MMM, WHO DOESN’T LOVE PRESS CONFERENCES?
The fact we have to wait for a selection show doesn’t seem half as unusual this year as a college football fan. As strange as it’s been, Barry Alvarez could come on the screen in a Cat-in-the-Hat raver cap, technicolor-striped pants, and twirling two glow sticks while screaming “SOMEONE GAVE ME BAAAAAAD DRUGS!!!” and it would feel apropos. It’s been bad trippy time for football fans everywhere this entire season–why change now? Just put Thom Brennaman in the fat pants, dose him on some cut-rate MDMA, turn on the camera, and let the fun begin. WHO LOVES YOU? AND WHO DO YOU LOVE THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
It feels so good when you touch my head…where’s my gum?
So while we all wait for the BCS selection show, please note that EDSBS Live, America’s Most Outstandingly Mediocre College Football Show, has been moved for one week only to Monday night on account of Peter Bean, our co-host, being exceedingly occupied this week for reasons unknown. (He’s secretly negotiating for the job of defensive coordinator of the Texas Longhorns. Let it be known that we think he’d be just as good as their current management.) It will be broadcast live tomorrow night when we’ve got BCS selections to discuss and a bit more time on our hands as a duo.
Regular programming continues apace tomorrow. For the record, we think placing the entire undefeated 2004 Auburn squad and the 12-0 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions would make as much sense as any other arrangement you choose, since the BCS is made to hand pick a pair of lions from the pride for their title game, not pull a pair a pair of random feral cats from a sack.
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stapler says:
UGA got screwed!!!!!!! LSU had an unranked team put up 50+ on them last week, at home no less!!!!!!!!! What a travesty!!!!!!!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
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Cochese says:
I for one welcome our old BCS overlords.
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 pm
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Kate says:
How funny that Les Miles won’t even have to go to Michigan to beat Ohio State in 2008.
(PS: In a way, it’s good that tOSU isn’t going against Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl, because the two already have an opening regular season matchup next year in LA. Unfortunately for the Rose Bowl, Illinois is going to take their place. Snooore.)
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
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A Cal bear in SC says:
War is Peace!
Freedom is Slavery!
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
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Year2-Dave says:
Georgia lost by 3 touchdowns to Tennessee.
QED, stapler.
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
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stapler says:
…and whats with all the softcore porn ads on this website?
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
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Aerobab says:
Can tOSU just not learn? What part of
S peed
E quals
C hampionships
do they not understand? I, for one, am quite excited for the matchup!
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:59 pm
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Sean Glennon's Jersey says:
Sean Glennon’s Jersey is an admitted Georgia homer……but Georgia shouldn’t play for the MNC. It wasn’t right when Chokelahoma did it and it wasn’t right when Nebraska did it. I do, however, think the dawgs would beat Ohio State by two touchdowns.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
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Psmith says:
Aerobabe – tOSU played the cards they were dealt – now they are in the champ. game. What lesson do you speak of?
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
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PW says:
Year2-Dave
Based on his “head-to-head is not a good method of settling ties” argument in the previous thread, I’d guess your Latin acronyms will be lost on Stapler.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
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El Hombre says:
I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that Illinois, a generally mediocre team who, while they (deservedly) beat tOSU, still will get a BCS bowl bid over Missouri, who BEAT THEM.
But the dandruffs at the Rose Bowl still want to preserve the “tradition” that the Big Televen is a competent football conference and want to see a hometown team kick the stuffing out of mediocre opposition instead of an actual good game.
But it could also be that it’ll be a cold day in hell before Missouri actually has something go their way.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
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stapler says:
LSU has lost twice since Oct. 1. In the last loss they gave up half a hundred to an UNRANKED team. AT HOME.
QED, Year2-Dave.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:08 pm
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Unhappy Monkey says:
You tell ‘em stapler!! You are SEC East co-champs, and no one can ever take that away from you. Just ask Ole Miss.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
I love how overconfident the SEC fans are. Sounds like us last year, and look how that turned out. Be careful what you ask for. We’ll show up this year, and Miles is used to losing to tOSU 0-3-1 as a player, 0-1 as a coach. And here is another fun fact, LSU has never beaten tOSU. How relevant is that stat? Its not, just as last years game isn’t relevant to this years game. Keep up the myths though, it makes your fall from the limb you step out on that much funnier.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
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PW says:
After the 2002 tOSU team beat that unbelievable Miami team, I learned that no MNC game is a sure bet.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:21 pm
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notthequarterback says:
7 -
And I’m excited to see if the SEC can improve on its 1-2 record vs the Big 10 in bowl games last year!
Sounds almost as dumb as your Speed Equals Championships garbage, doesn’t it??
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:23 pm
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sjs1959 says:
Once you get past LSU, the SEC just isn’t that good. Once you get past tOSU and Illinois, the Big Ten isn’t all that good. Once you get past OU, KU, and MIzzou, the Big 12 isn’t all that good. (By the way, since only 2 teams per conference are allowed in BCS bowls, the two top teams left are OU and KU, and THAT’S why Mizzou is on the outside looking in, probably headed back to the Alamo Bowl.)
Oh, and UGA, when you beat Tennessee, call me. Quit whining, and get ready for the Hawai’i Warriors to kick your asses all over the Sugar Bowl.
Mahalo.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:26 pm
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PW says:
And stapler, 22 of that “half a hundred” came after the end of regulation. You know, when one of the greatest college RBs of all time was given the ball at LSU’s 25 yard line for 3 possessions.
Once again, I agree with you that UGA deserves a shot, but it isn’t like LSU obviously shouldn’t be there. And your “they lost twice while ranked #1″ argument makes no sense considering the fact that your team also lost twice and wasn’t even #1 when those losses happened.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:27 pm
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PW says:
Also, the AP is going to give you a 1/2 national championship after you score 100 on Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. So just relax.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
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Cap'n Ken says:
Jeez, if I want to read the insane rantings of Georgia fans who don’t understand “SEC Champion, 11-2″ trumps “Not the SEC East Champion, 10-2″, I’ll go to ajc.com (which I won’t).
Go put on your black jammies and storm an endzone somewhere. See if that helps.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 pm
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El Hombre says:
Currently, my trusty Post-It pad is looking something like this:
MNC–tOSU v LSU
Rose–USC v Pool
Fiesta–OU v Pool
Sugar–Pool v Pool
Orange Bowl–VT v Pool
Pool Teams:
–The two automatics at the moment are Hawaii (who I see going to the Orange Bowl) and WFVU (a Fiesta Bowl bid)
–Then, four teams enter, one team leaves going to the Cotton Bowl: Mizzou, kansas, UGA and Illinois. I see UGA and Mizzou going to the Sugar Bowl and Illinois going to the Rose.
Moral of the story? The Rose Bowl are a bunch of dunderheads who hate change.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
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ipse dixit says:
I agree #2.
Just put a hastily written sign that says “Hail BCS”
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
UGA was the third best team in the SEC.
Sorry, but only Bama can claim MNCs after finishing 3rd in the SEC (Hello 1941 title!)
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:44 pm
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Flop says:
Yes, but what Ohio State fans’ brilliant Theorem of Losing Comfort fails to take into consideration their own teams’ predilection for getting throttled by SEC teams.
And Ron Zook.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:57 pm
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sabanite says:
Every SEC football fan should agree that the SEC Champ should play in the MNC game every year… champ from the best conference should never be ranked lower than #2 before the bowls.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
24: And the congregation said “AMEN!”
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
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Arkansas Buckeye says:
Choose any two of the top eight teams. Would any of us agree that the winner of that game would be the best team in the country. No way to compare other than a playoff and that’s not going to happen.
Its just that one team will happen to get to hold up that stupid crystal football at the end. The only people who believe that team is truly the best in the land wiill be its alumni and fans.
That being said. My boys learned that overconfidence is a killer. You SEC wonks keep the trash talk coming.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
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NMS says:
Look, I’m a UGA fan too, but you can’t say we really clearly deserve the championship game. LSU lost twice in triple overtime… we choked offensively to South Carolina (we turn one of those four FGs into a TD and we win) and we let Tennessee stomp us.
They lost twice in triple OT to teams just as good and won the conference.
Clear advantage to LSU
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:02 pm
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R.D. Baker - Retired Blogger says:
And to think… all this fuss because West @#$%^ Virginia couldn’t take care of business against Pitt
I blame them for the mess we have.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
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meg says:
No UGA fan would be complaining at all if they were playing anyone but the perceived weakest team in the BCS yet AGAIN….FSU, WVU, and now this. WVU is a case in point- UGA didn’t even bother getting off the bus for the entire first half and lost by three points to a supposedly equal component. Basically all these games are meaningless except the MNC- you might as well give the country the match-ups it wants. Every knowledgable football fan has a good idea of what will happen in the Sugar Bowl- Richt and co will run a clock-eating run game and Martinez will likley only have to send the 4 upfront after Brennan leaving the rest to sit the mid and short routes. So instead of being able to look forward to an exciting game, this fan has to pray for a boring one. Great end to the season.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
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SpartanDan says:
El Hombre – you realize that the BCS bowls, by rule, *cannot* take both Missouri and Kansas because it would be three teams from the same conference, correct? And thus there isn’t anyone else the Rose Bowl could take (aside from possibly Clemson, if they end up in the top 14, and … well, if you think taking Clemson over Illinois makes sense, you’re nuts). The Sugar Bowl could veto if the Rose wants Georgia anyway, so their other options are the Big XII teams, and whichever bowl chooses one is going to end up pissing someone off (either leaving out a one-loss Kansas or a Missouri team that would have beaten two BCS participants).
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
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The Duke of Wazzu says:
That would be Fuckin’ West Fuckin’ Virginia.
The couches are in a half-burnt state.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
Can the Big 10 get 2 more good teams so we can have a playoff please?? I still dont know how Notre Dame is guaranteed a BCS bowl if they finish 8th….WTF is that about? Who needs independents??
If Hawaii can have a team….what about Alaska and Puerto Rico???
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:13 pm
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NMS says:
15,
youre an idiot.
You really think that Penn St vs. Tennessee and Ark v ‘Consin counts anywhere near as much as the National Title Game?
13,
Last year you were overconfident for no reason. SEC fans are confident because of very good reasons. Reasons like our champ beating the ACC champ 48-7 and our 06 champ beating the 06 Big 10 champ 48-7 as well.
Also, there are things like..
Georgia easily handling decent ACC and big 12 teams like Ga Tech and Ok St 35-14 or something in that range.
Florida owning FSU
-our midlevel teams, like KY, beating projected Big East champs
We actually have damn good reasons for know we’re better
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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El Hombre says:
#29: that’s why I said “four teams enter, one team leaves going to the Cotton Bowl”, the Cotton Bowl being the top non-BCS bowl the Big XII has.
Come the Revolution, we’ll have a playoff, every team would have an equal chance of winning (that means you too, Hawaii) and both Columbia and Lawrence would be happy. But until then we just have to keep arguing and watch as TAFKAtOSUB gets all smug with us.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm
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notthequarterback says:
32,
I didnt realize that certain bowl games counted more than others when determining one team’s superiority over the other. So non-title BCS games amount to 1/2 a win? Bowl games played in December count for 1/4 a win? Please let me in on the proper formula for measuring the SEC vs the Big Ten in Bowl games last year, I was unaware that it had to be parsed more than the SEC being 1-2 vs the Big ten. Jackass.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:22 pm
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beckett929 says:
32 –
Thats retarded!!! youre counting beating a ‘projected’ champ as a great win???? WTF???? Louisville were clearly flawed, and that win doesnt look so great since Syracuse beat that same team by the same margin KY did… SYRACUSE!!!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
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NMS says:
Your best team got CRUSHED by our best team in the biggest game of them all. Jackass.
Two narrow victories by lesser teams do not erase your conference losing a championship to the SEC by 41 points.
Oh, and your conference has lost to a I-aa team AND Duke this year. Cool!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
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beckett929 says:
Oh… and I recall that same FSU team beating Alabama…. and ‘bama also losing to UL-Monroe… so dont go on and on and on about youre superiority
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
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Erdinger says:
Even though Ohio St is a joke I just want to say that I’m glad we don’t have a WV/Mizzou National Champ. That would’ve sucked!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
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Domer Guy says:
Texas ASU in the Holiday: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/103255
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
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NMS says:
35, even if you take that KY win out it doesn’t change the overall point of my post. The SEC still has plenty of big wins over the other conferences.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
Texas A&M vs. Penn State in the Alamo. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.
That PSU ‘94 team was fucking bananas on offense.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:41 pm
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NMS says:
Ok, so Bama choked away the rest of their year. What is your point. Northwestern, as good in the Big 10 as Bama is in the SEC, lost to DUKE… DUKE!
Oh, and I should amend my previous post… the big 10 had TWO I-AA losses this year plus the Duke loss.
Who has the Big Ten beaten out of conference?
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:42 pm
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notthequarterback says:
36
What 41-point game are you talking about? Ohio State lost to Florida by 27, not 41. Get your facts right. And Penn State won its bowl game by 10 points last year; hardly a “narrow” victory.
And way to cherrypick the Big Ten’s worst 2 losses…here’s a fun fact for you: The Big Ten went 5-4 vs BCS teams in non-conference games this season. The SEC went 7-7. OMG Big Ten rulez!!!1111oneone!!!!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:43 pm
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El Hombre says:
#38: How? It would have had two excellent spread offenses (and therefore a lot of scoring) and also two nontraditional powers attempting to make their marks.
Instead we get another overrated Big Televen team thrown to the werewolf with a chainsaw for a dick.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:46 pm
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bnb614 says:
14 minutes until we find out who plays who.
Oklahoma v Kansas – 2 Big 12 teams in the Fiesta Bowl would be a travesty and an automatic W for the Sooners.
West Virginia v Virginia Tech would be a nice memory lane for 2 hated rivals from their Big East days. (Anyone else remember Shayne Graham’s game winning fg vs West VA to send VT to the title game in 1999?)
Hoping the Zooker will get to take on Pete Carroll’s crew in the Rose Bowl. Although seeing him beat Florida would have been nice too.
NMS – Ohio State’s in the title game baby!! The system sucks but they picked OSU and I’ll take it! I’ll see your team there. Oh wait, no I won’t! Ha. Better luck next year!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
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bnb614 says:
werewolf with a chainsaw for a dick.
I really hope you pay Orson royalties for every time you steal his line. How original.
Almost as annoying as the race to say “MAO” after an upset.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
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NMS says:
Once again 43…
show me an important out of conf game the big 10 won this year.
The best wins I can find so far are Consin over Wazzu and Purdue over MAC Champ Cent Mich.
Mich St beating 6-7 Pitt by 4 looks like your third best win.
And I apologize for misremembering the score, but does “only” choking by 27 really make things that much better?
By the way, are you including three or four Big Ten wins over Notre Dame as a BCS wins? If so… weak.
Two or three of your BCS-conf wins also came over SYRACUSE.
Seriously.
Show me something the Big Ten has shown out of conference
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:54 pm
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JJ says:
32
Who’s the moron?
You managed to get almost every one of your facts wrong.
Who gives a shit if Kentucky beat the “projected” big east champ. Louisville sucked this year. Kentucky didn’t play a single decent team out of conference, much like most of the rest of the SEC.
Ohio State lost 41-14, not 48-7
And since when do some games count more than others? A loss is a loss, something SEC fans (and coaches) don’t seem to grasp. It doesn’t matter if you lose in overtime, it doesn’t matter if you have a couple players hurt. You lost. If the second best team in the SEC loses to the third best team in the Big Ten (Wisconsin vs Arkansas), it’s still a loss.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:56 pm