College Football - Week 13 (Nov. 23)

[SouthSideRyan]

Well, this isn't good.

 

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/statement-police-warned-accuser-about-pursuing-jameis-winston-matter/2153364

 

A Tallahassee detective told an accuser's attorney that Tallahassee is a "big football town" and her client's life could "be made miserable" if she pursued a sexual assault case against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, according to an exclusive statement released by the family to the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday.

 

More evidence of Tallahassee police out to get the football team.

[SouthSideRyan]

GlassCow, you mention Bama and FSU. Bama is in very elite company historically, especially with the recent dominance. Florida State has the advantage of being in part of the best recruiting territory in the country. If Nebraska can look to an example of returning to prominence, maybe Tennessee would be similar.

Arkansas is not on that level nationally, but what they seem to be trying to do with some success is recruit to the strengths that they have. With Bielema, they have been able to do well with interior lineman using examples from his past (Joe Thomas, JJ Watt, etc.). Lord knows that they can't recruit based on the last 2 years.

 

If I'm being honest, Michigan and Ohio State are better examples. They are similar in geography, and obviously in our conference..

 

Yeah, they're not really better examples. Relative to the Big Ten, Michigan and Ohio State are situated in fertile recruiting grounds, and each have a national brand that brings in high-level recruits from all over the country. Additionally each have very strong academic institutions and there's been a recent trend where elite academic schools are bringing in stronger and stronger recruits i.e. Stanford, Northwestern, Vanderbilt.

 

Compare this to Nebraska where there are what, 3 D1 football recruits a year? And i'm pretty sure that Nebraska is the only school in the Big Ten that doesn't have AAU certification, which I believe they lost shortly after joining the conference. Add those two variables up, and Michigan and Ohio State are in different stratospheres on a go-forward basis, regardless of how Hoke's tenure will end up.

 

The fact that Stanford, NU, and Vandy have had some success doesn't mean the academic standing of a school has anything to do with bringing in good recruits. I mean, the SEC is still a thing.

[OleMissCub]

2014 Bama home schedule: Southern Miss, Florida Atlantic, A&M, Miss. St., Western Carolina, Auburn.

 

Their two bye weeks come before road games at LSU and Ole Miss.

[Andy]

2014 Bama home schedule: Southern Miss, Florida Atlantic, A&M, Miss. St., Western Carolina, Auburn.

 

Their two bye weeks come before road games at LSU and Ole Miss.

Those damn ungrateful students better stay all the way until the end of those four 50-point blowouts (and two 24-point wins over A&M and Auburn).

[SouthSideRyan]

2014 Bama home schedule: Southern Miss, Florida Atlantic, A&M, Miss. St., Western Carolina, Auburn.

 

Their two bye weeks come before road games at LSU and Ole Miss.

 

Something's not right there, they should have 4 conference home games.

 

ETA: They also play Florida at home.

[Guest]

Bama hasn't drawn Georgia or South Carolina since 2010.

 

Also, rolltide.com is the official site for Bama athletics? Are you serious?

[OleMissCub]

Bama hasn't drawn Georgia or South Carolina since 2010.

 

Also, rolltide.com is the official site for Bama athletics? Are you serious?

 

Hailstate.com is for Miss. St.

[NOLA]

Until recently, Arkansas' official site was Pigsooie.com.

[Andy]

Until recently, Arkansas' official site was Pigsooie.com.

Must have been before they changed it to hashtagkarma.com

[NOLA]

Until recently, Arkansas' official site was Pigsooie.com.

Must have been before they changed it to hashtagkarma.com

 

Hmm. To what are you referring? When they dastardly steeped to new lows by hiring from Mizzou a basketball coach who'd been a great assistant at UA for almost 20 years?

If you're referring to Petrino, they surely paid their penance when they fired him and endured John L. Smith for a year, and now this season.

[OleMissCub]

John L. Smith, haha. What a joke he was.

[Guest]

Until recently, Arkansas' official site was Pigsooie.com.

Must have been before they changed it to hashtagkarma.com

 

Hmm. To what are you referring? When they dastardly steeped to new lows by hiring from Mizzou a basketball coach who'd been a great assistant at UA for almost 20 years?

If you're referring to Petrino, they surely paid their penance when they fired him and endured John L. Smith for a year, and now this season.

 

You really didn't hear about Jen Bielema's #karma tweet after the Wisconsin/ASU game?

[NOLA]

Until recently, Arkansas' official site was Pigsooie.com.

Must have been before they changed it to hashtagkarma.com

 

Hmm. To what are you referring? When they dastardly steeped to new lows by hiring from Mizzou a basketball coach who'd been a great assistant at UA for almost 20 years?

If you're referring to Petrino, they surely paid their penance when they fired him and endured John L. Smith for a year, and now this season.

 

You really didn't hear about Jen Bielema's #karma tweet after the Wisconsin/ASU game?

 

Oh yeah. I did. They sure do seem to love the Twitter don't they?

[GlassCow]

I think Nebraska is more like Penn State (nothing to dow with child rapers) than Iowa or Wisconsin. Their star has faded, but they still have an abundance of tradition and pride. I think Michigan is going this way too. Notre Dame is already there and if they ever join a conference it will only become more apparent.

I think PSU, ND and Michigan all can rebound and become National powers again. PSU and Mich have a lot of alumni, fill up their 100,000 seat stadiums religiously, strong national brands and closer to good recruits. Honestly who really are the blue blood programs anymore? Alabama obviously.....then LSU.....then ???. It wouldn't surprise me if in 3 yrs Michigan or ND were knocking on the NT door anymore then the current top 10 programs.

 

Being known as a "Blue Blood" university in college football isn't something you earn over a decade - it's something you earn over a century+. Blue Bloods are schools that have 700+ wins and a .700+ winning percentage. There are exactly 8:

 

Michigan

Ohio State

Notre Dame

Oklahoma

Alabama

Texas

USC

Nebraska

 

Other schools like LSU, Tennessee, Penn State, etc. are close but no cigar. The Huskers are also one of 8 schools that have 800 or more wins (replace USC with Tennessee on the previous list.) Again, people can bash the Huskers all they like, but the tradition and history don't lie.

[SouthSideRyan]

This is all silly, the Dubose-Franchione-Price-Shula era wasn't that long ago at Alabama.

[Ryne Ween]

This is all silly, the Dubose-Franchione-Price-Shula era wasn't that long ago at Alabama.

 

Yea. His silly list also left off the 3 florida programs that have had as much or more success than bama over the last 20 years.

[Derwood]

What if you add PSU's 112 victories back in?

[Tracer Bullet]

I always knew Nebraska fans were delusional but cripes

[SouthSideRyan]

This is all silly, the Dubose-Franchione-Price-Shula era wasn't that long ago at Alabama.

 

Yea. His silly list also left off the 3 florida programs that have had as much or more success than bama over the last 20 years.

 

Either you missed my point or I'm missing yours. Do you think any of those Florida jobs are better than Bama?

[NOLA]

So a Toyota dealership in Auburn will repay buyers for any car purchased the week before the game IF the Tigers shut out Bama. Here's the commercial.

[GlassCow]

What if you add PSU's 112 victories back in?

 

Vacating the wins never made any sense to me. The crime was heinous, but the punishment had no alignment with it imho. With the wins, it would improve Penn State's winning percentage to about .675 from .659. 'Blue Blood' standards aren't something I've made up to a support an argument; and by the standard of what a Blue Blood program is, PSU still wouldn't be there.

[GlassCow]

I always knew Nebraska fans were delusional but cripes

 

Call me names if you like, but I'd certainly appreciate you not generalizing and showing disrespect for an entire group of people based on what I'm posting.

[Guest]

So a Toyota dealership in Auburn will repay buyers for any car purchased the week before the game IF the Tigers shut out Bama. Here's the commercial.

 

How many cars does a dealership sell in a day? I have no idea, but I have to think that's the best odds to win 25 grand in a contest I've ever seen.

[GlassCow]

So a Toyota dealership in Auburn will repay buyers for any car purchased the week before the game IF the Tigers shut out Bama. Here's the commercial.

 

How many cars does a dealership sell in a day? I have no idea, but I have to think that's the best odds to win 25 grand in a contest I've ever seen.

 

I think it's a fairly risky bet on the dealership's part. While the odds are astronomically against any team shutting down the Tide, I can't imagine the dealership surviving this if the fluke happens. There will be enough Auburn fans that will give it a shot just for the heck of it.

[Formerly Snayke]

So a Toyota dealership in Auburn will repay buyers for any car purchased the week before the game IF the Tigers shut out Bama. Here's the commercial.

 

How many cars does a dealership sell in a day? I have no idea, but I have to think that's the best odds to win 25 grand in a contest I've ever seen.

 

It depends on the salesperson and the time of month. I believe most dealerships push a quota, so trying to drive in traffic towards the end of the month is a pretty good tactic.