NCAA Football 2012

[Makkah]

Let the fun begin.

Good games this week:

South Carolina at Vandy
Boise State at Mich State
NC State vs Tennessee at the Georgia Dome
Clemson vs Auburn at the Georgia Dome
Michigan vs Alabama at Jerry's World
Kentucky at Louisville
Georgia Tech at V-Tech

[SHAFT]

If Michigan beats Bama.....

Definitely what I'm watching this weekend. That and MSU vs Boise St

[Makkah]

If Michigan beats Bama.....

...there'd be a lot of sad mullets.

[SHAFT]

Someone neg repped me and said ncaa football sucks.

I'll watch high school football. I'll watch Appalachian State VS. Northern Iowa. I watch preseason football.

NCAA sports are corrupt, but I still enjoy watching college football

[thefarmer]

Let the fun begin.

Good games this week:

South Carolina at Vandy
Boise State at Mich State
NC State vs Tennessee at the Georgia Dome
Clemson vs Auburn at the Georgia Dome
Michigan vs Alabama at Jerry's World
Kentucky at Louisville
Georgia Tech at V-Tech

Gamecocks
Boise
NC State
Auburn
Bama
Louisville
G-Tech

[msconstrew]

Gamecocks
Boise
NC State
Auburn
Bama
Louisville
G-Tech

Ugh ugh ugh! Big 10, baby! (Go Badgers, except this weekend's game is boring).

[Makkah]

The Vandy-SoCarolina game was pretty awesome. UT played a lot better than I expected. Same goes for MSU.

GO GO SATURDAY!!111

War Damn Eagle

[Buckwheet]

I put $100 on Bama to cover the spread.

[SHAFT]

Floyd Mayweather put $3m on Michigan. I actually think the bet on that is the under. It was 47 earlier, they won't score more than that.

[Skeeter]

I like michigan getting 14. they have the best player on the field, and while I think bama wins it with their defense, their offense was awful last year, and seems unlikely that it will get better.

Bama wins by 10. Michigan covers.

[SHAFT]

This Michigan game is ugly. i hope it a defensive game from here on out. No more points!

[Buckwheet]

It needs more points. I added $100 to going over the 48 total. ROLL TIDE

[RichardCranium]

I like michigan getting 14. they have the best player on the field, and while I think bama wins it with their defense, their offense was awful last year, and seems unlikely that it will get better.

Bama wins by 10. Michigan covers.

Lol B1G.

[WRoss]

Go Gators! Thank you NC State. In two weeks vs South Carolina, that's going to be a huge game.

[Sean of the Thread]

Go Gators.

[Parkbandit]

I can't believe the Seminoles lost that game. WTF?

I can't believe the Gators won that game. WTF!?

[WRoss]

I can't believe the Seminoles lost that game. WTF?

I can't believe the Gators won that game. WTF!?

Florida was the better team in that game. They were in better shape, they were stronger, and they played that second half very well. They also still haven't had a TD scored against them in the 4th quarter this year.

[Warriorbird]

Florida was the better team in that game. They were in better shape, they were stronger, and they played that second half very well. They also still haven't had a TD scored against them in the 4th quarter this year.

Somebody might be understating how bad somebody's offense sucks.

[WRoss]

Poor Lattimore.

GO GATORS!

[Makkah]

My wife and I were watching when that happened. I got a tad bit nauseous afterwards.

[thefarmer]

My wife and I were watching when that happened. I got a tad bit nauseous afterwards.

I admit to a manly tear or two.

edit: Gained a lot of respect for the Vols now for the way their, what looks like entire team, showed up on the other side of the Gamecock team in support of 21.

[FlayedAngel]

I admit to a manly tear or two.

Manly tears! (http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/219/761/1324325414005.png)

[Makkah]

Yea... UT were very respectful with the situation. I can only imagine how Herman Mathers feels (the LB that made the tackle); it wasn't dirty or anything, I can just imagine feeling like shit.


On a completely unrelated turn of topic... Auburn looks so bad... I am ashamed to support this coaching staff. I have a feeling the whole crew is gonna get canned after December 1st (when Chizik's buyout drops 2.5m dollars). I do think the defensive crew should be retained, however.

[Keller]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/clancyip/23vi1i8.gif

[Makkah]

Notre Dame looks great; I'm not too proud to admit that.

I hope Oregon can finish up the season against USC and Oregon State. They deserve another crack at the Nat'l Title.

[BriarFox]

Ohio State is looking exceptional under Urban Meyer. I didn't expect the season to be going nearly this well.

[WRoss]

Ohio State is looking exceptional under Urban Meyer. I didn't expect the season to be going nearly this well.

There is no doubt he is a great coach and recruiter, but if you read what some of the players from Utah and UF have said and wrote about him, they all say that he really focuses on the few really good players and alienates the rest of the team. He always ends up with issues recruiting after 4 years. For his sake, maybe 4th time is the charm.

[Makkah]

How is there not a www.lesmilesisamoron.com ?

[SHAFT]

Kenjon barner vaulted himself into the heisman race tonight.

[Makkah]

Yea... what... 350 yards rushing? Bananas. Since my teams are dead in the water... Go Oregon!


Update: 321 Rushing, 26 receiving, 4 TDs.

[Warriorbird]

How is there not a www.lesmilesisamoron.com ?

It's been proposed.

[RichardCranium]

Notre Dame looks great; I'm not too proud to admit that.

I hope Oregon can finish up the season against USC and Oregon State. They deserve another crack at the Nat'l Title.

Oregon would be slaughtered by Alabama or LSU.

[SHAFT]

Oregon would be slaughtered by Alabama or LSU.

Hahahahaha! Oregon is on another level. They are the best team in the country. They'll be #1 if bama loses.

[RichardCranium]

Hahahahaha! Oregon is on another level. They are the best team in the country. They'll be #1 if bama loses.

Sure, until they play a team that actually plays defense. I heard that same shit last year before LSU demolished them.

[Warriorbird]

How is there not a www.lesmilesisamoron.com ?

Not going for it on the 4th and 6. Ugh.

[Warriorbird]

Sure, until they play a team that actually plays defense. I heard that same shit last year before LSU demolished them.

Alabama would eat them.

[Makkah]

I dunno; I actually think Oregon can waste any team in the league right now.

[DoctorUnne]

I really hope we get an Alabama Oregon national title game so we can put the offense vs. defense debate to rest, at least for another two years. I'm an Oklahoma State fan and even I know they would have been smoked by either Alabama or LSU last year. Did we not settle this when Auburn beat Oregon two years ago?

[Keller]

I really hope we get a Bama v ND NCG so ND can get curb-stomped and I can stop believing we might be making a run at relevancy in the 2010s.

[Buckwheet]

Roll tide!!

[SHAFT]

This isn't the same Oregon team that lost to Auburn a couple of years ago. This is a whole different beast. Too bad the 4 team tournament isn't for another 2 years, we'd be able to see really who is best.

[WRoss]

This isn't the same Oregon team that lost to Auburn a couple of years ago. This is a whole different beast. Too bad the 4 team tournament isn't for another 2 years, we'd be able to see really who is best.

I'm actually looking forward to this when we get to see an all SEC national title every other year. Then all the Big-10 and Pac-12 fans can find something else to whine about.

[Keller]

I assume anyone that cares is watching and not posting on the PC - but Bama is down 3 TDs at home.

[SHAFT]

And bama is down for good! Nice, a much needed mix up at the top of the rankings. I'm assuming Oregon will crush cal tonight and they will vault to the #1 spot. I'll say 62-21 will be the final

[DoctorUnne]

ugh. Well hopefully ND will lose to USC and K state will lose to someone and Alabama will beat Georgia in the SEC title game and we'll still get Oregon Alabama

[Keller]

I am the proud owner of two BCS championship game tickets.

Either ND goes and it's magical - or it's two SEC teams and, with the game in Miami, I make a profit.

[Warriorbird]

This isn't the same Oregon team that lost to Auburn a couple of years ago. This is a whole different beast. Too bad the 4 team tournament isn't for another 2 years, we'd be able to see really who is best.


I wouldn't be so sure. That Oregon team didn't look like any mythic champions when they got beaten.

[Makkah]

I don't even know anymore.

[WRoss]

I am the proud owner of two BCS championship game tickets.

Either ND goes and it's magical - or it's two SEC teams and, with the game in Miami, I make a profit.

If UF somehow makes it, I'll be contacting you. Where are the seats?

[Keller]

If UF somehow makes it, I'll be contacting you. Where are the seats?

I am actually staying with my step dad who is a huge Gators fan. So if it is ND v UF, we'll be going. But if it is UF v. someone else, I'll be happy to work with you on the tickets. The bummer is I think I have to pick them up in person, so the cost per ticket will include my costs of getting there to pick them up (assuming the market supports that price).

[Makkah]

Bought tickets to the BCS 2 years ago with AU-UO game. Bought through StubHub and the guy backed out, so StubHub hooked us up. It was a freaking stressful nightmare picking them up in person before the game. Just a heads up.

[Gelston]

You know, this will be one of the only times I will ever type/say this... But...

ROLL TIDE

[Keller]

Bought tickets to the BCS 2 years ago with AU-UO game. Bought through StubHub and the guy backed out, so StubHub hooked us up. It was a freaking stressful nightmare picking them up in person before the game. Just a heads up.

Thanks. I am not looking forward to it at all. It seems like it will be a clusterfuck.

[RichardCranium]

You know, this will be one of the only times I will ever type/say this... But...

ROLL TIDE

Fuck that noise. Auburn beats Bama and LSU is in the SEC Championship game.

Lol.

[Atlanteax]

It's so wrong that ND is #1 ... subpar team that squeaked out a win too many times.

[RichardCranium]

It's so wrong that ND is #1 ... subpar team that squeaked out a win too many times.

Doesn't matter. When they make it it'll be just like the last BCS game they were in.

[Keller]

It's so wrong that ND is #1 ... subpar team that squeaked out a win too many times.

That is what happens when you play a tough schedule and don't play cupcakes.

And RC - the last time LSU won a championship, they lost two games and should have lost two more. That is just a disgraceful national champion. I'd be embarrassed to claim that title.

[Warriorbird]

That is what happens when you play a tough schedule and don't play cupcakes.

And RC - the last time LSU won a championship, they lost two games and should have lost two more. That is just a disgraceful national champion. I'd be embarrassed to claim that title.

I'm glad I can detect the sarcasm here.

[WRoss]

Notre Dame is ranked behind almost every SEC team in terms of strength of schedule.

[msconstrew]

I'm glad I can detect the sarcasm here.

I'm just glad it was sarcastic because otherwise my head might have asploded. I mean - WAKE FOREST? Give me a fucking break. I can't wait for ND to get decimated by one of the SEC teams.

[Keller]

If y'all SEC-cuckolders want to compare cupcakes, I'd be glad to pull out the Coastal Carolinas, Florida Atlantics, and Western Kentuckys that your conference schedules every year.

A mid-tier team from the Big12, the Big-fucking-12, came into your league and ran train on your conference, knocking off your "best" team in their own stadium. If a middle-tier Big12 team can do that to Alabama, I would love to see what Oklahoma could do to Florida or LSU.

[RichardCranium]

A&M would have gone undefeated in the Big 12 this year. The only teams they lost to have amazing defenses.

[Keller]

A&M would have gone undefeated in the Big 12 this year. The only teams they lost to have amazing defenses.

Lose a first-round QB from a not undefeated team in the Big12: RC thinks they'd go undefeated this year in the same conference.

Posts like RC's above make me not respect PC poster's sports opinions. Just dreadful.

PS - all those defenses are not as good as Notre Dame's. :smuggylikefuck:

[RichardCranium]

Lose a first-round QB from a not undefeated team in the Big12: RC thinks they'd go undefeated this year in the same conference.

Posts like RC's above make me not respect PC poster's sports opinions. Just dreadful.

PS - all those defenses are not as good as Notre Dame's. :smuggylikefuck:

Yeah, that Manziel kid is terrible. He would have annihilated any defense in the Big 12.

Notre Dame has benefited from a soft schedule and the prestige of teams 20 years ago. Bottom line, they'll get smoked in the national championship game.

[DoctorUnne]

Thanks. I am not looking forward to it at all. It seems like it will be a clusterfuck.

For what it's worth I've used stubhub twice recently for big events (super bowl and NCAA elite eight game) earlier this year and both times picking up in person was a breeze. They set up a temporary office right near the venue and are open all day the day of, and in the case of the Super Bowl a couple days before as well. In and out in less than 5 minutes both times.

[Keller]

The amount of hate in America will be amazing when ND wins the BCS and Teo wins the Heisman.

CAN'T WAIT!

[Keller]

Yeah, that Manziel kid is terrible. He would have annihilated any defense in the Big 12.

Notre Dame has benefited from a soft schedule and the prestige of teams 20 years ago. Bottom line, they'll get smoked in the national championship game.

Manziel will not be a first round draft pick this year or next - so it's hard to say he would have annihilated any Big12 defense when his predecessor, who was a first round pick last year (in one of the best QB drafts in history), didn't annihilate every defense he faced in the Big12.

If you find yourself in a giant hole, stop digging.

[Keller]

For what it's worth I've used stubhub twice recently for big events (super bowl and NCAA elite eight game) earlier this year and both times picking up in person was a breeze. They set up a temporary office right near the venue and are open all day the day of, and in the case of the Super Bowl a couple days before as well. In and out in less than 5 minutes both times.

Awesome to know. Hopefully it works like that in Miami.

[Gelston]

I am not saying this purely as an SEC fan, but I think any team currently in the top 10 would destroy ND.

[Keller]

I am not saying this purely as an SEC fan, but I think any team currently in the top 10 would destroy ND.

Good lord. And the Backlash of sports commentary has arrived.

Next time, before you make an ass out of yourself, you should do some elementary research on whether ND has beat any teams currently in the top 10.

[RichardCranium]

I assume you're talking about Stanford. The referees inexplicably gave that game to Notre Dame. The replay clearly showed the truth.

[Gelston]

Oh, would you rather I said except Stanford, who still took ND into OT? Given a rematch, I would favor Stanford.

[Warriorbird]

If y'all SEC-cuckolders want to compare cupcakes, I'd be glad to pull out the Coastal Carolinas, Florida Atlantics, and Western Kentuckys that your conference schedules every year.

A mid-tier team from the Big12, the Big-fucking-12, came into your league and ran train on your conference, knocking off your "best" team in their own stadium. If a middle-tier Big12 team can do that to Alabama, I would love to see what Oklahoma could do to Florida or LSU.

The undefeatable Oklahoma meme? Equally sarcastic.

[Skeeter]

I for one, welcome our Rutgers and Terrapin underlings.

[BriarFox]

Big Ten is taking over the world! It's nice, actually, to have more teams in it.

[msconstrew]

I for one, welcome our Rutgers and Terrapin underlings.

This is going to cause some dissent in our household, where one of us is a Badger and the other is a Scarlet Knight.

[Makkah]

NCAAF world of 4 superconferences one step closer. Wonder who will bail on the ACC next?

[Latrinsorm]

If you find yourself in a giant hole, stop digging.No, no, dig up, stupid.

[ZeP]

While there is total upheaval someone needs to finagle a way we can have football February through August.

[Keller]

I assume you're talking about Stanford. The referees inexplicably gave that game to Notre Dame. The replay clearly showed the truth.

I assume you mean that the whistle blew and the ND defense stopped playing, allowing Taylor to finally get over the line.

[Keller]

Oh, would you rather I said except Stanford, who still took ND into OT? Given a rematch, I would favor Stanford.

I'd love to play Alabama so we can see who is right.

One thing we can all agree one - Alabama has not played a defense as good as Notre Dame's all year long.

[RichardCranium]

You have definitely stepped your troll game up.

[Keller]

You have definitely stepped your troll game up.

Which SEC team has a better defense than ND?

LSU? ND's opponents are averaging more than a TD less against ND than LSU's opponents. That doesn't even consider that LSU plays in the defense-first SEC (read: our offenses are so bad that we trump up our defenses in the media so people think our conference is good).

Florida? Florida has a legitimately good defense. Really a coin flip; so if you meant Florida, I guess you've finally made a decent enough point that I won't laugh at you for having said it.

Georgia? :MichaelBluthNONONONOgif:

South Carolina? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cyCfWOHPGlg/TzBlw466VLI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1ZIwA5zry2M/s1600/laughing_dog.jpg

ND's defense is empirically the best in the nation. The one issue people have with our team is that our offense isn't elite. What they don't know is that (i) half of the games we've played have been against top 30 defenses, and (ii) we've been playing a freshman QB that has gotten progressively better. The only team that beats ND head-to-head more than 50 out of 100 games is Alabama. The rest of the SEC is just a normal college football conference this year.

[Keller]

My honest evaluation of ND vs. Alabama is this: Our defenses are very similar, they get the advantage because their depth is just crazy. But starting 11 vs starting 11, it is a tie. If our secondary was better, we'd have the better starting 11.

Objectively, Alabama's offense is better than ND's. RBs, O-line, WRs, and QB - Alabama has the advantage in terms of both skill, size, and experience. That said, in a head-to-head matchup, we have a puncher's chance because (i) our defense is built to stop power running teams and (ii) our offense relies on the talents of a mobile freshman QB to make plays (sound familiar, Alabama fans?). Plus, Alabama's tackles are mediocre pass blockers (compared to their run-blocking ability) - so if ND gets a lead and Alabama is playing from behind, McCarron is going to meet Mssrs. Nixx, Tuitt, Shembo, and Day.

Out of 100 games, Alabama wins 60+ vs. ND. I'd put the line at -5 for bama with a final score, if they played right now, of 24-14. But I can definitely see our offense putting up a few big plays and scoring 24+ or our defense playing lights out and keeping Alabama under 10. There are multiple paths to victory, especially if Golson (our freshman QB) continues to progress like he has the last few games.

[RichardCranium]

There is no hope for you. See you after the championship loss.

[thefarmer]

South Carolina? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cyCfWOHPGlg/TzBlw466VLI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1ZIwA5zry2M/s1600/laughing_dog.jpg

You obviously didn't follow too closely then.

[thefarmer]

The NCAA has been investigating the recruitment of players courted by Auburn assistants Trooper Taylor and Curtis Luper, according to several sources.

Yahoo! Sports reported Wednesday that Taylor and Luper are not actively recruiting for the school at the present time, due to the investigation. Auburn coach Gene Chizik has declined comment when asked specifically about whether his coaches had been pulled from the recruiting trail.

Taylor is the Tigers' assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, while Luper coaches running backs and is the recruiting coordinator. The website al.com reported Wednesday that at least one Auburn assistant coach and several players were interviewed by the NCAA this week as part of the investigation.

One of the players whose recruitment is being examined is running back Jovon Robinson, sources said. In September, Yvette Lynch, a former guidance counselor at the Memphis high school Robinson attended, was found to have changed the grades of an Auburn football recruit. She told ESPN that she altered the grades at the request of a fellow teacher.

Read the rest at ESPN here (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8661192/ncaa-investigating-auburn-recruiting-assistant-coaches-sources-say).

Another hit to how short of a time Chizik has left as coach if the team doesn't turn around?

[Makkah]

Old news. Trooper and Luper have been off the road for a least 4 weeks. This is a well-timed release by the REC. Chizik's time on the Plains is over. The only way they keep him is if that moron of an AD they have really wants to save face. Best plan is to replace the AD and whole coaching staff.

[Keller]

ND has now held over 50% of its opponents this year to their lowest pt total this season.

9 of our opponents will be in bowl games.

Manti locked up the Heisman with this seventh INT this season. If he doesn't win it, they might as well re-classify the award as an offensive award.

[Makkah]

Is Teo really more important to his team than Manziel is to his team? Isn't that what the award is based on?

[thefarmer]

ND has now held over 50% of its opponents this year to their lowest pt total this season.

9 of our opponents will be in bowl games.

Manti locked up the Heisman with this seventh INT this season. If he doesn't win it, they might as well re-classify the award as an offensive award.

Manti won't win. For the same reason that it takes an act of God (god, gods, godesses, etc) for a defensive player to win. Also, you crowing about 7 INT's being worthy of a Heisman, is just silly.

Are you SURE you watch college football?

[Keller]

Manti won't win. For the same reason that it takes an act of God (god, gods, godesses, etc) for a defensive player to win. Also, you crowing about 7 INT's being worthy of a Heisman, is just silly.

Are you SURE you watch college football?

Decent troll attempt, but I know that is the second most INTs of any defensive player this season. Almost of all of them coming at key junctions in games to turn the tide in the Irish's favor. Oh ya, and he's a linebacker and not a defensive back.

Like I said - if he doesn't win, the committee needs to end the farce of it being for the most outstanding player in college football and make it for the most outstanding offensive player in college football.

[Keller]

Is Teo really more important to his team than Manziel is to his team? Isn't that what the award is based on?

To be absolutely honest, Louis Nixx is the most important player on ND's squad. But Manti is the leader and has the statistics to deserve the trophy.

And I absolutely believe that Nixx is more important to the ND squad than Manziel is to TAM. Pitt ran all over us until Nixx, who was sick as a dog with the flu, was put back into the game in the fourth quarter. As soon as Nixx went in, he made a tackle for loss and we came back from a 20-6 deficit, stopping Pitt from making first downs to run out the clock.

[thefarmer]

Decent troll attempt, but I know that is the second most INTs of any defensive player this season. Almost of all of them coming at key junctions in games to turn the tide in the Irish's favor. Oh ya, and he's a linebacker and not a defensive back.

Like I said - if he doesn't win, the committee needs to end the farce of it being for the most outstanding player in college football and make it for the most outstanding offensive player in college football.

Wait, what?

Trolling? There wasn't anything trolling about my post whatsoever.

Seriously. You're championing the guy with the SECOND MOST INTs for THIS season?. That's not even going into the fact 7 isn't some record breaking number for a football season. Not for FBS or FCS.

And for the record, these days it means absolutely nothing to distinguish the position he played. Linebacker's drop into coverage all the time. Brag that he leads the nation in sacks AND INT's as a linebacker and you'd have every right to expect him to win the hardware. Just saying he's second in INT's? Expecting him to is silly.


edit: A quick scan on espn doesn't even list him in the top 100 in the country for sacks.

[Keller]

Wait, what?

Trolling? There wasn't anything trolling about my post whatsoever.

Seriously. You're championing the guy with the SECOND MOST INTs for THIS season?. That's not even going into the fact 7 isn't some record breaking number for a football season. Not for FBS or FCS.

And for the record, these days it means absolutely nothing to distinguish the position he played. Linebacker's drop into coverage all the time. Brag that he leads the nation in sacks AND INT's as a linebacker and you'd have every right to expect him to win the hardware. Just saying he's second in INT's? Expecting him to is silly.


edit: A quick scan on espn doesn't even list him in the top 100 in the country for sacks.

The only defensive player to win the Heisman, a cornerback, had 8 INTs.

Please stop embarrassing yourself here.

[RichardCranium]

The only defensive player to win the Heisman, a cornerback, had 8 INTs.

Please stop embarrassing yourself here.

He also played offense and returned punts.

You take homerism to a whole other level.

[thefarmer]

The only defensive player to win the Heisman, a cornerback, had 8 INTs.

Please stop embarrassing yourself here.


Rank|PLAYER|Position|SACK|YDSL|INT|YDS|LONG|TD
1.|Phillip Thomas|S|4.0|-18| 8|98|43|3
2.|Bene Benwikere|DB|0.0|0|7|152|47| 1
2.| Manti Te'o|LB| 1.5|-13|7|35|28|0





2012 INTs
1. David Amerson 13
2. Bacarri Rambo 8
3. Casey Hayward 7
3. Nigel Malone 7
3. Larry Parker 7

2011
1. Jayron Hosley 9
2. Robert Lester 8
2. Mana Silva 8
4. Harrison Smith 7

[Warriorbird]

He also played offense and returned punts.

You take homerism to a whole other level.

I tend to think it's elaborate trolling by an actual fan. It's a lot like Tgo01 being ClydeR.

[msconstrew]

LOL. Manti is no Charles Woodson.

[Buckwheet]

You know, this will be one of the only times I will ever type/say this... But...

ROLL TIDE

Welcome aboard.

The sound of a program imploding:

http://video-embed.al.com/services/player/bcpid618568022001?bctid=1988105214001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAPLMIMAE~,kKetLjW2WxXzKHcB6m3Yy0OaZG FosQ2N

[thefarmer]

Because Swearinger has been one of our most exciting players (not named Clowney) this season.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/624/602/MonsterHit_original.gif?1353813696

[Gsgeek]

Because Swearinger has been one of our most exciting players (not named Clowney) this season.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/624/602/MonsterHit_original.gif?1353813696

The other guy should have made like Suh. That'd cut the taunting down. Was a great hit though.

[Keller]

2012 INTs
1. David Amerson 13
2. Bacarri Rambo 8
3. Casey Hayward 7
3. Nigel Malone 7
3. Larry Parker 7

If you're going to make shit up to try to not look so foolish, maybe at least use a believable number.

[Keller]

LOL. Manti is no Charles Woodson.

Johny Manziel is no Peyton Manning.

[Keller]

He also played offense and returned punts.

You take homerism to a whole other level.

Exactly. That's why Manti's accomplishments are more spectacular. He doesn't rely on being put into offensive gimmics to pad his stats.

[thefarmer]

2012 INTs
1. David Amerson 13
2. Bacarri Rambo 8
3. Casey Hayward 7
3. Nigel Malone 7
3. Larry Parker 7

If you're going to make shit up to try to not look so foolish, maybe at least use a believable number.

You know how I know you don't follow, or understand, college football?

Either that, or I'm the victim of epic trolling.



edit: I'm forced to go with option #2

[Keller]

You know how I know you don't follow, or understand, college football?

Either that, or I'm the victim of epic trolling.



edit: I'm forced to go with option #2

Because I didn't fact check your somewhat believable INT numbers?

[Gelston]

Eh, not unbelievable... Amerson got 13 in 2011. The list he posted there was the 2011 INT leaderboard.

[Keller]

For what it's worth I've used stubhub twice recently for big events (super bowl and NCAA elite eight game) earlier this year and both times picking up in person was a breeze. They set up a temporary office right near the venue and are open all day the day of, and in the case of the Super Bowl a couple days before as well. In and out in less than 5 minutes both times.

I need your thoughts on something.

I am thinking about buying two lower-level tickets for about 2k each. The plan would be that (i) if tickets appreciate we will sell our upper-level tickets and recoup some of the cost of the lower-level tickets, or (ii) if tickets stay the same we will sell our lower-level tickets to recoup the cost of those tickets.

What I need advice on is how to sell tickets when I won't have possession of them until game day. Is there a healthy scalping market around Sun Life?

[DoctorUnne]

I need your thoughts on something.

I am thinking about buying two lower-level tickets for about 2k each. The plan would be that (i) if tickets appreciate we will sell our upper-level tickets and recoup some of the cost of the lower-level tickets, or (ii) if tickets stay the same we will sell our lower-level tickets to recoup the cost of those tickets.

What I need advice on is how to sell tickets when I won't have possession of them until game day. Is there a healthy scalping market around Sun Life?

You can resell tickets on stubhub that you've purchased on stubhub even if you haven't picked them up yet. That's what I did for the super bowl. I bought 4 tickets on stubhub for me and my friends, but then I was able to get two better tickets through my old boss at the NFL so I had to get rid of two of the stubhub ones. I sold them on stubhub easily. The only negative is you have to cough up their 10 or 15% commission or whatever it is but in my opinion still worth it for the certainty of payment and not having to take the risk of having to unload them way below market value if the scalping market isn't robust. I dont have much experience scalping but my sense is you wont get close to fair value because people know you're a desperation seller at that point.

It's tough to predict how prices will trend leading up to an event on stubhub, but if you track it for a few days running you should get an idea. It ends up being binary i think. If the supply of available tickets doesnt drop fast enough, it quickly becomes a race to the bottom on price because sellers are nervous they wont be able to sell. thats what happened with the super bowl. I prob lost a few hundred bucks by not pricing aggressive enough to get them sold early on and then prices started going down quickly. they continued to go down right up until the event. for the ncaa game on the other hand, it became apparent that the supply was going to run out and the prices skyrocketed towards the end.

[DoctorUnne]

I forget the details of the exact procedure to resell them on stubhub, but you basically just need to call customer service and make them aware of what youre doing and then agree to transfer the name to the person who bought your tickets. i found their customer service to be very good and it wasnt a big hassle at all.

[DoctorUnne]

also you need to make sure you list them exactly the same way as they were listed when you bought them. you have to be careful because if you make a false claim on how good they are even by accident, you can be held liable to cover the incremental cost of them finding tickets for your buyer that are at least as good as what you claim

[Keller]

also you need to make sure you list them exactly the same way as they were listed when you bought them. you have to be careful because if you make a false claim on how good they are even by accident, you can be held liable to cover the incremental cost of them finding tickets for your buyer that are at least as good as what you claim

Thanks. I didn't know I could relist them on stubhub. That is interesting to know.

With the 15% haircut stubhub takes, I might try my luck with craigslist or just selling them the day of in Miami.

[AnticorRifling]

I hate you.

[WRoss]

Thanks. I didn't know I could relist them on stubhub. That is interesting to know.

With the 15% haircut stubhub takes, I might try my luck with craigslist or just selling them the day of in Miami.

If UGA makes it, I still might be interested. I'll let you know.

[Keller]

I hate you.

I'll send you a post card.

[Buckwheet]

ROLL TIDE

[Gelston]

That game was about as close as I expected, although I didn't think Alabama would trail in it for any length of time.

[Buckwheet]

I thought it was a great game. Georgia put up a hell of a fight. I think there were a couple key injuries that made the game closer than it needed to be, but I am just glad we won.

[WRoss]

http://i.imgur.com/wjaAG.jpg

[Keller]

Interesting thing to me is that if ND wins the BCS championship, people will say that ND has now knocked off the best basketball and football squads in the SEC this year.

That is interesting to me because we won't have even played Florida.

[Atlanteax]

Lawl, ND will not win the BCS championship ... they have less than 1% chance of winning vs Alabama.

[BriarFox]

Lawl, ND will not win the BCS championship ... they have less than 1% chance of winning vs Alabama.

That vastly overestimates the difference. I'm happy to give Alabama the edge, but I think N.D. has a good shot against them.

[Keller]

Lawl, ND will not win the BCS championship ... they have less than 1% chance of winning vs Alabama.

Want to put your money where your loud mouth is?

[BriarFox]

And I'd bet on N.D., with 2 to 1 odds or so.

[WRoss]

Alabama is -10 right now. A long way out, but I'd shocked if Bama is worse than -8 by game time, barring any injuries.

[Keller]

And I'd bet on N.D., with 2 to 1 odds or so.

Nah, I'm getting 99-1 odds. There is a less than 1% chance ND wins, should be easy money.

Hell, to make the deal happen, I'll take 50-1 odds.

[Buckwheet]

Hopefully Bell will be healed to run. If nothing else he is a threat on the field and can be a distraction. I hope that Lacy and Williams can fully heal up as well.

[WRoss]

LSU caught violating NCAA rules, sentence handed down. (https://twitter.com/LSUCompliance/status/276022500058611712)

[Warriorbird]

LSU caught violating NCAA rules, sentence handed down. (https://twitter.com/LSUCompliance/status/276022500058611712)

If it is what I suspect, they should've kicked him off.

[RichardCranium]

If it is what I suspect, they should've kicked him off.

Lol, their media guide was over the NCAA limit by two pages. The penalty? A reduction of next year's media guide to 204 pages.

[Keller]

Les Miles has lost control of this program.

Get it?

[RichardCranium]

Well played sir. Well played.

[Keller]

Also, Teo is gaining ground on Jonny Football in the publicly released votes.

HeIsManti!

[Warriorbird]

Lol, their media guide was over the NCAA limit by two pages. The penalty? A reduction of next year's media guide to 204 pages.

Hilarious. I thought they were hitting them for the somewhat legitimate Anthony Johnson thing.

Some people say it's not LSU's media guide violation now. Uh oh! Somebody's gonna lose 4 pages!

[Keller]

Just putting this out there: I have become an amateur ticket broker. I've got two upper-level tickets available. I will sell them at 7.5% below the cheapest SEATS (ie, not standing-room admission) on stubhub. Must be sold as a pair.

[Keller]

Been on a 4-day layover in New Orleans. Leave for Miami tomorrow. So excited.

[RichardCranium]

Been on a 4-day layover in New Orleans. Leave for Miami tomorrow. So excited.

Should have said something sooner, I would've gladly moved my birthday celebration to Norlins.

[Gelston]

1 point safety. Discuss.

Thursday night's Fiesta Bowl featured perhaps the rarest play in college football: a one-point safety. It is apparently only the second time that has ever happened.
In the third quarter, after Oregon scored a touchdown to extend its lead to 32-10, the extra point was blocked and recovered by a Kansas State player, who then ran into the end zone. He then tossed the ball to a teammate who was tackled.
Here's the NCAA rule: "On a try attempt ... a Team A fumble that is recovered in the Team B end zone by Team B. RULING: Safety, award Team A one point."
"We got a safety for one point today, and I had no idea what that was," Oregon coach Chip Kelly said. "When they told me they were going to give us one point, I said, 'We'll take it.'"
The other time it happened was during a 2004 game between Texas and Texas A&M


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzcxyosmo8

[thefarmer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8q3Whn2ivI

That is all.

[Latrinsorm]

One of the things I like about the college game is the return turnovers of extra points rule. (I assume it has not yet made it into the NFL because the NFL is stupid like that.) It naturally follows that safeties could result in the ensuing return, but it seems to me what they should do is make them worth 1/3rd of a point on PATs and 2/3rds on two point attempts the same way a proper safety is worth 2/6ths of a touchdown.

[WRoss]

Have fun Keller. I'll place a gentleman's bet with you (hand shake).

[Keller]

Have fun Keller. I'll place a gentleman's bet with you (hand shake).

Accepted.

[DoctorUnne]

That play by clowney was so sick. I just was reading grant land and sports guy was talking about him as if he was a god. I don't follow college that closely. Is he really that good? Would he be the easy #1 overall pick if he was eligible?

[RichardCranium]

That play by clowney was so sick. I just was reading grant land and sports guy was talking about him as if he was a god. I don't follow college that closely. Is he really that good? Would he be the easy #1 overall pick if he was eligible?

Yes.

[Gelston]

Have fun Keller. I'll place a gentleman's bet with you (hand shake).

Damn it, I saw your avatar and thought I posted that at first.

[WRoss]

Damn it, I saw your avatar and thought I posted that at first.

I'm being nice to him. That couldn't be you!

[Makkah]

http://www.warblogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/WarIrish-BCS-National-Championship-e1357534238847.jpg

Don't think it'll happen, but one can hope.

[Gelston]

Hey would you all call that a massive asswhooping or not?

[RichardCranium]

It literally pains me to see these fuckers win; but I'm still glad.

[Makkah]

Atrocious. And just plain dominance at the same damn time.

[RichardCranium]

Has anyone located Keller?

[Buckwheet]

ROOLLLLLLL TIDE!

[Gelston]

Hey Keller, how about that shit? ROLL TIDE BITCH

[AnticorRifling]

Now both are teams have a loss for the season.

[Gelston]

Now both are teams have a loss for the season.

One team has a crystal football. Also, that one team showed they deserved to have that crystal football. By 28 points. Fin.

[AMUSED1]

Dominance. That is all. Good luck next year, ND.

[Atlanteax]

Looks like all those people saying that ND *had no chance* were not merely 'haters'.

[Keller]

The good news is that I didn't get arrested last night.

The bad news is that Badtie still posts on the PC Sports forum.

[Atlanteax]

The good news is that I didn't get arrested last night.

The bad news is that Badtie still posts on the PC Sports forum.

No need to be butt-hurt that ND's no-show (and season of escapes) is being pointed at as 'proof' on ESPN as why college football needs a playoff system.

[Keller]

Nothing to be butt hurt about.

Went 12-1 with a freshman QB. Only loss was to the juggernaut of CFB with the best coach in the game today (by a mile). Expectations going into this year were 7-5 or 8-4. It was a homerun of a season.

ND brings back 8 starters on D (including our 2 best defenders) and 7 starters on offense. Not to mention we have the top recruiting class in the nation. If you're tired of hearing the media suck off ND football, you might as well throw out your TV, because it's not going away. If we get past Michigan next year, we're going to be 11-0 heading to Palo Alto.

[Buckwheet]

Well, it will be interesting to see if any high level recruits change their commitments.

[Keller]

Well, it will be interesting to see if any high level recruits change their commitments.

Not likely. But it might affect our ability to sign Eddie Vanderdoes, the heir-apparent to Louis Nix III (currently between UCLA, Bama, and ND). ND will be better on both sides of the ball in 2013 - but I'm not sure how we'll fair in 2014 without Nix, likely Tuitt, and most of our offensive line.

[Gelston]

Sucks for that guy that put down $500 at the beginning of the season, with 40-1 odds, that ND would take it all the way to the BCS Championship and win... I bet he was tasting that 20 grand.

[WRoss]

Pretty sure UF is going to pass ND in recruiting.

[Keller]

Pretty sure UF is going to pass ND in recruiting.

Seeing how UF has no spots left (unless they have some loophole around the 25-max signings) and ND has two spots left, with us targeting only 4 and 5 *s, I'm not sure I follow.

[Atlanteax]

What... WAIT??

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8851033/story-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax


SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.

The university issued a news release Wednesday after Deadspin.com reported it could find no record of Lennay Kekua existing.

You know what else is a hoax?

ND football being competitive.

[thefarmer]

What... WAIT??

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8851033/story-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax



You know what else is a hoax?

ND football being competitive.

The comments on the ESPN page are awesome. 20-30 at a time every few seconds and no sign of stopping..

[thefarmer]

One of the best comments..


Musberger TapnDat Youngin
DEADSPIN HAS THE REAL STORY. MANTI CREATED THE HOAX. AND HE MIGHT BE A GAY.

[WRoss]

In Ben Stein's voice

Keller? Keller? Keller?

[Atlanteax]

(also in Ben Stein's voice)

Wwwwwooooooowwwwwwww.....

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/sport/manti-teo-controversy/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


No one bothered to seek out Kekua's family to ask how they felt about the way Te'o was honoring their daughter. Until Deadspin, acting on an anonymous e-mail it received last week, started poking around.

"What do you do when you first want to know something, you Google it, right?" Burke said on CNN. "And Google searches for 'Lennay Kekua' only showed up articles about her dying, and inspiring Mant'i Teo.

"There's no evidence of her existing in any way, other than, you know, after she had allegedly died. And we thought that was a little weird."

It always start with an anonymous source...


Late Wednesday night, the story took another twist when ESPN found an NFL player who said he knew Kekua and that she is a real woman. The player, Reagan Mauia, an Arizona Cardinals fullback, told the sports network that he and Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu met her

"This was before her and Manti," Mauia told ESPN. "I don't think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family."

Yet more ????

[Atlanteax]

One of the best comments..

This one pretty much sums it up (from the ESPN article ... 5000+ comments):


So who talked to him on the phone... every night... all night? That's one insanely dedicated hoaxing team. Or maybe he's not on the level here?
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