EDSBS'S BEST IN CLASS: WEEK 11
by Holly Anderson on Nov 15, 2010 3:10 PM EST
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GOOD HELPER! Dan Hawkins, Todd Dodge, and Tim Brewster's teams all won without them Saturday. If that sentence made you giggle, you'll love this shot of the Hawk watching the game from the balcony of his old office.
SUPERSTAR! Their production has been marked with the inconsistencies you'd expect from first-year starters, but they're getting there: Marcus Lattimore, Aaron Murray, and Justin Hunter, all some form of freshmen, are going to give SEC defenders fits for the next couple years.
IMPROVING! This, too, bears repeating: The Big East has three bowl-eligible teams! And it only took eleven weeks to get them there! Huggles!
TAKE TURNS! UTEP, hanging with Arkansas for four touchdowns' worth of tradeoff scoring in the first quarter, callously neglected to deliver us our most favored upset projection of 2010. Fuckin' Mike Price, WHERE ARE YOUR LIGHTNING POWERS NOW?
ADEQUATE! UCF will have to settle for being merely very good, as the unexpected C-USA frontrunners saw a brief window of rankings glory slam shut thanks to an untimely loss to Southern Miss.
TEACHER'S PET! Our other idle summer fantasy is bearing sullen fruit at last. Steve Spurrier is bound for the SEC Championship Game with a quarterback in tow that he clearly loathes. Stephen Garcia, you were not the EDSBS Presented By Turfman's Key To Victory this Saturday, but you remain our unquestioned show pony, up to and including every time you're about to be yanked off the Georgia Dome field by your angelic mane by a frothing OBC.
I BUMPED MY HEAD! Oregon State is going to need to be monitored closely for signs of imminent and irreversible death, as they lost James Rodgers but retained the services of Jacquizz and still managed first to lose to a wildly inconsistent UCLA and then to hand Wazzu Paul Wulff's first road win as the Cougars' skipper.
YOU TRIED! The official word has the ball getting blown off the tee, but it sure looked on Saturday like Vandy's kicker just whiffed on the opening kickoff. We don't have video of this. Do you?
JAUNTY POSSUMDRAGON! Can go to no other outfit than Wisconsin, although we're seriously still reconsidering our collective ironic mancrush on Bielema after he neglected to go for 90 against Indiana. Note that putting the backups in for the fourth quarter actually netted the Badgers their second-highest scoring period of the game, and giggle in survivors'-guilty relief that you don't actually know any Indiana fans.
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Between that shot of Dan Hawkins watching the Buffs
And thujone’s masterpiece, I can’t help but feel sorry for the man.
This stuff'll make you a...sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me.
by Old South on Nov 15, 2010 3:24 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
He really looks like he's pawing through the empties back there
rather than watching the game.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Nov 15, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
public service announcement
Speaking of the Sun Belt, we’d like to remind you that Yourhigness Morgan led FAU in tackles last week.
That is all.
by RaginCajunRebel on Nov 15, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions
I can get behind some mid-major football
Some of my best friends and favorite relatives went to smaller schools.
(Marshall, Ohio, San Diego State)
Hey Oliver Luck, I absolutely hate that WVU is "the winningest college football team to have never won a National Championship". You think you could do something about that?
Some of my best friends and favorite relatives went to smaller schools.
(Marshall, Ohio, San Diego State)
We need to get you some additional small-ball friends.
[HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE]
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
I got a bunch of texts this week about whether or not I was going to the Princeton game
they played Duke. What, then, does that say? I also take a keen interest in the Turkey Bowl despite never even visiting Connecticut.
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Do you have a rooting interest in every college team through familial relationships?
not making fun, it just seems like you have a niece, cousin, nephew, brother-in-law, second cousin, etc who attended _ school. How big is your family? Are you in charge of the genealogy?
Oh, look, it's WV joke volleyball!
Bump, set, . . . .
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
by DevilGrad on Nov 15, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
No... I was being serious.
He has rooting interests in WVU, Marshall, Ohio, San Diego State, Clemson, and SC. I’m not being a smartass because I like what he adds to EDSBS. Like I said earlier today, he’s good people.
Oh, I know he's good people
Even if he DOES speak to OU fans. And my genealogy in southeastern Ohio doesn’t differ much from his.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Oh, it gets worse
My goddaughter, who is also one of my nieces, graduated from the award-winning Scripps College of Communications at OU.
Hey Oliver Luck, I absolutely hate that WVU is "the winningest college football team to have never won a National Championship". You think you could do something about that?
by MtnEer_in_SC on Nov 15, 2010 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
There's more
The wife has two cousins that I’m quite friendly with who went to NC State. Me, one of my brothers, and two of my cousins are Navy veterans, so I pull for the USNA whenever it doesn’t affect my other allegiances. Plus, the nephew who went to USC is now in grad school at Duke (but he doesn’t claim their football team).
Hey Oliver Luck, I absolutely hate that WVU is "the winningest college football team to have never won a National Championship". You think you could do something about that?
by MtnEer_in_SC on Nov 15, 2010 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
Is that legal?
Do you get to cut a program out of your will? I think you’re free to not give a shit, but I don’t think you can claim one and disown the other.
by ChocolateCity on Nov 16, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
I am from a fairly big family
I have four brothers. My wife, who is from the Upstate of South Carolina has one brother. I have two nephews and seven neices through my brothers. The wife has two nephews and neice on her side. I have 14 first-cousins, the wife has 16. I don’t count second-cousins toward rooting interests
And yes, I keep up with the genealogy, but I’m not “in charge” of it.
Hey Oliver Luck, I absolutely hate that WVU is "the winningest college football team to have never won a National Championship". You think you could do something about that?
by MtnEer_in_SC on Nov 15, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
See this part of what I meant when I said that West Virginians "Get" Wisconsinites more than most
You basically described my family, except yours is slightly scaled down from mine. I have 6 siblings. The seven of us are 9 years apart. 5 brothers and a sister (my sister thanks God all the time that she is the oldest so she was able to have even a semblance of a social life) I have 7 nephews and 3 nieces, I have 22 first cousins, 16 of which are male. My Uncle Dave gets a hard time from his brothers (6 of em) because he is the only in the family with more daughters than sons.
My grandmother got a plaque from our High School football team because we basically have run enough of us through the program that we could have started our own team.
I don’t even want to think about how many people I’m going to have to start calling family when I get married in June.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
It thanked her for instilling values of hard work, loyalty, and sportsmanship in her sons and grandsons
And something about us being examples of true student athletes. My family name is littered throughout my High School’s record book. (including mine a few times, but not nearly as much as my father, which is how you manage to hold the school record for both games played and games started and are still seen as an athletic letdown from your dad)
It was basically a life time achievement award because she hasn’t missed so much as a pep rally, much less a home game since WWII.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
worded that wrong
My dad didn’t see me as a let down. The townsfolk who live and die by the events on Friday Nights, did.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
I know the feeling...
I think my grandpa still has a couple parochial school records in Pennsylvania (back when the forward pass was an anachronism) and possibly some state records. I went and played soccer… popular decision on that side of the family.
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Take the town from Friday Night Lights
Replace the demand for state titles with conference titles (the WIAA playoff system is all sorts of messed up and makes it nigh impossible for all but a few schools to win) and add snow, you have my hometown.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
I was going a completely different route.
Your grandmother sounds like a saint, so i won’t say what i imagined the plaque saying.
She's Irish Catholic
The KKK has burned crosses on her lawn, demanding the “Cat-licks leave town.” Her husband fought in WWII, two sons fought in Nam. She lived in a house with 7 sons. She drinks more than most men I know.
There’s not much you can say that would offend her. Plus I’d be willing to bet she could fire some stinging insults back at ya that would leave you at a loss for words.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
Minnesota's not a whole lot different
Only one sibling for me. But my dad’s from a family of 11. 22 first cousins on that side (ranging from three years older than me to about 20 years younger), none on my mom’s.
Bradley-Terry ratings for college football and basketball
Because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Is South Carolina big enough to have an "upstate?"
Courtesy of Google maps:
Greenville to Charleston via 385/26 in 3.5 hours.
Dillon to Aiken via 95/20 in 2.5 hours.
Dillon to Savannah in just over 3 hours.
This is akin to suggesting you are going to or have family in “upstate” Delaware. It’s nearly 2 hours from Selbyville to Wilmington.
Surprisingly enough
I had co-workers who spent damn near all their copious amounts of vacation time at Rehoboth, and they all did refer to Wilmington as “upstate”.
/shrug
My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.
I suppose Rehoboth must be nice, but I think of Delaware as just another obstacle on the drive north / south, depending on the destination.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Never saw the attraction.
I mean, I expect my ocean water to be, you know, sort of bluish, and to engender feelings of sunshine and warmth. Not charcoal grey, dismal and blah.
My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.
I think it also has something to do with the altitude
The Upstate region backs up to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I live in the Lowcountry along the coast. Then , there is also the fact that when the Upstate was originally named, a journey from Charleston to Greenville took several days, if the Indians didn’t get you.
Hey Oliver Luck, I absolutely hate that WVU is "the winningest college football team to have never won a National Championship". You think you could do something about that?
by MtnEer_in_SC on Nov 16, 2010 3:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
South Carolina has other regions too:
There the aforementioned Low Country and Upstate. In between in the “Midlands” which includes sub-regions such as the “CSRA”, which stands for “Central Savannah River Area”, but can also be called the “Sand Hills”. There also the Pee Dee which is somewhere between the low country and midlands up in the north of the state.
Any More
Schools I would have to root for in addition to KSU
if I gave a crap about my family’s allegiances:
Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Arkansas, Missouri, Maryland, North Carolina, Northwestern, UCLA, Navy, Rutgers, Cornell, Massachusetts, Pittsburg State, Emporia State, Missouri Southern, Fort Hays State, and McDaniel.
Screw ’em all. (Except Pittsburg State. If my mom can wear purple and cheer for my team, I can put on a Gorilla suit.)
My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.
Most of mine went to non 1-A schools
Let’s see, what would I have?
Michigan State (my undergrad), Illinois (grad school), Minnesota, Iowa State, Arizona, Wisconsin (an uncle works there) … not sure, but that may be it for D-1A. Smaller schools (there may be one or two more, don’t remember for sure): St. John’s-MN, Drake, Minn-Duluth, and Winona State.
Bradley-Terry ratings for college football and basketball
Because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Ditto here....
and my family is small. I have 1 brother and 4 cousins. Counting aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents, I have:
Kenyon College, FSU, John Carroll X5, Ole Miss, Marion College(now University), Ohio State X6, Miami(OH), Wisconsin X2, Youngstown State, Bowling Green, UPenn, Mount Holyoke College.
Aside from the OSU and Wisconsin, not a whole lot of big school names there(FSU and Ole Miss are both grad schools, and as such, carry very little rooting interest).
"I think so, Brain, but how are we going to get the bacon flavoring into the pencils?"
Hmm...in addition to the ones I have already?
Washington & Lee University, Davidson College, Princeton, Mississippi University for Women (I’m pretty sure they don’t have a FB team), Mississippi College, Millsaps, Southern Arkansas University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, Wake Forest, UVA, Notre Dame, and believe it or not, the SEC Ole Miss-hating trifecta of State, LSU and Arkansas. FML.
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Nov 15, 2010 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
Because y'all can always count on me for answers to this shit
MUW doesn’t even have varsity athletics anymore; they killed the program off in 2003. (I suspect, although I never saw anything official to indicate it, that this was partly a reverse Title IX thing; they never had a men’s basketball team even after going coed.)
BTW, yer majesty, W&L made the D-III playoffs!
My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.
YAY! I hadn't heard that!
When I was there (first two years, transferred to Ole Miss as a junior) we SUCKED. 1-11 my freshman year including a loss to now-FBS UAB. Our only win was against Georgetown.
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Nov 16, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
I have a verrrry small family (only 2 first cousins)
But for D-1A I’d have to count Auburn (my own), Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, North Carolina, Iowa, Miami (OH).
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
But FIU lost to FAU
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Schnelly beat Texas Saturday? It doesn’t even seem particularly unlikely.
no, it wouldn't be awesome
…it would be sad. and par for the course this year…..
by longhornfan7628 on Nov 15, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
LOST A TOOTH!
To Notre Dame, for this new “violent high-speed hugging” thing they’re trying. I’m not sure what it is, but it works like gangbusters!
George Washington - Golf Cart - Golden Dome - Alex Flanagan
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Nov 15, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
SUPERSTAR! Their production has been marked with the inconsistencies you’d expect from first-year starters, but they’re getting there: Marcus Lattimore, Aaron Murray, and Justin Hunter, all some form of freshmen, are going to give SEC defenders fits for the next couple years.
No love for the guy who beat Bo Jackson’s freshman rushing record with one more regular season game to go?
by SEC Supremacist on Nov 15, 2010 3:46 PM EST reply actions
Fair and balanced
Recognize the good with the bad my friend. Unfortunately there was much more bad behavior Saturday night than good accomplishments, so I suppose it’s okay.
by SEC Supremacist on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that.
[MDWM]
________________________________
I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Nov 15, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Cam overshadows everything right now
and he would even without the scandalous stuff. No one cares about anyone else on that offense.
Hitch your oxen to the right
and pull your wagon in to the circle on the left, friend. We saved a spot for you.
by Gord the Rogue on Nov 15, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
I'll just leave this right here.
My only argument is you're stupid.
by boddagettaflyer on Nov 15, 2010 3:46 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
POTTY REWARD!
To JoePa! No, you didn’t win in Ohio Stadium, but things sure went better than last time!
George Washington - Golf Cart - Golden Dome - Alex Flanagan
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Nov 15, 2010 3:48 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
You can't handle this arrogance
Visor at night? check
Pregame camera stare down? check
Telling the defense to give up a late TD again just to mess with Arizona? check
Indiana Fan
Right Here.
I’m feeling an odd mix of depression, hopelessness and pride.
At least we’re being talked about nationally, right?
At least people know you exist.
I look forward to the epic futility in a couple of weeks here in West La. And the Bucket will stay here.
I wanted to give you this
but obviously I can’t.
George Washington - Golf Cart - Golden Dome - Alex Flanagan
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Nov 15, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
because he arrested you before you could pin it on him
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Oh, and forgot to mention...
Lions scout was there watching him during warm-ups. As a Lions fan, I highly enjoy this.
The only way we win the bucket
is if Lynch is fired, and then we have a horrible interim coach who wins the Bucket in his first game and the AD gives him a five year deal based upon one win.
That’s the IU way.
I feel ya.
An Indiana fan’s expectations can be visually explained by the flight of the aircraft in the Red Bull FlugTag. The craft looks ridiculous before you even start, but you build up the anticipation and the hope that it will fly anyway. You also get really drunk. Then, take-off. For the briefest moment you think, hey! It’s going aloft! Maybe it WILL fly! Then not even a second later…crash. Then you drink some more, and try to design the next plane. Hey! How about an offense incorporating the Pistol, but using a statuesque pocket passer who makes terrible decisions! And a defense who opposing offenses run through like herpes through a whorehouse! This is like building a glider out of wet tissue paper.
The 2007 (Insight Bowl) season, we got maybe 2 seconds of lift, then a crash that resolved itself as a slightly softer crash than expected. This year, this moment is when the wings fell off just before hitting the water.
by LoneStarHoosier on Nov 15, 2010 5:49 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Yeah, and at least you have Hummel...
…oh wait…nevermind.
/in all seriousness, that was a tough break for you. Best of luck.
by LoneStarHoosier on Nov 15, 2010 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
Ouch.
Just look at it this way, if you guys are halfway competitive, between the name of the school and the previous credentials of the coach, you guys could get an NCAA nod, and the Big Ten would get more notoriety because of your fanbase. Best of luck until we have to beat your sorry behinds back to Bloomington.
Fantastic analogy.
Rec’d.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
It wasn't just the backups
Wisconsin’s backups’ backups had no trouble scoring either. The last touchdown was on a run in which a walk-on QB went untouched for 17 yards
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
by stempke on Nov 15, 2010 3:52 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
AAAAHAHAHAAHAH
rec’d for truth and giggles
________________________________
I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Nov 15, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
I now present to you, Nate Tice's entire college football career
Passing Stats
YEAR TEAM CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT RAT
2010 WIS 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Rushing Stats
YEAR TEAM ATT YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
2010 WIS 1 17 17.0 17 1 0 0 0
Indiana did hit him at yard 18 of his 17 yard touchdown run after all.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
by stempke on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Well
I’d say Indiana’s uniforms are as sharp as anything they’ve had since Mallory was there. Boy that seems like a long time ago. Remember Bill Mallory? He was the coach Indiana fans griped “couldn’t get us to the next level.” So they hired Cam Cameron.
by ChocolateCity on Nov 16, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Trust in the Lord
Because if you doubt COTG’s power to affect your team for even a moment, he’ll have them taken to the limit by a squad that spent a considerable amount of time trailing Washington State.
TRIFLE NOT WITH COTG, LEST HE START TRIFLIN’.
"I've made a huge little mistake." - G.O.B.
by Joey C. on Nov 15, 2010 3:53 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
"giggle in survivors'-guilty relief that you don't actually know any Indiana fans."
Awe man, I’m standing right here.
/not recognizable due to bag over head
by LoneStarHoosier on Nov 15, 2010 3:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Don't worry
I know 4 Indiana fans, and two of them even have families.
This stuff'll make you a...sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me.
I Love Fire
This one goes out to everyone in the late evening threads that actually have expectations for their teams.
by purwho on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
AKA the Ted Roof secondary sticker
because it too is highly prone to getting burned.
by SEC Supremacist on Nov 15, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
Was at the Bama-FIU game
TY Hilton is as bona fide scary a mid-major player as you’ll ever see.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Nov 15, 2010 4:00 PM EST reply actions
The Sandbag Sticker goes to Oregon St.
For the team that meekly stands there, only to hit over and over again by the metaphorical Home Run bat.
(Note: Indiana’s performance against Wisconsin puts the Hoosiers firmly in The Antonio Margarito Award for “Holy Shit, why is he still fighting?”)
by SuperJew on Nov 15, 2010 4:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I wish I were kidding, but the last couple guys that Pac-Man has killed have said something about "Being a Mexican means not giving up"
It also means he fucking deserved it for the hand wrap thing.
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
Meh. Murray's just a pussy
/laughsducksruns
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
I have a question...
I don’t usually watch SportsCenter anymore, but I know that last year Brandon Spikes’ eye gouging incident was discussed at length…has the same happened for Fairley?
"It's not gonna be free this time."
Not a word, but I didn't watch College Football Live, so maybe they did there
They have pretty much dismissed this week as “the top teams played close games, but still won.” Apparently this is the first week that the top 10 in the BCS has remained unchanged since like 2005, which is about all they keep mentioning about CFB
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
He's getting a free pass nationally
SEC fans are up in arms, and fans of the CFB blogosphere noticed, but ESPN and the rest are ignoring it.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on Nov 15, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
I see no reason for this
What possible reason would ESPN have to ignore items that would cast the presumtive SEC champ, and BCS title game partipant, in a negative light? It’s not like ratings would fall if you substitute a maniacal SEC fanbase with Boise…
I think you're barking up the wrong tree there
They covered the Brandon Spikes eye gauge extensively and Florida was the #1 ranked defending champs at the time.
"They've just discovered a new use for sheep over there at Clemson... wool." - Lewis Grizzard
by GwinnettGamecock on Nov 16, 2010 1:48 AM EST up reply actions
Do you know what else Nick Fairley is responsible for?
This:
by SuperJew on Nov 15, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Obviously untrue
That would require an SEC school to play north of the Mason-Dixon line.
[/shows self out]
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
by DevilGrad on Nov 15, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
thanks for the sandbag sticker
Being a beav fan this year has been slow slow death.
Now it’s over.
What is mixed emotions, Alex?
Answer: the sensation of watching a Georgia quarterback pummeled bloody in an unfair fashion that still stirs the blood in a way that could almost be described as “love.”
Because college football is too important to be left to the professionals.
I've been told that's correct Spencer. We would also have accepted
"Voetbal is pas totaal als je wint"- Coach Adun
"The greatest sin is to spurn the gift"- Coach Alistair
by Londonjoe on Nov 15, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Is it just me?
Or is the Fairley .gif up above almost…erotic? Like last week’s very special episode of Glee?
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Nov 15, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
I assume this goes without saying
but do the FAU Owls have the full support of the commentariat this week in their quest to knock Texas from bowl eligibility? Schnelly’s usually a pet team of choice around here but I may actually watch this game with a great rooting interest, especially with such a sloppy 3:30 slate.*
- this assumes, of course, that GIGGITY doesn’t go full batshit at LSU because that really would be fitting.
Oh, hell yes
Every cartel-league team that fails to qualify puts my mighty Miami RedHawks one step closer to picking up one of those unfilled bowl tie-ins.
(To that end, Akron, BTW, must be destroyed on Wednesday night — though outsiders will have a hard time telling the difference before and after.)
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
Can you believe Texas is a 21-point favorite?!?
by Uncle Earmuffs on Nov 15, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
I bleed orange, but.....
…no friggin’ way Texas scores 21 points over FAU. Texas could lose this one, too.
by longhornfan7628 on Nov 15, 2010 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Well, they did put up 34 on Wyoming and Rice
So it’s at least theoretically possible. But the scale of reasonable outcomes of that game doesn’t go much higher than Texas by 24, and it goes a hell of a lot lower.
Bradley-Terry ratings for college football and basketball
Because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
Personally
I want Texas to be bowl eligible. I would be delighted to see the haughty looks of contempt that they would bestow upon their fine hosts in Shreveport or whatever city is the home of the New Mexico Bowl. Its like that jackass neighbor who has a sewer line bust under his house – sure, it kind of sucks for you but its worth it just watching how bad it sucks for him.
That, my friends, is HATE.
by Wes Tex on Nov 15, 2010 5:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I bet they laughed at Texas A&M in Shreveport last year...
(if they noticed them), and thought to themselves, “That could never be us.”
No dog in the fight either way, and I usually don’t have anything against Texas, but i enjoy thinking about the burnt orange folks looking around in Shreveport in horror, wondering how it came to this.
Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.
by allicolls on Nov 15, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Unfortunately
if Texas does pull off the upset and qualify for a bowl, they’ll get picked ahead of other deserving teams due to name recognition. The Texas Bowl (#6 pick) is jizzing their pants over a possible Texas-Michigan matchup.
Sadly, Shreveport is no longer an option.
by 2207 Main Street on Nov 15, 2010 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
FAU's rootability index is off the charts
in the big, primarily rectangular states.
Schadenfreude makes blowing a possible national title shot if not good, at least better.
by Albino Tornado on Nov 15, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
But SUSPENDERS -5 @ Texas
Per Turfman’s Sports Book and Taxidermy Studio.
Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!
I know Holly has WV connections, but
I am looking at the SEC east and I see also three teams bowl-eligible. Kentucky just became eligible this week, putting them in a tie with the BE. Florida just made it in last week. That means only South Carolina did it within a respectable period of time.
Glass houses, stones — you know…
Repeat after me:
I am
sofa king
wee todd ed
-- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
by An 'eer with a beer on Nov 15, 2010 6:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
100% OF THE BIG TEN'S TEAMS IN MICHIGAN ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE
This is fun!
________________________________
I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Nov 15, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
the entire state of indiana
could be bowl ineligible. ND, IU, Purdue, Ball State.
ND could play spoiler by beating army this weekend and getting to 6 wins.
Aw, man
I just realized the entire state of Alaska is bowl ineligible this year.
by Alaska Hokie on Nov 15, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Also hilarious
All three service academies are bowl eligible. At this point, Notre Dame is not.
Bradley-Terry ratings for college football and basketball
Because there aren't enough computer rankings already.
by SpartanDan on Nov 15, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
"The Aztecs are, by all indications, an actually-good football team,"
That’s what we’ve been saying for weeks! The Aztecs are here already! You’re next! You’re next!
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
by Gaknar on Nov 15, 2010 6:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Man, I thought Michigan-Purdue
was a dead lock for the jaunty possumdragon, or grape job at the very least.
What is this Purdue, you two are referring to?
I’ve never heard of them. Are they new?
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
We just changed our name... it used to be...
That Non-Catholic Technical School in Northwestern Indiana
Long live TNCTSiNI.
by purwho on Nov 15, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You mean Valparaiso?
I never knew that they also went by Purdue…huh, learn something new everyday.
A Notre Dame Grad, born and raised in Wisconsin... life put me in the express lane to alcoholism.
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