The 2009 Official College Football Thread (post-season -- BIG 12 IMPLOSION!!!)

[lithy]

I think some of you will appreciate this:

Awesome.

 

[Hidden Character]

They better be ready for OU!

We actually have a tough schedule this year w/four Top 20 Preseason Poll teams just to start off the year w/FSU, GA Tech, TA Tech, and Oklahoma and the only cupcake team on our schedule is my Alma Mater, Florida A&M (that game, I'll definitely be at in October). Granted Florida plays in the self-destructive, Doomsday-like SEC, but they have 3 cupcakes this year in Charleston Southern, Troy, and Florida Int'l, 2 of which just to start the season.

 

[Loopz]

Big jump up in difficulty this week as the Arizona Wildcats travel to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in their place. Really gonna find out what we're made of with the swiftness.

GO CATS.

 

[aria]

Big jump up in difficulty this week as the Arizona Wildcats travel to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in their place. Really gonna find out what we're made of with the swiftness.

GO CATS.

Oregon just barely managed to beat a much less talented Purdue team at home, so we need some more Pac10 over Big Ten domination. Granted, Oregon was recovering from a big loss --a lot of teams tend to get hangovers like that against otherwise weaker opponents.

Meanwhile, Cal should toast Minnesota with Jahvid Best.

Arizona needs to Bear Down and take out the Hawkeyes, who're feeling cocky after soundly defeating rival Iowa State (just don't mention the fact that they barely scraped by FCS-Northern Iowa in week 1).

 

[Weevus]

We actually have a tough schedule this year w/four Top 20 Preseason Poll teams just to start off the year w/FSU, GA Tech, TA Tech, and Oklahoma and the only cupcake team on our schedule is my Alma Mater, Florida A&M (that game, I'll definitely be at in October). Granted Florida plays in the self-destructive, Doomsday-like SEC, but they have 3 cupcakes this year in Charleston Southern, Troy, and Florida Int'l, 2 of which just to start the season.

Yeah, we'll see how we do this week against Tulsa. Should be a beat down, but who knows. Florida does have an easy schedule for the SEC. LSU on the road is the only big one right?

 

[aria]

LSU on the road is the only big one right?

LSU looks weak so far: they struggled at Washington and Vandy gave them a pretty tight game until the end --especially notable since it was in Tiger Stadium.

 

[Hidden Character]

Yeah, we'll see how we do this week against Tulsa. Should be a beat down, but who knows. Florida does have an easy schedule for the SEC. LSU on the road is the only big one right?

Big one, yes, but after last year's defeat from Ole Miss, they can't afford to overlook their trips to Kentucky and Miss. State.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Big one, yes, but after last year's defeat from Ole Miss, they can't afford to overlook their trips to Kentucky and Miss. State.

And Ole Miss beat them at The Swamp last year.

 

[aria]

Ole Miss is Houston Nutt's coaching with Ed Orgeron's knack for recruiting (and he was awesome when he was USC's head recruiter under Carroll).

 

[Loopz]

Arizona needs to Bear Down and take out the Hawkeyes, who're feeling cocky after soundly defeating rival Iowa State (just don't mention the fact that they barely scraped by FCS-Northern Iowa in week 1).

Stoops is an Iowa man...and I'm sure he is beyond ready for this and doing his best to get the players ready. Interesting note...his father was going to be buried in a regular old suit...and Stoops made them stop everything and insisted that his father would have wanted to be buried in his #46 Iowa jersey. He got his wish.

Gonna be interesting to watch him on the sidelines this week.

 

[aria]

More tomfoolery in humorous betting angles. The first sentence for the Florida-Tennessee game is one of my favorites --check the link to the painting if you're unfamiliar:

Florida -28.5 vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. Saturday
Honestly, what can I say about this game that Pieter Bruegel the Elder didn’t depict much more vividly in The Triumph of Death? This was going to be a blowout even before Lane Kiffin’s ego started writing checks that neither his body nor his playbook could cash; now that his trash talk has caused the Cyberdyne Systems Model T-1000 known to us humanoids as “Urban Meyer” to become sentient and program itself to terminate him with extreme prejudice, CBS may, for the first time, be forced to rate an NCAA football broadcast “TV-MA” for extreme graphic violence. The only way Tennessee squeaks under the four-TD line is if Monte Kiffin can (sorta) bail his kid out by dialing up enough defense to keep the Gators’ slightly re-jiggered offense from running completely wild. But given that the UT offense might be lucky to score at all behind turnover machine Jonathan Crompton, that becomes a taller order still. Florida whacked the Vols by 24 last year, on the road, with the Gator offense demonstrably not even trying that hard; this year’s game will make that one look like a minor disagreement between friends.

 

[aria]

Miami is unloading a can of whoop-ass on GT right now, and FAMU is unloading on Hampton on ESPN-U. HC must be having a lovely evening.

My favorite part of Miami-GT: the score was 31-10, Miami, near the end of the 3rd, and as GT lines up to punt, Fowler says "Well Georgia Tech has at least been solid in the kicking game" only to have the snap go right over the punters head with him having to kick it through the back for the safety. At that moment you heard him go "Ooo..." Classic.

 

[Hidden Character]

Yes, I am, Bobak as Miami took it to GA Tech 33-17 and now, onward to Beamer Ball and VA Tech next week in Blacksburg.

 

[aria]

Jacory Harris seems to be the real deal --though I honestly couldn't figure out what was going on with his hair...

 

[Hidden Character]

Jacory Harris seems to be the real deal --though I honestly couldn't figure out what was going on with his hair...

I was thinking the exact same thing in the interview and I understand having the parts on the side as I've done that before, but yeesh, what he had was overkill w/all those designs on the left side of his head.

Edit: Guess this was from last year....

 

[lithy]

Eric Berry for Heisman

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[famicommander]

Utah and Oregon both have awful, awful quarterbacks.

I knew Utah was going to have trouble replacing Johnson, but wow. This dude sucks.

 

[El_Duque]

It's official, Bobak's Trojans are overrated and sucked the big one.

 

[Arcademan]

And now it's official...

Washington over USC

 

[El_Duque]

Finally, this will be their year to go to the Rose Bowl.

 

[famicommander]

Utah lost at Oregon.

Not really a surpise. Utah lost a LOT this year. Oregon was actually the favorite, despite the Utes being ranked.

 

[Hidden Character]

And now it's official...

Washington over USC

I know damn well the current NFL U didn't lose to unranked Washington 16-13.

In other news, Tennessee lost to Florida 23-13, but Kiffin and Co. can hang so either Florida's not as invincible as everyone thinks (I sure as hell don't) or the Volunteers pushed the Gators to the limit.

 

[Loopz]

Alright, we take turns watching Bobak in shifts.

 

[abasuto]

Washington's coach use to be Pete Carroll's offensive coordinator.

I'm sure this win was a little extra special for him.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

I know damn well the current NFL U didn't lose to unranked Washington 16-13.

In other news, Tennessee lost to Florida 23-13, but Kiffin and Co. can hang so either Florida's not as invincible as everyone thinks (I sure as hell don't) or the Volunteers pushed the Gators to the limit.

Nah, Florida controlled them nearly the entire game. The only way Tennessee was able to score was because of dumb turnovers.