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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 20, 2009 20:45:21 GMT -5
That should shut up the Mountain West BCS people for at least one more season. Yes, I think we should shift the conversation to which conference has more losses to D I-AA teams in 2009. Why don't we revisit this topic next weekend, after Utah crushes Louisville and TCU sneaks past Clemson? I attended the Texas Tech-Texas game this Saturday. Did it look as terrible on television as it did live?
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Post by hifigator on Sept 21, 2009 12:15:38 GMT -5
That was a somewhat uninspiring weekend of football. The "haves" pretty much all sputtered. Texas could never pull away from Tech at home. Florida, while never in danger of losing the game, looked mildly lethargic in only winning by 10 and USC and BYU both suffered losses, knocking them from the ranks of the unbeaten.
In our weekly pool, the one very game I asked you all about cost me the pot. If Nebraska could have held on, then I would have won the pool. One friggin play late in the game. Oh well ...
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Post by whatmaroon on Sept 21, 2009 16:43:22 GMT -5
I attended the Texas Tech-Texas game this Saturday. Did it look as terrible on television as it did live? Pretty much. It seemed a little bit like a desultory 2-15 matchup in the NCAA tourney-it never seemed like the Horns were in serious danger of losing, but nor did they ever really lay the hammer down the way I expected them to. McCoy has been significantly less impressive than I expected him to be, though the Warren Moon Specials (interceptions on tipped balls by WRs) made his statline even more unimpressive.
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Post by hifigator on Sept 23, 2009 11:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by Elvado on Sept 23, 2009 12:54:16 GMT -5
Must be a regular Algonquin Roundtable when you all get together...
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Post by hifigator on Sept 23, 2009 13:14:53 GMT -5
I'll give you that one vado ... although I was talking about the blonde with the "Welcome to the SEC, Bozo" sign. She goes under the name "BriezyGator" on gatorcountry.com. I admit that the one wild hair guy is "a bit much" even for a Gator fan.
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Post by hifigator on Sept 23, 2009 16:49:24 GMT -5
RDF, what's your take on the Miami-Va. Tech game? I didn't see hardly any of the Nebraska-Tech game. I saw Nebraska was leading by a small amount pretty much the whole game, but gave it up with a long 4 play drive at the end. Incidentally, as I mentioned before, that game cost me the friggin pool. There was $360 in it too! Oh well ...
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Post by jgalt on Sept 23, 2009 18:27:27 GMT -5
Im not RDF, but ill have a go Hifi. I think it is all about the VT defense containing the Miami O. I dont know if they can do it. I havent seen more than a quarter of each of VT other two big games, so I wont claim to be an expert. Ill save my time and just post this ESPN article that is surprisingly good analysis. espn.go.com/blog/acc/post?id=3986The one thing I will add, and i think it helped Miami a lot last week, is that Miami played on Thursday (the week before it was after a bye week) while VT played a big, close game on Saturday. Miami had a much easier time with GT than VT had with Nebraska and has had two extra days to rest, recover, and prepare. This same idea will come into play for Miami when they play OU: OU will be coming off a bye week and depending on what happens on Saturday, Miami could be coming off a hard fought loss, this could neutralize some of the home field advantage for Miami.
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Post by hoyarooter on Sept 23, 2009 20:56:27 GMT -5
I'll give you that one vado ... although I was talking about the blonde with the "Welcome to the SEC, Bozo" sign. She goes under the name "BriezyGator" on gatorcountry.com. I admit that the one wild hair guy is "a bit much" even for a Gator fan. Don't talk about yourself that way, hifi.
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Post by hifigator on Sept 24, 2009 12:59:40 GMT -5
I saw the second half of that Nebraska-Va. Tech game last night on ESPNU. Man, did I get jerked around. Tech was in a 2nd and 11 hole, down by 5 with a minute to go. Then inexplicably, they let a receiver run right down the sideline untouched and unguarded. They were really lucky that he didn't go all the way. But even after that play, they forced and incompletion and then sacked the Tech QB. It was third and goal from the 13 yard line with 22 seconds to play when they allowed that TD off a scrambling, busted play. Losing out on the pool because of that crap really sucks.
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Post by hifigator on Sept 24, 2009 14:36:55 GMT -5
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Post by SFHoya99 on Sept 24, 2009 14:39:19 GMT -5
I find the media attention lavished on Tebow obnoxious and annoying. I certainly don't care to pay attention enough to figure out if he actually is.
Either way, that's one of the most poorly written articles I've seen in a while.
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Post by hifigator on Sept 24, 2009 15:03:04 GMT -5
It is bleacherreport, so it isn't exactly the literary equivalent to the Cullinary Institute of America.
I knew that the National attention that Tebow would generate would be grating on people at the very least. But that guy seemed almost vindictive and bitter. I would hope most wouldn't get those feeligs of Tebow.
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Post by hoya9797 on Sept 24, 2009 15:36:29 GMT -5
He didn't articulate himself very well but his point is correct. Except for one thing, his religious faith is also annoying and obnoxious.
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Post by Boz on Sept 24, 2009 16:11:47 GMT -5
I have no problem with Tim Tebow's religious faith. It is neither annoying nor obnoxious and I have a lot of respect for it.
Now....
....if you want to talk about the media's constant reminders to the world about Tim Tebow's religious faith, OK. I can understand how that would get to be annoying and obnoxious.
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Post by hoya9797 on Sept 24, 2009 16:28:46 GMT -5
I find both his religion and the media's treatment of it annoying. I'm not a big fan of religion of any kind but I find the evangelical flavors to be especially irritating.
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Post by kchoya on Sept 24, 2009 17:03:32 GMT -5
I find both his religion and the media's treatment of it annoying. I'm not a big fan of religion of any kind but I find the evangelical flavors to be especially irritating. I find people who are irritated by the faiths of others to be irritating.
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Post by FLHoya on Sept 24, 2009 18:33:34 GMT -5
I find both his religion and the media's treatment of it annoying. I'm not a big fan of religion of any kind but I find the evangelical flavors to be especially irritating. I find people who are irritated by the faiths of others to be irritating. You see what Tim Tebow does to people! Side note: Speaking of media attention...I have to confess even as a very die-hard Miami fan, I'm getting weary of all the media hype lavished upon the Hurricanes in the past week. It's made even "worse" living in the D.C. area with the Va Tech game this weekend--a humongous picture of Jacory Harris is on the front page of the Washington Post sports section today, and they've run preview articles seemingly all week. Ditto ESPN.com where Miami's getting the front page treatment all week. Too soon if you ask me--the next two games are harder than the first two for the Canes. If nothing else, it proves why the ACC needed Miami and is so desperate to have them back to a dominant program. The moment the Canes sniff a return to greatness, the media is going into overdrive. I hope nobody is expecting fatigues or something.
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Post by hoyarooter on Sept 24, 2009 19:42:02 GMT -5
Tebow should live and be well (or live long and prosper, whatever). What annoys me is the media gushing. Same with Hansbrough. I didn't see any reason why anyone should have a problem with Hansbrough personally. It's the coverage that's way over the top, and the kids aren't responsible for that.
As for his religious beliefs, well, it wouldn't be my choice, but he's entitled to his beliefs, and he seems to come by them honestly. So that should be a non-issue.
Now would it bother me if Florida lost? Hell, no. ;D
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Post by hifigator on Sept 24, 2009 21:33:18 GMT -5
Tebow should live and be well (or live long and prosper, whatever). What annoys me is the media gushing. Same with Hansbrough. I didn't see any reason why anyone should have a problem with Hansbrough personally. It's the coverage that's way over the top, and the kids aren't responsible for that. As for his religious beliefs, well, it wouldn't be my choice, but he's entitled to his beliefs, and he seems to come by them honestly. So that should be a non-issue. Now would it bother me if Florida lost? Hell, no. ;D rooter, we have had our differences in the past, but I appreciate your response here. In all honesty, that is what I would hope from most true "fans." I understand any and all opportunities to lambaste your true foe. Syracuse ... FSU ... well, that would illustrate my point. I'm going to refuse to say anything positive about either program, even though I will begrudgingly recognize quality people like Warrick Dunn. That being said, I would hope that the almost instinctual resentment that will follow any media darling that isn't from your own team, won't get artificially blown up by illogical emotion. I think the Hansbrough analogy is perfect. I don't like UNC. I don't "Hate" UNC ... at least to the Duke level, and certainly not remotely close to the Cuse or FSU level. But I admit "tiring" of the love-fest that we had for Tyler the past couple of years. I would expect that degree of -- for lack of a better word -- resentment towards Tebow. But from my perspective, this bleacherreport opinion went well beyond that. I was curious what the level of disdain was in different parts of the Country and from those with different allegiances. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ON EDIT: I apologize for side-tracking this College Football Thread. While some will doubtlessly roll their eyes, that was not my intent. If something significant and directly related to CFB arises, then I will discuss it at that time. Until then, back to general CFB discussions.
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