OPEN THREAD, WEEK TEN
To quote Ed Orgeron: “Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhd-dayyyyuuuuuum!” There’s too much going on today. Far, far too much. On our docket:
12:30: Vanderbilt at Florida, Lincoln Financial. Over to you, Dave. Thanks Dave. Fuck you, Dave!
Peeking at: Wake Forest at Virginia. Peeking, because narcolepsy is visually transmitted by watching Al Groh football.
2:30: Navy at Notre Dame! So retro we’re wearing a zoot suit and drinking some fiery hooch we bought from a man who lives in the woods behind our dormitory. He said we might go blind! Ah, the humor of the common man!
3:30: Michigan at Michigan State, ABC. Sparty’s got a ten inch foam penis under that skirt.
5:00: LSU at Alabama. Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate!
8:00 p.m.: Florida State at Boston College 8 p.m. ABC/ South Carolina at Arkansas 8 p.m. ESPN2. A quarterback throwing in a gale? Superb. The comedy should come in bushels as Florida State’s already hilariously inaccurate combo of Lee/Weatherford attempt to wing passes in the teeth of a wicked pissah of a Nor’easter. Also scan the stand for Patriots jerseys. Some dickhead will wear one.
Hydrate! Stretch! Enjoy, and as always, leave your comments below.
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Someone help me with this new amendment to the BCS rules;
Under the new BCS arrangement Notre Dame will be guaranteed one of the at-large slots in a BCS bowl if it is ranked No. 78 or better in the final BCS Standings. It is also guaranteed annual payment for its participation in the BCS. In those seasons in which the Irish play in a BCS game, the school will receive $4.5 million (an amount equivalent that received by a conference that places a second team in a BCS bowl). In those seasons in which Notre Dame does not play in a BCS game, it is projected to be paid $1.3 million for its participation in the BCS arrangement.
Why in the fuck is Notre Dame singled out for this type of bullshit? Did Notre Dame invent football or something?
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — November 5, 2007 @ 10:03 am
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The only data that matters is that within the last 10 or so years:
Past BCS Championship Games
1998 Tennessee 23, Florida State 16
1999 Florida State 46, Virginia Tech 29
2000 Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2
2001 Miami (Fla.) 37, Nebraska 14
2002 Ohio State 31, Miami (Fla.) 24 (2 OT)
2003 LSU 21, Oklahoma 14 -how OK got here and not USC is beyond me….
2004 USC 55, Oklahoma 19-how OK got here and not Auburn is beyond me….
2005 Texas 41, USC 38
2006 Florida 41, Ohio State 14
2007 LSU 58, Ohio State 21-how OSU got here and not Oregon is beyond me….
SO basically make your own analogies…….in the last 4 yrs at least the SEC has gotten 2, Big 12 gets one and the PAC -10 gets 1, after this year it will be 3 for the SEC….
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — November 5, 2007 @ 9:53 am
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and I don’t think the SEC is head and shoulders above everyone else either. Big 12 and PAC-10 are perhaps better, if not right there with the SEC this season. The Big Ten was good the past couple of seasons, not as good this year. ACC is terrible, the Big East is hard to gauge, though I think a healthy West Virginia is a scary team to face.
Comment by bamafanintigerland — November 4, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
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Sagarin has the SEC as the best conference or is that not objective enough (well it did last week). Big 12 was 2nd. But tell all the other conferences to do the same and maybe the SEC will join in as well-go ahead tell us of the one team in every major conference that goes on the road outside of conference.
Comment by bamafanintigerland — November 4, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
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Proof - OK.
Proof on a Plattah.
The SEC since 1992 (expansion) only has a losing record vs the current members of the Big East, I think due to some inconsistencies in the data, which likely has to do with the ACC/Big East realignments over that time period.
Comment by newaztiger — November 4, 2007 @ 11:00 pm