2012 College Football

[Hoax]

What exactly has gotten so complicated about spiking the fucking football? Even pro teams seem to have forgotten they can do it.

[Trippy]

Somebody should check make sure Paelos didn't have a heart attack after that TD pass

[sigil]

Georgia is getting ready to be embarrassing, I'm afraid. 

Psychic Quote of the fucking year

[CmdrSlack]

Even my daughter was confused. She paused halfway through the Rammer Jammer taunt. Apparently, Alabama wasn't the only entity to give Georgia hell tonight.

[Paelos]

I don't know what to say. It was one of the best games I've ever seen in my life. And it ends like that...

EDIT: Congrats to Alabama, they absolutely smashed us with the run. And then AJ McCarron proved he can make a key deep throw when he has to late.

[Shannow]

What exactly has gotten so complicated about spiking the fucking football? Even pro teams seem to have forgotten they can do it.

It seemed so obvious that I'm left wondering if there is a rule difference in college sports with the clock and spiking the football? Otherwise wtf? spike it and leave yourself 12-13 seconds to have two shots at the end zone. bizarre.

[cmlancas]

In other news no one gives a shit about, fuck off Skip Holtz.  You effectively fucked our program into the ground by putting up with that stupid cunt B.J. Daniels for so long.  I've never encountered a douchier guy on a college campus.

I hear rumors about the Western Kentucky guy coming to USF since he has a huge tie to Manatee HS (Haven't heard of them?  Best HS in the nation) and USF recruits terribly out of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

[Nebu]

Best Bowl game:  Oregon vs Kansas State. 

I don't care about the rest. 

Also: Minnesota (my alma mater) got a fucking bowl bid with their shitty season?  What a joke.

[Ingmar]

Isn't Georgia Tech going to one with a 6-7 record? There are so many bowls now that basically anyone with 6 wins gets to go to one.

[Nevermore]

In other news no one gives a shit about, fuck off Skip Holtz.  You effectively fucked our program into the ground by putting up with that stupid cunt B.J. Daniels for so long.  I've never encountered a douchier guy on a college campus.

I hear rumors about the Western Kentucky guy coming to USF since he has a huge tie to Manatee HS (Haven't heard of them?  Best HS in the nation) and USF recruits terribly out of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

It kind of sucks because Holtz himself is a really great guy.  Unfortunately, he was never able to recruit a QB to replace Daniels.  There's also something just wrong with that locker room that goes all the way back to when Leavitt was coach that Holtz was never able to turn around.

Edit:

Isn't Georgia Tech going to one with a 6-7 record? There are so many bowls now that basically anyone with 6 wins gets to go to one.

Unless you're Louisiana Tech. 

[Nebu]

Isn't Georgia Tech going to one with a 6-7 record? There are so many bowls now that basically anyone with 6 wins gets to go to one.

BOWL OVERVIEW HERE

They are playing USC... and will get CRUSHED!

I think I could play better defense in my 40's than the DB's at Georgia Tech.  I wish I was still eligible.

[Trippy]

Unless you're Louisiana Tech. 

It's their own fault for not accepting their Independence Bowl invite.

[WayAbvPar]

Best Bowl game:  Oregon vs Kansas State. 

I don't care about the rest. 

Also: Minnesota (my alma mater) got a fucking bowl bid with their shitty season?  What a joke.

Bet the over in that one. Not sure they can even make it high enough. I would guess something around 95 would be proper 

[Nevermore]

Unless you're Louisiana Tech. 

It's their own fault for not accepting their Independence Bowl invite.

I don't know, it's pretty easy to make the argument that it's the entire bowl selection process that's to blame.  I don't feel strongly enough about it to argue about it myself, but here's a link.

[01101010]

Best Bowl game:  Oregon vs Kansas State. 

I don't care about the rest. 

Also: Minnesota (my alma mater) got a fucking bowl bid with their shitty season?  What a joke.

The lil NCG - and I agree....

I think Bama and ND will be a slog and after UGA... we'll see. I think it will be Bama but not in a run-away like I had hoped.

LSU v. Clemson should be fun though. And I really really hope NIU takes FSU to the cleaners just so I can watch everyone on ESPN college eat crow. Fuckers...

[Paelos]

I'm rooting for Louisville and NIU this year, hard! 

[ghost]

Pulling for Louisville is just like killing puppies.   

[Paelos]

It's not basketball. 

[Ingmar]

We have a coach again:

http://blog.sfgate.com/crumpacker/2012/12/05/sonny-dykes-new-cal-coach/

Don't know much about him yet. In other news our best player, WR Keenan Allen, is (unsurprisingly) going to the draft.

[ghost]

Sonny's defenses give up a TON of points.  Ought to come in handy for playing Oregon.   

[Tannhauser]

Meanwhile UT is still searching...

[Paelos]

That job has leprosy.

EDIT: And all hail your new head leper, Butch Jones!

[Paelos]

Here's the thing about Butch Jones. Tennessee may not know it, but they have fallen ass-backwards into a really good hire after all the nonsense. When asked about who could replace Mark Richt and turn the program into a more disciplined team at UGA? Butch Jones was one of my four coaches on the short list.

Butch went 27-13 at Central Michigan. You're also talking about a guy that went 19-6 over his last two seasons at Cincy. He runs a great balanced attack (a rarity in the FBS these days, usually they focus on one or the other), and Cincy was 12th in the nation in points against on defense. He's a younger coach at 44, and he won 2 MAC championships in his tenure at Central Michigan. He finished tied for the Big East title in 2011, and his players won the academic award for the Big East conference in that year. He recruits smart, talented guys who win.

It's a fantastic hire for UT. Not the name they were obsessed with, but he's a better coach than Gundy or Strong in my mind.

[Tannhauser]

Hooray!  I know I remember Cincy playing UT a while back and giving us some fits.  If it was this guy then oh hellz yeah.

I really thought the well was dried up with Strong's rejection.  I half-jokingly said Bobby Petrino and my UT friends went  .

Also, sorry not a Gruden fan.

Good stuff.

[ghost]

Jones is a better coach than Strong. 

[Paelos]

Jones is a better coach than Strong. 

Completely unbiased opinions from Kentucky ppl. 

[cmlancas]

I hear rumors about the Western Kentucky guy coming to USF since he has a huge tie to Manatee HS (Haven't heard of them?  Best HS in the nation) and USF recruits terribly out of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Love you Willie Taggart.  Very excited to be a USF alum/student.

[01101010]

I hear rumors about the Western Kentucky guy coming to USF since he has a huge tie to Manatee HS (Haven't heard of them?  Best HS in the nation) and USF recruits terribly out of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Love you Willie Taggart.  Very excited to be a USF alum/student.

And Western Kentucky gets Petrino...    

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8732857/bobby-petrino-hired-head-coach-western-kentucky-hilltoppers

[HaemishM]

Somebody fucking hired that douche? 

[ghost]

Of course he was going to get hired.  He's too good of a coach to let sit.

[SnakeCharmer]

I'm surprised it took this long.  But if he didn't have her on paid staff, I don't think he would have gotten fired in the first place.  Some of y'all forgive Presidents for banging a pork chop ugly chick (then insults your intelligence about what 'is' is), why the incredulity for a football coach that got caught nailing a hottie? 

[Paelos]

But if he didn't have her on paid staff, I don't think he would have gotten fired in the first place.

You would be right. That was the sticky wicket, so to speak.

Him getting hired by the WKU Hilltoppers just means that the Sun Belt JUST GOT REAL. 

[HaemishM]

I'm surprised it took this long.  But if he didn't have her on paid staff, I don't think he would have gotten fired in the first place.  Some of y'all forgive Presidents for banging a pork chop ugly chick (then insults your intelligence about what 'is' is), why the incredulity for a football coach that got caught nailing a hottie? 

Because he was her boss, paid her money and got caught being a complete dumbass? It isn't like this wasn't the first time he was a complete douchebag. The way he left the Atlanta Falcons in the lurch has always rubbed me the wrong way.

[SnakeCharmer]

He's a smarmy motherfucker, no doubt.   Falcons are better off without him though.

And Paelos, sorry I didn't see this thread before the SEC CG.  Would have bought you a beer or 5.

[Paelos]

He's a smarmy motherfucker, no doubt.   Falcons are better off without him though.

And Paelos, sorry I didn't see this thread before the SEC CG.  Would have bought you a beer or 5.

S'all good, my entire family came into town for the game and we went to a local Mexican joint for a pregame margarita lunch.  

Still one of the best games I've seen in terms of atmosphere. There wasn't a single moment where everyone in the stadium wasn't terrified, elated, back to terrified, or pissed.