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#1

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

I am posting this a bit early b/c of the surprising announcement from my alma mater.

Bob Stoops has stepped down as head coach. :(
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211616668

He's like a demi-god in Norman. Only one National Championship, but the only lost at home a handful on times during his reign.

The new guy is quite young. Having new coaches at Texas and OU should make for an interesting Red River game this fall.

I really hope there isn't some scandal that Stoops is trying to get out from under. He was certainly better than Switzer in that department, but we'll have to wait and see.


#2

blotsfan

blotsfan

He's supposedly had heart issues and wanted to retire and enjoy life before anything bad happened. Not to mention coaching is a stressful job.

Is the new guy meant to be the coach going forward or just an interim for 2017?


#3

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

They're saying he's the permanent pick. We'll see how long he lasts. OU plays Ohio State early in the season. That'll be rough. If he takes down Texas, that will buy him some time. Who knows maybe he'll be a wunderkind.


#4

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

r/cfb is absolutely brutal today. See if you can figure out why. :troll:

(next day edit: all the Michigan flair was changed to Appalachian State for yesterday only. :p)


#5

Gared

Gared

Bad news for Ole Miss.


#6

blotsfan

blotsfan

Weird offseason, though I'm 100% sure those escorts weren't for Freeze.


#7

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Closest school in every conference by county...


#8



BErt

DarkAudit said:
Closest school in every conference by county...
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Yeah, yeah...stop trying to justify your existence in the Big XII :p


#9

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Someone posted about building a conference from every team that covered your home county, plus one wild card. Here's what I wound up with:
WVU
Pitt (The Backyard Brawl is BACK!)
Penn State (about damn time we get them back on the schedule)
Colorado
Kentucky
Army
Navy
Marshall (the ONLY way they'll ever play us again)
Ohio U
Air Force
Appalachian State
Wild Card: Syracuse. (Revive the Lambert Trophy!)


#10

blotsfan

blotsfan

Heres mine:

Syracuse
Penn State
West Virginia
Colorado
Kentucky
Army
Temple
Marshall
Buffalo
Colorado State
Appalachian State

Jesus Christ the northeast is awful for football. I guess I'd put kansas in there just because being in such a trainwreck of a conference would be a severe hit to their program that already takes a lot of severe hits.


#11

Gared

Gared

Ha!

Iowa State
Nebraska
K State
Washington
Mizzou
BYU
Tulsa
UTEP
NIU
Boise State
University of Idaho

And for my wildcard I'll go with Wazzu - it keeps up the cross state rivalry with the Dawgs and it would be so incredibly apropos to watch them struggle against and/or lose to the Vandals every damn year.


#12



BErt

Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Indiana
Notre Dame
Purdue
Northwestern
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota

...oh, lookit that, it's the old Big Ten plus Notre Dame in some alternate universe that Notre Dame isn't too stuck up their own assholes to join like they should have forever ago.


#13

blotsfan

blotsfan

God I've missed this. Next saturday is going to be amazing.


#14

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

University of Oklahoma - BOOMER!
UTEP
Ohio State
Tulane
Baylor
Iowa State
Texas
Kansas State
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
TCU
Kansas
West Virginia :whistling:

Ohio State early in the season with a brand new head coach at OU. Eesh. At least Texas also has a new head coach. Should make the Red River Rivalry game a hoot!


#15

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

The only Football game in the nation tomorrow night was postponed. The second time that Sam Houston would kick off the college season. Bummer. This would have been the 3rd tropical storm that I spent watching football outside.


#16

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

drawn_inward said:
University of Oklahoma - BOOMER!
UTEP
Ohio State
Tulane
Baylor
Iowa State
Texas
Kansas State
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
TCU
Kansas
West Virginia :whistling:

Ohio State early in the season with a brand new head coach at OU. Eesh. At least Texas also has a new head coach. Should make the Red River Rivalry game a hoot!
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How did you end up with multiple Big 12 schools?


#17

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

My list:
Florida State
Nebraska
Baylor
University of Colorado
TEXAS A&M
Notre Dame
University of Houston
Rice
Miami, OH
University of New Mexico
Louisiana-Lafayette
WC- LSU (for the wife)


#18

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Sparhawk said:
How did you end up with multiple Big 12 schools?
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Oh -- I posted OU's schedule. What are you guys posting?


#19

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

drawn_inward said:
Oh -- I posted OU's schedule. What are you guys posting?
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The closest school to every county by conference maps above. Pick one school from each closest to you plus one wild card to make a conference.


#20

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

DarkAudit said:
The closest school to every county by conference maps above. Pick one school from each closest to you plus one wild card to make a conference.
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In that case:

UNC
Maryland
WVU
Colorado
South Carolina
Army
East Carolina
Charlotte
Ohio
Air Force
Appalachian State University

Uff. That's quite a line-up.


#21

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

drawn_inward said:
Uff. That's quite a line-up.
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Yes it is. The Research Triangle makes for a weird map, and UNC got shafted.


#22

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

DarkAudit said:
Yes it is. The Research Triangle makes for a weird map, and UNC got shafted.
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I always though Appalachian State was in TN. :D


#23

blotsfan

blotsfan

Mizzou 48 - Missouri State 35

At the half.


#24

blotsfan

blotsfan

Well, final was 72-43. I don't know what the fuck happened with our defense in the first half, but hopefully its a fluke.


#25

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

How 'bout those Turtles! Maryland defeats texas university, 51-41.

Not a Maryland fan, just love that I'm already hearing moans and groans from our friendly rivals. Even saw one guy post "Fire Charlie Strong... oh wait."


#26

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Sparhawk said:
How 'bout those Turtles! Maryland defeats texas university, 51-41.

Not a Maryland fan, just love that I'm already hearing moans and groans from our friendly rivals. Even saw one guy post "Fire Charlie Strong... oh wait."
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if only the SWC had survived into the internet era. :D


#27



BErt

Aggies, what are you doing?


#28

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

BErt said:
Aggies, what are you doing?
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Giving up on the run in the second half AGAIN! Why the hell does this team do this! You've been punishing them by running it down the defense's collective throat, and beating the crap out of UCLA, so... uhm... stop that... try passing on every down... that should work just fine this year, NOT. I'm starting to feel like ganging up on Sumlin to make he keep calling run plays.


#29

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Grumble grumble...


#30

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

r/CFB has a cool concept this year. We start with this, the closest FBS stadium to every county map...

Every week, the map changes. If you win, you claim the area your opponent held. So after Week 1, the map now looks like this...

If your opponent isn't on the map, even if you win, you get nothing. So WVU won't gain any territory because East Carolina lost to James Madison last week. Thanks to OOC losses, some teams may have to wait until bowl season to reclaim their home territory. Lookin' at YOU, t.u. :p


#31

Dave

Dave

I'll be very impressed if he keeps this up all season. It's going to be a major bitch and a half.


#32

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Dave said:
I'll be very impressed if he keeps this up all season. It's going to be a major bitch and a half.
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I'd think not so much as more teams drop off the map with no chance remaining of getting territory back.


#33

blotsfan

blotsfan

Also this guy makes so many of these maps that at this point I'd be surprised if he didn't have some kind of script where he could assign a team for each county and it'd spit the team out.


#34

Dave

Dave

DarkAudit said:
I'd think not so much as more teams drop off the map with no chance remaining of getting territory back.
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Yeah, but a team that gets beat, even if it's the last day of the season, can show up on the map.


#35

blotsfan

blotsfan

But the land consolidates. For instance, Oklahoma beat UTEP, so those two areas are tied together permanently.


#36

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

blotsfan said:
But the land consolidates. For instance, Oklahoma beat UTEP, so those two areas are tied together permanently.
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This. The more you win over other teams on the map, the more land you hold. But if you lose, that team gets all your stuff, even if you've got the whole map covered.


#37

jwhouk

jwhouk

Just getting on board with this one:

ACC: Louisville
B10: WISCONSIN
B12: Iowa State
P12: Colorado
SEC: Missouri
IND: Notre Dame
AAC: Cincinnati
CUSA: Western Kentucky
MAC: Northern Illinois
MWC: Wyoming
SUN: Arkansas State


#38

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Ouch...

(Don't click if you're from Texas.)


#39

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

When I saw Maryland beat them I was :rofl:. I am so looking forward to a blowout at the RRR game in October.
I am also happy every time A&M loses even though they aren't in the BigXII anymore.

But, I don't think the hurricane joke was in good taste. :thumbsdown:

OU plays at Ohio State next. It's gonna be rough.


#40

DarkAudit

DarkAudit



#41

Gared

Gared

And we get some free football courtesy of Boise State and Washington State. I did not think the Cougs had it in them to come back from being down 31 - 14, but I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed. Leach needs to take the conditioning coach out for a dinner of their choice, because even in double OT, the footwork on some of those defensive shifts was crisp.


#42

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Can't wait for the imperialism map update this week...


#43

blotsfan

blotsfan

DarkAudit said:
Can't wait for the imperialism map update this week...
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Both our teams won't be on it.


#44

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

blotsfan said:
Both our teams won't be on it.
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With games against Delaware State and Kansas, our chances are dwindling. :p


#45

blotsfan

blotsfan

Oh man...I honestly thought you were a Pitt fan for a moment there. Wasn't even trying to diss you.


#46

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

blotsfan said:
Oh man...I honestly thought you were a Pitt fan for a moment there. Wasn't even trying to diss you.
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:p :)


#47

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

BOOMER!!


#48

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

A game that I couldn't root for anyone, but was reasonable happy with the outcome, except for OU actually getting a win, but loving Ohio getting the loss.

I'm not sure how I feel about the flag plant though.



#49

Dave

Dave

After the game, it's fine. Most of the Ohio State fans had already gone. DURING the game (like TO and the Cowboy's star) is just being an asshole.


#50

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Ohio did the same to OK last year. So it is expected.

I did like how it looked like the OSU band wanted to fight the Football team. That would have been an hilarious melee. 57 vs 300... It would have been and epic draw.


#51

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Sparhawk said:
I'm not sure how I feel about the flag plant though.

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It was a little unsportsman-like, but like sixpack said, Ohio State had it coming b/c of their shenanigans.


#52

Dave

Dave

Imperialism Map Week #2:



Gif:



#53

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Can confirm, it's real...


#54

Dave

Dave

Pure, unadulterated Alabama.



#55

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

I like how he's "wandering" about his transition.


#56

Gared

Gared

Sparhawk said:
I like how he's "wandering" about his transition.
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The amount of people lately that seem to be "wandering" how something's going or "wondering" from place to place is getting to be as bad as their, they're, and there.


#57

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

That sure seems like a Troll post, but who knows. I can't imagine confusing a Hawaiian with a "foreigner" if you have served in 'Nam.


#58

Dave

Dave

drawn_inward said:
That sure seems like a Troll post, but who knows. I can't imagine confusing a Hawaiian with a "foreigner" if you have served in 'Nam.
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You have more faith than I. Too many people have said some seriously stupid shit.


#59

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Dave said:
You have more faith than I. Too many people have said some seriously stupid shit.
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Probably. I guess the only proof one would need for the rampant stupidity is found at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.


#60

PatrThom

PatrThom

drawn_inward said:
Probably. I guess the only proof one would need for the rampant stupidity is found at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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That's more a symptom than the actual disease.

--Patrick


#61

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Dave said:
You have more faith than I. Too many people have said some seriously stupid shit.
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And we *are* talking SEC fans here.


#62



BErt

Small but neat detail about the ESPN app: their gamecast is color-coordinated to the home field:
IMG_1508.jpg IMG_1509.jpg


#63



BErt

University of Michigan update: BErt has died of AIDS because of this game.


#64

blotsfan

blotsfan

DarkAudit said:
And we *are* talking SEC fans here.
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People at Ole Miss say "Thank God for West Virginia."


#65



BErt

Um...Nebraska certainly is having a season.


#66



BErt

@PatrThom...at halftime, Michigan was only up on Air Force - AIR FORCE- 9-6. Michigan ended up "winning" but...watching it live made me feel like I was slowly dying of aids.


#67

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

BErt said:
@PatrThom...at halftime, Michigan was only up on Air Force - AIR FORCE- 9-6. Michigan ended up "winning" but...watching it live made me feel like I was slowly dying of aids.
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Army and Navy get all the attention, but Air Force has traditionally had the better team of the three. Comes from all those years in the WAC.


#68



BErt

DarkAudit said:
Army and Navy get all the attention, but Air Force has traditionally had the better team of the three. Comes from all those years in the WAC.
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Yes , exactly. And it also is the reason for that old childhood saying. Oh, what was it again? ...oh yeah, NEVER SCHEDULE AIR FORCE!!!!!!!


#69

jwhouk

jwhouk

WHEW! We beat WUSTL.


#70

Dave

Dave

BErt said:
Um...Nebraska certainly is having a season.
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Yes, and it's AWESOME!


#71

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Imperialism map week 3...


#72

Dave

Dave

Shame all that black & gold will go away next week. Iowa plays Penn State and Iowa's not that good.


#73

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Dave said:
Shame all that black & gold will go away next week. Iowa plays Penn State and Iowa's not that good.
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Marshall has more territory than WVU. This cannot stand. Kansas is next, so no help there. :p


#74

blotsfan

blotsfan

We're bad and so is everything.


#75

General Specific

General Specific

SC has now lost to Kentucky 4 years in a row. As a side note, just one of those years they were bowl eligible (2016).


#76

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

First home game of the season festivities.

I am a terrible fan, the home team only had a 56 point lead when I left.



#77

blotsfan

blotsfan

I just...I can't. Fuck everything.


#78

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

sixpackshaker said:
First home game of the season festivities.

I am a terrible fan, the home team only had a 56 point lead when I left.

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I'm gonna get Shelly to make sure you stay next time! She's working for SHSU now.


#79

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sparhawk said:
I'm gonna get Shelly to make sure you stay next time! She's working for SHSU now.
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She was sitting a few rows in front of me, but did not seem to recognize me.


#80

Dave

Dave

That Penn State - Iowa game was fucking nuts. It didn’t end the way I wanted it to but it was an awesome game.


#81

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Rathskeller was mother fucking ec-STATIC after that game, fuckin' A!


#82

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Imperialism map, Week 4

And as a GIF...


#83

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Since Duke beat up on Baylor last weekend, I thought OU would smash BU. It was way closer than I wanted, but still a win. Boomer!


#84

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

LSU loss to Troy will make for a large loss of purple this week.


#85

Gared

Gared

Ahem.

Cy.png


That is all.


#86

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Week 5, last week's, was never posted here....



#87

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sam Houston won The Battle of the Piney Woods again over Stephen F Austin.


#88

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

I still haven't heard a rational reason to play this game in Houston. It's a 150 or so mile trip for the SFA crowd, and only about a 75 mile trip from Huntsville for SHSU. Hey, if they're making the money to do it, ok, but just don't understand a college giving up an advantage for the crowd that would show up.


#89

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sparhawk said:
I still haven't heard a rational reason to play this game in Houston. It's a 150 or so mile trip for the SFA crowd, and only about a 75 mile trip from Huntsville for SHSU. Hey, if they're making the money to do it, ok, but just don't understand a college giving up an advantage for the crowd that would show up.
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Both schools have a huge alumni presence in Houston. But since SFA focused on Basketball instead of football their half of the stadium is getting pretty sparse. The first several years of the game being in NRG the crowds were even. The last five years the SFA crowds keep getting smaller.


#90

jwhouk

jwhouk

(walks into thread, humming "On Wisconsin")

Oh, hai guyz.

(sips morning coffee from his flying-W mug)


#91

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
(walks into thread, humming "On Wisconsin")

Oh, hai guyz.

(sips morning coffee from his flying-W mug)
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Notices who he's NOT talking about... :p


#92

jwhouk

jwhouk

Oh, they won this week, too.


First conference win of the year, but I'll take it either way...


#93

Covar

Covar

My alma mater is actually ranked. I'm not sure that's happened since before I went there.


#94

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Gared said:
Ahem.

View attachment 25685

That is all.
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You are in danger of being blocked, sir.

BOOMER!


#95

Gared

Gared

drawn_inward said:
You are in danger of being blocked, sir.

BOOMER!
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:rofl:


#96

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Week 6

And a GIF...


#97

Dave

Dave

The Huskers win out every game until they meet Iowa the day after Thanksgiving, when the Hawkeyes rise up and beat the crap out of them, reclaiming the land lost to Penn State and getting that sweet, sweet Ohio State territory.


#98



BErt

Dang, Mormons...y'all can move



#99

Dave

Dave

You'd be surprised at how many mascots are young women.


#100

blotsfan

blotsfan

The NCAA is truly pathetic.




#101

Gared

Gared

blotsfan said:
The NCAA is truly pathetic.


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So, if anyone at the institution can sign up for these "paper classes," does that apply to online-only students as well? Asking for a friend.


#102

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Saturday hasn't even started and already some major changes to the map are coming...


#103

DarkAudit

DarkAudit



#104

Gared

Gared

Stolen shamelessly from the r/CFB postgame thread:
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#105

Gared

Gared

In all actuality, I'm used to the Cougs not showing up to at least one game a season. I'm just happy this time it was a conference opponent, and not some FCS school who finishes their season 2-10 with one of those wins being against us and the other being their big (winless) rival who they beat 56-0. No, I'm not citing actual examples, that's just they way this program has been for at least the last decade or two. But last night? I'm not sure they even got on the plane in Pullman. Sure, the air quality was a little iffy, but they'd practiced and played in it before and the AQI stayed below 200 all night - and both teams were playing in the same air. You can't blame the officiating, because for once it was actually pretty consistent and whatever the "coalition" of refs in San Francisco meant, they did a pretty good job on replay as well. There were several calls that were overturned (against Cal, no less) that were absolutely right to be overturned, and a booth-initiated targeting review that deserved to be rechecked and upheld (spearing on 24 - not Bynum - on special teams). By all standards, the Cal Bears showed up, played lights-out defense, kept giving themselves chances to succeed (Falk was picked off 5 times and had a fumble, and our true-freshman RB had a fumble early), and just thoroughly and resoundingly beat the Cougs. Cal deserved that win, and the Cougs deserved that loss. Hopefully the Cougs will get their heads out of their asses and show up to the next game, but Falk's Heisman hopes are over (no big surprise there), and unless there's even more serious chaos this weekend and further down the line, the Cougs can kiss the playoffs goodbye. A Clemson or an Alabama may be able to make the playoffs with one loss, but not a Pac 12 nobody like the Cougs.


#106

blotsfan

blotsfan

Nah, Wazzu makes it if they win out. Means they would've beaten Washington and presumably USC again.


#107

Gared

Gared

On a completely unrelated note, this Celebrity Guest Picker segment on Gameday is about the stupidest, most insulting thing I've seen them do (though admittedly, it's been awhile since I've seen it). What, they couldn't find a James Madison alum that was worthy enough of their high standards had enough social media followers to be their guest picker, so they just got one of their coworkers to dress up like the man and make stupid picks because "I've been dead for 100 years!"? I know they've been losing subscribers like mad, and that little feud between them and UW's head coach about how late Pac-12 games get scheduled is completely uncalled for - and the cupcake thing was insulting. You want to talk cupcake opponents? What the fuck was Alabama doing during the early part of this decade playing teams like the Charleston Southern Buccaneers or the Chattanooga Mocs mid- to late-November? Schedules are set years in advance - you think UW was able to schedule quality OoC opponents back when Willingham and that dumbass from Notre Dame were coaching the dawgs? Fuck no! They were lucky they weren't being scheduled as the cupcake opponents for Alabama and Auburn.


#108

blotsfan

blotsfan

Gared said:
On a completely unrelated note, this Celebrity Guest Picker segment on Gameday is about the stupidest, most insulting thing I've seen them do (though admittedly, it's been awhile since I've seen it). What, they couldn't find a James Madison alum that was worthy enough of their high standards had enough social media followers to be their guest picker, so they just got one of their coworkers to dress up like the man and make stupid picks because "I've been dead for 100 years!"? I know they've been losing subscribers like mad, and that little feud between them and UW's head coach about how late Pac-12 games get scheduled is completely uncalled for - and the cupcake thing was insulting. You want to talk cupcake opponents? What the fuck was Alabama doing during the early part of this decade playing teams like the Charleston Southern Buccaneers or the Chattanooga Mocs mid- to late-November? Schedules are set years in advance - you think UW was able to schedule quality OoC opponents back when Willingham and that dumbass from Notre Dame were coaching the dawgs? Fuck no! They were lucky they weren't being scheduled as the cupcake opponents for Alabama and Auburn.
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Playing teams like Penn State, Michigan, USC, Wisconsin, etc in the first week or two of the season?


#109

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Wow - OU slipped by Texas. I didn't think it would be so close.

BOOMER!


#110

Gared

Gared

Bill Moos to Take Over University of Nebraska Athletic Director Position

:censored::censored:


#111

Dave

Dave

Bring on that Imperialism map, bitches! GO HAWKEYES!!


#112

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

I think @Dave's been waiting for this...


#113

Dave

Dave



#114

jwhouk

jwhouk

Boy, that map is going to look FANTASTIC in Badger Red next week...


#115

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Hopefully OU can handle TCU. It'll likely be a tough game. OU seems to be all offense and no defense this season. WVU should be able to finish the season with two more wins. Hoping Iowa pulls a major upset too!


#116

Dave

Dave

jwhouk said:
Boy, that map is going to look FANTASTIC in Badger Red next week...
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Probably. Iowa is nothing if not inconsistent. And Madison is a much different place to play than Iowa City.


#117

jwhouk

jwhouk

drawn_inward said:
Hoping Iowa pulls a major upset too!
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:p Quiet you.


#118

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

jwhouk said:
:p Quiet you.
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I just want more top 10 teams to lose other than OU. :D


#119

jwhouk

jwhouk

"ON, WISCONSIN! ON, WISCONSIN!
PLUNGE RIGHT THROUGH THAT LINE!
RUN THE BALL CLEAR 'ROUND IOWA
TOUCHDOWN SURE THIS TIME!
ON, WISCONSIN! ON, WISCONSIN!
FIGHT ON FOR HER FAME!
FIGHT! FELLOWS, FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
WE'LL WIN THIS GAME!"


#120

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
"ON, WISCONSIN! ON, WISCONSIN!
PLUNGE RIGHT THROUGH THAT LINE!
RUN THE BALL CLEAR 'ROUND IOWA
TOUCHDOWN SURE THIS TIME!
ON, WISCONSIN! ON, WISCONSIN!
FIGHT ON FOR HER FAME!
FIGHT! FELLOWS, FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
WE'LL WIN THIS GAME!"
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You or @Krisken have a mission. Gameday will be in Madison next weekend for the Michigan game.

Get the HF logo on TV. :Leyla:


#121

Krisken

Krisken

DarkAudit said:
You or @Krisken have a mission. Gameday will be in Madison next weekend for the Michigan game.

Get the HF logo on TV. :Leyla:
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This coming weekend? Uh, I'm definitely the wrong person for this mission. I'll be up north drinking beer and playing board games for 3 days.


#122

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

OU beats TCU and Notre Dame and Georgia lose! :aaah:
Hopefully OU can make the playoffs now.


#123

jwhouk

jwhouk

DarkAudit said:
You or @Krisken have a mission. Gameday will be in Madison next weekend for the Michigan game.

Get the HF logo on TV. :Leyla:
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You do realize I live 3 hours from Madtown, right?


#124

jwhouk

jwhouk

drawn_inward said:
OU beats TCU and Notre Dame and Georgia lose! :aaah:
Hopefully OU can make the playoffs now.
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Hopefully we get OU as a first draw. ;)


#125

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

jwhouk said:
Hopefully we get OU as a first draw. ;)
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Oh, so you don't want Wisconsin to win. Got it.:p


#126

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Way too much red on this map this week...


#127

Gared

Gared

Hey, at least if we win out in our division, we have a chance to play USC and reclaim all of our territory from earlier this season. Still eliminated from playoff contention, but after watching Oregon get slaughtered in the final, I'm not sure that's such a bad thing. The last thing this conference needs is even more bad press about the cupcakes we schedule and how we can't beat "real" football teams from "real" football conferences.


#128

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Clemson vs Miami and 'bama vs Auburn should be great games. I hope OU can finish strong against Kansas and WVU, and hang in there for a playoff spot.

Georgia has had a good season so it'd be a shame if they don't make it to the playoffs.

BOOMER!


#129

Gared

Gared

drawn_inward said:
Clemson vs Miami and 'bama vs Auburn should be great games. I hope OU can finish strong against Kansas and WVU, and hang in there for a playoff spot.

Georgia has had a good season so it'd be a shame if they don't make it to the playoffs.

BOOMER!
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This is the first year I may be more hyped to watch the Iron Bowl than the Apple Cup.


#130

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Gared said:
This is the first year I may be more hyped to watch the Iron Bowl than the Apple Cup.
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Yeah, I am definitely looking forward to it. Saban is a quite a coach, but it's too bad it's not this weekend b/c I am sure Auburn is feeling pretty good right now. If they stomp all over ULM then they might keep the momentum going and give 'Bama a run.


#131

jwhouk

jwhouk

DarkAudit said:
Way too much red on this map this week...
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Oh HELL no! More like not ENOUGH Cardinal!


#132

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Welp. So much for that. Grier has a broken finger on his throwing hand. "Several weeks" at this point may as well be the rest of the year. One road game and whatever bowl game is all that's left.


#133

blotsfan

blotsfan

From 1-5 to 6-5. This has been incredible.


#134

jwhouk

jwhouk

Bert will agree with me on this one:

Muck Fichigan. :D


#135

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

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WVU. Thanks for all the burnt orange. Yuck. :puke:


#136

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Stay classy OU. :facepalm:

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/201...rabs-crotch-shouts-fk-you-at-kansas-sideline/
I don't read breitbart. It was linked from a FB post. Don't judge me. :p

He may be a Heisman contender, but he seems like a pompous prick. A bunch of OU fans talked shit about Manziel while he was at A&M, but they seem to be giving Mayfield a pass (pun intended). The coaches need to reel him in or bench him.


#137

blotsfan

blotsfan

The kU players wouldn't shake his hand at the coin toss and gave him a dangerous cheap shot. Don't start shit when you can't back it up.


#138

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

blotsfan said:
The kU players wouldn't shake his hand at the coin toss and gave him a dangerous cheap shot. Don't start shit when you can't back it up.
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I think Mayfield could have handled it better. While I am happy that OU has a Heisman contender at QB again, I don't care for his actions on or off the field.
Besides the handshake just made KU look ridiculous.


#139

Gared

Gared

Of course he could have handled it better, but the refs weren't going to do anything about the cheap shots or the taunting when he was buried under piles of defenders. Seriously, the amount of people who were worshipping Mayfield as the second coming of Favre and Manning before the crotch grab and then talking about how he just destroyed his entire career after it is mind-bogglingly large. Has anyone ever seen an NFL game? Recently? Guys sailing through the air backwards across the goal line while grabbing their crotches. Guys grabbing their crotches after kicking a field goal. Guys grabbing their crotches after a long run. It's all crotch grabs, all the way down. And swearing at the other team's bench? Seriously? I get it, it's unprofessional and crass - but if this is the sort of thing we're going to keep guys out of the league for, while we suspend them a game or two for drunk driving or 6 games for domestic abuse, maybe we're looking at all of this wrong.


#140

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Gared said:
... we suspend them a game or two for drunk driving or 6 games for domestic abuse...
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Which has nothing to do with the game.


#141

Gared

Gared

sixpackshaker said:
Which has nothing to do with the game.
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Neither does what Kansas was doing on that field.


#142

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Gared said:
Neither does what Kansas was doing on that field.
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Those guys lost their captaincy for it, too.


#143

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Kevin Sumlin is gone from Texas A&M as of Saturday night, after the LSU game.


#144

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

The thumbs up is for Gig Em.


#145

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Gared said:
Of course he could have handled it better, but the refs weren't going to do anything about the cheap shots or the taunting when he was buried under piles of defenders. Seriously, the amount of people who were worshipping Mayfield as the second coming of Favre and Manning before the crotch grab and then talking about how he just destroyed his entire career after it is mind-bogglingly large. Has anyone ever seen an NFL game? Recently? Guys sailing through the air backwards across the goal line while grabbing their crotches. Guys grabbing their crotches after kicking a field goal. Guys grabbing their crotches after a long run. It's all crotch grabs, all the way down. And swearing at the other team's bench? Seriously? I get it, it's unprofessional and crass - but if this is the sort of thing we're going to keep guys out of the league for, while we suspend them a game or two for drunk driving or 6 games for domestic abuse, maybe we're looking at all of this wrong.
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I don't watch the NFL. I hate all their antics. I don't think it's funny or entertaining. I don't really want to see that in college ball. I especially don't want OU to go back to it's Switzer days. I'm not really upset by this; I just don't like to see it. I am surprised that it is getting this much attention. His press conference afterwards was like he had run someone over.


#146

blotsfan

blotsfan

We were 1-5, with 4 of those losses being blowouts. Now we're 7-5. Unreal.


#147

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

No matter what happens tomorrow, the imperialism map is still going to suck.

EAT SHIT PITT


#148

blotsfan

blotsfan

DarkAudit said:
No matter what happens tomorrow, the imperialism map is still going to suck.

EAT SHIT PITT
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And they didn't make a bowl so they'll have all their land for the final one at the end of the year.


#149

Dave

Dave

Iowa blows out Nebraska 56-14 and it's fucking GLORIOUS!


#150

jwhouk

jwhouk

I'm just hoping we don't trip on Paul Bunyan's Axe.


#151

jwhouk

jwhouk

...which I don't think we're going to do.

Bring on TOSU.


#152

jwhouk

jwhouk

...oh my GOD.

Auburn is beating up 'Bama like they're a DII school.


#153

jwhouk

jwhouk

First TOSU.

Then... the Rose Bowl for the National Championship Semifinal?


#154

PatrThom

PatrThom

Guess we won't get to take advantage of that free cookie/Frosty from Wendy's.

--Patrick


#155

blotsfan

blotsfan

Oh man, Imagine if Auburn wins the SEC, but Bama gets the playoff spot instead of them.


#156

jwhouk

jwhouk

That would be a travesty.

Not as much as a 13-win Wisconsin not getting the automatic berth in the semifinals, mind you...

EDIT: I think the only way Bama gets in would be if TOSU wins, OU blows a gasket against TCU, Clemson beats up The U, and Auburn is unconvincing against Georgia.

Otherwise, enjoy the Cotton Bowl, Sabes.


#157

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Perkele...



#158

blotsfan

blotsfan

Perkele. Molly perkele...


#159

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Big XII championship: OU vs TCU. TCU is a tough team. Hoping the lack of their star safety will secure a win for the Sooners.


#160

jwhouk

jwhouk

The only way that map could get any more Badger Red is if we face and beat OU and Auburn - which I don't think will happen?


#161

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

jwhouk said:
The only way that map could get any more Badger Red is if we face and beat OU and Auburn - which I don't think will happen?
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OU crimson is a good substitute. :D


#162

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

drawn_inward said:
OU crimson is a good substitute. :D
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#163

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
That would be a travesty.

Not as much as a 13-win Wisconsin not getting the automatic berth in the semifinals, mind you...

EDIT: I think the only way Bama gets in would be if TOSU wins, OU blows a gasket against TCU, Clemson beats up The U, and Auburn is unconvincing against Georgia.

Otherwise, enjoy the Cotton Bowl, Sabes.
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Looks like you called 3 out of 4.


#164

blotsfan

blotsfan

Bama should be in over Ohio State. Dont @ me.


#165

Gared

Gared

To hell with the playoffs, I'm having a lot more fun watching the coaching and AD carousel of doom. Y'know, right up until the time that one of my coaches gets poached.


#166

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sam Houston won last night and will host the next round of the playoffs again next week. But we have a total lack of Defense. So the first real team we will face will cream us pretty badly like last year.


#167

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Wow - what a Saturday! :aaah:


#168

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sam Houston is off to the Semi-Finals, they're up against North Dakota State U. Sam has never beaten NDSU, and it is a hell of a road trip.


#169

Gared

Gared

Y'know, it's gettin' real hard to defend the Pac 12 against the cupcake comments when they fail to show up for any of their bowl games. Real hard.


#170

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Fuck BFBS unis. Fuck that fucking chain and ESPN's non-stop fapping about it the whole game.

Thank you, Bucky. Well done.


#171

jwhouk

jwhouk

Thank you. :)

7-0 in bowls.


#172

Gared

Gared

Now we just have to hope Michigan can complete the sweep. And dear god do I feel dirty typing that.


#173

Dave

Dave

Gared said:
Now we just have to hope Michigan can complete the sweep. And dear god do I feel dirty typing that.
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And they lost. Blew a 19-3 lead and is the embarrassment of the Big 10. Again.

Fuck Michigan.


#174



BErt

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#175

Gared

Gared

Dave said:
And they lost. Blew a 19-3 lead and is the embarrassment of the Big 10. Again.

Fuck Michigan.
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Yep. I'd say it was the one time I was willing to cheer for Michigan and all that, but honestly, I'd rather they were a good football team, since so many other teams measure their success based on whether or not they beat Michigan. But hey, the B1G did a hell of a lot better than the Pac.


#176

jwhouk

jwhouk

BErt said:
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You only needed to win one game.


#177



BErt

Seeing as how half the fan bases in the conference were rooting for us to lose anyway I don’t see why y’all are pretending to be upset. Spare me the conference pride/unity bullshit. It’s just as dumb as the “ESS EEE SEE” dorks who ride Bama’s coattails every year to imagined supremacy.


#178

Dave

Dave

I just like it when the Big 10 outclasses everyone in the bowl games because they continually get shit on as a conference by sports writers and announcers.


#179

blotsfan

blotsfan

Easy to do well in bowls when your top teams are playing like, the 2nd and 3rd teams from other conferences.

Just watch the title game if you wanna see where it just means...more.


#180

Dave

Dave

blotsfan said:
Easy to do well in bowls when your top teams are playing like, the 2nd and 3rd teams from other conferences.

Just watch the title game if you wanna see where it just means...more.
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Yeah, because Iowa and Northwestern are top teams in the Conference. Pardon me while I :rolleyes:

And note that I'm not upset in the least and my retorts are good-natured ribbing. I don't want people to think I actually give too much shit about this.


#181



BErt

SEC “improved” their soft OOC scheduling by allowing Missouri to just up and join the conference.

SEC. were it just means more...to schedule Mercer.


#182

blotsfan

blotsfan

BErt said:
SEC “improved” their soft OOC scheduling by allowing Missouri to just up and join the conference.

SEC. were it just means more...to schedule Mercer.
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Lots of teams schedule FCS teams. It's just that SEC teams beat them.


#183



BErt

You’ve been in the SEC for 5 years. This would be like Rutgers celebrating OSU’s win


#184

blotsfan

blotsfan

I mean we've had two SECCG appearances so it's not like we've been Rutgers (by my calculations that's more Conference title games than Michigan has made in the same timespan).

I was just pointing out that it's easier to have a good record as a conference in bowl games when the CFP isn't snatching any of your top teams.

Not to mention, while we haven't played our main rival since leaving the Big 12, we've still beaten them more recently than Michigan has beaten Ohio State :D


#185



BErt

And I was just pointing out that it’s dumb for you to have a boner over two teams that aren’t yours playing in the championship because they’re in the same conference.

But whatever man. Congratulations. Be sure to take pictures for us of the rings they send out to all the sec schools for this very real win.


#186

blotsfan

blotsfan

We don't get rings. Just the money from the bowls.

But anywhom, I'm not the one who went in here talking about being excited for the Big 10's bowl record. I get that you aren't either. I just love a bit of shittalking. The moral of the story is that @Dave causes problems.


#187

jwhouk

jwhouk

My contention is that, with so damn many conferences in I-FBS, the National Championship committee should be told "only choose conference champions." That way it would have been Clemson-UCF in the Sugar Bowl.

And now, with the new "any I-FBS conference can have a championship game, regardless of size" rule, there's no excuse to not do it.


#188

blotsfan

blotsfan

jwhouk said:
That way it would have been Clemson-UCF in the Sugar Bowl.
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No, it would've been Clemson-Ohio State.


#189

jwhouk

jwhouk

And as much bitching as that would have caused, I'd have been okay with that.


#190

blotsfan

blotsfan

And it'd be a worse team.


#191



BErt

I really dont see an easy solution. 8 teams seem like too many for most years, 6 teams in theory would be the best (all power-5 champs +1 at-large) but UCF still would have gotten hosed for Bama. And what about years when ND is in the running?


#192

jwhouk

jwhouk

The biggest problem is the games and the bowls. Can't do anything with the number of games, nor eliminating the "Weed Whacker Bowl Classic Sponsored by WeedWhacker.com" bowls.


#193

Gared

Gared

Usually I'm of the opinion that more football is better, but there were several really boring bowl games this year. But then, it was easy to just turn them off, so whatever, I guess.


#194

Gared

Gared

Rich Rod and the University of Arizona have parted ways, following a season-long investigation into a sexual harassment allegation by a former employee. I'm not posting this in that other thread because the allegation could not be substantiated following an independent investigation. However, apparently something disturbing enough to warrant a mutual separation of ways was discovered inside the football program. The university will continue to pay his salary for the remainder of his contract length. Very unexpected.


#195

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Gared said:
Rich Rod and the University of Arizona have parted ways, following a season-long investigation into a sexual harassment allegation by a former employee. I'm not posting this in that other thread because the allegation could not be substantiated following an independent investigation. However, apparently something disturbing enough to warrant a mutual separation of ways was discovered inside the football program. The university will continue to pay his salary for the remainder of his contract length. Very unexpected.
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But absolutely not surprising.

One of the stories surrounding his sudden departure from WVU was that his wife found out he was banging a cheerleader, and she gave him the ultimatum that to avoid a very messy and expensive divorce, they must leave Morgantown. That's the most popular explanation among fans here.


#196

Gared

Gared

I'd never heard any of that, but it doesn't surprise me in the least, given the amount of sexual impropriety that goes on in connection with college athletics. Hell, my long-time favorite coach was Mike Price, fired by Alabama before his first season even began, for hiring strippers on the company credit card. Such a moronic move.


#197

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Gared said:
I'd never heard any of that, but it doesn't surprise me in the least, given the amount of sexual impropriety that goes on in connection with college athletics. Hell, my long-time favorite coach was Mike Price, fired by Alabama before his first season even began, for hiring strippers on the company credit card. Such a moronic move.
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RR admitted to an affair in a statement after the firing.

Meanwhile in Ann Arbor and Morgantown: :popcorn:


#198

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Disappointed that OU lost, but that was a pretty great season overall. Nice start for a rookie coach. Kyler Murray seems quite talented at QB. It's nice to have a dual-threat at QB.


#199

Gared

Gared

Honestly, at this point, I'm just hoping they didn't uncover something along the lines of Sandusky or Briles - for the students' and athletes' sakes. I really don't have any skin in this game. Zona's a conference member, but we're already seeing some impressive turnover at coaching (ASU, Oregon, OSU, UCLA before this) and it's not like RR was lighting up the Western Sky with his brilliance or anything, he was 45 - 35 in his 6 seasons, including a pretty significant slump from 2015 onward.


#200

blotsfan

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#201

Gared

Gared

Who in the hell thought a Kendrick Lamar concert was the appropriate half-time entertainment for this event? I don't want to hear about how many people wanna suck this dude's dick.


#202

Dave

Dave

Yeah, this halftime show is terrible.


#203

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Gared said:
Who in the hell thought a Kendrick Lamar concert was the appropriate half-time entertainment for this event? I don't want to hear about how many people wanna suck this dude's dick.
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Disney marketing department, apparently. It's tie-in to the Black Panther movie and OST by... guess who?


#204

Dave

Dave

Barry Manilow?


#205

blotsfan

blotsfan

Geez you guys are stodgy


#206

Gared

Gared

blotsfan said:
Geez you guys are stodgy
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Probably.


#207

Dave

Dave

Looks like the refs are all in for Alabama. In one series:

  • Missed a false start - instead called it an offsides on a blocked punt.
  • Missed a blatant facemask.
  • On the punt, they missed an illegal block in the back.
Then Alabama gets the touchdown. So let's reiterate. Should have been Georgia ball on the 15 yard line already up 13-0. Instead it's 13-7 thanks to blown calls.

A single missed call is expected. A couple on the same series is suspicious. Three in a row is just blatant.


#208

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

blotsfan said:
Geez you guys are stodgy
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Neil Diamond is the one who's banned when WVU is involved. Wonder why? ;)


#209

Dave

Dave

How the fuck does someone throw a touchdown on 2nd & 26 in overtime?


#210

Gared

Gared

Y'know, it was a fun game to watch. It came down to overtime. It had a wild personnel change mid-game. It wound up being two true freshman playing against each other, who roomed together at some point in their lives, and tested themselves against each other, who wound up playing each other on the national stage. I really just wish we could get one damn championship game that's clean. Also, I hope Kyriq McDonald is OK - just collapsing on the sideline is never a good sign.


#211

blotsfan

blotsfan

That was a great game.


#212

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Holy cow I didn't think they were going to pull it off. But they did! What a crazy good game!


#213

jwhouk

jwhouk

Dave said:
How the fuck does someone throw a touchdown on 2nd & 26 in overtime?
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I have no idea.


Been a bad year for Georgia based teams in overtime.


#214

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Monongah > Grant Town.

Saban's *from* here, but he'll never *coach* here. :cry:


#215

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

This was quick...


#216

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I was really hoping the team that was not Alabama would have won.


#217

Dave

Dave

Georgia got screwed by the refs at the beginning of the first half. The game should have been at LEAST 16-0 or even 20-0, but instead the refs gave Alabama the ball and they got a touchdown out of it to make it 13-7. And when I say they gave it to them it wasn't one bad call it was three in the same series. And they were REALLY bad calls that completely changed the landscape of the game.


#218

jwhouk

jwhouk

After that huge loss on first down, I though: "YES. This will be the time that they FINALLY..."

And I never got a chance to finish that thought, because of that ridiculous play.


#219

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I really don't like the Golden Gas Funnel that the NCAA calls a trophy now.


#220

jwhouk

jwhouk

Looks slightly better than the O'Brien Trophy, IMO.


#221

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

That is still better than the NFC/AFC championship trophies.



#222

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

sixpackshaker said:
That is still better than the NFC/AFC championship trophies.

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They changed them *again*?!


#223

jwhouk

jwhouk

Apparently. That doesn't look like the Hunt/Halas Trophy I ever recall.


#224

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
Apparently. That doesn't look like the Hunt/Halas Trophy I ever recall.
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This is the one I know...

But apparently they went to the current design in 2010? Shows how much attention I paid after going on permanent night shift.


#225

Gared

Gared

Fuck.
Just fuck.


#226

jwhouk

jwhouk

Do they have any leads or possible causes yet?

EDIT: Never mind. Damn.


#227

Gared

Gared

Yeah. He left a note, which I haven't seen a copy of. Regardless of reasons, the loss of a life is a terrible thing. I hope everyone involved can find some peace, and I really hope this doesn't come down to his getting death threats for the cougs losing their bowl game, or anything equally meaningless (in the grand scheme of things). And, the times being the way they've been lately, I really hope this doesn't lead to an investigation revealing something along the lines of Baylor or PSU.


#228



BErt

Louisville adding a new deep threat this year
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#229

jwhouk

jwhouk

99 speed but 0 hands.


#230

PatrThom

PatrThom

jwhouk said:
99 speed but 0 hands.
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Actually 16.3 hands, according to Wikipedia.

—Patrick


#231

Gared

Gared

Sounds like shit's about to get real, real bad for Urban Meyer and The Ohio State University.


#232

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Gared said:
Sounds like shit's about to get real, real bad for Urban Meyer and The Ohio State University.
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The culture has changed. Can't look the other way anymore.


#233

Gared

Gared

Color me completely and utterly unsurprised at these developments. Never did think much of the man, from how he represented himself during media days and press conferences.


#234

blotsfan

blotsfan

Given the other scandal happening in Ohio state athletics at the moment, I think they're particularly sensitive to avoiding any more.


#235

jwhouk

jwhouk

(Hee hee... UW's gonna have an easier road to the B1G title this year...)


#236

Gared

Gared

Can't post about the problem and not the response. Seems pretty above board.


#237

Gared

Gared

Wow, and taking the reins in the battle for worst off season imaginable, University of Maryland's head coach, head football trainer, and two other staff members have been put on administrative leave effective immediately as a very "prompt" and very thorough investigation is launched into the toxic team atmosphere that resulted in a player's death back in June following liver failure from extreme dehydration and heat stroke, a failed liver transplant, and a two week coma. Head football trainer Wes Robinson is quoted to have said of the player, who was struggling to maintain consciousness during 110 yard sprints, "drag his ass across that field!" After the "walk it off method" failed to lower his body temperature, EMTs who were called to the facility called the hospital for a player experiencing a seizure. The player's seizure was unreported by the coaching and training staff in any report made to the university regarding the incident.

Other reports from current and former staff members and players describe players being forced to eat until they puke in an attempt to get them to gain weight, then eat some more; players who were deemed to be overweight being forced to sit and watch workouts while being force fed candy bars to humiliate them for being fat; players being called thieves for having been awarded scholarships and deemed to be underperforming or "not good enough" to deserve the university's money; and being called racial slurs by coaching staff and trainers alike.

You know, I remember this movie. It came out in 1998. Really dumb movie, but poignant to me at the time, because it reminded me so much of my own school sports career (we had a coach just like Kilmer, and everyone idolized him like he was GOD himself). He was driven off in a similar fashion as well - got too cruel one season and the team quit on him and stopped hiding his abuse. I would ask how we got to a place like this, but I think I know the answer pretty well by now. Money and power.


#238

blotsfan

blotsfan

Ohio state is a trash institution.


#239

Gared

Gared

Looks like Baylor isn't done being the scum of the earth yet.


#240

Dave

Dave

Gared said:
Looks like Baylor isn't done being the scum of the earth yet.
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The fuck?!? What are these institutions trying to out-evil one another? It's a race to the bottom!


#241

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

SMU scared the NCAA from ever invoking the death penalty again. Bullshit. Some of these schools DESERVE to get what SMU got.


#242

Gared

Gared

Doesn't look like things are going to calm down for OSU anytime soon - Zach Smith (fired coach at the center of the controversy) has lashed out at his ex-wife over Twitter, decrying how little concern she's had for their kids and their reputation throughout all of this... because he continues to believe that the person who needs to worry about that is the one being abused, not the abuser. Also, an OSU trustee has stepped down from the board, stating that the Urban Meyer punishment was too soft. This comes after reports were released stating that, despite his suspension, Meyer was allowed to meet with the team and attend practice on the 25th, because the decision was made to suspend him on the 24th, but he wasn't notified of the suspension until the 26th.

Edit: Apparently the trustee who resigned also left the meeting - during which the punishment was being decided - in protest, so not just talking the talk, but walking the walk.


#243

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

There are some serious Ohio State fans on my floor. I gave them much grief when OU beat them last season. I walked by one guy's office yesterday, and when he saw me, he said, "Don't start!". :rofl:


#244

blotsfan

blotsfan

I'm literally the only person in my office that didn't go to UB and I know more about UB football than any of them.


#245

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

I'm just gonna leave this here (again)...


#246

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

I'll see your fight song, and raise it with our War Hymn.



#247

jwhouk

jwhouk

Amateurs.


#248

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Aw, hell. I'll give ya both a thumbs up because it's game day.


#249

jwhouk

jwhouk

UWW at Dubuque tonight to begin yet another season.


#250

jwhouk

jwhouk

And your final is 38-6. Warhawks never trailed; Dubuque tried for the two-pointer after their only TD in the 1st, but failed.


#251

jwhouk

jwhouk

Alex Peete rushed for 107 yards with a touch as we defeated the Other Concordia University, 24-6. Game was basically over before halftime, as the Hawks scored all 24 of their points in the first half. Mitchell Dess caught a 50-yard pass from Cole Wilber to make it 14-0 just over 10 minutes into the game.

Next week it's Middle Georgia State (NAIA school) at Perkins.


#252

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

So why are you rehashing last season? ;)

https://www.halforums.com/threads/2018-college-football-season.32774/


#253

jwhouk

jwhouk

Current score from Perkins Stadium: UW-Whitewater 56, Middle Georgia State 0.


...at halftime.


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