And to kick it all off - here's the best highlight you'll ever see from the combine
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/defensive-lineman-crashes-out-of-nfl-combine-40-yard-da-1761792055
And even better, the comments on the article
:2funny: ho. :2funny: lee. :2funny: schitt. :2funny:
I saw it, but,.......HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Quote from: MetalDog on February 28, 2016, 11:59:25 PM
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I was wondering that myself.
Maybe for the same reason that well-endowed women can get a black eye while running if they don't wear a sports bra? I dunno. ???
The Browns have released Manziel. Start praying that your team doesn't pick him up.
Quote from: OJsDad on March 11, 2016, 01:23:46 PM
The Browns have released Manziel. Start praying that your team doesn't pick him up.
The Rams are going to sign him as RGIII's back up. :)
RGIII has joined the Browns.
Quote from: OJsDad on March 24, 2016, 11:46:17 AM
RGIII has joined the Browns.
OMG. Well at least the Raven should be able to count on two division wins this year!
I just don't see RG III making it through the season. Do the Browns even have a receiver of any worth?
Quote from: Bison on March 24, 2016, 01:12:30 PM
I just don't see RG III making it through the season. Do the Browns even have a receiver of any worth?
They have Josh Gordon if he can keep from failing a drug test.
Don't matter if they have any receivers, they don't have an O-Line to protect him.
Quote from: Bison on March 24, 2016, 01:12:30 PM
I just don't see RG III making it through the season. Do the Browns even have a receiver of any worth?
You can replace the word "receiver" with any other skill position and the answer remains the same.
^ HA! So true poor f'n Browns...
You can't get sympathy if you did it to yourself. Repeatedly.
Quote from: Marty Ward on March 24, 2016, 01:26:48 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 24, 2016, 01:12:30 PM
I just don't see RG III making it through the season. Do the Browns even have a receiver of any worth?
They have Josh Gordon if he can keep from failing a drug test.
And just because you mentioned him, I must once again remind everyone that Josh Gordon thought this was a good look for a Porsche :
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhd4wallpapers.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2FJosh-Gordon-Camouflage-Car-592x425.jpg&hash=f984e0ab19de415790aa4c5317411272b496a2e3)
And people were surprised to learn that he really likes the weed? Seriously?
Hey hey hey HEY!!!!! Don't go blaming ganja for Gordon's lack of taste! There are too many examples out there of people with more dollars than sense and this just happens to be another.
Quote from: MetalDog on March 25, 2016, 05:58:41 AM
Hey hey hey HEY!!!!! Don't go blaming ganja for Gordon's lack of taste! There are too many examples out there of people with more dollars than sense and this just happens to be another.
True enough...though I still think his being a total stoner (seriously, dude goes WAY beyond casual smoker) is a contributing factor. :D
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 26, 2016, 02:22:52 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 25, 2016, 05:58:41 AM
Hey hey hey HEY!!!!! Don't go blaming ganja for Gordon's lack of taste! There are too many examples out there of people with more dollars than sense and this just happens to be another.
True enough...though I still think his being a total stoner (seriously, dude goes WAY beyond casual smoker) is a contributing factor. :D
You may have a point there ;)
Just saw this one online, and assuming it's true, it's pretty damned impressive.
QuoteSince the Jets drafted OT D'Brickashaw Ferguson, they have run 10,708 regular season offensive snaps. Ferguson played on 10,707 of them.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 08, 2016, 08:25:15 AM
Just saw this one online, and assuming it's true, it's pretty damned impressive.
QuoteSince the Jets drafted OT D'Brickashaw Ferguson, they have run 10,708 regular season offensive snaps. Ferguson played on 10,707 of them.
Yep, it is true. And astounding. That's a man who has played through a lot of pain.
Schedules are out!
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Apparently the Rams felt bad about getting all of those picks from Washington for RG3. They just sent Tennessee their first rounders this year and next, 2 second rounders this year and their third rounders this year and next for the #1 and the Titans 4th and 6th rounders this year. All of that for...Carson Wentz? Jared Goff? We aren't exactly talking Andrew Luck-level QB prospects here. Hell, neither of them would have been close to Winston or Mariota last year.
Good job by the Titans then, eh?
Quote from: MetalDog on April 14, 2016, 10:41:09 PM
Good job by the Titans then, eh?
Hell yes! Landing one player wasn't going to put them over the top. Big fan of this move.
one guy isn't putting the Rams over the top, either, but they couldn't just sit there and take whoever happened to fall into their lap, especially if they thought Cleveland was going to take the guy the Rams wanted.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 14, 2016, 08:40:36 PM
Schedules are out!
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That's bogus. No way Romo makes it to Week 11.
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13907119_1826340260919099_1952067131194427034_n.jpg?oh=4c1280ddf587aed38a655c188af40d9b&oe=58198676)
Is that a Bison sighting?
Twitter follies
http://www.mandatory.com/2016/08/17/26-of-the-funniest-nfl-tweets-to-get-you-ready-for-the-new-seaso/
13 Days until Clemson pounds Auburn in Auburn.
Then the Auburn faithful will start talking about who they want as their next head football coach.
At least Bruce Pearl has had a great recruiting year. Maybe Men's basketball will at least be average.
https://theringer.com/ranking-the-college-football-mood-in-all-50-states-a1ea3e0584c#.5bvvz172k
hahahahahahahahahaha
QuoteThe past few years of college football in Virginia, summed up in one image:
(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*aHEU1aXMMylKIeytylEElg.jpeg)
^ That story was a beautiful thing.
Hard to believe the Vikings decided to take themselves out of the playoff race in the preseason, instead of waiting until week 3 or 4 like normal
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17424174/teddy-bridgewater-suffers-serious-knee-injury-minnesota-vikings-practice
Well good thing they have the mad backup skills of Shaun King.
*has no idea what the Texans have been doing in the off season*
*checks to see who the hell their quarterback is*
*Q1 Brock Osweiler*
*Who?!?*
*10 TDs and 6 INTs in 7 games last year for Denver...sounds like a starter to me, sure*
*Q2 Tom Savage*
*10 of 19 for 2014 season...okay...*
*Q3 Brandon Weeden*
*A quarterback not even good enough for the Cleveland Brownstains or the Dallas Cowgirls*
*ready to give up on the Texans before the season even starts*
*contemplating becoming a Vikings fan*
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on August 31, 2016, 09:23:45 AM
*contemplating becoming a Vikings fan*
Oof. That's rough.
Quote from: mirth on August 31, 2016, 10:09:32 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on August 31, 2016, 09:23:45 AM
*contemplating becoming a Vikings fan*
Oof. That's rough.
Yeah but the great thing about being a Vikings fan is you don't even have to watch the season to know it doesn't end well. Just think of all the time saved with that little tidbit of information!
Quote from: Bison on August 31, 2016, 10:16:28 AM
Quote from: mirth on August 31, 2016, 10:09:32 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on August 31, 2016, 09:23:45 AM
*contemplating becoming a Vikings fan*
Oof. That's rough.
Yeah but the great thing about being a Vikings fan is you don't even have to watch the season to know it doesn't end well. Just think of all the time saved with that little tidbit of information!
True. It must be much easier to start out the season knowing it will only end in abject failure.
I also appreciate not having the obligation to defend men wearing uggs.
Quote from: Bison on August 31, 2016, 11:17:35 AM
I also appreciate not having the obligation to defend men wearing uggs.
He can wear girly footwear and haircuts all he wants as long as he keeps getting us into the playoffs.
If the other 3 teams in your division are the Jets, Bills and Dolphins you better win it every year! Since 2001 those three teams have won 10 games a total of 7 times.
Yeah, the AFC East has been a cream puff division for awhile.
Quote from: Bison on August 31, 2016, 10:16:28 AM
Yeah but the great thing about being a Vikings fan is you don't even have to watch the season to know it doesn't end well. Just think of all the time saved with that little tidbit of information!
Being a Bengals fan, we've come to expect them to make the playoffs, then lose the 1st game, even when they're the favorite and at home.
Quote from: Marty Ward on August 31, 2016, 12:10:36 PMSince 2001 those three teams have won 10 games a total of 7 times.
One reason is that they've all been pretty well penciled in for losing to the Pats every year.
I do love it when the Pats pound on their division rivals.
Nothing like starting out with 6 wins guaranteed. You can go 4-6 against the rest of the league and make the playoffs!
I spent many seasons watching the stumblebum Pats of yore. I've been quite content to watch them exact some revenge over the past 15 years.
The pats have not been a great team since Steve Grogan retired, which reminds me that maybe the Browns can convince Brian Sipe to come out of retirement. I say let's bring back the glory days of the NFL, when football was about football.
Steve Grogan...you're funny. Did you watch those teams? Talk about snatching defeat fron the jaws of victory.
The Pats were a joke for many years. But so were the Giants and the Jets. It's why I became a Bucs fan.
Quote from: MetalDog on August 31, 2016, 06:05:36 PM
The Pats were a joke for many years. But so were the Giants and the Jets. It's why I became a Bucs fan.
That's paid off for you! :2funny:
They still have one more Lombardi trophy than the Vikings.
Quote from: mirth on August 31, 2016, 05:50:17 PM
Steve Grogan...you're funny. Did you watch those teams? Talk about snatching defeat fron the jaws of victory.
I did. I actually liked to cheer for the old Tony Eason and Steve Grogan teams.
Quote from: Bison on August 31, 2016, 06:55:16 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 31, 2016, 05:50:17 PM
Steve Grogan...you're funny. Did you watch those teams? Talk about snatching defeat fron the jaws of victory.
I did. I actually liked to cheer for the old Tony Eason and Steve Grogan teams.
You are a glutton for punishment.
College season kicks off for a bunch of people tonight
Quote from: MetalDog on August 31, 2016, 06:18:35 PM
They still have one more Lombardi trophy than the Vikings.
I don't even know what this Lombardi thing that you speak about is.
I'm just hoping K-State can stay within 2 TDs of Stanford. This is the toughest opening game in awhile.
Quote from: Bison on September 01, 2016, 10:23:29 AM
I'm just hoping K-State can stay within 2 TDs of Stanford. This is the toughest opening game in awhile.
keep Christian McCaffrey from catching the plane?
It gets worse. They play at Stanford.
Quote from: Bison on September 01, 2016, 11:06:30 AM
It gets worse. They play at Stanford.
ugh. you're fooked
Yup.
Quote from: Bison on September 01, 2016, 10:18:19 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on August 31, 2016, 06:18:35 PM
They still have one more Lombardi trophy than the Vikings.
I don't even know what this Lombardi thing that you speak about is.
It's a big, shiny, metallic stand with a big, shiny, football on top that they give you for winning the Super Bowl.
I don't follow UCLA and I haven't really heard about this kid, but I thought this was a good article:
http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/a-beautiful-brash-mind/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool (http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/a-beautiful-brash-mind/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool)
I've not really paid attention to this Kapernick nonsense...is is seriously saying the National Anthem is 'oppressive to black people?'
Doesn't seem to have bothered him at all in the last many seasons he's played...not to mention it's quite hilarious that he's creating this stink when he's on a downward slide.
Not to mention even more, his dumb ass was fined eleven thousand dollars last year for yelling "f*cking n***er!" (http://dailysnark.com/throwback-colin-kaepernick-fined-using-racial-slurs-towards-black-players/) on the field. That really shows a lot of solidarity for his 'fellow black man.' (And that, of course, is just what he was caught saying out loud. No telling what he says when cameras aren't rolling/refs aren't paying attention.)
This is probably better talked about in a Flame Wars thread, but holy hell there's so many clueless people jumping on the bandwagon, as usual, ignoring inconvenient facts. This guy is a hypocrite.
::)
After App State almost beat them Tennessee looks a bit over rated.
Quote from: airboy on September 02, 2016, 07:17:31 AM
After App State almost beat them Tennessee looks a bit over rated.
Don't sleep in App St like Michigan did years ago.
There's a reason none of the other 5 school in North Carolina will schedule them.
That App State Michigan game is a classic.
I'm trying to figure why the hell Tom Brady played an entire half of a friggin preseason game >:(
Quote from: mirth on September 02, 2016, 07:35:33 AM
I'm trying to figure why the hell Tom Brady played an entire half of a friggin preseason game >:(
They're saving Jacoby Brissett from injury risk
Quote from: mirth on September 02, 2016, 07:35:33 AM
I'm trying to figure why the hell Tom Brady played an entire half of a friggin preseason game >:(
It was the last practice he can have with the team until after his suspension. Makes sense as long as the first team O line was also playing!
I know, Marty. It was a dumb chance to take though. A couple of series I maybe get, but he took 39 snaps against a team that would love nothing more than to end his season before it starts.
Quote from: mirth on September 02, 2016, 03:05:22 PM
I know, Marty. It was a dumb chance to take though. A couple of series I maybe get, but he took 39 snaps against a team that would love nothing more than to end his season before it starts.
He has 4 weeks to recover and he is superman, what could possibly go wrong :)
I wish they would just get rid of the pre-season altogether. Add two more regular season games and get rid of two pre-season games. If you are going to get hurt it may as well be in a game that counts.
I agree. NFL preseason is pretty much pointless. Two games would be more than plenty.
Quote from: mirth on September 02, 2016, 03:36:40 PM
I agree. NFL preseason is pretty much pointless. Two games would be more than plenty.
Yes they could have scrimmages like they use to have if they want to get use to someone other than their own teammates hitting them.
With the year round conditioning there should be no need to get into football shape. The training camps should be about learning the plays and working together. Eliminating the pre-season games and adding 1 or 2 more regular season games seems like a reasonable compromise. The owners won't easily give up those 4 games!
The games are huge money makers. They get to charge full prices for glorified practices. The owners want a full preseason and an 18 game season. Ka-ching!
Quote from: airboy on September 02, 2016, 07:17:31 AM
After App State almost beat them Tennessee looks a bit over rated.
Didn't see the game, but, that's the opinion I heard on the radio from guys who watched. Said the Tennessee O-Line had 50 lbs on App State's D-Line. And the Vols couldn't run the ball and had pressure in Dobbs' face all night. If Kirby can get a full year out of his RB's at Georgia and Florida has a QB worth a damn, the Volunteers are going to have company at the top of the East.
Quote from: Bison on September 02, 2016, 07:24:32 AM
That App State Michigan game is a classic.
Very little in this world makes me happier than the Wolverines losing. Having a I-AA school beat you is priceless.
As diluted as the talent pool is now in the NFL, I'd be much more interested if they did a tiered system, like the Premier League, but with fewer levels.
That would be a fun owner's meeting to sit in on, seeing who goes where!
K-State awesome defense horrible offense. It's going to be a long season.
Don't worry Vikings, here comes SAM BRADFORD to save the day!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 03, 2016, 10:49:25 AM
Don't worry Vikings, here comes SAM BRADFORD to save the day!
Hey, Sam Bradford and Adrian Peterson, together again! That's a great storyline right there. Bradford was an awful fit with the Beagles and the turmoil surrounding the team never helped. Color me optimistic, but a coach like Zimmerman might squeeze a bit more out of Sam than Fischer or Pederson. Not to mention Bradford is psyched over the trade. I admit I love Bradford from his Oklahoma days (and he has a reputation of being a good guy in person) and his NFL career has been average at best, but it's hands down the best the Vikes could do and it might just salvage their season.
I'd be much more excited about this if QB's talking on Facebook was still going.
Norv Turner is the OC in Minnesota. You could wish that Bradford had been there since the beginning of training camp, but, I suspect the Vikes will actually get better as the season goes on. Might even be the best year Bradford has.
#3 Oklahoma about to get beat by Houston.
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 02:21:24 PM
Norv Turner is the OC in Minnesota. You could wish that Bradford had been there since the beginning of training camp, but, I suspect the Vikes will actually get better as the season goes on. Might even be the best year Bradford has.
It's the best team Bradford has found himself on in the pros, that's for sure. I'm just glad to see Sam away from the Beagles. I hate Philly and having one of my favorite players there sucked.
And speaking of sucked....c'mon, OU! Beat by Houston? Really?!?!?!?
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 03, 2016, 02:34:20 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 02:21:24 PM
Norv Turner is the OC in Minnesota. You could wish that Bradford had been there since the beginning of training camp, but, I suspect the Vikes will actually get better as the season goes on. Might even be the best year Bradford has.
It's the best team Bradford has found himself on in the pros, that's for sure. I'm just glad to see Sam away from the Beagles. I hate Philly and having one of my favorite players there sucked.
And speaking of sucked....c'mon, OU! Beat by Houston? Really?!?!?!?
Better get used to it. Houston is going to help make the XII numerically correct.
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 03:03:23 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 03, 2016, 02:34:20 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 02:21:24 PM
Norv Turner is the OC in Minnesota. You could wish that Bradford had been there since the beginning of training camp, but, I suspect the Vikes will actually get better as the season goes on. Might even be the best year Bradford has.
It's the best team Bradford has found himself on in the pros, that's for sure. I'm just glad to see Sam away from the Beagles. I hate Philly and having one of my favorite players there sucked.
And speaking of sucked....c'mon, OU! Beat by Houston? Really?!?!?!?
Better get used to it. Houston is going to help make the XII numerically correct.
Right about the time Tom Herman leaves.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 03, 2016, 03:08:46 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 03:03:23 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 03, 2016, 02:34:20 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 03, 2016, 02:21:24 PM
Norv Turner is the OC in Minnesota. You could wish that Bradford had been there since the beginning of training camp, but, I suspect the Vikes will actually get better as the season goes on. Might even be the best year Bradford has.
It's the best team Bradford has found himself on in the pros, that's for sure. I'm just glad to see Sam away from the Beagles. I hate Philly and having one of my favorite players there sucked.
And speaking of sucked....c'mon, OU! Beat by Houston? Really?!?!?!?
Better get used to it. Houston is going to help make the XII numerically correct.
Right about the time Tom Herman leaves.
The rumors on local sports radio is to possibly expand to up to 14 teams like the BIG 10 and SEC. It'll be interesting, but the they are claiming that Texas doesn't want more Texas schools in the conference.
They ought to just kick Texas out and make them go be an independent. Go get Cincy, Memphis, BYU, Houston, and maybe La Tech.
It doesn't look like Memphis will be invited. The CEO of Fedex supposedly offered to sponsor the title game, but Memphis appearantly wanted too much of a cut of the proceeds initially and didn't meet the academic criteria. IDK but I'd like to see Louisville and BYU.
You won't get Louisville out of the ACC
You can't get their media rights until about 2038 and they won't leave ACC basketball now that they're in a conference with Duke, UNC, UVa, Notre Dame, and Syracuse.
Always good to see USC get a beat down!
never seen a delay-of-game ovation like this one
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17460116
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 03, 2016, 10:49:25 AM
Don't worry Vikings, here comes SAM BRADFORD to save the day!
I can't stop laughing. Good grief.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 03, 2016, 09:22:59 PM
Always good to see USC get a beat down!
^This!!
ROLL TIDE
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 04, 2016, 12:00:12 AM
never seen a delay-of-game ovation like this one
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17460116
Thanks for posting this. May have missed it otherwise.
Auburn's defense played very well against Clemson.
Auburn snapped the ball to 5 different people in the backfield (4 people at QB and one direct snap to a RB). Did not help their running attack which went nowhere.
The folks dancing at the 0:49 mark (and again later) are my cousin and his wife - Lee and Renée.
http://wbay.com/2016/09/03/lsu-fans-show-off-thier-tailgating-skills/
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 04, 2016, 12:00:12 AM
never seen a delay-of-game ovation like this one
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17460116
Wow, 3 top 10 teams beaten opening weekend.
And a possible 4th tonight
Not just that, but some really good games, too. UCLA-A&M, TEX-ND, LSU-WISC, Houston - OU, and Clemson - Auburn were all close late and worth watching.
Thinks about this, too. The SEC had 6 losses on opening weekend, plus Tennessee's lucky escape, and could lose Ole Miss tonight, and could've lost the A&M game
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 05, 2016, 06:09:10 AM
Thinks about this, too. The SEC had 6 losses on opening weekend, plus Tennessee's lucky escape, and could lose Ole Miss tonight, and could've lost the A&M game
I read a long article about this in the local paper. LSU, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Tennessee etc.... all underperformed. The only 3 SEC teams that performed either at or better than expectations were Alabama, Auburn and Georgia.
airboy, I was convinced that Auburn was going to get smoked. I saw what Watson did to Alabama in the Championship Game and I know Auburn doesn't have the same kind of defense as 'Bama does. Kudos to Auburn for their great game!
@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM
airboy, I was convinced that Auburn was going to get smoked. I saw what Watson did to Alabama in the Championship Game and I know Auburn doesn't have the same kind of defense as 'Bama does. Kudos to Auburn for their great game!
@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
Well, 'Bama will at least :)
Quote from: OJsDad on September 05, 2016, 11:30:52 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM
airboy, I was convinced that Auburn was going to get smoked. I saw what Watson did to Alabama in the Championship Game and I know Auburn doesn't have the same kind of defense as 'Bama does. Kudos to Auburn for their great game!
@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
Well, 'Bama will at least :)
Here's some for you, too :P
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
you act like I didn't grow up as a fan of an SEC team and graduate from another... O0
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM
airboy, I was convinced that Auburn was going to get smoked. I saw what Watson did to Alabama in the Championship Game and I know Auburn doesn't have the same kind of defense as 'Bama does. Kudos to Auburn for their great game!
@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
I asked a bunch of my buddies if they would take Auburn against the line (7.5 - 8 points). I only found one person who would. Then Auburn easily beat the line.
So your expectations were not off from the Auburn fans I know. Auburn's defense played very well.
Offense was weird. They used 4 QBs and had a direct snap to a running back. Nobody had the opportunity to get into any kind of rhythm.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 05, 2016, 02:29:39 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
you act like I didn't grow up as a fan of an SEC team and graduate from another... O0
So which is it, SEC teams, OSU, NC Sate?!?!?!??!! Pick a lane! ;)
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 03:48:22 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 05, 2016, 02:29:39 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on September 05, 2016, 11:14:26 AM@bayonetbrant: Don't you sweat the SEC, we'll be there in the end. :P
you act like I didn't grow up as a fan of an SEC team and graduate from another... O0
So which is it, SEC teams, OSU, NC Sate?!?!?!??!! Pick a lane! ;)
Never, ever, ever Ohio St.
Primary is always NC State.
#2 is LSU - born and bred and have family that played there.
#3 is South Carolina, assuming they're not playing anyone that I really care about, but I don't often go out of my way to watch their games. The point being that I'm not really anti-SEC, just anti-'Bama.
Well then, I know who to holler at for LSU-'Bama this year :)
I'm personally looking forward to Alabama losing a game or two this season. Nothing better than the bitter tears of elephant fans except perhaps the tears of Yankee fans. Ironically they seem to be the same fan base.
It's the winning that brings the tears. We know what we are missing. It's only the tears of Kansas and Minnesota fans that truly denote sorrow. They never won anything.
Pfft.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsdaydfw.imgix.net%2F1472940341-NS_hswixon_0903spo_JL_13.jpg%3Fq%3D50%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bw%3D900&hash=c15cec16eef0cb9960269a5bce89bada4536c73d)
Invisible linemen. I'm sure by next year there will be a rule against that! :o
An interesting article comparing Sam Bradford to some dude named Jim Plunkett.
http://newsok.com/article/5517293 (http://newsok.com/article/5517293)
Bills and Jets have started with losses. AFC East, the division that keeps on giving!
Heh. Miami is playing Seattle and the Pats are at the Cards tonight. That entire division could be 0-1!
Frickin' Jets...
YES!! The Bengals won!!!! WOOT!!!
Saints rookie kicker hooked a 61-yarder about 18" left as time expired. He was pretty damned close to the win, given the circumstances...
I can't even look at you OJsDad.
Chin up, little Gus. The Jets made it a close game! :2funny:
It's not like I'm not used to it.
You had to know they weren't winning that game ;)
Always amusing to watch the Giants and Cowboys wail on each other.
When the Jets failed to score that 2nd td when it was 7-0 I kind of knew, yeah. Still stings. All I have left today is the Giants!
Could be a really tough day for ya.
I will require hugs and Train ballads.
Lmao!
:2funny:
Quote from: Gusington on September 11, 2016, 04:44:22 PM
I can't even look at you OJsDad.
Good thing we don't use web cams!
Quote from: OJsDad on September 11, 2016, 05:51:12 PM
Quote from: Gusington on September 11, 2016, 04:44:22 PM
I can't even look at you OJsDad.
Good thing we don't use web cams!
And the moment it becomes likely, I'm outta here :P ::) >:D
Thank God :P
I took a photo for Mirth while ironically listening to a Train ballad.
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Heh. I'm sure they love Train in Minnesota.
That's actually the Kansas State University Football Ring of Fame. And you call yourself a Patriots fan. Pfft.
No Train allowed there, I'm sure.
Quote from: Bison on September 11, 2016, 07:13:40 PMThat's actually the Kansas State University Football Ring of Fame.
They have enough for a full ring? Not just an "Arc of Fame"?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 11, 2016, 07:27:29 PM
Quote from: Bison on September 11, 2016, 07:13:40 PMThat's actually the Kansas State University Football Ring of Fame.
They have enough for a full ring? Not just an "Arc of Fame"?
Now we're just getting into some unpleasant semantics.
Hey, NC State barely has one side of our field set aside for football, but the few we have are pretty good: Roman Gabriel, Ted Brown, Dennis Byrd, Tory Holt, Jim Richter, and Philip Rivers aren't a bad collection.
K-State has some really good ones too. Darren Sproles, Jordy Nelson, Lynn Dickey and others.
Jimmy. G!
Archie Griffin!
This was an excellent football weekend!
UNC won on the road.
Auburn won against a patsy, but looked good doing so.
Dook lost at home.
Brant - if you took all of the major North Carolina Football teams and made them play a round-robin, how would it sort out? I'm thinking:
UNC
App State.
East Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest
Dook
What do you think?
I think you have NC St too high, and ECU too low.
It would be fun to see App St's D against UNC's Offense.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 12, 2016, 09:28:52 AM
I think you have NC St too high, and ECU too low.
It would be fun to see App St's D against UNC's Offense.
I'm very happy UNC is not playing App State.
Geez you're sounding like Michigan fans now. :)
I'm amazed the Vikings won!
I'm pretty sure the offense didn't win the game, but hell it worked for the Broncos last year.
Lord, I do hate the Steelers.
One game into the season and the Browns are already on their second starting quarterback.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 12, 2016, 08:50:10 PM
One game into the season and the Browns are already on their second starting quarterback.
So they're taking it slow this year?
Quote from: OJsDad on September 12, 2016, 08:50:10 PM
One game into the season and the Browns are already on their second starting quarterback.
you mean to tell me that RGIII got hurt? Who could possibly have predicted that!
Luckily their backup is the rugged Josh McCown, so...
Who's the third stringer? ;D
think Im going to skip this year. theres better blood sport with the election.
so it's not just Baylor
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article101556507.html
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 14, 2016, 12:28:57 AM
think Im going to skip this year. theres better blood sport with the election.
True, but it's like watching the Browns play the Rams repeatedly....bleh! And one side wants to deport all the Browns :uglystupid2:
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 14, 2016, 09:38:18 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 14, 2016, 12:28:57 AM
think Im going to skip this year. theres better blood sport with the election.
True, but it's like watching the Browns play the Rams repeatedly....bleh! And one side wants to deport all the Browns :uglystupid2:
Only their fans want that.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 14, 2016, 09:42:27 AM
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 14, 2016, 09:38:18 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 14, 2016, 12:28:57 AM
think Im going to skip this year. theres better blood sport with the election.
True, but it's like watching the Browns play the Rams repeatedly....bleh! And one side wants to deport all the Browns :uglystupid2:
Only their fans want that.
Just imagine the records at the end of the season....both teams might finish 0-0-16 :))
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Brandon Marshall just got pulled down, looks like by his face mask, and jacked his knee up.
Remember when Rex and Rob Ryan were supposedly defensive savants who could build units able to stop anybody? Remember that? LOL.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on September 16, 2016, 12:04:52 AM
Remember when Rex and Rob Ryan were supposedly defensive savants who could build units able to stop anybody? Remember that? LOL.
And now Rexy can't stop Ryan Fitzpatrick :2funny:
Part of Rob's problem with the saints was just a lack of competent players.
Their goal seems to be turning themselves into Cleveland South with a better QB
So K-State goes from playing Stanford to Florida Atlantic this week. I'm thinking we should be .500 after this one.
Listened to State put the beat down on poor FAU this afternoon.
Good day for the Big10. OSU beat Oklahoma on the road and Sparty beat ND in South Bend.
And FSU got blown out by Louisville.
Army football is 3-0 for the first time within the lifetimes of many of the players.
UNC won and Dook lost. That was good.
Unfortunately, Auburn got beat at home by A&M when their offense did not show up.
My West Florida Argos lost their first game ever yesterday. They are now 2-1. Still, for their first ever football team (NCAA Div II), they looked good to me. :smitten:
just in case you were waiting for something good from the LA Rams
[yt]https://youtu.be/QxkKlzInR4Y[/yt]
here's a great stat from college football, about North Dakota St
QuoteThe Bison have more wins against FBS teams since 2010 than Kansas.
The Kansas Jayhawks have had without question the worst football program in the Big XII for years. While the North Dakota State Bison have been a dominate team at multiple levels of football for decades. NDSU beat KSU last year in fact. Frankly NDSU should move its up football program up to Division I. The program is consistently that good and would most likely be a perennial top 25 team. I think they won the Division I AA title in their second year in that division after having basically won the Divison II title multiple years in a row.
Appalachian State was ND St for most of the 90s - 00s. They jumped to D-IA / FBS about 5-6 years ago. Still good, not setting the world on fire, nor a perennial top-25 team.
ND St is an excellent program, but there's a reason for the I-AA / I-A separation.
Yeah that might be, but I think if they were in a division like the mountain west they'd receive some benefit of the doubt with voters. Who knows, I'm not sure they'd ever make that leap anyway.
Just heard earlier today that NDSU has won the last 5 FCS Championships and defeated their last 6 FBS opponents. That's a powerhouse.
Quote from: MetalDog on September 19, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
Just heard earlier today that NDSU has won the last 5 FCS Championships and defeated their last 6 FBS opponents. That's a powerhouse.
Yeah and they ran the table like that when they were in Divison II as well.
Well, 2 of them were Kansas and Kansas state...
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 19, 2016, 08:13:40 PM
Well, 2 of them were Kansas and Kansas state...
I've got nothing.
As you should.
:P
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^ :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
Browns confirm QB McCown broke collarbone (http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17619385/josh-mccown-cleveland-browns-suffered-broken-collarbone-loss-baltimore-ravens)
Can Cleveland go more than 2 games with the same starting QB?
LSU has fired Miles.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 25, 2016, 05:15:53 PM
LSU has fired Miles.
Not a surprise. The loser of that game was getting canned.
It's a pipe dream, but I'd love for NC State to hire him. We still wouldn't win more than 9 in any given year, but good God they'd be more entertaining than the crap we're passing off as "football" these days.
I'm sure he'll have a bunch of offers at the end of the season.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 23, 2016, 01:14:01 PM
Browns confirm QB McCown broke collarbone (http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17619385/josh-mccown-cleveland-browns-suffered-broken-collarbone-loss-baltimore-ravens)
Can Cleveland go more than 2 games with the same starting QB?
Not before the Texans pick him up.
Quote from: Bison on September 25, 2016, 08:42:58 PM
I'm sure he'll have a bunch of offers at the end of the season.
Listening to Columbus radio today on my way to the airport, they threw out the possibility of Penn State trying to pick him up.
Who will LSU go after as a replacement.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 26, 2016, 08:34:55 PMWho will LSU go after as a replacement.
They all think that Jimbo Fisher already has his house on the market. Fisher has previously said he'd pay his own buyout for the LSU gig and has always wanted to go back to Baton Rouge.
They have Tom Hermann as a plan B, but he might not want it.
If they don't move fast, they'll be competing against Southern Cal and possibly Texas, two very, very rich schools, for coaching candidates.
The intriguing one I heard was Bob Stoops. Would Bob leave OU, where he has 2 tough games each year, to coach in the SEC West, where he'll have 5? No one knows, but it's unlikely. Then again, Stoops is young enough to wait out Saban, too.
After Fisher / Hermann, none of the other suggestions really set the world on fire. Dantonio? Fedora? Dykes? None of those guys are home-run hires. They're not going to hire a coordinator, and it'd be a miracle of Orgeron holds onto the job (plus, it would be a shitty idea).
Interesting point that keeps coming up. Brian Kelly is a devout Catholic and LSU is the flagship university of the most Catholic state in the nation. And there's a core group of Notre Dame backers that seem to think that being in the playoff is there natural birthright
That one would not surprise me at all. But if Southern Cal gets involved and backs a Brinks truck up to Brian Kelly's doorstep I can't see how he wouldn't go there instead
Well I'm not sure how much stock I'd put in Kelly. Notre Dame isn't exactly setting the bar for performance this year. Losses to Texas and both Michigan State and Duke at home. I've personally always felt he was way to overrated. Right up there with Rich Rodriguez and Charlie Weis.
I think he hired a bad D-coordinator, and has no taken steps to rectify that. I don't know what his coaching budget is at ND, but assistants in the SEC (esp the West) make as much or more than most HC's elsewhere.
I just wonder how sick Kelly is going to get of unrealistic expectation with all the academic handcuff's ND puts on him.
I don't know. I think there is something to be said about expecting academic performance above athletic performance from student athletes. Stanford doesn't seem to struggle with recruiting. Notre Dame has really struggled to recruit. I think it has more to do with recruiting competiton from automatic bid conferences more than anything else. Notre Dame should have sucked up their pride years ago and joined the Big 10, when the opportunity was available.
Quote from: Bison on September 27, 2016, 12:46:01 PM
I don't know. I think there is something to be said about expecting academic performance above athletic performance from student athletes. Stanford doesn't seem to struggle with recruiting. Notre Dame has really struggled to recruit. I think it has more to do with recruiting competiton from automatic bid conferences more than anything else. Notre Dame should have sucked up their pride years ago and joined the Big 10, when the opportunity was available.
We don't want them now.
I'm pretty sure the Ads would be more than willing to consider dropping one of their ranks if they could to gain Notre Dame's fanbase.
We've already got 'em sewn up in the ACC O0
Except that ND won't admit being part of the ACC for football. So it like taking a girl on a date and her denying it's a date.
Quote from: OJsDad on September 27, 2016, 01:16:58 PM
Except that ND won't admit being part of the ACC for football. So it like taking a girl on a date and her denying it's a date.
They're still (mostly) independent for football - but they've got 5 ACC games each year - and if they're going to join a conference, I don't know why they wouldn't just stay in the ACC given how well they fit for everything else (basketball, baseball, etc) and having Louisville as a closer geographic rival for games.
Stanford, USC, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State independently scheduled games and a previous huge exclusive NBC contract.
Quote from: Bison on September 27, 2016, 01:53:37 PM
Stanford, USC, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State independently scheduled games and a previous huge exclusive NBC contract.
You forgot Navy ;)
They have USC / Navy / Stanford every year.
Mich/Mich St come and go, but on the sked more often than not.
Ohio State is occasional, but not common.
I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about seamen. :P
Some idiot set fire to the toilet paper draping one of the replacement Toomer's Oaks after the LSU win by Auburn. They caught the guy. All of the leaves burned off.
Just unbelievable.
Metaphor for LSU's season?
I don't understand the logic of destruction and rioting following winning or losing a game.
Quote from: Bison on September 27, 2016, 12:46:01 PM
I don't know. I think there is something to be said about expecting academic performance above athletic performance from student athletes. Stanford doesn't seem to struggle with recruiting. Notre Dame has really struggled to recruit. I think it has more to do with recruiting competiton from automatic bid conferences more than anything else. Notre Dame should have sucked up their pride years ago and joined the Big 10, when the opportunity was available.
And when was Stanford's last National Championship? LSU would be a great place for Kelly to come to. And if he can recruit well enough to give the rest of the West a run, then, SEC supremacy will be assured for years.
I think you are missing the point.
Which is....? David Shaw recruits smart guys and Brian Kelly can't? Either way, neither of them win National Championships and that's what all the fan bases are in this for. As well as the institutions where football is held higher than academics. But just because you have to have a 1600 to get into Stanford and ND, doesn't mean the kid is going to go there. Especially if he wants to win (which I understand is actually your point). That being the case, why give yourself a heart attack beating your head against a wall for a small pool of good players/academicians when you can go somewhere with less stringent requirements and let'er rip?!
Because some people actually realize a quality education is better than a game for long term opportunity?
So you're saying that Brian Kelly realizes this and stays at ND because of his desire to see really smart kids get a good education? Or you're saying that I lack the necessary ability/desire/recognition/intelligence to get a quality education rather than play football to win?
You personally? I don't think your fast enough to play college football anymore. And I'm sure if you wanted too you could attend a university or college and do well for yourself.
Yeah. I got a bum knee. And a bum brain, too. I'm really screwed :2funny:
But just think of all the coeds that you could study with!
:) O0 ^-^
With 10 minutes left in the game, NC State has 109 yards of rushing, and 140 yards of penalties.
Yeah, they're winning, but gawd do they suck this year. It's been 4 years of Doeren, and they just don't get any better, or any smarter. Doeren might've exceeded his level of competence...
K-State's offense is horrible. They had multiple opportunities to put away West Virginia and ended up losing by 1. It's going to be a long season if they cannot figure out how to score touchdowns.
In the most SEC thing I've seen in years, Tennessee comes back from behind in the 4th quarter against Georgia, including with a forced fumble recovery in an end zone for a TN touchdown, to pull ahead of Georgia by four points --
-- then Georgia, with one minute remaining, and handicapped by a few offensive penalties (one of which burns ten seconds off the clock as well as 5 yards back), marches down the field for nearly 100 yards and a Hail Mary pass to put us out with 10 seconds left --
-- and we return the kick and throw our own Hail Mary successfully into a bed of Georgia defenders, winning the game.
Wow.
Wow.
That's how SEC games used to be played...
Did you see the last 2 minutes of UNC - FSU? Same kind of thing...
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 01, 2016, 05:34:25 PM
With 10 minutes left in the game, NC State has 109 yards of rushing, and 140 yards of penalties.
Yeah, they're winning, but gawd do they suck this year. It's been 4 years of Doeren, and they just don't get any better, or any smarter. Doeren might've exceeded his level of competence...
Brant, Brant, Brant.
NCSU beats an UNDEFEATED team for a conference win and you are whining?
I guess nothing can make you happy.
I'm very happy. UNC managed to pull out a road win on a ranked team. Auburn destroyed a patsy for Homecoming. And Dook lost. Perfect football weekend!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 01, 2016, 06:58:43 PM
Did you see the last 2 minutes of UNC - FSU? Same kind of thing...
No, but that sounds like the glory days of powerhouse and/or crazy ninja football across the South (whether in one of the SECs or not).
That said, even with an all-win record so far, TN is still overrated this year.
That said, and I'm speaking as someone whose own Mom keeps track of the Vols better than I do, and who has his degree from UTK with my brother: TN is
always overrated. We were overrated when we played the first perfect 13 game season, though less so than usually. ;)
Not because we aren't sometimes great -- sometimes we are (although that season it wasn't that we were great, we were just
consistently good across the board, and had some good luck). But because, regardless of whether or not we're great, we are always our own worst enemy, by being neurotic drama queens. We're only truly happy when we're coming back from behind to win at the last minute, and if we don't think we can do that against our current opponent we take a game off until they surprise us after which it may be too late to recover. (As with our first two games this year -- both very, very,
very typical examples.)
Our team psychology is rarely ever consistently focused in the game. Maybe it's actually different on the field, but that's how it typically
looks from up in the epic orange/white stands. We have massive but easily shattered prima donna egos, because we're the Volunteers and have one of the widest and most colorful and devoted fanbases in college history, possibly second only to Notre Dame, SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AWESOME YOU GUYS AREN'T WE AWESOME WOOOO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND FANS IN HEARING RANGE ARE TELLING US WE'RE wait wait wait we're supposed to be awesome waaah waaaaaaahh what's happening why isn't the other team falling before us we've we've we've {sniffle} we've got to be the underdogs and come back the little guys striking back and the big mean teams who think they can win OMG AREN'T WE AWESOME YOU GUYS WOOOOOOO!
We're the most consistently and radically manic-depressive college football team in history. (And it doesn't help that our secondary always seems mediocre to terrible, plunging us into depression at any given moment.) I feel confident challenging anyone for
that title. ::) :P
The commentators tonight were talking about how once / if we get past Bama, we're home free for the back half of our schedule full of win. Man, they don't know TN very well -- we could easily win every game up through Bama, and then easily lose any or all of those latter games. It doesn't matter who against, or whether the SEC (most of those are SEC games) is widely dangerous this year or not. They could all be made of paper; we just might not show up, and then whimper in confusion that they're making us look bad.
Quote from: airboy on October 01, 2016, 07:19:32 PMNCSU beats an UNDEFEATED team for a conference win and you are whining?
Three of their four wins were Tulane, Delaware, and Indiana. There are some high schools out there that could win those games.
Quote from: airboy on October 01, 2016, 07:19:32 PMI guess nothing can make you happy.
Don't play like canned ass.
They looked like shit against ECU, and now against Wake.
They give up stupid penalties, throw 7 yard passes on 3rd-and-12, and rush 7 & drop 4 on a down where they're sending 5 out into patterns.
If you play well and lose, OK. The other guy was just better than you.
If you play like shit, you shouldn't win. But after today, anyone that didn't watch the game is going to say "but... but... you won by 17 against an unbeaten team!" It was a farce of an unbeaten team, and that kind of game against any competent opponent and you lose by 10.
Put another way - trade Clawson for Doeren and what would you get? Wake might be 2-2, and State would be 4-0 with a win in Greenville.
At least Louisville - Clemson is a pretty good game to end the night with.
And today I know what it feels like to be a Jets fan
Except with a better record
Haha...J-E-T-S!!!!
Quote from: mirth on October 02, 2016, 02:54:45 PM
Except with a better record
And without having to hope that Ryan Fitzpatrick plays well.
Hard to believe this sign appeared at an SEC school
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somehow we missed this
http://profootballmock.com/facebookchat/nfl-qbs-on-facebook-for-old-times-sake/
Some good bits in there. Wish they'd go back to doing it again every week.
Me too. That was some of the funniest stuff I ever read. Every time I see Sam Bradfords picture on TV I think of him as the perv on PFM and just chuckle.
Looking forward to this weekend as the family and I will be in the house to cheer on the Cats against Texas Tech.
Hopefully the Wildcats will have a better performance this week. I didn't see the game at all, only heard about it. That was a tough 1-point loss.
Their offense is...not....good.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 05, 2016, 05:25:20 AM
Hard to believe this sign appeared at an SEC school
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It was at Vandy.
I looked up the scores and NC State won again. 4-1 now. Will they be ranked in the top 25 next week?
I hope not. They'd be one of the worst top 25 teams ever. It's nice that they'll get to a bowl, but their next 4 weeks are Clemson, Louisville, and a pissed-off FSU.
They won today because they played in Raleigh in the hurricane and weather is the great equalizer for talent disparity. State scored on a blocked punt and between them, they had about 7 fumbles and 2-3 missed FGs
Not a good football Saturday for me. UNC got clobbered. Dook won. At least Auburn won.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/10/8/13211386/hurricane-matthew-notre-dame-nc-state
Great game tonight. K-State pulled out a victory, but holy crap can Patrick Mahomes throw the ball. 500+ yards passing, but State shut them down in 2 half with some great defensive stops.
Notre Dame needs to fire Kelly now and get a jump on the head coach search. When you go into a game with a puss poor plan and then call out individual players for the lose you no longer the head coach.
Brian Kelly to LSU!!
(Maybe he and Les can trade jobs?)
NFL viewership is down sharply this season. It is especially down for those under 35.
I've read a couple of stories about this. Most of them blame the election. But the National Anthem protests could not be helping matters.
I think there are a number of factors that are pulling down the NFL's ratings this year. I'd rather watch college athletics whether its football, basketball, or a number of other sports.
Too many NFL games are totally unwatchable. And it is a rules driven league now. You spend more time debating calls than watching plays on the field.
Quote from: airboy on October 09, 2016, 10:20:17 AM
NFL viewership is down sharply this season. It is especially down for those under 35.
I've read a couple of stories about this. Most of them blame the election. But the National Anthem protests could not be helping matters.
I would add that Americans like fair play and that has been perceived as an issue for the last couple of seasons. Whether one is a Patriot fan or not, the way the league handled Deflategate in no way resembled a fair hearing or outcome. The NFL operated behind closed doors and put forth an incompetent investigation, then refused to consider anything which might point to an outcome besides the Pats cheating. To a large degree, the way the NFL has handled player discipline as a whole has been inconsistent and dictatorial. Guys who get busted smoking pot are treated as harshly as guys who batter their women. A botched Super Bowl in Dallas where too many seats were sold, the Hall of Fame game this season where the NFL may have kept fans in their seats for hours despite knowing the game wouldn't be played....Goodell's mantra of "Protect the Shield" has become a mockery as he has done more damage to it than prior commissioners combined.
^Well said, Steelie.
In the gym today I saw the Steeler's uniforms. They look like athletic bumble-bees.
Reminded me of that horrid Blind Melon song. Now it is stuck in my head.
I hate the Steelers now.
I like that Blind Melon song! Hate the Steelers regardless of uniform.
Hey Viking fans, how you liking that Sam Bradford trade so far??? As an unabashed Bradford fan from his Sooner days, I'd love for Sam to finally live up to his billing. Looks like a case of right guy/right situation for all involved. Just....just keep him upright, fellas. Trust me on that one O0
Who thinks Tony Romo will ever again be the starter for Dallas?
Not I. Dak is looking good, way better than we had any right to expect. If Tony somehow retires with a Super Bowl ring, it will be as a backup or a starter somewhere else.
Dak looks very friggin good. Romo would have 10 INTS at this point in the season.
Dallas with a for real QB could be a real PITA.
I once had faith that Ryan Fitzpatrick was a real QB :(
And now you know the truth
Blind Melon had far better songs
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 09, 2016, 05:44:29 PM
Blind Melon had far better songs
Yes, but it was a fun little tune.
Geno Smith has better songs too.
Not really.
I should be excited by the Vikings this year, but frankly I don't care about the NFL. I haven't watched a single game this year. I occasionally check box scores and listen to a game on the radio while driving, but I don't find the games overly compelling like I do college football.
I don't think anyone should underplay the political fallout of the NFL's decisions. I honestly don't care if a player kneels during the National Anthem. However it becomes a political nightmare for the NFL, when they actively support this decision but squash the ability of teams to honor slain police officers or players honoring 9/11 victims. The NFL would be better served by attempting to remove itself from contentious political decisions. People tune in as an entertainment escape.
I watch FNIA for the highlights, and an occasional game in the background if I'm working / cleaning around the house, but outside of a Super Bowl, I honestly can't remember the last time I watched a complete NFL game end-to-end the way I do college games, even for teams I'm only marginally interested in (like Clemson - Louisville 2 weeks ago)
So this is a BRUTAL box score.
Check out Rutgers offensive stats
One QB was 1/10 passing (for negative yards!); the other was 1/8.
Their leading receiver had 5 yards.
Ouch
http://www.si.com/college-football/game/1621713/box-score
The Vikings are the sole undefeated team in the NFL.
Words cannot express how bizarre it feels to utter that sentence. Or how glorious.
Obviously they can't keep this up forever; at some point the fairy tale will end. But I'll enjoy the ride while it lasts. 8)
Quote from: Steelgrave on October 09, 2016, 04:46:55 PM
Hey Viking fans, how you liking that Sam Bradford trade so far??? As an unabashed Bradford fan from his Sooner days, I'd love for Sam to finally live up to his billing. Looks like a case of right guy/right situation for all involved. Just....just keep him upright, fellas. Trust me on that one O0
I'll not deny he's been a pleasant surprise. To be sure, Bradford was almost certainly the best of what few options were available to us when Teddy went down, and I agreed with most of the fanbase that it was probably the best move management could've made if there was to be any chance at salvaging the season. But I suspect very few of the Vikings faithful anticipated he would turn out as well as he has thus far. He's definitely been fun to watch.
Quote from: Bison on October 10, 2016, 11:19:29 AM
The NFL would be better served by attempting to remove itself from contentious political decisions. People tune in as an entertainment escape.
Am in 100% agreement with this statement. (Also, Kap has always come off as a douche, regardless of whatever "views" he may profess to hold.)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 10, 2016, 12:40:56 PM
So this is a BRUTAL box score.
Check out Rutgers offensive stats
One QB was 1/10 passing (for negative yards!); the other was 1/8.
Their leading receiver had 5 yards.
Ouch
http://www.si.com/college-football/game/1621713/box-score
Michigan should have shortened the game through a mercy rule. This was pathetic.
Isn't the mercy rule requested by the team getting beat?
Quote from: Bison on October 10, 2016, 07:19:46 PM
Isn't the mercy rule requested by the team getting beat?
K-State should know, shouldn't they? ;)
i don't think Kstate has been beaten that badly recently.
https://thekicker.com/browns-fined-by-osha-for-providing-unsafe-work-environment-for-qbs/
^ ok that was funny.
To be fair, the Vikings played the Texans.
Quote from: Martok on October 10, 2016, 01:14:23 PM
Obviously they can't keep this up forever; at some point the fairy tale will end. But I'll enjoy the ride while it lasts. 8)
Since I somehow, in my teeth-gnashing brain-bleach, forgot to whine about this over the past weekend.... actual headline from
The Jackson Sun Sunday morning: "VOLUNTEERS RUN OUT OF MAGIC DUST".
Losing to Texas A&M wouldn't be so bad, especially since the Aggies signed some of the lesser mutant hulks from Oklahoma -- not even kidding, one of their central linemen is named Lanfear, based on L'enfere, French for "The Inferno", i.e. hell. (As also fans of RJ's
Wheel of Time novels will know. ;) )
But we shouldn't have lost. It shouldn't have even been close. As typically typical for UT Knoxville, we threw away 6 turnovers. Four of them while heading for the end zone. Three of them led directly to A&M scoring instead. (Obviously there was some overlap. Which didn't hurt less.) Aggy should have been down as much as 21 points (wiping out their score completely) and we should have been ahead by up to another 28 points, going into the fourth quarter. If you vomit away a 49 point deficit, then it doesn't matter how desperately you fight (that last-gasp thrust jabbing the ball out of the Aggy-runner's hands two steps from the end-zone for a touchback to keep us able to win) or how much genius some of your plays have (like our quarterback sauntering into the end-zone for a turnaround from a short dump pass thrown by our wide receiver whom the fullback had handed off to on a double-reverse after receiving the snap while the quarterback walked off apparently giving instructions to the line. Bro: "...what... what even
was that? What do you even call it!?!" Me: "Epic. O0 :smitten: ") It doesn't matter that you go into double over-time to break crazy ties. It doesn't even matter that the final nail in the coffin is yet another intercepted pass to end the game (although again, typical). BECAUSE YOU SHAT AWAY UP TO
FORTY NINE POINTS ALREADY, TENNESSEE! :tickedoff:
It also didn't help that we came into the game with three injuries and racked up a few more, as did the Aggies, unfortunately either way. Or that the refs were high on allergy medicine, sometimes even in our favor: after one of our guys just straight-up pushed his Aggy matchup from behind after the play had ended, the ref who flagged it actually gave the penalty to A&M at first! :uglystupid2:
But still.
FORTY
NINE
SWINGI've watched us hemorrhage some stupid numbers of turnovers over the years. (And even come back to win from some of the stupidest numbers.) I can't recall ever seeing so much of a potential point shift from those turnovers.
Now my whining is complete, and I can live the rest of my life again.
The last time Tennessee beat 'Bama
QuoteTECH
• There were no iPhones. The first generation iPhone didn't debut until June 29, 2007. In fact, in 2006, the Motorola RAZR was the top-selling cell phone. Let that sink in.
• MySpace was still the preferred social media platform.
• Instagram (and all other apps) didn't exist. Photo sharing was limited to texting images on your favorite flip phone and your grandmother's photo albums.
MUSIC, MOVIES & TV
• Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" was at the top of the charts.
• "The Prestige" was the No. 1 movie in America. Lead actor Christian Bale has made over 15 movies since then.
• The Disney Channel debuted a show called "Hannah Montana." Miley Cyrus was only 14 years old and likely had no idea what twerking even meant.
• "Friday Night Lights" premiered that year. Needless to say, Coach Taylor's "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" slogan hasn't seemed to work yet for the Vols.
MISCELLANEOUS
• Standalone VCRs were still being built in the USA. We're not even sure kids know what DVDs are these days.
• Two countries didn't exist yet: South Sudan and Kosovo.
• Pete Carroll was still the head coach at USC, Joe Paterno was still alive and coaching at Penn State, and Bobby Bowden was still in charge at FSU.
• Brett Favre was still with the Packers, Tom Glavine was still with the Mets, and Barry Bonds was still with the Giants.
• Alabama only had 12 National Championships. We (yes, I'm an Alabama fan) now have 16.
That last bullet is going to make Metaldog feel better....
Not sure you can count anything before Bear, but, that still gives us 8 or 9.
I actually think we (the Vols) have a better chance against Bama this year, after the debacle vs the Aggies. Sometimes we need a shock to remind us that we have to play to win from the first second if we're going to, y'know,
win -- especially against a dangerous opponent.
Re twerking: I'm not sure that term even existed before Miley. And if it did, I'm sure I don't want to know how or why. If it helps us against Bama, though, I might have a higher opinion of it.
Quote• Alabama only had 12 National Championships. We (yes, I'm an Alabama fan) now have 16.
I would :buck2:, except y'all earned every one of those, and we still get to cheer for the SEC in the finals. O:-)
Quote from: MetalDog on October 13, 2016, 11:28:08 PM
Not sure you can count anything before Bear, but, that still gives us 8 or 9.
Why not? Just curious.
Hah.
As many football championships as Bama has they still need a lot more to catch Princeton (28) or Yale (27)! :)
One of my old grad school classmates was a Rutgers grad. He used to always sign his emails with the line "Rutgers Football, 1869 National Champions"
Quote from: Bison on October 14, 2016, 11:31:23 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on October 13, 2016, 11:28:08 PM
Not sure you can count anything before Bear, but, that still gives us 8 or 9.
Why not? Just curious.
I will have to admit my ignorance as to the year, but, it is a widely held belief by the college football establishment that no National Championships count before said year for any program. I believe it is due to the perception that there was no way to determine a clear cut consensus. Regardless, Bear's, Gene Stallings's, and Saban's are all good.
Quote from: MetalDog on October 14, 2016, 07:26:24 PM
Quote from: Bison on October 14, 2016, 11:31:23 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on October 13, 2016, 11:28:08 PM
Not sure you can count anything before Bear, but, that still gives us 8 or 9.
Why not? Just curious.
I will have to admit my ignorance as to the year, but, it is a widely held belief by the college football establishment that no National Championships count before said year for any program. I believe it is due to the perception that there was no way to determine a clear cut consensus. Regardless, Bear's, Gene Stallings's, and Saban's are all good.
Agreed. Although some years like the split between Georgia Tech & "Give me 5 downs" Colorado make you question some of the pre playoff era championships.
But I agree with the ones you list.
Colorado tied one, lost one, and cheated to win another that year. GT had the tie in Chapel Hill and that was it.
Well steelies Sooners whooped K-State's ass today.
Quote from: Bison on October 15, 2016, 02:32:03 PM
Well steelies Sooners whooped K-State's ass today.
Oklahoma Sooners....always good, not always good enough ::)
Good football weekend. UNC beat #16 Miami and Dook lost.
Auburn did not play.
And NC State went full Clemson, at Clemson...
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 14, 2016, 08:48:33 PM
Colorado tied one, lost one, and cheated to win another that year. GT had the tie in Chapel Hill and that was it.
Tie was in Atlanta. Weirdly enough, my wife and I went to the game. We thought UNC would lose by 5 touchdowns but ended up disappointed in the tie.
Quote from: airboy on October 16, 2016, 12:50:48 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 14, 2016, 08:48:33 PM
Colorado tied one, lost one, and cheated to win another that year. GT had the tie in Chapel Hill and that was it.
Tie was in Atlanta. Weirdly enough, my wife and I went to the game. We thought UNC would lose by 5 touchdowns but ended up disappointed in the tie.
I could've sworn that game was in Chapel Hill...
Add Perdue to the list of schools looking for a new head coach.
Much to the not-surprise of all thinking people, Bama and the Vols destroyed the Vols. Again.
My quip there picks up and expands an observation from one of the commentators: Alabama is not going to beat itself. But the Vols sure will! :buck2: :tickedoff:
Bama did a good job cycling their second string in and out, too, to give the primary players a rest. When a team can play at 10% fatigue for most of the game, and the other team creeps into the 50 or 60% fatigue (or worse), then there's only one way that game is going to end: catastrophic collapse.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/baylor-students-protest-sexual-assault-with-sweep-it-under-the-rug-homecoming-float-101516
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 17, 2016, 03:00:38 PM
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/baylor-students-protest-sexual-assault-with-sweep-it-under-the-rug-homecoming-float-101516
And that was a good find.
Quote from: airboy on October 09, 2016, 10:20:17 AM
NFL viewership is down sharply this season. It is especially down for those under 35.
I've read a couple of stories about this. Most of them blame the election. But the National Anthem protests could not be helping matters.
It would help if they'd allow schedule flexibility and not be stuck broadcasting 8 games of teams expected to be good but who royally suck every damn year.
Goodell hasn't helped. The fact the league keeps facing scandals for off-field conduct and doesn't even pretend to give a damn doesn't help.
Most of all, lack of stars. There aren't very many players you tune in and excitedly watch right now. Newton's trying, but that team around him is awful. Rodgers and the Packers just look out of sync. Brees is stuck on a team with no defense. Brady was suspended. Peterson's hurt (and frankly looked done before the injury). Beckham can be fun to watch, but he's way too caught up in himself this year.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on October 21, 2016, 01:19:07 AM
Quote from: airboy on October 09, 2016, 10:20:17 AM
NFL viewership is down sharply this season. It is especially down for those under 35.
I've read a couple of stories about this. Most of them blame the election. But the National Anthem protests could not be helping matters.
It would help if they'd allow schedule flexibility and not be stuck broadcasting 8 games of teams expected to be good but who royally suck every damn year.
Goodell hasn't helped. The fact the league keeps facing scandals for off-field conduct and doesn't even pretend to give a damn doesn't help.
Most of all, lack of stars. There aren't very many players you tune in and excitedly watch right now. Newton's trying, but that team around him is awful. Rodgers and the Packers just look out of sync. Brees is stuck on a team with no defense. Brady was suspended. Peterson's hurt (and frankly looked done before the injury). Beckham can be fun to watch, but he's way too caught up in himself this year.
There are football games on to many days. If you count College I think Tuesday is the only day it isn't on.
The NFL should only be on Sunday and Monday. Get rid of the Thursday night game so teams don't play on 4 days rest. And screw those London games, I'm not sure even the teams best fans on the West coast are going to get up at 6 am on Sunday to watch them.
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Why is Tom of 'Tom & Jerry' the K-State mascot?
Quote from: mirth on October 22, 2016, 03:12:04 PM
Why is Tom of 'Tom & Jerry' the K-State mascot?
Because he takes it on the chin almost every time?
Tuesday night is usually a MAC game on ESPN
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 10, 2016, 12:16:35 PM
I watch FNIA for the highlights, and an occasional game in the background if I'm working / cleaning around the house, but outside of a Super Bowl, I honestly can't remember the last time I watched a complete NFL game end-to-end the way I do college games, even for teams I'm only marginally interested in (like Clemson - Louisville 2 weeks ago)
I'll watch more college games in one day then I do pro games all year. It's been that way for me for many years now. The college games seem so much more exciting. I think it's in part because in college, losing a game, especially later into the season can know a team out of the playoffs. In the pros, losing 3-4 games and you can still make the playoffs.
I think the other reason I like college a lot more, is that I still go to our local HS games. The atmosphere for HS and college are a lot closer. Pro's is just so different.
Pro football is more polished and I like that better. If I watch college, it's either 'Bama or it's on tv wherever I may be.
Verne Lundquist just said, "Watch the Giants rub it out with the Rams in London." :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
Quote from: airboy on October 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 22, 2016, 03:12:04 PM
Why is Tom of 'Tom & Jerry' the K-State mascot?
Because he takes it on the chin almost every time?
Not today. We took down Texas and helped demonstrate just how overrated they were going into the season.
I'm happy, my Argonauts won. 8)
My boys did their level best to keep the Lamar Jackson Heisman campaign going today. Eesh. They were capital-B BAD today...
Ohio State just blew it at Penn State. Wasn't able to see it, but dad said that PSU was able to capitalize on OSU mistakes.
My folks went to Penn State many years ago and I still have family in PA. The PSU/OSU game is always big. Glad to see the Lions pull it off. I will need to catch the replay on ESPN3.
My Huskers stumbled into another win. If we were consistant we would be truly dangerous. >:D
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Quote from: Bison on October 22, 2016, 05:29:20 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 22, 2016, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 22, 2016, 03:12:04 PM
Why is Tom of 'Tom & Jerry' the K-State mascot?
Because he takes it on the chin almost every time?
Not today. We took down Texas and helped demonstrate just how overrated they were going into the season.
Texas is the most hated team in College Football. Go K-State.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 22, 2016, 06:29:07 PM
My boys did their level best to keep the Lamar Jackson Heisman campaign going today. Eesh. They were capital-B BAD today...
The 54 - 13 score makes it seem closer than it actually was. After the first half my wife and I were wondering if they would shorten the game.
Good football weekend.
UNC beat Virginia in Charlottesville convincingly.
Auburn smashed Arkansas. Auburn's 2nd and 3rd string kept piling up points.
Dook did not win but unfortunately could not lose since it was a Bye week for them.
Quote from: airboy on October 23, 2016, 08:38:09 AM
Texas is the most hated team in College Football.
I'd like to nominate USC. Or maybe Notre Dame. There's a fair amount of hate for 'Bama, Ohio State, and Michigan, too. Texas certainly belongs on the short list. :)
Quote from: MetalDog on October 23, 2016, 11:04:07 AM
Quote from: airboy on October 23, 2016, 08:38:09 AM
Texas is the most hated team in College Football.
I'd like to nominate USC. Or maybe Notre Dame. There's a fair amount of hate for 'Bama, Ohio State, and Michigan, too. Texas certainly belongs on the short list. :)
Texas caused the breakup of an entire conference. They are hated far, far more than their win-loss record would indicate. The other schools are disliked for winning. Texas is disliked because their athletic department are jerks.
When you can chase Nebraska out of your conference and breakup their long-standing rivalry with OU, yeah, you're assholes.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 23, 2016, 12:14:20 PM
When you can chase Nebraska out of your conference and breakup their long-standing rivalry with OU, yeah, you're assholes.
I know a lot of Aggies (Texas A&M fans). They hate Texas as much as I hate Dook. Well, almost as much.
Dear gods the Vikings were terrible today. Yes, some credit goes to the Eagles' defense, but we simply did not execute well at all. :buck2:
Quote from: Martok on October 23, 2016, 03:44:33 PM
Dear gods the Vikings were terrible today. Yes, some credit goes to the Eagles' defense, but we simply did not execute well at all. :buck2:
Yes!! I played Philly Def in fantasy football today. 31 points!!
Oh Vikings...
Maybe it was a clause in the Bradford trade
It makes me sick whenever Brady runs.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 23, 2016, 04:13:53 PM
Maybe it was a clause in the Bradford trade
LOL.
Nah, I'm pretty sure it's that our O-line is simply shit (and losing both starting tackles for the season obviously didn't help). Has been for the last 2-3 years now. Those guys can't block an opposing front four, even if the latter were Smurfs.
Geno Smith may have caught a break yesterday.
Just for B_C
http://dailysnark.com/houston-man-accused-robbing-local-football-team-72-million-dollars/
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 25, 2016, 05:42:16 AM
Just for B_C
http://dailysnark.com/houston-man-accused-robbing-local-football-team-72-million-dollars/
:2funny: :2funny:
I love ESPN's "Bottom 10." We have two exceptional games coming up.
The first is the "Owl Bowl"
Speaking of FPI, why are we even wasting it on games that don't matter? Because here at Bottom 10 HQ there's only one game that matters, and that's the Nov. 5 Pillow Fight of the Century, aka the Owl Bowl, when FA(not I)U visits Rice. As of right now, FPI says Rice has the edge with a 62 percent chance of winning, but also says that the rest of us have a 100.8 percent chance of winning simply because the game is being played.
The second is the "Auntie Em Bowl" which does not involve K-State:
A friendly warning: Assuming we all come out of the Owl Bowl with our wits still intact, we need to immediately brace ourselves for what comes the very next weekend, when Iowa State travels to Kansas for the Auntie Em Bowl.
These are two pillow fights that we can look forward to.
In related news, Tennessee did not begin struggling against their soft back-half of the season this past weekend.
And I didn't miss it. At all. :buck2:
NFL ratings are down 12% this year compared to last. Seton Hall University commissioned a poll and the leading reason given for the decline was the national anthem protests.
See: http://blogs.shu.edu/sportspoll/2016/10/27/nfl-tv-ratings-down-fans-cite-a-host-of-factors-led-by-national-anthem-protests/
Missouri got pounded again - this time by Kentucky. They have imploded after their politically correct hissy fit. The University has had a massive decrease in both ticket sales and donations (athletic and otherwise) since their implosion several years ago.
Dave Doeren is going to get fired. Get pantsed by Louisville the weekend after your push Clemson to the limit? Sure. Lose to BC the next week? He's done. It's been too many years of mediocre results.
Auburn won at Ole Miss.
Dook lost.
UNC won the bye week.
Good football weekend.
SEC East seems to be much weaker than the West again. I was surprised Tennessee lost to the Gamechickens.
Kentucky is in 2nd place in the SEC East behind Florida??????
Local paper thinks it's time for a change at NC State, too
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article111377152.html
What's funny is that even in the face of mediocre results, the Internet Comment Brigade still wants to kill the messenger by just painting the author as a UNC cheerleader out to get NC State.
State won again good times.
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 29, 2016, 11:02:15 PM
Local paper thinks it's time for a change at NC State, too
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article111377152.html
What's funny is that even in the face of mediocre results, the Internet Comment Brigade still wants to kill the messenger by just painting the author as a UNC cheerleader out to get NC State.
Article suggested that it would take big bucks to buy out the coach. Does State have enough people willing to put up that amount of cash?
Probably not, that's one of the problems
That should about do it for the AFC East.
https://theringer.com/59-questions-for-the-person-who-threw-a-dildo-on-the-field-during-the-patriots-game-b04c231b58fd#.ajxo3p8cb
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 31, 2016, 05:26:45 AM
https://theringer.com/59-questions-for-the-person-who-threw-a-dildo-on-the-field-during-the-patriots-game-b04c231b58fd#.ajxo3p8cb
The answer to all of those could be, "It's Buffalo".
Quote from: mirth on October 31, 2016, 07:41:23 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 31, 2016, 05:26:45 AM
https://theringer.com/59-questions-for-the-person-who-threw-a-dildo-on-the-field-during-the-patriots-game-b04c231b58fd#.ajxo3p8cb
The answer to all of those could be, "It's Buffalo".
http://dailysnark.com/sex-toy-thrown-onto-field-yesterdays-bills-game-bradys-dildo-written/
Hahaha hahaha :))
"No confirmation yet on if it's the same one that Brady's been using to screw the Bills with for the past 16 years."
Bad-da-boom.
^ Really? I thought it was much bigger! :)
Is it too soon to say that the Vikings are officially imploding? I know I probably shouldn't get too pessimistic too soon, but it's hard have a sunny outlook with all the injuries that are piling up (and how they're cumulatively starting to drag us down).
Quote from: airboy on October 29, 2016, 10:14:54 PM
SEC East seems to be much weaker than the West again. I was surprised Tennessee lost to the Gamechickens.
Kentucky is in 2nd place in the SEC East behind Florida??????
I was not surprised, although annoyed since we were watching it in a fancy pseudo-French restaurant for Mom's birthday.
We could still play Alabama again for the SEC championship if we win out our remaining games -- on which I am not holding my breath -- but we'd also need the SEC to schedule and play the missing LSU game, and they'd have to beat Bama. ...soooo, those are three breaths I am not holding.
We might get a moderately good bowl game against someone who will murder us and dance on our desecrated ashes, e.g. one of the key midwest teams, as usual.
They are playing that game in about 3 weeks in Baton Rouge. LSU will go to Florida for two straight years to make up the difference
And Jalen Hurd is leaving, soooooooo, your non-existent offense is supposed to do what, exactly, against that 'Bama D? Pray for chaos. That way, Kentucky can go as the East representatives and next year, Commissioner Sankey can implode the division structure and put everyone in the same division.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 01, 2016, 07:06:51 PMPray for chaos. That way, Kentucky can go as the East representatives and next year, Commissioner Sankey can implode the division structure and put everyone in the same division.
I would be so amused by that, I wouldn't even mind much for TN not being the East champion.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 01, 2016, 07:06:51 PM
And Jalen Hurd is leaving, soooooooo, your non-existent offense is supposed to do what, exactly, against that 'Bama D?
Our offense is fine, just too sporadic (I might even say too uncoordinated) to be reliable. And no offense is reliable against the Bama D, so that amplifies our sporadicality. :P
(Be fair, our offense has rifled hard when all cylinders are firing. 8) )
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Much as I wanted Norv gone, I freely admit I was as flatfooted as everyone else by his resignation this morning. 'Twill be interesting to see how Shurmur does going forward.
https://thekicker.com/belichick-trades-sons-to-browns-after-they-ask-for-more-allowance/
#18 Okie State in town today. It should be a good game as the Cats have played well at home this season.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 03, 2016, 04:48:23 PM
https://thekicker.com/belichick-trades-sons-to-browns-after-they-ask-for-more-allowance/ (https://thekicker.com/belichick-trades-sons-to-browns-after-they-ask-for-more-allowance/)
:2funny:
Will be at NC State - FSU game. They're doing at thing for ROTC alumni where we're being honored on the field during second quarter, so that'll be cool.
Ugh...tough loss today.
I didn't know you were a LSU fan, Bison. My condolences.
Quote from: Bison on November 05, 2016, 06:00:00 PM
Ugh...tough loss today.
Yeah, here, too. boss the game for 55 minutes, and lose on a shitty play with 3:30 to go when they nailed the QB but the prayer of a pass he threw up found a receiver in the end zone
Unless they somehow turn things around at halftime, I think it's safe to say the Vikings from the first five games were just a mirage. Jesus H. they look completely inept.
Quote from: Martok on November 06, 2016, 02:16:01 PM
Unless they somehow turn things around at halftime, I think it's safe to say the Vikings from the first five games were just a mirage. Jesus H. they look completely inept.
It's Detroit. Vikings will be fine.
Dude, have you actually sees how the Vikes have been playing the last two weeks? It's like they were secretly replaced with the Browns during the bye week. :buck2:
Heh, true. I thought they'd be able to handle Chicago last Monday.
Lord, there a lot of crappy NFL teams.
...And there goes the Vikes' season. >:( They may still manage to stumble their way into the playoffs (although I honestly doubt it at this point), but they won't get very far if they do. Bleh.
Quote from: mirth on November 06, 2016, 03:36:05 PM
Lord, there a lot of crappy NFL teams.
Yep.
And barring an alien abduction of Brady & Belichick, the Pats have pretty much won another AFC East title.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 06, 2016, 06:55:02 AM
Quote from: Bison on November 05, 2016, 06:00:00 PM
Ugh...tough loss today.
Yeah, here, too. boss the game for 55 minutes, and lose on a shitty play with 3:30 to go when they nailed the QB but the prayer of a pass he threw up found a receiver in the end zone
I'm sorry you went to that game. I saw it on TV. The missed field goal. The dropped interception. Then the reception. Bad times.
For the wife and I Saturday was excellent.
UNC won in convincing fashion.
Auburn managed to win.
Dook lost.
Good times.
Quote from: airboy on November 06, 2016, 05:42:45 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 06, 2016, 06:55:02 AM
Quote from: Bison on November 05, 2016, 06:00:00 PM
Ugh...tough loss today.
Yeah, here, too. boss the game for 55 minutes, and lose on a shitty play with 3:30 to go when they nailed the QB but the prayer of a pass he threw up found a receiver in the end zone
I'm sorry you went to that game. I saw it on TV. The missed field goal. The dropped interception. Then the reception. Bad times.
The missed field goal happened right over our head while we were standing in the tunnel waiting to walk onto the field
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 06, 2016, 07:31:41 PM
Quote from: airboy on November 06, 2016, 05:42:45 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 06, 2016, 06:55:02 AM
Quote from: Bison on November 05, 2016, 06:00:00 PM
Ugh...tough loss today.
Yeah, here, too. boss the game for 55 minutes, and lose on a shitty play with 3:30 to go when they nailed the QB but the prayer of a pass he threw up found a receiver in the end zone
I'm sorry you went to that game. I saw it on TV. The missed field goal. The dropped interception. Then the reception. Bad times.
The missed field goal happened right over our head while we were standing in the tunnel waiting to walk onto the field
So, your the reason they missed the field goal? :knuppel2:
Hardly - Bambard's missed more kicks than the extras in a Jackie Chan flick
he's the reason they lost at Clemson, too
...y'know what, I don't even care. As long as LSU and someone else beats Florida going out, I'm good. :knuppel2:
Harsh game tho. Beating Smashabama (home of 60 minutes of smash mouth football) is never easy -- and that score is pretty typical -- and to have Bama rip it away and then stomp any comeback late... phew.
Congrats to Bama knocking out the last big threat for their season. Whoever they play for the SEC championship won't be at LSU's calibre. And I'd rather have anyone representing the Southeast for the National Championship than no one.
(...um, unless we luck into the SEC championship again somehow and then become nuclear powered enough to beat Alabama, putting the SEC right out of the national hunt. I'm okay with that, on the balance. I'm also okay with being given a helicopter for Christmas, which is relatively more likely and would be more useful by comparison. ::) )
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Personally, I want Kentucky to win the East and pull the mother of all upsets and beat Alabama for the title in the Bear Bryant Rolls Over In His Grave Bowl
Then you have a four loss SEC conference champ getting left out of the playoff but you would have Louisville sitting there with a win over the SEC champ and only 1 loss, and your playoff 4 are L'ville, Clemson, UWash, and the Big 14 champ and/or Ohio St.
Either one of those schools can claim Bear. One that can't, was just shown why Coach O needs to go. Maybe there's something to this, "If Bear coached your team....," thing.
https://theringer.com/los-angeles-rams-jared-goff-case-keenum-79728c133f90#.hpzjdcizs
QuoteBy the way, wanna know the last five first-round quarterbacks to make it to November of their rookie years without starting an NFL game? Johnny Manziel, Jake Locker, Tim Tebow, Josh Freeman, JaMarcus Russell, and Brady Quinn.
Damn, really? I thought JaMarcus started right from the get-go. I know he was a huge flop (literally, huge), but thought he had started games his rookie year.
Interesting discussion over the past few weeks in Stewart Mandel's college football mailbag about which college teams faced the craziest "murderer's row" of quarterbacks in the same season.
The genesis of the question was a few weeks ago when someone asked
Hi Stewart: After Saturday's game against Clemson, FSU will have faced five QBs – Ole Miss' Chad Kelly, Louisville's Lamar Jackson, UNC's Mitch Trubisky, Miami's Brad Kaaya and Clemson's Deshaun Watson -- projected to be early-round draft picks in the next two years. Can you recall a team that faced better QB talent in a single season?
Among the current contenders:
Texas Tech 2003: Eli Manning, Ole Miss; Phillip Rivers, NC State; Vince Young, Texas; Jason White, Oklahoma; Brad Smith, Missouri; Joel Klatt, Colorado.
as an aside, the Joel Klatt reference was b/c it's a Fox Sports website, so they're messing with the writer
In regards to a QB Murderer's Row, how about 1982 Notre Dame in just 11 games?
Jim Kelly (Miami): 1st round draft pick in 1983 and Hall of Famer
Dan Marino (Pitt): 1st round draft pick in 1983 and Hall of Famer
Todd Blackledge (PSU): 1st round draft pick in 1983
Hi Stewart, to continue with your QB Murderer's Row Challenge, Arizona in 2004 faced Utah's Alex Smith, Cal's Aaron Rodgers, USC's Matt Leinart, Oregon's Kellen Clemens and Oregon State's Derek Anderson.
2008 Kansas: Graham Harrell, Texas Tech; Sam Bradford, Oklahoma; Chase Daniel, Missouri; Josh Freeman, Kansas State; Colt McCoy, Texas ... OR ...
2008 Colorado: Pat White, West Virginia; Christian Ponder, Florida State; McCoy; Freeman; Daniel
2010 Texas Tech: Baylor's Robert Griffin III; Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden; Texas A&M's Ryan Tannehill; Missouri's Blaine Gabbert; Oklahoma's Landry Jones.
All five went on to become NFL starters (of varying lengths).
"Can you recall a team that faced better QB talent in a single season?" 2002 LSU: Ben Roethlisberger, Miami of Ohio; Eli Manning, Ole Miss; Rex Grossman, Florida; Jason Campbell, Auburn; Chris Simms, Texas.
as an aside, that's over 500 NFL starts and counting, along with a few Super Bowl appearances
any other suggestions?
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Yeah but the Texans got a sweet deal luring that QB away from Denver for such a small salary. Future hall of fame for sure! :)
Quote from: Bison on November 10, 2016, 12:23:16 PM
Yeah but the Texans got a sweet deal luring that QB away from Denver for such a small salary. Future hall of fame for sure! :)
No problemo. They can always pick up Romo once Dallas dumps him.
North Carolina and Duke are putting on a pretty good show tonight.
I don't think the same can be said of Baltimore and Cleveland.
Oh. Darn. I don't get the NFL network. I am heartbroken and miserable. What will I do?
Quote from: DoctorQuest on November 10, 2016, 10:37:42 PM
Oh. Darn. I don't get the NFL network. I am heartbroken and miserable. What will I do?
Enjoy your life?
Quote from: DoctorQuest on November 10, 2016, 10:04:38 PM
North Carolina and Duke are putting on a pretty good show tonight.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Evil won. They had the devils face on their helmets.
Football season is over. This was a bad year.
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^Hell, I would watch that.
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Browns are ranked way too high.
Chaos in college yesterday... 5 of the top 10 lost and all but one to unranked teams. Louisville's shot at the playoff is looking better
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 13, 2016, 06:39:19 AM
Chaos in college yesterday... 5 of the top 10 lost and all but one to unranked teams. Louisville's shot at the playoff is looking better
To coin a phrase: "This is why they play the games."
And I love it when the experts are wrong.
I didn't watch any football this weekend seems as though I missed out.
Pats/Seahawks tonight. One of the few NFL games worth watching this season (maybe).
This was an interesting read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/sports/football/nfl-tv-ratings-shorter-games-fewer-commercials.html
I'm all for shorter games and fewer ads. A decent on field product would be nice too.
Heh. And Dallas/Pittsburgh later. One of the few times I'm a Cowboys fan :P
The NFL is a meth whore that makes that one in Breaking Bad look like Mother Theresa. They'll NEVER back down from the ridiculous plethora of stupid commercials; they frigging have everything sponsored.
I'm really surprised they haven't started selling advertising space on player's uniforms yet. I'm sure they've considered it and were probably told that is going way, way too far, even for them.
One of the reasons I stopped watching is the commercial interruptions and mind-numbing sheer assault on my senses of constantly the same f*cking thing over and over and over and over again. If it weren't for that a football game might actually only take an hour and a half instead of nearly four hours. But there's no whore profit in that!
Someone needs to open up and get in touch with their true feelings.
:tickedoff:
Best avatar ever, DQ!
I know, right?
Thanks, Mirth.
Worst football weekend ever. Auburn got beat. UNC lost to pure evil that had Satan on their helmets. I feel like Brant.
State was off this weekend so no disappointment or joy to be had in the land.
Quote from: airboy on November 13, 2016, 11:25:54 AM
Worst football weekend ever. Auburn got beat. UNC lost to pure evil that had Satan on their helmets. I feel like Brant.
Not entirely - my guys actually won! :)
Of course, we're going to have to beat UNC just to get bowl eligible, so not likely
Quote from: mirth on November 13, 2016, 09:39:08 AM
This was an interesting read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/sports/football/nfl-tv-ratings-shorter-games-fewer-commercials.html
I'm all for shorter games and fewer ads. A decent on field product would be nice too.
Replacing Goodell with someone who actually gives a damn about more than just the league's precious image wouldn't hurt either. (And as long as I'm dreaming, I'd like my own pet dragon.) He comes off as so two-dimensionally villainous that at any moment I expect him to grow a vaudevillian mustache and begin twirling it.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 13, 2016, 12:17:17 PM
Quote from: airboy on November 13, 2016, 11:25:54 AM
Worst football weekend ever. Auburn got beat. UNC lost to pure evil that had Satan on their helmets. I feel like Brant.
Not entirely - my guys actually won! :)
Of course, we're going to have to beat UNC just to get bowl eligible, so not likely
Not speaking about you for Saturday, but for 2016.
Quote from: airboy on November 13, 2016, 04:02:21 PMNot speaking about you for Saturday, but for 2016.
fair 'nuff... but y'all have made way more strides in a shorter time than Doeren has with his team.
Part of it is the side of the conference you're on. I doubt you'd be rolling to 1-loss records with FSU, Clemson, and Louisville on your side of the conference, but you probably wouldn't be losing to BC either.
Great day in Big 12 football. The Cats put the beat down on Baylor. And freaking Kansas won their first conference game of the year by beating Texas. BAHAHAHA! This loss has to seal Charlie Strong's fate in Texas. It'll be a miracle if he is still coaching the longhorns next season. That's what Texas gets for screwing up the conference expanding this season. Prigs.
Rumor is that Strong is gone and that Texas is going to make an all out play for Herman.
Nothing Texas does would surprise me.
Quote from: OJsDad on November 19, 2016, 08:45:56 PM
Rumor is that Strong is gone and that Texas is going to make an all out play for Herman.
I heard the same thing, too.
From ESPN. The 'Coaching Carousel' could be very interesting at the end of the season.
QuoteTexas' administration is receiving "extreme pressure" from prominent boosters to dismiss Charlie Strong and hire Houston coach Tom Herman, sources told ESPN.
Earlier this week, Strong's job was considered safe if the Longhorns (5-6, 3-5 Big 12) won out against Kansas and TCU. However, that all changed when Houston upset No. 5 Louisville on Thursday, sources said.
That was because in October the lure of Herman, always considered Texas' No. 1 target, had dulled with losses to Navy and SMU and near losses to Tulsa and UCF. The SMU loss was extremely troubling to Texas' boosters because it was to a perceived "lesser school" in the state, sources said.
That all changed with Herman improving to 22-3 at Houston by dominating Louisville. After that win, the bidding war for Herman is expected to start "at a minimum of $5.5 million," an industry source said.
Compounding the case against Strong: Saturday's 24-21 overtime loss in Lawrence, Kansas, to the Jayhawks, who had won only two of their last 31 games. It was Kansas' first Big 12 victory since November 2014 and denied Texas a bowl-qualifying win.
Strong, in his third season with the Longhorns, has been on the hot seat all season. He dropped to 16-20 since arriving at Texas, and not even the $10 million buyout he would be due could be enough to keep him from getting fired.
"We just had our opportunities there," Strong said after Saturday's loss. "Not much needed to be said."
Asked what it means for his future, Strong replied: "No idea."
Herman is considered among the leading candidates at Texas and LSU, if Jimbo Fisher remains at Florida State, as well as Oregon, if the Ducks fire Mark Helfrich, sources said. Herman also would be a top target of Florida State, if Fisher left for LSU, a source said.
Another concern of Texas' top boosters is the possibility Texas A&M decides to part ways with Kevin Sumlin for the opportunity to grab Herman, sources said.
"Herman was dead in the water (with Texas) when he lost to SMU (Oct. 22)," a source said. "And now he's hotter than ever."
Herman was Ohio State's offensive coordinator before being named Houston's coach. He's won 22 of 25 games, including all five contests as an underdog against Oklahoma and Louisville this season and Louisville, Navy and Florida State in 2015.
Texas president Greg Fenves and athletic director Mike Perrin have been consistent and very outspoken about their support of Strong. In October, sources told ESPN that Strong would not be fired in-season and be allowed to complete the season.
Perrin declined to speak with reporters after the game, looking away when he approached them. Strong's wife, Victoria, was crying outside the Longhorns' locker room.
Why the hell would Fisher leave Florida for Louisiana? Seriously. Why? Unless he loves him some crayfish or something.
I cannot figure that out either Bison. He's from WV and went to college at Samford. From what I can tell, he doesn't have any ties to LSU, except he was OC/QB at LSU for 6 yrs, but I don't think that would be enough to make him leave Florida for LSU.
Brant may have better insight as to why everyone thinks he'll go there.
YES! ND lost!
Word is Fisher's family loved living in Baton Rouge and Fisher was overawed by the fan support, even on bad days. He doesn't have to recruit against anyone else in the state and can raid Mississippi and Arkansas with impunity. Go back to winning double digits and you raid Texas too
Florida isn't a bad place to recruit. Even with Miami and Florida in state.
Quote from: OJsDad on November 19, 2016, 09:40:56 PM
YES! ND lost!
I think ND is the Dallas Cowboys of college football. You just love to hate them. :tickedoff:
Quote from: MetalDog on November 20, 2016, 12:04:24 AM
Florida isn't a bad place to recruit. Even with Miami and Florida in state.
You're fighting 2 other top programs for recruits, plus everyone else trying to raid Florida, like 'Bama, Georgia, and most of the Big 10.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 19, 2016, 10:19:43 PM
Word is Fisher's family loved living in Baton Rouge
He and his wife are divorcing, I wonder if that will play into this at all?
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/ben-roethlisberger-has-as-many-wins-in-cleveland-as-any-browns-qb-since-1999-112016
QuoteWith a victory on Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger moved to 10-2 lifetime in Cleveland. No Browns quarterback has more than 10 wins in Cleveland over the same span. Let that sink in. Ben Roethlisberger, who plays in Pittsburgh and visits Cleveland once per season, has as many wins in the city as any quarterback who's played for the modern iteration of the Browns (they were a 1999 expansion team). Derek Anderson, one of the Browns' 26 starting quarterbacks over that span, also has 10 wins. No one else hit double digits. (Stat via Elias.)
even better?
QuoteOnly two Cleveland quarterbacks have started more games in Cleveland since 1999 as Roethlisberger (Tim Couch and Anderson).
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 20, 2016, 10:37:32 PM
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/ben-roethlisberger-has-as-many-wins-in-cleveland-as-any-browns-qb-since-1999-112016
QuoteWith a victory on Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger moved to 10-2 lifetime in Cleveland. No Browns quarterback has more than 10 wins in Cleveland over the same span. Let that sink in. Ben Roethlisberger, who plays in Pittsburgh and visits Cleveland once per season, has as many wins in the city as any quarterback who's played for the modern iteration of the Browns (they were a 1999 expansion team). Derek Anderson, one of the Browns' 26 starting quarterbacks over that span, also has 10 wins. No one else hit double digits. (Stat via Elias.)
even better?
QuoteOnly two Cleveland quarterbacks have started more games in Cleveland since 1999 as Roethlisberger (Tim Couch and Anderson).
Egads, those are some painful stats.
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The Vikings continue their downward spiral.
Quote from: mirth on November 24, 2016, 04:03:53 PM
The Vikings continue their downward spiral.
And in other news, water is wet.
That's actually bigger news.
Looks like Tommy H might be leaving Houston for LSU, per Schlabach over at ESPN
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18130558/lsu-tigers-reportedly-close-deal-houston-cougars-coach-tom-herman
ESPN is reporting that LSU is close to a deal with Herman.
I'm going on record now. Herman is overrated, but LSU and Texas deserve the bitter tears.
I think LSU should be paying Jimbo Fisher whatever he wants. You know he can win, at the highest level, and he's run a major program already. You don't know if Herman can coach as the head man that level
Dave Doeren was coaching for his job today. He might have saved it. Still, if Charlie Strong ends up available, NC St would be stupid not to at least ask what he would want to come to Raleigh
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 25, 2016, 03:39:18 PM
Dave Doeren was coaching for his job today. He might have saved it. Still, if Charlie Strong ends up available, NC St would be stupid not to at least ask what he would want to come to Raleigh
For whatever reason UNC flamed out at the end of the season. I'm still angry about the Dook game.
Quote from: Martok on November 24, 2016, 08:15:52 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 24, 2016, 04:03:53 PM
The Vikings continue their downward spiral.
And in other news, water is wet.
Pretty much the type season I expect them to have every year.
Quote from: Bison on November 26, 2016, 01:06:30 AM
Quote from: Martok on November 24, 2016, 08:15:52 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 24, 2016, 04:03:53 PM
The Vikings continue their downward spiral.
And in other news, water is wet.
Pretty much the type season I expect them to have every year.
You're wiser than I,
Bison. Every now and then, I'm still foolish enough to allow myself a tiny shred of hope/optimism. I know better, but I can't seem to help myself sometimes. :-[
Never a good sign when this happens
http://www.gopack.com/news/2016/11/26/statement-on-leadership-of-football-program.aspx
meanwhile, looks like Coach O is staying at LSU
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/lsu-football/breaking-lsu-officially-hires-ed-orgeron-as-head-coach/67228468/
Did I hear that Fisher turned down $5 mill a year for the LSU job, or was that a rumor?
Quote from: Bison on November 24, 2016, 09:24:41 PM
I'm going on record now. Herman is overrated, but LSU and Texas deserve the bitter tears.
I think it's too early to tell for sure.
What's amazing, is why AD's jump at the 1 or 2 year HC that does great, then wonder why it doesn't work after just 2 years.
Quote from: OJsDad on November 26, 2016, 10:18:19 AM
Did I hear that Fisher turned down $5 mill a year for the LSU job, or was that a rumor?
apparently he wanted $6.5/yr for 10 years. LSU was fine w/ the $6.5, it was the 10 years they balked at.
Thanks Brant.
Texas has just fired Strong.
Quote from: OJsDad on November 26, 2016, 10:36:05 AMTexas has just fired Strong.
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WOW!!! What a game for Ohio State and Michigan!!!!!
Watching live, I wasn't sure that Barrett made the first down.
I checked twice: The Pit 76, Syracuse 61 score was not basketball.
Also, what happened to Louisville? Getting beat by Kentucky?
THANK GOD! -- Trump used one of his remaining monkey paw fingers on Vanderbuilt, creating a basketball-like crushing score where Vandy traveled over 600 yards against UTKnoxville to end the season in this new alternate universe. I mean, at least he wasted a finger on something relatively trivial.
...
.........
... I have to try to find the bright side of this somehow. :hide:
Quote from: JasonPratt on November 26, 2016, 11:27:11 PM
THANK GOD! -- Trump used one of his remaining monkey paw fingers on Vanderbuilt, creating a basketball-like crushing score where Vandy traveled over 600 yards against UTKnoxville to end the season in this new alternate universe. I mean, at least he wasted a finger on something relatively trivial.
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... I have to try to find the bright side of this somehow. :hide:
The "bright side" is that Tennessee finished #2 in the SEC East with a 4-4 conference record. Hope that cheered you up!
>:D
Alabama had 6 turnovers against Auburn and still won by 18. I wonder if Auburn had been able to play a healthy Stan White if Auburn could have won given all of the Bama miscues.
At least Dook lost.
Cats did what Texas couldn't do...beat Kansas. :D
The Browns do not belong in the National Football League.
You're really gunning for the "Captain Obvious" title this week, I see. :P
Perhaps you did not notice, I am already an Admiral.
I like how Sean Payton made it a point to run it up on Gregg Williams' defense today
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Hehe.
Quote from: airboy on November 27, 2016, 12:18:55 AM
The "bright side" is that Tennessee finished #2 in the SEC East with a 4-4 conference record. Hope that cheered you up!
>:D
Actually, under normal circumstances I'd be like, "yeah the SEC is the
bestest conference and so
VERY bestest that we pound each other like drums, so even the second best teams have a bunch of SEC losses!"
This year, I just realized I typed an X instead of a C for the second acronym by accident and it didn't make any difference. :buck2:
With the exception of 'Bama, if things go as planned and the Tide beat the Gators in the SEC Championship game, there will be no SEC team with LESS than 4 losses. A down year for the conference as evidenced by the Big (we used to be Ten and then we added more teams but didn't change the name of our conference but we DID change the name of our divisions to something REALLY stupid and then changed them back to directions like everyone else with brains in their heads) 10 having 4 teams in the top 8.
Quote from: MetalDog on November 28, 2016, 07:05:46 PM
With the exception of 'Bama, if things go as planned and the Tide beat the Gators in the SEC Championship game, there will be no SEC team with LESS than 4 losses. A down year for the conference as evidenced by the Big (we used to be Ten and then we added more teams but didn't change the name of our conference but we DID change the name of our divisions to something REALLY stupid and then changed them back to directions like everyone else with brains in their heads) 10 having 4 teams in the top 8.
At least Auburns Men's Basketball team is much better this year. And we also have a 5 star 6'11" recruit coming in next year. Basketball is the most important sport anyway (says the UNC alum).
Quote from: airboy on November 28, 2016, 09:45:47 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on November 28, 2016, 07:05:46 PM
With the exception of 'Bama, if things go as planned and the Tide beat the Gators in the SEC Championship game, there will be no SEC team with LESS than 4 losses. A down year for the conference as evidenced by the Big (we used to be Ten and then we added more teams but didn't change the name of our conference but we DID change the name of our divisions to something REALLY stupid and then changed them back to directions like everyone else with brains in their heads) 10 having 4 teams in the top 8.
At least Auburns Men's Basketball team is much better this year. And we also have a 5 star 6'11" recruit coming in next year. Basketball is the most important sport anyway (says the UNC alum).
And the Tide keeps finding ways to lose games. Bad 3 point shooting and missing Free Throws. Anthony Grant still coaching this team?!
Helfrich is out at Oregon.
Last time I looked (and first time I've checked all season), the freakin' Texans were 6-3. So of course it follows they're 6-5 now. But at the top of a division. A division that is 13-21. :buck2:
Wake me up when this season is over.
Quote from: Martok on November 30, 2016, 12:34:20 PM
Wake me up when this season is over.
It more or less is for your team.
Quote from: mirth on November 30, 2016, 12:56:16 PM
Quote from: Martok on November 30, 2016, 12:34:20 PM
Wake me up when this season is over.
It more or less is for your team.
Don't I know it. Am not looking forward to watching my Viqueens get smacked around by the always-reviled, never-sufficiently-to-be-damned Cowboys tomorrow evening. All I want for my birthday is for the poor bastards to somehow pull off a win, but it ain't gonna happen. :(
Dak has to lose eventually.
Quote from: mirth on November 30, 2016, 02:02:56 PM
Dak has to lose eventually.
Yes, but not to a team with virtually its entire offense gutted by injuries. I suppose it's theoretically possible that our defense and/or special teams somehow carries the day (like they did earlier in the season), but I just don't see it happening this time around.
Hey, at least your not a Browns fan Martok.
Is anyone a Browns fan at this point?
Quote from: OJsDad on November 30, 2016, 04:31:43 PM
Hey, at least your not a Browns fan Martok.
To quote a famous loser..."What difference at this point does it make?"
Quote from: Bison on November 30, 2016, 05:28:31 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on November 30, 2016, 04:31:43 PM
Hey, at least your not a Browns fan Martok.
To quote a famous loser..."What difference at this point does it make?"
I dunno. The Browns are pretty much a step down from any other team.
They do have those fabulous brown helmets going for them.
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Joe McKnight was shot yesterday in a New Orleans suburb. He was a major recruiting score for Pete Carroll back at Southern Cal, leaving New Orleans to play in LA, but never really living up to the hype in the pros.
Apparently it was some form of road rage gone wrong, and McKnight was shot by another driver, and right now, early reports are it doesn't look good for the other driver. He's in sheep dit.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18182683/joe-mcknight-former-usc-trojans-new-york-jets-rb-killed-louisiana
One of the most interesting pieces of the article was
QuoteAs a 12-year-old USC fan in 2009 who was faced with losing his eyesight to cancer, Jake Olson was befriended by McKnight. Olson, whose courageous battle inspired the Trojans team that fall, is USC's long snapper this season as a redshirt freshman.
which I thought was exceedingly cool
Well, Ohio State made it into the playoffs, along with Alabama, Washington, and Clemson. I'm still opposed to a team making the playoffs that don't win their conference nor their division. For whatever reason, the committee thought they should have been in this year.
I wonder with the poor showing that Sparty had last year, kept Penn State from making the playoffs this year, or if the committed was just hungry for another Alabama vs OSU matchup again.
I think that the overall resume for Penn St wasn't as good as Ohio St.
Ohio St's signature out-of-conference game was a big win at OU. Penn St's signature out-of-conference game was a whiff against Pitt.
Head-to-head and conference championships (apparently) only matter if the teams are otherwise comparable. I think Ohio St was far enough ahead of Penn St that the 'tiebreakers' weren't needed.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 04, 2016, 06:10:41 PM
Head-to-head and conference championships (apparently) only matter if the teams are otherwise comparable. I think Ohio St was far enough ahead of Penn St that the 'tiebreakers' weren't needed.
This makes the most sense.
The Big 12 is scratching it's head and asking WTF committee. But don't think there's a set formula that the committee has or wants. I think they want to select whom they think are the 4 best teams. I think some years it's going to be easier than others.
Well to be fair the Big XII didn't have a team worthy of consideration this year and continues to allow Texas to jack up expansion. They need a couple of more schools and have a championship game.
It shouldn't matter if OSU was "deemed" a better team or not. The fact is PSU won the conference title and beat OSU. OSU should have won against PSU, but didn't. They didn't play in their own conference's championship game as a result of that loss.
If conference titles are meaningless, I'm not sure why we have them. It's frankly a reason to shorten the regular season and have an actual playoff like the FCS. Then the committee can do the right thing and let the conference champion in and teams they deem as better.
I think Bowlesby's questions are valid, but people are going to see it as "he's whining that OU didn't get in".
I don't think that's what he's doing. I think he's trying to understand what's going on, and he's asked some valid questions to help his teams plan future schedules
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 04, 2016, 06:47:59 PM
I think Bowlesby's questions are valid, but people are going to see it as "he's whining that OU didn't get in".
I don't think that's what he's doing. I think he's trying to understand what's going on, and he's asked some valid questions to help his teams plan future schedules
I don't think he's whining that OU didn't make. I think he's still pissed that Baylor didn't make it in 2014.
But that what I meant earlier. I don't think there's a set formula that the committee is using. I think they're using different matrixes as guides. At the end, they're wanting the four best teams playing. Though I'm not sure that Michigan isn't better than OSU, even though the Buckeye beat them last week.
Of course, I'm also wondering if the SEC want's Alabama to get another crack at Urban and the Buckeyes after the 2014 game.
And course, there's some money issues involved in all of this.
The 4 team playoff is a business agreement by the Power 5 conferences. From the beginning, they knew one of their number wouldn't get in every year. And it's my understanding that head to head and conference championships are only tie breakers in cases of comparable teams. By placing OSU at 2 through the last few polls, they announced their intentions to leave PSU out, even if they won. Unfair, absolutely, but, within the committee's purview.
And the Big XII is going to have a conference championship starting next year.
The problem with the Big XII is that many of the teams have weak out of conference schedules. They play a couple of games against FCS teams rather than more stout competition. However, I'd read somewhere that the Big XII committee has made it a point that no more than one FCS game is allow and that all teams increase one game against a power 5 conference.
Quote from: Bison on December 05, 2016, 11:12:28 AMHowever, I'd read somewhere that the Big XII committee has made it a point that no more than one FCS game is allow and that all teams increase one game against a power 5 conference.
They're moving everyone to that, but b/c a lot of schedules are already set up years in advance, they gave everyone until 2020 or something to get their schedules in gear.
The ACC has pushed folks generally into that direction, but we've also got the schedule deal w/ Notre Dame now, where they play 5 ACC games each season, so getting that "big" team is a little easier for us
Yeah having that Notre Dame deal is nice. I'd really like to just see a Big XII expansion too. However, that is at this point a few years off unless some schools (read Texas) change their opposition.
Houston, Memphis, Cincy, and you've not got your recruiting grounds expanded into some fertile SEC & Big 10/14/whatever territory
I'd like to see BYU considered too. They have a rabid fanbase and have had some pretty good teams across different sports in the past.
Here's what I'd like to see, the Power 5 coming to consensus on 64 teams and then dividing into 4 conferences of two 8 team divisions. At the end of the year, the four Conference Championship games would determine who plays in the 4 team playoff. Easy squeezy.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2016, 08:02:41 PM
Here's what I'd like to see, the Power 5 coming to consensus on 64 teams and then dividing into 4 conferences of two 8 team divisions. At the end of the year, the four Conference Championship games would determine who plays in the 4 team playoff. Easy squeezy.
Not a bad plan, but politics of telling some schools you don't make the cut would be a deal breaker. Frankly many of the FBS level teams would be better served competing in a lower division.1
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2016, 08:02:41 PM
Here's what I'd like to see, the Power 5 coming to consensus on 64 teams and then dividing into 4 conferences of two 8 team divisions. At the end of the year, the four Conference Championship games would determine who plays in the 4 team playoff. Easy squeezy.
The only way that happens is if the Big XII implodes, and if they do, it's b/c Texas are too big for their britches. If that happens, it's entirely likely no one wants to take Texas and they up as an independent w/ BYU
Remember that it's not all about football, either. The ACC isn't going to break up the basketball, baseball, or soccer leagues no matter what kind of money gets thrown at football for them.
That's the funny thing about money, you have enough of it, you can get almost anyone to agree to almost anything. And I'm not asking for anything radical. Yes, the 12 would have to go, but, you take some into the 10 and some into the Pac 12. Add a couple to the ACC and SEC and make things geographically make sense. Yeah, YOU won't like it, but twenty years from now, the next generation will praise your foresight.
@Bison: you already have FBS teams not making the playoffs and bitching. It's what I said upthread, the Power 5 KNEW that one of their number would always be left out. And if you make the 4 super conferences, cap it at 64. Every other NCAA school will be a level below.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2016, 08:45:12 PM
And if you make the 4 super conferences, cap it at 64. Every other NCAA school will be a level below.
1. There's probably not more than 30 teams that ever going to be relevant.
2. You can use relegation like in English soccer to determine who's in the top 64.
This would only have apply to football. All other sports can stay the same with the conferences they're in.
The 64 nod is to keeping the dregs of each conference, the Cal's, Purdue's, most of the Big 12, Vanderbilt's, Wake Forest's, etc. in the mix. I have no problem with relegation. I'd really like that, actually.
I'm not apposed to 64 teams. Didn't mean to imply that.
Not at all. I'd really like to see them keep the conference names. Maybe with a little modification: Pacific Conference, Midwest Conference, Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Conference. And the cynical amongst you might point out that the only conference name I kept was my SEC, but, two already had geographic identifiers and what else can you call the Big 10/Big 12 mashup? The Big 16?
Quote from: MetalDog on December 05, 2016, 08:45:12 PM
@Bison: you already have FBS teams not making the playoffs and bitching. It's what I said upthread, the Power 5 KNEW that one of their number would always be left out. And if you make the 4 super conferences, cap it at 64. Every other NCAA school will be a level below.
I was actually referring to the fact that someone would have to tell schools like Ohio, Toledo, Central Florida that they did not make the cut for the new FBS divisions not being left out of playoff consideration. I don't think the schools, administration, or fans would appreciate the down grade.
I do think that the NCAA needs to look at regional realignment of conferences. I don't think super conferences are any better or worse than smaller regionally aligned conferences.
Ohio, Toledo, Central Florida, et al, got automatic downgrades when the Power 5 made their deal. They are still FBS, but, they mean less than nothing to the Championship chase. I understand what you're getting at, they don't want to be told they are Division II or III, but for all intents and purposes they are that now as they don't belong to a Power 5 Conference. And if you make the 16 team super conferences two divisions of 8, aligned geographically, you could promote each division as its own regional "conference." Keep interest up and narrow focus.
I think the issue is simply money. The bowl system is a revenue stream that I'm pretty sure the Division II playoff system doesn't even compare too. So its most likely more financially advantage for Toledo to play in the Idaho Potato Bowl than advancing to a semi-final or final game in DII.
well, this doesn't look good for Liberty
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/sports/ncaafootball/baylor-liberty-university-sexual-assaults.html
Keith Jackson. Brent Musburger. Verne Lundquist. College football has been blessed with some great voices. Although, Verne has stuck around maybe a season or two too long. I'm embarrassed for him nowadays when he repeatedly makes mistakes in his calls. He will definitely be missed. I think I remember hearing that he will still call Augusta.
He's respected enough that ESPN had him on College Game Day this fall as a guest game picker.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 07, 2016, 08:56:57 PMI think I remember hearing that he will still call Augusta.
he's still doing Augusta and some NCAA tournament games.
he's also calling Army-Navy this week, which will be his last football game.
Wow, Houston hired/promoted Applewhite to head coach over hiring Kippen. Especially when Kippen thought the job was his.
Applewhite has waaaaaaaaay more Texas connections than Kiffin does.
Hell, if Mack Brown had been more enamored or Applewhite's ability than Simms's name, he might've had another nat'l title or two
I'm glad to see Applewhite get a shot. I've never been sold on Kiffin and Applewhite does indeed have the Texas bloodlines.
Side note: back in high school in Baton Rouge, Applewhite was the QB of the scout team his freshman year, handing off to future NFL RB Travis Minor, and throwing to TE Will Stirling, my cousin. The reason Minor wasn't starting was he was stuck behind Warwick Dunn
As long as nobody confuses Marshall with Major.
I like the Applewhite promotion too.
Quote from: Steelgrave on December 09, 2016, 03:08:56 PM
I'm glad to see Applewhite get a shot. I've never been sold on Kiffin and Applewhite does indeed have the Texas bloodlines.
As much as I admired and respected his daddy, I loathe the son. I was totally against his becoming OC at 'Bama. But, you gotta give it to him. He knows what to do with talent. He may be the play caller for threepeat National Champions.
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Ohio State DC Fickell is Cincinnati's new head coach.
If you watch Army - Navy, you get Verne's last football game
Go Army! For the love of all that is holy, Beat Navy!
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! The Sith won. :hide:
Well, i guess after losing 14 in a row they were bound to win one.
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Victory!
I figured out the wife's surprise gift for the family...she wanted to tell me but I told her no. She ordered some K-State t-shirts off of Amazon, which I thought was weird but figured it was part of whatever she was doing. Then Thursday morning I heard K-State is playing A&M here in Houston in the some-corporate-shill-name bowl, so yep, we're all going to see the game on 12/28. Should be fun, haven't seen K-State play a game live in a long time.
That's awesome BC. It should be an entertaining game.
As long as A&M loses...yep!
Though I think we're definitely going to be in the minority in that stadium...they're mostly going to be A&M supporters. But it's not like we're going into Raiders Stadium wearing the jerseys of the other team. Either way it'll be a good game.
I'm sure there will be more A&M fans, but State put out a pretty big push for bowl ticket packages. I'm sure the Cats will be will represented.
So apparently at the press conference earlier this week, the Giants coach said "With Jason Pierre-Paul out, it's all hands on deck."
What, you guys aren't going to "put a finger in the dam to stop the flooding"?
"We asked JPP to stick around and give the defensive line coach a hand"?
"There's something wrong on the team, but you can't put your finger on it"?
OK, now this is totally freaking hilarious
https://twitter.com/captandrewluck?lang=en
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Did I hear the Giants are claiming that the Steelers were using deflated balls in their game last week?
They told the NFL there might have been a problem with the balls. The NFL issued a pretty vague statement and it's being swept under the rug.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/2016/12/buckley_nfl_uses_wordplay_obtuseness_in_quickly_dismissing_deflategate_ii
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 12, 2016, 11:11:52 AM
So apparently at the press conference earlier this week, the Giants coach said "With Jason Pierre-Paul out, it's all hands on deck."
Coaches say the dumbest things sometimes. Is he implying that they were a few players short before he was injured? That the rest of the team didn't give 150%? It's always all hands on deck. Christ they only play 16 games.
Quote from: mirth on December 12, 2016, 01:28:23 PM
They told the NFL there might have been a problem with the balls. The NFL issued a pretty vague statement and it's being swept under the rug.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/2016/12/buckley_nfl_uses_wordplay_obtuseness_in_quickly_dismissing_deflategate_ii
This guy will have a ball problem if he keeps getting hit there! :)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/packers-ol-takes-shot-to-groin-%e2%80%94-again/ar-AAlqUeV?li=BBnba9I
Jeff Fisher just got fired
I saw a report that claimed Harbaugh my be heading for the Rams. I find that hard to believe, but stranger things have happened.
Quote from: OJsDad on December 12, 2016, 03:09:13 PM
I saw a report that claimed Harbaugh my be heading for the Rams. I find that hard to believe, but stranger things have happened.
If he does, it may be after the next
sacrifice coach is done.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 12, 2016, 08:37:35 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on December 12, 2016, 03:09:13 PM
I saw a report that claimed Harbaugh my be heading for the Rams. I find that hard to believe, but stranger things have happened.
If he does, it may be after the next sacrifice coach is done.
I'd be surprised if Harbaugh left Michigan, but I suppose for enough money a professional team could lure him away from his reported dream job.
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Quote from: MetalDog on December 12, 2016, 08:37:35 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on December 12, 2016, 03:09:13 PM
I saw a report that claimed Harbaugh my be heading for the Rams. I find that hard to believe, but stranger things have happened.
If he does, it may be after the next sacrifice coach is done.
I'd be surprised if Harbaugh left Michigan, but I suppose for enough money a professional team could lure him away from his reported dream job.
I'd be surprised, too,actually. Harbaugh strikes me as the kind of guy who would get off on being an "institution." But let me paint you a picture: Michigan loses more than it wins against Ohio State, gets its head kicked in by 'Bama the one time they
do make the playoff and the loyal press starts to grumble a bit when he verbally slaps them around after some tough losses. All this is contingent on whether the next coach of the Rams and ownership can agree on another new franchise quarterback and beef up the roster at the outside skill positions.
From what I'm hearing, Harbaugh's getting a lot of pressure from the boosters. I think that pressure has more to do with not beating OSU than anything else, especially this year, when I think he had the best team on the field during the OSU game and that lose cost them a shot at the national championship.
Quote from: OJsDad on December 13, 2016, 08:01:49 AMFrom what I'm hearing, Harbaugh's getting a lot of pressure from the boosters. I think that pressure has more to do with not beating OSU than anything else, especially this year, when I think he had the best team on the field during the OSU game and that lose cost them a shot at the national championship.
Michigan are idiots if they run him away.
I can see
him being pissed about the playoff, or officiating, or anything else, but the boosters?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 12, 2016, 11:29:45 AM
OK, now this if totally freaking hilarious
https://twitter.com/captandrewluck?lang=en
Ha, absolutely wonderful! The videos to the tune of "Ashokan Fairwell" are a nice touch. ;D
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 13, 2016, 09:08:56 AM
Michigan are idiots if they run him away.
I cannot disagree with you on this.
https://theringer.com/the-best-college-football-players-not-named-lamar-jackson-757784c8e3a2#.9ouhho1ts
The part about John Ross was hilarious
"Great play by Browning"
The Johnathan Allen segment to the Superman theme was funny, too
"He was the best player on the best team in college football. That normally wins you the Heisman, but defense is confusing."
I watched Allen launch himself live. It was crazy when I saw it and got crazier after they replayed it. He should be special at the next level, too.
best hashtag I've seen in a while?
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WakeyLeaks?src=hash
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Any chance the Browns will change their name and rebrand themselves?
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8 straight division championships. Now if we can just clone Tom Brady...
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for B_C
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St Louis TV station graphics on the Rams press conference announcing the firing of Jeff Fisher
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interesting note about Gus Bradley's firing
why to watch (almost)* all the bowl games.
https://theringer.com/39-reasons-to-watch-39-bowl-games-e101b7c9e319#.i78rhwok7
* note the comment on Maryland vs BC
This is a fantastic movie:
I didn't even realize it was out there. Brandon Burlsworth's story is a must-watch for any college/pro football fan. I think it leaves 'Rudy' far, far in the dust.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 19, 2016, 06:25:13 AM
for B_C
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Yeah, :P
The Texans are going to get blasted on Saturday.
Its a Christmas Miracle!!! The Browns won!
so do the '08 Lions break out champagne when the last winless team finally gets a victory?
So far the Texans-Bengals game is a snooze fest.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 24, 2016, 04:52:57 PM
so do the '08 Lions break out champagne when the last winless team finally gets a victory?
Ha!
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on December 24, 2016, 09:11:34 PM
So far the Texans-Bengals game is a snooze fest.
You expected anything different? They're putting everyone to sleep on Santa's behalf!
WHOA IT'S 3 to 3 HOLY $*#*$**
yeah I'm not watching that shite.
The Hawaii Bowl is on ESPN right now
UH vs MTSU
in case no one noticed, Rex Ryan got fired
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 28, 2016, 07:56:23 AM
in case no one noticed, Rex Ryan got fired
Rob too. And Tyrod Taylor may have started his last game in Buffalo.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/rex-and-rob-ryan-relieved-of-duties-anthony-lynn-becomes-bills-interim-coach-164219683.html (https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/rex-and-rob-ryan-relieved-of-duties-anthony-lynn-becomes-bills-interim-coach-164219683.html)
Well that wraps up the season and the only bowl game worth watching this year.
Quote from: Bison on December 29, 2016, 12:51:56 AM
Well that wraps up the season and the only bowl game worth watching this year.
That game was flippin' GREAT!
We walked all the way the hell up to the top sections of NRG Stadium when some guys came up to us and said 'hey, can we upgrade your tickets courtesy of K-State?' We were in the nosebleeds but they gave us five tickets for free for a section just above the lower bowl. And front row in the section, too, which was awesome; I've never sat in a front row seat before at a football game. SO nice to not have people in front of us.
The game was terrific entertainment. I thought it would be a blowout either way, but it went right down to the wire. O0
Some day you'll have to let the wife relive Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Nothing better than 50,000 K-State fans rocking the fight song and wabash cannonball.
Banzai- Cat - excellent seat upgrade! :bd:
Brant - NCSU beat Vandy. Why no comment?
So far the ACC is doing pretty well.
Quote from: Bison on December 29, 2016, 11:23:53 AM
Some day you'll have to let the wife relive Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Nothing better than 50,000 K-State fans rocking the fight song and wabash cannonball.
My wife saw plenty of games in Manhattan - she went to K-State. Graduated in '88, I think.
Quote from: airboy on December 29, 2016, 12:37:02 PM
Brant - NCSU beat Vandy. Why no comment?
I'm still drunk
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on December 29, 2016, 03:37:02 PM
Quote from: Bison on December 29, 2016, 11:23:53 AM
Some day you'll have to let the wife relive Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Nothing better than 50,000 K-State fans rocking the fight song and wabash cannonball.
My wife saw plenty of games in Manhattan - she went to K-State. Graduated in '88, I think.
That was like 30 years ago. Sounds to me like you owe her a vacation game.
They both went into the game 6-6. One came out with a winning record; the other did not :)
Quote from: Bison on December 29, 2016, 04:24:51 PM
That was like 30 years ago. Sounds to me like you owe her a vacation game.
Oh, she's been a few times over the years. She has friends that still live there.
I haven't seen a K-State game since Martin Grammatica kicked for them.
Y'all missed a serious comeback in the ARK-VT game.
If you'd turned it off at halftime you thought ARK was running away with it.
At one point early in the third quarter, VT had forced 3 turnovers in 10 plays and turned them into 21 points before going on to win 35-24 in a game that wasn't even that close.
from the ESPN wrap-up of it
QuoteOver the past 10 seasons, teams were 3-902 when trailing by at least 24 points. Arkansas, meanwhile, is just 21-8 since 2013 when leading at intermission, which ranks 104th in FBS.
Earlier this season, Virginia Tech (10-4) came back from a 17-0 deficit to beat Notre Dame. It nearly overcame a two-touchdown deficit in the ACC championship game against Clemson. The last time the Hokies were shut out at halftime in a bowl game, they came back to win, too.
Thursday's 24-point comeback victory is the third-largest of the 2016 season and largest in Hokies history.
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Washington, but I think they've been way overrated all season. Hopefully it won't be a huge blowout. And I'll be cheering on Clemson, because I don't think OSU deserved to be picked over the actual conference champion. And no I don't care if they are the "better" team. They should have won both against Penn State and the Big 10 championship. They didn't and the NCAA undermined their conferences and championship games in the process of forcing OSU into the playoff.
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I think Washington will give Bama a better game, but Bama will win by no less than two touchdowns. A win by Bama by four or more touchdowns won't surprise me though.
The OSU-Clemson game I think will be a lot closer. I'm thinking less than a single touchdown will decide the game.
Quote from: MetalDog on December 31, 2016, 12:36:54 PM
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
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Quote from: MetalDog on December 31, 2016, 12:36:54 PM
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
Says every fan of teams that can never hope to achieve what Alabama has achieved. That's ok though. Sour grapes from haters is what all the greats have to endure.
Quote from: Bison on December 31, 2016, 12:35:13 PMThey didn't and the NCAA undermined their conferences and championship games in the process of forcing OSU into the playoff.
The NCAA doesn't run the committee. D-IA / FBS football is the one 'championship' that the NCAA doesn't run.
The rest of the point is still mostly valid, though.
Of course, last time they let a team that didn't even win their division, much less their conference, into the playoff, the OK State got screwed b/c 'Bama got in and got their undeserved rematch against LSU.
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Quote from: Bison on December 31, 2016, 12:44:00 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on December 31, 2016, 12:36:54 PM
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
Says every fan of teams that can never hope to achieve what Alabama has achieved. That's ok though. Sour grapes from haters is what all the greats have to endure.
And some people are championship bandwagoneers, but we all have our reasons. :P
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 31, 2016, 01:04:58 PM
Quote from: Bison on December 31, 2016, 12:35:13 PMThey didn't and the NCAA undermined their conferences and championship games in the process of forcing OSU into the playoff.
The NCAA doesn't run the committee. D-IA / FBS football is the one 'championship' that the NCAA doesn't run.
The rest of the point is still mostly valid, though.
Of course, last time they let a team that didn't even win their division, much less their conference, into the playoff, the OK State got screwed b/c 'Bama got in and got their undeserved rematch against LSU.
Which I guess is really my point, why would the NCAA undermine their own product?
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I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
Says every fan of teams that can never hope to achieve what Alabama has achieved. That's ok though. Sour grapes from haters is what all the greats have to endure.
And some people are championship bandwagoneers, but we all have our reasons. :P
If by "bandwagoneers," you mean, "fan since I was born," then, you are spot on! :bd:
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Quote from: MetalDog on December 31, 2016, 12:36:54 PM
I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
Says every fan of teams that can never hope to achieve what Alabama has achieved. That's ok though. Sour grapes from haters is what all the greats have to endure.
And some people are championship bandwagoneers, but we all have our reasons. :P
If by "bandwagoneers," you mean, "fan since I was born," then, you are spot on! :bd:
No one from Connecticut is raised a 'bama fan!
MD, let hate and be jealous all day long while you bask in the glory of those national championships that they'll never have!
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I'm going to watch the Washington and Alabama game. I'll be pulling for Alabama, but I think they've been way underrated all season. Hopefully it will be a huge blowout.
I'm hoping 2016 ends in a flood of Alabama fan tears.
Says every fan of teams that can never hope to achieve what Alabama has achieved. That's ok though. Sour grapes from haters is what all the greats have to endure.
And some people are championship bandwagoneers, but we all have our reasons. :P
If by "bandwagoneers," you mean, "fan since I was born," then, you are spot on! :bd:
No one from Connecticut is raised a 'bama fan!
They are if their Paw Paw is from there ;)
Quote from: OJsDad on December 31, 2016, 02:13:01 PM
MD, let hate and be jealous all day long while you bask in the glory of those national championships that they'll never have!
QFT and HELL'S YEAH!!
Bama's D is the difference in the game so far, accounting for 10 points. But, Washington D is stifling Bama O. Lets see who makes the needed adjustments at half.
Great job by both bands for Nation Anthem!
Quote from: OJsDad on December 31, 2016, 04:49:44 PM
But, Washington D is stifling Bama O.
Not so much, apparently. ;D
Washington's defense was surprisingly good, but their vaunted offense not so much. Great game by the Rolling Elephant defense.
That was the most embarrassed I've ever been of the buckeye s.
They were not...uh...good at all.
QuoteIt was the first time Ohio State had been shut out since 1993 (vs. Michigan), the first time Urban Meyer had been shutout in his head coaching career, and the first time Ohio State had been shutout in a bowl game since Woodrow Wilson was president.
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What a forth quarter collapse by Penn State.
that was a hell of a game
Fuck Penn State.
Times infinity!
So much anger!
Deservedly so in Penn State's case.
I like James Franklin and I loathe USC. Hence, fuck Penn State.
I hate pedophiles. Hence, fuck Penn State.
Metaldog - Did you go to UA? Or has your family just pulled for them?
The only Bama fans I hate in Alabama are almost 100% those who did not go there.
(MD - you are not one of those).
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I hate pedophiles. Hence, fuck Penn State.
I do too, but the kids on field had nothing to do with Sandusky.
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I hate pedophiles. Hence, fuck Penn State.
I do too, but the kids on field had nothing to do with Sandusky.
Not arguing that point, but it's as valid a reason as any to hate a school.
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Quote from: mirth on January 02, 2017, 09:49:19 PM
I hate pedophiles. Hence, fuck Penn State.
I do too, but the kids on field had nothing to do with Sandusky.
Not arguing that point, but it's as valid a reason as any to hate a school.
Fair enough
one of my old Army colleagues has 2 daughters in college. One is in the 'Bama band, the other is in Ohio State's.
One is much happier this week than the other
Quote from: airboy on January 02, 2017, 09:53:14 PM
Metaldog - Did you go to UA? Or has your family just pulled for them?
The only Bama fans I hate in Alabama are almost 100% those who did not go there.
(MD - you are not one of those).
My grandfather attended back in the late 30's. Never finished. Much to his sorrow. I grew up pulling for them north of the Mason-Dixon. Nowhere near as hard as now. And he always pulled for Auburn. Unless it was the Iron Bowl. Tennessee is the traditional rival/hate in my rooting interest.
Brent Musberger just got *very* verbally forceful about his "support" for Mixon and Stoops giving him a second chance
Yeah I'm all for second chances, but if you watch the video of Mixon punching the girl it certainly begs the question of what if he weren't Mixon would have happened to him.
Quote from: Bison on January 03, 2017, 07:17:26 PM
Yeah I'm all for second chances, but if you watch the video of Mixon punching the girl it certainly begs the question of what if he weren't Mixon would have happened to him.
Mixon or not, if the video had come out 2 years ago, he'd be gone.
My understanding is that the video was "seen" by authorities and you'd think school officials. The video was released recently by Mixon's lawyers because the media had requested and gained access to it. So it was some sort of preemptive control of the narrative. I think if he had been any other kid your right.
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After going 9-4 and winning their bowl game against Washington State, Minnesota has fired their coach.
well yeah, because they had a player revolt, a coach who publicly supported them against the administration, and then a very public walkback from a potential bowl game boycott...
Beat me to it, Brant.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 04, 2017, 10:27:01 PM
well yeah, because they had a player revolt, a coach who publicly supported them against the administration, and then a very public walkback from a potential bowl game boycott...
Yep, coach supported his players when getting screwed over by the university. Shame on him.
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 04, 2017, 10:27:01 PM
well yeah, because they had a player revolt, a coach who publicly supported them against the administration, and then a very public walkback from a potential bowl game boycott...
Yep, coach supported his players when getting screwed over by the university. Shame on him.
I'm not saying he was wrong. I'm saying that when you publicly side with the players against your boss, you don't keep your job long
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 04, 2017, 10:27:01 PM
well yeah, because they had a player revolt, a coach who publicly supported them against the administration, and then a very public walkback from a potential bowl game boycott...
Yep, coach supported his players when getting screwed over by the university. Shame on him.
The University was placed in this position by Obama. Obama's Administration ordered universities to set up kangaroo courts on anything dealing with sex. Instead of letting the police handle crimes, universities were ordered to set up a parallel universe where you cannot provide evidence, cross-examine, have appeals, or much of anything else in our legal system. The accused players were not handled the way Obama wished them to be handled by the courts, so the university nailed them anyway. The players were upset.
Hopefully Trump's administration will tell the universities to handle academic crimes (cheating and whatnot) and tell them to let the police and the courts handle actual crimes again.
Getting back to football, I'm expecting Alabama to beat Clemson again. Alabama's defense has been able to handle everyone all season pretty well. I'm guessing that will be the difference again.
Not real happy about it since I would prefer Clemson to win (I grew up very close to Clemson), but reality intrudes. :hide:
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Getting back to football, I'm expecting Alabama to beat Clemson again. Alabama's defense has been able to handle everyone all season pretty well. I'm guessing that will be the difference again.
Not real happy about it since I would prefer Clemson to win (I grew up very close to Clemson), but reality intrudes. :hide:
While Clemson has been very up and down this year in quality of play, they have a better quarterback. One who has experience against a Saban D. And they lost by 3 last year? I'm not predicting doom, but, I suspect this game will be as close as the last one. And in that case, either side can come out a winner.
Holy crap, the Texans won?
At home against a team that lost their starting quarterback a few weeks ago?
Sure, why not.
Next week at Foxboro against one of the best teams, period? Even with the NFL's number one defense?
Hmm. I'll hope that Brady finally eats sh1t and the Pats go into the ground hard...they're about due. :dreamer:
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 07, 2017, 08:55:47 PM
Holy crap, the Texans won?
Another sign of the apocalypse.
They beat the Raiders. Not exactly the '67 Green Bay Packers. Hope they enjoy it because the Pats are next and Brady's letting air out of his balls right now.
I'm kind of thinking that Clemson will beat the Tide tomorrow night. Alabama been playing shitty in the first halves of their games and their offense did terrible against Washington. Plus Clemson's got the revenge factor going for them. Still, I got to believe Nick will have their asses chewed up to their necks to get them ready. Should be a great one.
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 08, 2017, 10:39:28 PM
I'm kind of thinking that Clemson will beat the Tide tomorrow night. Alabama been playing shitty in the first halves of their games and their offense did terrible against Washington. Plus Clemson's got the revenge factor going for them. Still, I got to believe Nick will have their asses chewed up to their necks to get them ready. Should be a great one.
+1.
Pulling for Clemson this year.
Damn good game tonight.
well... that was about as dramatic as you're gonna get. Congrats to Clemson.
I had 9 guys over for BCS poker tonight in Auburn, AL. Even the big poker losers were very happy! My wife set up the TVs so everyone could see one of the two TVs around the table. I made chili, cornbread muffins, and cookies.
Sounds like a fun night!
Congrats to the Clemson Tigers! From my understanding, a helluva game. Unfortunately, last I knew, it was 24-21 Bama. I fell asleep in my chair listening to the game on the internet ( I cut my cable in the summer and don't have ESPN ).
Sounds like a missed a great second half. Went to bed at half time. Just not enough vested in either team to stay up that late on a work night.
This season, Clemson beat the last 7 national champs.
The game didn't end until 12:20 am and was worth every late-night moment of it. A classic.
Quote from: OJsDad on January 10, 2017, 08:46:38 AM
Sounds like a missed a great second half. Went to bed at half time. Just not enough vested in either team to stay up that late on a work night.
Me, too. I'm glad Clemson won but they needed to do it without me.
Ah the day after a Bama bowl loss in Alabama.
Time to drive down the street and gawk at all the broken flat screens left on the curb.
Quote from: SirAndrewD on January 10, 2017, 06:35:24 PM
Ah the day after a Bama bowl loss in Alabama.
Time to drive down the street and gawk at all the broken flat screens left on the curb.
Not in Auburn.
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Ah the day after a Bama bowl loss in Alabama.
Time to drive down the street and gawk at all the broken flat screens left on the curb.
Not in Auburn.
Don't have to tell me. I'm an Auburn grad. ;)
Was that YOU driving down my street Andrew? You ran-over one of my plastic flamingoes!
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Was that YOU driving down my street Andrew? You ran-over one of my plastic flamingoes!
Probably. If they're the kind that have little red sweaters with an A stenciled on them, I tend to take aim. O:-)
Awwww, that's harsh. I knew Airboy had reason to pull for the wrong side, I didn't know there were two of you. ;)
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Quote from: SirAndrewD on January 10, 2017, 06:35:24 PM
Ah the day after a Bama bowl loss in Alabama.
Time to drive down the street and gawk at all the broken flat screens left on the curb.
Not in Auburn.
Don't have to tell me. I'm an Auburn grad. ;)
War Eagle! :bd:
My flamingoes were non-partisan yard ornaments. You college kids-- don't you EVER grow-up? >:(
Quote from: MetalDog on January 10, 2017, 11:11:19 PM
Awwww, that's harsh. I knew Airboy had reason to pull for the wrong side, I didn't know there were two of you. ;)
We're like bad pennies.
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War Eagle! :bd:
War Eagle!
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 11, 2017, 03:54:14 PM
My flamingoes were non-partisan yard ornaments. You college kids-- don't you EVER grow-up? >:(
Grow up? I genuinely try not to.
I learned when I moved to Alabama in '89 that there was no such thing as being non-partisan here anyway. When I tried to stay "undeclared" and insist I was a pro fan, I was met with outright hostility by Bama fans. Seeing my across the street Alabama fan neighbors set fire to a lawn chair and kick in a TV in the aftermath of my first in state Iron Bowl sort of made me an Auburn fan for life.
Here in Florida it's not so bad. Every time the Gators play we all turn our TV sets to face north towards Gainesville. If they win, we turn them back to whatever direction they were facing before the game. If they lose,..... pretty much the same thing.
Quote from: SirAndrewD on January 11, 2017, 04:57:07 PM
I learned when I moved to Alabama in '89 that there was no such thing as being non-partisan here anyway. When I tried to stay "undeclared" and insist I was a pro fan, I was met with outright hostility by Bama fans. Seeing my across the street Alabama fan neighbors set fire to a lawn chair and kick in a TV in the aftermath of my first in state Iron Bowl sort of made me an Auburn fan for life.
You should troll them all and put Ole Miss signs in their yards.
or LSU
Sounds like we could lose a lot of lawn chairs that way.
or Clemson.
good article about Cowboys' linebacker Sean Lee
https://theringer.com/sean-lee-dallas-cowboys-nfl-playoffs-1535382a0ef9#.oay2htqzg
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 12, 2017, 02:57:22 PM
good article about Cowboys' linebacker Sean Lee
https://theringer.com/sean-lee-dallas-cowboys-nfl-playoffs-1535382a0ef9#.oay2htqzg
Thanks for this. Great article. Always felt if his body could stand up to it that he'd be one of the best LB's in the game. His Finish this Fight playoff video is pretty inspirational as well.
If Jaylon Smith fully recovers from that ghastly injury he had in College, a healthy Lee and Smith could be one of the best line backing duos of all time.
How do you know when your relocation to LA is a bad idea?
When other sports franchises start tolling you on Twitter
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-teams-trolling-the-chargers-20170112-htmlstory.html
^ Tried to read, couldn't because it kept popping up loud, obnoxious ads. Still I get the gist. I didn't know the Chargers moved to LA, too. Now they have two suck ass football teams! <:-)
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 13, 2017, 08:27:20 AM
^ Tried to read, couldn't because it kept popping up loud, obnoxious ads. Still I get the gist. I didn't know the Chargers moved to LA, too. Now they have two suck ass football teams! <:-)
The Chargers move to a city with no fan base for them and a local populace that doesn't want them, and at the same time manage to alienate their prior fan base in the process.
I guess Spanos is counting on the ticket sales in his new stadium coming from traveling visitors.
The NFL is certainly trying their hardest to destroy themselves.
Quote from: SirAndrewD on January 13, 2017, 02:32:54 PMI guess Spanos is counting on the ticket sales in his new stadium coming from traveling visitors.
It's not even his stadium!
He's going to play in the StubHub center (home to the MLS LA Galaxy) for the first few years until Stan Kroenke's big place in Carson gets built. At that point, the Chargers will be using the Rams' stadium instead.
So it's going to cost him $550mil to move to a city that doesn't want him, play 2-4 years in a 30k-seat soccer stadium, then move into someone else's football stadium.
Or, he could've taken the $550mil relocation fee and dumped it into upgrading the current stadium he's in and been a hero to the city.
Asshat.
Im surprised he didnt move to Vegas.
Spanos could've saved himself a lot of potential future trouble if he'd not done the ridiculous LA logo rebrand, and the "Fight for LA" motto right on top of everything.
Honestly, he should've just changed the name to the South California Chargers, and kept literally everything else the same. Then they at least might've retained more of their fans and convinced them to make that hour and a half trip north to see their games.
As it is I'm not even sure he'll fill 30k seats next year, not with locals. LA is already massively over saturated with pro sports teams, and the Chargers haven't exactly been lighting it up on the gridiron. I could see them out of LA in under a decade.
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Im surprised he didnt move to Vegas.
Raiders are already going there instead
I get these guys are businessmen, and their move from San Diego was because the locals didn't want to pay for a new stadium. But Hayseus Christmas, come on, these assholes have ridiculous amounts of money already. Try using it, give back to the community that's supported your old, stank asses for decades.
Holding cities hostage by threatening to leave if public funds aren't used to defray/totally pay for a new stadium for the local sports team rarely backfires. I love it when it does.
It's how Houston lost the Oilers back in the day...but good riddance. Bud Adams was an asshole anyway.
I think the NFL is quickly alienating its fan base with all of these stadium threats, team moves, high cost of tickets, local market blackouts, and the politics they allow to become the center of focus. Goodell and the owners are slowly cooking the golden goose. I used to care and enjoy following and watching the NFL. Not so much anymore. Frankly I don't care. I'll watch a playoff game if I can pick it up on over the air broadcast, but otherwise nope. I'd rather watch a college game any day of the week at any level. I've watched some really great games between D III schools too.
I watch the Sunday night highlight show, on DVR so I can fast-forward the stupid human-interest interview bullshit before the game that night. Occasionally I'll have the Saints on in the background while I'm doing other things around the house. But the last time I sat down and actually paid solid attention to a full NFL game? Probably Seahawks-Saints in the 2012 playoffs. I don't even pay full att'n to the Super Bowl b/c we're usually having a small party and I'm the de facto caterer.
But I watched all of the Nat'l Title game on Monday, and a good chunk of it a second time b/c I DVR'ed the coaches' room and watched for a lot of their commentary. I also watched the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Independence Bowl, and most of the Outback Bowl, along with chunks of about a dozen other bowl games. Only one of them featured a team I actually care about (NC St in the Independence Bowl).
I paid for a month of sling tv and watched a bunch of bowl games, DIV AA and DIV II playoff games.
Quote from: MetalDog on January 13, 2017, 09:34:35 PM
Holding cities hostage by threatening to leave if public funds aren't used to defray/totally pay for a new stadium for the local sports team rarely backfires. I love it when it does.
Absolutely. And I like that it seems to be happening more frequently as people slowly start to wise up.
Well, thank you for participating Houston Texans.
They should've gotten points for just showing-up.
Hell, they did. Apparently Brock Osweiler isn't the answer.
What a game between GB and Dallas. Thought for sure it was going to OT.
Quote from: OJsDad on January 15, 2017, 08:05:53 PM
What a game between GB and Dallas. Thought for sure it was going to OT.
I have no idea why Dallas spiked the ball with 40 seconds in field goal range.
Cost them the game.
:'(
Nice job by the Packers.
^Great game.
The Cowgirls lost?
Well that's some consolation.
That Texans game was highly disappointing. Admittedly I watched most of the first half and was shocked they were only down by 1 going into the half. I didn't watch the other half - had been up since 4 and was exhausted. Woke up and checked the score...no surprise, fucking losers. ::)
Pittsburgh and KC was a good one too. I'm thinking Pats vs Packers in the Big Game.
I saw 30-40 minutes of Falcons-Seahawks, and that was it.
I spent most of the past few afternoons watching the BBC Sherlock series with Mrs B on Netflix, or out doing stuff with the kids.
Houston's offense should be forced to work as servants for Houston's defense for the entire offseason. Those guys have got to be pissed off.
They did fire the offensive coordinator.
Though it's not really that guy's fault. If management insists on continuing to install shit quarterbacks and pay them far beyond their worth, they deserve what happens to them. The fans don't, though.
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Falcons are looking like they're for real.
I just checked the score...Wow the packers did not show up today.
What a glorious day!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Packers are getting their ass handed to them!! w00t w00t!!!! Now all we need is for Rapelisberger to lose and life will be great!
Quote from: MetalDog on January 22, 2017, 06:03:54 PM
Now all we need is for Rapelisberger to lose and life will be great!
I knew I liked you.
Glad that's the case. Cuz you're not going to like what I say next...Falcons win the Super Bowl. Just sayin'.
Quote from: MetalDog on January 22, 2017, 09:38:09 PM
Glad that's the case. Cuz you're not going to like what I say next...Falcons win the Super Bowl. Just sayin'.
I'll take my chances
I'm torn.
On the one hand, I'd love to see a new team win the title.
On the other hand, MAN do I want Goodell to be stuck handing the trophy to the Patriots. And man do I hope that if it should happen, they'd send Brady up to get it from him instead of Kraft. ;D
If life was fair, that's EXACTLY how that would happen!
I'm rooting for the Pats for two reasons. One, I appreciate excellence and the Pats haven't been on top for so long because they're cheaters or they're lucky. They work harder than anyone else in football and the Pats don't tolerate fools easily. Belichick is better than anyone in the league at getting the most out of the players he has, no one works harder than Brady and neither Belichick nor Brady will accept less than maximum effort from themselves or their teammates. If the Pats win another Super Bowl, it's going to be hard for anyone to make a rational argument against both of them being the GOAT of their professions.
But all that aside....what Dawg and Artic Blast said. Goodell needs to eat some humble pie right before he's shown the door and man, I'd die to see Goodell reach out to shake Brady's hand and Brady look at him like he has sh*t on his upper lip. Deflategate turned me off from the NFL all season, seeing a little Patriot justice would feel good after this circus of a year.
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F*ck the Patriots. I hope they get their asses handed to them by the Falcons. So sick of hearing about the Pats and Tom Brady. They should have gone away in the first round of the playoffs...but they played the Texans, which is sort of like an NFL team playing a Pop Warner team.
^Don't be bitter.
Your choice is either to be a Texans fan or a Cowboys fan.
How bitter would you be? :))
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 27, 2017, 06:47:45 AM
Your choice is either to be a Texans fan or a Cowboys fan.
How bitter would you be? :))
I'd have to start watching soccer :pullhair:
Hell, I'd rather watch hockey than a Texans game.
I want the Pats to win just so Goddess has to hand Brady a trophy.
After that, the Pats can fall apart and I'm OK with it.
check that - I'd be OK w/ the Pats getting Brady / Garrapolo hurt, and having Brissette come in and save the day :)
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 27, 2017, 07:01:48 AM
Hell, I'd rather watch hockey than a Texans game.
Even the Stars aren't so good this year.
2017 HoF class.
Morten Andersen, PK Saints (1982-94); Falcons (1995-2000, 2006-07);
Giants (2001); Chiefs (2002-03); Vikings (2004)
Terrell Davis, RB Broncos (1995-2001)
Kenny Easley, S Seahawks (1981-87)
Jerry Jones, owner Cowboys (1989-present)
Jason Taylor, DE Dolphins (1997-2007, '09); Redskins ('08); Jets ('10)
LaDainian Tomlinson, RB Chargers (2001-09; Jets (2010-11)
Kurt Warner, QB Rams (1998-2003); Giants (2004
Yeah, saw that. Not a fan of TD making it, or Kurt Warner. 3-4 excellent seasons surrounded by injuries and/or mediocrity shouldn't cut it.
TO for TD and that would have been perfect. Warner had two stints of greatness wrapped around one stint of mediocrity. 2 League MVP's and a SB MVP, too. Davis ran for 2,000 and fit well in Shanahan's system, but, RB's are a dime a dozen and he didn't sustain it for long enough. And don't compare him to Gale Sayers:
'Sayers's records include most touchdowns in a rookie season (22 in 1965), most touchdowns in a game (6, tied with Nevers and Jones), highest career kickoff return average (30.56), and most return touchdowns in a game (2, tied with many players).' From the Wiki
Quote from: Bison on March 24, 2016, 01:12:30 PMI just don't see RG III making it through the season.
dingdingdingdingding
amusing / interesting headline about Sarkisian and the Falcons
https://theringer.com/atlanta-falcons-hire-steve-sarkisian-nfl-b6c66f587eac#.siku4rarz
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That franchise is doomed. York got his new stadium, and he is never going to spend money on the organization again. It's kind of sad to see a storied franchise just left to wither and rust away.