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

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No only one guy died. We had a guy who was injured really badly in a car accident a few years ago. One of our top players in the secondary might be academically ineligible, and I think one promising WR is having some issues too, but the team seems to be optimistic about him.
 
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As for the SEC East, I think florida could easily upset USC, and could probably in their division. Its not as though Meyer left them in shambles.
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No, but we don't have a lot of starter experience, and new pro-style schemes for a bunch of spread style players. :\

What do you think UGA's record might be this year? Realistically? Me, I see them about 5 (CC, Pick a Miss, Vandy, NMSU, and GT) - 7 (BSU, Pick a Miss, TN in a stinger, FL, AU, KY...yes, KY @ UGA).

I can see FL going 7 (FAU, UAB, TN, KY, GA, VAN, FUR) - 5 (AL, LSU, AU, USC, FSU).

I think FSU is being over hyped and ranked at this point, but they'll still beat us this year, IMO.

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Conference picks at this point? Is it worth it being mid-summer? Of course it isn't but I'll ask anyway.

ACC - FSU (over VT from the other division)
B10 - NEB (yeah, right out of the gate, baby!)
B12 - OU (no contest)
BE - Pitt (why not? Won't be UCan't)
PAC12 - ORE (with STAN at an arms distance 2nd)
SEC - AL (over USC from the East who will beat my Gators)

SEC West was tough, but AL has only one tough road game in conference and the rest lines up for them pretty well. AU has to play at @USC @ARK @FL @LSU all in a row. LSU has to play @AL, so they are a good alternate to win the West. ARK has to play @LSU and @AL, otherwise they might have been a pick.
 
Small did play there for a long time, but let's not forget that he was a perennial underachiever and loser who was constantly in trouble. I don't get why he is trying to be the less-acclaimed Jose Conseco of tOSU...

I don't get why people think what he says is the end-all be-all truth. he's just saying what people suspected of big-time NCAA programs in the past. and without any evidence to back up his claims (that all players get cars or whatever)
 
Welcome to the "dirty program" club, OSU fans. I hope you enjoy being demonized and stigmatized, and having the NCAA up your ass for everything you do for the next century, not to mention a sizable probation period (don't expect to win much when those scholarship reductions are put on you), and no matter how clean your program gets, it will always be perceived as "dirty."

I fucking hate the NCAA. The real bad guys never get caught, and if they do get caught it is never for what they actually did wrong. SEC paying players out the asshole and they ain't gonna get shit.

Anyways, I hate you guys, but the violations really do not warrant this. Miami started paying it's players because they had no money, and were dealing crack on street corners. Tressel tried to cover up some minor shit, and took a big fall for it. Both were doing "bad" things for the greater good, and got punished for it.

Don't think for a second I like you guys any more for it though. You guys are still #2 on my shitlist behind Florida (dirtiest program that runs within NCAA guidelines, at least in the Meyer era. No rules on the books broken, but a lot of very clear ethical lines were crossed).
 
it's the coverup that hurt tressel, not the actual violations, or so everyone says.

and you know, the NCAA is so inconsistent that they could get away with a relatively minor punishment, if the NCAA is convinced that all the problems end there with Tressel, and don't go farther into tOSU program. but after USC I don't think so.

Next up : North Carolina.

anyway, welcome to the big time tOSU. %)
 
let the Urban Meyer Era @ tOSU begin, I suppose!

and the Buckeyes have been big-time for as long as I can remember. besides maybe this year, we haven't had a down season much like the other fans of other teams here (all LSU, Miami (FL), UGA, FL, etc have all had their down years in this past decade)

sure, this season might be the start of the downward spiral, but I have a lot of faith in my football team (like George Michael)
 
we haven't had a down season much like the other fans of other teams here
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easy because of your soft conference
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easy because of your soft conference

you aren't getting meyer, either.
 
Alabama is ranked #3 pre-season but has a big question mark at QB. I imagine McCarron will win out the job, he looked pretty good in high school from what I remember and is at least a sophomore. The rest of the team looks to be pretty solid though... the entire secondary is back from last year!
 
How the fuck did I post this shit in the wrong thread? If I was high, I would understand. But fuck, I must be getting early, early onset Alzheimer's.
 
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perhaps you won't have a down season this year because your schedule is terrible.

Akron
Toledo
Miami (The U)
Colorado
Michigan State
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Purdue
Penn State
Michigan
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our schedule-strength is only a couple rungs below any which SEC team you would be recently rooting for at the moment

however, that matters not, because the Buckeyes have proven themselves in the post-season once again after their years of sputtering and fading away

remember the Ducks? remember your beloved hillbilly Hogs? they also thought that tOSU's schedule was weak, but it mattered not because they lost their big bowl game. and I'm sure this thought was a great consolation prize after their collective bowl game losses to Ohio State

"well, they sure did beat us. but by golly, that team did have a weak regular season schedule, right Tom-Bob?" :D

and it's not my fault that Colorado and The U aren't good anymore. at least the Buckeyes try to schedule a tough out-of-conference season (while the SEC hardly tries). these two teams are usual NCAA contenders, but have been faltering lately. and I don't know why you think LSU will be so flawless this year; I would say that Wisco and Nebraska and a pre-scandal tOSU would soundly beat the Bayou Tigers on the football field this season
 
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our schedule-strength is only a couple rungs below any which SEC team you would be recently rooting for at the moment

however, that matters not, because the Buckeyes have proven themselves in the post-season once again after their years of sputtering and fading away

remember the Ducks? remember your beloved hillbilly Hogs? they also thought that tOSU's schedule was weak, but it mattered not because they lost their big bowl game. and I'm sure this thought was a great consolation prize after their collective bowl game losses to Ohio State

"well, they sure did beat us. but by golly, that team did have a weak regular season schedule, right Tom-Bob?" :D

and it's not my fault that Colorado and The U aren't good anymore. at least the Buckeyes try to schedule a tough out-of-conference season (while the SEC hardly tries). these two teams are usual NCAA contenders, but have been faltering lately. and I don't know why you think LSU will be so flawless this year; I would say that Wisco and Nebraska and a pre-scandal tOSU would soundly beat the Bayou Tigers on the football field this season
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OSU is weak. So is Oregon, as displayed in the title game. Next to those SEC guys, I couldn't believe some of those D-linemen were D1 athletes.

Miami suffered from awful coaching last year, from the head coach to the coordinators to the position coaches. And we still almost beat you. There is still a lot of bad shit in this program, and it will be a couple years before we are relevant again, but I'll be damned if Miami loses to a crippled OSU team.

I expect my Canes to go 9-3 this season, losing to FSU (fuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk), Vagina Tech, and some other team that we shouldn't lose to. But not OSU, not at home with real coaches.
 
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axl blaze said:
our schedule-strength is only a couple rungs below any which SEC team you would be recently rooting for at the moment
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challenge. here's LSU's schedule for next year:

Oregon
Northwestern State
Mississippi State
West Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Tennessee
Auburn
Alabama
Western Kentucky
Ole Miss
Arkansas
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and it's not my fault that Colorado and The U aren't good anymore. at least the Buckeyes try to schedule a tough out-of-conference season (while the SEC hardly tries).
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i don't think that's much of an attempt, if you say that the U and Colorado aren't good teams, but that's the best they could do, trying to schedule out of conference games.

these two teams are usual NCAA contenders, but have been faltering lately. and I don't know why you think LSU will be so flawless this year; I would say that Wisco and Nebraska and a pre-scandal tOSU would soundly beat the Bayou Tigers on the football field this season
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pre scandal meaning with just suspended players and not suspended tressel? or pre scandal meaning suspended players and suspended tressel before tressel quit or...? ;)

i haven't said anything about the state of my Tigers this year brotha, much less posted much here, let me put my own foot in my mouth and give you things to harp on, instead of putting words into my mouth. ;)
 
^I think he means that Colorado and Miami U were good teams when the schedule was made, they have just slacked off since then. They both should compete around the top of their conference, they have just both been in a rut these past few years.
 
If I recall, ooc are typically scheduled 5-7 yrs in advance (barring any last minute changes). COL hasn't finished a season ranked in nearly a decade (#20 back in'02), so you'll have a hard time stating their suckage comes as a surprise. Btw, is this a home-and-home deal, or just buying a cupcake in Columbus for this year against a BCS team?

Miami, as much as I want to put them down...an they have been down for the past 5 yrs, finishing unranked...were doing well 5-7 yrs ago, kinda sorta. They finished '02=#2, '03=#5, '04=#11, '05=#17....on a steady decline, but at least they made it back into the discussion to be considered a 'tough' ooc game, especially for tOSU having faced them in that NC matchup.
 
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I fucking hate the NCAA. The real bad guys never get caught, and if they do get caught it is never for what they actually did wrong. SEC paying players out the asshole and they ain't gonna get shit.

Tressel tried to cover up some minor shit, and took a big fall for it. Both were doing "bad" things for the greater good, and got punished for it.
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What is exactly is the greater good? Making sure your players have money to spend? What about Terrell Pryor's 8 different cars? His dumb ass showed up to a press conference yesterday in a brand new 350Z with dealer plates.....

He tried and succeeded to cover up some "minor" shit. Bottom line, NCAA rules were violated.

Oh and the weak schedule thing, Alabama's second game is at Penn State, a real cupcake, although, they play Kent State and Georgia Southern too.

The SEC typically schedules easy non conference games due to the insanely difficult SEC opponents.

The last 5 national champions have been from the SEC, and 7 of the 13 years the BCS has existed.
 
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