CURIOUS INDEX, 11/26/07

Man, if Ferentz is the next U-M coach, I know where you can get some season tickets, cheap.

It can’t be true that UM is hiring Ferentz. Much as I’d like it, that just cannot be true.

And why is Mangino’s name not in any of these discussions? Granted they got their ass handed to them in the big game, but taking Kansas that far – even in a weak Big 12 – is impressive. I’m sensing some discrimination here. Shameless obeseism!

FERENTZ, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!

what a letdown hire ferentz would be. michigan and the aggies are really looking to inject some excitment into their programs.

does the Michigan job come with a free lifetime supply of kittens?

Like Hank Hill said about Christian Rock, “You’re not making Christianity better, son, you’re making Rock and Roll worse.”

There are maybe only 2 or 3 coaches out there who would be “exciting” hires. With the large number of jobs that are becoming available, there will likewise be a large number of “Meh” hires.

How can Michigan afford this guy?
He is like the 3rd Highest paid coach behind Saban, Stoops, etc……They can afford Ferentz and cant afford Miles? Urban Meyer thinks that decision is harsh….

I think a rock band name “Ferentz Ferdinand” would be in order

For the record, Tim Tebow will be the spokesman for Radio Shack……since he was built there, why not?
I hate freakin CYBORGS…….and their titanium skeletal structure….he’s either that or a mutant, and I hate them too…

Re #2: Perhaps, but I don’t think I’d spend $5-10 million of booster money on a guy whose health is such that he isn’t even an insurable risk with a key-man policy.

5th grade poli-sci joke from 1982: “Why don’t you go over to a cliff…. ANDROPOV?”

It’s not that Michigan can’t afford Mr Hat…they just don’t want a coach who lost to Boss Hogg.

I hope that Ferentz goes to Michigan. He’s just the man to drive a stake through the heart of that program, to prevent it from ever rising again as a serious contender.

I know Iowa has slipped some, but the guy did win 10 games a couple of times without the kind of talent he can bring into Michigan. He could actually be a decent hire.

F at
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where do you get underachieving?

actually i just got offered the Michigan job. i’m planning on using texas tech’s playbook from NCAA 2008 and just asking Corso every single down which plays we should run. i’m thinking 0-12 is a real possibilty. gotta tear it down to build it back up.

Christian Rock-esque is a good way to describe Kansas football this year.

Sure it sounds like real rock/football. It may even look like real rock/football.

But deep down it’s just disappointing crap.

well it aint undereating, undernourished,underrated
and Overachieving or overrated would spell FOCK
Underachieving may not work in reality, but it works in my failed attempt at ironic comedy

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/stories/2007/11/26/adspeak_1127.html

there goes the CGE 7-5 is quite fitting to end his career

Reliable sources on GT boards are reporting that Chan is officially gone.

GT has called a press conference at 2 PM EST to (presumably) make the announcement.

Also, the hot rumor for his (probable) replacement is Will Muschamp, the DC at Auburn. He played for UGA, so it is definitely a “maybe”. The AD wants to move quickly, and is rumored to already know who he wants.

I would looooove it if Georgia Tech hired Muschamp. He couldn’t keep us under 30 at Auburn. Can’t wait to see what he does with Tech’s players.

I recommend Gary Danielson for the UM head coach position – Defensive Coord. at the very least. The guy seems to be able to predict a considerable percentage of any given Offense’s playcalls, and comes complete with a goofy sidekick, ala Coach Hayden Fox and his Luther. Hilarity ensues (or continues, depending on where your allegiances lie).

Wow, this is certainly turning into Underwhelming Hires Week, sponsored by Applebee’s and the 2008 Chrysler Sebring.

What’s next? Dubose to Ole Miss, since his guys almost snuffed out that 15-lateral Trinity play? Wannstedt out at Pittsburgh, Kotite in?

@21:

Our long institutional nightmare is over.

There has got to be a Flow Chart or a Probability Theorem in this coaching change season….sheesh, I’ve been watching the show “Numbers” for too long….

Well then that makes LLoyd Carr patient Zero when starting the Coaching Change Domino Shell game thingy, one gets knocked down, another falls in its place, around and around it goes, where it stops, nobody knows………guess Manginos weight for 5 dollars,plus or minus the gravitational pull…..he has to stay in the midwest, his affect on tides on the coast would be detrimental…… step right up…..

+ 1 @ #25, Rich Kotite needs to be on one of these AD’s radar.

I was hoping we (GT) might be able to steal away Edsall from Uconn or something.

Chan is out? I think I just came a little…

On an unrelated note, I’m a little confused on how Mizzou leaped over the Running Cheetahmen of Coal Miner U in the BCS polls. Did they not see what WVU did to UConn?

Well, you won’t have old Chan to kick around anymore.

#32
Yeh, Uconn….dont put alot of stock in that…same way with Kansas……WVU played vs South Fla, the closest thing to a decent matchup, they knocked out Pat White, and just like Oregon, they were not the same, and South Fla won before the Jen Sturger curse set in….
IF I am a Def-Coordinator….I put out a hit on Pat Whites thigh….knock him out the game, WVU crumbles…instant win for the MNC game..somehow tOSU retires while everyone else seems to play their 3 tuffest games, what a shitty way to get into the MNC game again and get whacked again…..

Also, why is Paul Johnson’s name not mentioned in any of these job searches? The guy is winning at GOD DAMNED NAVY! He’d be perfect for Tech: ties to Georgia, utilizes undersized athletes at QB, understands how to coach at a school with recruiting deficiencies. I hope they don’t hire him, because I think he could actually pull off big things there, but if I was a Tech fan I’d be clamoring for him.

Pelican Pants ought to know about “underachieving.”

$4 million bucks for a 6-6 year, with a loss to ULM thrown in for good measure.

Hey, Pelican: Six, sweetie. Enjoy the coming year.

@35:
PJ is well-compensated at Navy, and has no real desire to leave by all reports…if we could get him it would be a major coup.

#32: Did you not know that UConn sucks?

I think it is now obvious, as if it wasn’t before, that the stodgy uppities at Michigan wanted no part of Les Miles.

To them he is only a Michigan man at face value.

The thing is he was too stupid not to recognize that before he made all those dumbass non-answers at his pressers regarding Michigan. He should have just tattooed a “M” on his forehead while saying, “we are just going to drop it for the time being.”

And, if you are a LSU fan, how would that make you feel? Here you are, a game away for securing a BCS championship game bid, especially since Tennessee beat Kentucky, and your head man is crying over the Michigan job in public?

I don’t know, call me crazy, but were I LSU, I would want my coaches to at least put up a reasonable front that Baton Rouge is the job for me.

LSU is so lucky to have “the Hat,” and his annual 9-2 to 10-2 regular season record.

Hell, I could have coached that team to 11-1, which is probably what I am also saying about Clemson right now, even though I have never put on a pair of Bike shorts in my life.

Those of you who played high school, or at least middle school, football will get the last line.

Gurn,
Payback is a bitch. Trust me, there wont be any kneeling on the goal line..Live it up it wont last long…We will get to 9 in a row faster than you after spotting you 6…..Lets see, Tubberville has had his team for the last 8 yrs? Where is your national championship? in the past 20 yrs? He is the best 8-4, 7-5 coach out there, just cant seem to get to the big dance…seems to win big games while dropping little games…You will get all the hype if he stays there for the MNC next year, except you wont get past Georgia in a blow out, again……plus letting Alabama pick up more than half of the top 20 4 star recruits in state, we hope he stays at Auburn, and we’ll start cuttin fingers off…after we clean house….2009….Alabama dont matter right now, but we get more press for some reason…If Auburn lets Tubs leave, they are shooting themselves in both feet, then going hunting with Dick Cheney…..

Does this mean that Sean Connery defects with a rusted out U-boat to Ohio State?

Chan steps up to the podium wearing his usual Georgia Tech garb. A little microphone feedback, and the room full of reporters gets quiet.

Chan: Well, folks, I guess you all know why I’m here. We’ve had a good run here, but I guess it’s just time to move on. Shucks, fellas, I’m gonna miss all this. The insane circus wins at the last minute, the crippling losses to sub-par opponents, calling my favorite play six times in a row.

Chan opens up a bag of Werther’s Originals and pops one in his mouth

I think I’m gonna miss the players the most. Ol’ Reuben was such a stand-up guy, and Reggie, what a go-getter. Yeah sure, he didn’t have the “stats” or the “leadership” or the “academics” you’d expect from a four year starter, but he was in every play. You never quite knew what he was gonna do, but you knew it would cause excitement.

Another Werther’s Original

There were just a few things I just couldn’t get while I was here. Why did Jon have to yell at his players when they didn’t do something right? Cut the kids a break, you know? They’re young, and they make mistakes. We should just let them learn from their mistakes, like Taylor. That boy is going to be so good at not underthrowing his receivers by five yards when he gets all that out of his system! Now that’s successful coaching right there.

But if you ask me what my favorite part of coaching at Georgia Tech was, it wasn’t crushing Calvin Johnson’s hopes for a Heisman Trophy by saddling him with a terrible quarterback, or watching Tashard Choice make a twenty yard gain out of the third iso left play I called in a row, or even making Jon’s defense look incompetent in games where we’d have twenty minutes time of possession. It was meeting a kindred spirit like Dave Braine. The man just understood how to run an athletic association. The expensive new stadium renovations, signing me to an overpriced contract with an expensive buy-out clause and generally declaring that my calibre of coaching was perfectly acceptable at a school with such rigorous academic standards.

Sure, ol’ George O’Leary was a pretty good coach, but where’s the integrity? Where’s the mentoring? I think I did a better job coaching PEOPLE with Reggie and Taylor than he ever did with Joe Hamilton or George Godsey. But I guess Dan just cares about “winning” and “getting money from the alumni”. I can understand him, but that don’t mean I agree with him.

Ladies, gentlemen, it’s been a pleasure. Now I’m gonna go to my rural home, sit on my front porch, and whittle.

Another Werther’s Original

Hey, Pelican Pants:

1. Why haven’t you updated your blog?

2. We’ve been hearing that kinda talk (“Just you wait, Barners…”) for, oh, I dunno….SIX years now.

3. SIX.

4. UL Monroe.

5. Hah.

6.

Mr. Pelican Pants,

I hate to jump into a flame war between Bama guys, but Auburn is three years removed from a perfect season that they followed with 11 and 10-win seasons. Personally, I think Tubbs is a better coach than Saban, and I seriously doubt Bama will win more than two in a row while he’s there.

Nickelback is a Christian Rock band? Who knew…

Mr.PelicanPants, is payback a bitch? Remember that nine game streak in the 1970s and how your fans gloated. Remember the Bahr calling us that “Cow College”. How about the quote, “Every time the NCAA comes to Tuscaloosa, Auburn goes on probation.” Now that the state goverment isn’t in your back pocket and your good ’ol boy network has died off, you are receiving the payback you so richly deserve.

And you sure carry a lot of hate for Auburn seeing as how we’re not hat important to you. Surely you’re more upset about UT making the SEC championship game than Nick Saban being 2-4 against Tubs.

Maybe you can tell how payback feels since you seem to be an expert on receiving it.

Yes, Nickelback is Christian.

And I might add that those are not the good Mizzou highlights up on YouTube. There’s a guy who always posts good highlight videos (dchescher94, as you can clearly see), although he does make the sin of using a good bit of nu-metal.

Ppants -

The $32 Million coach – who we are constantly being reminded we should fear – just took a 6-6 team to…..well……..6-6.

Call me crazy, but shouldn’t you see imoprovement over the course of a season in a team led by such a great coach?

“S” the Coach should be replaced by “R” the Refund.

Well last time I checked, perfect seasons dont equal National Championships, ask Terry Bowden…he may be going to Ole Miss….
Probations a bitch, thus we saw why Fran left so quick…..in case you didnt notice, we havent had any “million dollar players” (NFL drafted players who actually start in the NFL) since Brodie class of players left, Fran saw that talent level drop off was pretty steep, and bailed since he couldnt fully recruit…Shula took the hit…and instilled a non chalant “ride out the storm” kinda attitude that still resides but will be gone, and the benefactor of this was Tuberville from a rival standpoint…hell there are players that wanted to play for Bama and went to Auburn,but due to scholarship restrictions, we cant blame em…
Who has the most talent in the SEC? LSU….for the last 3 yrs has put more pure talent in the NFL with more bank than anyother SEC school, but has yet to bring back any hardware since Saban left….Wrong or right?
The difference between Auburn and Alabama is that we now have a coach that has won a MNC and has put year after year of talent at his last school that found a way to lose and underperform.. this should tell you how weak the recruiting has been the past 4-5 yrs…
Alabama has over 20 seniors, and only 4-5 contribute..
watch how many LSU players go pro, then look at the rest of the SEC…Hell Auburn sucked without Brad Lester, imagine how they would have done without Lester + 4 others……..starters with no depth and you get the ULM result, Auburn lost one starter and got Croomed as well, and South Fla beat em…oh , and K-State, who knew?

But is Nickelback a “Christian Rock Band” or a regular rock band with Christians in it (of which there have been many) who still sing about money, sex, drugs, whores. The difference is pretty big.

I’ll say this…..Alabama will win a MNC before Auburn will, with or without Tubberville, write it down…..
2009 is the year where we will be able to compete for the SEC…Bama should be able to get there to a MNC playoff game by 2010 if Saban doesnt kill any players…Auburn better do it next year if they can get by Florida or Georgia, but dont see that happening either, cant see Tubs goin 3 in a row over Tebow…thus another possible Auburn MNC down the drain…he would have a better chance at Arkansas w/ Felix Jones coming back….Auburn lost their chance when ,in 2002,with loads of NFL talent in the backfield gets beat by USC 24-17….so keep dreamin of the MNC….its all they will ever have…they make pretty good NFL running backs and linebackers at Auburn, but no Champions on the college level…If Saban gets 4 full yrs of recruiting under his belt, the result will be fuckin scary, and everyone knows it, if it wasnt so, no one would give a fuck, but heresay dont matter til its played on the field, and everyone will see Alabama get consistently better, not worse, thats a fact. SEC teams,when they get to play in the BCS MNC game, dont usually lose, and GA would wax either WVU or tOSU…just like GA waxed Tubs

Demeco Ryans was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and he graduated after Brodie.

Lol, I can feel the hate between the Auburn and Bama fans from all the way in California. I sometimes wonder what the rivalry (and hate) must be like for people living in ’Bama.

So Auburn’s inability to win a MNC, rather than their ability to consistently beat Alabama, is what makes Alabama a better football team?

c’mon-

You can’t honestly say that bama has no talent.

JPW and DJ “Soul Glo” Hall set how many school records last year? What happened to them?

Simeon Castille, Andre Smith and Antoine Caldwell are potential All Americans.

Seriously – dude!

50 – Good point. There is a difference in a Christian rock band and a band that plays Christian music, which obviously would also be Christian.

The former would be someone like the Fray or Nickelback.

The latter would be… well you can Google someone who does the latter.

Pelican Pants,

Actually, the only reason people give a shit is because we’ve been hearing about how fucking great Nick Saban was all off-season. Nobody is scared of what Alabama will be in three years. I’m certainly not. For the record, Saban’s years at LSU went something like this: 8-5, 9-3 (SEC title), 8-5, 13-1 (SEC title, MNC), 9-3. I’m sure Alabama will improve, but there’s nothing scary about Nick Saban.

It seems Pelican Pants has gotten himself into a bit of trouble with his mouth (yet again), but to open the post talking about how “easy” WFV is to beat and using USF as an example, then to say OSU will get rocked in the title game again by that same WFV team, is just odd. Can you tell me with a straight face that USF is a better team than OSU? Really? 3 Big East losses, to a murderer’s row of Uconn, Rutgers and Cincy, compared to OSU’s one Big Ten loss to a team even Orson is afraid of playing in a bowl game?

I’m sure you’ll insist USF is better, but I just can’t see it.

Biggus Riccus; – It was a split MNC that year for LSU and Saban, which they backed into, by the way….

…Let’s hope this year USC and LSU can meet in a bowl game or parking lot, to take care of bidniss once and for all, well until next time….

LSU has had a nice amount of NFL talent, but not as much as Miami or Ohio State over the last 5 years.

Also, what has Saban or any of his players really done since 2003 when they shared the NC with USC in a year much like this year where there is no clear cut dominate team – they have beaten Miami and ND in bowl games…wow….??? They were 9-3 in Saban’s last year and lost the bowl game. They were 8-5 the year before going 13-1. And honestly, Saban only had 1 year that was really better than DiNardo’s and that was the 13-1 season. Saban had a 10-3 season and DiNardo had a 10-2 season and a 9-3 season…also had the two bad seasons before Saban got there.

Bama fans cling to Saban because it is the only hope they have left…that program was left for dead after being placed on the stiffest probation since SMU and had it not been for the 32 Million Dollars coughed up for Saban, Alabama would be done…a distant memory.

McPants….there is no way you honestly believe that Alabama is going to win 9 straight over anyone, much less Auburn. When was the last time you guys won a game in November?

Further, how do you have any idea what Georgia would do against West Virginia or Ohio State? In year when Stanford beats USC anything is possible.

What people try to compare is:
In state rivalry used to matter when Alabama and Auburn used to matter…it was a bigger game when both seasons were in the balance. Usually Alabama came in ranked in the top 5 or vice versa, and the other team would almost always knock em out of contention since the game was late in the year…usually had bigger names on National level (Bo, Cornelius Bennet), and now its just about a streak that doesnt matter outside Alabama…and mainly it was played by players that grew up in the state of Alabama, with Coaches who had worked with each other, from both sides back in the day, so it was more of personal thing, now the polish is off since this year was a disappointment on both sides. Auburn has had continuity and lil distractions, Alabama cant say that, though most of it was self created. Storm for Alabama is over…..lowest point has been reached….in relative to catastrophes and the process, get ready for the Saban Tsunami

So Saban’s going to kill a bunch of people in Indonesia?

Nick Saban’s analogies are scary if you ask me. Tone-deaf anyone?

It’s funny – In the typical wrong-headed Roll Tide fan’s head, the UA loss to LAMonroe was a big a deal as Pearl Harbor and 9-11.

#61
We are all shaking in our boots, even ULM. When is your narrow mind going to wake up to the current state of college football? Things that have changed since the last time Alabama “dominated”:

1. 85 Scholarships
2. TV and Media coverage
3. The Internet
4. The rise of Miami, FSU, and Florida
5. The BCS
6. College coaching salaries
7. NFL Free Agency
8. Cell Phones
9. Microwave ovens
10. Population boom in southern states
11. Online Gambling
12. Do I need to continue?

And you are telling me that Nick Saban is so great that he can overcome all of these things that have leveled the playing field since the last time Alabama “dominated” the college football world?

In case you haven’t noticed, Alabama is still the same shit hole state it was back when Alabama “dominated” with the longest state constitution in the country (having 777 amendments) that makes it nearly impossible for the state to progress in terms of real economic growth and improvements in primary education.

You guys are gonna get a penalty flag for givin me “the bidness”…
Yeh we had talent and momentum this year…..til the University of Alabama, some conspiracie theorist seem to think some Shula lovers in the admin dept, decided to drop the bomb and get 5 starters suspended…right after the Tenn game and right before the LSU game. These werent scrubs, Starters, mind you.Saban had nothing to do with it since the crimes were committed over a period of time, and they probaly knew about it before the season began… After they dropped the LSU game, players seemed to give up since there was nothing to play for, and do their own thing. But Talent without effort is, well nothing….see ULM game…and I guess Saban hasnt had to deal with a few talented athletes who dont want to compete, even with nothing on the line…if he would have done what he should have done at the beginning of the year and cut several key losers off the team we would have been 4-8…I understand these players have been thru 3 divorces metaphorically speaking, but man up and play..most D-1 players I know will play their heart out playing church softball because they are so competitive…yes the 9 in a row is extreme…most of what I say is tongue in cheek, not fact….I’m pretty reasonable as far as being a fan goes, just like to stir shit up since we can beat Auburn, and neither can Florida….I’ll take SEC title sooner than later based on track record, but according to TAFKATOSUB, the SEC was down when Saban won both his and his Natl Champ….Least our SEC teams have to play another game and we dont get the luxury of sitting at the house watching other teams take each other out while we move up the ranks by default for 2 weeks in a row…funny how you can go from 5th to 2nd or 3rd by doing nothing….tSOU would be number one if we had one more week to go……

can’t

1. - JPW sucks. Please don’t put him in the “talent” discussion.

#62
Well since Coach O has recruited them and offered many of them scholarships, we may stand to get a bunch since they fire him…damn 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and Tsunami, isnt anything sacred??
In case you missed it, Nick Saban could have save himself some trouble by stating without comparing anything: “This season is a disaster, not only for us but for college football as a whole, remember, if Auburn wins, the terrorist win…..again, and again and again and again…this whole season is a Tsunami wrapped up in a Hurricane Katrina type enviroment.”
He didnt really say that, he would have gotten sued by Jesse Jackson..
To SUM IT ALL UP: BAMA SUCKS….and I dont think many will disagree if they watched any highlights.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, and its coming from the reflection of Nick Sabans teeth….

pPants -

I’ll say it again… how does a coach supposedly worth $32 million get worse over the course of a season? This team went from 6-2 and leading the SEC West to near implosion.

As for the 5 suspended players – losing players to injury, suspension, etc.. is part of the game. Lesser paid coaches deal with it daily. And also, is there one player on LA Monroe that would start for bama? Doubt it.

It wiill be pretty tough for Tebow to destroy Illinois in the Capital One Bowl if Illinois is playing in a BCS bowl on the other side of the country. Why any BCS Bowl would have any interest in Illinois (besides the Rose Bowl in the whole Missouri loses to OK again this weekend scenario), I will never know… But apparently they do.

You guys might just have to settle on beating the crap out of Wisconsin or Michigan in January instead.

#64
If I wasn’t at work right now I would rip you a new ass…hey dumb ass, the Big Ten title was settled on field this year, the winner of the Ohio State vs. Michigan game was the outright conference champion. We’ve been sitting at home for 1 week. We didn’t take a bye week this year. And your beloved conference championship games don’t mean shit this year…other than giving a 3 blowout loss team a 3rd shot at winning a conference championship against a team that has lost twice as the #1 ranked team, once to an unranked 8-4 team with no defense.

And yes, Nick Saban’s success at LSU came at a low period in the SEC…and he only had 1 great season….

pp@64:

The textbook five were suspended BEFORE the Tennessee game. Facts can be so inconvenient to conspiracy theories.

Mizzu vs. OU….rematch
VT vs. BC….rematch
LSU vs. Tenn….3 blowout loss team getting a shot at a conference title.

Again, the PAC 10 is the only conference that does it right.

72

On the bright side, finishing early and not playing a conference championship game does provide a convenient excuse for getting beaten in the MNC game, even though you have won like 4 other BCS games after long layoffs.

Price dont matter when it comes to MNC…..
$32 million…..it wouldnt matter if it was $320,000 everyone would still be harping on Nick Saban….
Gene Stallings first year wasnt spectacular, they even loss to Louisville in the Fiesta Bowl….went 7-5, the difference between him and Saban is that Stallings had Bill Currys abundance of NFL talent and depth left over….which he parlayed into a undisputed MNC only 2 seasons later in 1992. Saban doesnt have that luxury, he will have to do it over a 4 yr period where HIS talent and HIS coaching…1st year coaches always gets a pass…2nd year the scrutiny starts…Defense did a so-so job, offense could have been 100% better had they kept the starters together…
Crabs——-yeh injuries happen, not 5 at one time…maybe 1 or 2, not 3 from the same side of the ball…..
Look, you cant take 10yrs worth of bullshit and lay on Sabans feet….they had a chance at Butch Davis back in the day and the Admin blew it…thats where Alabama needs to clean house is in the ADMIN…thats 90% of Alabamas problem….and thank God that he cant be messed with by anyone is in his contract…Auburn has had 6 straight wins, but only 1 SEC appearance, 1 more than Alabama in the past 6 yrs, so whats up with that?

I haven’t done the research, but I’ll be UGa put more people in the NFL over the last several years.

Aubies-

Good game. Can’t talk any trash, because we know what happened on the field.

I look forward to watching our coach build a fine program. After hearing Wallace Gilberry’s post-game comments, I have no doubt they are on their way.

Also, Irwin, you are a piece of shit. You can’t seriously think that anyone would equate a loss in college football with the loss of human life. You have trivialized those events much more than Saban did by using them to take a shot at fans you don’t like. Fuck off.

#70
So your one game better than LSU…Congrats….you lost to an unranked opponent, that I am sure, in your opinion, was more talented than Flordia’s team last year……and I am sure if your schedule would deem it so to play ranked opponents after the month of October, when it counts,you possibly would have another loss,
but I am sure you will save that one for when it counts,like the BCS championship…if you get there and lose this one, God help your credibility as a yearly highly ranked program…..
I thought Les Miles was lucky, hell, tOSU is lucky, they fall into the top 5 by being IDLE. Thats 2 weeks at the house while other teams play on…and tOSU will benefit, again, if any of them fall—-Mizzou rematch vs Okla….Do you think you could win vs Michigan again in a league endorsed rematch? Would you want to play it again if there was no clear Big 10 winner? and then have to go play in the MNC?
Yeh the SEC is pissed, we play a different kind of football..we have to have attack dogs on the field to keep the players from attacking the fans..We have SEC Speed Attack Dogs…We laugh at Kansas being number 2…smoke and mirrors and glitter can only get you so far….THIS IS WHY WE NEED A PLAYOFF
hell Div II has one, and I think it kinda works

@76

OSU players on NFL rosters: 55
(according to Sportsline)

Georgia players on NFL rosters: 48

OSU is behind Miami and in front of Florida State in terms of how many players are on current NFL Rosters.

OSU has more players on NFL rosters than any other SEC school. Apparently, the NFL doesn’t run on SEC speed.

^^didn’t mean for that SEC speed comment to sound so smack-talkish, but whatev. Don’t take offense – I was just sayin’.

None taken…I know this much, there is a Michigan QB and an Ohio State Linebacker that have both been the anchor of the most dominating NFL franchise in recent history…both have 3 SB rings and are likely to have a 4th after this season.

A Yuri Andropov reference, I can now stop reading

tOSU,

Mike Vrabel I assume you mean? If you think he’s an “anchor” you’re kidding yourself. Brady may be the best QB ever, and he’s the reason the Pats have been the “most dominating franchise in recent history.” Bully for Michigan.

With Bama fans it’s either what happened 25+ years ago or what’s going to happen in the future. It’s never about what is happening now, ’cause now usually sucks for them.

Yeah, the true anchor on that D is a UGA guy – Richard Seymour. Robert Edwards was also on his way to stardom there, until the brainiacs in the NFL office decided beach football was a good idea.

One more thing, from ’98 to ’07 – the BCS Era – the breakdown goes like this:

1. Ohio State, 75
2. Tennessee, 70
t3. Miami (Fla.), 69
t3. Florida State, 69
5. Florida, 67
6. Georgia, 59
7. Michigan, 54
8. Nebraska, 52
t9. Southern Cal, 51
t9. Penn State, 51
t11. Virginia Tech, 47
t11. LSU, 47
13. Oklahoma, 43
14. Wisconsin, 42
15. Texas, 41
16. Arizona State, 36

I prefer Konstantin Chernenko to Yuri Andropov, but that’s just me. Back to Bama/Auburn, Big Ten/SEC bickering.

Vrabel does have 10 NFL catches for 10 touchdowns…not bad for a linebacker. Hasn’t Seymour been on the IR this year?