2008 College Football

[Murgos]

USF is 21?!?!

 

Oh man. I'm either too drunk or too happy. Either way, FUCK YEAH!

From the game on Saturday.   

[cmlancas]

If USF can tame the beast that is WVU, they've got a good shot for a BCS bid this year.   

[Abagadro]

I thought Oregon's offense would be down after losing Dixon and Stewart. They were nigh unstoppable Saturday night. Of course, I am not sure the UW defense could stop a Murderball team, so grain of salt and all that. Ty Willingham is gonna get fired at the end of the season, if not before. His team is really young, but they looked like they had never played organized football before. What a clusterfuck. Sure glad to watch Locker's eligibility get burned on this shit.

Can UW, please, please, please, please, please beat BYU tomorrow?

[Abagadro]

Ohio 14, Ohio St. 6 in the 3rd quarter. Some puckered sphincters going on in Columbus right now I suspect.

[Montague]

Ohio State just fumbled in their end zone and trail Ohio U 14-6.

I'll have a rant later on how Tressel sabotages his own team but I'm pressed for time right now.  

Heh Ab beat me to it.

[Triforcer]

This shit is getting serious.  WTF is up here?

[Montague]

This shit is getting serious.  WTF is up here?

Alright I have some time so here goes my rant.

Jim Tressel, while a great motivator and teacher, sabotages his teams by taking away their aggressiveness. Against cupcake teams he will put in the backups IN THE FIRST QUARTER. Instead of attacking these lesser teams and drilling them into the ground and instilling a killer instinct in his team, he actually calls plays THAT HAVEN'T WORKED IN PRACTICE in order to "get better execution". He calls the same plays over and over so he doesn't "show" too much to the other more difficult teams on the schedule. The result is you have a team that executes very well but is utterly lacking in aggressiveness and killer instinct. The difference between Ohio State and the SEC isn't team speed, it's attitude.

[Abagadro]

Ohio punt returner just gives OSU a huge gift.

[Montague]

Ohio punt returner just gives OSU a huge gift.

Touchdown, 19-14. They're finally playing to win now. Boeckman is still Boeckman though so its not over yet.

[Triforcer]

I think what I'm worried about the most is Ohio State's passing.  Boeckman could throw the showy bomb against the scrubs last year, but he never could throw consistently in big games.  We're going to need some playmaking receivers to stay in the USC game, even if Wells is near 100% (which I'm fairly certain he won't be). 

[Montague]

I think what I'm worried about the most is Ohio State's passing.  Boeckman could throw the showy bomb against the scrubs last year, but he never could throw consistently in big games.  We're going to need some playmaking receivers to stay in the USC game, even if Wells is near 100% (which I'm fairly certain he won't be). 

We don't have them. Robiskie can't get separation against MAC DB's. Hartline is a slower Wayne Chrebet. And Tressel doesn't trust Boeckman enough to throw anything deeper than 10 yards unless its a fly pattern or skinny post. The only chance Ohio State has is if:

A: The defense totally dominates SC. Doubtful.

B: Terrelle Pryor starts and does a senior year Vince Young.

OSU returned all those guys but the weaknesses are still there. The receivers have good hands but aren't very fast. The linebackers are all world but the defensive line is mediocre. Boeckman is an extremely limited quarterback. Penn State looks to be the best team in the Big 10 this year.

[WayAbvPar]

Seattle football fans get fucked in the ass by the officials. AGAIN.

That kind of shit makes me not want to watch football again. Why bother when the teams aren't allowed to decide the game on the field?

[Montague]

Seattle football fans get fucked in the ass by the officials. AGAIN.

That kind of shit makes me not want to watch football again. Why bother when the teams aren't allowed to decide the game on the field?

What happened?

[WayAbvPar]

28-21 BYU with 8 seconds left. Jake Locker scrambles into the end zone for a touchdown. He jumps up to celebrate with his teammates and dumps the ball over his shoulder. Ref calls a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty on Locker, enforced on the XP try. Try is from 35 instead 18, and BYU blocks it, of course. To add irony, BYU bench emptied to celebrate just to show the refs what excessive celebration is.

Believe me whe I tell you that I am not coloring it in UW's favor just because I am a fan. You will see the replays on every sports show tonight, I guarantee it. It was literally one of the worst calls I have ever seen.

[Abagadro]

Don't you know that BYU is God's team?

[SnakeCharmer]

Seattle football fans get fucked in the ass by the officials. AGAIN.

I saw that.  UW got royally screwed.   

Anyone watch the SDSU / ND game?  Talk about getting fucked.  The refs gave ND that game. 

Alabama barely beats Tulane, after throttling Clemson last week.  They came out flat, uninspired, played like shit.  Some hard hitting going on in that game though.

[Nevermore]

Alabama barely beats Tulane, after throttling Clemson last week.  They came out flat, uninspired, played like shit.  Some hard hitting going on in that game though.

Can I borrow that?

USF barely beats Central Florida, after throttling (the admittedly AA) Tennessee-Martin last week.  They came out flat, uninspired, played like shit.  Some hard hitting going on in that game though.  And if I may add, the play calling by the offensive coordinator in the 4th quarter was horrible.

[Paelos]

Vandy beating South Carolina might be the highlight of my week. That was just too funny to watch Spurrier fume as his team continues to suck. Also, Florida didn't look good against Miami at all.

[Ingmar]

Cal 66, Washington State 3. 

[Montague]

Beanie Wells out for the USC game on Saturday. That game will be over by halftime.

I will say though there's a good chance that there'll be a QB controversy in Columbus after this weekend. Pryor is damn prettay running the ball and he can't throw the ball worse than Boeckman.

[Paelos]

USC was a 10 point favorite. It's already climbing to 11.5 now in my sportsbooks with the news about Wells. I fully expect it to be at least 14.5 by late Friday when all the gamblers get the last minute bets in.

What was supposed to be the game of the week will be little more than an asswhomping now, barring major injuries to the USC side.

[cmlancas]

Bitches don't know 'bout my USF.


Get ready. The Big East isn't dead yet.

[UD_Delt]

Beanie Wells out for the USC game on Saturday. That game will be over by halftime.

I will say though there's a good chance that there'll be a QB controversy in Columbus after this weekend. Pryor is damn prettay running the ball and he can't throw the ball worse than Boeckman.

I'm going to say with near 100% certainty that Wells will play on Saturday and Pryor will not. Tressel is using this to try and fuck with USC and get them to create too many game plans in a hope to confuse the players. Unfortunately it's not going to work and OSU loses 35-24. I hate saying it as an OSU fan but I don't like their chances.

[Montague]

Beanie Wells out for the USC game on Saturday. That game will be over by halftime.

I will say though there's a good chance that there'll be a QB controversy in Columbus after this weekend. Pryor is damn prettay running the ball and he can't throw the ball worse than Boeckman.

I'm going to say with near 100% certainty that Wells will play on Saturday and Pryor will not. Tressel is using this to try and fuck with USC and get them to create too many game plans in a hope to confuse the players. Unfortunately it's not going to work and OSU loses 35-24. I hate saying it as an OSU fan but I don't like their chances.

Yeah JT is backpedaling and saying that Wells wouldnt play "If the game was today" (that was yesterday). He'll probably play but I doubt he'll be effective.

[cmlancas]

Bitches don't know 'bout my USF.


Get ready. The Big East isn't dead yet.

/cruisecontrol BITCHES DON'T KNOW 'BOUT MY USF!


Suck it, Big-12.  <---drilling of drunkenness.

[Nevermore]

I hope everyone stuck around to watch the whole game.  What a fucking game! 

[Montague]

Nice win for USF, sounded like a hell of a game.

Beanie is now declared out for the USC game. Here's hoping Boeckman learns how to read defenses in the next few hours.

[Montague]

USC is abusing the OSU defensive line. Same weakness as last year.

Interesting twist with Pryor and Boeckman alternating every play, got them a field goal. Of course Tressel then stops doing it.

[Ingmar]

Losing to Maryland = 

[Paelos]

Here's my College Football roundup for Week 3:

That was embarrassing for Ohio State. That shuts the door on them as a national title contender again for good, which is fine in my book as many people are very tired of seeing them there. Wisconsin narrowly avoided the upset, and they will be top 10 now. I'm still not sold that they can stay there. Penn State is still untested. I think one of them can very easily win the Big 10, and my money is on Wisconsin.

No ACC team that played this weekend was ranked, but Maryland did manage to upset a #23 ranked Cal team, which really isn't good for the PAC-10.

The PAC-10 had their one glorious beatdown in the USC-OSU game, but that masked the other pretty vicious shots that the conference took to their street cred this week. AZ State lost to an unranked UNLV team in OT, which will drop them at least out of the top 20. BYU shut out UCLA 59-0 in one of the biggest beatdowns I've ever seen them lay on anybody in a major conference. Cal lost to Maryland, Stanford lost to TCU, Washington State lost to Baylor, Washington was destroyed by Oklahoma, and Arizona lost to New Mexico. Overall, the conference went 3-7 this week, which is pretty ugly.

The Big 12 had 3 ranked teams play this week, and while Oklahoma and Missouri took care of business in typical fashion, Kansas lost to USF. They will fall slightly due to that loss given the close rankings of the two squads. Also, what can you say about USF that wasn't said last year? They are doing again as the giant killers and moving up the ranks. While I didn't think so before, I can actually see this team going undefeated into the WVU game.

The SEC had a mediocre week that ended in a lot of wins. The 6 teams that weren't playing conference games all won their games, 6-0. The 2 conference games were Georgia-SC and Auburn-Miss. State. BOTH were absolutely awful offensive games. Auburn won 3-2, a score you'll almost never see in football. Nobody could do anything but turn the ball over to the other side for the entire game. I went on the road to watch my Bulldogs play in South Carolina, and the expectation of fans on both sides was that it would be a route. It was anything but. If Georgia's defense hadn't taken the team on their shoulders, this game would have been a crushing loss. SC on the 2 yard line, late in the 4th quarter and looking to score the tying TD down 14-7, and Georgia caused a fumble that they recovered in the endzone. That was the play of the game.

Overall though, the team played badly. Georgia had 112 yards in penalties, only had 146 total passing yards, and they went 5/13 on 3rd downs. The worst part is that Georgia had more penalty yards than rushing yards, and they had more yards punting than they did on total offense. You shouldn't win games that way, and they won't win if they play AZ State that way next week. They have a lot to work on, and it starts with less drops by our receivers, and more aggressive playcalling earlier in the game.

[Abagadro]

Was definitely a good weekend for the Mountain West Conference.

[Montague]

I actually rewatched part of the USC - Ohio State game. OSU sucks, has no heart, no killer instinct and is totally predictable. But damn USC is a good looking team, and I dont see anybody beating them in the Pac-10.

Talk radio in Ohio is clamoring for Terrelle Pryor. Sucks being right all the time. 

So my early prediction is USC-Oklahoma in the NC-game. Righteous outrage from the SEC as its one-loss champion gets left out.

[Paelos]

Speaking as the SEC rep, I actually agree with you. I think the USC-OU game is the only possible future.

As a rational observer, I think that's the undefeated teams meeting each other in combat.

As an SEC fan, I think it's another notch in why the BCS sucks.

[Abagadro]

USC will drop some inexplicable game to Stanford or Cal or UCLA along the way.  It's in their DNA.

[cmlancas]

Just some food for thought here:

USF's remaining schedule:

9/20      Florida International       
9/27      North Carolina State    
10/02    Pittsburgh        
10/18    Syracuse                      
10/25    @ Louisville                
10/30    @ Cincinnati    
11/15    Rutgers       
11/23    Connecticut    
12/06    @ No. 21 West Virginia       

If USF can win the last two difficult games, you could see an undefeated team out of the Big East this year, especially if WVU falls flat in the season finale.

How's that sound for BCS complication?