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KingGondo said:
Just like it was good visibility for Hawaii to play in the Sugar Bowl. It's only a good appearance if UConn puts up a good fight, IMO.

Didn't see this posted: Three Texas coaches, including OC Greg Davis, are "retiring/resigning"

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont.../06/breaking_davis.html?cxntcid=breaking_news
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In other words, Mack Brown is being really nice to his old friend and letting him "retire" instead of being outright fired. Either way, most vocal UT fans have now had their wishes fulfilled.
 
KingGondo said:
Just like it was good visibility for Hawaii to play in the Sugar Bowl. It's only a good appearance if UConn puts up a good fight, IMO.

Didn't see this posted: Three Texas coaches, including OC Greg Davis, are "retiring/resigning"

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/cont.../06/breaking_davis.html?cxntcid=breaking_news
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Because I am this happy:

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mYm|17| said:
was it really the OC's fault or that Gilbert sucked ass
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Our offensive line was terrible, and the "Sideways" offense was the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
 
You have to think that Greg Davis' tenure was greatly enhanced by having two of the greatest college QBs EVER in succession.

UT will probably be fine, but they were SO BAD this season... it's still hard to believe they won't even be bowling.

It'll be interesting to see which direction they move in... Do they completely change the offensive philosophy? I don't see how they can keep Gilbert as the starting QB if they don't...
 
KingGondo said:
What is a table scrape?

P.S. There are 5 teams in the Big 12 that would have won the Big East this year.

OU, OSU, Nebraska, Mizzou, TAMU. And Baylor would have been competitive.
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You could make similar arguments for basketball dominant conferences as well, pretty weak. But at least all worthy teams get a shot in the tournament, that argument is understood and beat however.
 
KingGondo said:
You have to think that Greg Davis' tenure was greatly enhanced by having two of the greatest college QBs EVER in succession.

UT will probably be fine, but they were SO BAD this season... it's still hard to believe they won't even be bowling.

It'll be interesting to see which direction they move in... Do they completely change the offensive philosophy? I don't see how they can keep Gilbert as the starting QB if they don't...
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Our current offense philosophy consist of dive plays and throwing to receivers that are running back to the line of scrimmage near sideline, so we can go 3 and out with little time run. I don't think Gilbert needs to be replaced for that.
 
devildog820 said:
Ho hum matchup for us. This will probably be the first time JoePa beats us, though.

Also

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Just noticed that Cecil is at the bottom and not Link. Can't stop sending this to all my Auburn friends.
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That's awesome. I'm sure after such a disappointing season this is just more salt in their wounds.
 
The precedent they've set by allowing Newton to play is ridiculous. I can't believe that they're actually buying the story (for now) that he didn't know his dad was pimping him around. All you have to do now to solicit money is just have a parent, relative, or friend do it and they can just claim that it was made in secret and that they were only charging for their services to "highly influence" the athlete to choose that school. In the end the player plays even if they're caught.

Cool system, NCAA.
 
UDUB: #3 in the Pac-10, woo!

I'm really pumped that we finished strong and made a bowl game, though I'm a little disappointed that it's a rematch against Nebraska.
 
desh said:
UDUB: #3 in the Pac-10, woo!

I'm really pumped that we finished strong and made a bowl game, though I'm a little disappointed that it's a rematch against Nebraska.
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Make sure you beat them this time. The got a gimpy Taylor martinez
 
Ah, I see Michigan's moron AD still hasn't canned Rich Rod yet while Stanford ups its offer to Harbaugh.
 
Plinko said:
Ah, I see Michigan's moron AD still hasn't canned Rich Rod yet while Stanford ups its offer to Harbaugh.
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If they do it wont be until after January. Dick Rods buyout goes down by around 3 million after January 1st.
 
JCX said:
He deserves one more year. With the right D-coordinator, I think he can save his job.
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it's not the defensive coordinator, I don't think. the problem is RR likes to fit square pegs into round holes until the sheer force of he insertion changes the hole from round to square.

this year for example, RR clearly didn't have the depth to run a Defensive Back-heavy scheme like the 3-3-5. he only had one healthy DB returning from last season, a bunch of freshman and walk-ons. talk about an empty cupboard, right? but instead of adjusting the scheme to maybe a Nickle or 4-3 or some such, he persists in the 3-3-5 and the defense got assraped.

flash back 2 years when RR gets to Michigan. He didn't have the personal to run the read-option spread with Threet at QB. So what does he do? Well he runs that offense anyway! The kids tried but embarrassed themselves because they just weren't those types of players.

RR is totally inflexible when it comes to having or not having the tools he needs. He will run the schemes he wants to run no matter what. If RR has the depth he needs at DB to run a 3-3-5 and be effective, maybe the defense can be fucking great. I'd much rather he come down from the mount and run a normal defense...but if RR needs a 3-3-5 to work, he'll have one more year to have some healthy and somewhat seasoned players who understand their roles in the defense better. That's all the time he has. But it's also what he should get.

People who don't like Michigan seem to quickly (and conveniently) forget that this year we were down 2 starting players in our defensive backfield, had to run a converted fullback at linebacker, and our best DB was...a walk-on. On a defense of all freshman and a few sophomores. That just collectively weren't talented enough and that truth didn't change as the season went along. Fans knew that going into the season and so did the haters. The question is how suspect will they be going into next season. RR's job is riding on it.
 
I'm not going to shit on UConn. It's an incredible acheivement for that program to go from I-AA to a BCS bowl in 10 years. Even if it was through a diluted Big East.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
it's not the defensive coordinator, I don't think. the problem is RR likes to fit square pegs into round holes until the sheer force of he insertion changes the hole from round to square.

this year for example, RR clearly didn't have the depth to run a Defensive Back-heavy scheme like the 3-3-5. he only had one healthy DB returning from last season, a bunch of freshman and walk-ons. talk about an empty cupboard, right? but instead of adjusting the scheme to maybe a Nickle or 4-3 or some such, he persists in the 3-3-5 and the defense got assraped.

flash back 2 years when RR gets to Michigan. He didn't have the personal to run the read-option spread with Threet at QB. So what does he do? Well he runs that offense anyway! The kids tried but embarrassed themselves because they just weren't those types of players.

RR is totally inflexible when it comes to having or not having the tools he needs. He will run the schemes he wants to run no matter what. If RR has the depth he needs at DB to run a 3-3-5 and be effective, maybe the defense can be fucking great. I'd much rather he come down from the mount and run a normal defense...but if RR needs a 3-3-5 to work, he'll have one more year to have some healthy and somewhat seasoned players who understand their roles in the defense better. That's all the time he has. But it's also what he should get.

People who don't like Michigan seem to quickly (and conveniently) forget that this year we were down 2 starting players in our defensive backfield, had to run a converted fullback at linebacker, and our best DB was...a walk-on. On a defense of all freshman and a few sophomores. That just collectively weren't talented enough and that truth didn't change as the season went along. Fans knew that going into the season and so did the haters. The question is how suspect will they be going into next season. RR's job is riding on it.
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I don't necessarily fault Rodriguez for installing the read option in his first year. It's not as if Michigan would have doubled the win total with a different offense, so it was good to start the transition early. And anyway, it's clearly not the same offense that Michigan has now. Rodriguez did try to play more to Threet's "strengths". Only with Robinson can Rodriguez run the read option in full.

I would like to see Rodriguez return, but it needs to come with some stipulations on defense. I think that Michigan needs to get a proven DC and let him do what he wants.
 
Gamecocks625 said:
:lol I thought it was one of the football players at first
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Add on the Extremely crisp and animated referee. No way that happens with Today's Ref's.
 
Time for the annual "what if there were a playoff" speculation. Wetzel goes a little far, making it like March Madness where every conference gets a bid, but it's interesting anyway.

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Looking at it, I feel like we might wind up with the same title game anyway. But it'd be fun to see Stanford-Auburn and TCU-OSU and whatnot. Hell, Oklahoma-LSU would be cool to watch.

And that first Auburn game would be like a regular OOC game for them.
 
Viewership of the SECCG: Down 49% from last seasons.

I know the probable reason why (South Carolina was in the game), but holding out hope that it's more about the people not caring to watch a vacated game.
 
Mac the KNife said:
That's probably the only way it would work so everyone gets their payday.
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Depends on who actually ends up doing the play off. If it is the BCS then it will probably be closer to just the top 16 teams. That scenario would happen if the NCAA decided to award a national champion for college football and put together the playoff.
 
Lonestar said:
Viewership of the SECCG: Down 49% from last seasons.

I know the probable reason why (South Carolina was in the game), but holding out hope that it's more about the people not caring to watch a vacated game.
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:lol That's not very fair! Last year's game was way better billed than the national championship
 
desh said:
Wait. We have the same conference record as USC and we beat them head to head (on the road), and yet they would be #3 and UW would not?
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Hmm maybe not. But I bet we'd still get the Holiday Bowl if we were eligible. Maybe I'm just assuming the Holiday Bowl would take us because they'd figure more ticket sales. Then again the weather sucks in Washington this time of year so I can see lots of Husky fans wanting a SoCal vacation.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
it's not time. sorry if that bothers you.
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Yes it is. The defense has gotten worse 3 years in a row and there is no talent there to improve. His excuses are pathetic. We had very few injuries and it is nobodies fault but his own that there are so many freshmen starting. That is because his defensive recruiting has been pathetic. Now our current class is starting to melt away.
 
Brian Fellows said:
Yes it is. The defense has gotten worse 3 years in a row and there is no talent there to improve. His excuses are pathetic. We had very few injuries and it is nobodies fault but his own that there are so many freshmen starting. That is because his defensive recruiting has been pathetic. Now our current class is starting to melt away.
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How often do rematches happen in bowl games? I mean, I remember the Florida/Florida State series in 1996, but that was a fluke.

An AWESOME fluke, but a fluke none the less.
 
bluemax said:
Hmm maybe not. But I bet we'd still get the Holiday Bowl if we were eligible. Maybe I'm just assuming the Holiday Bowl would take us because they'd figure more ticket sales. Then again the weather sucks in Washington this time of year so I can see lots of Husky fans wanting a SoCal vacation.
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The bowls don't care too much about conference records (except the rose bowl) when it comes to selection time. So, now that the Alamo has Pac-10 #2, and the Holiday has Pac-10 #3, it means the Alamo has second choice of Pac-10 teams, and the Holiday has third choice. It does not necessarily mean they have to take the #2 or #3 best Pac-10 team. If USC was eligible, they would have probably gone to the Alamo bowl, because they are a more desirable team than Arizona or Washington.
 
Brian Fellows said:
Yes it is. The defense has gotten worse 3 years in a row and there is no talent there to improve. His excuses are pathetic. We had very few injuries and it is nobodies fault but his own that there are so many freshmen starting. That is because his defensive recruiting has been pathetic. Now our current class is starting to melt away.
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I can think of at least three players who might have been able to greatly help Michigan's defense: Cissoko, Woolfork, and Warren. I don't see how Rodriguez is at fault for any of them. You can blame Rodriguez for wasting a recruit on Dorsey, but that circumstance was still pretty unfortunate. That group right there is a much better secondary than the one that we eventually got, in which we had to start a bunch of 3 star freshmen who should have been redshirted.
 
I'm pretty excited about the [should still be named] Peach Bowl. Gonna be nice to see FSU play against a Spurrier coached team again. And since the game is essentially at home (for me) I might get a chance to go!
 
Mr. Patch said:
I'm pretty excited about the [should still be named] Peach Bowl. Gonna be nice to see FSU play against a Spurrier coached team again. And since the game is essentially at home (for me) I might get a chance to go!
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As much as I dislike the Peach Bowl not being the Peach Bowl anymore, the Pizza Bowl's demise is much greater.


Also, are match ups like OU UConn the Fiesta Bowl's punishment for bringing in this whole sponsorship mess in the first place?
 
ConfusingJazz said:
As much as I dislike the Peach Bowl not being the Peach Bowl anymore, the Pizza Bowl's demise is much greater.


Also, are match ups like OU UConn the Fiesta Bowl's punishment for bringing in this whole sponsorship mess in the first place?
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This Pizza Bowl, or the Pizza.com Bowl?
 
desh said:
The bowls don't care too much about conference records (except the rose bowl) when it comes to selection time. So, now that the Alamo has Pac-10 #2, and the Holiday has Pac-10 #3, it means the Alamo has second choice of Pac-10 teams, and the Holiday has third choice. It does not necessarily mean they have to take the #2 or #3 best Pac-10 team. If USC was eligible, they would have probably gone to the Alamo bowl, because they are a more desirable team than Arizona or Washington.
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Hmm maybe. Arizona and USC both ended the season on downward sort of trajectories so it probably would be hard to get excited about picking either.

USC obviously travels well so that's not too much of an issue.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
it's not time. sorry if that bothers you.
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Yeah, it bothers me, because Rich Rod has done nothing. He's had ample time and done nothing. There's absolutely no reason to let the guy coach the bowl game right now when Stanford is upping the offer to Harbaugh.
 
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