Youngster Joey
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Need Akers to get 3 points tomorrow to win my game. It will be close
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Youngster Joey
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I WIN!!!
Now back to huddling in a corner
Now back to huddling in a corner
Snoo
The Legend
Oo I'm not. My QB's decided not to show up.. at all.. I knew once I got nothing from those ladies I was done for.
As far as CFB is concerned, I'm rooting for the Wildcats to go to the NCG.. and Alabama to lose.. and SOMEHOW my Buckeyes from THE Ohio State will win the AP championship.
LETS DO THIS!
As far as CFB is concerned, I'm rooting for the Wildcats to go to the NCG.. and Alabama to lose.. and SOMEHOW my Buckeyes from THE Ohio State will win the AP championship.
LETS DO THIS!
madhjsp
Giga Poster
That Urban Meyer gif is pretty epic. Too bad OSU is UNRANKED! Hah
But actually, he's doing a pretty nice job considering the sanctions. I hate to say it, but OSU is probably going to be in the title discussion for many years to come as long as he's there.
I'm pulling for your Wildcats to keep winning, Tom. They're definitely an easy team to get behind, and they've managed to look better and better every week. But, looking at the current rankings and comparing the remaining schedules, I'm not sure that Oregon isn't in the best position to move into a top-2 spot. They still have 3 ranked opponents remaining (as long as Stanford and Oregon State stay in the top 25 until they play Oregon, which is a fair bet), and assuming they win out, possibly a 4th if whoever wins the Pac-12 south ends up ranked by the time of the conference championship. KSU has some quality games left, but only 2 ranked opponents (and Texas, at #23, could drop out with another loss), and they are handicapped by the lack of a conference championship game. They'd surely finish the season at #2 if they won out, but the next weekend, they'd be sitting at home while the entire country got to see #3 Oregon (ND's remaining schedule is too weak for them to hold their rank, plus I am convinced they will drop one of their easy games) trounce whoever wins the Pac-12 south. It'd be exactly like how Florida got into the 2006 championship game. Anyone in KSU land worried about this possibility?
Of course, this is all moot if Oregon loses a game. If that happens, I just don't see how ND jumps KSU (certainly not if they suffer a loss, as I am predicting), national media love and huge fanbase aside.
But actually, he's doing a pretty nice job considering the sanctions. I hate to say it, but OSU is probably going to be in the title discussion for many years to come as long as he's there.
I'm pulling for your Wildcats to keep winning, Tom. They're definitely an easy team to get behind, and they've managed to look better and better every week. But, looking at the current rankings and comparing the remaining schedules, I'm not sure that Oregon isn't in the best position to move into a top-2 spot. They still have 3 ranked opponents remaining (as long as Stanford and Oregon State stay in the top 25 until they play Oregon, which is a fair bet), and assuming they win out, possibly a 4th if whoever wins the Pac-12 south ends up ranked by the time of the conference championship. KSU has some quality games left, but only 2 ranked opponents (and Texas, at #23, could drop out with another loss), and they are handicapped by the lack of a conference championship game. They'd surely finish the season at #2 if they won out, but the next weekend, they'd be sitting at home while the entire country got to see #3 Oregon (ND's remaining schedule is too weak for them to hold their rank, plus I am convinced they will drop one of their easy games) trounce whoever wins the Pac-12 south. It'd be exactly like how Florida got into the 2006 championship game. Anyone in KSU land worried about this possibility?
Of course, this is all moot if Oregon loses a game. If that happens, I just don't see how ND jumps KSU (certainly not if they suffer a loss, as I am predicting), national media love and huge fanbase aside.
Snoo
The Legend
I honestly thought ND was going to lose to Oklahoma.. but they made them their bitches. I would love to see ND and KState in the NCG mostly because I hate seeing the same team from the same conference for the last decade. Of course, while both teams are lacking in their conference championship games.. that means they have one less game to lose. Who knows with Bama or Oregon.
That being said.. the last month will be interesting.. especially for the Big 10 Championship Game. WHO WANTS TO SEE NEBRASKA VS INDIANA??!? I DO! I DO!
That being said.. the last month will be interesting.. especially for the Big 10 Championship Game. WHO WANTS TO SEE NEBRASKA VS INDIANA??!? I DO! I DO!
tomahawk
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Sadly, if K-State wins out, and a combination of Oregon, Bama, and Notre Dame all do the same, there is no way K-State makes it to the title game, even though we would have run the table in a strong Big 12, while Bama played nobody worth a **** besides LSU. I am praying for USC to play to their potential the rest of the way out and knock off Oregon and Notre Dame, and then LSU to beat Bama. If that happens and we win out, we are #1, but they will find some way to put LSU or Bama in there with 1 loss over any undefeated team.
I'm still trying to be cautiously optimistic, but I think I am at the point now of if we win out, I think we will finish the season 13-0, be that in the Fiesta Bowl or NCG, if we don't stumble, we won't lose in bowl game. A sad stat is we have been BCS bowl eligible 4 times, and have NEVER been selected to a BCS bowl, being passed up by worse teams each time (last years snub was inexcusable). I pray with Klein as the Heisman front runner we don't have that happen again. Every other team in the top has the skill to do it almost yearly, but for a school two hours away from civilization in Kansas, this is our one shot.
On NFL note, I will be at Chiefs Chargers game Thursday night. Good chance I will be putting a bag over my head. There is a huge Chiefs fan movement to get Pioli fired right now, topped 100k on twitter and 6k on FB. The national media is beginning to cover it too. The game will be ugly, but I am excited to go regardless.
I'm still trying to be cautiously optimistic, but I think I am at the point now of if we win out, I think we will finish the season 13-0, be that in the Fiesta Bowl or NCG, if we don't stumble, we won't lose in bowl game. A sad stat is we have been BCS bowl eligible 4 times, and have NEVER been selected to a BCS bowl, being passed up by worse teams each time (last years snub was inexcusable). I pray with Klein as the Heisman front runner we don't have that happen again. Every other team in the top has the skill to do it almost yearly, but for a school two hours away from civilization in Kansas, this is our one shot.
On NFL note, I will be at Chiefs Chargers game Thursday night. Good chance I will be putting a bag over my head. There is a huge Chiefs fan movement to get Pioli fired right now, topped 100k on twitter and 6k on FB. The national media is beginning to cover it too. The game will be ugly, but I am excited to go regardless.
madhjsp
Giga Poster
Barring a totally unexpected collapse, I think KSU's almost certainly getting a BCS bid this year, even with one loss. I think your point about Klein being the Heisman front runner and the press he's garnered will have a lot to do with that. TV ratings for a BCS game involving KSU would be much higher than they would've been last year, when you guys kind of flew under the radar.
I definitely understand why you'd worry about ND since they are much more of a big-time program, but I really do think the current situation favors KSU if both teams win out. Both teams are tied as of right now in the computer polls, but that factor is going to swing in KSU's favor over the next 4 games because of the relatively harder strength of schedule. And with KSU currently higher in both the USA Today and Harris Poll, it's unlikely they'd get jumped unless ND absolutely dominates their weak opponents while KSU struggles. If KSU takes care of their last 4 games by even an average margin of victory, I think they'll hold off ND. If things play out this way and Oregon or Bama loses, KSU's in. And I for one will be absolutely loving all the complaining from ND's fans and the controversy they'll try to stir up. :lol:
Hey UVA is pitiful, the ACC always underwhelms on the national stage, and I'm fully willing to admit it! But you've got to admit the B1G opened themselves up for ridicule when they picked those division names. If you have to beat your chest and tell everyone that you're the best conference, then you probably aren't the best conference. At least the SEC, to their credit, lets their on-field play do the talking.
I definitely understand why you'd worry about ND since they are much more of a big-time program, but I really do think the current situation favors KSU if both teams win out. Both teams are tied as of right now in the computer polls, but that factor is going to swing in KSU's favor over the next 4 games because of the relatively harder strength of schedule. And with KSU currently higher in both the USA Today and Harris Poll, it's unlikely they'd get jumped unless ND absolutely dominates their weak opponents while KSU struggles. If KSU takes care of their last 4 games by even an average margin of victory, I think they'll hold off ND. If things play out this way and Oregon or Bama loses, KSU's in. And I for one will be absolutely loving all the complaining from ND's fans and the controversy they'll try to stir up. :lol:
Snoo said:Let's not be talking smack Mr. Virginia.
Hey UVA is pitiful, the ACC always underwhelms on the national stage, and I'm fully willing to admit it! But you've got to admit the B1G opened themselves up for ridicule when they picked those division names. If you have to beat your chest and tell everyone that you're the best conference, then you probably aren't the best conference. At least the SEC, to their credit, lets their on-field play do the talking.
tomahawk
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Money talks, and college football is vulnerable to money, clearly with Cam Newton not being outside the norm as well as bowl games going to the highest bidder, ND will pull some way getting in, but it won't be talked about since they would basically be blackmailed for it.
I'm trying to be cautious about my excitement and this helps lol.
I'm trying to be cautious about my excitement and this helps lol.
madhjsp
Giga Poster
I was really considering picking up San Diego's defense this week, but eventually decided I liked Detroit's chances against Blaine Gabbert & company just as much. Well, the bar for them has been set pretty high now. :roll:
That game was brutal for KC. If they with the worst record, do you think they pick a QB 1st, pick someone else, or trade the pick, Tom? Matt Barkley and Geno Smith are the two that most easily come to mind as top-pick candidates, but they each have flaws as well. Would you prefer one over the other?
That game was brutal for KC. If they with the worst record, do you think they pick a QB 1st, pick someone else, or trade the pick, Tom? Matt Barkley and Geno Smith are the two that most easily come to mind as top-pick candidates, but they each have flaws as well. Would you prefer one over the other?
Snoo
The Legend
Snoo said:
Yeah.
I'm looking at you Danny.
And WHOA whoa whoa. Where did I say the Big 10 was any good? I was one of the people saying those were and still are the dumbest division names in history. I cheer for my team and a few teams here and there.. but we are down and out this year.. but that doesn't mean we haven't had success.
tomahawk
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I was at that pathetic excuse of a football game last night, and let me tell you, the Chiefs would probably lose to several college teams this year. The problems are becoming more obvious. Yes, they have some really good players on the team, Charles, Berry (who picked it up after that awful first drive), Hali, Houston (who is going to be elite in the next year or two, what a steal as a third round pick), Flowers, and Bowe, but besides for them, the team has nothing. The depth is just so awful, once you get past those players, it's a bunch of failed draft picks and under achievers. How Pioli and Crennel haven't been fired yet is beyond me. This pathetic excuse of a football team is just depressing.
Now with the first pick, which will belong to KC unless they fire all the staff there right now and replace them midseason with Gruden, Cowher, and Schottenheimer all on the sideline, sharing the GM duties, so it will belong to them, there are so many different ways to go.
The QB class this year is significantly weaker than last season.
Geno Smith, very accurate, but without all the pieces, he fades
Matt Barkley, USC QB, that is all that is needed to be said
Landry Jones, mediocre to good, no better than your Carson Palmer
Tyler Wilson (I think that is the Arkansas QB name) well, look what happened once Bobby P left.
Collin Klein, throwing motion is awful, but is a true field general
AJ McCarran, total cock sucker from Bama
Now, what happens with the pick depends on the coach. If they go with a marquee coach like Gruden or Cowher (which I hope) they will take Smith, or trade for a later pick in the first round and take Klein or Wilson. I think 5 QBs get taken round 1, and the Chiefs will take one of them, just depends on where. The only way they don't is if they trade for some top tier starter, because otherwise the fans will bail, as they already are.
Hopefully one of those QB's can prove that they are first pick worthy by the end of the season.
Now with the first pick, which will belong to KC unless they fire all the staff there right now and replace them midseason with Gruden, Cowher, and Schottenheimer all on the sideline, sharing the GM duties, so it will belong to them, there are so many different ways to go.
The QB class this year is significantly weaker than last season.
Geno Smith, very accurate, but without all the pieces, he fades
Matt Barkley, USC QB, that is all that is needed to be said
Landry Jones, mediocre to good, no better than your Carson Palmer
Tyler Wilson (I think that is the Arkansas QB name) well, look what happened once Bobby P left.
Collin Klein, throwing motion is awful, but is a true field general
AJ McCarran, total cock sucker from Bama
Now, what happens with the pick depends on the coach. If they go with a marquee coach like Gruden or Cowher (which I hope) they will take Smith, or trade for a later pick in the first round and take Klein or Wilson. I think 5 QBs get taken round 1, and the Chiefs will take one of them, just depends on where. The only way they don't is if they trade for some top tier starter, because otherwise the fans will bail, as they already are.
Hopefully one of those QB's can prove that they are first pick worthy by the end of the season.
Youngster Joey
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LSU just stopped playing at the end of the game...
Shady if you ask me
Shady if you ask me
tomahawk
Strata Poster
Oregon proved they really have no defense today.
LSU gave up with 2 minutes left
A 33 yard field goal is the difference between ND being irrelevant again
KSU puts up 38 in 35 mins, then Klein gets hurt, still win by 14
Alabama is the luckiest team ever right now. They are being exposed to everyone who doesn't have their SEC blinders on. The defense is good, not elite, the offense is mediocre at best. Keep in mind LSU almost lost to Auburn, who has a mere 3 wins. I am really interested in the Texas A&M game next week. A&M has come in and wrecked havoc. They were 6-6 last season, right now they are 7-2, a few turnovers away from 9-0. Bama has yet to play an actual GREAT team, Oregon did that with USC, K-State with OU, and Notre Dame with OU (although the score is quite misleading, as they were up 16-14 with a few mins left and got some garbage points). Bama will get that next week. A&M was 6th in the Big 12 last season, and the team didn't change that much from last season, so it is still a Big 12 team for a year or two in my eyes.
I need to vent about the mockery of a football game the final 2 minutes of "the game of the century" was. This was rigged. LSU is supposed to be a defensive powerhouse, yet Alabama, who is FAR FROM Oregon offensively, can go 70 yards in 40 seconds and then when they get the ball back, they throw 3 yard passes? Please. Either Les Miles agreed to throw it, or Mentenberger or whatever his name is did. Third and short, you have the ball, and you run towards the right hash, making your kicker aim right, when your kicker hooks right regardless? Ok. You botch a fake field goal, and miss a total of 3 field goals, and then **** up a onside kick? For an "elite" program, they sure as **** can't get a kicker.
My end of season predictions:
Bama loses to A&M on a late TD by "Johnny Football" and fall to #5, praying losses occur.
Oregon, if they face USC in Pac 12 Championship, lose in that game.
Notre Dame loses to USC by double digits, the world rejoices.
K-State wins final three games, being only undefeated team left. Alabama slides in with losses by Oregon and Notre Dame. If Oregon doesn't face USC again, it is KSU v. Nike U.
I'm still on cautious level of optimism, especially with a possible Klein injury. But if that game got close, I am pretty sure he would have strapped back up. Kid is tough.
LSU gave up with 2 minutes left
A 33 yard field goal is the difference between ND being irrelevant again
KSU puts up 38 in 35 mins, then Klein gets hurt, still win by 14
Alabama is the luckiest team ever right now. They are being exposed to everyone who doesn't have their SEC blinders on. The defense is good, not elite, the offense is mediocre at best. Keep in mind LSU almost lost to Auburn, who has a mere 3 wins. I am really interested in the Texas A&M game next week. A&M has come in and wrecked havoc. They were 6-6 last season, right now they are 7-2, a few turnovers away from 9-0. Bama has yet to play an actual GREAT team, Oregon did that with USC, K-State with OU, and Notre Dame with OU (although the score is quite misleading, as they were up 16-14 with a few mins left and got some garbage points). Bama will get that next week. A&M was 6th in the Big 12 last season, and the team didn't change that much from last season, so it is still a Big 12 team for a year or two in my eyes.
I need to vent about the mockery of a football game the final 2 minutes of "the game of the century" was. This was rigged. LSU is supposed to be a defensive powerhouse, yet Alabama, who is FAR FROM Oregon offensively, can go 70 yards in 40 seconds and then when they get the ball back, they throw 3 yard passes? Please. Either Les Miles agreed to throw it, or Mentenberger or whatever his name is did. Third and short, you have the ball, and you run towards the right hash, making your kicker aim right, when your kicker hooks right regardless? Ok. You botch a fake field goal, and miss a total of 3 field goals, and then **** up a onside kick? For an "elite" program, they sure as **** can't get a kicker.
My end of season predictions:
Bama loses to A&M on a late TD by "Johnny Football" and fall to #5, praying losses occur.
Oregon, if they face USC in Pac 12 Championship, lose in that game.
Notre Dame loses to USC by double digits, the world rejoices.
K-State wins final three games, being only undefeated team left. Alabama slides in with losses by Oregon and Notre Dame. If Oregon doesn't face USC again, it is KSU v. Nike U.
I'm still on cautious level of optimism, especially with a possible Klein injury. But if that game got close, I am pretty sure he would have strapped back up. Kid is tough.
madhjsp
Giga Poster
LSU didn't throw the game, and that's just nuts to even suggest it. They were playing prevent D at the end, trying not to give up the deep pass, and Alabama's players were able to execute and take advantage. Good teams put past mistakes behind them and focus on what they have to do. The final play of the drive was just a perfect call.. Bama anticipated the blitz, so they ran a screen, and TJ Yeldon (who's already a stud but is destined to be a star) did the rest.
As for LSU, their special teams miscues fall squarely on Les Miles' shoulders (except for the failed onside kick, which would have worked if not for a bad bounce. The kicker batted it on a backwards bounce, and if it had gone forwards, that play works. Not much he could have done there). The decision to fake on a shorter field goal within his kicker's range and then actually attempt a much longer field goal isn't on the players, it's on Miles. And you can debate the attempt to go for it on 4th and 1, but I agree with the call. Your team has been running the ball well all game, and a chance to extend the drive and maybe even score a touchdown would close the book on that game.
Bama got lucky at times, yes, but what team with championship aspirations doesn't have some lucky breaks during the season? LSU had a very big break as well with the Bama fumble at their 10... not anything LSU caused, just a bad exchange on a handoff. If Bama scores a TD there, the complexion of the game is changed entirely.
Another thing you cannot discount is LSU's home-field advantage for this game. Death Valley truly is the most intimidating football atmosphere in the country, college or pro. The same Bama team that had steamrolled everyone else in their path looked very rattled and off their game tonight, on both sides of the ball. Give credit to LSU for coming out with a good game plan and executing it well, but a lot of that also comes from the noise and intensity from the fans in the stadium. It was absolutely deafening in there and you could hear it through the TV screen. There aren't many teams that could go in there and win convincingly under those circumstances.
Yes, LSU has struggled on offense at times this season, but their elite defense would make them a tough out for any team. And please, don't try and say they aren't a great team then turn around and say that TA&M is. LSU beat them in their own house, for crying out loud. Those two teams are about even at best. That's not to say that this won't be a hugely important game for both teams this coming weekend in Tuscaloosa, though. The Tide will have the advantage playing at home, but it'll be very interesting to see how they respond coming off this kind of emotional victory. They also showed a weakness in pass coverage that TA&M may be able to exploit, so they will have to correct that if they want to avoid a loss or another nail-biter game.
As for end-of-season predictions, I pretty much agree with yours except I think Bama wins again this weekend. If they lose, it will be in the SECCG. I'm also standing by my prediction that ND will lose before they play USC. They are very good at playing to the level of their competition, so even though BC and Wake are not good, I expect one of those games to be a close contest.
National championship prediction: Alabama vs. KSU. ND finishes with 2 losses, and Oregon loses the Pac-12 championship game.
As for LSU, their special teams miscues fall squarely on Les Miles' shoulders (except for the failed onside kick, which would have worked if not for a bad bounce. The kicker batted it on a backwards bounce, and if it had gone forwards, that play works. Not much he could have done there). The decision to fake on a shorter field goal within his kicker's range and then actually attempt a much longer field goal isn't on the players, it's on Miles. And you can debate the attempt to go for it on 4th and 1, but I agree with the call. Your team has been running the ball well all game, and a chance to extend the drive and maybe even score a touchdown would close the book on that game.
Bama got lucky at times, yes, but what team with championship aspirations doesn't have some lucky breaks during the season? LSU had a very big break as well with the Bama fumble at their 10... not anything LSU caused, just a bad exchange on a handoff. If Bama scores a TD there, the complexion of the game is changed entirely.
Another thing you cannot discount is LSU's home-field advantage for this game. Death Valley truly is the most intimidating football atmosphere in the country, college or pro. The same Bama team that had steamrolled everyone else in their path looked very rattled and off their game tonight, on both sides of the ball. Give credit to LSU for coming out with a good game plan and executing it well, but a lot of that also comes from the noise and intensity from the fans in the stadium. It was absolutely deafening in there and you could hear it through the TV screen. There aren't many teams that could go in there and win convincingly under those circumstances.
Yes, LSU has struggled on offense at times this season, but their elite defense would make them a tough out for any team. And please, don't try and say they aren't a great team then turn around and say that TA&M is. LSU beat them in their own house, for crying out loud. Those two teams are about even at best. That's not to say that this won't be a hugely important game for both teams this coming weekend in Tuscaloosa, though. The Tide will have the advantage playing at home, but it'll be very interesting to see how they respond coming off this kind of emotional victory. They also showed a weakness in pass coverage that TA&M may be able to exploit, so they will have to correct that if they want to avoid a loss or another nail-biter game.
As for end-of-season predictions, I pretty much agree with yours except I think Bama wins again this weekend. If they lose, it will be in the SECCG. I'm also standing by my prediction that ND will lose before they play USC. They are very good at playing to the level of their competition, so even though BC and Wake are not good, I expect one of those games to be a close contest.
National championship prediction: Alabama vs. KSU. ND finishes with 2 losses, and Oregon loses the Pac-12 championship game.
Youngster Joey
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So Marcus, you still want Sproles?