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the official 2011-12 college football thread! part 1 ver. WHERE IS SMOTPOKER??

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honestly, i really don't even read the back and fourth about that topic. i could really care less.
 
Kenickie said:
of the top 15 players (minus #1 & #3 cuz they ain't anywhere) from ESPN's 150, the SEC snagged numbers: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 13.

i think next year SEC will do alright

lol @ tOSU recruit getting arrested in Cleveland for molesting girls
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All charged have been dropped against him <snip>
 
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smotpoker - you need to chill. I know things get pretty heated here, because we're all passionate CFB fans - but amid our vehement discussion, it is imperative that we don't cross the line and personally insult our peers on this site

are you trying to go for a Temp Ban, here? because the Admins don't take kindly to us BLers insulting mods with such despicable language

now.... since we have gotten that bullshit out of the way...

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he mad, cuz nobody wanna be losers and legwarmers

#1 Alabama
#2 Florida State
#3 Texas
#4 USC
#5 Georgia
#6 LSU
#7 Auburn
#8 Clemson
#9 Oregon
#10 Notre Dame
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you guys take into account the ranked recruiting systems far too much. examples: tOSU is always mid to higher in the pack, but they have been never-ceasing victors in the Big Ten and have the most BCS wins in the past decade

another example: Notre Dame always gets a great recruiting class, and WTF have they done in this decade? remember how highly-heralded QB Jimmy Clausen was??

last example: even the middle-of-the-pack SEC teams get some NFL-ready recruits. but they don't cash in on many conference or out-of-conference victories (think of Tennessee)

what ya'll need to take into account for CFB is coaching. on the college stage of football, coaching factors in for a lot of a team's success. sure, your team might have the ballyhoo'd athletes, but if your coach can't coach worth shit, then you are going to lose more games than you want (think of UGA lately)

I apologize for the rant - but I am so sick and tired of the media and my own sports forum getting e-boners over ambiguous, banal, bias, and idiosyncratic rankings of high school athletes
 
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axl blaze said:
I apologize for the rant - but I am so sick and tired of the media and my own sports forum getting e-boners over ambiguous, banal, bias, and idiosyncratic rankings of high school athletes
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i agree, but it's recruiting season. this is really all we have to talk about unless you have some n00ds of lane kiffin's wife or something.
 
he comes of straight AFAIK

meaning the opposite of Pete "Gay Bar" Carrol; with his coaching style as a combo of strong and hairy chest-thumping hype and New Age faggotry
 
Pander Bear said:
USC's signing day showing is pretty impressive, considering the sanctions they're still looking at.
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It was, considering 99% of those Southern Momma's boyz dont even consider a school outside a bordering state.

Joe McKnight was the last guy i remember for whom USC came into the dirty South and swayed with the promise of an actual college education and life in a civilised city.

Stanford have an amazing QB depth chart now

Andrew Luck
Josh Nunes
Brett Nottingham

And to top it off they got Evan Crower this year. http://www.calihighsports.com/articles/81
 
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on the topic of big deal recruits signing with big name footbaw institutions...

LSU seems to think that they have signed the next Cam Newton in Zach Mettenberger:

LSU will enter 2011 with some great expectations, even if senior Jordan Jefferson is considered a question mark. That's where Zach Mettenberger comes in. He's a 6-foot-5, 245-pound quarterback from Butler County CC in El Dorado, Kan., who already has signed with the Tigers and will go through spring practice. Mettenberger, who began his career at Georgia in the same signing class as Aaron Murray, is the highest-ranked JC quarterback in the nation. LSU certainly wouldn't mind if he had the same type of impact as the No. 1 JC quarterback in the nation in 2010. That, of course, was Cameron Newton, who also began his career at an SEC East school (Florida) before moving on to a JC and signing with an SEC West school.

Read more: http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_...wton-effect-at-lsu?xid=Fanhouse#ixzz1DA1qEACE
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^LSU should stick to dual threat QBs, IMO. Why is this guy being compared to Cam Newton if he's not even a scrambler?

Also, Virginia has a better recruiting class than Virginia Tech?! 8o
 
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he's an NFL-style QB in the model of UGA's recent recruits at that position. I don't know if LSU's offense is suited to his talents, though. WHY is this thread falling off the first page while people talk about superbowl commercials??!

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way to go UVA.
 
because big 10 homers get all huwurty feeewing'd when we talk recruiting and because i wanna talk about golf?
 
Way to reprazent, FLA!!! Now, to get the rest of our SEC bretheren to hold up their end of the Fulmer Cup.


Oh, and for grins - FLA signed two top QB prospects (figure one may redshirt, and eventually one will switch positions or wash out, but we'll see). Still, all the jokes about why we got 2 more QBs this year - how many can play at once? Well, on the fan sites, we realized FLA plays with 3 at once = one to block at tight end, one to call the play, and one to focus on catching an errant snap. But as long as we get all our best players on the field and they grade out as champions (running joke last year amongst FL fans)...we're good!

LOL, also an article today about our OC (Addazzio) who went to be Temple's HC when we went thru our coaching change. They were joking about Temple can return to being ... Temple. How nobody ever gets kicked out of the BigEasy...c'mon, the freakin' big easy! But Temple did. And their back to their less than pitiful state with this coaching selection. The remaining question is if the MAC has ever kicked anyone out for utter suckage....we'll find out.
 
Trees at Toomer's Corner poisoned
Associated Press

AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn University says someone deliberately poisoned trees at Toomer's Corner, where fans have long celebrated big wins and hundreds gathered after the Tigers won the football national championship on Jan. 10.

The university said in a statement Wednesday that a herbicide commonly used to kill trees was applied "in lethal amounts" to the soil around the two trees, and that they likely can't be saved.

Auburn discovered the poisoning after taking soil samples on Jan. 28, a day after a man called a syndicated radio show based in Birmingham saying he had used the herbicide on the trees.

"The weekend after the Iron Bowl, I went to Auburn, Ala., because I live 30 miles away, and I poisoned the Toomer's trees," the caller told The Paul Finebaum Radio Show, saying he was at the Iron Bowl.

Calling himself "Al from Dadeville," he said he used Spike 80DF, also known as tebuthiuron, and the trees "definitely will die." The caller signed off with, "Roll Damn Tide."

Auburn fans traditionally celebrate by using toilet paper to roll the Toomer's Corner trees, which are estimated to be more than 130 years old.

"We will take every step we can to save the Toomer's oaks, which have been the home of countless celebrations and a symbol of the Auburn spirit for generations of Auburn students, fans, alumni and the community," university President Jay Gogue said in a statement.

City police are investigating the incident. The use of Spike 80DF is also governed by state agricultural laws and the Environmental Protection Agency. The university said it doesn't use the herbicide.

"We are assessing the extent of the damage and proceeding as if we have a chance to save the trees," said Gary Keever, an Auburn University professor of horticulture and a member of Auburn's Tree Preservation Committee. "We are also focused on protecting the other trees and shrubs in Samford Park. At this level the impact could be much greater than just the oaks on the corner, as Spike moves through the soil to a wide area."

A small group gathered and rolled the trees Wednesday afternoon.

The soil samples were tested at Mississippi State.

The amount of herbicide detected in four samples ranged from 0.78 parts per million -- described by Auburn as "a very lethal dose" -- to 51 parts per million.

"This herbicide is extremely active and persistent," Keever said. "It's very likely to be in the soil for 3 to 5 years."


Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press


Wow... What an asshole.
 
I must say, I do like the enthusiasm, Pegasus. I can see how this would be a big deal. for every official All-American for tOSU, the school plants a Buckeyes tree in Buckeye Grove. if Michigan or somebody poisoned a couple Buckeyes trees... it would be a huge deal here

TheLoveBandit said:
The remaining question is if the MAC has ever kicked anyone out for utter suckage....we'll find out.
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the MAC has an excuse; they are a mid-major program. the Big East is a major conference that acts like a mid-major conference (at best). the MAC has shipped off some essential NFL athletes (Josh Cribbs, James Harrison, Ben Roethlisberger), while the Big Easy... not so much

plus didn't the Miami Redhawks almost beat your Gaytors last year? ;) (lowblow)
 
We earned that close game with those beasts on Miami's team. Nobody gave us that win...we earned it, and our subsequent sucky record. If it's fact, it ain't a low blow. We suck(ed). :\


Also, I'm not knocking the MAC, just Temple. And their coaching selection. As a mid-major, I'd say the MAC would be justified for kicking Temple out for not being worthy.


Here's a question - how many mid-major conferences can you name? Obviously there is the MAC. And down south we're familiar with the Sun-Belt conference. Still...nationally, the MAC is about the only one well recognized. Says somethin' 'bout 'em, don't it?
 
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