Damn clock management!
Alabama don't score before half time and I'm nearly dead on.
Motherfuckers! Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

LBRod wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 19, 2020 6:41 pm

Well shit, Iowan, I thought your guys were going to pull it off.
Congratulations 4Sooner.

I did too. The moment was too big for them (players and coaches) and there was a little deer in the headlights with the clock management. Oh well, time for some roast Duck.

aubbie hires boise state head coach i've never heard of.

harsin? what do yall college football fans know about him?

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:44 am

aubbie hires boise state head coach i've never heard of.

harsin? what do yall college football fans know about him?

Offensive whizz kid, IIRC. Has some Tejas ties. If they don't can Herman this year, he could be auditioning for that gig.

It just means more.

Are there bowl games this wkend? I am clueless as to where things stand and what the schedule is.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:51 am

Are there bowl games this wkend? I am clueless as to where things stand and what the schedule is.

Ha Ha, very funny btb.

"Oklahoma is a good match up but they're not on our level"

Swamp wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:44 am

Ha Ha, very funny btb.

Unintentional, I assure you Mr. Swamp, and my condolences. I was not trying to rub salt in the wound, I literally didn't know and didn't see a reference to the game until after I posted. In this part of the country one can go a long time without intersecting w/ college football at all unless you actively seek it out, which I used to do (former BC football season ticket holder) but haven't been doing so much lately and not at all in this strangest of years.

Btb, I know, it was just your timing


I don't think Norte Dame knows what SEC really means.
Big Al walks away with this one.
42 - 16
The question is, who plays Alabama?
Last year they were Ohio (slip in the back door) State.
This year they're Ohio (change the rules) State.
If only they could change the rule so they could beat Clemson.
Clem 47 - OS 21

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Swamp wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:12 pm

Clem 47 - OS 21

Strike that, reverse it

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:44 am

aubbie hires boise state head coach i've never heard of.

harsin? what do yall college football fans know about him?

Boise State did a Friday walk-through on our field several years ago when they played UConn. Seems like a nice dude. Has done a solid job at Boise, but the SEC is a whole different beast. Hope he does well.

Zip City wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:51 pm

Swamp wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:12 pm

Clem 47 - OS 21

Strike that, reverse it

Lemons to lemonade. My mama was so happy alabama ain't gotta play clemson.

expect lester!!!!

he was mentoring.

It's getting close. I've never been more excited for a season ever. I think we end up around 10-2 (but wouldn't be surprised by 8-4) with a couple losses to OU. Although I think we could nip them in the Big 12 CCG (especially if we lose to them in the regular season), I don't want to get too crazy.

Playoffs:
Bama
OU
Clemson
Ohio State

I know, really going out on a limb there. I don't see anyone beating Clemson or Ohio State. I could see Bama losing a regular season game and then refocusing. Same with OU.

ut's 1st official sec meeting

RIP college football.

Y'all thought I've been overreacting about ESPN for years. They're literally trying to kill one of my favorite things on the planet. Fuck them. Fuck them straight to fucking hell and I hope OU and UT never win a fucking game again and UT burns the SEC down the way they burn everything they touch to the ground. They in no conspiratorial sense intentionally shit on the Big 12 for years so they could pry away the most valuable properties after they convinced them that the Big 12 was terrible and they wouldn't pay them for being there. This is anti-trust/insider trading shit, straight up.

This is all fucking bullshit.

I hope the rest of college football pushes back on this dumbass 12 team playoff that doesn't require conference championships and what not, which was clearly nothing more than "hey, let's just put half the SEC in here because we're ESPN and we own the CFP and SEC and this is where we place all our chips".

Holy shit, pass the Tylenol.

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:36 am

This is anti-trust/insider trading shit, straight up.

Antitrust most likely, insider trading not so much. Just sayin'.

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:36 am

RIP college football.

Y'all thought I've been overreacting about ESPN for years. They're literally trying to kill one of my favorite things on the planet. Fuck them. Fuck them straight to fucking hell and I hope OU and UT never win a fucking game again and UT burns the SEC down the way they burn everything they touch to the ground. They in no conspiratorial sense intentionally shit on the Big 12 for years so they could pry away the most valuable properties after they convinced them that the Big 12 was terrible and they wouldn't pay them for being there. This is anti-trust/insider trading shit, straight up.

This is all fucking bullshit.

I hope the rest of college football pushes back on this dumbass 12 team playoff that doesn't require conference championships and what not, which was clearly nothing more than "hey, let's just put half the SEC in here because we're ESPN and we own the CFP and SEC and this is where we place all our chips".

Holy shit, pass the Tylenol.

I have been waiting for your reaction, and you did not disappoint.

LBRod wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:17 am

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:36 am

RIP college football.

Y'all thought I've been overreacting about ESPN for years. They're literally trying to kill one of my favorite things on the planet. Fuck them. Fuck them straight to fucking hell and I hope OU and UT never win a fucking game again and UT burns the SEC down the way they burn everything they touch to the ground. They in no conspiratorial sense intentionally shit on the Big 12 for years so they could pry away the most valuable properties after they convinced them that the Big 12 was terrible and they wouldn't pay them for being there. This is anti-trust/insider trading shit, straight up.

This is all fucking bullshit.

I hope the rest of college football pushes back on this dumbass 12 team playoff that doesn't require conference championships and what not, which was clearly nothing more than "hey, let's just put half the SEC in here because we're ESPN and we own the CFP and SEC and this is where we place all our chips".

Holy shit, pass the Tylenol.

I have been waiting for your reaction, and you did not disappoint.

x2

we agree on one thing. fuck ou and ut.

Where's 4sooner when we need him? Life is better w/ a real life punching bag, dontcha think?

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:02 am

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:36 am

This is anti-trust/insider trading shit, straight up.

Antitrust most likely, insider trading not so much. Just sayin'.

The whole part about refusing to negotiate with an entity you’re actively trying to blow up felt like insider trading.

My hatred is
1) ESPN
2) Texas
3) OU
4) Nebraska

I bitch about the SEC, but they’re just the unjust beneficiary. They didn’t create this.

In other news (non SEC related) we lost a great coach this past week. As much as I hate FSU, I always respected Bobby. RIP.

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:33 pm

I bitch about the SEC, but they’re just the unjust beneficiary. They didn’t create this.

I have no way of knowing, but I wonder about this. It usually takes 2 to tango and the SEC folks are just businesspeople like any other. They're certainly no less competitive or cutthroat than any other.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:12 am

Iowan wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:33 pm

I bitch about the SEC, but they’re just the unjust beneficiary. They didn’t create this.

I have no way of knowing, but I wonder about this. It usually takes 2 to tango and the SEC folks are just businesspeople like any other. They're certainly no less competitive or cutthroat than any other.

I'm not talking about the Texas/OU deal so much as the history of ESPN crafting a very specific and obvious narrative to benefit the SEC, especially after they become joined at the hip financially.

ESPN basically used their position as the undisputed king of cable sports to create a perception of SEC superiority. Because FBS college football is basically the only sport in this country where public/media perception matters as there is absolutely no objective criterion for post-season participation (other than having 6 wins), this is a really big deal. ESPN also owns exclusive rights to the CFP.

So basically they push a narrative that the teams who's rights they're heavily invested in are better than everyone else, and thus end up with more of "their" properties in the playoffs, and the whole new 12 team model that was proposed without automatic berths for conference champions is probably the most egregious example of this. When you eliminate objective qualifications, you can squeeze more out of your narrative-crafting bully pulpit. When you're the only voice people listen to, you have a monopoly on that narrative creation.

The SEC didn't make ESPN go down this road. They have benefitted incredibly. That's why I blame ESPN the most.

Just when you thought it was safe to look @ this thread.
According to my schedule the first week runs from today till Sept 6, even though there are no SEC games
this weekend.
I will be watching the Hawaii/UCLA just to see if LSU has a chance against UCLA (in their
second game of the first week)

why I love college football

Thursday night. First SEC game of the season.
Bowling Green goes to Tenn $
The Vols haven't impressed me a bit lately
UT over BG 12 - 11

Saturday
UL-Monroe goes to Kentucky $
UK over ULM 28 - 3
Rice goes to Arkansas $
Ark over Rice 24 - 12
Louis Tech goes to Miss St $
Well maybe if the creek don't rise etc
Miss St over LT 39 - 14
Central Mich goes to Missouri $
Missu wins 41 - 15
Akron goes to Auburn $
Aub wins 38 - 3
East Illinois goes to So Car $
So Car wins 35 - 10
FAU makes the 30 minute trip to Gainesville Big $
Who who who ooo
Gators win opener!!! 52 - 3
Kent St goes to Texas A&M $
TAM wins 41 - 6
ETSU goes to Nashville $
What a great match up, Buccaneers vs Commodors with no oceans in sight
Vandy wins 24 - 0
Some really good games this weekend by some SEC teams who feel they need to prove something
Alabama goes to Miami, really a ACC team is gonna prove something.
Ala over Mia 34 - 28
Georgia goes to Clemson, really another ACC team. Ye haw they ain't got their QB
The dawgs slide by 21 - 20
LSU goes to LA and I ain't talking lower Alabama
This is my game of the week!
Tigers over Bruins, but bearly 28 - 27

And last and probably least,
Monday night football!
Louisville goes down to Oxford to become the first non SEC team
to break into my formula this season. (who's getting paid for this one?)
Cards over Rebs 29 - 17

Are Texas and Oklahoma in yet?

So Big 12 going from Texas, Oklahoma, aTm and Mizzou to BYU, UCF, Cincy and Houston?

OOOOOF

Zip City wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:10 pm

So Big 12 going from Texas, Oklahoma, aTm and Mizzou to BYU, UCF, Cincy and Houston?

OOOOOF

And it's still better at football than the Pac 12 and the ACC sans Clemson.

I'm so fucking sick of this talk of brand and perception and all this bullshit that doesn't make a shit about results. Texas is an 8-4 program. Mizzou is a 7-5 program. Cincy is in the Top 10. Fuck off with "brands" (not necessarily you, just the world in general). UCLA is a "brand" and they had 4,000 people in the Rose Bowl week 1.

We better beat stupid fucking Iowa on Saturday.