2013 NCAA Football Season

http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/08/alabama_opens_2013_season_as_n.html

Excuse me while I just paste the SEC-relevant portion of the article.

"Alabama will open the 2013 season in the USA Today coaches poll where it finished its 2012 campaign.

At the top.

Alabama received 58 of a possible 62 votes to land the top spot in the preseason coaches poll, marking the third time in program history it's been ranked No. 1 to start the year.

Ohio State, which received three first-place votes, is No. 2, Oregon is No. 3, Stanford is No. 4 and Georgia is fifth. Texas A&M, which received one first-place vote, is No. 6.

The SEC has five of the coaches' top 10 teams, as South Carolina ranks seventh and Florida is No. 10."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-75YEclqg

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9537999/otl-ncaa-investigating-johnny-manziel-profiting-autographs

people are treating this seriously...

I keep looking for his Heisman on ebay, but no luck yet.

Should trademark Johnny Feverball asap

Can't wait to see what tommy rees has in store for us this year

@SportsCenter: BREAKING: Johnny Manziel will be suspended for first half against Rice, source tells

Damn way to bring down the hammer

Gives new ife to the word travesty.

http://deadspin.com/a-m-website-tries-to-sell-manziel-photos-while-announci-1217672231

LOL

there are some p decent games this wk - uga/clem esp

tho u can tell its been too long since the college ftball season was here when im sitting here thinking abt how ohio/louisville seems like a p sick game

haha

uga/clem looks to be dope, though.

have all you guys who love to clown on lane kiffin been following USC this offseason? if kiffin goes, he's going to go in the most kiffiny way possible, i guarantee you that.

I want Kiffen to stay at USC for at least a decade, whittling away at USC's national credibility and undermining its winning tradition, until it is just a has been program living on its memories.

otm

I can get with that.

i kind of wish pat haden could be the coach instead.

http://www.sbnation.com/2013/8/31/4679626/villanova-fake-punt-gif-boston-college

whoa

had to watch that like 20 times to figure out how they did that. i guess 22 took the snap, pretended to hike (?!) the ball to another dude, who then pretended to and the imaginary ball to another dude...all the while 22 just broke the other direction

22 comes THIS close to getting tackled in the backfield too

Wow.

Rice!

rice!

rip elon

Oh balls

Can't believe Irish beat temple. also can't believe they'll be national champions this year. Shocking stuff.

Tide offense pitiful tonight. Thankfully, Hokie offense was even worse.

Yeah man it must be rough. ;_;

this uga game is so ham

But let's be clear, I am totally on board with an Alabama dominant narrative if it shut downs the SEC dominant narrative

Sonny Dykes is a madman.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-mike-bianchi-gators-hurricanes-final-game-0906-20130905,0,2667050.column

With the SEC likely moving to a nine-game conference schedule and the Gators already committed to playing Florida State, this leaves UF with only two remaining games. The Gators want those two games to be played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, where a UF official says they net about $2.5 million per game.

"People don't want to hear this, but it's the fact of the matter," UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley told the Associated Press earlier this week. "When you take a home game out of here, it cost you significant dollars. ... You can't do that every other year and try to run a sports program at the level we're trying to run it. I think everybody thinks that's not a big deal. Well, it is a big deal."

How about ending the stupid tradition of playing UGA in Jacksonville?

As my fb friend pointed out, UF hasn't played an out-of-state non-conference game since 1991.

22 YEARS!

How about ending the stupid tradition of playing UGA in Jacksonville?

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, September 5, 2013 5:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agree

fucking carpetbaggers

http://coachingsearch.com/images/stories/bostoncollege.jpg

never knew my ex high school health teacher was into
just dude things

so the Ducks are rolling like usual.

ugh @ Timothy Burke ‏@bubbaprog 2h
Munchie Legaux knee injury so bad they won't even show a replay.
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yeah that was nasty.

Where the wolverine ilxors at?

so it looks like Georgia is going to pull up the upset.

georgia was favored, though by game time the spread was only -3.

i was going by ranking.

it would have been interesting if they actually scored there.

To stay with Oregon you need a super-quick athletic defense and your offense needs to stay on the field a long time, grinding out long scoring drives that end in TDs. Unfortunately for the Ducks, this sounds a lot like Alabama.

the way Stanford played them last year is the way to beat Oregon as well. that being said they are my adapted team this year.

Good ole tommy rees

Brian Kelly is just one of those coaches that's easy to hate, and Brady Hoke is one that's easy to love, so Go Blue.

The qb wearing #98 is messing with my brains, though.

Eh, I get hating Brian Kelly. Brady Hoke is pretty dopey. I guess of you find that lovable.

I guess if you're looking at saban all season it would melt your heart.

But Brady hoke is Charlie Weiss - New Jersey

If Bennett doesn't interfere and just sticks his hands up, we had a chance

good game

Yeah. UM is lookin good with the next 5 games on the schedule

QB so impressive. A great game minus the bad turnover.

That clip of Spurrier in the postgame was great.

"A couple of your defensive coaches had to be separated on the sideline."
"I didn't see that. Who were they?"
[names given]
"Ahh. Well at least they care."

This should be it for Mack Brown

You think he'd be relived of his duties mid-season?

they'll play out the string this year, but he's done. MAybe Sumlin?

Connor Shaws fumble in the third q was such a fucking crucial play.

Why would Sumlin jump to the Longhorns? xp

I dunno that's just what I've heard from UT fans, probably wishful thinking. There's also Nick Saban rumors, strangely enough.

No friggin way sumlin's leaving a&m to go to Texas.

More likely to get Saban than sumlin'. Neither is likely.

BYU set their all-time rushing record and UT set their all-time worst rushing defense record before the 4th quarter started.

Brown is done though. I agree with you on that.

Holy fuck. That stat u just cited. Holy fuck. This is a team that plays Oklahoma every year, and gave up the record against BY fucking U

As a Bama/Saban fan, I'm under no illusions that the guy is predictable. But it would make ZERO sense for him to jump to Texas when he's already got a well-oiled national championship machine. The only Texas team I could see him leaving for is the Dallas Cowboys.

It's more likely that Mack Brown will resign (under pressure) and Texas will pony up huge money for somebody willing to take their calls.

This could be the year Gary Patterson finally moves up from TCU to a big boy school.

oh yeah that's a good call on Patterson

speaking of ongoing disasters, USC is trying to lose to Washington State

just tuned in.

how is this game only 7-7?

wowwwwwwww

oh this is where mike leach is haha

lotta "Fire Kiffin" chants

USC should have never lost this game.

Haha, suck it Kiffin!

i'm in gawking-at-car-crash mode with USC. i'm trying not to get too mad about it - it's been a rough ride since sanchez declared for the draft, but i think the bottom line is that the players aren't buying into kiffin as a coach. his lame play calling, qb drama, all that is one thing, but they recruit at such a high level compared to teams like washington state and hawaii that to see their offense just play absolutely terribly means they aren't developing players like other teams are. it seemed like kiffin had it the year they went 10-2 despite the bowl ban, but who knows, maybe that was matt barkely holding them together or something. it's kind of fascinating just how terrible of a job he's done last year and this year. and the worst part is that their defense looks great (for now), but whoever they bring in after kiffin will tear everything down and start from scratch rather than just rebuilding the offense. oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6hxDx6Cppc

akron might win in michigan

faked out big 10 channel cameramen, go zips

akron just got fucked outta like 12 seconds?

how u feel bout this bama/a&m game, johnny fever

the Ducks might be playing too fast, lol.

wau a+m

ok, 3rd&8 play loololol

how u feel bout this bama/a&m game, johnny fever

I feel like two scripted drives worked, and then A&M lost their edge.

Also, that targeting penalty on Clinton-Dix was BULLSHIT.

when can we talk about graduation rate? It's the only stat we win in. Alabama looking very impressive today (also in graduation rate since saban joined).

do you guys even win yr conference in grad rate?

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As Kenyan Drake chews up clock for the Tide, the rapper Drake flips away from this game to see if HGTV is showing an episode of "House Hunters: International."

i am drake btw

ND tied with northwestern with 97% grad rate last year

For nation's best

jordan s is dennis miller of the millenials

Since it's the only valuable thing we are allowed to give a student athlete beyond ~nfl connections~ I feel it's valuable.

Can a horse collar be called when all you have is jersey?

Texas A&M grad rate a sad 59%

Alabama is at 75%. I believe leading the sec while having this amazing run.

Excuse me. Leading all of the ncaa.

But fuck is saban grumpy.

And he really should continue to improve that number.

OMG

AJ OJ & TJ SO MANY FN J'S WTF

evans 7/279 gdamn

I almost turned off the tv when Yeldon fumbled at the goal line. Kept watching, though. Turned out alright, but I feel like I need a drink.

Got to say finally seeing Manziel play after reading the hype, he is a pretty exciting player but totally gets away with some total BS at times. It definitely was not a great day in Alabama football defense (and especially Texas A&M defense...yikes). That WR Evans is a beast and will get a ton of NFL interest with all that speed at that size.

The end of that Wisconsin/Arizona St. game was total crap and if I was a gambler I would be furious. Those officials probably don't want to do a game in Madison anytime soon.

I thought Manziel's accuracy was impressive. The Hail Mary was just school yard stuff, but to my untrained eye he looks like a top 15 pick.

the Wisconsin-Arizona St. thing was absolutely disgusting

why didn't the wisconsin qb take a knee instead of bending over and putting the ball on the ground? and why did the officials let the clock keep running after ASU fell on the ball, which happened AFTER the whistle blowing the play dead? the officials bear the most blame there, but it seems like all three parties to the play did something to fuck it up.

The officials just froze up because they didn't know what had happened or what to do, imo

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/509835/cfbmascotrapture.gif

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9698504/arian-foster-says-took-benefits-playing-tennessee-volunteers

Arian Foster cops to getting rent and food money at UT. Why did he say anything? I don't know. But I hope this is the straw that breaks the NCAA's back. I hope UT thumbs their nose at the idea of any investigation. I hope the NCAA looks like a powerless, petty organization at the end of the day.

would be great if this led to more pros speaking up.

It would be. Surely there's a pro player out there from every D1 school who could tell a similar story. What's the NCAA gonna do? Invalidate every win from every school for the last 15 years?

Just waited for a car wash behind a Cal WR in a brand new Benz convertible. Life is hard for the modern student-athlete.

UGA presently in danger of losing to North Texas. Probably won't hold up, but it's nagl.

This seems to be the week when the big programs all schedule bugs that they get to stomp on.

Some of these bugs are keeping it close. Colorado State was never a true threat to beat Alabama, but they played well enough to take some of their shine off.

UConn has been owning Michigan all game.

I hate that early season scheduling shit in college football. Other than that I love the game.

fuuck uconn had that shix

They really should get the NFL to put up the bill to pay some of the NCAA players. Good lord for all the tax dollars the NFL gets in free bees it could throw a bone back and 'pay for the development of their players' which is big portion of what NCAA football does.

I'm not so sure they should just have like 4x16 team conferences and make a super college league and make it semi-pro.

That day is coming, preferably soon.

Split the country in basically four quadrants, carry over a lot of the present associations, and have their own governing body that isn't the NCAA.

Since it would be semi-pro, the seasons and the post-seasons could be a little longer.

And it would be fun to see actual above-the-table bidding wars for high school prospects.

Fuck it. I played college football and I never expected any dough. You start paying players then You will destroy most of the other sports. Up to and including basketball. Set up a minor league and have these guys forgo college Hockey model is best:college for guys who want an education and an entry into the NHL, and some legitimate minor leagues for the guys who don't care about class.

No reason to tie post-hs, pre-nfl football to some academic institution. Just get a good minor league system in place.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/546731/jake-butt
http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/546731/jake-butt
http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/546731/jake-butt

Supposedly some Texas Longhorns guy offered Nick Saban 10 MILLION DOLLARS a year to leave Alabama, it's a farce to consider calling it not 'pro-football'.

I think the whole thing would be improved even real college football by separating off those super schools. Heck if they want to make it 'fair' use some type of relegation to the next level.

some legitimate minor leagues for the guys who don't care about class

I greatly doubt that any minor league could pay coaches anywhere near the scale that FBS schools pay them, let alone pay players or fill stadiums the size of the top universities. The only possible entity that could finance such a gig would be the NFL, and why should they, given the current system?

If there's no way to get around Title IX with regards to paying players, the NCAA needs to lift all the restrictions about how players can earn/receive money on their own. Autographs, appearances, etc. All of the shit should be legal.

Which, of course, opens the door to the "job at the car wash" paying $150,000/yr, with 30 weeks of paid vacation, courtesy of some alumnus/rabid fan. That would not be a major improvement, unless seen from the pov of a five-star recruit.

If there's no way to get around Title IX with regards to paying players, the NCAA needs to lift all the restrictions about how players can earn/receive money on their own. Autographs, appearances, etc. All of the shit should be legal.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, September 22, 2013 2:51 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Will never happen. NCAA doesn't go away without college football going away. Needs to be a minor league system. Current system is a farce.

And I love college football. But this isn't sustainable. It's a joke.

this lsu/georgia game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/191kdm2ul7se6jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

HA!

Is it just me or do the SEC behemoths look a little off? No defense in the lsu-Georgia game. It looked like a PAC-10 game from 1985

that's the general consensus but to my eyes it looked like two QBs who were on fire.

wow, marqise lee just blew out his knee on a punt return.

peace out lane k

It was nice of him to go in and tank USC's program for everybody.

I never thought Bobby Petrino would coach again either, but WKU had other ideas. I wonder if Lane Kiffin will. The main difference is that Petrino teams keep winning while he remains an asshole. Kiffin, always an asshole, can't boast the same winning record.

i was always conflicted on kiffin - asshole coaches can be fun when they're coaching your team... and no coach since whoever picked up the pieces at SMU has had to deal with so many sanctions - hell, even penn state is getting their scholarships back. watching the game against asu last night, i was wondering how any coach could have won that game with usc's team, given that they simply don't have the players to sub in on defense or on the offensive line late in the game. still, recruits were bailing on usc, the play calling wasn't imaginative at all, they haven't made halftime adjustments since 2007, and players just weren't developing. guys either came in and were amazing off the bat, or they never got good. so it's definitely time for a change - i just hope they can get a good coach who's willing to deal with one more year of penalties.

Lovie Smith is free.

i'm shocked i haven't heard jon gruden's name come up yet. not that he'd be interested, but it seems like every time a job opens, a source reports that gruden is the top candidate.

this story is so epic

whoa USC was ranked #1 last pre-season?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d12fb405ef345a9446fd2cd4cab21f8/tumblr_mtwm3fkX8g1qdx9kwo1_1280.jpg

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i like how the usc hate runs so deep that, even in the midst of a once-in-a-generation run of BCS dominance, johnny fever is still more concerned with hating on usc than rooting for alabama.

It's not USC hate. I actually liked the team when Pete Carroll was there. This is purely about Lane Kiffin.

Besides, have you seen an Alabama game this year? The defense is getting better each week, but the offense is busted. I'm tempering my enthusiasm.

aw cmon ytth, the Irish get the same treatment here, it's the price of being awesome

fuck usc obv

I'm serious about Lovie Smith, btw. Obviously I don't know if he's even interested, but I'd like to see a good defensive minded coach take over the USC program and play a rougher brand of football.

:-|

Will there be a mass burning of the guy fieri visors I saw so many USC fans wearing last year? Feel like that'd be therapeutic for all.

And JF's hand wringing over the state of his amazing football team may be annoying, but dude manages to ignore my saban trolling itt, so kudos to him.

Funny how the two teams who participated in what was probably the greatest BCS championship game we'll ever see will now be competing for the same head coaches (because, c'mon...we all know Mack Brown's days are numbered).

Yeah, but Mack's gonna get what he earned, while kiffin was arguably burdened by Carroll's legacy

Carroll's legacy notwithstanding, Kiffin was a coach who deserved to be fired.

http://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1378038_10151684449783513_1172739186_n.jpg

lol this was somewhere on USC's campus, apparently.

lovie smith? as someone who grew up in a family of bears fans, i think i'd rather have kiffin back than lovie smith. usc players aren't smart enough for that defense (cf the last 3 years under monte kiffin).

alabama is -55.5 this week

miami was -60 a few weeks ago vs savannah st

(they won 77-7)

Aw dammit. Clinton-Dix on indefinite team suspension at Alabama for violation of team rules.

Weed?

http://deadspin.com/report-alabama-assistant-loaned-money-to-haha-clinton-1440799155

$500 loan that has since been repaid. That's an NCAA violation for some inane reason.

lol touchback

Suck it, Vols.

Enjoy kicking beggars from your throne?

I was actually disgusted with myself for rooting for them in the end, because I DO love upsets, but then I took great delight in all the sad faces in the stadium when it was over. A lot of Alabama fans hate Auburn/Auburn fans, but I'd argue that more hate Tennessee/Tennessee fans.

I can accept that. I definitely have teams that I feel that way about. They are just less consequential in this era.

My heart breaks for Vols fans though. Just feels like they've been down for so long.

I felt bad for them the night Lane Kiffin skipped town. Don't know that they would've been in better shape if he'd stayed (probably not), but he did 'em dirty.

I actually miss Fulmer coaching, because that's when the rivalry really got serious. Without him, my hate rings hollow.

Good extension for that goal line, Ohio State.

that was an impressive drive by Washington

right now, both alabama and oregon seem to be playing at a different level than everyone else, except maybe clemson. that may be an illusion brought on by a lack of top ten opponents in their schedules. but it's hard not to draw that conclusion from the results thus far.

i don't think alabama is really playing at a diff level

i'd say oregon and baylor are if anyone is

Alabama's D is lights out and getting better each week. I still have questions about the offense, though. They're never gonna be a team who hangs 70 points on opponents like Oregon and Baylor, or even Ohio State, do, but even in situations where they play a TA&M they get it done. So it's hard to say whether or not they're at a different level, but I'm not sure that anyone below them in the top 10 beats them at the moment.

they obv could win the title again but it's not like anyone watching them is like "whoa they're just KILLING people this year"

bama's schedule sets up really nice for them but i think they're only about 55/45 or so over LSU even w/ home field

healthy georgia was looking like the best team in the sec IMO but that's probably out of the window now

Clemson is probably the best SEC playing who aren't actually in the SEC.

Clemson is probably the best SEC *team playing who aren't actually in the SEC.

yeah.... i think there's a small chance that every team in the pac-12 and SEC ends up with one loss and we get an ohio state-clemson/FSU nat'l title game

or that no sec team is undefeated and we get to choose between winner of stanford/oregon, ohio state and winner of clemson/fsu

I'd be good with that

so this guy clowney -- i know he had that huge hit last year, but is he really worth espn's tebow treatment?

Best teams I've seen this far are Clemson and FSU Before anybody goes crazy I've seen every bama game including one live (VT where they looked rickety despite the score)

so this guy clowney -- i know he had that huge hit last year, but is he really worth espn's tebow treatment?

― mookieproof, Monday, October 7, 2013 10:46 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's weird but it's the world we live in. Clowney was a non factor in that game he crushed the guy, plus he was unblocked and outweighed the runner by 100 lbs. he did have 13 sacks last year though

This is not the legacy Jadeveon Clowney wanted to leave at South Carolina.

Not even close.

But make no mistake. That legacy is teetering.

good lord

Clowney has been somewhat disappointing this year, but he also revealed a couple weeks ago that he was playing with an injury this year (it can be googled, I've forgotten what it is). Anyway, it must be a bigger factor than he expected.

yeah, this current espn article is basically calling him a pussy with repeated caveats that no one knows how badly he's hurt. and also the sc qb played hurt and is all about the team, etc

i don't really care, it's just horrible writing/reporting. at least wait until clowney is getting paid before calling him soft

clowney was a monster all season last year

David Shaw: "The only asst coach I’ve ever known to order players to fake injuries coaches at Washington."

burn!

clowney was a monster all season last year

― J0rdan S., Monday, October 7, 2013 11:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Except in, strangely, the game with the play he is most famous for.

http://deadspin.com/jadeveon-clowney-shouldnt-play-until-he-gets-paid-1442502695

Spurrier has always been the guy's hype man. I've never seen a coach kiss a player's ass as much as Spurrier does Clowney's, though I'm sure the respect is mutual (maybe).

"The value of college to a player is as a place to prove his worth and cement his draft stock (not that he has any alternatives)."

Not really. Guys like me who played in college but werent going pro (the vast vast majority of college football players) had a different idea of the "value" of college. If not they were delusional.

http://www.allaccess.com/assets/img/editorial/raw/bo/boomeresiason2013.jpg

lots of talk about concussions on College Gameday this morning, hmmmmmmm

michigan is so lolworthy

i repeat

rip johnny ftball

SEC East got chopped down today. Gamecocks back in the driver's seat.

Glad Georgia lost. Fans around here quite smug and I often question whether they have any clue what they are talking about.

http://thesisquest.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/alanis-morissette-ironic.jpg

missouri got 3 tough games left and they're all at home, i'd say they're in the driver's seat. could imagine a rock-scissor-paper scenario where whoever ends up top ranked at the end of the season would take the division, if this happened and south carolina beat clemson south carolina would almost definitely be the top ranked team, otherwise it would probably be missouri since it would mean they beat a&m late. it would difficult for georgia to make up the ground in the polls, any scenario where they're higher ranked than mizzou and the gamecocks is almost definitely a scenario where those teams drop two conference games anyway. hard to imagine todd grantham is still around next year, maybe georgia can get will muschamp.

What's the alanis picture about

Muschamp as HC or DC?

I can't see either as a possibility.

Thank you, Utah.

Muschamp is hardly doing his rep any favors at Florida right now, or since he got there really.

eh he had a one-loss season sandwiched by two seasons in which his starting qb got seriously injured before the years were even half over. he's recruiting as well as anyone in the country... florida's AD is not stupid, they'll let him ride this out. almost all of the skill position players on offense are guys held over from the meyer days and they're still not very good.

Oh shit, when was the last time Miami was ranked in the top 10?

Some wisdom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GkJ-AxiMIg

Thanks, hat.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20131016/SPORTS02/310160035?nclick_check=1

The Grambling football team walked out of a Tuesday night meeting with president Frank Pogue, athletic director Aaron James, interim coach George Ragsdale and student government president Jordan Harvey held in the stadium support facility building outside of Eddie G. Robinson Stadium.

A member of the football program said the meeting occurred to address the reasons for bus travel to games in Kansas City and Indianapolis and the firing of head coach Doug Williams in mid-September.

The source said Harvey called the team “soft,” which prompted a reaction and exit from all of the players. He added that the meeting occurred after practice, and the team didn’t respond well to Pogue’s or the administration’s message before Harvey’s comment.

lol the student government president

Getting sort of excited for Clemson v FSU. It starts about midway through the Alabama v Arkansas game, but I figure that one will be in the bag by halftime so I can safely switch over.

def has all the makings of a v fun game, lotta playmakers

ill be @ fordham v yale earlier in the day, fewer playmakers i feel

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20131018/grambling-football/

this is pretty nuts

Sad.

Whoa UCF just knocked off Louisville.

Refs for Ohio State/Iowa just committed the single worst officiating call I've ever seen.

worse than when that ridiculously late pass interference call that gave ohio st the national championship against miami?

this is so beautiful to me - http://deadspin.com/clemson-bros-college-gameday-hijinks-enjoyed-best-in-s-1448356744

omg the last ten seconds or so

pretty crazy day

Loved watching auburn chase down Manziel in that last drive.

man, Jameis Winston has a cannon

wow what a day, hope the Ducks don't drop the ball as well.

i was watching the baseball playoffs, probably not going to happen.

FSU/Clemson not quite what I was expecting.

Happy about pretty much every result today. Suck it, Manziel

The Jameis Winston hype might eclipse Andrew Luck's in a year

deservedly

wake/miami 1st qtr -->Possession 13:07 1:38

this Ducks vs. UCLA should be good.

what a great fake and bally too

was not expecting this, the Ducks need to get going

this is turning out to be a good game

Duke is the first team since at least 2000 to win a game with a completion percentage below 30 percent and at least 4 Int.

UCLA couldn't keep up, but that first half was basically a demo on how to beat Oregon.

garrett gilbert - 7th most yards ever yesterday

Most Yards of Total Offense in a Game - FBS History
1990 David Klingler HOU 732
1990 Matt Vogler TCU 696
2012 Geno Smith WVU 687
2003 B.J. Symons TTU 681
2001 Brian Lindgren IDHO 657
2007 Graham Harrell TTU 643
2013 Garrett Gilbert SMU 635

http://deadspin.com/rice-owls-debut-their-4-foot-9-running-back-1453003411

garrett gilbert is the most prolific qb in texas high school history which is SO WEIRD

first half was basically a demo on how to beat Oregon

the ducks get a lot tougher to beat in the second half. opposing defenses wear down.

a program like alabama has the horses to keep putting fresh legs on the field with little or no drop off in talent, but the vast majority of teams can't do that and they flag badly by the 4th quarter.

y is ken jeong anchoring sportscenter

how are these 2 games on next thurs night

10Oklahoma
6Baylor
7:30 PM ET

+
9:00 PM ET
ESPN/WatchESPN
2Oregon
5Stanford

this should be a good game 2 vs 5.

oh no

this is getting worse

Oregon cannot stop the run and don't ever get the ball to play their game

and shut out, down 17.

well it looks like goodbye to the Ducks in the National Championship game

wow totally forgot this was on tonight. why the hell was this on tonight?

can stanford blow this

that onsides technique is a srs breakthru if he can do that every time

hope lsu wins on sat -- baylor/fsu would be a great bcs game

u shut up

ROLL TIDE

haha, i mixed up johnny crunch and johnny fever and was like "WHAT IS GOING ON?"

haha

hope lsu wins on sat -- baylor/fsu would be a great bcs game

― johnny crunch, Friday, November 8, 2013 12:11 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agree

the funny thing about this whole Jonathan Martin thing is guys saying that Stanford guys are "soft" compared to players from other schools. Which is total horseshit because Stanford is-and has been for a while-the most physical team in the country by far (non-Tuscaloosa division, and its even close there)

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

To stay with Oregon you need a super-quick athletic defense and your offense needs to stay on the field a long time, grinding out long scoring drives that end in TDs.

Stanford delivered on the long grinding scoring drives in spades. Their defense was very good, but beatable, and the game was certainly winnable, but Oregon's offense was so mistake prone and the play calling didn't find enough seams to exploit until very late in the game.

auburn has had like 9 huge plays this game and its :15 into the 2nd half

"Stanford is-and has been for a while-the most physical team in the country by far"

Putting everyone and their brother on the line and running the ball is just bad ass and I wish more clubs did it.

It's definitely cool to watch. I love watching the 49ers for the same reason. Innovation on the offensive side if the ball doesn't necessarily mean throwing it 60 times a game

In case anyone is under the misimpression that Oregon scores so much because it is pass-happy, the truth is that their offense is weighted toward the run. The innovations are mainly in speed of play, plenty of disguise and misdirection, and the QB making reads on every play.

;_;

Reese's pieces

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/820767572.gif

The innovations are mainly in speed of play, plenty of disguise and misdirection, and the QB making reads on every play.

^no misapprehension here. just that stanford's style is much much different.

what even is happening in the ohio/bgsu game - 12:35 left in 3rd qtr

2 1st downs -to- 19 / 46 total yds -to- 406

lol at the MAC playing Tuesday night games. I love you MAC!

wait, what channel are you watching that game on? I'm seeing Toledo vs Buffalo (38-0 Toledo btw).

ucf/temple has been appreciably ham

bortles looks p legit

UGA looking lost out there today. Was hoping they'd give Auburn loss #2, but that ain't gonna happen.

duke football!

UGA all the way back +1 with 1:49 left to play. Auburn can do a lot in that amount of time if everything's going their way, but...wow UGA.

auburns dfense is not great

that is insane

most georgia loss ever

INSANE TD

murrays got to @ least get a pass off there, y u scramble into traffic bro

lol duke just might play for the ACC championship?

I don't watch enough to know, could Auburn possibly give Alabama a good game in the Iron Bowl?

Stanford wins against Oregon than turns around and loses to USC?

I don't watch enough to know, could Auburn possibly give Alabama a good game in the Iron Bowl?

Yeah, this will be a good one to watch.

The answer is def yes. Auburn is a pretty dynamic team, Alabama is beatable

have loved watching auburn this year

It will be a great fucking game.

I think everyone knew Auburn would rebound when Gus Malzhan came back to coach, but I don't think anyone expected it to happen so quickly. That said, if Alabama can stuff Auburn's running game, it's up to Marshall to make big plays through the air. Alabama's secondary can be porous on the edges, but those safetys are really damned good.

fsu is -57 vs idaho btw

seems fair

gonna be quite the irony if manziel wins the heisman again due to his main competition having off-field issues (and i dont mean to speak lightly of that case at all by calling it "issues," of course).

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/11017180686_f9f57c572b_o.gif

only good thing about college football afaict

lol gators

^ this

lol baylor

OSU is trouncing 'em. Trouncing 'em, you hear?

Big 10 is really weak. I think OSU and MSU are the only teams that can play any defense in the whole league.

Illini own, fuck all y'all

$5 tickets next week against Northwestern, trying to decide whether it's worth suffering the cold, even at that price

Illini own

otm

Big 10 is really weak. I think OSU and MSU are the only teams that can play any defense in the whole league.

― earlnash, Sunday, November 24, 2013 10:13 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Iowa has a decent D

What even

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZ4Bie5CYAA85In.jpg

Let's say for some crazy reason it happens that Michigan beats Ohio State this weekend. FSU and Alabama win out and it won't make a difference for the top game, but OSU drops a game to UM and every other team in the top 10 is scrambling for #3. Who gets it?

tbh i want osu to win out yet not get to the title game, causing urban to summon the waaaaahhhhmbulance

Michigan has as much chance of beating OSU as the http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG do of winning the Super Bowl this year.

What is the prevailing idea on AJ McCarron's pro football prospects?

If Alabama can win the Iron Bowl, SEC championship and the bowl game to win a National Title, the guy is probably going to go down as the biggest winner at QB in the history of college football with the 3 titles.

That and a bowl of fucking soup will be enough to earn him a sweet fourth round pick. Ive watched a lot of his games and ive never seen him do anything lights out or that makes me go "wow". Prime example of Alabama during his career was SEC champ game against Georgia last year where the toughest thing he had to do was hand off to TJ Yeldon and Eddie Lacey and watch them run behind massive holes courtesy of the three first round draft picks on the O-line.

What is he, the 5th or 6th best qb in the SEC this year?

I've never been able to grade college qbs against what's required to be a pro qb. I mean, I knew Tebow would probably be a bust, but most of the college guys who stay in the pocket and can throw an accurate long ball all seem the same to me. Come draft time, though, some get trumpeted and some go completely undrafted. McCarron could probably go as high as 2nd round, but probably to someone who just wants an insurance qb like Tampa.

I like the guy, and i think he is perfect for Alabama. He's just there not to screw anything up. I just read SI's article about him, consensus seems to be a middle round draft pick.

Im curious where Aaron Murray will go. I dont think he or McCarron will go really high, Murray will probably go higher.

In the Bama system McCarron doesn't have to do much to win. His biggest obv attribute is that he does exactly what he is supposed to do 98% of the time. His mechanics seem good, but any pro team that takes him needs to be a team built to grind out yards on the ground and throw short passes for 6 to 10 yards.

How badly did Murray injure his knee? I haven't followed the story, but if it's ugly it could definitely affect his draft prospects.

Torn ACL. Probably true, this will sink him to the lower depths of the draft.

If auburn wins out they should vault osu. At least that's what my gut tells me. Big 10 is so bad this year. SEC not as string as in past years but....

Strong. Not string.

I don't know if fever is a drinking man but I'm willing to bet a 6 pack of fine brews on the Iron Bowl if he is. I dunno what line is at this point.

this shit is @ halftime

FRES Passing CMP ATT YDS YPA TD INT
Derek Carr 22 29 354 12.2 6 0
SJSU Passing CMP ATT YDS YPA TD INT
David Fales 27 32 451 14.1 6 0

ok also lol @ arkansas

wow mich going for 2

terrible choice

gotta get it to jake butt there

mich wasn't going to win that game in overtime. i think they made the right choice, but that was not a good play call.

yea i meant the qb's choice on the play

go for two auburn

he wasn't over the line of scrimmage

the entire offensive line was, otoh

:o

lolololol

best field goal ever

looooool

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/824976109.gif

insane

I died. I'm dead now.

non-credit where non-credit is due: you've got to hand it to the entire alabama field goal unit for just standing there for 3 or 4 seconds watching the flight of that kick, instead of getting into position to defend against a runback.

Yes you do. Aj mccarron for the heisman, lol

Closest hell get to NYC is if he has a two for one at Madame Tussaud's.

Also: suck Saban. Suck it. Such poetic justice for a prick

Suck it Saban

Also suck it danielson, you Alabama dick-sucking motherfucker

thank you, auburn for crushing bama's threepeat bid, while keeping them out of the SEC championship game, too. nice to see.

btw, was telling my wife this reminded me of the last slam-bang super-fireworks celebration game I saw: Oklahoma v. Boise State going to overtime and the first mid-major in a BCS bowl game taking out a big conference football factory team. BSU won it on a Statue of Liberty play for a two-point conversion! Good times.

gonna be bcs chaos after duke beats fsu in the acc title game amirite

bcs in chaos is the best kind of bcs

otm

if only michigan had won

lol espn polling who should be #2 between ohio state and auburn. is there any chance at all of auburn actually leapfrogging ohio state? is there any chance of them leapfrogging them in the bcs if missouri holds on, ends up ranked #4, and auburn beats them in the sec championship?

we definitely need OSU to fall to Michigan State next week, or else we need OSU to get crushed lifeless in the bcs championship by, well, anyone. but the sooner they fall over the better.

osu's best W is winning by 10 at then-#16 northwestern (who finished 5-7 and 1-7 in the big ten). they also beat wisconsin by seven at home.

auburn beat four top-25 teams, two of them top-10, and one of those on the road. their loss was at #6.

so yeah buckeyes

What an absolutely great day of college football. Holy fuck.

Hoping Sparty takes it to OSU next weekend, but as much as I'd like to see an SEC team playing in the nat'l champ game again, I'll settle for Auburn in the Sugar and Alabama in the Orange.

Also, ragging on Alabama's performance today won't spur any pushback from me. They played sloppy football, couldn't stop the rush, couldn't make fgs and couldn't cover that final return. They gave the game away and deserved the "L".

Hands up if u thought auburn losing to lsu that early in the season was gonna mean this much

As much as Alabama fans have had success, you know it burns up those lunatics that in this run Auburn has just absolutely kicked them square in the nuts now twice in a short few years! Crimson Tide have three national titles in a short few years and it's just going to burn up a ton of them the couple they didn't win because of Auburn.

I've seen a lot of football, that was one of the most amazing ends to any game I have seen.

It was a killer end, but it can't top this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhbuEDYHho

Granted, I'm an outlier as far as stereotypical Alabama fans go, but I'm of the mind that I'd like to see the team who beat us go on to win the national championship. Also, I enjoy immensely rooting against Ohio State (and Urban Meyer), so whatever needs to happen happens to get Auburn into the big game.

ACC, PAC 12 and Big 10 games are all on at the same time Saturday? smdh

msu beating osu is not at all far fetched; buckeyes are favored by less than a td

Oh yeah, Michigan took them to the wire. MSU could definitely do the same, if not win convincingly.

A win for msu is all I ask, even if it is a fluke.

ooh guys, scuttlebutt has it that usc's AD is in boise for a 2nd interview with petersen. it's like christmas in december!

Petersen's not the prestige hire it would've been three years ago, but good for him I guess.

Why not just keep Orgeron

USC recruits would probably think they were being recruited by Oregon.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/02/chris-petersen-reportedly-withdraws-name-from-usc-coach-search/

Petersen, ESPN.com‘s Joe Schad reports, “has withdrawn from [the] USC coaching search after mutual interest.”

http://i.lvme.me/3fuefj5_1.jpg

sarkisian coming back to usc

That works. I hope Orgeron leaves to hc somewhere else, though. Maybe Washington, even.

http://deadspin.com/appalachian-states-new-logo-might-have-been-drawn-by-a-1475021183

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1986estb0c5awpng/ku-xlarge.png

YOU GUYS

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268750/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qiBju9sa

my god

o don't pretend that story shocks you

balls did u run amok after ga - ga tech

nah i was watching bama-auburn

also slightly boycotting football cuz the falcons suck this year ethical concerns, culture of football, um, http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG

meh on sarkisian - although, if he recruits like crazy, usc could be teed up pretty high for the next guy. full roster, lots of talent, no sanctions, etc.

http://img.vrvm.com/media/render.htm?m=725101202&width=185

this woman is 28 going on 45

John Rocker, racial politics academic.

http://mobile.wnd.com/2013/12/what-if-jameis-winston-were-a-white-lacrosse-player/

Mariota staying a Duck for 2014, then. Sorry, Browns!

Snoop Lion's son might be going to Boise State.

Probably the key reason Petersen decided to stay put!

ESPN PR: The Will Ferrell/Ron Burgundy SportsCenter appearance on Thursday has been canceled in light of Winston news coming tomorrow.

:)

So the Jameis Winston case is closed now. No charges to be filed.

Still, I feel weird seeing FSU fan friends cheer triumphantly about this. Winston and this girl DID have sex, and she went to the police. What really happened is apparently too difficult to determine. I don't think that's a celebratory situation.

^^ doesn't fully appreciate the psychology of fandom

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BavyKrFCEAA-Uep.jpg:large

definitely some tailing off after J-A-M

OU beats OSU to further muddy the BCS waters. Hoping for more chaos and befuddlement later today.

Just means that either Baylor (#9) or Texas (#25) gets into the BCS. Not super controversial.

Crummy officiating in the SEC Championship game.

damn, this SEC game is something

That was damn good time.

lol @ Urban Meyer

In 2006, he argued that a 1-loss SEC champ should leapfrog a perfect Big 10 team into the BCS title game. I wonder what he thinks in 2013.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/urban-meyer-ohio-state-bcs-championship-sec/

Duke ain't fuckin around.

I knew it couldn't last.

Auburn vs FSU is going to be a killer game imo.

SPARTY FOR ALL THE MARBLES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ppYodyWN4

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1473014_10201921707156643_1892122683_n.jpg

Today's newspaper (The Oregonian) had a longish article about how excited Oregon and Texas are to be playing each other in the Alamo Bowl. Yup.

Mariota has already said he's staying in school for another year, and today Bridgewater and Manziel have hinted they might do the same thing. lol Houston, Cleveland, and Jacksonville.

Bridgewater would be making a huge mistake. Take the $$$$$$$$$$$$

j fever, what say you of this? http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/report-lane-kiffin-help-evaluate-alabama-offense-181641702--ncaaf.html

I think it's silly, but it also makes me wonder if Nussmeier is leaving. It's not like Alabama's offense is super complex, but he orchestrates it so well. I am hoping this isn't a Kiffin job interview.

Kiffin also had some poor interactions with recruits, notably receiver Alshon Jeffrey. Kiffin, who was recruiting Jeffrey, told the then-high school senior "he would end up pumping gas for the rest of his life like all the other players from that state who had gone to South Carolina" if Jeffrey chose to play at South Carolina instead of Tennessee. Jeffrey went to South Carolina and is now a receiver with the Chicago Bears.

^great work there, Kiffin.

Yeah, the guy's a genius.

so will you still root for alabama if kiffin is OC? not that i think that will happen - saban is a savvy enough politician to realize the fallout with a guy as tarnished as kiffin (although i do think he can be a good college OC when relieved of the media and team-running duties he had as a head coach). i just think it would be hilarious for an SEC fanbase to be forced to start rooting for him. or maybe you could root for a dominant defense that could win games 3-0 or whatever, and kiffin would get fired after a year of being horrible. that could work.

Yeah, tbh, the offensive side of Tide football has never been what's drawn me as a fan. When it's working, hooray, but for me it's defense defense defense. How much of ghostwriter Saban is for Kirby Smart's defense is an unknown, but IF Kiffin were to be hired for whatever reason, his job is a simple one and that's to score at least one more point than the opponent.

The job is so simple that 50% of OCs fail at it in every game.

I think you might have read me wrong. Alabama's offense, in particular, isn't like an Oregon or Ohio State...it's a lot more basic.

obvs a shop, but BURN

http://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1491386_10151773818666781_1944081663_o.jpg

So ESPN Classic is simulcasting the BCS Championship game with just the sound of the stadium. No announcers, and possibly no break music or any other production touches. The downside is that I don't think UVerse carries Classic in hd. :(


--Johnny Fever

These bholes just anointed this SEC season as the greatest ever. Thus making it the greatest year in ncaaf history

looool tide

>:(

28 points off of turnovers. That's bullshit. Alabama deserved to lose that game. Hurts to say that, but what the fuck.

Remember, this was Oklahoma v Alabama. Both teams deserved to lose, just on general principles, but that couldn't be arranged on such short notice.

:P

There is some flat out fast players in this Clemson/Ohio State game.

Al Golden to Penn State, Charlie Strong to Texas.

I knew someone would take that Texas job eventually, but I thought maybe Charlie Strong had higher standards.

http://imageshack.com/a/img11/2139/xcsc.gif

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdPPqMUCMAAQbqk.jpg

Keep it classy Alabama fans!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oPojG4XpLAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPojG4XpLAY

im all in on this game i used to wear this http://www.thecollegeshack.com//v/vspfiles/photos/G2030-AUBURN-2T.jpg when i was younger for srsly like no reason

wow no one w/in like a radius of 80 yds around that guy

lol that jayz pic & TOM FORD is a quadrant

good play call

lol @ auburn play board w/beyonce, kim kardashian, and tom ford

my tv feed is terrible

xp rip drake

lameis winston

nothing will top last year's bcs championship in terms of me taking pleasure in a team getting destroyed, but this is fun so far

only station coming in is the Matt Millen channel :/

rip fun

i switched to the coaches rm or w/e i couldnt really deal w herb & musb

n/m this is too real i switched back

what the heck is coaches room

its on espn news its like sumlin addazio idk some other guys they did "call" the fake punt but the whole thing is just them bs'ing and saying w/e so

yeah matt millen is in there too

I really have no beef against Auburn per se, but I'd prefer to see the SEC walloped in as many bowl games as possible. Go FSU!

i can't believe that herb and musb is the #1 college announcing team

lotsa fumbles itg

marshall has had to throw a little more than is good for auburn

wow

that felt like it was coming

jimbos gonna get a 7x lifetime contract off of the fake punt call & subsequent if they win this

sicc conversion

the fake punt was a great call; credit where it's due

that also felt like it was coming

tre

well, damn

tre mason is a pretty good rb

aubs coverage was almost disastrous again there

you were saying

welp

damn

commentators sucking the life right out of this game regardless

yeah they're the worst

mahlzan had to use a timeout after the fsu penalty on the center and it was 3rd & 8 or w/e

easy to say in retrospect obv

was musberger ever good, or at least bearable?

I'm sad. Not as sad as I'd be if Alabama had played FSU and lost, but still sad. I like Jimbo, though, and winning the title capped off an undefeated season, so good for him.

that was a pretty cool football game, it had a lot of different moods

some reading for the offseason - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff

Among the factors that the committee will weigh are strength of schedule, conference championships, team records, and head-to-head results,[7] plus other considerations such as injuries and weather.[22]

Were any Division I teams (calling them FBS teams is stupid, imo) besides FSU undefeated this season?

nope

lol Louisville is really gonna hire Bobby Petrino again. This will be good.

johnny fever: it's happening!
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jeremy-fowler/24403232/lane-kiffin-interviewing-for-alabama-oc-job-this-week

i want this to happen more than i have ever wanted anything in football, including wanting usc to beat texas in 2006.

I know. My heart, she breaks.

i kinda like bama cuz most of my mother's side are bama fans but that is deeply amusing, almost as amusing as louisville hiring petrino again.

missed u, bobby petrino photo

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0108/ncf_a_petrinio11_300x300.jpg

it happened! what a way for bama to end the season. loss to auburn, loss to oklahoma, hire kiffin. these things happen in 3s amirite?

My soul hurts.

Lane Kiffin must really be an incredible football mind

"Blake Bortles"

I've never seen him play but I am confident he'll be drafted by the Browns.

I think there's a chance Johnny Football either falls to Clevo or they move up to get him and then Bortles goes to the Vikes. Bridgewater is a wild card.

Bortles is actually pretty good.

Is Bridgewater a diva or something

vikings drafting derek carr surely

shit

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/05/victim_in_assault_allegedly_committed_by_rutgers_qb_philip_nelson_is_fighting_for_his_life.html

fucking hell