College Football 2009

[DJ Ducksauce]

So what are y'all's thoughts about this upcoming season?

Coach's Poll:

1. Florida (53)
2. Texas (4)
3. Oklahoma (1)
4. USC (1)
5. Alabama
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Penn State
9. LSU
10. Mississippi
11. Oklahoma State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Oregon
15. Georgia Tech
16. Boise State
17. TCU
18. Utah
19. Florida State
20. North Carolina
21. Iowa
22. Nebraska
23. Notre Dame
24. Brigham Young
25. Oregon State

I myself am hoping for the horns to take it all the way this year. \m/

[Zmev]

Go Stanford

[Deth]

feeling alright about Florida State. I'm guessing we'll finish the year ranked about 15 unless we beat V. Tech in the title game and go to the Orange Bowl to play lolbigeastlol champ and possibly finish top 10. Anticipating 9 or 10 wins depending on bowl opponent.

Praying for someone to take down florida. anyone.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Well the teams with the best chance to do that look to be LSU, UGA, and Fla. St. Unless Ole Miss goes undefeated and takes Florida out in the conference game.

Here are some of ESPN's blog predictions for the year:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowlprojection?season=2009&week=0

It'd be nice to see Oregon, Oregon State, or Cal take the Pac-10 this year over USC too.

[Deth]

we have 0 chance to take down timmy tebow in his last game in the swamp

idk why USC is getting ranked so high they're missing so much from last year (QB, O-line, entire LB corps). Must be habit. Would be great to see new blood in the Rose Bowl.

[DWittisarockstar]

Virginia Tech and BYU fan here. Too bad Tech already lost their best RB to injury. ACC sucks though so they're still gonna roll through it.

[Deth]

See you in the title game.

Our game against BYU is going to be fun, bit worried about it though.

[DWittisarockstar]

See you in the title game.

Our game against BYU is going to be fun, bit worried about it though.

Yeah the Coastal is tough so VT isn't going to just roll, but they definitely can if they play to their potential. And BYU just needs to perform against quality teams. How's FSU's Passing defense?

[adb]

we have 0 chance to take down timmy tebow in his last game in the swamp

idk why USC is getting ranked so high they're missing so much from last year (QB, O-line, entire LB corps). Must be habit. Would be great to see new blood in the Rose Bowl.

they always reload brah. Every year I get worried for the first few games then after that its basically a lock trip to the Rose Bowl

I predict another Rose Bowl win this year

[Deth]

they reload, but it's a lot harder when it's the entire LB/OL corp and a new QB (who very well could be a true freshman)

still the most talented team in the conference, but lack of experience will keep them out of the national championship race for a year imo

[Taoboxer9]

Florida Gators should repeat.
SEC is dominate.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Virginia Tech and BYU fan here. Too bad Tech already lost their best RB to injury. ACC sucks though so they're still gonna roll through it.

Leach has a lot of confidence in the new QB from what I've heard. And I think Batch might be back for the game against us. Dunno if he'll be 100% though. He killed us last year. Then again, we had like no run defense. Baylor got 24 points off us mostly on the ground. Same with Ok. St.

And as long as Corp/Barkley play well, USC should do just fine.

[AKid2]

MSU will be lost without Ringer. :(

[Crapdragoon]

mccoy ftw

[Deth]

got my ticket to the FSU-Miami game on Labor Day :)

will be getting v drunk and vying for attention of ESPN cameras

[The Stig]

Georgia. If we go one loss with our schedule, we can make it to the big show or at least one of the big four (Sugar). Joe Cox is an underrated QB (makes fewer dumb decisions trying for the TD every play like Stafford had a tendency to do), our line should actually be healthy this year, and AJ Green is going to be an absolute beast.

OK State
Tennessee
LSU
Alabama
Tennessee Tech
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Florida
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Arizona State
Arkansas

Not in order, but this is one of the hardest schedules I've seen in years. Only Tenn. Tech can really be called a complete pushover, but Arkansas should be pretty easy. Other than that, there's 5 teams in the preseason top 25 with three of them in the top 10 that we're playing. Should be a fun season regardless, and my first one outside of Athens.

[Deth]

props for the OOC schedule the last few years for Georgia, scheduling Arizona State and Ok. State takes some balls

the O-line will be a huge difference but idk whether it'll help overcome the loss of Stafford. Just beat Floriduh plz.

[Jawaharal]

i would be so happy if Tennessee just beat ****ing florida even if it meant losing every game for the rest of the year

[griftadan]

my school (kansas) probably ends up ranked and goes to the alamo or holiday bowl..

should be 6-0 by the time OU shows up to town, might get gameday that would be sick

[Pariah]

Might actually start following college football again this year.

[sLarkin20]

Sure glad I start at UF in the Spring so I can be a part of their next national championship :]

[The Stig]

props for the OOC schedule the last few years for Georgia, scheduling Arizona State and Ok. State takes some balls

the O-line will be a huge difference but idk whether it'll help overcome the loss of Stafford. Just beat Floriduh plz.

Yeah; the line is one of the things that really killed us in the UF game last year. And Cox is a highly underrated QB if you ask me. Makes better throwing decisions than Stafford did (Stafford had a nasty tendency to always go for the big play instead of the smart play) and has less of a tendency to overthrow open guys. Remember too, our last big question mark in a QB position was DJ Shockley, and he ended up being great for us. Led the SEC in passing efficiency, helped us win the SEC that year, and was a nice mobile threat. Besides the obvious blemish that was Joe Tereshinski (who nobody actually wanted to start when he did), UGA has had a nice succession of QBs the last few years. Hopefully the coaches have done it again with Cox.

Florida will be the toughest test this year, no doubt, but we'll see what all happens once the season starts. Should be fun, but it will be weird following the Dogs from NY now.

[Nosferatu]

Not in order, but this is one of the hardest schedules I've seen in years. Only Tenn. Tech can really be called a complete pushover, but Arkansas should be pretty easy. Other than that, there's 5 teams in the preseason top 25 with three of them in the top 10 that we're playing. Should be a fun season regardless, and my first one outside of Athens.

Arkansas will be a complete surprise and upset Georgia in Fayetteville on September 19. :D

oh, and i don't see how the Gators won't repeat. Maybe Texas.......nah.

[The Stig]

That's the thing -- Last time we played Arkansas (my freshman year at UGA back in Fall of '05) we almost lost. Granted, DJ Shockley got hurt in that game and we had Joe Tereshinski try to throw it away, but the thing about an SEC conference is the unpredictability. Just based on AK last year, they're one of the easier games we have this year.

[Nosferatu]

well, we'll see. i'll be in the stadium. we'll be 1-0, fresh(coming off of a bye week), and our first home game of the season. crowd will be pumped, as will the team. i can't wait for football season to start. only a couple more days!

[Poet]

What a retard and boring game between NC State and South Carolina.

[Left Face Down]

I'm going to be a little pissed if Florida repeats, not because I don't go to Florida, but more so because I hate cocky teams and like watching them fall flat on their face (i.e. USC). I love it every time USC loses, just because it doesn't matter their record they will be ranked Top 5 (though I once thought Top 3 this season has proven me wrong) at the beginning of the season.


I know Florida is going to be hard to beat, but I'm interested in seeing what LSU can do this year (yes I go to LSU -- Geaux Tigers!). We have had some crap luck with QBs as of late, with some "good" QBs turning out to be horrible on the field and off the field. However, we do have a possible game winner in Jefferson. He's only played in I believe 3 games total, the biggest being the Chick-Fil-A bowl last year which ever one thought GATech was going to upset us horrible in, and we kicked their ***.


By no means am I going to say we'll win the Championship, in fact that seems as a gauranteed not going to happen. However, I would wait to see if Jefferson falls on his face before you go counting us out of upsetting your favorite team that's on our list. =)


That means you Florida and Georgia. Who we so wonderfully get to face back-to-back, in the inverse order. At least we wont have Auburn before yall to take out our linemen, hopefully we'll be at least 90%.

[sLarkin20]

Orgeon/Boise St game is kinda lol right now.

[AA-12]

loooooooooool ****ing sucker punch

http://j.photos.cx/suckerp-38a.gif

[Pariah]

I'll bet that guy wants to be a Cowboy in the future.

[Left Face Down]

Bah, take your helmet off if you're going to hit some one. Be a man... still waiting for a coach to randomly deck a player who does something like that.

[sLarkin20]

At least that dumb bitch got suspended for the rest of the year.

[Deth]

glad that thug decommitted from FSU

don't really need any more bad publicity thx

[Poet]

Gahh....So wished Navy would have run the ball to get the 2 pt conversion instead of throwing it. ALMOST beating Ohio St. still made my day so far.

[hXcPLISIT]

go ducks go

[The Stig]

Ugh...Refs decided to take a nice, close game and ruin it. Ok State and UGA were close, we stopped them out of field goal range on a third and about fifteen, and were going to get the ball back with about ten minutes only down a TD. Then they come in with a bullshit personal foul call on a hit where the defensive back led with his shoulder into the receiver's shoulder. Even the announcers were calling the penalty crap. And then the same situation arose (after Ok State was set up on about the fifteen yard line and easily scored) when UGA had the ball, no flag was thrown, and the announcers asked why there was a no call in that situation (wouldn't have helped us by that point, but at least make the call consistently if you're going to call it). I just get frustrated when the refs take a close game and take the players out of the equation.

Ok State did play well, and it was a much closer game than the final score showed. Their defense is a big step up from the Big 12 defenses we saw last year; let's see what Texas and OU do. And Georgia didn't look too sloppy (receivers notwithstanding). I really like our punter, and our lines are looking solid. I guess we couldn't handle the good team on the road for the first game. Looking forward to playing USC next week.

[sLarkin20]

I almost feel bad for CSU.

28 - 0 and not even halfway though the 2nd quarter.

edit:

42 - 3 , 5 minutes left in the first half. This is hard to watch and I'm a Florida fan :[

[AA-12]

I almost feel bad for CSU.

28 - 0 and not even halfway though the 2nd quarter.

edit:

42 - 3 , 5 minutes left in the first half. This is hard to watch and I'm a Florida fan :[
this is really depressing, but i'm secretly so happy this is going on :cool:

[The Stig]

UF seriously has a weak schedule for an SEC team, though. You guys are going to have to go undefeated to have a shot at the NCG at the end.

[Junooni]

let's go HOKIESSSS

[The Stig]

On one hand, I dislike Alabama a lot and want them to lose, but we need them to win so the SEC looks strong again.

[Poet]

This is where I say holy crap@BYU winning even though Sam Bradford got hurt. BYU's defense was outstanding. Florida St. better look out in a couple weeks for this team.

[AA-12]

This is where I say holy crap@BYU winning even though Sam Bradford got hurt. BYU's defense was outstanding. Florida St. better look out in a couple weeks for this team.

eh, they won because ou's morale imploded. not saying it wasn't an impressive win, because it was, but it's not realistic to think they'll do much more.

[Poet]

The Mountain West Conference produces a high quality of football teams though.

[sLarkin20]

Alabama and VT is a damn good game but Alabama starting to push VT around now. I don't like Bama but I'd like to see em win like Sideshow said.

[Deth]

not gonna take the world of an uf fan this week seriosul means montohing espcially josh aka beighttes bandwagon fan ever i maena come on

ou was wtf but theats what happens on the fist game of the year, v tech was disappointing but alabama might be eveb better than anticpaited, notg lie l tackel an avergagte qb are irrecapab le

will edit draunk post later sorry guyts

SOBER EDIT: in hindsight that's a damn fine post

[The Stig]

Thing was, BYU vs. OU was only a three point contest when Bradford got hurt. Nice to see the overrated Sooners go down so early.

And to Deth --- Hi5 for the drunk posts.

[Jawaharal]

vols, granted they played western kentucky, looked pretty good yesterday

[Nosferatu]

Oklahoma's season just went completely down the drain last night lol. i love it.

so Georgia let down the SEC yesterday. they were the only SEC team to lose. the overrated Ole Miss Rebels play today, but their playing Memphis so that will be a win.

UF seriously has a weak schedule for an SEC team, though. You guys are going to have to go undefeated to have a shot at the NCG at the end.

yea, they do have a fairly weak schedule, compared to other SEC teams. take Arkansas, we have to play 5 ranked teams, and ALL of our road games are against teams which are rated in the top 11 right now :confused:

[sLarkin20]

Yeah cause all the big name teams play difficult schedules year after year.

They had the hardest schedule in the league in 06, 07 wasn't easy but they did get to play at Home for most of the difficult games, and 08 they would have just dominated any team in the league after the Ole Miss loss anyway :]

edit: And some bullshit calls going against Ole Miss :\

[The Stig]

Oklahoma's season just went completely down the drain last night lol. i love it.

so Georgia let down the SEC yesterday. they were the only SEC team to lose. the overrated Ole Miss Rebels play today, but their playing Memphis so that will be a win.

Like I said, it was a much closer game than the end spread allowed. The refs need to be more consistent with calling personal fouls for clean hits. That penalty changed the from a one-possession game with ten-twelve minutes left to a two-score game with about eight. Ok State did play well, but like I said earlier, the refs made it lopsided in the end on a bogus call.

I'm still thinking that besides the receivers (who made Cox look bad yesterday at times), the team looks solid. I'm thinking we have a good shot at another ten win season.

[Deth]

Florida State - Miami tonight

should be an absolute blast

[iranscam]

Like I said, it was a much closer game than the end spread allowed. The refs need to be more consistent with calling personal fouls for clean hits. That penalty changed the from a one-possession game with ten-twelve minutes left to a two-score game with about eight. Ok State did play well, but like I said earlier, the refs made it lopsided in the end on a bogus call.

I'm still thinking that besides the receivers (who made Cox look bad yesterday at times), the team looks solid. I'm thinking we have a good shot at another ten win season.

Georgia fan here. As frustrating as a few choice (killing) calls were, we had so many flaws in that game. For one thing, our special teams are just as terrible as they were last year. Kickoff returns killed us here both on the defensive and offensive. Our offense didn't look too great either as some of Cox's decisions were... questionable. Let's just say we're lucky there weren't 12 turnovers. Defense was excellent though.

Expecting a really rough game playing SC, though I do think we can turn out another 10 wins.

[The Stig]

I actually thought Cox was better at decision making than Stafford at times. He has some kinks to work out, but he looks like a decent QB. Many of the receivers made him look worse than he was. And I agree that special teams needs some work too. And Sturdivant is out with an ACL tear again. A really close game that got away. A few close interceptions on both sides, and things could have blown open either way.

Let's see what we can do against USC next week.

[sLarkin20]

Florida State - Miami tonight

should be an absolute blast

They broadcasting that at all?

[Deth]

uh ESPN Monday Night game of the week

have to hope that's supposed to be an arrogant gator joke

[sLarkin20]

I honestly didn't know if they were broadcasting or not :\

And I feel bad for Miami. At FSU to open, then Georgia Tech, then at Virgina Tech, then Oklahoma.

lol

[Against Miik!]

ND won so nothing else really matters

They have a lot of winnable games this year so I'm thinking Charlie Weis will probably save his job. USC is the only one that is completely out of reach.

[Poet]

I honestly didn't know if they were broadcasting or not :\

And I feel bad for Miami. At FSU to open, then Georgia Tech, then at Virgina Tech, then Oklahoma.

lol

I really wish Miami was still a national powerhouse like they used to be. I'm a Mizzou guy, but I've always loved to see Miami succeed.

[hXcPLISIT]

what are teh Ducks up to

[sLarkin20]

Sweet Jesus FSU/Miami was a gudin.

[Deth]

siiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

place erupted when it looked like that final play was a touchdown. absolutely heartbreaking. our secondary could be scored on by a high school team, ridiculous.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

FSU Miami was probably the best game of the weekend. Ponder and Harris played pretty outstanding. Harris proved to have a pretty good arm even after his throwing arm got torn out of its socket and Ponder was surprisingly athletic for a lumbering white guy. When he stepped back in the pocket then ran for the first down in (I think) their last drive I figured they were going all the way to the end zone. Too bad his last pass was too low. Tough loss but a huge W for Miami.

Also, I'm so pumped for the USC OSU matchup. Terrel Pryor's got another year under his belt and OSU obviously has a massive chip on their shoulder from last year's drubbing. They better take advantage Barkley's inexperience now because he will probably scare the **** out of Tressel for the following 3 years.

[Deth]

we knew Ponder was athletic, he ran for almost 150 yards against Miami last year (which was really epic too). Campus sucked today.

Really interested in the OSU-USC game, really have no idea. Have to figure that OSU will perform better than against Navy, but don't know if it can be enough.

[adb]

OSU USC should be great

hopefully Barkley can be efficient

and McKnight/Bradford (I call him LenDale, cause he has the same # and body)

can be the new finesse/power running combo like Bush/White were

those were the ****ing days

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

we knew Ponder was athletic, he ran for almost 150 yards against Miami last year (which was really epic too).

I figured it wasn't new news but I hadn't seen them play and didn't really follow football much last year.

Also, I find it funny that you can feel the disappointment on campus. I'm sure it's the same way at a lot of big and/or football schools but my school does not give a **** about football. Kind of disheartening tbh

[Nosferatu]

OSU USC should be great

i hope so, last year was pathetic. hopefully OSU will actually make a game out of it this year.

[Deth]

Wisconsin are so terrible

[sLarkin20]

Florida looking pretty bad right now.

edit:

Ok, maybe just a rough start lol.

[The Stig]

Maybe if you guys scheduled some OOC teams that weren't AAAAA high school teams for your first two games, a win would mean something.

[sLarkin20]

Ok lemme fix "our" schedule real quick.

And I didn't say anything about the win against CSU or a win against Troy meaning anything, you psycho.

[The Stig]

I guess implications inferred from posts make me a psycho? I don't see it, but let me explain.

You're sarcastically saying Florida is looking bad because you're up 21-3 in the second quarter and won big last week. I'm saying the big numbers in these games are coming because UF likes to play weak OOC schools in its first two games to make sure the powers that be shove UF a little further down their throats. I'll give you a break and assume that you're a freshman and aren't yet aware of what a psycho is and is not and just tell you to can it you cocky son of a bitch.

[Deth]

that's whats up

[sLarkin20]

....

I was serious about them looking bad, because they were looking pretty ****ing bad the entire first quarter of the game. I can't help it they scored 3 touchdowns or something after I made that post :]

PSYCHO

[The Stig]

Oh my god you mean Tim Tebow didn't score three touchdowns in the first quarter himself while also playing left guard, saving three children from a burning church, and motorboating his girlfriend's massive tits all at the same time?

You're right; they looked awful.

[sLarkin20]

They did look bad, at least for their standards. Took the entire first quarter to get things going on both sides. Not my fault you interpreted that as sarcastic and spazzed out. Take a chill pill brobro.

[The Stig]

Well, have fun beating the powerhouse that is TROY.

[Deth]

0 - Florida has not played a ranked opponent from outside the SEC not named Miami or Florida State since 1991.

60 - Florida will have played 60 consecutive OOC games without leaving the state of Florida at the end of this season.

Sept. 21, 1991 - The last time time Florida went out of the state or Florida for an OOC contest. Lost to Syracuse 38-21

Oct. 18, 1986 - The last time Florida defeated a BCS team outside the state of Florida. Beat Rutgers 15-3

Sept. 23, 1989 - The last victory Florida had against an out of state team not in the SEC. They beat Memphis State

0 - Number of Undefeated seasons

guess who!

[sLarkin20]

national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs

[Zmev]

Irrational Florida hate inp.

Also,

Winning 17-3? Heh, more like losing 24-17

[Deth]

not irrational when there's a UG grad and an FSU student posting

[The Stig]

And the fact that UF has only played high school teams at home so far to start the season and has one of the easiest schedules in the SEC this year.

[Poet]

Oh my god you mean Tim Tebow didn't score three touchdowns in the first quarter himself while also playing left guard, saving three children from a burning church, and motorboating his girlfriend's massive tits all at the same time?

You're right; they looked awful.

I :lol: so much on this. Greatest post like ever.


And wtf@Oklahoma State getting torched by Houston's passing game.

[Against Miik!]

Hey guys turn on Michigan/ND its quite a game

[Cesar]

So Oklahoma State got PWND...

[Pariah]

Might actually start following college football again this year.

Well so much for this.

[Poet]

Well so much for this.

lol why?

I was about to cry when Mizzou was getting manhandled. Woot comeback.

[sLarkin20]

Georgia and South Carolina was a 4+ hour game or something.

And I really hope Ohio State can hold onto this game with almost a minute left :x

[Andrew Jackson]

I :lol: so much on this. Greatest post like ever.


And wtf@Oklahoma State getting torched by Houston's passing game.

Thank you very much. I tried.

And we looked alright against USC (the real one that was founded 79 years before So. Cal for the record). Nothing great for us, but considering Joe Cox was starting with a hurt shoulder, we looked alright on offense. And a school record 100 yard kickoff return for a TD isn't anything to sneeze at.

[Deth]

USC - Ohio State didn't turn out as interesting as I hoped

FSU game made me queasy today. I can blame a lot of it on a short week, a heartbreaking loss to one of our biggest rivals and overlooking to BYU next week, but the sloppiness we had against a 1-AA school and not leading until 4 minutes to go in the game is inexcusable. I may have also been queasy because of the monsoon we had and I was beginning to feel sick, but still. A win's a win. Except when it's Jacksonville State.

[Nosferatu]

0 - Florida has not played a ranked opponent from outside the SEC not named Miami or Florida State since 1991.

60 - Florida will have played 60 consecutive OOC games without leaving the state of Florida at the end of this season.

Sept. 21, 1991 - The last time time Florida went out of the state or Florida for an OOC contest. Lost to Syracuse 38-21

Oct. 18, 1986 - The last time Florida defeated a BCS team outside the state of Florida. Beat Rutgers 15-3

Sept. 23, 1989 - The last victory Florida had against an out of state team not in the SEC. They beat Memphis State

0 - Number of Undefeated seasons

guess who!

you forget to add the number 2.

2 - number of National Championships won in the past 3 years.

that is all that matters.

Oh my god you mean Tim Tebow didn't score three touchdowns in the first quarter himself while also playing left guard, saving three children from a burning church, and motorboating his girlfriend's massive tits all at the same time?

You're right; they looked awful.

calm down, son. jesus christ, your last couple posts are childish. you are obviously pissed that Georgia lost to Oklahoma State. GET OVER IT. you are still ranked in the top 25.

BOOHOO, why can't you just acknowledge that Florida is the number 1 team in 1-A? i don't care who they may schedule the first couple weeks of football, they are without a doubt the best team in college football right now.

btw, i am not a Gators fan.

[sLarkin20]

Stop being so rational!

[Zmev]

Not surprised Oklahoma State lost since they were mad overrated to begin with.

[AA-12]

national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs national champs

seriously all that matters :cool:

[Deth]

don't really want to start a giant debate here about the worthiness of gators and their fans, but:

they have quickly become the most arrogant fans around. They seem to to be under the impression that UF is the mecca of college football and just as historically important as Notre Damn, USC, OSU, Michigan, Alabama etc. etc. They really have no right to. It took them until 1991 to even win an SEC championship (the ones in the 80's you cheated to get and were vacated)! How can a program be the cream of the crop when it takes them over 80 years of playing the sport until they win their own conference?

Granted, the past 15 years or so have been on the the up and up and fans should be proud of the steps they've taken, but Gator football is not the end-all-be-all. Three national championships is awesome, but stop acting like your the university of college football, you're still the new kid on the block.

That is why outsiders don't like Gators.

[sLarkin20]

Yeah, it's the Gator's fault for being the most popular team in college football right now.

And yeah they pretty much are the end-all-be-all for the moment. They obviously weren't always in this position, and they won't be in this position forever.

You and your little buddy Sideshow are creating all these arguments out of thin air cause nobody here, including myself, are making any of these statements about Florida. Seems like you (an FSU student, imagine that) can't handle all the attention the Gators have been getting recently.

Stop hating, it's borderline pathetic.

And last post on the topic for me :]

[Deth]

you're clueless

[Andrew Jackson]

calm down, son. jesus christ, your last couple posts are childish. you are obviously pissed that Georgia lost to Oklahoma State. GET OVER IT. you are still ranked in the top 25.

BOOHOO, why can't you just acknowledge that Florida is the number 1 team in 1-A? i don't care who they may schedule the first couple weeks of football, they are without a doubt the best team in college football right now.

btw, i am not a Gators fan.

What? You know as well as I do that the national sports media fellates Tim Tebow as hard as they can. And my whole argument, a very valid one, is that the Gators get a lot of the attention that they do because they play a weak OOC schedule where they're able to put up impressive looking stats without much difficulty.

Why when UGA was preseason ranked #1 last year did we not get accolades from the sports media starting 4-0? Our first four opponents were Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, the senior USC, and Arizona State. The respective scores were 45-21 (14 of GSU's points were late in the 4th quarter after the second string came in), 56-17 (against at the time the reigning MAC champion), 14-7 (against a very good South Carolina defense), and 27-10 (after we flew cross country and played farther west than we had since we played Texas years ago).

The excuse for placing the other teams ahead of us, even though we started 4-0 was the fact that our OOC schedule last year was seen as weak. Why, then is UF still ranked first after similar showings against similar opponents. Bringing out the fact that the media is swung pretty far in favor of Florida isn't childish, inappropriate, or pulled out of thin air.

And the BCS national championship argument isn't all that great either. There's still huge controversy in the system. Remember 2007? The two best teams at the end of the year were hands down UGA and the junior USC. The powers that be saw LSU leapfrog about 5 teams when they beat a mediocre Tennessee team for the SEC championship and played in a snoozer of an NCG against tOSU. The junior USC played Illinois in the Rose Bowl and we played Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl; both were dreadfully mismatched games.

Long story short is that the best teams aren't always put into the NCG. There's too much weight put onto the showy numbers people put up against weak teams (think So. Cal. in the Pac-10 or tOSU in the Big 10 until last year).

**** it; I think I'll just go ahead and open wide for little Tim. Everyone else seems into it.

[Nosferatu]

What? You know as well as I do that the national sports media fellates Tim Tebow as hard as they can. And my whole argument, a very valid one, is that the Gators get a lot of the attention that they do because they play a weak OOC schedule where they're able to put up impressive looking stats without much difficulty.

i won't argue that the media loves Tim Tebow, because they do, without question.

Why when UGA was preseason ranked #1 last year did we not get accolades from the sports media starting 4-0? Our first four opponents were Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, the senior USC, and Arizona State. The respective scores were 45-21 (14 of GSU's points were late in the 4th quarter after the second string came in), 56-17 (against at the time the reigning MAC champion), 14-7 (against a very good South Carolina defense), and 27-10 (after we flew cross country and played farther west than we had since we played Texas years ago).

so you're still mad that Georgia wasn't ranked number 1 last year after a couple weeks? hey, who said that i didn't agree? i thought they were the best team for the first couple weeks, but USC comes in and what do you expect? the AP voters vote for USC being #1. is that a surprise? No, that's just a flaw in the College Football system. i hate the BCS, and i will be the first one to tell you this, but that is not my argument right now.

The excuse for placing the other teams ahead of us, even though we started 4-0 was the fact that our OOC schedule last year was seen as weak. Why, then is UF still ranked first after similar showings against similar opponents. Bringing out the fact that the media is swung pretty far in favor of Florida isn't childish, inappropriate, or pulled out of thin air.

maybe because they were, and still are, the best team in the nation without question?

And the BCS national championship argument isn't all that great either. There's still huge controversy in the system. Remember 2007? The two best teams at the end of the year were hands down UGA and the junior USC. The powers that be saw LSU leapfrog about 5 teams when they beat a mediocre Tennessee team for the SEC championship and played in a snoozer of an NCG against tOSU. The junior USC played Illinois in the Rose Bowl and we played Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl; both were dreadfully mismatched games.

hey man, i completely agree with you there. my team, Arkansas, beat LSU on their home field in a triple overtime game when they were ranked number one in the nation in the last game of the season. LSU had no right to go to the National Championship that year, even after beating Tennessee. i was shocked when i found out they would go. but that's the SEC for you. the SEC Championship is simply a stepping stone towards the National Championship.

but that's still not my argument. my argument is that Florida is without a doubt the best team in College Football right now. i've been saying this ever since the week after they lost to Ole Miss last year.

Long story short is that the best teams aren't always put into the NCG. There's too much weight put onto the showy numbers people put up against weak teams (think So. Cal. in the Pac-10 or tOSU in the Big 10 until last year).

**** it; I think I'll just go ahead and open wide for little Tim. Everyone else seems into it.

i agree, voters think way too much about a school's history when voting. but to say USC is a weak team is just plain stupid. USC is a strong school that easily contends for the National Championship year in and year out. Ohio State on the other hand, is seriously overrated. they lose all the big games every single year, yet are ranked in the top ten every year, and i think that is atrocious.

long story short, my whole point is that the BCS doesn't always get it right, but all this anti-Florida stuff is ridiculous, considering they are easily the best team in the nation.

[Left Face Down]

And the BCS national championship argument isn't all that great either. There's still huge controversy in the system. Remember 2007? The two best teams at the end of the year were hands down UGA and the junior USC. The powers that be saw LSU leapfrog about 5 teams when they beat a mediocre Tennessee team for the SEC championship and played in a snoozer of an NCG against tOSU. The junior USC played Illinois in the Rose Bowl and we played Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl; both were dreadfully mismatched games.

Long story short is that the best teams aren't always put into the NCG. There's too much weight put onto the showy numbers people put up against weak teams (think So. Cal. in the Pac-10 or tOSU in the Big 10 until last year).

I'll agree with you, but I must say you're just a big UGA fan and it shows. I could tell you a perfectly valid reason why LSU would be chosen over UGA for anything that season. Of course you will fall back on, "the two best teams at the end of the year" argument, and we can only assume what would have happened if we had a healthy LSU Vs. UGA that season. Though I just don't buy the "best teams at the end of the year" argument. LSU went into the BCS Championship at a lot higher health percentage than it was for probably half the season, at least since after Auburn and the chop block.


Better arguments to bring against the BCS National Championship would be like last years triple tie, or 2004 when Auburn went undefeated but got screwed out because there were three undefeated teams. Then we can even bring into consideration 2003 where USC just complained and got to be "co-champions", because USC can do no wrong. It's stupid to say, but USC could lose every game in a season and still be ranked top 5 the next season. Though prior to this season I thought they would never be ranked out of the top 3 at the end of the season, which this season showed false.


On the note of Florida, honestly I haven't seen them play this year. There is a good chance I wont until they Vs. LSU and I'm actually paying attention. :lol: From what I'm hearing they better drill us into the ground, cause I'm really not happy with how LSU is doing this year.

[sLarkin20]

Georgia Tech at Miami tonight.

Kewl :]

[Deth]

hoping that miami will show the same signs of shutting down G-Tech that Clemson did last week. When FSU play them, we're going to need all the film we can get. God our D is terrible.

[The Stig]

I'm all for Tech losing whenever possible.

[Poet]

Miami is just flat out murdering Tech right now. Haven't seen this type of energy from Miami in forever, it's nice though.

[sLarkin20]

Yeah, pretty impressive looking so far.

[The Stig]

My Jersey is in the mail and should be here tomorrow. It left Baltimore at 6:00 tonight. I love UPS package tracking.

[sLarkin20]

Your Hurricanes jersey.

[The Stig]

Nah. A.J. Green. Number 8.

Well being a college team jersey, it doesn't have his name, but It's obvious who it is. He's our big star now, so I got his. That and the fact it was $60, and the Stafford/Moreno ones were about $100.

[Deth]

guess the triple option has worn out it's welcome a bit

[Nosferatu]

Miami looked real good. even though they beat Florida St., i was still on the fence, but now i'm pretty convinced they are a top 20 team. looks like that program is back on its feet.

[The Stig]

And my jersey is now in Uniondale which is a walkable distance from the university...

[AA-12]

eric decker just got killed on the field

D:

[sLarkin20]

**** yeah he did. Held onto the ball though :]

[AA-12]

yeah. he was on the sidelines acting like nothing even happened.

[sLarkin20]

Right after he got hit he was laying there with that staring into space look. He might have recovered on the sidelines but he was ****ed up for a few moments right after the hit.

[AA-12]

when he had blood all over i was like ****... this guy probably has brain damage. glad he's alright (seems that way at least)

[sLarkin20]

Bout to find out if Tennessee is gonna be "singing Rocky Top all night" tonight or not :]

[AA-12]

Bout to find out if Tennessee is gonna be "singing Rocky Top all night" tonight or not :]

:D :D ive been waiting too long for this

[sLarkin20]

Louisville/Kentucky was a damn good game, too. Didn't catch it until the last quarter, but great game.

[Left Face Down]

Surprised with Tennessee tonight, and <3 USC's performance tonight. You can pigeon hole me as a USC hater, I don't care, it's true. Still wishing I had ESPNU so I could watch the LSU game, but I guess I'll live.


Though now kind of worried if LSU doesn't get it's game together we're just going to sink to new lows in the SEC. I mean, Tennessee put up a good fight today. Yeah Florida is "#1", but they didn't exactly show domination today against Tennessee the whole show. Now if UGA loses and LSU wins, I can go to sleep happy.

[sLarkin20]

Yeah, Florida pulled out the win but it wasn't anything to brag about. But, with an inner-conference rivalry game like that, a win is a win. Can't take nothing away from Tennessee they had some good running and D.

USC loss was lols.

[Cesar]

USC should be ashamed, and while on the subject BYU got PWND! I'm happy for FSU they have been playing very good.

[Poet]

At least BYU got destroyed by a respectable team. USC loses to a team that went 0-12 last year lol.

[Left Face Down]

Last season doesn't matter, I mean they're 2-1 this season. USC losing to them makes me feel a little better that LSU didn't beat them like 50 - 0... still would have loved for them to do that, however, I realize we don't have that good of a team this year and it was the fist game.

[Deth]

Florida State yessssssssss

[Poet]

Last season doesn't matter, I mean they're 2-1 this season. USC losing to them makes me feel a little better that LSU didn't beat them like 50 - 0... still would have loved for them to do that, however, I realize we don't have that good of a team this year and it was the fist game.

lol one of those wins were against Idaho so that doesn't really count. It also kind of makes it a bit more relevant when Washington only has 32 Sr and Jr on the team. That lack of experience plus the fact that they sucked last year makes this win so much lol worthy.

[Left Face Down]

Past the thousand flags, the Arkansas Vs. Georgia game was good. I wanted Arkansas to win, but non-the-less it was a good show. I felt bored watching the Texas Vs. Texas Tech game. However I was happy to see Texas win... for honestly no apparent reason. I hold no favoritism for Texas, I just wanted to see them get "revenge". I blame the broadcasters prior to the game forcing this opinion on me. :lol:


lol one of those wins were against Idaho so that doesn't really count. It also kind of makes it a bit more relevant when Washington only has 32 Sr and Jr on the team. That lack of experience plus the fact that they sucked last year makes this win so much lol worthy.

I would defend them, but then again I quickly learned to tune out the announcers during their game Vs. LSU. The whole damn game they were going on about how this was a totally different team than last year because so and so was injured, and so and so was out, and so and so this and so and so that. If I remember correctly they have 3 guys that they didn't have (for at least the majority) of last season who are apparently good.


Go figure, seriously the announcers would have praised one of Washington's guys for tying their shoe in that game. Every time they did something it was like OMFG amazing, but when LSU did something good it was just like... yeah, I think LSU just scored... that's good right? They probably gave out a full biography of every Washington player who touched the ball that game.

[Angmar]

Hell yeah, UW beating USC, couldn't ask for a better day.

[Deth]

USC at lolnumber12lol

We're back to where we started at 18, which is whatever. South Florida game this week should be a blast.

[Angmar]

LOL beating USC put us from 80th to 24th

[Nosferatu]

Past the thousand flags, the Arkansas Vs. Georgia game was good. I wanted Arkansas to win, but non-the-less it was a good show.

if we had half a defense we would have won. christ, so much potential with our offense, yet our defense blows the game. our secondary made Joe Cox, an average at best quarterback, look like a Heisman candidate lol. anyway, the ejection of our starting linebacker really hurt us and blew the momentum we had. if that hadn't had happened, we prolly would've been up 28-10 at the 2nd quarter. oh well, ref's blow calls occasionally and you have to deal with it. we couldn't. so we lost.

[The Stig]

Cox, while not Heisman quality, is a better than average QB. He's shown some flashes of brilliance in the past (coming in in the middle of the Colorado game a couple of years ago behind and rallying for the win), and he's much better at his decision making than the Pick Six express that was Matthew Stafford.

And if you're counting the loss of your linebacker as an excuse, what about the loss of our starting offensive LT at OK State and our best DE last game for the entire season taking the wind out of our defense's sails? Our defense admittedly played like crap. Arkansas's was just crappier, and maybe Joe Cox/A.J. Green are a bit better than most people give them credit for.

[Deth]

He didn't really use it as an excuse. And you're one to talk about excuses :p

[The Stig]

Don't straw man my obviously biased argument...

our secondary made Joe Cox, an average at best quarterback, look like a Heisman candidate lol. anyway, the ejection of our starting linebacker really hurt us and blew the momentum we had. if that hadn't had happened, we prolly would've been up 28-10 at the 2nd quarter.

I dunno looks like an excuse to me.

[sLarkin20]

Ole Miss :\

[Deth]

should not be ranked #4

[cirq]

penn state will lose this weekend

[Deth]

they're probably pretty overrated too, will be hard fought if nothing else

hope I get to catch the Miami-VT game, but I'm at the FSU game which kicks off at noon. Who scheduled a noon game ****.

[Left Face Down]

LSU Vs. Miss State is also at noon est, but worse it's 11 a.m. in Baton Rouge, La (central time). So I have to get my lazy *** up (lies I'll probably still be up -- been sick and sleeping countless hours of the day) and watch the game, because it is actually on a channel I have! Damn ESPNU and not being on basic cable/cable being lumped into my apartment bill. *sigh*

I'm not too scared we'll lose to Miss State, but I realize it is a possibility despite the fact they are a big underdog through the media. I just haven't felt like LSU has played solid this year, and we need to get our act together this game or we're just going to get straight up flattened by Georgia and Florida in the upcoming weeks.

[Jaymz Hetfield]

I'm so glad football is back.

[Poet]

I'm not expecting much national attention this year, but I'm really proud of what Mizzou's done so far. Blaine Gabbart is going to be pretty awesome in the next few years. Not throwing a pick in the first four games is already good enough for me.

[illmitch]

as a jayhawk, i must respectfully wholeheartedly disagree

[Left Face Down]

I'm really getting depressed over LSU Vs. Miss State actually being a game, it pretty much means LSU is going to get ran over by Georgia and Florida in the upcoming weeks. I was hoping to see them come out and show off that they have actually been working on the offense, but they haven't and the special teams are dying. It may be the rain that did it to the special teams, but still.

[AA-12]

I'm really getting depressed over LSU Vs. Miss State actually being a game, it pretty much means LSU is going to get ran over by Georgia and Florida in the upcoming weeks. I was hoping to see them come out and show off that they have actually been working on the offense, but they haven't and the special teams are dying. It may be the rain that did it to the special teams, but still.

they just did that for you

:)

[sLarkin20]

Pretty sure Kentucky's head coach is going to murder his team then kill himself at half time. He was looking ridiculously pissed about 1 minute into the game.

[AA-12]

Pretty sure Kentucky's head coach is going to murder his team then kill himself at half time. He was looking ridiculously pissed about 1 minute into the game.

this is glorious :D

[Against Miik!]

I wish I could boycott ESPN or something. I want to watch my school play tonite every though we will get killed and of course the game is only on ESPN 360 and of course you can't use ESPN 360 if you have Time Warner. I mean, where else does that exist!!

[AA-12]

nooooooooooooooooooooo

tebow :(

[sLarkin20]

I missed him getting hit live but saw some replays. Looked like he got knocked out for a bit but they got next week off and he will be back for LSU.

[Left Face Down]

Tebow has to get better, or LSU upsetting Florida in two weeks means nothing!


// Yeah, the chances of that are about 10%, maybe, but I can joke about it.


So I'm thinking top five as of this week
1. Florida
2. Texas
3 Alabama
4. Boise State
5. LSU

Yes, I'm pretty sure Boise State is going to skip my own team and I believe LSU hasn't proven themselves enough to be ranked top 5. I really seem to be hating on my own team this year, true, however, it is only because our upcoming line up is Georgia, Florida, and then Auburn. So, two teams I think are better than us, followed up by a team we can beat, but maybe not after playing Georgia and Florida the two weeks prior. At least we have an easy game in Tulane before we get ran over by Alabama, and then the last game Vs. Arkansas is the only other game which worries me.

[Poet]

So I'm thinking top five as of this week
1. Florida
2. Texas
3 Alabama
4. Boise State
5. LSU


So I first looked at this and thought it crazy LSU was five, but there aren't any teams right now that should be higher.


This season is nuts already. It's getting close to the craziness of the 2007 season already.

[Jaymz Hetfield]

I thought Tebow was dead after that hit. Wouldn't be surprised if he had a concussion or something.

[Against Miik!]

His vomiting post hit was due to his being sick already. Still, he took a pretty nasty blow. Two full weeks off, he'll be fine.

[illmitch]

yeah but hopefully he won't recover

[AA-12]

already out of the hospital :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Poet]

The main problem I have this week with the rankings is that Boise State and LSU should be switched.

[Left Face Down]

As I posted earlier, I think Bose State should be above LSU as well. Though my friends shouldn't worry, if #18 Georgia doesn't upset #4 LSU next weekend then I'll believe we belong in the top 5 and above Bose State. If they do, like I (despite going to LSU) believe they will... then LSU is going to get dropped to like 15th at least. Then we get to face #1 Florida the next weekend, so we'll probably drop a few more spots.


I must say, the last two Miss St. possessions in the LSU Vs. Miss St. game gave me hope that we actually have a chance to defeat Georgia. That is, if it doesn't rain and our offense comes to the game prepared to play. If it rains our special teams can't hold on to the damn ball, and if our offense doesn't come prepared... well we will probably be down at least two touchdowns at the half.

[The Stig]

I was pissed that they only showed the GA game (tied or within 3 points for almost the entire second half) on ESPNU, but they decided to play the Florida game that was over at the half through its entirety. I really ****ing hate ESPN.

[Rams]

No one like Georgia, quit pretending people do.

[The Stig]

I just thought a 3-0 Pac-10 team trying to prove themselves visiting a 2-1 SEC school who's a big question mark this year playing one of the closest games of the night in a prime time TV slot might be better TV than a Florida blowout of Kentucky we all saw coming.

[Cesar]

I can't wait for someone to beat Florida. I'm not a hater it's just that I'm tired of them being praised so much when I'm sure texas and Alabama can both take them, specially Bama

[The Stig]

I honestly think Alabama is much better all around than UF at this early juncture in the season. UF is relying too much on Tebow again like in 2007. I think that if UF played a tougher schedule, they'd be 10-2 at the end of the year...But they have a pretty easy schedule, and their bye is in a really nice position for them (right after Tebow's hit on the head and before the LSU game). If I had to rank the SEC, I'd say it's the following:

1. Bama -- They've separated themselves from everybody else, and unlike UF, they've played some legitimate teams on the way. The only truly close game was against Va. Tech, and the Hokies were (and still are) fairly highly ranked at the time. Their defense has impressed, holding what was supposed to be a great Arkansas offense to only seven points this week. Plus, they've been able to work around injuries well so far.

2. UF -- They're everyone's darlings, and they're playing well, but their biggest test so far has been Tennessee, and though greatly improved, UT isn't a powerhouse again just yet. And their schedule avoids Alabama and Auburn, who are both looking very good so far. LSU and UGA are the only true hurdles in the way of an undefeated SEC season (with the possible exception of the on again off again USC at USC later on). And we don't know exactly what the concussion will do to Tebow.

T3. LSU/UGA -- Both are winning, but they're looking ugly doing it. Georgia has played better opponents, but LSU has the 4-0 record (though they survived two scares of their own in Washington and Miss. State). They play each other next week, so we'll see how it goes. I'm really having trouble seeing LSU at 4th after this weekend, though.

5. Auburn Has been looking really good, but they haven't played a tough opponent yet.

6. South Carolina Garcia has looked promising, and the win over Mississippi was a step towards possible national prominence soon. Only problem is now everyone is downing on USC's win as a result of Miss. being overrated.

7. Mississipi -- Overrated or not, they're still a good team all around. They just need a little polishing. And Snead.

8. Tennessee -- Kiffin has reformed the team some from its joke status last year, but they have a long way to go.

9. Kentucky -- They looked alright against Louisville, and I thought this could be a big year for them, but they couldn't even stay in the game at home against Florida.

10. Mississippi State -- Were almost able to pull the upset against LSU. Need some work, but they have an outside shot at a bowl game this season.

11. Vandy -- They're 2-2, but take a look at the wins they have. They will have a tough time making it back to December/January play this year.

12. Arkansas -- The offense was supposed to be the saving grace of the team. But they can't stop any passing, and against a good defense, the supposed high power offense just disappeared.

[Cesar]

dude you missed Texas.

[The Stig]

Texas is Big 12.

[Deth]

Bama will be in the National Championship, and if they meet UF in the SEC Championship, they will wipe the floor with them.

LSU probably have a better shot of beating them than most are giving them credit for too, especially if Tebow is still affected (if he's out or semi-rushed back). LSU will bring some fight.

[sLarkin20]

go gators

[The Stig]

Bama will be in the National Championship, and if they meet UF in the SEC Championship, they will wipe the floor with them.

LSU probably have a better shot of beating them than most are giving them credit for too, especially if Tebow is still affected (if he's out or semi-rushed back). LSU will bring some fight.

Like I said up there too, UF is looking vulnerable like UF in 2007. Tebow's already taken some monster hits the last two games that aren't really like what we're used to seeing. And these were from teams that aren't yet at their full potential. I really think that if LSU and UGA can fix their problems by the time they meet UF, UF has a good shot at going down a couple of times this regular season.

[Jawaharal]

Bama has looked unstoppable this year so far. Unless Texas loses to the oklahomos i doubt they will lose another game, so I forsee Texas and Bama in the national championship.

[Left Face Down]

It is game day, time to see if LSU can capitalize on Georgia's #1 in turn overs position. If they give us a few turn overs and we stop them in the red zone, they are also #1 in red zone scoring, LSU wins.

LSU needs the defense then had at the end of the Miss St. game out of the locker room here. Show no weakness, and prove to the nation they deserve some kind of attention. That and essentially upsetting Georgia (who despite rankings the majority of people think are going to win) is good motivation going into Florida next week.

If any one we can lose to Florida, if we beat every one LSU goes to SEC Championship against Florida for another chance. If anything though, as I've said, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama are the teams which are going to do their best to throw LSU own the ladder.


Edit: If LSU loses this game it is because Jordan Jefferson forgot his balls at home.


Edit 2: Wow, honestly LSU just impressed me. I'm not sure if we can pull off an upset of Florida with Jefferson, but we've got fight.

[illmitch]

so k-state, of all teams, beat iowa state...next week is gonna be a blowout

[Deth]

Bobby Bowden needs to be run out of town

[sLarkin20]

lols

FSU and GA lost, Alabama gave up 20 points to Kentucky, and Miami/Auburn both looking good right now. Can't complain about any of that :]

[Deth]

and to think you won't even step on campus before Timmy plays his last college down

[sLarkin20]

I'd be upset if I lost to BC and now 2-3, too.

And Bama sure didn't look "unstoppable" at Kentucky today.

[Cesar]

Miami making things interesting.

[Poet]

Woot The U!

[Deth]

****

I'd be upset if I lost to BC and now 2-3, too.

And Bama sure didn't look "unstoppable" at Kentucky today.

and you didn't look unstoppable against UT, what's your point?

teams have up and down games regardless of how good they are

and obviously I'm pissed off, I'm watching one of the game's greatest coaches throw away the program and his legacy while wiping his nose on the sideline

[Cesar]

That was a great game. Oklahoma's season has been deflated. It's kind of sad really. I wonder if anyone saw Miami coming. I mean people could have thought they be good, but they have been great.

[Deth]

I was expecting a 8 or 9 win season for them, looks like they'll end with 2 losses going into the ACCCG and possibly the Orange Bowl.

[Cesar]

It's even more depressing for O fans because if they still had their QB they should have won the game. Now they have to face Texas and let's face it the chances of inning are very slim, and pretty much lose the top 20.

[Deth]

Bradford will probably be back for next week, though goodness knows how he's going to look

[AA-12]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1x1mvb2W23Q/SWbY3lAV5iI/AAAAAAAAATE/d2ecYx2_w2g/s400/ou+band.jpg

[Cesar]

Wasn't aware he was to return so soon. If he is healthy and has his few shares of practices he'll be just fine.

[cirq]

OU is garbage without their boy

[Deth]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1x1mvb2W23Q/SWbY3lAV5iI/AAAAAAAAATE/d2ecYx2_w2g/s400/ou+band.jpg

fuuuuuuck that's a fatty

[Cesar]

a sad fatty....*this is the part where I write a fat joke regarding cheering up and twinkies, but I'm not going to do that, no sir*

[Rams]

Miami got their swagger back

[cirq]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1x1mvb2w23q/swby3lav5ii/aaaaaaaaate/d2ecyx2_w2g/s400/ou+band.jpg

thats a huge bitch!

[sLarkin20]

Miami got their swagger back

Ummmmmmmmmm they invented it thanks.

[Nosferatu]

If I had to rank the SEC, I'd say it's the following:

1. Bama
2. UF
T3. LSU/UGA
5. Auburn
6. South Carolina
7. Mississipi
8. Tennessee
9. Kentucky
10. Mississippi State
11. Vandy
12. Arkansas

i find it funny you rank Arkansas last. for the most part, we played you down to the wire, and gave you more of a game than you hoped for and expected.

yea, we got owned by Alabama, i'll be the first to admit that. but Alabama is Alabama. probably the best team in the nation, better than Florida. but you barely beat us. that is fact, and you know it. our defense was horrible that game, as was yours. we just shut down the number one offense in the nation, btw. 47-19.

but that's fine. i'll be surprised if we beat Auburn this weekend. they are a good offensive team that will expose a lot of weaknesses we have defensively. but i can honestly say we could beat Miss. State, Vandy, Kentucky, and even Tennessee no problem.

oh, and Ole Miss is a joke. Houston Nutt is a joke. LOLOLOLOL at Ole Miss being ranked #4 at one point!! haha, give me a break.

[The Stig]

i find it funny you rank Arkansas last. for the most part, we played you down to the wire, and gave you more of a game than you hoped for and expected.

yea, we got owned by Alabama, i'll be the first to admit that. but Alabama is Alabama. probably the best team in the nation, better than Florida. but you barely beat us. that is fact, and you know it. our defense was horrible that game, as was yours. we just shut down the number one offense in the nation, btw. 47-19.

but that's fine. i'll be surprised if we beat Auburn this weekend. they are a good offensive team that will expose a lot of weaknesses we have defensively. but i can honestly say we could beat Miss. State, Vandy, Kentucky, and even Tennessee no problem.

oh, and Ole Miss is a joke. Houston Nutt is a joke. LOLOLOLOL at Ole Miss being ranked #4 at one point!! haha, give me a break.

You guys looked a lot better this week, but when I made that list, you guys were at the bottom of the West with zero conference wins and one OOC win.

[Left Face Down]

After LSU's win over Georgia, I can't help but say I want Tebow on the field front and center this weekend so I can see him get ran over in all his glory. The thing is, if Jefferson doesn't throw and throw well we are going to sink like a rock in the middle of the ocean. As the announcers made it very clear in last weeks game, Jefferson (and for that matter Georgia's QB) are just not seasoned enough. They made stupid mistakes, and Jefferson imparticular loses his balls when he loses a ball on a throw.


I never wish injury on another team, but people have been showing the good old days of 2007 LSU Vs. Florida and I miss watching Tebow getting ran over... over... and over... and over. What can I say, I like watching some one get hit so hard the ball flies out of their hands. Sadly LSU doesn't have that kind of defense any more.


If LSU loses to Florida, I guess they are just going to have to beat every one else in the line up to get a rematch at the SEC Championship. I think we can pull out an upset of Florida, but I'm not counting on beating Bama just yet. =/

[The Stig]

And the SEC reviewed the celebration penalty against A.J. Green, admitting it was an improper call. LSU was extremely lucky to get out of Athens with a win.

[Left Face Down]

I saw that, but I'm a personal believer that the rule is founded in good beliefs but carried out horribly. The rule is put in place so some one doesn't go dancing in the end zone thinking they are God, Green didn't do anything to justify the flag and for that matter I believe that the LSU player (I forget who) didn't deserve one either. How the rules are carried out, Green didn't deserve one and the LSU player did.


Hell, if the whole LSU offense ran up in a line next to the guy and they all raised their hands with the "#1" gesture, tech. doesn't go against the rule as it was put in place to focus more on team celebration over single person celebration. Either way, it's taunting the crowd. If we take this into consideration, Green (despite being clobbered by his own team) only looked at Georgia fans. It is almost impossible for the home team to taunt the crowd.

[The Stig]

I really don't think the LSU guy deserved the flag either, but that penalty killed us at the end. Since kicking off normally would have led to different field position, instead of trying to kill time and get into FG range by running like on the scoring play, LSU probably would have been passing, and in that second half, UGA was actually doing very good at rushing the pass. Can't say the refs handed you this one, but like the OkState game, it really hurt in the end, probably even moreso this time.

[Deth]

It was a BS call, and 90% of the time excessive celebration is called it's for a bad reason. The only valid ones I can think of are the ones from the recent UG/UF games and that was the point.

[The Stig]

That was a legit call in '07, but Richt planned it. Something like that, I'll go ahead and take the penalty, but a guy trips getting away from his teammates and you call it 15 yards with the game on the line is akin to the penalty against Washington last year that lost their game against BYU at the beginning of the season.

As an FSU fan, though, I'm guessing you liked that thing two years ago.

[Deth]

well of course. do it again, whatever it takes

we sure as hell can't beat them this year ugh can't wait until 2010

on a sidenote, things are going to get UGLY here soon

[Poet]

Totally pissed off that I have to miss the Mizzou-Nebraska game on Thursday because of my sister's stupid wedding rehearsal dinner :/

[The Stig]

Why? That might be your best shot at scoping out a hot bridesmaid to bang senseless at the wedding. Or hell, even right after the rehearsal dinner. I'd give up UGA v. Florida for that.

[Poet]

lol Her bridesmaids are my cousins. Hell I'm the best man for the wedding on Sat.

[The Stig]

Damn bro.

Well, I'm sure the groom has some hot family members. Recon, I'm telling you.

Unless the groom is a cousin, then you're ****ed.

[illmitch]

any thoughts on nebraska - mizzou? i didn't get a chance to watch it unfortunately

[Deth]

messy game in the rain. Nebraska looked a lot faster, especially on D. Mizzou's QB looked like he was limping most of the game, so idk if that had an impact or not.

GTech game tomorrow, a large number of people will be wearing black to show their wish for change as far as leadership on the team is concerned. Hopefully most of the students at least will wear black, a statement needs to be made and Bowden is too stubborn to realize anything himself at this point.

[Jawaharal]

hell yes Tennessee finally looks good

[Left Face Down]

Today is already a weird day, just woke up and turn on the TV to see Arkansas handing Auburn it's butt, and apparently Georgia has fallen apart. So Georgia has lost any hope of anything good with 3 loses, and Auburn is finally called out. Then of course you have the LSU Vs. FSU game where some body is walking out with their undefeated record tarnished.


I'm just hoping that it doesn't rain, in which case I may just lose all hope of LSU winning, and that Alabama shows some kind of crack in their game. Alabama is the best team out their right now, if they can be upset on a random weekend it'll put it all on the LSU Vs. Alabama game whether Alabama sinks or floats. Pending LSU of course doesn't lose on some random weekend. We can take a loss to Florida, we'll just meet up with them in the SEC Championship for round 2. Though a lose against Alabama puts us out of the SEC and BCS Championship for good, unless Alabama just falls flat on their face.


Past that I am thinking Wisconsin falls, but TCU and Iowa are probably staying undefeated. I don't think they really have anything to worry about, but who knows.

[The Stig]

I'm Raging right now. I don't know how we can do well and lose at the last second against LSU and suck horribly against a mediocre Tennessee team. Gotta hand Kiffin some credit though. He's turned the ship around there.

[Left Face Down]

It is nice seeing Alabama's offense show weakness, but Ole Miss' offense just isn't doing anything. If they don't score on this next drive and it goes into half-time Ole Miss is done, even if the defense holds Alabama is going to win off of field goals.

[Deth]

Jevon Snead is not living up to the hype whatsoever this year

[Left Face Down]

Tebow is cleared! Glad to see him on his feet, hope to see him on his back a lot tonight.

[AA-12]

so pumped for this game. hopefully its just another milestone for tebow to prove himself. id love to see him go out and have a legendary game.

[Zmev]

I wonder if Tebow loses this game does he have to upgrade his promise and make a covenant?

[Left Face Down]

This is a messy game, honestly not too happy about the 4 off-sides called on LSU (two of which I think were B.S.), the needed tug on the jersey for the Florida guy to even get room to score a touchdown (which is against the rules), and the interception (that's just Jefferson being inexperienced).

The game is not over, not by a long shot, but if the refs would have just called the tug on the jersey that would have killed Florida's touchdown. Sure they might have still made it, but a 3-3 or even 6-3 game would make me a little happier right about now.

[illmitch]

jayhawks game was way too close for comfort, but a win is a win. i'm just hoping we can step it up when we start getting into the meat of our schedule.

[Left Face Down]

Unless Tebow decides to give us the ball again this is over. Jefferson just isn't good enough and the offensive line isn't exactly giving him all the time in the world. Horribly slopping game for one consisting of two top 5 teams as well.

[sLarkin20]

Go Gators

[AA-12]

Go Gators

yup

[Deth]

there isn't a worse defense in the NCAA than FSU's

un

****ing

believable

[Jaymz Hetfield]

GT's triple option is lovely....glad to see a legit option offense still alive in college football.

It was also good to see Urban Meyer giving Tebow eskimo kisses on the sideline through his helmet....so heartwarming.

[Zmev]

Standings are pretty much the same except Bama over Texas for number 2 but like that matters.

[illmitch]

we dropped one in the rankings, but i'm okay with that, we played pretty sloppily.

[Jawaharal]

shipley 4 heisman

[Nosferatu]

Texas really hasn't played any worthy opponents yet, so i'm glad Alabama jumped over them. and frankly, they should jump past Florida honestly, cause they are the best all around football team right now. that Bama defense is just plain scary.

and i'm still rofling at Houston Nutt and Ole Miss' downfall haha. they dropped from what, 4th in the country to unranked in like two or three weeks? LOLOL. sorry, but as a Razorback fan, i can't help it. we played great against Auburn this past weekend, except i was disappointed to see us up 34-3 and then let them score a few touchdowns in the 3rd quarter. two of em on long runs. other than that, we stomped them.

i find it hilarious that Tommy Tuberville predicted Auburn to win by 3 tds and then Arkansas goes out and beats them by exactly 3 tds. lol

[griftadan]

shipley 4 heisman

not even the best receiver in the conference much less country... much less player in the country

we dropped one in the rankings, but i'm okay with that, we played pretty sloppily.

go to the game?

[sLarkin20]

Oh ****, Bradford went down on that shoulder again like 2 min into the Oklahoma/Texas game. Honestly hope he is alright. Don't want to see him out for even more games. Would rather see McCoy and Bradford going at it, too.

[Deth]

wow I feel so bad for Bradford

he went from the first pick in the draft to who knows what, that's terrible

[AA-12]

it ****ng sucks that it happens to such a nice guy :\

[Jawaharal]

\m/

[AA-12]

\m/

that game was so embarrassing to watch

[Jawaharal]

well a wins a win so whatever

[Rams]

Texas should be below Iowa after that game.

Barkley makes some really nice throws.

[Left Face Down]

Good old un-ranked Arkansas is putting up a fight against #1 Florida.

well a wins a win so whatever

If Florida wins this is what they will be saying.

[Rams]

Arkansas > Florida

however
Florida + refs > Arkansas apparently.

[sLarkin20]

If they end up winning they should not be happy whatsoever and if they lose I'm not gonna be upset at all after watching them give up the ball I think 3 times in the redzone. Can't take **** away from Arkansas defense, though.

Maybe they just have to have one Ole Miss game every season now :[

[Against Miik!]

well a wins a win so whatever

Not in college.

Btw ND is so gonna come back and win this game.

[AA-12]

kick is good yesssssssssssss

[illmitch]

i
hate
tim
tebow

[Left Face Down]

Arkansas could have beat Florida, even with a few calls that went Florida's way Arkansas had a chance and blew some points they could have had. Still, I think on that last drive they should have had offensive pass interference when the ball was going to be intercepted in the end zone if the Arkansas player made the catch.


After this win Bama (pending they win) really should jump Florida in the polls, but I just don't think that will happen.

[sLarkin20]

haha yeah he was all up on that Arkansas dudes back and I thought for sure they were gonna call it

[Against Miik!]

****

[Cesar]

It was sooooo close. Hope Bama destroys SC.

[illmitch]

i
hate
colorado

[illmitch]

rethinking my desperation...let's see if we can keep it together and come out of this with a win

[Deth]

how bout them SEC refs

[Poet]

I always start the year excited for another College Football season, then I say **** College Football around this time of the year because it pisses me off so much.

[Left Face Down]

This is just another whacked out season, with only two consistencies: Florida is going to make it to the SEC Championship untarnished, and Alabama is going to win the SEC and BCS Championships.


At least from what we've learned so far. Though if my school's team (LSU) wishes to prove me wrong they can go right ahead and do that. Be it upsetting Bama and falling on our heads in the SEC Championship or upsetting Bama, Florida, and then hopefully who ever is in the BCS Championship against us.


Granted Ole Miss and Arkansas have shown that they are going to put up a fight. Auburn is on a losing streak, I don't want to jinx us but next week hopefully we can use our off week and their losing streak to give them another loss and us another win.

[Poet]

This was the best thing to happen yesterday. I literally screamed holy ****ing **** when it happened.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4461/awesomes.gif

[sLarkin20]

lol

Take that down :[

[Poet]

Oh it doesn't matter because Arkansas didn't win. Although I'm a bit :D that Bama is now #1

[sLarkin20]

Yeah, Florida looks vulnerable and Bama has been winning more convincingly so can't really argue with that.