Outshined_One

They'll still find a way to climb in the rankings.

Holy freaking hell that was lucky.

The offsides definitely explains the pressure they got on Vandy.

Not even close.

Nice job screwing that one up.

Yeah, I blanked on that momentarily. I changed it. Ooooooooo, false hope for Iowa fans.

Can't wait to see Ohio State blown out in a BCS Bowl...again.

Guh.

TD Stanford!

Smaller: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6978/img43391.jpg Thanks, Careless.

There we go. http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3338/buckeye.jpg

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

If you tell me how long ago it was I'll get one About 4-5 minutes ago, I think after Pryor got sacked.

Please tell me someone got a screencap of that guy dressed up in the glitter, face paint, and wig.

I want to punch that kid with the Tressel sweater vest and a headset.

http://the22000.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/terrelle-pryor-mike-vick1.jpg

Cincy's already ranked over Texas in the computer rankings; wins over WVU and Pitt will only help that. The human polls are going to be critical, though. Texas getting into the title game over an undefeated Cincinnati because of the human polls would likely cause a substantial uproar.

Stop dropping those.

If Cincy loses that game, I think they're still in at this point considering the lack of competition. Pittsburgh will be much more questionable. It will probably depend on the style points they get the next two weeks against ND/WV and how close the game is against Cincy. There's also the legitimate possibility that Cincy goes to the national championship if they go undefeated. They have a much better OOC resume than Texas and Sagarin has the Big East as a better conference than the Big 12.

I could see the loser of the Pitt/Cincy game get serious consideration.

Villalona's visa revoked. His career's over.

Yay Badgers.

I'd be interested, although the fact that he hasn't played CF with any regularity in the majors gives me some pause. However, he's been a good enough defender in LF that I'd imagine he would be a viable option in RF at the very least.

Did the feds ever clear Bowden in that Latin American signing bonuses scandal?

After sleeping off the frustration/anger/booze and thinking about it, I've got a few things to say about last night's game... 1) Would Kyle Orton have won this game for the Bears? My gut instinct is probably, but that the final score would have been something abominable like 12-6. However, a win's a win. This was another game where Cutler had his share of interceptions that had more to do with his supporting cast and coaches than him, but his first and last interceptions were pretty much inexcusable for him. He moves the ball down the field much more effectively than Kyle Orton does, but he also has a tendency to force the ball much more than Orton did. However, keep in mind that there's no way in hell this team would have beaten Seattle and Pittsburgh with Orton at the helm. 2) Following up on that point, I think the reason why Cutler forces the ball is because his offense sucks. Period. His receivers are small and can easily be bullied in the secondary. Some of his receivers are lazy and cut off their routes unnecessarily. Others don't go back to the ball when Cutler's in trouble. Olsen made some nice catches, but SF clearly game-planned around him. The OL and running game have been hammered to death this season, so there's little need to say much more about them. What's inexcusable is, despite the lack of talent, Ron Turner has not come up with an effective game plan. I've been hoping to see him utilize roll-outs, inside traps, and the like to keep defenses honest and to get some of the pressure off of Cutler. Instead, we get really predictable plays that other teams have no trouble defending. 3) With all of that out of the way, one thing stuck out about tonight's game. Cutler was sacked 0 times. What's becoming apparent is that Cutler is developing the opposite bad habits of Aaron Rodgers. Where Rodgers' problems partially stem from holding onto the ball too long and getting pulverized for it, Cutler's much more likely to pass the ball, even if it's a questionable decision, when he is under pressure. I don't know the root cause for this tendency, but for whatever reason, he doesn't seem very likely to either tuck the ball and take the sack or to get out of harm's way and throw the ball out of bounds when nobody's open. It might be bad coaching (Pep Hamilton's still around after all these years for some unknown reason), it might be Cutler's tendency to gamble, it might be Cutler trying to avoid contact, it might be a combination of those things, or it might be something else altogether. Regardless, when Cutler has 17 INTs in 9 games, even if a number of those are not Cutler's fault, that still is emblematic of a fundamental flaw in Cutler's game. There have been a number of successful QBs in NFL history who have been able to either overcome flaws like that or to find themselves on teams that could game plan around and down play those flaws. Whether or not that ever happens with Cutler is something we can't predict. As the team is constructed right now in terms of coaching and personnel, I don't see that happening. Hiring a competent offensive coordinator would be a good start. Overhauling the offensive line and bringing in a talented veteran WR would also help. Here's hoping Jerry Angelo is productive in those regards. Finally, despite how bad this week was, the Bears are 4-5. They might get a Wild Card spot if they finish the season 5-2, which seems possible, although unlikely (PHI, @MN, STL, GB, @BAL, MN, @DET). There's still some hope left for this team, although it is fading fast.