CURIOUS INDEX, 10/15/07
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South Florida, 2nd in the BCS. The science fiction scenario of falling asleep for decades, awakening, and finding the world inhabited only by eyeless nuclear mutants has arrived: you are, whether you like it or not, staggering around the streets yelling “IS ANYONE OUT THERE?” at the fact that South Florida is the second-ranked team in the BCS. Ohio State claims spot one, followed by South Florida at two, Boston College at three, LSU at four, and Oklahoma at five. Army’s 1947 squad is number six, the nation of Bolivia is at seven; acclaimed chef Eric Ripert and his kitchen staff are at eight, and finally, the nine spot is occupied by a sweet 2005 Dodge Ram dualie and chrome pipes with the Idaho plates 323 AAJE. The truck’s owner, Steve Redding of Boise, Idaho: “What the fuck is my truck doing in the BCS standings?” ![]() Nebraska wants blood atonement, or at least yon internet tells us so. The fact that coach Bill Callahan and Steve Pederson may not have jobs after this year is yeah-duh-obvious; what’s pending is the celerity of their departures. Much traffic and scuttlebutt ensued this weekend re: CallaPederson’s impending demolition, with different permutations of the rumor involving a purge of the defensive crew, Callahan’s departure, Pederson’s departure, or variations thereof. We like our WAC defenses like we like our gay men: FLAMING. Sunday night college football still feels like we’re watching a local sports network replay, but nevermind–the desperate take all the football they can get, and we watched Boise State and Nevada troll up 1266 yards of total offense in a An appropriate punishment for both defenses would be a divine smiting, which is basically what happened to them anyway. The first three plays of overtime all went for first snap tds; Nevada broke the string by merely gaining yards on the fourth snap, but redeemed themselves by scoring on the next play. The point total is the highest for a single game since the NCAA began keeping records in 1937. Fire Coach Fran. Hire us. We’re serial, yo: Aggie powers-that-be, hire us to call your plays for the rest of the season. We’ll do it for a tenth of what you would pay Dennis Franchione, and we’d be fun! Jorvorskie Lane on outside runs! Steven McGee throwing 60 times a game! Punting on second down! It can’t be more absurd than the game Franchione called against Texas Tech, which the 12th Manchild sums up in one brilliant graphic. Oh, and did we mention we’d have smoothie day every Wednesday? Smoothies, motherfuckers! Speaking of motherfuckers… Boom, motherfuckers! Ahm Auburn DC Will Muschamp, and ahm in your television, cussin’ ur earz. (HT: Sports By Brooks.)
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1
Kyle says:
I couldn’t believe Mike Patrick and the crew calling that Auburn game didn’t try to talk over that coach swearing. I was cracking up and kept waiting for someone from ESPN to move the sound bubble.
October 15th, 2007 at 7:53 am
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Seven Years in Gainesville says:
About that Boise State game:
Four. Four Overtimes. (Ha! Ha! Ha!)
October 15th, 2007 at 8:04 am
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that 5.0 guy @ work! says:
USF is #2 in the BCS and #1 in most computer polls.
Wait, what?
I don’t quite get that massive jump unless the computers really liked UCF as a massive powerhouse.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:10 am
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that 5.0 guy @ work! says:
Woooo-hooo! HTML code, FTW!
October 15th, 2007 at 8:11 am
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etsuVol says:
why is it always Volume 1?
October 15th, 2007 at 8:24 am
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Allahver Fist says:
That Ram dualie really lays down the law in World of Warcraft.
I’m confident that, by season end, the BCS computers will have decided that the most competitive game to watch will be tic-tac-toe.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:28 am
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Jimer says:
I had Redding’s truck going all the way this year.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:33 am
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Will says:
UCF did give Texas a game. Nevermind that Texas sucks this year, regular poll voters haven’t registered that fact.
And left off in the look at the points BSU-Nevada had is that it only surpassed the 2003 UK-ARK 7OT game by 3.
And the SEC game was the longest. We are the greeetest woot! and C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Arkansas_vs._Kentucky_football_game
October 15th, 2007 at 8:35 am
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Doug says:
Pshaw. Mark Richt called a couple of his players “turd-burgling cocksuckers” while he was chasing them off the field at the end of the Vandy game. True story! Anybody got the video?
October 15th, 2007 at 8:37 am
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flubby says:
With wins against WVU and at Auburn, USF should be ranked higher. Ohio State, meanwhile, is looking to add more in-state patsies to the schedule– Case Western and Oberlin, anyone?
October 15th, 2007 at 8:41 am
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Rabid Badger says:
Well……………….fuck.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:46 am
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syc briiwb says:
#2
Amen. If it was real football like the SEC they would have played 7 overtimes.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:48 am
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Biggus Rickus says:
Doug,
I was wondering if anyone was going to post that little dustup somewhere too. Georgia gets a much needed win over Vandy (which looks really odd when you type it out like that) and he stops his players from dancing on the ‘V’ and uses his postgame interview to apologize. I love the guy, even if he is kind of a Jesus freak.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:49 am
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Allahver Fist says:
Aaahhhh! USF grad found me hiding behind a door! Damnit, must punch first! He showed the ‘horns’, called UCF the “ifs”, and talked revenge for the Rutgers team rapping on tv last season after beating the Bulls(hit)… Calgon, take me away!
Maybe I’ve heard it alluded to here or on the radio, but when do we find out that computer graphics have advanced so far that this season has actually been two 12 year olds playing X-Box 360?
October 15th, 2007 at 8:52 am
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PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG says:
BOOM!!! MOTHERFUCKERS! CWM’s cool stock just went thru the roof with recruits I would suppose.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:54 am
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Year2-Dave says:
#3: The reason why the computers love USF so much over Ohio State is that OSU’s best win is over Purdue, and USF’s wins over West Virginia and Auburn are both better than that.
Ohio State has played a feathery soft schedule so far, with Purdue the only team at or above .500 they’ve played. USF hasn’t really played anyone outside WVU and Auburn, but those two wins are much, much better than the best two wins of any other unbeaten team.
October 15th, 2007 at 8:58 am
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JoesDeliGatorTail says:
Number eight is waaay too high Chef Ripert and his crew from Le Bernardin. Daniel Boulud and his crew would totally kick their ass.
On a side note, my fucking dog was very surprised to wake up today and find out he was ranked 11th.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:05 am
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Edsall is God says:
USF should be #1. If, say, Louisville had beaten Auburn & West Virginia, they’d be #1. It’s sadly more proof that the computers might have a better handle on this football thing than humans. Even Herbie admitted such on ESPN last night. And don’t get me started on Jimmy Johnson on Fox ripping USF by asking “Who did they play?” and then ripping Auburn & West Virginia. Damn Miami guys.
Don’t matter. USF is coming to town in two weeks. Edsall is ready. UConn is pissed off.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:06 am
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Jerkwheat says:
Muschamp’s potty mouth was one of the few things to amuse me Saturday night.
Sure, there was that 2 minute stretch where I thought my boys were going to actually win the game and not blow a 4th quarter lead for the third time this year…
October 15th, 2007 at 9:20 am
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marcillac says:
Ripert should clearly be ranked ahead of BC. Much better execution and richness.
#17 Daniel has been a little inconsistent the last couple of years plus the wine list is overpriced relative to lLe Bernandin
Were at Per Se on Saturday but were alittle late because of the LSU game. I wish I could compare I would compare Thomas Keller’s skills to those of Jeff Tetford as and Offensive play caller but we were just finishing the 7th course when received texts relative to Cal. Felt compelled to order another botte of wine and replace our planned post-meal port with something stronger.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:29 am
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Herb says:
Little known fact, Kentuckians also like to burn couches – http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/10/14/bc.fbc.t25.lsu.kentucky.arrests.ap/index.html
October 15th, 2007 at 9:31 am
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dudis41 says:
I wouldn’t sleep on (or in) Bolivia.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:33 am
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SDF fan says:
NO. 6,
“The only way to win is not to play.”
October 15th, 2007 at 9:34 am
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Rival says:
Will Muschamp… your alma mater is calling.
Richt will even let you swear* on the sidelines. Promise.
*Swear words limited to “dadgummit”, “oh, poop”, “Jimminy Cricket”, and “Holy fucking Lord Jesus tapdancing Christ stop stomping on the god damn Vandy V !!!!”
October 15th, 2007 at 9:40 am
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Raider Red says:
Retribution is swift for AD’s who fire coaches after good seasons. Nebraska and Ole Miss come to mind.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:40 am
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PW says:
I couldn’t hear, was Muschamp wishing his players a happy mustache wednesday, motherfuckers?
October 15th, 2007 at 9:45 am
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them oklahoma says:
This Nebraska bugeating nightmare brings me back to a simple concept that has defined this season: karma. This is what happens when you try and pull shit like the swinging gate when you’re already up 50 on a John Blake (should be name redacted #2, but he’s just to funny not to bring up every now and then. sorta like Howard Schnellenburger-Schnapps). Ten years down the line, you’ll get your very own Schnellenburger AND a cameo by John Blake himself. Where is your gun toting, knuckle dragging, all powerful option attack now? I’ve mentioned it before, and will again. The BCS title game will be between Oklahoma and Oregon. I’m not sure how Ohio State will screw it up, but they will. Karma demands it. Maybe another Michigan State meltdown or maybe just a loss to Penn State. The title game must and will be between the UO and OU and it will be decided by a botched snap or a blown call with Oklahoma winning.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:47 am
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them oklahoma says:
Oh, and by the way, Oklahoma fans and alumns would like to give a special thanks to Lester and his Chinese bandits. Here’s the view from the Santee Lounge in OU’s memerial stadium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E06EM-ijM0
October 15th, 2007 at 9:49 am
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
There is no doubt that USF’s wins over Auburn and WVU are impressive, can’t take anything away from USF, but you also can’t blame Ohio State for the schedule. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the schedule is light, and Ohio State picks up USCw the next 2 years, along with Miami, VT, Cal, and OU over the next ten years.
Just ask yourself one question, is Ohio State’s defense better than Kentucky’s? Kentucky’s defense was good enough to stop LSU on 4 downs and the offense was good enough to run on LSU with a 3rd string running back. Kentucky gave up 20 points and 430 yards of offense to Kent State and I believe Woodson played the entire game (it was 14-14 at the half). Ohio State gave up 3 points (in the last 2 minutes of the game) and 220 yards of offense and they only played the starters for the first half.
Arizona State and Ohio State have somewhat comparable schedules but ASU is ranked much lower-the reason is that you can look at ASU’s defense and it is not playing at the same level as tOSU, not even close.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:52 am
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m says:
i wish an errant rhino from rhino rally would just plow down the street and gore every single person at USF, including jim leavitt. i want carnage.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:53 am
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dajo9 says:
If karma were to decide this thing then Oregon would get into the national championship game over a deserving Oklahoma squad, which would be left out.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:54 am
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Dave says:
nice “Simpsons” reference, Orson
October 15th, 2007 at 9:55 am
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RIP Logan Young says:
tOSU,
What does that post have to do with Saban or Alabama?
October 15th, 2007 at 9:57 am
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Phat Phil's Titties says:
The Index is beginning to render actual games obsolete.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:02 am
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them oklahoma says:
31- That’s not how karma works. It’s “what goes around comes around”. Oregon gained the benefits of Oklahoma getting fucked with its pants on by Pac 10 officials. Hense, either Oregon will get screwed by either a bad call or something absurd like a illegal motion or substitution on what would have been the game winner against OU in the BCS or, with this season going as it has, what would/could be the AP title game. Elsewhere, if Ohio State pulls another Mich. State type loss, South Florida will play BC and nobody will give a damn outside of South Florida and New England.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:03 am
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Der Schatten says:
By analogous rationale TAFKATOSU, then OSU’s offense is not playing anywhere close to the level that ASU’s is…and ASU plays in a better conference, has better non-conference wins (bitch-smacking of CU anyone?). And, if we’re only talking good wins, impressive wins, and impressive squads, amongst teh undefeateds, give it to USF…they would destroy tOSU on a neutral field…better offense, better defense, better wins.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:03 am
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jebus says:
That Auburn D line is fuckin’ scary. They held McFadden and Jones to 40 yds each. As bad as LSU’s passing game is, I would not be surprised to see Auburn take them out this weekend too.
Fucking Auburn, man.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:06 am
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dajo9 says:
No, karma is older and wiser than just last year. In 2001 Oregon should have played for the national championship and were left out.
In 2003 Oklahoma played for the national championship when they should have been left out.
The blown call last year was karma balance – not karma inbalance.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:09 am
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gerry dorsey says:
“boy will muschamp just has to be thrilled.”
really?? what gave you that idea??
October 15th, 2007 at 10:09 am
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Gentleman Masher says:
Auburn’s D-Coordinator is the only coach on that team currently allowed to get that pumped. Borges can curse…but for vastly different reasons.
Let’s review what coaching jobs might be open after this season:
-Tennessee
-Texas A&M
-Nebraska
-USC (if Carroll bails. pending sanctions, and Harbaugh mind tricks)
Yup – could be an interesting off-season.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:17 am
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PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG says:
Sabear’s vaunted LSU defense is at Auburn with CWM. It won’t be much longer till the taking heads, recruits, and rival schools figure this out. The pupil has def. past the master. Sabear looks lost on the sidelines almost like Shula except with a snarkier expression on his face. CWM looks like he is ready to eat your firstborn. I see a big raise in his future.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:22 am
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them oklahoma says:
38- Oklahoma’s had the karma payback and is now, arguably, due some good karma. You have: The Ttech loss via two horrible calls, the Oregon loss via two horrible if not unthinkably bad calls, the Rhett Bomar debacle, having to start a wide reciever at quarterback, consistently losing Adrian Peterson to freak accident type of injury, the Boise State fallout, losing to Colorado via a dropped punt (if you watch the game, OU didn’t really deserve to win in any event. But, if Reggie Smith doesn’t inexplicably drop the punt off of a fair catch, CU doesn’t get the TD and more than likely does not win). Then there’s losing Off. and Def. coordinators with mind numbing consistency on the weeks of the title games (Mike Stoops right before the Kstate and LSU games and, if I remember correctly , Chuck “3rd and” Long before the USC debacle…which would have been mass genocide anyway). I could go way back to 1984’s bullcrap tie game against texas, but that (along with shooting off a machine gun on the 50yd line at 2am…oh, and drug dealing) gave Oklahoma the glorious fun of the 1990’s.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:22 am
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ALGator says:
Auburn: We hate them because they win! They’re the team that you give respect to, but you really don’t expect for them to beat you. But then they do, and you’re all.. *FUCK! SHIT MOTHERFUCKER!*
Observation (Mainly because it eases the sting of our loss to them this year): If getting beat by Auburn every year gets us in the SECCG (Or National Championship) – That is okay by me! War Eagle!
October 15th, 2007 at 10:23 am
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PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG says:
By the way has anybody ever held Humanity Advanced to 43 yds in a half much less a game? Also to did anybody catch Holly Rowe talking about his incredible healing power? Maybe he really is humanity advanced.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:25 am
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Edsall is God says:
To the Ohio State fans, I think they could be #1 if they beat Michigan, Penn State, Wisky, run the table, but they shouldn’t be right now.
Can someone get a clip of the Georgia players stomping on Vandy’s star and Mark Richt shoving their asses off. That was neat-o.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:34 am
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
#36
Better conference? Granted the Cal win over Tenn is nice (or is it), but the UCLA loss to ND is terrible, not to mention the OSU thrashing at the hands of the Bearcats. This one is going to sting a little, but ND is 0-4 against the B10, 0-1 against the ACC, and 1-0 against the Pac10, it’s only win on the season. There are 4 teams in the Pac10 with 2-4 records. And USC lost to a 40 point dog, which is just as bad or worse than Michigan’s loss.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:36 am
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Dawg 05 says:
My Zwinky is ranked #10 in the BCS. She would be higher but the computers don’t count her win over 1-AA App. State.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:40 am
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DiamondM says:
#29 and other OSU apologists (including Lou Holtz on College Football Final):
This “it’s not OSU’s fault that the Big 10 is down this year and it played a patsy NC schedule” is bullshit. Whenever a non-BCS conference school (or a “new money” school like USF) is undeafeated, it’s always “their fault” that they play in a perceived crappy conference and play a bad non-conference schedule. Unfortunately, the human pollsters don’t punish the big name teams or reward the upstarts equally.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:45 am
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Techie says:
The Morehouse College Marching Band is ranked 11. They could get in one of the at-large bids with a strong finish to the season.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:50 am
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them oklahoma says:
I hear that Bob Stoops’s LPGA Visor is steadily climbing and had already passed Notre Dame’s Shame at 17. Keep an eye out for Bobby Reid’s mother. She’s gone from unranked to 19 in the past two weeks.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:56 am
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tbone says:
#46
is Oregon depantsing the holy shit out of Michigan irrelevant?
just checking.
its amazing, i sort of half-ass agree with most antagonistic garbage coming from you when your team is #10 and you are badmouthing the SEC…but now…i guess i’ve reached the tipping point. conclusion: i’m a hater.
shrug
October 15th, 2007 at 10:57 am
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Albino Tornado says:
Them Oklahoma:
If Gary Gibbs ~= Frank Solich and John Blake ~= Bill Callahan, then Bob Stoops ~= ?
Bo Pelini is the obvious answer.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:07 am
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Jimer says:
Yahweh,
I dont ask you for much, but can you paaaaahleease let Ohio State go to the national championship game and get throttled again? Even if its not by your team this year.
Love you. Mean it.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:13 am
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Brian says:
That couple that had sex in the Wisconsin bathrooms is around 18th in the BCS standings, they would be higher, but they don’t finish strong.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:16 am
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DC Trojan says:
@ 40, if Pete Carroll bails on USC after this season, I’m putting in my vote for Mike Leach as a replacement. It’s easier to be a pirate when you’re ~15 miles from the ocean.
Yaar!
October 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am
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Der Schatten says:
Yep, TAFKATOSU, Pac-10 waaaaaaay better than Big 10. See e.g., USC, Cal, ASU, UO, and do NOT fuck with the Harbaughs or Stroughters of the world: Their teams will exact vengeance upon you. Besides, beating one team with a .500 record and the only one at any point ranked is not the stuff of BCS high drama or a #1 record: It’s like Hawai’i…we should suspend disbelief and wait til they play someone with a pulse (in OSU’s case, likely a bowl game blowout and that lost puppy dog look we all so loved in Glendale).
October 15th, 2007 at 11:21 am
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Sabanite says:
OSU has beaten one ranked team (Purdue, 23rd at the time now unranked) and might play one more (Michigan, currently 24th)
USF has beaten 2 ranked teams (Auburn, 17th at the time, now 17th) and WVA (was 5 now 9) and still plays Cincinnati (23rd).
LSU has beaten 3 top 20 teams (current BCS 6, 11, and 15), plays another on Saturday, might play another Nov 3, and may play in a conference championship game against a top 10 team…
If each team wins out, which team’s resume is LEAST impressive?
October 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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Noonan says:
I haven’t seen Muschamp that fired up since he KO’d the opposing quarterback in the KA/SAE pledge game (1992).
October 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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PA_Tiger says:
It is good to see a man who really enjoys his job, its too bad I don’t enjoy my job as a professor that much. Imagine a student getting a question right in class and I yell out HELL YEAH! WAY TO LIGHT THAT MF UP!
War Eagle!!
October 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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James says:
Will Muschamp thinks tebow is a motherfucker that needs to be lit up
October 15th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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them oklahoma says:
52- Callahan is bad, very bad, but John Blake bad? That’s like talking shit on someone’s mom. You just don’t do that. I’d expect that out of a texas or lsu fan, but nobody else. In any event, I don’t think that there is a Pelini to Stoops correlation. Rememeber, Pelini was at Oklahoma and wasn’t all that well liked. To be honest, most OU fans want Mike Stoops to be fired at Arizona and return to OU as the co defensive coordinator with Brent Venables. Now that I think of it, if I’m a Nebraska fan (and, at the moment, I’m very happy not to be) I’m hoping for a buyout of the asshat and to hire Venables. He’s a great defense guy and a phenomenal recruiter. That and he’s not so dumb, unlike your Billy. He’ll bring back the tradition of the redshirt program that was scaled back as well as bring back some variation of a running game out of the I. As much as I enjoy seeing a little bit of a Husker downfall, it’s bad for the Big 12 and (for OU and texas) it gets really dull playing the random Popcorn State team from the north for the title. So dull that sometimes OU or texas falls asleep to the point of losing the title game. Seriously, if you all (Nebraska) don’t get your shit together it’s going to be Dan psycho-Hawkins and the little 6. It’s the Big 12, it’s division one football. Act like it, Nebraska.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
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Edsall is God says:
57 –
In my opinion, USF’s win at Auburn trumps Ohio State if they both go undefeated. It will also help if West F’in Virginia wins out, a definite possibility. OSU will have some decent wins (Michigan, PSU, Wisconsin) but nothing that stands out like WFVU or Auburn.
If USF wins out but gets passed over by a 1-loss team, that will be a crime against humanity. They probably won’t. Which is why the BCS yapping is so pointless right now. Win all your games from here out and see what happens.
My pick? 12-0 Ohio State vs. 12-1 LSU.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
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Mark says:
Good thing for Muschamp (and recruiting) that Tuberville has arranged a direct line for forgiveness through on-campus ministry.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
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Geaux Irish says:
#34: Fantastic handle!
October 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
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PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG says:
# 60 Will Muschamp made sure Tebow was a M’fer that got lit up.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
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Big 12 WarBlog says:
Nebraska’s AD Steve Pederson has just been fired…Press conference at 4:30.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
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them oklahoma says:
For the sake of the Big 12 North, I sure as hell hope that Nebraska was paying attention when Oklahoma hit rock bottom. What does that mean? Cornuhuskerface, DO NOT HIRE AN ALUMN JUST “BECAUSE”. Hell, you already had John Blake on your staff for a few seasons. Let’s hope you learned your lesson. Write a blank check and hire the best AD you can buy. Then, leave him the hell alone and let him hire whoever he wants that isn’t named Callahan, Pellini, Buddy Ryan, or McMahon.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
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Dr. Ed PHD.XYZ says:
What is Ohio States’ strengh of schedule?
October 17th, 2007 at 6:41 am