2010 College Football Thread...

[Blake]

After this season, the guy wearing Bucky Badger's costume has got to be about as ripped as the team.

[Chris]

Amon Carter Stadium (TCU) in Ft. Worth is to be imploded December 5. Where will the Horned Frogs play next season?

[William Thornton]

I predicted it but still hate it for My Favorite Okie that his Cowboys lost to the mediocre Sooners. Too bad.

[T. D. Webb]

I predicted it but still hate it for My Favorite Okie that his Cowboys lost to the mediocre Sooners. Too bad.

William, since your "Favorite Okie" is conspicuosly, yet understandably, silent at this time. . . please excuse this Sooner fan's intrusion into the conversation. While we are all fully aware that your experience and knowledge of "mediocrity", especially as it relates to the current status of football in the State of Georgia, necessarily qualifies you as an authority on mediocrity in college football in general and your assessment of OU footballers in particular , nevertheless, we must conclude that your "trash talk" (were it anything but the garbage it is) regarding the Sooners asserts an even more negative reflection on your "Favorite Okie's" Cowboy team than it does the victors of this year's "Bedlam" game. . . Did you even watch the game, William, or did you just happen to be sucking on some sour grapes at the time? By the way, the "mediocre Sooners" are ranked #10 by the AP and (BREAKING NEWS! . . . #9 by the BCS) will be named to challenge Nebraska for the Big XII Championship game (the 8th time Oklahoma has appeared since the Big XII was formed), tonight. Here's hoping that the "mediocre" Sooners send the losing Huskers packing to a conference where they will not have the opportunity of being defeated in a playoff.

Boomer Sooner!

[Chris]

T.D.'s trash talk is worthy of some kind of spur!

[William Thornton]

Thank heavens for T. D. I can't get any trash talk out of David...glad we've got at least one decent trash talker here.

BTW, I was given a ceramic Bulldog as a gift last Sunday evening when my church had a humorous Pastor Depreciation Day. They must have picked it up cheap this year, probably on sale for half price.

[T. D. Webb]

T.D.'s trash talk is worthy of some kind of spur!

Thank heavens for T. D. I can't get any trash talk out of David...glad we've got at least one decent trash talker here.

William and Chris, mindful of the old saw expression that "one man's trash is another man's treasure", I'll treasure your comments.

[Stephen Fox]

If Garcia brings his A Game, Look Out Jesus,It's Paris Trout may be what Cam is thinkin before it's over:

http://www.goupstate.com/article/201011 ... /101139968

[Sandy]

I wouldn't consider it a "mild upset" if South Carolina pulls off the win in Atlanta. I think they're the better team, even considering the cupcake non-conference schedule having two divisions in the SEC allows its teams to play. Against the same competition they're pretty much evenly matched, statistically, not a lot separates the two, but South Carolina has the motivation and very likely the crowd support hands down. TCU or Oregon would whip both of them.

[Stephen Fox]

You may be right. Would love to see Oregon play Bama or LSU and or Bama play Stanford. That would tell me a lot.

Auburn has played some interesting football. I think the real story is waiting for Jim Evans to be prophetic about using Howell Raines 83 piece on Wallace and the Bear as framework.

[Blake]

I'd put my Badgers up against any team in the country. The last part of this season they've been on fire. Tolzien, Toon and Gilreath are underrated. When Clay is healthy by bowl time our running game will be absolutely unstoppable (not that it already isn't). Our only question is whether our defense could handle an offense like Oregon or Auburn. I think it might.

[Big Daddy Weaver]

I wouldn't consider it a "mild upset" if South Carolina pulls off the win in Atlanta. I think they're the better team, even considering the cupcake non-conference schedule having two divisions in the SEC allows its teams to play. Against the same competition they're pretty much evenly matched, statistically, not a lot separates the two, but South Carolina has the motivation and very likely the crowd support hands down. TCU or Oregon would whip both of them.

I guess it remains to be seen whether a substantial number of Auburn-haters with no ties to South Carolina will show up at the SEC Championship. But Auburn should have more fans than South Carolina as Auburn is closer to Atlanta and has a pretty significant alumni base in Georgia. From my observations at UGA games, Auburn fans travel better in addition to be more obnoxious than South Carolina fans. I wouldn't be surprised to see a nice African-American turnout to see the controversial hometown qb, aka son of a preacher man.

I'll be rooting for Auburn. A bunch of my fellow UGA alums were cheering for Alabama the other week. But I got no love for Saban and even less love for Spurrier. No true UGA fan can root for any team coached by cocky Steve.

Will be looking forward to seeing bowl-bound Baylor perhaps in Houston later this month.

[Chris]

...aka son of a preacher man.

Is that the same "preacher man" who tried to sell his son to Mississippi State U.?

[Michael]

I wouldn't consider it a "mild upset" if South Carolina pulls off the win in Atlanta. I think they're the better team, even considering the cupcake non-conference schedule having two divisions in the SEC allows its teams to play. Against the same competition they're pretty much evenly matched, statistically, not a lot separates the two, but South Carolina has the motivation and very likely the crowd support hands down. TCU or Oregon would whip both of them.

I guess it remains to be seen whether a substantial number of Auburn-haters with no ties to South Carolina will show up at the SEC Championship. But Auburn should have more fans than South Carolina as Auburn is closer to Atlanta and has a pretty significant alumni base in Georgia. From my observations at UGA games, Auburn fans travel better in addition to be more obnoxious than South Carolina fans. I wouldn't be surprised to see a nice African-American turnout to see the controversial hometown qb, aka son of a preacher man.

I'll be rooting for Auburn. A bunch of my fellow UGA alums were cheering for Alabama the other week. But I got no love for Saban and even less love for Spurrier. No true UGA fan can root for any team coached by cocky Steve.

Will be looking forward to seeing bowl-bound Baylor perhaps in Houston later this month.

BDW,
There will be more Gamecock fans than you might think in Atlanta. They travel well and it's a first-time event for my alma mater. They also have a large Atlanta alumni base. My brother will be there with a group of his usual traveling friends. And Spurier is less cocky in his old age. thn again, so am I....

[T. D. Webb]

Is it trash talk to mention that the "mediocre" Oklahoma Sooners, who just sent the Nebraska Cornhuskers packing to the Big Ten Conference after the Sooners made an amazing comeback from a 17-0 deficit, and as a result, will go to the Tostidos Fiesta Bowl representing the Big XII Conference as Champions for the seventh time? Count this Sooner fan one very happy guy!

[Blake]

Mediocre is right. Nebraska pretty well handed them that win after four turnovers. How else does a team with 21 first downs and 455 yds to their opponents 12 first downs and 294 yards only win by three? Pellini needs to make good use of the next month and work on discipline.

[T. D. Webb]

Mediocre is right. Nebraska pretty well handed them that win after four turnovers. How else does a team with 21 first downs and 455 yds to their opponents 12 first downs and 294 yards only win by three? Pellini needs to make good use of the next month and work on discipline.

Did you watch the game, Blake? If you had, you should have observed that most of the turnovers came from great defense and hard-hitting tackles. At least, the Big XII has a championship game, unlike the over-rated Big Ten. The Huskers should roll through their Big Ten schedule next year.

[Tim Dahl]

I just wanted to say Congratulations to the OU fans out there! I even have a recording of my 2 yr old son yelling, "Boomer Sooner!" Even though we tend to not root for OU in our house, we certainly were last night. The Nebraskians can head off to the "ittey-bittey ten," and we're keeping the Big 12 Championship where it belongs, with a Big 12 school. They can go play big boy in the kiddie pool now.

Now, back to basics: "Goooo Bears!"



Tim

[Chris]

I just wanted to say Congratulations to the OU fans out there!

I'll accept those congratulation.

Are you going to attend the implosion of Amon Carter stadium this morning? At 8:15 am CST? I should be on my way to Sunday School, but I'm tempted to be late. I guess it will be on You-tube by tonight.

Are the Frogs going to play at Jerry Jones' palace next year?

[Blake]

I watched the game. I didn't see hard hitting. I saw some normal hitting, some butterfingers and a freshman quarterback that was crapping his pants. Your probably right though, I'm sure Colorado and Nebraska both left the Big 12 because it's the most awesome and competitive conference in college football. As excited as I am to have Nebraska in the Big 10, I suspect it will still take them a few years before they present a legitimate challenge for the title. The Husker fans I've talked to thought they had a much easier time in the Big 12 and are a little worried about being able to do as well in the Big 10.

[T. D. Webb]

I watched the game. I didn't see hard hitting. I saw some normal hitting, some butterfingers and a freshman quarterback that was crapping his pants. Your probably right though, I'm sure Colorado and Nebraska both left the Big 12 because it's the most awesome and competitive conference in college football. As excited as I am to have Nebraska in the Big 10, I suspect it will still take them a few years before they present a legitimate challenge for the title. The Husker fans I've talked to thought they had a much easier time in the Big 12 and are a little worried about being able to do as well in the Big 10.

I saw some big time fumble causing hits and aggressive defense on both sides during the game. Your Nebraska friends are correct on one score. The Big XII North is the weak sister of the two divisions in the Big XII. However, Nebraska has not generally had such easygoing when they play South Division teams.

Now that they are are going from 11 to 12 teams in the Big Ten, is someone in that Conference going to finally get a clue and change its name?

[Tim Dahl]

The word in these parts is that Nebraska will steamroll over the big(ish) 10. Supposedly, Nebraska got mad when they let in some of the SW Conf teams into the Big 8 (thus forming the Big 12); thus ending their yearly dominance. It is also said that they became upset when they went from a yearly beating by OU, to the Bi-Annual beating by OU.

Of course there is Colorado as well. I can say that I'm sorry for seeing them leave. They were always the team that made Baylor look good.

Tim

[Sandy]

Well, I think a first-time meeting is going to occur in Bowl season, under the roof in San Antonio at the Alamo Bowl, looks like my Arizona Wildcats will be meeting up with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. This one might be the better of the Pac-10-Big 12 matchups between a couple of evenly matched teams.

I know Flick hangs with the Cowboys. OSU will have a chance to beat the other Stoops brother. I'll take Arizona in a squeeker.

[David Flick]

Well, I think a first-time meeting is going to occur in Bowl season, under the roof in San Antonio at the Alamo Bowl, looks like my Arizona Wildcats will be meeting up with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. This one might be the better of the Pac-10-Big 12 matchups between a couple of evenly matched teams.

I know Flick hangs with the Cowboys. OSU will have a chance to beat the other Stoops brother. I'll take Arizona in a squeeker.

I'm excited for the Pokes to get the Wildcats for a bowl opponent. It looks as though the OkState came out on top with the bowl picks for Oklahoma teams. They'll get to play a real football team whereas the poor sooners will get a cupcake in their bowl game.

[T. D. Webb]

I'm excited for the Pokes to get the Wildcats for a bowl opponent. It looks as though the OkState came out on top with the bowl picks for Oklahoma teams. They'll get to play a real football team whereas the poor sooners will get a cupcake in their bowl game.

Well, William's "favorite Okie" finally came out of hiding and bravely claims excitement that his Pokes, who came up short once again against the Oklahoma Sooners two weeks ago, have the advantage of the "poor Sooners" in bowl opponents. Let's see: Whereas Arizona has lost its last 4 games of the season, is 7th in its conference, and is not ranked in the top 25 of any national poll with its 7-5 record this year, Connecticut has won 5 straight games and defeated both teams (West Virginia and Pittsburg) with which it tied for the Big East Championship in an 8-4 year. . .and is ranked #25 in the AP poll. Moral Question: If Connecticut is a "cupcake", does that make Arizona a "twinkie"?

Granted, both teams (the Sooners and the Cowboys) have much to lose and little to gain as a result of this year's bowl selection process. Nevertheless, they will play and probably win both games. Unlike my friend in Enid, undivided loyalty to my State and the Big XII Conference dictates my support for the Cowboys in their game with the Wildcats, though I have respect for Coach Mike Stoops and Arizona. While one can understand and have sympathy for the disappointment that David must have experienced in the lopsided loss-won record his Cowboys have with the Sooners throughout their football rivalry, for that disillusionment to morph into the bitter contempt (to the point that Flick apparently supports just about any school that plays the Sooners in any sport) he holds for OU is curious, at best. Oh well, perhaps William will share some of his "sour grapes" with David . . .