The College Football thread

“As some of you know, I am a die-hard Florida GATORS fan. I?ll be going to watch the number one ranked college football team in the nation play next week. I?m going to enjoy that ranking while I can. Last year the GATORS had THE toughest schedule in the nation according to the BCS rankings. This year it doesn?t get any easier as the GATORS play eight bowl teams and will likely have THE toughest schedule once again.

College football is so much more exciting than anything the pros have to offer. If you?ve never attended a big-time college football game, I highly recommend it for the incredibly loud, highly emotion charged atmosphere. It?s one of only a few events in world that I like to be entertained by.

Interesting facts:
During the last five years the SEC (Southeastern Conference) has had the best bowl record, the most ranked teams, the largest attendance, and has the most players in the NFL. Overall, the SEC has a winning bowl record against every league in the nation. This year the big twelve is making a run at actually being a top-tier league with four legitimate bowl teams. The Texas/Oklahoma game should be something. The GATORS may not win it all this year, but we?re going to have some great games to watch.

IT?S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!”

“amen!”

“Is that ass Steve Superior still there?

How sweet it was a few years ago, when LSU knocked the Gators off their prissy perch! I remember that night like it was last night.”

“The usual pipe dream here in Arkansas. We expect to be ranked number one until the inevitable pounding by a no-name team. Thursday UNLV comes to town to dash everyone's dreams.

Go Hogs”

“Hey, the Hawkeyes actually WON a few games last year!! Go Hawks!”

“What does a 300 lb. defensive lineman get when he knocks one of those panzies a$$ed SEC QB's on thier a$$?

Buckeye.”

“Roll Tide”

“UNM Lobos are perenial underdogs with the likes of Utah and BYU. If they have a competitive team, its fun. Almost made a bowl last year, team looks stronger this year.

It'll be interesting to watch Alabama with the new coach. My parent live in FSU Seminoles territory, so the rivalry with the Gators is always fun to watch.”

“I'll be at the Alabama game Saturday. Most of the day will be spent on the Quad, beer in hand. It will be a rare night game. They play one about every other year. There is nothing like a night game. ROLL TIDE!”

“I'm partial to UT (Austin), having gone to school there. Its great to see them back in contention this year and the last few after a long long drought.”

“baume-Pretty much everyone I've talked to here in AL says that if Bear's record has to get broken, then we're glad it's Coach Paterno. Good luck this season. Kick Miami's a$$”

“oooohhhhh yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!

thank you and good luck to youz guys too.”

“PS, I look forward to our two teams resuming head to head play in a few years. The next two years we have a home and home with Oklahoma. After that we have a home and home with youz guyzzz.”

“Hey Baume - should we make a gear bet on the Ohio State - Penn State game?

BTW, The Big Ten Rules!”

“Sure, PSU wins, i'll send you a PSU hiking hat to proudly wear on your next TT group trip.”

“Boilermakers here. We get to the Rose Bowl every 34 years. Next trip in 2035.”

“Any team that wears orange is suspect.”

“Q: Which conference is known as the "Conference of Champions"?

A: The SEC? HA! Pac-10 members have claimed an incredible 59 NCAA team titles over the past seven seasons, for an average of more than eight championships per academic year.

Those 59 team titles over the past seven seasons have come in 21 different men's and women's sports. The Pac-10 has now led the nation in NCAA Championships 36 of the last 41 years and finished second four times.

The Pac-10 has captured 311 NCAA titles (238 men's, 73 women's), far outdistancing the runner-up Big Ten Conference's 185 titles.


Mush, you Huskies!”

“Steve Hiker, you must be a wrastling fan. Ever met Spurrier? I have, and he's a nice guy. He runs a very clean program. The sports writers need to have their black hats because they think it generates controversy. Methinks you've been buying into the propaganda. Spurrier doesn't say, "Aw shucks, Vanderbilt has a great team and we need to be prepared for them", like some coaches will. He speaks his mind. Personally I find his honesty refreshing. Bet you'd like Bill Clinton for coach of your team, Steve.

Florida/Florida State is a great rivalry, pathman. This year will be no different.

Penn State was my favorite team growing up, baume. Jopa is a classy guy. You know that he's good friends with Spurrier?

Big Ten? More like the teeny-weeny winky-tinky ten. Michigan is their highest rated team at 12? Oh the shame! The small ten is weak, and has a loosing bowl record against the SEC. Dream on you small ten dinks! Booya!

This is football, kleetn you creetn. The Ducks and Beavers? Ooooh, I'm scared now!”

“kleety never could figure out which ball was which.

i guess that's why he wears a skirt! LOL!!!!”

“kleetn, this is a football thread. PAC-10's 48 volleyball NC's and 83 golf NC's don't count here. I'll take BAMA's 12 NC's in football. I won't talk too loud, though, because we had our hat handed to us by UCLA, along with everyone else we played last year.”

“PAC-10 Championships - WaterPolo (52), Gymnastics (28), Field Hockey (14), Golf (15)

Come On now, we are talking real sports here.

Baume - I'll send you a cap from my alma mater (Toledo Rockets), you remember them from last year, right! lol.

The only problem with the Big Ten is..... too many good football teams.”

“

War Eagle!”

“Every Saturday I spend on the trail, not watching college football, I consider a victory!”

“I don't pay much attention to football. I'll cheer for the Gophers and the Boilermakers though.

The only other concerns I have with college football have to do with IU and that WisconSIN school. Who knows, maybe when (If... I don't know the schedule) they play the stadium will explode and there will be no more Badgers or Hoosiers. *sigh* Wouldn't that just be heaven.”

“Bwaaaahaahaahaa...

Buddha, you crack me up. There are no good teams in the small ten. This is a league that traditionally has been dominated by Michigan and OSU. Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, and Florida have all won national championships since they stopped using leather helmets. The small ten is a has-been league and it STILL has an all-time loosing record against the SEC.

Watch carefully as Miami beats the snot out of PU. Big-Ten=Looser!

Oh boy! This is shaping up into a FINE college football season already. Boola-boola, boola-boola...”

“Even a Vick-less Virginia Tech will be able to stomp Miami. Go Hokies!”

“Oh, I forgot. All you UVA wahoo's stink.”

“well, matt has an opinion on ONE subject! LOL!!!!”

“Matt has an opinion? We may have hit upon the one thing he is passionate about.

I suspect he meant to post under his usual alias.”

“Hurray for Matt!

Hey Matt, when I applied to college (beleive it or not) I applied at both Virginia and Va. Tech. I even visited both campuses. I was accepted to both and then decided on my first choice, FLORIDA!

I'd love to see the Hokies/Gobblers beat up on Miami, but that's the only tough game they've got. The road to the national championship ought to be tougher than the Hokies' schedule. Then again, FSU gets a cream puff conference schedule every year.”

“Arclite, college football fans everywhere, lets set the record straight:

Big Ten National Championships*
1901 - Michigan
1902 - Michigan
1923 - Illinois
1927 - Illinois
1932 - Michigan
1933 - Michigan
1934 - Minnesota
1935 - Minnesota
1936 - Minnesota
1940 - Minnesota
1941 - Minnesota
1942 - Ohio State
1948 - Michigan
1952 - Michigan State
1954 - Ohio State
1957 - Ohio State
1958 - Iowa
1960 - Minnesota
1961 - Ohio State
1965 - Michigan State
1966 - Michigan State
1968 - Ohio State
1970 - Ohio State
1982 - Penn State
1986 - Penn State
1996 - Michigan

Total - 26 National Championships

SEC National Championships*
1925 - Bama
1926 - Bama
1951 - Tenn
1957 - Auburn
1958 - LSU
1960 - Ole Miss
1961 - Bama
1964 - Bama
1964 - Arkansas
1965 - Bama
1973 - Bama
1978 - Bama
1979 - Bama
1980 - Georgia
1983 - Miami
1987 - Miami
1989 - Miami
1991 - Miami
1992 - Bama
1996 - Florida
1998 - Tenn

Total - 21 National Championships

* Denotes that there were several National Champion Poll Winners for same year.

Heisman Trophies

Big Ten
Nile Kinick - Iowa
Tom Harmon - Mich
Bruce Smith - Minn
Les Horvath - Ohio St.
Vic Janowicz - Ohio St.
Alan Ameche - Wisc.
Hop-A-Long Cassidy - Ohio St.
John Cappelletti - PSU
Archie Griffin (2) - Ohio State
Desmond Howard - Michigan
Eddie George - Ohio State
Charles Woodson - Michigan
Ron Dayne - Wisconsin

Total - 14

SEC

Frank Sinwich - Georgia
Billy Cannon - LSU
Steve Spurrier - Florida
George Rodgers - S. Carolina
Herschel Walker - Georgia
Bo Jackson - Auburn
Pat Sullivan - Auburn
Vinny Testeverde - Miami
Gino Torreta - Miami
Danny Wuerffel - Florida

Total - 10

Better teams, better players = Big Ten. We don't even need the official scorekeeper for this one.”

“Ohio State v. Florida

National Championships
OSU - 6
Florida - 2

Heisman Trophies
OSU - 6
Florida - 2

Winner winner, chicken dinner!”

“oops, sorry, Florida has only 1 national championship, because they're OVER RATED.”

“Well those are very nice stats, Buddah, but they're a little skewed. Miami is not in the SEC. Arkansas was in the Southwest Conference when they won their title. Georgia Tech was in the SEC at one point and may have won a title while in the league. I don't have my almanac with me.

Minnesota hasn't been a threat in years old timer. Illinois, you're joking, right? Iowa? Bwaaahaahaahaa. Look at the dates on those championships. Ancient history and easy to accomplish when you've got a weak conference.

What I said was, in head-to-head match-ups, the SEC has a winning record against every conference in the country, INCLUDING the teeny-tiny overrated ten. The small ten made the Rose Bowl a boring event. Now maybe we can have some good teams playing there.

What's OSU rated this year Buddah? Hey, isn't Northwestern favored to win the conference? Aaaaaaahahahahahahaha...

...LOOOOOOSER”

“well, at least buddha chose post-civil war dates. LOL!!!!”

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“dam.

that looks about as organized as a big 10 team.”

“Good try man.”

“ahem...

Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame

Wake up the echoes cheering her name,

Send the volley cheer on high,

Shake down the thunder from the sky,

What tho the odds be great or small

Old Notre Dame will win over all,

While her loyal sons are marching Onward to Victory


and if you think Florida's schedule is bad...”

“I-D-A-H-O! GO GO GO
Oh, wait a minute. I guess not...

Florida schools are always over rated. Everyone knows this but Florida guys.

That state has more press writers per division 1 team than anyplace else--duh, no wonder they get the votes. With their schedules they'll always win 10 games--until they play eachother or a top team from a competitive conference.

Does Miami play Washington this year? Wash is rebuilding so maybe Miami will have a chance.”

“Nothing I like more than wearing my GATOR Colors around all these dam vol fans here in Tennessee.”

“Florida sucks, and you can't claim Georgia Tech wins. They got smart and bailed from the SEC.

Show me some numbers in head to head match ups arclite, show me the numbers.”

“I'll bring in my almanac Buddah.



Fight song for the OSU weenies:


Oh it's great to be an OSU Buckeye...

That is what I truely want to be-ee-ee...

'Cause if I was an OSU Buckeye...

I could die and fall out of a tree.


Yeah right, sonrisas, Florida schools are overrated. Keep believing that as you watch the teams from around the country that all have players from Florida. Can you find Florida on a map? It's that huge hanging shaped thing that dangles from the end of the continent like a great big... And it takes a really big set to play for a Florida school (three of the top six teams).

Many Yankees have big mouths which they use loudly and often. The last time Penn State came down here they were going to teach the GATORS about smash-mouth football. The GATORS ran it up their gut all day long and keep them out of the end zone, two different times, when they had first and goal from inside the five. Those boys never seem to learn. The cold weather must have frozen their memories back in 1901.

Three different SEC schools won national championships in the '90s. Michigan got to share a title (and it wasn't '96) but everyone who knows football, knows that Nebraska was the best team that year.


Michigan fight song:


Hurl on the loosers...

Vanquished!

Hurl on the loosers...

Boo hoo!

Hurl, hurl, on Michigan

The loosers and munchkins...


Let us introduce you folks to Max Starks. At 6'-8", 360lbs, Max was just a little big to play linebacker at Florida, so we put him on the O-line where he could play with boys his own size. Ya'll come.”

“I am not partial to the Big 10 - SEC contest.... but I couldn't help noticing that the SEC is ahead for championships in the last 50 years, in the last 20, and in the last 5.

If yer talkin football championships, ya gotta take recent or else the Ivy league is gonna look awesome. Yale alone has 11 national championships. Its just that none of the teams have seen the top 25 since the 60s.”

“You left off the 1930, 1934, and 1941 NC teams from Alabama. Athlons has the 1934 team listed as the 6th best team of all time. We won't even talk about the robbery of 1966 at the hands of Northern biased media.”

“It's not our fualt that the South decided to build an education system after the 1940's, the records stand!”