Re: College Football - Bowl Discussion

[CDBears1259]

I can't be the only one who watched part of the New Orleans Bowl. Okay, maybe I can be. But OMG this was awful.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daABZ3EbLI4

 

Warning: if you don't like dangling appendages, don't click.

 

Southern Miss won, but no one really cares.

I saw it too. I knew he was done (at least for the game) instantly. Images of Tyrone Prothro come to mind having seen that. Kind of hard to believe how easily that seemed to happen. Hopefully he won't suffer the same fate Prothro did.

[dew1679666265]

I can't be the only one who watched part of the New Orleans Bowl. Okay, maybe I can be. But OMG this was awful.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daABZ3EbLI4

 

Warning: if you don't like dangling appendages, don't click.

 

Southern Miss won, but no one really cares.

I saw it too. I knew he was done (at least for the game) instantly. Images of Tyrone Prothro come to mind having seen that. Kind of hard to believe how easily that seemed to happen. Hopefully he won't suffer the same fate Prothro did.

 

Yeah, Prothro was a pretty definite NFL player before that happened to him.

 

Hopefully this will end up better.

[bcl412]

i've seen that break too many times while watching football. It makes me wonder why one would want to play the game.

[RedFlash]

I saw it too. I knew he was done (at least for the game) instantly. Images of Tyrone Prothro come to mind having seen that. Kind of hard to believe how easily that seemed to happen. Hopefully he won't suffer the same fate Prothro did.

 

Mike Shula is a good man and all, but like most Bama fans we will never forget/forgive Mike for leaving Pro in the game during the blowout victory over the Gators. Pro was the precursor to Devin Hester and DeSean Jackson, and would have been a really good player in the NFL.

 

But at least Pro had that one ridiculous catch against Southern Miss, in which IMO was the best catch I ever saw.

 

I hope DeAndre Brown eventually be able to play again, but with my experience with Prothro this doesn't look good for the incredibly talent DeAndre Brown. Damn......he was going to be a really good one.

[Jon]

50% - the chance of being arrested if you're the governor of Illinois

48% - the chance of being convicted if you murder someone

40% - the chance that you earn an undergraduate degree if you play football at Texas

 

 

Something seems wrong about that list.

[Derwood]

50% - the chance of being arrested if you're the governor of Illinois

48% - the chance of being convicted if you murder someone

40% - the chance that you earn an undergraduate degree if you play football at Texas

 

 

Something seems wrong about that list.

 

yeah, 40% looks way too high

[shnsajax]

50% - the chance of being arrested if you're the governor of Illinois

48% - the chance of being convicted if you murder someone

40% - the chance that you earn an undergraduate degree if you play football at Texas

 

 

Something seems wrong about that list.

 

yeah, 40% looks way too high

 

Where is 40% coming from its 50% damnit :-), plus its better than OU's.

 

Also Jordan Shipley was granted eligible to play next season with a medical 6th year :-). I am hoping he helps to build towards that graduation rate.

[hawkeyecub]

Seriously ESPN, please get rid of your scrolling chat ticker at the top of the screen. No one wants to see DIABLOCONCARNE talking smack to TCU fans while trying to watch the game. Or any of the useless, illiterate blabber that's up there.

 

I said it earlier in the season. Worst idea they've had since ESPN Hollywood.

[Derwood]

Seriously ESPN, please get rid of your scrolling chat ticker at the top of the screen. No one wants to see DIABLOCONCARNE talking smack to TCU fans while trying to watch the game. Or any of the useless, illiterate blabber that's up there.

 

I said it earlier in the season. Worst idea they've had since ESPN Hollywood.

 

the chatter at the top of the screen was a better idea than putting Lou Holtz in the booth

[B]

Boise's QB looks like a girl.

[SpongeWorthy]

Good game. Go Frogs.

[Mephistopheles]

Updating following today's crucial game.

 

TCU was the big mover, sliding ahead of Ohio State and Alabama.

 

 

Rk Pts Prv School

1. 83.88 1 Oklahoma

2. 82.46 2 Florida

3. 79.54 3 Texas

4. 78.14 4 Southern Cal

5. 75.26 5 Penn State

6. 74.78 6 Texas Tech

7. 71.50 7 Utah

8. 69.75 10 TCU

9. 69.48 8 Ohio State

10. 69.43 9 Alabama

11. 67.70 12 Missouri

12. 67.14 11 Boise St

13. 67.09 13 Oklahoma St

14. 66.58 14 Georgia Tech

15. 65.99 15 Florida St

16. 65.17 17 Oregon

17. 65.15 16 Georgia

18. 64.47 18 North Carolina

19. 63.88 19 California

20. 63.39 20 Oregon St

21. 62.80 22 Boston College

22. 62.64 23 Virginia Tech

23. 62.59 21 Iowa

24. 62.18 24 Mississippi

25. 62.12 25 Pittsburgh

26. 61.96 26 Nebraska

27. 61.36 27 Michigan St

28. 61.25 31 Wake Forest

29. 61.11 30 Clemson

 

Also, the ACC might be able to close the gap between them and the Big XII within a game or two.

 

60.03 Big 12

59.99 ACC

56.46 SEC

55.71 Big Ten

53.52 Big East

53.44 PAC 10

51.23 MWC

41.95 WAC

41.83 MAC

41.29 IND

40.77 CUSA

33.77 Sun Belt

[Andy]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

[TruffleShuffle]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

 

hawai'i has a God-awful secondary. i think that most high school teams could throw for at least 200 on them.

[Andy]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

 

hawai'i has a God-awful secondary. i think that most high school teams could throw for at least 200 on them.

No one seemed to be concerned with this when they picked against ND and made cracks that they'd lose by 30 anyway.

[TruffleShuffle]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

 

hawai'i has a God-awful secondary. i think that most high school teams could throw for at least 200 on them.

No one seemed to be concerned with this when they picked against ND and made cracks that they'd lose by 30 anyway.

 

i picked nd because, even though they're not very good, they still had boatloads more athletic talent than this hawai'i team. last year it would have been different but this year's hawai'i is pretty lousy.

[dew1679666265]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

 

hawai'i has a God-awful secondary. i think that most high school teams could throw for at least 200 on them.

No one seemed to be concerned with this when they picked against ND and made cracks that they'd lose by 30 anyway.

 

i picked nd because, even though they're not very good, they still had boatloads more athletic talent than this hawai'i team. last year it would have been different but this year's hawai'i is pretty lousy.

 

I thought Hawai'i playing at home, trying to amend last year's beatdown and with ND's pitiful play of late (losing to Syracuse, for instance) would overcome the huge talent advantage the Irish had over the Warriors. Plus, Hawai'i's near win over Cincy in their final regular season game influenced me a bit (though it shouldn't have, I'm sure).

 

But, considering I gave 1 point confidence to the game, I wasn't that sure of myself on it.

[imb]

http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=football&Number=5843272&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=1&vc=1

 

wow, texas fans are even worse than ou fans

[SouthSideRyan]

No one watched last night? Too bad. That was a wonderful departure from what I spent the last month or so watching. It may be entirely meaningless, but so were all those bowl losses, and at least it won't get rammed down my throat every time I watch ND play anymore.

 

hawai'i has a God-awful secondary. i think that most high school teams could throw for at least 200 on them.

 

Passing totals vs Hawai'i this year. Opponents' season average in () * denotes bowl team

 

Florida*: 151 Yards(213)

Oregon St*: 268(254)

SJSU: 152(196)

Fresno*: 204(207)

La Tech*: 167(157)

Boise*: 256(294)

Nevada*: 173(219)

Utah St.: 223(197)

New Mexico St. 394(301)

Idaho: 170(188)

Wazzu: 76(146)

Cincy*: 183(254)

 

And no, I'm not saying WHOOO NOTRE DAME IS AWESOME, I'm saying the visceral hatred for Notre Dame leads to absurd statements based on pretty much nothing other than Notre Dame hatred.(i.e. it's ridiculous that Notre Dame gets to be in a bowl with a 500 record just because they're Notre Dame. Or Hawaii's secondary is awful.

 

More than half the damn teams they played didn't put up 200 on them!! And 4 of them were bowl teams! ONLY ONE PUT UP MORE IN AN ENTIRE GAME THAN NOTRE DAME DID IN THE FIRST HALF

 

But no, you watched the Georgia game last year, so you'd know. That and Notre Dame sucks.

[TruffleShuffle]

Notre Dame sucks.

 

got that right.

[dew1679666265]

Rich Ellerson has departed from Cal Poly SLO to take the job at Army.

 

Rich Ellerson, who led Cal Poly to the FCS football playoffs this season and is considered one of the top coaches in the country at running the triple-option offense, has been picked to rebuild the Army football program. Ellerson, 60-41 in his career as a head coach and 56-34 at Cal Poly, takes over for Stan Brock, who was fired on Dec. 12, days after the Black Knights lost to Navy 34-0.

[Smack]

John Shoop sighting...

[Jon]

Losing booth audio is the greatest technical difficulty possible in a nationally televised sporting event.

[Guest]

Losing booth audio is the greatest technical difficulty possible in a nationally televised sporting event.

 

I thought it was quite nice to hear just the action on the field.

[SpongeWorthy]

Anyone see the New York Times piece about the OU/Texas recruiting battle over Jamarkus McFarland?

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/sports/ncaafootball/26recruit.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

 

It's an interesting read and there's been a lot of hand wringing from Horns fans over the allegations in the article. But I thought it seemed fairly tame and pretty much completely in line with what I thought goes on during mega power recruiting battles. Unless you're shocked that schools use things like booze and attractive women to showcase their programs it probably won't shock you too much either.