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South Carolina Gamecocks @ Florida Gators


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Georgia wins the early game, 17-13 over Auburn

They did, after all, have the road-field advantage.

Mississippi up 52-0 on Louisiana-Monroe.

Florida grabs the 7-0 lead on a pick-six.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

South Carolina imploding

A special-teams mistake (a bad throwback) puts them down 21-0

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:17 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Urgh

That was bad. That was really, really bad. But it gets back at what I’ve been thinking about UF the last few games – they’re not just taking advantage of mistakes, they’re manufacturing mistakes.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:19 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think that was manufactured by Florida

I think it was manfactured by Spurrier getting antsy

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:20 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, Florida had somebody covering the throwback guy the whole time. Not everybody does that, but the Gators stayed at home and were able to recover.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 4:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was still a good play by Florida, no doubt

But that’s a dumb idea by South Carolina this early in the game.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sort of like Georgia’s onside kick against UF.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 4:26 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's my point

Dumb ideas against UF are becoming a trend.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:27 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I get what you're saying

Though Spurrier has a history of doing these sorts of things against teams that are better than South Carolina.

I would like to see a team, though, try to go through an entire game without doing that against Florida. I suppose it is Florida’s reputation that’s causing their opponents to do that, but I have a hard time giving Florida credit for the idiocy of other coaches.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I fear

you’ll get your wish with Bama. Saban’s exactly the kind of coach who won’t have a fit of idiocy. (Though I would have sworn that Tressel wouldn’t do anything foolish in 2006, and he did with the 4th-and-short call.)

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Some mistakes

are manufactured by physical pressure – blitzes, punt blocks etc. But when teams routinely melt down against UF – and you can’t call Stafford’s second-half performance anything else – that looks like psychological pressure, as one mistake starts a cascade of errors that wrecks the game in ten minutes.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's official

20-0, pending XP

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:21 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

…and the Florida offense has about nothing to do with it. The South Carolina D has had two bad plays the whole quarter, but yet thanks to the rest of the team’s generosity it’s a 21-0 hole.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 4:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Points off turnover: Florida 21, South Carolina 0

Score: Florida 21, South Carolina 0

Gamecocks are playing scared, I have to admit

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:38 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Your defence

really does look very good – probably the best outfit I’ve seen so far.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

Unfortunately, they have to play with Ray Rychleski and Chris Smelley

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This might sound like a homer complaint

But I have a real problem with announcers that plead for bad officiating on one call and seem to delight in bad officiating on another call. If they wanted to say, “That would be a ticky-tacky PI to call,” or something like that. That’s not what Danielson and Lundquist are doing.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:48 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Danielson gushes over whoever is in the lead, and Verne is just along for the ride. It’s a pretty typical CBS telecast so far.

I can’t blame them for wishing James Smith got the touchdown though. He’s a former walk-on, 5th year senior long snapper who never gets any notoriety. Announcers always root for guys like that. And you knew Florida would punch it in eventually anyway; it’s not like they’ve got JaMarcus Russel playing quarterback or anything.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 4:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know, I know

But I don’t like rooting for bad officiating. If they say the same thing about S.C., I’ll last them then as well.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All true – but OPI is so lethal to a drive you’ll hardly ever see it called unless it’s really blatant. (Like grounding.)

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Better pass protection so far this drive.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Quite, old chap

But before that they looked like ‘good UGA’ – lots of protection, good downfield throws to big, athletic receivers.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 4:55 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ole Miss goes final, 59-0 over ULM

Prepare for the bragging, Bama fans

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 4:55 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know, after a successful pass

Most QBs get to stay in

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fortunate for SC – besides the awfulness of losing another one, they picked up about three more yards.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:05 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dang

There goes the shutout…

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 5:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No Jarvis Moss

Florida 28, South Carolina 3 after the Succop FG

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bobby Bowden still coaching at Florida St?

I thought it was Jimbo Fisher. Officially, I guess, it is still Bowden …

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:12 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's an interesting call

You run all the possible time of the clock but give your kicker about 1.5 yards less to maneuver

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:16 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What I want to know is

When did Florida get 212 yards of offense? It feels like they have about 2/3 that amount.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 5:18 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Thompson TD is probably most of that – but the drive that ended in the second fumble picked up decent yardage too.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Halftime

- Florida is very very good, but South Carolina is helping them with mental mistakes. That doesn’t take away from the Gators — they’re an outstanding team — but you can’t help them if you’re South Carolina.

- The QB shuffle is an abject failure. Spurrier is not at Florida, he doesn’t have Johnson and Palmer and both of these quarterbacks are obviously uncomfortable with it. Spurrier might be right that neither QB is doing very well, but there’s a legitimate chicken-egg question to be asked there.

- This game isn’t over, but it’s close. South Carolina has given no indication that they can score 25 points next half, or that they can keep their poise enough to prevent another point-producing mental mistake.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:21 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

- South Carolina is doing better on defence than anyone since first half UGA – and before that, maybe first half Arky. But the offence has been so horrific it hasn’t really mattered. (It has mattered some, though; if the D were playing as poorly as the O, this would look like the Kentucky or Vandy games. This is much more like the UGA game – UF’s better, but the score exaggerates the difference.)

- Garcia looks lost; Smelley in max protect is the best thing going right now.

- Even if the USC defence holds UF down (which is certainly possible), USC needs either vast improvement on offence or lots of turnovers, or both. Of course, I’m a pessimist… no game is ever over as long as the other guy has a mathematical chance of catching up.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:33 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK

now it may just possibly be over.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:40 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have to say

I like Demps, Rainey, Moody, and the rest, but there still is only one Percy Harvin.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 5:41 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

it’s pretty astounding, but I think Harvin is still our best runner and receiver. No-one else does everything.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Florida can be had if you sit back with lots of blockers and pick your spots in the 5-15 yard range.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And that’s what ‘good Stafford’ did. Can Ponder (or whoever) or Wilson do it? Million dollar questions right there.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

To be honest, I really expect to see UF’s defence try the same thing against Bama as they did against UGA – throw an extra body into the box for pressure and run-stuffing, and force Wilson to bear the weight.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice coverage on kickoffs from USC – James has been held in check so far.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow

That might be the hardest hit South Carolina’s dealt out this year

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:56 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That looked like an Eric Berry hit – ouch. Gotta hold your blocks on those plays, kids.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 5:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thousands of people catch laryngitis every day

Why can’t Danielson be one of them?

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 5:58 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great second effort.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They're like pinballs

Bounce off a tackle or two, head for the end zone

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just watched the play several times

Three Gamecock defenders were prepared to take him down if he got through the hole. Not a one went around the back, and that’s where Demps came from. Suddenly, all three were out of position, and a single block sprung him.

It’s the details that will get you.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tebow with the block, Demps with the score. 41-6, PAT pending.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is such an incredible team

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a team as good as Florida. This is just — wow.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So close… the last guy to miss slowed him down just enough.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tebow seems to be waiting just an instant too long in the pocket on some of his throws. He’s done it before too…

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:13 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now I know what Kentucky felt like

And Georgia. And LSU. And …

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:16 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So

who would you pick in a three-way tie in the Big 12 South?

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think it will happen

I still believe TT will beat Oklahoma

But I think you have to go with Texas, barring an Oklahoma blowout of TT. Oklahoma has absolutely no defense (things I thought I’d never say), and Texas’ at least appears to have a pulse.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Okie wins legitimately – ie, without being helped by blown calls etc – then I think I’d give the Sooners the slight edge; they should have the best non-common opponents of the three. But this could be really close.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't look now

But Wisconsin just tied Minnesota

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another TD

Florida up 49-6

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow

They’re betting in the booth that Verne can’t make it through the game recap without an error. To his credit, he makes it, but what does that say about the CBS team?

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:30 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry, Bama and Texas Tech fans

Florida’s No. 1 by any measure you use

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oooh – does this mean another week of Bama fans (and UGA fans too) sniping at your blogpoll ballot? ‘Cause that’s always a barrel of kittens.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Appears so

But I just can’t justify putting them anywhere else right now…

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thank you, Urban for pulling Tebow

But if you really wanted to be polite, you could sit down Demps, Rainey, Harvin and teh starting offensive line

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:36 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A telling stat

South Carolina is 0-12 on third down conversions.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:37 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Offense or defense?

Oh, never mind. I doubt South Carolina’s forced Florida into 12 third-down situations

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prior to this current drive, Florida is 5 of 10 on third down.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's surprising to me

Florida’s had five unsuccessful third down plays?

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:41 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

USC’s defence has given up some big plays, but they’ve held pretty well on short yardage.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

More on this in TFD later tonight

But I think Tebow’s the front-runner. Harrell, Crabtree, McCoy and Bradford will split the Big XII vote

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:37 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was a rare mistake – the punting game is usually quite good, but that one took a funny bounce. If not for the personal foul, it would have been almost equivalent net to a touchback.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:44 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Over on ABC

Maryland kicks on through, it’s 17-15 Terps over UNC with about 1:40 to go.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:42 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which just proves the first maxim of ACC football

Whichever result can cause the most chaos will be the outcome of a given game

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Observe – Wake loses. And FSU, minus five receivers, could have real trouble on their hands tonight.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know Gamecocks hate Clemson, but is there any sense of rivalry to any degree with UNC?

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not really

Spurrier would like to start one, and I know I for one really want to beat them whenever we play them.

But the games are so rare that particularly for those of us who became fans in the SEC era, there’s no real special feelings for UNC that I’ve ever picked up.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think I remember a conflict earlier this year as to which school got to call itself just “Carolina,” but that may just have been the local Charlotte radio folks manufacturing controversy to rile up all the Heels in town.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Probably had to do with the USC/USC conflict

That said, we are Carolina to everyone in South Carolina. They are Carolina to everyone else. It’s a bit of a controversy, but not enough to translate onto the field.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Going to see a lot more Will Hill in years to come.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:47 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That INT by Will Hill was Reggie Nelsonesque in that he came from nowhere to pick it.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:47 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah, Reggie

He ballhawked like Black and hit like Wright… and he rocked the dreads, too. Splendid stuff.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh Verne

He’s more concerned over getting to finish his story about Dandy Don Meredith than calling the game.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is exactly what Madden et al sound like when games are getting out of hand…

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, there’s always Mike Patrick asking what’s up with Britney.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's just Mike Patrick

He has trouble concentrating on things like games.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He was going to get that story out no matter how long it took. That’s determination, people.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another TD

Florida 56, South Carolina 6

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For those of you wondering

The “top ranked defense statistically in the SEC” has given up 484 yards

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:52 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who was Sexton throwing to? I saw four red shirts closer than any white.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can Tim Brando get through one clip without advocating for a playoff?

Whatever you might think of the argument about the BCS, the endless lobbying gets tiring.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oregon State finishes the game

34-21 over Cal with 31 second left

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Beaver Dream is alive

Oregon State gets a pick-6 with 0:31 to go to seal the win. Was 27-21, now is 34-21.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, but a man can dream

I’d still like to see Utah and Boise State make it in and see the Trojans and Ohio State locked out.

Won’t happen, but still nice to think about

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Tech beats OU and goes to the title game and Texas wins out, then the Longhorns get an auto-bid as being a non-conference champion in the top 4 of the BCS poll.

The rotation this year is Fiesta-Sugar-Orange. The Fiesta will take Texas to replace the departed Raiders, and then they get first pick at the at-larges. Almost certainly they’ll take USC for a rematch of the 2005 BCSCG. Sound good to anyone?

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 7:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not sure

That could turn into a blowout if Texas gets a few breaks early (like, say, Florida in this game). Southern Cal doesn’t have a great offense this year.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But USC has a hellacious defense. I think it would be a great contrast in styles.

by Year2 on Nov 15, 2008 7:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's what I meant by the early breaks

I’m agreed … if this game gets into the third quarter still close, I think it’s a tough game.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"This game" = Texas vs. USC

I don’t think anything mattered in Florida vs. South Carolina

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:10 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does USC’s offence strike anyone else as UGA-esque. They’ve got a ton of talent, but too often it just quite click the way you expect.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 7:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And that’s the difference between Moody and Moore – when Moody gets into the open field, dude can book. (Also, he hangs on to the damn ball.)

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 6:58 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Southern Cal plays in the national championship game

There should be a Congressional investigation

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:00 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh dear

Is it going to be that kind of game?

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 7:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I doubt it

I don’t see Mississippi State scoring three points against Alabama

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:58 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Free kick off the tee

And it results in a touchback. I’ve always wondered why more teams don’t do that.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 7:59 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Um, yeah. He’s a pocket passer if I ever saw one.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Going from Tebow to Wilson is like stepping back in time six or seven decades.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:04 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which is why I’m going to let Cobb and Nickson bear me away to the land of competent rushing QBs.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:10 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I suppose I should pay some attention to Bama – get a little advanced scouting in. But how much will the MSU or Auburn games really tell me?

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:12 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not sure

It’s now 5-0. I take back what I said earlier — this could be one of those games

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:14 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Southern Cal tied now, btw, 17-17

Could end up being a shootout in Palo Alto

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:12 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey, Nickson -- Tyson Lee can do that

Except he can’t recover it

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:14 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Arenas reminds me of what Lou Holtz once said about Syvelle Newton

“When he has the ball, hold your hats, because one of us is about to score.”

This team, he has a modest return and no turnover

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Troy up 7-0 on LSU

Shouldn’t last.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:22 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What was that pass, JPW? I mean, seriously.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:25 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa – check out the all black unis on FSU. Definitely a more important game to watch than Bama-MSU. (Unless Bama inexplicably gets a case of the losies.)

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NSFMF

Mississippi State TD, 6-0, XP pending

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoreboardin'

Vanderbilt 14, Kentucky 0, 1:54 in 1Q

Troy 14, LSU 3, 4:00 in 1Q

Mississippi State 7, Alabama 5, 10:19 in 2Q

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 8:38 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He’s lucky to be having “that game” against MSU, when it (probably) won’t cost Bama anything more than some indigestion.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 8:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This time, Vandy says, eligibility is not getting away.

Weird little play there – great determination by the receiver to get across the line.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:15 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We'll see

I’ll believe it when I see it. I want it to happen, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 9:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Vandy’s lucky it isn’t the same crew as last week – they’d call it a Kentucky TD.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:16 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This would be an epic collapse. Miles will need a fake mustache to get out of the stadium in one piece.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:18 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nothing very good, I don’t think. Though maybe this is just PTSD for LSU kicking in after the UF, UGA and Bama games.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

Last five weeks:

at Florida
at South Carolina
vs. Georgia
vs. Tulane
vs. Alabama

This was supposed to be a bye, but hurricanes win over football

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 9:25 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Versus: SC can get back in NCG this way

Big XII South loses in BXIICG.

Florida wins in SEC CG (I have no idea how that helps, but so they say)

Oregon State loses somewhere.

Not sure that does it, but VERSUS says it does, so that must be true.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 9:20 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK – no bright spots left for LSU… Lee gets taken to the house. By Troy.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:25 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope LSU athletics has a really good mental health insurance program. Lee’s going to need years of therapy after this season.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LSU fans are worried about that

Does it make him stronger or kill his confidence?

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 9:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One really awful game might be a character-building experience. But dreadful outings against UF and UGA, capped by a benching against Troy? (And you can toss in a less than splendid performance against Bama, too.) It’ll take one tough cookie to shrug off all that.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

USC pulling away from Stanford – no upset there tonight.

(Though much further down the polls, we have Houston hammering Tulsa; and of course LSU doing whatever it’s doing against Troy.)

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 9:49 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoreboardin'

Alabama up 22-7 over Mississippi State

Vanderbilt still up 24-7, but UK threatening

Troy up 24-3 on LSU at the half

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:02 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cobb pitches to Dixon on option, TD Kentucky

24-14 Vanderbilt with 10:00 in 3Q

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:03 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoreboardin'

UK has pulled to within seven of Vandy, 24-17 as 3Q wraps up; could history be on hold again?

Alabama is up 25-7 and driving in 4Q.

LSU is down 31-3 but in the red zone with 3:57 left in 3Q

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:30 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scoreboardin'

Alabama up 32-7 as time winds down

Vandy up 31-17 early in 4Q

LSU trying to come back, down 31-17 against Troy early in 4Q

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:48 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Indeed, 32-7

Scary there for a while, eh?

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:53 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well, yes and no...

… it wasn’t as hairy as some of our other games this season but it would be nice to have an offense that could generate points with regularity.

by kleph on Nov 15, 2008 10:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When he holds onto the ball, it's ridiculous

I said earlier he reminded me of Lou Holtz’s quote about Syvelle Newton: “When he has the ball, hold onto your hats, because one of us is about to score.” Seems like Alabama’s doing most of that scoring right now.

And he passed the “Duece” for PR for TDs, whom I vaguely remember from my childhood as one whale of a kick returner.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

croom was NOT HAPPY his kicker knocked it to him...

…and was clearly ripping the special teams coach for it happening.

by kleph on Nov 15, 2008 11:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As long as Woody McCorvey is still gainfully employed

Croom can’t blame any problems with his team on anyone else

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Talk about a defence-optional game – Houston 63, Tulsa 30… after 3 quarters.

LSU is clawing back – Jefferson was apparently so dreadful that Lee returned.

FSU a ballsy drive, with a fake punt and then a trick play for the TD. ACC football does have its very occasional moments.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 10:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What does that do for Jefferson's confidence

“You’re worse than the guy who throws pick-sixes like they’re beads at Mardi Gras”

Ah, yes, Tulsa — the “fly in the ointment” for Tim Brandon

//stifles laughter//

Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.

by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 10:58 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And Houston-Tulsa reaches triple figures.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 11:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow 70-30

That’s like basketball

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

First BC throws a pick in the red zone, then FSU marches right down the field… and throws a pick in the end zone. I lurve the ACC.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 11:06 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

UK 3 and 5, VU 35

Kentucky takes time out

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:14 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Man, after their first drive of the third, Troy’s offence has just disappeared.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 11:15 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Talent gap

That’s where it starts to show up, though usually on defense

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, UF had a few games like that this season – though the Gators were prudent enough not to get into a four TD hole first.

by peachy rex on Nov 15, 2008 11:17 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bob Davie: South Carolina "limping"

Having won six of their last eight but lost to a team that slaughtered Georgia, LSU and Kentucky, and they’re limping

If you don’t kknow what you’re talking about, shut up.

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by cocknfire on Nov 15, 2008 11:15 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs