College Football 2007

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2007-09-04 01:46am

Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:but the way they got kicked around by Florida and Ohio State just went to show that the team needed more brains.

Sorry, I just had a vision of a bunch of zombies in maize and indigo blue, lurching around a football field and droning "MRE BRAAAINZZZZZZZZZZZ".

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2007-09-04 08:43am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
Fingolfin_Noldor wrote: He might have been somewhat vindicated last season but the way they got kicked around by Florida and Ohio State just went to show that the team needed more brains.
You mean USC and OSU right?

Hmm.. I thought the UMich played against Florida after our flop of an OSU match? We played USC later as well I think.

Patrick Degan wrote:Sorry, I just had a vision of a bunch of zombies in maize and indigo blue, lurching around a football field and droning "MRE BRAAAINZZZZZZZZZZZ".

All the same. Our defence has been criticised for being weak for ages. For some damn reason nothing was done about it.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-04 02:55pm

Fingolfin_Noldor wrote: Hmm.. I thought the UMich played against Florida after our flop of an OSU match? We played USC later as well I think.

Wishful thinking on your part, the only competition between Florida and Michigan was the media campagining to get the number 2 spot in the BCS to see who would play Ohio state. Michigan went on to get crushed in the Rose Bowl by USC.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2007-09-04 05:44pm

Qwerty 42 wrote:The band was playing The Imperial March during the (iirc) Kansas game.

That's actually incredibly common. The Georgia Tech band is one of the few that doesn't play it. It's not nerdy when everyone else does it.

When I was in the band, we tried to make up for it by playing the Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare (imagine this: "First down, Jackets!" *fanfare*) but we weren't allowed to. Random useless factoid of the day.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2007-09-04 06:58pm

Roll Tide!

That is all.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-05 06:58pm

And Michigan falls out of the top 25 completely, the worst such plummet in the history of the Top 25.

Dark Flame · Post by **Dark Flame** » 2007-09-06 12:10am

Darth Fanboy wrote:And Michigan falls out of the top 25 completely, the worst such plummet in the history of the Top 25.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

FYI, I bleed scarlet and gray. Go Bucs!

And they managed to steamroll their lesser opponents, but losing Troy Smith, Ted Ginn, Antonio Pittman, Anthony Gonzalez, and others, doesn't bode well for this year. We should still be a solid team, but probably not championship bowl caliber.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2007-09-06 01:18am

Only an idiot would ever be happy for such a debacle happening to a team in his own conference. As if you folks didn't embarrass the Big Ten enough with your BCS travesty, now you're anxious for Michigan to fuck the conference over too?

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-06 02:21pm

I don't buy into the "conference loyalty" argument. What is far more important is that if Michigan tanks then a victory over the Wolverines doesn't mean as much later in the year. Especially if there is a crunch of one loss teams trying to fill in a spot in the National Championship. Big Ten fans who dislike Michigan but didn't want them to lose don't feel that way out of conference brotherhood, they do it because if you are planning on making a aserious run at a national title then you want every team on your schedule to go unbeaten until you play them.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2007-09-06 02:25pm

Um. You know that's exactly the same argument with different phrasing, right?

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-06 05:39pm

Howedar wrote:Um. You know that's exactly the same argument with different phrasing, right?

Agh, I apologize if that's what you meant. But there have seriously been a slew of pundits that I hear and read on the radio, TV, and online who are talking about strict conference pride and nothing else. This includes those jokers who claim their support for Michigan is only about supporting fellow conference teams and nothing else.

Addendum:

Speaking of the Big Ten, will someone in the NCAA just PLEASE force Notre Dame in so they can have a Conference championship game and get rid of that ridiculous Irish special consideration? I fucking hate that. Get Boise St. and one other shcool (Hawaii or Fresno St) into the Pac-10 for the same reasons.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2007-09-06 07:20pm

No, fuck that stupid shit. Why should a conference have some lame-ass money-grabbing "conference championship" game? I'll tell you who already has a conference championship - the Pac-10. Full round-robin every year. Why would you want to change that?

The conference championship game concept is possibly the worst thing to happen to the conference system in decades.

Dark Flame · Post by **Dark Flame** » 2007-09-06 11:07pm

No conference pride, that get's thrown out the window. I just hate Michigan, and I want them to lose, especially in a way that embarasses them to no end.

As for last year's travesty of a championship game, I am sorry. I quite literally fell on the ground and nearly cried. It didn't help when my Gator of a cousin called to gloat. Anyways, I blame our schedule for that.

And yes to the round robin!!! It's a far better system for this sort of thing, unless a tie ensues, in which case there needs to be a tiebreaker, and if that's a championship game, so be it.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-07 06:22pm

Howedar wrote:No, fuck that stupid shit. Why should a conference have some lame-ass money-grabbing "conference championship" game? I'll tell you who already has a conference championship - the Pac-10. Full round-robin every year. Why would you want to change that?

Because the Big Ten doesn't have a full round robin, Iowa won a share of the Big Ten Title in 2002 technically partially because they dodged the unbeaten Buckeyes. Since every team in the Big Ten is already not playing everyone else it would be better to go all the way so that a real champion is crowned. And I support it for the Pac-10 so that good schools in "mid major" conferences can get on the stage they deserve. Also, because Notre Dame's special consideration pisses me off and it is ridiculous that the NCAA allows this, they play several Big Ten schools annually anyways. All I-A teams should be in conferences.

The conference championship game concept is possibly the worst thing to happen to the conference system in decades.

No it isn't, it provides a clear cut champion. I support conference title games and a playoff system to determine Champions. The Pac-10 I will concede can go without a title game since they are the only major conference with a true round robin, but the Big Ten needs it.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-07 06:24pm

Dark Flame wrote: And yes to the round robin!!! It's a far better system for this sort of thing, unless a tie ensues, in which case there needs to be a tiebreaker, and if that's a championship game, so be it.

How often do teams in conferences end up with identical in conference records? OFten enough if you ask me, and as I said in my previous post the round robin works great if in fact you play every team (unlike in the Big Ten).

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-09-07 06:35pm

Well... this weekend WVU squares off against Marshall University in the WestVirginia CoalBowl.

The question is not "who's going to win", but "How badly will the Mountaineers stomp the Herd". WVU won their last game 62-24. Marshall lost theirs 31-3. I'm of the opinion that the only way the Herd will score is if the Mountaineers fall asleep.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-08 04:58pm

Michigan is in the process of losing to Oregon, Lloyd Carr will almost be assured of the axe at that point if this happens. Funny situation that I hadn't realized is that Michigan has lost three in a row for the first time in almost 30 years and that they have not won since Bo Schembechler passed away from to last years game against Ohio State.

EDIT:

In the half hour or so since I intially posted this, Oregan's lead has expanded from 18-7, to 32-7. Tomorrow's headline will be, "Go Blue? They Blew..."

Dark Flame · Post by **Dark Flame** » 2007-09-08 06:51pm

LadyTevar wrote:Well... this weekend WVU squares off against Marshall University in the WestVirginia CoalBowl.

The question is not "who's going to win", but "How badly will the Mountaineers stomp the Herd". WVU won their last game 62-24. Marshall lost theirs 31-3. I'm of the opinion that the only way the Herd will score is if the Mountaineers fall asleep.

It was actually a very entertaining game up through half time where Marshall led 13-6. Too bad that WVU won the second half 42-10. I was rooting for the upset, but it never materialized.

As for Michigan, I continue my BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! from earlier. As far as Lloyd Carr goes, I really hope they keep him around. It makes the OSU vs. Michigan game so much more optimistic!

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2007-09-08 08:42pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:Michigan is in the process of losing to Oregon, Lloyd Carr will almost be assured of the axe at that point if this happens. Funny situation that I hadn't realized is that Michigan has lost three in a row for the first time in almost 30 years and that they have not won since Bo Schembechler passed away from to last years game against Ohio State.

EDIT:

In the half hour or so since I intially posted this, Oregan's lead has expanded from 18-7, to 32-7. Tomorrow's headline will be, "Go Blue? They Blew..."

It's disgusting. Fire the damn coach.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-08 09:18pm

If anyone caught the end to the Fresno State vs. Texas A&M game, it was a helluva lot of fun.

UCLA and Texas are both fighting off upsets at the moment, UCLA is holding off BYU at home in game they should be controlling, and TCU is bringing it to Texas in Austin. So far one heck of a weekend.

To top it off, in a less heralded I-A vs. I-AA matchup. The University of Northern Iowa Panthers are sticking it to In-State rival Iowa State. GO PANTHERS! We want our rematch against App St!

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-09-08 09:21pm

Dark Flame wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:Well... this weekend WVU squares off against Marshall University in the WestVirginia CoalBowl.
It was actually a very entertaining game up through half time where Marshall led 13-6. Too bad that WVU won the second half 42-10. I was rooting for the upset, but it never materialized.

Actually, the final score was WVU 48- Marshall 23.

By all accounts, it was a pretty decent game.

LMSx · Post by **LMSx** » 2007-09-08 09:36pm

Washington Huskies beat #22 BSU 24-10.

Huh.

Ohio State's coming up next week. I guess we'll know then if the Big 10 should commit hara-kiri and just give up on the season.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2007-09-08 09:48pm

LadyTevar wrote: Actually, the final score was WVU 48- Marshall 23.

By all accounts, it was a pretty decent game.

Dark Flame knew that, he just split up the score between the two halves to emphasize MArshall's collapse

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Azazal · Post by **Azazal** » 2007-09-08 11:06pm

Since it hasn't been stated:

DOWN GOES MICHIGAN IN A BALL OF FLAMES!!

But they need a season like this, pump some humility into them

Dark Flame · Post by **Dark Flame** » 2007-09-09 12:19am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
LadyTevar wrote: Actually, the final score was WVU 48- Marshall 23.

By all accounts, it was a pretty decent game.
Dark Flame knew that, he just split up the score between the two halves to emphasize MArshall's collapse .

Thanks DF. That's what I meant.

I can't wait to see the toilet bowl game next week of Notre Dame and Michigan. The only bad thing about that suckfest is that one of them has to win. I wish that they could both just get a mutual loss. It should be very entertaining to watch the two winless teams continue to suck, and see who sucks more.

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