Championship Saturday TV Guide & Open Thread
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 1:12 AM CST
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Championship Saturday's here, along with a handful of classic season-end rivalry games. As always, my picks are for entertainment purposes only. Scores are predicted before looking at the lines.
For this week's full TV lineup, click here.
Enjoy this Saturday, football fans. It's your last big one of the season.
--PB--
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Thanks for the basketball schedule.
Love seeing those Ws. Having the scores is a great resource. It ain't real til I see it.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 3:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I like your pick
for the SEC game. Not sure why LSU is favored; we'll see, I guess.
by limnonectes on Dec 1, 2007 8:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
periloux is starting
miles is all but gone
Pelini is done
LSU wins big. Periolux has big game and everybody says watch out for them next year - again
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If UCF wins the C-USA championship
Do we get to claim one "quality win"? (I know, I'm grasping at straws here!)
by NYCHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:17 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sure ...
If you want to boast
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 10:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did Culpepper go to UCF???
Who knew...
by Texas Wahoo on Dec 1, 2007 11:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
McNair went to Alcorn State
Doug Williams - Grambling
Tony Romo - Gasp, Directional Illinois
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 11:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Forgive me
I wasn't trying to say that good qbs don't go to unknown type schools. I knew about McNair and Romo. I was just surprised that I didn't know that Culpepper went to UCF. Was that before they were division I-A?
by Texas Wahoo on Dec 1, 2007 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yup
They're still relative infants in 1-A
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 1:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he almost beat Nebraksa when they were
still good. He had UCF close to beating some top 2-3 team, I can't recall but I thought it was Nebraska.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
BON 2007 football season
Hey guys, just wanted to say I had fun bantering back and forth with some of you during this year. I didn't particularly chime in during Longhorn Open Game Threads, but had fun during the other Open Thread ... especially those three or four consecutive Saturday nights when SEC games went to the wire
PB - thanks for having this site. I probably spent way too much time here during the season. But it was time wasted well worth spent.
I look forward to next football season ... but of course we have the bowl season first!
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 11:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
Glad you popped in each week - no one can say the SEC was boring this year. I'm surprised Mike Patrick didn't have a heart attack.
Stick around for hoops season; should be a fun season.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 2:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea
SEC was definitely worth watching
I almost took up smoking during about four different 4th quarters this year
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN Reports on Miles
This morning Herbstreit reported that Miles was gone to Michigan. Now the ESPN headline says Miles has scheduled a press conference to announce that he is staying at LSU.
Will LSU fans be pleased or pissed at this announcement?
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 12:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Tony Barnhardt ...
Just reported the same on CBS halftime show
I don't know what to think. Still don't like the cat. He gambled so many times and it paid off this year
He lost two games in 3OT
He had the team ready and primed for a National title ... then lost... I was looking forward to a new coach. Let's see if he wins the conference title first
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 1:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling
youre not the only LSU fan who feels the same way you do.
by the other Andrew on Dec 1, 2007 1:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I just saw his statement on ABC
He didn't say anything of substance. He simply and empahtically said that "he is and will be the coach of LSU."
That's what he should be saying the day of a conference championship game. He didn't say that he talked to Michigan and declined their offer, and he certainly didn't say he would still be the coach of LSU next season.
His statement means nothing. He sounded like a man who didn't want all this speculation to affect his team's performance these last two games more than he sounded like a man pledging his allegience, long term, to his employer.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I stand corrected
He just told CBS that he will be back next year. Still seems strange to me, the way he's going about it.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Tyrod Taylor...
...Just got out-manlied by #44 on BC's defense. Ripped the ball from him and then outran him to the endzone. I dunno if the emasculation broke his spirit or what, but Taylor just got outran by a white dude. Superior manliness!
by CoercedTX on Dec 1, 2007 12:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wow
this is a really boring ACC title game. BC has dominated and yet they are still tied.
by Hook'em13 on Dec 1, 2007 2:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention
A half empty stadium
Yawn ... hurry up SEC game ... LSU wins big ... my voodoo doll says 3-TD win by the Tigers
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Mitch Albom book/Movie
They're previewing the hell out of that on ABC ... the book wasn't nearly as good as his first two (Five People you meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie) ... but it's still a pretty darn good book
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh My God
these games are boring!
Somebody do something. Just run a play in the wrong direction, or have the kicker streak naked across the field. Anything.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 2:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No worries
SEC game starts in about 15-20 minutes
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 2:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
These uni's are a bit too similar
Sympathy for the QB's who have to make split second decisions.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 3:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
David Cutliffe
Is a great offensive coordinator and QB coach
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What is with
people and Les Miles? The guy is a damned good coach. If LSU people don't want him there they have to be victims of many head injuries.
It wasn't Les Miles that announced this shit before LSU's biggest game of the season. Same with Pelini going to Nebraska (which I'll believe when it comes out of Tom Osborne's mouth).
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Freshmen
Notice the freshmen that play for these teams in conference title games.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 3:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that's
because those teams have no depth and plenty of injuries.
Of course, what do I know. We had a coach whose offense took three years to learn after you'd already gotten your masters degree.
But he's gone now! Oeee!
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Southlake Carroll lost to Abilene, 22-21
Carroll had a 21-9 lead. Riley Dodge got knocked out of game. Backup QB drove the field in a minute and a bad shotgun snap got recovered.
Dynasty over
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 3:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oregon State
up 21-7 at Autzen Stadium. This should surprise nobody, after the way Oregon has played the last couple of weeks. But it is of interest to us, as the winner of this game may be our opponent in the Holiday Bowl.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 4:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Home
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 4:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
so can we just ban the use of replay in Autzen Stadium already? The outcome will invariably be in Oregon's favor, apparently. OSU just got hosed.
It should be 28-7.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 4:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 6:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yep
strange way for it to end, especially after that long gain.
I was starting to wonder if it were possible for a 3-loss LSU team, on a 2-game losing streak, still to make the BCS.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 6:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jacob Hester
is this year's great "college player." You know, the Rocket Ismael type, the guy who doesn't necessarily have the most NFL potential but seems like a big man on campus.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 6:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Pac-10
Land of the clown unis!
My eyes are bleeding...
by horndude on Dec 1, 2007 6:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Don't flip to the WVa game
trust me
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 6:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dave wannstedt is wearing a members only jacket.
awesome.
by billyzane on Dec 1, 2007 7:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oregon = Evil
so it isn't enough that OSU got screwed out of a 28-7 first-half lead, a lead which probably would have sealed the game, now Oregon gets two chances to win because an ultra-rare penalty that is never called.
Man I hope they lose this game, if only because I don't want to have to play them in San Diego.
Oh yeah, and there's also the whole Nike thing...Grrrrrr Oregon!
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 7:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Last week I had hoped on this thread
that Missouri wouldn't simply bend over and take it from OU again, as they had done in October, but from the looks of that first drive, they've already turned around and pulled their pants down.
Come on Missou, you're a better team than OU. Don't play intimidated.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 7:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
With OSU & USC winning, do we know who the Holida
will take yet? Does anybody think Ty Willingham can knock Hawaii out of a BCS game with LSU?
It's sad but that might be the most interesting BCS game of the season, LSU v. Hawaii in New Orleans.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 7:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sick to my stomach
I can barely watch this. God I hate Oklahoma.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 8:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If Mizzou would just
score here, Stoopies boys are guaranteed to get some more 15 yard PF's.
by horndude on Dec 1, 2007 8:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think MO is extremely overrated
I can't even name another player on their team beside Chase Daniel(s). I'm not even sure of his!
by chief on Dec 1, 2007 8:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree
This is a very good football team.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 8:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like the QB carries the team.
Without him, I don't think they'd even be in the top 20.
Maybe that's how everyone outside of Texas felt about Vince and the 2005 team.
by chief on Dec 1, 2007 8:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
That's true for most teams. Not all, but most. BlowU fell apart against Tech without Bradford. Texas collapsed without McCoy last year.
Great teams usually have great QBs.
Don't know that Missouri is the best team in the country or anything, but they're very, very good. Terrifying to think what they would do to our defense.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 8:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't doubt Matt Nordegren.. tha was hard to say
with a straight face.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 8:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The Mizzou propaganda machine
doesn't make great penetration in Texas. We'll hear more about both Mizzou and Kansas next year.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 8:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Herbstreit using a condom?
He's blowing OU awfully hard
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 8:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Shit, Daniel should have done a Tebow
fake forward then hit the wide-open middle.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 8:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who gives a shit
who wins. All I know is my horns aren't represent'n the Big 12.
by spinmonkey on Dec 1, 2007 8:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
this
is the most retarded game ever. you cant call the same play 3 times in a row. i agree with mizzou fans their offensive coordinator is retarded
by Hook'em13 on Dec 1, 2007 8:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just for the record
October 12, 1968, the Cotton Bowl.
The winning drive began with just over two minutes left and Texas at its own 15. The brand new wishbone was down 20-19. James Street started the drive with four straight passes - three of those in a row were look-in passes to Pete Lammons the TE - and the fourth was also a completion. No one expected that third pass to Lammons; hell, no one expected the second. With OU loosened up, the wishbone worked great and Steve Worster scored the game winner from 7 yards out. That was the second win in what would be a 30-game winning streak and a couple of NCs.
It all started with the same play run three times in a row.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 8:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
now
lets see if mizzou can actually get a touchdown. but watching this mizzou team... they are NOT the number 1 team in the country. not by a long shot
by Hook'em13 on Dec 1, 2007 8:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i sense
speed envy
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 8:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Chaos Looming?
OU up and Pat White out for West Va.
Can Wannstache come through?
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 8:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It would be a fitting end to this season if #1
and #2 lost on the last weekend.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 8:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pre Season AP Poll
- USC -- Pac 10 champs
- LSU -- SEC champs
- West Va -- Big East champs
- Texas
- Michigan
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- OU -- playing for Big XII championship
- Va Tech -- ACC champs
- Louisville
- Ohio State -- Big 10 champs
In a season of unprecedented upsets, most of the pre-season favorties were back at the top at the end.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 8:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
With one tiny...
...but not insignificant exception.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Um...
...this is annoying. Wife is extremely depressed as well. She hated Miles then she wanted Miles. Today they loose Miles AND tOSU looks good for the MNCCG. On the other hand maybe not. Mizzou just score. Goody. Something we both can root for.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 8:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe we went from #4 to this.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 8:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
By this
you mean a big steaming pile of mediocre shit?
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We're playing Oregon State
looks pretty shitty to me
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 8:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pat White's dislocated thumb...
how bad did it look?
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 8:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Halftime show on Georgia
they said the voters wouldn't vote for them to make the MNC, since they didn't win their own division. LSU would jump over them.
Think they would really do that?
In that case, #5 KU couldn't jump Georgia either since they didn't win the Big 12 North.
But Virginia Tech is ahead of #7 LSU, so maybe Va Tech jumps up to the MNC?
You talk about an amazing story if that happened, given the tragedy on their campus last spring semester.
However, since LSU beat Va Tech head to head, that would seem odd to me.
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 9:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If the media bias enters into it, does USC have
a shot?
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 9:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that would be ridiculous
USC is right behind LSU, and OU is right behind USC. I would put OU in the MNC before I'd put USC because at least OU beat the #1 team. USC beat UCLA and did not have a conference championship game.
No surprise that ESPN would say that USC is playing the best right now. I also heard somewhere that if there was an 8 team playoff, USC would win it hands down and all this other GARBAGE.
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 9:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Flutie really wearing a shirt that color...
or did someone finally slash his throat?
by horndude on Dec 1, 2007 9:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Okay
Pitt just got hosed in exactly the same way Oregon State got hosed earlier. A bad call cost them a touchdown, after which they promptly missed an easy field goal. What is with these refs?
Damn it! Now I have to root for Pitt, and I REALLY REALLY don't want to see tOSU in the title game.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'll take an OU loss
this we have to be grateful for small favors. If its tOSU, so be it.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 9:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
contradiction
if you want Pitt to win, then that means tOSU is in the MNC game though.
If you're into chaos, root for Mizzou and West Virginia to lose. I'd love to see the voters have the nerves to vote for Georgia as the #2 team, given that they didn't even make the SEC game. I'd also love to see the voters have the nerves to NOT vote for Georgia.
There would be controversy either way.
Oh, and Georgia didn't even have to play LSU this year. Another reason why it's a joke that teams don't have to play every team in their own conference. I've never understood that.
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 9:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Georgia is clearly
better than LSU at this point but LSU played an extra game and beat a team that crushed Georgia. WTF SHOUL happen?
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can anybody use the word "clearly" to describe
any team anymore? Every team has sucked at some point this year. Ohio State played one really good team, and they lost to them at home. KU and Ohio State have almost the exact same crummy resume. Georgia got blown out against Tennessee who got blown out by Cal who won 6 games. LSU lost twice and never looked as dominating as they were supposed to, except in one blowout where they killed Virginia Tech who won the ACC!
Arizona State got blown out on national TV and still has a good case to make a BCS Bowl. I wouldn't be surprised if Georgia lost to Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, would you?
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 9:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously...
...no to that last. That said, Georgia looked great against Florida and Auburn and beat Kentucky pretty easily. Kentucky then took Tennessee to the limit and Tennessee lost to LSU principally by throwing away the game. On balance I'd say Georgia is better than LSU right now alhtough youre certainly right to say that "clearly" maybe something of an overstatment.
Oh, except that the Horns are eminantely and shittily mediocre. That, I'm afraid, is quite clear.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 9:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That was my point
because of that bad call, I feel compelled to root for Pitt. But the dilemma is that a Pitt victory puts tOSU in the title game.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So the starter is named White...
and the backup is named Brown?
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Fantastic Work, I never put that together.
by the1austin on Dec 1, 2007 9:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its like the West Virginia offense
works with the same anonymity as do the Reservoir Dogs.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pitt are playing their hearts out
and for Dave Wanndstedt no less
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That may have been the biggest stop
in school history for WVa
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
May be a bad idea
they looked pretty handcuffed with him in there
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wannstache
really needs a first down here....
by horndude on Dec 1, 2007 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its so weird to watch WVa melt before our eyes
you'd think they'd have enough of a talent superiority, not to mention an obvious coaching advantage, to overcome the loss of White against a team like Pitt.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
OU is up by a TD now (21-14)
How crazy would it be if both Mizou and WVU lose tonight...
by Cyrus on Dec 1, 2007 9:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Missou is startng to piss me off
I've watched both OU and Missou play a lot this year, and Missou is WAAAAAAAY better. But OU will come away with two victories against them, because the Tigers choke whenever they see Crimson.
Watching this Missouri offense is like watching a baseball team load the bases every single inning, but only having two runs by the 7th inning stretch.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
pitt got hose AGAIN
same holding call, same player, same awful call.
by billyzane on Dec 1, 2007 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gross
Watching Oklahoma win is revolting.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I hated to see Kansas blow it last week
I knew Missouri was going to choke. I think Kansas had a much better chance of taking care of the Sooners.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
WVU 4th and 17
That could be it for WVU NC hopes! God, I hate tOSU.
by Cyrus on Dec 1, 2007 9:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
And by the way
If WVU and MU lose, I'm officially disgusted. The only two compelling teams left in this. We're going to get some disgusting LSU-OSU matchup or something equally nauseating.
Ugh.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 9:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i was excited for that national championship game
now? not sure i'll even watch it. i mean, what's the point of watching ohio state get blown out again?
by billyzane on Dec 1, 2007 9:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But isn't BCS chaos
what we all wanted? It would be impossible for someone NOT to want some kind of playoff tournament after this season, whether it's 4, 8, 12, or 16 teams.
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No no, quite possible
As much as I hate tOSU, I'll take an undeserving champion once in a while over an undeserving champion most of the time...easily.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 9:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you on this.
This year the BCS is a crapshoot and the NC will mean even less.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
not true
i've said it many times: bcs chaos is not going to result in any change, at least not any time soon. root for good games. rooting for chaos gets you nothing except crappy games.
oh, and there absolutely is a way someone can not want a larger playoff just because one season was weird.
by billyzane on Dec 1, 2007 10:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
The chaos has been fun but its definately a result of many shitty teams. A playoff may give us a "MNC", which is arguably better than the polls, BCS or whatever but it will hardly be a team worthy of the name.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not so
A playoff may give us a "MNC", which is arguably better than the polls, BCS or whatever but it will hardly be a team worthy of the name.
Why would you say that? The other 30+ sports produce invalid champs? You wanna give back Texas' baseball NCs or any of the others?
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
craziest damn season ever
i can't believe this
by abcdmetrius on Dec 1, 2007 9:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
you
are NOT alone!
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
McSweatervest is Celebrating
Gross, but at least its chaotic.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 9:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
So then LSU's loss to Arky
ended up not meaning a thing if Mizzou loses then huh?
So much for that concept of losing late hurting more than losing early.
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
oh hell
i have to watch Desperate Housewives now.
A tornado? The drama.
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Assuming OU wins,
who do you vote #1 and #2?
I don't know but neither can be Georiga or Kansas. I simply cannot accept teams that don't win divisions or their conferences playing for the national championship.
Ohio State, LSU, Va Tech, USC, or OU. Pick 2.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I hate tOSU more,
but I would have to say Va Tech is actually less deserving. You can't lose by 40 points and play for the national title.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LSU crushed VTech
and beat Tennessee which crushed Georgia. Kansas just lost to Mizzou who are loosing to OU. What a mess!!!!!!!
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Has to be LSU
Beat VT by 40. UGA didn't make Atlanta. USC lost to STANFORD. BlowU lost to Colorado.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Based on resume its relatively clear...
...but they suck now. Christ, i can't believe this.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So, what kind of voodoo hexaholic spells
remain that can be cast on OU?
Mizzou just has to get a killer gleam in the eye.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Daniel
seems like he wants to blame his teammates for all his miscues.
by the other Andrew on Dec 1, 2007 10:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What's going to be interesting
is that the voters are going to know that they have the power to put whomever they want in the title game. This may be an unprecedented dynamic in college football voting.
You suddenly have about 6 teams with an equal claim to the title game. Will voters simply lift #3 and #4? Or will they shuffle the standings substantially this week to get the title game they want?
I'll be very curious to see the final polls tomorrow.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Because
WVU is likable and interesting. Missouri's a nice story. Tennessee over LSU would have been nice.
Now? We get truly hate-inspiring Ohio State in the title game. BlowU about to win the Big 12. LSU's going to get in the BCS Title game after two losses.
This is just a shit show.
On the bright side? Our Rose Bowl party will not be tainted by Ohio trash.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gonna dress up like Mangino
by the other Andrew on Dec 1, 2007 10:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be Pete Carroll
Will suntan throughout December and practice high fiving people half my age.
You should cook about 40 more pounds of brisket than we need. And eat it all.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
with SC in it again
I dont think we'll get those cheap seats. We'll have to find our friends from d-bestsomethingsomething.com to watch it
by the other Andrew on Dec 1, 2007 10:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
"Get it? D is for dominance. Defense. Dedication. Dilagance. [sic] You feel me?"
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Our pathetic loss to A&M has never seemed more pathetic than it does right now.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We can't even weasel our way into the conversatio
And while I hear some ethic about voting, there really isn't any such thing. This could be very odd, with riots in the streets.
You can pick anything you want.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OU looks
so good. Everyone is coming back. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. I so despise this.
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I still feel like Missouri choked
they left a lot of points on the board in the first half, not scoring in the redzone.
What's worse is that OU will likely get to play ASU in the Fiesta Bowl, and they're a total fraud that will probably hand the game to the sooners as well.
Blehhkkk!
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
they look like they're playing with heart
talent wise and speed wise the difference is not even noticeable
the intensity and energy they bring is just what football should be about
excuse while i vomit and cut my fingers off
by abcdmetrius on Dec 1, 2007 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Coaches Poll
Is the poll this weekend the one that is made public? If so would be very interesting to see how it plays out.
Also going to be interesting how the writers play it out by region. I can honestly see the South voting for LSU, the West for USC, etc.
by sportsfan on Dec 1, 2007 10:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yep
We normally see small, incremental changes in the poll each week, but it wouldn't surprise me to see a radical free-for-all tomorrow.
Again, I think it might be unprecedented.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It just hit me
I am rooting hard for chaos, but OU is about to win another Big XII title. It would be their 5th in the last eight years.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
All things are possible when you whip the 40 year
old man.
They took care of biz; we didn't.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Next year
OU will probably be the favorite by far. Do we have a chance against them next year?
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
none
we should start the season 0-1 and not play the game.
by the other Andrew on Dec 1, 2007 10:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't it Rediculous
In the 9 years that Stoops and Mack have been in the Big 12 together, Stoops has 5 CCs out of 6 appearances, 6 BCS bowls, and 1 MNC. Mack has 1 CC out of 3 appearances, 2 BCS bowls, and 1 MNC.
Vinceless Mack: 0 conference championships out of 2 appearances, 0 BCS games, and 0 MNCs.
That makes me physically ill. I don't expect to win an MNC every year, but I think we should be beating OU at least half the time, and a&m at least 2/3 of the time.
by Texas Our Texas on Dec 1, 2007 11:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Zero U
I bet we see "Can't Spell Boob without Bob" Stoops whining after the game how Zero U deserves to go to the championship game after knocking off #1.
by sportsfan on Dec 1, 2007 10:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
ESPN BCS "Expert"
has crunched the number and says tOSU/LSU. I guess on resume that's right but....
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is why we must get rid of conf. games!
The SEC conference game will probably catapult LSU into the title game, despite losing a horrible game to unranked Arkansas at home.
Georgia doesn't make the title game as a result of this extra game they were unable to make. They were unable to make the game because of these stupid east/west divisions. Get rid of them too!
The Big XII championship game knocks the one Big XII team out of the MNC game. GOD DAMN IT!
by goingforthecorner on Dec 1, 2007 10:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
AW's BCS Predictions
National Champ: Ohio State vs. LSU
Rose: USC vs. Kansas or Illinois (replacement pick)
Sugar: Georgia (replacement) vs. Hawaii
Fiesta: OU vs. Arizona State
Orange: Va Tech vs. West Va
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hawaii
Are you guessing Hawaii loses tonight? Otherwise they are in.
by sportsfan on Dec 1, 2007 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hawaii is in the Sugar Bowl above
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
I'm blind I guess....Didn't even see it....
by sportsfan on Dec 1, 2007 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If OSU is #1
Rose will get first replacement shot. Wouldn't they take UGA over KU/ILL?
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You would think so
... I think you wrote about this but they don't need to go Big 10 if they don't get the champion
by duras on Dec 1, 2007 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
True that.
Words cannot describe my hatred for them
by SaintBevo on Dec 1, 2007 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Alright....Hawaii-Washington!
Who's up for it?!!!!
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm ready for Hawaii-tOSU
Fuck 'em. Hawaii didn't lose any (knock on wood). Give them a shot.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Herbstreit just got it wrong
The Rose Bowl would get the first replacement pick if Ohio State is #1 but the Rose is also barred from picking an at-large team from the same conference as the #2 team.
USC vs. Georgia is not possible if LSU plays for the national title.
That is how I've read the rules.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
And now...
Kirk has Brent rooting for something that is not possible.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah ok
Ignore my question above, then.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rule
- If a bowl loses a host team to the NCG, then such bowl shall select a replacement team from among the automatic-qualifying teams and the at-large teams before any other selections are made. If two bowls lose host teams to the NCG, each bowl will get a replacement pick before any other selections are made. In such case, the bowl losing the No. 1 team gets the first replacement pick, and the bowl losing the No. 2 team gets the second replacement pick. If the Rose Bowl loses both the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions to the NCG, it will receive two replacement picks. A bowl choosing a replacement team may not select any of the following:
A. A team in the NCG;
B. The host team for another BCS Bowl;
C. When two bowls lose host teams, then the bowl losing the number one team may not select a replacement team from the same Conference as the number two team, unless the bowl losing the number two team consents.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 10:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So its pretty much assumed
that the Sugar Bowl would not consent to losing Georgia.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 10:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Makes sense
Sugar is stuck with Hawaii as of now. Assuming that sticks, they're not gonna release their SEC team.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Grrrr
Another Big 12 title for OU.
Ohio State in the title game vs LSU. (Yuck.)
And more reason than ever to be disgusted by Texas this season.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 10:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yeah
it's all your mother f'ing fault.
Ohio State.
America cries why!!!?????
Why???
I'm switching to vodka.
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 10:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is what I get...
...for helping my girlfriend with her photo project. I leave, and BC is beating Va Tech. I come back, Va Tech has beaten BC (I know you all hate them, but I like BC, damnit!), LSU won despite being brutally manhandled for much of the game, WVU (who was supposed to embarrass tOSU in the NC game) plays like Texas against the Aggies and squanders their shot, Mizzou lets OU win the XII, and Herbstreit is letting OU and tOSU give him double anal.
Fuck.
by Horn Brain on Dec 1, 2007 10:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't know...
I feel really weird right now... I was looking for a Missouri win and a W. Virginia win.
Now this this season that made no sense really makes no sense. I bet Hawaii gets drop kicked too... the Huskies just went in on them in the first four minutes of the game.
May we should all just check this season off to a Voodoo curse or something. I will tell you after watching OU tonight, I am more proud of the game we played against them. Texas could have won that one, and should not have lost the other two... don't get me started. Oh man I have a headache :-0 !!
by HornsFan87 on Dec 1, 2007 11:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I broke out voodoo today
with my newest witch
by FreedomDip on Dec 1, 2007 11:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thoughts from the Big 12 title game
I was really impressed by one really neat call by Mizzou. How many years do you think we will have to wait to see Mack and Greg call something like a double reverse pass? Absolutely froze the defense. The land thieves may have won, but that was some ballsy call by Pinkel.
Now that LSU seems to have tied up Les Miles, can we pray that Bob Stoops will go to Michigan? Or should we just assume that whoever would replace him at OU would also be Mack's daddy?
by Longhorn in Canada on Dec 1, 2007 11:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Double reverse pass...
... with Cosby throwing was actually probably the only trick play we ran in 2006. Ran the thing several times, too. Once I remember against KSU, which Sweed dropped a sure TD on.
The problem is we didn't run a double reverse. Ever.
by Horn Brain on Dec 1, 2007 11:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Washington 14, Hawaii 0
Early 1st Q.
by awiggo on Dec 1, 2007 11:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
See my post two above this one...
It's coming for them, theose Warriors... the voodoo curse on all who should have win their games. It's gonna get them too.
by HornsFan87 on Dec 1, 2007 11:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Washingon 21, Hawaii 0
by Cyrus on Dec 1, 2007 11:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I think it's their curse.
The great kahuna came up with it. Washington's 21 is just a teaser. Hawaii will win and claim the only undefeated team status and can make a case for being in the NC. Of course, no one will take them seriously.
Hawaii will sue - and win. Gets an injunction against BCS, which has to put them in the game. BCS capitulates. Then there is a very serious conversation about who is #2.
by whills on Dec 1, 2007 11:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
2007 season
I decided about halfway through the season that I would embrace the craziness of it all, since it was kind of cool to have no idea how it would turn out at that point. I knew it would make it more exciting going down the stretch, more meaningful games, etc...
Here we are, less than 24 hours before the BCS selection show, and we're still in the dark as to who will play for the MNC (although there are some good guesses).
It's unbelievable!
by SelimSivad on Dec 1, 2007 11:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
See
The thing is, WVU and Mizzou losing today killed it. It's like we came full circle. And have LSU-Ohio State in the title game.
Barf.
by Peter Bean on Dec 1, 2007 11:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Look on the bright side
We could get a chance to see Ohio State lose their 3rd national championship game in 1 year!
by SelimSivad on Dec 1, 2007 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Why is Hawaii wearing white at home?
its not like their road uni's are particularly cool.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 11:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well...
with Hawaii out of it, who gets that last at-large birth?
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 11:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
not finished yet
21-7 now
by Cyrus on Dec 1, 2007 11:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i wish
i had ron franklin's voice.
or tom jones.
oh hell.
Desmond Howard's voice? No. But his shirt and where he is, that'd be ok.
Corn Nation - Graduating more of our players than you are!
by cornnation on Dec 1, 2007 11:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think so
they finish with two losses, and I don't think any other BigEast teams finished with fewer than two. They did themselves a favor by losing to the bad teams (USF and Pitt) because they now own the tie-breaker over the good teams (Cincinnati and Uconn).
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 1, 2007 11:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
they had the Big East wrapped up
already before they played today. Regardless of the result against Pitt, they were/are going to a BCS bowl.
by Beergut on Dec 2, 2007 12:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
if LSU is in the national title game
they need to blow the whgole system up and start over.
Some people are already espousing Miles' "We were the best team in the nation for 60 minutes" b/c both of their losses were in overtime. Does overtime now not count in the win/loss column?
If they are "the best team in the nation for 60 minutes", why was Kentucky and an unranked Arkansas able to tie them, and force overtime?
Arkansas beat LSU AT HOME on SENIOR DAY. How Can LSU justify that?
by Beergut on Dec 2, 2007 12:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Its 3am on the east coast, and I just
can't...let..this..season...go.
And what an appropriate way to end it. Washington is two minutes away from completely choking a 28-7 lead into a last-second loss. That pretty much sums up this season in a nutshell.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 2, 2007 2:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not over yet
(I can't let go, either.)
by Peter Bean on Dec 2, 2007 2:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Blehhhkk!!
Fitting that the season ends with the losing team dropping a touchdown pass, rather than the winning team making a great play.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2007 Season.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 2, 2007 2:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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