College Football - Week of 11/1

[tadowdaddy]

Amongst the SIDs I work with, Lubbock is largely considered one of, if not THE worst Big 12 city. Manhattan and Ames are up there as well.

 

How is Ames not the worst?

Because of Lubbock, Manhattan, and Stillwater.

 

Actually I'd say there are only 3 good Big XII towns that I've been to: Norman, Austin, and Lawrence. I've never been to Boulder or Colombia, though. I'd put Lincoln, College Station, and Waco as decent towns, not great, but decent. Lubbock, Manhattan, Ames, and Stillwater are all not very fun.

 

 

If Manhattan isn't fun, you've never been out in Aggieville. When I was in school it was the most bars in a 2 block radius in the nation, and that was only 9 years ago.

[tadowdaddy]

I've only been to Lawrence, Manhattan, and Columbia. Manhattan is by far the worst of those three. I wasn't a huge fan of Columbia, but I didn't explore it at all. Lawrence is a great college town. Austin is supposed to be the greatest place in the world, according to everyone who's been there. And I hear Boulder is cool.

 

There was an article I read online a few years back that said Lubbock is the worst. The writer described it as "100 miles from Cool," which is geographically accurate, as it's 100 miles from Cool, TX, and, according to him, metaphorically accurate as well. But I also work with a bunch of people from Austin, and they say Waco is worse because of a heavy fundamentalist presence.

 

 

I'll clarify a bit.. the bar atmosphere in Manhattan is outstanding. I'll give you that there isn't much else to do there though, although there are some supurb restaurants as well.

[cubweiser03]

Guys its a well known fact that when a good B10 team loses to a bottom of the rung team it just shows the top of conference isnt all that good. And when a good SEC loses to a bottom of the rung team it just shows the enormous depth and competitiveness of the conference. There are no upsets in the SEC.

[SouthSideRyan]

Guys its a well known fact that when a good B10 team loses to a bottom of the rung team it just shows the top of conference isnt all that good. And when a good SEC loses to a bottom of the rung team it just shows the enormous depth and competitiveness of the conference. There are no upsets in the SEC.

 

And PATs don't matter.

[dew1679666265]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

[bukie]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

I'm looking statistically, comparing the computer rankings I know about. Minnesota, Northwestern and Iowa are in the 15-25 range in general on all of them (NW being the lowest at 30 in the Sagarin predictor). Illinois, Ole Miss and Wisconsin are in the 35-50 range in general on all of them (Illinois being the highest at 29 in the Sagarin predictor). It fluctuates a lot week to week, due to the necessarily low sample size of 7 to 9 games for everyone, but right now there's a clear difference.

 

Being an Illinois fan, I would like to think they are a better team than Minnesota or Northwestern, but that hasn't been the case for the great majority of the year (aside from 3 quarters at Michigan and the Indiana clinic). I liken Illinois and Wisconsin as the most similar Big Ten teams to Ole Miss. Sure, they're capable of beating good teams, but for the great majority of the year, they haven't shown that capability.

[SouthSideRyan]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

[dew1679666265]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

I'm looking statistically, comparing the computer rankings I know about. Minnesota, Northwestern and Iowa are in the 15-25 range in general on all of them (NW being the lowest at 30 in the Sagarin predictor). Illinois, Ole Miss and Wisconsin are in the 35-50 range in general on all of them (Illinois being the highest at 29 in the Sagarin predictor). It fluctuates a lot week to week, due to the necessarily low sample size of 7 to 9 games for everyone, but right now there's a clear difference.

 

Being an Illinois fan, I would like to think they are a better team than Minnesota or Northwestern, but that hasn't been the case for the great majority of the year (aside from 3 quarters at Michigan and the Indiana clinic). I liken Illinois and Wisconsin as the most similar Big Ten teams to Ole Miss. Sure, they're capable of beating good teams, but for the great majority of the year, they haven't shown that capability.

 

Ok, I figured you were looking at computer rankings and I hadn't done that. A quick perusal of their schedules and who they've beaten/lost to didn't give me a clear picture, so I figured I'd ask.

[dew1679666265]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

 

Most any indicator will tell you that Purdue and UM are worse than Ole Miss.

[bukie]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

 

Most any indicator will tell you that Purdue and UM are worse than Ole Miss.

 

Scarily enough, Sagarin has UM as the worst team in the Big Ten, behind Indiana.

[dew1679666265]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

 

Most any indicator will tell you that Purdue and UM are worse than Ole Miss.

 

Scarily enough, Sagarin has UM as the worst team in the Big Ten, behind Indiana.

 

Wow. If the crazed UM fans give RichRod time, that won't be the case for long.

 

But it's nice to see while it lasts. :D

[SouthSideRyan]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

 

Most any indicator will tell you that Purdue and UM are worse than Ole Miss.

 

Scarily enough, Sagarin has UM as the worst team in the Big Ten, behind Indiana.

 

Therein lies my problem with Sagarin. I'm a UM hater like all other good people in this world, but they'd slaughter IU.

[Derwood]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

[dew1679666265]

Also, if we're seriously doing the "Ole Miss in the Big Ten" comparison, there are clearly six Big Ten teams better than Ole Miss right now: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern. Illinois/Wisconsin are in the same field, Illinois maybe a little better, Wisconsin maybe a little worse. Purdue, Indiana, Michigan are clearly worse.

 

So, in the bottom half of the conference for sure, possibly bottom third.

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa are "clearly" better than Ole Miss? They very well may be better, but I'm just curious how you come to the "clearly" idea.

 

The same way he figured Purdue and UM were clearly worse.

 

Most any indicator will tell you that Purdue and UM are worse than Ole Miss.

 

Scarily enough, Sagarin has UM as the worst team in the Big Ten, behind Indiana.

 

Therein lies my problem with Sagarin. I'm a UM hater like all other good people in this world, but they'd slaughter IU.

 

I disagree. It'd be a close, ugly game between two really bad teams.

[dew1679666265]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

 

That's why I thought it was strange that Pryor went to OSU.

[shnsajax]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

 

That's why I thought it was strange that Pryor went to OSU.

 

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[dew1679666265]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

 

That's why I thought it was strange that Pryor went to OSU.

 

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Thought about that, but it seems like Michigan could offer him just as much as OSU could.

[shnsajax]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

 

That's why I thought it was strange that Pryor went to OSU.

 

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Thought about that, but it seems like Michigan could offer him just as much as OSU could.

 

I don't really know any reason, I just like to make fun of OSU whenever possible. If I had to pick a reason it would be because of OSU's basketball team too, though I haven't heard of anything about him trying to play as well.

[dew1679666265]

Terrelle Pryor should have gone to UM. He fits into Rodriguez's system much better than Tressel's. Tressel will never run a true option-spread.

 

That's why I thought it was strange that Pryor went to OSU.

 

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Thought about that, but it seems like Michigan could offer him just as much as OSU could.

 

I don't really know any reason, I just like to make fun of OSU whenever possible. If I had to pick a reason it would be because of OSU's basketball team too, though I haven't heard of anything about him trying to play as well.

 

Sad thing is, before David Cutcliffe went to Duke, Tennessee was toward the top - if not at the top - of his list. He said he really wanted to play for Cutcliffe because of the proven track record of getting guys (especially Peyton and Eli) to the NFL.

 

Then Cut went to Duke. :(

[Flames24Rulz]

I haven't seen this posted anywhere, but this may have been the greatest opening to a broadcast ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cnk63tzbfc&feature=related

[da bears]

I've been to Lawrence, and as much as I would like the opposite, it seemed like a pretty cool place. Pretty similar to Columbia. Manhattan on the other hand...

 

1. I went to Aggieville- cool set up, but unless you like hanging out at bars where 75% of the people are dudes, then not the place for you. I couldnt believe it. Where the hell were all the girls. Which brings me to point number 2...

 

2. K-State girls. My God. AWFUL. I think I noticed maybe 5 girls that I would say were cute or better. The rest sucked.

 

Again, I did like the Aggieville set up, and the no cover at bars, that was sweet. But the amount of guys and ugly girls was awful. I also did go to the Gumby's at like 3:30 in the morning, that was pretty crazy.

 

Oh, and the stadium set up at K-State is ridiculous as well. Out in the middle of farm land. Wtf? It smelled awful out there. Luckily I was hammered and couldn't smell anything after a while.

[shnsajax]

I have never been able to spend more than 48 straight hours in College Station. Thank god the drive back to Austin isn't that long.

[Mephistopheles]

my god friday night yell practice. lamest thing ever.

[shnsajax]

my god friday night yell practice. lamest thing ever.

 

Worse than them squeezing their balls on National TV?

[CubInOK]

Every time I go to Stillwater my tires get slashed. Then again, it seems like the only time I'm ever in that town I'm wearing OU gear...