Can the MWC continue its 6-1 run over PAC 10 teams in the Vegas Bowl? Will ranked BYU prevail over unranked Arizona? I think The Las Vegas Bowl will be fun to watch, unless you are a PAC 10 fan.
A much closer game is the New Mexico Bowl. Fresno State has a name, but has not lived up to its name in recent years. CSU has struggled of late but has returned to the Bowl season but remains far short of being the MWC contenter they once were. For a close game with WAC vs MWC rivalry excitement, this should be a good one.
If the MWC has risen this year to BCS level they should win these two games. That said they will still need to maintain this years level for 3-4 years to stake a claim at a BCS Berth.
Is the Big East as weak as everyone thinks they are this year? Memphis vs South Florida could give an early indication of whether the Big East really is to the level of a BCS conference or merely a pretender with historical tie ins.
The ACC has taken its share of critisism but I feel it is undeserved. Navy could be in for a bit more than they can chew.
Troy vs Southern Miss will play a game. Not sure I have any insight or interest into this one. General rule of thumb... Pick against the Sun Belt.
jake
· 11 months ago
The Memphis/USF matchup will also provide good insight into whether Memphis would be a worthy addition to BE football.
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
Between that and the Syracuse game in Basketball...
Which game were the Memphis fans watching? Anyone got the Nelson ratings?
Zac
· 11 months ago
Having jumped between the channels myself, I can tell you their BB facility was sold out. It also looked to me as though their fans were well represented at the bowl. Wouldn't surprise me if many of them had a hard time choosing.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
"The Las Vegas Bowl will be fun to watch, unless you are a PAC 10 fan."
That prediction is going about as well as your Illinois over Ohio State pick.
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
Not the game I expected. 3 missed field goals... ugliness everywhere...
And if that is the worst pick of mine you can dig up I don't know what to tell you.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
Dig up? LOL! Great choice of words. I had a vested interest in that particular pick I "dug" up, as you so conveniently put it...as I recall, I told you you at the time that you made the wrong one.
Now if I were a PAC 10 fan, I could understand your use of the phrase, "dig up". Since I'm an Ohio State fan...nope. Not gonna fly, my brutha!
:-)
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
Didn't I pick against Ohio State against Michigan State? I think I was fairly confident Wisconsin would beat you all as well.
At least you have that going for you, I think Texas will beat you too!
(Maybe I should stop picking against the team with the most BCS value, by my own numbers...)
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
"Didn't I pick against Ohio State against Michigan State? I think I was fairly confident Wisconsin would beat you all as well."
Now those I'd definitely have to dig up, because we didn't have a conversation here about them. Plus, those don't concern me as much because I probably would've agreed with you about the MSU pick, and the Wisconsin one I'd chalk up to a lack of knowledge about the Big 10(11). The Illinois game should've been obvious to everyone at that point in the season.
"At least you have that going for you, I think Texas will beat you too!"
That's OK, I think we just saw a preview on a smaller scale of the Alabama-Utah game. Smaller scale because I think it'll be even uglier for Utah.
As far as picking teams...I'd suggest you start trusting The Vest a little more often, and wake up and smell the coffee about what the rest of the country knows about the Mountain West Conference, which is that Sagarin has at least that portion of his rankings dead on. But that's just me...and maybe a lot of other fans as well...
;-)
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
I should have taken my advice on the New Orleans Bowl in the Pick em.
The best non BCS bowl is Tuesday night. It can't come too soon. I got TCU picked because I am biased. This game could go either way.
Notre Dame has taken the lead in the spread, but I still hold to Hawaii in the last bowl before Christmas.
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
I got TCU picked because I am biased too. Eastern vs. Western. Classic old school football team vs. upstart WAC trash. Maybe Central vs. Western. Oh I just hate boise... do I need a reason?
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
The name of the blog above is technically The Joe Cribbs Car Wash, which is a much more clever name than anything about Auburn I could come up with...
gatorhippy
· 11 months ago
The Drums of War Damn Chizik?
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
It's funny, but NO Florida fans have had any words of encouragement for Mean Gene. Very strange...
Ramblin' Gator
· 11 months ago
Personally - after the Chan Gailey debacle - I'm a little gunshy about voicing (or voiving) my support for ex-Gators as coaches in the NCAA (except for Spurrier).
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
I've seen quite a few 'attacks' on him from Florida fans. If there was an Auburn alum coach in a similar situation, if I didn't have anything positive to say, I definitely wouldn't say anything at all...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
That's right, NO voiving.....
Zac
· 11 months ago
Hey, Ron. Got to watch a little of the OK/VCU BB game. Talk about sh...ty officiating...1st one of your guards gets away with a little push, just before burying a "3"; then, two VCU defenders (That's right, TWO.) land right on Griffen under the OK basket just before he scores, and no call. Where do they find these guys?
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Zac, they probably got em from the Pac 10, ......just kidding, didn't know OU had a basketball team..:-)
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
Ooohh, I missed that earlier. Yea, your wife put a stop to all that voiving...
Kevin @ Fanblogs
· 11 months ago
Yeah, I suck. Updated.
Zac
· 11 months ago
" These are the last crumbs, the final few morsels of college football we get until going without for eight freaking months..."
I couldn't agree more, which is precisely why I wish it could change. I don't want to scrap the bowl system, nor do I want to see it scrapped. It would be nice, however if some of the bowls could be spread out a little better, that there weren't so many on the same day, and none played at the same time on different channels.
If more bowls could be played throughout January, and the NC game pushed back to that Saturday before the Super Bowl (Call it "Championship Weekend".), we could all, in a way, have our cake and eat it too. The E/W, N/S, and Sr. Bowls could then be pushed back almost into March Madness. With the brief distraction March Madness would give to most of us, following that is Spring Ball & each of our respective alma maters' final scrimmages.
Recruiting news & Sign-In Day would take up some of the space in between and prior to March Madness. The NFL draft would take up some of the space following this. There: Just like that, we've reduced an 8-month hiatus by approximately 3.5 months. And, I didn't even use the "P" word - something that could also be used to pro-long the season. But, that's for another debate.
Regan
· 11 months ago
Much of it has to do with the New Year's Day Bowl Tradition, which has me really puzzled this year regarding the Cotton Bowl, which moved their game to 1/2 this year. The 4 (5) big bowls were all on 1/1, and the voters and fans across the nation made one heck of a day of it.
In the BCS era, TV concerns have crafted a schedule where two BCS Bowls are played on 1/1 (one of which is always the Rose...save when it hosted the NCG), two are played in the next few days, and now the NCG a week later.
Considering the NCG has now been pushed all the way back to 1/8, it seems that things are spreading out in Bowl Season, albeit in a strange pattern where the date no longer indicates the quality of the matchup.
As far as the CFB season going up to Super Bowl Weekend and March Madness, I wouldn't have a problem with it myself, but I don't think it would be right to have CFB intrude into the NCAABB and NFL 'territory'.
I get furious each CFB season when they just won't shut up about Baseball until halfway through the season and start babbling about Basketball. Autumn is CFB time, and it should split time in the national spotlight with the NFL. We get Saturdays, they get Sundays.
And if I'm going to be such a nutcase about how CFB is All That Is during it's 4.5 months in the sun, I really don't need to support grabbing up time that is the "glory season" in other sports....
....even though other sports don't really matter. Boo-Ya.
Regan
· 11 months ago
>>>>> Don't you dare fall for that big-media line about there being "too many bowls." These are the last crumbs, the final few morsels of college football we get until going without for eight freaking months, and you should love all of them unconditionally. OK, so even I wouldn't carve out any plans to watch Louisiana Tech-Northern Illinois, but no one's strapping you down Clockwork-Orange-style and forcing you to watch, are they? I say if a bunch of nutso civic-minded businessmen want to blow a wad of cash on a game no will watch but that will feel like a reward to two bunches of kids who have worked their tails off all season and deserve some kind of thanks for it, by all means, be my guest. <<<<<
WAY IT IS. Well Said. :)
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
I hope in our discussions you did not come away with the idea I wanted to scrap the bowls. I think you read the Rivals plan which included the bowls alongside a playoff. It would really only make the big 4 bowls less than they are but about what they were 20 years ago. I love bowls and want them to stay too. I just don't think they should take part in a national championship selection process, it's perverted.
Regan
· 11 months ago
No, FSU_Ben, you were clear about that. The Bowls as they are would probably take a hit under a different system, and any Bowls integrated into a playoff system would quickly vanish, but you're right - there's nothing wrong with them and they are a great tradition. I think we're on the same page on that one.
Clemson_Joe
· 11 months ago
For you football lovers out there, there is a good one airing tonight on ESPN2 @ 8:00 PM Eastern. It's the D1-AA (FCS) National Championship between the Montana Grizzlies and the Richmond Spiders. Sadly my Apps didn't make it this year, but it should be some good football nonetheless. Realistically, both of these teams could fare pretty well against the majority of D1-A (FBS). Check it out and feed your addiction at least until tomorrow.
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
I really did not expect Richmond to win this... Big suprise for me. Montana beat every team they played this year (having a rematch against Weber State which was the other loss). Wow.
Clemson_Joe
· 11 months ago
I agree. I don't like Richmond. I really didn't expect them to beat my Mountaineers, but they did. It was obvious that this isn't the best Mountaineer team of the last 4 years, but I still thought that they were better than Richmond. During the entire game against Montana, I kept thinking that Montana was going to pull it out, but they just couldn't quite get it together. I was pulling for the Grizzlies (obviously) and hated to see the Spiders win it all. I will say that the Richmond coach deserves a ton of credit, and it might be time for that man to become the 6th black head coach in D1-A. That guy did one heck of a job in Virginia and he could probably benefit quite a few "bigger" programs.
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
Are you shopping for Al Groh's replacement? He has to be next on the ACC chopping block.
That said I am not in favor of coach firing though I make a lot of jokes about it so don't jump on me! I think Fulmer being fired was a travesty although I sure hope Tennessee found the right team of coaches (let me say as a fan of a school that has a vast amount of coaching talent pulled in from all over that we have what seems to be a too many chief''s problem. With a head coach in waiting, an executive head coach that was formerly a head coach, a head coach and a mickey andrews who also probably has some head coach title all pulling in various directions and a man that doesn't really coach (the head coach) speaking for all of them that I don't think putting together a coaches dream team is a good idea. Clemson probably needed to fire tommy though as it was too much conflict for him to work there and his father to work at FSU. Bobby seemed to be losing on purpose just to keep his son employed and his son became a lame duck at some point roughly 3 years ago and hasn't really seemed to care since. That said Dabo cannot be the right guy, it just seems very unlikely and I have never been a fan of the idea an underling of a bad head coach was actually a good head coach. I wish Clemson success on the field 11 games a year (and a bowl) as I loath BC and think none of the rest of the atlantic should ever be extremely successful (including BC).
Clemson_Joe
· 11 months ago
I despise Al Groh. Virginia is my least favorite team in the ACC, so I really don't care what they do. I really don't think the Richmond coach would ever be the head guy at UVA honestly. I think he'd be better suited to give it a shot with a C-USA team or something like that.
I really do think that Swinney is the right guy for the job. Although, right now, it doesn't matter. We'll have to address this again in a year or so. He has certainly picked up some pretty good recruits and recruiters so far, so he's doing a good job with that aspect of the job. Let's see how it translates on the field next season.
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
Shannon is a great recruiter too. If anyone thinks he is a good coach I would more than beg to differ. You are right it is too soon to judge Swinney and I am only basing my judgements on other programs who did the same thing (fired a underperforming HC and hired his replacement from his own crew). I don't consider Auburn to have done this since I don't think one 5-7 season is underperforming but Miami is a good example of it not having worked out well.
Again I wish Clemson nothing but the best 11 games and a bowl out of the year so it's not wishful thinking here. As long as our basketball biotches (and our hockey biotch BC) aren't too football successful I am happy.
LMAO. Hadn't seen that...seems like Sports Center would've dropped it in somewhere. Hilarious.
Geaux Tigers Geaux SEC
lbu828694
· 11 months ago
Navy-Wake Forest wasnt too bad, and Fresno-CSU is a pretty good one. Maybe well have a decent bowl season.
U.of S.C.1978
· 11 months ago
A good football day. Thoroughly enjoyed the games.
Zac
· 11 months ago
Could the officiating have been any more wonky during the AS St/BYU game? Man, some of these Zebras make you wanna say, "Beam me up, Scotty, no intelligent life here."
JaredIsKing
· 11 months ago
But they WERE at least intelligent enough to realize AZ (not AZ St) was playing BYU.
USC1801
· 11 months ago
Come on now, give Zac a break. . . the man is at home sick and probably half out of his mind. No need to insult him.
Hope you recover before the holidays!
Zac
· 11 months ago
OOPS!!! You both got me there. It be the Wildcats, not the Sun Devils (apologies to both teams) who were victorious over the BYU Cougars. Well, at least I got it half right the 1st time. By the way, Jared, you iz king...Richard, that iz. AND, USC1801, I'm certifiably all the way there; there be no half-way here. Hope you both enjoy your holidays.
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
Hmm, you'll have to explain that King Richard crack to me.
Is it for the King Dick or a reference to Plantagenet's rumored sexuality?
Porcine
· 11 months ago
Southern Miss' kicker is named Britt Barefoot.
GeauxTigers0107
· 11 months ago
And he's got the nerve to wear a shoe.
Geaux Tigers Geaux SEC
FSU_Ben
· 11 months ago
Coolest kicker name ever!
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
Did anyone see the horrific leg breaking incident in the Southern Miss/Troy game live as I did? So for the dubious record, I've seen Theisman, Krumrie, and now that kid break the fibula and tibia bones live. Each time I say I'd never like to see it again and it keeps happening.
Ugh. I hope he gets better and back on the field soon.
Bama_Babe
· 11 months ago
Yep, I have to turn away when they replay it over and over...
When Tyrone Prothro snapped his leg in half during the Florida game in '05, it almost made me cry to watch..
Horrible thing to happen to these great athletes. I just wish there was a way to prevent it. I guess it's just part of the sport...
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
I only saw it replied once after the commercial break in that game.
I don't watch sports center, maybe they showed it over and over again, but only once during the game.
Unlike the others, this kid was not hit. It looked like he had some king of brace on his lower legs. Could he have been playing on an injury and have been better suited to sit this game out?
At least he has all off season to recover and should be strong next year. He still has 3 years left and broken legs are painful but not usually career ending. This is not the las we have seen of DeAndre Brown.
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Tom, that young man had to be the toughest player I've ever seen, being carted out on a stretcher with his leg broke in half and didn't act like he was in any pain at all, I think I would have been begging for morphine ( all I could get ).....
1Tomcat
· 11 months ago
I agree Ron, of course after the initial temporary shock effect wears off the boy will be hurting, none of us like to see a young person get injured, however it is part of the game. Bama Babe is right, please dont show us the injury repeatedly. Wish the best for the young man and hope for a full recovery.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
Yeah, I'm not sure if he felt anything or not after a few seconds, Ron. Theisman said he didn't feel anything at all during and after his injury, and all that is due to endorphins, which use the same receptors as morphine. Still, I'm sure the initial break had to be excruciating, and I'm wondering if they don't give him something on the field...makes me shudder to even think about it.
My mom broke both of her ankles once just stepping off her porch. She stepped onto the side of a stepping stone, and broke the first one. When she shifted her weight onto the other one she broke that one right away. She said she passed out 3 times dragging herself back into the house and to the phone, then again after making a phone call to my Dad. She was so out of it she didn't call an ambulance. She was laid up for a few months.
So far, I've never broken any bones, and I definitely don't want to start now.
1Tomcat
· 11 months ago
Congrats to the Southeren Miss Golden Eagles- great game evenly matched down to the wire, blocked Feild goal in OT
GeauxTigers0107
· 11 months ago
Agreed. Really enjoyed that one. I picked the Golden Eagles in the Bowl pick 'em so the block helped a little...lol.
On a side note: Here's wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And don't forget about your troops who choose to defend your rights and spend yet another holiday away from their families. God Bless them, one and all.
Geaux Tigers Geaux SEC
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Same to you GT, looks like big Utah Ben is kicking some butt in the pick em contest.....good luck..
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
Yeah, I do better when I can mitigate my irrational picks by decreasing their confidence.
Clemson_Joe
· 11 months ago
I didn't see Southern Miss or Troy play a game this year so I foolishly picked the Trojans. As soon as I saw both teams take the field I was angry at my pick. Troy is not very good. I truly overestimated the lousy Sunbelt. That one really stung.
Anyway, well said, man. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.
1Tomcat
· 11 months ago
Excellent Post Bo Merry Christmas God Bless our Troops BTW My nephew is back from Afganistan, he will be here for Christmas
TampaGator
· 11 months ago
Glad your nephew made it back OK. I have a nephew who served in Iraq, and returned earlier this year OK, so I can appreciate the relief.
God Bless our Troops.
GO GATORS!!
Zac
· 11 months ago
Please convey my thanks to him.
TampaGator
· 11 months ago
Merry Christmas y'all!
GO GATORS!!
Zac
· 11 months ago
And a "Good Ole" Merry Christmas to you as well.
May all of our buds on Fanblogs, as well as their families enjoy themselves & be well throughout the Holidays & the coming New Year.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
If I hear the non-word "trickeration" one more time, I'm going to VOMIT.
Zac
· 11 months ago
It's not a "non-word"; it's a "sniglet, lest ye forget...
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
I hate "sniglets". They are a blight on intelligent dialogue. Non-words grate on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
And...if I hear the phrase "it's not trickery if it's part of the playbook" one more time, I'm going to VOMIT AGAIN. Whether it's in the playbook or not, you're still tricking the defense into thinking something else is coming.
ESPN is a cancer.
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
I don't think that word applies to Boise State anyways. Its like the boy who cried wolf. When you play then you know the trick and hoops are coming, so you practice catching the laterals on defense.
Great end to a great defensive game.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
As I said...if it's trickery, it's trickery. It applies whether an offense runs a trick play every play, 90%, 50%, 10% or 1% of the time. It's still a trick play.
Grammar is grammar, folks.
Ben Prather
· 11 months ago
I bet that opening kickoff trick works even better at home.
Laying down on the field so the players running down to cover don't see you, the standing up wide open of the lateral...
Imagine doing that in their home blues on the blue field. Stealth, the wave of the future.
I believe we are arguing diction, not grammar.
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
"I believe we are arguing diction, not grammar."
I believe either term applies. Here's the definition of diction, and here's the definition of grammar.
I think you understand my point, nonetheless.
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
I sent in about 25 sniglets to Rich Hall and Not Necessarily the News when I was in high school. They never published one of them. @ssholes!
Everybody remember Sniglets? It's a word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should. In other words, you create a word for something that doesn't have one. Maybe we at Fanblogs could come up with our own sniglets for football. Give me a minute to think...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
TCU 14 Boise 13 here's a tip Boise, watch out for the statue of liberty ;-)
1Tomcat
· 11 months ago
Great Game so far Texas teams are undefeated in Bowls Merry Christmas everybody Go Warriors beat the H outa Notre Dame
1Tomcat
· 11 months ago
The 800 club- all time wins- the winningest programs in college football history Michigan 872 Texas 831 Notre Dame 830 Nebraska 816 Ohio State 807 Penn State 800 Bama will probably join the club witha win over Utah- Bama is 799 I just hope Hawaii beats ND and Texas beats tOSU because Ole Lou Holtz dosnt like the Horns and loves the Irish Mack Brown at Texas 114-26 Lou Holtz at ND 100-30-2 Question Do yall know why Bob Stoops is so happy"? a. His team is in the BCS title game b. He has the perfect gameplan to stop Tebow c. He doesnt have to play Texas again Hookem-Horns
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
You forgot one, he wins the conference championship time after time after time, even if he loses a game to Texas ;-)
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
And another one: he DIDN'T take the job at Notre Dame when offered a few weeks ago...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Word is he didn't take it because he didn't want to develop a lisp like Granny Lou....
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
Okay, a few Fanblogs/CFB Sniglets:
Blogurgitate: the act of cutting and pasting a whole passage from another blog rather than merely providing a link... Also: Tomblogurgitate: Cutting and pasting the exact comments of someone you wish to respond to into the body of your comments...
Benediction: any diction coming from Ben Prather, usually involving stats no one else understands...
More???
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Bowlmarized: A condition that exists in college football fans after watching 34 games in 20 days......
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
Or: Seatmoflage Using quick camera shots to cover up all the empty seating at most bowls and the ACC championship game...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
or Bluemoflage: the only football field that Bosie State will ever feel safe at again...
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
I call it the Please Do Not Adjust Your Set Bowl...
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
More???
Aubdition: Act of applying for a job as a coordinator only to turn around immediately and get fired or seek a HC position elsewhere...
Stoopsify: being bewildered at winning your conference, challenging for the national crown, but failing to show up for your bowl game...
Notre Damned: The verdict on all coaches assuming the mantle of the Golden Dome ever since Lou Holtz, of all people...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Macksafly: the only airplane charter service used to lobby against his own conference rules....
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
sorry, I just had to throw that one in there....
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
Collinsialism: any folksy phrase popularized by bloggers, such as Was it something I said, or Crimson and Cream True or even What do you mean by 'buddies'?
BigTension: Using an incorrect numerical identifier in the name of your conference...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
Lennie would be proud..:-)
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
MAC Attack: having a 8-5 team knock off your undefeated glory boy to end any hopes of a BCS shot...
Self Bamaflagellation: what you do to your 13-1 coach if he drops back to another 7-6 season again...
OU_Ron
· 11 months ago
And last but not least, because I'm about to close up the shop and go home for Christmas..... Tedurated: is what you become after posting long..long...long..prediction posts and not any of them came close to being correct..:-)
Tom_Blogical
· 11 months ago
Kevin, WEA, TE, Ben...all the commenters here...I've thoroughly enjoyed another year at Fanblogs. I hope the holidays treat you well.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 11 months ago
Thanks, Tom. I left you a shout-out in the new thread that just went up...
TigerEducated
· 11 months ago
Thanks Tom...
Many Happy Returns...Not only to the commentators here, but to EVERYONE reading us out there...
Minus one solid tackle will make running against Utah a little harder than expected. It is Alabama and they will have the next guy ready to go, you know, the one waiting all season to play who finally has a chance to show what he is worth...
The excitement is building...
Tickets, Hotel reservation. parking lot scouted, I am ready for a good game. If the game goes your way I have the French Quarter to administer a health dose of Proverbs 31:6-7.
All Comments
A much closer game is the New Mexico Bowl. Fresno State has a name, but has not lived up to its name in recent years. CSU has struggled of late but has returned to the Bowl season but remains far short of being the MWC contenter they once were. For a close game with WAC vs MWC rivalry excitement, this should be a good one.
If the MWC has risen this year to BCS level they should win these two games. That said they will still need to maintain this years level for 3-4 years to stake a claim at a BCS Berth.
Is the Big East as weak as everyone thinks they are this year? Memphis vs South Florida could give an early indication of whether the Big East really is to the level of a BCS conference or merely a pretender with historical tie ins.
The ACC has taken its share of critisism but I feel it is undeserved. Navy could be in for a bit more than they can chew.
Troy vs Southern Miss will play a game. Not sure I have any insight or interest into this one. General rule of thumb... Pick against the Sun Belt.
Which game were the Memphis fans watching? Anyone got the Nelson ratings?
That prediction is going about as well as your Illinois over Ohio State pick.
And if that is the worst pick of mine you can dig up I don't know what to tell you.
Now if I were a PAC 10 fan, I could understand your use of the phrase, "dig up". Since I'm an Ohio State fan...nope. Not gonna fly, my brutha!
:-)
At least you have that going for you, I think Texas will beat you too!
(Maybe I should stop picking against the team with the most BCS value, by my own numbers...)
Now those I'd definitely have to dig up, because we didn't have a conversation here about them. Plus, those don't concern me as much because I probably would've agreed with you about the MSU pick, and the Wisconsin one I'd chalk up to a lack of knowledge about the Big 10(11). The Illinois game should've been obvious to everyone at that point in the season.
"At least you have that going for you, I think Texas will beat you too!"
That's OK, I think we just saw a preview on a smaller scale of the Alabama-Utah game. Smaller scale because I think it'll be even uglier for Utah.
As far as picking teams...I'd suggest you start trusting The Vest a little more often, and wake up and smell the coffee about what the rest of the country knows about the Mountain West Conference, which is that Sagarin has at least that portion of his rankings dead on. But that's just me...and maybe a lot of other fans as well...
;-)
The best non BCS bowl is Tuesday night. It can't come too soon. I got TCU picked because I am biased. This game could go either way.
Notre Dame has taken the lead in the spread, but I still hold to Hawaii in the last bowl before Christmas.
I couldn't agree more, which is precisely why I wish it could change. I don't want to scrap the bowl system, nor do I want to see it scrapped. It would be nice, however if some of the bowls could be spread out a little better, that there weren't so many on the same day, and none played at the same time on different channels.
If more bowls could be played throughout January, and the NC game pushed back to that Saturday before the Super Bowl (Call it "Championship Weekend".), we could all, in a way, have our cake and eat it too. The E/W, N/S, and Sr. Bowls could then be pushed back almost into March Madness. With the brief distraction March Madness would give to most of us, following that is Spring Ball & each of our respective alma maters' final scrimmages.
Recruiting news & Sign-In Day would take up some of the space in between and prior to March Madness. The NFL draft would take up some of the space following this. There: Just like that, we've reduced an 8-month hiatus by approximately 3.5 months. And, I didn't even use the "P" word - something that could also be used to pro-long the season. But, that's for another debate.
In the BCS era, TV concerns have crafted a schedule where two BCS Bowls are played on 1/1 (one of which is always the Rose...save when it hosted the NCG), two are played in the next few days, and now the NCG a week later.
Considering the NCG has now been pushed all the way back to 1/8, it seems that things are spreading out in Bowl Season, albeit in a strange pattern where the date no longer indicates the quality of the matchup.
As far as the CFB season going up to Super Bowl Weekend and March Madness, I wouldn't have a problem with it myself, but I don't think it would be right to have CFB intrude into the NCAABB and NFL 'territory'.
I get furious each CFB season when they just won't shut up about Baseball until halfway through the season and start babbling about Basketball. Autumn is CFB time, and it should split time in the national spotlight with the NFL. We get Saturdays, they get Sundays.
And if I'm going to be such a nutcase about how CFB is All That Is during it's 4.5 months in the sun, I really don't need to support grabbing up time that is the "glory season" in other sports....
....even though other sports don't really matter. Boo-Ya.
Don't you dare fall for that big-media line about there being "too many bowls." These are the last crumbs, the final few morsels of college football we get until going without for eight freaking months, and you should love all of them unconditionally. OK, so even I wouldn't carve out any plans to watch Louisiana Tech-Northern Illinois, but no one's strapping you down Clockwork-Orange-style and forcing you to watch, are they? I say if a bunch of nutso civic-minded businessmen want to blow a wad of cash on a game no will watch but that will feel like a reward to two bunches of kids who have worked their tails off all season and deserve some kind of thanks for it, by all means, be my guest.
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WAY IT IS. Well Said. :)
That said I am not in favor of coach firing though I make a lot of jokes about it so don't jump on me! I think Fulmer being fired was a travesty although I sure hope Tennessee found the right team of coaches (let me say as a fan of a school that has a vast amount of coaching talent pulled in from all over that we have what seems to be a too many chief''s problem. With a head coach in waiting, an executive head coach that was formerly a head coach, a head coach and a mickey andrews who also probably has some head coach title all pulling in various directions and a man that doesn't really coach (the head coach) speaking for all of them that I don't think putting together a coaches dream team is a good idea. Clemson probably needed to fire tommy though as it was too much conflict for him to work there and his father to work at FSU. Bobby seemed to be losing on purpose just to keep his son employed and his son became a lame duck at some point roughly 3 years ago and hasn't really seemed to care since. That said Dabo cannot be the right guy, it just seems very unlikely and I have never been a fan of the idea an underling of a bad head coach was actually a good head coach. I wish Clemson success on the field 11 games a year (and a bowl) as I loath BC and think none of the rest of the atlantic should ever be extremely successful (including BC).
I really do think that Swinney is the right guy for the job. Although, right now, it doesn't matter. We'll have to address this again in a year or so. He has certainly picked up some pretty good recruits and recruiters so far, so he's doing a good job with that aspect of the job. Let's see how it translates on the field next season.
Again I wish Clemson nothing but the best 11 games and a bowl out of the year so it's not wishful thinking here. As long as our basketball biotches (and our hockey biotch BC) aren't too football successful I am happy.
Geaux Tigers
Geaux SEC
Hope you recover before the holidays!
Is it for the King Dick or a reference to Plantagenet's rumored sexuality?
Geaux Tigers
Geaux SEC
Ugh. I hope he gets better and back on the field soon.
When Tyrone Prothro snapped his leg in half during the Florida game in '05, it almost made me cry to watch..
Horrible thing to happen to these great athletes. I just wish there was a way to prevent it. I guess it's just part of the sport...
I don't watch sports center, maybe they showed it over and over again, but only once during the game.
Unlike the others, this kid was not hit. It looked like he had some king of brace on his lower legs. Could he have been playing on an injury and have been better suited to sit this game out?
At least he has all off season to recover and should be strong next year. He still has 3 years left and broken legs are painful but not usually career ending. This is not the las we have seen of DeAndre Brown.
Bama Babe is right, please dont show us the injury repeatedly. Wish the best for the young man and hope for a full recovery.
My mom broke both of her ankles once just stepping off her porch. She stepped onto the side of a stepping stone, and broke the first one. When she shifted her weight onto the other one she broke that one right away. She said she passed out 3 times dragging herself back into the house and to the phone, then again after making a phone call to my Dad. She was so out of it she didn't call an ambulance. She was laid up for a few months.
So far, I've never broken any bones, and I definitely don't want to start now.
On a side note: Here's wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And don't forget about your troops who choose to defend your rights and spend yet another holiday away from their families. God Bless them, one and all.
Geaux Tigers
Geaux SEC
Anyway, well said, man. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.
Merry Christmas
God Bless our Troops
BTW My nephew is back from Afganistan, he will be here for Christmas
God Bless our Troops.
GO GATORS!!
GO GATORS!!
May all of our buds on Fanblogs, as well as their families enjoy themselves & be well throughout the Holidays & the coming New Year.
ESPN is a cancer.
Great end to a great defensive game.
Grammar is grammar, folks.
Laying down on the field so the players running down to cover don't see you, the standing up wide open of the lateral...
Imagine doing that in their home blues on the blue field. Stealth, the wave of the future.
I believe we are arguing diction, not grammar.
I believe either term applies. Here's the definition of diction, and here's the definition of grammar.
I think you understand my point, nonetheless.
Everybody remember Sniglets? It's a word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should. In other words, you create a word for something that doesn't have one. Maybe we at Fanblogs could come up with our own sniglets for football. Give me a minute to think...
here's a tip Boise, watch out for the statue of liberty ;-)
Merry Christmas everybody
Go Warriors beat the H outa Notre Dame
Michigan 872
Texas 831
Notre Dame 830
Nebraska 816
Ohio State 807
Penn State 800
Bama will probably join the club witha win over Utah- Bama is 799
I just hope Hawaii beats ND and Texas beats tOSU
because Ole Lou Holtz dosnt like the Horns and loves the Irish
Mack Brown at Texas 114-26
Lou Holtz at ND 100-30-2
Question
Do yall know why Bob Stoops is so happy"?
a. His team is in the BCS title game
b. He has the perfect gameplan to stop Tebow
c. He doesnt have to play Texas again
Hookem-Horns
Blogurgitate: the act of cutting and pasting a whole passage from another blog rather than merely providing a link... Also: Tomblogurgitate: Cutting and pasting the exact comments of someone you wish to respond to into the body of your comments...
Benediction: any diction coming from Ben Prather, usually involving stats no one else understands...
More???
Aubdition: Act of applying for a job as a coordinator only to turn around immediately and get fired or seek a HC position elsewhere...
Stoopsify: being bewildered at winning your conference, challenging for the national crown, but failing to show up for your bowl game...
Notre Damned: The verdict on all coaches assuming the mantle of the Golden Dome ever since Lou Holtz, of all people...
BigTension: Using an incorrect numerical identifier in the name of your conference...
Self Bamaflagellation: what you do to your 13-1 coach if he drops back to another 7-6 season again...
Tedurated: is what you become after posting long..long...long..prediction posts and not any of them came close to being correct..:-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Apparently Andre Smith was suspended and will not play in the Sugar Bowl, due to improper dealings with an agent.
This sucks.
Minus one solid tackle will make running against Utah a little harder than expected. It is Alabama and they will have the next guy ready to go, you know, the one waiting all season to play who finally has a chance to show what he is worth...
The excitement is building...
Tickets, Hotel reservation. parking lot scouted, I am ready for a good game. If the game goes your way I have the French Quarter to administer a health dose of Proverbs 31:6-7.