FORE! OPEN THREAD, WEEK TWO
Week’s two’s open thread reminds you that:
1. Your schedule: hyah.
2. Your therapy session: EDSBS Live. Sunday night, 7 p.m. EST to 9 p.m. EST.
3. Win or lose against Georgia, the OBC’s playing through, slowass. FORE!!! CLICK-CLACK!!!

Leave your thoughts below. We’ll talk to you Sunday night.
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Just for the record, Saban said it himself, paraphrasing of course, “Well you see what LSU did to ND in the Sugar bowl, we recruited most of those players and they were part of what we were building there.”
Bammers bought it hook line and sinker. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a Bama fan say, “man look at LSU, those are Saban’s players, that will be us in a year maybe two.”
Note to self, didn’t Saban’s version of LSU get killed by VT? Didn’t Saban’s version of LSU get beat by UAB? Didn’t Saban’s version of LSU have their asses handed to them 12 times by double-digits, two of which were 30 point losses?
This is Miles’ team, his coaches, his schemes, his LSU. Saban can go f-himself along with the Bama nation.
I’m out, I have a cooler to go clean for the trip to Washington, I heard the scenic view is nice but the bathrooms suck.
Oh, and thanks Michigan, thanks for being the boat anchor thus far this year.
Comment by osu buckeyes — September 9, 2007 @ 11:53 am
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Those were Arena League scores, all of them - you won’t hear me say the OSU-UM or USC-UT were great games, and I can hardly be held responsible for what the talking heads on TV say, no? And let’s not get distracted from the point here, which is that WVU and UL had mediocre defenses last year, and they’ve looked much worse so far this year. Are you really going to argue that UL-MTSU was “an offensive showcase?”
Comment by peachy — September 9, 2007 @ 11:50 am
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Or better yet, Statprof, USC’s 50-42 win over Fresno a couple years ago in what was arguably the greatest game ever.
119, “winning with other coach’s players” is the single dumbest idea ever to leak out of somebody else’s mouth in the sportsworld. I don’t recall Saban being at & running practices nor do I recall him in the film room preparing gameplans nor do I recall him on the sidelines calling the plays in the last 3 years.
Anyone who regurgitates that ideology is using the most simplistic logic imaginable b/c if it was that simple, why do they even practice or watch films at all? Or better yet how did Saban win anything with Di Nardo’s players?
Comment by One And Done — September 9, 2007 @ 11:39 am
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peachy:
Didn’t understand it then, don’t understand it now.
WVU-Louisville, 78 points, 1008 yards, defensive comedy of errors
Michigan-OSU, 81 points, 900 yards, offensive showcase
Texas-USC, 79 points, 1130 yards, greatest game ever
Comment by statprof — September 9, 2007 @ 11:32 am
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Would all the “Miles needs to win a big game” and “Miles is winning with Saban’s players” kindly STFU.
Comment by Your Mom Loves LSU — September 9, 2007 @ 11:28 am
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#100… spot on about Bama fans.
What the Tuscalosers don’t want to acknowledge is that Saban’s recruiting genius amounts to- having kept the majority of Louisiana kids in Louisiana & poaching a kid here & there from another state, just like everybody else.
But then again they also don’t want to admit he left East Lansing b/c he couldn’t out-recruit Michigan & said as much when he came to LSU but hey, what’s a little historical fact to get in the way of a Bama delusion or 12.
Comment by One And Done — September 9, 2007 @ 11:24 am
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Honestly, in all my years as a fan, I have never seen a beating like the one I witnessed last night. Most impressive game I’ve seen LSU play. Offensive explosion (598 yards) and a stifling, dominant defense (167 yards) the likes of which I haven’t seen in the same game for the Tigers against a decent foe.
And nothing personal, but it has to suck to be a Dawg fan. Same coach, different school, same result, click, clack. Spurrier probably sleeps with a smile on his face. Now I have to go get all nervous about him and USC.
Top three right now is:
LSU
Oklahoma
USC
Next three are
Penn St.
Wisconsin
Cal/Washington/UCLA
Washington continues to impress. We’ll see if that schedule wears them down though.
Somebody make me a lolfootball picture of Beamer in the car with the cat that’s screaming “Jesus CHrist it’s LSU! Get in the car!”
Comment by LSUJoshua — September 9, 2007 @ 11:10 am
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It’s going to take a long time for the barner’s to wash the taste of Cox out of their mouth.
Comment by John In Huntsville — September 9, 2007 @ 11:08 am
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sigh…i work during the new show time. so depressing.
Comment by swampchomp — September 9, 2007 @ 10:48 am
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I think doubts about the Big East will justifiably persist until the marquee teams (ie, WV and L’ville) prove that they have actual defenses - the early returns can only remind people of the defensive comedy of errors in their showdown last year.
Comment by peachy — September 9, 2007 @ 10:36 am
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therz sum meen meen peeple who be postin’ up in heyah. Sending sympathy hurts just as bad as pilin’ on. Example: Michigan, I am really sorry that your season is in shambles and that this time next year your sidelines will be graced by a big hat with a big mouth.
Comment by numberedhats — September 9, 2007 @ 10:32 am
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Uh… wait, what happened? Where am I? I’m so confused…
Comment by Mark Richt — September 9, 2007 @ 10:22 am
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Auburn fans are excitable because (as an Auburn fan at the game who was in the stands) I have never seen a finer performance by an Auburn defense. The offense is in trouble.
Seriously, walking back to the car I felt bad for Cox because the only person less welcome on Auburn’s campus is probablly Robert McGinty.
Reference for Robert McGinty for Auburn and Gator fans under 27 or so.
http://offseason.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/iron-bowl-time/
That sumbitch can stay gone. Serioulsy though about Cox, if he’s healthy enough to play I’m tired of hearing how banged up he is. If he isn’t healthy enough to play, he or the coaches should take him out before he does long term damage.
Good fans cheer loud when their team is good and louder when their offense is lousy and their defense is manning up. Obnoxious my ass.
Comment by Stephen — September 9, 2007 @ 9:42 am
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And against the spread, so far:
http://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/ncf/statistics/2007-2008/ats.html
Pac10: 10-5, .67
BigEast: 7-4, .64
Big12: 12-9, .57
Big10: 8-8, .50
SEC: 9-10, .47
ACC: 9-12, .43
Very hard to argue that the Pac10 and BigEast have not been underrated.
Comment by statprof — September 9, 2007 @ 9:34 am
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Let’s go to the scoreboard kids.
Wins (against BCS or ranked) - Losses (BCS or not)
Big East 3-1
Pac10 5-2
SEC 3-2
Big12 6-4
Big10 0-4
ACC 0-5
Big East / Pac10 a wash with Cincy>OSU and Wash>Syr.
Big East>SEC reinforced by USF>Auburn
Pac10>SEC reinforced by Cal>Tenn
SEC>Big12 reinforced by UGa>OSU and Auburn > KSU
Big12 has three wins over Big10 / ACC
Big10 has losses to Pac10, Big12, MAC, and the FCSfkaI-AA
ACC has losses to BigEast, SEC, Big12, and C-USA
And a few predictions:
1) it will work out about the same in the bowls.
2) all Big East and non-USC Pac10 wins will be dismissed as flukes.
3) 2008 preseason polls will look roughly like they did in 1980.
Comment by statprof — September 9, 2007 @ 8:45 am
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Has anyone ever noticed that Kerwin Bell rhymes with Charley Pell? Sit on that for a while. Jubilation in the land.
Comment by wally — September 9, 2007 @ 7:57 am
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Number 99,
Geez, obsessed much? Shouldn’t you be gloating about Michigan’s demise as opposed to pissing on Bama fans? I’d yammer about your struggles against Akron but I could care less about some Big Ten team.
Comment by doubtingthomas — September 9, 2007 @ 3:55 am
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And that’s why you’re Auburn.
Comment by Trev Alberts — September 9, 2007 @ 2:19 am
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Auburn got beat like they stole something. And Trey Blackmon probably did.
Comment by SGC — September 9, 2007 @ 2:17 am
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Lloyd’s gonna upgrade to puppies this week in the garage.
Comment by Signal to Noise — September 9, 2007 @ 2:02 am
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So true OSU Buckeyes. I really get the feeling that with LSU’s every victory, every touchdown, every sack, they say to themselves “damn, look how good we’re going to be in a few years!”
Comment by BJ and the Bear — September 9, 2007 @ 1:33 am
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Oh yeh by the way, Lloyd Carr will never sleep again with the Ghost Of Bo haunting him til Lloyds hair turns white. He will not be able to get the sounds of screamin kittys and snapping necks out of his head, or the call of App States color commentators, and the site of the disappointingly common appearance of Oregons plain jane uniforms as they were throttled like a boat race by Phil Nike’s version of Stormtroopers at the Big House of Horrors, Maized and Confused. I think we would forgive Lloyd Carr if he went out like Janis or Jimmy Hendrix and just started main lining smack and smoking an 8 ball a day til his heart exploded. Or this ends up on You Tube, with him, a gun, a room, close the door, and a single shot rings out with the muzzle flash lighting up the night then a muffled thud.
Then 2 mins later they offer Les Miles 8,000,001.99 to come to Michigan’s Not So Vicious Wolverines now, in advance in guaranteed money to beat Sabans current contract by 1.99 so the Big Hat can come home to the Big House.
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — September 9, 2007 @ 1:30 am
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Does Carr get fired this week? Is it too early, or do they play Notre Dame and see what happens there?
Comment by roaminggator — September 9, 2007 @ 1:28 am
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App State became the modern day Public Enemy for all the “creampuff” schools who used to be victims and made all the smaller schools wake up and “Fight the Power” Yeeeeeeeahhhhhh boyyyyy- bass how low can you go death row what a brotha know– the brotha knows they handed Michigan their asses to em, and place the Curse of Coach Schemblechererer on Michigan, its like they buried him under the 50yrd line and he knows the team is overrated and sucks. One thing is for sure, Les Miles can win the Natl Title @ LSU and leave for Michigan at the end of the yr before Saban gets his evil empire rollin in Tuscaloosa and whoops him next yr. Alabama WILL NOT be LSU this yr. LSU VS FLA is gonna be the game of the yr. And damn South Fla, with a bunch of Div 1 non qualifiers and Prop 48 thugs, beat the crap out of AUBURN. The ball coach click clacked the Dogs in GA.
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — September 9, 2007 @ 1:17 am
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#39 hahahahaha
#63 You have an awful memory, as Michigan lost to Appy State by 2, which in your fucking world, means they lost to USC by 1 and tied Ohio State.
Comment by CFB Authority — September 9, 2007 @ 12:56 am