NEWS FLASH! Orrin Hatch would like to play his new number, "I now care exactly 50% less about the...

NEWS FLASH! Orrin Hatch would like to play his new number, "I now care exactly 50% less about the exclusion of the Mountain West from the BCS Blues."

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Damn...Boise State was soooo looking forward to sitting at their lunch table.

by zzgator on Jun 16, 2025 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

I am soooooooo wishing

for a Utah/Minnesota Rose Bowl. And for them both to be 8-4.

Best. Thing. Ever.

by Counter Trap on Jun 16, 2025 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

Anything is possible.

This guy went to a Rose Bowl once. I saw it with my own eyes.

Brian Kelly says no Spicy Sea Nuggets.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jun 16, 2025 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

And sadly

my brain cannot unsee what my eyes saw in that game.

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by D-Sing on Jun 16, 2025 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Sunspots. Demonic Possession. Bee viruses.

It happens. Mike Shula’s offense once scored over thirty points on Florida.

by Counter Trap on Jun 16, 2025 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

And I saw THAT with my own eyes.

Sigh.

by zzgator on Jun 16, 2025 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I was part of the luckiest Gators

Summer ’05-Summer ’09

Every championship, No [Redacted]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains

by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jun 16, 2025 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I was a probation era Gator...

however I did get to watch Emmitt…and law school kept me around long enough to witness the return of Spurrier.

And guess what…we had a kick ass time at games…even though we weren’t on television and we weren’t going to bowl games!

by zzgator on Jun 16, 2025 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I was part of the strangest Domers.

Summer ’05-Summer ’09

Brian Kelly says no Spicy Sea Nuggets.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jun 16, 2025 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I was part of the Chan Gaily Equilibrium Yellow Jackets

Fall ’02 to Fall ’07

flashes of brilliance accompanied by flashes of shittiness… for five solid years

by gosouthgohard on Jun 16, 2025 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

and of course i meant Gailey

but this is SBNation, so I can’t edit it

by gosouthgohard on Jun 16, 2025 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I was an exact overlap with the Bobby Ross Jackets

87 thru 91.

2-9
3-8 (Cocks were the only 1A win those two years)
7-4 (Peach Bowl Sux!!!!)
11-0-1 MNC!!!!!!!
8-5

From the bottom to the top. (And, of course, we were back to 1-10 in 1994 under B*** L*****)

by gtne91 on Jun 16, 2025 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Equal amounts of brilliance and shittiness

Ross just clumped them better than Gailey did.

by gtne91 on Jun 16, 2025 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Not only was I there for both Basketball NCs and ’06 and ’08 Football national championships… I know the guy who was in the Albert suit for both Basketball NCs and the ’06 Football NC.

He’s now a professional mascot!

by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Jun 16, 2025 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

My undergrad was Fall ’02 - Spring ’06. Three Outback Bowls and a Peach Bowl Horrorfest that can never be unseen. Which, to be honest, was almost completely made up for by the 05-06 basketball team. They were that fun.

But when I tell people I stayed at UF for law school so that I could be there during relevant football, they think I’m joking.

by Gator Cub on Jun 16, 2025 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I grew up in a Seminole household

I went to UF partly because it was a better academic choice, but mostly because Urban Meyer was coming.

Now everything’s come full circle and I’m going to FSU law (still a Gator though).

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains

by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jun 16, 2025 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Nebraska Marching Band, 1992-1995

Three Nat’l Title games, two victories, including the 1996 Fiesta Bowl (sorry for the salt, Gators). I was one lucky bastard of a trombone player.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Jun 17, 2025 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

its good to take university-paid vaccations to tropical locations in the dead of winter isn't it?

My college (and band) career started in the twilight of the John Blake era in 1998. However, I was lucky enough to attend the original 4 bowls in consecutive years (Orange, Cotton, Rose, Sugar) from 00 thru 03.

All on the university’s dime.

by CincySooner on Jun 17, 2025 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions

I was a Freshman at OU

When it all went to shit and The King had to resign.

by Billy Sims' Fro on Jun 17, 2025 12:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

bama 92-96

Stallings had a damn good run.

by dirt sandwich on Jun 17, 2025 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Colorado v Nebraska

in the Rose Bowl.

Texas will want the a large share of 3 (maybe 4) BSC bowl game payouts.

"It’s not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way." NYC Firefighter

by jokastrength on Jun 16, 2025 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s a messed up Rose Bowl right there.

by softbatch on Jun 16, 2025 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Colorado ain’t sniffin a bowl for a looooonnnnnnnng time

by Billy Sims' Fro on Jun 17, 2025 12:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

just smokin' 'em

by softbatch on Jun 17, 2025 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

For sure.

FWIW, I hope they keep Hawkins around. Yes, I’m a hater and yes I enjoy schadenfreude.

I'm your huckleberry.

by Brizzle T on Jun 17, 2025 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Hawkin's is toast as soon as Colorado gets enough money from the Pac12

by CincySooner on Jun 17, 2025 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Looks like Utah got OSU's spot

which almost went to Kansas

by Billy Sims' Fro on Jun 16, 2025 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

Nooooooo! Don't do it, Utah!

I would LOVE to see the MWC get an AQ… doubly so if it gets stripped from the Big East in the process.

by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Jun 16, 2025 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

As much as I would love to see the MWC in the BCS

Utah laying waste to the Pac-10 over the next few years would be even more delicious.

I’m not only one who’s convinced that Utah is going to pull a Virginia Tech on the Pac-10, am I?

by Gator Cub on Jun 16, 2025 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

Especially with USC being weakened

It’s a definite possibility. And it would be awesome.

by commodore_dude on Jun 16, 2025 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

From a Pac-10 fan:

Fine with adding another competitive football school. They’ve held their own in OOC play against us the past few years.

I don’t see how anybody views this whole thing as a loss for the Pac-10. CU is historically strong,down for the moment; UU has been strong for most of the decade. Given Texas’ now painfully public idea of fair financial play, why the hell would we have wanted them to begin with?

by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 16, 2025 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

It's definitely clear

That y’all dodged a bullet on that one. I don’t know what they’ll do when the Big 12-2 implodes again, because nobody’s going to want them.

by commodore_dude on Jun 16, 2025 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't get excited.

As long as there are 24-plus million Texans to sell a cable network to, UT and A&M will remain attractive.

They’ll still sell themselves to whatever conference will pay the price. The implied price for now just went up through some fancy hand-waving by Dan Beebe, but if/when the Big X implodes the price will go right back to being set by the highest bidder of Messrs. Delany, Scott and Slive. Same story, different year.

That 17-year-old Hokie sitting in the Greensboro Coliseum rafters in 1997 didn't see any of this coming.

by JoshCVT on Jun 16, 2025 10:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Texas is the KFC Double Down of college sports

You know eating it will kill you, but you just can’t help yourself.

by Gaknar on Jun 16, 2025 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually, the DD is pretty damn good.

Its hard to believe in evolution with the sheer awesomeness of fried chicken, bacon, and sauce of some sort. I will eat my way to the divine!

by meatybob on Jun 17, 2025 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Agree with this guy...

The Pac10 and Larry Scott get to put a “mission accomplished” stamp on this whole thing.

Increase the conference visibility? Check.

Add a large TV market in Denver? Check.

Add a championship game? Check.

In position to get first dibs on the Conference of the Living Dead? Check.

by CincySooner on Jun 17, 2025 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

So how does P12 divide up?

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions

oops

My guess is Utes and Buffs go in “North” division with Oregons and Washingtons.
Arizonas and 4 Cal teams in the “South”.

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

If they stick with 9 conference games

they can rotate which “pair” in the other division they dont play. For example:

Year 1: Washs dont play Ariz, Ores dont play SoCal, Mtns dont play NoCal
Year 2: Washs dont play SoCal, Ores dont play NoCal, Mtns dont play Ariz
Year 3: Washs dont play NoCal, Ores dont play Ariz, Mtns dont play SoCal

In 3 years, play everyone in other division twice, once home, once road.

Or they could go crazy ACC style and put one team from each pair in each division and make the paired game a permanent cross division rival. But this
is stupidity that only the tobacco road mafia would think up.

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I came up with East and West Divisions.

Pac 12 West: Oregon, Oregon St., Wash., Wash. St., Cal, Stanford
Pac 12 East: USC, UCLA, Arizona, Az. St., Utah, Colorado

I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.

by boddagettaflyer on Jun 17, 2025 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

How about Coastal and...

wait a minute, this sounds familiar.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains

by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jun 17, 2025 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Im assuming the California teams

dont want to be split. But that would work too if they were okay with it. I think Oregon/Washington teams would like that better as it gives more California games fore everyone.

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

From the Daily Camera (Boulder, CO paper)

It appears if the Pac-10 does stop expansion at 12 teams, it will split the league into north and south divisions. Pac-10 sources indicated the most likely split in a 12-team league is Colorado and Utah joining Arizona, Arizona State, USC and UCLA in the south with the other six schools in the north.

This way nobody loses the recruiting exposure of a yearly California trip.

by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 17, 2025 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Any word on 3 or 4 cross-divisional games?

Both have advantage. 4, see my post above. 3, even number of home and road games each year.

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Apparently Colorado "demanded" that split

by gtne91 on Jun 17, 2025 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Also heard this was one of Colorado’s stipulations. So long as we don’t employ the ‘zipper’ divisional split, I don’t mind how it happens either way.

The rumor is they want to go back to 8 conference games, so I’m guessing 3 cross-division. So much for the moral superiority of the round-robin.

by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 17, 2025 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Colorado is important enough to demand stipulations?

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by Old South on Jun 17, 2025 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Right there with you.

I haven’t seen a quote confirming that CU made demands, just what the laser-accurate rumor mill has churned the last couple days.

by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 17, 2025 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Does the MWC stay at 9?

Or do they add Fresno or somebody? I should go ahead and answer my own question:

Who gives a fuck?

You can never have too much talent.

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jun 16, 2025 5:49 PM EDT reply actions

MWC blew it

by not offering KU Kstate Mizzu and possibly Baylor & ISU

I can’t imagine the Big12 Srapple teams would agree to Beebe’s “Give all your money to Texas and Oklahoma” contract if they had a would-be BCS conference to fall back on.

by RexKramer on Jun 16, 2025 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Possibly the Big East blew it

But the MWC had no chance of offering even remotely BCS conference-level money.

by drothgery on Jun 16, 2025 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Not so fast

Well except for the fact the "give all your money to Texas and Oklahoma" means almost 10 million dollars a year more for the “scrapple” teams. The MWC could not even come close to paying Iowa State 14 million a year, even if they got a Texas style split.

Seasons of Discontent isn't dead ... it is just resting.

by Career Sgt. Zim on Jun 16, 2025 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions