2009 College Football: Week 1 Discussion

[larrymcg421]

To give credit to Boise St., Petersen clearly wasn't happy with the action of his player there. He's scolding him even before the punch.

[molson]

Coming in as neutral fan (maybe leaning towards Oregon), and deducting for the 1st-game sloppiness you can expect, I think Boise St looked fine and Oregon was a disaster. Boise St should have won this game by a lot more, and sloppiness can be fixed.

LeGarrette Blount has to be gone for good, what an embarrassment to the school. The Boise St player was surely a punk as well, he he should probably sit out the next game

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Good article about Blaine Gabbert for the Mizzou fans...........

Gabbert stepping into Missouri quarterback spotlight - Columbia Missourian

As the article says, he's no Chase Daniel. He's 6'4", 235 lbs. and was the #1 QB in the nation coming out of HS. No pressure.

[molson]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

I think Blount should be gone for the rest of the year. I hate to say that because I believe in second, third and fourth chances. However the totality of his actions really are shocking. Yes, he threw a punch. He was also prepared to throw more if someone else approached him. He also tried to go into the stands, and finally finally was beyond the control of his teammates, his coaching staff, or even the police. His actions went far beyond the emotions of the game IMO.

He also shoved an Boise St. Coach, and his own teammate. This wasn't a second of losing himself, he's basically a dangerous, wild dog.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by molson

He also shoved an Boise St. Coach, and his own teammate. This wasn't a second of losing himself, he's basically a dangerous, wild dog.

...who also backpedaled like crazy after throwing a sucker punch.

[Blade6119]

He has to wear those ugly ass Oregon jerseys, isnt that punishment enough?

[Noop]

Originally Posted by molson

He also shoved an Boise St. Coach, and his own teammate. This wasn't a second of losing himself, he's basically a dangerous, wild dog.

... You definitely need to work on your language skills.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Noop

... You definitely need to work on your language skills.

You're right, I shouldn't have capitalized the "C" in coach.

[Noop]

The Boise player is a asshat who should have never smack Blount's jersey/pad. That being said I hope Blount is kicked of the team for that behavior because he could have started a riot.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by molson

You're right, I shouldn't have capitalized the "C" in coach.

You know what I'm talking about so I won't entertain it anymore with you.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Noop

You know what I'm talking about so I won't entertain it anymore with you.

I know, you're calling me a racist, which is what you do (without actually saying it). Like how we were all racist in the Micahel Vick thread for criticizing him.

For what it's worth (nothing to a bigot like you), the player who lost his mind in a high school game last year in Idaho (white) and punched out his coach, and was charged with a felony, also acted like a wild dog.

I really, really, have no tolerance for a human being losing control of themselves physically like an animal and putting other people in danger. I really don't care what race he is. It's a personal characteristic, not a racial one. Some humans are just closer to animals than others. That's what it is - animalistic. A human being should be able to control themselves physically. A punch is an unfortuante mistake, when it goes on for 10 minutes its something worse.

[wade moore]

CARD ALERT! CARD ALERT!

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Noop

The Boise player is a asshat who should have never smack Blount's jersey/pad. That being said I hope Blount is kicked of the team for that behavior because he could have started a riot.

Agreed here. The Boise St. player is a douche, but we wouldn't be talking about him today if Blount doesn't turn into a maniac. And as others have said, if it was just the punch you might look past it with a short suspension - but the way he tried to go at the fans afterwords is inexcusable.

[spleen1015]

Please don't let this thread degrade into some BS about racism.

[molson]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Please don't let this thread degrade into some BS about racism.

Sorry. I've lost my patience with Noop and his race baiting. Everyone just usually ignores him, and I'll go back to doing that to.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by molson

Sorry. I've lost my patience with Noop and his race baiting. Everyone just usually ignores him, and I'll go back to doing that to.

fwiw, others (myself included) have called him out on it numerous times.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by molson

I know, you're calling me a racist, which is what you do (without actually saying it). Like how we were all racist in the Micahel Vick thread for criticizing him.

For what it's worth (nothing to a bigot like you), the player who lost his mind in a high school game last year in Idaho (white) and punched out his coach, and was charged with a felony, also acted like a wild dog.

I really, really, have no tolerance for a human being losing control of themselves physically like an animal and putting other people in danger. I really don't care what race he is. It's a personal characteristic, not a racial one. Some humans are just closer to animals than others. That's what it is - animalistic. A human being should be able to control themselves physically. A punch is an unfortuante mistake, when it goes on for 10 minutes its something worse.

You're a fucking idiot. I was point out your use of language is questionable and I know you could have picked a better word then the one you used. If anyone is a racist or harbors those tendencies its not me its you. Go look at the thread about the police to see you at your best if you wondering.

I question where some people on this board are coming from with their comments and over the years I have come to understand people are just different. I am not a racist nor a bigot never have been but according to you I am which is great because you decide who is what in this place.

As for your story that is still suspect but then again its hard to see your own nose without a mirror.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I didn't watch, just followed the game online, so could someone confirm this account from an Oregon columnist

Kelly was disrespected multiple times on the Ducks sideline during the game. Players scoffed in his face. Another shouted at him. Bellotti undermined him, too, by walking up in front of Kelly's players to offer the new guy input in the second quarter. And so we're learning calling the plays is one thing, and leading the program is another.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Can we at least make the arguments in this thread revolve around rivalries to keep it relevant?

For example, f%@# the Beakers.

(sterlingice and DataKing enter the thread in 3......2.....1.....)

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Looking forward to Indiana's season opener this Thursday night. Although if we lose to Eastern Kentucky, I will cry.

The game actually was still in question until the final gun. It's gonna be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng season for IU. We could not run the ball against an FCS team. Coaching staff cannot make adjustments at the half. Why do we have to be the Detroit Lions of the Big Ten?

At least our newly renovated stadium looks great. I'll just focus on that as we get our ass kicked by Western Michigan next week.

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Kelly was disrespected multiple times on the Ducks sideline during the game. Players scoffed in his face. Another shouted at him. Bellotti undermined him, too, by walking up in front of Kelly's players to offer the new guy input in the second quarter. And so we're learning calling the plays is one thing, and leading the program is another.

I can confirm that Bellotti went up to him during the game to give him advice. During an interview in the 2nd quarter, Bellotti admitted to the sideline reporter that he did go up to Kelly to give his advice on what to do.

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Kodos

The game actually was still in question until the final gun. It's gonna be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng season for IU. We could not run the ball against an FCS team. Coaching staff cannot make adjustments at the half. Why do we have to be the Detroit Lions of the Big Ten?

At least our newly renovated stadium looks great. I'll just focus on that as we get our ass kicked by Western Michigan next week.

At least for your sake Purdue sucks too.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Maybe it was mentioned already & I overlooked it but did everybody catch who the assistant coach caught in the scrum at the end was? Former Nebraska QB Scott Frost.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

It's way too early for any sort of judgement like that.

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that they will probably both get better as the season goes along

SI

I agree it's early but even at this stage they didn't look great.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

At least for your sake Purdue sucks too.

The difference being that at least Purdue has a good basketball team to fall back on come November.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

At least for your sake Purdue sucks too.

Yes. But I guarantee that they will kick the shit out of us again this year, just like they did last year. We are world class bad.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I didn't watch, just followed the game online, so could someone confirm this account from an Oregon columnist

Kelly was disrespected multiple times on the Ducks sideline during the game. Players scoffed in his face. Another shouted at him. Bellotti undermined him, too, by walking up in front of Kelly's players to offer the new guy input in the second quarter. And so we're learning calling the plays is one thing, and leading the program is another.

That's a pretty shit thing for Bellotti to do because as the article states he undermined Kelly. If I'm Kelly I am thinking of making my exit from Oregon after the season is over because that environment is not one he can be successful.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

The difference being that at least Purdue has a good basketball team to fall back on come November.

Get your swipes in while you can. IU is on the way back up in basketball. I have total faith in Coach Crean.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Jon

Greg Schiano hasn't publicly named his starting QB, but odds are it's Natale. He released his 2 deep chart earlier this week and had a bunch of ORs

My inside source at RU says it will be Natale but all 3 QB's probably see time at some point unless Natale is lights out.

[wade moore]

FCS Villanova (from the CAA) upset Temple last night. Way to go Nova! Not a HUGE win as Temple isn't a football powerhouse, but any FCS over BCS win is good for the division.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Get your swipes in while you can. IU is on the way back up in basketball. I have total faith in Coach Crean.

Like I said a few years ago when Mizzou finished 11th in conference, there's nowhere to go but up.

[DataKing]

I imagine there has to be a lot of pressure on the Oregon staff to do something about Blount, and quickly. Not only was Bellotti in attendance last night, but so was the new Pac 10 Commissioner. Talk about poor first impressions.

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Can we at least make the arguments in this thread revolve around rivalries to keep it relevant?

For example, f%@# the Beakers.

(sterlingice and DataKing enter the thread in 3......2.....1.....)

This made me LOL.

[I. J. Reilly]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

I can confirm that Bellotti went up to him during the game to give him advice. During an interview in the 2nd quarter, Bellotti admitted to the sideline reporter that he did go up to Kelly to give his advice on what to do.

That absolutely floored me when he said that during the game. He couldn’t even make it through the first half without completely undermining Kelly in front of the entire team. Kelly better hang 50 on Purdue next week or he’s in serious trouble. Belloti obviously would have no trouble stepping right back in as head coach on an emergency bases.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Can we at least make the arguments in this thread revolve around rivalries to keep it relevant?

For example, f%@# the Beakers.

(sterlingice and DataKing enter the thread in 3......2.....1.....)

I seem to remember a pretty good game last year but I can't remember who won... who was that again?

November 28th this year.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by I. J. Reilly

Belloti obviously would have no trouble stepping right back in as head coach on an emergency bases.

Sounds to me like Kelly might be better off in the long run if he let him.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

He has to wear those ugly ass Oregon jerseys, isnt that punishment enough?

I thought the jerseys weren't that bad. I liked the feathers on the shoulders. They were 10x's better than those old Oregon jerseys with that fake chainmail pattern or whatever it was.

[RomaGoth]

Originally Posted by wade moore

FCS Villanova (from the CAA) upset Temple last night. Way to go Nova! Not a HUGE win as Temple isn't a football powerhouse, but any FCS over BCS win is good for the division.

It can be argued that Temple should be a FCS....

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by RomaGoth

It can be argued that Temple should be a FCS....

True..

If my Tribe can pull off the win over UVA tomorrow I'll crow a lot louder .

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

... Blaine Gabbert .... He ... was the #1 QB in the nation coming out of HS.

Seriously, he came out the same year as Terrelle Pryor. You need to stop saying this.

ESPN had him as the #5 QB, rivals.com #2 and Scout.com #7.

I get, all those numbers mean he was a stud recruit. But I cannot find a single publication that did not have Pryor the #1 QB, if not player.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I seem to remember a pretty good game last year but I can't remember who won... who was that again?

November 28th this year.

SI

Who'd you play in the B12 championship the next weekend?

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Seriously, he came out the same year as Terrelle Pryor. You need to stop saying this.

ESPN had him as the #5 QB, rivals.com #2 and Scout.com #7.

I get, all those numbers mean he was a stud recruit. But I cannot find a single publication that did not have Pryor the #1 QB, if not player.

Maybe #1 dropback qb?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Seriously, he came out the same year as Terrelle Pryor. You need to stop saying this.

ESPN had him as the #5 QB, rivals.com #2 and Scout.com #7.

I get, all those numbers mean he was a stud recruit. But I cannot find a single publication that did not have Pryor the #1 QB, if not player.

I'm going to assume that the article is using the differentiation that Rivals uses to separate dual-threat QB's and pro-style QB's. Pretty sure that Pryor was classified as the #1 dual-threat QB and Gabbert was the #1 pro-style QB.

I'm not sure that it matters all that much in the end. There's not a lot of difference when you're dealing with players that highly ranked. It's more of a pissing match than anything.

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Maybe it was mentioned already & I overlooked it but did everybody catch who the assistant coach caught in the scrum at the end was? Former Nebraska QB Scott Frost.

That is an great catch. The kind of useless, irrelevant information that I love.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Who'd you play in the B12 championship the next weekend?

I know we didn't lose by 40, sending our best team in years to the Alamo Bowl.


And here is a picture of our coach one bowl into devouring Florida's entire orange supply.

(to others fans, we all know we don't have national titles to fight over but we all have our own little squabbles)

SI

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

And here is a picture of our coach one bowl into devouring Florida's entire orange supply.

SI

I no longer will bitch to the cashier when I go the grocery store wondering why oranges are so damn expensive this summer. Supply is obviously scarce.

Which Sisters of the Poor school is KU playing this week?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Which Sisters of the Poor school is KU playing this week?

That made me curious myself, so I went & looked.

They start a trip through murderer's row with Northern Colorado, followed by UTEP and Duke.

[sterlingice]

That's the Northern Colorado (School of the Blind) Bears, thank you very much.

Say hello to those powerhouses of Bowling Green and Furman the next two weeks

SI

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

That made me curious myself, so I went & looked.

They start a trip through murderer's row with Northern Colorado, followed by UTEP and Duke.

Don't forget Southern Miss, too. It's our tour of C-USA. And that's *AT* UTEP!

SI

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

That made me curious myself, so I went & looked.

They start a trip through murderer's row with Northern Colorado, followed by UTEP and Duke.

I'm going to be in El Paso for the UTEP-KU game. I'm expecting the result to be the same as the last time the Miners played the Jayhawks in a major men's sport...

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

That's the Northern Colorado (School of the Blind) Bears, thank you very much.

Say hello to those powerhouses of Bowling Green and Furman the next two weeks

SI

I'm thinking that Illinois and @Nevada provide more challenges than any on the KU slate. We deserve a couple of easy ones. But as you mention, KU managed to make a BCS bowl despite not even winning a division championship/making the championship game in their own league, so I guess there's something to scheduling no one in your non-conf schedule.