2008 NCAA Football Thread

[Mister J]

Damn. That might be Sylvester's job.

Houston Nutt has done a lot with that program in his first year.

LSU really turned to trash toward the end of the year.

 

[Green Lantern]

Chattanooga was a replacement team at the last minute of our schedule before the season began. Plus we had Cincinnati who our now Big East champs so that helps us and TCU.

Its still Chattanooga. A Division I-AA/Football Championship School whose only win of the season was over Division III Cumberland, a team who only played two games this year.

 

[Immortalfire]

It's gameday!!

 

[FaT_tONle]

It's gameday!!

Late night partying again? At least you got in before 10 AM...

 

[Dr. Evil]

So, Georgia will be playing the never pass offense of Tech?

The Bulldogs need to force Tech to throw.

 

[Immortalfire]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-mississippist-croomresigns&prov=ap&type=lgns

Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom has resigned after five years at the school. He was the first black head football coach in the Southeastern Conference.

Croom resigned Saturday, a day after an embarrassing 45-0 loss to No. 25 Mississippi in the rivalry game.

Croom led the Bulldogs to an 8-5 finish and the Liberty Bowl in 2007. But the team struggled a year later, finishing 4-8.

Croom went 21-38 overall.

Too bad, I like the Croom

 

[Mister J]

Sylvester Croom Resigns as Head Coach of Mississippi State.

Sylvester Croom has resigned as head coach of Mississippi State.

Ole Miss humiliated Mississippi State 45-0 on Friday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi State lost 97 yards on sacks alone and Ole Miss held the Bulldogs to minus-51 yards rushing, busting the previous school record of minus-16 set against Auburn in 1992.

Ole Miss held Mississippi State to 37 total yards on 56 plays and limited tailback Anthony Dixon to 14 yards a week after he rushed for a career-high 179 yards against Arkansas.

"I didn't see that one coming," Croom said Friday.

The most lopsided Egg Bowl since the Rebels won 48-0 in 1971 and another poor offensive performance by the Bulldogs cast more doubt on the fifth-year coach's future. He signed a contract extension following last year's breakthrough 8-5 performance, but was under pressure after difficulties on offense and special teams cost the Bulldogs this year.

Mississippi State would have been required to pay a multimillion buyout if Croom was fired, but the Bulldogs have had only one winning season since 2000.

Players showed support for their coach after Friday's blowout.

"I wanted to come out and win one for coach Croom," wide receiver Delmon Robinson said. "It's not about the plays, it's about the people out their executing the plays."

Croom's a good guy who I wanted to succeed (relative to what success can be perceived to be for MSU in the SEC). It seems as his departure is actually his decision, rather the university simply ushering him out the door.

edit: 'fire! Curse your swiftness in posting.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Croom will probably end up back in the NFL as an assistant. He's better off there anyways.

And the number of African American head coaches in College Football is now at 2, compared to the NFL, who have 7 (although that number will go down once Cincy, KC, Cleveland and S.F. all get new coaches next year).

 

[Immortalfire]

I like Croom a lot, in fact most SEC fans around have good things to say about him. He did a good job with Miss State, and most accounts I heard say he was a very nice fellow.

Best wishes to him in the future

 

[Immortalfire]

edit: 'fire! Curse your swiftness in posting.

If you're too close to fire, you might get BURNED. t:

 

[BlackLantern]

If you're too close to fire, you might get BURNED. t:

....how....witty....yea...witty

 

[Immortalfire]

What the bloody freakin hell Georgia...get your heads back in the game

 

[Mister J]

This goofy system of musical chair QBs has run its course. Pick a guy and leave it be. The offense can't forge an identity otherwise; that much is clear. I don't know how much of it falls on Patrick Nix's playcalling, but this is ridiculous.

Getting shredded on the ground (again) isn't that helpful either.

 

[BlackLantern]

Looks like Ga Tech pulled it out

 

[Immortalfire]

We lost to the freakin, assclown, stupid Bugs. What the bloody hell...

Our defense sucks ass.

I want to die.

 

[BlackLantern]

so it hurts like that to lose to Tech??

 

[Immortalfire]

In their entire history, the insects proclaim how much smarter they are, how much better they are than Georgia in everything. A lot of em are even crazy enough to think their sports programs are better.
Well, our athletic programs are infinitely superior to theirs in every game...and unless you want to be an engineer, there isn't much behind the "smarter" argument for Techies.

We own their ass in everything. Except today.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I feel you. My Aggies lost to the Longhorns AGAIN!

 

[BlackLantern]

to be honest, Franklin...considering how the Horns have played, did you really expect the Aggies to win?? I can understand Fire being upset because for most of this season Ga Tech has looked like a bunch of ******s out there

 

[Franklin Richards]

Throw the records out on Rivalry Week. I expected the Aggies to at least show up. If any game, THAT game.

I expect them to win the Longhorn game EVERY year.

 

[Immortalfire]

Looking at the score, I would normally say it was a good game...but considering who our opponent was, I cannot.

 

[BlackLantern]

I'm taking the Cowboys tonight....something tells me that OU might be over-confident from the Texas Tech game....

"I'm a man....I'm 40!!!!"

 

[Immortalfire]

I'm taking the Cowboys tonight....something tells me that OU might be over-confident from the Texas Tech game....

"I'm a man....I'm 40!!!!"

Actually, he's 41 now

 

[BlackLantern]

then he's even more of a man.....

 

[Immortalfire]

Maybe he spent the off season chillin with Hal Jordan :gl: