College Football 2008

[godfry n. glad]

Well...it's been, by and large, a unexciting beginning to the college football season.

Until tonight.

I just checked the final and lowly, unranked Oregon State beat number one ranked USC, 27-21, at Corvallis.

(The Beavers shredded the Trojans....now is that provocative, or what?)

:woohoo:

Yeah...That's what I like! Upsets by underdogs!

[beyelzu]

I am so happy to see usc lose, I hate them, I mean how the fuck can the team that is in a conference that doesn't have any other ranked teams be ranked number one in the nation?

[beyelzu]

The dogs play the fatass elephants, I mean the crimson tide tomorrow.


GOOOOOO DAAAAAAWWWWGGGGSSSS



SIC EM

[Ensign Steve]

Oh sweet Schadenfreude. That's what you get for dissin the Trojans.

[beyelzu]

I know the evil elephants stomped on us, but it is ok we will still be ranked higher than the usc fags, er I mean trojans.

[godfry n. glad]

Heh...It looks as though we've had a comeuppance weekend of college football.

Amongst those, the Hokies beat the Huskers in Nebraska. :cheer:

It's really refreshing to see USC lower on the conference ranking than OSU. UO is next week. They come down there.

[Dingfod]

IMHO, one of the most underrated college teams this year is Oklahoma State, now at #21 in the AP and #22 in the USA Today polls. They're leading the nation in rushing offense (340 yards per game), third in the nation in offensive scoring.

[Kevlar]

I don't know what to make of a season where Vandy is at the top of the SEC (and in the top 25, for that matter). I see it on TV and I read it in the papers, but my mind just can't accept it. It's like bizarro world.

BTW, speaking of Tennessee, I loved how the Vols just gave that touchdown to Auburn, helping them win the game. The quarterback just tossed the ball right on the ground, in Auburn's end zone, right in front of a couple of defensive guys. We're so proud of him for not making it too hard on the other team.

Dammit, looks like I'm going to have to pull for the Commodores this season, which is something I never expected to seriously say.

[godfry n. glad]

Yeah...

http://www.superseventies.com/5_78.gif

I'm thinkin' that Vandy should move up the list, too (they were #21 on my AP list). There are still some biggies, but it's interesting to see BYU, Texas Tech, Alabama, Missouri, and Utah, along with Vanderbilt, still up there with Oklahoma and LSU.

[Tanda]

I know the evil elephants stomped on us, but it is ok.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to say ROLL TIDE! Saban has one hell of a defensive line and the quick jump from being #24 to #3 in the SEC makes me really proud to be a fan.

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A2111/21115/300_21115.gif

:D

[godfry n. glad]

Hey...Tanda?

Why 'Crimson Tide' if the mascot is an elephant?

[beyelzu]

Because the entire state of alabama is retarded, godfry.

You have the crimson elephantile tide of alabama and at auburn you have the war eagles/tigers.


They are just confused over there.

[godfry n. glad]

Hmmm....

I thought it might be because they would trample out a tide of blood from their opponents...but they're supposed to be the crimson tide, right? And I thought a crimson tide was a killer tide. I guess I'm just not following the allusions.

Well, around here, we don't want to appear too intimidating.

...I mean, Beavers and Ducks? C'mon, this is the source of plenty of multiple entendre, but little intimidation.

[SharonDee]

Hey, they tell me 'Bama is doing well this season.

Well, say hello to the fair weather fan! :hiya:

:tp: +:bigwave:

[godfry n. glad]

Hey, they tell me 'Bama is doing well this season.

Well, they did kick the Bulldogs around last Saturday. The Georgians were erroneously rated at #3 at the time. I haven't looked at the latest stats, but I'd bet the Dawgs rate below the Vanderbilt Commodores in the SEC, now.

Well, say hello to the fair weather fan! :hiya:

:tp: +:bigwave:

Hellllllo, fair weather fan. :wave:

[beyelzu]

Hey, they tell me 'Bama is doing well this season.

Well, they did kick the Bulldogs around last Saturday. The Georgians were erroneously rated at #3 at the time. I haven't looked at the latest stats, but I'd bet the Dawgs rate below the Vanderbilt Commodores in the SEC, now.

Well, say hello to the fair weather fan! :hiya:

:tp: +:bigwave:

Hellllllo, fair weather fan. :wave:

the dawgs are number 11, no worries. We just have to win out and then if bama can hold it together, we will get to fuck them up in the sec championship game.

[Kevlar]

Sharon! Bite your tongue! Sure, the Vols are in a slump, but it's too soon for anarchy. And of all teams to turn to, you had to pick Alabama... the only thing lower would be to root for Florida.

No matter how bad it hurts, or how humiliating it may be, we must stand beside our (once) mighty Volunteers. For verily I say unto you, they shall rise out of the dust, like the Phoenix, and reign down orange justice upon the heathen Gators, Bulldogs, Wareagle/tigers, and even the Roll Tide.

[godfry n. glad]

I work at a university which has no athletic competition. Not a single team.

I've always wondered whether the university might start one....Of course, since we're the health care university, our team color would have to be pink...being 'in the pink', y'know. :wink: With insulated white lab jackets and scrubs for warmups.

Then, we'd have to have an intimidating nickname for the team. Something to instill fear in our opponents. Something which alludes to the inevitability of their team being pwnd in competition....I know!....The Proctologists. To become widely known as 'the Probing Proctologists'. (Cheerleaders would be screaming, "TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH!!!" and "THIS WON'T HURT!!")

But, evidently, postgraduate medical types tend to consider rough-n-tumble athletic competition as beneath their proper station in life.

:deepsigh:

[Dingfod]

Everybody just say "Ahhh", it won't hurt at all.

[Kevlar]

SEC Overall
School W-L
EASTERN DIVISON
Vanderbilt 4-0
Florida 3-1
Georgia 4-1
Kentucky 4-0
S. Carolina 3-2
Tennessee 1-3

WESTERN DIVISON
Alabama 5-0
LSU 4-0
Auburn 4-1
Ole Miss 3-2
Arkansas 2-2
Miss. State 1-4

[Kevlar]

I work at a university which has no athletic competition. Not a single team.

I've always wondered whether the university might start one....Of course, since we're the health care university, our team color would have to be pink...being 'in the pink', y'know. :wink: With insulated white lab jackets and scrubs for warmups.

Then, we'd have to have an intimidating nickname for the team. Something to instill fear in our opponents. Something which alludes to the inevitability of their team being pwnd in competition....I know!....The Proctologists. To become widely known as 'the Probing Proctologists'. (Cheerleaders would be screaming, "TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH!!!" and "THIS WON'T HURT!!")

But, evidently, postgraduate medical types tend to consider rough-n-tumble athletic competition as beneath their proper station in life.

:deepsigh:

The Pink Prickly Probes.

[godfry n. glad]

Okay, Dawgs...You have a mission.

You must defeat LSU.

You, too, 'Bama.

This is the year that the SEC takes LSU down.

[Tanda]

Hey...Tanda?

Why 'Crimson Tide' if the mascot is an elephant?

"The name "Crimson Tide" is supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. He used "Crimson Tide" in describing an Alabama-Auburn game played in Birmingham in 1907, the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed. The game was played in a sea of mud and Auburn was a heavy favorite to win.

But, evidently, the "Thin Red Line" played a great game in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, thus gaining the name "Crimson Tide." Zipp Newman, former sports editor of the Birmingham News, probably popularized the name more than any other writer. " (source) (http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/direction.cfm?dir=traditions1)

I don't think the Alabama Packiderms would have been such a bad name. :dunno:

[Tanda]

Okay, Dawgs...You have a mission.

You must defeat LSU.

You, too, 'Bama.

This is the year that the SEC takes LSU down.

:cheers2: C-a-n-'t w-a-i-t!

[Tanda]

Because the entire state of alabama is retarded, godfry..

I live here and I can't deny that. :sadcheer:

at auburn you have the war eagles/tigers.



I don't get the two mascots thing either. Don't tigers eat eagles for breakfast?

Tastes like chikin
:tiger:

[SharonDee]

Sharon! Bite your tongue! Sure, the Vols are in a slump, but it's too soon for anarchy. And of all teams to turn to, you had to pick Alabama... the only thing lower would be to root for Florida.Hey, now! :glare: I learned to love 'Bama at my grandfather's knee. When my cousin married an Auburn fan, you would have thought it was the end of the world.

No matter how bad it hurts, or how humiliating it may be, we must stand beside our (once) mighty Volunteers. For verily I say unto you, they shall rise out of the dust, like the Phoenix, and reign down orange justice upon the heathen Gators, Bulldogs, Wareagle/tigers, and even the Roll Tide.Bah. I root for UT out of expediency: I live here and up until now Vandy sucked. Now, fair weather fan that I am, I must cast aside the Vols for the 'Dores. Until they go back to sucking, anyway.

[Tanda]

The Pink Prickly Probes.

That's Probalicious. :buttscratch:

[godfry n. glad]

Because the entire state of alabama is retarded, godfry..

I live here and I can't deny that. :sadcheer:



But...but...

I've heard such wonderous things about the annual gathering of infidels at Lake Hypatia in Alabama. Are you telling me the infidels are retards, too?

:tremble:

Thanks for bursting my long-held delusions about Southern crackpots skeptics.

[Tanda]

But...but...

I've heard such wonderous things about the annual gathering of infidels at Lake Hypatia in Alabama. Are you telling me the infidels are retards, too?

:tremble:

Thanks for bursting my long-held delusions about Southern crackpots skeptics.

:ffgiggle: I'm afraid it really is as bad as you think.

[Tanda]

Brett got a visit from Jon Parker Wilson (QB for University of Alabama) and his dad, Parker, this morning. Magic Moments arranged it for us. Brett was really sleepy because he had just finished his morning medications, but it's great to have some pics to show him when he's awake-awake.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/msu8122/Brett047.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

:aww: That's sweet!

[Dingfod]

Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35. I had money on Texas. I don't win anything though because it was a friendly wager where the Unitarian church gets the money from the losers. Pony up, you red sweater wearing fools.

[Dingfod]

#17 Oklahoma State upset #3 Missouri 28-23. This means the OU-OSU matchup promises to be a good one, for OSU.

[godfry n. glad]

Hey, thanks, Ding...

I'd heard rumors about many an upset in the rankings whilst I was overseas. I like that.

I guess I'll have to wait until next Saturday....wait, it IS Saturday.....hmmm, I'll have to look at the standings pre-game start time.

Is anybody willing to give me the highlights in college football since the beginning of October?

[Dingfod]

Oklahoma got beat by Texas. Right at this moment, Oklahoma State is giving Texas a game, Texas is ahead 28-24 with 6:15 left in the 4th quarter.

[beyelzu]

Texas held on to win that game.

Far more importantly, georgia beat lsu in death valley. fuck the bayou bengals.


next up florida.

[Dingfod]

More importantly, number-whatever-we-know-we're-better-than-Texass Oklahoma flogged Kansas State like a rented mule (58-35).

[godfry n. glad]

Texas held on to win that game.

Far more importantly, georgia beat lsu in death valley. fuck the bayou bengals.


next up florida.

Damn straight.

You do it. Any Florida, any time. I'll applaud.

[godfry n. glad]

More importantly, number-whatever-we-know-we're-better-than-Texass Oklahoma flogged Kansas State like a rented mule (58-35).

Texas?

The Longhorns are on top?

Nice try, Cowboys.

Now it's on to Texas Tech!

(I just had to check what the team name was for TT.....'Red Raiders'? Uhmmm....you mean, like zits? Isn't that a rather unfortunate nick for a bunch of nerds?)

[godfry n. glad]

More importantly, number-whatever-we-know-we're-better-than-Texass Oklahoma flogged Kansas State like a rented mule (58-35).

Texas?

The Longhorns are on top?

Nice try, Cowboys.

Now it's on to Texas Tech!

(I just had to check what the team name was for TT.....'Red Raiders'? Uhmmm....you mean, like zits? Isn't that a rather unfortunate nick for a bunch of nerds?)

I'm happy as long as USC is everybody's bitch.

Get busy!...so far, only the Oregon State BEAVERS have beat the Trojans.



:nudge:

[Dingfod]

(I just had to check what the team name was for TT.....'Red Raiders'? Uhmmm....you mean, like zits? Isn't that a rather unfortunate nick for a bunch of nerds?)Given the changing times I doubt they still do it, but the Texas Tech Red Raiders used to wave Confederate stars and bars flags at the games.

[Dingfod]

#19 ranked University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes remain unbeaten after defeating UCF 49-19 last night.

[Dingfod]

OU beat Mizzou 62-21, a thorough rout. Missouri couldn't stop OU at all. I went to bed just before halftime, when the score was 31-7.

Before the game, a plane flew over towing a banner that read: ENJOY THE BEATBYTEXAS.COM BOWL. This game was bitter fruit for Texas, who had beaten both Missouri and Oklahoma. To be fair, all three had identical win-loss records, and by all rights, before BCS, Texas and playoff games came into the picture, Texas would've been declared the conference champion. But OU and Mizzou scored more points against their opponents than Texas did, OU setting a new NCAA record for points scored, running up their BCS score. Texas' only loss was to Texas Tech, prompting someone to hire a plane towing another message over Austin earlier this week: HEY MACK. QUIT WHINING. U KNEW THE RULES.

[Dingfod]

#19 ranked University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes remain unbeaten after defeating UCF 49-19 last night.Tulsa lost to East Carolina 27-24 in their conference championship game, in Tulsa.

[inland wave]

#19 ranked University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes remain unbeaten after defeating UCF 49-19 last night.Tulsa lost to East Carolina 27-24 in their conference championship game, in Tulsa.

From the sports news last night TU seems to be stunned that they lost.

[inland wave]

OU beat Mizzou 62-21, a thorough rout. Missouri couldn't stop OU at all. I went to bed just before halftime, when the score was 31-7.

Before the game, a plane flew over towing a banner that read: ENJOY THE BEATBYTEXAS.COM BOWL. This game was bitter fruit for Texas, who had beaten both Missouri and Oklahoma. To be fair, all three had identical win-loss records, and by all rights, before BCS, Texas and playoff games came into the picture, Texas would've been declared the conference champion. But OU and Mizzou scored more points against their opponents than Texas did, OU setting a new NCAA record for points scored, running up their BCS score. Texas' only loss was to Texas Tech, prompting someone to hire a plane towing another message over Austin earlier this week: HEY MACK. QUIT WHINING. U KNEW THE RULES.

Hey. it doesn't make this screwed up BCS format any easier to swallow much less follow. I know, I know it's all about the money. Which reminds me is Ball State still undefeated?

[Dingfod]

The Ball State Fighting Cardinals were stampeded by the Bulls of Buffalo 42-24, losing the title game in the Mid-America Conference (MAC). University of Buffalo goes to a bowl game for the first time since they refused a bowl invitation in 1958.

[inland wave]

The Ball State Fighting Cardinals were stampeded by the Bulls of Buffalo 42-24, losing the title game in the Mid-America Conference (MAC). University of Buffalo goes to a bowl game for the first time since they refused a bowl invitation in 1958.

:sadcheer:Ball State Fighting Cardinals Chirp,Chirp..........I guess when your ran over by buffalo, you can chirp no more.
On the upside they have had a great football season congratulations to Ball State!

[inland wave]

I mean really,who would have thought........
Ball State Fighting Cardinals will play the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes in the GMAC Bowl.
(http://media.www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2008/12/05/Sports/Football.Ball.State.To.Play.Tulsa.In.Gmac.Bowl-3573253.shtml)

[Dingfod]

Woohoo! Off to Mobile we go! Wait. I suppose not, not unless my cousin, who is a TU graduate, foots the bill.

[Dingfod]

Pistol Pete's gonna shoot him some Ducks in the Holiday Bowl.

http://www.thefinalsprint.com/images/2007/10/oregon-ducks-logo.gifhttp://www.okfreewheel.com/Archives/2007/PerkinsPistolPete.png

[godfry n. glad]

Heh...I'm not a Duck fan (I was kinda hoping that the Beavers would kick their butts and go to the Rose Bowel), but that should be interesting for a watch. Pistol Pete's colors are orange and white?

Damned if I'll root for any Okie team, though. They're not nearly as bad as any Florida, Texas, ND, or....dare I say it....USC team.

[BDS]

I’m glad Alabama lost. They are my most hated team, due to an incident in their game against some forgotten team two weeks ago. I wasn’t watching the game, but I happened to be flicking through the channels and see an Alabama punt. ‘Bama was ahead by about 30 points at the time. Their punter shanked his punt, which went out of bounds about 20 yards from the line of scrimmage.

When the punter returned to the sidelines, Nick Saban, the #1 (at the time) ranked team’s coach, got in the kid’s face and screamed at him – for quite a while. This was all captured on national TV. What had the kid possibly done, one wonders, to induce such a tirade? Did he blow an assignment, through lack of concentration? Did he fail, somehow, to follow the (asshole) coach’s orders? Of course not. His only failure was a physical one – he failed to kick the ball as high or as far as Nick Saban would have desired.

What possible reason could Nick Saban have had for screaming at the kid, his face inches away from the punter’s face? We can hardly imagine that any stress Saban caused the kid would ensure better punting next time – in fact, it is likely that nerves would make the kid punt less effectively. Two possibilities remain: first, Nick Saban is an out-of-control asshole, who lost it. Second, Saban was putting on a show for the other players – trying to intimidate them, or show how much HE cares about Alabama’s performances. In either case, if the punter had been my son I would have been sorely tempted to transfer several of Saban's front teeth to the back of his throat, using my clenched fist.

[Dingfod]

Heh...I'm not a Duck fan (I was kinda hoping that the Beavers would kick their butts and go to the Rose Bowel), but that should be interesting for a watch.Both of them have a 9-3 record and both have a pretty tough schedule, so yeah, it should be a good game. I like a good game, hate a blowout.

Pistol Pete's colors are orange and white?Yup. There's an awful lot of orange-wearing folk around Tulsey-town.

Damned if I'll root for any Okie team, though.Aw, c'mon, guy, just this once?

They're not nearly as bad as any Florida, Texas, ND, or....dare I say it....USC team.Yea, verily.

[inland wave]

Pistol Pete's gonna shoot him some Ducks in the Holiday Bowl.

http://www.thefinalsprint.com/images/2007/10/oregon-ducks-logo.gifhttp://www.okfreewheel.com/Archives/2007/PerkinsPistolPete.png

GO POKES!!!!:popcorn:

[godfry n. glad]

Yeah...Well, they just kicked the crap out of another orange team, Oregon State (orange & black), that had a better record than they.

I agree, I hate blowouts. Close games are much better.

I love the endearing terms, Dingfod. Don't forget "mossback"...or, given your proclivities, "mossass". Also, remember that more than three quarters of the state's population lives in the verdant (i.e., rainy) portion, rather than on the dry side, where there is barely sufficient water to maintain life.

[GodPossessed]

I’m glad Alabama lost. They are my most hated team, due to an incident in their game against some forgotten team two weeks ago. I wasn’t watching the game, but I happened to be flicking through the channels and see an Alabama punt. ‘Bama was ahead by about 30 points at the time. Their punter shanked his punt, which went out of bounds about 20 yards from the line of scrimmage.

When the punter returned to the sidelines, Nick Saban, the #1 (at the time) ranked team’s coach, got in the kid’s face and screamed at him – for quite a while. This was all captured on national TV. What had the kid possibly done, one wonders, to induce such a tirade? Did he blow an assignment, through lack of concentration? Did he fail, somehow, to follow the (asshole) coach’s orders? Of course not. His only failure was a physical one – he failed to kick the ball as high or as far as Nick Saban would have desired.

What possible reason could Nick Saban have had for screaming at the kid, his face inches away from the punter’s face? We can hardly imagine that any stress Saban caused the kid would ensure better punting next time – in fact, it is likely that nerves would make the kid punt less effectively. Two possibilities remain: first, Nick Saban is an out-of-control asshole, who lost it. Second, Saban was putting on a show for the other players – trying to intimidate them, or show how much HE cares about Alabama’s performances. In either case, if the punter had been my son I would have been sorely tempted to transfer several of Saban's front teeth to the back of his throat, using my clenched fist.

I am an Alabama fan and I thought that was really way wrong.

[Tanda]

When the punter returned to the sidelines, Nick Saban, the #1 (at the time) ranked team’s coach, got in the kid’s face and screamed at him – for quite a while. This was all captured on national TV. What had the kid possibly done, one wonders, to induce such a tirade? Did he blow an assignment, through lack of concentration? Did he fail, somehow, to follow the (asshole) coach’s orders? Of course not. His only failure was a physical one – he failed to kick the ball as high or as far as Nick Saban would have desired.



Most football coaches (including high school) cuss at the players. Saban was just doing his job. Guess it worked. They had an incredible record this year and my guess is that Tiffin would have nothing but good to say about his coach.

[godfry n. glad]

Yeah...Well, they just kicked the crap out of another orange team, Oregon State (orange & black), that had a better record than they.

I agree, I hate blowouts. Close games are much better.

I love the endearing terms, Dingfod. Don't forget "mossback"...or, given your proclivities, "mossass". Also, remember that more than three quarters of the state's population lives in the verdant (i.e., rainy) portion, rather than on the dry side, where there is barely sufficient water to maintain life.

Hmm...It must be something about Ducks and orange. I see they kicked the Cowboys around, too.

It seems as both of Oregon's big school teams will be bringing home bowl wins this year, Sun and Holiday.

[inland wave]

It proves ducks are not colorblind for sure. I'll be back....

[godfry n. glad]

I just looked at the bowl scores so far, and every PAC-10 team which has gone to a bowl game (Arizona, California, UO, OSU, & USC) has won their bowl game. If USC beats Penn State in the presently contended Rose Bowl, it will be realized.

Yet...I'd just love to see USC get beat again.

Gads, I hate USC.

It's pure provincialism.

ETA: It looks like USC is going to stroll away with this Rose Bowl. :facepalm: A shame, really.

[inland wave]

It proves ducks are not colorblind for sure. I'll be back....

Sorry, I got distracted...I thought the cowboys and ducks played a great game. They were very well matched. Go DUCKS!!:wave:
I totally understand how you feel about USC.

[godfry n. glad]

Woo-hoo...My turkeys won! Hokies are doin' the Hokie Pokie!

VT beat Cincinnati to take home the Orange Bowl. And a good game it was, too.

I'm sorry I missed the Oregon-Oklahoma game. I caught the very end of the Oregon State game, and it looked to have been an exceedingly boring defensive slugfest.

The first half of the Georgia-Michigan State game was lame...both defenses pushed the offenses of the opposition around the field.

[godfry n. glad]

Damn, I'm tiring of these double posts....

At least I hope that I'm gaining from the post counts.

[Dingfod]

I'm liking the BCS matchups I've seen so far. The Oklahoma State - Oregon game was a good match, despite the outcome. Utah showed 'Bama they can play some football last night. In fact, undefeated Utah should probably be ranked #1.

I'm not even a big fan of televised sports, but I find myself looking forward to the Tulsa - Ball State game Tuesday night and the Oklahoma vs Florida game Wednesday. These I will watch.