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SnakeCharmer
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Even worse to be there and watch it... Nearly had the score picked, it just needed to be reversed! Gah. Call me a homer, but Bama gave that game away. Boneheaded decision to call a fake FG in the 2nd (which resulted in a UF score). Boneheaded decision to come out throwing it in the first series of the 4th after force UF 3 down and out and after running a 15 play 90+ yard drive that took up 7 minutes or so and scored. Then Bama did something twice in the game they haven't done all year: untimely penalties by the defense. Horsecollar by Johnson after a stop on 3rd down which would have resulted in a UF punt (after what SHOULD have been 3 down and out), and a facemask penalty on Hightower on 3rd, AGAIN after what would have been ANOTHER 3 down and out by UF. BOTH of those UF drives resulted in points when they should have been stopped after a 3 down and out. Gave it away.... It's one thing to play well and get beat, but to play well and give the game away is another thing alltogether. However, their receivers made some unbelievable catches when they had to, which Tebow is going to get all the credit for. I don't know...If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, I'd be booking tickets to Miami for Christmas right now.
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« Last Edit: December 07, 2008, 12:52:55 PM by SnakeCharmer »
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Triforcer
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All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu. This is the truth! This is my belief! At least for now...
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Rasix
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Watching the UofA/BYU game. The refs are fucking us (Arizona). This is terrible. How many turnovers are they going to reverse on replay?
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Abagadro
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Horribly officiated game, but that was a nice wide-open TD just now.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Rasix
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Yes. It was.
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Abagadro
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I should be rooting for the Y as a representative of the Mountain West Conference but I just hate them way too much.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Abagadro
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Nice 13 yard punt.
EDIT: GREAT interception.
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« Last Edit: December 20, 2008, 07:54:26 PM by Abagadro »
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Rasix
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That was nifty. I hate Arizona, we're trying to choke this away. Edit: HAHAHAHA. DOINK.
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« Last Edit: December 20, 2008, 08:24:31 PM by Rasix »
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Abagadro
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DOINK!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Paelos
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I'm glad Arizona won. I'm so sick of the refs absolutely screwing things up even on replay. The call on the field is a fumble, then you have to have convincing evidence to change it. In no way, shape, or form was watching the play where the BYU ran into the back of his own guy and dropped the ball convincing. It was a 50/50 call, and you ALWAYS defer to the field call when that happens. Horrid.
The DOINK was awesome.
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SnakeCharmer
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Not that anyone besides me and Sigil cares, but GODDAMNIT.If you don't feel like putting up with ESPN, the tl;dr version: All American left tackle Andre Smith is suspended from the Sugar Bowl due to improper contact with a sports agent.
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Not that anyone besides me and Sigil cares, but GODDAMNIT.If you don't feel like putting up with ESPN, the tl;dr version: All American left tackle Andre Smith is suspended from the Sugar Bowl due to improper contact with a sports agent. Said agent had best not step foot in Alabama ever again if the Tide lose.
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Abagadro
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I care. YIPPEE!!!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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SnakeCharmer
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I forgot you were a Ute fan. Whoever is/was supposed to be lining up opposite Smith just had his prayers answered.
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Abagadro
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That would be our stud DE Paul Kruger who is being talked about as a possible draft pick this year even though he is still a Sophomore.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Abagadro
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I don't think you have much to worry about. I still think Bama wins by 14.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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SnakeCharmer
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I don't know anything about Utah, to be honest. What I do worry about is Alabama playing down to their competition, the distractions, etc. Not that Utah is bad, in that you don't run the table without being pretty good. It's not like they're playing high school teams or a bunch of Div II schools.
I think it's going to be closer than 14. Wouldn't surprise me to see it around 3 or 4.
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sigil
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Not that anyone besides me and Sigil cares, but GODDAMNIT.If you don't feel like putting up with ESPN, the tl;dr version: All American left tackle Andre Smith is suspended from the Sugar Bowl due to improper contact with a sports agent. There's a few other Tide fans here. Besides I'm a weird hybrid. My sports highlight of the weekend was watching Clint Dempsey score two goals against fucking Chelsea. I am not surprised by this. I'm also thinking that Saban won't last too long at Tuscaloosa The rot and corruption will be too great. Too many egos
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SnakeCharmer
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You'd be surprised how the egos involved with the program have been squashed a bit. In conversation with a couple of the local Mobile 'power players' with 'Bama I know and trust, and you'd be quite surprised how much things have cleaned up. Or they're just getting better at hiding it.
Anyhoot, Vandy wins! LSU is throttling GT! Go SEC!
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sigil
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Oh, Since I'm no longer working with them, My contacts were ESPN Ivan's Brother and Preston's Dad. Got so much inside info from them. Skybox seats with Dreamland and the full catering too. That part of the job will be missed. :)
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SnakeCharmer
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Nice. Dreamland BBQ is definately win. [edit] I managed to finagle an invite from the Coopers a couple years ago. It's nice, but not quite the same as being in the regular seats.
BTW, if you're interested in GMAC tickets, let me know. I'll probably have a few left over that I can drop at the will calll if you want. I don't think I'm going to make it this year.
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« Last Edit: December 31, 2008, 10:03:18 PM by SnakeCharmer »
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Abagadro
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Dear Big 10,
You suck.
Signed, Everyone.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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SnakeCharmer
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Iowa had the Ol' Ball Coach in a pretty good fit.
So far, good showing by the SEC with: Unranked Vandy over no. 24 Boston College 16 to 14 Unranked LSU (who seem to have found a QB) over no. 14 Ga Tech in a 38-14 whipping No. 15 UGA beat no. 18 Mich State 24 to 12.
Iowa has already beat South Carolina...
Figure Bama beats Utah... UK should beat ECU... The Ole Miss / Texas Tech should be interesting. Didn't TT's QB undergo hand surgery not too long ago with something like 9 pins put into his hand? Anyway, either way, The Right Reverend Houston Nutt has his team believing. Look for Ole Miss to beat them, and beat them pretty solidly. I have always thought that TRR Nutt is one of the most underrated coaches out there. Fantastic motivator, great gameplanner. The media will call it a shocker. For Nutt, it's just another day at the office. He's made a career of beating teams they say he shouldn't.
I don't think UF beats OU. I'm still not that impressed with Florida. Maybe it's the Bama homer in me, but having watched that game a couple more times (nearly overdosing on Alka Seltzer in the process), I still think Bama handed them that game on a silver platter.
So, 6-2 for the SEC in bowl games this year? Am I missing anything?
The USC / Penn State game went about like I thought it would. Though the slobbing of USC's knob by the media is waaay past tiresome. Can't remember the announcer that was paired up with Herbstreet today, but zomg, I kept waiting on him to go down to the field and fellate the entire team.
Paelos, what's the status on Matt Stafford? Is he going pro or staying for his senior year?
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Paelos
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Paelos, what's the status on Matt Stafford? Is he going pro or staying for his senior year?
Pretty much every Dawg fan is preparing to get behind Joe Cox for the next year. It's widely considered that Stafford would be unlikely to pass up a top 5 pro draft pick signing bonus in the $10M+ range. Moreno hasn't had a big enough season to go extremely high, but he'll probably head out as well due to the "young poor black kid" syndrome of having millions tossed at him. IMO, he should hang around to possibly win a Heisman award with all the offensive line back next year thus gaining a higher draft pick and more big money, but the prospects are dim. Also, Big 10, you should be ashamed of the kind of season you've had. You are all now officially worse than the SEC, Pac-10, Big 12, ACC, Big East, Conference USA, and Mountain West. Hell, if Troy hadn't fallen apart in OT, the Sun Belt would have come out better off. If Ohio State falls hard to Texas, prepare for everyone in the nation to toss you under the bus, if they haven't already. PS - Iowa, you are the only team I respect in the Big 10. You played the "best team" in the conference when they were undefeated and you showed them the door. You went up against the Old Ball Coach and handed him the 3rd worst bowl loss in his history. Kudos to yall, you are the bright point the Big 10 should rally around for playing with heart.
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SnakeCharmer
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Isn't Moreno a sophomore?
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Isn't Moreno a sophomore?
Yes, but so is Bradford. EDIT: BWHAHAHAHAHA Texas Tech lost to Ole Miss. Kentucky looks like shit.
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SnakeCharmer
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Juuuuust about ready to go kick the neighbors dog.....
'Bama, feel free to show up any time now...
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Paelos
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21-0 in the first 11 minutes...
I've seen this before, when Alabama did it to UGA.
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Abagadro
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Heh. Pretty good start to the game.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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SnakeCharmer
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Utah is playing lights out. Bama looks like they expected to just show up and win. Our DBs are just getting owned. And the Bama offensive line can't match the speed of Utah's DL. Losing Smith shouldn't have been that big of a deal, but losing Johnson (the guy who shifted over to take his spot) to injury is just adding insult to it. Oh hey. A FG. POINTS! [edit]Fuck it. Going to go finish painting doors and trim.
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« Last Edit: January 02, 2009, 06:24:31 PM by SnakeCharmer »
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Abagadro
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That smug son of a bitch Barry Switzer was laughing at the Utes in the pre-game. I'd like to take a football and shove it up his ass sideways. Even if they fall on their face the rest of the game and lose, this first half has shown that they are a legit team.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Abagadro
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That was unfortunate, especially the non-call on the block in the back on our gunner.
EDIT: Nice one officials jobbing us on the 4th and 1 play too.
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« Last Edit: January 02, 2009, 06:40:56 PM by Abagadro »
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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sigil
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I fully expect Dubose to light a fire under Kitchens.
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