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Post by kchoya on Aug 18, 2008 17:09:56 GMT -5
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Aug 18, 2008 18:10:37 GMT -5
AustinHoya. cant agree more with you Mcgee assessment. Guy looks like he couldnt make his highschool JV team most of the year and then comes out playing like Joe Montana against the horns. Regardless, looks like another LONG year in aggieland.
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Post by hifigator on Aug 19, 2008 11:41:17 GMT -5
If you were more familiar with the intensity of The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, you would know that it actually starts the Sunday of the previous game. And in the case of last year's Georgia team, it started two weeks in advance since they had an off week before the game. In any case, the game is "always" Halloween weekend. This year you are right, in that actual kickoff is November 1st. So sue me if you wish, but it doesn't change a thing. All of you bandwagon Bulldawgs are in for a rude awakening come the last week of October ... and the first of November as well.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Aug 19, 2008 20:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by RDF on Aug 20, 2008 0:18:56 GMT -5
Why not go with Jarrod Johnson? He's going to be the future at A&M, looks as if he's got some ability to make plays in various ways and McGee is always trying to prove how "tough" he is--and looked completely overmatched passing last year.
Will say that losing Martellus Bennett is addition by subtraction--what a lazy, unmotivated, piece of crap that kid has shown to be in Dallas already.
Javorski Lane should be benched as long as he chooses to resemble Jabba the Hutt.
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Post by hifigator on Aug 21, 2008 13:38:10 GMT -5
I wonder if "Bolt" can catch a football? If so, then why doesn't some NFL team come give him a shot? The NFL is always about "potential" after all -- not so much as the NBA, but still. If a QB is 6' 5" and has a strong arm, then they always presume they can teach him the rest of the game, and that is at the most demanding position. It seems to me that such logic would be all-the-more true at other positions. As blinding fast as Bolt is, and at 6' 5", he would be a game changer if he could catch the rock. Just a thought ...
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Post by RDF on Aug 21, 2008 13:52:11 GMT -5
I wonder if "Bolt" can catch a football? If so, then why doesn't some NFL team come give him a shot? The NFL is always about "potential" after all -- not so much as the NBA, but still. If a QB is 6' 5" and has a strong arm, then they always presume they can teach him the rest of the game, and that is at the most demanding position. It seems to me that such logic would be all-the-more true at other positions. As blinding fast as Bolt is, and at 6' 5", he would be a game changer if he could catch the rock. Just a thought ... You either meant for this in Olympic thread or have just F'd up another good thread with some useless nonsense that has no relation to CFB.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Aug 21, 2008 14:14:04 GMT -5
Even more perplexing to me is why Hifi put Usain Bolt's last name in quotes.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Aug 21, 2008 15:28:41 GMT -5
he's sky-high right now. he is a backwater stoner d-bag.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Aug 21, 2008 16:25:45 GMT -5
brasky, everytime I unignore you, you find reason to be put in time out again. Off you go.
RDF, it would really have been more appropriate for the NFL thread. In any case, sue me. I'm not exactly sure why such a breach would be viewed as so egregious.
SF, The quotes were unnecessary, but since I didn't know how to spell his first name, I thought it made it clearer to use quotes the first time I identified him. Notice that I didn't use them subsequently? Sorry, again sue me for such blatant disrespect for ... proper message board behavior?
By the way brasky, I'm totally sober when I am at work.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Aug 21, 2008 16:26:49 GMT -5
Oh well, I guess the ignore is no more. Brasky will be on his own honor code now. Lord help us.
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 21, 2008 19:51:49 GMT -5
"RDF, it would really have been more appropriate for the NFL thread. In any case, sue me. I'm not exactly sure why such a breach would be viewed as so egregious."
Could it be because 90% of the misplaced posts on this board come from the keyboard of hifigator? Nah, that's not fair. Make it 80%.
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Post by FewFAC on Aug 22, 2008 15:00:19 GMT -5
hifi F'd up this thread when he started it. bah dum
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Post by hifigator on Aug 22, 2008 15:56:53 GMT -5
hifi F'd up this thread when he started it. bah dum Do you write your own material or does Mrs. fewfac help out?
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Aug 26, 2008 12:49:45 GMT -5
Week 1 picks for Games That Matter:
S. Carolina over N.C. State (Thursday) Wake Forest over Baylor (Thursday) Oregon State over Stanford (Thursday) Florida manhandles Hawaii Oklahoma State over Wazzu Michigan squeaks by Utah (no FG block this season opener) SC over U. Va. LSU over Appalachian by at least 20 points Ole Miss over Memphis Cal over Michigan State Clemson over Alabama Mizzou over Illinois (LOVE this matchup -- hope it lives up to the hype but in Week 1 it probably won't) Oregon over U-Dub Kentucky over Louisville for the Governor's Cup (Sunday) CU over Colorado State in the Rocky Mountain Showdown (but lose the sponsors, please -- this game is officially the Qwest Rocky Mountain Showdown at Invesco Field at Mile High. Ugh.) (Sunday) UCLA over Tennessee (Sunday)
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Post by hifigator on Aug 26, 2008 15:36:39 GMT -5
Austin, interesting picks there. I generally hate picking games the first week of the season. A couple of those games are on the weekly bowl pool down here.
Off the top of my head:
Cal-Mich St. Clemson-Bama Kentucky-Louisvile Colorado-Colorado St. Tenn.-UCLA
How strong are your picks in those games?
I was leaning to Louisville, just because Ky. has to replace Woodsen.
Also, I would probably lean to Tennessee, as I think they will be better than exptected. Their problem is that they are in the SEC east with Florida and Georgia, plus they have to replace Erik Ainge, but I looked at their depth chart and I think they will probably be a better team, even though they probably won't have as much success.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Aug 26, 2008 17:19:33 GMT -5
Cal-Mich St. Clemson-Bama Kentucky-Louisvile Colorado-Colorado St. Tenn.-UCLA How strong are your picks in those games? I was leaning to Louisville, just because Ky. has to replace Woodsen. Also, I would probably lean to Tennessee, as I think they will be better than exptected. Their problem is that they are in the SEC east with Florida and Georgia, plus they have to replace Erik Ainge, but I looked at their depth chart and I think they will probably be a better team, even though they probably won't have as much success. UL has lost a crazy number of scholarship players since Petrino left/Kragthorpe showed up. The program is going downhill pretty fast and I expect at least another .500ish season before things get any better. Tennessee played dumb football in Week 1 in California last season and lost to Cal. I don't think they'll get thumped by the Bruins but I give the edge to the home team here. Re: Cal-Michigan State, I don't have the records in front of me but typically I think the Pac 10 has owned the Big Ten, particularly in early season matchups, over the past few years (think Oregon-UM last season). I'll go with the Bears at home. Colorado State is terrible and CU is improving. That's a strong pick. Bama-Clemson is not a strong pick. Going with the Tigers because the game is in Death Valley and when Bowden's teams lose embarrasingly it tends to be at the end of the season.
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 26, 2008 17:20:20 GMT -5
UCLA-Tennessee is Monday.
Austin, with all due respect, Tennessee figures to pulverize UCLA. No offensive line, third string quarterback. It's going to be a long season for the Bruins.
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Post by RDF on Aug 26, 2008 22:31:09 GMT -5
UCLA-Tennessee is Monday. Austin, with all due respect, Tennessee figures to pulverize UCLA. No offensive line, third string quarterback. It's going to be a long season for the Bruins. Peter Pan can always break out his guitar and play a song for the boys--or maybe have some chocolate chip cookies made for some recruits around his campfire--ala his recruitment of Reggie Williams while Head Coach at Washington. Neuheisel's past--win with guys recruited by previous staff--do some lousy recruiting, get a team on probation with lousy recruiting--and then bolt.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Aug 26, 2008 23:20:13 GMT -5
UCLA-Tennessee is Monday. Austin, with all due respect, Tennessee figures to pulverize UCLA. No offensive line, third string quarterback. It's going to be a long season for the Bruins. Honestly I had forgotten the Bruins' woes behind center when making that pick (too much work this offseason, not enough reading preview mags). But that call says more about my opinion of Tennessee (and the Vols coaching staff) than it does about the Bruins.
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