The College Football thread

“Auburn ran into an under-rated program. I don't know if they were looking past them or not, but I bet South Florida would have beat them either way. Its just tough luck for them that the Big East has become a top conference again.”

“Yea!!!!!!!!!!
The DAWGS won one!”

“GA looked un-impressive.

Aubrun looked shell-shocked.

Surpised on both accounts.

LSU looks incredible this year.

I'm still kinda undecided on what TN might have. I'm concerned that FL might soak up the swamp with them.

South Carolina will win the SEC title this year after Spurrier sweeps the conference. They ARE the real deal.

Think TN can hire Spurrier, or would hell freeze over at that point?”

“Both UT and UF have good offenses and talented but young defenses that are prone to making mistakes. Wide receiver was a big question mark for UT coming into the season but they've looked sharp so far. This game may be the opposite of recent UT-UF matchups which have been defensive struggles.

My biggest fear is that UT has some special teams breakdown that costs them a touchdown. That has been the bane of their existence for the past few years....and they won't (or can't) fix it!!!”

“Local radio was really giving Michigan a hard time today. One guy called the upcoming UM - ND game, 'Clash of the Titanics'.

How many batteries does it take to beat Michigan?














answer: 1-AA”

“Did anyone notice that Purdue has won there first two games with over 50 points? If they can do that against a Big 10 team that would be great!”

“longlosthiker -

Please edit your last post.

Everybody knows that Michigan is spelled with no D.”

“UT's next coach will be Grueber.”

“Who is Grueber? Do you mean Gruden? His wife was a UT cheerleader.
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“word on the street is that the bulls are slated to do well this year.....and auburn followed it's old M.O. underestimate the small guy.

Turnovers and a SUUUUCKY offensive line are gonna kill us.”

“Did anyone notice that Purdue has won there first two games with over 50 points? If they can do that against a Big 10 team that would be great!
Phil
7:29:59 PM
9/10/07


Did you learned yer grammer at Pur-don't?


hee hee hee - sorry, Phil, couldn't resist!!
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“Anyone notice that Kansas won THEIR game 62-0?
It's time for the Jayhawk Nation to take THEIR rightful place at the top of the rankings!”

“where the heck is arclite? I fully expected to be knee deep by now.”

“Obscene fans at Rutgers draw a penalty flag
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The play came late in the game, when Rutgers expanded its lead over Navy to a comfortable level after a tight three quarters.

Navy's Reggie Campbell took the kickoff and ran full speed ahead up the middle with all the force his 168-pound body could generate. Campbell, almost always the smallest and fastest man on the field, hit a wall of XXXL-sized scarlet jerseys and was slammed to the ground at the bottom of the pile. He got up slowly, limping off. This gutsy kid, a slotback who already spent three quarters being chased and tackled by gangs of defensive linemen and linebackers, all weighing at least 100 pounds more than him, was then given a dose of Rutgers' student section class.

''You got f---ed up. You got f---ed up. You got f--ed-up," they chanted.

Reggie Campbell is a senior. After graduation in June he has a five-year commitment to the American military, which, like it or not, is at war.

"This is how you treat people who may die for this country?" said Bill Squires, an Annapolis graduate (Class of'75) who was on the sidelines for the Friday night game in Piscataway and was shocked by the obscene chants directed at the Navy players and fans throughout the game. "It was the most classless thing I've seen."

Navy was booed and peppered with "You suck!" chants when they stepped on the field for both halves. Toward the end of the second half, Rutgers students in the new bleacher section began to serenade the adjacent section of Navy fans and uniformed Midshipmen.

''F--- you, Navy. F---you, Navy. F--- you, Navy."

"There were wives and small children up there," said Squires, an academic recruiter for the academy who has been to dozens of away games and never seen such contempt directed at his team. "Our Midshipmen reacted the way they were taught. They didn't respond, but the band started playing 'Anchors Aweigh' to drown them out. Me, I felt like going up there and smacking somebody. I was mad, and it bothered me all weekend."

Booing, cursing, chanting obscenities, unfortunately, are now part of the game day experience. It's easily been three decades since fans across the country in all sports began spending more time and creative energy jeering the visitors and officials than cheering the home team. Rutgers is far from the worst. They're not even the worst in New Jersey, not with the Jets' fans still in town. Still, every penalty against the Scarlet Knights is greeted with a chant of "a--hole, a--hole, a--hole."

And now that Rutgers is winning, the long-suffering, self-effacing adult fans are being drowned out by a new generation of weight-room bully boys in scarlet T-shirts and red face-paint, who, from the safety of their seats, belittle the guys down on the field who take the hits.

Now that Rutgers is big-time, the old-time academic- and adult-minded fans are being elbowed aside by gangs of frat boys thrusting their fists and faces into the rolling ESPN cameras. What was it your old football coach used to say? Act like you've been there before. Not in the RU student section.

"At one point, I thought, we defend this country for people like this?" said Squires, who lives in West Orange. "I wasn't embarassed as a New Jerseyan. I was embarassed as a human being."

It was so noticeable that Rutgers athletic director Bob Mulcahy called down to Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk yesterday to make sure there were no hard feelings, according to John Wooding, an assistant AD at Rutgers.

Some will excuse the behavior as kids just being kids, out to have a loutish, drunken good time. Spewing obscenities at the visiting team is just part of the fun.

But you'd hope our Jersey kids would be smart enough to make an exception for the service academies, especially the weekend before the anniversary of Sept. 11, their generation's own Day of Infamy. You'd hope they'd be sensitive enough to realize that some of those Midshipmen may soon be among the young American men and women fighting and bleeding and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. Young Americans, the same age as those safe in the stands watching a football game with their faces and bodies painted red.

At the very least, you'd think the Rutgers students would have some appreciation for the effort the undersize Navy players put out. They aren't like the players from Louisville or West Virginia or some of the other ranked powerhouses Rutgers now finds itself among. They are what Rutgers was not so many years ago. Students first, athletes second. Except better.

The new Rutgers is a big-time football school, with all the hype and manufactured drama. Coach Greg Schiano leads his team through pregame Scarlet Walk, chest out, stomach in, looking every bit the general except without gold braids, epaulets and a full rack of medals. The band plays. The cheerleaders and dance team girls wave pompoms. The conquering heroes go past, eyes front. At game time, the scoreboard TV shows the team coming down the tunnel to a soundtrack from Armageddon. An Army helicopter chop-chops overhead (your tax dollars at work).

Football has always marched to a militaristic or tribal drum beat, to whip up players to greater levels of violence. The game is always likened to war by coaches, players, announcers and writers who haven't been to war.

But to Reggie Campbell and his Navy teammates, Friday night's game wasn't war. It was a game. War is around the bend.

They deserved better.

And that red on the faces of some Rutgers' fans wasn't body paint.



Mark Di Ionno may be reached at or (973) 392-1728.”

“Our AD apologized to Navy's AD and an open letter to the Rutger's students will be published in today's student paper.

Their behavior was disgraceful. It goes on everywhere but that is no excuse. I hope it improves in the future.

I didn't hear any of the obscenities from my seat. I was pleased that our fans stood respectfully during the playing of Navy's alma mater after the game and applauded afterward.

For what it's worth, I offer my own apology for the behavior of some at the game. My grandfather was a naval Commander and my father served as a medical corpsman during WWII.”

“Who Dat say they gonna beat dem Tigers "Who Dat, Who Dat?"

Hey Dayhiker I'm coming to your neck of the woods soon! November 3rd we will see if old Nick is worth your money!”

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Is this the same "Rutgers" of which Violin speaks?

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Edit: Thanks for your post, Violin.
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“I suspect we'll take our ass whipping from LSU this year but after then, it'll be a battle.

You know better than anyone that he's worth the money. Dinardo, Hallman, Archer, those names ring a bell? They sound sort of like Shula, Price, Franchione, and Dubose to my ears.


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“Thanks for the post, DH. The behavior of fans (and athletes) is one reason that I don't get too worked up about sports beyond the highschool level anymore:(”

“Its a generation of kids that thinks its funny to teabag their buddies if they pass out at a party. What kind of behavior would you expect from them as the nuevo rich of college football. Their fanbase isn't large enough for the family set to show the kids how to behave. But they will get there if they keep winning long enough for todays kids to have families of their own”

“Ohio State will lose to Washington this weekend. Ya heard it here first!”

“BB speaks da truth!”

“Woo HOo!!!

Go Michigan!!! Tie Notre Dame!!!


Hmmm.... WHO's at the BOTTOM of the Big 10?!!!

who has sole possession of said bottom slot????


You Guessed it... the land of the Moldy Corn... (The Blue & Maize)... in the Big House, no less.....

*** Doing the happy dance ****”

“The football elite
Michigan and Notre Dame
One team HAS to win”

“WVU recruited two winners!

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“LOL
they shouldn't sit next to each other”

“LMAO!”

“Man I hope the new VT quarterback proves to be a good decision. Glennon just suked.”

“I hope the VOL D can pass protect! A repeat of the Cal performance will be horrendous!”

“Turns out, that photo isn't photoshopped.

I'm anxious to see how the Tide performs against an actual football team this weekend.”

“I am ashamed of what i hope. It really says a lot about the state of your program when you say, with conviction, "I hope we can get past Wofford this weekend."”

“Poor poor Michigan.”

“Carefull this weekend Pixie. We will see what USC is really made of.”

“No pity for Michigan from me!

The best score for the U of M/Notre Dame Game would be Notre Dame: 2, Michigan 0”

“Go eat a booger Pixie! :P

Sadly, and by sadly I mean thankfully, I won't get to (have to) watch the oh-fer bowl between Michigan and Dame.”

“Thanks kleety. I'm going to have that photo blown up and put on poster board for the ESPN cameras when WV comes to town next month.”

“Found some classy Ohio State whores...

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“Coach's challenge just overturned a missed FG call (ump called it short). TV replay clearly showed the ball was between the uprights and over the bar. Don't know if I have ever seen a short field goal call overturned before.”

“Watching Penn State whoop butt on the 10' screen in hi-def. Thank you Big 10 Network! Better than being there!”

“Congrats to florida. I thought UT would probably lose but I thought they'd put up more of a fight. As usual, the special teams didn't let me down in being absolutely dreadful. Hopefully this will be the nail in Fulmer's coffin, but I doubt it. The rumor is the AD said he needs an SEC championship or a return to BCS bowl in the next two yrs...so Vol fans will have one more season to suffer after this yr.”

“After arclite's coming tirade, you will regret ever congratulating Florida.”

“GO BIG BLUE...NO....GO BIG RED.

WE had to take a spiit a few years ago for the title,now that was a hand out from?
GO BIG RED.”

“w00t, my Wolfpack finally wins big. Of course it was only against Wofford, but its better than eating a #&%!$ sandwich.”

“11 plays, 91 seconds, 42 points.”

“A tirade for congratulations? surely not.
It is what it is. UT football has been on a slow downhill slide since the '01 season. The same problems have existed across multiple seasons with no improvement: poor tackling, gawd awful special teams and a mediocre-at-best secondary. Bringing back Cutcliffe was an improvement but it's like putting a bandaid over a gaping wound.

If the football program continues on its current path, eeking out mediocre seasons every year, I just hope the AD will have the balls to force Fulmer out whether he wants to go or not. Fulmer has said that he doesn't want to coach into old age but retire and enjoy his family. Read between the lines and it's easy to see that he no longer has the fire-in-the-belly a coach needs, he just desperately wants to leave on a high note.

My fear is that he'll stick around a few years and the program goes into further decline and ultimately the recruiting will suffer. Leave now and the next coach has some top ten recruiting classes to work with.

I think the general idea around the Hill has been that Fulmer is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room (insert joke here) and our relatively new AD is basically powerless. However, I think (hope) that the Bruce Pearl hire has changed all that. The big money boosters see what a dynamic coach can do for a moribund program. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...but I'd bet Fulmer lasts another year.”

“UGA/SoMiss on CSTV pay per view last night. Still don't know score.”

“nothing better than TV advertising to get the hotties to your after game party”

“Wow, 37-0! Sure, SJ State is not very good, but still....”