2009 NCAA College Football - Page 3

Well, I'm glad I didn't take any false confidence from that Western Kentucky game. Crompton still blows and so does the O-line.

Man, even though I'm Ohio State all the way, I'll be the first to admit that the ND/Mich game was off the charts. Fantastic game, bad guys won but as many times as ND shot themselves in the foot with delay of games and random penalties, I'll buy it. Minor on Mich. looked good...not very fast or flashy but he could hit the holes and had vision for days.

Dr. Strange, you mean the good guys won. I though Charlie Weis was going to eat the officials after they refused to put time back on the clock.

A side note to the Michigan game, Matt Millen was the color analyst and I forgot how great he is at commentary.

That was one gutsy drive for a freshmen by the USC QB.

Mother Fucker.

Pete Carroll is gutsy for starting a freshman; I think the did the right thing. Barkley is pretty amazing.

*SEC all the way.

Hell of a game between the Trojans and Buckeyes! Can't believe the QB is just a freshman. Can't imagine what he'll be like as a junior.

For the small, tiny, minority of people who like the current BCS system and don't want to see a playoff, they kinda have a point when you watch a Regular season game like the USC game or the ND game. I mean this USC/OSt. game was in essence a playoff game. The winner still has a chance to be in the Title game, and the loser, well their season is pretty much over.

Thoughts from the day in College football:

I guess I'm the only one unimpressed by Barkley. The passes (all two or three of them) he made on the final drive had been there all. game. long. Tressel knows that his QB is a brilliant runner, right? There were what? Three designed running plays all game long?

Could anyone please explain to me why Charlie Weis was calling for long passes at the end of the ND/Michigan game? I could maybe understand a quick slant or a screen, but long bombs? With two minutes left, when you're desperately trying to get the other team to use their timeouts? Just plain fucking dumb. Particularly when it looked like ND's offensive line was blowing Michigan away.

I like you. While it should be noted that I am a Michigan fan, any chance to see Charlie Weiss have to choke on a big loss will not be missed. Notre Dame very clearly COULD have won this game, poor play calling and penalties helped them beat themselves.

Well Mississippi State's faults all came out last night against Auburn. That was an ugly game. And if you are an Auburn fan you better be scared and hope they shore up that defense.

State just has got to get the secondary to cover receivers. Of course we have tog et a secondary first.

We showed flashes of a real team, but then we quickly fell back to crap.

Columbus hasn't been this loud about getting rid of a coach since they dumped John Cooper.

I'm a fan of how classy Tressel is, but his call playing and clock management are awful. Hire a offensive coordinator that's actually been successful this centrury and let Tressel recruit. That's what he does best. He just doesn't know what to do with the players once he gets 'em.

I heard someone on ESPN radio compare him to Lloyd Carr last week, which I guess is now the en vogue criticism. But if I were an OSU fan, I woudn't start complaining until they lost to Michigan a few years in a row.

OSU plays Penn State at their home turf in Happy Valley two weeks before Michigan.

As for waiting to lose a few games to Michigan before getting upset, fans don't work that way around here.

And if you think we're going to take losing to Rich Rodriguez easily, you really don't understand the rabid fanbase round here...

Meaningless to all but their particular fans, but not only was the (badly played and officiated) UCLA-Tennessee game a nailbiter to the end (I don't think I saw even one of the 102,000 leave before the end), but Rocky Top is one helluva great place to see a football game, and the UT fans are fun and gracious people.

You must have been sitting upwind from the whiskey bottles.

That was some piss-poor game management at the end. I mean, maybe it's just me, but you would think Weiss would have wanted to keep the ball on the ground and the clock tickin'. Whatever. I hate Weiss and N.D. with a fiery passion, so Go Big Blue! And I say that as a diehard PSU fan (obviously).

And to whomever called Michigan the "bad guys", shouldn't you be rooting for teams in your conference? The Big 10 looks terrible. We need all the high profile non-conference wins we can get. Cheer for Ohio when they play Michigan if that's your thing, but cheer for the Wolverines, Penn State, etc. when they play non-conference opponents.

Oh, and yeah, 'Cuse stacked the box on defense, but I'm starting to become very worried about the Nits' run game. Ironic that we weren't worried about that aspect going into the season.

I do cheer for the Big 10 on a weekly basis but I'll never cheer for Michigan. Ever. That being said, it was refreshing to see them win at home in a hard-fought game against a solid contender, I would actually like to see them become a major player again in the near future as it could only do positive things for the Big 10. Michigan had 105,000 loyal fans cheering them on at the game along with millions more at home, they certainly don't need me.

Or, I was at a non-conference game for which the fans' expectations were, at best, tempered. Doubtless an important conference showdown would have had them in meat-eating mood.

Kiffin, by the way, is a complete tool (though I suppose bigger idiots have turned out to be decent coaches), and I cringe to think what Meyer's got planned for this weekend; he doesn't strike me as a guy with a sense of humor.

My prediction for tonight?



C'mon Miami, beat somebody. On the field.

As a Tennessee grad and fan, I'm looking at this weekend as a trip to the gallows. There's going to be a lot of Tennesseans drinking in stony silence on Saturday.

I work with one guy that went to Tennessee, and four people that went to UF. It's probably more entertaining than the game will wind up being.

Prediction? Pain.

There's a rumor circulating that certain members of the UF band are trying to quietly organize a way for them to play "Rocky Top" after the Gators score.

This has to happen. This MUST happen. And this is coming from a Georgia grad.

Bone Saw's ready.

Damn. Miami looks like Miami.

Even though the 'Canes are probably going to win this game, they need to learn how to put a team away. No reason for Georgia Tech to still be this close the way Miami has dominated.

They need to finish better next weekend if they want to beat Va. Tech.

Our offense was supposed to be good this year, but man, our defense is really stepping up. We had 10 tackles for a loss last night, and four or five sacks on top of that.

I'm already hearing "Georgia Tech was tired" arguments popping up. Yes, they've played three games in 13 days, but they still had a week between the Clemson game and this one.

I hope VT and OK are tired too.

Thing is, a lot of GT being tired was Miami wearing them down over the course of the game.

Congrats to Miami ... College football's always better when they're a good team.

UT grad & fan, but even I would laugh at that.

I have a friend who was in the UF band during the Spurrier years. They were at the '94 Sugar Bowl and Florida had just put a whipping on West Virginia. They stayed in the stadium to watch the end of the FSU/Nebraska game, and when Nebraska scored late to take the lead, the Florida band launched into a deliberately out-of-tune version of the FSU fight song. The Seminoles promptly marched down to score the winning points.

Needless to say, my friend is not a fan of fight song taunting.

I'm part of that bandwagon. I'm an alumni, ten year season ticket holder, Seminole Booster and as big of an FSU fan as they come. But if they go out and shit the bed in Provo I'm going to be livid. Maybe if they had actually given a damn and showed up last week I wouldn't be as angry as I have been. But between a Defense that is the worst I have seen in 15 years of following this team and some very, very questionable "coaching" and comments from Bowden* I am about at my wits end. I love Jimbo and I'm drinking his kool-aid. I do not think JSU was any indication of him or his coaching. But I do think we're playing with one arm behind our back with a HC that does next to nothing and a DC who is coasting on his reputation as well. I know people associated with the program and they would tell you the same thing about Mickey and especially Amato (useless).

Then again, if FSU destroys BYU all sins will be forgiven...for a week.

* Watching and listening to Bobby in pre and post-game interviews makes me want to punch my TV. I'm sorry, but he accepts losing these days with a gee, thats too bad attitude. That is not acceptable. Maybe at his age you've come to realize that football isn't the end all be all. And thats fine. But if that is your attitude you do not deserve to be anywhere near the field on Saturday. Compare a Bowden press conference to one led by Meyer or Carroll and you'll be amazed.

Bowden's been in "lovable grampa" mode for a while now . . . the program hasn't been the same since they lost Richt and Amato.

If Miami can survive Va Tech and OK, they have to be thrown into the national title picture.

For the record, it's almost boring being a Gators fan.

Go fuck yourself.

Best avatar/post combo in a while.

Sorry. My little brother's in grad school down in Gainesville, and I graduated from Georgia. So I tend to be a little on the kneejerk side when it comes to smug Gator fans...