Iuz the Evil Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Let's do this. What the heck Ole Miss? https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/sports/ncaafootball/hugh-freeze-resign-ole-miss.html Enforcer84 and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 College football season starts one month from today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 College football season starts one month from today! Too soon! We shouldn't have football until after Labor Day. Even then, it sticks in my craw a little bit that they play college football before students report to their campuses. I like to think of college football as at least partly for the benefit of the student body in general, and anything that makes it harder for students to watch the games in person is detrimental to the cause. (I'm going to leave the debate as to whether football is appropriate at all for another thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 GO BEAVS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Too soon! We shouldn't have football until after Labor Day. Even then, it sticks in my craw a little bit that they play college football before students report to their campuses..... When you recognize that quarter-system schools tend not to start their autumn instruction until the last week of September, ... when there's money to be made, students are irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2017/06/07/oklahoma-coach-bob-stoops-retirement/102597330/ In case anyone hasn't heard, Bob Stoops retired as the Head Coach for the University of Oklahoma. Stoops, 56, compiled a 190-48 record during his career which included one national championship and 10 Big 12 titles. He is the school's all-time winningest coach, passing both Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson, who each won three national titles during their careers in Norman. Plus 2 Heisman trophy winners, bunch of All Americans. Won all the BCS bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta). He won more games in his first 18 seasons than any other college coach. Among the successes was an 11-7 record against rival Texas and a 14-4 mark against Oklahoma State. The Sooners were particularly difficult to beat in Norman. Stoops was 101-9 at Gaylord Memorial Stadium, including a school-record 39-game home winning streak. I'll miss him. Opposing schools not so much. Lincoln Riley has big shoes to fill, and a pretty short runway. I'll be very interested in how the season plays out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well we can't exactly expect you to miss opposing schools. massey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well we can't exactly expect you to miss opposing schools.True. I do not miss either Texas or Oklahoma State... you are as wise as you are handsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Who cares about Oklahoma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Who cares about Oklahoma? College football fans. Perhaps this isn't the sport for everyone though. Those who don't care for the Sooners can always consider an alternative athletic competition. Maybe jumprope? Or badminton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 College football fans. Perhaps this isn't the sport for everyone though. Those who don't care for the Sooners can always consider an alternative athletic competition. Maybe jumprope? Or badminton? Can badminton ever be played well, or would that defeat the purpose my making it Goodminton? My relationship with college football is becoming more and more ambiguous. It's entertaining, but the same six to eight programs dominate the spotlight almost every year. Plus it seems to be a sport where you pretty much can;t compete if you don't break the (often silly or worse) rules of the NCAA, or be willing to accept people on campus who are a threat to the safety of other students. The Premier League season in England starts in two weeks, and I'm actually looking forward to that more than to the college football season. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Well, I watch less and less every year, though before looking forward to the Premier League, I am looking more forward the Lawn-mowing league. (DT will probably try to strike me down with lightning now or worse say he likes Ewoks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Saw a 2017-18 power ranking of the ten D1 Conferences the other day...can't remember where. Yahoo Sports, maybe. Anyway, I liked it because of who they had at #3. Without further ado: 10: Sun Belt 9: Conference USA 8: Mid-American 7: Mountain West 6: American Athletic 5: Big XII 4: PAC-12 3: SEC 2: ACC 1: B1G Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 THey probably got bored at putting SEC at 1, and decided to see how many SEC fans would call up with salty language. Otherwise, you are not allowed to have SEC anywhere but 1, whether they are 1 or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 The argument from the article was that the $EC lacked depth this year, with a notable dropoff in quality after the top 2-3 teams (Alabama in the west, Florida in the east, and maybe Auburn). By comparison, they said that the B1G was pretty solid except for Rutgers and one or two others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 The SEC's rep will live on in the minds of fans and writers long after it's done. Yeah Alabama is great but... Gonna say I think the PAC-12 is better than the ACC, probably top to bottom better than SEC too. So that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 When you get to conferences like the Sun Belt (who's even in the Sun Belt?), you get to the "Why do we even bother?" stage, where the entire conference is so irrelevant to everyone that One could almost view their football programs as a waste of time and money. The best a team in one of those conferences can hope for is a meaningless minor bowl against the third-place or fourth-place school in the Power 5. (It's even worse than that -- before this post, I had never heard of the Sun Belt Conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 That's more your problem than the nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Minor bowl games aren't necessary meaningless, as they provide at least three tangible benefits the school/team otherwise wouldn't get: 1) A couple hundreds thousand dollars in additional revenue;* 2) A national TV audience for at least one game; and 3) At least two weeks of additional practice time. For schools outside of the Power 5, these things can make a huge difference. -- *How much of this revenue actually makes it back to the school is a different discussion, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Pretty entertaining game in Fort Collins this afternoon. Colorado State leads Oregon State 24 to 20 5 minutes into the third quarter. Go Rams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 That escalated Quickly. *sigh* Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Minor bowl games aren't necessary meaningless, as they provide at least three tangible benefits the school/team otherwise wouldn't get: 1) A couple hundreds thousand dollars in additional revenue;* 2) A national TV audience for at least one game; and 3) At least two weeks of additional practice time. For schools outside of the Power 5, these things can make a huge difference. -- *How much of this revenue actually makes it back to the school is a different discussion, of course. They are helpful to the schools involved, very much so. Though, in the total scheme of things I can see how one could call them meaningless. ANd even when I was more interested in football, by the time the actual big ones came, I would already be suffering from bowl fatigue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Colorado State opened their new stadium with a pretty impressive showing. It was a close game well into the third quarter, when Oregon State threw a 44 yard pick-six. After that, it was pretty much all Rams. Now let's hope the Colorado State can pick up another win against the Pac-12 next week in Denver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 I spent much of the afternoon flipping back and forth between the Colorado State game and the BYU game. BYU did not have an impressive outing today. They beat Portland State 20-6. In what was supposed to be a tune-up game, BYU's defense was reasonably solid. But the first-team offense spent most of the game on the field, and struggled...neither of which you want to see against an FCS team that went 3-8 last season. If BYU plays this way against LSU next week, they're going to lose by five touchdowns. And then they'll have to come home and play Utah in Wisconsin the next two weeks. It could end up being a long, long season in Provo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Next week's BYU-LSU game almost certainly will not be played in Houston next week due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. Preliminary reports indicate that the two sides are working on relocating to game to either Baton Rouge or New Orleans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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