2007 NCAA Football Thread

[Immortalfire]

My gosh, Maryland's coach is damn fat.

[Fran]

That game looked kinda boring, while I was watching it during bowling.

[LegendaryCaleb]

just rented ncaa football 08...msu spartans got a pic on the back cover

[Immortalfire]

I'm not watching it either, just came across it a bit ago. Enough to see Moby D!ck coaching them.

[Excel]

damn noel devine is nasty!

[Green Lantern]

Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen

http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2006-12/27130965.jpg

Kansas coach Mark Mangino

http://thefeed.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/mangino_t450.jpg

Separated at birth?

[Cmill216]

http://thefeed.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/mangino_t450.jpg


Holy cow! (pun intended)

[Green Lantern]

Yeah, Mangino's a lard ass. I hate that fat bastard. *****ing that Texas gets favoritism by refs, couldn't it be... I don't know.. that Kansas is a piece of s**t football program that has beat a program of reknown about twice in the last half a century?

[Immortalfire]

It's gameday! :word:

[Mister J]

I haven't had an opportunity to edit the top line in my sig since November. :confused:

That ends TODAY! :cmad:

Damn well better. :(

[Badger]

Western Michigan (plays Missouri) and the Citadel (plays Wisconsin) are going down. :cmad: :o :csad: :woot:

[rdh007]

I haven't had an opportunity to edit the top line in my sig since November. :confused:

That ends TODAY! :cmad:

Damn well better. :(

I'm praying for exactly that right now.

[Badger]

WTF is Wisconsin doing!!! :cmad:

[LegendaryCaleb]

what a fun MSU game!!!
Saint-Dic did great
Ringer and Caulcrick are amazing

McCoy scared me

[Mister J]

Big win for Miss St on the road against Auburn. I'm glad for Croom.

[Badger]

Wisconsin's 'D' needs to get their **** together before next week, since Conf. play begins w/ Iowa at home.
Don't know anything about Citadel, except the beat a team 76-0 last week.

Still shouldn't have been that close. :down

[Badger]

Big win for Miss St on the road against Auburn. I'm glad for Croom.

Certainly was, makes LSU look that much better after easily handling Miss St.

J, looks like Michigan going to take it to ND. 17-0 so far.

[Mister J]

Notre Dame looks absolutely atrocious, but I'll take anything to stop the bleeding and give this team a boost. They can't sleepwalk through the rest of the season like they did the first two games.

edit: 31-0 :hyper:

[Badger]

Mizzou rolls over W. Michigan 52-24. Though the 'D' continues to give up yards and points, however a lot of it was after the first team was done.

[Badger]

UCF is flipping killing me, I've got them picked to beat the spread and they are starting to slip.

[Mister J]

I think they'll keep it under 19.

[Addendum]

Hopefully Michigan has gotten their asses in gear, and not just because we're playing Notre Dame in a **** year

[Addendum]

Victory #861

[Badger]

I think they'll keep it under 19.

Yeah, looks like, though they have to stay under 18 for mine.

Right after I posted that the UCF Running back went nuts and their 'D' stiffened.

Looks like UCF might pull off the upset.

[Mee]

In case you guys are wondering, the Gators are kinda good. :ninja::up:

[Badger]

Yeah 49-20 over Tenn., so far, isn't too shabby.

[Mister J]

Miami and Michigan win on the same day. Been a while since I was able to enjoy a college football Saturday so much. :up:

[Venom'sDad]

UCF is ready to pitch an upset against Texas! :p

[Addendum]

Now if my Bears win tomorrow, I'll have a great weekend

[Badger]

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!! :cmad:

Ok, it probably will. :csad:

[Venom'sDad]

Poor ole tangled web.... bruins being dominated by a winless Utah team. :p

[Excel]

Miek Hart for Hesiman!

[Johnny Blaze]

I say, damn. Gators 59-20 over the Vols today in the Swamp. Complete domination by the Orange and Blue.
Florida D really looked good against a pretty good Tennessee offense. They had be worried going into the game, what with how they played in the first two games, but they really stepped up today. Held them to just 37 yards on the ground.
That week six matchup against LSU could be the big one this season. :up:

[Green Lantern]

Jesus. My Horns need to pull their s**t together before October 3... I WANT to have a 3 game streak against OU :csad:

[StorminNorman]

I have never been more proud to be a UCF Knight.

We outplayed the number 6 team in the country, we never gave up.

"Black and Gold March Right Through The Line. Victory Is Our Cry! V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! Tonight Our Knights Did Shine"

[NewYorkSpider]

I watched some of the UCF game on ESPN and was hoping for an upset. They played great football.

Nebraska is up by 3 against USC.

[Memphis Slim]

Do you realize that Norte Dame may not win one game this year?? Have you seen their schedule???

[StorminNorman]

In case you guys are wondering, the Gators are kinda good. :ninja::up:

UCF > UF :cmad::cmad::cmad:

[Excel]

UCF > UF :cmad::cmad::cmad:

USF>

[Green Lantern]

I have never been more proud to be a UCF Knight.

We outplayed the number 6 team in the country, we never gave up.

"Black and Gold March Right Through The Line. Victory Is Our Cry! V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! Tonight Our Knights Did Shine"
Good game :up: You guys coming to OUR house next year?

[X-Ray]

Do you realize that Norte Dame may not win one game this year?? Have you seen their schedule???

They got Duke, Navy, Air Force & Stanford.

Duke = win.

Navy played tough against Rutgers. So they, Navy, might win. Snapping that losing streak to ND, which is 47 or 48 :huh:

Air Force might win. They beat TCU who played tough against Texas, who's looking overrated at the moment.

Stanford = win.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Miek Hart for Hesiman!
:whatever:

Caulcrick for Heisman

[Badger]

Ummm, no. Fullbacks don't win Heisman's

Patrick White.

[Fran]

:whatever:

Caulcrick for Heisman

Unfortunately, that'll never happen.

Travis Key had a ticket in my name for me today, but I had to work :cmad:

[Immortalfire]

Dawgs won! :yay: :up:


This 'Bama Arkansas game is defining SEC football.

[bored]

KU slaughtered another nobody team! Woohoo!

[Badger]

KU slaughtered another nobody team! Woohoo!

Which HS team did they play this week? :woot:

I will say they are at least doing what you are supposed to when playing nobodys.

[Kelly]

I say, damn. Gators 59-20 over the Vols today in the Swamp. Complete domination by the Orange and Blue.
Florida D really looked good against a pretty good Tennessee offense. They had be worried going into the game, what with how they played in the first two games, but they really stepped up today. Held them to just 37 yards on the ground.
That week six matchup against LSU could be the big one this season. :up:


:csad: Yeah......I hate this season.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Unfortunately, that'll never happen.

Travis Key had a ticket in my name for me today, but I had to work :cmad:
Key...had tickets for u???

[Fran]

I'm fairly confident my hometown's HS football team could give Notre Dame a run for their money.

Good Lord, that has to be THE worst ND team I've seen come out of South Bend in ages.

I hope the Spartans are licking their chops :D

[Fran]

Key...had tickets for u???

Yeah. His fiancee is basically like a big sister to me. She used to babysit little fran with her little sister. And he and I are friends, so whenever he has an extra ticket, I've told his fiancee to hold it for me.

I said, "It's okay, just hold a UM ticket for me. That's the only one I really really want."

[Fran]

Kentucky beats Louisville, 40-34! WOW! :wow::up:

[Mee]

UCF > UF :cmad::cmad::cmad:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/Jake-/picard2.gif

[Fran]

Msu > Uf > Ucf > U-m > Usf :o

[Mee]

Msu > Uf > Ucf > U-m > Usf :o
I don't like how T.O. agrees with everything you say. :cmad:

[Badger]

My Picks are taking a bit of hit late, against the spread I'm 13-5 and straight up I'm 16-2. Still not too bad.

And, it looks like the GT game is going cost me on both as well :cmad:

[Badger]

Msu > Uf > Ucf > U-m > Usf :o

In two weeks:

UW > MSU > UF > UCF > UM > USF :o

:woot:

[Fran]

Your non-existent "D" better show up....

[Fran]

Oh, and Go Utah! hahahaha:up:

[William_C]

Kentucky beats Louisville, 40-34! WOW! :wow::up:

That game was awesome. Back and forth, touchdown here, touchdown answered here. The TD passes >_< crazy:wow:

[Badger]

Your non-existent "D" better show up....

It will...:cmad:

maybe. :huh:

Oh, and Go Utah! hahahaha:up:

That's one I didn't mind missing. Where's TW when you need him, he still comes around doesn't he? Or, is he strictly at the parade?

[Fran]

He shows up here sometimes to "mess with squares :dry:"

But yeah, I think we'll at least put up a fight in Camp Randall.

[Tangled Web]

Do you realize that Norte Dame may not win one game this year?? Have you seen their schedule???

Of course not. No such team exists.

The west coast offense is a joke. Mountain West officials are a joke. The offensive decision making is a joke.

[AhabTheArab]

if usc wanted to, they could play the backups against notre dame, i guarantee they would still stomp them.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Yeah. His fiancee is basically like a big sister to me. She used to babysit little fran with her little sister. And he and I are friends, so whenever he has an extra ticket, I've told his fiancee to hold it for me.

I said, "It's okay, just hold a UM ticket for me. That's the only one I really really want."
i would tell u a great story like that...but the only thing i got is my friend is related to mercyme and we got to use there suite at the rangers game

smart man...smart man...i look up to u! :oldrazz:

[StorminNorman]

Msu > Uf > Ucf > U-m > Usf :o

USF is better than UM :huh:

[Fran]

You shut your dirty mouth, whore.

[DarthRekal]

USC:huh:

[StorminNorman]

UCF would kick the Spartans Gang Green Ass all the way back to the igloos of Michigan :ninja:

[StorminNorman]

Also: Kevin Smith = Top 5 RB in the country.

[Fran]

I'm sure they would. I'm just salivating at going to South Bend this weekend :woot:

[Excel]

:wow: Jimmy Clausen is one goofy lookin mofo

http://majorlyenglish.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/clausen.jpg

http://images.dawgsports.com/images/admin/Clausen.jpg

I dont think Ive ever seen a less marketable qb...

P.S. Dman is Charlie Weiss fat :wow: :wow: :wow:

[cookiva]

Hahaha, wow. Thats scary

[Fran]

Good Lord, those ears could probably pick up local radio stations! :wow:

[Byrd Man]

He's perfect for Notre Dame. He looks just like a leprechaun.

[bored]

:wow: Jimmy Clausen is one goofy lookin mofo

http://majorlyenglish.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/clausen.jpg

http://images.dawgsports.com/images/admin/Clausen.jpg

I dont think Ive ever seen a less marketable qb...

P.S. Dman is Charlie Weiss fat :wow: :wow: :wow:


He's playing football? Did Sum 41 break up?

[bored]

Which HS team did they play this week? :woot:

I will say they are at least doing what you are supposed to when playing nobodys.

The might, fearsome....

Toledo Rockets!

[SoulManX]

My Blue Devils broke the 22 game losing streak...bring on ND.

[Milkman95]

I wouldn't be surprised if Notre Dame beat MSU - the hapless Spartans looked terrible against BG and Pitt. Although, ND might be the worst College Football team I've seen in quite some time........

[LegendaryCaleb]

MSU will beat ND...im not worried...
how in the heck r we hapless?
dont hate milkman...dont hate

[Darth Elektra]

Clemson 3-0!

[LegendaryCaleb]

Clemson 3-0!
3-0 club with msu ...FTW

[Fran]

I wouldn't be surprised if Notre Dame beat MSU - the hapless Spartans looked terrible against BG and Pitt. Although, ND might be the worst College Football team I've seen in quite some time........

Are you joking? Wow, what an ignorant statement.

If we were hapless, we'd be 1-2. If we were hapless, we would have blown those 21-17 and 14-13 leads, but we didn't. We put them away.

:whatever::whatever::whatever: I think you forgot that we fired John L. Smith.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Are you joking? Wow, what an ignorant statement.

If we were hapless, we'd be 1-2. If we were hapless, we would have blown those 21-17 and 14-13 leads, but we didn't. We put them away.

:whatever::whatever::whatever: I think you forgot that we fired John L. Smith.
hes just a hater....

and just to for fun
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/TDKJOKER/johnlslap.gif

[Fran]

Notre Dame really looks like they could go 0-12. They look like pure s***.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Notre Dame really looks like they could go 0-12. They look like pure s***.
Sat, Sep 22 Michigan State 3:30 pm --
Sat, Sep 29 at Purdue TBA --
Sat, Oct 6 at (11) UCLA 8:00 pm --
Sat, Oct 13 (21) Boston College 3:30 pm --
Sat, Oct 20 (1) USC 3:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 3 Navy 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 10 Air Force 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 17 Duke 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 24 at Stanford 3:30 pm

imma go 4-5 for nd

[Fran]

Oh my God, USC's gonna lay 70 on them. :o

[LegendaryCaleb]

Oh my God, USC's gonna lay 70 on them. :o
maybe more...they are whore-rific

[Immortalfire]

Just for fun..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/immortalfire/SECcoaches-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/immortalfire/ACCcoaches.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/immortalfire/big12coaches.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/immortalfire/Big10coaches.jpg

Why are there 11 in the Big Ten :huh:

[Fran]

Can't see it.

[DarthRekal]

why is there no PAC 10:huh:

[Mister J]

Why don't Friedgen and Mangino have turkey legs in their hands? :huh:

[Byrd Man]

Saban is the best one. Plus. Spurrier looks stoned.

[Fran]

It's entirely accurate. :D

[Immortalfire]

why is there no PAC 10:huh:
http://www.udubdish.com/images/admin/Pac_10_small_1.jpg


Edit: Found one, kinda small though.

[Fran]

Saban left MSU for the $. Left LSU for the $. Left Miami for the $.

Basically sums up his career. :o

[DarthRekal]

Because you smell.



jk, Can't find one. Same for the Big East.


i knew i shoulda showered when i woke up:oldrazz:

[Immortalfire]

Why don't Friedgen and Mangino have turkey legs in their hands? :huh:

The Fridge has an ice cream cone, and Mangino looks like he's chewing on something. His cud, probably.

[StorminNorman]

Saban left MSU for the $. Left LSU for the $. Left Miami for the $.

Basically sums up his career. :o

Saban was making more at Miami than he is at Alabama. :o

[Badger]

I sooo might make the "Fatty" Mangino my avatar. :ninja:

[Byrd Man]

Saban was making more at Miami than he is at Alabama. :o

True. But have you seen all the perks in his contract?

He can use the Alabama private jet anytime he wants to.
The AD must call him "Sir" or "Mister Saban" at all times
If they win a NC, he has the option to become govenor of Alabama.

[DarthRekal]

http://www.udubdish.com/images/admin/Pac_10_small_1.jpg


Edit: Found one, kinda small though.
:up:

[StorminNorman]

True. But have you seen all the perks in his contract?

He can use the Alabama private jet anytime he wants to.
The AD must call him "Sir" or "Mister Saban" at all times
If they win a NC, he has the option to become govenor of Alabama.

Yes - but none of those involve him going to Alabama for more money.

Which is all that matters.

Norm:1 Fran:0:ninja:

[Fran]

At least we got a vote in the latest AP poll. :)

[rdh007]

Yes - but none of those involve him going to Alabama for more money.

Which is all that matters.

Norm:1 Fran:0:ninja:

Except the private plane. That isn't free. It also isn't real, but hey...

[Byrd Man]

At least we got a vote in the latest AP poll. :)

Thanks for the reminder. I checked the latest AP.

USC at 12 :wow:

Sweet. Highest we've been ranked in a good while.

[Cmill216]

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4143/32581010zf0.jpg

:heart:

Go Knights, go. A great game, one of the best experiences of my life. Couldn't have asked for a bigger effort from the team. We went toe-to-toe with the Texas Longhorns. How sweet it is.

[StorminNorman]

Kevin Smith for Heisman.

[Cmill216]

Kyle Israel and Kevin Smith for Co-Heisman.

[Addendum]

Why are there 11 in the Big Ten :huh:

Penn State joined in 1990, making it 11. And the logo has an 11 in it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Big10logo.gif

[StorminNorman]

Kyle Israel and Kevin Smith for Co-Heisman.

Kyle Israel...

I don't talk about Kyle Israel :(

[LegendaryCaleb]

i need to put on a sparty avatar....i got two to choose from

[Johnny Blaze]

:csad: Yeah......I hate this season.
Vols fan? :woot:

Saban is the best one. Plus. Spurrier looks stoned.
Spurrier looks like a crackhead. :o

[Byrd Man]

Spurrier looks like a crackhead. :o

I know. How else do you think he got the #4 recruiting classing in the nation?

"C'mon on and sign with Carolina, baby. I'll suck yo d***."

[Johnny Blaze]

I know. How else do you think he got the #4 recruiting classing in the nation?

"C'mon on and sign with Carolina, baby. I'll suck yo d***."

It's sad, but I could actually see him do that just to win. :o

[Byrd Man]

It's sad, but I could actually see him do that just to win. :o

Heh, me too.

[Immortalfire]

Penn State joined in 1990, making it 11. And the logo has an 11 in it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Big10logo.gif

Big Te(lev)en.

[rdh007]

There's eleven because Northwestern helps keep the academic end up.

Also, I just found out that Russell Crowe cheers the Michigan side:
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070916/SPORTS06/709160699/1054

[Fran]

Yeah, I saw that yesterday during the halftime intermission for the U-M/ND game. :dry:

[Milkman95]

Are you joking? Wow, what an ignorant statement.

If we were hapless, we'd be 1-2. If we were hapless, we would have blown those 21-17 and 14-13 leads, but we didn't. We put them away.

:whatever::whatever::whatever: I think you forgot that we fired John L. Smith.

Ignorant? Uh, no. It's called an opinion as well as history and the hapless product MSU has put on the field the last 5 years, not to mention that ridiculous loss last year to ND. Don't get too defensive and start name calling, it's un-called for.

Yes, thankfully my favorite Redneck John L. is gone, but it's still going to take some time to get this program respectable again. I see the new coach making them bowl eligible every year, I think he's that good....

[Fran]

I'm not namecalling at all. I'm just really wondering why you think State just plain sucks.

55-18 over a UAB team that hung with Florida State the next week. Beat a good MAC team in Bowling Green, and passed our first true test against Pitt.

[Badger]

Mizzou moved into the top 25 in both polls!! :woot:

Look for them to hang up 60+ next week. :up:

[Fran]

You guys beat up on a WMU team still trying to find its identity. They've got good players, but it's just not gelling together right now.

[Badger]

Oh I know, I'm just glad they cracked the the Top 25. And, they are playing a worse team this week, Illinios State. The week after that we will see what the Tigers are made of when they host Nebraska.

[rdh007]

I'm not namecalling at all. I'm just really wondering why you think State just plain sucks.

55-18 over a UAB team that hung with Florida State the next week. Beat a good MAC team in Bowling Green, and passed our first true test against Pitt.
I said before the season, State beats U-M this year.

[Addendum]

I hate to admit it, but it's true

[Mister J]

Like hell. :cmad:

[Addendum]

I expected better from Michigan this year, hell every fan did. But I doubt that Michigan will beat State. I'd like to see a win, but I happen to be a realist

[Milkman95]

I'm not namecalling at all. I'm just really wondering why you think State just plain sucks.

55-18 over a UAB team that hung with Florida State the next week. Beat a good MAC team in Bowling Green, and passed our first true test against Pitt.

I don't know about Pitt being a test, but okay. Also, I don't think they suck, but the program hasn't done squat since Saban, and even then, he didn't accomplish much. Thank God MSU plays U-M later this year, that way their famous collapse after the U-M game won't last long this year..........

[StorminNorman]

UCF over Memphis big this Saturday.

Lets welcome Conference USA to The Bright House in style.

[Addendum]

I don't except much from Memphis' football team. Now the basketball program- that's another thing

[Ben Urich]

UCF over Memphis big this Saturday.

Lets welcome Conference USA to The Bright House in style.

Did you join the Poke the Opposing Quarterback group on Facebook? :huh::woot::up:

[StorminNorman]

Did you join the Poke the Opposing Quarterback group on Facebook? :huh::woot::up:

I did.

I also created "Kevin Smith For Heisman!"

http://photos-218.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v123/234/73/1120650218/n1120650218_30153625_6254.jpg

[Ben Urich]

I did.

I also created "Kevin Smith For Heisman!"

http://photos-218.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v123/234/73/1120650218/n1120650218_30153625_6254.jpg

:woot::up:

[Immortalfire]

I did.

I also created "Kevin Smith For Heisman!"

http://photos-218.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v123/234/73/1120650218/n1120650218_30153625_6254.jpg

Ahahahaha

[Mister J]

The look on Grossman's face seems frighteningly accurate.

[cookiva]

Because it IS happening....

[LegendaryCaleb]

I did.

I also created "Kevin Smith For Heisman!"

http://photos-218.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v123/234/73/1120650218/n1120650218_30153625_6254.jpg
lol...why do u have pics like this stored on ur computer? :p

[Cracker Jack]

Never mind.

[cookiva]

lol...why do u have pics like this stored on ur computer? :p

Why not??? Grossman and buttsex is like peanut butter and jelly.

[Memphis Slim]

Bob Kravitz
Notre Dame really owes Willingham an apology

Indy Star

C'mon, Domers, let me hear it.
http://www.indystar.com/graphics/clear.gifhttp://www.indystar.com/graphics/clear.gif
Sorry, Tyrone.
I'm sorry, can you repeat that?
Sorry, coach Willingham.
Come on, people, let me hear it, this time with gusto, and sound like you really mean it.
Sorrrrry, Ty! We were wrong! We were out of line! We never should have run you out of Notre Dame after just three years!!
There, then.
That's better.
Excuse me if Notre Dame's fall from grace strikes me as a dose of karmic retribution. This goes all the way back to 1990 and the Domers' flagrantly self-serving decision to blow off the College Football Association and fly solo through the college football season. More recently, the big-dollar alums ran Willingham out of town, the first time a Notre Dame coach has been fired before the end of his first contract.
Turns out Willingham, who is starting to restore the University of Washington to its old luster, was a pretty good coach. And his replacement, Charlie Weis, is looking sadly and suspiciously like a fraud.
How bad is it?
Last in the nation in total offense. Last in the nation in rushing. Last in the nation in sacks allowed. They've lost five consecutive games, with five tough games coming up on the schedule. They've lost all five by 20 points or more.
This is Year 3 of the Weis regime. This is supposed to be the first year his recruits, whose classes have earned high marks from the various recruiting services, step up and take ownership of the program.
At Notre Dame's media day this summer, Weis was asked about the chance this might be a "rebuilding year.''
He answered, "May God strike me dead if I use that word. I never use that word. I have nine fifth-year seniors that came back for another year. Don't you think I owe it to them to try to win this year?''
This week, Notre Dame isn't just rebuilding; it's giving itself a do-over. It's declaring itself 0-0 and holding a training camp in late September. Can you begin to imagine the reaction if Willingham had tried such a stunt? He'd have been run out of town.
Oh, wait, he was run out of town anyway.
Can the Domers declare a do-over on that foolish 10-year contract extension they gave Weis in 2005? It really goes without saying, but we'll say it anyway:
This is all on Weis.
It's one thing to be the victim of an upset; we've seen lots of those this season. But Notre Dame has been humiliated. The Irish have been inept. A punch line.
The Domers fell in love with the idea of Weis, a former Notre Dame guy who sounds like them and looks like them, coming down from the NFL summit to scheme Notre Dame's way back to glory.
Now they're stuck with him.
Hard to feel much sympathy, really.
There are a lot of theories on Notre Dame's precipitous decline. And there's some truth to all of them:
Willingham's last full recruiting class, from 2004, was miserable, barely a top 50 class, according to the people who care about that sort of thing. One analyst said the talent level was worthy of a lower-tier MAC team. Those are the players who would be upperclassmen now.
On the flip side, Weis' first two recruiting classes have been highly rated, and his 2008 class, with 19 early commitments, rates as one of the country's best. There's always talent at Notre Dame.
Weis was guilty of over-thinking. Instead of giving his team a basic offensive foundation, he seemed to take a grab-bag approach to these early games. Weis is one of those coaches who believe their Xs and Os are better than yours. So far he has used three quarterbacks -- the first, Demetrius Jones, is transferring to Northern Illinois -- and three offenses. None worked.
Not to sound like Paul Hornung, but Notre Dame's heady academic standards limit the players the Irish can recruit.
There might be a hint of truth to that. The last time Notre Dame won a national title, in 1988, Tony Rice, a Prop 48 guy, was their quarterback. Lou Holtz was able to get kids into school that his successors could not. It was an issue often brought up by Bob Davie, although the Domers weren't particularly eager to accept it.
College football has entered the age of increased competitive parity. Appalachian State beats Michigan. Boise State beats Oklahoma last year. Central Florida nearly takes out Texas. Virtually every big-time program has gone through a dry spell in recent times. Even Miami and Florida State are struggling.
This, though, never should happen at Notre Dame. Never. Not when they have their very own network beaming all their games to the far reaches of the universe. The cupboard in South Bend should never be bare, no matter how high the academic standards might be.
Now then, Domers, wake up those echoes and scream it loud, so they can hear you all the way out in Seattle:
Sorry, Ty!!!!

[Fran]

It's true. Weis won with Tyrone's recruits.

Now he has a God-awful team with his own players.

[StorminNorman]

It's true. Weis won with Tyrone's recruits.

Now he has a God-awful team with his own players.

Surely you aren't trying to say Willingham is a better coach than Charlie Weis.

Weis has another year to bring in his players. His recruiting classes have always been top, he has brought an energy to a program that it didn't have - and he took Willingham's players that made ND fade back into obscurity and brought them to over preform the last two seasons.

The only reason this is being mentioned is the race factor and the fact that just as most of the media love Notre Dame too much, the same amount have an unnatural bias to them as well.

[Immortalfire]

Anyone know if Lou Holtz is still saying Notre Dame is gonna bounce back?

[StorminNorman]

Lou Holtz should so play Granny in any sort of "Beverly Hillbillies Return" movie.

[LegendaryCaleb]

Why not??? Grossman and buttsex is like peanut butter and jelly.
hmm...i do like peanut butter and jelly...*saves grossman buttsex image*

[DarthRekal]

FIGHT ON TROJANS! :up:



please dont flame me.. they are the only thing GOOD IN LA :csad:

[Immortalfire]

http://www.gweb.de/ttt/torg/pic/elephant.jpg

The Dawgs pack up the elephant guns, and head down to Tuscaloosa this week.

[LegendaryCaleb]

MSU beats ND this week

[Immortalfire]

MSU beats ND this week

I'll second that.

[Addendum]

The question is who couldn't beat Notre Dame

[Immortalfire]

The question is who couldn't beat Notre Dame

Navy?

[Addendum]

I'd say Duke

[Badger]

My guess would be Duke as well, though they did beat Northwestern. :woot:

[Tangled Web]

Willingham should have never left Stanford. Notre Dame firing a coach after five years should have sent the message that schools demand satisfaction.

= Karl Dorrell has been around this long?

[Tangled Web]

http://www.udubdish.com/images/admin/Pac_10_small_1.jpg


Edit: Found one, kinda small though.

Karl Dorrell: "The Thinker" I don't know what the **** I'm doing. Look at my blank eyes. I've had five years on the job but I'm "still learning". Note the play book the pants.

Pete Carroll: Shifty eyes. "The Humanitarian" and his shifty eyes are ready to compete for a title or even claim one. Note the messy hair as dirty as his program and the dogs his running backs coach used to torture.

Dirk Koetter: Out of the job. Incompetent as noted by the drool. Erickson should install the West Coast Thug offense any time soon.

Jeff Tedford: "I beat USC once" = Digger Phelps.

Mike Stoops: Crazy mother ****er who throws tantrums on the sideline.

Walt Harris: Out of the job. Still a better coach than Dorrell. Well, maybe.

Bill Doba: Older guy, wise old sea dog, plays the best teams around sometimes. Too bad he's at WSU.

Ty Willingham: According to this picture, he is pissed. I'm glad he put the names back on UW's unis. He might embarass us this Saturday but he's still not a good coach anymore.

Mike Belloti: Wearing his old porn stache. He doesn't wear it anymore, too bad his team hasn't been relevent since then either.

Mike Reilly: Cry baby "UCLA should have hired me!" Yes you were the better cantidate but you need to let it go. Almost as bad as Carroll *****ing about the crowd noise at the Rose Bowl. He probably complained about it at Corvallis like the ***** he is.




Terry Bowden will take over as UCLA head coach one day.

[Byrd Man]

SPOUTIN' SPURRIER

One of the great things about Steve Spurrier is, of course, his mouth, which, when articulating his mind's considerable confidence can get him in trouble.

Actually, it would get him into a lot more trouble if he (at least at the college level) didn't tend to back it up. Consider 1995 when Spurrier, then the coach of Florida, was asked if he thought the Gators could beat Georgia for a seventh consecutive year.
"Is Ray Goff still coaching there," Spurrier said, of a man he also once called "Ray Goof." Was that wise? It didn't matter, UF went to Athens and won 52-17. Goff was fired soon after.
So this is Spurrier. He says things other coaches wouldn't dare – either out of courtesy, common sense or because they can't crack a good joke. (When a campus fire at Auburn once destroyed some football players' books he said, "The real tragedy is that half of them hadn't been colored in yet.")

This hasn't changed since getting his comeuppance at the [COLOR=black]Washington Redskins or with his move in 2005 to South Carolina, a perennial 6-5 program that has never won the SEC.

Spurrier, 62, is still talking though, bold and cold. And last April, on one of those perfect spring nights in the South, post practice and in the shadows of Williams-Brice Stadium, Spurrier talked like few coaches would ever dare.

"Time to win," he said. "It's time to win now. We should compete for the SEC. It's time."
There would be no more talk about rebuilding, no excuses about dealing with probation left behind by the cheating of the Lou Holtz regime and no blathering about the brutally tough SEC.
Instead he raised expectations. He increased the urgency. He made proclamations that even the most excitable Gamecock fanatic might have thought twice about. Ready or not, South Carolina was coming. It was time, Spurrier decided, to get serious.
"Maybe we can," he shrugged. "Maybe we can't. But that's what we're here for."

*****
He was saying about the same thing Tuesday, as he prepared for the biggest test of the season.
South Carolina, 3-0 and ranked No. 12, visits mighty, second-ranked Louisiana State on Saturday. A victory would change everything as suddenly the Gamecock=s really are in the hunt, suddenly the schedule almost looks (at least by SEC standards) kind of favorable and suddenly Spurrier, once again, doesn't look so crazy for saying crazy things.
The proof of Spurrier's coaching skill – if he needed any more proof – is the team he is winning with. This isn't your vintage Spurrier club, no high-flying offense, no waves of future NFL weapons to rotate out onto the field.

South Carolina is winning with defense, a ball control running attack and a great field goal kicker. It's downright boring. "I don't think we're going to set any records throwing the ball this year," he joked. He used to like to try to score 70 on people. A couple weeks ago his team beat nationally-ranked Georgia 16-12.
"It will be pretty hard for us to go down there and outscore them," Spurrier said of LSU. "We're looking for a ballgame somewhat like the Georgia game. Hopefully it will be a field goal game. That's the kind of game we would like to have happen."
Spurrier, 18-10 overall in Columbia, is probably never going to be able to amass the kind of talent he once had at Florida. Recruiting has been good, he's attracting some excellent players, but there is a reason South Carolina, despite great facilities and fervent fans, has never been great.
His new home state has a population of just four million (Florida has over 16 million). And while Louisiana isn't much bigger (especially post-Katrina), there isn't another strong in-state program there, like Clemson, that will always get its share of recruits.
"Basically, Tulane is the only school they compete with in-state for players and Louisiana has excellent high school football programs," Spurrier said wistfully. "They have it rolling right now. They have a big-time football program at LSU."
It is a reality that made people question why Spurrier took the job in Columbia in the first place. In his 12 seasons at Florida, he won the league six times and took home the national title in 1996. Before that, he even won at Duke, if you can believe it.
His college resume was beyond reproach, he could have sat back and waited for an LSU or Alabama or wherever to open. Heck, more than one school would have fired their guy to hire Spurrier.
But Florida wasn't a powerhouse when he went there, either. Spurrier may have won the 1966 Heisman as a Gator, but when he took over in 1990, it was so far behind then mega powers Florida State and Miami that the job appeared hopeless. Spurrier changed that. So he likes challenges.
"Look, if it was easy, it wouldn't be worth doin'," he said. "I tell recruits, you can come here and do things for the first time."

*****

There will be nothing easy Saturday in Baton Rouge. LSU is eyeing the title. Just two weeks ago it laid a historic 48-7 whipping on then No. 9 Virginia Tech. And 92,000-seat Tiger Stadium will be deafening, although Spurrier joked that will keep his quarterbacks from making ill-advised audibles – "We're better in the loud ballparks."
Spurrier's teams are generally better in big games. A year ago, in his first trip back to Gainesville, the Gamecock-s had the eventual national champions beat before a late rally and a final second blocked kick saved Florida's season.

So they shouldn't be scared and shouldn't be surprised and, even as the odds seem a little long, shouldn't be taken lightly.
Their coach, for one, will be confident because he is always confident. By any reasonable standard, this is a program that should still have a ways to go, that still shouldn't be capable of beating No. 2 on the road. Any other coach would be reminding everyone of that, downplaying the team's chances, worrying about perception.
Spurrier's standard, though, isn't reasonable. Not now, not ever. Just ask him.

Good read, even though they won't do it. I'm hoping USC can come away with the upset. As long as they keep it close and make a good game out of it, I'll be happy.

[Kelly]

The question is who couldn't beat Notre Dame


Right now, Tennessee...............:csad: :csad: :csad: :csad:

[Addendum]

My guess would be Duke as well, though they did beat Northwestern. :woot:

If Duke can beat Notre Dame in football, that'd be some funny ****

[Fran]

MSU beats ND this week

Without a doubt.

I hate that HUGE guy. The HUGE Show, on AM radio around here.

"State HAS to win this game. They're gonna have a tough time in South Bend. I love Michigan more than life itself. I'm gay for Lloyd Carr. blah blah blah"

[Badger]

If Duke can beat Notre Dame in football, that'd be some funny ****

It certainly would. :woot:

[Fran]

I had an awful nightmare. That MSU lost to ND 91-10. :csad:

It all started with that HUGE guy from the radio. :cmad:

[LegendaryCaleb]

that dream is just a nightmare...never gonna happen...ill put $5 internet dollars on it

[Fran]

http://images.radcity.net/5945/523272.jpg
DIE! :cmad:

[Immortalfire]

I had an awful nightmare. That MSU lost to ND 91-10. :csad:

It all started with that HUGE guy from the radio. :cmad:

Geez fran, what are you eating at night :wow:

[Fran]

Lou Holtz's voice was in my head. :csad:

"You're going to loseth that game!"

[Immortalfire]

Get the dreamer out of your dreams.

[LegendaryCaleb]

http://images.radcity.net/5945/523272.jpg
DIE! :cmad:
just tell me when
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/TDKJOKER/523272.jpg

[Fran]

Get the dreamer out of your dreams.

If I think sexy thoughts it'll go away. My girlfriend is coming down tomorrow. :yay:

[Byrd Man]

Lou Holtz's voice was in my head. :csad:

"You're going to loseth that game!"

I have a similar dream. Only Holtz is saying "Suffering Succotash!" right in my face and I'm wearing goggles to block the spit.

[Fran]

We must stop the monster.

[Addendum]

I always thought Lou Holtz was a good coach, but now that he's on ESPN, I no longer think of a good coach. I think of that one family member that's kinda crazy and makes the grandkids laugh at family dinners

[Mister J]

I want Trev back. :(

[StorminNorman]

Trev was better than every other commentator :(

[Immortalfire]

I always thought Lou Holtz was a good coach, but now that he's on ESPN, I no longer think of a good coach. I think of that one family member that's kinda crazy and makes the grandkids laugh at family dinners

Holtz is delusional, and Mark May wants to make love to Pete Carroll. What a team.

[Mister J]

'Canes look good tonight. :hyper:

[bored]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/immortalfire/big12coaches.jpg

It's... beautiful.

[Mister J]

Dominating performance tonight in the OB. Got a little sloppy at times and the game wasn't as close as the final score indicated, but 34-17 is muy bueno. :up:

[LegendaryCaleb]

gj miami

[Fran]

Let's whoop some Irish ASS! :cmad::cmad:

[Mister J]

Michigan State/Notre Dame. Whoever loses, I win. :)
...though I suppose, by the same token, I also lose. :confused:

[Fran]

If State wins, you lose. :up:

[Mister J]

It appears so, because seeing woeful ND beat State would give me a bigger laugh than seeing the Irish take another loss.

...I think.

[Fran]

I'll hang myself if State loses. My sure bet of the week :csad:

You will believe, a man CAN cry. :csad:

[Green Lantern]

We don't believe you're a man Fran :o

[Ben Urich]

We don't believe you're a man Fran :o

He'll prove you wrong. :otto:

[LegendaryCaleb]

msu has got it in the bag...(am i too cocky?)

[Tangled Web]

Notre Dame over MSU. I rather ND get their first over MSU than over my Bruins. Under a hapless Dorrell coach team, anything can happen.

[Badger]

Couple upsets brewing: Ball State is up on Nebraska about half way through the 3 quarter (not likely to end that way) and Louisville is losing big to Syracuse toward the end of the 3rd quarter.

[StorminNorman]

Its time for my Knights to Shine.

Or..it will be in 50 minutes...

Though I am quite pissed. I checked yesterday afternoon and it said I did not have a student ticket - so I high tailed it back home to watch the Georgia-Alabama game with the family (the UCF game is also televised). I check my e-mail today and I find that I did get a ticket.

WTF is UCF thinking sending e-mails on Friday night for the next days game? :cmad:

[Mister J]

Couple upsets brewing: Ball State is up on Nebraska about half way through the 3 quarter (not likely to end that way) and Louisville is losing big to Syracuse toward the end of the 3rd quarter.
That's surprising to say the least. Syracuse is atrocious.

[LegendaryCaleb]

my bro woke me up this morning saying that msu was already playing and they were 30 points down and hoyer had 5 int......i was so tired i believed him for a second

[Cmill216]

USF taking care of business. Should be #2 in the Big East after today.

[Venom'sDad]

That's surprising to say the least. Syracuse is atrocious.

It's only a ten point lead.... 31-21

[Mister J]

It's 38-21 now and even if it were only 10 again, it's still ridiculous. Syracuse is just awful; they haven't been close to a win all year. On top of that Louisville is playing at home against a team they're familiar with. This is way surprising.

[StorminNorman]

USF taking care of business. Should be #2 in the Big East after today.

Traitor :ninja:

I need USF-UCF tickets:csad:

[Byrd Man]

Wow. Ole Miss is making a game out of it with Florida. 27-24 end of the 3rd.

[Cmill216]

Traitor :ninja:

Hater. :mad:

I've got mad secret love for my Tampa kids. 11 years and already a ranked factor in the BCS conversation. :up:

Plus, Trae Williams is my fellow Cougar alum tigga. :up:

I need USF-UCF tickets:csad:

Any opportunity to go to RJ is gold for me. :hyper:

[StorminNorman]

Hater. :mad:

I've got mad secret love for my Tampa kids. 11 years and already a ranked factor in the BCS conversation. :up:

Plus, Trae Williams is my fellow Cougar alum tigga. :up:

Your perfectly justified logic is irrelevant :cmad:

Any opportunity to go to RJ is gold for me. :hyper:

We should make a trip out of it. Kevin Smith needs my love. :heart:

[Fran]

Notre Dame definitely looks motivated, but I love what Dantonio said right before kickoff:

"I don't care about [the mood of] Notre Dame, I care about the Spartans."

[Cmill216]

UCF RB Kevin Smith, the nation's leading rusher:

14 carries, 96 yds, 1 TD......in the first quarter. :eek:

[Cmill216]

UCF RB Kevin Smith, the nation's leading rusher:

14 carries, 96 yds, 1 TD......in the first quarter. :eek:

17 carries, 111 yds, 2 TDs.....early in the 2nd. :eek:

UCF 21, Memphis 0

[Fran]

MSU 14 ND 7 :up:

[LegendaryCaleb]

Never a doubt in my mind....ND got there TD from bull*hit mistakes...we've come to win....we got this

[Fran]

Not over by a long shot, dude. ND looks a tad better compared to last week.

[Mee]

Wasn't a great game, but Gators win again. :up:

[Fran]

Gators haven't won in Mississippi in 13 years. Good job though :up:

[Cmill216]

17 carries, 111 yds, 2 TDs.....early in the 2nd. :eek:

UCF 21, Memphis 0

......

20 carries, 113 yds, 3 TDs....in the 2nd quarter. :eek:

UCF 28, Memphis 0

[LegendaryCaleb]

Not over by a long shot, dude. ND looks a tad better compared to last week.
its a known fact...im over confident on gameday...:p

[Fran]

Ohio State, last time I checked, was up 35-0 with 14 min. left in the second. Jesus...

[X-Rated]

Montana State Bobcats 7 vs Weber State Wildcats 0

[LegendaryCaleb]

dang 17-14

[Cmill216]

UCF 42, Memphis 0

End of the first half

[Mister J]

Michigan left at least 6 points on the table on those last two drives. Need to capitalize better. Still, I'll take 7-3 and the half and hopefully the D continues to play well and Mallett settles down a bit more.

This season's FG execution is horrid. :dry:

[Addendum]

UCF 42, Memphis 0

End of the first half

My town should just give up football

[Immortalfire]

My word, LSU's field goal fake for a touchdown is destined to be an ESPN top play.

[Cmill216]

My word, LSU's field goal fake for a touchdown is destined to be an ESPN top play.

That was sick as hell. :up:

[StorminNorman]

UCF charge onto the field.
With out spirit we'll never yield.
Black and Gold march right through the line
Victory is our cry V! I! C! T! O! R! Y!
Tonight our Knights will shine!!!

[Addendum]

UCF charge onto the field. With out spirit we'll never yield. Black and Gold march right through the line - Victory is our cry V! I! C! T! O! R! Y! Tonight our Knights will shine!!!

http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/images/victoly.gif

http://koskionline.com/blog/wp-content/rlcsig0jy.jpg

[Cmill216]

I can't believe out of all the games I could be missing, it's the one where my team is up by 42 at the half. :(

[Addendum]

Your team has lots of strongth.

Then again, they're playing Memphis

[StorminNorman]

I expected our offense to be great.

But our defense is blowing me away - Memphis averaged 500 yards a game before this one.

They hung with Ole Miss too!

[StorminNorman]

48-0 UCF (PAT Pending)

EDIT: 49-0

[Cmill216]

72 yd TD pass to start the 3rd quarter.

UCF 49, Memphis 0

[Fran]

Spartans better wake up.

[StorminNorman]

Memphis finally scored :(

Missed the PAT though

[Fran]

24-14 Spartans, and they stopped a 4th and 1 :up:

[Mister J]

Michigan needs to stop screwing around and take advantage of these mistakes.

[LegendaryCaleb]

spartans r sexy

[Fran]

Michigan needs to stop screwing around and take advantage of these mistakes.

I'm switching to that game in-between breaks. What an epic game. :dry:

:oldrazz:

[Mister J]

It's OVA! Big Blue wins! That's 9 straight against JoePa's boys. :up:

Big efforts by the D and Mike Hart. Mallett made some big plays too. They're making the transition from being a talented team to a good team. Need to keep it up.

[Badger]

How happy are all the Michigan and Michigan State fans today?!?!

Pretty ****ing Happy, would be my guess.

Enjoy it while you can MSU fans... :ninja:

[Immortalfire]

I switched over to ESPN..saw Lispin' Lou on there yakking about something. I changed the channel back. :oldrazz: :woot:

[Mister J]

I was watching Rece and the Two Stooges yesterday and during his mock pep speech (which wasn't bad), it actually seemed as if Holtz's lisp was getting worse. :confused:

[Immortalfire]

Arkansas is putting the hurtin on Kentucky.

[LegendaryCaleb]

How happy are all the Michigan and Michigan State fans today?!?!

Pretty ****ing Happy, would be my guess.

Enjoy it while you can MSU fans... :ninja:
im sure the feeling will last next week too;)

[Immortalfire]

Gotta say, I'm impressed that Gameday went to Tuscaloosa, mainly given how much ESPN despises this conference.

[Excel]

USF is nasty

[Immortalfire]

Touchdown Bulldogs!!!!!! :woot:

[Mister J]

Gotta say, I'm impressed that Gameday went to Tuscaloosa, mainly given how much ESPN despises this conference.
They've been to places like Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Jacksonville before and a good number of the announcers are always citing the SEC as the top conference in addition to highlighting a number of the relevant games. The USC love is a bit much at times, but I've long thought that ESPN has given the conference its due respect.

I guess what I'm saying is...

What'choo talkin' bout' 'fire? :ninja:

[Badger]

im sure the feeling will last next week too;)

Are you not feeling well? :huh:

:woot:

[Cmill216]

Is Mike Patrick not the greatest play-by-play announcer eva? :D

[Ben Urich]

UCF. :up:

[Mister J]

Is Mike Patrick not the greatest play-by-play announcer eva? :D
:up:

I was particularly a fan of his work on Sunday Night Football, but he's top notch all around.

[Immortalfire]

Is Mike Patrick not the greatest play-by-play announcer eva? :D

No, he is. :hyper:

http://www.onlineathens.com/dogbytes/collegefootball2002/images/munsonLR.jpg

[Byrd Man]

My word, LSU's field goal fake for a touchdown is destined to be an ESPN top play.

Yeah. That was the play that ended the game for us.

[Mister J]

Notre Dame hit new depths Saturday, becoming the first team in the school's 119-season history to lose its first four games.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3259/lolji4.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Cmill216]

I was particularly a fan of his work on Sunday Night Football, but he's top notch all around.

He makes every other play sound EPIC. :trans:

[Immortalfire]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3259/lolji4.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Holy heart failure! :wow:

[Badger]

Holy heart failure! :wow:

Top that off with a loss to Navy, and we may just see a contract buy out.