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College Football 2010 Week 1: Destiny Unmanifested
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Lonestar said:
Here's a question. Maybe someone knows the answer. I have a feeling that the Bama-SJSU game is going to be regionally blacked out this weekend on ESPN3 as its a pay-per-view game. Now, you can register ESPN3 while you're at home so that you can view it even if you're out and the place you're at doesn't have an agreement with ESPN to grant access to ESPN3. If I register ESPN3 here, in Florida, will I be able to log-in to ESPN when I'm back in Alabama, and have it recognize the fact that my computer was registered in Florida for the sole purpose of bypassing the blackout restrictions?
perfectchaos007
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Wow so Cody Johnson is going to be our starting back. Can't say I saw that coming ( maybe because I'm not an insider ) but I thought for sure it would be Fozzy Whittaker or Tre Newton. I still wish Malcolm Brown could forgo his senior year in HS and play for us >.>
perfectchaos007 said:
He is the most touted of the recruits and is supposed to be in much better shape than he has been. I think you are also going to see more or a pro-style offense out of Texas and a downhill running game than we've seen in recent years.
Think more Major/Simms and less VY/Colt.
That said, I expect it to be running back by committee and Trey will get some nice playing time.
ConfusingJazz
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StoOgE said:
Long Live the RRIP!
StoOgE said:
That's been pretty much my thought as well. We don't have a feature back.
NEOPARADIGM
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Azzurri said:
I first read this as, "If anyone wins the B10 besides OSU it will be Nice," which I would have wholeheartedly agreed with.
perfectchaos007
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StoOgE said:
Major Applewhite was the first QB I remember playing for UT. I liked those years. We should have beaten Colorado in that Big 12 title game. Simms just had a bad day and then we take him out in the second half and put in Major and he throws a 70 yard TD on the first play. My friend today was telling me how unfortunate it was that Chris Simms wasn't liked as much as Applewhite or any other of our QB's. I told him probably it's because he was from New Jersey
ConfusingJazz
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perfectchaos007 said:
Chris Simms telegraphed his throws. Not a big deal when playing Rice or UH. However, against a well trained defense like the early 2000s OU defenses, they would eat that shit up.
Also, Simms could have easily been as well liked as Major was... if he didn't throw 3 picks and fumble once in the 2001 Big 12 Championship game.
perfectchaos007
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ConfusingJazz said:
even still back in 2001 we were just 3 points from going to the MNC. I guess it was a Applewhite/Simms co-effort to get to that point but still that does show me that Mack does have sucess using pro-style offenses. I think we'll have a good year if a running back steps up. Hopefully Cody Johnson steps up
edit: also Colt McCoys brother won the back up QB position. I guess we'll see him play on Saturday in 4th quarter garbage time. Connor Wood should redshirt...or transfer if I were him.
ConfusingJazz
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perfectchaos007 said:
We almost got in through the back door. To even get in that position, that last week in the Big 12 regular season was fucked up. Oklahoma lost to Oklahoma State, and Colorado beat Nebraska. It was more exciting then our beat down of A&M that weekend.
We didn't really play anyone that year, and probably would have been put in a mudhole by Miami.
perfectchaos007
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ConfusingJazz said:
We thrashed CU in the regular season though. oh man I just loved how they showed Miami kill us in the cotton bowl in "The U" documentary. We need to play that school again soon.
ConfusingJazz
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perfectchaos007 said:
Are you a masochist? That sucked.
perfectchaos007
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ConfusingJazz said:
sorry when I typed it i thought I got my sarcasm accross. my bad. it was very very sarcastic
perfectchaos007 said:
Case is more ready at this point, but Connor Wood has a higher ceiling. His place on the depth chart is definitely not a punishment.
What sites are you guys reading? Try Burnt Orange Nation and Barking Carnival.
ConfusingJazz
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Desperado said:
Also, shaggybevo.com
perfectchaos007 said:
We don't talk about that game ever.
I was a very very drunk freshman and hit Chris Simms with a coke I bought at the concession stand mixed with rum on his way out of the game in the 3rd quarter. Miami would have murdered us, but still.
Anyway, Mack's problem wasn't a pro style offense. It was a lack of general toughness on the team and a lot of shitty attitudes. We were a paper tiger/airport team. Looked the part, didn't show up in big games. Given our recent history, I think those days are behind us. Also, our D coordinator isn't a complete idiot that spins down players and mugs at the LOS.
And Shaggy Bevo is the best UT site out there period. Barking Carnival isn't terrible.
Hornfans.com is a shell of it's former self, but it's archives are my only proof that I coined the phrase Godzillatron.
Ninja Scooter
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fuck probation i'm slowly starting to get more excited for this season than I thought I would. Pac10 games should be fun regardless of having no chance at a bowl.
zyxwvu4321
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I pretty much lurk only, but I may as well throw in on the predictions.
Ohio State
Utah
USC
Missouri
otre Dame
Kentucky
Connecticut
Kansas State
Northwestern
TCU
LSU
Iowa
BYU
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech by 13 points
Ohio State
Utah
USC
Missouri
otre Dame
Kentucky
Connecticut
Kansas State
Northwestern
TCU
LSU
Iowa
BYU
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech by 13 points
Nice article on Nebraska's transition to the Big 10. Sounds like some spy stuff in parts.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100830/BIGRED/708309872
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100830/BIGRED/708309872
Best link ever...in one of these college football threads.JCX said:
Would have been nice to hear from Powers and Beebe, but the amazing insight from the rest of the article is more than enough for me.
Actually, I'd really like to know who else was on the Big Ten's cut list and who else they were in contact with besides Rutgers, Missouri, and ND.
ConfusingJazz
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Subitai said:
I know arrogance, but I have to believe the first calls were to ND, then Texas. I mean, anyone else remember the phrase "Tech Problem"?
I'm talking about after they went through their ~20 school spreadsheet. Except for fantastic research dollar$, Pitt didn't bring nearly enough of what the Big Ten was looking for. Especially since, despite recent success and past titles, Pitt has started to feel less like the 2nd best football school in PA and more like another NE basketball school.StoOgE said:
By the end of May, I got the impression the MDC had already prompted Texas and Texas A&M to look at the Big Ten as a secondary option since bringing Texas Tech somewhere ended up being very important, so a similar meeting to the one Nebraska had might not have occurred. Rutgers and Missouri also had a lot to offer and at that point were dying to sit down to make their case, while ND was always the natural #1 choice that was never really an option yet had to be heard just in case.
perfectchaos007
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yay got my student season tickets. I'm under godzillatron yet again!
Texas wants as much money as it can get, like all schools, yet unlike most other schools, wanted to maintain its large influence. It could have maintained a lot of that influence in the MDC where it would have lost a significant amount of it in the Big Ten. On the other hand, Texas politicians certainly didn't want Texas to go anywhere.jjasper said:
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Nebraska really is a great fit in the Big 10. It makes sense geographically, athletically, educationally (with Nebraska's renewed and intensified focus on research) and economically. Sure, Nebraska only has 1.8 million people or so, but it is another college football powerhouse. This is just one more reason why every cable/satellite operator in Nebraska, Kansas, and Western Iowa absolutely must add Big Ten Network to their slates and every game will get that much more ad revenue in the pot.
Better so than with the Big XII, it appears. It seemed to many that they were running with their tail between their legs, but it seems like much of the whole conference seemed to depend on them and that even with a lack of much success (at least traditional Nebraska success) over the last 6 years) they were still the other big dog in the conference.
Great, compelling read. I am excited for this year, but completely floored for 2011.
Better so than with the Big XII, it appears. It seemed to many that they were running with their tail between their legs, but it seems like much of the whole conference seemed to depend on them and that even with a lack of much success (at least traditional Nebraska success) over the last 6 years) they were still the other big dog in the conference.
Great, compelling read. I am excited for this year, but completely floored for 2011.
negreenfield
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Well, at least you guys have the Fulmer cup locked up again this year! Preseason number 1 again, WTG!Ganhyun said:Yea, Lets go Dawgs!
I always wondered how Tech fans were made. Now I know. They have to be brainwashed!
And sadly, we just don't have the sidewalk fans UGA has, I guess the dumb rednecks in the state sort of just gravitate to all that is UGA.
Doing my part to turn the ratio of the state if my son decides not to go to Tech (and he's not going to UGA, or I'll disown him... j/k... sort of).
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Nebraska has a 37.5 point spread on Western Kentucky! Man, I would hate to be them on Saturday.
In other news, Fresno St is favored on Cinci, and Kansas St is favored over UCLA.
Gonna be a great weekend!
In other news, Fresno St is favored on Cinci, and Kansas St is favored over UCLA.
Gonna be a great weekend!
AlteredBeast said:
1) NU is the 4th most important school in the Big 12 for bringing in money. Texas, OU and Aggy all have larger fanbases and larger metro areas that they pull in.
2) You do not fit in academically with the Big 10. I guess Michigan State maybe.
3) You left because Texas walked into the Big 8 which was controlled by OU and NU and took complete control of it. NU fought tooth and nail to keep the Big 12 offices from moving to Dallas. Tooth and nail to keep the championship game from being permanently moved to Texas. Tooth and nail to keep partial qualifiers. And guess what happened? You lost every major political battle in the big 12 to daddy Texas so you turned tail and ran to a conference where you might actually mean something... you are a football program that has been searching for relevancy ever since Miami tore you a new one.
Enjoy daddy Michigan, Ohio St and Penn St.
Subitai said:
Texas wants to go independent. The writing is as clear as day with their scheduling going forward.
The MDC was their escape plan if the Big 12 completely imploded before they were ready to leave. They kept that from happening by selling a bill of goods that won't come true (SEC money) so they could get the pieces in place to go independent in football. Who knows, we may join the MDC in other sports or the Big 12 might actually survive as a basketball conference.
ConfusingJazz
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The latest on Pac-12 stuff:
As it should be.
Nine-game conference season: good. I like that setup, and the only reason it was such a disadvantage was that nobody else was doing it. With the Bigs both doing it, that won't be so much the case anymore.
I'd prefer home-field for the championship game, but I can see how that might cause logistical problems.
As it should be.
Nine-game conference season: good. I like that setup, and the only reason it was such a disadvantage was that nobody else was doing it. With the Bigs both doing it, that won't be so much the case anymore.
I'd prefer home-field for the championship game, but I can see how that might cause logistical problems.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
StoOgE said:
1) 4th most important school for bringing in money? How does someone quantify that?
Nebraska makes more money period than any other program barring Penn St, Notre Dame, and Texas. larger fanbases and larger metro areas means dick if the Huskers still outgain them moneywise. If there were no A&M, the viewship of college football in Texas wouldn't drop at all. If there were no Nebraska, it would drop in all of Nebraska a ton as well as parts of Iowa and Kansas. Maybe not 5 million or something, but there are 2 million Nebraska fans in just this state and the bordering cities.
2) You guess Michigan St. what?
3) Most of this is obvious. I don;t know why you even took the time to type other than to stroke your fandom. I think Nebraska felt betrayed that everyone voted to shift the power to the south rather than balance the equation as far as conference title, conference headquarters, and etc. go. Plus, when you are the top dog for so long, why not look to greener pastures when things aren't going as hot? I think Nebraska's stock has just soared and everyone else seems to agree. They now have an avenue to recruit in Ohio, Michigan, and the rest of the midwest. They weren't getting a lot of Texas recruits anyway, so this will only help them.
So, they are going to receive more research money, better recruiting, more TV money, similar climate (balanced competition late in the season, and they get to be the powerhouse again if they do an East/West alignment. You call it running with their tail between their legs, I call it smart business.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Lonestar said:
:lol
D'oh!
And for the record, the inaugural Big XII championship game is what kindled my deep affection for Texas. I love UT.
Sirpopopop
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Rutgers is just a bad cultural fit for the Big 10.
With that said, I think it would be great for the school academically, to join the Big 10.
Take advantage of that Big 10 U.S. News boost.
With that said, I think it would be great for the school academically, to join the Big 10.
Take advantage of that Big 10 U.S. News boost.
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