IS THE DOOR OPEN?
Cause we’re bringing friends.

Tebow. Capital One Bowl. Incoherent, angry, blood covered blood updates blood. NOW NOW BLOOD NOW.
1:22: Rich Rodriguez gave ‘em the playbook. Florida’s defense looks like they studied for a Latin test and got the Cuneiform. Michigan 7-0, thanks to Chad Henne’s sudden excellence and Florida’s continuing inability to pressure the passer.
1:38 p.m.: A holding penalty is Florida’s best defensive play thus far: a three and out and suddenly we remember that Florida’s traditionally a slow starter under Meyer. Panic level: three coffees.
2:00 p.m.: Updates will be slow and spastic thanks to anger, emotion, and periodic reassurances to TCOAN that we’re not about to spear the television with the MacBook.
2:18 p.m.: Manningham is a damn beast, and Henne makes a brilliant call on the audible to a run. Florida’s defense is an atrocity as it’s been most of the season. We’re on a huge cup of coffee and a fruit tart and thinking about the champagne, not because we want to celebrate, but because we need the booze. Holy smoking hell.
2:22 p.m.: Don’t look now, but the surefire blowout of Virginia by Texas Tech is now a 16-7 Cav lead.
2:28 p.m.: Like Ladanian Tomlinson doesn’t have some lame shit on his system? Play artist Silkk The Shocker! Suck on that, Mr. Famous-I’ll-make-fun-of-a-bust-ass-broke-teenager!
2:39: Thank you, Mike Hart.
3:00: 
3:31: Rain of frogs. Bloody seas. Anything else? This is an astonishingly ill-prepared team. It’s as if, in addition to our existing problems in pass coverage, we’ve sprouted a new lack of discipline and special teams problems! Dead in the water and taking it on below the waterline. No idea what can be done here.
4:04: Much broken furniture later, Florida has taken trash-talking dwarf Mike Hart’s fumble back for a tying TD. Now on Henne to destroy the secondary again. Someone steal Hart’s fish!

4:38: We’ve been through all the stages today. All of them. And there’s still five minutes left in this goddamned cardiac event of a game. Pills. A hammer. Something. There is no balm in Gilead for what this game is doing to the soul.
END: Well played. Michigan is the better team today. It’s hard to complain when you can’t defend a post route, can’t protect your quarterback, can’t kick a field goal, can’t…can’t win. Salut, monsieur Carr. We raise a glass of bubbly to you. Now go fishing and leave our team alone, because you were 2-0 against Florida.
ps. Michigan looked fast. Like, Big Ten fast.
324 Responses to “IS THE DOOR OPEN?”
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D-nice says:
It would be killer if Fleetwood Mac would reunite for the Rose Bowl half time and perform “Tusk” with the USC marching band as they did (though not the Rose Bowl) when they recorded the song. Without the coke of, of course.
January 1st, 2008 at 6:49 pm
302
LSUJoshua says:
Aw, Southern Cal’s band is so cute. Trying to dance and everything. Grambling, Southern and just about every HBC marching band is on the floor laughing right now. What a joke.
Argue about conferences all you want, HBCs have halftime and any other time entertainment locked up.
January 1st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
303
bitterhorn says:
@LSUJoshua
No kidding. Somewhere, the Ocean of Soul is chuckling.
January 1st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
304
D-nice says:
So true about HBC marching bands, who are often more of a draw than the football. But, then again, they’d have a larger stage to showcase that talent if they’re football didn’t suck (rwell, at least relatively, I’m well aware that HBCs have fielded top teams in the lower divisions).
January 1st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
305
bitterhorn says:
The Illini are rocking out to Stairway to Heaven. Uhh, wtf?
January 1st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
306
Ed says:
USC claims George Lucas as an alum, Illinois has Hef. Advantage?
January 1st, 2008 at 7:06 pm
307
oc phil says:
Well Lucas has thrown millions and millions back to the alma matter, so we will take him.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
308
bnb614 says:
Hef is 80 years old and bangs 20 yr old hotties. Lucas’ $$$ can’t buy that.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
309
D-nice says:
God, the one thing that pisses me off about USC is that they tend to play to their opponents level and be a little too casual sometimes. I still think they’ll win this game without too much worry, but all those offensive drives where they seemingly just settled after they were up 14-0, running on 3rd and long and punting, is such bullshit. They should have been up 31-3 before ILlinois just socred.
Again, I think they’ll win handily, but come on. The offense has been sleepwalking since late in the first quarter.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:19 pm
310
D-nice says:
Actually 308, $$$$ can buy that.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
311
bnb614 says:
What a joke of a program at USC. Bunch of unorganized assclowns who show no class and get unsportsmanlike penalties every touchdown. And their coach doesn’t say anything but he doesn’t want to ruffle one of his hairs out of place. He needs to look good when he gets congratulatory backslaps from the over the hill celebrities on the sideline. What a joke of a program. Pete Carroll still has nightmares about Jim Harbaugh.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
312
D-nice says:
USC is actually a pretty good program. No joke.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
313
bnb614 says:
Yeah I forgot, Reggie Bush made a lot of money there.
Illinois is a 4th quarter team so everyone look out!
January 1st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
314
TrojanRick says:
Poor #311 bnb614, penis envy?
Harbaugh will have his chance next year – hahaha!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
315
TrojanRick says:
Poor #311, bnb614 – envious?!
We’re still counting the points, and the fourth quarter has just begun – get used to it!
Beware of next year with the qb that the arkies rejected.
January 1st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
316
bnb614 says:
The Arkies didn’t reject him. He quit on them. Nice to see you welcoming the quitter to your program.
Also nice to see your USC knowledge since Mustain will most likely be the backup QB next year.
January 1st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
317
TrojanRick says:
Sanchez has no chance next year – Mustain da man!
Beware world -SC is on the move – and the move is upward, like it or not!
and Corp is his replacement.
January 1st, 2008 at 9:03 pm
318
D-nice says:
Wathcing the Rose and the Sugar, it’s really too bad that USC and Georgia didn’t get to play.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
319
TrojanRick says:
It would have been a good game, yet Georia is not the game SC wanted.
We await tOSU next year in the Coliseum, following the beatdown of the UofV in Charlottesville at the beginning of the season. Beware of SC Next season guys, we may surprise waaaay too many teams.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
320
D-nice says:
Trojanrick, don’t you think USC will be a lot like Flordia this year? Supremely talented, but they lose a LOT of experience. So, they could gel quickly and make a NC run, or they could end up losing 2 or 3 (of course that’s really not that much different than any top program any year).
I do appreciate Carroll’s scheduling. At Virginia, Ohio St. at home, ND at home for non-conference. Obviously, ND is usually a better opponent, but it’s ballsy scheduling nonethless.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:27 pm
321
bill says:
we come from the big ten. we are slow. we are big. and we came into your house and beat you down. bow down, sec brethren! bow down.
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 am
322
oc phil says:
USC loses Booty, but still has Sanchez or Mustain ready to step in.
They lose Washington but have Stafon Johnson and McKnight ready to go at taliback. Fullback is secure, barring injury.
Most of the key receivers were underclassmen and they will be more experienced next year.
They lose some players on the OL and defense but have backups who got plenty of playing time this year ready to move into the starting lineup at most positions. I’ll be happy if Rey M and Cusing come back at linebacker but even if they don’t there will still be depth at there. If the juniors who could go to the NFL stay, then USC will look as strong next year as they did in the pre-season this year. If all the juniors go pro, then USC will still be a contender for the championship next year.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:06 am
323
chuckazooloo says:
Tech came back… Gooooooo….RAIDERS!!!
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
324
Nickel says:
So after reading this thread did Annapolis Doug pass out after his 11th screwdriver? And honestly, does he consider it something to be proud of that he was started posting at 11 AM and continued all day? Dude, get some friends, go watch the games with them and get off the computer.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm