2007 NCAA Football Thread

[Immortalfire]

South Park SEC coaches sing Stayin' Alive

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[Badger]

Badgers are going down.

Not another MSU fan, it's like freaking plague. t:

It will be a good game, but the Badgers will pull it out in the end. If it wasn't at Camp Randall I'd be more worried.

 

[Fran]

Last time we played, remember what happened?

 

[Badger]

Last time we played, remember what happened?

2004, stop grasping at straws fran, you're better than that. If someone used that to prove a point to you, you'd be all "" about it.

 

[Fran]

I'm not gonna say anything else. I feel like that #9 ranking is overrated, but that's just my opinion.

 

[StorminNorman]

http://kevinsmithforheisman.com/

 

[Badger]

I'm not gonna say anything else. I feel like that #9 ranking is overrated, but that's just my opinion.

After the Iowa game they should have slid a spot or two, that I agree with.

No worries, heres to a good game Saturday.

 

[Ghostrider87]

Okalama State Head Coach get's his requst approved. There was a article today in the Sports section of the newspaper I get that called his rant Juvenile.

 

[Fran]

After the Iowa game they should have slid a spot or two, that I agree with.

No worries, heres to a good game Saturday.

No matter what happens, I'll always like you.

 

[Fran]

Also, I know I'm late, I just saw it last night, but:

THANK YOU, MIKE GUNDY.

 

[CrypticOne]

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



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.

This is a coach!

 

[Cmill216]

Saw Gundy's speech last night.

Un-believable.

 

[rdh007]

It seems to me that coach ought to worry more about the leaks in his program than how the paper reports those leaks. Seems like he was deflecting a bit.

 

[Byrd Man]

I kind of have mixed feelings about it, being in the journalism field and all. On one had, there's freedom of the press. And, on the other hand he's right. Guy's not a pro, but he is playing D1 ball. It's not exactly high school neither.

 

[Addendum]

Freedom of speech doesn't give the press the right to make crap up. If you want to make stuff up, write a novel or work at a tabloid

 

[Tangled Web]

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

U T A H

You got me.

Oh well:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=jo-bush_uscsidebar&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

[Ben Urich]

http://kevinsmithforheisman.com/

:heart:

 

[Fran]

I'm looking forward to the game, I'll be watching the second half after work

 

[Immortalfire]

This game ought to be quite a show. Go Bulls!

 

[Fran]

Okay, I'm gonna make a score prediction:

Michigan State 24, Wisconsin 21.

 

[Immortalfire]

Holy Hungas, I can't believe I missed having my teams in my sig like so many of you do! I have added em.

 

[Badger]

Okay, I'm gonna make a score prediction:

Michigan State 21, Wisconsin 24.

Fixed...

 

[Fran]

UW Badgers (#17) ~> 4-1

 

[Badger]

UW Badgers (#17) ~> 4-1

I will say, if they lose to Michigan State, the #17 is generous.

However, we will have to wait and see...

Spoiler

UW Badgers (#7) ~> 5-0
MSU Spartans (#25) ~> 4-1

 

[Fran]

Whateve.

Dude, if they were #23 and lost, it would be unranked again.