LET’S NOT GIVE ‘EM ANY BULLETIN BOARD TALK…D’OH!
All right, we’re playing USC in L.A. on Saturday. Yup. USC: Destroyer of worlds, imploder of football powerhouses, screaming badass carrying an M-60 down the street like John Matrix. That USC. Rules one, two, and three are:
-Don’t give them any bulletin board material.
-Bulletin board material? Refrain from giving them any.
-And and all communications which may be construed as “smack,” “trash talk,” or “pieces of verbiage which may be tacked onto the wall of the lockerroom and used for motivational purposes”…well, keep them to yourselves.
-And…oh, you have something to say starting cornerback Andre Jones? (HT: The Wiz.)
“When we beat USC, this is going to slingshot our whole season,” said the junior college transfer from Naples, Fla. “We’re ready to go in there and show the world that Nebraska’s back on top – that the order is restored.”
Perhaps we should review points one through three, Andre. See…
Fearless Leader Comrade Callahan cannot be pleased. Happy Mustache Wednesday, motherfuckers!
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oc phil says:
I think the arbitrary 50 year cut-off is pointless. I’d tend to either view a program’s entire history or current status as being more meaningful.
While USC certainly wasn’t near top of the CFB world, there were some good teams in the 80’s and 90’s as well. One of those losses to ND was a #1 vs #2 game at the end of the season for example.
I’m curious Wiscy, what program would you rate higher ? Is there a teamt hasn’t gone through periods of mediocrity? I can’t think of a top program that has not had some lean times.
September 14th, 2006 at 11:47 am
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Noke Hoke says:
I didn’t propound the 50 year period, SKLM did above. I agree it may be somewhat arbitrary, and that all programs go through some lulls. Personally, I believe Nebraska to be the most consistent juggernaut program over the “modern” timeframe, and the stats indeed bear this out (hopefully this table format remains intact):
I-A Winning Percentage 1955-2005
Rank Team name Win-Pct Won Lost Tied Games
—- ———————– ——- —- —- —- —–
1 Nebraska 0.75707 452 143 6 601
2 Ohio State 0.75264 421 134 13 568
3 Oklahoma 0.73980 430 148 10 588
4 Penn State 0.73716 428 151 5 584
5 Michigan 0.72822 412 150 12 574
6 Texas 0.71684 417 162 9 588
7 Alabama 0.70854 417 168 12 597
8 Tennessee 0.69712 403 170 18 591
9 Southern Cal 0.69643 401 170 17 588
10 Auburn 0.68718 391 175 11 577
11 Florida State 0.68143 392 179 16 587
12 Notre Dame 0.67888 385 180 8 573
13 Florida 0.66980 385 186 15 586
14 Arizona State 0.66784 377 186 6 569
15 Miami-Florida 0.66638 380 189 5 574
16 Georgia 0.66267 379 189 16 584
17 Arkansas 0.65146 373 197 11 581
18 Louisiana State 0.64261 366 200 16 582
19 Miami-Ohio 0.64234 344 188 16 548
20 UCLA 0.62347 347 206 18 571
September 14th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
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Noke Hoke says:
Oops, work computer was logged in with my “other” screen name, ha ha. (grad of both VT & UW engineering schools)
September 14th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
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The Spirit of Heisman Pundit says:
Who would you put as the best team in the past 50? I’d have to say the Nebraska team led by Tommy Frasier was mighty good and nearly unstoppable.
September 14th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Seconded, from painful experience.
September 14th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
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Stacy Keibler Loves Me says:
Nice arguments all around about the best team in college football during the last 50 years.
Taken as a whole, the best team during that span would have to be judged on number of championships won, and that would be USC.
(Of course there are plenty of teams during the past 50 years that are better than the current 2006 USC team.)
Winning a bunch a games against a bunch of patsies (Nebraska’s conference) and calling that the best team does not make much sense.
Regarding smacking ND in a USC-Nebraska thread, well, I could not help myself. But, at least I did go a few days without bringing HER NAME up, and I should at least get some credit for that, no?
September 14th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
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Stacy Keibler Loves Me says:
tc: Emmitt Smith? Nah!!!
Unlike you, tc, I will stick with the ladies, like Ms. Keibler.
Although, I liked her dancing show, I will really miss Ms. Kiebler entering the squared circle in her unique manner, straddling the top rope. Ms. Keibler, who is 5’11” has legs that are 42 inches from hip to ankle, also has a face that is as cute as the day is long.
I cannot believe she quit professional wrassslin’ to concentrate on her Hollywood career. Hope she goes back.
September 14th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
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Jeff says:
I’m a diehard Trojan fan, and even I would have to say that the Frazier Nebraska teams would probably give the current USC team a good thrashing.
However, lucky for us, we’re not playing the Osbourne coached Nebraska teams, but a Comrade Callahan coached team, so I give us a pretty good chance to put away Nebraska at home.
September 14th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
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DT says:
SeaTrojan (at #45)
While I don’t follow the Raiders, another theory in regard to Callahan’s last season there is that a bunch of over-the-hill prima donnas did their fair share in tearing that team apart…One that the Tim Brown, day-of, on-air tirade that you mentioned, goes a long way in justifying.
Besides, when I lived in Connecticut in 1999, about every Pat fan I knew was ready to string Pete Carroll up from a tree…so what does that prove?
September 14th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
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DT says:
SKLM:
When USC beats kstate, I’ll give a little more attention to your talk of the “patsies” in the big 12.
September 14th, 2006 at 4:10 pm
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Austin_Husker says:
And miracuously, Andre Jones’s mere words suddenly caused every one of the the USC players to jump higher, shave a full second off their 40, and grow one foot taller.
September 14th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
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oc phil says:
Nebraska and Miami have had some particularly awesome teams win it all. As good as the Trojans have been the past few years I still think the most impressive teams were 78 & 79 when they won one MNC (which they split with Alabama in spite of beating the tide that year) and went undefeated the next year and beat a #1 ranked tOSU team in the Rose Bowl (but finished #2, Damn that John Elway, Damn him to hell).
Why are the Pats fans so down on Pete Carroll? He actually has the second best winning percentage of all the Patriot’s coaches and he took them to the playoffs 2 out of 3 years and never had a losing record. Hardly the total falure some paint him as.
September 14th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
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Rob says:
Callahan went old school… an interview of him was played during the halftime break on tonight’s massacre of MD, and the tone of his obviously well-prepared banter was this:
“We’re going up against a tough opponent, and we don’t know if we’re going to win or not, but we’re going to do our best.”
Is he channeling Tom Osborne or what?
September 15th, 2006 at 12:59 am