Fisticuffs
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it's still a top 25 matchup.. because for some reason those filthy Trojans snuck back in the bcs standings
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College Football 2013 |Week 15| Where rankings are made up & SEC losses don't matter
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it's still a top 25 matchup.. because for some reason those filthy Trojans snuck back in the bcs standings
Randolph Freelander
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The conference tie-ins are only getting stronger, it seems. There's no more ranking requirement. For people wondering why Clemson would get in this year, they could be 25th next year and get into the Orange if Florida State was in the playoff. The committee is only charged with selecting the top 4, the bowls will take who they want and/or are contractually obligated to take.
You clearly don't spend much time in these threads. This is the most civil online college football community I've seen.
There's only one group that the threads in general are at all hostile to. I'm guessing you weren't a consistent poster in this thread until your team was top 10 or 15?
Ludicrous Speed
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Just heard on ESPN that FSU has been established as an 8.5 point favorite. Not surprised, although I thought it would be a bit higher.
BertramCooper
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Until a wild domer appears.
Randolph Freelander
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Higher? :/
I'm still struggling to cope with the fact Florida State is even favored. Or in the game. It's been too long out of the deep end, I can't remember how to swim.
Ludicrous Speed
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Yeah, higher. I was thinking they would be favored by two scores at least. Bookmark this post. Maybe I'll look like an idiot in a month.
Randolph Freelander
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Just repeating what I've seen.
Bo Pelini hung up on the conference call about the Gator Bowl before they got to QA for him. I guess the call could have dropped, knowing him he just hung up.
Randolph Freelander
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On a similar note of the deep end, Duke versus the A&M Aggies. Not sure I'm ready for that, either.
Could we perhaps swap out A&M for the A&T Aggies?
(*North Carolina A&T, MEAC)
Could we perhaps swap out A&M for the A&T Aggies?
(*North Carolina A&T, MEAC)
read that on twitter too. Hope someone got it recorded and re playable somewhere.
But those Aggies beat App State this year.
We need Boone to have a much better game than he did yesterday.
Someone to step up for OT Perry Simmons, since he sustained a knee injury
aTm Defense to continue sucking
Johnny Football to go into ultimate don't give a fuck mode.
Duke defense to play reasonably well.
Randolph Freelander
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Let's just do a Twittersphere search for whatever hotel room Manziel is in right now signing autographs.
Well ahead of you. Got a stack of benjamins, a sharpie and about 30 8X10s of Johnny Football. Need the email address of someone in the infractions committee, and someone powerful in the media thats a Longhorn fan.
Where is the stadium in Birmingham? I didn't see it around UAB's campus. That plays was a lot more hilly and all over the place than I thought it would be.
due west of the downtown skyscrapers. Maybe 3-4 miles away. It's also on a hilly/plateau type part of birmingham. It's always been a rough neighborhood, but it has been years since I've been down there.
UAB doesn't have available space around the campus for a football stadium. For a little bit of time, our Corrupt Mayor wanted to put a dome stadium in the city, and I imagine it'd have been closer to UAB, and that's where they would play. But none of that's happening.
Vandy won't travel as well as UGA. Then again, I don't know how well UGA and Nebraska fans will travel for a repeat game.
bucknuticus
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I just want to say for the record, im so fucking sick of seeing the word salt/salty. Overused word of the year.
awaits someone to sayim salty
Your corrupt mayor needs to have that Vulcan statue shoot lasers. Whats awesome about it is its something you'd expect to see in a resident evil game. Had we gone to Vulcan park, I was sure I'd find two circular indentations for the eagle and wolf medals.
They lost to Case McCoy.
You already have better ideas for how to use that park, than anyone else has had in 50 years. Some kind of super luminescent light to shine down (either not lasers, cause that'd kill someone, or have it always aimed at a point that won't get in the way of people/cars/planes.)
Oh yeah, "Moon over Homewood"
My dad said that the statuch used to have a colored torch, green for no traffic fatalities, and red if there had been one reported. Given where it was located, I couldn't help but wonder if looking for the green torch while driving caused a few reds. Not to mention, kind of a bummer to have a glowing reminder that someone died.
Rumor has it that Swofford campaigned to have them take Duke vs I think Miami, and the CFA committee didn't want Duke. Not because of ticket sales. Duke did okay in Charlotte last year and sold most of their allotment for the ACC title game. Duke did not renew CFA's contract in one of the on campus dining halls, they also no longer serve sandwiches at Wallace Wade. The building they were housed in was remodeled and they didn't renew any of the fast food chains contracts, but this was right around the time of the anti gay issues that had hit the restaurant. Duke has stated that there was no agenda in not renewing their contract. Don't know if that was the reason. The CFA bowl had already sold out of its general tickets so Duke isn't going to hurt attendance that much.
CouldBeWorse
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The Iron Bowl started around 14 and ended up at 10.5. Supposedly the money is coming in heavy on FSU so I bet it gets up to 10.5, which is probably a better line to get even action.
I'm feeling like this might be like the Oregon game. Everyone expects a shootout but the teams come out tight and end up going way under.
The only scenario I don't see is a big Auburn win. I can envision the other three scenarios.
CouldBeWorse
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I used that park to get married
Of course, it was the wrong girl and it lasted less than two years. A real-life RE game would have been much better and cheaper!
perfectchaos007
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B-Ham is awfully proud of their Vulcan statue. I went to it as a kid and remember the posters on the wall comparing it to the Statue of Liberty and other monuments to show how much taller it was than other US monuments/statues. They counted the hill its on as part of its height though. To me thats like counting the spire on the Freedom Tower.....and putting freedom tower on top of Mt. McKinley, and counting that as part of its height too. Needless to say, i did NOT buy a Vulcan T-shirt after visiting the attraction.
Thanks for the info. I had heard they initially wanted MIA so that explains it.
GoldenEye 007
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Damn, Baylor fans are some disrespectful sons of bitches! I expected better from a Christian school.
:jnc
:jnc
Tell that to the Sugar Bowl Executive Committee.
perfectchaos007
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Last year the cheapest tickets were around $50 on stubhub, so if they're still around that price I probably wont go. If I can find some for $20 or $30 I may. San Antonio and the Riverwalk is fun to visit during the holidays.
Or did they lose to Blake Bell?
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Just want to point out that this is the third season in a row where Tennessee has not made a bowl game. Meanwhile, Duke is playing in the Chick-Fil A bowl and Auburn is playing for the national championship a year after having a 3-9 season. Fuck you College Football gods!
Randolph Freelander
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No, they lost to the guy who averaged under 2 yards per pass attempt last week. No excuses.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I'm well aware. Letting Cutcliffe go again after he came back to Tennessee was just one of many horribly stupid decisions we made under AD Mike Hamilton.
sf2fanatic
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evilromero
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$500 on the low end.
If Bell is out, that might change things, but assuming teams are both healthy, I'm not sure how much fire we'll have. Things have been very quiet around the team for the past two weeks.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels more like Utah in 2008 than Michigan State in 2010.
perfectchaos007
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timetokill
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USC still won that year. Those guys still have their rings, too. Don't tell me you actually follow the NCAA's bullshit? No wait, of course you do, you're an Auburn fan. "If the NCAA says it, it must be true!"
I mean I know you're all "buddy-buddy" with the NCAA after the Cam thing but let's be real here. Everyone knows the penalties against USC were fucked, and that's why the NCAA is fighting tooth and nail to keep the documents sealed. Besides, USC would have trampled Oklahoma or Auburn, Reggie Bush or not.
That's gonna be a weird one. USC with a single-game "head" coach, and you have to wonder if the players are going to be motivated or not. Then of course, it's a prequel to the opener of the 2014 season. Kinda funny.
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