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Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

aVoiceInSC — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:20:52 -0000

Yeah, the Citadel is terrible. Even when they got a former almost starting QB from us (Willie Simmons) in 2003, they still couldn't churn out anything worth mention. I have really never understood why those military colleges aren't better at football.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:17:42 -0000

I guess Daffy Duck just doesn't fire up the troops like he used to.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:14:03 -0000

Personally, I dropped down from AP English my senior year to take more AP and college level. Math/Science classes. You know, the stuff that actually gets you into college. Of course, I went for engineering and history, so depending on what you're going for, maybe that tactic won't work so well for you. One thing I'm curious about though, earlier you mentioned that the regular English class is boring and that's why you're in the advanced one. Does that mean that you've actually been in an English class that wasn't boring?

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BallDogs1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:55:14 -0000

Who might that be Tampa Guy?

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TampaGator — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:00:49 -0000

Kentucky.

GO GATORS!!

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BallDogs1 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:08:40 -0000

Who might that be Tampa?

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fosterkeats — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:22:07 -0000

I wouldn't say that, UGA goes to Az St, bama opens vs Clemson, Fla plays Miami, Arkansas plays Texas, shall i go on???

Allbarn plays West Va, Miss St plays Ga Tech...

Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

Lennie Collins — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:34:04 -0000

1Tomcat to be honest...there should not be a (point)spread.

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1Tomcat — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:35 -0000

Main topic of thread?
Cupcake Edition 08
Tenn Chatt vs OU
Does anybody know the odd's ?
Wonder if OU will beat the spread
What kind of refs are going to officiate the game?
Hope its not Pac-10 refs they don't like the sooners

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Zac — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:50:30 -0000

That's because I wuz stirr'n the pot. In udder woids, I wuz only jok'n. (Yeesh, wat a grouch.)

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OU_Ron — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:58:28 -0000

Zac, my grandson played the same part " Reverend Hale " in his HS play, he said to reply to you with this---"Why are you concealing ? Have you sold yourself to Lucifer ".

I guess great minds think alike LOL

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Lennie Collins — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:28:45 -0000

The Texas Longhorns might be the so called winningest BUT they are still second the to Oklahoma Sooners in Conference Championships and tied with them for National titles! Oklahoma won their fif...Texas stll waiting for their third!

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1Tomcat — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:46:10 -0000

Hey Bevo-Boy
We read Shakespear our senior year, not freshman.
I guess things have changed in over thirty years.
Heck I thought you read Ivanhoe & Ole Yeller freshmab year.
I just had trouble with certain things because I didnt
understand how these things could help me in my career pursuits
I guess I had the wrong attitude about it, because at the
time it seemed like alot of meaningless trivia, that really didnt
pertain to anything I was doing here. I realize now in retrospect
that I tended to excell in the classes that I enjoyed and barely
skated by in the ones that I at the time considered boring or a bummer.
If I ever get on Jeopardy the topics that will give me trouble are
Literature,Poetry,Opera and Classical Music.
I guess I shoulda paid more attention in class.
Keep up the good work
The answer is The winningest program in the NCAA the last ten years
Who are The Texas Longhorns

Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

Lennie Collins — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:05 -0000

Hey 1Tomcat I am not criticizing JUST the SEC. I will make it CLEAR right here, right now! No team in Division 1-A should not be allowed to play any Division 1-AA school. I don't care what the reasons are. There are now 120 Division 1-A teams...if you don't want to play a competitive opponent then a team can find a Division 1-A opponent of the same statue. If you have time look at Rival.com. There were plenty of teams that were equal to Tennessee Chattanooga strength that Oklahoma could have played that were Division 1-A. It still would have been lame for Oklahoma to play them BUT at least they would have been Division 1-A. If the actual paying fans would stop paying to go see these game or buying them on pay per view...I believe that would seen a strong message to these programs to stop scheduling them. As a paying fan I would not pay to see lame opponents. In other words you are charging me TOP DOLLARS then doggone it bring in some TOP TIER OPPONENTS. Why the boosters,
paying alumni, and season ticket holders allow this junk to happen...I don't know! Boy I could only image if Oklahoma had scheduled 4 out of the 5 Conference winners: Southern California, Ohio State, West Virginia, Louisiana State, or Virginia Tech. Man, talk about your television ratings! Maybe one year the teams will let the fans vote for the teams they want their programs to play!

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Bevo_Boiler — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:00:53 -0000

So is he a Texas fan? I might be able to get along with this kid. He's the same age as me. He might be kinda weird, though; I mean, he actually likes to read ;-)

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Bevo_Boiler — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:56:11 -0000

Thanks Tomcat. I hope you don't consider the books that you had worse, I had to read Hamlet and MacBeth freshman year. I don't see why people consider Shakespare hard to understand, though. It's pretty easy for me.

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1Tomcat — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:01:58 -0000

Sorry Ben didn't mean omit the Utes from my list totally uninentional
and I know I omitted a few others. I have to agree that for some
Div1-A programs a game against a Div1-AA foe can help boost team
moral and confidence especially a program that finished 3-9 or worse
like Marshall vs ILL st so what its early in the season let the boys
let it all hang out if you will, probably a good situation for both programs
Their other non-Conf games are solid winning BCS schools
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Cinncinati
Kinda reminds me of a couple of Rice a couple years ago
had Texas,Florida State and UCLA they somehow finished
the season 7-6 which is really remarkable
Last year they faced 3 B-12 teams and went 0-3
sure some of these are rivalries and some are about $ and exposer
This year the Rice Owls face
Vanderbilt,Texas, North Texas & Army
1 SEC,1-B-12, 1 Sunbelt, 1 Ind
If a team like Rice, one of the smallest Div1-A school was to schedule some Div1-AA opponents what the heck, why not. It would seem pretty hard to establish a winning season
anyway without getting pounded 3 or 4 times early
For a team like Rice or SMu ya why not, but the Mighty V-Tech Hokies
or Miami Hurricanes, na doesnt help you SOS none.

Teams like Texas take heat for their schedule and its really pretty tough
FAU Sun Belt Champs went 8-5 and won their bowl
there only loses were against OK St, KY, USF, UF and they
lost to UL Monroe in OT-- A pretty respectable opponent
Horns then travel to the Sun Bowl Sept 6
UTEP C-USA finished up 4-8
beat New Mexico lost to E Carolina in OT,
Their defense was ranked 117 in the nation
coach Mike Price hired Osia Lewis from UNW and theyre putting in a
3-3-5 scheme this year, so they ought to be better
Coach Price is a great offensive coach and they have a good QB and some good receivers, doesnt look like an automatic W to me. texas secondary is gonna have to stop them.
Arkansas 8-5- SEC --- bitter rival --- enough said
Texas then host Rice
This is an old in state foe thats been playing Texas since way before I ever came to this world
Heck Ben i didnt even know that Tenn Chat had a football team till I saw it on OU's schedule
Adios Tomcat

Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

Ben Prather — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:26:11 -0000

You left off Utah(#14 Phil Steel) vs Weber State

I can't believe that game is on my teams schedule. That pisses me off more than any bias by any BCS selection committee.

In the end these games are largely ignored by the voters and either mathematically eliminated from the computers, or a deterrent to them.

From a BCS standings viewpoint these games are equal to or less than a buy week. Either way, you are losing ground to a team facing a quality opponent. They asked for it themselves.

A school like SMU needs to get some traction going, and a solid win can do that. They don't have a realistic shot at a BCS bowl, so for them its not so bad of a move. When it becomes an issue is when a team is looking at getting those final few spots in the BCS standings, as teams like Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Ohio State, LSU, Florida, Georgia or Auburn can reasonably expect to be a factor.

As for the Sunbelt and C-USA teams scheduling tougher teams than the big dogs, the big dogs have no teams to schedule significantly over themselves. These teams border on the definition of a cupcake in these games, if they lose it does not really matter much, but if they win they can get a foot in the door the conference alignments don't afford them regularly.

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1Tomcat — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:46:24 -0000

Correction to above
Penn St vs Coastal Carolina
Purdue vs Northern Colorado
NC St vs William & Mary---Typo
Which one of these matchups above looks like a trap game to yall?
Who the Heck is Charleston Southeren? Hurricanes play them
Why in the world would the Mighty Hokies play 2 Div ! AA creampuffs?

Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

1Tomcat — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:37:42 -0000

Lennie SEC aint as bad as ACC or Big10 even Big E when it comes to
scheduling Div 1-AA teams, Some of the less interesting matchups by some
of the so-called ranked teams
WV vs Villanova
OSU vs Youngstown st
UGA vs Georgia Southeren
LSU vs App St
AZ st vs Northern AZ
USF vs Tenn Martin
ILL vs East ILL
TTech vs East Wash
PSU vs N Colo
Cinn vs E Ky
UConn vs Hofstra
Louisville vs Tenn Tech
Duke vs James Madison
FSU vs West Carolina
G Tech vs Jacksonville St
Maryland vs Delaware
Miami vs Charlston Southern
UNC vs McNeese St
UC St vs William & Mary
UVA vs Richmond
V Tech vs Furman & V Tech vs West Ky
Arkansas vs West ILL
BYU vs N. Iowa
Air F vs S. Utah
Nevada vs Grambling
N Mex St vs Nicholls St
San Jose St vs UC Davis
San Diego St vs Cal Poly
TCU vs SFA
Ind vs West Ky
Iowa vs Maine
Purdue vs N Colo
Does anybody want to bet on the underdog, perhaps on a few
The Sunbelt and C-USA actually schedule tougher teams than the so-called big dogs
Oh I almost forgot
OU vs Tenn Chatt

Re: Breaking down the schedules - Cupcake City 08 Edition

Lennie Collins — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:04:04 -0000

1Tomcat...first I would not want to see Oklahoma play against ANY Division 1-AA or whatever they call it now school! Second I think it's a STUPID idea for ANY Division 1-A school to play any Division 1-AA. If Oklahoma beats Tennessee Chattanooga 77-3 then they were SUPPOSED to have won by that many anyways or if they lose or the game is close then they come off as being not that good anyways. After what happen to Michigan you would think Division 1-A schools would avoid them BUT I guess I don't know the logic behind it. The SEC fans are quick to criticize other schools who play and lose to Division 1-AA programs BUT fail to see that it was happening in the SEC before Michigan lost to Appalachian State. The SEC fans brag when a team in that conference wins the National Title BUT if it was not for the SEC fans complaining about Auburn not playing Southern California in 2004 the strength of schedule would still be factored in deciding for the National Title which means Florida
would have been left out the 2007 game against Ohio State. So SEC fans in my opinion should not even be commenting on this thread! Again SEC fan I have nothing against you or the SEC at all BUT your conference/schools started this now other conferences are gonna start flocking to it! I don't like it BUT I understand! Remember I was born in Mississippi so you can't get no more SEC than that!

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1Tomcat — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:43:27 -0000

Wow Lennie good post I agree, to bad yall couldnt get a game against SHSU with QB Rhett Bomar
What do yall think about teams from non-BCs conferences playing Div1-AA teams
Like SMU vs Texas St ?
The Bobcats almost upset A&M one time and we all thought it was goin to be a slaughter

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Zac — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:23:12 -0000

Just don't let Lou Holtz give the pep-talk. I think the teams he gave his ESPN Pre-Game Pep-Talk to went 1-5 last season. Not what I would consider to be good results.

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Zac — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:18:30 -0000

You have a 16 year old grandson? I have two sons in their late twenties. One can attract them but can't keep em. The other can't even attract them. I'll never be a grandfather.

By the way, I played Reverend Hale when my HS did a production of the Crucible. Critics in Albany raved our performance as being near professional, even beating out two college performances. "I denounce these proceedings. I denounce these proceedings and quit this court."

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Zac — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:10:47 -0000

My bet there would have been NE.