The 2014 Running Football Thread (College & Pro)

[Steelgrave]

there's some pretty damned funny tweets in here

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/79069/social-reax-to-rose-blowout-arbys-shade-new-mighty-ducks-and-winston-memes

the one about Manti Teo's girlfriend is particularly good :)

LOL nice! I liked the Odell Beckham one a lot.

[OJsDad]

Two games, two upsets. You could argue these college playoffs just invalidated every college "championship" ever awarded by polls. This is how championships should be decided....on the field.

Can't wait for an 8 and then a 16 game playoff.

Two upsets?  The Oregon-FSU game was closer for longer than I thought it would be.  Then FSU imploded and just gave up.

[Steelgrave]

Two games, two upsets. You could argue these college playoffs just invalidated every college "championship" ever awarded by polls. This is how championships should be decided....on the field.

Can't wait for an 8 and then a 16 game playoff.

Two upsets?  The Oregon-FSU game was closer for longer than I thought it would be.  Then FSU imploded and just gave up.

I said "two upsets" because I thought both Alabama and FSU were favorites going into the game. No?

[OJsDad]

You may be correct Steel, but I thought Oregon was the favorite. 

[Steelgrave]

You may be correct Steel, but I thought Oregon was the favorite.

Clearly they were the best team, whether favored or not    O0

[OJsDad]

The Buckeyes started their preseason third string quarterback for only his second start against the #1 ranked team.  One of the biggest passing scores wasn't even made by him, but by one of the receivers, one that was made by inches.

[MetalDog]

I certainly can't blame you for reveling in OSU's upset of the Tide and that play in particular, but if I never see that lucky a$$ play ever again...it'll be too soon.


As for favorites, both Oregon and Alabama were the favorites in their respective games.  Both were around 9 point favorites.  I had both games, too.  Oregon -9 and OSU  +9 1/2.

[Steelgrave]

As for favorites, both Oregon and Alabama were the favorites in their respective games.  Both were around 9 point favorites.  I had both games, too.  Oregon -9 and OSU  +9 1/2.

Thanks for clarifying that, Dawg.

[MetalDog]

My pleasure, sir!  :)

[Bison]

Well with K-State's performance so far tonight, the Big 12 joins the SEC as the most inept conferences in bowl games this year.

[airboy]

Weird finale to the SEC West.  The top teams: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi St. Ole Miss all lost.  The Mississippi schools looked really bad.  The two weakest teams: Arkansas and Texas A&M both won their games.

I appreciate the post of the Winston fumble.  I did not see the game and the wife and I both thought it was awesome!

[MetalDog]

Well with K-State's performance so far tonight, the Big 12 joins the SEC as the most inept conferences in bowl games this year.

The SEC will go no worse than .500 in its 12 bowl matchups.  And if Florida wins tomorrow, it will be 7-5 instead of 6-6.  Yes, there is the epic fail of Alabama, Auburn and the Mississippi schools, but, you get that many births, you lose a few games.  The Big 12 has 1 win.  There's no comparison.

[Bison]

Well with K-State's performance so far tonight, the Big 12 joins the SEC as the most inept conferences in bowl games this year.

The SEC will go no worse than .500 in its 12 bowl matchups.  And if Florida wins tomorrow, it will be 7-5 instead of 6-6.  Yes, there is the epic fail of Alabama, Auburn and the Mississippi schools, but, you get that many births, you lose a few games.  The Big 12 has 1 win.  There's no comparison.

Starting early on the SEC is the greatest conference in the world, I see.  /sigh/ The Big 12 wasn't a strong conference this year overall, but they did have some really good teams.  The PAC 12 and BIG 10+a couple are really proving themselves to be very good.

[MetalDog]

You're such a jerk :P  Of course I think the SEC is the best!  The wealth of talent down South along with the cream of the crop from other areas of the country MAKE the SEC the best.  But it's not the ONLY conference.  And there's enough talent to populate many really GOOD teams. 

So, let's quit jerking around.  Tell me what criteria you use to judge the 'best' conference around?  Until we rely on something more concrete than opinion and conjecture, we are not going to have a consensus.  Bowl record?  Win/loss records?  Number of NFL graduates?  National Championships?  Recruiting classes?  Head to head record?  Is there a metric for strength of schedule?  What are we using?

[Marty Ward]

How 'bout dem Ravens!!!!!!!!