College Football 2006/2007 Bowls: Keep it going!
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I love the rise of Rutgers over the past couple of years, but to me, the real feel-good story this season is Wake Forest going from 4-7 to 11-2 and conference champs. It hasn't even received much press here in the Triangle for some reason. I know this is ACC basketball country, but come on.
impirius said:
I honestly don't know, dude. The place is emptier than a pizza box at a Weight Watchers convention so he could give his extended family season tickets for life (life!!!). The chance to see a great barroom brawl every year (assuming they keep scheduling Florida International) is a major selling point too.
Cyan said:
When I was walking back to my ride at Tha' RB on Saturday night a guy behind us was talking shit on his friends from SC and their response to him was, "Why are you talking shit on us? You're going to go there to play football soon." to which he quickly replied, "I'm being recruited by SC and Cal. After seeing the game today I'm leaning towards Cal."
Now this is all hearsay from some dude on an internet message board (curse me for not getting the guy's name!) but I swear it's 100% DeWayne Walker Truf. I'd rather he have decided to come play for real black men in Westwood but I'll take Cal getting a recruit over Troy any day.
impirius said:
I have to confess I harbored some disdain for Rutgers in the beginning of the season (probably because New York City was trying to claim it as their college football team) but I definitely did a 180 after watching the Louisville game. That shit was something else.
Wake Forest, well I've liked that story from the beginning. lol, ACC.
Cyan said:Out of UC solidarity, I won't post Kara's prediction from the same page.
Oh man, were they that bad? I remember saying Wazzu was going to be the dark horse from the Pac-10. (Damn you, Oregon State! It's always you that comes out of nowhere.) And that Cal and the Sun Devils were the most overrated teams in the conference (whoops!). :lol
I remember saying we could go 9-3 or 8-4 in the regular season too. Stupid homer predictions. :lol
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Iceman said:
That quote is not from me, but from Iceman. He posted it in the old thread so I'm just going to put it here.
I'm afraid I'm going to need 3 separate independent sources that say Troy Smith looks up to him.
I can list at least 10 QBs in the country I'd rather have than Leak. Actually, anyone that doesn't fold when the game is on the line would be a better QB candidate than Leak. You guys have a better shot at winning if you start Tebow.
I can list at least 10 QBs in the country I'd rather have than Leak. Actually, anyone that doesn't fold when the game is on the line would be a better QB candidate than Leak. You guys have a better shot at winning if you start Tebow.
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Are you serious? Is he serious?pxleyes said:
Cyan said:Nah, I was just referring to your prediction for Cal. Something along the lines of "no shot at the conference title."
Well in all fairness it took a small college athletics miracle for that to happen. :lol
To be totally cereal though I know I was a major douche to Cal towards the beginning of the year. Too much hype (particularly the manufacturing of a rivalry with SC on ESPN) and the drubbing in Knoxville which gave the SEC homers something to snipe at us with rubbed me the wrong way (that and I'm sure everyone knows by now I'm a major "The sky is falling!" sports commentator). But now I have seen the light and for one would like to welcome our new Tedford overlords.
impirius said:
How else do you honor a coach that wins a national championship?
jjasper said:
I'm sure your opinion is not influenced in any way by the fact that those powerhouses of Conference USA the Memphis Tigers call it home.
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Man... that is pretty good Karakand . To be fair, Teel has been on a roll recently, plus he has already used up his redshirt year!
. To be fair, Teel has been on a roll recently, plus he has already used up his redshirt year!Systems_id said:
He just passed Danny Weurful for the most passing yards of any Florida QB. I seem to remember he being a pretty good quarterback.
whytemyke said:
Comments like this show why you have no business commenting on Florida as a football team. You just showed how ignorant you are, congrats.
Try espn.com and the video titled "Troy Smith on Florida."
Yeah, you're right. Clearly you've watched enough Ohio State games to know that they haven't faired well against teams with running QBs and absolutely bitchslap shitty QBs who crack under pressure, a la Chris Leak.pxleyes said:
Believe me, if I was vying for the respect of people who considered Chris Leak a great passer, I'd start by buying a Rex Grossman jersey, yet another awesome Florida QB. :lol
Say what you want about Michigan fans, but at least when a QB sucks they don't lie about it.
whytemyke said:
Crack under pressure. Honestly, are you that stupid? Did you even watch the SECCG? Leak makes two mistakes, and he comes back to orchestrate one of the great comebacks in SECCG history.
Tebow is a freshman, and Leak is a senior. Only and idiot would not go with your senior leader who has led you to 12-1, but that is why I wouldn't put it past you.
"The bright lights of the University of Cincinnati are too tempting and I have sold out, I mean signed on with them to be their new head coach."
"We're really looking forward to having you here, Coach Kelly. If those boys in Jersey and Louisville can compete for the conference title you should have them year in and year out."
(Oh my god is he dead? Look how pale he is... and his eyes, so sunken.)
"What do you mean I have to give you my second born for a blood sacrifice? I thought the Big East was a bunch of Catholic universities."
"Honey, I think this school is run by the devil... their athletic director is a zombie and they want to sacrifice our second born. We're going to run back to Mount Pleasant under the cover of night, so don't empty out the U-Haul yet."
"We're really looking forward to having you here, Coach Kelly. If those boys in Jersey and Louisville can compete for the conference title you should have them year in and year out."
(Oh my god is he dead? Look how pale he is... and his eyes, so sunken.)
"What do you mean I have to give you my second born for a blood sacrifice? I thought the Big East was a bunch of Catholic universities."
"Honey, I think this school is run by the devil... their athletic director is a zombie and they want to sacrifice our second born. We're going to run back to Mount Pleasant under the cover of night, so don't empty out the U-Haul yet."
pxleyes said:
Dude don't ever compare the two again, Chris is inferior in every way (and hasn't he played more games than wuerffel did, I am pretty sure big Danny D didn'tplay much as a frosh)
pxleyes said:
I would take Ainge over him any day of the week (not counting last year)
pxleyes said:
Manning's vs Auburn is better
I don't know if I'd rate Leak that high. He has the mechanics, but he's a bit shakey at times. He's never been outstanding IMO. Wuerffel is still the best Gator QB since Spurrier. Wuerffel, after all, stole the starting position from a heisman hopeful, so you bet your ass he was good. I just don't rate Leak that high. I see him getting a late pick in the draft, and then getting cut in the preseason. It's his decision-making that's questionable. PEACE.
exactly. leak is probably a first day pick, but he's not the best qb in the country by any stretch. it's all mental with him... if he comes into the championship game with a stonewall mental tenacity, then the game could be close. but if he starts making mistakes and then running in quicksand again, trying to overplay the game, then it could turn ugly quick.
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Sirpopozao :lol
Man, I knew someone was eventually going to come with that joke. It's just as funny as I thought it would be in my mind. :lol :lol
P.S: Kevin Federline will be the next coach of Tha U or Alabama.
Man, I knew someone was eventually going to come with that joke
. It's just as funny as I thought it would be in my mind. :lol :lol P.S: Kevin Federline will be the next coach of Tha U or Alabama.
Sirpopopop said:
I know the college football gods have been incredibly merciful with me this year and delivered me from the desert of defeat and a marauding horde of Cajuns but if this could also be arranged I would... I don't know do something awesome for the world.
In other news...
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;...ug=ap-t25-nebraska-callahan&prov=ap&type=lgns
Cold Pizzza just set up a 'playoff' and tell me how you wouldn't wanna watch these games:
OSU v Boise State
LSU v USC
Michigan v Louisville
Florida v Wisconsin
Skip had it set up so this would be the second round:
-OSU v LSU
-Michigan v Florida
Championship
LSU v Michigan
LSU has the upset over Ohio State, and you know a tournament would produce one or two upsets. But seriously, is there anyone here that wouldn't be glued to their TV set for each and every one of those games?
OSU v Boise State
LSU v USC
Michigan v Louisville
Florida v Wisconsin
Skip had it set up so this would be the second round:
-OSU v LSU
-Michigan v Florida
Championship
LSU v Michigan
LSU has the upset over Ohio State, and you know a tournament would produce one or two upsets. But seriously, is there anyone here that wouldn't be glued to their TV set for each and every one of those games?
I think it's horseshit that OSU (or any #1/#2 team for that matter) would go undefeated against a hard schedule, and then have to risk losing it to a Boise St.
The reason why the NCAA tournament works in the early rounds is because the field is so large, that the disparity between a 1 v 16 (64th in actuality) is so vast, it is essentially a bye.
Why would OSU ever schedule a top tier 1A school in their OOC, again? Why risk getting a loss and keeping you from the tournament?
It should be 6 teams .. with the 1st and 2nd seeds getting a first round bye AND playing their games on home field. Make the 3-6 teams run the gauntlet. Don't punish excellence.
The reason why the NCAA tournament works in the early rounds is because the field is so large, that the disparity between a 1 v 16 (64th in actuality) is so vast, it is essentially a bye.
Why would OSU ever schedule a top tier 1A school in their OOC, again? Why risk getting a loss and keeping you from the tournament?
It should be 6 teams .. with the 1st and 2nd seeds getting a first round bye AND playing their games on home field. Make the 3-6 teams run the gauntlet. Don't punish excellence.
whytemyke said:
3 big 10 teams, 2 SEC teams, no ACC, 1 pac 10, no big 12, 1 big east, 1 Wac. I think a lot of people would pass. I think there would still be controversy too because Wisconsin would get in over OU
ToxicAdam said:
Exactly games like UT/Cal, USC/Nebraska and Arks, Texas/OSU, OU/Oregon Louisville/Miami would never happen. OOC games would turn to shit.
Well, to be honest, Skip said he'd replace Wisconsin with Oklahoma. He just went off the end of the year Top 10 poll. But this would also give some leeway as well, because coaches voting would be able to move their ballots so the top 8 teams in the country would get in as opposed to just having to choose between 2 teams to play for the championship.jjasper said:
And Tox-- OSU goes undefeated so that they CAN play Boise State in the first round and not USC or Florida.
Yeah, they would, because you still have to have a strong enough schedule to impress the people putting you into the top 8. Look at college basketball-- UNC has already played Kentucky and Indiana, Duke's played Illinois... top teams regularly schedule hard as hell OOC teams so that if they DO lose a game they have that legitimacy to fall back on.
So if Ohio State slips up in the Big 10 and loses to say Wisconsin they can turn around and say "Well not only did we beat Michigan, Penn State and Iowa, but we also beat Texas and Cal (example, not real)". teams would be practically forced to schedule at least one tough OOC team.
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ToxicAdam said:
Getting to play a mid-major isnt reward enough? If you cant beat Boise St you arent excellence. You should be able to go into their house and spot them 10 points to start the game and still win 10 out of 10 times.
I think that line up of teams shows why the tournament WILL NOT work. If you go strictly by seeding, it will almost always be SEC/BIG10 or SEC/PAC10 dominated. Then conversely, if you limit the amount of teams each conference can send in .. you will cheat out 1 or 2 teams every year. Is that the kind of tournament we want?
That's why keeping it as small as possible is more ideal.
That's why keeping it as small as possible is more ideal.
FSU is making a big push towards Louisiana recruits which leads some folks to believe that we might be getting Jimbo as has been rumored. Bobby is personally visiting Chad Jones (Rivals #1 safety prospect) today and we're also going after Stefan Francois (Rivals #8 safety). I'm thinking if we ended up with both of these guys, one might move to the CB position or perhaps LB mainly because of Myron Rolle who just won TSN's ACC Freshman Defensive POTY.
"Exactly games like UT/Cal, USC/Nebraska and Arks, Texas/OSU, OU/Oregon Louisville/Miami would never happen. OOC games would turn to shit."
I call B.S. Look at Wisconsin. One loss all year and they had no shot at the national championship. Why? Because they had a powder puff schedule outside of playing Michigan. Teams that seriously want to contend need at least one top 25 non-conference foe in their schedule. Either that or they have to go undefeated.
I call B.S. Look at Wisconsin. One loss all year and they had no shot at the national championship. Why? Because they had a powder puff schedule outside of playing Michigan. Teams that seriously want to contend need at least one top 25 non-conference foe in their schedule. Either that or they have to go undefeated.
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