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[Cyan]

Threeballz wins the Rose!

*sniff* I'm so proud right now.

With no conference, TCU stuck with having to chant their own letters.

Pathetic

:lol

Self-aware fans are so much awesomer than the other kind.

 

[Lonestar]

Yes, the shotgun 2 point attempt was the worst coaching decision in football, since saban versus LaMonroe in 07.

 

[Smokey]

If you buy what the media is selling of course.

It's what the BCS is selling.

If you are a smaller school you have to have a perfect season and more just to get a shot at a big game.

Not to mention what that fucktard OSU president said. Game was deeper and had more meaning than what it appears on the surface.

Also: UCONN is going to lose by a least 21. What a joke.

 

[tyguy20204]

Enough blame to go around.

Chryst didn't use John Clay nearly enough and also tried to run outside the tackles when it clearly wasn't working.

Tolzien missed a number of wide open receivers on the edge of the field and failed to pick up several blitzes.

Nick Toon dropped two/three game-changing passes.

Bielema displayed poor clock management.

CBs are either stupid or were coached to give TCU receivers a 5 yard cushion on third and short plays.

 

[Phenomic]

Almost came down to a crazy OT finish. Grats to TCU showing everyone they can compete with some of the big boys. that Tank and that Deflection what more can you say that's how you play college football.

 

[eznark]

Yes, the shotgun 2 point attempt was the worst coaching decision in football, since saban versus LaMonroe in 07.

c'mon man:

 

[Buckethead]

It's what the BCS is selling..

I'm sorry, I should have phrased my retort "if you blindly listen to what others say and regurgitate that sentiment without hesitation".

 

[tyguy20204]

The two point conversion was hardly a terrible call. The receiver was wide open the ball just didn't get there.

 

[venne]

It's what the BCS is selling.

If you are a smaller school you have to have a perfect season and more just to get a shot at a big game.

Not to mention what that fucktard OSU president said. Game was deeper and had more meaning than what it appears on the surface.

Also: UCONN is going to lose by a least 21. What a joke.

Dude, Utah in '09 was significant. TCU win is not.

TCU was favored and ranked higher. Utah was shut out of the championship even though they were the only undefeated team left. Utah won convincingly over a higher ranked team, TCU just won.

 

[Kevtones]

So people were calling the B1G the 2nd best conference yesterday...

 

[CrocMother]

Claiming this is an upset because of school size is like claiming Green Bay beating St. Louis is an upset because of city size.

:lol

 

[eznark]

The two point conversion was hardly a terrible call. The receiver was wide open the ball just didn't get there.

The outcome is meaningless. It's a terrible call even if they convert. The Badgers just marched down the field 6-15 yards a clip on the ground. Pound the mother fucking football, it's what brung ya.

They completely abandoned the run in the third quarter though, so I wasn't particularly surprised to see Crist shit himself.

 

[dwin45]

So did Lee Corso have a stroke or something?

 

[Smokey]

Dude, Utah in '09 was significant. TCU win is not.

TCU was favored and ranked higher. Utah was shut out of the championship even though they were the only undefeated team left. Utah won convincingly over a higher ranked team, TCU just won.

Maybe not as significant but still big.

I don't really give a fuck though. Fuck the BCS and everything that comes with it. I'm just saying. I wanted Wis to lose so Big 10 would be 0fer in bowl games today. And to :lol at Bob.

 

[devildog820]

So did Lee Corso have a stroke or something?

At least one. May have had more. Supposedly they are assessing replacements.

 

[venne]

So did Lee Corso have a stroke or something?

:lol

Tell me you're joking.

 

[Talon]

It's what the BCS is selling.

If you are a smaller school you have to have a perfect season and more just to get a shot at a big game.

Not to mention what that fucktard OSU president said. Game was deeper and had more meaning than what it appears on the surface.

Also: UCONN is going to lose by a least 21. What a joke.

Utah beat Louisville. Boise State beat Oklahoma. Utah beat Alabama.

Nobody's surprised when a non-AQ team is able to get up and beat a big boy.

It's not like a SEC, Pac-10, Big 12, or Big Ten team (sorry, Big East and ACC, but you haven't mattered in the NC picture for a while) can afford to lose 2 games year after year and waltz into the BCS title game. Those leagues are competitive enough where more than 1 loss usually (ahem 2007) means you're completely out of it.

 

[Lonestar]

All the wr's could be wide open, but if it gets knocked down at the line, it doesn't matter.

Running the ball, 3 bad things can happen: qb screw up the snap, hb fumbles or tackled short.

Passing: bobbled snap, intercepted, incomplete, pass knocked down, sacked.

That oline plus that big HB.....no, it was the wrong call.

 

[tyguy20204]

The outcome is meaningless. It's a terrible call even if they convert. The Badgers just marched down the field 6-15 yards a clip on the ground. Pound the mother fucking football, it's what brung ya.

They completely abandoned the run in the third quarter though, so I wasn't particularly surprised to see Crist shit himself.

Pretty sure Tolzien set an all-time record for completion percentage in the Big Ten this year. Yes, he wasn't as accurate during this game, but with everyone expecting a running play, I didn't mind the call.

I agree with the overall sentiment that Crist called a poor game though.

 

[marathonfool]

Gary Patterson is right. TCU was playing for TCU. Not for the MWC or the WAC. This win only validates TCU as a top team.

 

[chuckddd]

OU/UConn is the nightcap? I'm saving my shitty football game quota for Rams/Seachickens.

 

[eznark]

Pretty sure Tolzien set an all-time record for completion percentage in the Big Ten this year. Yes, he wasn't as accurate during this game, but with everyone expecting a running play, I didn't mind the call.

I agree with the overall sentiment that Crist called a poor game though.

I don't disagree, but the Badgers entire game plan is to pound the ball so that at the end of the game the defense is withered and they can pound some more. So the Badgers shove themselves down the throat of TCU at the end of the 4th, all according to plan.....then pass? It makes no sense. Their style of play in the 4th quarter is "you know we're running, you're still fucked." Clay, White and Ball are the three best offensive weapons on that team. Biggest play of the year you completely take them out.

Stupid.

 

[Smokey]

OU/UConn is the nightcap? I'm saving my shitty football game quota for Rams/Seachickens.

:lol

 

[Lonestar]

Wonder if there are calls of Big Game Bob tonight.

 

[cruets]

hmm, what would be funnier? sooners blow out the huskies imbarrassing the big east and their joke conference, or uconn beating the sooners and bringing tears to sooner fans' eyes. torn who to root for.

 

[Cyan]

So, anyone else notice that Haywood (Jablome) got Mike Price'd up at Pitt?

Pittsburgh fired football coach Mike Haywood on Saturday, a day after he was arrested at his home on a domestic violence charge.

Haywood was released Saturday from St. Joseph County Jail on $1,000 cash bond, said an officer at the at the jail who declined to give her name, after the charge was upgraded from a misdemeanor to felony domestic battery in the presence of a minor.

Within hours of his release, Pittsburgh put out a statement from Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, saying Haywood had been dismissed, “effective immediately.”

 

[Kevtones]

Fuck yeah, a new Switchfoot joint! It's almost as interesting as the Fiesta Bowl matchup.

 

[mYm|17|]

B1G you did good today

 

[dwin45]

:lol

Tell me you're joking.

No, I'm not joking. I'm aware of the stroke he had a year or two ago but during the TCU/Wisconsin game he seemed even worse than usual. At pre-game and halftime he was slurring his speech and kept saying weird gibberish things and then at the post-game show he wasn't even there.

 

[Get'sMad]

this tostitos guy is freaking me the hell out

I'm glad he confirmed their commitment to making snacks though

 

[Cubsfan23]

Big 10 sets a record for losses in a day :lol :lol

 

[Buckethead]

If Michigan can beat UCONN but Oklahoma can't....

Something.

Probably funny.

But something.

 

[Lonestar]

Yeah cyan, we did. I mentioned the Saban coaching tree -1

 

[Amory]

At least we're excited for this game at UConn

storrs is abuzz

Gonna need a miracle.

 

[bluemax]

automatic bids are a joke too

Auto bids are a bigger problem than the lack of a playoff.

Scheduling is the biggest problem.

 

[eznark]

Auto bids are a bigger problem than the lack of a playoff.

So you'd ask the Seahawks to forfeit should they win tomorrow?

 

[bluemax]

So, anyone else notice that Haywood (Jablome) got Mike Price'd up at Pitt?

Somewhere Dave Wannstache is grinning and sipping bourbon.

 

[mYm|17|]

you know the fiesta bowl is bad cause they got millen doing color commentating...............barf

 

[bucknuticus]

All the wr's could be wide open, but if it gets knocked down at the line, it doesn't matter.

Running the ball, 3 bad things can happen: qb screw up the snap, hb fumbles or tackled short.

Passing: bobbled snap, intercepted, incomplete, pass knocked down, sacked.

That oline plus that big HB.....no, it was the wrong call.

As Woody Hayes used to say, three things can happen when you throw the ball up, and only 1 is good.

 

[Cyan]

Whoa, two people took UConn in the pick 'em!

 

[eznark]

Sweet, Winter Classic!

go to hell UConn

 

[Buckethead]

Who's that daywalker in the leather jacket?

 

[Kevtones]

35 confidence points on UCONN... LETS GO HUSKIES

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Big Ten New Year's Day Massacre.

I hope UCONN gets rolled tonight.

 

[Lonestar]

I'm in the AQ bids being bad. I know that Alabama will get in if they play as good as they have been, but losing a few games should knock us out of contention.

Imagine if Scar had won the sec? Uconn and Scar in the BCS....


Wow, Matt millen. Bringing out the big guns


1st mention of Big Game Bob!!!! DRIiiiiiiNK



Been typing on an iPod touch, sloooow typing.

 

[Lunchbox]

if they can just keep it close its good enough, come on uconn. imagine youre the basketball team

 

[bigtroyjon]

Kid wearing dead friend's jersey is drawing attention to himself, throw a flag on every play refs.

 

[bluemax]

So you'd ask the Seahawks to forfeit should they win tomorrow?

The NFL is a slightly different system, scheduling is more equalized and the existence of a post season tournament diminishes regular season accomplishments to simply: making the playoffs or not making the playoffs. Because of the more equalized scheduling and smaller number of teams its easier to say that Seattle is in fact a really bad team and not really likely to be competitive with the better teams in the playoffs.

In college football, who the fuck knows how good any team really is? There's 120+ teams, a dozen different conferences and some people schedule 8 home games and don't travel more than 100 miles for road games. All adding a playoff does is allow more teams that we don't know if they're worthy take a shot at the post season. We basically have all the same problems we do already, who gets playoff spots, why do they get them, etc etc.

 

[MWS Natural]

Connecticut might lose by 80.

 

[bigtroyjon]

I don't have a problem with Auto bids but there needs to be a qualifier behind them like the non AQ teams have. Win your conference and finish in the top 16 to get a bid. Winning a dogshit conference isn't enough.