2009-10 College Football Bowl Season thread

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

1. Really classy interview by Colt McCoy after the game. Showed a lot of character in what was obviously a tough situation for him.

2. So, I hear Ingram's dad is in prison?????? Good lord. Any chance we could get some more shout-outs for the non-felon parents? I get that Ingram still has a relationship with his dad, but did we have to hear about it EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL?

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

????? Good lord. Any chance we could get some more shout-outs for the non-felon parents? I get that Ingram still has a relationship with his dad, but did we have to hear about it EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL?

You have to forgive Brent...he's old...and drunk.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

2. So, I hear Ingram's dad is in prison?????? Good lord. Any chance we could get some more shout-outs for the non-felon parents? I get that Ingram still has a relationship with his dad, but did we have to hear about it EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL?

Seriously, that alone irritated me and made me root against Bama. I liked when the announcers after his first td were like "oh yay he scored one for his dad." it's like "HOW ABOUT ONE FOR HIS MOM WHO ISN'T A CONVICTED FELON AND IS ACTUALLY IN THE STANDS TO WATCH HER SON PLAY...WHY CAN'T THIS TD BE FOR HER!?!?!?!"

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Could have been an interesting scenario w/o a "championship" game though, especially say if 'Bama had 1 loss. Some pollsters might opt to vote for Texas in that case.

I hope they vote Colt McCoy #1 for being such a great QB. His mere presence on the sideline turned that Freshman into a good QB as well as spurred that Texas defense to step up their game.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Logan

Brilliant job wade. You'd think people would realize how stupid they sound when all they do is repeat the same bullshit line as support for whatever ridiculous argument they're trying to make.

I'm glad someone appreciated it .

[bronconick]

I read this idea on another board, but I like it. No one really wants congress and the feds getting involved in college football, because it's a stupid unimportant detail given everything else they *should* be working on. But every year, the champion in most major sports gets invited to the White House. So why not invite both Alabama and Boise State? It's a nice little 15 second jab at the stupidity of the whole college football "playoff" system.

Edit: Wetzel came up with the idea a couple days ago on Yahoo, which is where it came from.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by bronconick

I read this idea on another board, but I like it. No one really wants congress and the feds getting involved in college football, because it's a stupid unimportant detail given everything else they *should* be working on. But every year, the champion in most major sports gets invited to the White House. So why not invite both Alabama and Boise State? It's a nice little 15 second jab at the stupidity of the whole college football "playoff" system.

Because Boise State isn't anyone's national champion? Unless we're starting to count my computer poll's national championship too. (In which case, let's do it.)

Just being undefeated through BCS season isn't a national title. The BCS is lame, to be sure, but having the President award plastic trophies and patting people on the back to say "good job" seems lame to me, unless the AP wants to name them national champs.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by bronconick

So why not invite both Alabama and Boise State?

Umm ... because it would make the WH look even stupider than normal?

[Noop]

Someone called Texas fans smug? I can name a few teams who have worst fans on this very site alone. Texas would have lost with or without Colt despite Nick Saban's best effort to totally give the game away.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by cartman

My prediction for the game:

It is going to be a close, low scoring game, with Texas winning off of a defensive or special teams score, 24-21.

Well, I had the game pegged up until the 3 minute mark, except that Bama had the defensive score for the lead.

Great comeback by the Horns last night that just fell short.

[Cuckoo]

Originally Posted by Noop

Someone called Texas fans smug?

With IMTG gone, don't take this site as representative. Cartman and Senator are downright cool, undoubtedly the best they have.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Final AP poll is out, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Boise, tOSU are the top five.
TCU, Iowa, Cincy, Va Tech, and Penn State round out the top ten.

Unranked teams before the bowl who finished in the top 25 are Ole Miss, Tx Tech, USC, and Clemson. WVU finished 25th, one point ahead of Oklahoma.

Odd little side note, looks like #24 Clemson is the first five-loss team to be ranked since FSU in 2005.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Cuckoo

With IMTG gone, don't take this site as representative. Cartman and Senator are downright cool, undoubtedly the best they have.

Every college football team's fans, in the aggregate, are huge, annoying d-bags.

[MJ4H]

I guess this is where to post things like this, not sure.

Ryan Mallett is staying in school for next year. Good news for me, anyway. Will become official in about an hour or so at a press conference, and he is scheduled to be on College Football Live 30 minutes later.

edit: Official

[JonInMiddleGA]

Demaryius Thomas is officially leaving GT to enter the NFL draft.

[Eaglesfan27]

Joe McKnight has decided to enter the NFL draft.

[Honolulu Blue]

Congrats to Alabama. Better luck next time to Texas. That's about all I have to say about the national championship. It was never a game that engaged me.

Of course CMU wins by 3 when my line was three... and a half. I cared much more about that.

So the final line is 4-4 overall, -$40; and 0-2 on the bonus bets (-$135).

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

Saban is one hell of a coach!

I could've told you that a dozen years ago when he was coaching in obscurity.

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

A perfect example of how sideline reporting NEVER has balls in this day and age.

Did they ever? The eye candy doesn't have the brains and the jocks are too far inside. The sideline folks in the XFL asked a few zingers, but it was that sort of league.

Thanks everyone. I'm outta here.

[MJ4H]

Am I going to hell for laughing?
Colt McCoy and Vince Young exchange letters after the game.... - SEC Score Board - TigerDroppings.com

[Eaglesfan27]

No surprise, but Damian Williams declared for the draft tonight.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

I guess this is where to post things like this, not sure.

Ryan Mallett is staying in school for next year. Good news for me, anyway. Will become official in about an hour or so at a press conference, and he is scheduled to be on College Football Live 30 minutes later.

edit: Official

Yay! Smart move for him, TBH.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Am I going to hell for laughing?
Colt McCoy and Vince Young exchange letters after the game.... - SEC Score Board - TigerDroppings.com

I will be joining you. I almost made it through, but the "Cote" got me grinning and the E.S.P. put me over the top. I feel bad about it, but I am still laughing.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Alabama-Texas turned out to be the most watched TV show since the Academy Awards in Feb 09, largest 18-49 audience for a BCS game in history, largest title game household rating since 2006, up 9% over last year.

Pulled a 67.4 rating in Birmingham, a 47.8 in Austin (0.1 higher than the game against USC) .

Roll Tide: BCS Championship Tops In Birmingham With A 67.4 Rating; Austin #2 With A 47.8 Rating - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com

“2010 CITI BCS National Championship” Stands as TV’s Most-Watched Telecast In Nearly 1 Year - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Alabama-Texas turned out to be the most watched TV show since the Academy Awards in Feb 09, largest 18-49 audience for a BCS game in history, largest title game household rating since 2006, up 9% over last year.

Pulled a 67.4 rating in Birmingham, a 47.8 in Austin (0.1 higher than the game against USC) .

Roll Tide: BCS Championship Tops In Birmingham With A 67.4 Rating; Austin #2 With A 47.8 Rating - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com

“2010 CITI BCS National Championship” Stands as TV’s Most-Watched Telecast In Nearly 1 Year - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com

Jon, how much of this do you think it was because it was Texas in the game?

And do you know how it did outside of the South/Southeast?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Jon, how much of this do you think it was because it was Texas in the game?

And do you know how it did outside of the South/Southeast?

I think it was more likely a combination of the two teams rather than just one or the other. The game was actually slightly lower in Houston & Dallas than the Texas-USC matchup. And other than Atlanta the southeast alone simply doesn't have enough large markets that could overdeliver & account for ratings 18-49 being up to 10.2 over 8.7 for Florida-Oklahoma a year ago.

[claphamsa]

no mention of carol jumping to the seahawks? wonder how bad the violations are.....

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

no mention of carol jumping to the seahawks? wonder how bad the violations are.....

Try checking the other thread.. has nothing to do with violations and everything to do with being offered 7 million a year and control over the draft and which players he will get. Also, has something to do with Garrett and his frequent clashes that have gotten worse.

[Dr. Sak]

Tommy Tuberville to Texas Tech.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

no mention of carol jumping to the seahawks? wonder how bad the violations are.....

USC is one of the biggest programs in college football. The NCAA doesn't punish those schools.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Tommy Tuberville to Texas Tech.

I think that is a pretty good hire. Tuberville isn't real flashy, but I still don't think that he gets the credit that he deserves for doing a pretty good job at his last two stops. I think he is much better than taking a risk on an up-and-comer coordinator or a retread.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Jonathan Dwyer, Morgan Burnett, and Derrick Morgan all leave GT to enter the NFL draft.

Renaldo McClain enters from Alabama.
2 more players (DE Dunlop & their C) leave Florida bringing the total to 4 with possible two safety's still to decide
And in the last week, UGA loses LB Rennie Curran & S Reshard Jones

[Swaggs]

Was Dwyer expected to go or was he a surprise?

[flounder]

The only real surprise was Burnett. Dwyer is projected to go late 1st round, I think.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by flounder

The only real surprise was Burnett. Dwyer is projected to go late 1st round, I think.

Burnett has a child he needs to support. Hence, his quote in his press conference that he didn't pay as much attention to draft projections.

Coming into the weekend, Dwyer was the most on the fence of the three.

[Eaglesfan27]

Trying to decide where to put this, this thread seemed like a decent candidate. The Senior Bowl is this weekend, and Tim Tebow is looking terrible in practices. Here is a link to an article:

Tim Tebow meets his worst career fears in Senior Bowl debut - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF Blog - Yahoo! Sports

[Logan]

Is this an appropriate time to use "in other news, Lance Bass is gay"?

[larrymcg421]

"Senior Bowl debut"

[Lathum]

Anyone heard about the anti-abortion commercial he is doing during the superbowl?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Anyone heard about the anti-abortion commercial he is doing during the superbowl?

Regardless of whether I agree with his stance, I applaud him for standing up for his beliefs rather than avoiding all controversy.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Anyone heard about the anti-abortion commercial he is doing during the superbowl?

The script was approved by the NFL so I'm guessing it's going to be rather tame. From what I've read it's just him telling his story. I don't know why anyone would have a problem with that regardless of their views on abortion. I'm just disappointed it's in conjunction with a group of bigots.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Regardless of whether I agree with his stance, I applaud him for standing up for his beliefs rather than avoiding all controversy.

Not really sure it is a road I want to go down for obvious reasons, but I'm not sure I would classify it a standing up for his beliefs when it is being advertised on a commercial during the Superbowl.

[Lathum]

Just to clarify, I have no issues with the commercial or him doing it, just found it interesting.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Not really sure it is a road I want to go down for obvious reasons, but I'm not sure I would classify it a standing up for his beliefs when it is being advertised on a commercial during the Superbowl.

I'd say doing it pro-bono, when the safer route is to avoid it in order to keep the haters a little deeper in the closet at least, counts. By the accounts I've read, he didn't seek out the opportunity, they came to him & asked. Easiest thing in the world, smartest thing economically too, would have been to beg off because he was too busy getting ready for the NFL. Instead he seems to have followed his heart & while I'm adamantly pro-choice, I can understand why he's got a different take based on his backstory.

[Dr. Sak]

As much as I don't like the Florida Gators...I really want Tebow to succeed. No matter how sick I got about hearing about him, I would've loved for him to play for my team. He wasn't only a great player but a great student, and a great ambassador for the University of Florida. I hope he proves all the naysayers wrong and starts at QB in the NFL.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

As much as I don't like the Florida Gators...I really want Tebow to succeed. No matter how sick I got about hearing about him, I would've loved for him to play for my team. He wasn't only a great player but a great student, and a great ambassador for the University of Florida. I hope he proves all the naysayers wrong and starts at QB in the NFL.

I totally agree. I have never had an issue with Tebow. Sure, all the constant pre-game and in-game Tebow chatter got annoying, but that's not his fault. I found all those articles yesterday about his struggles in the Senior Bowl practices to be kind of annoying.

[Swaggs]

I can get on board the Tebow bandwagon, but only if Favre retires. I think the media fellatio on those two, in the same league at the same time, might be too much for me.

[Eaglesfan27]

Watching the senior bowl, first thing that jumps out is how much weight Terrance Cody has gained in just a few weeks since the NC game.

Tebow looked back on his first drive. Pike looks good on his first drive. Jacoby Ford looks very fast.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Watching the senior bowl, first thing that jumps out is how much weight Terrance Cody has gained in just a few weeks since the NC game.

Tebow looked back on his first drive. Pike looks good on his first drive. Jacoby Ford looks very fast.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PmvsWE1k-7...Kpjpy5BHQ/s400

[Eaglesfan27]

If Tebow goes in the 1st round, some GM/coach needs to have his sanity evaluated.

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

If Tebow goes in the 1st round, some GM/coach needs to have his sanity evaluated.

Al Davis?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Somebody is going to get themselves a nice change-up back that can also split out wide as needed when they draft Dexter McCluster.