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Well, the wait begins.   :oh_i_see: 

Kentucky is actually putting together a pretty decent recruiting class with Mark Stoops as their new HC, but shit, they could be 14th in the country and still be 14th in the SEC.   :heartbreak:

TOO SOON EXECUTUS.

But yes, come signing day I'll start getting interested again.

Oh, you got a Stoops.  Good luck with that.

I think he's going to be better than Mike, but I don't think Bob could save Kentucky. 

Deer antler spray is becoming all the rage (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8897280/deer-antler-salesman-saw-alabama-players-use-product). 

He also said UGA used it as well. He's a modern snake oil guy.

It does raise sort of an interesting question I guess, do you get in trouble for the intent of cheating, even if the product you use does literally nothing?

And LSU.

Pish... They drink gator blood, eat turtle eyeballs, drink Spanish moss tea... I mean what do you expect from a team whose coach eats grass ffs?

Some sort of testicular extract?   :awesome_for_real:

Are you saying Underwear soaked in Menthol which had been bombarded with radio waves does nothing?  :uhrr:

Wow, it looks like LSU is actually going to get a real offensive coordinator. Cam Cameron is supposedly going to replace the complete disaster they had at OC.

Don't jinx it.  :grin:

You had to wait until this year when you're BACK ON UGA'S SCHEDULE?!?!

 :oh_i_see:

Well it IS Cam Cameron... I'll just wait and see.

Soooo, the NCAA apparently REALLY fucked up the Miamuh investigation.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8959938/ncaa-acknowledges-missteps-miami-hurricanes-investigation

Yeah "missteps." You know what qualifies as a misstep?


The NCAA issued a bribe money payment to Shapiro's prison account. The fuck.  :uhrr:

The NCAA is a corrupt fuckup on an organization and needs to be dismantled?  :why_so_serious:

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect//public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/playing+rules+panel+approves+more+stringent+penalty+in+football

New rules coming up for the season... the big one:

 :ye_gods:

This should be glorious to watch. NCAA refs barely know what pass interference looks like. Wait until they have to sort out a defenseless hit ejection. Wait until the slo-mo replay that shows a guy was hit in the shoulder and not the head, but they tossed out the best defender in a huge matchup.

I am shocked.  Shocked!

Oregon with "major" violations.   (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9177148/ncaa-oregon-ducks-agree-major-violations-committed-football-program)

Yeah it's no wonder Chip Kelly jumped ship. Everyone saw this coming.

Jesus.  Fucking.  Christ.   :uhrr:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/04/12/ncaa-director-of-enforcement-dave-didion-mark-emmert/2079311/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/04/12/ncaa-director-of-enforcement-dave-didion-mark-emmert/2079311/)

There's a reckoning coming. When all the conferences agree to toss these assholes at the NCAA out on the street. They have no credibility and diminishing power.

What we're seeing with the NCAA is vaguely reminiscent of what we are seeing with our federal gubment.  Seriously, Mark Emmert and that bunch of assbags have lost all sense of ethics. 

It's time to call a spade a spade and make the NCAA a pay-for-play, alt-minor league situation. 

I've been saying this for years. The NCAA big-time TV-covered athletics programs are professional farm leagues and should be treated as such. The days of the "student athlete" in men's basketball, baseball and football are fucking over.

With the new SEC network coming soon (which is going to be a game changer), things are only going to get dirtier. 

In shocking news the new NCAA college football playoff will be called the College Football Playoff (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9204021/college-football-playoff-expected-new-name-four-team-playoff-sources). 


 :oh_i_see:

Did we really need an announcement for this? 

It sounds like a subtle shot at the big ten naming of their divisions. Or I'd like to believe it is.

Yup. Although I wouldn't have called it subtle!

I missed that, but that doesn't mean it was subtle.   :awesome_for_real:

It's amazing to me that the ACC is still in existence.  I still can't believe that those dumbasses signed a GOR which will lock all of them into this shitty deal for 12 years. 

ACC Network getting off to a great start (http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ACC-net.aspx).

Don't get me wrong.  I don't relish the idea of watching Duke versus Wake Forest or Syracuse versus Pitt in football.  But I think that the game is better when the bad guys from the 80s are good.  I love when Florida State and Miami are top notch.  But, other than Clemson, there's not a lot that this piece of shit conference has to offer.

The NCAA completely ignores Oregon. Man, they are inept. They couldn't investigate their own junk.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2013/06/26/oregon-football-ncaa-investigation-probation/2459297/

The coach bails because he knows it will be bad. Oregon offers to put itself on a 2 probation because THEY know they are guilty. And the NCAA comes in and says, ok 3 years instead kthxbye. No bowl ban, just a stupid show-cause edict on coaches that are already gone. What a limp-dicked move.

The faster this playoff comes along and renders these guys useless, the better. Also, I really really hope Ed O'Bannon wins this case, and I don't think he plans to settle no matter what. He wants to expose the NCAA, and if it was me I'd want the same.

That's not even a slap on the wrist... more like a tickle with a feather.

Fuck me, but the NCAA is fucking useless.

The NCAA is a business poorly disguised as a regulating body. 

Nebu you played in college right? Is there a chance you could be in on the class-action of the NCAA suit?

I wonder who got nice comfy endorsements or jobs at Nike as a complete coincidence.

I wasn't a scholarship athlete, so I don't think I would be included.  I was a walk-on that happened to have a great work ethic and be the beneficiary of playing a position on a team with poor depth at that position and lots of injuries.   

Finally going to a school that doesn't look at their football team and laugh openly (Minnesota --> Texas). 

Johnny Football makes me laugh (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130715/johnny-manziel-aaron-hernandez-monday-morning-quarterback/?xid=nl_siextra). 

God the media gets its panties in a wad so easily in the summer. This guy isn't a bad kid, he's just pulling the same guy bullshit we all would with that kind of fame. If he gets into trouble with drugs, DUI, or guns? Yeah, the media should crawl up his ass.

He's on the borderline for doing something really fucking stupid. 

I think we all were to a degree when it came to drinking in college. That's pretty much all I see here with Johnny Football. He's a drunk idiot in the offseason.

Where you start to see people go off the rails is with drugs or guns.

I'd rather see athletes smoking weed than drinking heavily myself, if I had to pick.

If it was legal in Georgia, I'd agree. However, it's not so people get suspended for it on the UGA program.

It's also not legal for 20 year old kids to drink. 

While accurate, an underage drinking citation doesn't carry the same weight in the athletic department at our school that a pot bust does.

I agree with Ingmar that weed is probably less harmful than drinking all the time.  My issue is that Manziel doesn't strike me as a kid with a whole lot of sense (not that he's an idiot, but he's a 20 year old wildman) and he's got a hell of a microscope on him, like it or not.  He needs someone to professionally advise him on what to do or he could see his draft status skid significantly.  I would also say that it only takes one time of getting into a DUI accident (and you just know that Manziel is driving around drunk) to ruin his career and possibly land him in jail. 

I think you're putting too much emphasis on drinking in terms of the NFL status. Stafford was a wildman fuckup at UGA too, and that was well-known by staff and the NFL scouts. He never got a DUI. I don't think it's a given that just because Manziel is a drunk fuckup as well that he'll end up behind the wheel and in cuffs.

Also, I'll point to the honey badger as a way weed can fuck up your draft status.

Oh, if Manziel continues the way he is without getting in real trouble nobody will give a shit.  I think you're missing the point though- It has nothing to do with whether or not he's acting like a typical American college fratboy.  He doesn't get that luxury.  The mainstream press has the capability to crucify someone. Honey badger got about 1/100 of the media attention of Manziel, and it's really going to be a circus around the guy this year.  And once the media is that on to someone you can guarantee that the police are going to have their radar up for him.  Manziel needs someone to tell him to calm the fuck down, IMO. 

Sure the media wants to make him a story. Because it's summer.

See, here's my thing on this. Manziel was a one hit wonder. He's not motivated to be part of an A&M team we know doesn't have a legitimate chance of beating Alabama twice in a row. They won't sneak up on anybody. ESPN will hype the ever loving shit out of the A&M and Alabama game on September 14th. My prediction is it will be a complete letdown. Alabama will grind them down with a redone defense specifically keyed on stopping just Manziel.

Then the hype train derails, and he spends the rest of the season waiting to get out of college station. Because he ain't beating LSU either.

You're probably right.  I don't think A and M's team is nearly as good, overall.  I bet they lose 4-5 games.

It's certainly possible. Arkansas will be better (they can't get worse), Ole Miss will have a much better defense through recruiting, Alabama's D is going nowhere nor is their running game, and LSU has an actual offensive coordinator. Also I wouldn't put it past Auburn to get bowl eligible this year.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130722/grand-canyon-university-pac-12-protest/

So it begins...

Well, I guess that's the point where I join in with the 'burn it down' crowd. I would love the Pac 12 and Big 10 to knock the game board over and take the Rose Bowl with them.

What would that prove? Both leagues got caught cheating under the current system at the highest levels multiple times. They've in neck deep with everybody else, and in many cases are the ones driving the bus.

Get the SEC involved and it very well may happen.

I'm not putting it out as something to prove anything, I just want Big Game and a trip to the Rose Bowl every 50 years or so and everything else is shit I don't care about.

I think rivalries are extremely important to the sport, and the conference additions did a lot to put those in jeopardy. That's why I think it's important for all the big conferences to get together. However, I also believe that the move towards a playoff puts more of the top tier conferences on notice that they can't get away with only 2/3 of the schedule being conference games.

Ideally, dumping the NCAA (if the Big 12, Big 10, PAC 12, ACC, and SEC all collaborated) would produce the best 60-70 teams in the nation that matter, and remove the stain on football that is the bottom 50-60 teams that require a paycheck from the big boys to stay afloat. Every team could play 9 conference games, one cross conference rival, and 2 random teams from a rotation of the other conferences.

At that point, everybody wins. The players (if O'Bannon case prevails) could actually get a royalty for their name usage, and/or the players could draw a stipend because the NCAA stupidity rules would be replaced by a new agreement. The teams get more money from better deals that produce better TV for better matchups. The fans get better games to watch with none of the dregs cupcake games that fill up a home schedule like a preseason NFL lineup. The playoff could be expanded to 8 teams so you get 5 champions and 3 wild cards. The Big Bowls could stay involved, and the small bowls could continue as they are outside the playoff system, culling the really stupid ones like the Beef O Brady bowl, etc.

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Southwestern Oaklahoma State is going with a novel theme for their helmets.

I wasn't aware 'roadkill' was a theme.

Nice to see them sponsored by Cabela's.  :why_so_serious:

edit: only one L in that... doh!

You haven't been to Mississippi then, have you?  Boy? 

I'm sort of shocked it passes uniform regulations.

Car crash last night killed an A&M freshman and an incoming Utah recruit (and injured another incoming Ute who was driving so is probably going to have some major psychological issues about it as two of the dead were his brothers and the other his best friend).  Drowsy driving and no seat belts.  So preventable. 

So dangerous. It's something to remember every time you go on a road trip. I know for one that I drove really tired once by myself coming from a GA/FL game with the AC on full blast. By the time I made it back, I realized I'd never do it again.

It sucks that these kids never got that chance to make a mistake and live to tell about it.

How do people ride cars without seatbelts? It was drilled into me in driver's ed so hard that I feel naked without one.

They're probably really uncomfortable if you're football player-sized.

Which is a bullshit excuse when it comes to safety. I assume this was an off the cuff remark so I am not directing anything here at you, but I have heard this before from people that do not wear seatbelts and it drives me nuts. Cars and trucks now have adjustable seatbelts - they might not be the perfect fit, but shit keeps you alive. Not wearing them is just fuck-stupid IMHO.

Hell, my parents told me the car wouldn't even start without my seatbelt buckled.  I believed that until I was 10 or so.  

I can only imagine some 300 pound lineman hurtling around a car at 50 miles per hour plus.  That's crazy.

Yeah I am not excusing anything, just pondering what might cause someone to not wear it.

I'm sure this will teach Johnny Manziel nothing.

But Tim Tebow might...

What are the odds that Lane Kiffin gets shitcanned after this year?   :awesome_for_real:

One can only hope at this point.

Why would anyone but a USC fan hope for that?

So we can watch him fail upwards again.

So what, he'll get axed at USC and go on to coach Alabama next year?  :why_so_serious:

No, Georgia :awesome_for_real:

 :mob:

I must admit, the anguish Paelos would express if Lane Kiffin were hired at Georgia would be darn amusing to watch.  :why_so_serious:

(http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rangers-fan-in-anguish-baseball-fan-gifs.gif)

I said Georgia cause they are ranked 5th in the preseason poll which seems high to me so when they inevitable fail to meet that expectation they'll be looking for a new head coach :awesome_for_real:

If there's a god this will happen.

No way Kiffin gets another HC position any time soon. Dude would probably turn to sportscasting before running into that bee's nest.

Manziel under investigation (http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9537999/otl-ncaa-investigating-johnny-manziel-profiting-autographs) for possibly getting paid to sign autographs in the winter.  


This kid is dumber than a post.   :oh_i_see:


Addendum-  No more free signings (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9539990/broker-says-johnny-manziel-friend-halted-free-autograph-signings)!


I have to wonder why he was doing free signings in the first place.  And what does "free" actually mean?   :awesome_for_real:

Yeah.  Manziel is pretty well fucked (http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9544137/broker-says-johnny-manziel-took-7500-autographing-helmets). 


A and M doesn't have any choice but to suspend him until all this stuff shakes out.  I'm sure he'll be eligible by the Alabama game though.

As the rules stand, yeah, kinda dumb. But... it is a bullshit rule. It is his likeness/signature - he should have full ownership over it and if some moron wants to pay him for it, then so be it. Winds of change can't come fast enough.

All that said, I am all for the suspension. One less player in the SEC west my Tigers have to contend with - especially since we go to Bama this year then see these guys in Death Valley.

He's an idiot for doing that. Not only does he not need the money, he's going to untrustworthy people to pull it off.

The NCAA should suspend him through the Alabama game. My guess? They do nothing when he pays it back and faces community service or some shit.

The national media is going to crucify him for this.  Your boy got 4 games for selling a jersey, I bet Manziel gets more than a slap on the wrist. 

Yeah I imagine the book is going to get thrown reasonably hard on this one. Those guys get bombarded from day 1 with reminders to not do shit like that, and it sounds like he didn't just break the rule, he had a whole operation going.

It wasn't fair when AJ did it either, but UGA was a dumpster fire coming off that season, and nobody had any plans for us to do jack shit in 2010.

This is the goldenboy Heisman winner who is supposed to play in the NCAA's highlight game of the year in Week 3.

I'd like to see them sack up and do something big, but they just glad-handed the Oregon shit, and are knee deep in a legal case over this kind of stuff.

EDIT: He gets to pay back $7500, goes on double secret probation, and misses exactly 2 games. That's my prediction now!  :why_so_serious:

Looks like Jadeveon Clowney has some pictures floating around of him signing memorabilia (http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/08/07/jadeveon-clowney-autographing-photos-in-hotel-room-dinner/).  The NCAA better watch out on how they handle this.  It could really turn up and bite them in the ass. 

This whole thing is coming up  :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: for UGA.

Our guys don't usually sign stuff, they commit crimes to get suspended.

Huh.  According to Emory Business School UGA has the best football fans in the SEC (https://blogs.emory.edu/sportsmarketing/2013/08/05/ranking-sec-football-fans-georgia-beats-out-alabama/).  No shock that Kentucky is low, but I figured the Mississippi schools would have beaten us out.  Wow.  Looking at that list is impressive.  The SEC is definitely murderer's row.

(https://blogs.emory.edu/sportsmarketing/files/2013/07/SEC-Football-BE.png)

A lot of that comes from having the same head coach over that period of time. Stability in wins and stability in revenues. Always being in the discussion if not leading the league.

You don't find it odd that you're ahead of Alabama who is having one of the best runs ever in college football?  Seems interesting.

Alabama was awful before Saban. They looked at a 10 year window. That's including Alabama on probation and having their coach end up in a strip club.

That's true.  I'm still surprised.  The fans never really go away in Alabama.  They're like cockroaches. 

I miss that Alabama.

Don't we all.   :oh_i_see:

Today was a great day to be a Ute fan. Dopey idiot Roscoe Mendenhall down at the Zoo decided that players wouldn't have their names on the back of the jersey. Instead it would be one of three things: Spirit, Honor, or Tradition.  Us jolly Utes suggested he also go with Integrity so it would round out the SHIT meme.  It went from "we are going to do this for the season" to "we are going to do this for the entirety of when I am coach here" to "well the players voted and only want to wear them for Homecoming so we'll do that" over the course of about 4 hours.  They put out a video of players talking about how cool it was that looked like a freaking Iranian Hostage confession film.  Even the cool-aid drinking zoobs were like "What the Flip?" which is Mormon for what the fuck. Pure hilarity.

I'm surprised they didn't go for Wisdom, Altruism, Nobility and Knowledge. Would Fit a college team better, wouldn't you say?

Yeah, shit is getting real. 

NCAA stops sales of jerseys on its website. (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9551518/ncaa-shuts-site-jersey-sales-says-hypocritical) 


They are in full retreat mode right now.

Little late now Mark. This is not going to get handled by giving yourself some kind of self-assessed sanction like you let schools do.

Mark Emmert is such a weasel.  It will be nice to see him memorialized as the guy that killed the NCAA.

The first weekend has some damned good games.  I can't wait.

1.  UNC/USC
2.  USC/Hawaii
3.  Alabama/VaTech
4.  Georgia/Clemson
5.  LSU/TCU
6.  Washington/Boise

Probably nothing will go like we don't expect, but still should be some decent football to watch instead of the Oregon/Nicholls State matchups.   :uhrr:

Yeah it's certainly an upgrade over the usual crap we see Week 1. With the new system that's also bound to get better after this year.

Why do you say that?

Except for homecoming... because *shrug*.

The committee system isn't going to reward shit scheduling. The whole purpose of the move away from the BCS is that conferences are tired of dealing with the formula nonsense, and they want to make more money. The way they get attendance up and make more money is by not scheduling crap games that nobody cares about.

Make no mistake, the schools have problems selling those games, and they fudge numbers to get attendance records up. Not only that, despite news that college football attendance is setting records in conferences, they are doing it by adding schools and looking at totals, not averages. The SEC attendance per game average has actually been dropping since 2008.

Student attendance is also down in places, because they could care less about watching crap games. Georgia recently went from 18,000 to 16,000 in allotment, and they still have to work to sell those crap games in single tickets well after the season packages are handed out.

I hope you're right.  I think they should just ban playing FCS schools. 

I think that should be a given. I'd like to go further redo what qualifies as division I football. In my mind it should just be the 5 conferences and you play each other.

Seriously, if you can't schedule (and beat) Kentucky, Kansas, Washington State and Wake Forest, you don't deserve a bowl.

All of those teams would have mopped the floor with Illinois last year  :awesome_for_real:

(and probably this year too)

But that would rob us of awesome stuff like San Jose State beating John Elway twice!

Who better to beat him than his dad?

You should know better than to give me straight lines like that.

(http://i.imgur.com/MkW7kMa.jpg)

Illinois could beat Kansas and Kentucky.  They are just awful.

I wonder if Urban Meyer could end up getting in some significant trouble (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1752527-rolling-stone-promises-aaron-hernandez-bombshells-including-angel-dust-use?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2) over this Aaron Hernandez deal.  It's already well known that he is very light handed with his star players. 

Manziel suspended for half a game (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9609389/johnny-manziel-texas-aggies-suspended-1st-half-season-opener-rice-owls).   :awesome_for_real:



The NCAA is such a joke.  Why bother?

Half a game? Did they send him to bed without dinner too?  :uhrr:

Hell, Rice is terrible.  He probably would have only played a half or quarter anyway.

Of course they are. The message is 'WE  :heart: MONEY'.

Heh. Our kicker played his very first game of football EVER tonight.  He was on the U.S. National ski team and tried out for football on a bet.  Hit from 19, 38 and 45 and executed a flawless surprise onside kick.

I heard Utah was down big so turned it on and watched the comeback during commercials for the Seahawks game. Utah State's QB was a slippery little bastard. I am glad the Utes pulled it out...I was too tired to go down to my office to log in to WoT and troll you about losing the first game  :grin:

Aggy looks pretty bad, even with Manziel

I am not sure I care for my first exposure to Sonny Dykes brand football.

On the other hand, freshman QB went for 445 yards...

Manziel, like Tebow, is way overrated.  The Heisman is selection committee is a joke.

Well it is really a popularity contest at this point... who can sell the most gear?

And LSU looks like it actually has an offense this year... sad about losing all those defenders to the paying league.

You mean the better paying league.   :why_so_serious:

That Georgia/Clemson game was very good.  Surprised the monkey hasn't commented on it yet.  Still too hung over?   :why_so_serious:

Don't poke the bear bulldog. 

We're not great on the line and that cost us yet again. I can't believe that for the umpteenth year in a row, we bought in as a fanbase that our offensive line wouldn't be completely ass. They're older now! They have game experience! They won't be stopped!

Yeah right. If not for the fact we have one of the most awesome runningbacks in all the SEC, that line would look like a unit on Arkansas Directional School. Plus our QB is a fool who doesn't know that the playclock is important or not to throw it to the other team, and our defense is as we expected, shitty.

The game was also rife with penalties, and most of the damage was on our center. That's inexcusable. He's supposed to be the one guy on the line who isn't getting caught holding!

Nothing about that failed snap?  Bueller?

I hope you wore your orange suit to watch the game.

It didn't matter. We had another 2 possessions after that and did jack shit before getting the garbage TD they gave us with their prevent Defense.

Well, this is still a BCS year. Key is to lose early to another ranked team. Seems to work out every year for some reason.

It's not a devastating loss. What was devastating was the way we looked when things went wrong. There are things there in that game that weren't fixable this season and haven't been fixed in over 3 years in some cases.

That's sort of funny because it seems I'm giving UGA more credit than you are.


If I'd have gone to it in person, I'd have done so I think.  Except it's HOT.

You probably are giving them more credit than me. I'm sick of this shit with Richt and company by now. I expected better after we gave them a pass on the 6-7 season, and all we've gotten is wins over crap teams and losses in the top 15.

You know, going into Clemson (who has a very, very good team) and losing by 3 is not a season ending disaster.  I think Jawja will be fine at the end of the year. 

It is when you were expecting to compete for the national championship.  While I didn't see them as a contender, many GA fans did.

It's not a disaster. It's a failure. It's one in a string of many when you faced off against big time opponents in big games.

Here's a rundown:

#8 Clemson Loss by 3
#2 Alabama Loss by 4
#2 Florida Win by 8
#6 SC Loss by 28
#1 LSU Loss by 32
#12 SC Loss by 3
#5 Boise St Loss by 14
#2 Auburn Loss by 18
#12 Arkansas Loss by 7
#7 GA Tech Win by 6
#1 Florida Loss by 24
#4 LSU Loss by 7
#9 Okie State Loss by 14

That's since 2009. Tell me, why should I think we can win these games against big opponents?

I still can't believe you guys lost to Boise State.   :awesome_for_real:

It was great to see those fuckers get the smackdown at Washington this last week.

I'm going to the game against SC. Can't say I'm exactly thrilled about our chances, but at the same time I'm not going to miss the first home game.

Admit it...you just want to see all those cocks play.

One of the worst games I've ever been to in terms of atmosphere is in Columbia SC. That place is a pit with fans that make Tennessee people look normal.

This is true. Those people... But if anything, last week exposed SC. You guy have a great shot. (saying this because I want your conference to consume itself.)

I don't think Will Muschamp is going to survive this year.   :awesome_for_real:

I dunno about that... Miami is no slouch. They'll fly under the radar all year.

And you think that matters on whether or not he keeps his job?  :awesome_for_real:

I guess we just aren't going to play defense this year.

Ditto Lane Kiffin and Mack Brown

Sir, don't make me put down my pig and take yew to the woodshed.
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UT is 2-0 and will be 2-1 next week after they play the Oregon Mighty Crooks.  But soon Bulldogs, soon...

I feel slightly better about the offense, but man our defense is a trainwreck. Still, suck on that cocks!

That #3 (Gurley II?) you got is a hoss. 

Without Gurley we'd be sunk. He is a beast, and so is Quavon Hicks #48 our fullback.

Is that the big white boy that knocked the fuck out of defenders?  Yeah, he's badass.  Really, GA is my pick for winning the East if I look at it objectively.  You have the aforementioned, as well as Murray in his senior season who's as good a QB as I've seen in the SEC.  Your weak points are your shitty defense and your inability to win big games.

Mack just sacrificed Manny Diaz to the football gods.  I guess he lives another year. 

They should have fired him on the spot. The amount of time they continue to waste with Mack Brown just proves it's almost impossible to fire a tenured white head coach in college football.

They should have ushered him out the door last year.  Mack would never be fired mid season.  There's no way and he's probably earned a more dignified "retirement" than being fired mid-season.

Lane Kiffin, on the other hand.....probably should be fired today. 

I watched the Texas game with actual Texas fans and it was a depressing experience.  OTOH, I also got to watch Michigan win so it's a wash, I guess.

Ask Jeff Tedford about that.

Yes, the answer is 3-9. I'm not sure Texas could ever fall that low though.

Wat?  Cheating in football? 

Miles era Okie State with payment to players (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9657658/report-oklahoma-state-cowboys-players-got-paid-les-miles-era). 


I honestly don't even know why the NCAA even tries. 

These stories aren't even news anymore. News would be when they find a BCS level school that ISN'T dirty.

It's good that they are, however, as it shows just how ineffective the NCAA is.  Nobody plays by the rules, at least nobody that wins. 

This OSU thing could be the biggest NCAA scandal ever (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/09/09/si-oklahoma-state-allegations-report-broken-into-5-segments/2790367/), possibly even bigger than Miamuh.

Jesus Christ, part 4.  :facepalm:

Part 3 isn't so great either, and may be worse. 

Nope part 4 is always the strangest and the worst. Pay them under the table and help them pass classes and let them smoke weed are all pretty humdrum but roll out the hookers when presumably the hookers are boosters or students or something and not actual hookers is always pretty fucking icky and strange.

Or, frankly, even when they're actual hookers.

Just wait until some Dad is watching this and thinking to himself, wait wasn't my daughter in that program?

That's a pr0n site waiting to happen.

I'm sure that happens all the time in the porn industry.

Who gives a shit about the dads? The whole overly concerned worrying about what your kids get up to in the bedroom thing is frankly flat-out creepy in its own right. I'd be a lot more worried about the possibility of women being institutionally pressured into shit here.

There's no reason to worry.  That's exactly what was happening.  And they probably weren't pressured.  It is most likely that they were paid for their activities. 

I still think I'd rather not have my kid being smoked up or whatever while he's on a recruiting visit.  I've known several kids personally that went off to play football at regional colleges and came back with raging Oxycontin addictions.   :oh_i_see:

I'm not really worried about that at all. Having known similar programs in the SEC, the girls that sign up for these things are not stupid, nor are they going into it blind, nor were they coerced into anything. Frankly if they were, I'd think that shit would have hit the fan long before money changing hands or drug issues.

The shit is hitting the fan now, and I can guarantee you that money passed hands between the girls and whoever was doling out the funds.

Damn, there's a lot of good OOC matchups this weekend.

1.  UT/Oregon
2.  Ohio State/Cal
3.  UCLA/Nebraska
4.  Texas/Old Mississippi

I don't think that the outcomes will be in doubt for Oregon or tOSU, but at least they're playing real teams and not Northwestern Louisiana Technical and Bible College at Texarkana.  UCLA versus Nebraska could be a very good game.  UCLA is decent and Nebraska is not the Nebraska of old, but they're still Nebraska.  I expect Texas to beat Ole Miss pretty handily, but Mack Brown could fuck up a blowjob, so you just never know. 

I'm also tossing Louisville-Kentucky in there as one I will watch.

That is going to be a 70-0 train wreck, so yeah, probably worth watching.

So you're saying lay the 14.5 on Louisville?  :why_so_serious:

I was planning on that anyway.

I would say don't bet on any other game and put all your money on this one.  In fact, you might take your entire retirement savings and bet it on this game.

I like that UT's schedule isn't tough enough with the SEC East, we have to also play Oregon.  :ye_gods:

Yeah.  You guys are taking it in the ass on that one.

I think you might cover the +28.5  :grin:

Actually, in reviewing all the UK/UL games since 2000 the underdog according to Vegas has outright won 6 times.  So maybe we should temper that suggestion.

Also, in other news, the SEC cheats (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9663355/dj-fluker-five-sec-players-received-extra-benefits-college-according-report).  

This taking money thing is starting to burst at the seams.  

I laugh at anyone that thinks this is new.  

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Today's players are just dumb enough to bite the hand that feeds them.

It's not new, but the internet is. 

Alabama is taking Aggy to the woodshed.  

Addendum-  I can't believe that Johnny Football played that well and they still lost.  That may have been the best punch for them this year.  Their schedule is tough, but not too bad really.  LSU is at home and no Georgia or Florida.  Hell, might as well give them the title now. 

This upcoming weekend has to be the shittiest schedule I've ever seen on the CF slate.  The best game is Arizona State versus Stanford.  Everyone else is literally playing Florida International University.   :oh_i_see:

Yeah of all the weeks for me to be at home and not giving a shit, there's absolutely nothing intriguing to watch.

"Best" games of the week:

Clemson v. NC State on Thursday
UNC v. Georgia Tech at noon
Michigan State v. Notre Dame 3:30
Tennessee v. Florida 3:30
Auburn v. LSU 7:45
Kansas State v. Texas 8:00

That's it, and some of those are pushing it on whether or not it's watchable.

The Texas game is worth watching just to see the trainwreck, if for nothing else.

So, Cal-Ohio St. wasn't as embarrassing as I had feared it was going to be. In a year or two our offense is going to be absolutely sick. We have one of the youngest rosters in all of division one.

Our defense, I worry about. Basically every dude on Ohio State's offense was 2 inches taller, 30 pounds heavier, and half a second faster than the guy we had lining up against them, I'm not sure they're going to grow into a good squad.

Well, hopefully you didn't hire your coach for defense.   :why_so_serious:

As we used to say back when I played: You can't coach size. 

Seriously, the NCAA should be embarrassed for trotting this lineup out. 

Hahah.  Mack Brown pre-emptively apologizes for Oklahoma loss (http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2013/9/16/4739334/mack-brown-apologizes-for-66-17-loss-to-ou-next-month).   :why_so_serious:

Maybe we will find out what happens if Texas goes 3-9 at this rate. They SHOULD beat Kansas and Iowa State. The rest of the games though? You have 4 top 25s and a bunch of tossups on the road.

The NCAA doesn't have a lot of (any?) say in where and when the teams schedule their games.

Cupcake week won't last very long in the new regime hopefully. TV hates it, fans hate it, and I'm hoping the committee punishes it.

I am referring to the NCAA member institutions as a whole, not that there are (or should be) bylaws against shitty scheduling. 

Well, of course they fucking did.   :oh_i_see:

Texas Regents talked to Nick Saban's agent (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9694474/university-texas-regent-talked-agent-alabama-crimson-tide-coach-nick-saban).

Tom Hicks was also involved in the phone call. Run far the fuck away, Nicky Boy. That guy is a colossal douche and a shitstain on any sport he touches.

Texas isn't a better job than Alabama.

Living in Austin vs. living anywhere in Alabama makes up for the difference.

No, but it's probably a job that can pay him double what he's making right now.

Addendum-  plus what Ingmar said.  Austin is nice. 

A better argument is the taxes.

Also, Saban doesn't give a shit about where he lives. In case you haven't noticed, the dude doesn't know how to have fun. A locker room and office in Alabama looks exactly the same as the one in Austin. He doesn't leave it often.

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Woot, four in a row against the zoobs!

I might need that framed. Nothing better than seeing them lose. Except maybe seeing Oregon lose  :grin:

Oregon is damned good.  Don't think you'll be seeing that from them this year. 

Won't know till Oct 26 and the week after. At least they have a somewhat better schedule than tOSU.

Don't think UCLA will be much of a challenge in Eugene.  Stanford is the toughie.  Southern California is no good this year, but Oregon got lucky with them off the schedule.  I actually think Washington could be a tough game for Oregon.  It's a rivalry game and Washington has looked decent this year. 

I'm going to predict the score for this weekend's game as Oregon 80, Cal 40. 300 plays will be run.

How is Dykes fitting in with the locals in Berkley? 

There have been some bumps. One noteable example would be around an event called the Women's Football Huddle; a lot of schools do things along these lines for women fans, and ours for years had done a very hands-on thing where they get to go on the field, put on pads, crash into dummies, throw the ball around, etc., it was a very cool event that didn't dumb things down and generally treated them like they were real fans (which of course they are), etc. I have a bunch of friends who LOVED this event. Dykes and his wife turned it into a sit-down dinner thing with really dumbed down explanations and a lot of 'thank your husbands for letting you ladies out of the kitchen' sort of jokes, which I guess might fly in the South but is just an impossibly stupid thing to do in Berkeley. I think people are past it now, but it was not at all a good first impression.

Yeah, he is kindof a good ole boy, so figured there might be some rough patches.  I actually think he'll do great there, if given a shot.  And if he revamps the defense.  It's tough to have a great defense with that sort of playcalling though. 

Congrats Georgia on a tough win over LSU.  Your defense still sucks though.

Who is going to volunteer to check up on Paelos?   :drill:

Still can't talk. Voice no longer works after yesterday. Also i may have had a mild stroke when we gave up a third and twenty. Three defense is wretched, but damn that was incredible!

I really thought giving up that 3rd and twentythree was same old Bulldogs choking in big games.  Got to give them credit now.  To clarify, your secondary sucks, not the defensive line which I think recorded four sacks.

In other news  FUCK YOU LANE KIFFIN!  You classless piece of shit.  LOL

Yep, Lane Kiffin not only gets fired, he gets yanked off the team bus and told to pound the pavement instead of traveling back with the team. What a thoroughly-deserved bit of disrespect for a complete and utter cuntstick.

Wish they'd kept him.  :awesome_for_real:

Don't worry, they'll still be questionable for a few years, even though there's a lot of talent on the roster.

Wow.  Iowa State got fucked.   :ye_gods:

I haven't seen the play in question, but the pass interference call in the end zone was blatant on 3rd down.

The play in question was blatantly a fumble, as was the subsequent play.  Texas got that one handed to them on a platter.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/10/3/4801160/iowa-state-texas-fumble

For reference. Not that I give a shit about either of these middling teams.  :grin:

That's impossible to tell. He's being held up and isn't going anywhere, which usually means the play is dead even before he hits the ground.

Iowa State had the ball 2nd and 1 at the Texas 4 yard line with about 4 minutes left. They couldn't get a first down and they had to kick a FG. They score a TD there, and we're not talking about getting jobbed.

But nobody talks about stuff like that. Iowa State had their shot, and they left it up to the Texas offense.

Those fine young men from Texas:

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Holy fuck. How cheap is that?

Tell me that guy got booted off the team.

I hope he at least got stabbed in the abdomen by the jagged shards of the other guy's femur.

Mack Brown said he was just "competing."

Ol Mack is going to be competing for a parking spot at the unemployment office sooner than later. Fuck him.

That was a super shitty play.  Texas has to suspend the guy for a few games.  They have to try and uphold the holier-than-thou image that they love to push in everyones' faces. 

Suspend, hell. That motherfucker should be off the goddamn team permanently.

We all know that won't happen.  He wouldn't be off the team permanently at any school. 

Grats to GA on a wild, tough win.  I'm proud of UT, but critical penalties kill ya.  Even though we lost, for the first time this season I'm mildly optimistic about our season.  If we can drive GA into overtime, we are building a future.

Feels like 8 years came off my life over the last two weeks of football.

Always good for a chuckle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2BAfhUHX0&noredirect=1).  

If Washington State's quarterback was actually any good they would have put up 70 on us. As it was we let a guy who was about as accurate as me throw for 500 yards.

I was surprised at that result.  There's no doubt that Mike Leach is a decent football coach though.  He's turned Wazzu into something slightly above roadkill.

We should be a lot better in a year or two. There were 3 players on WSU's defensive line that each had more career starts than our offensive line has added together. 4th youngest roster in Division 1 or something like that? When Goff stops making freshman mistakes he's going to be a special player.

I think you guys are going to like Dykes in a few years.  He may not turn you into a perennial power house, but it will be fun football to watch and you'll get some top 10-25 years out of it.

The most frustrating thing for me is our defenders all play like they have no arms - they tackle by trying to knock people over with their shoulders instead of wrapping them up. Our corners have terrible ball awareness, too.

He was on my short list of people I wanted at UGA instead of Richt. If we're going to have a shitty defense, I want somebody in there who understands how to fling it without injuring half our team.

I would say some of that is a talent issue.  You need to get him a few years to get some people in place. 

Kentucky has a shot at this team with our defense and 3/4 of our skill players out for the season now.

Hell, Mizzou went from ho-hum to completely up for grabs over the course of this weekend.

So LSU has flipped a complete 180. Their defense is horribly suspect but their offense is exploding. Go figure.

Not surprising when you send a bunch of your defensive starters off to the NFL, and they are fairly young on defense - but who knew Cameron could work magic on Mettenberger?

Everyone knew your offense would get better. Your previous O-Coordinator was a buffoon.

What we didn't expect was that the entire SEC would completely collectively shit the bed on defense.

Yeah, the way Kentucky played in the second half against SC got me a little optimistic.  I still figure they'll lose to Georgia by 7-10 points, at least.

I'm sure Jerry Kill is a great coach and a great guy, but you all need a new coach, Nebu.  His health condition is not conducive to his responsibilities.

Mack Brown lives to fight another year!

But not Mark Richt.  Or Paelos.   :drill:

Yeah Missouri looks to be respectable this year.

They do.  I don't think that will save Richt's job though.

The Gators and Bulldogs lost so that means the Vols are automatically East champs right?  Right?  :uhrr:

Those tricky tricky Tigers.  Also they look terrifyingly good.  Why the fuck did we bring them into the SEC again?

Our AD will never fire him unless UGA goes 6-7 again. We simply don't have access to better options at the head coaching position with other SEC teams taking all the good ones over the last 5 years.

I'm not really mad about the Mizzou game because we knew it was coming. Our defense is garbage, and the only thing keeping us together was a dynamic offense. Tennessee shot that down with all the knee injuries, leaving us a team with a better than average offense, and a shitty defense. Mizzou can score on that all day.

Mizzou will run into SC, or Florida, or basically anybody who can pass rush with a D line, and they'll have major issues. I still think, much like I did at the beginning of the season, that this is SC's division to lose. UGA is going to drop some more games. I think Auburn is actually the most likely, with Florida always a tossup.

Won a pair of tickets (decent seats too) to the Illinois-Wisconsin game tomorrow.

Going to my first Illini game since Jeff George was QB. And it is an evening game and the temp is supposed to be like 48 at kickoff with a 15mph wind in my face. If it was not for the fact that I am going to the game with an attractive member of the female half of the species I would definitely be staying home.

At least they are playing a team that is not terrible. Going to see them play someone terrible like Indiana would have been much more painful.

Way to shit the bed, Louisville.  At least we don't have to hear them whine when they don't get into the national title game.   :oh_i_see:

That was their toughest game on the schedule. A team that took South Carolina to the wire and beat Penn State.

And they lost. It's fitting.

Wow, Vols beat South Carolina.  Stunned.  It was an ugly game but we'll take it!  :drill:

Spurrier wasted two timeouts and the Vols didn't completely fold in the second half.  After this and giving the Bulldogs all they could handle I'm a believer in Butch Jones!

The Bulldogs that just lost to Vandy?  :awesome_for_real:

How about now?   :grin:

I posted before the Vandy win.  Wow.  I really thought with Murray the Bulldogs would win the East.  Talk about taking a nosedive. Mizz beats the Gators.  Got-damn what a good day of college football!

The Bulldawgs have no defense. I've been saying this all season. When we had an offense we were functional. Now we're completely exposed.

And there is SC/Notre Dame and Clipson/Free Shoes U tonight.   :heart:

My god Illinois is bad. My seats were on the Illinois 20 yard line. I saw 80% of the action in the first quarter.

Oh well, maybe next year when Lunt can play they will be better as their QBs this year suck balls.

Remember what Clemson does in big games?

That's what happened again.  :why_so_serious:

Alabama is going to stroll to an SEC championship while twirling a cane at this rate.

And here is everything you need to know about how corrupt the NCAA is-  Miami avoids a bowl ban (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9861775/miami-hurricanes-avoid-bowl-ban-lose-nine-scholarships-part-ncaa-sanctions).


 :facepalm:

Well to that end, the NCAA did fuck up the investigation. 9 scholarships is nothing to sneeze at, but hardly a scratch given they could have been banished.

One more nail in the coffin for the NCAA.

It should be the final nail. 

Didn't Miami already self-impose a 3-year bowl ban?

Two years I believe, which is why they didn't get a ban. However, it just so happened that the year they didn't ban themselves and didn't get banned turned out to be their first non-shitty year in a while. They banned themselves from a 6-6 bowl and a 7-5 bowl. WHEEEEE. Who cares? I'd love to ban my Bulldawgs from those bowls too on general principle that they shouldn't exist.

If Miami plays like they've been playing, and FSU plays like they've been playing...

That game could be 45-7 FSU. Miami sucks.

The Big 10 is complete garbage. I'd like anyone to make an argument otherwise. It's Ohio State, and they are playing with a bunch of candyasses out there. And somehow they want credit for it. I give them as much credit as Louisville for their schedule.

I try and tell my girlfriend that all the time (she of tOSU alumni status). Ohio State seems to leave the only challenging game to the bowl. That said, it will be rather sweet to watch them lose to a cupcake at some point. To which, I will not be allowed to speak of it.  :awesome_for_real:

It's just absurd. They won't have a single team besides Ohio State in the top 25 when the season is over. Hell, they didn't last year either.

I mean the SEC is down this year, and it's eating itself alive. The ACC is having one of the first years in a while where it's not complete ass. The Big 12 is surging, but still has at least 4 teams that can keep up.

Oh, and the PAC-12 is a joke too. The Rose Bowl should be the surviving members of the failboat. Enjoy your traditions, because if Oregon goes to the BCS, that game will be played by teams with both hands around their necks. Stanford is going to get blown to bits by Oregon, as they would be any team with a functional offense. UCLA is an overrated mess with a signature win against a team that got dump-trucked by the Gophers.

Parity doesn't necessarily mean the SEC is down. 

I can watch these teams and tell you they aren't what they used to be.

Georgia is down, mostly by injury and terrible coaching on the defense.
Florida is down, mostly by terrible offensive coaching and QB issues.
Tennessee is improving, but not there yet
Vandy is improving, but they will never be better than a 9-3 team.
SC is worse than expected, mostly due to Clowney not giving a shit, and their QB issues.
Mizzou is better than expected, but they still have to face Tennessee, Ole Miss, and A&M.
Kentucky is shitty and will remain so indefinitely.

Ole Miss was projected to be decent, but they aren't.
A&M is a good team.
LSU is not there yet and having issues defensively
Bama is Bama
Auburn is better than expected
MS State is crap
Arkansas is crap

Of the teams remaining, you have a Mizzou team that is playing a backup QB and could be reeling emotionally after a bad loss. You have an Auburn team that is the only real challenge left for Alabama other than LSU waking up and playing like the real LSU. You have A&M tossing up points, but they already lost the game that mattered. Other than that? Everyone else is a non-issue.

The only real difference from the typical scenario is that neither Georgia or Florida are that great.  The West looks like the West.  Bama is still damned good.

It's not typical that the entire East is so bad that Mizzou has a shot in it's second year in the division.

Well, other than Georgia and Florida the East is usually shit.  Tennessee hasn't had anything since the early '00s.  It's not surprising at all that if UGa and Florida were down that Missouri would have a shot. 

That's sort of the point isn't it? It would be like Alabama and LSU suddenly having awful seasons. It's a rather large hole in the division.

There's only one bad team in the Pac-12 North this year.  :why_so_serious:

Penn State is paying 26 victims $59.7 million (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9893588/penn-state-nittany-lions-pay-26-victims-jerry-sandusky-597-million).  Jesus fucking christ.....26 victims!  There is absolutely no way they weren't seriously complicit in this deal.  They are getting a bargain at $60 million.

I would have taken them to trial. Nobody goes to trial these days. If they had it would have totally exposed the University and been worth much much more than that.

There are still 6 cases outstanding. 

Think about this though-  32 victims total.  Whatever punishment That dick got is not enough. 

UA must not be very good, we only lost by 5.  :why_so_serious:

We always play like shit against Cal on the road.  And no, we aren't good.  We'll beat the bad to mediocre team and lose miserably to anyone that's decent.

Carey is a beast, though. This workload is going to hurt his draft status, but all of the other backs are a serious step down.

Stanford lowering the boom against Oregon.  That's good to see.

Doh, looks like Utah screwed up Stanford's title shot.

It would be interesting to see them play Alabama, from what I've seen they look like one of the few teams that could hang around.

Stanford still has a couple of tough games left.  FSU has cupcake city.  Bama has it pretty light.  It's going to be delicious to watch tOSU go undefeated and not get into the title game.... :grin:

I wouldn't mind a Saban v. Meyer rematch, but yeah Ohio State's conference being on par with the American Athletic isn't helping their case.

EDIT: Also, how long are we going to keep pretending that these high-powered offenses with their flashy nonsense actually win national titles? They don't. They haven't. Frankly, with the exception of one year, they haven't even been in the game. College football at the highest and best continues to be about the offensive and defensive lines, the ability to run the ball at will, and stomping on the other team's 3rd down conversions. But that's boring and a "throw back" when they talk about it on broadcasts. Have they not been paying attention to the way the SEC has won all these titles? Have they not watched how Alabama has dismantled supposed contenders recently?

Heh. Oregon making this interesting.

Stanford tried to give it away. They didn't thankfully.

Saw a tweet chastising Oregon for keeping their starters in and throwing the ball when the game is clearly over  :awesome_for_real:

Eat every dick, Oregon.

Now I know OK is a shell of their former self, but they were in the top ten and no slouches in the 12. Baylor seems to be doing a lot of things right this year.

Baylor's defense surprised me. They were very good, and OU on offense is very bad. That said, the OU defense absolute put them in a position to win the game, but the offense refused to do anything functional when the defense set it up on a Tee.

That wouldn't happen against a national championship contender. FSU or Alabama would have scored at least 17 points by the end of the first quarter with the advantages Baylor gave away. The time of possession would have been wildly different, and Baylor wouldn't have any momentum. They are very beatable by a physical team with any kind of offensive presence, and the first 20 minutes played out that way.

Florida lost to Vandy at home for the first time since 1945.  :why_so_serious:

Also, Cal's defense is bad. Yeesh.

EDIT: Check that, Cal's defense is the worst I've seen all season. How this is even allowed from a college program in the Big 5 conferences is shameful.

The iron bowl this year is going to be interesting... at least I hope.

I'm not sure it's Tom Holmoe-era bad, but yeah if not it is close.

I looked it up. CFBstats says that before this week Cal was 121st in the nation out of 125 in points against. They are averaging 42 points a game. That average is going to go up. I think by next week they may be statistically the worst defense in the country.

Lulz at Michigan losing and bigger lulz at what that does to Ohio State. Nobody takes your ridiculous conference wins seriously.

Wow, Colorado is decidedly ungood.

Well, still better than the worst USC game I ever saw us play - that was 61-0 in '94.  :why_so_serious:

So you're saying Cal has a chance?   :awesome_for_real:

Colorado - 119th in points against
Cal - 123rd in points against

I'd say it's a battle of the titans.

Now?   :why_so_serious:

Awesome game Bulldogs, but Murray did NOT cross the goal line before his knee went down.  Auburn burned by refs bad call.  Shame an epic game is spoiled by a bad call.

Edit:  I may have been mistaken.

Unreal play by Auburn.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333200150

Congratz Duke... I am completely shocked.  :drill:

Football gods were not amused by the TD call for Murray. I wasn't sure we got it, they were sure to give it back.

Now I have to find a bridge.

Pro-tip: If it is fourth down and you are a DB, don't flip the ball upwards.

Yeah they teach you that in middle school. This is another glaring reason our defensive coordinator isn't coaching these guys at all. We had all the time in the world to talk about it before the series, and the only thing that should be said in that scenario is knock it down.

Richt is done, and rightfully so.  You guys have an absurd amount of talent.

Nope, we won't fire him, no matter how much I want them to. He's going to get a free pass over injuries.

I am kinda curious as to when the drums begin to rumble for Les Miles's head in Baton Rouge. I'd say if next season plays out like this one, that it will start at least.

Two more years assuming LSU wins 7 games or more in that time. If other coaches are any indication, getting to a national title game, and having a national title ring gets you a full 4 years before things go wrong. Unless you miss a bowl.

If they get embarassed again in whatever bowl they get this year, then I'd say next year will be his swan song. As much as I like the man, he hasn't won anything with his own players.

He won the SEC.

Prediction:

Kentucky 10, UGa 52


Then.....

UGa 14, GaTech 28

Your Kentucky score is way off. We play them close no matter how bad they are. They only won by 5 points last year and Kentucky went 0-8 in the SEC.

Baylor jumping tOSU in the AP top 25 makes me chuckle.  Nothing better than Buckeye tears.

I mean I don't understand how Ohio State can even logically consider themselves important enough to play. I mean look at this schedule. At best, their signature win will be the Wisconsin game in the regular season. They know their conference has been awful for years, and they scheduled 3 games against cupcakes, and another against a Cal team that hasn't been good in years. If you want to get taken seriously, you can't do that. If you know you're not facing many ranked teams in your division, you can't do that. The only game that matters for them now is the Michigan State game, and they need to hope that Michigan State doesn't drop a game to Northwestern or Minnesota (who has been upsetting people), because that shoots that ranking in the foot.

Buffalo 7-3 MAC
San Diego State 6-4 MWC
California 1-10 PAC12
Florida A&M 3-8 MEAC

Wisconsin 8-2 currently #19
Northwestern 4-6 currently unranked
Iowa 6-4 unranked
Penn State 6-4 unranked
Purdue 1-9 obviously unranked
Illinois 3-7 obviously unranked

Indiana
Michigan
Championship: Michigan State currently #13

Even better when Meyer starts bitching about it, when in fact it worked in his favor in Florida. Go figure...  :why_so_serious:

Meyer's a dickbag. He walks into the biggest jobs that can push people around, and then leaves the second things get tough. He'll do the same thing at Ohio State when they fall off or the Big 10 catches up.

There was something fishy about his Florida exit, for sure.  I'm thinking that he got a tip off that they were going to shitcan Tressel or something.  I don't really mind him as a coach because he offers entertainment.  His teams are good and he is a hell of a crybaby, which is always interesting.

In the 9 years before the first game of our home and away with Ohio State, we won 5 bowl games and made several appearances in the AP top 10, you can't fault them for scheduling us at least, because they did it YEARS ago.

No offense because I didn't mean it as a shot at Cal, but your last 9 win season was 2008. The last time you finished ranked was 2006. I have no idea when they scheduled it, but since 2009 there's been ample time to realize it was a bad idea if you wanted a serious opponent. They don't, that's my point. They want to rest on some imagined laurels of being THEOHIOSTATE, but that has meant exactly jack and shit since 2002, and even less if you go back further to their one before that in 1970.

They have an inflated sense of power because they are one of the only schools in the north with a recruiting base in their state.

Cal was okay to schedule.  At least they're FBS.  The rest of them are even more suspect. 

It was okay. They still could have gotten out of it if they wanted, but you can't always predict a team is going to shit on the field the year you play them.

But yeah, 3 cupcakes? You can do that if you have several division rivals or conference games that are ranked. Otherwise? No.

Correction-  4 cupcakes.   :oh_i_see:

Illinois is not a cupcake. We are what cupcakes schedule to get wins. :(

Well, keep in mind without the 234 missed field goals, we would have beat them last year - trying to weasel out of the away part of the home and away would have been awfully suspect looking after that. I believe this game was scheduled sometime in the 2006-2008 time frame, it's been on the calendar for a really long time.

Do you long for the days of Ron Zook?

 :drill:

You should hire Jeff Tedford, Chimpy.  :heartbreak:

Dear god, no.

I long for the pre-Ron Guenther as AD days.

Ruh roh.  

DNA matches Winston with accuser (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10009077/dna-analysis-matches-jameis-winston-accuser).  

Johnny Manziel really is one lucky fucker.  He's getting the Heisman handed to him this year.  

Don't be so sure. There will be a groundswell to hand the thing to AJ McCarron for his "career achievements"

No way.  That's ludicrous.  Primarily because I don't see them winning against Auburn. 

That would be semi-hilarious. I want to go further. What happens if you get famous Jameis arrested for rape and suspended, and Baylor wins out? Now, you potentially have a QB-less FSU team playing Baylor in the NCG.

So the husband and I were talking about the Heisman and how I'd suggested on another forum (partly to screw with the posters) that Jordan Lynch from NIU should be considered.  The response I got in the thread was that NIU hadn't played anyone good, but the husband countered with the trophy is supposed to be for individual achievement, not team performance (more-or-less, obviously the better your individual achievements are, the better your team should do, right?).  And he said that Lynch has one more game with 200+ yds passing, 100+ yds rushing and X TDs thrown (forgot what this # was) than Manziel does (9 games to Manziel's 8).  

Honestly, NIU just won the MAC Championship again last night, have been undefeated in conference play since 2011 (with one more game to go next week), and are ranked in the teens in the BCS standings.  It's like... what does the team have to do to be recognized for doing what they are doing?

Not play in the MAC.  :why_so_serious:

I'm down for that. 

I think the best part of that scenario is that Ohio State would still be on the outside looking in.  :grin:

Would require Baylor to leapfrog Ohio St. in the standings as well, of course.

From what I've seen of the computer projections, I think it's impossible for them not to leap them if they win out.

The computers actually like them and Auburn better than Ohio State. With good reason.

Wow.  Go 'Zona!   :awesome_for_real:

AND....Florida loses to Georgia Southern in the Swamp!  What's the over/under on hours until Muschamp gets canned?

Every year it seems the Oregon Ducks just pick a game to lay an egg.

As for Georgia Southern, apparently they won that game with zero passing yards.

This year Oregon has picked two...

Nope.    :awesome_for_real:

Fuck me running, Illinois won a Big Ten game.  :ye_gods:

I'm pretty sure that was literally the worst football season in school history. Finally over.

:awesome_for_real:

Good lord Kentucky doesn't deserve to play football.

Get in line, Kentucky.  :why_so_serious:

EDIT: Baylor going down hard, too. We inch closer to Ohio St. in the title game. I will enjoy the tears if that ends up happening.

Iowa beat Michigan, but Baylor is getting murdered by Oklahoma State. That mean Ohio State skates easy into third now. They are praying for an Auburn win in the Iron Bowl. The sad thing is, it's possible for that to happen. Alabama is vulnerable this year in ways that haven't come out yet with their relatively simple schedule.

They have to get through Auburn and Missouri both. I could see them dropping one of those. FSU is not going to lose to Florida though. Even we beat our FCS opponent.  :why_so_serious:

Florida has now demolished two records for losses that have stood since WWII, so I don't see how they can keep their coach. They are the worst Florida team literally in the last 70 years.

It was a bit of an unfair prediction-  Kentucky had a bunch of guys suspended for doing stupid shit and there was a lot of other turmoil surrounding the team over the past couple of weeks.  There was no way they were going to show up and play.

I felt bad for them. Hell I was at the game and left at the half. There was just no point in watching it.

Oh and our starting QB officially blew out his ACL in that Kentucky blowout. Because, you know, we didn't injure all of our offense yet.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZ0hxe3CIAAqmlO.png)

I don't know what the hell happened Saturday night, but I hope I see more of it. Pac12 Daisy Chain of Pain.

I just don't want ASU in the Rose Bowl.  I have a lot of annoying relatives I'll have to deal with in that scenario. 

I was at the UofA game, it was glorious.   Ka'deem carry is a beast:  48 carries, 200+ yards, 4 TDs.  He need to get out this year or they will run him into an early NFL retirement.  However, it had just finished raining for 2 straight days and it was nasty cold in the stadium.  I think I may have reawakened my cold and/or gotten strep.  YAY.

I'm sure everyone has seen this by now, but just in case. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05h49R4QX9U)   :awesome_for_real:

It's Iron Bowl day everywhere, even in Taiwan. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClwnsE_Kkw4&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

Playing the big house is always fun and fair. 

Why Michigan? WHYYYYYYYY??

Because they got a little too stupid. 2pt conversion there? Really? Dumb. Deserve to lose and to get their coach fired.

WHAT DID I JUST WATCH!?

I am ok with it. Makes the BCS even more fun now. Now watch as tOSU goes to face FSU who are without Winston and gets handed an easy national championship. Or better yet, send Auburn over tOSU.  :drill:

I have now perked up a bit though. Last BCS championship might not feature an SEC team. Perish the thought.  :grin:

Someone check on the mega bama fans. I'm pretty sure they shouldn't be left alone.

Hey Saban, how'd that challenge to put 1 second back on the clock to get that long field goal try in work out for you?  :grin:

Yeah.  He just ate the most gigantic dick ever. 

Wasn't a challenge. Can't challenge in the last two minutes.

Shhhhhh!  Don't spoil my fun!  :why_so_serious:

What nobody wants to talk about UGA beating Georgia Tech in double OT?  :why_so_serious:

I don't really care if the BCS does or doesn't have an SEC team. Every time they put one in there, the SEC wins it, so that's all I care about. Hell, Ohio State over Michigan State is hardly a foregone conclusion. This thing still has legs.

If it's Ohio State versus FSU with Winston though? Ohio State gets run out of the building.

OSU struggled with Michigan... I could assume they'll get that precious undefeated streak broken against Mich St, at least I hope. Auburn will backdoor it in after a win over Missouri or South Carolina.

But what no one REALLY wants to talk about is DUKE has a 10 win season and Coastal ACC champs. What the hell is going on down there?  :drill: Sadly, I fear they may be embarassed in the ACC championship.

Auburn had a miracle win tonight and one over Georgia.  These are the kinds of breaks that makes national champions.  Not saying they are lucky, just saying that the SEC is brutal and a couple of balls bouncing your way can make the difference. 

Grats to Auburn and fuck you Alabama and Nick Saban.  :awesome_for_real:

Florida State beats whoever they play.  Unless Winston is in jail. 

Auburn would give them a game, but anybody else I think is just fodder.

EDIT: Good for Mizzou, they played well.

Real solid effort against ASU there.  :roll:  I have to endure the taunts from Tempe for another year.

It could have been worse.  :oh_i_see:

I'm very happy I won't have to hear any more about how AJ McCarron deserves the Heisman this year because of ... uhhh ... like national championships from the last two years.

Honestly, if it doesn't go to Winston because the voters want to play psychic judge and jury, it absolutely deserves to go to Jordan Lynch, a guy who has 22 passing TDs with only 5 picks, 2457 yards in the air, 1755 on the ground, 20 rushing TDs, an undefeated team, a shot at a BCS bowl for the second year in a row, and a guy who has shattered rushing records in the FBS while doing it in the snow.

I don't understand the USC hire at all. I don't know that Sarkesian is better than Orgeron.

Local boy > southern boy

I do agree with you though. Orgeron is going to get picked up somewhere, do well there, then jump back into the power conferences within 5 years.

I was a bit negative on Sarkisian as well, but the more I think about it the more I think it may be a decent hire.  He has not regressed in any season that he's been there, i.e. he has shown slow improvement with time.  That seems to fit in with what Hayden wants.  His recruiting will be fine at USC.  Orgeron already died at Ole Miss.  I just don't see him being the guy for USC long term.  Sarkisian is also young, so he could be there a while. 

I'll go ahead and go on record. I think USC missed out on their first choice and settled too quickly for Sarkisian. I think it's a bad hire. He took a Washington team from 0 wins to functional. But even in that time, he's only managed to win a single bowl game, and Washington has never been in the talks for a shot at the PAC title.

This is a COMPLETELY different culture at USC. While he can recruit better there, what I have heard they wanted was a high level proven coach. This isn't it.

I am not sure you realize exactly how barren the cupboard was at Washington when he arrived. That team was fucking TERRIBLE, and he coaxed 5 wins out of them his first season. When his recruits started making a difference, they improved even more. I still think he has a lot to learn about game management and adjustments, but his recruiting ability is top notch. I think he will fine if they give him enough room to get comfortable and don't crawl up his ass with a microscope if he goes 9-3 the first year.

That being said- I am strangely at peace with him leaving. Once Kiffin (predictably) tapdanced all over his own genitalia, it was pretty obvious Sarkisian was going to be very high on USC's wish list. I just hope the AD doesn't fuck up this next hire...it is crucial.

Maybe Tyrone Willingham is available? 

I'm hearing they are going to offer Jim Mora Jr. the Washington job.

That is who USC should have hired, but they never would because of the rivalry. 

That would be fine with me. I thought he got screwed by the Seahawks. I have always liked/respected him. And he won't be fucking off for greener pastures.

Marcus Mariota returning will make the Ducks quite formidable, yet again. 

Looks like Boise's Peterson is heading to UDub.  Seems like a good hire, although I'm a little bit wary that he may have "shot the wad" so to speak.

I think Peterson will be fine there. The only question is can he translate what he did for Boise's defense over to the PAC-12 with those high-powered offenses? Because that's where Washington lost games. They can already score the ball, they need defensive help and recruiting help.

He was the best hire they could make, there's no doubt about that in my mind.  He was obviously the "working parts" behind Dan Hawkins' success and is a decent coach.  I'm still not convinced he will be successful.  At Boise he was gifted with greatly above average players for the league he was in.  He will not have that advantage at UW, I'd imagine.  Not that you can't have a system work in that scenario, but it does change the dynamic.  Recruiting to UW is a whole different deal than recruiting to Boise.  What he did there was amazing, but put Boise in a 12 game PAC-12 schedule and I doubt we'd see undefeated seasons.  So we'll see, I guess.  It was the right hire if they could get him. 

Ugh, not pleased to see that. He'll do well I think.

New Cal slogan for 2014?

"We're still fielding a team!"

We just sold the naming rights to our field (not even the stadium, that actually would be lame) and people are calling it a DESECRATION. So we'll have stuff to keep us busy!

Have they started camping out in the trees yet? :awesome_for_real:

Nah this is a different band of complainers, the tree people have never set foot inside Memorial. These are old cranky alumni, most of them can barely climb the stairs let alone into a tree.

Oh, that's no fun.

Looks like tOSU is only a 6 point favorite against Michigan State.  I have a feeling MSU is going to pull off the upset.  I can't wait to see all the Buckeye tears. 

My only concern is can MSU score points? Their offense is only slightly more competent than Florida.

EDIT: Also, they've played nobody currently ranked either. This will be the first time either team has had any real test.

FSU is a 30 point favorite over Duke.   :awesome_for_real:

Any Buckeye fan with a lick of sense* is approaching the MSU game with a healthy dose of fear and/or respect. Last weekend, the Michigan quarterback almost single-handedly made our defense look bad, and he could barely walk.

On paper, it's an interesting matchup. OSU strong offense vs MSU strong defense, and OSU's will-they-show-up-this-week D versus MSU's not-so-remarkable offense. I'm looking forward to it  ;D


* insert obligatory joke here

I'm glad it's the late game. Because the SEC drama will be over and every winning fan will be flocking to the TV rooting hard against Urban and his band of cakewalking misfits.

Also, Ohio State could have made it last year if they didn't cheat, and it probably would have been more interesting than watching Bama cream Notre Dame.

Looks like the tears are starting early  :drill:

I'm no fan of Ohio State but them getting into the championship to play Florida State would be worth it just to see all the SEC tears.

I don't really mind Ohio State over Auburn. I hate Auburn.

That said, I don't think many teams are better than FSU this year.

Yeah.  Auburn tears are good too, but it's not the same.  There aren't 800 million graduates like tOSU. 

Texas is just as bad as OSU when they are functional.

Case McCoy pulling some serious Derp out of his Herp for that last TD. 

Auburn wins! Next up, GO BUCKS  :rock:

McCoy ends the day 12-34 for 56 yards, 1 (rather amazing) TD and two INTs.  QBR of 4.3.   :ye_gods:

The SEC is an abomination this year. It's like everyone forgot how to play defense, Alabama included. Ugh.

I think Auburn or Missouri would beat either tOSU or Florida State.

I don't think anybody is beating FSU this year, but we'll see.

I'm just glad Ohio State got exposed now instead of in the title game. My dream scenario could play out here. Auburn could get to play for the title and get embarrassed, thus bearing the shame as the only SEC team to ever lose a National Title Game in the BCS era, forever.

I fucking hate Auburn.  I wish they'd go to the Big 12.

Also, FSUs schedule was worse than tOSUs.  Auburn is taking them down.

Yay traditional Rose Bowl!

It will be one of the only watchable BCS games tbh, besides the championship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6Sw26gUQo

Auburn sucks.

Well that sucked. Michigan State's defense lived up to their rep, and Ohio State's defense looked like they didn't learn anything from the Michigan game.
Congrats to MSU; they'd better represent in the Rose Bowl.
 :sad:

Oregon-Texas and Duke-Texas A&M should be complete train wrecks.  Otherwise the bowls actually look pretty damned good this year. 

Heh.  The University of Texas fans are planning on Mackbrown being gone and their supposed list of people they are choosing from (yep) is:

1.  Nick Saban
2.  Jim Harbaugh
3.  Jimbo Fisher


Now I'll be the first to admit that Texas can throw a shitload of money at any of these guys, but I think they are in dreamland.  While I am a Texas fan, I really can't wait to see the tears on Shaggybevo when we end up with Brian Harsin.   :awesome_for_real:

I am so hoping Saban goes. I dunno why... I just do.

And is it wrong that I had to have pity sex with my girlfriend because her Ohio State Buckeyes lost after finally playing a good team? I was kinda gloating at the time and now I am feeling conflicted.  :drill:

It's only wrong if it wasn't an assfucking.  Because that would match what the Buckeyes got.   :drill:

Jim Harbaugh? :headscratch:

Michigan I can see him going to (or back to Stanford) after his stint with the Niners is over, but Texas? Now?

Well, the rationale that the Texas people have is that they can buy anyone they want.  They probably can pay a salary that is above and beyond even most pro teams, but it is pretty ridiculous.  Their theory is that money trumps all loyalties.  And it may in some instances.  For guys like Malzahn, who is a likely "second tier" guy for them, it will be tough to leave when you just won a national title.

My bowl game rankings:

5 Stars   
BCS NCG - FSU v. Auburn                           It's the game without Ohio State that we all wanted
Rose Bowl - Stanford v. Michigan State           Probably the best pure defensive matchup in the bowls
   
4 Stars   
   
Capital One - Wisconsin v. South Carolina           South Carolina has great D, Wisconsin has a great running game
AT&T Cotton - Oklahoma State v. Missouri   You like points? This is your matchup.
Orange - Clemson v. Ohio State                   Everyone wants to see Ohio State lose again, except Ohio St fans who don't count
   
3 Stars   
   
Chick-fil-A - Duke v. Texas A&M                   People will want Duke to win this, and Johnny Manziel wants a parting shot
Sugar - OU v. Alabama                                   This only reason this is interesting is people like to watch Alabama
Outback - Iowa v. LSU                                   Nobody in the SEC really knows anything about Iowa, but they can give LSU a game
Sun - VA Tech v. UCLA                           UCLA has been on the uptick, VA Tech is on the downtick. It might be even.
   
2 Stars   
   
Gator - Nebraska v. Georgia                           Rematches from last year usually means both fanbases are pissed off about it
Fiesta - UCF v. Baylor                                   Do we still care about Baylor? This is a BCS game? Ugh.
Holiday - Arizona State v. Texas Tech           If feel like this one should have been better, but it didn't pan out for either team
Alamo - Oregon v. Texas                           Only upside to this bowl? Mack Brown gets fired after the 50th point against
Music City - Ole Miss v. Georgia Tech           Average teams playing in a below average event in a great city
Buffalo Wild Wing - Michigan v. Kansas State   This bowl screwed up everything by stealing Michigan, and it's still bad.
Russell Athletic - Miami v. Louisville                   Another year, this would be awesome, but Miami is wretched at the QB spot
Fight Hunger - BYU v. Washington                I want to see how Washington looks sans coach.
Texas - Syracuse v. Minnesota                   Minnesota on the rise, but Syracuse isn't going to put up a fight
Hawaii - Boise State v. Oregon State           I like the Beavers so they aren't as bad as the others
   
1 Star   
   
Las Vegas - USC v. Fresno State                   It's a terrible game and the USC head coach already bailed
New Mexico - Washington State v. CSU      Both teams are barely what you would call winning records
Pinstripe - Rutgers v. Notre Dame                   Notre Dame should feel shame that they fell this far after a title shot
Belk - Cincinnati v. UNC                                   Cincy should melt UNC down and use them for new helmet shine. Total mismatch
Liberty - Rice v. Mississippi State                   In an academic bowl, Rice would dominate. In football? Hell, MS State is bad at both.
Compass - Vandy v. Houston                    Vandy deserved better than this. Houston is a middling team on a dead conference.
   
No Stars and this Bowl shouldn't exist   
   
Famous Idaho Potato - Buffalo v. San Diego   Every player gets a potato sack to wear home.
New Orleans - Tulane v. Louisiana-Lafayette   Louisiana needed a bowl game, but they forgot that LSU is the only team that matters
Beef o Brady's - East Carolina v. Ohio           Two points if you can name a single player on both teams.
Little Caesar's - Pittsburgh v. Bowling Green   MAC v. 6-6 ACC team. Blech
Poinsettia - Utah State v. Northern Illinois   Wow Northern Illinois drops a championship game, and this is the draw? Sucks.
Military Bowl - Marshall v. Maryland                   Maryland went 3-5 in an ACC conference with 2 ranked teams. Shooting them would be kinder
Armed Forces - Middle Tennessee v. Navy   This sullies the good name of our armed forces when Middle Tennessee is involved.
AdvoCare V100 - Arizona v. Boston College   Two 7-5 teams who can't pass the ball? Luckily everyone will be at work and won't notice.
Go Daddy - Arkansas State v. Ball State           Filling the gap between the last BCS bowl and the NCG isn't enough to make me care.
Heart of Dallas - UNLV v. North Texas           North Texas got a bowl? They were beat by the UTSA Roadrunners. Why not them?

USC-Fresno State has some players worth watching in it.

EDIT: Lawl, we lost to 11 teams this year, and 10 of them are in bowls. Sad trombone sound for Colorado and us.

EDIT 2: Wait, I lied, just 9. Apparently Northwestern had a really bad 2nd half.

I don't think Nebraska/Georgia deserves 2 stars.

Yeah they almost lost to Illinois.

Bama vs OK will be a laugh riot watching fans trying to tell which team is which.

Looks like Mackbrown will be stepping down.  It will be interesting to see what sort of waves this sends through college football.  

Sounding more and more like Nick Saban will actually be moving to Texas. 

Gotdammit.  I'm gone for three weeks and this is the best you people have got, in the middle of bowl season?   :oh_i_see:

Sorry I don't get all worked up for Idaho Potato Bowl.

New years week is where the action happens

I had no idea.....  :oh_i_see:

Three weeks off obviously put you in a fantastic mood.  :awesome_for_real:

You go to Disney for two weeks with my wife and kids and see how you come back.   :why_so_serious:

I think I actually heard the Rutgers band play the Skyrim Theme during the Pinstripe Bowl.  :drill:

Rutgers/Notre Dame has been a painful watch.

Thank god it's over. Now it's UNC time. GO TARHEELS!

Way to fall down, Georgia dude.

Once again, our players look lost like they didn't practice all December.

Also Stanford play calling has been atrocious. The run is getting stuffed, STOP RUNNING.

Stanford's offensive playbook must fit on a cocktail napkin.   :uhrr:

Baylor got punked as well. Good grief. We had some terrible sloppy football in these BCS games so far.

Watching Alabama defense get exposed twice, heh.

This wasn't their best team and I'm sick of hearing about how great Mr. Checkdown AJ was. He was the same as all the other guys at Alabama, he's a great screen passer who can toss up a deep bomb, but his intermediate game was crap. Without the running game talents that Alabama churns out, he's a good dude who doesn't make many mistakes because he's not asked to make comebacks. Now he can join the likes of Greg McIlroy as pro backups in the NFL.

Manziel wouldn't have lost that game. Bridgewater wouldn't have lost that game.

Famous Jameis is getting his ass handed to him.

After that Indy/KC game, I'll reserve judgement for now... but yeah, he was playing horribly in the first half.

They play four quarters in football. Auburn forgot that.

SEC streak is done. Thank God. Now we can stop talking about it.

Plus I love that Auburn will be the only team to ever lose for the SEC in the BCS.  :why_so_serious:

Best part was the punt return.

That was a hell of a game.  You just knew that if FSU could keep is close that Winston would pull it out.  I'm glad they won.  I hate Aubrun.

Stay classy, UT boosters.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10257706/booster-red-mccombs-bashes-texas-longhorns-charlie-strong-hire

Fuck him. He and the whole booster system is what the fuck is wrong with the NCAA in the first fucking place.

A grain of sand on the beach....

I'm shocked that a billionaire named Billy Joe would object to a black coach.


Nevermind that he's already been a coordinator and a head coach, ole Red thinks Charlie should still remember his place.  :oh_i_see:

(http://imageshack.com/a/img11/2139/xcsc.gif)

 :awesome_for_real:

That's spot on

Oh God, that made my morning.

The whole fucking country.

Ferking double post.   :oh_i_see: