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the official 2008-09 NCAA football thread!

I don't know how many of you heard-read-noticed-cared, but I did catch some blurbs about the ALA-CLEM game being on a neutral site (Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Atlanta) as a way to get a decent non-conference matchup and pay both schools (avoiding the home-away sequence of one year with a payday and one year on the road). The talking heads were indicating this is viewed as 'fertile ground' for the bowl committees in that they can generate more money for everyone involved by splitting the take (evenly?) between the teams and thereby getting a bit better matchup which in turn generates better TV money coming in.

With that in mind, I really do hope we can see a future (4-6 yrs out?) where conferences are signing up for a rivalry series of match ups. Right now, it's totally dependent upon who is willing to do a home-away and with whom, so you've got a hodge-podge of mixed conference regular season games. Basketball has those early season games where most of the conference teams have a matchup against a member of a rival conference (ACC-BigEast, Big12-Big10, whatever they are) and the conferences make the money then split it amongst the teams. Same thing could be done for football, where one of the early non-conference games are moved to neutral 'bowl' sites, and you have one weekend of a bunch of PAC10-Big11 games, or ACC-BigEast games.

I suppose the tradeoff is that you come out usually with one conference 'owning' the other, so they will float higher in the rankings and in bowl selections, but the positive is more money for everyone (major driving factor) and a lot more interest by fans, and a lot better competition for those non-conference games.


Just a thought.
 
Tennesse sucks though, but the SEC has two consecutive NC. LSU made it in with two losses that year, that shows you how hard an SEC schedule is. My team's got a rough schedule, we play Georgia, and then all in a row LSU/Tenn/Arky/Florida. Four of those are home games though, I'm bout to see some good ass games for free.
 
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of course, you'd omit vandy. ;)

not saying that they haven't surprised better teams before, but damn.

maybe they'll be the new tennessee in 6 years. nashville certainly kicks the crap out of knoxville.
 
what a game, I was there of course. it looked like the whole OSU Buckeye football team threw a kegger last night and stayed up till 6 AM doing whippits on their front porch while listening to Carbon/Silicon and harassing anybody who happens to be walking by, like what I did last night. however, I don't play for the number 2 college team in the nation.

Ohio State without Beanie Wells is just another mediocre Big 10 team. we need Beanie for USC. if we do not have Beanie we lose big time. we could not block worth shit. if we can not block, we will lose to USC big time. the only thing that truly saved us was special teams.

I really wish I could sit around all day and watch college football games. but I have a job to attend to. Seacrest out.
 
osu has no business putting a freshman quarterback in the game until they're up by 3 touchdowns. period. end of story. didnt get to watch the game but i have it waiting on the dvr. based on score though, what an embarassment.

washington got absolutely fucked by the officials. pac 10 crew too, go figure.

loved watching wvu get housed by ecu!

Q: how do you have the most electrifying offensive player in the country behind center and not make it into the endzone once?

A: you have a fat, out of shape, overrated offensive line
 
cravNbeets said:
washington got absolutely fucked by the officials. pac 10 crew too, go figure.
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That was fucked up. It wasn't showboating, it wasn't premeditated, and it didn't delay the game. Locker scored with two seconds left in the game and the celebration was totally acceptable and not excessive at all. Washington still should have blocked better and made that field goal, but that call did change things.
 
^^i'd loved to hear that official defend his decision to make that call. absolutely inexcusable.


uf v. teh u is unexpectedly low key. the highlight of the game for me has been watching miami's kicker completely lose his cool while tackling the return man..... twice :D hats off to miami's defense holding florida's offense in check for most of the game.
 
cravNbeets said:
loved watching wvu get housed by ecu!

Q: how do you have the most electrifying offensive player in the country behind center and not make it into the endzone once?

A: you have a fat, out of shape, overrated offensive line
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No shit and Noel Devine the TB is young but just as bit as good as Steve Slaton....WTF?

Why does WV do this every year???
 
his whole highlight reel from the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI-PT_waY8k

Beanie, I have mad respect for. Its like watching a slightly less physical Herschel Walker. I hope he's well enough to put a hurt on the trojans.

games watched today:
OSU vs. Ohio
UGA vs. CMU
ECU vs. WV
UF vs. Miami
ole miss vs. WF (in and out)

OSU vs. Ohio

Goddamn did the bucks look soft. I really wanted them to blow it, but it was obvious by the start of the third that their depth was going to win out over some very persistent ball by Ohio. I hope for yall's sake that this is all about thinking about the coming game, and not about missing Wells. Sore feet heal slowly, and it doesn't really speak well of your O that you can lose one man, and suddenly be all out of ideas.

UGA vs. CMU
I'm glad that the dawgs finally decided to hang some serious points on someone. I'm doubly glad that Knowshon Moreno had some good carries. The little hurdle I posted above didn;t even make college game day / sportscenter. Furthermore, the #2 team's game was fucking burried and didn't get any coverage, between OSU's iffy game, ECU's big win, Washington's fuckup, and Florida's tepid/not so tepid game. We play a mediocre South carolina next week, and I doubt we will make many waves on TV there, either. At least its a game carried on a network, and not some cable backwater. Moreno, King, Samuel, Massaquoi, moore, and Stafford all deserve a little praise if they keep executing the way they have.

ECU vs. WV
The TV is right, they got straight up outplayed by a serious underdog. ECU is oodles better than Hawaii was last year, and I find it insulting that they're mentioned in the same breath as the Warriors of '07.

UF vs. Miami
Was I wrong to expect a much stronger showing by the Gators tonight? I was thinking like 52-17. There were far too many 3rd downs on both sides that went wrong. Props to Miami's Defense for holding back the tide for so long. I was honestly surprised when Florida finally started scoring. Where the fuck was mr. Heisman? The sportscasters still can't get off of Tebow's jock, and I didn't see anything particularly impressive form him tonight. He's a nice guy, and he's an excellent football player, but the response is asymmetrical. Most of what Tebow is is the rest of a very well-coached team. That is why Florida has a decent shot at the NC, not because of some wunderkind.
 
the Eastern Carolina University Pirates reinstate my faith in college football.

SURRENDER!
 
Go you fuckin' Hairy DAWGS!!! Great game yesterday, nice tune-up for the game against the chickens next week. Stafford played beautifully, Knowshon was just fantastic, along with his counterpart, Caleb King. Prince Miller got beat a couple of times and CJ Byrd seemed out of position way too much. Overall, great effort for the dawgs. But I can't believe Knowshon's "hurdle" didn't make it on ESPN, no, wait, yes I can. Their program director is a Florida Alum. Let's get ready for next week. Focus: South Carolina. Now it's time to "EAT MORE CHIKIN"!!!
Go Dawgs! Sic-em!!
UGA '99 Alum
And F**k ESPN

--McCain/Palin '08
 
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AP top 25 said:
1. USC (33) 1-0 1,577
2. Georgia (23) 2-0 1,525
3. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,458
4. Florida (4) 2-0 1,438
5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,347
6. Missouri (1) 2-0 1,336
7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,231
8. Texas 2-0 1,100
9. Auburn 2-0 1,067
10. Wisconsin 2-0 910
11. Alabama 2-0 865
12. Texas Tech 2-0 845
13. Kansas 2-0 825
14. East Carolina 2-0 762
15. Arizona State 2-0 744
16. Oregon 2-0 616
17. Penn State 2-0 607
18. Brigham Young 2-0 537
19. South Florida 2-0 493
20. Wake Forest 2-0 404
21. Fresno State 1-0 290
22. Utah 2-0 258
23. California 2-0 195
24. Illinois 1-1 164
25. West Virginia 1-1 163
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Most curious is Florida's position relative to OSU's. They both should have blown out their weak opponents, they both under-perform, and yet one rises and one falls.

ECU shows up, and lands at #14. Are they really better than Penn State? Are they really worse than Kansas?
 
honestly I think Penn State is going to be the surprise team of this year. and it pains me so to say that. Penn State fans are neandrethals who will jump you then scratch you then bite you and then steal your wallet. they don't even need your wallet because they all have trust funds, but that doesn't shake them.

is ECU better than them? hell, I don't know yet. I suppose they could very well beat them. all BCS teams should be afraid of playing the Pirates. I know I am glad the Buckeyes are not playing them.

the BCS is a beauty pageant and I am sick of it.

that AP poll is weird. I thought that you do not get penalized for a loss?
 
I agree to an extent.

But then I also disagree with the rankings right now as well... I mean where are my wildcats at? Sure they have had a cupcake 4 game opening season (What happened to the Big East? U of L is garbage... maybe)

I really can't tell how good our defense is, we held U of L to 2 points that our own qb spotted them. Then the next week they go on to score 51 points. The front four are monsters.

UK ranks nationally No. 10 in total defense and No. 12 against the run. With that thought in mind they should probably be in the top 25, they've got two bowl wins under their belt and the front 4 on our defense is as good as any.

Go Big blue (it's weird it's not basketball season and I'm talking up my wildcats)

Also Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Tenn. You've been put on notice... We might not get all of them (we most definately won't) But who remembers that UK/LSU game last year?
 
im feeling very very pessimistic about the buckeyes' chances this saturday. if our offensive line got blown off the ball by the ou bobcats whats going to happen against probably the deepest most athletic team in the country? im not jumping ship yet but execution on both sides of the ball is going to have to be nearly flawless in order for this one to even be close
 
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