NCAA Football 2008-09 Season

[kev1782]

I used to go to some of Troy's games when I was a kid. They usually played like they did for the final 25 minutes tonight.

 

[kev1782]

Anders, theres no one at Tiger Stadium.

 

[kev1782]

30 4th quarter points for LSU. Wow.

 

[anders5189]

Shows who the real fans are.

 

[mccoyrj]

LSU 40, Troy 31 ... 1:40 left. Tigers score 37 points in 14 minutes, 30 in the 4th quarter. Don't ask me to explain that.

 

[SabresRule]

How do you put those countdowns below your signature?

Hancox had countdowns for UConn games. I want to put one up for OU/Tech. How do I do this?

BTW, B.C. beat FSU 27-17. I'll bet Bill must be smiling.

 

[kev1782]

And it was homecoming tonight for LSU. I'd say there are less than 20,000, maybe less than 15,000 fans left in the stands from the shots they're showing of the stadium.

 

[mccoyrj]

Shows who the real fans are.

When you're down to a team like Troy 31-3 late in the 3rd, I'd say you have a good excuse to pack it up and go home. UNC wishes they had fans like those down in the bayou.

GEAUX TIGERS!!!

 

[anders5189]

When you're down to a team like Troy 31-3 late in the 3rd, I'd say you have a good excuse to pack it up and go home. UNC wishes they had fans like those down in the bayou.

GEAUX TIGERS!!!

Trust me we've got plenty of fair weather fans. I just hear all the tales of legendary night games at LSU. People tailgate all day and then the first hint of trouble and they hit the road. Either you support your team or you don't. Kudos to those who stuck around and witnessed it. They'll have something to tell their grandkids. Those folks should have 1st dibs at any bowl tickets LSU gets.

 

[SabresRule]

mccoy,

what bowl game could LSU make?

Ole Miss won't be easy, but Arkansas is really a bad team.

IMO, they might make the Peach Bowl against- gasp!- North Carolina.

They won't make the Cotton Bowl- that spot goes to Georgia, I think. They'll face the odd team out in the Big 12 (two BCS teams, 1 goes to the Holiday Bowl)

 

[mccoyrj]

Trust me we've got plenty of fair weather fans. I just hear all the tales of legendary night games at LSU. People tailgate all day and then the first hint of trouble and they hit the road. Either you support your team or you don't. Kudos to those who stuck around and witnessed it. They'll have something to tell their grandkids. Those folks should have 1st dibs at any bowl tickets LSU gets.

You have know idea how laughably wrong you are on this one, but I'm too exhausted from the game to argue. Sorry about UNC's loss to Maryland today.
Goodnight all.

 

[mccoyrj]

mccoy,

what bowl game could LSU make?

Ole Miss won't be easy, but Arkansas is really a bad team.

IMO, they might make the Peach Bowl against- gasp!- North Carolina.

They won't make the Cotton Bowl- that spot goes to Georgia, I think. They'll face the odd team out in the Big 12 (two BCS teams, 1 goes to the Holiday Bowl)

Possibly the Cotton. They're liked there. If not, could be the Peach, unless they lose to Ole Miss and/or Arkansas. Then they'll be lucky to make the Independance.

 

[kev1782]

Oh, I'm sure the Independence would take them no matter. Guaranteed sell out with it being in Shreveport and all. Bowl directors think about things like that , ya know.

 

[SabresRule]

Bama may be #1, but it seems as if most people don't care or believe.

EVERYWHERE I go, all I hear is how Florida's supposed to win that game and play for a national title.

Alabama is #1, yet NOBODY thinks they can beat Florida?!

I hope Bama wins that game; I am SO tired of EVERYONE talking about the Gators like they are God's gift to the game of football, especially the incredibly annoying Tim Tebow (AKA the most annoying player in college football HISTORY).

 

[kev1782]

I'm relishing that fact, Sabres. Let 'em talk about Florida all the way until December 6th. I hope Florida blows out the Citadel, and Florida State. I love it. They act like the number one team shouldn't even show up for that game. Time will tell, though, and I'm really looking forward to that game.

 

[SabresRule]

Since CharlesO isn't around yet, I'll fill in for him with 'Random thoughts on this College Football Saturday:'

1. Good news for Washington State- they only allowed 31 points. Bad news- they didn't score at all.

2. Tim Tebow may be the most annoying college football player I can ever recall.

3. After what I've seen from Navy, I don't think Army has a chance in hell of winning their game in three weeks.

4. I can't imagine what the ratings and anticipation will be like for a possible Pittsburgh vs. insert-ACC-winner Orange Bowl.

5. Memo to Texas, Oklahoma, or Texas Tech- Missouri will NOT be a cakewalk on December 6th. Chase Daniel is capable of winning an offensive shootout with any of the big guns from the Big 12 South

6. Washington and Washington State will be the most laughably awful game you'll ever see- AND I WANT TO SEE EVERY PLAY!

 

[kev1782]

Sabres, do you think if Tech beats Oklahoma that they're voted number 1 over Alabama?

 

[SabresRule]

Sabres, do you think if Tech beats Oklahoma that they're voted number 1 over Alabama?

Since Bama's off next week, yes.

OTOH, I don't know if OU's awful passing defense cancels out their awesomeness when they play in Norman.

 

[CharlesO]

Since CharlesO isn't around yet, I'll fill in for him with 'Random thoughts on this College Football Saturday:

Thanks Sabres, had to be away today.

6. Washington and Washington State will be the most laughably awful game you'll ever see- AND I WANT TO SEE EVERY PLAY!

I actually can't wait for this game myself.


Was able to watch the ND/Navy Game...almost an unbelievable comeback for the Middies....too bad they couldn't pull it off.

 

[SabresRule]

ESPN - A date that will live in infamy: Apple Cup 2008 - Pac-10

Funny read about the Rotten Apple Cup:

And so it begins: The countdown to the 2008 Apple Cup on Nov. 22.
Likely winless Washington and its lame duck coach Tyrone Willingham visits woeful state rival Washington State, owners of a single victory over an FCS foe as well as the first defense in college football history to give up more than 60 points four times in a season.
Calling it a train wreck does a disservice to train wrecks.
Oh, but you know you can't turn away.
This is like a throwdown between "Plan 9 from Outer Space" vs. "Gigli".
This is like the 2003 Detroit Tigers vs. the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, if we can be allowed to mix sports mediums.
This is like, well, the 1987 "Toilet Bowl" between Kansas and Kansas State, which finished in a 17-17 tie. The Jayhawks finished the season 1-9-1, the Wildcats at 0-10-1.
This is like the less heralded but perhaps even more pathetic encore in 1988 in which Kansas beat Kansas State, providing the only win between them. Those two squads were outscored that season 944-360.
Of course, the Huskies and Cougars combined scoring deficit -- 776-224 with four games remaining -- blows that out of the water.
In fact, the Cougars likely will enter the NCAA record book in the ignominious "Most points allowed in a season" category, even before they play their 13th game at Hawaii. They have surrendered 443 points -- 49.2 per game -- and the record is a mere 566, yielded by Eastern Michigan in 2002.
Hey, we know that statistics can sometimes make a person's eyes glaze over, but consider these fun facts.

• Both teams rank between 111th and 119th (worst) in the nation in these minor statistical categories: scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense, total defense, rushing offense, rushing defense.
• Washington has five sacks (119th); Washington State has six (118th). Combine their total: 11. 99 teams have recorded 11 or more sacks.
• Washington State is tied for last in the nation with a turnover deficit of negative-2.22 per game.
• Washington has caused the fewest turnovers in the nation: 5. 105 teams have caused at least double that total.
• Washington State is last in the nation in third down conversion percentage: 26.4 percent.
• Washington is last in the nation in pass efficiency defense. Foes are completing 71 percent of their passes, which is only slightly lower than if the opposing offense were merely running routes without a defense.
• Washington State ranks last in the nation in points allowed (49.2 per game) and next to last in points scored (12.3), which obviously means that no team has a larger average margin of defeat this season.

It's not unfair to say that the loser of the Apple Cup will earn mention as one of the worst teams to emerge from a major conference in the modern era, joining such squads as 1981 Northwestern, 1959 Virginia and 2000 Duke.