*Official* 2007 College Football Thread

[Abagadro]

WVU is running all over OU. Wild.



EDIT: And I am officially sick and tired of teams whose band plays their stupid little song AFTER EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PLAY. We don't need to hear the song just because you got a first down. Christ. I'm looking at you Oklahoma, Georgia, Michigan & USC.

[Montague]

79 yard TD pass. Jesus.

And the refs have been screwing West Va. on calls all night.

[Abagadro]

Ya, OU apparently forgot how to block without holding.

[Abagadro]

Good god. I wish I had taken the over in this game. 48-28 now.

[Nevermore]

I'm no West Virginia fan but can we stop calling them overrated now?

[Paelos]

I'm no West Virginia fan but can we stop calling them overrated now?

I think we can start calling Oklahoma a big bag of shit in bowl games. I'll hold off for one more season to annoit WVA as a great program given the stinker Boise put up this year.

EDIT: Yeah I just looked it up to make sure. OU has lost their last 4 straight BCS Bowl games. The only one they've won in the last 5 years was the Holiday Bowl, barely beating Oregon 17-14. They are just pitiful now.

[SnakeCharmer]

I'd just like to point out that the "who is playing the best football RIGHT NOW!111!?" standard is incredibly dumb.

Agreed totally. 

The talking heads on ESPN radio where saying how USC and UGA are playing 'as good a football as anyone in the country!!', and while I would agree that USC and UGA looked solid against their opponents, it's not like either team (or anyone else for that matter) has been playing week in and week out the last 3-4 weeks, -or- will playing the next couple of weeks.  The season for USC and UGA is -over-.  They aren't playing any more football, and neither HAVE played any football since December 1, 2007 and November 24, 2007 respectively.

That catchphrase just needs to DIE.

[sigil]

I am shocked, SHOCKED I say, that ESPN has given us a lame ass inaccurate catch phrase.

[Montague]

I'm no West Virginia fan but can we stop calling them overrated now?

I think we can start calling Oklahoma a big bag of shit in bowl games. I'll hold off for one more season to annoit WVA as a great program given the stinker Boise put up this year.

EDIT: Yeah I just looked it up to make sure. OU has lost their last 4 straight BCS Bowl games. The only one they've won in the last 5 years was the Holiday Bowl, barely beating Oregon 17-14. They are just pitiful now.

I dunno, even though OU sucks in bowl season that was a mighty impressive ass-whipping. It wasnt a weird scheme giving the Sooners fits either, several of their big plays came off good old-fashioned I-formation runs and play-action passes.

[Paelos]

West Virginia is great in bowl games currently. I think they feed off the negative press and let it push them to victory. I believe the moment they get positive momentum and can't play the role of underdog, they will fold like a camping chair. I also think that their opponents don't take them seriously yet, and this adds fuel to the fire.

Everybody remembers the victory they had over Georgia, and the one they had this year over OU. Nobody really remembers that last year they just went to the Gator bowl and barely edged out GA Tech, or that they got spanked by FSU in 2004, crushed by Maryland in 2003, and annihilated by Virginia in 2002.

So basically they are on a three game winning streak after a terrible three game asswhomping. If they win the conference next year and complete a full four year cycle of dominance in bowls, then I think they've earned the right to leave the Big East. When they join a real conference, they'll get some major respect.

[Abagadro]

What crypt did they defile in order to dig up ZZ Top for the halftime show?

[SnakeCharmer]

Speaking of musical acts...

Whoever sang the Star Spangled Banner tonight for the KU/VT game did a great job.  Along the same lines, Frankie Valli did a completely awesome splendid rendition last night for the WVU/OU game.

[Abagadro]

I didn't catch all of it, but it looked like Tits McPhee from American Idol fame.

[Paelos]

Hi, I'm Virginia Tech. I'm running the ball with supreme efficiency and grinding my opponent down, but I think I'll just totally abandon what's working. Instead, I want to start heaving the ball down the field to the defenders and try to lose this game the best way I can. Because I'm retarded.

[Montague]

Alright, we have a couple of namby pamby bowls ahead of us but I'm going to officially give my "3 chances for me to look stupid" predictions for the title game.

1.   LSU comes out flat. Sure, it's the intarwebs and I'm not in Nawlins but every newsbite I can find on how these two teams are handling the game presents a mirror image from last year. Last year OSU came in to the bowl loose, confident and relaxed (except for some internal team strife), and Florida came with a chip on its shoulder. This year, it's LSU that's coming in confident and relaxed (Les Miles' curfew for the Tigers is 1 AM) and OSU has something to prove. Tressel sent every player a 10 minute DVD with all the talking heads on ESPN and elsewhere giving them no chance, talking down their schedule, etc etc. Look for West Virginia-esque intensity from OSU, if not as spectacular as results.

2.   The game will be higher scoring than most people think. Both teams were dinged up a bit offensively and are now at full strength. Tressel's offenses are usually much more varied for the bowls, though nothing worked last year. LSU is also aware of the Buckeyes' vulnerabilities up the middle and will exploit it.

3.   It's a close game and Les Miles blows it. I think LSU has a talent edge on Ohio State but the Buckeyes are hungrier and more motivated. The game is extremely close and between taking The Vest or The Hat for all the marbles late in the game I go with Tressel. Miles has had some whacked out plays work this year and I think he goes to the well once too often and Tressel's conservative approach works for once.

Prediction: Ohio State 33 LSU 28 

[Abagadro]

Alright, we have a couple of namby pamby bowls ahead of us but I'm going to officially give my "3 chances for me to look stupid" predictions for the title game.

1.   LSU comes out flat. Sure, it's the intarwebs and I'm not in Nawlins but every newsbite I can find on how these two teams are handling the game presents a mirror image from last year. Last year OSU came in to the bowl loose, confident and relaxed (except for some internal team strife), and Florida came with a chip on its shoulder. This year, it's LSU that's coming in confident and relaxed (Les Miles' curfew for the Tigers is 1 AM) and OSU has something to prove. Tressel sent every player a 10 minute DVD with all the talking heads on ESPN and elsewhere giving them no chance, talking down their schedule, etc etc. Look for West Virginia-esque intensity from OSU, if not as spectacular as results.

2.   The game will be higher scoring than most people think. Both teams were dinged up a bit offensively and are now at full strength. Tressel's offenses are usually much more varied for the bowls, though nothing worked last year. LSU is also aware of the Buckeyes' vulnerabilities up the middle and will exploit it.

3.   It's a close game and Les Miles blows it. I think LSU has a talent edge on Ohio State but the Buckeyes are hungrier and more motivated. The game is extremely close and between taking The Vest or The Hat for all the marbles late in the game I go with Tressel. Miles has had some whacked out plays work this year and I think he goes to the well once too often and Tressel's conservative approach works for once.

Prediction: Ohio State 33 LSU 28 

I pretty much agree with this but would put the score closer to 24-21 OSU.

[sigil]

going to one of those mamby pamby bowls. . .

but I got free tickets.

don't really want to though, as I will wind up missing my weekly game at the park yet again for this.

[Montague]

Alright, we have a couple of namby pamby bowls ahead of us but I'm going to officially give my "3 chances for me to look stupid" predictions for the title game.

1.   LSU comes out flat. Sure, it's the intarwebs and I'm not in Nawlins but every newsbite I can find on how these two teams are handling the game presents a mirror image from last year. Last year OSU came in to the bowl loose, confident and relaxed (except for some internal team strife), and Florida came with a chip on its shoulder. This year, it's LSU that's coming in confident and relaxed (Les Miles' curfew for the Tigers is 1 AM) and OSU has something to prove. Tressel sent every player a 10 minute DVD with all the talking heads on ESPN and elsewhere giving them no chance, talking down their schedule, etc etc. Look for West Virginia-esque intensity from OSU, if not as spectacular as results.

2.   The game will be higher scoring than most people think. Both teams were dinged up a bit offensively and are now at full strength. Tressel's offenses are usually much more varied for the bowls, though nothing worked last year. LSU is also aware of the Buckeyes' vulnerabilities up the middle and will exploit it.

3.   It's a close game and Les Miles blows it. I think LSU has a talent edge on Ohio State but the Buckeyes are hungrier and more motivated. The game is extremely close and between taking The Vest or The Hat for all the marbles late in the game I go with Tressel. Miles has had some whacked out plays work this year and I think he goes to the well once too often and Tressel's conservative approach works for once.

Prediction: Ohio State 33 LSU 28 

I pretty much agree with this but would put the score closer to 24-21 OSU.

Who are you and what have you done with Abagadro? 

[Paelos]

I agree with 2 and 3 on your list. I think Miles is secretly retarded. He's done so many stupid things this year in games, and almost none of them have bit him in the ass like they should have. He's terrible with clock management as well. Also, I expect mucho scoring early in the game.

I disagree with 1. I don't think either team will come out flat. I think they will feel each other out for about 6 minutes, and then the fireworks will start. I think if the game is remotely close in the second half, or if LSU has to hold a tight lead, they are screwed. If they have to play comeback or have a huge lead, then the game is theirs.

[Paelos]

Oh and btw, the ACC is now officially the worst conference in college football in my book. A 2-6 record including your champion getting beaten by Kansas? They officially deserve to be kicked straight in the nuts for that kind of thing. The Wake Forest win was the only convincing one in the bunch. Sad, just freaking sad.

[cmlancas]

Wake, at times this year, looked pretty damn good. I think they should get more credit.

[Abagadro]

Who are you and what have you done with Abagadro?

Unlike some people around here, I call em like I see em. 

I think this game sets up perfectly as a "vindication" game for OSU and they will be highly motivated. Dorsey still isn't 100% and I suspect Flynn will be rusty.

[Paelos]

Who are you and what have you done with Abagadro?

Unlike some people around here, I call em like I see em. 

I think this game sets up perfectly as a "vindication" game for OSU and they will be highly motivated. Dorsey still isn't 100% and I suspect Flynn will be rusty.

I think even SEC fans and LSU recognize that. I'm not considering this game to be a slaughter or runaway. I think people are assuming that LSU is underestimating the team.

[Triforcer]

Prediction:

A healthy LSU, which hasn't really been seen since that 48-7 annihilation of Virginia Tech, is finally back.  Glenn Dorsey annihilates Boeckman, who will look even worse than Troy Smith because Boeckman is your typical barely mobile pocket passer.

OSU defense holds up pretty well and Flynn throws one or two retarded picks, but it isn't enough as there is no OSU offense at all.  Final score: LSU 21, OSU 6 (maybe 13, with a garbage time touchdown in the final two minutes). 

[Montague]

Prediction:

A healthy LSU, which hasn't really been seen since that 48-7 annihilation of Virginia Tech, is finally back.  Glenn Dorsey annihilates Boeckman, who will look even worse than Troy Smith because Boeckman is your typical barely mobile pocket passer.

OSU defense holds up pretty well and Flynn throws one or two retarded picks, but it isn't enough as there is no OSU offense at all.  Final score: LSU 21, OSU 6 (maybe 13, with a garbage time touchdown in the final two minutes). 

LSU has been susceptible to the run, I think Beanie gets some yards. When OSU gets close though they have to convert. TD's, not field goals.

On a personal note my boss who has been cool with giving me time off all last year denied my request to go home early. I miss probably the entire first quarter, yay me.

[SnakeCharmer]

I don't expect LSU to win tonight.  Not because OSU is better (they're not), but because of some of the turnover on Mile's staff, most notably the defensive coordinator getting the job at Nebraska or wherever he went.

[cmlancas]

LSU: 44-20

 

[Montague]

I don't expect LSU to win tonight.  Not because OSU is better (they're not), but because of some of the turnover on Mile's staff, most notably the defensive coordinator getting the job at Nebraska or wherever he went.

You SEC fans amaze me.

[Murgos]

I expect LSU to win tonight.  Not because I think they are an amazing team wholly deserving of a National Championship but because OSU is one of the most perennially overrated teams there is and this year is no different.

[SnakeCharmer]

I don't expect LSU to win tonight.  Not because OSU is better (they're not), but because of some of the turnover on Mile's staff, most notably the defensive coordinator getting the job at Nebraska or wherever he went.

You SEC fans amaze me.

You really think OSU wouldn't be bothered by losing their DC?  Or OC?  Especially with the game coming up? 

And OSU is not a better team than LSU.  Pound for pound, LSU is heads and tails above them.  But losing their DC is going to hurt.

Other than the fact that LSU is an SEC team, I don't have a horse in this race.

[Triforcer]

Pelini is still there tonight, he has both LSU and Nebraska's permission to be DC this game.

[Montague]

I don't expect LSU to win tonight.  Not because OSU is better (they're not), but because of some of the turnover on Mile's staff, most notably the defensive coordinator getting the job at Nebraska or wherever he went.

You SEC fans amaze me.

You really think OSU wouldn't be bothered by losing their DC?  Or OC?  Especially with the game coming up? 

And OSU is not a better team than LSU.  Pound for pound, LSU is heads and tails above them.  But losing their DC is going to hurt.

Other than the fact that LSU is an SEC team, I don't have a horse in this race.

I'd agree with you but Pelini is coaching the game, he's not leaving till after. :P

Triforcer beat me to it. 

[SnakeCharmer]

Well.  Fuck.

I looked but couldn't find anything that said one way or another.

OK.  That being said. 

OSU is going to get smoked.

45 - 20.

[Triforcer]

BEANIE!!!!!!!!!!

And he wasn't injured celebrating, so we're already ahead of the game 

[Montague]

BEANIE!!!!!!!!!!

And he wasn't injured celebrating, so we're already ahead of the game 

This is the same exact thing that happened last year. I missed the first 20 minutes of the game and Ginn runs back a TD. I watch the game and OSU plays like shit. I think I'll stay at work