The ultimate College Football thread!!!!!!!!! OMG

[John McGuirk]

RG3 should win it. He's more important to his team than ANYONE else on the ballot, by far.

Also, UM getting into the BCS makes this system a joke, for real.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Looks like the Big East is expanding. Reports say they have lured SMU, Houston, Central Florida, Boise State and San Diego State

They are so desperate

The Conference Name will also be changing to "The Big East.....of Hawaii"

 

[Immortalfire]

The poor Broncos must think they're getting into a big boy conference.

 

[John McGuirk]

'Fire, you vs. me. Let's make the Outback Bowl the best bowl game of the season.

 

[Tangled Web]

I'm going to need a new school to root for. Mine is allegedly going to hire Jim Tressel. I don't want us to lose our soul.

I'd rather have Jim Mora Jr. At least we'd be irrelevant losers.

Heartbroken.

I'm thinking I'll root for Cincinnati or Vandy.

 

[Immortalfire]

Charlie Weis will be the new guy at Kansas. http://espn.go.com/college-football...sas-jayhawks-hire-charlie-weis-football-coach

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has been hired at Kansas.

Weis will be introduced during a news conference Friday on campus, where he'll try to rebuild a program that won the Orange Bowl just a few years ago but floundered under Turner Gill.

Weis is wrapping up his first season as offensive coordinator at Florida after spending one season directing the Kansas City Chiefs' offense. But his most extensive college experience came with the Fighting Irish, where he went 35-27 in five seasons.

The 55-year-old former New England Patriots assistant has also spent time with the New York Jets and New York Giants.

Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger is hopeful that his high profile will energize a fan base that had grown apathetic under Gill, who was fired after going 5-19 in just two seasons.

 

[Byrd Man]

That's not Charlie Weis. That's Mark Mangino with a toupee.

 

[bored]

After the last two years, I am totally cool with this. I am really surprised they actually landed a high profile coach.

 

[Immortalfire]

Army. Navy.

 

[Immortalfire]

Robert Griffin III wins the Heisman

 

[Poeman]

excellent choice....He will be a star in the NFL. Just hope he doesnt go to Miami

 

[Tangled Web]

Happy for RGIII.





Need a new program to root for next year. Mine committed suicide yesterday.

 

[Dr. Evil]

So UCLA hires Mini Mora.....that could backfire.

Never thought that Kansas would ever hire a coach as big as Mangino ever again. I was wrong about that. But since having a coach that isn't the size of Jupiter didn't work out for them, I guess they decided to go back to hiring that Jupiter sized head coach. I feel bad for all of the restuarants in Kansas though. When Mangino left, they celebrated. With Weiss, they are now sad.

 

[TMC1982]

http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/the-5th-annual-fangs-bites-college-football-tv-awards/

The College GameDay Award for Best Pregame Show — Yes, College GameDay.

The Keith Jackson Award for Best Play-by-Play — Joe Tessitore, ESPN/ABC.

Honorable mentions — Brad Nessler (ESPN/ABC), Gus Johnson (Fox/FX), Tom Hammond (NBC)

The Frank Broyles Award for Best Game Analyst — Charles Davis, Fox/FX.

Honorable mentions — Todd Blackledge (ESPN/ABC), Gary Danielson (CBS), Randy Cross (CBS Sports Network), Mike Mayock (NBC)

Best Overall Announcing Team — Gus Johnson/Charles Davis (Fox/FX).

Honorable mentions — Brad Nessler/Todd Blackledge (ESPN/ABC), Joe Tessitore/Rod Gilmore (ESPN), Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock (NBC)

The Jim Lampley Award For Best Studio Host — John Saunders, ESPN on ABC.

Honorable Mentions — Rece Davis (ESPN), Liam McHugh (NBC/Versus)

Best Studio Analyst — Spencer Tillman, CBS.

Honorable Mentions — Jesse Palmer (ESPN on ABC), Doug Flutie (NBC/Versus), Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN)

The Jack Arute Award for Sideline Reporting — Holly Rowe, ESPN/ABC.

Honorable mentions — Alex Flanagan (NBC), Heather Cox (ESPN/ABC)

Most Valuable Network — Fox.

Honorable Mention — SEC on CBS

Best Overall Coverage — CBS.

Honorable Mention — ESPN

Best Move — CBS moving LSU-Alabama to a primetime slot after making a four way trade with ESPN, CBS Sports Network and Versus in exchange for future considerations. The result was huge ratings for “The Game of the Century.”

The Pam Ward Award for Worst Play-by-Play — Craig Bolerjack, Fox Sports Net.

Dishonorable Mention — Pam Ward (ESPNU)

Worst Game or Studio Analyst — Matt Millen, ESPN/ABC.

Worst Move — Creation of the Longhorn Network, ESPN.

Worst Slippage — Verne Lundquist, CBS.

Most Bizarre Moment — Lee Corso’s F Bomb on College GameDay in Houston.

Honorable Mention — Lee Corso firing off guns again at the Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl.

 

[Tangled Web]

So UCLA hires Mini Mora.....that could backfire.

It probably will backfire. None of us thought our AD would be so disrespectful as to hire Mora.

Allergically he's stealing the O-Line coach from SMU and the WR and OC from ASU. They're supposed to be pretty good recruiters. So that has me feeling a little more warm toward the Mark Wahlberg look-alike.



Speaking of SMU, I read that Craig James is running for senate. Good, as long as he's off ESPN. He and Jessie Palmer are terrible. They're electrical closet bad.

 

[Tex]

Mark May and Lou Holtz are the worst. Hands down. They need to be off the air. Craig James comes in at a close third. He clearly hates Texas and has no problem showing it when he covers the games. He showed it during the Texas vs tamu game and Jessie Palmer had to try to change the subject or make a good comment about Texas. James is covering the Texas bowl game. I will watch it on mute.

 

[Matt]

So it seems that Todd Graham has left Pitt via text message (stay classy, Todd) for Arizona State of all places. Oh well, honestly, his "high octane," offense was a joke to begin with. I'm fine with it. I say they reach out to Russ Grimm. He is Pitt alumni who wants to be a head coach but he has cooled off since 2008, so I can't see him getting an NFL job (outside of Jacksonville maybe). Plus having a hall-of-famer would be good for recruiting. Give the Hog the job!

Alternatively, maybe Todd Haley. No one is going to be kicking in his door. His father has ties to the area and Haley grew up in Pittsburgh. Maybe he'll consider it. Along the same lines of no one kicking in the door, perhaps Tom Bradley? Quality coach who can't get a better offer due to guilt by association.

Of course, my dream, won't happen in a million years pick would be Pitt's most famous alumni. Dan Marino! Pitt's A.D. should seriously go to Marino and say, "Okay Dan, I know that you have no coaching experience and a cushy broadcasting job, but we will pay you five million dollars per season to let the coordinators run the team while you stand on the sidelines and make recruitment calls." Recruits would flock in by the masses to play for Dan Marino, he would be seen as the guy who turned a nothing program into National Champions and get all kinds of prestige! It is a brilliant, win/win!

 

[Matt]

Wikipedia entry on Todd Graham:

 

[John McGuirk]

Let the ******** flow.

 

[Immortalfire]

Yeah I heard about the bailing via text..that is low.

 

[Matt]

Let the ******** flow.

Not ********. Todd Graham wasn't good enough to warrant ********. In fact, basically anyone Pitt gets will be a step up. Like IF said, I think people are mad because of the way he did it (text message).

 

[Immortalfire]

It's very similar to how the hack named Lane Kiffin bolted from Tennessee with hardly a goodbye.

 

[Byrd Man]

Can't wait for the day when coaches resign by IM.

"I quit. Ur teh sux! ASU FTW! lol."

 

[John McGuirk]

I liked how he played it off all cool and said, "I am now on my way to Tempe."

Haha, what a *****e.

 

[Tangled Web]

It's very similar to how the hack named Lane Kiffin bolted from Tennessee with hardly a goodbye.

Can't stand that carpetbagger.