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MARCIATX22
4/26/07 12:08 P
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I know I'm very excited about the upcoming fb season. I've spent many a Saturday afternoon shoulder to shoulder with about 85,000 people in Austin. (They're currently expanding the stadium to accomodate even more.)
However, Bama turned out 92,000+ for the spring game. I guess there's much excitement about Nick Saban coming to town. I understand this is SEC football but I wonder if so many fans come out because of a lack of other professional sport teams. Well, at least no other that come to mind.
75Loser, as I recall your Tiger basketball team knocked A&M out of the tourney. I was cheering for you guys.
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| If only the Memphis Tiger football team was half as good as its basketball team it would be twice as much fun to watch.
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| oh does anyone know a team that needs a 6'8'' 305 pound lineman?????? :)
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| I just can't wait to see how the new coaching staff at State will turn out. I know that trussel says that a Dontinio run Spartan team is scary, but who knows.
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Didn't we just watch Florida and Ohio State match up about 3 months ago? March Madness has been fun but I still look forward to college football.
The spring game was this past Saturday in Austin. Now it's officially okay to start thinking about fall ball.
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The Aztecs signed 20 players. 16 in State California. Mainly retooled their Off line and Def secondary. 19 seniors and one Junior College Safety, Travis Crawford that was pretty highly recruited.
Now we get to see what Chuck Long can do.
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Some New York Times article says a lot of people are calling shenanigans on Illinois's recruiting tactics this year.
There's nothing substantial just a lot of people whining, "But... but... they only had 3 wins, they shouldn't be signing top recruits."
Ron Zook has always been a good recruiter (it's on the field where they have problems). Any thoughts?
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| Mizzou did better than last year, they are in the upper half of the conference and in the top 40 nationally.
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MARCIATX22
2/7/07 11:21 P
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Letter of intent have all been signed.
I'm pleased with the Longhorn's recruiting class. How did your teams do?
Marcia
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I think the worst thing is the HUGE layoff between games. I'm not saying Ohio St. would've won the game if it was played in December but it would've been a hell of a lot closer. Ohio St. went a month and a half without playing a real football game. These gigantic breaks are ridiculous and only add more merit to a playoff system.
At the very least they can give us a plus one system. It still wouldn't be 100% fair but it's at least a step in the right direction.
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I totally agree with the playoff system. I can't believe that everyone is calling for it, but the NCAA just turns a deaf ear.
Now, I am not an OSU apologist (though my wife is a fan), but when a team sits idle for that long anything can happen.
The playoff models that I have heard people throwing around would eliminate teams sitting idle for what 53 days... That is SO ridiculous!
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Playoff, playoff, playoff.
Yeah, I know, it's not gonna happen.
Kudos to the Gators. They looked really good last night, a bunch of speed demons. I don't want to take anything away from them, but this doesn't look like the team that I remember watching at times during the season. They certainly brought their "A" game. Good for you, Gator fans. Nice little feather in the cap for Urban Meyer, too.
I can only imagine the shock that they must be feeling in Columbus. Other than the beat down Cal put on A&M, I think this was the largest margin of victory during the bowl season.
Final rankings were out today. I was a little surprised with some. Some of the upcoming pre-season projections are interesting as well.
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I doubt it too. We'll be saying the exact same thing next year. Just with different teams
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| Boise State and Florida probably would have been a much better game. Oh well, maybe the NCAA will get it right next year, but I doubt it.
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| OSU looked like they had gone back to August preseason workouts. Not taking away anything from Florida, they beat OSU's rear end pretty soundly, but they looked completely unlike they did from their November form. The BCS is still jacked up. Boise State got screwed. Just another victim
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| I don't know how much I am celebrating, but it is nice to be right for once. I was truly impressed with the speed of the Gator defense. OSU had never faced anything like that all season.
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Hi All,
Just thought I'd "drop in" before retiring to a wonderful night's sleep, with sweet dreams about OSU fans wiping away their tears!
Can't wait to hear what the "talking heads" have to say tomorrow. Actually, I CAN wait.
Coop - I hope you're celebrating! I certainly am!
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MARCIATX22
1/8/07 10:52 P
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Wow! I could not have been more wrong. Any reason to think the second half will play out any differently than the first?
Smith sure doesn't look like a Heisman trophy winner tonight.
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| Oh what a beating Ohio State is taking!
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| WOW what a great start so far! Tedd Ginn Jr. runs back the opening kick and Florida comes right back and ties the game up. Looks like it should be a good, fun, high scoring game!
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| Here it is....the last CFB game of the season. I still think OSU is going to easily handle Florida. We shall see.
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Thanks for the compliment. However, it is undeserved. Actually, I just don't want to hear all of their excuses, when the truth is that they were simply out-coached and out-played. The same thing happened to my Tigers at the Sun Bowl. How else do you explain a team blowing a two touchdown lead in the final ten minutes of the game? It's ironic that two Big 12 teams lost on a two point conversion.
BTW, I believe that you are correct in your assessment of Saban going to Bama. I believe that he would be foolish to remain in the NFL. He is a coach who is truly suited for the college game.
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Coop,
You're behaving like a mature, rational adult. Go ahead and try it tomorrow, although I'm sure with all the coverage, ESPN and elsewhere, they probably can't get away from it. I'll bet that game is on instant classics by the weekend.
I could care less about Louisville and Wake.
I wouldn't at all be surprised if Saban winds up at Bama, despite his prior comments to the contrary.
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| I'll give it a try tomorrow. Although they may have suffered enough already. Or maybe not.
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Coop,
Just have to work "Statue of Liberty" into the conversation somehow. OU fan or not. They've got to love that someone pulled that out of the hat. Well, maybe they don't but that play was cool. The only thing that would have been more fun to watch would have been the center holding the snap and plowing through the line.
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My favorite team fell victim to some poor decision making by their head coach in the final minutes. It was good to see a team use some imagination and take a risk and have it pay off. As a Mizzou fan, I rarely cheer for either OU or Nebraska. So it does my heart good to see either of them get their just desserts.
I am in a meeting with a lot of Sooner fans today, and they are very quiet about last night's game.
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My favorite team this year in bowl play was Boise State. That game was great and I've never seen the Statue of Liberty play run in color. That was just awesome!
Let's see: Undefeated team. Beat a ranked team in a bowl game and they'll probably finish about 6th in the final rankings.
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I've been watching many of the games. While it was disappointing watching my team go from playing in and winning last years National Championship to the Alamo bowl this year, a 10-3 season is still respectable, despite their crash and burn toward the season's end.
Russ, USC looked very good. I don't remember Booty looking better this season. Jarrett was extremely impressive, as well. I think they'd give Ohio State more of a game than I believe Florida will. I guess USC comes out #1 next year.
Did any of you watch the Fiesta bowl? By far, it ranks up there as one of the most exciting games, bowl or other, that I've ever seen! What a wild finish. As a Longhorn fan, it's always fun watching OU get beat up. Yeah, the Big 12 pretty much sucks, but my inner 12 year old enjoyed watching them lose. I also enjoyed seeing Cal totally embarrass A&M.
Yep, time for a playoff off system. Doubt it's ever gonna happen.
Happy New Year.
Marcia
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| Well now we know what would happen if USC and Michigan met in a bowl game. And yes, the BCS is lame.
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| Looking forward to watching the Badgers beat up on Arkansas. Then OSU beating Florida. HEY NCAA we need a National Championship Tournament. The BCS sucks.
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| I'm watching here and there. I'm an FSU fan so I definately tuned into the Emerald Bowl. I'll be really into the bowls come January 1st.
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| CFB is over for me now. Since the Tiger's bowl game ended this afternoon, I don't care what happens now.
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MARCIATX22
12/29/06 7:29 P
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| Am I the only one watching some of these bowl games? Yes, I'm trying to get my final dose of CFB in before the long wait until next August. On the other hand, I can now start focusing on basketball. I just never really get into college basketball until after the football season ends.
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COOP9002
12/17/06 10:02 A
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I agree with you completely. College football is more enjoyable to watch than the NFL. Unfortunately, we have almost nine months to wait for it to start again.
Enjoy all the bowl games that will begin starting up in the next week or so.
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MARCIATX22
12/17/06 2:51 A
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| How much longer until the 2007 season begins? Saturdays are so much better for watching football than Sundays, unless it's watching VY engineer another come from behind win.
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