2012 College Football

[ghost]

.....and, predictably, OU eats shit. 

[Paelos]

UGA steamrolled Vandy. I am pleased.

[ghost]

I hope you didn't gamble on that Missouri game.   

[Rasix]

It's like we're afraid of the end zone.

[ghost]

That's a decent score against Oregon this far in, particularly at their place.

[Abagadro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4jGSvxCRp4

[Tannhauser]

The Vols manged to outlast that football powerhouse, Akron.

[Nebu]

Nebraska wins in a defensive showdown 

LOL Razorbacks!

Having a BCS ranking in the first 4 weeks is the dumbest idea ever.  Let the good teams knock down the tomato cans and have a couple of in conference matches before assigning a rank.  Shit, I don't even know who is in what conference anymore.

[01101010]

Ahh college football, where a win still knocks you down the rankings. Is it any wonder why coaches run up the scores when they can? 

[Paelos]

When you fight a midget, you better beat the shit out of him.

[Nebu]

I never liked Tenessee fans... but this is cool.  Maybe Ab can shave his facial hair into a big U.

[Tannhauser]

I don't get it, who's that?

[Nebu]

I don't get it, who's that?

Look at the shape of his goatee.

[ghost]

[Abagadro]

I think I see some pixels.

[ghost]

Yeah, it's a shitty photo.  But it's sooooooo right on target. 

[SnakeCharmer]

That picture 
I blame photoshop 

Ah, the College Football thread...

Loving what I am seeing out of Bama this year.  I could type out all sorts of superlatives but they are that good.  Can't wait for LSU.

[Paelos]

Barring a disaster, I haven't seen anything that says they aren't the best team in the country.

We'll see how UGA looks against Tennessee and SC, and then you might have a contender.

[ghost]

Great to see you, Snakecharmer.  I knew it would be some shitty Aalabalmaa picture to get you to turn back up.

[SnakeCharmer]

Thanks, Ghost  

The only disaster I can see is McCarron getting nuked (shoulder, concussion, whatever) by a speedrusher blowing by Fluker at the RT position.  He's regressed this year and his footwork has gotten sloppy - not to mention he's been telegraphing run/pass.*  Somebody like Mingo or Montgomery from LSU will eat him (Fluker) for dinner with McCarron being the desert.  The positive to blowing teams out  and putting in 2nd and 3rd string in midway through the 3rd (or sooner) is young players (including QBs) getting lots of playing time.  The downside is when they put those 2nd and 3rd stringers in, they don't run their normal pro style offense that much.  They go to a simple spread, run read option to utilize the QBs speed (back up Blake Simms has incredible speed) and Phillip Ely (pro style) isn't getting many snaps.  Bama is a young team and I'll be really interested to see how they handle adversity - being down a score or so, things not going right, etc.  

The other thing that worries me a bit is the defense - they're playing really well.  But it's no secret that Smart/Saban preach hitting the QB high.  When, and not if, the refs start calling that for penalties because of the emphasis on safety, I could see some situational things come to haunt them.  I'll even admit that Bama plays it reaaaaaally freaking close to hits on the QB and there's been more than one occasion that I've thought they've gotten away with a high/late hit in QB pressures.

I've been to 3 games this year (Michigan, Arkansas, and Western Kentucky).  The TV doesn't do justice as to how much bigger and faster Bama is than whoever they face.  It's almost not fair.

*There's a couple other issues that contribute to it, but I'm not in a position to post it publicly during the season.

[Paelos]

I will pick on you for one thing. You have a tough game against LSU, and then absolutely nada for the rest of the year. You proved Michigan didn't belong in the title discussion (or anybody in the Big 10 for that matter), and Notre Dame put the icing on them not belonging in the Top 25. Saban can preach take it week to week, but outside of maybe a geeked up MS State team, I see no threats. And even that's at home.

UGA has the same schedule, minus the out of conference start. Instead we get a SC team nobody knows anything about, and a Florida team nobody expected to be good. Other than that, our schedule is laughable.

Those 3 games, Bama v. LSU, UGA v. SC, and obviously UGA-FL will decide the SEC Championship game.

[ghost]

If Alabama wins out they are going to the title game whether you take the schedule into consideration or not.  LSU's schedule is a nightmare.  If they win out except for Bama we may see another title game rematch from last year. 

[cmlancas]

I think the Nat'l Champ is FSU v Bama.  FSU is ridiculously fast and strong this year.  Should they win out, they've got a good line to the BCS championship.

Although, I'm praying USF can unfuck themselves and make their record 2-0 against FSU, but those Ball State and Rutgers games... my fucking god.  Ugh. 

[Paelos]

I think FSU's defense will get murdered against anybody who can run the ball. Clemson put 136 yards on FSU on the ground, and the Tigers are about 40th in the nation running the ball.

You know who is going to run the ball well? Florida at 24th in the nation. You know who has a better defense than anybody they've faced? Florida at 20th in the nation. I don't think FSU can get past that game. I think they can go 11-0 just to have their dreams die at the hands of the Gators.

[ghost]

The Gators are overrated, IMO.  They had a mediocre day against a very, very shitty Kentucky defense.

[cmlancas]

The Gators are overrated, IMO.  They had a mediocre day against a very, very shitty Kentucky defense.

I've watched UF play one good half of football, and that was against TA&M.  I've watched FSU play a very good Clemson team where they faced adversity and overcame it, and also a Wake game where they manhandled them.

That being said, UFvFSU is the same as UGAvUF.  Anything can happen, no matter what the record.  Bama should be mindful of that during the Iron Bowl as well.

I still think FSU, UGA, and Bama are the stronger teams in those matchups though.

[ghost]

 

[Paelos]

The Gators are overrated, IMO.  They had a mediocre day against a very, very shitty Kentucky defense.

What? They beat Kentucky 38-0. They stopped trying completely in the 4th quarter and just ran the ball constantly.

You know who had a mediocre day? LSU v. Auburn. That's the yardstick you need to use.

[01101010]

The Gators are overrated, IMO.  They had a mediocre day against a very, very shitty Kentucky defense.

What? They beat Kentucky 38-0. They stopped trying completely in the 4th quarter and just ran the ball constantly.

You know who had a mediocre day? LSU v. Auburn. That's the yardstick you need to use.

College football where it is not so much the win, but the QUALITY of win that matters the most. I don't discount the LSU offense looking like it was struggling against Auburn quite a few times, but I'll take this over the USC-Stanford outcome every time.

[ghost]

Kentucky is the worst team in D1 football this year.  The Gators should have hung 60 plus on them.  But they didn't look that great in the first half, IMO.  And why bring LSU into it?  We're not talking about them.

[Paelos]

Kentucky may not even be the worst team in the SEC, let alone Div1. I know that was hyperbole, but I think you're either too close to the situation, or don't grasp how shitty other teams are this year around the league.

For one, Arkansas or Auburn may give anybody in the SEC a run for the worst team. Second, Tulane is probably the worst Div1 team in the nation (0-3 and they average single digit points a game). They lost by 35 to Tulsa. Anyway, Kentucky has major issues, but the spread in that game was only 24.5, not some 35+ disaster.

Kentucky averages more points a game than Auburn. Arkansas gives up more points a game than anybody in the SEC. Auburn can't even average 300 yards a game of offense.

[ghost]

Kentucky may not even be the worst team in the SEC, let alone Div1. I know that was hyperbole, but I think you're either too close to the situation, or don't grasp how shitty other teams are this year around the league.

Kentucky, if Max Smith remains hurt, is absolutely putrid.  Did you happen to see how shitty Morgan Newton was in that game?  Now I tend to believe that UK may have made more of a game of it if Smith had played because I think Florida is grossly overrated, but whatever.  We'll see when they play.

Since you brought them up, I do think LSU is probably overrated as well.  I think UGa is (if it's possible, considering their ranking) underrated.  I can't wait until the USCjr/UGa game.  That will be lights out fun.

[Ingmar]

Kentucky would beat us by 20.

[ghost]

No fucking way.  I think Cal will pull out 5-6 wins.  Kentucky will be lucky to beat Samford.  They lost to Western Kentucky, for chrissakes.   

[Paelos]

We'll see when UK plays in Arkansas. That will be one of the two games to determine SHITTIEST TEAM IN ALL THE LAAAAAAAAAAND!