrimmage.
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21 -- TCU Horned Frogs
TCU Horned Frogs (11-1)
Key returnees: QB Jeff Ballard, RB Robert Merrill, RB Aaron Brown, DE Chase Ortiz
Spring star: DT Lorenzo Jones. A heralded signee in 2005, the sophomore will likely play a big role this fall.
Lowdown: The Frogs return one of the nation's deepest backfields with Merrill, Brown and Lonta Hobbs, but their success will depend on how well four new O-line starters develop. A new playmaker needs to step in for the departed Cory Rodgers. Ortiz and DE Tommy Blake anchor a strong front seven.
22 -- Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1)
Key returnees: RB Kenneth Darby, WR D.J. Hall, T Kyle Tatum, LB Juwan Simpson
Spring star: QB John Parker Wilson. Brodie Croyle's successor made big plays, but also big mistakes throughout spring.
Lowdown: It's a year of transition for the Tide, which must replace nearly every key cog (LBs DeMeco Ryans and Fredie Roach, S Roman Harper, et al.) from last year's dominant defense. Four returning starters from the O-line, which allowed 37 sacks in 2005, have shown improvement.
23 -- Arizona St. Sun Devils
Arizona St. Sun Devils (7-5)
Key returnees: QBs Sam Keller and Rudy Carpenter, WR Terry Richardson, TE Zach Miller
Spring star: LB Mike Nixon. The 22-year-old walk-on and former Triple-A catcher has made a push for major playing time.
Lowdown: There's little question the offense will be explosive regardless of which QB starts. As for ASU's oft-maligned defense, transfers Michael Marquardt (BYU) and Loren Howard (Northwestern) figure to beef up the line, while speedy WR Rudy Burgess is also playing cornerback.
24 -- Virginia Tech Hokies
Virginia Tech Hokies (11-2)
Key returnees: DE Chris Ellis, LB Vince Hall, LB Xavier Adibi, K Brandon Pace
Spring star: CB Victor Harris. After spending part of spring at tailback, the athletic sophomore leapt to first-string corner.
Lowdown: The Hokies should field one of the nation's stingiest defenses yet again. The offense, however, is in a state of flux, with sophomore Sean Glennon claiming a tenuous hold on the QB job, while graduation (Mike Imoh, Cedric Humes) and injuries (Branden Ore) have depleted the backfield.
25 -- Utah Utes
Utah Utes (7-5)
Key returnees: QB Brett Ratliff, WR Brian Hernandez, CB Eric Weddle, S Casey Evans
Spring star: RB Daryl Poston. The oft-injured USC transfer has finally ascended to No. 1 tailback.
Lowdown: The Utes' offense took off at the end of last season after Ratliff took over for the injured Brian Johnson. He'll have the benefit of a deep receiving corps and veteran O-line. Eight starters return from an already solid defense, though DT Steve Fifita and LB Spencer Toone are big losses.
i coulda done that but its virtually unreadable in that form
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 25, 2006, 02:49:09 PM
i coulda done that but its virtually unreadable in that form
meh, beggars cant be choosers.
true
i just thought there was some computer savy way to post it so that it looked like the webpage
maybe Big Ed knows.
EASY!!!!!
PSU will end the season no worse than #15. Book that, suckers.
If you allowed HTML code here (and allowed 100000 characters per post :P ), it might be possible
(http://www.concretefield.net/forum/Smileys/classic/tongue.gif) (http://www.bigedisgay.com)
BTW, if anyone gives a crap, Ohio State changed their home jerseys to have the stripes match the helmet....
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Ohio State girls are ugly and fat. I would rather eat out a rat!
So, farg! you! Ohiiioooo State. You're a know-nothing party school!
shhh temple be comin
Quote from: Dillen37 on April 25, 2006, 02:19:45 PM
Quote from: MURP on April 25, 2006, 02:14:21 PM
Very interested to see Troy Smith in a full season with some experience. I hadnt seen much of WV last year up until the bowl game. That team is a blast to watch. freakin Booty steps in with Jarrett and Smith waiting for him. Talk about being set up pretty. Kenny Irons, love watching him run with the ball. Reminds me of Cadillac.
Last I heard, Mark Sanchez is most likely to start for USC, not Booty.
Maybe not now he was arrested for sexual assault according to the bottom line on Sportcenter.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2423430
This season I am rooting for Va. Tech (who I usually seem to root for towards the end of the season) and South Carolina.
YOU'LL NEVER LICK OUR COCKS!
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Quote from: henchmanUK on April 28, 2006, 06:27:16 AM
This season I am rooting for Va. Tech (who I usually seem to root for towards the end of the season) and South Carolina.
It's probably obvious to most people, but it's totally gay to pick the team(s) you're rooting for before the season even starts. You Brits are weird people.
Try team loyalty. The Golden Gophers hate you now, and you will feel the wrath.
Quote from: FFatPatt on April 28, 2006, 07:17:21 AM
Quote from: henchmanUK on April 28, 2006, 06:27:16 AM
This season I am rooting for Va. Tech (who I usually seem to root for towards the end of the season) and South Carolina.
It's probably obvious to most people, but it's totally gay to pick the team(s) you're rooting for before the season even starts. You Brits are weird people.
Try team loyalty. The Golden Gophers hate you now, and you will feel the wrath.
I don't care. It's college football. I like watching it but haven't had a real affinity with a team yet. The only teams I really care about are the Eagles and Watford FC in soccer over here (and I've had my heart broken by those teams more than I care to remember so don't question my "team loyalty") - and the White Sox and Flyers to a lesser degree. I rooted for the Gophers when they had a Brit kicking for them in much the same why I like the Bulls in the NBA at the moment because they have Luol Deng.
abc saturday nite primtime schedule....btw its about time abc did this...a regular sat nite game was due years ago
• Sept. 2, 8 p.m. ET: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech
• Sept. 9, 8 p.m. ET: Ohio State at Texas
• Sept. 16, 8 p.m. ET: Nebraska at USC
• Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ET: Notre Dame at Michigan State; USC at Arizona
• Sept. 30, 8 p.m. ET: Ohio State at Iowa or Michigan at Minnesota*
• Oct. 7, 8 p.m. ET: Oregon at California; ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST (12-day selection)
• Oct. 14, 8 p.m. ET: Michigan at Penn State; Arizona State at USC
• Nov. 4, 8 p.m. ET: UCLA at California; ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST (12-day selection)
• Nov. 11, 8 p.m. ET: ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST (12-day selection)
• Nov. 18, 8 p.m. ET: California at USC; ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST (12-day selection)
• Nov. 25, 8 p.m. ET: Notre Dame at USC
• Dec. 2, 8 p.m. ET: Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 16, 2006, 12:01:21 PM
• Oct. 14, 8 p.m. ET: Michigan at Penn State
Same weekend as the Eagles/Saints game? Whoa.
didnt even notice that....wow
If rjs and/or phatty are down there with you, it could get ugly.
matty and five of his best friends are coming...howeverr i do not know if rjs is one of them
and you mean more ugly...if thats even possible
Jeff Samardzija signed with the Cubs.....5 yrs, $7.5M only if he stays with baseball. He'll be allowed to play for ND this fall...
Northwestern HC Randy Walker dies at age 52 of apparent heart attack (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2505033)
Ha, some guy on Sporting News was just calling him the best head coach in the Big Ten. not anymore.
Quote from: SunMoTzu on June 30, 2006, 09:01:48 AM
Ha, some guy on Sporting News was just calling him the best head coach in the Big Ten. not anymore.
Even if you're not a JoePa fan, that's complete B.S. Lloyd Carr is better. Jim Tressel is damn good. Joe Tiller and Glen Mason get the job done. Randy Walker was a decent fit at Northwestern, but best coach in the Big Ten? No.
Quote from: FFatPatt on June 30, 2006, 10:32:35 AM
Quote from: SunMoTzu on June 30, 2006, 09:01:48 AM
Ha, some guy on Sporting News was just calling him the best head coach in the Big Ten. not anymore.
Even if you're not a JoePa fan, that's complete B.S. Lloyd Carr is better. Jim Tressel is damn good. Joe Tiller and Glen Mason get the job done. Randy Walker was a decent fit at Northwestern, but best coach in the Big Ten? No.
Lloyd Carr sucks as a coach, think of all the talent that Michigan gets and they still are not as good as they should be. I agree with you on the rest of the coaches.
that weekend is gonna be deadly.
Quote from: EagleFeva on July 01, 2006, 07:31:03 PM
I concur. I'll be sure to pack some maze & blue. :evil
That's akin to supporting terrorism. Sabres > Mets > the anti-christ > U of M > skins
I guess I need to be fitted for a head towel then. ;D
Allah... Holla!!!1!!11!!
Quote from: EagleFeva on July 01, 2006, 11:06:56 PM
I guess I need to be fitted for a head towel then. ;D
Allah... Holla!!!1!!11!!
Change your name to Al-Feva Muhammed Azah Peepe Hussein.
PSU + stripes = new BYU jersey
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Freaking mormons.
Quote from: FFatPatt on July 02, 2006, 06:41:49 AM
Quote from: EagleFeva on July 01, 2006, 11:06:56 PM
I guess I need to be fitted for a head towel then. ;D
Allah... Holla!!!1!!11!!
Change your name to Al-Feva Muhammed Azah Peepe Hussein.
... Jenkins.
QuoteA SEPARATE TRIBUTE FOR LUCIOUS PUSEY
We didn't think Jim Bob Cooter or Kyle Sackrider could be topped. But they have - by a mile. We've been informed of the Eastern Illinois (Division I-AA) Panther formerly known as Lucious Pusey.
We're speechless, except to say this kid was born for porn.
Apparently, he's legally changed his name to Lucious Seymour. Can't blame the guy, but it's shame - a damn shame...
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6227/747/640/Lucious.jpg)
TV and web schedule for the upcoming season.
http://mattsarz44017.tripod.com/football2006.html
Oklahoma starting quarterback Rhett Bomar will not play for the Sooners this season following an investigation by the team, ESPN's Doug Gottlieb and Joe Schad reported Wednesday
Sophomore J.D. Quinn, who was expected to start at guard, was also dismissed.
Oklahoma said that two players had been dismissed by the team but did not identify them. The school said in a statement that the players violated NCAA rules by working at a private business and taking "payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked."
Bomar had a job at a Norman, Okla., car dealer at which he'd work about five hours a week, but claimed, for tax purposes, that he earned $18,000 a year, Schad reported.
:-D :-D
His pops was my football coach my fresh and soph year.
Tyrone Moss and Ryan Moore were suspended for the first Miami game.
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lol
:-D :yay
Quote from: MURP on August 03, 2006, 09:21:30 AM
Tyrone Moss and Ryan Moore were suspended for the first Miami game.
So was James Bryant a highly touted LB prospect from good ole' Reading, PA.
yeah i read about that. reppin' the home town well.
If both of my parents were born in hospitals in Reading, my mother grew up in Kutztown, my father grew up in Reading and was a RHS Red Knight, my father's parents moved to and settled in Kutztown (where his mother still lives), and my father now lives in the Leesport area...
Am I still Berks trash by blood, even though I never lived there?
my moms lives in the leesport area too, right by the reading airport.
and you only become berks country trash if you end up staying there. so you're fine.
Quote from: FFatPatt on August 03, 2006, 04:49:29 PM
If both of my parents were born in hospitals in Reading, my mother grew up in Kutztown, my father grew up in Reading and was a RHS Red Knight, my father's parents moved to and settled in Kutztown (where his mother still lives), and my father now lives in the Leesport area...
Am I still Berks trash by blood, even though I never lived there?
Yes
Conflicting viewpoints, I see.
Well, the one thing we know of for certain is that Kerry Collins is Berks trash. Go Wilson High.
Quote from: FFatPatt on August 03, 2006, 05:09:38 PM
Conflicting viewpoints, I see.
Well, the one thing we know of for certain is that Kerry Collins is Berks trash. Go Wilson High.
So is Chad Henne and I was just kidding.
i was actually back in reading when Mich beat PSU last year. normally everyone around there roots for PSU, but the bar I was at was half MI fans because of that douchebag.
I hope his leg falls off. The right one.
Temple at Buffalo tonight baby!!
it may be awful football, but at least it's meaningful awful football.
did Temple join C-USA this year or is it next?
Temple is independant this year.
They join the MAC next year and have several games against those teams this year.
A quick note on that Temple/Buffalo game: there are 119 I-A teams, and this matchup is #119 at #118... :-D
ha. the battle for Mr Irrelevant
MDS has his face painted and is already loaded on speed-balls and MD 20/20.
more like Juicy Juice.
With cough syrup.
Sizzzzzurp, bitches!
Mmmm... Flaming Moe!
games im watching:
12 pm - Vandy vs. Michigan
3:30pm - PSU vs. Akron.
5:30 pm- Cal vs. Tenn
8pm - Notre Dame vs. GT
8:45pm - USC vs. Arkansas
monday 9pm - FSU vs. Miami
i hope the ND game is a tight one but i think they're gonna omp
Quote from: phattymatty on August 31, 2006, 11:41:41 AM
i hope the ND game is a tight one but i think they're gonna omp
Nothing wrong with a good ompin'.
Quote from: MURP on August 31, 2006, 11:01:09 AM
games im watching:
12 pm - Vandy vs. Michigan
3:30pm - PSU vs. Akron.
5:30 pm- Cal vs. Tenn
8pm - Notre Dame vs. GT
8:45pm - USC vs. Arkansas
monday 9pm - FSU vs. Miami
Im watching South Carolina @ Miss. State today. Sidney Rice is sick.
Calvin Johnson will tear up the ND secondary if Reggie Ball is somewhat competant but Notre Dame wins.
Theres a buzz goin around campus like no other! Ahhh I'm so excited, I just can't hide it. In fact, I don't even get CN8. So I won't even be watching this pile of shtein game.
You can only hope that ESPN GameCast will be up and running.
I really don't give a crap.
Frontrunner.
You're right, after we beat Buffalo, I'm running out to buy my Tim Smith jersey.
jon ritchie is doing color on the temple game
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 31, 2006, 08:02:17 PM
jon ritchie is doing color on the temple game
I guess you have to start somewhere.
Temple 0
Buffalo 0
Halftime. Thank god I am not watching this game.
Quote from: MDS on August 31, 2006, 08:11:17 PM
Temple 0
Buffalo 0
Halftime. Thank god I am not watching this game.
It's that stellar Temple defense.
temple ties it at 3 with two minutes left
had first in goal inside the ten including a 3 and 1 at the one and couldnt punch it in
Tim Smith kinda sucks. Oh well. OT.
See ya Temple.
This officially declares another winless season pretty much.
#118 Buffalo 9
#119 Temple 3
F/OT
STFU Ed. I'm gonna steal all your McFarlane figures and baseball cards.
I still think Temple goes to a bowl game.
Yes, I'm kidding.
Anyone see Central Michigan's trick play? Funny as hell.
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/971/cmutrickplayuy0.jpg)
The QB was lined up in shotgun behind the middle OL. The normal offensive line just stood there with their hands on the ground and after the ball was snapped they didnt even get out of their stance. Try to watch ESPN or something, it's so farging funny. Boston College ended up blitzing like 4 guys on the 3 OL and the QB had to scramble and ended up throwing a pick.
Louisville RB Michael Bush, the top senior RB in next year's draft, broke his leg tonight and is done for the year...
Quote from: BigEd76 on September 03, 2006, 10:49:31 PM
Louisville RB Michael Bush, formerly the top senior RB in next year's draft, broke his leg tonight and is done for the year...
Fixed.
Now the Eagles can draft him at the end of the first round. :D
Hell will freeze over before Andy Reid drafts a running back in the 1st round, let alone a *big* back.
big game tonight. Miami/FSU
Can't wait. :yay
ESPN = regular broadcast
ESPN2 = multiple camera angles
ESPNU = overhead camera
ESPN360 = up-to-the-second stats
Im pumped for this game. It's one of the best rivalries.
If anyone is just looking for 07 draft prospects...
FSU RB Lorenzo Booker, LB Buster Davis
Miami QB Kyle Wright, TE Greg Olsen, DE Baraka Atkins, FS Brandon Meriweather, SS Kenny Phillips (sophomore, wouldnt surprise me if he was a top 10 pick after junior season)
Oh, goody. Mike "Everything is exciting" Patrick is doing the game.
FSU 13, Miami 10
boring game
Mike Patrick sure as hell made it exciting. Oh, and I watched it on our awsome 30 inch something tv in the living room. Thats right, the MDS aprtment is jumpin.
miami/FSU was just like ND/GT. Had all the makings of a classic and it just fizzled out at the end. boooo.
Yep, I was unimpressed.
And now one of the Longhorns CBs and a LB/S get locked up on weapons and weed charges. Just like Ramonce Taylor earlier in the year. Taylor was booted.
Tarell Brown is the top corner and was supposed to line up against Teddy Ginn this weekend.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2573024
Great games coming up on SAT though.
Penn State - Notre Dame & Texas - Ohio State.
I've got football wood.
Richmond beats Duke 13-0. Calvin Johnson was incredible for the yellow jackets. The Irish are lucky to get out of there with a win.
Temple is only down 49-0 in the 3rd.
Ha. I talked to this guy Terrell on the team, and he said they were gonna be good. Like I believed him (he also said he was going to the NFL :-D )
Iowa @ Syracuse. 2 OT, score 20-13.
1st down Syracuse stuffed on 2 yard line.
2nd down Syracuse stuffed on 2 yard line.
3rd down Syracuse passes, incomplete, pass interference.
1st down Syracuse stuffed on 1 yard line.
2nd down Syracuse stuffed on 1 yard line.
3rd down Syracuse stuffed on 1 yard line.
4th down Syracuse stuffed on 1 yard line.
UT is fixin' to kill Ohio State, boys.
Troy Smith = overrated
Teddy Ginn - kiss the Heisman goodbye (although since Brady Quinn looks so zesty who else can challenge Ginn?)
Limas Sweed = 2 TDs tonight.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 09, 2006, 07:55:10 PM
UT is fixin' to kill Ohio State, boys.
Troy Smith = overrated
Teddy Ginn - kiss the Heisman goodbye (although since Brady Quinn looks so zesty who else can challenge Ginn?)
Limas Sweed = 2 TDs tonight.
Adrian Peterson?
Possibly.
HOOK 'EM HORNS!!
Simmer down there, Billy Bob.
62-0.
Like I care.
You heard it here first:
Notre Dame will lose exactly one game before the bowls. They will be #2 in the polls and go to the national championship game despite at least one division I-A school going undefeated but being lower in the rankings.
All hail Notre Dame's supposed mass appeal.
Is Bevo playing tonight? Christ almighty.
Colt McCoy isn't looking too good. But then again - compared to what Vince did last year it's hard to beat that.
Is anyone going to cover that Gonzalez dude? Jesus.
Charles and Young looked good.
Pittman's fumble was farging stupid. Nice hands, shteinbag.
OMG an Eddie George sighting! SIGN HIM NOW!!
Limas Sweed has been shut down.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 09, 2006, 10:42:44 PM
OMG an Eddie George sighting! SIGN HIM NOW!!
You're red-flagged for the weekend.
The NCAA finally got something right.
QuoteBrotherly love
NCAA grants McElrathbey waiver to care for sibling
Posted: Monday September 11, 2006 11:50PM; Updated: Tuesday September 12, 2006 12:19AM
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson staff will be able to provide assistance to a freshman football player who is taking care of his little brother, the school said Monday.
Ray Ray McElrathbey, 19, has temporary custody of his 11-year-old brother, Fahmarr, because of his mother's continuing drug problems and his father's gambling addiction. The two brothers have moved from foster homes to sharing an apartment by the campus.
"I want to thank the Clemson family for all their support in this situation. That includes my teammates and the Clemson student body," McElrathbey said after practice Monday. "I can't tell you how many students came up to me and said they were willing to help."
The school had asked the NCAA for a waiver of its rule prohibiting athletes from obtaining gifts, cash or other benefits not available to the general student population.
"Once the NCAA became aware of the circumstances, we immediately began working with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Clemson University to address this unique situation," said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president of membership services. "NCAA extra benefit rules are designed to ensure student athletes do not receive financial or other benefits that are not readily available to all students.
"If there is a special circumstance, like this case, the institution and conference may seek a waiver."
McElrathbey will be allowed to receive assistance, such as local transportation and child care for Fahmarr.
"That will be great for my brother and relieve me of some worries about providing for him," McElrathbey said.
The most important thing for McElrathbey has been finding people who can pick his brother up from school and getting "some help from grown-ups looking after Fahmarr," Clemson athletic department spokesman Tim Bourret said.
For this past weekend's game at Boston College, some of McElrathbey's friends at school stayed with Fahmarr back in South Carolina. Now, that task more likely will be taken over by the wives of assistant coaches, Bourret said.
"I might be more excited about the ability of the Clemson athletic department staff being able to give Fahmarr a ride to and from school, and to be able to take care of him when I am on the road with the team. That will solve a lot of problems. That was a constant worry," McElrathbey said.
The two brothers had been living solely off McElrathbey's scholarship, but Clemson plans to establish a trust fund to coordinate financial contributions to help pay for normal living expenses, Clemson athletics director Terry Don Phillips said in a news release.
Bourret said details of how the trust will be set up and how it will collect money have not been finalized, but he said the university is prohibited from coordinating a fundraiser with a football game.
McElrathbey has said he sought custody because he was tired of worrying what might happen to Fahmarr living with their mother in Atlanta. "I wasn't going to let him go back to a foster home, back to the system," McElrathbey said.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 09, 2006, 07:55:10 PM
UT is fixin' to kill Ohio State, boys.
Troy Smith = overrated
Teddy Ginn - kiss the Heisman goodbye (although since Brady Quinn looks so zesty who else can challenge Ginn?)
Limas Sweed = 2 TDs tonight.
ha, good call.
Quote from: SunMo on September 12, 2006, 06:49:50 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 09, 2006, 07:55:10 PM
UT is fixin' to kill Ohio State, boys.
Troy Smith = overrated
Teddy Ginn - kiss the Heisman goodbye (although since Brady Quinn looks so zesty who else can challenge Ginn?)
Limas Sweed = 2 TDs tonight.
ha, good call.
Thanks. :flipoff
Feel-good story of the year! (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2585781)
QuoteNorthern Colorado backup punter arrested
GREELEY, Colo. -- The University of Northern Colorado's reserve punter was arrested Tuesday, accused of stabbing his rival in his kicking leg.
Mitch Cozad, a sophomore from Wheatland, Wyo., allegedly attacked starting punter Rafael Mendoza in a parking lot in Evans on Monday night, Evans police Lt. Gary Kessler said.
Mendoza, the Bears' first-string punter from Thornton, was treated and released from the North Colorado Medical Center Monday night. Coach Scott Downing said Mendoza will not punt for UNC in Saturday's game at Texas State University.
"I don't know how long he'll be out because I haven't talked to the doctor," Downing said.
Cozad, Mendoza and freshman Zak Bigelow had been in a three-way race for the starting punter's job in preseason training. Mendoza has averaged 37.6 yards per punt on nine punts in the two games so far this season.
Cozad is facing second-degree assault charges and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday for a bond hearing. He was suspended from the team, evicted from his residence and expelled from school on Tuesday, The Greeley Tribune reported.
Take some notes Tanya.
Tanya? (http://www.tanyamemme.com/)
Ha! I remember when she worked for Directv along with that douche bag Mat Gallant. No one could teach me how to program my remote or reset my system quite like Tanya could.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 13, 2006, 01:22:00 PM
Ha! I remember when she worked for Directv along with that douche bag Mat Gallant. No one could teach me how to program my remote or reset my system quite like Tanya could.
I think her brains are actually located in her boobs, and I don't have a problem with that.
Michigan is killing Notre Dame, and I like it.
Minnesota 62
Temple 0
And Wake Forest wins again, continuing their trek to what will obviously be the most dominating season in the history of CFB. Beating Duke by one propels you to such things.
See ya ND.
34-14 at halftime. ND sucks I love it.
Also, Louisville all over Miami. Impressive.
Another Quinn INT, returned inside the 5. 37-14
I am anxious to see what scoutsnotebook.com says about this.
I didn't even know Temple was playing. Why the hell do we even field a team. Dear god.
Amazing ending to the LSU/Auburn game. Russell drove LSU down the field with no timeouts, then on the final play, he completed a pass to the 5-yd line, where the receiver was laid out before he could get into the endzone. 7-3 Auburn final.
I wouldn't call it amazing, Mr. Overdramatic. But it was good.
oregon oklahoma on the other hand was a great finish
If Brady Quinn keeps playing like this, not only is he not going to be the #1 overall pick, but he won't be a first round pick.
Depending on who has #1, Adrian Peterson could go #1 instead...
..Or Calvin Johnson.
Calvin Johnson is amazing. He'd be a perfect player for this offense, but we won't be nearly high enough to get him.
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The officials and the replay booth people that worked the Oklahoma/Oregon game were all suspended for one game...
Quote from: Bunkley78 on September 16, 2006, 09:49:25 PM
Calvin Johnson is amazing. He'd be a perfect player for this offense, but we won't be nearly high enough to get him.
Oh I don't know about that. This team has all the time in the world to choke away the season.
I can't believe Miami and FSU lost. What a good weekend. I hope the PSU-OSU game is a good one this weekend.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2594565
It's like called the "shaka" sign, dudes, or as we say in Hawaii "What you fargah, like beef?".
gt's unis and specifically their helmets are incredible
Word. It's their '69-70's throwbacks uni. They should have never changed them.
What a joke. At least MSU covered.
michigan st meltdown
its 15 minutes long but def worth a listen
http://houserockbuilt.hipcast.com/download/6234cccd-66ab-f3bd-7407-6915acb69e9d.mp3
damn im watching the lehigh harvard game and did not know that sedale threatts son is the lehigh qb
Michigan State lost at home to Illinois. They should kill themselves...
#11 Va. Tech is about to go down. Georgia Tech is spanking them 38-20.
Michigan State lost at home to Illinois. They should kill themselves...
classic letdown week for mich state...i didnt predict illinois would win outright but i put a quarter on them for that reason
I wonder how good Garrett Wolfe will be in the NFL?
Temple only lost 48-14 or something. To Vandy. Another moral victory of not getting shutout.
Has Temple football ever been good?
Philly paper today... Temple/Kent tickets at the linc 50 yard line for $9. Sounds like $9 too much.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 01, 2006, 01:29:54 AM
I wonder how good Garrett Wolfe will be in the NFL?
People always say he's too small but I dont buy it. They'll hold it against him, but he definitely should go day 1. Sproles went in the 4th, Drew in the 2nd, and Wolfe should probably be somewhere in between.
Quote from: MURP on October 01, 2006, 09:56:19 AM
Philly paper today... Temple/Kent tickets at the linc 50 yard line for $9. Sounds like $9 too much.
correct. they always get freshman to buy tickets, but nobody else does. once you go to a 62-0 game, you learn your lesson not to bother with temple football, and only to be disappointed by temple basketball.
Quote from: MDS on October 01, 2006, 10:57:38 AM
only to be disappointed by temple basketball.
Atleast they have Mardy Collins :D ;D
Oh.
Our two best players failed some classes and won't play until december. Good times.
Arkansas goes into #2 Auburn and whooped their asses 27-10.
Possibly Temple's last shot at a win this year and they lose at home to Kent
It was only 28-17. That's basically a win.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 07, 2006, 04:04:33 PM
Possibly Temple's last shot at a win this century and they lose at home to Kent
who does the big CBS game with Verne now? i know it's an ABC guy but i can't place who. Griese?
Gary Danielson, moron.
the last part of that was inappropriate
I know, I still love you sweetie.
you silly jew bastich
aww, you know you love me.
(http://www.profootballtalk.com/CorsoSign.jpg)
:-D
Haha that is great.
ha!
haha!
:-D
Temple had a 3-0 lead on Clemson......then Clemson scored 63 unanswered... :-D
National Championship
The fact is we had a lead against Clemson. That is justice enough.
Miami vs. FIU brawl (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=262872390) :o
Jeez.
The new breed of thugs. Play someone harder than an 0-6 Sun Belt team, f'ers....
Good thing Willie Williams wasn't in that.
31 suspended from the brawl. (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=Ar.7ofEQPBh2SxTD4mn3J0YcvrYF?slug=ap-miami-brawlsuspensions&prov=ap&type=lgns)
One of the Miami players suspended was a student of mine when he was in 8th grade. :paranoid
a former Miami player and current (as of last Saturday) commentator for CSS was fired for his comments after the brawl.
Quote"Now, that's what I'm talking about," Thomas said as the brawl raged out of control. "You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don't come into the OB playing that stuff. You're across the ocean over there. You're across the city. You can't come over to our place talking noise like that. You'll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing."
They played that on Mike & Mike this morning. Unbelievable.
Someone said Florida International players are just jealous because they couldn't get into the U. Whatever...
I believe FIU kicked 2 guys off the team and extended the suspension of the others.
Miami did the same thing to one guy. He's gone, I think the one who swung the helmet. The guy who tried to be Albert Hayensworth probably just his suspension extended.
Goodbye, Larry Coker.
Biggest slap on the wrist ever. UM suspended the vast majority of their invovled players one freaking game... against Duke. Of course, they'll all be back for their shot at the ACC championship against Ga. Tech the next week.
Temple-NIU is on Comcast. I can't even watch this junk. They are so bad.
Quote from: EagleFeva on October 18, 2006, 12:26:13 PM
Biggest slap on the wrist ever. UM suspended the vast majority of their invovled players one freaking game... against Duke. Of course, they'll all be back for their shot at the ACC championship against Ga. Tech the next week.
farging Miami... they squeaked... and I mean squeaked by Duke 20-15 by picking off a pass AT THE GOAL LINE as Duke was going for the go ahead score.
Washington tied the game in the final seconds with a hail mary that was tipped and caught for a TD. Crazy game up there at Cal.
Go Rutgers. Just figured I'd get that in before they drop a stupid loss....since I've been mocking myself for being a Rutgers fans for quite awhile now. That said, I still say Brian Leonard would look good in midnight green.
Quote from: Zanshin on October 24, 2006, 12:31:46 PM
Go Rutgers. Just figured I'd get that in before they drop a stupid loss....since I've been mocking myself for being a Rutgers fans for quite awhile now. That said, I still say Brian Leonard would look good in midnight green.
No doubt.
this is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMsT_2teus&eurl=
Quote from: phattymatty on October 24, 2006, 04:12:45 PM
this is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMsT_2teus&eurl=
"that's the final drive of the game"
That was actually really funny.
Juan Castillo doesn't think so
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TEMPLE WINS
haha!! we win a farging game!!!!!
I thought b-ball season started, I was shocked!!!
Temple wins and USC loses on the same day. Does not compute.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 28, 2006, 07:48:04 PM
Temple wins and USC loses on the same day. Does not compute.
Meh. If USC lost
to Temple,
that would be something.
My nephew graduated from Temple last spring. When I got home there was a message from him on my answering machine. He was talking shtein about Temple winning today.
:-D :yay
First time since Nov 2004. Against the Cuse. I knew this year was gonna be bad, but I think they are gonna be competing at the MAC level soon enough. And I'm not just saying that because they managed to win a game today, they had the best recruiting class in the MAC, we have the best city/stadium out of any of the MAC schools and Al Golden seems like he means business.
We'll see. It would amazing if our coming out party could be against Penn State at the Linc next year. But, were probably not ready to compete with a Big 10 team and also the place will be 98% PSU fans.
Florida St loses to Maryland 27-24 on a blocked FG with about :30 seconds left.
FSU now 4-4, the worst record since Bowden's 1st year as coach in '76.
The old racist farg deserces a zesty, bowless year.
My least favorite old inept coach, Bobby Bowden, should retire so my favorite old inept coach, JoePa, can get some recognition.
For serious.
Brodrick Bunkley must've been the difference between last year's Orange Bowl FSU squad and this year's group of losers. Because mostly they had underclassmen on that team that are still there... but Bunkley isn't. Mwah. Go Eagles.
Quote from: MDS on October 28, 2006, 10:44:35 PM
The old racist farg deserces a zesty, bowless year.
Charlie Ward would differ with you.
USC's loss has the potential to cause chaos. Someone's going to have to lose the Ohio State-Michigan game, and it's very possible that one of the Big East teams will emerge undefeated. It's questionable whether an undefeated Big East team would go to the BCS championship, especially if that undefeated team happens to be Rutgers.
Since my undergrad is an Ivy and I don't have much allegiance to my grad school, chaos is basically the only thing I root for in college football.
Rutgers-Ohio State for the national championship would be cumming the pants worthy.
Wake Forest is 7-1. hahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaah
Ohhh I'm going to be there Saturday when Wake hosts BC. Wake has the chance to win two games in a row as a ranked team in the first time in our history. :-D
Michigan State coach John L. Smith done at end of season (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2645774)
Not shocking.
should have never left louisville
(http://mgoboard.com/blogmedia/coach-slappy-animated.gif)
Great game on tonight...I hope it lives up to the hype.
WVU vs. The Lou
yeah i cant wait for this game
i bet on louisville +1
The first college football game I ever went to was Penn State/West Virginia in the early 1970's. Man, those teams friggen hated each other back then.
:paranoid
ive never heard the 'N' word used more in my life than when i went to wva psu when major harris was playing
it wasnt directed at you, mr. chocolate face?
WVU vs. PIT is pretty heated too...
One of my cousins goes to WV. Dude's been drunk since yesterday waiting for this game. HIm and his boys are in Lousiville for the game.
It's a shame that Penn State had to abandon their traditional rivalries when they took the money and ran to the Big 10.
PSU/WVU was the biggest game on the schedule back then and although Penn State would regularly give the Mountaineers an ass kicking, it was still a fun game to go to.
my brother went to wva phreak....you need to visit your cousin....there is no place on the planet easier to get laid than morgantown....theres a bar called speedies there where they literally give it away
I've been out there to pick him up but we couldn't stay to party. I will probably be heading out there next year in the spring for a couple of days. I've heard the stories from a buncha people about how Morgantown is -- crazy! Me and my other cousin were talking about the trip out the other day. :yay
Finally, a reason to go to West Virginia.
Solid game last night. I wish WVU would've won though. Steve Slaton is a goddamn beast. I'd love to see him in green.
Louisville's football program is better than its basketball program.
Think about that for a second.
:deion
so much for the ACC taking all the good big east football teams.
Joe Pa went down earlier with a hyperextended knee :( He had a wisconson player put a helmet on his knee and it went backwards a little bit
Unbelievable ending to Penn/Princeton...
2nd OT, 24-24
Princeton is stuffed on 4th and 1 from the goalline, but the RB tossed it back to the QB before his knee hit the ground, allowing the QB to take it into the endzone. 31-24.
Penn's chance to tie....TD on the first play. 31-30
Tying PAT from the backup kicker (a WR)....botched snap, holder is tackled out of bounds at the 2....
Rich spoiled white kids playing football. woohoo.
Hurricanes player shot to death after leaving practice. (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2653361)
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 03, 2006, 09:12:58 AMSteve Slaton is a goddamn beast.
His high school (Conwell-Egan) is 5 minutes away from me...
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 07, 2006, 11:47:24 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 03, 2006, 09:12:58 AMSteve Slaton is a goddamn beast.
His high school (Conwell-Egan) is 5 minutes away from me...
My cousin knows him, he played in the same backfield with him in the All Star game. Sadly Slaton's now a Heisman candidate while my cousin's wasting away his oppurtunity.
(Wake Forest)
Miami DL Bryan Pata shot and killed last night (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2653361)
QuoteUniversity of Miami defensive lineman Bryan Pata was shot and killed Tuesday night at his apartment complex, school officials said.
The shooting occurred about two hours after the Hurricanes ended their afternoon practice.
Pata, a 22-year-old senior who grew up in Miami, was pronounced dead in the parking lot outside his apartment, and his death was ruled a homicide, Miami-Dade police spokesman Roy Rutland said.
"Right now, we're just gathering ourselves and just trying to pull ourselves together," Miami athletic director Paul Dee said.
Rutland said police were called at 7:30 p.m. to the scene and found Pata's body. He lived about 4 miles from campus.
"Tonight the University of Miami tragically lost a member of our football family, Bryan Pata," the university athletic department said in a release. "Bryan was a fine person and a great competitor. He will be forever missed by his coaches and teammates. We offer our thoughts and prayers to his family."
The university also urged anyone with information about Pata's death to call police.
ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard, who lives in Miami and was on campus Tuesday night, said coach Larry Coker was said to be "numb" at the news of Pata's death. Players met with Coker and coaches from other Miami sports gathered to lend Coker support.
The circumstances around Pata's death were not immediately clear, and Miami-Dade police did not say who made the 911 call after the shooting.
"They just shot him dead," Tonya Casimir, who identified herself as the player's cousin, told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach by phone from the one of one of Pata's family members. "He's gone."
The 6-foot-4, 280-pound lineman was in his fourth year with the Hurricanes. He appeared in 41 games, making 23 starts, and was expected to be a first- or second-round pick in next spring's NFL draft. Pata's major was criminology and his hobby was restoring old cars. He told the Miami Herald in August that he and fellow Hurricanes lineman Kareem Brown might one day join the FBI.
"We could be sharpshooters, undercover guys," Pata said. "A couple years later, after pro ball, you never know."
Word spread quickly around campus, and grief counselors were quickly summoned to work with Pata's teammates.
"Pata was a guidance counselor in a way of our football team," Miami quarterback Kirby Freeman told The Associated Press. "He wasn't the captain of the team, yet people would look to Pata for direction on the way things are going. He was definitely a great leader."
Annette Ponnock, Miami's student body president, said Pata -- a fierce player on the field and somewhat soft-spoken off it -- was well known and popular on campus.
"Everyone is just more surprised than anything else," Ponnock said. "He's such a personality on campus. It was just really, really shocking to have such a loss. ... He was a big guy so it was kind of hard to miss him. He just had a presence about him."
The Hurricanes used Pata primarily at defensive tackle this season, and he had 13 tackles and two sacks.
Miami officials haven't yet decided whether the Hurricanes will practice the rest of the week or play Saturday's game at No. 23 Maryland, a school official said Tuesday night.
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford was aware of the shooting and was working with Miami officials to gather information, conference spokeswoman Amy Yakola said.
It was at least the fifth time that tragedy involving a player has struck the Hurricanes in recent years.
In April 1996, reserve linebacker and Miami native Marlin Barnes was murdered in a campus apartment, just before lineman Robert Wodus died in a Valujet plane crash. In 2003, former Miami safety Al Blades was killed in a car accident, about a year after former Miami linebacker Chris Campbell -- who had just completed his eligibility with the Hurricanes -- died in a crash. In 1992, former Miami defensive tackle Jerome Brown also died in a car accident.
Pata's death was the second incident involving guns this season for the Hurricanes.
In July, reserve safety Willie Cooper was shot in the buttocks when confronted in his yard before an early-morning workout. Cooper was not seriously injured. Brandon Meriweather, one of Cooper's teammates and roommates, returned fire at Cooper's assailant, taking three shots that apparently missed, police said.
Several Miami players, including Pata, said that incident was a robbery attempt, and cautioned other teammates to always be aware of their surroundings.
"We're targets because we play for the University of Miami. ... These guys, they know who we are," Miami linebacker Jon Beason said shortly after the Cooper shooting.
That incident prompted Coker to say that he did not want his players to have guns, even if they possessed them legally.
Pata played three seasons at North Miami High before moving on to Miami Central. He chose to attend the University of Miami after considering the Canes, Rutgers, Florida and Oklahoma.
Former South Carolina offensive tackle Woodly Telfort, who played football with Pata at North Miami, said he considered him a best friend and cousin.
"Brian was cool, calm and collective," Telfort told ESPN's Joe Schad on Tuesday night. "He would do anything for his friends. He was a guy everybody loved. Bryan never got in trouble with anybody. I have no clue who would do this to him."
Telfort said he'd spoken with Pata several says ago.
"He was talking about how it had been a tough season, but how things were looking good for him going to the NFL," Telfort said. "He was going to play in the NFL."
Said Miami Central coach Anthony Saunders: ''He was a great kid, a Christian. He had everything going for him. He was a role model and a motivator."
North Miami coach Leonard Graham said he was a father figure to Pata.
"Just like any other kid from the inner city, he was looking for a way out," Graham told ESPN's Schad. "He had his problems, but never had serious trouble. He had learned from his past experiences at Miami and had really grown up into a man."
Graham said Pata had for a time complained about playing time and had missed study halls.
"But I know the streets and to my knowledge he had no conflicts in the streets," Graham said, sobbing. "Maybe someone was jealous. Maybe someone tried to rob him. I have no idea why he was shot. I just know he was shot. I didn't know anyone that disliked him."
The NIU - Toledo game last night was a Fog Bowl. Anyone see that?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 08, 2006, 06:47:22 AM
The NIU - Toledo game last night was a Fog Bowl. Anyone see that?
I think you answered your own question.
First thing I thought of when I heard about Pata was the FIU game.
Anyone think theres a retaliation factor involved there?
people have been got for a lot less
Quote from: Die-Hard on November 08, 2006, 10:34:28 AM
First thing I thought of when I heard about Pata was the FIU game.
Anyone think theres a retaliation factor involved there?
Thought about it.
And its certainly possible. But was he a guy who had a big time part in that fight? Or did he get it because he is associated with The U? Of course the likely answer would be that since it is in the Miami area the crime is high and likely not connected to the FIU stuff, but if it were it would be a crazy story.
Quote from: MDS on November 04, 2006, 06:40:05 PM
Rich spoiled white kids playing football. woohoo.
Says the spoiled rich white kid from Elkins Park...
:-D
So... for those not paying attention:
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Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 08, 2006, 12:15:14 PM
Quote from: Die-Hard on November 08, 2006, 10:34:28 AM
First thing I thought of when I heard about Pata was the FIU game.
Anyone think theres a retaliation factor involved there?
Thought about it.
And its certainly possible. But was he a guy who had a big time part in that fight? Or did he get it because he is associated with The U? Of course the likely answer would be that since it is in the Miami area the crime is high and likely not connected to the FIU stuff, but if it were it would be a crazy story.
Im not sure how much involvement he had in the brawl, but I dont think he was one of the players who was suspended.
But, if it was connected, it would be one of the craziest sports stories of all time.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 08, 2006, 12:36:35 PM
Quote from: MDS on November 04, 2006, 06:40:05 PM
Rich spoiled white kids playing football. woohoo.
Says the spoiled rich white kid from Elkins Park...
:-D
Ha. It depends how you define spoiled. In a sense, all Americans are spoiled. In terms of this country, I'm pretty middle class.
Butch Davis to coach UNC...
Mooch in the running for the MSU job...
So MDS is this Travis Shelton guy actually good or is he just an average player that looks better because of the other Temple players?
He's fast. He outran Devin Hester at their fried chicken and watermelon Afrian American Black Jamboree Ethnic Good Time Family Reunion. But Temple sucks. That said, so does Penn St. Shelton could break one, but would need to get a TD. No matter the field position, there's a good chance Temple will move backwards. Temple's linebackers also suck and they can't get pressue on the QB. The offense is halfway decent at this point. Penn State should win by 50 if they try. 25 if they show up.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 08, 2006, 07:44:02 PM
Butch Davis to coach UNC...
What.
The.
Hell??
Why would Butch Davis take that shtein job? Coker's done at UM. Why not just wait until he's fired and take over Thug U?
Cause they are gonna sign Al Golden. Duh.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 09, 2006, 02:46:31 PM
Why would Butch Davis take that shtein job? Coker's done at UM. Why not just wait until he's fired and take over Thug U?
Chapel Hill's a really nice place.
Expectations won't be too high too fast.
He won't be coaching a bunch of thugs.
His players probably won't be murdered.
etc
UNC is the Arizona Cardinals of NCAA football.
It makes no sense for him to take a job like that when one of the top-5 jobs in the profession is open to him. Conceivably open, anyway.
Chapel Hill's a really nice place.
Expectations won't be too high too fast.
He won't be coaching a bunch of thugs.
His players probably won't be murdered.
etc
they can/will pay him more money than god
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 09, 2006, 04:10:26 PM
It makes no sense for him to take a job like that when one of the top-5 jobs in the profession is open to him. Conceivably open, anyway.
College football in the state of Florida = overrated
After the start of this season, the U isn't even a top-10 job.
And IGY's right anyway - it's all about the dollars.
That's just not true, FF.
UM has its pick of players in the southeast, and especially Florida, and Florida produces some of the best college football players in the country.
Five national championships in the last 20 years goes a long way and then there's the ridiculous number of professionals that the school produces.
I'm telling you, the Hurricanes are like a religion down here for high school players, and Butch Davis is one of the best recruiters ever. As much as it sickens me to say it, if Davis went back to UM, they'd be legitimate contenders again in 3 years, tops.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 09, 2006, 04:36:00 PM
UM has its pick of players in the southeast, and especially Florida, and Florida produces some of the best college football players in the country.
Not anymore. Both Florida and FSU had significantly better recruiting classes last year.
Butch Davis coached at Miami before. May he knows something we don't.
McNabb and LJ on the sidelines taking in the Louisville/Rutgers game.
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 09, 2006, 08:28:31 PM
McNabb and LJ on the sidelines taking in the Louisville/Rutgers game.
Good thing they don't need to worry about gameplan for the skins game.
Throw. Throw. Draw. Punt.
Rinse. Repeat.
They probably got all that in Wednesday.
wasnt that akers behind and in between them
Rutgers #1 :yay
Great come from behind victory for the Scarlet Knights
hell of an ending there.
The guy who was offsides at the end has to feel like total shtein right now.
This is the time of the year where everyone comes out of their hole and pretends to be Rutgers alum.
great win for rutgers...i couldnt have been more wrong on this one...lost money too...i thought louisville would roll but they are not the same team on the road....avg like 50 at home and 20 on the road
I sent Die Hard a text message as the field goal went through the uprights.
I'm shocked I didn't get a return message. SHOCKED, I say!
:-D
As the resident long-suffering Rutgers fan, I say... heh.
Great game; I imagine it would have to be really intriuging even if you didn't care about either team. It was like watching Rocky IV.
the rutgers fan that sits in front of us is going to be insufferable this week
sus?
I cannot wait until Temple wins and all the omigod a bad program won a big game national media attention shifts to lovely north broad
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 10, 2006, 07:17:06 AM
I sent Die Hard a text message as the field goal went through the uprights.
I'm shocked I didn't get a return message. SHOCKED, I say!
:-D
I was too busy storming the field. What a farging game.
Top 3 sporting events I have ever been to...
1. Eagles/Falcons
2. Mets/Cards game 5 2000 NLCS
3. Last night
Creepy...almost 36 years to the day (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2656671)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 10, 2006, 03:33:56 PM
Creepy...almost 36 years to the day (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2656671)
Large Marge sent them
(http://x10.putfile.com/3/7001041378-thumb.jpg)
SoCar vs. Florida on CBS is a pretty good game so far. Defensive game.
Go SoCar!
Marshall plane evacuated due to smoke (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2656671)
Almost 36 years ago to the day is when the Marshall plane crashed with a lot of the team on board. That team back then was in East Carolina. Where was the Thundering Herd this time? Heading to ECU.
Their SID back then died in the crash, Gene Morehouse. His son was aboard yesterday.
The stage is officially set:
#2 Michigan (11-0)
vs.
#1 Ohio State (11-0)
GO BLUE
(http://www.teamflagstore.com/michigan.jpg)
#1 OSU killing Northwestern 54-10 in the 4th
#2 Michigan whups Indiana 34-3
#3 Louisville loses to Rutgers 28-25
#4 Texas plays Kansas State tonight
#5 Auburn gets killed by Georgia 37-15
#6 Florida takes the lead from South Carolina 17-16 in the 4th
#7 USC plays Oregon State tonight
#8 California losing to Arizona 24-20 in the 4th
#9 Notre Dame beats Air Force 39-16
#10 West Virginia beats Cincinnati 42-24
With Louisville and Auburn losing and if Florida and Cal lose, it will be a big shake up in the polls or the BCs computers.
FLA just scored to make it 17-16. A blocked XP earlier on SC is the difference
South Carolina is driving...less than a minute to go and they are in FG range. This has been a fun game to watch.
Damn! SC completes a pass inside the 10 yard line and it is negated by a false start! :o Now out of FG range...
Inc on 2nd down from the 41 3rd down coming up. What a terrible penalty to take.
They are at the 31 yard line now. Let the clock run to :08 and will attempt a 48yd FG to win it.
And the FG is....blocked!!
Jarvis Moss blocks it. He also blocked the XP.
Florida wins 17-16
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 11, 2006, 06:32:08 PM
The stage is officially set:
#2 Michigan (11-0)
vs.
#1 Ohio State (11-0)
GO BLUE
I'm rooting for a scoreless tie and for a non-fatal accident which separates Chad Henne from his penis.
This is my college version of skins/cowfargs... only OSU and Michigan are actually good this year.
As long as it separates Troy Smith from his vagina as well, I'll live with it.
Btw... I know who you hate more in cowgirls/skins... what about between Michigan/OSU?
WAAAAAAAKE
FORESSSSSSSSSSSSSSST.
Quotenew bcs:
Rk Points % Rk Points % Prev Avg
1 Ohio State 11-0 1 2800 .982 1 1574 .999 .930 1 .977
2 Michigan 11-0 2 2688 .943 2 1513 .961 1.000 2 .974
3 USC 8-1 3 2458 .862 4 1373 .872 .860 7 .870
4 Florida 9-1 4 2441 .856 3 1381 .877 .800 4 .850
5 Notre Dame 9-1 5 2267 .795 5 1273 .808 .840 9 .819
6 Rutgers 9-0 7 2024 .710 8 1082 .687 .950 13 .787
7 Arkansas 9-1 6 2234 .784 6 1248 .792 .680 11 .757
8 West Virginia 8-1 8 1864 .654 7 1113 .707 .600 10 .658
9 Wisconsin 10-1 11 1678 .589 10 928 .589 .740 15 .643
10 Louisville 8-1 10 1711 .600 12 884 .561 .750 3 .641
11 LSU 8-2 9 1846 .648 9 1054 .669 .480 12 .603
12 Boise State 10-0 13 1471 .516 13 830 .527 .610 14 .554
13 Texas 9-2 12 1630 .572 11 927 .589 .380 5 .517
14 Auburn 9-2 15 1304 .458 15 721 .458 .480 6 .468
15 California 8-2 17 1033 .362 17 580 .368 .580 8 .439
16 Wake Forest 9-1 14 1341 .471 14 724 .460 .370 19 .436
17 Oklahoma 8-2 16 1257 .441 16 711 .451 .260 17 .387
18 Georgia Tech 8-2 18 936 .328 18 566 .359 .390 18 .361
19 Maryland 8-2 21 567 .199 21 325 .206 .250 23 .220
20 Boston College 8-2 20 600 .211 20 384 .244 .200 22 .219
21 Virginia Tech 8-2 19 694 .244 19 420 .267 .100 21 .205
22 Tennessee 7-3 22 397 .139 23 213 .135 .290 16 .189
23 Nebraska 8-3 23 396 .139 22 228 .145 .020 26 .102
24 Oregon 7-3 25 129 .045 26 72 .046 .170 20 .087
25 Brigham Young 8-2 24 325 .114 24 116 .074 .000 28 .063
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 11, 2006, 09:34:35 PM
Btw... I know who you hate more in cowgirls/skins... what about between Michigan/OSU?
OSU. Michigan beats PSU so much that it's hardly even a rivalry. Plus, I have more respect for UMich as an institution of higher education.
We're gonna drag your ass across the field until your balls are blue,
We're gonna make you suck Jim Tressel's cock until he shoots his goo... P-S-U!
Ohio State girls are ugly and fat,
I would rather eat out a rat!
So, farg! YOU! Ohio State... you're a know-nothing party school!
S-T-A-T-E... farg! YOU!
What's a buckeye?
It's a farging nut.
Who's Jim Tressel?
Who cares? His wife's a slut....
Florida almost loses to a team with more losses than wins in its conference yet still remains in the top 4 of the BCS.
I see. ::)
LOL @ Rutgers soaring from 15 to 6 in the standings. That's great. :yay
Rutgers-OSU/Michigan national title game would be the shtein.
IMO, the BCS championship game should be the winner of the OSU/Mich game, and either the loser of that same game or Rutgers (if they stay undefeated). It would be a fat load of shtein if USC, Florida, or Notre Dame got into the championship game. Especially Florida. They REALLY aren't very good at all.
Agreed. They should have lost to Tennessee but didn't and got lucky as hell against Vanderbilt as well.
Almost losing at home to a mediocre South Carolina team should have dropped them out of the top-5 for sure and it would have if so many other teams didn't choke it up on Saturday.
I do hope that they get into the championship game, though. Michigan or Ohio State would obliterate them. The thought of them gettting humiliated gives me the woodage.
:sly
(http://www.clubbaseball.org/files/Team%20Logo%202.gif)
Seriously, if Rutgers goes undefeated and the OSU/Mich game is a close one, I'd be seriously pissed off if any other team got into the BCS Championship game. That would be a fat load of ass.
Obviously, I would be pissed too. Hardcore pissed. It's a problem that I'm hoping the BCS will have to deal with.
Ohio State -23 RU
Did you just make up that line?
True.
there was fight before the VMI-Citadel game over the weekend. check out the cheerleader who has the cadet in a headlock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWma49goHjc&eurl=
The future of the U.S. Military looks strong.
And by strong, I mean, France would kick the shtein out of us. Badly.
:'(
From the "it's about farging time" file:
QuoteUpdated: Nov. 14, 2006, 9:19 PM ET
Florida State offensive coordinator Bowden resigns
ESPN.com news services
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For months, Florida State fans have clamored for the ouster of offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden, blaming him for the team's woes.
Jeff Bowden resigned as Florida State's offensive coordinator just three days after the Seminoles were shut out for the first time in 233 games.
Tuesday, Bowden ended the debate, resigning just three days after the Seminoles were shut out for the first time in 233 games.
His resignation will take effect at season's end, said athletic director David Hart Jr. said. Then, Bowden, the youngest son of Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden, will be reassigned outside the athletic department until his contract expires in August 2007.
"I believe in my heart that for Bobby Bowden this is the decision that I need to make," Jeff Bowden said. "I could not be happier that I had this opportunity. But it's just time for me to move on."
The leading candidate to replace Bowden is Valdosta State coach Chris Hatcher, a source close to Bobby Bowden told ESPN's Joe Schad. Hatcher is close to the head coach and would be available to coach as soon as a bowl game.
Hatcher, considered an offensive guru, led Valdosta to a Division II national championship in 2004. Valdosta did not make the playoffs this season for the first time since 1999.
According to the source, Bobby Bowden tried to talk his son out of resigning. But after a 30-0 loss to Wake Forest, Jeff felt there was nothing left to try and wanted to end speculation and take pressure off his father.
Hart said Bowden, 46, came to him Monday, and an agreement was worked out. Details are pending, Hart said, and will be released Wednesday.
"Jeff thought he wanted to give his father, give the staff and give recruiting the best possible opportunity to unfold in a positive manner," said Hart, adding all assistant coaches would be thoroughly evaluated after the season.
Florida State's players learned about the resignation as they hit the practice field Tuesday.
The Seminoles won national championships in 1993 and 1999 but have struggled since the younger Bowden replaced now-Georgia head coach Mark Richt as the offensive coordinator in 2001.
This season marked a new low point. Florida State must win one of its last two games -- against Western Michigan on Saturday or Florida on Nov. 25 -- to become bowl eligible.
The Seminoles (5-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost at home 30-0 Saturday to Wake Forest. It was the first time Florida State had been shut out in Tallahassee in Bobby Bowden's 31 seasons as coach.
Bobby Bowden has stood by his son's performance as offensive coordinator, despite a notable decline in scoring and yardage gained in the past half-dozen seasons.
"I am disappointed in Jeff's decision," the elder Bowden said in a university release. "This is a big loss to me personally. His decision is an emotional one for me."
The family matriarch, Ann Bowden, was home in bed with the flu and unavailable to comment.
In Richt's final season, the Seminoles averaged 42.4 points and 549 yards a game on their way to a national title game against Oklahoma -- totals never approached during Jeff Bowden's six years as coordinator.
In the last three seasons, Florida State has averaged fewer than 30 points a game -- for the first time since the 1981 season.
Jeff Bowden, who also coached wide receivers, also was plagued with an inconsistent quarterback during much of his tenure -- starting six different players at the position in six seasons. The position is up for grabs again this year with Drew Weatherford and Xavier Lee struggling.
"The decision he made today was not one that he wanted to make," said Keith Jones, who played for the elder Bowden in the late 1970s and now serves as a color analyst on Seminoles telecasts. "To his credit, it was one he made for the benefit of the program."
Fans have been reluctant to criticize the elder Bowden -- major college football's wins leader with 364 victories -- focusing instead on his son. A Web site calling for Jeff Bowden's removal had gathered 2,975 signatures as of Tuesday.
Florida State president T.K. Wetherell, who has received hundreds of e-mails urging that the younger Bowden be fired, had no comment on the resignation.
Breaking news! Bo Schembechler collapses, dies at 77 ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2665857
Wow this makes the game even bigger if that was possible for college football. GO BLUE!
the more ive been thinking about his death the more amazing it is
less than 24 hrs before the biggest ohio st michigan game ever....and with the history of these two teams thats saying something...the hype for this game was off the charts anyway now its into unheard of levels
awesome, just saw on espn that james laurenitis' dad is half of the legion of doom.
i once saw them and demolition live in a steel cage match in hershey.
I've decided I'm rooting for OSU today. I think a loss would be much more devastating overall to Michigan, especially with Schembechler dying, and I'm definitely rooting for devastation in this game.
Also, two funny signs in the background of the Gameday desk:
"ZWICK FOR HEISMAN!"
&
"Lloyd Carr loves UNICORNS"
I'm rooting for a sloppily-played, fumble and intereception-laden snoozefest that torches both teams' hopes for a national championship.
7-0 Michigan after the Wolverines march the opening drive 80 yds in 7 plays.
The 1st "Road Warrior animal" shot happens the first minute of the 2nd quarter.
I'm rooting for Michigan.
And as I write this Wells breaks at 52yd TD.
14-7 Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuckeyes
I know several people who go to Michigan. I know no one who goes to OSU. Go Buckeyes.
21-7 on a bomb to Ginn
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 18, 2006, 04:33:25 PM
I'm rooting for Michigan.
And as I write this Wells breaks at 52yd TD.
14-7 Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuckeyes
Phreak, I love you like a play cousin but this has gone downhill since you jumped on board.
Root for OSU! :boom
Phreak, thanks for complying. ;)
Henne to Arrington for 6.
21-14 fargeyes.
great game so far
GO MICHIGAN +7
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 18, 2006, 04:59:04 PM
Phreak, thanks for complying. ;)
Henne to Arrington for 6.
21-14 fargeyes.
Sorry...Oh Es You scored again. :-[ 28-14
Hart with another TD run. :yay
28-21 fargeyes.
After a Troy Smith INT... Michigan puts up a FG.
28-24 fargeyes.
Buckeyes answer. Pittman TD. 35-24 (assuming they make the ep)
I guess one 50 yard TD run wasn't enough. :boo
35-24 fargeyes
thats bullshtein, that was a TD, COME ON MICHIGAN!
Hart with his 3rd TD of the game. :yay
35-30 OSU.
Michigan going for 2.
Timeout OSU.
Gotta say... for all the talk, analyzing and shtein that's gone into this game... it sure is living up to the hype. :yay
Carr changes his mind and goes for 1. ???
35-31 OSU.
I've had it on the entire team but havent really paid attention. Guess I'll start now.
OSU was able to overcome Troy Smith's brutalness. The fumbles, the INT, what a bum.
Yeah, and somehow they managed to overcome his 4 TD passes!!! :o
Idiot.
good job Rutgers.
Teel is awsom.
[big lebowski]farg farg farg farg farging farging farg.[/big lebowski]
zesty, zesty loss for RU.
We still control our own destiny. If we win out, we win the Big East. Of course, WVU closes off our season.
Teel is absolutely awful.
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 18, 2006, 08:51:13 PM
Yeah, and somehow they managed to overcome his 4 TD passes! :o
Idiot.
OMG TD PASSES MEAN SO MUCH!
lol @ u
Because Timmy Chang threw tons of TDs in Hawaii. Smith sucks period.
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Quote from: King Cole on November 18, 2006, 10:58:47 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 18, 2006, 08:51:13 PM
Yeah, and somehow they managed to overcome his 4 TD passes! :o
Idiot.
OMG TD PASSES MEAN SO MUCH!
lol @ u
Because Timmy Chang threw tons of TDs in Hawaii. Smith sucks period.
[/size]Oh Snap :-D
Quote from: King Cole on November 18, 2006, 10:58:47 PM
OMG TD PASSES MEAN SO MUCH!
lol @ u
Because Timmy Chang threw tons of TDs in Hawaii. Smith sucks period.
Good thing Hawaii didn't pass about 90% of the time.
OSU is a running team. If you think Smith sucks right now, you're an idiot, even if he wont have the best NFL career. Yes, a top 2 choice for the Heisman sucks. I'd hate to see all the other college players then.
Quote from: King Cole on November 18, 2006, 10:58:47 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 18, 2006, 08:51:13 PM
Yeah, and somehow they managed to overcome his 4 TD passes! :o
Idiot.
OMG TD PASSES MEAN SO MUCH!
lol @ u
Because Timmy Chang threw tons of TDs in Hawaii. Smith sucks period.
You dumb farg.
You're helpless. He threw 4 TD's and over 300 yds in the biggest game in their school's history (a game they won by 3 points)... and yet you don't think that means as much as 2 turnovers.
You dumb farg.
He's easily the Heisman Trophy winner and he's a bum.
You dumb farg.
30TD's on the season vs 5 INT's.
You dumb farg.
The performance he had against that Michigan defense, which is farging excellent, was phenominal.
King Cole/Bunkley78/Philly Forever = kill and sell for glue
Bowl bids accepted so far:
Ohio State = BCS Championship
Wisconsin = Capital One Bowl
Penn State = Outback Bowl
Iowa = Alamo Bowl
Purdue = Champs Sports Bowl
Minnesota = Insight Bowl
Navy = Meineke Car Care Bowl
Hawaii = Hawaii Bowl
BYU = Las Vegas Bowl
Penn State will likely lose and lose ugly in the Outback Bowl.
Part of me kind of wants to go, but I won't.
Temple= Toilet Bowl
Here's what Bobby Bowden said the other day when asked about the firing of his son:
Quote"Because you all ignited it," he said to a small room of reporters. "You listen to eBay and e-mail and all that junk, and you all kept writing about it and that fans it and makes it grow and grow, and it becomes a cancer. That's why."
Definitely ebay's fault. Stupid old people.
Guess he didn't use the google.
It's the internet's fault that he fired his own son.
Larry Coker fired by Miami. Will coach in a bowl game if they're invited to one.
Texas about to get upset by Texas A&M 12-7.
Ark up on LSU 6-0 in the first.
LSU beat Ar-Kansas further throwing the BCS into a frenzy.
that was a great game
is there anything better than sec football
plus i had loot on lsu
Temple accepts bid to Sugar Bowl.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 24, 2006, 06:21:52 PM
LSU beat Ar-Kansas further throwing the BCS into a frenzy.
Now Arkansas can go ahead and take care of Florida next week in the SEC Championship. :yay
#7 West Virginia gets knocked off by South Florida 24-19.
#21 Tennessee hangs on to beat Kentucky 17-12 after Kentucky had a 1st & Goal inside the 5 at the end of the game.
South Carolina beats #24 Clemson 31-28.
Rome's Noles finish 6-6 :-D
RU wins 38-7 :yay
Pitt wearing all gold
(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061125/capt.c5c1c5b9d8fc43838c71a59c75ce4c34.louisville_pittsburgh_football_paks103.jpg) (http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061125/capt.ae05c922cd934f9e9aeb87067d70e2a2.louisville_pittsburgh_football_paks102.jpg)
ND/USC up in a few minutes.
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 25, 2006, 07:32:30 PM
Pitt wearing all gold
(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061125/capt.c5c1c5b9d8fc43838c71a59c75ce4c34.louisville_pittsburgh_football_paks103.jpg) (http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061125/capt.ae05c922cd934f9e9aeb87067d70e2a2.louisville_pittsburgh_football_paks102.jpg)
Puck Fitt.
USC 44-24 over ND. yeah. as much as I hate USC. I can't stand ND.
Pitt wearing all gold
pitt destroyed their mustard and blue unis w/ the cursive pitt...which were one of the best in all of sports...almost as bad as oregon ruined their green and yellows
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 26, 2006, 12:00:24 AM
Pitt wearing all gold
pitt destroyed their mustard and blue unis w/ the cursive pitt...which were one of the best in all of sports...almost as bad as oregon ruined their green and yellows
At least they gave up on the "We're not Pitt, we're Pitt
sburgh" bullshtein.
Army strikes first, a 41 yard double reverse. 7-0
Touchdown Navy. 7-7
Navy won for the 5th year in a row, 26-14.
Wake Forest won the ACC title and heads to the Orange Bowl
Houston won the C-USA title and heads to the Liberty Bowl
UCLA is about to beat USC. :yay :yay :yay
13-9
UCLA has the ball with 1:08 left.
It's official.
UCLA wins. One step closer to a rematch. 8)
Alls we need is for Arkansas to make a game of it against the Gators.
My guesses:
If the championship game takes Florida:
Michigan to the Rose Bowl, LSU to the Sugar Bowl
If the championship game takes Michigan:
LSU to the Rose Bowl, Florida to the Sugar Bowl
Good to see USC go down. I tried to tell my boy not to bet USC -14 today but he did it anyways.
Wake Forest. Orange Bowl. HA :yay
Michigan will probably make the National Championship game. At least I hope so. Michigan vs OSU would be a great game like it was before, because both are closely matched, but Florida would get completely obliterated by OSU.
Also the dumbest argument ever is when people say Michigan had their chance and blew it. Had their chance at what? Beating OSU? Last time I checked this was the NC game and not the beat OSU contest. The NC are the two best teams in the country and those two best are OSU and Michigan. Period.
Quote from: King Cole on December 02, 2006, 10:11:02 PM
Also the dumbest argument ever is when people say Michigan had their chance and blew it. Had their chance at what? Beating OSU? Last time I checked this was the NC game and not the beat OSU contest. The NC are the two best teams in the country and those two best are OSU and Michigan. Period.
Congratulations. You actually made a little sense there. :o
When people say that Michigan already had their chance... the way I see it is with the exception of Arkansas... all of the "other 1 loss teams" were ranked ahead of Michigan when the season started. They also were ranked #2 at one time or another and they all lost... otherwise Michigan couldn't have jumped ahead of them. Yet, they all got 2nd chances. At this point... Michigan is the only one of them who HASN'T had a 2nd chance.
I always make sense but you just may not agree with what I say, which is fine. Everyone has their own opinions.
The way I see it is Michigan lost one game and Florida lost one game. Michigan just happened to lose their game to OSU which should mean nothing in terms of playing in the NC game. The NC should be the two best teams. If they decide Florida is a better team then fine, but I personally think Michigan is better and better by quite a bit. We'll never know for sure until they play, but watching these teams every week, Michigan looks better to me.
I don't want to hear that "this is Florida's shot to beat OSU now" argument, because that isn't what the NC game isn't about. College football isn't a jackpot to see who can beat OSU first. The NC game is about the two best teams. I just hope they put the second best team in there which is Michigan, because Florida will probably be out of the game by half if they play OSU.
Actually yes it is a contest to see who can beat Ohio State now. That's kind of the point. You have to beat Ohio State to be the champion. And I 100% agree with people who said that Michigan had their chance. farg Michigan, if they could have beaten Ohio State a few weeks ago they wouldn't have to worry about this. Give someone else a shot. The SEC from top to bottom is way better than the Big ten this year, Florida should get a chance.
Sorry bub, but a 3 point loss on the road doesn't exactly invalidate Michigan's bid for a title.
Let's all say it together kids: Neutral Site
Yes, this is one more reason why the BCS sucks and why there should be a playoff.
Quote from: Cerevant on December 03, 2006, 12:31:20 PM
Sorry bub, but a 3 point loss on the road doesn't exactly invalidate Michigan's bid for a title.
Let's all say it together kids: Neutral Site
Yes, this is one more reason why the BCS sucks and why there should be a playoff.
That is exactly how I feel about this situation.
The Race for the Heisman commercial on TV is absolutly awesome.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-bcs4dec04,1,1169106.story?coll=la-headlines-sports
Lame, it's going to be Florida. Oh well. They wanted Florida they are going to get it, and also the game will be over by halftime so they can enjoy the bad ratings. OSU is going to destroy Florida.
Fiesta Bowl
Boise St. vs. Oklahoma
Copied over from EMB, here's the full schedule with teams and official links:
SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl (Official Site (http://www.poinsettiabowl.net))
TUE 12/19/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN2 -- San Diego
TCU (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5)
Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl (Official Site (http://www.lvbowl.com))
THU 12/21/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Las Vegas
BYU (10-2) vs. Oregon (7-5)
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Official Site (http://www.neworleansbowl.org))
FRI 12/22/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN2 -- New Orleans
Rice (7-5) vs. Troy (7-5)
PapaJohns.com Bowl (Official Site (http://www.papajohnsbowl.com))
SAT 12/23/06 -- 1:00PM ET -- ESPN2 -- Birmingham
South Florida (8-4) vs. East Carolina (7-5)
New Mexico Bowl (Official Site (http://www.newmexicobowl.com))
SAT 12/23/06 -- 4:30PM ET -- ESPN -- Albuquerque
San Jose State (8-4) vs. New Mexico (6-6)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Official Site (http://www.armedforcesbowl.com))
SAT 12/23/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Fort Worth
Tulsa (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (Official Site (http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com))
SUN 12/24/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Honolulu
Hawaii (10-3) vs. Arizona State (7-5)
Motor City Bowl (Official Site (http://www.motorcitybowl.com))
TUE 12/26/06 -- 7:30PM ET -- ESPN -- Detroit
Central Michigan (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee State (7-5)
Emerald Bowl (Official Site (http://www.emeraldbowl.org))
WED 12/27/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- San Francisco
UCLA (7-5) vs. Florida State (6-6)
PetroSun Independence Bowl (Official Site (http://www.independencebowl.org))
THU 12/28/06 -- 4:30PM ET -- ESPN -- Shreveport
Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Alabama (6-6)
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (Official Site (http://www.holidaybowl.com))
THU 12/28/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- San Diego
California (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (9-3)
Texas Bowl (Official Site (http://www.texasbowl.org))
THU 12/28/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- NFL Network -- Houston
Rutgers (10-2) vs. Kansas State (7-5)
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (Official Site (http://www.musiccitybowl.com))
FRI 12/29/06 -- 1:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Nashville
Clemson (8-4) vs. Kentucky (7-5)
Brut Sun Bowl (Official Site (http://www.sunbowl.org))
FRI 12/29/06 -- 2:00PM ET -- CBS -- El Paso
Oregon State (9-4) vs. Missouri (8-4)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Official Site (http://www.libertybowl.org))
FRI 12/29/06 -- 4:30PM ET -- ESPN -- Memphis
Houston (10-3) vs. South Carolina (7-5)
Insight Bowl (Official Site (http://www.insightbowl.com))
FRI 12/29/06 -- 7:30PM ET -- NFL Network -- Tempe
Texas Tech (7-5) vs. Minnesota (6-6)
Champs Sports Bowl (Official Site (http://www.champssportsbowl.com))
FRI 12/29/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Orlando
Maryland (8-4) vs. Purdue (8-5)
Meineke Car Care Bowl (Official Site (http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com))
SAT 12/30/06 -- 1:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Charlotte
Boston College (9-3) vs. Navy (9-3)
Alamo Bowl (Official Site (http://www.alamobowl.com))
SAT 12/30/06 -- 4:30PM ET -- ESPN -- San Antonio
Texas (9-3) vs. Iowa (6-6)
Chick-fil-A Bowl (Official Site (http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com))
SAT 12/30/06 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Atlanta
Virginia Tech (10-2) vs. Georgia (8-4)
MPC Computers Bowl (Official Site (http://www.mpccomputersbowl.com))
SUN 12/31/06 -- 7:30PM ET -- ESPN -- Boise
Nevada (8-4) vs. Miami, FL (6-6)
Outback Bowl (Official Site (http://www.outbackbowl.com))
MON 1/1/07 -- 11:00AM ET -- ESPN -- Tampa
Tennessee (9-3) vs. Penn State (8-4)
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic (Official Site (http://www.attcottonbowl.com))
MON 1/1/07 -- 11:30AM ET -- FOX -- Dallas
Auburn (10-2) vs. Nebraska (9-4)
Toyota Gator Bowl (Official Site (http://www.gatorbowl.com/tgb))
MON 1/1/07 -- 1:00PM ET -- CBS -- Jacksonville
West Virginia (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (9-4)
Capital One Bowl (Official Site (http://www.fcsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11300&DB_LANG=C&KEY=&SPID=6637&SPSID=))
MON 1/1/07 -- 1:00PM ET -- ABC -- Orlando
Wisconsin (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-3)
Rose Bowl presented by Citi (Official Site (http://www.tournamentofroses.com/rosebowlgame/))
MON 1/1/07 -- 5:00PM ET -- ABC -- Pasadena
Michigan (11-1) vs. USC (10-2)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Official Site (http://www.tostitosfiestabowl.com))
MON 1/1/07 -- 8:00PM ET -- FOX -- Glendale
Boise State (12-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-2)
FedEx Orange Bowl (Official Site (http://www.orangebowl.org))
TUE 1/2/07 -- 8:00PM ET -- FOX -- Miami
Louisville (11-1) vs. Wake Forest (11-2)
Allstate Sugar Bowl (Official Site (http://www.allstatesugarbowl.com))
WED 1/3/07 -- 8:00PM ET -- FOX -- New Orleans
Notre Dame (10-2) vs. LSU (10-2)
International Bowl (Official Site (http://www.internationalbowl.org))
SAT 1/6/07 -- 12:00PM ET -- ESPN2 -- Toronto
Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Cincinnati (7-5)
GMAC Bowl (Official Site (http://www.gmacbowl.com))
SUN 1/7/07 -- 8:00PM ET -- ESPN -- Mobile
Ohio (9-4) vs. Southern Mississippi (8-5)
Tostitos BCS Championship
MON 1/8/07 -- 8:00PM ET -- FOX -- Glendale
Ohio State (12-0) vs. Florida (12-1)
BCS selection show on FOX:
Fiesta Bowl - Boise State vs. Oklahoma
Orange Bowl - Louisville vs. Wake Forest
National Championship - Ohio State vs. Florida
I guess that means it'll be Michigan and USC in the Rose Bowl. I'm tired of waiting on FOX. They're prolonging this shtein too much. Time to watch the Seahawks game
Is Barry Alvarez Sal Fasano's father?
Look above you, J...
Gotcha...I had the post window up forever while watching TV and didn't see you had posted it
The LA Times leaked the BCS matchups 4 hours ago... ;)
Arkansas loses its last to games and still goes to the Capital One bowl?
RU got shafted. We get to play a 7-5 KSU team who is only in a bowl game cuz they beat a Colt McCoy-less Texas team.
But, the thought of flying to Dallas on Christmas to see the Birds and the Boys, then driving to Houston for the Texas Bowl has now entered my mind. I'm just scared Ill pull a BeerMonkey in Irving and fail to make it to see Rutgers.
Quote from: Cerevant on December 03, 2006, 12:31:20 PM
Sorry bub, but a 3 point loss on the road doesn't exactly invalidate Michigan's bid for a title.
Let's all say it together kids: Neutral Site
Yes, this is one more reason why the BCS sucks and why there should be a playoff.
sorry bub, but of course it does. why should they give michigan another shot when several other teams haven't even had one yet? they lost to OSU already, npw Florida gets a shot, it worked out the way it should.
maybe we can just have an OSU-Michigan best of seven series?
Quote from: phattymatty on December 03, 2006, 09:34:17 PM
Quote from: Cerevant on December 03, 2006, 12:31:20 PM
Sorry bub, but a 3 point loss on the road doesn't exactly invalidate Michigan's bid for a title.
Let's all say it together kids: Neutral Site
Yes, this is one more reason why the BCS sucks and why there should be a playoff.
sorry bub, but of course it does. why should they give michigan another shot when several other teams haven't even had one yet? they lost to OSU already, npw Florida gets a shot, it worked out the way it should.
maybe we can just have an OSU-Michigan best of seven series?
That isn't how it works. The NC game isn't about giving another team a "shot" at OSU. For one this is a different stage all together. That was a regular season game. Two, the NC game is about the two best teams playing one another. Michigan>Florida.
Basically what you are saying is even though Michigan may be the better team, they don't deserve to play OSU because they already lost to them. That is totally moot because this is a national championship game which is a completely different stage. Say for a second that Michigan played someone else other than OSU in their last game and lost. They would still have one loss but would deserve a national championship bid because they didn't lose to OSU already? There is no logic there.
good, farg michigan
Why is Michigan the better team? Because they were ranked higher prior to last week? Florida is equal to them in virtually every statistical category and played a more difficult schedule. They deserve to be in the National Title.
You think Florida would beat Michigan in a game? You can't be for real.
Quote from: phattymatty on December 03, 2006, 09:34:17 PM
sorry bub, but of course it does. why should they give michigan another shot when several other teams haven't even had one yet? they lost to OSU already, npw Florida gets a shot, it worked out the way it should.
maybe we can just have an OSU-Michigan best of seven series?
If there was a playoff, I'd agree with you - but according to you, Indianapolis would go to the super bowl every year since all those teams that they kick the shtein out of wouldn't need to play them again in the playoffs - they already had their chance.
A key point that also seems lost to you - the betting lines give 3 points to the home team for a reason. How much did Ohio State win by? Where was the game played?
Michigan gets screwed #3: how can you drop in the polls when you don't even play? If they played Indiana today, they would be playing for the national title.
The BCS is a clusterfarg, and Michigan got screwed.
No, there's a bigger key point that all of you are missing. The BCS shouldn't be about a weekly vote. Florida "jumping" Michigan should be irrelevant. The final regular season rankings should be based upon the body of work as a whole. I'm sorry, but if you break down both teams schedules, you can't tell me that Michigan has a more impressive schedule and wins than Florida. They just don't, and therefore, they don't belong in a bowl game ahead of UF. And I think Michigan-FL would be about a toss-up, but there's no reason that I can see for Michigan to be in ahead of Florida. The only thing people keep saying is Michigan shouldn't be penalized for not playing the last two weeks. How are you going to keep at 11-1 SEC team out of the National Championship?
The point is simple: Florida and Michigan are even statistically and Florida has played and beaten better teams than Michigan. They deserve it.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on December 03, 2006, 11:26:37 PM
No, there's a bigger key point that all of you are missing. The BCS shouldn't be about a weekly vote. Florida "jumping" Michigan should be irrelevant. The final regular season rankings should be based upon the body of work as a whole. I'm sorry, but if you break down both teams schedules, you can't tell me that Michigan has a more impressive schedule and wins than Florida. They just don't, and therefore, they don't belong in a bowl game ahead of UF. And I think Michigan-FL would be about a toss-up, but there's no reason that I can see for Michigan to be in ahead of Florida. The only thing people keep saying is Michigan shouldn't be penalized for not playing the last two weeks. How are you going to keep at 11-1 SEC team out of the National Championship?
The point is simple: Florida and Michigan are even statistically and Florida has played and beaten better teams than Michigan. They deserve it.
Since when did each team's schedule decide who the better team is?
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on December 03, 2006, 11:26:37 PM
No, there's a bigger key point that all of you are missing. The BCS shouldn't be about a weekly vote.
I agree, but that isn't how it works, is it? Yesterday Michigan was #2 and Florida was #4. Obviously the voters weren't as impressed with Florida's regular season schedule as you were. To turn your argument around, if Florida didn't play yesterday, they would not even get a sniff.
Right? Wrong? As I said, the BCS is a badly broken clusterfarg, and does the NCAA and its athletes a major disservice.
Quote from: King Cole on December 03, 2006, 11:39:32 PM
Since when did each team's schedule decide who the better team is?
well if you had to beat better teams consistently all year long, i would say yes that makes you a better team.
you can't possibly be a real person.
and you are faulting Michigan for playing and beating who was on their schedule except for OSU? Who is to say Michigan wouldn't have beat the same teams Florida beat. Please use some logic!
Quote from: Cerevant on December 03, 2006, 11:39:37 PM
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on December 03, 2006, 11:26:37 PM
No, there's a bigger key point that all of you are missing. The BCS shouldn't be about a weekly vote.
I agree, but that isn't how it works, is it? Yesterday Michigan was #2 and Florida was #4. Obviously the voters weren't as impressed with Florida's regular season schedule as you were. To turn your argument around, if Florida didn't play yesterday, they would not even get a sniff.
Right? Wrong? As I said, the BCS is a badly broken clusterfarg, and does the NCAA and its athletes a major disservice.
I don't think it had anything to due with FLA's schedule--just that they didn't look as flashy or as impressive winning all their games as Michigan did. I'm not a Florida fan, but when I compare their body of work to Michigan's, I think they were completely justified taking Florida.
Quote from: Cerevant on December 03, 2006, 11:20:24 PM
Michigan gets screwed #3: how can you drop in the polls when you don't even play? If they played Indiana today, they would be playing for the national title.
i see your point and it makes sense, but i just don't see how anyone can complain when you really have no way of telling which team is actually better.
Quote from: King Cole on December 03, 2006, 11:47:50 PM
and you are faulting Michigan for playing and beating who was on their schedule except for OSU? Who is to say Michigan wouldn't have beat the same teams Florida beat. Please use some logic!
I don't know whether Michigan would be 12-0, 11-1, or 10-2 with Florida's schedule. We don't have a way to judge that. All we can judge is that they had the same record and Florida beat better teams. So why not take them?
I don't have a problem with Florida going if they think Florida is the better team. If they think that then that is their opinion and fine.
But if they chose Florida simply because they want a new team to get a shot at OSU even though they think Michigan is better, then I have a problem with it.
I personally think Michigan is better after watching both teams play multiple times. I think Michigan is better defensively and offensively as well. I think Florida's offense will get exposed against OSU big time.
Well, I think they should have a 8 team playoff system: winners of Big Ten, XII, SEC, ACC, Big East, Pac 10, plus two at large teams.
That way, Wake Forest can stroll to the National Title. :-D
But seriously, I do think Florida has a case. I'm not trying to take anything away from Michigan. It's ashame they had to leave one of the teams out.
Schaino told Miami to go farg themselves. :yay
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If anyone here thinks UF is a superior football team to Michigan, you obviously haven't seen UF play much.
Or Michigan for that matter. Put the Gators up against UM and Leak and Tebow wouldnt know which way to run first.
Yet another season the BCS failed us.
I agree completely, and I'm obviously not the biggest Michigan fan. The thing that gets me is that the Wolverines came within 3 IN COLUMBUS. However, on the other side of the coin, Michigan didn't play as many good teams and had a couple of games (Ball State and Northwestern) where they failed to put a lesser team away with ease. Also, the argument could certainly be made that Michigan had their shot, and blah blah.
The bottom line is that I believe Michigan has the best college football team in the country this year, but they simply should have proven it when they had the chance. I would have liked to see a Big Ten rematch, but with the unpredictability of college football, Florida could very well knock off OSU.
Plus, I'm a Penn State fan, so what do I care? Worst. 8-4 team. Ever.
at least michigan got their chance at osu and guess what
they LOST
game over
you dont get a second chance when every other team in the country doesnt even get one chance....they should nfeel fortunate that they had the #1 ranked team in their conference this year so they got a chance to get at them....cant ask for anything more than that
not to mention the big ten is a complete joke this year where as the sec is easily the best conf in the country
So if Michigan beat OSU, would that have been the Buckeyes one chance? Or would they still have deserved a shot at the championship?
Florida is a joke. South Carolina had them dead to rights and blew it - they have no business playing OSU.
So if Michigan beat OSU, would that have been the Buckeyes one chance?
absolutely...what more can you ask for than to have a heads up shot to get to the bcs championship game.....mich and osu both had that...their game was a bcs semi final and michigan lost...championship shot done
michigan struggled with northwestern and ball state...you can take any game on any teams schedule and say they struggled....and struggling against south carolina is more impressive than against northwestern and ball state...
bottom line is with a far tougher schedule florida ended up with the same amount of losses and didnt get a chance to play osu
But if Michigan had won, we would most likely be gearing up for a rematch now.
I dont disagree that the SEC is the toughest conference in the country. I give Florida credit for doing what they did this year but Michigan was a higher ranked BCS team than for the final seven weeks of the year. It bothers me that after Florida wins the SEC (in a game they almost blew), that all of the sudden they jump ahead of UM. Its utter bullshtein that Florida hopped to #2 just because coaches did not want to see a rematch. So, instead we get to watch an inferior game. The game is going to be like the Florida-Nebraska game from 10 years ago where ther score was 62-26, or whatever it was. You cant tell me that UM/OSU isnt a better matchup that UF/OSU.
And what Tressel did was an embarrassment.
i personally think florida is a better team than michigan...do i think they will beat osu...probably not but it wont be a blowout...osu will win in a close game because of troy smith
and florida moved ahead because they won the championship game in the best conf in the country
perhaps the big ten should adopt a champ game...then again they had their champ game and michigan lost in it
a much bigger disgrace and one that is getting little attention is iowa
2-6 in the big ten
wins against montana....syracuse.....iowa st.....northern Ill.....illinois....purdue
lost 5 of their last 6 games
and they get a berth in a pretty decent bowl texas
unbelievable
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 10:13:34 AM
i personally think florida is a better team than michigan...do i think they will beat osu...probably not but it wont be a blowout...osu will win in a close game because of troy smith
and florida moved ahead because they won the championship game in the best conf in the country
perhaps the big ten should adopt a champ game...then again they had their champ game and michigan lost in it
Then there's no way you've seen more than 2 Florida games this year. Florida has been the definition of ugly win all year long. To give them credit... they still won the games... but you get on Michigan for struggling against Northwestern and Ball State (One of which was without Manningham... the other was his 1st game back)... when Florida struggled with Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and zesty ass Florida State in addition to South Carolina.
Florida's loss was at home to an Auburn team that's had their ass handed to them twice this year. Michigan's was by 3 points to OSU... in their house. Like Die-Hard said... Michigan had been ahead of Florida for 7 freaking weeks... including 2 spots ahead of Florida
after they lost to OSU. Now all of a sudden after beating a 2 loss Arkansas team (a game they blew a 17 point lead in), Florida is better? Enough to jump 2 spots? Yeah right.
I can't say that Florida isn't deserving of being in the game, they are... but there's no way the pollsters out there believe they're better than Michigan and the votes casted were obviously just as much against Michigan as they were for Florida. Urban Meyer's whining and politicking paid off, I guess. Btw... he should take a look at the last Nat'l Championship the Gators won... because they won it in... that's right... a rematch.
Ah well... when Ohio State guts Florida and Michigan runs through USC... that'll just be more proof that Michigan should have been there in the championship game... and that the BCS farged up again.
Except it wasnt played at a neutral site. Play the game in Soldier Field, and UM wins.
And then were talking about a UM-OSU BCS title game.
but you get on Michigan for struggling against Northwestern and Ball State
i didnt get on michigan for anything....die hard got on florida for barely beating south carolina...south carolina would finish third in the big ten...i was making the point that every team has close games especially is a loaded conference like the sec...the big ten is a disgrace and to have two teams from an awful conference in the title game would be a mistake
Except it wasnt played at a neutral site. Play the game in Soldier Field, and UM wins.
naw...outside of the opening drive did you at anytime during that game believe michigan could win...the game was not as close as the score and anytime osu wanted to put the ball in the end zone they did...they basically toyed with michigan...something they wont be able to do against a much better florida defense....the question will be can leak make any plays to win the game...not as many as troy smith and thats why osu will win
The question isn't whether Michigan deserves another shot at OSU. The question is whether Florida has earned the right to play for the national championship based on their play this past season.
Winning two conference games by a single point each, nearly getting beaten by Georgia & Vanderbilt, lining up patsies like UCF & Western Carolina to pad their schedule, (espeically WCU who they played the second-to-last week of the season) and nearly getting beaten by an atrocious FSU team doesn't make them a legitimate title contender. It makes them a fraud whose doors will be blown off by the Buckeyes.
name a team that deserves it more and i can pick a part their resume just as much
really the only one you could come up with would be auburn...and thats only because they beat florida
nearly getting beaten by Georgia
worst argument EVER
Alright - let me say it this way:
There's no legitimate argument for including Florida in the championship game and not Michigan. That's why the system failed here, IGY. Michigan lost on the road by three points to the #1 team in the country. That is the only blemish on their record. They deserve a shot just as much as UF does at the minimum.
They deserve a shot
they had a shot
and lost
you mean they deserve a second shot...or two more shots than any other team in the country
thats fine if you feel that way...i happen to believe others should get a first shot before michigan gets another
Bottom line here IGY... is that the 2 best teams in the country are not playing for the nat'l championship... which is supposed to be the point of the BCS.
There's no way a team (Florida) can jump 2 spots above another team (Michigan) that hasn't even played without some outside forces at work...i.e. the anti-rematch voters, Urban Meyer's politicking... at least not at the top of the polls.
The system in place... as flawed as it is... said that Michigan was better than Florida for nearly 2 months... yet they change up that drastically... the last week? Come on.
If Michigan had scheduled a Western Michigan late in the year like Florida did... maybe after Ohio State... I guess this would all be a moot point.
When the NCAA decides that a playoff system is the best way to go then I'll be more inclined to care about college football.
What about a team like Boise St? They went 12-0. Yes they're in the WAC but 12-0 at any level, any conference of football is not a small task. Don't they deserve a chance at a championship, too?
You can make a point for every team that is in the top 5 or 10. Thats why there should be a playoff. Lets see who the best team REALLY is. Not who people think is the best team. :)
the 2 best teams in the country are not playing for the nat'l championship
link?
There's no way a team (Florida) can jump 2 spots above another team (Michigan) that hasn't even played without some outside forces at work
you act like florida didnt play and jumped ahead...they convincingly won the championship game in the nations toughest conference...while michigan LOST their last game and didnt even win what was a horrid conference....you want a team in the bcs championship that didnt even win their own conference?
michigan should have beaten ohio state when they had the chance and they didnt...enjoy the rose bowl
Quote from: Beef Rapp on December 06, 2006, 12:35:04 PM
Don't they deserve a chance at a championship, too?
nope.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 11:48:18 AM
but you get on Michigan for struggling against Northwestern and Ball State
i didnt get on michigan for anything....die hard got on florida for barely beating south carolina...south carolina would finish third in the big ten...i was making the point that every team has close games especially is a loaded conference like the sec...the big ten is a disgrace and to have two teams from an awful conference in the title game would be a mistake
Don't matter which conference they're from when they're clearly the two best teams in the country... which they are. The goal of the BCS is to put the best two teams in the title game... not the best from 2 conferences.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 11:48:18 AM
Except it wasnt played at a neutral site. Play the game in Soldier Field, and UM wins.
naw...outside of the opening drive did you at anytime during that game believe michigan could win...the game was not as close as the score and anytime osu wanted to put the ball in the end zone they did...they basically toyed with michigan...something they wont be able to do against a much better florida defense....the question will be can leak make any plays to win the game...not as many as troy smith and thats why osu will win
You can say you never doubted the outcome because the game has already been played and you know the outcome. But every OSU fan I've talked to said that they felt the things were very much in doubt the entire game... even when they went up 11 late. The entire 2nd half, they couldn't stop Michigan... what reason would they have to feel safe about the game at that time?
And Florida has a much better defense?! :-D
Michigan held opponents to 29 yards on the ground
per game... and registered 41 sacks (26 by the d-line) outside of the OSU game.
I know you're gonna tell me about the slow Big Ten vs the super fast SEC... but I know you're not going to try to sell me on Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Alabama, Vanderbilt, etc. being offensive juggernauts are you? The ONLY other somewhat potent offenses in the SEC outside of Florida is Tennessee and Arkansas.
the winner of the sec should be in the bcs final game every year it exists...the conference is so far superior to every other conf much less the big ten which is embarrassing
to even throw out any stats from michigan is wasting your time...they played garbage the entire year
and again michigan could not even win their own conference but you want them in the bcs title game
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 12:41:29 PM
the 2 best teams in the country are not playing for the nat'l championship
link?
The BCS polls the last 7 weeks of the season outside of the last one which is causing all of this controversy.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 12:41:29 PM
There's no way a team (Florida) can jump 2 spots above another team (Michigan) that hasn't even played without some outside forces at work
you act like florida didnt play and jumped ahead...they convincingly won the championship game in the nations toughest conference...while michigan LOST their last game and didnt even win what was a horrid conference....you want a team in the bcs championship that didnt even win their own conference?
Again... this tells me that you didn't watch the game becuase they didn't convincingly win shtein. They blew a 17 point lead and any momentum they had... before Arkansas self destructed late muffing punts into the end zone and what not.
Btw... the very same Gators that you're defending here won their last national title without winning their conference.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2006, 12:41:29 PM
michigan should have beaten ohio state when they had the chance and they didnt...enjoy the rose bowl
True... and I will.
Doesn't change the fact that the BCS farged this thing up big time.
It's all good for me anyway because Florida is going to get their asses beat to a pulp by OSU.
I'm going to watch that game and enjoy every moment of them getting pulvarized.
:crazy
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on December 06, 2006, 12:51:31 PM
It's all good for me anyway because Florida is going to get their asses beat to a pulp by OSU.
I'm going to watch that game and enjoy every moment of them getting pulvarized.
:crazy
Me too. That coupled with Michigan running through USC will get us one step closer to some sort of playoff system.
i really could care less who wins....i just hate seeing osu win because even tho they are a good team the wack ass big ten will try to parlay the win into their coneference being something other than pure dogshtein
and thats coming from a penn state fan
Bowl game committees and sponsors have way too much riding on the current system to ever allow a playoff.
The BCS is a gutless system but it is what it is and we're stuck with it. Hell, we're just the fans anyway. It's not like they give a shtein what we want or what we deserve.
Quote from: Beef Rapp on December 06, 2006, 12:46:34 PM
Quote from: MURP on December 06, 2006, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Beef Rapp on December 06, 2006, 12:35:04 PM
Don't they deserve a chance at a championship, too?
nope.
Why not? They were undefeated.
I should play Temple 12 times next season so I can go to the Championship game. nice.
i really like the bcs...the only time i dont is when theres a third deserving undefeated team who get sleft out and in that case i like the plus one formula
but in general i love the debate it creates and how it makes every game in college football life and death
i really dont understand why anyone outside of michigan fans would have a problem this year....one 1 loss team who won their conf. made it over another 1 loss team who didnt...i dont see where the uproar is in having fla make it over michigan
Quote from: Beef Rapp on December 06, 2006, 12:46:34 PM
Quote from: MURP on December 06, 2006, 12:43:46 PM
Quote from: Beef Rapp on December 06, 2006, 12:35:04 PM
Don't they deserve a chance at a championship, too?
nope.
Why not? They were undefeated.
...and they play in a conference that has Hawaii, Nevada and nothing else. If one of the Sun Belt schools went undefeated against the garbage in their conference, should they get a shot at the national title?
I know they play in a weak conference. My point is everyone should get a shot regardless. Why can't they at least have that benefit?
Tide apparantly offer Rodriguez a deal...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/12/07/alabama.rodriguez.ap/index.html
I met some guy yesterday at the Philly airport who is a big-time WVU alum. Said Rodriguez is as good as gone.
Rodriguez accepts the Alabama job. (http://southernsportstonight.com/article.asp?IDNum=493)
Miami hired their defensive coordinator Randy Shannon for their new head coach. 6th black head coach in I-A...
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 07, 2006, 09:08:03 PM
Rodriguez accepts the Alabama job. (http://southernsportstonight.com/article.asp?IDNum=493)
How reliable is that source?
Quote from: Die-Hard on December 07, 2006, 11:00:11 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 07, 2006, 09:08:03 PM
Rodriguez accepts the Alabama job. (http://southernsportstonight.com/article.asp?IDNum=493)
How reliable is that source?
Well... our sports dept. talked to a connect we have in Tuscaloosa. He's aware of the site reporting this and he says "it's about 90-95% a done deal".
This WVU guy also told be who the next head coach will be. I think his last name was Johnson.
fox sports ranks the bowl games.....
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6245362?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=41
West Virginia University is working to keep football coach Rich Rodriguez and the two parties have been actively negotiating today, said sources close to the situation. Sources have also said that Alabama, who has been courting Rodriguez for most of the last week, have set a 3 p.m. deadline for a decision from the Grant Town native.
Rodriguez and his wife, Rita, met with Alabama athletic director Mal Moore Tuesday night in New York City before the College Football Hall of Fame induction banquet, according to published reports. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes.
ESPN, citing several Alabama newspapers, has reported that Alabama offered Rodriguez a six-year contract worth $12 million.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 08, 2006, 10:24:32 AM
fox sports ranks the bowl games.....
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6245362?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=41
#3 - crock of shtein
#11 - he's trying too hard... that's easily a top 3 game
#23 - should be much higher just based on the size of the respective fanbases
He's staying.
The Boston College coach is leaving to coach at NC State. Why?
North Texas hired a high school coach as their new head coach
notre dame did that 25 years ago easy
haven't read this thread all week, you guys were all right on point with the rodriguez deal.
Henne, Long to return to Michigan for their senior years (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2697517)
:yay
Henne has a lot to prove yet. Good decision by him.
Unlike Leinart... Have I mentioned recently how farging stupid it was for him to stay for his senior year?
QuoteSources: Golden turned down BC
Sources familiar with the situation have confirmed a Boston Globe report that Temple head football coach Al Golden declined to be interviewed by Boston College for its vacant position.
The Atlantic Coast Conference member made inquiries to speak to Golden after Tom O'Brien left last Friday to take the North Carolina State job. But Golden, who just completed his first season on North Broad Street, did not want to talk. He was a member of the Boston College staff from 1997-99.
The Owls, who will join the Mid-American Conference next season, were 1-11 this year as an independent. The Eagles (9-3), the only program to win a bowl game each of the last six seasons, will play Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 30.
Former Massachusetts head coach Mark Whipple, currently a Pittsburgh Steelers assistant, is considered the leading candidate to replace O'Brien.
What an idiot!! But he's our idiot, now.
T for Temple U.....
Air Force's head coach Fisher DeBerry announced his retirement today. Only JoePa and Bowden have coached their teams longer...
Stanford hires Jim Harbaugh (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2701748)
Will he take brother John with him for a coordinator gig?
NFL Special Teams Coordinator or Offensive/Defensive Coordinator at Stanford?
Tough choice. Stanford has an unbelievable golf course on its campus plus no Reno Mahe!
Palo Alto is a really nice place.
hed also be running a major college program with his brother
its actually not that far fetched
They were Temple-bad this past season.
They've had 8 winning seasons in the last 25 years, so although they have first-rate facilities and a campus that would make God himself blush, it's not really a great situation from a coaching staff standpoint.
its better to go to a place that is really down....because you can go 7-5 next year and look super
and it would be better for harbaugh to be the defensive coordinator behind turning a d-1 college program around than it would being a special teams coach in the nfl
Bowl season started with TCU kicking ass again
Garrett Wolfe held to 28 yards on 20 carries :-D
i bet on tcu -12.5
money
Reggie Ball... Georgia Tech's SR QB... just got kicked of the team for being academically ineligible. Taylor Bennett (So.) will start in the Gator Bowl against West Virginia.
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 20, 2006, 07:53:19 PM
Reggie Ball... Georgia Tech's SR QB... just got kicked of the team for being academically ineligible. Taylor Bennett (So.) will start in the Gator Bowl against West Virginia.
West Virginia will roll. Belee dat.
Especially with Rodriguez going to Alabama and all.
Quote from: Die-Hard on December 21, 2006, 09:20:23 AM
Especially with Rodriguez going to Alabama and all.
The WVU booster cat that told me that now is claiming that he had a huge hand in getting Rodriguez the pay raise he required to stay on board at WVU.
I'm skeptical.
Quote from: FFatPatt on December 21, 2006, 08:16:16 AM
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 20, 2006, 07:53:19 PM
Reggie Ball... Georgia Tech's SR QB... just got kicked of the team for being academically ineligible. Taylor Bennett (So.) will start in the Gator Bowl against West Virginia.
West Virginia will roll. Belee dat.
Hell... a lot of Tech fans will tell you that this only helps the GT's chances.
seriously
rb sucks bad
btw are their really gt football fans?
Who would win if this year's Michigan team played this year's Rutgers team on a neutral field?
Who would win if this year's Feva fought this year's Die-Hard in the parking lot of said game?
These are important questions.
:-D
I'd have to say I'd be going a strong 2-0 that day.
I invite any 11 people, any, to take on Temple at the Linc at anytime. You'll probably win.
South Florida whoops up on East Carolina 24-7 in the "PapaJohns.com" Bowl.
Colt Brennan 5 td's/500 yards - breaks David Klingler's NCAA single season record with 58 tds. Says he'll be back next year.
Hawaii 41
ASU 24
Florida State to phase out academics by 2010 (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52822)
Ha.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
UUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!
:yay :yay :yay
some unbelivable games today and proof why college football >>>>>>pro football
oregon states two point call
tt with the biggest comeback in bowl history
the games might individually be more exciting at times, but....pro football has whats called a playoff. and a clear champion. college? not so much.
im one of the few who is anti playoff in college football....i think not having a playoff is what makes it so great
child that is retarted. you think its great to have 24 meaningless games and 1 meaningful one? like, really. im not getting into the farging sun bowl. or the peach bowl. or the texas bowl. or the gmac bowl. who cares about those games?
8 team playoffs + other useless bowls= the way to go.
they are only meaningless to you because you dont care about any of them but the championship
but to real cfb fans all bowls are big
why do you think bowl records are so important
ask rutgers if winning their first bowl ever was meaningless
ask the 25 thousand md fans that traveled to orlando if the citrus bowl was meaningless
if bowls didnt matter trust me they wouldnt be played
winning a bowl is huge in cfb...maybe not to the espn stuart scott sportcenter fan but to the real fans bowls are big time (tho i will say there are to many right now)
I understand. If Temple somehow got into a bowl, it would be huge. Like insane. I would go.
But I'm talking from the general fans point of view. Outside of your team's bowl game, who gives a shtein about the other ones? A tournament would make everyone care about everyones elses games.
Igy, would you care if you weren't a degenerate gambler? ;)
Even with a playoff system you can still have these bowls.
You take the top 8 or whatever teams and they are in the playoff.
Then you take the rest of the teams and they go to the Poulan Weedeater Bowl, the Valtrex Bowl and whatever else is out there...
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 30, 2006, 10:33:21 AM
the Valtrex Bowl
Yeah, but that would be VA Tech vs. Michigan every year.
Even with a playoff system you can still have these bowls.
You take the top 8 or whatever teams and they are in the playoff.
true youd still have the bowls but a eight team playoff would significantly cheapen the regular season...college football regular season is so good because every game means something...from mid october on you essentially are having a playoff with the top ten teams
plus i love the controversy and discussion it creates
in the end has there ever been a really outrageous result...i mean its not like boise state or the mac winner is making bcs championship...its always like this year where two great programs like michigan and florida are beefin...in the end tho can anyone really get that upset that florida is there and not michigan (other than michigan fans)
i can def see the argument for a playoff but i persoanlly love the way it is
the most id ever do is a plus one system
Igy, would you care if you weren't a degenerate gambler?
hmmmm
Look at the interest that March Madness generates for all the proof you need about the viability of a college football tournament.
The fact that there isn't one in effect now is a disgrace, IMO.
a 64 team basketball tourney va a 8 team football playoff...apples and oranges
anyway the ncaa tournament is as popular as it is for one reason and one reason only...bracket pools
a football playoff would cheapen not only numerous regular season games...but also conference championship games...even conference titles
They're both tournaments, IGY. Every sport has them except college football. Hell, even marginal sports associations like NASCAR and The PGA have instituted them because they draw interest to their respective sports.
The only reason CFB hasn't instituted a playoff system is because of the greed of the bowl committees and the wealth and influence of those who run them.
I'd rather see a quarterfinal matchup between seeds #1 & #8 over the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl any day of the week.
no it wouldnt. you give home games to the higher seeded teams except for the final game...which can be played in a neutral site somewhere warm.
think about it, usc was in line for a home game but they lost to ucla. michigan and osu were playing for the #1 overall seed and a clear path to the finals.
college sports are bullshtein, they are all about money. the athletic directors and presidents all are hypocrits who use the student athlete as a whore to fill their pockets with more cash. they claim having a playoff would hurt the students academically, even though most games would take place during winter break. they have bowl games because they make a ridiculous amount of money. and thats all the decision makers care about, how much money they can make and how nice the new yacht will be.
I'd rather see a quarterfinal matchup between seeds #1 & #8 over the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl any day of the week.
thats cause you dont care about college football outside of the bcs championship game
a tournament would render great games we had this year like usc ucla and ohio st michigan (and many others) irrelevant
id rather have the dozens and dozens of huge regular season games instead of a few big games that a tournament would provide
those games wont be meaningless. eagles-cowboys is still big, and they place twice a year. duke-unc, same deal. the games wont be as big, but they still will be big.
no matter what you say about the bowl games and super regular season games, its ridiculous to defend a computer making the decision between florida and michigan. even oaklahoma had some beef (ref error, admitted, cost them the oregon game...otherwise they have 1 loss and a big 12 title and have a case).
come on, imagine ohio state having to go through boise state, oklahoma then the winner of michigan-florida to win the title. youre talking 3 week of amazing games. you are silly to pass that up for a kind of bigger game between usc and ucla or osu and michigan during the regular season.
why do i wanna see ohio st blow out boise state and play an inferior oklahoma team
id rather have the game of the century against michigan on the last day of the regular season then a bcs championship game vs florida....ill even go with a plus one game of florida vs michigan but nothing more than that
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 30, 2006, 02:45:31 PM
I'd rather see a quarterfinal matchup between seeds #1 & #8 over the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl any day of the week.
thats cause you dont care about college football outside of the bcs championship game
a tournament would render great games we had this year like usc ucla and ohio st michigan (and many others) irrelevant
id rather have the dozens and dozens of huge regular season games instead of a few big games that a tournament would provide
The first comment you made concerning my NOT CARING about college football outside of the BCS game is about as retarded as it gets, IGY. You have no basis for saying this and it's a completely idiotic statement to boot. If I didn't care about games other than the BCS, why would I want a playoff system that would guarantee more games?
The second comment is more retardation. Games that happen during the regular season are just that... regular season games. They wouldn't add or detract from potential playoff games anymore than great regular season games in the NFL do or great regular season games happen in the college game now. They're completely separate entities.
The final jibberish is more nonsense that is tied to the second comment you made. Great regular season games would still occur. League championships would still occur. Nothing would change except more games would be added. Since you're such a big college fan, it would seem logical that you'd root for more great games, not less.
he cares about more about usc and ucla and osu and michigan playing in mini-playoff games more than actually having a playoff. said real playoff would some detract that full importence away from said mini-playoff regular season games.
to sum, igy's logical makes no sense.
Quote from: MDS on December 31, 2006, 02:19:50 AM
he cares about more about usc and ucla and osu and michigan playing in mini-playoff games more than actually having a playoff. said real playoff would somehow detract the full importence away from said mini-playoff regular season games.
to sum, igy's logical makes no sense.
Jay Glazer reported that Reggie Bush has been told by USC to stay away from the Rose Bowl because of what happened last year with Bush's parents and that house. They don't even want him in the stadium let alone on the sidelines.
to sum, igy's logical makes no sense.
its not logic....its my preference...just like youd prefer a playoff system...i happen to like it the way it is
so joepa's "coaching" from the press box today. and he didn't even talk to the the team at halftime. makes me think he might be letting go. i hope so.
PSU should be up by 2 TDs in this game
The Arkansas coach just about had a aneurysm over that pass interference call. :-D
big ten is pooping all over the SEC so far.
West Virginia comes back from an 18 point defecit... TWICE... to beat Georgia Tech 38-35.
They beat a Georgia team two years in a row as they beat the Bulldogs last year...38-35.
Can't blame Calvin Johnson though... 8 rec, 186 yds 2 TD's. I hope he can survive Oakland.
Only caught a quick glimpse but did one of the inactive players on West Virginia's sideline have Bednarik on the back of his jersey?
Adam Bednarik (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=146437)
Quote from: EagleFeva on January 01, 2007, 04:52:10 PM
Adam Bednarik (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=146437)
QuoteHometown: Bethlehem, PA
Guess he's somehow related to Chuck.
hopefully michigan will shut their holes now about them deserving to play ohio state again
seriously.
Big-time choke today. They choke every year so no surprise.
Losing record clinched for the Big Ten in bowl games.
Minnesota blew the biggest lead in bowl history and got their coach fired.
Iowa, at 6-6 heading into the game, came as close as possible to knocking off Texas.
Purdue sucks.
Michigan was outmatched by USC.
PSU has the huge fumble recovery TD which cost a possibly superior Tennessee team.
Wisconsin held on for dear life against a far superior Arkansas team.
So, OSU can't play for Big Ten pride. Bummer for them.
Of all the "major" bowl games this season, the Rose Bowl held the smallest interest for me. I didn't even watch but five minutes of it. I watched a M*A*S*H marathon instead.
:-D
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 01, 2007, 04:49:40 PM
Only caught a quick glimpse but did one of the inactive players on West Virginia's sideline have Bednarik on the back of his jersey?
Did you see who was playing in the Arkansas/Wisconsin game?
Keith Jackson Jr (http://www.hogwired.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=30724&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=186851&Q_SEASON=2006)
big ten had a decent showing today...but the notion that two of their teams should be playing for the national title game was always and is absurd...michigan doesnt even make the sec championship game if they had to go thru that conference
I think OSU would have dominated the MAC this year if given the opportunity.
yeah but the MAC was down this year
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 01, 2007, 08:57:05 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 01, 2007, 04:49:40 PM
Only caught a quick glimpse but did one of the inactive players on West Virginia's sideline have Bednarik on the back of his jersey?
Did you see who was playing in the Arkansas/Wisconsin game?
Keith Jackson Jr (http://www.hogwired.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=30724&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=186851&Q_SEASON=2006)
He's a beast.
Ever hear K-Jacks rap album?
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 01, 2007, 08:57:05 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 01, 2007, 04:49:40 PM
Only caught a quick glimpse but did one of the inactive players on West Virginia's sideline have Bednarik on the back of his jersey?
Did you see who was playing in the Arkansas/Wisconsin game?
Keith Jackson Jr (http://www.hogwired.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=30724&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=186851&Q_SEASON=2006)
Did you notice his number? That can't be a coincidence. Eh - or maybe it can. Who knows?
the good side of screen shots:
(http://i11.tinypic.com/4h8qvwj.jpg)
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on January 01, 2007, 09:02:49 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 01, 2007, 08:57:05 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 01, 2007, 04:49:40 PM
Only caught a quick glimpse but did one of the inactive players on West Virginia's sideline have Bednarik on the back of his jersey?
Did you see who was playing in the Arkansas/Wisconsin game?
Keith Jackson Jr (http://www.hogwired.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=30724&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=186851&Q_SEASON=2006)
Did you notice his number? That can't be a coincidence. Eh - or maybe it can. Who knows?
if i remember right, i thought i heard that jerome was his godfather or something.
hooray California teen buttcheeks :yay
Fiesta Bowl.....yeah Boise State
Whos the #38 patch for on the back of Oklahomas helmets?
50th anniversary of Prentice Gautt, first black player at Oklahoma
This game started around 8, no? How long can it go....
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 01, 2007, 11:35:55 PM
50th anniversary of Prentice Gautt, first black player at Oklahoma
BigEd knows stuff.
yeah
good find easy
AMAZING GAME
BOISE STATE OKLAHOMA!
un fargin real
this is a top three all time football game...college or pro
words cant describe it
crazy, just crazy. game of the year 2007, book it.
Wow
BSU winning 28-10, midway through the 3rd
1 min left, Oklahoma ties it at 28 (after 3 attempts at the 2-pt conversion)
1st offensive play from BSU....INT for TD....35-28 Oklahoma
BSU gets the ball back and gets 4th-and-18 from midfield
Pass complete but 3 yds short....hook and lateral....race to the endzone...dive....touchdown w/ 7 seconds left!
35-35 OT
Holy shtein!!
Amazing game. All timer here, folks.
this is exactly why college football >>>>>>>> pro football
Well that was anti-climatic. BSU answer.
this is so ill
just when youve think you seen it all
Ballsy move. And it pays off.
Amazing game. Beautiful. :yay
Statue of Liberty :-D
f'ing awesome game
Did they draw these plays up in the sand? Amazing.
BSU should be able to play OSU. farg igy and his stupid bowls.
That was incredible. Definitely worth only getting 4 hours of sleep. :yay
Oklahoma gets beaten by the hook and ladder and statue of liberty. :-D
best football game ive ever seen
that last play call was so ill
one of those plays you practice but never use...unless its to win in overtime of the best college bowl game ever played
just amazing
I have to agree with you that is probably one of the top three games of all time.
Best game I ever saw.
Ian Johnson just proposed to some cheerleader. Bahahaha.
and Chris Myers f'ed it up
:-D
Movie script stuff here
In 10 years, Temple = Boise State.
Shhhhhhhhhh
She wasn't bad looking.
she was a hottie.
best game i've ever seen. the last 4 minutes were a roller coaster of emotion. simply amazing. gives the WAC some credibility.
Hey... as much as Michigan losing made me almost not watch the Fiesta Bowl... I'm glad I decided to watch. Don't know if I've ever seen a football game like that. Incredible. One of the best games I've ever seen in my life.
i went to bed, as it was meaningless bowl game with no impact on a national champion.
You don't know what you missed!
Then again, neither do I. I was asleep also.
I watched Star Trek: Enterprise marathon shows I had recorded all night.
I win. And by "win" I mean, "kill me."
:-\
thank god I watched a movie last night instead of one of the best college bowl games ever.
I didn't see much of the USC - Michigan game and was pissed as hell so I forced myself to watch the OU - Boise game. Good.
I missed it, went to bed at 10pm. It was a long newyears night and day. :'(
USC/Michigan stunk. The only thing you missed was Dwayne Jarrett solidifying a top 20 status in the draft and taunting Michigan's DBs because they couldn't stop him....
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 02, 2007, 02:43:52 PM
USC/Michigan stunk. The only thing you missed was Dwayne Jarrett solidifying a top 20 status in the draft and taunting Michigan's DBs because they couldn't stop him....
True dat... for me, the game was boring as hell for the first half, then frustrating as hell the second. For all the hype it got.. it didn't deliver.
Louisville won the Orange Bowl 24-13. yawn
saban to bama
Money talks.
but...but...he said in his press conference he WASN't going to go
Didn't Rich Rodriguez take the Bama' job?
Quote from: Die-Hard on January 03, 2007, 12:05:04 PM
Didn't Rich Rodriguez take the Bama' job?
Yes, right before Barry Zito signed with the Mets at a discount.
Did the WVU booster tell you that too?
No. I told myself.
Notre Dame :-D
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 04, 2007, 12:23:44 AM
Notre Dame :-D
They absolutely got mauled. I couldn't believe he faked the punt on a 4th and 3 from his own 35--and then when they were behind and had a 4th and 4 in LSU territory, he punted. That was just poor play calling--and Brady Quinn looked like dog poop.
Robert Smith said Rutgers should have been in the Sugar Bowl instead of ND.
Me likes Robert Smith.
Robert Smith said Rutgers should have been in the Sugar Bowl instead of ND.
not cincinnati?
Not to pile on here but Charlie Weis looks like he's a dozen chicken wings away from a massive heart attack:
(http://espn-ak.starwave.com/photo/2007/0103/ncf_a_weis_412.jpg)
Good God, dude. . . eat a salad, already. ???
he needs to go johnny cash like andy
did he almost die from the stomach surgery?
Brady Quinn will fit in perfectly in Oakland.
High school All-American game is finishing up on NBC right now. Everyone that still had Notre Dame on their list of choices today is announcing for somewhere else...
Another Phil Simms son is in this game....Matt, wearing #2 like Chris, heading to Louisville
OT Anthony Davis chose Rutgers over Ohio State
USC Kicker Mario Danelo was found dead. (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2722825)
JaMarcus Russell declared for the draft
Ginn returns the opening kick for a TD. :o
And the Gators answer - they march down the field to tie it up.
Shaping up to be a good game.
Im very excited to watch this...If its half as good as the Fiesta was, we're in for a treat.
Phreak - we missed you yesterday dude.
Holy shtein.. :o
Smith sacked - looked like he went down funny and tore his knee. He got up though. I saw his NFL career flash by.
hmm....14-7 Florida
I missed y'all too. This year wasn't kind to me as far as scheduling goes and making it to games. Hopefully next year will be better.
Percy Harvin scores. Or does he? Under review and looks like it will be overturned.
But FLA will be on the 1yd line. About to take a 14-7 lead.
Go Gators. F Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Ohio state university
Edit - the call stands. TD good.
You take the line tonight? I thought abour taking OSU but laid off. Had a rough weekend.
I just took a second to read through the last 3 or 4 pages of the farg dallas thread for the first time. Some GREAT pictures in there :-D
What a great weekend.
Florida is going to win this game.
Smith picked off. Florida driving again.
Would this be the first time a school would win football and basketball championships in the same year?
Yup. In fact, the football winner's school has never even been the loser of the basketball final game....
Who's done it?
Can't believe Tressel went for it on 4th and 1 at his own 30, what a dumbass. After Florida kicked the FG how did they get the ball back so fast? I left the room to nuke some food, came back and Florida was inside the 5.
Jimmy Johnson called it a desperate move by the buckeyes going for it on fourth down.
Emmitt comparing it with Barry going for it against the birds back in 97.
Jimmy quickly saying "Not when I was coach".
QuoteToday at 10:20:14 PM »
Can't believe Tressel went for it on 4th and 1 at his own 30, what a dumbass. After Florida kicked the FG how did they get the ball back so fast? I left the room to nuke some food, came back and Florida was inside the 5.
Troy Smith blown up, fumble.
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 08, 2007, 10:20:14 PM
After Florida kicked the FG how did they get the ball back so fast?
Smith fumbled. He's playing a horrible game.
Well I've been talking shtein on Troy Smith all year and finally he is getting exposed. About time. Better late than never I guess.
His best WR has been out the whole game. Definitely doesnt help.
Quote from: Die-Hard on January 08, 2007, 10:36:27 PM
His best WR has been out the whole game. Definitely doesnt help.
Huh? Ginn was the one that went out. Gonzalez is still in.
Quote from: Die-Hard on January 08, 2007, 10:32:59 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 08, 2007, 10:20:14 PM
After Florida kicked the FG how did they get the ball back so fast?
Smith fumbled. He's playing a horrible game.
Right on. And thanks for the Bacardi, SoCo, and Vodka yesterday. I showed my g/f your famous pic this morning and she almost died laughing.
This game is horrible. :-o
41-14 final. Florida wins the basketball and football titles in the same year...
big ten = fraudulent
that game was boring.
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 09, 2007, 09:26:54 AM
big ten = fraudulent
Not disagreeing with you one bit, but I hate the month and a half long layoffs from the end of the season till the bowl games. I often wonder how much of an impact it has on the game. Just really happy PSU represented.
it wasnt like florida played last week
florida is just a superior team...the depth of athletes and speed on their team is amazing...their second string could hang in with osu
michigan and osu both got exposed in the bowls by real big time college football teams
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 08, 2007, 10:49:08 PM
Quote from: Die-Hard on January 08, 2007, 10:32:59 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on January 08, 2007, 10:20:14 PM
After Florida kicked the FG how did they get the ball back so fast?
Smith fumbled. He's playing a horrible game.
Right on. And thanks for the Bacardi, SoCo, and Vodka yesterday. I showed my g/f your famous pic this morning and she almost died laughing.
Anytime brother :yay
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 09, 2007, 10:15:39 AM
it wasnt like florida played last week
florida is just a superior team...the depth of athletes and speed on their team is amazing...their second string could hang in with osu
michigan and osu both got exposed in the bowls by real big time college football teams
I understand that, but overall I wonder if the layoff effects certain teams different than it does other teams. Bottom line is when the chips are down you have to play, and Ohio State folded.
the layoff excuse might be semi valid if you just had a rough start...but ohio state got dominated for 60 minutes
plus as mentioned its not like florida didnt have a huge layoff as well
Well, I was completely wrong about the Big Ten this year, but it just reinforces the need for a playoff - Last night should have been USC vs. Florida.
The last time Ohio State played, McNabb was starting for a 5-4 team...
did anybody see how Ted Gin Jr. got hurt?
(http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=12319&stc=1&d=1168447822)
Holy shtein. I had no idea. Crazy stuff.
wow. good pic.
Quote from: Dillen37 on January 06, 2007, 11:28:48 PM
USC Kicker Mario Danelo was found dead. (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2722825)
Dude had a .223 BAC (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2755060)
.223 is child's play. Some PSU chick on a bar tour rocked greater than a .6 and survived.
I'm sure I've been over .25 no less than 4-5 times in my life.
I'm pretty sure I've been there too. I loved the times where I'd be drunk for two days and be severely cramping up. Good times.
i blew a .32 to the cops once.
when i finally got blood work done about 3 hours later, i was still at a .18.
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 05, 2007, 03:48:50 PM
.223 is child's play. Some PSU chick on a bar tour rocked greater than a .6 and survived.
I'm sure I've been over .25 no less than 4-5 times in my life.
Was this something that was documented or just a rumor. Because usually .4 is comatose and .5 is death.
LINK (http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/08/08-30-99tdc/08-30-99dnews-1.asp)
QuoteKristine A. Lurowist made headlines last week after she survived a 21-shot bar tour Tuesday morning that resulted in a life-threatening blood alcohol level of .682. Like Rick, Lurowist was returning from the bars with her friends when a police officer found her unconscious and called for an ambulance. She was discharged from the hospital last week.
I rule at remembering important stuff.
another link (http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990827drunk2.asp)