the official 2010-11 college football thread! ver. Auburn VS Oregon?

[The Liberal Media]

The Al Golden hire is a terrific one for the Canes.

 

[axl blaze]

meh, I haven't quite bought it yet. thankfully, the ACC is wide open, and truly waiting for one team to DO SOMETHING. I mean, the Big East is this above times 9, 000, but it still rings sorta true for the ACC

PB: I always thought Mack Brown was a swell guy. dude is paid the highest out of all college coaches (I believe) in something like 5 million. combine this with living in Austin, and I don't see how he couldn't be in a sour mood (save for this season of shittiness with Texas)

 

[TheLoveBandit]

i suspect muschamp will be the end of the OMG NICK SABAN PEDIGREE frenzy, but i still think he's well-suited to florida and the conference. As a dawgs fan, i"m more interested in seeing where gus malzahn goes (if anywhere). If I was him, I'd rather be an OC at auburn than a head coach at Vandy.


Head coach at UGA, though... I hope to god our athletic director and president are actively scouting talent right now, because nobody in athens should be willing to stand idly by while an OKish USC and a listless florida battle it out next year for the SEC east. If Dooley does something with tennessee in 2011, even threatens to get to the conference championship, Richt had better not get to attached to his office.

As for the U-- I don't see what the fuss is about, and I've read the Owl's stats under Golden. I don't understand why we can't have somebody willing to recruit thugs and train them to hit hard down there. Instead, miami gets squeaky clean guys now. I wish him the best of luck though-- anything to undermine the gator's recruiting efforts in-state..

I disagree about the end to Saban frenzy.....like most coaching trees, there is always a branch you can trace back to where you want it to go, or not. As long as Saban's in the spot light, he's going to have his 'disciples' out there. The kicker is, how much is really him, and how much is really them? I think most will be getting out from under him so they can make their own name, get their own gig. You don't see any 'coach in waiting' around Saban...ever.

Picking up Muschamp and Smart is tickling the gators, but it still feels a bit funny having two Dawgs at the helm. Theory is, Smart gets a year or two of success away from Saban, and gets a free ticket to take over Richt's office. Either way, the fact that Dooley was able to pick it up a bit in TN that fast, and USCe seems to have found itself finally on the map, this coming year is probably UGA's best chance to catch FLA down and claim a moral victory in a losing season (or at least 'tougher than they are used to' season). Richt's time is short, and getting shorter.

Agree on the MIA hire....so someone does well at Temple. Whoop-de-doo. It's MAC competition 8) Yes, he will keep the program clean, and yes he can do well in such a weak assed ACC. But, I honestly feel NO thread from MIA or him when it comes to recruiting, fielding a winning team, etc. I wish the dude well, but would expect FSU and FLA to punk him whenever games are had. I suspect he'll end up winning the Coastal division 1 out of every 3 yrs, and maybe win the ACC 1 out of 7-8 yrs. It'll be a step up, but not a great one.




What I'm still wondering is how Meyer expects to hang around and help going forward. He's offered, and I know our AD loves him, but c'mon...they guy can't push it, and you just brought in a complete football staff with no openings or connections for Meyer to be or do much. Theory here is maybe he's getting groomed to replace the AD who has done so much for us over the past few decades. That would be interesting, but tbh, I our AD. Other than gambling on Zook, he's done well for the school, in all sports.

 

[ChickenScratch]

i watched that 30 for 30 show on ESPN about the rise and fall of SMU last night.

highly recommend it. those motherfuckers were paying everybody. pretty cool story.

 

[Pander Bear]

im eager to see it... ill check mah torrent sites

 

[axl blaze]

so the Big Ten has done its conference realignments, and because they couldn't figure out how to name them due to geography, the conference decided to name them "Legends" and "Leaders"

here's the new logo, no insipid hidden "11" or "12":

and here are the two divisions:

Leaders Division

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

Legends Division

Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern

hilariously enough, the Big Ten is already thinking about changing both the "Legends" and "Leaders" titles - because in this tradition-infused conference, there has been much outcry as the names being stupid

still, a big step up. I look for the Big Ten to finally eclipse the SEC in terms of strength of conference next year. sorry SEC yokels, your time has come and gone

 

[smotpoker]

The pathetic thing is the Big 10 payed some firm $35,000 to design a logo, which, to be frank, looks like something anyone here could have designed.

I mean it's not a bad logo, but really, what is so special about it? And how many teams in the Big 10 actually HAVE powder blue as part of their color schemes? Zero. But it sure looks awfully similar to UNC's colors, which Big 10 commishioner Jim Delaney is alumni of.

 

[Pander Bear]

that's probably why they chose powder blue. Can you imagine how you'd feel if the logo was maize and blue?

as for the design-- it sucks. They should have hired the firm that did the most recent PAC 10 one.

The leaders and legends things is contrived and dumb. Do a geographic split, and just draw the boundaries as funny as you like.


Also, take the opportunity to change the conference name. Great North or something else that's meaningful.

 

[ChickenScratch]

im eager to see it... ill check mah torrent sites

the whole 30 for 30 series is pretty sweet. the one about pablo escobar and soccer ruled as well.

lol @ axl thinking the big powder puff will ever be better than the sec.

 

[axl blaze]

lol @ axl thinking the big powder puff will ever be better than the sec.

shit, I would be willing to wager the Big Ten's bottom bitch the Northwestern Wildcats could have beat a team comprised of both the Volunteers and say... the UGA Dawgs

Do a geographic split, and just draw the boundaries as funny as you like.

and

Also, take the opportunity to change the conference name. Great North or something else that's meaningful.

both of these ideas are way fucking novel. Great North actually sounds legit

 

[Pander Bear]

shit, I would be willing to wager the Big Ten's bottom bitch the Northwestern Wildcats could have beat a team comprised of both the Volunteers and say... the UGA Dawgs

As decent as NW is playing this year, I think the right tennessee/dawgs quad could utterly exterminate them. PS: aren't indiana and michigan becoming your cellar teams now?

 

[Pegasus]

^Don't forget Minnesota!

 

[Pander Bear]

isn't that their fight song?

 

[melange]

watch my hokies in the orange bowl my niggas

 

[Kenickie]

i watched that 30 for 30 show on ESPN about the rise and fall of SMU last night.

highly recommend it. those motherfuckers were paying everybody. pretty cool story.

it really was excellent. and upsetting. and entertaining. i was upset by it though. SMU was doing fucked up things, and deserved to be disciplined for it, but what the NCAA (and, the president of SMU) did was fucked up. I thought they should have perhaps:

blacklisted all coaches/coordinators/etc from working in NCAA college football programs ever again
fined the school
not televised their games
and no bowl appearances for x amount of years

instead of

ruining not just a football program, but a University, for over 30 years, and basically dissolving the SWC
the kids involved with the bribes and what not, not only got bribes, but their picks of where to transfer to when the program fell apart, leaving the kids who went to SMU with no student life activities, and a profound sense of shame perhaps only rivaled by JFK getting shot and killed in Dallas, and the continued shaming by everyone who played them for the next 28 years. College athletes are still kids, I mean, 18, 19 years old, being manipulated and fucked with by adults who have money and power and influence, i mean the fucking Governor of Texas was involved!! And then I think the insult to injury was the NCAA being like, oh, yeah, it was a severe punishment, but we expect them to recover in five to seven years...oh...well, we didn't think it would last fifteen years...certainly not thirty...and then saying, we'll, now that we know we can destroy Universities in their entirety, we won't do that again...sorry SMU, you had to be our test case. Perhaps in another 15 years you'll be decent again? Pussies.

 

[ChickenScratch]

^^^that's why "the death penalty" will never happen again. unfortunately for SMU, they were the guineau pig. i loved it when that guy from the NCAA straight up fainted after the press conference.

 

[axl blaze]

any Florida Gator fans upset to the fact that their new head coach, Will Muschamp, is a UGA alum? or does the rivalry not hold enough weight? I know I would be uneasy about a Michigan alum coaching up my Buckeyes

but Gator fans must be happy that Steve Adazzio is now filling the top vacancy spot at Temple University

 

[axl blaze]

FUCK MY LIFE. this is one of the darkest days for a Buckeyes fan. all I can do is maniacally laugh that QB Terrelle Pryor will most likely be suspended for the first five games of next season. also on this suspended list is star RB Boom Herron and good WR Devier Posey

apparently, these and a couple other tOSU football players sold some Big Ten Championship rings and Gold Pants Decals (a coveted tiny decal of gold pants awarded for whenever tOSU trumps Michigan). these athletes either sold and/or got discounts on tattoos at a local tattoo shop located around my vicinity

the only two games in the first five that bring trouble for tOSU are Miami (FL) and Michigan State. I see tOSU losing to a Miami team that, with these athletes, they would no doubt destroy again (no offense 3, 4) and also dropping to a good Sparty team

man, this really sucks. I know it is tough for the players, because they are essentially broke and can only legally hold a job in the summertime. I feel for the players, I really do, and I think they should be payed more than their little stipend they are allowed

this also hurts that players would sell their accomplishments throughout the year. the only reason college football holds a candle to the NFL, imo, is because these players usually care about their college. after they graduate, ex-players of our favorite NCAA schools are seen praising their alma mater and rocking their college's garb. how much do you think stars such as LeBron James truly care about their teams, ie: the Cleveland Cavs or now his Miami Heat? it's a little disheartening that a player would go about business this way...

a dark day for a Buckeyes fan. this last year was TP's year to perhaps win a National Title, and all looks now lost

 

[Pander Bear]

if only their fathers had done the dirt like cammy cam's daddy 8(

I feel your pain, jim.

 

[axl blaze]

right?! isn't it fucking strange how someone can acquire thousands of dollars, but once a football player trades a Gold Pants Decal for a free tattoo of his last name in Olde English across his back, they are POPPPED for five games??