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Harvdog, much of the media came down on Mack last year for the campaigning incident. Sports Talk all over the nation was all over that guy for awhile there, it wasn't just Cal Fan... Every year there are coaches who are faced with the same situation in which Brown found himself last year but in rece...

Van

OU, last season, the same OU team that shut out what's essentially the exact same Texas team (only minus Cedric Benson) this season, wrote:Harvdog speaketh with much wisdom and knowledge. Texas IS just that good, and will handily kick the snot out of usc come january.

Van

Harvdog and Moorese, you both know as well as I do that it's every bit a matter of when you beat a team as much as who you beat... By season's end none of UT's victories will look very impressive (very possibly including their win over Ohio State, who may have three or more losses by season's end) a...

Van

Doc, okay, cool, we're on the same page. Still, you did say this... RACK Texas...USC is going to get hurt by the PAC-10, not helped. ...which is clearly incorrect since the Pac 10 affiliation will in fact help USC leapfrog back past Texas, whose Big XII affiliation will prove to be a boat anchor. Wh...

Van

Nolesy, I think the rest of the country views Florida/Georgia as an awesome CF party but nothing special in terms of being a significant football rivalry. It's just another fun backyard brawl, with the added attraction of an overabundance of seriously shitfaced and out of control SEC coeds all tryin...

Van

Non sequitur. A "good sports town" refers not to how many athletes they produce but how empty their own lives are an how they try to fill that void by following a sports team and trying and get through the drudgery of their everyday lives. FTFY Damn! A bit cynical for a Monday, eh?? LOL!!

Van

Dr D, USC has Oregon, Cal and an undefeated UCLA on their conference schedule, and ASU was actually a ranked team before they fell apart following what USC did to them in the second half. Texas has...what? Texas Tech? The team that built their rep by running up 80 on Sam Houston State and by beating...

Van

Didn't USC also face an SEC defense this season?

How'd that turn out?

:-)

Oh, and didn't that same SEC team just nearly beat the top SEC team?

:-) :-)

Van

I'd take both those bets. Also, where L.A. vs New York are concerned, you included L.A. County but you only included New York City. If one were to equate the vast sprawl that is the area encompassed by L.A. County to a similar area in New York City you'd be getting a lot more than NYC's 8 million, i...

Van

Believe the Heupel wrote:Dude, they're coached by Dave Wannstedt. I don't know if I'd put money on that. :D

<----------Lifer Miami Dolphins Fan

Dave Wannstedt...The Horrah!

Van

New York does produce a ton of sports talent. I'm assuming you've heard of a sport called basketball. I would guess that the reason they don't produce a lot of football talent is that their inner-city schools can't afford to field a football team-however, I really don't know if that's the case, it'...

Van

Believe the Heupel wrote:Pittsburgh has won a national championship. So has Army. That's not really a great point.

Okay then, how about this...

Pitt would stomp Wofford!

:D

Van

Pittsburgh has won a national championship. Hawaii has proven to be a notorious "trap game" location. Neither place is anything like Wofford, Appalachian St or any of the SEC's and Big XII's favored directional schools...at home, to boot. As for the Florida schools, who did Florida State a...

Van

BTH, if it's just about the population and having underprivileged kids then why doesn't New York City (or any other large east coast city) produce anywhere near as much sports talent as L.A.?

Obviously, there's more to it than that.

Van

I'm from L.A. and I'm sorry but yeah, L.A. is a laughable sports town, at least in terms of fan representation. L.A. can fill the stands....for a winner. That's what L.A. is, more than anything...a bandwagon. Any team in L.A. except for the Clippers (Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Trojans, Bruins) ...

Van

SS, just so you're aware, virtually the entire rest of the country saw that Alabama/Tennessee debacle as an example of two decent defenses shutting down two totally impotent offenses. Tennessee has been useless on offense all season long and teams have managed to score on 'em without too much diffic...

Van

Wofford Are you freaking kidding me??? Shitty team and a cupcake to start the season. Everyteam is guilty of this. Well, no, every team isn't guilty of this. Sincerely, Recent openers on the road against Va Tech, Auburn and Penn State Ditto that! Sincerely, Florida State and Miami Harvdog, quit con...

Van

Doesn't matter. As long as the snapper and holder do their jobs (which is the case 99% of the time) the rest of the guys on the field are almost always pure window dressing. At that point it comes down to whether or not the kicker does his job and nothing anybody can do will prevent that kicker from...

Van

Seer, I can't believe I'm saying this, but just make sure you guys hold up your end of the bargain. Don't lose before that game. USC-UCLA, both undefeated, with #1 ranked SC riding the longest winning streak in the country and only UCLA standing in their way of a second straight perfect season? How ...

Van

Greg, does UCLA's special teams excellence and our lack of same worry you like it worries me? I know UCLA will be able to move the ball and put points on the board against us, and I know they won't have a chance in hell at slowing down our offense (especially our rushing game), but the special teams...

Van

Yep. Tennessee/Alabama wasn't so much a titanic defensive struggle as it was a battle of two inept offenses that could do nothing but hit little dribblers back to the pitcher...

Van

Seer, hey, LSU is an SEC team with only one loss so they're inevitably going to get a high ranking. Obviously though LSU is not very good. They're surving off of incredible good luck. If I'm an Auburn player or fan today I'm bitter beyond reckoning. Five missed field goals. That's got to be incredib...

Van

True, which is why it shouldn't come down to kickers. It should come down to the guys carrying the heavy loads, the every down players. An offensive lineman is called on to do his job every offensive play of the game. When he does his job he simply moves on to the next play, and on every play he's m...

Van

Wouldn't put too much stock in those points Washington scored against USC. Washington returned the opening kick off to the USC eight yard line. First and goal. They got no closer, and settled for a FG. Their TD was legit though, but that was the only score they had all game long that came while the ...

Van

Five missed field goals, including one that would've been the game winner and another that ended the game in O.T... Auburn's kicker might be the only football player in the entire SEC who couldn't get laid tonight. That dude needs to Donnie Moore right now and save his future fuck up kids the ignomi...

Van

If this were everybody's avatar.... http://thegreatestsiteever.freeservers.com/images/hot_babe_in_thong_bikini_-_nice_ass_butt_cute_young_girls_teens_teenagers_high_school_avi_mpg(1).jpg ....the world would be a much happier place. That right there is one of the most painfully perfect things I've ev...

Van

Yep, and SC-UCLA was way better back when both teams played in the Coliseum and they both wore their home unis for the game.

Only game in the nation like that.

Van

"It's still flying today."

Awesome...

Van

In order to have everything go off without a hitch I say we let Bradhusker do all the smooth talking and palm greasing along the way...

Van

It finally got mentioned but for pure rivalry and nothing else it's impossible to beat Army-Navy. That game is literally the only one that matters, especially for Army. The head coach there could literally go 1-10 each season and keep his job as long as that "1" comes againt Navy. Tommy Tu...

Van

Looking forward to seeing Meds' next avatar pic.

:-)

(Oh shit! It's already there, and I didn't even think to look! Sweet!!)

Jimmah, now that you went through the whole ordeal would it be asking too much to get you to do an updated pics/captions thread, like the smack one you did before the game?

Van

And Robert Gallery hasn't exactly set the NFL on fire yet...

So far, he sure as hell isn't Orlando Pace. He's not quite Tony Mandarich either, but he definitely hasn't lived up to the hype yet.

Van

I hate everything. Sincerely, Me, in 2002, Lakers-Kings, WCF Dude, man, I feel for you. Oswalt had better close 'em out in Game Six 'cause Rocket ain't winning in Busch in a Game Seven. This could end up being the most crushing loss in the history of a franchise that's mostly known nothing but crus...

Van

The NFL is all mediocrity disguised as parity and there's a pervasive patina of corporate sterility surrounding the entire shebang. And yeah, way too many penalties. I'm entirely sick of having this reflex action whereby no play has ever truly taken place until first we look up into the corner of th...

Van

Mike, yeah, I remember Faulk all the way back to S.D. State. He was fast, but he wasn't Reggie Bush "track star" fast. I also don't think he was ever quite as elusive a runner as Bush is, but Faulk was smart as hell, he had great vision, he was tough as nails and as durable as anybody. He ...

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Also, I said Bush reminds me of Barry Sanders, only with more speed. Actually though, yeah, Marshall Faulk with more speed is probably a better comparison. Bush is a better pass catcher than Sanders and more of the all around Faulk style back... Maybe a faster Thurman Thomas? Little bit of everythin...

Van

See, the point was offered above that because V. Young is able to scramble for first downs that he wasn't a true QB. Steve and Randall would beg to differ. The point above was that no NFL QB truly achieves big game success until he stops thinking "Run!" at the first sign of trouble, and t...

Van

Also, if I recall correctly, wasn't the game decided on special teams? Didn't LSU's late scores come from kicking game miscues by ASU? Overall though, yeah, I get the "weak defenses in the Pac 10" argument, though such statements must be tempered with the realization that the existence of ...

Van

In all honesty, who really cares whether or not ND gets into some forgettable BCS bowl this season? No matter what else happens this season ND's 2005 season will be remembered as the year in which Weis brought Notre Dame back to national prominence and no matter what ND does come bowl season 2005 wi...

Van

Congrats to Killian. Great post, great fan, great team. Weis? Fantastic coach. I just don't know that his weight and his age will allow him to have the stamina to do this at this level for too very long, which is a shame for CF. Dude could up and keel over any day now, and even if he doesn't the rig...

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Holy crap but LSU lucked out...