*Official* 2007 College Football Thread

[Stephen Zepp]

As disloyal as it sounds, I turned the game off after they announced Dixon was out for the game (and rumors exist that he's out for at least 1 more).

I think the one possible offensive coaching mistake made this season was putting all the bets on Dixon, and not giving Lief (sp?) more game time to stay in tune with the offense. Practice doesn't cut it, and he tried to stay as flexible as Dixon (actually had some nice runs in Q2 I saw before I turned it off), but he didn't have a chance with his lack of experience this season.

Personally, I'm more upset for Dixon than for the team as a whole. It's possible he'll stay in the running for his trophy (yes, I said "his" trophy), but I doubt it.

[Montague]

As disloyal as it sounds, I turned the game off after they announced Dixon was out for the game (and rumors exist that he's out for at least 1 more).

I think the one possible offensive coaching mistake made this season was putting all the bets on Dixon, and not giving Lief (sp?) more game time to stay in tune with the offense. Practice doesn't cut it, and he tried to stay as flexible as Dixon (actually had some nice runs in Q2 I saw before I turned it off), but he didn't have a chance with his lack of experience this season.

Personally, I'm more upset for Dixon than for the team as a whole. It's possible he'll stay in the running for his trophy (yes, I said "his" trophy), but I doubt it.

Don't get me started on how much of a joke the Heisman is. It's a PR trophy now, nothing more nothing less.

If the trophy was actually valid as the best college football player in the country it'd be a tossup between Glenn Dorsey and Jake Long.

[Mortriden]

As disloyal as it sounds, I turned the game off after they announced Dixon was out for the game (and rumors exist that he's out for at least 1 more).

I think the one possible offensive coaching mistake made this season was putting all the bets on Dixon, and not giving Lief (sp?) more game time to stay in tune with the offense. Practice doesn't cut it, and he tried to stay as flexible as Dixon (actually had some nice runs in Q2 I saw before I turned it off), but he didn't have a chance with his lack of experience this season.

Personally, I'm more upset for Dixon than for the team as a whole. It's possible he'll stay in the running for his trophy (yes, I said "his" trophy), but I doubt it.

The whole game was a mess.  I watched it through and now I bleed. 

You can't give partial time to one QB or another, it just doesn't work.  You need a starter and a back-up.  Where the problem is that Oregon's offence is geared toward Dixon's talents and play style.  Not Leaf's.  You can tell that Leaf is a pocket passer, he needs solid (normal) protection, with a stable pocket and a more standard style of offence.  Dixon is able to run and open things up with his movement and force other teams to play his ground game as much as his arm. 

Leaf also got injured sometime in the third.  After that his mobility was even worse.  Gimped doesn't really even cut it.  Johnathen came off limping as well.  Rock on!

But, all of this isn't really the biggest factor in the loss. 

The entire team, except for Dixon and maybe Leaf, just fell into a serious despair after Dixon went out.  Just look at the highlights (or any of the game) after he goes out.  Every single player is looking down after every play.  It wasn't until after halftime that the defence decided that they needed to try and stop Arizona. 

[Daeven]

Yep. Portrait of an implosion. Wow.

Of course, I don't know of any football team on any level that can survive the loss of their starting QB and HB. So. There you have it.

[Hoax]

Let's not forget UofA got every goddamn break in the book and that is the younger brother of RYAN FUCKING LEAF at QB.  If I played on the Ducks offense I would have thrown in the towel too.

Too bad though, the Pac-10 now has no horse in the championship barrring some truly crazy shit.  I think they could easily give the SEC a run top to bottom this year.

SEC v Big12?  I don't think I could possibly care less.  Usually you can wake me up to shittalk the overrated SEC but fuck the Big12.  When TexasTech which is just a not as good BCS conference version of Hawaii manages to become ranked every year you know your shit stinks.  Also am I the only one who thinks Texas has to be one of the worst teams in the top25 if not THE worst?

I'll watch these last 3 rounds of games in the Big12 with interest and if the teams are any good I'll eat my words.  We actually get decent Big12 coverage on the west coast via Fox Sports for god knows what reason but knowing ABC they are going to cockblock the fuck out of me watching the top games for the next 3 weeks.

[Montague]

Geez, what a brutal game. Chad Henne can barely lift his arm. Hart can barely move. Now Beanie Wells leg finally gives out after 170 yards.

[Triforcer]

Start of the 4th, and Tressel is turtling up.  With Henne out and Hart hobbled, probably the best decision.  But if Michigan scores again they'll have to do something other than run it into the middle of the line.

[Montague]

14-3 final.

Henne and Hart were obviously not 100%, so I withdraw the robot jesus title for Tressel. Still any win against UM is a good one.

Gholston is soooo gone though. Top 10-15 pick.

[Triforcer]

Woohoo! 6-1 in the Tressel era, and four straight spankings for Michigan's true seniors.  Classy move by Tressel to not try to shove it in at the end. 

[Abagadro]

That was a boring ass game.

[Triforcer]

Don't be the Schild of college football, Ab. 

[Abagadro]

Sorry, but it was. The weather factored into that a lot and Beansie was a stud, but it was a real snoozer of a ball game.  Michigan was simply gutted and really have no business in the top 25 to begin with. 


EDIT: First downs: 23. Punts: 23.  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Montague]

Sorry, but it was. The weather factored into that a lot and Beansie was a stud, but it was a real snoozer of a ball game.  Michigan was simply gutted and really have no business in the top 25 to begin with. 


EDIT: First downs: 23. Punts: 23.  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Classic Tresselball. Boeckman fumbled twice and threw a pick. When Beanie scored the second TD there was no way in hell Tressel was going to let TB throw the ball in those conditiions unless Michigan scored.

[Raging Turtle]

Don't be the Schild of college football, Ab. 

Now that was funny.
But yeah, boring game.  I switched over to my homestate team of Missouri in the 3rd.  Annoyed that I'm going to be out of country for the Missouri vs. Kansas game

[Paelos]

Well my bold predictions were all wrong. Very very wrong. Damn you Michigan.

[SnakeCharmer]

I want to cry.

[Montague]

Texas Tech 20 Oklahoma 7  2nd quarter.

Bradford's been knocked out of the game.

[Abagadro]

Oklahoma is getting crushed late in the 3rd. This season is nutty as all hell.  Since they are done playing, OSU could theoretically back their way into the championship game.

[sigil]

Seriously, Fuck Bama, Fuck Saban, Fuck their whiny ass boosters and donors who just fucked up the one decent sports show I listened to, because  the one fucking guy I listened to on that fucking show didn't mind telling people just how much Bama fucking sucks, just fuck them all.

Seriously I'm beginning to hope that Bama gets waxed for the sixth straight time at Auburn, somehow makes a bowl game and then loses that too. Fuck Fuck Fuck Fucking Fuckity Fuck.


Warhawk Pride man. Respect.

[Paelos]

 

The rest of the college football world feasts on the Bama fans' pain. Why? Because we all explained to you early on not to get your hopes up in the first damn year. You've got a great coach who will do great things, but at least let the man recruit for two years.

[sigil]

There's more there than the story line.

This anger  isn't as much about Alabama as the boosters. Bama will be ok in a few years, especially after seeing the car the Julio Jones is riding in now (I swear some people will never learn)

But personally, I'd love for Alabama to just take the gaspipe for the rest of the year to piss off the Supporters and boosters who are now starting to fuck with my day to day existence with this "real Bama fan" shit.

[CmdrSlack]

This is why I'm glad to be a Bama fan in the north. I don't have to deal with the booster bullshit anymore.

Hell, from what I understand, boosters + the university killed the Strip, and that in and of itself is enough reason for white hot hate. I used to make TONS of money bartending on the Strip....knowing that the university took over the whole thing and killed it, I have stopped making my alumni contributions.

[Paelos]

This is why I'm glad to be a Bama fan in the north. I don't have to deal with the booster bullshit anymore.

Hell, from what I understand, boosters + the university killed the Strip, and that in and of itself is enough reason for white hot hate. I used to make TONS of money bartending on the Strip....knowing that the university took over the whole thing and killed it, I have stopped making my alumni contributions.

Explain what this is, and how they killed it. I've never been to Tuscaloosa before.

[sigil]

Once upon a time, Tuscaloosa had a pretty happening club scene. Lots of good places to get some food, get hammered and have fun.  you could do a blind stumbling drunk crawl from there to any of the dorms or frat houses easy.


That offended many of the well to do Alumni who bankroll the Tide, so they went to the university and together they  shut down most of the places, and effectively neutered the rest.

Bama boosters seriously have nothing better to do, especially since the Tide hasn't done jack shit  in what feels like decades.

[CmdrSlack]

This is why I'm glad to be a Bama fan in the north. I don't have to deal with the booster bullshit anymore.

Hell, from what I understand, boosters + the university killed the Strip, and that in and of itself is enough reason for white hot hate. I used to make TONS of money bartending on the Strip....knowing that the university took over the whole thing and killed it, I have stopped making my alumni contributions.

Explain what this is, and how they killed it. I've never been to Tuscaloosa before.

What Sigil said, basically. There was a bar for every kind of person, from the old money fratboys to the indpendents to the old townie drunks. There was good food and late night greasy food. It was close to campus, so you didn't have to risk a DUI. The only kickass bar in the city (The Chukker) that wasn't on the Strip also closed, but that could have been to the owner's own idiocy and not booster bullshit. I was a DJ and music director at WVUA (the college station), and we did a lot of events and concerts and whatnot on the Strip, so it has a really fond spot in my heart. When I was at Bama, I managed to see some great bands that you'd have never thought would come to Tuscaloosa (Man or Astroman and Sublime, for example).

I highly doubt it's anywhere near as cool now, and from what I hear from the people who stayed down there, it's not.

[Paelos]

That kinda sucks. UGA people have generally just accepted the Athens downtown for what it is, bars on top of bars, and let it go while keeping a police presence there at night. Plus, the music scene there is still quite good.

[Montague]

Re: LSU.

Did anybody hear about Les Miles supposedly breaking down in tears at his weekly press conference talking about Michigan? Someone mentioned it on the intarwebs but I can't find any independent confirmation.

[Nevermore]

So did Nick Saban really compare the adversity of his team losing to Louisiana-Monroe to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor?  And his players to alcoholics hitting rock bottom?

[sigil]

Yeah, it's silly.

Losing to Louisiana-Monroe is much bigger than that shit.

[CmdrSlack]

We'd better not lose to Auburn. I gave my daughter a shaker while we were watching the LSU game. She knew to shake it when stuff went well for the Tide. She would say, "Uh oh," when stuff didn't go well. It's lucky that my shitty Comcast DVR service requires that I record the game and the show after it. That game went beyond the extra hour...so we didn't get to see the last eight or nine minutes.

The poor kid is already being raised as a Cubs fan (by me), I can't let her see the Tide lose to the Tigers. She saw it last year, but was too young to recall. I'm afraid that at 1.5 yrs, it may scar her for life.

At least the "getting whupped by a scrub team" thing wasn't available for free up here. I'd like my kid to not become an emo nihilist until she's at least 14.

[Paelos]

I think the Tide is doomed against Auburn. I think your players got their ass handed to them in a trap game, and all the momentem is on Auburn's side now. Barring some strategic genius by Saban, it's not going to be much of a show.

PS - I hate Auburn... a lot. But this ain't the year for me to bet against them in this matchup.

[sigil]

I would root for chaos and destruction, but  six years straight of losing to fucking Auburn is enough. It's gotten to the point that they think they're something other than a land grant cow college, and we can't have that.

[Abagadro]

Man, LSU looks terrible.  Wonder if we will have the blockbuster West Virginia/Missouri national championship game.


EDIT: WTF is Miles doing calling timeouts? Is he retarded?

[Paelos]

Well first overtime, 2 TDs. This game is all about the fourth downs baby. Holy crap. LSU shouldn't even be in this thing.

2nd OT: TD Arkansas by McFadden. Why not? Can LSU answer? Yes. Hester can. Here we go again, if anybody remembers the Kentucky game.

3rd OT: TD Arkansas by Hillis. Wow, just wow! Now they have to go for 2, and they get it! LSU puts in a TD, and now THEY have to get 2 to tie. DENIED!

LSU'S OUT! LSU'S OUT!

[Abagadro]

That safety for LSU (16) has been worthless with his injury, they need to take him out.