FULMER CUPDATE: THE BIG BOARD GETS ILL(INI)
Brian presents the big board for the week. A smattering of notes on what was a quiet weekend follows.

Remember: Illinois and Mizzou are both victims of one player’s outstanding contributions. Depending on your semantics, then they’re not really winning as a team effort. That award would, at this point, go to the West Virginia Mountaineers and the nine points they earned last week for a large “intent to distribute” marijuana arrest. Tennessee is just a disorderly conduct or DUI charge away from nipping into the team lead, however, a move that would restore the earth to its proper axis, return to the king to his rightful place in Gondor, and get Arrested Development back on the air again.
Missing in action: A few obvious preseason faves miss the list completely, making them sleepers just waiting in the weeds to explode onto the board, or otherwise tranquil programs with shockingly little to worry about in the discipline department. Where’s former champ Marshall? Or heavy preseason favorite Arizona State? Or even Purdue, a team with consistently high scores throughout the short history of the cup? And whither Florida, Florida State, or Miami? Florida’s already got a point for a piddling underage drinking charge, but none of the big three has anything to show in the way of taserings, drinking while flying a blimp, discharging weapons in crowded daycares, or trafficking in exotic animals.
The Florida points are on the way in an update, so don’t bitch about it in the comments. This ensures one person at the least will bitch about it in the comments.









1
pants says:
hey, doesn’t Florida have some points coming?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
2
Anon says:
I believe the reason set forth for the mutual exclusivity of the individual award and the team Fulmer Cup award is that the Fulmer Cup goes to the team that displays a “lack of institutional control” and one player does not necessarily show that lack.
While I agree with this argument, if one team is consistently in the running for the individual award, doesn’t that show a long term lack of institutional control? If so, shouldn’t a team that has been up for multiple individual awards be excluded from the mutual exclusivity?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
3
SEC Supremacist says:
Me thinks we need a lifetime achievement section, the player that graduates/leaves early for the draft/becomes a hobo with a strong love for the purple drank/otherwise ends their college football career with the most points wins…
Maybe the prize can be a platinum ankle bracelet?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
4
rusty says:
Anon makes a good point. Perhaps accumulating FC points in year one should make the exploits of a single player FC eligible in year two. In other news, doesn’t Kansas have some points coming thanks to a Rockhurst grad?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
5
yoyofutbawl says:
There should be a notation in parentheses for the individual with the most points comprising the team score. So you’d have 11 (11) for [Name Redacted] U.
Give Free Shoes time. The new spring fashions haven’t made it to Dillard’s yet.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
6
drogue says:
That sounds Yossarian
February 11th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
7
Col. Cathcart says:
Great insight, drogue! In honor of your clear thinking, I’m upping your mission requirement to fifty-five.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
8
major major says:
#’s six and seven…how is this a catch-22? Never mind.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
9
Brian O'Blivion says:
Still missing:
1. An additional point for Wazzu
2. Duke points
3. Kansas point(s)
February 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
10
beckett929 says:
Coach Stew kicked all the WVU players involved last week off the team, we still get to keep our points, right?
February 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
11
dano says:
i would just like to bitch about the florida points not being included on the big board … sry kthnx
February 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
12
PeteJayhawk says:
Goddamn it, #9, I was hoping no one would notice.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
13
Chris says:
Why does Florida have points coming its way?
February 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
14
Big Jon says:
Leave it to ASU to have the sum equal less than the parts, even with former Michigan/Fulmer Cup man Eugene Germany transferring in. The Koetter legacy of underacheiving lives on in Tempe.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
15
Big Jon says:
yoyofutbawl-
Sadly, the (in)famous Dillard’s at the Tallahassee Mall has closed. I went by the other day, poured out a forty, and then smacked some random bitches in tribute.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
16
Unfunny says:
Please do not forget Flo Rida’s points
February 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
17
Neodoomium says:
According to our records, Florida St. has NEVER been on a Fulmer Cup leaderboard. Astounding.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
18
colonel angus says:
Typically I would of expected WVU to choke and blow this championship too, but now that RR is gone I could see them actually finishing something.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
19
DevilGrad says:
FSU’s living off its reputation from 15 years ago. That and applesauce. Lots and lots of applesauce.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
20
yoyofutbawl says:
15
Has the State of Florida erected one of those historical signs there? I can see it now – “Approximatly 200 yards north, Peter Warrick, a Florida State U. football player……”
Hopefully there’s a Belk’s, which will substitute nicely.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
21
HeadThief says:
Oklahoma State was in the lead early, but once they got past the early season non conference action, they fell back in the standings. Applies to most revenue generating college sports.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
22
Acorns says:
Anybody know if PW will be playing for Team Florida in the AAFL? That would mean wearing orange and blue and playing for the home team in The Swamp. Last I checked there were no Dillard’s in Hogtown, either.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
23
Pappy says:
according to this site:
http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/Florida/coachesplayers.php
he will!
February 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
24
rusty says:
If anyone has a subscription to the HeraldTimesOnline, please tell us exactly what this article says.
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2008/02/11/news.qp-3228962.sto
It looks like Indiana is aiming to pick up Purdue’s slack for Hoosier State Fulmer Cup points.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
25
Chris says:
There is a Dillard’s in the Oaks Mall in Gainesville.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
26
Andy says:
Wooo!!! ND is ranked!
Oh…crap.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:59 am
27
Brian O'Blivion says:
Cincinnati representin’ for the Fulmer Cup.
Indiana is set to get alot of points, mostly for drunk in pub-lick.
James Bailey, 21, disorderly conduct
Jarrell Drane, 18, illegal consumption
Darius Johnson, 18, resisting law enforcement, illegal consumption, public intoxication
Demetris McCray, 21, disorderly conduct
Ian Reeves, 18, illegal consumption
Orson, the Big Board is a mess. Please do not let this deterioate into the Blog Poll.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:00 am
28
Brian O'Blivion says:
You can read about the Indiana arrests here.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:04 am
29
Because They Can says:
Hey, Gators, stay off UGA’s piddling charges turf. We’re the recognized champs when it comes to alcohol possession and scooter malfeasance (as well as unauthorized “borrowing” of teammates’ cars).
February 13th, 2008 at 1:05 pm