10-11 ncaa football thread

there's one in my hometown of Saginaw Michigan

Didn't know it was that widespread.

Yeah, it's sports-bar-ish but they have a full menu (of disgusting food).

Terrible name. Makes Fuddruckers sound regal.

When I went home to visit a couple years back I went to this place. Unremarkable bar food basically. But I did go on a Sunday afternoon and they had every single NFL game on- so I got to watch the browns play, first time I've been able to watch a cleveland team in my hometown. ::thumbs up::

Andrew Luck is staying at Stanford!!!

really not that shocked tbh -- nfl is in a shitty situation, the kid is one year away from a degree at stanford & after what happened w/ bradford it's not like he's risking anything unless he gets into a fatal car accident

I just figured that maybe he was tied closer to Harbaugh than he apparently is. (Or maybe that IS the case, and we'll find out Harbaugh's coming back?)

Luck has a 3.5 GPA in architectural engineering!

dammit

harbaugh has no particular reason to stay, has achieved about as much as you can expect to achieve at stanford. could *possibly* aim for a national title w/ luck next year, but not worth the risk w/ his stock price as high as it can get anyway.

Luck has a 3.5 GPA in architectural engineering!

tailor made for a rebuilding franchise amirite

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5999907

Mike Leach in recruiting violations SHOCKER

Luck's major is actually architectural design, which is not as impressive even though I have no idea what the curriculum is.

So he draws stuff and then gives it to an engineer to do all the pesky mathematics.

Mark Ingram, Marcell Dareus, and Julio Jones all declared for the draft today btw. That doesn't decimate the Alabama roster, but it makes a big dent. ;_;

I've noticed it more this year than I have in the past (maybe I just have more friends now with favorite teams outside the SEC), but why don't fans of teams in other conferences cheer on their conference in bowl season? They say that's strange behavior. I think it's even stranger NOT to do that.

(Of course, the loudest complainer is my UCF friend...and Conference USA isn't anything to cheer about.)

I don't know if that's a thing or not, but I was loco for the the Big Ten this year (and every bowl season). Most friends of mine were Big Ten guys all the way as well. In Ohio tho, anti-Michigan sentiment runs deep to the point of nihilism. I can imagine OSU fans rooting against MSU and U of M in any bowl situation.

I usually root for my conference

yeah, def. rooting for oregon in the bcs champ game, even though their winning will definitely negatively affect my favorite team. also rooted hard for stanford, even though they've also beaten my team 2 years in a row. UCLA is tough, though.

Most Alabama fans I know (though I'll admit most of my Alabama fan friends are reasonable people) will be pulling for Auburn on Monday night. This might be a generational thing, though. All my friends on both sides of that fan divide respect each other and each other's team of choice..unlike older folks, whose ire runs deeper.

Tennessee is the main Alabama foe for a lot of younger people, just in general, but also because of Fulmer's tattling to the NCAA about recruiting violations. Boo to violations, but also boo to that guy being a whiny a-hole and all those whiny a-hole fans. I'm even more bitter having been an Alabama fan living in Nashville for five years, where to the torment never stopped and was even worse because Alabama wasn't exactly a powerhouse during those years.

So yeah, there are some instances where I'll root against a conference team in bowl season, but that's the exception instead of the rule.

Good, I'm glad to hear y'all have some conference allegiance.

Anyway...I'm sure you guys are tired of me talking about the Tide. I'll shut up (until about August).

^ i agree with your sentiments exactly. having shit thrown at you as you leave the rose bowl after watching your team inexplicably blow a shot at the national title makes you never want to root for a team (UCLA, obv) under any circumstances.

National Championship Game! 90 minutes away!!!

This is my Super Bowl every year. The real Super Bowl is usually fun, but I am SO MUCH more invested in college ball.

My prediction:

Auburn 38
Oregon 35

i think oregon is gonna win this game

auburn has had a lot of close calls and i think their defense finally goes all the way under tonight -- cam obviously has the ability to put up a vince young vs usc type game & i hon think it might take that -- oregon is much more of a complete team from skill positions on down

the only thing that scares me from oregon's perspective is nick fairley -- if he goes full suh in 09 big xii championship then the whole game changes

i'm thinking something like

oregon 31 auburn 23 or something -- nat'l title games are always much more low scoring than ppl expect

for some reason even though I care about beating stanford and usc more, watching ucla lose games always seems funniest xp to ytth

oregon should win

I realize I'm being a total homer by picking Auburn, but I think these teams are pretty much equals with different strengths.

id like to root against oregon just cuz of their uniforms but i think theyll win -- maybe 35-24

aw i was secretly hoping tirico & chucky were doing this -- i guess they are, on radio -- its herbstreet & musberger

I wasn't so secretly hoping that at all. No gripes with Herbie and Brent, though.

hate both of these teams, halfheartedly rooting for oregon

this guy loves saying ore-gawn

lol dude in crowd w/ CORSO SUCKS tee

now we just need someone with an Orlando Renegades jersey

retarded pitch

good response time w/ that int

Yellow foot nagl.

and now...shitty throw

I guess cuz I went to the u of o for awhile I should prob jump in this thread and say go ducks quack quack or something but I mostly hated that place and don't really care all that much so go ducks I guess.

are chucky and tirico calling it on the radio? maybe i'll put that sound on instead

oregon uniforms are dope imo

faked the fuk out of aub there

1,000,000 interceptions

how many of the receptions at this point have been interceptions?

newton ought to think about tucking the ball away when he's about to get sacked right there

ah, college football. i remember why i don't watch this

can michael strahan be in all these tv ads please?

i want a pair of those socks. they rule

alright im convinced - tcu nat'l champ