Yeah, but first beating PSU & MN to go 6-0. NE and Michigan State can be beat, maybe not OSU & Mich.O Really wrote:Enjoy it while you can. They've got a baaaaad stretch coming up with Michigan, M State, Buckeyes, Nebraska. Not exactly like the old days playing Wake Forest and a toothless Dook, is it?Vrede too wrote:
The Terps are 4-0!
. . . as IN, IN!, just did in OT. Darn.Vrede too wrote:... Michigan State can be beat ...
Vrede too wrote:O Really wrote:So it's "rah-rah for Carolina, rah-rah for Carolina..."
The football Heels of tradition who have broken so many hearts over the years could not have possibly have pulled off today's win. And to win close twice (already) in the same season is incredible! Somebody must have switched the uniforms or something.
But didn't Osceola look magnificent before the game?
OK, everybody sing along... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW93EigYMq4
UNC kicker nails 54-yard field goal to beat Florida State
... The senior, whose previous long was 49 yards ...
Looked like it would have been good from 60.
It was an improbable win for North Carolina, which had opened the door for a Florida State come-from-behind victory after missing an extra point with 2:31 remaining.
Redemption. He had also missed a 51 yard FG attempt earlier.
Florida State drove 75 yards in a little more than 2 minutes to take a 35-34 lead with 23 seconds left....
The loss all but eliminates Florida State, which has losses against the Tar Heels and Louisville, from ACC Coastal contention....
O Really wrote:So it's "rah-rah for Carolina, rah-rah for Carolina..."
The football Heels of tradition who have broken so many hearts over the years could not have possibly have pulled off today's win. And to win close twice (already) in the same season is incredible! Somebody must have switched the uniforms or something.
But didn't Osceola look magnificent before the game?
OK, everybody sing along... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW93EigYMq4
O Really wrote:Well the start is not so great, but the ending is pretty rousing.
Vrede too wrote:Even when you beat Louisiana-Monroe and Arkansas State?
State bird and their song, we just changed it up a bit.O Really wrote:Well, I guess rammer jammer yellowhammer makes as much sense as "Rock chalk - Jayhawk" or for that matter naming a team "Tarheels."
Too lazy to look it up, but didn't the NCAA make them change the color?billy.pilgrim wrote:I'm sure the blue uniforms on the same color blue field didn't cause any problems for the opposing team
Blue artificial turf
The unique blue turf has spawned several myths. The most prevalent is that the NCAA subsequently banned playing surface colors other than green, but allowed Albertsons Stadium's field to remain blue under a grandfather clause. In reality, the NCAA has never adopted such a rule. Any school may color its playing surface (or any part, mainly the end zones) any color it wishes. Indeed, since 1986 other schools have non-green football fields including the University of New Haven (blue) and Eastern Washington University (red). On April 1, 2011, the University of Central Arkansas announced that they would install a purple and grey striped field to Estes Stadium. In 2012, Lindenwood University in Belleville, Illinois, played their first football season, on a home field with alternating maroon and gray stripes. The blue turf at Boise State remained the only non-traditionally colored field used by a Division I FBS program until June 2014, when Eastern Michigan announced it would install a gray FieldTurf surface at Rynearson Stadium in time for the 2014 season.
Another myth is that, mistaking the blue field for a large body of water, birds have flown into the blue turf and to their deaths. Although Broncos coach Chris Petersen claimed to have found a dead duck on the field in 2007, the origin of the duck on the field has never been confirmed.
BSU's blue turf has become such a highly visible icon for the Broncos that BSU obtained a U.S. trademark registration for a blue athletics field in November 2009. In 2010, this trademark was extended to any non-green field.
In 2011, the NFL banned any playing surface color other than green, naming the rule the "Boise Rule" in reference to the university, though this was more a reaction to sponsor influence as no team had ever proposed a different turf color for their field. Also in 2011, the Mountain West Conference banned Boise from wearing their all-blue uniforms during home conference games, after complaints from other Mountain West coaches that it was an unfair advantage. However, the uniform restriction was removed from the 2013 season forward, as part of the deal that kept Boise State in the MW after it had originally planned to leave the conference.
In October 2014, Boise State's blue field topped USA Today's Fan Index list of top 10 best fields in college football.
I thought they were grandfathered in, but that was 15 or so years ago after another team painted theirs bright red. They could have (should have) gone green since then. I share your laziness.Boatrocker wrote:Too lazy to look it up, but didn't the NCAA make them change the color?billy.pilgrim wrote:I'm sure the blue uniforms on the same color blue field didn't cause any problems for the opposing team
He's a mind readerbilly.pilgrim wrote:I thought they were grandfathered in, but that was 15 or so years ago after another team painted theirs bright red. They could have (should have) gone green since then. I share your laziness.Boatrocker wrote:Too lazy to look it up, but didn't the NCAA make them change the color?billy.pilgrim wrote:I'm sure the blue uniforms on the same color blue field didn't cause any problems for the opposing team
Let's get Vrede to do it.
Yep, I've always been psycho.billy.pilgrim wrote:... He's a mind reader
Vrede too wrote:I'm betting on Mississippi St. this week. Nothing against Auburn, I just want Clemson's 6 point victory over it to look worse for Clemson.
Go #16 Arkansas, knock #1 Alabama out of the playoffs.
Go #6 Houston, sink Navy.
Go Dook, bomb Army.
Go #9 Tennessee, knock #8 Texas A&M out of the top 10.
Go Texas, knock #20 Oklahoma out of the top 25.
Go #10 Miami (FL), knock #23 Florida St. out of the top 25.
Go Arizona, knock #24 Utah out of the top 25.
Go #21 Colorado vs. USC, move on up.
Go #5 (!) Huskies, eat them Ducks.
Go Terps, tame those Nittany Lions!