College football

[Boatrocker]

... ridiculous ...

So?

Go Terps, pluck that Cardinal!
Go Ducks, drown out that FSU chant and then stem that Tide (or squat on those Buckeyes).

There'll be no escape for the Luckeyes this time.

[Boatrocker]

Yeah, AL is favored by 9 to 10 (while OR is favored by 8 1/2 to 9 1/2). I don't care which one OR will embarrass. If I submit more than one 'against the spread' pick set as I usually do, I'll split my picks on the AL-OH St game.

If AL & OR both win, wager? Say $25 donation to the charity of the victor's choosing, no spread, honor system.

I never bet on sports- the Illuminati freemasons are controlling the outcomes thru Agenda 21.

[O Really]

I think you guys aren't giving the 'Noles any respect because Winston is an asshole or because you don't want to see the chop/chant any longer than absolutely necessary. Agreed on both. But look, good games, bad games, contenda teams and doormats, they've done nothing but find a way to win for two seasons. Something like 5-6 of the games this season, they've won from behind. Sometimes behind late in the 4th. H8'em if you like (and many, many do) but the team is a winner. Champions win the close ones; champions win the big ones. Sure, the Ducks are great, but I'm not discarding the 'Noles yet. Consider that everyone in the playoff except the 'Noles has demonstrated that it is possible to beat them. Even the Crimson Tide.

Speaking of which, if anybody is an Alabama fan, could you explain why the "Crimson Tide" has an elephant for a mascot? Other than a big red wave would look pretty silly.

[O Really]

Not just the Ducks uni's... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr- ... 04892.html

[O Really]

Speaking of oddsmakers, Silver favors the Ducks. I wouldn't be unhappy with that. I'm not much of an FSU fan, having grown tired over the years of them beating both my ACC alma maters. (UNC more often than Miami, of course ) But when it's only one game on the line or two, having a champion's attitude and a chip on the shoulder sometimes tosses egg into the oddsmakers faces.

[Boatrocker]

. . . Speaking of which, if anybody is an Alabama fan, could you explain why the "Crimson Tide" has an elephant for a mascot? Other than a big red wave would look pretty silly.

Many stories have been told. Current conventional wisdom holds that the Crimson Tide appellation came first, and the elephant evolved from the perceived need for a mascot, when such things began to be fashionable, even long before there were goobers in silly constumes mugging on the sidelines. The actual seed of the contradictory duality is likely lost to time, like tears . . . in the rain.
Then there's that whole Auburn Tigers thing, with a War Eagle mascot, and they love to call out the contradiction between the Tide and the elephant. About what you'd expect from folks who roll their own damn trees, I guess.

[Boatrocker]

... roll their own damn trees ...

:?:

You know those trees in Toomer's Corners, in Auburn, the ones that idiot Tide fan poisoned? The ones that died, allegedly because of the poison? Well, after an Auburn win, the Kow Kollege fans gather on the Corners and roll those trees with toilet paper. Yes, they do. Of course, it was the poison that killed them, not the water pressure from 4" water hoses used by the Auburn FD to clean the trees on Monday morning, or the propane weedburners and other fire making tools that burned the remaining scraps of TP out of the poor abused limbs if the fire hoses didn't get it all . . . yeah, it was the poison. And the barners have put up fake trees to roll until they get some real oaks in there again.

[Boatrocker]

Ah, thanks, I hadn't heard about it.

"idiot Tide fan" - Is there any other kind?

Every set of fans is divided into reasonable fans and everyone else. Except for Aubbies. Oh, and those FSU people. They are all just fools.

[Boatrocker]

... Go Ducks, drown out that FSU chant and then stem that Tide (or squat on those Buckeyes).

"... highest percentage of votes in Heisman Trophy history."

There was little doubt. Congrats to the young man.

[O Really]

Why the 'Noles will win... (according to one guy) http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/ ... ar-BBgTyQG

[O Really]

Have there ever been any uglier uni's than the current Miami ones? Helmet looks like a june bug. Jerseys look like a pick-up team playing shirts and skins. (sorry about the "skins" term, Vrede) No orange. Ewwwww!

[O Really]

I finally got sent the spreadsheet for the entire group. Correction to the above:
About 30 possible points so far.
13 in one pick set, 3-way tie for 15th out of 19.The leader has 22.
6 in the other, I'm "leading" for last place and getting at least that $10 back.

Sorry, M'friend. I just don't care. Your competition against the spread and your fellow poolies is more interesting that post-season college football. I don't care who wins the mythical "national championship." I don't care who, if anyone, wins the <sponsor name 1, sponsor name 2, sponsor name 3> Bowl that nobody can remember or know what 6-5 teams are in. College football is for sunny afternoons in the fall, tailgating, re-living the glory days, dinner at places still open after all these years, and stories of days gone by. Or, if you're a student, for getting shit-faced and hopefully laid. Win, lose, whatever.

[O Really]

I can carry on a conversation on something I don't care about. It's the "Seinfeld" principle. A show about nothing. A conversation about what you don't care about. It's not that I wouldn't like to care about the bowls. I can remember waking up around noon on New Years Day, and watching games all day long while partaking of the hair of the dog that bit me the night before. There was the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Gator, the Orange, and of course the Rose. Conference champions getting rewarded for their efforts. Fans taking an early winter vacay to warmer climes. Par-tay time for all. It's just not the same or remotely similar. Too many bowls, too lousy teams, too many sponsors, and a bowl in Detroit - seriously?

[O Really]

Ducks! Tied for 5th, still 4 behind the one-month-old leader.

I'd like to reconsider my comments on the 'Nole's 29-game streak and defending champs and coming back from behind. Bums. Go Ducks for the mythical "championship"!

[Boatrocker]

... In our pool of 19 (no spreads for the playoffs):
... 8 picked OH St to win today, including my better pick set. This game alone could make or break my chances of winning.....

Wow, 5 games, 3 close ones, 1 OT, 3 upsets. No Big 12, ACC or SEC (sorry, Boatrocker) in the championship. Nice.



About 54 possible points so far.
4 for 5 today in my better pick set, 5 for 6 (not Ole Miss) in the high-points BCS/playoff games, 32 points, tied with the one-month-old for 4th place out of 19.
The leader, my brother, is 3 points ahead of me and I can't catch him. We only picked the 1-point Iowa-TN game differently. I can still take the 2nd place money for a family sweep of the big bucks (3rd and last get their $10 back).
18 in the other pick set, I'm still tied for the "lead" for last place, but others are just 1 and 2 points away. The woman I'm tied with and the one that's 1 point out of it both picked AL to win it all. I "lose" when OR crushes OH St.

Go Pitt, Iowa, UCLA (2 points) and WA!

Still proud of Bama, still a fan, and maybe a new fan of both OSU and Oregon. OSU played almost flawlessly- clean and fair and unrelenting. They deserved their win. And I shall always have a soft spot for the Ducks, if only because they showed the sports world what most of us outside of Tallahassee already knew. Douchebag Winston finally began to tackle himself. OSU, down two QBs, just loaded up a third one and got down to business.

[Boatrocker]

Oh, Lord. I saw the Te'o tweet during the games and almost pissed m'self. It's still making me giggle like a drunk freshman.

[Mr.B]

(also posted in the Just for Fun thread)

City in Ohio named Oregon to temporarily change name for title game

Oregon, Ohio, will have a different name on Monday, Jan. 12.

Ohio State plays Oregon in the national title game that day, and in support of the Buckeyes, the city will temporarily change its name.

The name-change movement for the Toledo suburb was started via a petition, naturally, on Change.org. And it gained enough steam that, according to the Toledo Free Press, the city will announce what the new name will be on Monday, Jan. 5.

“We’ve heard about [the petition]. We’ve gotten calls. We’re going to do something with it,” Oregon City Administrator Michael Beazley told the paper.

From the petition entry started by Oregon (Ohio) native Matt Squbb, which currently has more than 600 signatures:
"I grew up in Oregon, Ohio and love the city, but for the day of the "Big Game" I am asking the city council to make a proclamation to change the name of the city
for one day. Call it Buckeye Town, Ohio City, Brutusville, whatever, you get the point."

Let's not leave anything to chance here! Change the name and support the Buckeyes!

Oregon Clay High School is also being asked to temporarily change its school colors. Because, of course, they are green and gold.

Neither Squibb nor Mark Rabbitt, who he started the petition with, are Ohio State fans. But they are going for state and conference solidarity.

“We’re just two guys going on a website and sparking something that most people would think is probably a really stupid thing, but to have so many people supporting it and then hopefully rooting for Ohio State to win it all is pretty great,” Rabbitt told the Free-Press. “The Big Ten has been seen as a conference that can’t compete with the SEC or Pac-12. Now Ohio State has beaten the No. 1 team in the SEC and are facing the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 and we have this opportunity for Ohio State to win the national championship. I think it’s pretty good to see a community come together and support them.”

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[Boatrocker]

After watching OSU-UA and UO-FSU New Year's Day, I was certain the Ducks would take OSU by a touchdown; this is why I don't bet on sports, although I think Bama coulda run with Oregon, at least the team that showed up last night. And it also seems to underscore how badly over-rated FSU was.

Anyhow- congrats to OSU and Coach Meyer on a good game. Well-played and well-deserved. Now wait for Big 10/ Big 12 schools to start looking for SEC coaches.

[billy.pilgrim]

After watching OSU-UA and UO-FSU New Year's Day, I was certain the Ducks would take OSU by a touchdown; this is why I don't bet on sports, although I think Bama coulda run with Oregon, at least the team that showed up last night. And it also seems to underscore how badly over-rated FSU was.

Anyhow- congrats to OSU and Coach Meyer on a good game. Well-played and well-deserved. Now wait for Big 10/ Big 12 schools to start looking for SEC coaches.

Urban is in the same class(less) at Fisher. Just enablers of bad behavior.

Fisher just had 2 of his punch women in the face. The one who would have never played is off the team, but the star running back is indefinately suspended (until we need him)

[billy.pilgrim]

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