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Post by kghoya on Sept 22, 2011 22:54:10 GMT -5
I'm having a hard time getting into college football since its about to turn Georgetown Basketball into Holy Cross.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 22, 2011 23:26:20 GMT -5
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Post by hifigator on Sept 23, 2011 16:13:16 GMT -5
Thanks Austin. I needed a good laugh.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 24, 2011 18:31:31 GMT -5
SEC teams must be excited that they'll soon be able to recruit Texas AND play an A&M team that completely collapses at home.
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Post by kghoya on Sept 24, 2011 22:26:13 GMT -5
Was Sean McDonough in the official booth reviewing that missed extra point that was ruled to be good? How do you get that call wrong? Not just once. But twice.
Before the B1G Ten Network, I would have never been able to see North Dakota State beat Minnesota or North Texas outlast Indiana. Ok I didn't really see any of the North Texas game but I did flip late to see Minnesota go down.
UVA with another pathetic season in the works.
How about Temple putting the smackdown on the University of Under Armour? There were about 12 people left in the stands at the start of the 4th when I checked in on that one.
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Post by kghoya on Sept 24, 2011 22:41:26 GMT -5
Way to not give up WVU. I'm sure Holgorsen is happy to give up that late score in return for some more stat padding for Geno Smith.
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Post by kghoya on Sept 25, 2011 0:48:00 GMT -5
Mike Locksley's car was being driven by a recruit this weekend. The recruit didn't have a license on him, almost hit a pedestrian, and, oh yeah, was pulled over and given a DWI.
I wonder if coach Locksley got the verbal.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Sept 25, 2011 19:18:56 GMT -5
Way to not give up WVU. I'm sure Holgorsen is happy to give up that late score in return for some more stat padding for Geno Smith. I agree, kg. LSU is my team, but I came away from that game with much respect for WVa. They never quit.
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Post by RDF on Sept 26, 2011 0:00:43 GMT -5
Why do people say they respect teams who don't quit? Shouldn't that be the normal expectation? I always love football players/teams who quit or "can't get up" for the game. You have 12 guaranteed games in CFB--and you spend all of that offseason time (well the good players/programs do at least) lifting, working out, doing drills, more lifting, drills, watching film, practicing, etc.....for 12 Saturdays in a season--2 more games if you have a championship caliber team/Bowl games, etc....and "can't get up for a game".
WTF makes these guys motivated then? If you can't get up to play games and give a full effort, then why play/waste time playing? It's tired excuse and acceptible for awful programs and losers.
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Post by RDF on Sept 26, 2011 10:38:11 GMT -5
Hifi has been quiet-but like what Charlie Weis has done with Gator offense and quietly Gator defense has been outstanding--Mushchamp is getting the most out of all that talent upfront. This Bama-UF game is going to be the caliber of hype that overrated Oklahoma-FSU game got. Great front 7's and only difference is that I like Bama's Secondary more then UF's--but not a fan of AJ McCarron at all-think he'll make some stupid mistakes, which leads to Special Teams and Gators are stronger there imo. This could be 1st of 2 meetings this year--and personally what I've seen--these are 2 of the best 4 teams in country with LSU and Wisconsin being the other two.
This week's JaPicky Harris award for coming up small in a big moment--none other then Jacory "JaPicky" Harris and the Miami Hurricanes. Coaches may change, midgets might pay you, but the results stay the same. What a mess and I'm hoping for Death Penalty so they can blow it up and start over.
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Post by kchoya on Sept 26, 2011 12:23:47 GMT -5
Hifi has been quiet-but like what Charlie Weis has done with Gator offense and quietly Gator defense has been outstanding--Mushchamp is getting the most out of all that talent upfront. This Bama-UF game is going to be the caliber of hype that overrated Oklahoma-FSU game got. Great front 7's and only difference is that I like Bama's Secondary more then UF's--but not a fan of AJ McCarron at all-think he'll make some stupid mistakes, which leads to Special Teams and Gators are stronger there imo. This could be 1st of 2 meetings this year--and personally what I've seen--these are 2 of the best 4 teams in country with LSU and Wisconsin being the other two. Say the SEC is overhyped if you want, but they get talent like no other conference. And when you have coaches that can coach them up, you get some epic battles, like Bama-Florida.
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Post by RDF on Sept 26, 2011 13:34:39 GMT -5
Hifi has been quiet-but like what Charlie Weis has done with Gator offense and quietly Gator defense has been outstanding--Mushchamp is getting the most out of all that talent upfront. This Bama-UF game is going to be the caliber of hype that overrated Oklahoma-FSU game got. Great front 7's and only difference is that I like Bama's Secondary more then UF's--but not a fan of AJ McCarron at all-think he'll make some stupid mistakes, which leads to Special Teams and Gators are stronger there imo. This could be 1st of 2 meetings this year--and personally what I've seen--these are 2 of the best 4 teams in country with LSU and Wisconsin being the other two. Say the SEC is overhyped if you want, but they get talent like no other conference. And when you have coaches that can coach them up, you get some epic battles, like Bama-Florida. Agree completely. I think the overhype comes from how "tough it is every week"--because it's not--there are the Ole Miss, Kentucky, etc....just like any league-but the passion for the game and of the fanbases is unmatched. Combined with unreal athletes, its fun to watch their elite teams play. Bama-UF this week, LSU-UF the following week. Compare that with Oklahoma's overhyped win over an FSU team who isn't quite back to where they hoped they'd be--on their way but need a better OL/running game imo, and struggling against a mediocre Missouri team in Norman. Oklahoma's best hopes are that Florida beats Bama this weekend, then LSU beats Florida, and then Bama beats LSU, and Wisconsin makes it to New Orleans ahead of them, which as bad as the Big 10 is this season is hard to see Badgers losing a game. Oklahoma can play with a Wisconsin, they can't hang with Alabama or LSU--those defenses would eat up Landry Jones and their power running game would beat up OU's smaller defense.
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Post by kghoya on Sept 27, 2011 2:36:33 GMT -5
I was actually being sarcastic with my giving up comment for WVU. I felt like they gave up that late score just so they could get the ball back and have Smith fling it around for more meaningless yards.
How did we get to the point where 3rd and 3 is a pass 100% of the time?
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Post by RDF on Sept 27, 2011 10:58:57 GMT -5
I was actually being sarcastic with my giving up comment for WVU. I felt like they gave up that late score just so they could get the ball back and have Smith fling it around for more meaningless yards. How did we get to the point where 3rd and 3 is a pass 100% of the time? That wasn't aimed at you KG--I heard that from Drunkburger and DipStreit in regards to "no quit in the Mountaineers........" and then other announcers used it in each game with the trailing team. It's beyond stupid and the fact that nobody can be critical without it being "disrespectful" or being a "hater" is what is wrong with so much of athletics today.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 28, 2011 15:00:56 GMT -5
Week 5 Picks for Games That Matter: Utah State upsets BYU at home in a Beehive Boot game Michigan over Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug Northwestern over Illinois for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Land of Lincoln Trophy* Arkansas over TAMU in the Southwest Classic Navy over Air Force in a Commander In Chief Trophy game Cincinnati over Miami (OH) in the Battle for the Bell for the Victory Bell (Bearcats' sixth consecutive win in the rivalry) Boise State over Nevada in a revenge game TCU over SMU for the Iron Skillet Clemson upsets Virginia Tech in Blacksburg New Mexico State over New Mexico in the Rio Grande Rivalry Wisconsin routs Nebraska Notre Dame over Purdue for the Shillelagh Trophy Florida squeaks by Alabama *Assuming the above prediction is accurate, the Phoenix area chapter of the Northwestern alumni association will receive the HoHoKam Tomahawk Trophy for the Wildcat win. www.phoenixillini.org/article.html?aid=207________________________________________ Belated thoughts on the football I was able to watch last week: Missouri went up early in Norman last week, and then Gary Pinkel's Tigers decided to stop doing what had been working on offense in favor of a bunch of designed QB runs (or options) out of the shotgun formation. That game should have been closer. I'm also not sold at all on Oklahoma. Although Mizzou has talent on the defensive line, the Sooners did not run that well between the tackles. (Although I did not get to watch 85% of the FSU game, the box score indicates the Sooners were effective but not phenomenal in running the ball in Tallahassee.) Landry Jones typically throws a beautiful ball (and threw many against Mizzou), but he makes mistakes also. The ingredients for an upset are on the counter, and I predict -- and hope -- that at least one Big 12 team will cook up a nice upset against the Sooners in October. Last Saturday was the first time I saw Ryan Tannehill get rattled. His performance clearly dropped off in the second half, and it didn't hurt that his receivers dropped some balls that should have been caught. As a result, I'm not sure I like the Aggies to win close games anymore, starting with this weekend's match-up with Arkansas at JerryWorld. Watched the first half of UCF-BYU on Thursday. I think Heaps is a good QB that is playing in the wrong offense and doesn't have a good offensive line to help him out. Kid has a strong arm and should be throwing north-south more, but the OL can't get him time. Cougars are having a bad first year as an independent so far, and it will get worse this weekend. I know the Miami fans are bummed about the end to the K-State game, but take a look at what Temple's doing this season and chin up. In a related story, when was the last time that Baylor at K-State actually came close to being a game that mattered? Both teams are undefeated going into this weekend's contest in Manhattan. If the Bears win, they will most likely cruise into College Station undefeated on October 15 for a big game which could feature stabbings based on what Aggie fans have been saying about Baylor on the Internet lately. I tried to watch some of LSU-WVU, but kept flipping away, mainly because it looked like someone had smeared yellow mustard all over my television. Re: RDF's comments on "quitting," you have to remember that a goal of every football team, particularly in the second half/fourth quarter, is to demoralize and embarrass the opposing team. Additionally, 18-22 year olds are prone to quitting. I agree that all teams should be expected to play hard for 60 minutes, but it's no secret that quitting happens frequently in CFB. (See also: most Texas Longhorn football games last season.) Quote of the week goes to Les Miles, on the WVU atmosphere: "It was like a football party and they invited us." Although I have often questioned the man in the white hat's tactics in the past, it's tough not to like the guy. ON EDIT: Forgot to add that if TAMU loses at Arkansas this weekend, the Aggies will be back to .500 (21-21) under Mike Sherman. But I'm sure going the SEC will fix everything...
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Post by hifigator on Sept 28, 2011 15:24:46 GMT -5
In no particular order ...
Forgot to add that if TAMU loses at Arkansas this weekend, the Aggies will be back to .500 (21-21) under Mike Sherman. But I'm sure going the SEC will fix everything...
Seeing as how my team is a member of the already brutal SEC, mark me down as one who isn't disappointed that the likes of Texas or Oklahoma haven't been added to our folds. That being said, A&M is a top ten school in the All-Sports rankings. And believe it or not, even though football is King and pays all the bills, the SEC really is focused on being an Allsport championship conference.
Clemson upsets Virginia Tech in Blacksburg
Do you really think Clemson can finally win a big game on the road? Or that Va. Tech will lose a big game at home to the likes of Clemson? More importantly, do you think Team Schizophrenia can win 3 big games, 3 weeks in a row? I hope you are right, but I wouldn't wager any lunch money on it.
Say the SEC is overhyped if you want, but they get talent like no other conference. And when you have coaches that can coach them up, you get some epic battles, like Bama-Florida.
I sure hope the game lives up to its billing. For what it's worth, most of the pundits seem to be picking Bama in this game. Perhaps the best comment that I've heard was that if you made an All-Star team of players from the first four teams that Florida has played, it would get killed by Bama. As much as I would like to be confident and full of brevado, I'm somehow forced to be more reserved. That being said, coming into this season, 8-4 seemed to be the slightly above average prediction for the Gators. And 7-5 was a quite common prediction with 6-6 also mentioned frequently. Also, almost everyone said that if Florida could split the October gauntlet -- Bama, at LSU, at Auburn and Georgia -- then they would be happy. Suffice it to say that we will all know a lot more in a few days.
Florida squeaks by Alabama
I certainly hope you are right, and if it is a close game, then it has to work in Florida's favor that they have a great kicker in Sturgis.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 29, 2011 16:06:25 GMT -5
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 30, 2011 10:12:19 GMT -5
If it's not apparent, I think rivalry games and trophy games are part of what makes the sport of college football great. But this is changing. For as long as I can remember, the rivalry between Texas Christian and Southern Methodist has been referred to as either "TCU-SMU" or, less commonly, The Battle for the Iron Skillet. This weekend, the game will be called the "DFW Duel: The Battle for the Iron Skillet presented by State Farm." smumustangs.cstv.com/ot/smu-08-dfw-duel.htmlIn a related story, last week's game between Colorado and Colorado State in Denver was officially the "2011 Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown." Corporations love to affix their logos to not-so-clever names for rivalry games, but they've also watered down some great unofficial names. Don't call it the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, please. Additionally, fake rivalry games like this weekend's "Southwest Classic" at JerryWorld between TAMU and Arkansas are being shoved down the public's collective throat. The Aggies and Razorbacks have played four times since 1989, Arkansas fans hate Texas way more than A&M, and the name "Southwest Classic" was cooked up in 2009 to "brand" the game, but oh no we promise you this is a very important game with deep meaning. The real rivalry games that you don't hear about are often much more important to individual fanbases than the fake rivalries pushed by the "family of networks." For example, does anyone know that just down the road from JerryWorld, the Cotton Bowl will host a traditional rivalry game this Saturday? www.fairpark.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222TAMU vs. Arkansas airs on national television at 11:00 AM. If you would like to see the State Fair Classic, you'll need to buy a ticket.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 30, 2011 10:51:44 GMT -5
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Post by kchoya on Sept 30, 2011 11:12:02 GMT -5
If it's not apparent, I think rivalry games and trophy games are part of what makes the sport of college football great. But this is changing. For as long as I can remember, the rivalry between Texas Christian and Southern Methodist has been referred to as either "TCU-SMU" or, less commonly, The Battle for the Iron Skillet. This weekend, the game will be called the "DFW Duel: The Battle for the Iron Skillet presented by State Farm." smumustangs.cstv.com/ot/smu-08-dfw-duel.htmlIn a related story, last week's game between Colorado and Colorado State in Denver was officially the "2011 Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown." Corporations love to affix their logos to not-so-clever names for rivalry games, but they've also watered down some great unofficial names. Don't call it the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, please. Additionally, fake rivalry games like this weekend's "Southwest Classic" at JerryWorld between TAMU and Arkansas are being shoved down the public's collective throat. The Aggies and Razorbacks have played four times since 1989, Arkansas fans hate Texas way more than A&M, and the name "Southwest Classic" was cooked up in 2009 to "brand" the game, but oh no we promise you this is a very important game with deep meaning. The real rivalry games that you don't hear about are often much more important to individual fanbases than the fake rivalries pushed by the "family of networks." For example, does anyone know that just down the road from JerryWorld, the Cotton Bowl will host a traditional rivalry game this Saturday? www.fairpark.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222TAMU vs. Arkansas airs on national television at 11:00 AM. If you would like to see the State Fair Classic, you'll need to buy a ticket. One of the greatest (and truest) rivalry names is the Holy War between BYU and Utah. Now they're calling it the Deseret Duel.
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