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

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ChickenScratch said:
yea, LSU looks pretty damn good. i guess we'll see.

not that anybody cares....but as a Vols fan, i'm still on the fence. seems like we don't have much of a running game, probably due to our horrible O Line. our freshman tailback, marlin lane, looked better than poole. i feel pretty confident in bray as a quarterback. defense seems ok, but we were playing montana. so that's still kind of up in the air. we fumbled the ball like 6 times, but recovered it each time. that scares me.

could be a long season. but at least i'm not a georgia bulldog. they looked horrible.

east carolina was sticking it to SC, but once they put garcia in, the rolled. i still think SC is really good.

texas may be better than expected, but sooner will crush them.

lolz at notre dame.

stanford has a good team.

YAY FOOTBALL!

that's all for now.
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you're a vols fan? i got a story for you then, one of yalls old QBs who just left, Nick Stephens went to middle school with me, i was an O lineman and D lineman in my middle school days, he repeatedly got his ass handed to him in the 40dash by me and another O/D lineman buddy of mine thru 7th and 8th grade. he ended up switching highschools so he would be able to start and he bulked up n such, sure he got faster, oh and i got slower lazier and into drugs but yea, dude was slow as shit, not that i need to tell you, he never did shit for Tennessee, what did you think of him?

he was a good guy, and i respect him for leaving so he could start, he was always better then the dude our highschool played ahead of him which is a testament to the fact that he went to tennesse and our QB went to tulane :(
 
well first off lemme say as a Tampa boy i am always excited to see the Bulls (USF) prosper, if ida stayed in tampa i would likely be attending USF, but instead im at UNT, which is a great school, but nothing to brag about in terms of football.

my teams has always been and despite what they did to good ol Bobby, always will be FSU. i have been outta the loop all summer tho and dont really follow football in the offseason soo i was surprised a week or so ago when i saw that FSU was gonna start the season ranked 6th. im happy to see it, i just hope they live up to it, last year we got anal raped by OU. anyone think we can hang this year? i believe we will do better then last year but i am hesitant to say we WILL win

also, im happy to see baylor do well but not at the expense of TCU, as a metroplex resident i always pull for the horned frogs, and because i live in the state of texas i am appalled at the unranked texas that started out, sure the squeked into the top 25 this week but seeing texas start out the year unranked and seeing ND at 16 is just blasphemy IMO, i dont care if texas ends up sucking ass this year, id bet on em vs the irish any day, FUCK ND!
 
nick stephens? well, he never really got a chance.

i mean, he split time with crompton when we were going through a quarterback identity crisis during fulmer's last year. then we get kiffin, recruit tyler bray, kiffin leaves, bray does well under dooley and gets the job.

not to mention, matt simms is the other back up and he's not only phils simms son, but was a junior when stephens left last year as well.

so stephens would probably not have seen much action, if any at all.

i remember him having a couple of pretty good games in 2008. particularly the georgia game, i think?? but he won't really be remembered for doing much of anything as a vol.

where did he end up going? is he playing this year?

hope he is. from what i understand he was really well liked by his team mates.
 
re: Quarterback Identity crisis

for tOSU, I'm excited to see two QBs split time. Bauserman is the 26 year old pocket-passer type. his arm isn't a cannon, but he managed the game well - just like a person with that much time in the offense should. however, Braxton Miller is the true freshman ying to his yang. built like Terrelle, but with an even better arm (especially at this point in his carreer) he looks like the future

Urban Meyer was calling the game, and I thought of a bunch of connections to the offense he ran with true freshman Tim Tebow and Chris Leak. half were power I and half were in the spread. it was chalenging at the time against talented SEC defenses, and in a conference sporting Wisconsin and Nebraska's defensively sizable front this could be the answer for a year

re: Miami

it was sad in both the fact that I found myself rooting for the U, and the fact that they could not overcome Maryland at home (but decent props to MD's fans). it looks like some ACC crowds can even get rowdy when it's a night and nationally televised function. the Hurricanes were better athletes, through and through, despite hurting from suspensions the most via the linebacker position

it will be nice to see the back-ups of my Buckeyes beat the back-ups of the Hurricanes, tho
 
yea, well it didn't really work out too well for us.

i think it's a problem if you don't have 1 trust worthy quarterback to lead your offense.

but, as you said, it did work out in the tebow/leak scenario.

however, you guys aren't going to be winning any national championships this year.
 
yeah, I'm still trying to digest the thought that for the first time in the better part of a decade that the Buckeyes aren't at least a lock to appear in the BCS National Championship

however, I still agree with Urban Meyer in that tOSU is still the most talented team in the Big Ten; despite Wisconsin's O-line or Nebraska's D-line

I think that if these Big Ten teams under-estimate tOSU then they are still apt to be beaten. chances are, Ohio State will lose to Nebraska and Wisconsin (and maybe Michigan State). however, I don't think that these teams are going to blow out my Buckeyes by any means

I mean, did you see Braxton Miller play? dude has some jets and he could be better than Terrelle Pryor. we still have a chance against these teams
 
for our viewing pleasure on these doldrums of days inbetween footbaw!

LSUfreek on Oregon VS LSU

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the child laborer running for his life makes this one!
 
Well my school (fresno state) lost to Cal this last week, gave them a good game though.
 
a lock to appear isn't crack-smoking?

this year, yeah, but I didn't say this year

last year, they were a game away from the NC and won their BCS bowl

the year before, a game away from the NC, and won their BCS bowl

it doesn't get much closer than that. and the years before the team had the same result or actually did appear in the NC game
 
I think a lock is putting it a bit too strongly. They are a perennial contender for getting to the NC game, but a lock is hard to say. tOSU is one of the power houses in college football, but you have to factor in the PAC and Big 12-2. In the past at least if all 3 divisions had a 0 loss team it would be really tough to say who should go forward.

I am excited about OSU/Arizona on Thurs (Friday morning for me =P). Should be an entertaining match up.
 
i know you weren't talking about this year.

but a lock to appear for the past decade would mean that you went the NC every year for the past 10 years.

as shimmer said, contender...yes. lock, no.
 
ok, I'll concede to contender - where's smotpoker when ya need him?

OSU VS Arizona might be one of the more entertaining match-ups this week. Arizona State, I believe, will be welcoming Missouri into Sun Devil Stadium. perhaps not a bad game either

other games I think should be fun to watch:

PSU VS Bama - Penn State finally looks a bit better than what they've been for the most part as of late, average. they knocked down cupcake Indiana State, but the competition rises when they welcome in the Crimson Tide into one of the most intimidating and crazy venues in college football. it's nice to see two historic teams go at it. also, I do believe both teams need to figure out their QB situation, which should make for interesting watching

Pac-12 conference play starts as the Utah Utes travel to USC's majestic Coliseum. USC could barely beat a very average (if that) Minnesota Gophers team last week. the Utes are much better, despite not being as good as they have been in the past years. I still see an upset here

UGA is against South Carolina in what should be a good SEC match-up. apparently something like the last five match-ups have been decided by a touchdown or so? all I know is that both teams looked a little flat in their season-openers, with South Carolina getting jump-started by Eastern Carolina and UGA getting deflated by BSU. yet, SEC action never fails to entertain

UGA needs to get its head out of its ass and hand the ball off to Boynkin much much much more

Notre Dame travels to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in a historic first night game for the Wolverines. what a bunch of pussies. tOSU can't have night games because our knuckle-dragging fan-base gets too wild, drunk, and barbaric. but the worse Michigan ticket-holders (not the dreaded Walmart Wolverines) do is clap, so this should be a nice, peaceful setting to watch two classic teams attempt to return to glory. this game lost a lot of immediate impact due to Notre Dame getting upset via South Florida and Michigan looking vanilla in a rain-soaked debut against Western Michigan... but I will watch anyways...

just because when Notre Dame plays Michigan I truly just want the football to be struck by lightning, and both teams and fans to crumble in smoking heaps, smote by an angry god
 
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and dang, I don't mean to post so much, but some breaking news is forcing my hand

Jacory Harris is slated to be the starting QB for the Miami Hurricanes when tOSU Buckeyes travel down for the Ineligible-Bowl in two weeks at Miami. it was obvious that new Hurricanes HC Al Golden wanted Harris to start over Stephen Morris in The U's trying loss against ACC rivals Maryland, but it seems that the NCAA investigation forced his hand to choose the inexperienced Morris over Harris. Morris didn't play too bad against the Terps (68ish percent completion percentage); but it was glaring and painfully self-evident that Morris lacked a certain veteran-type of leadership - he threw a couple costly picks - one returned for a MD TD

does this change anybody's preconceived notions about the outcome of this game? Harris has skill and experience, but you can count on him to also throw a couple costly interceptions against big-time talented teams. also, is this the right decision from HC Al Golden? the reason he hasn't played his starters who are red-lettered in the on-going NCAA investigation is because if those starters are found guilty, then even more Draconian sanctions can be lobbied by the NCAA. it looks like these players are guilty, hell there has been evidence readily available on the internet since Day One of Shapiro-Gate

I know this move is in desperation from The U, but I don't think it's a good one in the long run because Miami is already flirting with the much-dreaded NCAA Death Penalty, a guillotine type of punishment that was last handed out in college footbaw against the Southern Methodist University

however, I think having Jacory Harris in does make the Hurricanes a bit better. but good enough to topple the Ohio State University? yes or no?
 
axl blaze said:
and dang, I don't mean to post so much, but some breaking news is forcing my hand

Jacory Harris is slated to be the starting QB for the Miami Hurricanes when tOSU Buckeyes travel down for the Ineligible-Bowl in two weeks at Miami. it was obvious that new Hurricanes HC Al Golden wanted Harris to start over Stephen Morris in The U's trying loss against ACC rivals Maryland, but it seems that the NCAA investigation forced his hand to choose the inexperienced Morris over Harris. Morris didn't play too bad against the Terps (68ish percent completion percentage); but it was glaring and painfully self-evident that Morris lacked a certain veteran-type of leadership - he threw a couple costly picks - one returned for a MD TD

does this change anybody's preconceived notions about the outcome of this game? Harris has skill and experience, but you can count on him to also throw a couple costly interceptions against big-time talented teams. also, is this the right decision from HC Al Golden? the reason he hasn't played his starters who are red-lettered in the on-going NCAA investigation is because if those starters are found guilty, then even more Draconian sanctions can be lobbied by the NCAA. it looks like these players are guilty, hell there has been evidence readily available on the internet since Day One of Shapiro-Gate

I know this move is in desperation from The U, but I don't think it's a good one in the long run because Miami is already flirting with the much-dreaded NCAA Death Penalty, a guillotine type of punishment that was last handed out in college footbaw against the Southern Methodist University

however, I think having Jacory Harris in does make the Hurricanes a bit better. but good enough to topple the Ohio State University? yes or no?
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Harris and the other guys who have been suspended were reinstated by the NCAA. There is nothing dangerous about playing them. Everybody except Ray Ray Armstrong (4 games) and Olivier Vernon (6 games) has been reinstated. And the death penalty is no longer a possibility, considering the nature of Shapiro. The only question left is how bad the sanctions will be, and that is what we will have to see. They might not be nearly as bad as the rest of the world seems to be expecting (also, look at that "evidence" a little more closely).

I think that Harris is significantly better than Morris, and stands a chance, but ultimately this team is simply not ready for big time games. Whenever a team is in it's new coach's first year it tends to struggle, especially during the beginning. I never had huge expectations out of this year. Next year will be really good, if the sanctions aren't bad.

Harris will not throw as many picks this season, however. Part of the problem with our offense the past two seasons was former offensive coordinator Mark Whipple and his tendency to want to chuck the ball deep every... single... fucking... play. That worked for about 3 games before we got figured out, and as it turns out, Jacory just learned to check-down for the first time in his college football career this off season (lol).
 
Against the crimson tide joepa is 4-9, since 1966. that's pretty terrible. not as bad as cincinasty, who is playing CS's vols right now. apparently they haven't beaten a current SEC opponent on the road since 1911. the SEC wasn't even around until the 1930s, but still. that's terrible. LSU is playing northwesterneasternsouth state? I'm going to be at Twin Shadow so i wouldn't be watching it anyway, but i doubt i'm missing shit. UGA starts in a minute, hopefully that will be good. I wanted Miss. State to beat Auburn, and they were so fucking close.
 
Im watching the AL-PSU game right now I though it was going to be a close game and it still could be halftime right now. I gotta say though does anyone doubt that Jay Paterno is coaching Penn State. they keep showing Joepa up in the press box with no headphones looking very sad and just watching the game. I just think its kind of sad to see such a great coach and good man reduced to that.

That auburn game was crazy I really thought State would win that one but they seem to have major deffensive issues still.
 
I wanted to see Miss State win too, I think they're a pretty good team this year. I wish they'd kept Sylvester Croom though.

Haha, Bama's defense is ridiculously good this year. %)
 
+ 1 on Sylvester Croom. dude was like a walking mascot

anybody see this Coastal Carolina coach's rant? something about a screen door going only one way, and players being cats because they are looking themselves in the mirror to see if they look pretty with their extra bands on. oh, and they need to be dogs. well not dogs, dawgs

watch it here if you want to be more stupid than you were before the click
 
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