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Post by RDF on Sept 2, 2010 13:17:50 GMT -5
Games start tonight and always fun distraction until hoops--or welcome site for those of us who are sports junkies! ;D
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Post by jgalt on Sept 2, 2010 18:33:24 GMT -5
It has begun
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Post by vcjack on Sept 3, 2010 8:14:07 GMT -5
Pitt-Utah was a great game.
At first I was disappointed that what is supposed to be the best team in the Big East kept coming up short, but then it dawned on me... I want Pitt to do well in anything? To hell with that
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Post by kchoya on Sept 3, 2010 10:26:09 GMT -5
Pitt-Utah was a great game. At first I was disappointed that what is supposed to be the best team in the Big East kept coming up short, but then it dawned on me... I want Pitt to do well in anything? To hell with that Excellent game, but with lots of mistakes (to be expected for the first game of the year). Utah was really able to shut down Pitt's stars - Lewis and the d-line. Don't know how many of you watched, but what was the deal with showing the Pitt students back in Pittsburgh after every other play? Is this the new trend? Stupid.
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Post by vcjack on Sept 3, 2010 10:33:49 GMT -5
Pitt-Utah was a great game. At first I was disappointed that what is supposed to be the best team in the Big East kept coming up short, but then it dawned on me... I want Pitt to do well in anything? To hell with that Excellent game, but with lots of mistakes (to be expected for the first game of the year). Utah was really able to shut down Pitt's stars - Lewis and the d-line. Don't know how many of you watched, but what was the deal with showing the Pitt students back in Pittsburgh after every other play? Is this the new trend? Stupid. See that's what did it for me to remind me that these are the people who I was rooting for. Then I went and took a shower
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Post by vcjack on Sept 4, 2010 13:06:24 GMT -5
Glad Florida's shotgun offense hasn't gone completely to hell without Tebow...
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Post by FLHoya on Sept 4, 2010 14:42:56 GMT -5
Glad Florida's shotgun offense hasn't gone completely to hell without Tebow... So we can probably guess that the older brother won most of those backyard football games in the Pouncey household. UF showed why it's a good idea to schedule a weak opponent in Week 1, even though a lot of pundits hate when teams play cupcakes (Miami-OH only won 1 game last year) or FCS schools. Goodness knows three of the four made-for-TV Miami-FSU games were terrible b/c both teams played like crap in their first game.
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Post by kchoya on Sept 4, 2010 16:29:10 GMT -5
Glad Florida's shotgun offense hasn't gone completely to hell without Tebow... So we can probably guess that the older brother won most of those backyard football games in the Pouncey household. UF showed why it's a good idea to schedule a weak opponent in Week 1, even though a lot of pundits hate when teams play cupcakes (Miami-OH only won 1 game last year) or FCS schools. Goodness knows three of the four made-for-TV Miami-FSU games were terrible b/c both teams played like crap in their first game. Apparently Oregon didn't need a tuneup. 59-0 at half.
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Post by kghoya on Sept 6, 2010 18:34:34 GMT -5
I've never seen a team dominate a game only to lose on the last play like Navy just did against Maryland.
I wonder if BUM cursed on the radio.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Sept 6, 2010 23:09:40 GMT -5
This BSU dynamic will be annoying all season, like Gonzaga is annoying in college basketball. That being said, I give the coach credit for at least putting decent teams on the schedule, although perhaps not in a way that maximizes the challenge to the team.
The difference with BSU is that they play irrelevant programs in conference, which the Alabamas of the world do not have the luxury of doing.
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Post by RDF on Sept 6, 2010 23:25:24 GMT -5
I've said it for years--will say it again--Beamer Ball is a complete FAIL. They hype it up, and it ALWAYS fails them in big games--and tonight is no different--the Va Tech special teams shines against crappy competition and doesn't do anything against good teams--never has/never will.
Boise--I wish the entire program nothing but the worst. I hate CinderFELLA teams--and those two morons in the booth talking about the "dramatic" drive--when it was near midfield--with 2 minutes left-and they scored lead TD in less then a full minute--not to mention their talk as if the game was over in a 4pt game. Can't Musberger and Herbstriet just focus on the EXPLETIVE GAME they are calling instead of "playing out season in their heads"? What if Tech ends up with 3-4 losses in the ACC--will that "win" be as impressive?
Tonight's game is exactly why I wanted the schedule to be played out as it was originally set--then we'd learn more about Boise State--if they had to play a decent/not great Oregon State before/after they played a tough, emotionally draining game against VT. Now we'll never know and I've yet to be that impressed with the level of competition they've beaten in their "showcase" games--where they have multiple weeks/months to prepare for--it's a joke. Teams like this get credit for 1 game and other teams get punished for one--it's why CFB is popularity contest and how the media determines a preseason poll--let alone "strength of schedule" when the season hasn't been played out--unreal. Tech will lose 4 games this year--and if they lost every game--it wouldn't be talked about--just the gritty beaver toothed rat boy QB and Frank Solich lookalike on the sidelines. UGH--I'll go puke now--thanks a lot Beamer Ball--you did it again.
BTW-maybe Tech should cut the "lunch pail" crap out too--because it's obvious Beamer's eating whatever was in it--he looks like Bobby Bowden in the gut--and that isn't a compliment.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 7, 2010 1:08:44 GMT -5
This BSU dynamic will be annoying all season, like Gonzaga is annoying in college basketball. Help me Oregon State, you're my only hope. This evening's programming consisted mainly of Disney's Boise State sales pitch to American households. Stab me.
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Post by FLHoya on Sept 7, 2010 2:28:32 GMT -5
BTW-maybe Tech should cut the "lunch pail" crap out too--because it's obvious Beamer's eating whatever was in it--he looks like Bobby Bowden in the gut--and that isn't a compliment. I was listening to the game on the radio in the car this evening, and I heard a commercial in which someone associated with VT (presumably Bud Foster, but I guess it could've been Beamer, I didn't catch it) was offering up fans a chance to, if I heard this correctly: --Win a signed "lunch pail" --Order a "lunch pail" print/poster. This I found to be supremely strange.
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Post by adlai on Sept 7, 2010 7:48:35 GMT -5
BSU is 4-1 against the AP top 10 in their last five. How many other top programs could say that? Sadly, the way the system is designed there is no way to really know more about them. They're a good team and I give credit to VT for scheduling them. It would be great if more of the top programs would take the challenge or the powers that be would schedule them against more of the actual big teams in the BCS games when they do make it.
Frankly, I find the coverage of BSU much less annoying than the coverage of a team like Cincy last year who was one replay away from playing for the national title when their best win was over, wait for it, Oregon State. BSU or TCU might have at least bothered to show up against Florida, especially considering that non-AQs are 4-1 against AQ conferences in BCS bowls.
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Post by Boz on Sept 7, 2010 8:10:49 GMT -5
I enjoyed the game. Both teams played hard. Then again, I had it on mute for pretty much the whole time (except when there was a flag or something). Probably something I'd recommend for board members.
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 7, 2010 9:16:33 GMT -5
This BSU dynamic will be annoying all season, like Gonzaga is annoying in college basketball. That being said, I give the coach credit for at least putting decent teams on the schedule, although perhaps not in a way that maximizes the challenge to the team. The difference with BSU is that they play irrelevant programs in conference, which the Alabamas of the world do not have the luxury of doing. Boise State doesn't have the "luxury" of playing non-irrelevant teams in conference - the SEC would laugh if Boise State tried to join. The Broncos will move up when they go to the Mountain West, which features fewer RPI-killing teams. I like BSU. Unlike Gonzaga, which tanks when it matters, Boise finished undefeated last year. This year, in front of a team ranked in the top ten playing a de facto home game, Boise scored in the last two minutes to win. Over the past two years, they've lost one game. As for the hate on VaTech, Beamer is 63 and a lot of 63-year olds have a little bit of paunch. The Hokies have made 17 straight bowls, have won 10 straight games every year since 2004, and have three of the six titles since they've joined the ACC. They continue to tank in the clutch and not play for a national championship, but any team not named Ohio State, Oklahoma, Florida, LSU, Texas, USC* or Boise State would kill for VT's record since 2000. In Cincy's defense, they did lose their coach before the bowl.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Sept 7, 2010 11:31:27 GMT -5
I must be in the minority. I hope Boise State wins it, since LSU doesn't look strong enough.
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Sept 7, 2010 12:09:26 GMT -5
a big thanks to nike for making college players look like power rangers. makes me glad michigan switched to adidas a couple years ago.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Sept 7, 2010 12:31:06 GMT -5
This BSU dynamic will be annoying all season, like Gonzaga is annoying in college basketball. Help me Oregon State, you're my only hope. This evening's programming consisted mainly of Disney's Boise State sales pitch to American households. Stab me. I won't complain too much until a power conference team gets shut out with an undefeated record because of BSU and the "smurf turf" in Boise. Buddies in Austin have been complaining already about it, but we have to earn our way in.
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Post by Boz on Sept 7, 2010 12:39:14 GMT -5
If only there were some mechanism to allow the teams that perform really well throughout the season to engage in some sort of limited series of elimination competitions against each other to figure out which of them should play for the national championship.
But that's just crazy talk.
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