Rah! Rah! 2014/15 NCAA Football

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/08/20/0819-braxton-miller-update.html

Several sources have told The Dispatch today that Ohio State senior quarterback Braxton Miller will miss the 2014 season because of the injury he suffered to his right shoulder in practice on yesterday afternoon, the same shoulder that was surgically repaired six months ago.

Ohio State has yet to confirm the prognosis, though a spokesman said that a news release on the situation will be coming this afternoon.

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http://deadspin.com/uconns-starting-quarterback-has-a-fantastic-mullet-1624013861

Look at that thing. That's not a haircut; that's the 1984 CMA Awards. You see hair like that and you wonder if there's a Fiero parked nearby. If that hair could talk, it would say: "Get back in the house, Lurleen. I'm handling this."

2013?

Ha oops. I'm apparently so high on cough syrup I blew it on the year. Mod to fix title plz?

This year, BYU starts the season without leading rusher Jamaal Williams (1,233 yards) and receiver Devon Blackmon, who were suspended for violating team rules. It has been reported that they violated the school's honor code — Williams was arrested for suspicion of underage drinking, and Blackmon's alleged offense was wearing an earring.

Williams' "drinking" was probably caffeinated soda.

South Carolina got straight up pantsed tonight. Oof.

Kenny football

I heard a guy on the radio yesterday going home picking South Carolina to go to the final 4. Guess not.

I still think it would be relatively easy for them to win the East and go to the SEC championship unless Florida or Georgia are a total surprise.

That's fine but under the new system the politburo they've selected better remember the ass kicking they took last nite. Even if they win the east , they are headed for chik fil a or outback.

And when they lose to bama or auburn or a and m in the championship game it could even be more dire. Let's reconnect after the dawgs play Clemson, should clarify things.

Jesus. Strike chik fil a from that post. Apparently it's a semifinal this year. Fucking confusing.

looking very forward to this year.

Go Ducks.

tuned into ESPN Saturday Night Collage Football but there is no Brent Musburger, sort of made me sad.

Damn Todd gurley. Jesus what a player

For real tho.

I was going to echo a similar sentiment about Melvin Gordon until LSU made him disappear in the second half.

I would say the Wisconsin coaching staff helped in disappearing Gordon

get home, turn on espn.. this guy with the 80s wwf hair is on tv

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/9/5/6113033/let-us-salute-nevada-brock-hekkings-platinum-blonde-mullet

trending worldwide so i guess i'm not the only one who noticed. wow

how does oregon not start classes until sept 29

I blame all those Illuminati on the Trilateral Commission.

happy that i will be able to watch this Ducks game.

happens to be a really great game, go Ducks.

Not on the national radar screen but I went to the Georgia state New Mexico State game today and it ruled. NMS came back from 17 point deficit and won with a touchdown with 15'seconds left.

^that's the best way to enjoy college football.

lold @ during the psu/rutgers game dave diehl said 'when i was playing center eli manning used to make me change my pants at halftime'

shit wait it was sean ohara i mean

usc has given up 275 yds rushing to bc

And only rushed for a total of _4_!

gators/uk going 2 ot

For what was supposed to be a crappy slate of games this turned out to be a great day. Thanks BC

Jameis Winston now suspended for the entire Clemson game instead of just the first half. I'm sure the dude's suspension is well-deserved for some other shit he did somewhere, but standing on a table and yelling out a tired internet meme at a college is common as fuck.

east carolina vs unc, which was #25 in the usa today poll:

446 yards passing, 343 yards rushing, 70 points lol

ya ecu is sick

put them inthe playoff imo

yaaaaah WVU GO EERS

did not plan to watch but this game is so much fun

Clemson pulled a Clemson in the end. No one should be surprised.

LSU got flat whooped, though.

surprised that this Ducks game is this close,

Pac-12 is getting pretty comparable to SEC in terms of overall strength, but the style of football has more variety so its hard to compare.

Jameis Winston now suspended for the entire Clemson game instead of just the first half. I'm sure the dude's suspension is well-deserved for some other shit he did somewhere, but standing on a table and yelling out a tired internet meme at a college is common as fuck.

― Johnny Fever

w/respect, he was accused of rape and there was a second incident where a woman sought counseling after a sexual encounter w/him, plus he's basically the national face of the school. PLUS there was all that other shit in the NFL recently. so i get why they did it and can't disagree at all really.

Oh, believe me, I know the history.

omg ncstate

wd be happy with nc state win, but it's still a long shot w/ only 24-21 nc lead at half

fSU dfense is hot garbage

jesus the Little Brown Jug

FSU game needs Gus Johnson calling this

^100%

nice pick

FSU game needs Gus Johnson calling this

― shower cretin (brownie), Saturday, September 27, 2014 6:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He did a damn good job on the u dub Stanford game. Which was a great game but not high scoring

so even though i'm a huge baseball fan the Giants are not on tonight. so will be flipping back and forth between the ALDS and the Oregon Duck game tonight.

wow brutal fumble

what's up with this bama punter, not a man but a kicking machine

wow bama is selfdestructing

oh man

lol miss kicking

oh Christ these extra points

You guys, I just died.

Even worse, I have to cheer Auburn on now to preserve some semblance of football integrity in my home state.

I wouldn't mind the eventual SEC champions having a 3 loss season. Preferably, with their third and final loss coming in the first playoff-series game.

>:[

https://vine.co/v/OKZVgA3bXwH

rip spurrier

I would party with Katy Perry.

The Alabama loss was hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuUfKmriBxw

Holy shit

So good

It's weird to think that my favorite day of college ball in years includes a Bama loss, but yesterday was amazing in just about every way.

yes there were so many good finishes. Sorry about bama. I was watching with my friend from Huntsville, and I kinda hate ole miss

While growing up I lived for decades with mediocre-to-awful teams. I considered any Pac-8 season record above .500 to be a triumph. Consequently, I reflexively root for the underdog, with few exceptions and I feel happiest when the traditional powerhouse programs, like Alabama, USC or Oklahoma, get the rug pulled out from under them.

Mentally add Ohio State to that list of most-hated teams, plz.

Oh shit

http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100914aad.html

ATHENS ----- University of Georgia tailback Todd Gurley has been indefinitely suspended from competition by the UGA Athletic Association during an ongoing investigation into an alleged violation of NCAA rules.

"I'm obviously very disappointed," said UGA head football coach Mark Richt. "The important thing for our team is to turn all our attention toward preparation for Missouri."

damn

perhaps someone gave him a bagel with cream cheese during snack hour by mistake

Yeah, who knows. I remember when AJ Green got suspended for 4 games his last season there for selling a game jersey.

pretty lol

loll ou just missed a 19 yd fg

poor giy

guy

wow lol jameis just threw that up

Yeah it was a sky ball

garbage PI call there

wow

man you don't call the 'bush push' but you call that!?

ncaa FIFA I guess

The only thing I hate worse than being forced to root for Notre Dame is when Notre Dame loses anyway.

^ wisdom

Having more angles to view that last PI call, I'm even more convinced that we got a bad call there.

and the coach is named 'Jimbo' every time I check

i thought it was legit, couldve been holding rather than pi -- tho i like if refs are actually gonna flag pick plays (saw 1 called in nfl last wk, first i recall in ages)

Refs can always call something. They typically try to avoid determining the game winner for us, though.

we should have just ran it in

Yeah, that run Golson made that got them up to the 6 (or wherever it was) could've probably gone all the way to the endzone, but he hit the dirt when he saw a defender.

true. Gah, this one hurts!

been listening to tal bachman, eagle-eye cherry, and blessed union of souls deep cuts to try and make the pain go away

http://youtu.be/Wg-HZd4Lb2Q

would prob have to dig p deep to find a team win by nearly 30pts w/ 20 yds passing

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=400548362

crazy. I guess an FSU player took his helmet off on the field as well and the refs missed it.

ive been watching the paul feinbaum show (recalled it profiled in the nyer or something right?) on sec network

lol'ing @ ppl praising the fuck out of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Spears_(defensive_end)

hilarious that like jim from tuscaloosa is saying whatever and midsentence marcus tries to insert a YUH and theres a pause and jim is like what

Paul Finebaum's show is like The Jerry Springer Show of sports talk radio. Other shows may boast tasteless idiocy from both hosts and callers, but none come even close to scaling Finebaum's mountain.

(I say this as a lifelong Tide fan.)

after 5 minutes and 16 seconds of play, pitt had fumbled four times and was down 28-0

didnt realize nebraska had abdullah returning kicks also, guy had 341 all-purpose yds today

wtf was that run

lol @ uk onsides kick

lol @ this kickers name being wunderlich

this is a tuff kick

where dreams go to die imo

tcu put up 785 yds of offense / 82 pts btw

O__0

Bo Wallace is all class (lol). If a black dude acted like that he'd be crucified.

Re:4th quarter coaching: are Hugh freeze and mike smith long lost twins?

lol ncaa

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11772033/alabama-crimson-tide-boosters-pay-coach-nick-saban-home

yeah, this shit's a joke. pay your players ffs.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/brian-kellys-house/view/bing/

and a player can't sell his own autograph

in what world would michigan state be rated above notre dame at this point

lol pitt

shit worst case ftball scenario, the forced replay of a horrific injury to determine a td/fumble

this is prob the worst way a team could wver lose a homegame

Fucking chop blocking navy please remove them from the schedule ty

shit worst case ftball scenario, the forced replay of a horrific injury to determine a td/fumble

― johnny crunch, Saturday, November 1, 2014 10:27 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Good play by auburn there not giving up on the play

I think Jameis Winston's life seems to be headed into becoming either The Last Boy Scout or at the Longest Yard. This dude seems like he is either an idiot, f-in crazy or both.

C'mon it's Florida State, you can get away with all sorts of bullshit, but damn even Bobby Bowden is starting to wonder if Winston is a good kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1EDJ1KZ44

I have some fb friends who are FSU fans and before last year they didn't really have much to be smug about, but they've been sitting on that shit for YEARS and now it's all over the place all the time. Gross. Straight up blind allegiance stuff and shouting down anyone who dare question the moral acuity of Winston.

The point shaving allegations was the thing that made me chuckle. Thing is that the newspaper and web media, especially in a local and regional sense kind of blows things up. Is it real, who knows, but the word is out there. Southern college football was always a bit nuts, but I think the bigger money and attention is cranking up the crazy volume.

Golson is having one of those days.

his bizkit limp

stoppppppppppp

I have some fb friends who are FSU fans and before last year they didn't really have much to be smug about, but they've been sitting on that shit for YEARS and now it's all over the place all the time. Gross. Straight up blind allegiance stuff and shouting down anyone who dare question the moral acuity of Winston.

― Johnny Fever

oh god i have one of those FB friends, it's so bad that i've actually lost total respect for her since her moral compass seems to be set pointing right at tallahassee.

like even if you believe winston didn't do the worst of what people say he did, he's still clearly a pretty decent example of reasons not to blindly worship someone for mere athletic ability.

yeah cancel the season imo

lol army just had a 99-yd pick 6 @ yankee stadium after uconn had recovered an onsides kick and was p close to tying it up

this also means by the transitive property that yale is the best ftball team in the state or idk maybe the wesleyan poets are

wow has nd almost come back this whole way

This asu collapse is insane

Nice

So many crazy turnovers

lol @ auburn

DISMUKES

unbelievable

Jameis Winston 5/11 2INT

i see jameis's bro is reupping that wager, must've been sus when he asked for the 1st qtr line

another crazy week! And ongoing!

Rooting for LSU against 'Bama tonight, but realize that LSU would need to play over their heads a bit and 'Bama make some uncharacteristic turnovers for this to happen. I love that Auburn lost already.

Now Mississippi State needs to drop one, too. If there were any justice, they'd be penalized in the polls for playing such a patsy today.

What a goat for Utah. Ouch.

yea that play was insane

wow this game has gone ham

lsu blew that p badly

yup

gotta find that pic of Garth brooks in a Mississippi St jersey for next week

college athletics is a bad joke.

@WillBrinson: Former UNC DT Tydreke Powell called into 102 Jamz and laid it ALL out regarding UNC/AFAM

bonus points for "roy williams is a snake." (2:31)

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/florida-state-university-nyt-twitter-blocked

FSU fans in continuing to be dickheads shocker.

i think i have to unfriend my FSU alum acquaintance, she's going off on the NYT now and saying they can't publish "speculative stories" like that without repercussions coming back at them. it's the grossest kind of blind fandom & allegiance.

bama shutting out #1, tcu losing vs kansas

smart seeding by the committee amirite

AP coaches poll had miss state #1, too

The line in Las Vegas for the TCU/Kansas game was 28 points -- the was largest of day in FBS. ESPN's Football Power Index gave Kansas a 4.6% chance to win. This would be the most "unlikely" win by an FBS team since Middle Tennessee State beat Georgia Tech in 2012.

xp yea i just mean tcu in the playoff and alabama not

its kinda weird i dont think ive ever seen this jayhawk logo on a ftball field

melvin gordon has 408 rushing yds

Georgia got totally jobbed by the refs on that fake punt.

lol that Jayhawk logo was Toucan Sam I thought at first. but no.

408 yards?

omg

He beat Ladanian's record.

Asu gonna lose

i never wanted the 'canes to win as bad as i wanted them to win today. oh well.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-gators/os-gators-coach-will-muschamp-fired-20141116-story.html

There were plenty of games this year that warranted a mid-season firing, but the one yesterday really wasn't one of them. Gators played well, just got outplayed in overtime. But now or last week or next week, didn't really matter. Muschamp was getting canned. (I was secretly hoping the Gators would knock of FSU in a couple weeks, but who knows what happens now.)

it can still happen. i believe.

Well from some things I've read it appears they're letting him coach the remaining games, but that's got to be a real drag on his preparation and the team's morale.

True, FSU is obviously horrible, though, because ND basically beat them and ND is the worst football team this year iirc

That bullshit penalty that negated the last minute ND td to beat FSU still riles me up, and I hate ND!

yeah, I'm still pretty shook over it. We would have lost games this year anyway, but each loss after beating FSU would have at least been another shovel full of dirt on FSU's playoff hopes. That would have felt good.

I am glad that we can all agree that FSU is a horrible criminal organization that should be banned from all future athletic activity

what's swirling around them now feels like UM in the 80s (when i was an undergrad there, and SI ran a cover-story asking if the program should be dismantled entirely).

Why, oh, why must the only remaining unbeaten major conference team be FSU (other than the fact that they play in a relatively weak major conference)? The only saving grace is that they won't survive the new playoff format. That takes a bit of the sting out of it.

xp A 30 for 30 on UM in the 80s would be great. The 30 for 30 about Mauriece Clarett and Jim Tressel is up on Netflix. I still don't know how I feel about Tressel after watching it. But Andy Geiger is def an asshole.

I'm pretty happy that I didn't see yesterday's Irish game because games like Northwestern have no upside if you win, and tons of downside if you lose. ditto with Purdue. glad there was no Michigan State this year, that's another one like that, even though MSU can be good some years.

so can Purdue but I will always remember Tony Driver picking off Drew Brees twice near the end of a game a decade or so ago, and so even though Brees has had a great NFL career I always think of him in that moment, because I was there that day & one of the picks was right in front of the student section, haha it was so great

Have you not seen 'The U'? xp

ha, I see that they've done it already! I am watching this today.

iirc it was the very first one.

the U2

The U Part 2[7] Billy Corben December 13, 2014
A sequel to The U profiles the Miami Hurricanes football program and its rise from scandal (and calls for the school to drop the sport) to a national championship, only to see new controversy after booster Nevin Shapiro is revealed to have given improper benefits to the program.

are u talking the u part 2 to me

and I'd like to thank Jimmy Johnson. and I'd like to thank Michael Irvin. and I'd like to thank...

I'm pretty happy that I didn't see yesterday's Irish game because games like Northwestern have no upside if you win, and tons of downside if you lose. ditto with Purdue. glad there was no Michigan State this year, that's another one like that, even though MSU can be good some years.

so can Purdue but I will always remember Tony Driver picking off Drew Brees twice near the end of a game a decade or so ago, and so even though Brees has had a great NFL career I always think of him in that moment, because I was there that day & one of the picks was right in front of the student section, haha it was so great

― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, November 16, 2014 10:05 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, be thankful that you missed it. Kelly really mismanaged the game. I guess the low upside-to-downside ratio applies to every Big 10 team and Navy. Sorry to hear that you suffered through the Bob Davie era. I was in the student section for the 41-16 blowout by Purdue in South Bend. Dark days.

I was there for Lou's last game too! But then yeah, Davie.

actually Lou's last game was no big deal. The Irish had sucked, it was cold, and it was against Rutgers. I actually found a ticket on the ground along Juniper, and tried to sell it outside the stadium. No takers, just gave it away eventually.

can't wait for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBOGTc7P08

Aww dammit

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/16/reports-torn-acl-will-cost-todd-gurley-remainder-of-2014-season/

wait, do people who aren't notre dame fans actually think that last play vs fsu was a bullshit penalty?

yes everyone

it wasn't a "bullshit penalty". The end of that otherwise excellent game just left some people disappointed because 1) It's a penalty that's not always called 2) the coverage was blown anyway and 3) the refs missed an FSU player's helmet removal penalty on the same play.

Yeah, I mean it's technically a legit penalty, but the number of times it's actually called vs. the number of times it actually happens is miniscule. And in this situation, it reversed the final score. Also, fuck FSU.

that last part is most important

i agree, i wanted FSU to lose, but that penalty was so blatant... i mean, i don't know how you don't call it.

written on harvards locker room white board

GAMEPLAN
KILL
YALE

I think they might execute that plan.

indiana as a 35 pt underdog is ahead of osu ~4 min left in the 3 qtr

no replay in the ivy league, how football was meant to be played

aand it took a week for the rushing record to fall

Samaje Perine OU 427yds

BC'S ALL GRAD STUDENT OFFENSIVE LINE > FSU

wow they had that fake

of course he wasnt making that kick

fsu is now gonna score in like 3 plays

or just milk the whole clock and make a kick like a pro team dam props

lol miss

this season is a goddamn nightmare

cmon u still got the pointsetta bowl bearth 2 look fwd 2

It's true they will misspell our bowl to add to the shame

http://30fps.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-November-22-20-50-43.jpg

^^^punter

w ky/marshall has been nuts

hilltoppers covert 2-pt chance in 1st ot after marshall had taken the lead for the only time the whole game to start the ot

67-66 btw

& wku was like a ~21 pt underdog

wow @ that penalty on mizzou

wow huge pick 6 for fsu after jameis had thrown his 3rd pick of the half

I rarely feel sorry for Ohio State for any reason at all, but I hate to see JT Barrett get injured like that. He's good people and a fine talent.

sec network finebaum simulcast w/ callers of the iron bowl is the best idea espn has had in minimum ten yrs

fsu game got good again

whoa

gators can't tackle but they can catch Winston's passes

sic catch

sec network finebaum simulcast w/ callers of the iron bowl is the best idea espn has had in minimum ten yrs

it makes for funky-looking TV, but this is really interesting

iron bowl is now insane

loll tide

ok now this game is really crazy

I would so have loved Bama going to the SEC championship game with two losses, but, alas, 'twas not to be. Go Mizzou!

Mizzou is no slouch, but if 2nd half Alabama shows up next weekend instead of 1st half Alabama they're cooked.

To settle the dispute over McElwain's $7.5 million buyout, Florida agreed to pay $3 million over six years to Colorado State and also agreed to a future game -- with a $2 million guarantee -- in Gainesville sometime between the 2017 and 2020 seasons, sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy.

In addition, McElwain has agreed to pay $2 million to Colorado State over time, sources told McMurphy.

The $5 million being paid from Florida to Colorado State marks the largest school-to-school buyout ever.

it's about ethics in student-athleticism

Pat Riley, head coach of Oregon State, jumps ship to Nebraska. I did not see that coming at all! I suspect that a bunch of shithead alumni for asking far more than it would be possible to deliver are to blame here.

Riley did great things in Corvallis, considering he was recruiting players to Corvallis, OR, to an obscure cow college in a tiny, boring town in a damp depressing climate. He consistently did better than WSU, a similar cow college with similar problems in Pullman, WA.

Riley was under contract with Oregon State, which finished 5-7 this season, through 2021. His contract stipulated that he would gain one additional year every time he went to a bowl game.

Riley is 93-80 as a college coach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Uv_MwDA3Q

This vid could've been more tightly edited, but ECU dicked around and left UCF with ten seconds and good field position and that was all they needed.

mariotta has looked godawful & oregon still should be up like 20-0 rn

arizona has 18 total yards of offense

23-0 Oregon lead at halftime. The Ducks appear a bit peeved that Arizona has beat them twice in the past two seasons and seem ready to redress that situation.

I was really hoping this would be more of a contest, especially considering Oregon's only loss was against Arizona earlier in the season.

i really wanted to watch this game tonight but real life got in the way. i see that i really didn't miss anything and very happy Oregon won. hoping they win it all.

mizzou needs to just throw hail marys every other play

seems like a reasonable strategy at this point

^^^^^

missouri can take solace that they had like a full quarter that amari cooper didnt have a catch, but otherwise were never in this game

for a team that never passes GT sure has a fun offense

lolol gus johnson just quoted the roots "give it here and don't say nuthin"

if osu goes and wins like 50-0 the committee is going to drop tcu out of the playoff imo

Ga Tech's offense is like artwork or some classical music piece. Thing of beauty when it works.

Wheearas missouris offense today looked like a thanksgiving family touch football game after a bunch of the contestants were about 6 drinks deep.

ted roof is my new irl name fyi

Is there anybody watching the Big 10 game at this point? If so are u high

lol there's a playoff and at least one team will still be screwed.

what can I say other than baaaaaaaaaaaarf

Would've loved to see FSU fall just short of the playoff, but goddamn they just keep winning.

Boot TCU and add OSU imo.

call the ND game a loss and boot FSU imo

Agree. But I'd like to see Alabama play FSU and see Winston carried off in a bag.

Dude wtf

You're really going with that right now?

I expect he meant that figuratively.

which makes literally no difference.

i think bama/fsu is prob the title game

Ohio State's loss is much worse than TCU's

and Wisconsin lost to Northwestern

Ohio State's loss is also worse than Baylor's

Go Ducks!

Lotta respect to the Big 12. I guess u reap what you sow when you don't play D.

Who is this tsrobodo fool, and why does he think I have to answer to him.

If you really think I want a college kid seriously injured much less killed then you have a problem.

Yeah and maybe all those racist white folk on twitter don't really want him lynched, the point is it was a stupid and insensitive thing to say even in jest.

Oh no, someone said an insensitive thing on our college football thread.

tbf in a just world college football wld be shut down and all its fans imprisoned

also that way my dad wld stop trying to talk to me about who made it into the playoffs and who did not

Yeah and maybe all those racist white folk on twitter don't really want him lynched, the point is it was a stupid and insensitive thing to say even in jest.

― tsrobodo, Monday, December 8, 2014 6:40 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Shut up

u shut up bill magill

nahhhhh.

sry u have 2

the CFP is tearing us apart

it is perhaps too controversial

it is perhaps not controversial enough

you know i hear what you are saying

and it is wrong

i ranked u #3 ilx poster before that post. i lol'd at that post, and now i rate you #6 ilx poster

tanuki is winning threads w/ third string posts

this is so unfair

you need to beef more frequently and with better quality posters is the thing

who do u recommend

Ned Raggett

wow [pulls on collar] whos #2

darraghmac

[runs on to field amidst exploding fireworks and screaming cheerleaders]

How deep do your rankings go? Top ten? Top 25? Top 100?

all posters are ranked but only the top 25 is published on geocities every week

Aimless you are #14 bc you fell 2 spots last week

condi rice and i decided

btw, I noticed that Oklahoma fell entirely out of the AP top 25 this week in the final poll of the 2014 regular season. This fact deserves our raising a glass in good cheer!

their badness prob contributed to the big 12 fiasco

Baylor coach has been whining for 48 straight hours.

Quite rightly

Who would you eject from final four. I think they got it right. As bad as the Big 12 is I think u gotta be undefeated to be guaranteed a spot

Big 10 was just as bad this year

Ohio state has the worst loss, so I think they should be out.

I GUARANTEE a considered reason Ohio State got picked over Baylor and TCU is that they got one of the largest traveling fan bases in college football. They can sell thousands of tickets and fill bunches of hotel rooms wherever the game is played. There is not that many university's that have more living alumni than Ohio State, the place is huge and has been for 50 years.

Exactly. I hope bama embarrasses them.

Looking it up quick, OSU has TWICE the amount of current students than Baylor or TCU combined.

Ohio State- 56867
Baylor- 15616
TCU- 10333

Tell me you don't think that is a reason if all teams are 'equal'.

Ohio state has the worst loss, so I think they should be out.

― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, December 8, 2014 10:55 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They lost their starting qb that game. I give them a pass

Yeah, until Baylor's non-con schedule doesn't resemble an intramural sign-up sheet, he can stfu.

btw, I noticed that Oklahoma fell entirely out of the AP top 25 this week in the final poll of the 2014 regular season. This fact deserves our raising a glass in good cheer!

― oh no! must be the season of the rich (Aimless), Monday, December 8, 2014 9:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was a realllly bad loss, see below. that said, i wld not be surprised if stoops can fix it by the bowl and be competative v clemson

Research Notes
According to ESPN's win probability model, Oklahoma State had a 0.9% chance to win before Tyreek Hill's 92-yard punt return touchdown to tie the game with 45 second remaining. It was the fifth-lowest in-game win probability for a winning team this season.

After losing five straight games by 26.6 PPG, ESPN's Football Power Index projected that Oklahoma State had a 8.2% chance of winning, making it the most unlikely win by a Power 5 team this season.

According to Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Oklahoma State closed as a 19.5-point underdog today against Oklahoma.... It's the Cowboys' largest spread overcome in an outright win since 2005 when Oklahoma State upset Texas Tech as a 23-point underdog in Stillwater.

Since the start of Week 8, Oklahoma State is 0-5 and has been outscored by an average of 26.6 points, second-worst in the FBS behind Georgia State (26.7). [+]

plus they may get their qb back by then idk

NCAA was smart they would get rid of that extra sally game all teams have added go back to a 11 game schedule and make this tournament 8 teams. I think the TV revenue for the 4 first round games would be worth a crap ton of cash. It could end up the biggest sporting event in the US if done right.

NCAA was smarter they would get the thing to a 16 team tournament and have the first round games be played on top seeds as a home game. I think the TV revenue for those 12 first and second rounds would be worth a few metric tons of cash. It would be the biggest sporting event in the US if done right. A month long football bacchanalia...

If the ncaa went to a 16 team single-elimination playoff they'd def have to shorten the regular season by a couple of games or else increase the players' paychecks.

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lol

oh my

wow memphis has really self destructed

there's just no quit in these mormons

wow this game

haha he def wasnt even throwing to malone

mem kicker is amazing

that was quite a kick

god i hate the whole icing-the-kicker bullshit

i would honestly watch just a kicking competition btwn this dude and the fsu kicker

omg fight

and was that sound the setting off of the marlins sculpture thing?

best bowl

Awesome brawl. BYU's number 12 is a true pussy though.

hah pvmic cheers bill

The Poinsettia Bowl last night and now the Popeyes Bahama Bowl are the rare combination of terrible football but an amazing game.

duke may want to consider their punter qb'ing

lol or crowder

R.I.P. Sooners

you talking about the late sooners?

Yes, that team from Chokelahoma.

lol @ stoops obv

texas has 25 total yards of offense [5:48 left in 4th q]

arkansas is like arguably a top ten team in the country imo

They didn't get that way until the final third of the season.

leonard fournette is amazing

wow tcu murdered ole miss huh

cfp already a failure like they wanted

SEC's reputation is overweighted atm

Ole Miss was all smoke and mirrors anyway.

worst fans imaginable

im hindsight impressed that osu held wisco & melvin gordon so in check after seeing them really bully aub esp at the line of scrimmage

just got real in the Cotton Bowl

SEC bowl record so far is 5-4. Vaunted SEC West has looked especially bad:

Ole Miss lost.
Miss State lost.
Auburn lost.
LSU lost.

Georgia won.
Mizzou won.
Texas A&M won.
South Carolina won.
Arkansas won.

holy shit did the video cut out on the TD pass?

or was it just me

clarke peters (lester freamon on the wire) narrating the college football playoff intro gave it 1,000x more gravitas than it deserved but that is fine by me

https://vine.co/v/OwVVtrXLJQr

RIP

Dude tweeted "I'm still alive."

some really dope throws that drive by jameis imo, esp that 3rd down one

Makes me tired just watching Oregon...

lol omg

Jameis Golson

FSU's self-destruction is the best delayed xmas gift I could've asked for.

their dfense wasnt up to this anyway so it really is the case that jameis needed to put up like 50

welp

this is slaughter

You guys. This is beautiful.

a beautiful slaughter

that was fun.

https://vine.co/v/Ow3le0bLvu5

damn, nice catch

This game is good

lol Simms

Watching the Eagles play quite a few times, you still see that same offense pretty much on this Oregon club. Mariotta seems to be a QB that tries to minimize mistakes, which could hold well for him moving as a running QB to the NFL. It's the dumb turnovers that kill all of those running QBs when you get down to it, that and they get clobbered and hurt a bunch.

It was pretty impressive.

I don't think this year's Alabama is one of Saban's better clubs. They could still win it all, but they don't seem as physically overwhelming as some of his other clubs. I can't get with Ohio State as their fans always suck, an obvious group. I'd like to see the Big 10 get back to being great, but not of those bozos are at the top of the hill. As an Indiana fan with little hope of ever having any real NCAA football success, I always leaned a bit more to liking Michigan or Michigan St. on the big stage. Michigan fans are a lot more fun, but I thought that old "Muck Fishigan" billboard OSU fans put up in Colombus back in the 90s was hilarious.

Holy shit @ that vine.

greg mcilroy is a p good analyst

2d half starting at 1105pm est is not cool

otm

o my

wau

Oh dear

fire kiffin?

saban clearly did not drink the right amount of blood (or maybe just didn't share it with the team)

whoa picks on picks on picks

Big 1/1 for the Big Ten, one of their best performances in years.

LOL Tide!

And so the big dawg of the SEC West also loses. The thought of so many distraught, unhappy, angry, upset SEC fans does not bother me in the slightest.

Not sure if anyone can stop the Oregon offense.

what a game that was and it was a lot of fun esp with Alabama losing.

Go Ducks!

Alabama losing a close one is indeed a heartbreaker for me. Still, watching Florida State get absolutely pantsed in the Rose Bowl will give me enough good cheer to last until September.

dang, i thought OSU was going to get embarrassed in that game. instead, lots of kiffin forcing the ball to the #1 receiver and getting killed over it. i was rooting for bama but felt like i was watching last year's usc vs ucla game.

There was some damn atrocious playcalling by Ohio State in that game. Passing on first down in a run-out-the-clock situation? And it was a really REALLY bad pass.

I cannot see Ohio St. beating Oregon. That club put a precision beat down on Florida St. Alabama's defense got ran out of the building. The championship game should be very techmo bowl either way.

xp yeah I mean meyer wanted to definitively _end_ it w/ that bomb in a sitch where as you rightly say, it's like a 95% run or short pass and the dfense knows that too

osu could def beat oregon

Yes, OSU could beat Oregon. But they won't if the ducks don't have a rash of injuries to key players. Oregon team as it stands today would beat OSU 4 out of 5 games.

seeing as boise st was able to beat arizona, I wonder how many oregon could steal from boise st in a series of 5.

I would welcome boise state to an expanded playoff, where they could prove their prowess against the field. Except the field would include the Pac-12 champions and that wasn't Arizona.

lucky for Oregon ;-)

I'm just giving you a hard time. Obviously, Oregon proved to be a better team in the last meeting. I want Oregon to beat OSU as well. I'm just not so confident that any of these top teams could beat anther 80% of the time!

must admit i did lol @ tammy from finnebaum show

YOURE NOT EVEN GOOD, OTHER CONFERENCES

Tennessee looks really good. Probably too far north for finebaum listeners to care about.

tenn was really jekyll/hyde this season iirc

only really outlandish result to me was tcu so destroying ole miss. i think overall big 10 was prob underrated a bit, sec overrated a lil sure. does osu def win this game w/ braxton miller or barrett? kindof hit a fortuitous jackpot w/ cardale. overall i think theres a p deep talent pool across ncaa ftball rt now

because we will never know for sure, I can confidently state that with braxton miller or barrett at qb the ducks would roast the buckeyes over slow coals like a shish kebab and devour them - or maybe not. it depends.

that's more like it, Aimless. lol.

looking forward to jameis winston's tebow-like nfl faceplant.

it will be more jeff George-ian or jamarcus Russell-ish, if it happens

Brian Schottenheimer is UGA's new offensive coordinator. Hm.

tonight's oregon unis are rad

Yes, OSU could beat Oregon. But they won't if the ducks don't have a rash of injuries to key players. Oregon team as it stands today would beat OSU 4 out of 5 games.

― dumpster® fire (Aimless), Friday, January 2, 2015 12:50 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

btw sry but u obv could not be more offtm bro, osu would've won that game 8/10 times

obv

when will the ncaa get with it and realize that we don't want a single championship game. we want a best of 10 games between the top two teams! and then we want snacks before jimmy's mom picks him up!

i think the national championship should be awarded to which team best covers up the football program's sex crimes.

so wonderful to see "Golson to FSU" --- "ND still paying Weis $2M per year" in my cloud-assembled ESPN ND-fan newsfeed