College football.........How'd your team do?
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Robert Alley said:
Okay now Rich Rod is out!!
Leaders and legends anticipate the future and have vision, while the rest just try to react to it. Their mistake was that Rich Rod was never a Michigan man. To bad Harbaugh is headed to the NFL maybe he will coach Pryor there next year. ha ha ha
chris1d2se7 said:
haha do you refer to yourself in the third person? I'm just pickin man. Bottom line is rich rod wasn't well liked by anyone at Michigan and didn't win games. If he had of won games he would still be there. I would say they could get Les out of LSU since he's a yank. However I hear his buyout is astronomical. I can't believe Brady Hoke is the number one candidate for michigan though. I think harbaugh will fall on his face in the NFL but doesn't have the respect a Nick Saban has to come back...but who knows he'll probably do great.
And yes. I would be shocked if any (well most) of those OSU players come back next year regardless of what they said. AND I still think it's BS they played in the game but at the same time didn't want to hear people complain when they didn't play and got whipped. Arky never can and never has been able to win the big one lol.
Robert Alley said:
Saying the Big 10 is a joke and always will be is just plain stupid. Everything comes in cycles. The Big 10 has several National Championships in the past 50 years, and will win them in the future as well. Yes, this year was pathetic, but who really cares. Lets see Auburn in a couple years. Won't even be ranked and will get forgotten. A couple years ago, Florida thought they were unstoppable, and look at them this year. I can go on and on but will not bother.
The fact is, it all depends on how you want to look at it. One could look at the next level and decide where the players come from. The Big 10 has produced so many top NFL players that no one can dispute.
d1driver said:
What about 2004? It seems like Auburn has at least one undefeated team over the last couple decades... Also, what is the Big 10s bowl record since the BCS began and how many BCS championships has the SEC won and what is our bowl record? As far as the SEC in the NFL I can't give you statistics, but maybe Lee can.
Hint: there's a link in one of my previous post...
Oregon never looked much like they looked all year long. Those 2 or 3 play runs that just sort of ...stopped... didn't ever stop during most of the other games in the year.
They played well, so did Auburn. Oregon just couldn't quite get a little spark of luck -- end of quarter in the middle of one of their runs, the either/or call on the out of bounds, the face-mask or two shown in slow motion on replay, but never even discussed, let alone called, but mostly just a lucky break may have actually won the game for them.
Auburn, on the other hand, came in looking all the while like nothing ever thrown at Oregon before. Oregon had their hands full.
Did I hear that right? Auburn's line averaged 45 lbs heavier per man to Oregon? That's... a lot.
Wouldn't be surprised if they got the Heisman, and maybe the title stripped from them later though... Which isn't good for anyone.
They played well, so did Auburn. Oregon just couldn't quite get a little spark of luck -- end of quarter in the middle of one of their runs, the either/or call on the out of bounds, the face-mask or two shown in slow motion on replay, but never even discussed, let alone called, but mostly just a lucky break may have actually won the game for them.
Auburn, on the other hand, came in looking all the while like nothing ever thrown at Oregon before. Oregon had their hands full.
Did I hear that right? Auburn's line averaged 45 lbs heavier per man to Oregon? That's... a lot.
Wouldn't be surprised if they got the Heisman, and maybe the title stripped from them later though... Which isn't good for anyone.
ok buddy, thats why it was only a 3 point game right? that was a great battle. Fairley was all the difference in the game. That dude is a monster even if he looks like he's going to die of a doughnut overdose. He came up with some huge tackles. What did you guys think of that call on the potential second interception by Cliff Harris? looked to me like he had a foot and a hand down before going OB. And what a fluke play on that Dyer run at the end. I'm just glad it wasn't a blow out and there was enough back and forth to keep it interesting.Some Dude said:
discopedro said:
HAHAHAHA you are out of your gord hombre. Sad thing is that we will never know. However, as much as people think that they "deserved" to play...WOW. I'm sorry but going undefeated in the PAC-10 muchless the SEC is not even comparable to winning the Mountain West (or WAC). I don't care if they beat Wisconsin (or VT), good for them, but sorry you can't hang your hat for the season on one win. If AU or UO went into the MW/WAC it would be like the rest of the conference playing an NFL team.
RBBailey said:
Look, bottom line is that Oregon had not seen anything like the size coupled with speed that Auburn has on both sides of the line. Auburn dominated it on the line, period.
Now the only call that Oregon can even begin to bitch about is MAYBE the Cliff Harris int. Yes it was close, and it could have been an int that MIGHT not have gotten overturned in the box, but it wasn't about was he down or not, because he was...he did not have control of the ball all the way through and that was the deal breaker. However, you wouldn't believe the number of fans that were pissed about the safety call.
pdxrovermech said:
You can hate nick fairely, you can love nick fairley, but you can't block nick fairley. Yeah he did what he did on to James, but I'm fine with that...there isn't a team or coach in the country that wouldn't have him on their line. Oregon Fans I was watching the game with (couldn't afford a 3000 dollar ticket before the game or the 1800 dollar ticket at halftime...of the 6 I saw even for sale) at the Westgate center just did not think that he would be able to disrupt like he did and DID NOT think that he or our D front would make LJ their bitch. Guy standing next to me prophecized that he would put up at least 150 if not 200+ on the ground :rofl:
But, I've watched the game several times now, and there were several facemask calls that went unnoticed on BOTH sides of the ball, and a hold and a few chop blocks of fairley that never got called, so don't say that wahhhh we could of won if the refs had of been doing their job, it was a fair called game but it wasn't a great called game, but thats what you get out of big 10 refs.
Honestly, I thought Oregon played about the best they could of played against Auburn...they left 7 points on the field when they got stood up at the goal line, but if chip would have taken the points, they MIGHT (if everything played out like it did) would of won. Oregon was given a game with a level of physicality that they do not see in the PAC 10 very often, and were relying on speed of barner and james to get the big plays they relied on all season, but it just didn't happen, and their only other weapon was Jeff Maehl who had a hell of a game, but it wasn't enough.
So yes, it was only a 3 point game...but IMO Auburn did not play a good game at all...we played enough to win. So oregon left 7 on the field when they got stuffed.. We also left another 21 on the field. Opening drive, if darvin adams didn't alligator arm the pass it was a touch. Eric Smith drops a pass in the endzone that was an EASY touchdown. Then Tzac misses a wide open pass on a wheel route with two defenders beat like they stole something that was an easy score. Then there were 2 (maybe even 3) EASY but dropped picks that could have ended the game before oregon scored. Overall, I don't care what the score was but I feel like Auburn dominated the game and Oregon found ways to stay in the game (fake FG, 2 point conversion), almost a 2nd safety on the big pass by Thomas,etc. it was just a close game that ended up being close instead of a blowout.
On Big Mike Dyer...yeah, I guess you could call it a fluke play, but the kid made a football play. However, by the end of the game he was absolutely bulldogging the Oregon D, and was just flat out a beast.
I will say that the Oregon fans were a lot better than I had originally heard. We stood next to two guys that we went back and fourth with all game, but they made a big play or we made a big play we congratulated each other for an amazing play. When we won the game the guys weren't pissed they shook our hands and said congratulations with class.
On another note. PHOENIX WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS GAME AT ALL. The Westgate center restaurants and bars ran out of food and beer. I also heard of this happening to a few restaurants in scottsdale on Sunday night. It was a cluster-f*** anywhere you went outside the stadium that was a logistical nightmare. I just don't think they were prepared for the 20-30 thousand that didn't get tickets and stayed outside. There was an easy 10 thousand at the westgate center/patio watching on the big screen. It was reported that this was the largest crowd in UOP stadium, most watched cable program ever (granted its usually on ABC), and the only ticket price that even compared to this was the opening ceremony to the Beijing Olympics.
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wait, Auburn has a hockey team? That's fine, we have to let yall win at something this year... I'm still satisfied with football 
Howski said:
As will I.
Well, if you go by the Rivals rankings I'm sure Bama will finish top 3 if not number 1. Its funny that when you look at TOS rankings they have bama at 9, and Rivals has them at 1. Hmm, Dee Hart commits to Bama and picks up his fifth star, when Brent Calloway is committed to Bama for a year he is 5 stars and the number one prospect in the state out of Russelville, then he switches to Auburn and loses a star and magically there are no more 5 stars in the state.
What is really killing Florida State is that they already have 25 verbals, not much more room unless they do some sign and place guys. Everyone else in the Top 5 has room to close with big commits expected. Either way FSU is going to be loaded and a top 3 or 5 class, but with Muschamp bringing in a pro style system will they be able to hold onto the in state dominance or is this FSUs big year while the other two are in transition? It will be interesting to see how everyone closes!
Recruiting NC's are meaningless though...Nick Fairley was as 3 star per rivals.
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