Fanblogs.com - Latest Comments in Fanblogs Open Thread

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:37:45 -0000

B-B-B-Bretty and the Jets...

Ok, had to do it, sorry Kevin, I know this is a college based site but I could not resist this NFL comment.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:38 -0000

I heard today that K States Prince was to sign a 5 year extension today, does that surprise anyone other than me....I guess if you beat Texas, you can stay around for a long time....

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:42:25 -0000

Thanks TE, guess we'll see how it plays out...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

-TE- — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:21:31 -0000

Jarvis Jones is an extremely talented kid...One that I believe we were looking to move into a starting role for us next year...He would've seen time at backup on the interior and exterior along the right side of our line this year...

He was disciplined along with two or three other players-including Ryan Perrilloux-during the summer for a "unspecified violation of team rules", which is code for, "I smoked dope and didn't drink 'the clear' everyone else is smart enough to drink before the NCAA or LSU came in and tested members of the team".

He tested positive again just before fall camp, and was aced outta here...

All the talent in the world isn't going to cover up the fact that you can't stay away from the ganja...It's sad, and it does leave a hole in our interior on the depth chart, but we've got the best line in America, and we've got a beast of a class that's redshirting this year.

We'll be fine...

I'm not sure if you guys wanna take that risk, after Boren himself ordered down the Jarboe excommunication...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:44:32 -0000

TE, since you're the resident expert on LSU, what can you tell me about an EX , as in just booted from LSU team " Jarvis Jones ", they're rumors around here that he could be joining the OU team, or are we getting into another Jarboe problem.....

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Diggs_the_Mountie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:40:23 -0000

Zac,

I know this is off topic but figured I'd pass this pic of TK on to you. Looks like a beast and our backfield is going to be even more outstanding with his addition. White, Devine, and TK....Wow...All 6'1 230 lbs of him, and he runs a 4.3 e

http://i154.photobucket.com...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

War_Eagle_Atlanta — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:08:25 -0000

Didn't recognize Les'ticles in a coat and tie... He better stick to the turtleneck...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:40:41 -0000

yeah, it's amazing what a hat covers up, not sure I would have known it was Miles if it wasn't for the story.....

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:20:51 -0000

TE was nice enough to send that one my way, but I've just been too damn busy to get it posted. I sure hope life slows down before football season!!!

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:59:43 -0000

Oh, and here's the link

http://www.burntorangenatio...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

OU_Ron — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:55:17 -0000

I just seen a picture of Snoop Dogg and Les Miles over at Burnt Orange Nation, I now know why Les wears a hat.......

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:02:50 -0000

My only disagreement is that other conferences are more competitively internally than the SEC.

The internal competition of the MAC and MWC are significantly closer than the gulf between LSU and Vanderbilt.

The SEC is the top conference. Conference schedules give them the equivalent of one extra top 25 OCG game per year over a typical PAC 10, Big 10 and Big 12 teams. The scheduling reflects this as the top teams approach a similar level of schedule difficulty.

Also, not sure I buy into the transitive property of football. By that property all teams were equal last year, except a few winless teams.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

aVoiceInSC — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:18:50 -0000

Right on, man. Right on.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

WestCoaster — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:53:06 -0000

I think this is interesting... I think it pretty much states a point I have been trying to make for a while...

Brian from Munford, Tenn., writes: The numbers do not lie. Most SEC teams do have poor non-conference scheduling. After all since the BCS started the SEC has 4 national championships and why not include Auburn in 2004 since USC was awarded a piece in 2003(50% i would say a highly significant winning %)?The problem is EVERY week in the SEC anyone can win. There is no other conference that even compares. So with that said why would any team in this conference schedule big non conference games? They do not need to!

Ted Miller: "The problem is EVERY week in the SEC anyone can win." Well, that's true of any conference. Just like on any given week Alabama could lose to Louisiana-Monroe or Mississippi could lose to Wyoming or Mississippi State could lose to Tulane or Auburn could lose to South Florida (did Oregon play South Florida last year?) or Kentucky could lose to Indiana or Arkansas can win the SEC West but lose to USC by 36 points or Tennessee could win the SEC East after losing to California by 14 points.

SEC folks love to talk about the depth of their conference, and there is depth -- at the top. But out here in reality world, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State and, yes, Alabama look just like about 50 other BCS teams lumbering around the bloated middle of college football. That group reminds me of the bottom half of the Pac-10, which is where each would finish if it came out West. Wait. Have Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi State done that over the past decade?

Moreover, sometimes the "depth" of the SEC is smoke-and-mirrors. Take Georgia in 2007. I've got nothing but love for the Dawgs, but folks outside of Athens/Atlanta/Macon/Savannah see a team that lost to a bad South Carolina squad and got bludgeoned by Tennessee. (Did Tennessee play a Pac-10 team in 2007? I can't remember.) The Bulldogs, who gave up 34 points to Troy and beat Vandy by three, were outraged they didn't get to play for the national championship, but, really, their entire resume came down to two games: wins over Florida and Auburn. Florida lost to Appalachian State by the transitive property of college football. And that South Florida team that won at Auburn went down 56-21 to Oregon in the Sun Bowl.

The SEC needs tough non-conference games to prove itself to the rest of the nation, a group that is not required to succumb to the "just trust me ... can't you see I'm yelling!" school of debate popular in the SEC.

That's why Georgia scheduled Arizona State. That's why Tennessee has long played a gutty non-conference schedule. And, heck, LSU wouldn't have won the national title last year if it hadn't beaten the pooh out of Virginia Tech.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

aVoiceInSC — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:19:22 -0000

28 days until kickoff...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:55:10 -0000

I am surprised he has not shown up in the WAC thread yet. I had him in mind when I wrote it.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

TampaGator — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:41:43 -0000

It's a reference to some of my posts in another thread--if recollection serves, it was about Fresno State-he's a bit touchy about his bulldogs. He must've forgot who I was, or maybe he simply doesn't want to engage me directly. Either way, you ain't missing much.

GO GATORS!!

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Porcine — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:21:03 -0000

Umm, I don't know Davy.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Porcine — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:17:32 -0000

I too am flabbergasted.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

4cornerz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:33:26 -0000

I am going to say it call it prophecy. The BIG EAST WILL HAVE 2 TEAMS in the BCS this year. Pitt or WVA or USF or WVA, but 2 will go.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:26:10 -0000

Ok, I missed it.

Where does the word Yawn appear in this thread? Or Fresno State? By which Gator guy?

This is an open thread, but your tone appears to be on the attack, against nothing.

I think most have the Fresno Rutgers as a toss up, or Fresno being a slight underdog. There is a thread around here for those who wish to discuss the perceived difficulties of WAC out of conference schedules.

Personally I like Utah's odds of beating Michigan more than Fresno's odds of beating Rutgers. Maybe a parlay is in order here.

August 30th. So close, yet so far away.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

BallDogs1 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:34:40 -0000

I think it's great that people yawn (gator guy) at the mere mention of schools like Fresno State. Here is the reason why...if we beat a BCS school, all of a sudden it's luck or the other team had an "off" day..the planets were aligned in our favor, etc etc. But if we loose, then that is the way it was suppose to be anyway. We shall play Rutgers in about 32 days or so. Who'll win? The better team. Florida has someone sceduled for Homecoming already....Kentucky......3-5 in the SEC last year....I'm not impressed.
GO Bulldogs

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:48:58 -0000

This is great.

I especially like #72 and #73.

If the PAC 10 had expanded this year I like the proposed top 5:

USC
BYU
ASU
Utah
Oregon

This system appears to undervalue/ignore the difference in recruiting potential for the various schools. Premier BCS teams with a high turnover will be ranked poorly in this model.

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

aVoiceInSC — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:57:52 -0000

This is remotely interesting. We'll see how accurate this turns out to be.

http://whatifsports.com/bey...

Re: Fanblogs Open Thread

Ben Prather — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:38:25 -0000

Thank you for this question. I was wondering my self.

Maybe some form of h rss feed could be established to alert those to who choose to follow it.