Weekend Open Thread
by cocknfire on Oct 31, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintGeorgia Bulldogs at Florida Gators, Oct 31, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
Your schedule:
No. 25 Ole Miss at Auburn, 12:21 p.m. ET, SEC Network / ESPN360.com
World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party: Georgia vs. No. 2 Florida (Jacksonville), 3:30 p.m .ET, CBS
Mississippi State at Kentucky, 7 p.m. ET, FSN / ESPN360.com
Eastern Michigan at Arkansas, 7 p.m. ET, ESPNU
No. 11 Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. ET, CSS / ESPN360.com
No. 21 South Carolina at Tennessee, 7:45 p.m. ET, ESPN / ESPN360.com
Tulane at No. 10 LSU, 8 p.m. ET, PPV / ESPN360.com
Talk football below.
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Zac Etheridge taken off the field
after a neck/head injury. He gave a thumbs up as he was being wheeled off.
Indiana 14 - Iowa 0 4:00 2ndQ
Of course Iowa will win by two points in dramatic fashion, though. Can we dissolve the Big 10 yet? The Midwest is about to get Yugoslavian.
You seriously comparing UF, who had one game that was truly in doubt...
Arkansas, to a team that nearly lost to TWO D-1AA teams?
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Part of me wantgs Iowa to break into the BCS thing..
part of me wants Iowa to lose so LSU will control its destiny.
And what’s up with Auburn dropping so many interceptions.
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Oct 31, 2009 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
Spot of the ball challenges
are the most boring thing in football. 23 replays of a 1 yard dive play.
Iowa punt returner with the dumb play of the year
Fields a rolling ball with gunners already on top of him at his own 5 yard line, and precedes to fumble after running sideways. Indiana gets the ball on the Iowa 10 after punting with 30 seconds left in the half.
Indiana capitalizes
Indiana 21 – Iowa 7 with 9 seconds before half.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
If Iowa loses, does that in some weird way prove they're the team to beat in the Big Ten?
After all, that seems to be the MO over the last few years — loose to some mediocre conference team and defeat everyone else …
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Indiana is getting screwed
That was a touchdown. Awful call.
Big 10 refs making sure the undefeated team stays that way? ;-)
I'm not sure he had possession in bounds
But certainly a valid reason for Big Ten fans to don the tinfoil hats if they want to.
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I am absolutely positive he had it
but that’s me.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone watching football today?
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Oct 31, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions
It's not exactly a thrilling early slate this Halloween
Ole Miss-Auburn is the only game that looked even halfway decent pre-kickoff; Indiana-Iowa shouldn’t have been as interesting as it’s shaping up to be.
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Most of it is hideous football
which is not conducive to posting.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Great catch by Zachary and a run by Auburn sets up a 1st and Goal
How does Houston Nutt like the Gus Malzahn offense now?
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Auburn 17, Ole Miss 7 -- 11:37 3Q
Kodi Burns hits Trott for the TD
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It's a good thing they don't have SEC rules
Or Indiana’s coach would be suspended for the next game. He can’t not criticize them after today. Holy cow.
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Awful play calling by Iowa's OC and decision making by Stanzi
You just can’t keep throwing the ball deep into the wind. It’s not really an excuse, but you’re asking for trouble when you do that
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This game is insane
Bad call by refs, Stanzi throws pick, Indiana blows it
Rinse, repeat. And repeat. And repeat.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Snead breaks a 1-of-7, -2 yard, 1 INT stretch
Though the interception was a bizarre ricochet that wasn’t his fault
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Wow
And against Auburn’s defense. What will they do against Tennessee and LSU?
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Because they're just going to win against Indiana
Sort of like Florida just won against Mississippi State?
Granted, 5 INTs, but there’s a long list of teams that have had one or more close wins and won a football game. coughcough2006Floridacoughcough
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I recall Tennessee in '98
Having several tight wins. 1 @ Syracuse, 3 vs. Florida, 4 vs. Arkansas. But all of those were against top 15 teams. When Iowa wins by less than a score against Northern Iowa, Arkansas State, and Indiana. . .
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you actually watched them?!?!?!
The QB is terrible. One point win over Northern Iowa. Three point win over Arkansas State.
This is not 2006 Florida, and I’m actually more than a little offended you suggested that. This Iowa team wouldn’t gain 100 yards on that defense.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure 2006 Florida's offense would gain 100 yards on that defense
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My broader point is that a team that goes undefeated in a BCS conference is championship worthy
As long as there are only two of them. If there are more than two of them, we can start splitting hairs. But winning eight or nine games against BCS competition is a good enough resume to me to warrant a shot at the title
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You're setting yourself up for a Cincy/Iowa
NC game.
My broader point is that, despite their record, Iowa is a bad football team. Their QB is ineffective at best, playing for the other team at worst. Their defense is questionable on the line and in the secondary. They are reliant upon special teams and luck. 2006 Florida, for all the talk, had an absolute shut-down defense. Iowa has no unit within shouting distance of that defense, and it isn’t a great all-around team either.
Undefeated or not, they will be turned to goo by USC/Oregon in the Rose or UF/Bama/Texas in the NC.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I don’t know about this BCS conference stuff. It’s probably just as hard to go undefeated in the MWC than the Big East. Big Ten always depends on your schedule.
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree Cincinnati would be a close call
But they didn’t schedule a lot of awful teams in the NC slate. They played Oregon State, Fresno and Illinois — it’s not their fault that the last two aren’t playing as well as expected. You also have to look at the MOVs; they’ve comfortably won several of their games, including against South Florida.
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And TCU scheduled road games with Virginia and Clemson
IMO, both of these teams (TCU and Cincy) are better than Iowa.
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Although if Iowa beats Ohio State as well
It will be hard to deny them.
by Incipient_Senescence on Oct 31, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Iowa's defense is ranked 18th in the nation statistically
296.5 ypg. They allowed 3 points against a decent Iowa State team and 17 to a good Arizona team. They’ve allowed more than 20 just twice, once to Rich Rodriguez’s spread. No, they don’t have the all-world defense that Florida had in 2006, but they’re not awful either.
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McCluster runs 79 yards for the TD and we have a game
31-20, XP pending
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Just tuned into UF-UGA.
WTF is up with UGA’s uniforms?
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
The only thing on that field uglier than those uniforms...
is Tebow’s throwing motion.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt.
I’m not questioning it’s efficacy, for sure.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida 14, Georgia 0 -- 3:20 1Q
I might have to take back what I said about nobody winning this game by 16 points
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No pressure on Cox so far – even a sparkly vampire playing in daylight can hit AJ Green with that kind of time in the pocket.
Looks like Dunlap has gone back into sleep mode
Such a frustrating player.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
huh? You guys are seriously spoiled if you don't like Dunlap
How many guys score 3 sacks in one game? Ever?
Cox threw into quadruple coverage
Which is even worse than it sounds because no receiver was there
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The guy flying to the ground on the right side didn't look good for sure
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That one was hard to miss
I don’t know how the officials did. Maybe because Penn Wagers was in Opelika
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I guess it wasn't technically holding.
Clothesline? Attempted murder (strangulation)?
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
My problem has never been with Cox
But with the UGA fans that wanted us to see him as a great QB before the season began. In fairness to them, though, he does appear to be pretty good.
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Would "not horrible" be better?
He’s completed 57 percent of his passes for 13 TDs and 9 INTs. He’s not great, but he’s not exactly awful for a first-year starter in the SEC.
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No not at all
You are right – the problem with Cox is that he (or more so the UGA faithful) has to undergo Freshman year type growing pains as a senior.
Linebacker matched up and the other S was in terrible position
That’s an easy TD throw
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You put your FB on the field and then you run the play with an empty backfield
Steve Addazio is a special offensive coordinator
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I maintain that he learned how to call plays from the NCAA videogame.
That kind of stuff works wonders there.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Perhaps the officials think that if they throw a flag on every play, no-one will accuse them of being partial?
And miss the holding calls?
If you’re trying to tamp down the chippyness, why wouldn’t you call the vicious holding? Both sides have mauled defenders.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, y'all really have very little room to complain about the officials
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So because we've got favorable calls in the past, we're not allowed to point out
when we’re being screwed/treated unfairly? That’s an interesting legal concept.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Precisely how many holds does UGA have to get away with before we’re allowed to point them out? Five? Ten? Twenty?
Weeee they called one.
Hopefully both sides will chill with it now that the refs have demonstrated they have eyes.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Just saying it's not like Florida hasn't benefited from their fair share this year
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We’ve also had some pretty baffling calls against us – they just didn’t get any play, because we won those games.
Yeah, bad officiating is bad officiating
We’ve benefitted, don’t get me wrong, but no one likes to see bad calls…because eventually they’ll go the other way. This has worried me to no end this week. Karma biting us for offenses we didn’t commit or ask for.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida 17, Georgia 10 -- 4:47 2Q
Sturgis with a 56-yard FG
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Apparently Georgia players can mug Florida players and still not get called
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Here's a general comment:
UF’s run defense is starting to really concern me. It’s gonna progressively worse as the season has gone on. Until today, you could say that’s because of injuries. Now, however, they’re facing a team with an inept running game, and they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been. Not to mention that in the absence of the injured veterans, players like Omar Hunter have stepped up and been excellent.
All the pieces are there for UF to shut down UGA’s run game today…and yet they get 3 or 4 consistently. Why? General fatigue? Coaching? Play calling? I have no idea.
Defensive tackle was never going to be a strength for us this season
They’re good players, but not as talented as the all-world ends, linebackers and DBs. The injuries have hurt, a lot, but none of this explains why it’s gotten worse and worse. They’re healthy now…there should be no excuse.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s very true that DT is the weakest unit, for just the reason you say (several good players, no stars) – no doubt one reason the coaches like to use 3-3-5 when possible. Still, they should be playing better. Total agreement here. :)
Yeah I'm just venting.
I demand perfection. I think it’s because I watched the 1995 Fiesta Bowl….I KNOW perfection is attainable. ;-)
And recalling that game has made me want to cry and vomit. At the same time. BRB.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I was overseas at the time, so I’ve only seen clips. Just as well.
(I didn’t catch the ‘96 title game, either – we were in Berlin, and had to get the news from a Herald Tribune or what-have-you a day after the fact. In fact, we didn’t even know until we opened the paper that it had become a de facto title game with ASU losing earlier. But that one I watched later on tape.)
Halftime
The officials have kept the game from developing much of a rhythm, but this is beginning to take on shades of last year’s game: Close early but a Florida rout in the making.
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I'd like to agree with you
but the defense looks just shaky enough, and we all know the playcalling could crap out at any second. I’d say 20% of a rout developing, 70% of a close-ish game with UF winning, and 10% UGA pulling it out.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, UGA started to have things go their way after Florida’s second TD, but the tone of the game shifted back late.
Still, I have to agree with my colleague the Catfish – the defence isn’t quite there today (though looking better on the last couple of drives), and I’ll believe in a forty-point game from the offence when I actually see it.
And he gets a gift to start the half
sigh
WHOOOOOOOOOO
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
This is really ridiculous now.
It’s like the Dline isn’t even looking to see where the play is, they just push their blocker and ignore everything else.
Trick or treating.
Don’t worry, I kept the game on pause and fast forwarded to live action.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
ICE ICE BABY
I wonder if the Gator haters will shut up now…
Joe Cox is having an allergic reaction.
That, or being in the sun for a couple hours gave him 3rd degree facial burns.
Georgia has clinched a tie for the highest loss total of the Mark Richt Era
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With AU, UK, and GT left
it will probably increase.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Gillislee sighting!
Boy oh boy am I excited about him.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
That was a great run – not quite the top end speed of Rainey and Demps, but still really fast and strong. Brantley + Gillislee + Debose could be a great combination for a couple of years.
Don't forget about Thompson
He’s going to explode next year, IMO. Tebow doesn’t have the release to find him streaking down the field, but I promise you he is frequently wide ass open.
I’d put money on Gillislee (I can never spell his name right) being better than any of our current three. I think he’s got a combo of excellent (not sprinter, though) speed, and incredible power. He’s also got exceptional vision and vertical cutting ability. He’s going to be special, IMO.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to be petty here
But how does Tebow not get flagged for that?
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Star treatment.
Game’s already over. All the UGA fans have already left.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
The key game of the play, I think, was the Moody recovery after Tebow was stripped. That was UGA’s golden opportunity to get the short field and make it a one score game… never had another.
So, UF can clinch the East tonight with a UT win
but that would require a Kiffykins victory, which makes me want to vomit. So, Go Cocks!
Definitely torn. We really ought to be able to clinch against Vandy in the Swamp if Spurrier pulls it out tonight… and we can’t lose to Vandy if we want to make it to Pasadena, so that’s a must-win regardless. I guess either result would be satisfactory enough.
Florida almost has to win out regardless of what happens
Even defeating Alabama in the SEC title game probably won’t help them overcome another undefeated BCS league champion, possibly excepting Cincinnati.
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It would be kinda nice if you guys were ranked when we play.
I disagree, I think – an undefeated SEC champ won’t go lower than second in the human polls unless at least two other teams go on an absolute tear, and whatever SOS dings we take the rest of the way with the computers will be at least partially offset by playing Bama or LSU (ditto for them.) Never underestimate poll inertia.
Our game selection currently is:
Eastern Michigan @ Arkansas on ESPNU
Penn State @ Northwestern on ESPN in a game that’s already over.
Not exactly a stellar lineup.
Miami pulls it out, stays alive in whichever division they’re part of. (Seriously, the ACC divisions are as arbitrary as some of the old alignments in MLB. Atlanta in the NL West? Whose smart idea was that?)
The SEC's aren't much better
You have some teams in the East that are westward of teams in the West.
And Atlanta used to be located in Milwaukee, which explains that odd choice.
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Not that it makes any more sense to have Milwaukee in the West
but I love social geography, so don’t mind me.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nevermind. Black jerseys.
God I hate this team.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
They just couldn’t resist getting dressed for Halloween, I guess. On the first year after the departure of the Great Pumpkin too, which is a touch ironic.
Did you hear them talking about "swagger"
and how it’s returned to Knoxville? I swear to God, Kiffin is retarded. You have more losses than wins, you imbecile. Spurrier had swagger because he beat the hell out of the SEC, including UT, on a regular basis. Mind boggling.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
After getting a good look at the Tenn unis, I’ve decided to root for SC, clinching the East be damned.
(You’re right about Kiffin-Spurrier – Spurrier’s verbal jabs were just the icing on the pain cakes he baked for opponents… anybody who tries to ‘hang half a hundred on ’em’ is going to be seriously disliked even if they have the personality of Jim Tressel. So far, Kiffin has nothing but verbal jabs. Also, Spurrier was actually funny.)
Well, that is about as disastrous of a start as possible for SC.
Oregon-USC better be a good game. Don’t make me watch the Big-12.
Tennessee 7, South Carolina 0 -- Early 1st
At least we decided to maintain our integrity
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Going with three different colors for the helmet, jersey, and pants
is almost never a good idea. When creamsicle orange and black are two of the colors, it’s a horrendous idea. Fashion-wise, at least. It seems to be working pretty well so far on the field, though.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Name some common household items heavy enough to throw through a television
I need one
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Small children, universal remotes, Xbox controllers
lamps, chairs, fists.
I once threw a knife at my TV during the Zook era. Not joking. Thankfully I’m no good at throwing knives, I just left a hole in the entertainment center.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
The UF-UT game the year I came to college (or maybe the year I was visiting colleges – can’t recall, because I watched it in a hotel in the city where I ended up) was kinda like this… the Florida receivers would catch nice passes, the Tennessee defenders would hit them, the ball would pop out, and Tennessee recovered. Four or five times.
I threw a glass cup through a window after UF-UT 2004.
I still lived at home at the time, and to my pleasant surprise my mother didn’t care. In fact she was happy, because she wanted to replace it anyway.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the last time I really flung something was when Florida totally gagged away an NCAA tournament game in OT… 2001 or 02. Then I switched to hangars… ripped them apart with your bare hands is much more satisfying.
My remotes are usually broken within a few weeks
Happens when you repeatedly throw them across the room
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My last time throwing something...
I guess the LSU game in ‘07. It wasn’t even the game that pissed me off, it was my football novice friend suggesting that “we get some perspective” less than a minute after the game was over. I wanted to rip his damn head off, but I threw a chair into a wall instead.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Tennessee 14, South Carolina 0 -- 11:09 1Q
South Carolina has been down this far in Knoxville before and nearly came back in 2007. But they haven’t shown that much offense this year.
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I like it when Vanderbilt plays teams from other conferences
They realize it isn’t so easy to defeat the ’Dores.
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Vandy’s an odd team – even when they were terrible in the ‘90s, they gave Spurrier a lot of trouble. I mean, they never won, but Vandy was the second closest game for UF in ’96 (after the loss to FSU)… and that ’96 team steamrolled people the way Florida was doing in the second half last year. How Vandy held Wuerffel et al to 28, and put up 21 of their own, I don’t know…
Does that apply to independents?
I hate to be the one to say it, but you know someone’s thinking, “Army didn’t find it all that difficult.”
I have no idea how we’re doing this against GT. I don’t get CSS but it looks like our offense was finding itself until Larry Smith got hurt.
At least
All the Mac Adams fans are going to get their wish. VU 14-13 with a Tech PAT pending.
Hate to burst your bubble
GT just scored. There was an injured player, though, and I think the XP is still pending
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I don’t have the impression that GaTech’s defence is all that formidable, and their offence has been successful more from scheme than personnel. A team with talent that doesn’t get flummoxed by the option can beat them pretty soundly – in the last two years, they’ve lost to UNC by 21, to LSU by 35 and to Miami by 16 (besides a couple of one-score defeats.)
Jeffery must simply have cramps
I refuse to believe anything more happened
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Aren't we supposed to get one of UT/OSU and UO/USC on ABC
and the other on ESPN2? I’ve got UT/OSU on ABC, but ESPN (which lists UO/USC) is giving me ESPNEWS.
I’ve got the Halloween Nightmares on ESPN proper; the Pac-10 game is on ABC and the Big-12 on ESPN2.
Yep, I'm not allowed to watch UO/USC for some reason.
I’m stuck with UT’s horrorshow of an outfit and the Big 12. I hate the Big 12.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Figures that Larry goes down right when the offense starts working
As I posted on VandySports, we not only got paid back for all the bad luck from 1983-2007 last year; apparently we also drew an advance from future years.
I’d say so. It certainly beats finishing 4-8 or whatever would be a luck-free result every year.
It makes me realize how much I underestimate the game-to-game and season-to-season variance in CFB. Last year’s VU team should, by all analysis, have been one of Johnson’s worst, maybe the worst since 2003 or so.
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Texas 3 - OSU 0
USC 3 – Oregon 10 (P.S. **** you, ESPN. Why the hell is north Florida a regional blackout for this game?!)
Vexing.
I am terribly vexed.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Better than me
I’m trying to convince myself that calling for the scholarships of all offensive players should be revoked would be going too far
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I have literally nothing more to say...
that will not get me blocked from this site.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
What was that?
I mean, really, what are you out there to do if not throw the )(&(&*&I ball>??
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I have never seen a day feature so many turnovers
From the interception mania of Indiana – Iowa, to UF picking off UGA passers 4 times, to SC’s fumbleitis.
Two weeks ago was pretty bad – four fumbles for Florida against Arky, a turnover-fest in the first half of OU-UT (five combined, I think), Terrelle Pryor contributing four all by his lonesome to Purdue’s upset bid…
Did you see the Iowa game?
It was mind boggling. The Iowa QB threw 4 interceptions, Iowa fumbled at least once, Indiana threw 1 or 2 interceptions.
It was the most shocking display of ineptitude. Most of that stuff happened in a span of like 20 minutes too.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
you should want iowa to go undefeated, can you imagine how many turnovers
the hawkeyes would have in the superdome.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 1, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions
(through clenched teeth)
Spurrier has ruined Garcia’s confidence. The kid cannot throw a simple pass without second-guessing himself. He’s got the yips.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions
If Garcia couldn't take it, he should have gone somewhere else
My only dispute with Spurrier is that he’s made Garcia too hesitant to run
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If Garcia couldn't take it,
Spurrier shouldn’t have recruited him. Once he’s here, he’s Spurrier’s responsibility to coach. My only dispute with Spurrier is the offense. Oh, wait…
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Did Denarius Moore's parents....
mean to name him after a “small silver coin first minted in 211 BC” in ancient Rome?
Did Arian Foster’s intend to make an ironic commentary on… .well, never mind.
And South Carolina continues to lead the nation in formation penalties
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We're watching an attempted murder right now.
Garcia is getting a heavier shelling than London during the Battle of Britain (zing!).
Zac Stacy with a 62 yard TD run
The huge silver lining to this disaster of a season has been the freshman RBs. VU has potential to become a strong rushing team for the 1st time since… when? Everett Crawford?!
And on a utterly pointless block too.
That hurts.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
&*(&^%*^%$^%*(&^(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I forgot I was watching the game on a 1:30 delay)
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Thankfully, I know to watch the flag place on ESPN's graphic and stop getting excited
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You always here Gamecock fans say one of two things after a great play:
1) Hold onto the Ball!
2) Please, not flag!
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
We run Giles between the tackles and toss the ball to Miles
Amaing
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I've never believed in the toss play.
Especially when field position for the FG is so crucial. Tosses for loss are too common.
Is there anyone more contempable in college football than Lane Kiffin?
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
No
But only because it’s not John Calipari’s sport.
I don't think so.
He’s just a smug little brat.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Mississippi State and Kentucky are still tied
24-24 late in the 3rd
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Kirk, stop lying
What you and everyone else love about that play is it was run by Southern Cal, a team coached by your personal hero
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Taylor Mays is the most overrated player in the country.
He hits big and talks. He’s an awful, AWFUL, cover safety. He makes the wrong reads, and when he does guess correctly, he’s slow.
I don’t think the NFL scouts actually watch games, they just stare at/wank to measurables all day.
Adams to Umoh, 41 yard gain to GT 24
VU driving, still 28-28. Keep in mind we probably don’t have a kicker who can make a FG from here.
Fowler FG good - VU 31-28
As drive stalls at the GT 7.
What’s gotten into VU’s offense is anyone’s guess (the dirty little secret is, GT isn’t very good on D but keeps their D off the field mostly). But it sure looks like we’re improving from where this team’s been, even without Larry Smith in there.
GT fumbled at the VU 3
The Dores did nothing with the ensuing possession and punted to their own 40.
Catch the ball, Norwood.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions
Wrap up, Norwood.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Why on earth is ND-WSU in San Antonio?
To show you how much relevance Mediocre Dame has to my college football world, I had no idea this was a ND home game, and no idea NBC was showing it in prime time. I certainly had no idea that they ND is planning to play off-site home games until Tom Hammond happened to mention it as I was tuning around.
I guess they still believe the fiction that they’re a national program with a national footprint. South Texas actually does have a lot of Catholics, but I’d bet they’d rather watch a preview of the Tricolores’ World Cup chances next year than some terrible college football game.
Then again
Given the Irish schedule this year, WSU might well be one of the marquee opponents.
It all depends on the draw, I think – Mexico and the US are both good enough (barring more injuries, god forbid) to make the quarters, but they’re not good enough to guarantee passage out of the first.
Don't tell me
you’re a Bob Bradley fan…
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
A lot in the WC depends on the draw. Do you happen to know how they’re seeding it? As I recall CONCACAF goes with some similarly-skilled region (maybe Asia) to make up roughly 8 countries to fill 8 groups. Details are sketchy in my memory.
Dunno, but I think you’re right – after the seeded teams are allotted, the pots are divided by confederations to prevent anyone but UEFA having two in a group.
There’s a wikipedia article on seeding for the 2006 cup; I assume 2010 will be basically similar. The main article on the 2006 cup shows the pots – it was South America/Africa/Oceania, Europe, Asia/North America.
That's a game I'd like to watch. Only on 360?
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Which Philip already told you
Sorry — was gone for a few minutes to tape up the splinters in my desk from where I banged the remote on it. No lie
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Understandable
If your team isn’t driving you to acts of violence that result in splinters, you haven’t really experienced college football.
Does S.C. have another play in its playbook for the red zone other than "jump ball in the endzone"
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Playbook? Try playCliff’snotes.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Mississippi State 31, Kentucky 24 -- 1:52 4Q
Kentucky driving
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TD GT, 35-31 with 0:54 in 3rd
I’m just watching on the Yahoo live thing. Stuck in an online poker tournament or I’d probably go try to find a sports bar that gets CSS.
Absolutely huge for the Western Dogs – with Bama still to come they can’t afford to lose to anyone else.
We're quickly approaching the point where there are no bad teams in the West
Now, if someone could get things on the right track in Nashville …
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Time to bench Chris Culliver.
And I’m also turning this game off. I’ve got homework to do and cannot concentrate while I’m seething with hatred.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 31, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
Tennessee 28, South Carolina 6 -- Late 3Q
That might have been dagger
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Apparently Jamie Graham managed to fumble on our own 19
1st play after the kickoff from the last TD. How deflating.
I busted out of the tournament, so I’m probably gonna go out for a few even if I’m not nearly so excited about the game now.
Great TD catch by Moe Brown
South Carolina might not be dead yet
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Big drive needed for Carolina.
15 points isn’t over, but you can’t let too much time drain in the 4th.
There's a Tennessee player with an injured knee on the sideline
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NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH ESPN can't hear you NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH
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I just meant they generally ignore anything negative about THE TROJANS
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Nessler gives us an unintended insight into his home life?
Todd: Why do dogs bark at the moon?
Brad: They’ve got to bark at something. They don’t have a husband or a wife.
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At least he included the husband part.
Otherwise we’d be hearing about it from the feminist types.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
So… Texas-Okie St has fizzled. What a bust. (Highly hyped games out of the Big 12 seem to be pretty hit or miss, actually… there were a couple of doozies last year, but also a couple of absolute snoozers.)
I'm amusing myself by flipping back to Southern Cal losing badly
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Carolina is going to let this game slip away, sadly.
As has been my impression of the entire Spurrier-at-USC era, they are lacking a true gamebreaker to win games like this. Competent in just about every facet, but missing a spark to really get going on a roll.
Hopefully I’m wrong, or bad Crompton makes an appearance.
Welcome to the gooey middle of the SEC – you’re either consistent but uninspired, or high-variance, balancing your moments of brilliance with ones of ineptitude. There are only two – maybe three – teams in the conference that are pretty consistently good, with more moments of brilliance than “WTF was that?”
Barkley and Carroll both lobbying for different penalties
The mindset appears to be “We’re Southern Cal and we’re losing, so you guys are supposed to call a penalty somewhere.”
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It looked like Barkley might have warranted a call on himself...
he got way too close to the face of the ref. Arguing is one thing, but screaming in the face of an official is another.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Man, that result is really going to put a new spin on the 2009 edition of the Pete Carroll Holiday Whinefest.
I really like Masoli – if this offence had shown up in the first week of the season, we’d be talking pretty seriously about Oregon for the national title.
I've always preferred this version of the spread
from an aesthetic standpoint if nothing else. Not as silly as the passing-only spreads, not as grindingly, torturingly monotonous as the DickRod/Meyer-ish spread.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
INT
Oddly, Nessler doesn’t apologize to the South Carolina player he jinxed as he did for the Tennessee player. Hmm
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South Carolina defender has his jersey nearly ripped off
No holding there
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No disappointment here
We were out of the postseason hunt in Week 3 vs. Miss State. The rest has just been a formality.
I hate carping about the officials, really I do
But that’s at least the third time the officials have given Tennessee at least a yard on the spot
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Not.
Elbow down well before the strip.
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is this review crap taking 15 minutes?
by Giant Catfish on Oct 31, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Because they have to look as hard as they can for a way to give Southern Cal the ball
I don’t embrace the conspiracy theories in the SEC, but I’ve seen enough Pac-10 games over the years to know they’re true.
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And Tennessee gets a personal foul without a call
So much for Kiffin’s comments angering the officials
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Can I just say how much I’m enjoying this game? Watching anyone beat down USC is fantastic, and it’s especially nice to see Oregon do it – as we discussed up-thread, they play a very attractive style of football (more attractive than most of their uniforms, for sure.) Watching ND do it, say, would have made me a little conflicted…
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