2012 College Football

[Malakili]

Well, this is one sided.

[01101010]

BAHAHAhahahaha... fuck ND. Even though my purple and gold blood doesn't allow me to root for "those people," I can root against ND with the best of them.

[Nebu]

I lost my college coach to ND.  Fuck them.  Roll Tide!

[Paelos]

I bet a sizeable amount on the Tide, so... 

[Yegolev]

I bet a sizeable amount on the Tide, so... 

Who bet against you, the BCS and commentators?

[Paelos]

Lol, when I checked the lines, 60% of the money was on ND to cover the spread, 78% of the money line in Vegas was on the Irish.

People just didn't like the numbers. I like to bet against the people. Because Vegas doesn't make money on the majority whims.

[ghost]

I still think Notre Dame has a shot.   

[CmdrSlack]

ESPN's announcers made one comment about how Saban > Bear Bryant. One. Looks like the instant backlash from Tide fans made them realize that mistake.

[Paelos]

Well I feel better about Georgia playing Alabama in the real championship game. It was what we'd expect on the national stage. On to next year.

[CmdrSlack]

The SEC Championship had my neighbors terrified thanks to my shouting at the TV.

Tonight, yeah. Even my daughter was questioning the fairness when we were up 35-0.

[SnakeCharmer]

Heh.  Bama's graduation rates are just behind Vanderbilt which is actually downgraded somewhat (but not much) by players leaving after their junior year to turn pro.

Wasn't even a contest last night.  ND clearly didn't belong in that game against what is reputed to be Bama's least talented team over the last 4 years or so.  I've never seen an opposing team so shell shocked after a loss as NDs players - who to their credit (along with Brian Kelly) were extremely classy in defeat.  The only exception was the NT who said they weren't dominated by Bama's O line.  AJ McCarron (Bama QB) is a grade A twat, however.  

Would have loved to seen Bama vs Oregon.

Not sure what to think about next years team.  We're only losing 9 seniors, but several juniors are going with them.  Losing Barrett Jones (center), Chance Warmack (guard), DJ Fluker (right tackle, probably declaring for NFL draft), Michael Williams (TE), Eddie Lacy (RB, declaring for NFL draft), Jessie Williams (NT), Damion Square (DE), Nico Johnson (LB), Quinton Dial (DE), CJ Mosely (LB, probable early departure for NFL draft), Dee Millner (CB, declaring for draft), Robert Lester (FS), and Jeremy Shelly (K).  But we've lost as big or bigger stars in the past under Saban and won 3 out 4 BCS NCG.  No reason not to believe they’ll reload for next season.

Am I the only one that thinks this years football season was kind of a dud?

Also:


I need a new avatar...

[Trippy]

AJ McCarron (Bama QB) is a grade A twat, however.  

Yeah, but without him everybody wouldn't be talking about Katherine Webb

[Paelos]

Am I the only one that thinks this years football season was kind of a dud?

It was for the most part. The PAC-12 is obsessed with a Playstation gimmick, but it ran into a real defense in Stanford and it didn't work. They'll be just as loud about it next season, though. The Big 10 refuses to pay their coaches, so those coaches leave for the SEC. There's one exception to that, and that exception may end up dominating that conference. The ACC's best team wouldn't make a 4 team tournament. The Big East is toast. The Big 12 looked good, but fell over late.

A&M isn't going anywhere, and they stand to be the team that gives Alabama fits. Arkansas will get better over the next 2 years. Auburn cannot get worse. LSU needs a different coaching direction in my mind. They need a real offensive recruiter and/or OC, since the guy who was press-ganged into the job obviously isn't up to par. Ole Miss and Miss State will continue to be irrelevant.

[ghost]

The best part of the game was Barrett Jones telling McCarron to suck it.

[Nebu]

How long until Oregon joins the SEC?   

[ghost]

How long until Oregon joins the SEC?   

Meaning? 

[Ingmar]

Hard to see any of the old Pac-8/remaining PCC teams leaving. (Not that I think you were serious. The geographical stuff is indeed a joke for most conferences now.)

[ghost]

It's a joke, yeah, but logistically it's hard to see any of the west coast teams playing in the SEC, or even the Big Ten.  That's part of why the PAC is so safe, generally, from raiding.  Plus it's just a good conference.  I think they'll be hard pressed to expand to 16 with quality teams without adding someone like Boise State or BYU or both the New Mexico Schools/Nevada Schools.

[Ingmar]

Yeah, not now that the whole Texas + Oklahoma schools thing is off the table (which is perfectly fine with me, I didn't want them.) 12 is plenty anyway.

[ghost]

Texas and Oklahoma would have introduced a cool new element of competitiveness to the PAC which I was really looking forward to.  Watching USC, Oregon, Stanford, Oregon State, etc. play UT and Oklahoma would have been exciting.  It was Okie State and Tech that were the black eyes.  IF you could get UT and OU and then add maybe New Mexico and Nevada that might be okay.

[Ginaz]

AJ McCarron (Bama QB) is a grade A twat, however.  

Yeah, but without him everybody wouldn't be talking about Katherine Webb

ESPN has apologized for Brent Musburger's comments, because apparently they were "creepy".  Katherine Webb didn't seem to think so: "I've been reading on Twitter that Musburger had backlash that he's 'creepy'," TMZ quoted Webb as saying. "If I were to see him I would say, 'I don't think you're creepy at all!' ".  If the game was anywhere near competitive, they might not have even mentioned her but since ND shit the bed...

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NCAA/2013/01/08/20481481.html

[Tannhauser]

I fucking hate 'bama, but I admit they are the best team in the nation.  ND had no business being on the field with them.  They just get support from NBC because putting them in bowl games increases the networks revenue.

[ghost]

I still think Notre Dame has a shot.  They've got God on their side, for god's sake. 

[Ingmar]

Title game would have been Ohio State-Notre Dame if this had been a normal year. 

[Paelos]

Title game would have been Ohio State-Notre Dame if this had been a normal year. 

Funny how the SEC gets called the cheaters.

[ghost]

The SEC generally are the cheaters, but that seems to be changing recently with USC, OSU, Oregon, Miamuh, Free Shoes U......

Money stirs this and I think you're going to see more and more schools get busted up with cheating. 

[Paelos]

I think the last SEC program to get hit with sanctions was Alabama in 2006. And it was over improperly using textbooks. At the time the joke was, "Alabama players have textbooks?"

I think the more recent stuff is in other places around the country, Colorado, Miami, UNC, Ohio State, Penn State, USC, and now possibly Oregon.

[ghost]

I don't think you can discount the shenanigans at Tennessee and Auburn.  Auburn is the biggest cesspool in the country.

[Paelos]

There were shenanigans at Tennessee?

Auburn never got caught, even with the NCAA up it's butt for years. Can't say the same about the other folks, but I don't believe Auburn is clean by any stretch.

[ghost]

I can't believe you didn't hear about the Tennessee stuff.  It was a big reason why many USC fans were pissed at hiring Kiffin. 

Auburn is a cesspool.  They're currently under investigation.  The NCAA is a crapshoot in how they deal with things, but I can't imagine they won't get some sort of postseason ban or scholarship reduction. 

[Paelos]

Yeah the Tennessee thing is a minor violation. I thought you were referring to the guys that robbed the liquor store.

[ghost]

Tennessee and Auburn are pretty awful.  They've just gotten lucky. 

[Ingmar]

Well, here's a really fucking weird story.

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

[ghost]

USC Trojans keeping it classy. 

A "flat-out brawl" broke out in USC's football locker room after the Trojans' 21-7 loss to Georgia Tech in the Hyundai Sun Bowl, multiple sources have told ESPN.

 

[Paelos]

If I was a USC fan (perish the thought) I would question Barkley as a pussy too for not playing in that game. Enjoy your tradition of NFL failure, USC QB.