2007 NCAA Football Thread

[Byrd Man]

That fake FG was sick. Don't mean to rub it in, I just didn't see it until late last night.

Naah, it's fine. I agree it was sick, although I mean it in another way. That was the play at did them in for good.

 

[Fran]

I saw Spurrier just laughing at it. Amazing to see.

 

[Byrd Man]

I saw Spurrier just laughing at it. Amazing to see.

Yeah. If anyone can appreciate a good fake, it's him.

 

[Tangled Web]

USC scheduled these games years ago.

Yeah they scheduled these games when Idaho was a power house!

 

[Immortalfire]

Some dude on Youtube called me a ***. All I did was comment "Go Dawgs!" on a clip of Stafford's last TD pass, and this guy was all "alabama rocks, you ***!"

 

[XtromaniaK]

'Bama got rocked. I don't know if they do rock, though.

 

[Mee]

Some dude on Youtube called me a ***. All I did was comment "Go Dawgs!" on a clip of Stafford's last TD pass, and this guy was all "alabama rocks, you ***!"

How will your life go on?

 

[Cmill216]

UCF....#35?! Woot!

 

[Venom'sDad]

Yeah they scheduled these games when Idaho was a power house!

LOL! I just got four letters for you web...

U T A H

 

[X-Ray]

Yeah they scheduled these games when Idaho was a power house!

Didn't one of Carroll's assistant take the Idaho HC job. Scheduled as many Pac 10 schools as he can. And before he even coached a game for Idaho. Bailed out on them and headed back to SC.

What a ***** move.

 

[Byrd Man]

Word from Spurrier: Blake Mitchell is out at starting QB.Chris Smelley is now starting.

Let me say that again. We have a QB named Smelley. This is going to be trouble. Carolina also has a running back named Rank. A fullback named Fart would seal the deal.

 

[huskerwebhead]

*sigh* Well it looks like we could potentially lose any or all of our remaining games. Our defense is just embarrassing. And even though the offense looked better, they still couldn't run on an undersized defense. Looks like it's going to be a looong, painful season. Some major changes need to happen...and it needs to start with Cosgrove.

 

[Immortalfire]

Bulldogs jump to #15

 

[Badger]

*sigh* Well it looks like we could potentially lose any or all of our remaining games. Our defense is just embarrassing. And even though the offense looked better, they still couldn't run on an undersized defense. Looks like it's going to be a looong, painful season. Some major changes need to happen...and it needs to start with Cosgrove.

See ya in two weeks, GO MIZZOU!!

 

[Spider-Fan]

Anyone catch that OSU game? My Buckeyes trounced them Wildcats t:

 

[Immortalfire]

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy gives the media what for..

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This is the article he's referring to..

Spoiler

September 22, 2007

By Jenni Carlson
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Bobby Reid stood near the team charters last
Friday night, using his cell phone, eating his boxed meal.

It would've been normal post-game activity but for one
thing.

His mother was feeding him chicken.

Which brings us to the quarterback switch-a-roo at Oklahoma
State.

Don't see the connection?

Let me explain. Cowboy coaches have gone full-speed ahead
with the Zac Attack, opting to start Robinson over Reid a
week ago, then sticking with him against Texas Tech today
even after an embarrassing loss at Troy. Weren't we being
told just last week that Reid was still the guy? All the
weight with which Cowboy coaches were backing Reid has
totally shifted to Robinson.

The change seems sudden.

Thing is, it may not be as abrupt as it looks. If you
believe the rumors and the rumblings, Reid has been
pushing coaches that way for quite some time.

Tile up the back stories told on the sly over the past few
years, and you see a pattern that hasn't always been
pretty.

Word is that Reid has considered transferring a couple
different times, the first as early as 2005. Reid, then a
redshirt freshman, was facing competition from returner
Donovan Woods, and apparently, Reid considered leaving OSU
just because he had to compete for the spot.

Reid's nerves have also been an issue. Earlier this year,
he told our Andrea Cohen about his game-day emotions.

"I get sweaty palms. I get the butterflies in my stomach. I
sweat lot,” he said then. "I've been playing this game for
15 years. And I can honestly say every game I've played
in, I've been nervous. It's not so much me being scared; I
just get to a point where I start worrying about a lot of
things I can't control.”

A lot of guys get nervous, some even puke before games. How
you handle the nerves is important, though, and Reid
hasn't always managed them well. He has gotten off to some
extremely slow starts, putting the Cowboys in some holes.
Some, they dug out of, with Reid often wielding the
biggest shovel, and some, they couldn't.

Then, there have been the injuries. No doubt some of Reid's
ailments have been severe, including an injured shoulder
that required surgery and forced him to redshirt. Other
times, though, Reid has been nicked in games and sat it
out instead of gutting it out.

Injuries are tricky, of course. You don't want a guy to put
himself in harm's way if he's really hurt, and yet,
football is one of those sports in which everyone plays
hurt. Aches and pains, bumps and bruises are part of the
gig.

Reid's injury against Florida Atlantic — whatever it was —
appeared minor but just might have been the thing that
pushed Cowboy coaches over the edge. Even though Mike
Gundy said last week that Robinson got the nod because he
had the better week of practice, insiders say that the
coaches decided to bench Reid early in the week. The
bottom line: The switch is less about Robinson's play and
more about Reid's attitude.

"The coaches made a decision,” Reid told our Mike Baldwin
after the Troy game. "I just have to go with it, get
better and get back on the field.”

There's something to be said for not being a malcontent,
but you can almost see Reid shrugging his shoulders as he
says those words. Does he have the fire in his belly?

Or does he want to be coddled, babied, perhaps even fed
chicken?

That scene in the parking lot last week had no bearing on
the Cowboys changing quarterbacks, and yet, it said so
much about Reid. A 21-year-old letting his mother feed him
in public? Most college kids, much less college football
players, would just as soon be seen running naked across
campus.

And what of the scene television cameras captured earlier
that evening of Reid on the sidelines laughing with
assistant strength coach Trumain Carroll? The same cameras
showed him throwing his cap in disgust after a missed play
earlier, but to be laughing in the final minutes of an
embarrassing loss is bad form.


Reid is the most talented quarterback in Payne County, but
he hasn't proven that he's the toughest. If you listen to
the rumblings and the rumors, Cowboy coaches simply grew
weary of it.

Who knows? There might come a day when they grow tired of
something Robinson does, but for now, they appear willing
to sacrifice a bit of talent for a lot of grit.

 

[X-Ray]

^^^ Damn! Now there's a coach I would want to play for.

 

[Immortalfire]

You go, Gundy!

For a second I thought it was another Dennis Green-esque meltdown, but he handled this very well. I'm glad someone calls out the sports media on their constant crap.

 

[DarthRekal]

FIGHT ON!

 

[Badger]

Good lord!!! I so wished they would have panned over to the lady that wrote the article, I'm guessing she was there since he looked at someone the whole time. By the end of that, I bet she she was under her chair.

Good job coach.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

W00t! This Friday, Bulls Vs Mountaineers!
Game of the Week, and I'll be smack in the middle of the student section! t:

Only paid 16 dollars for the ticket since my buddy's enrolled there. Now got to plan out whether to get there 4 or 5 hours early for drunken fun.

 

[Cmill216]

I'll be watching that one on TV rooting on the Tampa kids. Go get 'em!

 

[Venom'sDad]

Bulldogs jump to #15

That's great Fire

USC jump to #1 ........ oh wait, we're already there...... sorry.

 

[Badger]

On the ESPN/USA Today poll, MSU is ranked 23rd.

forreal?

Notforlong, enjoy the Top25 while it lasts.

:heart:

 

[XtromaniaK]

Badgers are going down.