I’ll take Vasgersian’s over the top metaphors in exchange for what Brenneman surely would have said…

“There’s a big man running down the sidelines…and he scores a touchdown.”

Frankly, I loved the runaway beer truck call. Redemption in the booth and on the field. Who said college football wasn’t art?

If Bob Stoops was an NFL coach, he’d be in the unemployment line, I think. Those boosters gotta be getting a touch ornery at this juncture.

I’ll also add that the one thing none of us took into account in this “Interim Coach Game” is the “Lovable Old Assistant” factor.

I don’t think there’s been a better showing for a lovable old assistant since Robert Loggia led the TSU ’Dillos to a victory over the #1 Texas Colts.

Couch sales in West-by-god just went up 38%.

One beer truck reference per game should probably be mandatory.

Bob Stoops should never, ever be favored in a bowl game ever again.

The Big Twelve seems very overrated at this point. Sure, Missouri whipped Arkansas, but it didn’t seem like the hogs really showed up.

The runaway beer truck line and the shot of Dingle and Berry sitting on the bench made this worth watching.

Based on bowl performances so far; WV/USC would have been a great matchup.

Owen Schmitt embodies all that is great about college football. If the pros don’t work out, he should begin selling war bonds immediately.

Schmitt’s a sure third to fourth rounder, actually. He’ll pull a good 5 years of NFL salary at the least, which should be good for an easy 5 lifetimes once he returns to WV given the circa-1978 cost of living up there.

Congrats, Mountainqueers.

Good ol’ Oklahoma…they gave UT fans several hours of entertainment last night. Thank you, Bob Stoops.

Favorite moment of the evening was the “Schmitty – There will be blood AND tears” interview.

Actually, the beer truck line was stolen from a Washington Post story by Mike Wise in 2005.

Schmitty reminded me of Nelson from the Simpsons where, in a heart felt moment says: “A Ha, made you cry”.

Chop blocking like champions bitches.

chop blocking…it tastes like chicken.

i was so happy for WfuckingVa that i burned my couch in honor of their victory. also it’s good see OU keepin’ it shitty. how the fuck did Stoops ever win a national title again?

Everyone wants Bill Stewart to be the WVU coach, which makes sense given his performance.

I know nothing about him other than that he coached a hell of a game and the players trust him?

Would be be a good coach? Did he have any part in recruiting?

Well, ignore my earlier comment. I just saw on CNN that Stewart was named coach at WVU.

Now that’s a great story.

WVU is a great story, winning with an interim coach. No problem with the tears, either.

Oklahoma was ranked #4 coming in. We only burn couches for beating #3 or higher.

So, a footstool, or ottoman was burnt instead ?

How could he not be at least decent at recruiting? I mean, the players there right now love him and even watching him on TV I could tell he was a genuine guy. He stayed with the program even though he had no idea if he was even going to have a job after Jan 2, which automatically puts him above Rodriguez, Satan, Petrino, and a host of other sneaky, lying, and double-crossing coaches that are reportedly great recruiters. You put me in front of those 4 coaches and I’m playing for the one that’s not a complete douchebag asshole.

Bob Stoops for your crime of winning the big 12, we sentence you to one day, on or just after New Years day, in a federal pound me in the ass prison, or a BCS game, which for you is really the same thing.

A footstool, in the fireplace.

Fuck Auburn. They’ve been pulling that chop-block shit all year. They often block low on short passing plays to make the defensive line get their hands down (to avoid knock downs), but it often degenerates into doubling up and a chop block.

Seriously, Fuck Auburn.

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Every O-Line in the country cut blocks on short passes. It’s like how you fucking block for short pass routes. Chop blocks happen all the time in every game. Sometimes they are called and sometimes they are not. It is unfortunate that two guys got hurt on chop blocks against AU this year, but I guarantee you if one of them had not been Glenn Dorsey, it would have hardly been noticed.

At least Matt Vasgersian brought some emotion into the game, much better than Brenneman.

I get cut blocks as a tactic and I know it’s common. My point is that Auburn is obviously not emphasizing the clean way to do it, or at least not to go low on somebody when they are already engaged. Haven’t we seen this before?

It’s the responsibilty of the coaches to make the players play clean. You’d think they’d have gotten the message already. Fucked up stuff is inevitable in football even when everyone has the best intentions, so its especially important for coaches not to tolerate this shit.

Did you catch the joke the announcer made when Berry and Dingle were sitting on the bench next to each other?

He said something, like “Whoa, good thing those guys aren’t sitting in the opposite order on the bench. The bloggers would have a field day with that.”

remember the last time Alabama beat Auburn? nah me neither.

I don’t know if the chop block made that much of a difference in the Auburn-Clemson game, but seeing that clip just pisses me off again.

Fuck Auburn, indeed.

Diving at a player’s knees while that player is engaged should be an ejectable offense.

Break a rule by punching a guy in the helmet, an action from which injury is virtually impossible — ejection.

Break a rule by diving at an engaged lineman’s knees, an action that will likely end that player’s season, if not career — 15 yard penalty.

Ok, that makes sense.

Yup. Fuck Auburn. Fuck Tuberville. They are exposed as the classless pricks that they are.

Yes, I know my language hardly makes an argument in favor of “class”. But when faced with unabashed classless behavior like Auburn’s intent to injure, I find no reason to stay above the muck. So, once more with feeling: Fuck Auburn.

Hook ’em Tide:

Uh, SIX.

Take it. Choke on it. You like it, don’t you?

So two chop blocks in one season makes Auburn classless thugs?

What that say for David Palmer? There’s a reason he was nicknamed “the Deuce.” Two DUIs, an action that can result in death of innocent people, yet he stayed on the roster.

Typical example of Bama wanting to win at all costs. Speaking of cost, how much did you pay for Albert Means? Did you get a full refund or was there a 15% restocking fee when he transferred?

You all obviously don’t know what you’re talking about with this chop block stuff. It happens all of the time and it is almost always unintentional. No. 33, you should send a letter to the NCAA detailing your ideas on rule changes. I am sure they would give it their due attention (i.e., file it under “who gives a fuck”).

Yep, happens all the time. It’s hard to remember a game this year or any other year that didn’t have to be stopped in order for an injured defensive lineman to be moved from the field of play after the routine chop block.

I say play on. Watching kids roll around, wallowing in fake pain and real self pity should be left there, penalizing themselves and their team for being a wuss not fending off the odd 360 lb lineman harmlessly drifting into the side/back of the knee.

Karlhungus, you brainless twit, if it’s routine, why is there a penalty for it?

Holding is routine, yet their is a penalty. Every chop block does not result in an injury. If they did, there would be no more defensive linemen. It is a dangerous play and it should be penalized, but I think it is just wrong to assume that these kids are out there doing this on purpose or that the coaches are teaching this technique. Every team cut blocks. Sometimes assignments get screwed up in the “heat of battle” and a guy doesn’t release his man on time or whatever and the result is an illegal chop block. These are unfortunate, isolated incidents.

Yes, it was unfortunate yet routine for the Clemson defender to shed his high block, only to be chop blocked in the side/back of the knee after crossing the Goddamned line of scrimmage. Cut blocks are routine. However, it is not routine for the offensive lineman to dive at the side/back of a defender’s knee after he has been beaten. Unless of course you are the Denver Broncos. That is what makes it cheap.

There’s a penalty for holding, is it routine? How about pass interference?

Just because there’s a penalty for it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen. It just means that it shouldn’t.

How about a blow to the head, or roughing the passer? Any foul that occurs a “vulnerable” player might need to carry a stiffer penalty. But right now it doesn’t and since camera crews don’t care to focus on linemen, we don’t really know how much this happens. Other than the two times my Tigers were seen on tape commiting the infraction, I haven’t had an opportunity to see if anyone else is guilty of it.

I’m defending the act, I’m just pointing out that two infractions (one was not penalized) over past nine seasons doesn’t make Tuberville or Auburn dirty.

correction
I’m NOT defending the act.

I can’t defend not proofreading either

Fuck Auburn. Oh yeah, suck 6. Blah blah blah…

I don’t understand the tone of surprise in the comment about the officials missing obvious holding calls. THEY WERE SEC OFFICIALS. Duh… (and the best SEC crew at that… if that’s saying anything).

The beer truck reference first appeared in a Washington Post column by Mike Wise after Schmitt ran all over Maryland in 2005 …

“The Mountaineers have a fullback named Owen Schmitt, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound sophomore from Fairfax. He rumbles like a beer truck with a broken parking brake … "

Besides retaining DeWayne Walker as his defenisve coordinator, which many here said was unlikely, there are now reports that Skippy will be bringing in Michigan QB coach Scott Loeffler, and that Ryan Mallett will transfer with him to UCLA.

Nice work digging up that Mike Wise quote.

Schmitt, indeed, was a rambling ghost-ridden beer truck sans brakes.
I guess the beer truck is filled with Schmitt Beer?

Auburn was called for chop-blocking three times LAST season (Dunlap and Hart). There were two other incidents of the technique this year that went unnoticed because they weren’t against prominent teams. Auburn also uses teh leg-whip on a frequent basis.

It’s dirty football period. They need to clean up their act.

I’d rather take the L in the bowl than have to defend the Denver Broncos of the SEC to my friends. Happy not to be associated with a school with a coach like Tuberville.