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2011-2012 College Football Thread

einmusiker said:
I think it has something to do with southerners with 4 teeth and no professional football team having nothing better to do :p

Seriously though this is total horse ****. Camp randall stadium is filled to capacity every saturday and badger fans travel well, filling the rose bowl every time they appear. Save me your ******** sec bias :p
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Yeah, use foul language and mockery when you can't win an argument with facts.

Bowl games are filled with corporate sponsors, just like the Super Bowl.

BTW, ever heard of the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints?
 
dmr727 said:
Hope you guys get Sumlin - that'll be a good hire, and I'm sure there'll be a huge amount of excitement in Aggieland come next season.
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If you believe the internet reports/rumors, there are three main candidates for the A&M job, and one dark horse. The top three are said to be Sumlin, Charlie Strong and Kirby Smart.

Like I've said many times before, I'm a Sumlin guy and have been for years, but I would be very happy if we got Strong and hired someone like Chad Morris to run the offense. I'm not as high on Smart, only because there's no telling how much of his success is based on being with Saban (virtually) his entire career and how much is based on his greatness as a coach. Still, there has to be a reason Saban has kept him close all these years, I guess.

The dark horse candidate is said to be Larry Fedora, who is allegedly slow-playing Ole Miss while his agent campaigns for the A&M job. No idea if that's true, and I don't really know much about him, but he has won regularly (if unspectacularly) at So Miss. He's also the guy that put together the offense at OSU.

Mr Kram said:
UCLA always the money. they just didn't want to get it from the boosters. petersen to me is still a crap shoot. if you're going to spend that money, get a big name with someone who's coached in the NFL or the big conferences. either that or grab on of the guys within the conference like sark.
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NFL coaches are not the way to go. Pete Carroll is the only one I can ever think of that had more than moderate success at the college level. It's a completely different game (on the field) with completely different demands of a coach (off the field).
 
iSaint said:
Yeah, use foul language and mockery when you can't win an argument with facts.

Bowl games are filled with corporate sponsors, just like the Super Bowl.

BTW, ever heard of the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints?
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My post wasnt really meant to be taken seriously, sorry. Just tired of the big ten schools getting zero respect in bcs
 
einmusiker said:
My post wasnt really meant to be taken seriously, sorry. Just tired of the big ten schools getting zero respect in bcs
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Respect has to be earned

In BCS Bowl games...
SEC 15-6
Big 10 11-12
Big 12 7-11
Pac 12 9-6
Big East 6-7
ACC 2-11

In BCS Championship games...
SEC 7-0
Big 12 2-5
ACC 1-2
Big East 1-2
Big 10 1-2
Pac 12 0-2

Only Big 10 team to play a BCS Championship Game is Ohio State 1-2
SEC has had 5 different teams play and all were winners
 
MacDawg said:
Respect has to be earned
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You love posting those stats, and they are impressive, but I don't agree that BCS performance is the only indicator for respect.

The Mountain West has a better BCS winning percentage than the SEC (I notice you conveniently left them out of your statistics) - does that mean I get to argue that they're better? Obviously not, but I think only looking at BCS performance allows one to forget that there's a bunch of other teams in any given conference beyond the ones waaay at the top.

Texas is 3-1 in the BCS, but what the hell does that do for me this season? :p
 
dmr727 said:
You love posting those stats, and they are impressive, but I don't agree that BCS performance is the only indicator for respect.

The Mountain West has a better BCS winning percentage than the SEC (I notice you conveniently left them out of your statistics) - does that mean I get to argue that they're better? Obviously not, but I think only looking at BCS performance allows one to forget that there's a bunch of other teams in any given conference beyond the ones waaay at the top.

Texas is 3-1 in the BCS, but what the hell does that do for me this season? :p
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well remember most of those losses are from Chocahoma.
 
einmusiker said:
Just tired of the big ten schools getting zero respect in bcs
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dmr727 said:
You love posting those stats, and they are impressive, but I don't agree that BCS performance is the only indicator for respect.

The Mountain West has a better BCS winning percentage than the SEC (I notice you conveniently left them out of your statistics) - does that mean I get to argue that they're better? Obviously not, but I think only looking at BCS performance allows one to forget that there's a bunch of other teams in any given conference beyond the ones waaay at the top.

Texas is 3-1 in the BCS, but what the hell does that do for me this season? :p
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I only posted the BCS stats because of the original quote that stated specifically he was tired of the Big 10 getting zero respect in the BCS, that's all

I didn't list MWC (3-1), WAC (2-1) because they are not BCS Conferences

The Big 10 has played more BCS games than any other Conference (respect?)
But they have also lost more and have a losing record
In fact, excluding MWC and WAC, only the SEC and Pac 12 have winning BCS records

And the SEC is the only Conference with a winning record in BCS Championship Games, a perfect 7-0

Number of different teams winning a BCS Championship?
SEC - 5 (LSU, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee)
Big 12 - 2 (Oklahoma, Texas)
ACC - 1 (Florida State)
Big East - 1 (Miami, now ACC)
Big 10 - 1 (Ohio State)
Pac 12 - 0 (USC vacated)

Number of different teams playing for a BCS Championship?
SEC - 5 (7 winners, LSU and Florida twice)
Big 12 - 3 (Oklahoma four times, Texas twice, Nebraska)
ACC - 1 (Florida State three times)
Big East - 2 (Miami twice, Virginia Tech, both ACC now)
Big 10 - 1 (Ohio State three times)
Pac 12 - 2 (USC twice, Oregon)

Number of different teams playing in a BCS Bowl
SEC - 7
Big 10 - 7
Big 12 - 7
Pac 12 - 7
Big East - 8 (Miami, Va Tech both ACC now)
ACC - 5

Everyone is free to draw their own conclusions
 
MacDawg said:
You guys are in a battle of Top 25 teams the last game of the season
That's better than last year, right?
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Definitely better than last year! However I still can't believe we're playing underdog to those Dr. Pepper swilling dips***s in Waco. :p
 
dmr727 said:
Definitely better than last year! However I still can't believe we're playing underdog to those Dr. Pepper swilling dips***s in Waco. :p
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So your defense loses Muschamp and improves... not bad

Every team has its cycle, and you guys are on the upswing
Florida State's run a while back was unprecedented
I doubt we will ever see anything like that again

I think the Dawgs improved this year, but are still a year away
 
dmr727 said:
At least you're moving in the right direction. And here's hoping you surprise LSU today - stranger things have happened!
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Would love nothing better than to shock the "world"
But I think special teams and mistakes will doom us
We will have to play mistake free, create confusion for Jefferson (turnovers), run the ball well enough to play action and get some big plays

I would kill for a close game late and for the Mad Hatter to do something dumb :D
 
MacDawg said:
I would kill for a close game late and for the Mad Hatter to do something dumb :D
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I keep thinking he's due for some idiocy, but he keeps proving me wrong!

And in other news, Houston has their hands full with Southern Miss.
 
dmr727 said:
Definitely better than last year! However I still can't believe we're playing underdog to those Dr. Pepper swilling dips***s in Waco. :p
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Hey! Dr. Pepper is a gift from the soda gods! I've also been through the Dr. Pepper museum, and it was pretty cool.

MacDawg said:
So your defense loses Muschamp and improves... not bad

Every team has its cycle, and you guys are on the upswing
Florida State's run a while back was unprecedented
I doubt we will ever see anything like that again

I think the Dawgs improved this year, but are still a year away
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Manny Diaz is a good DC. He managed a big turn around for our defense in his one year, and I was sad to see him go. His replacement, Chris Wilson, has done fairly well this year, though, considering we lost a DE and two LBs to the NFL.
 
So. Miss calls a trick play pass to the endzone while up 21 with 3 minutes to go? What kind of bush league crap is that?
 
Now that Houston just took a big **** in the BCS punchbowl, are there any other non-AQ teams with an automatic bid? I can see Boise possibly getting an at-large invite, but otherwise it sounds like this year's party is for the Big Boys™ only.
 
Georgia is dominating early - if not for a couple of boneheaded drops, they'd be up 14.
 
dmr727 said:
Georgia is dominating early - if not for a couple of boneheaded drops, they'd be up 14.
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Arkansas was more dominant early. Loooooong way to go.

Tomorrow said:
Now that Houston just took a big **** in the BCS punchbowl, are there any other non-AQ teams with an automatic bid? I can see Boise possibly getting an at-large invite, but otherwise it sounds like this year's party is for the Big Boys™ only.
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Boise won't get it because they didn't win their conference. If TCU moves up two spots in the final BCS Poll (very likely to happen), they get automatic berth.
 
Dawgs should be up 21-0 but I will take 10-0

LSU had no first downs in 1st Quarter and no completed passes

Onside kick was gutsy call by Richt

We have to stop dropping passes though
And we can't let up
Gotta keep playing hard

LSU is patient

We have been able to run a little and that is crucial
O-line has been stout on pass protection and on the run

Go Dawgs!
 
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