College Football Championship Saturday: Early Games Live Thread
by Bill C. on Dec 5, 2009 11:42 AM CST
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Watching some early football in anticipation of Florida-Alabama the Mizzou-Oregon basketball game? Might as well talk about it here!
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C-USA Championship!
ECU v. Houston! ESPN360. Do it.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 11:48 AM CST reply actions
AHH! Excitement!
ECU punt returner pulls a Briscoe— Houston recovers and takes the lead in the “Battle of Field Position”
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Is this Sumlin's last game?
I cannot decide how I feel about his possibly moving to kU…
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I'm more scared of Sumlin than I would be of somebody like Edsall, I think.
Just because of youth, Texas ties, offensive prowess, etc.
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I think I agree with that
I dont know how old Sumlin is though and if he would treat kU like another stepping stone
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yeah...
…he’s apparently 45.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sumlin
He’s also apparently a midwestern/Purdue guy, which I didn’t know. He’d be rumored for every Big Ten job that came open, I’d assume. (Speaking of which, I’m not sure why he hasn’t been rumored for every Big Ten job already…)
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huh....the midwestern thing surprises me
But yeah…45 would worry me in the stepping stone category.
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So I have had two "WOW!" moments so far this morning
Dion Lewis of Pitt.
I realize Matt Millen may be prone to over-exaggeration, but I see a lot of Barry in this young man. A LOT. What Pitt did with their first drive with him was just old-school. Good hands out the backfield, understands how to chip and pick up a blitz as well. Is on pace to carry the ball roughly 50-odd times today.
John Wall of Kentucky
Turned over to CBS to see a little in between quarters of Pitt/Cincy. In a three possession segment, he grabbed a defensive board, went the length of the court, was 2 on 2. Made a move on his guy in the lane and just EXPLODED to the hoop for a two-handed dunk. On the third possession, he ran the floor, was 1 on 2, got to the bucket and went up and under for the amazing finish.
Both freshman (though obviously Wall will be a pro next year while college football gets to enjoy Lewis for two more seasons). Great stuff
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Cincy benefits from that terribly called rule on hitting WR's over the middle
Pitt takes 12 plays on each drive…Cincy moves down field real quick and is on the two after another bad call on the Pitt secondary.
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Pike has shorted two TD throws now...3rd and goal at the 2
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Great hold by Pitt, Cincy gets just the FG to make it 14-10
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Wow...Illinois actually winning a game (7-0 over Fresno)
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UNC was up 9-2, Kentucky breaking off a little 20-2 run
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Now I understand how Wall got so much preseason all american hype
Kid is just redonkulous
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Run extended to 28-5
Make that 31-5. Kentucky has no bench currently, but their starting 5 is pretty amazing.
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Also outstanding compared to what they had the last couple of years
I know Calipari’s history with sanctions, but the guy can flat recruit
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I'd take that starting five vs anybody else in the country
and like the hell out of my chances at a final four
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yes...if you can just jump straight the final four
but since it is only December, I would think they need to develop SOME bench…even if it is 3 guys who can play about 10 min. per game…totally agree on their starting 5, but they will need some help down the road.
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true. If they get hit by the injury bug they'll suffer pretty badly.
but for today, I’ll take them handing roy a little humble pie.
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They seem to be on their way to that
Cousins has played well, though I would like to see him get rid of it a little quicker on the collapse. If he can learn to kick out effectively, UK will have defenses all over the place
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Injury bug, or just one-game foul trouble/cold spell in the tourney.
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And the fact Pitt handed off to Lewis 16 times in the 1st quarter paying dividends
Play action for a long pass and then a flea flicker to Baldwin for a 2 play scoring drive.
21-10 Pitt with 10:28 to go in the half
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Lewis is on pace for 58 carries today...
…can’t decide if that favors Pitt or Cincy in the end, if the game stays close. Will he keel over before the Cincy defense does?
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what's a shame is...
…even if Pitt wins this and looks great doing so, the emerging storyline from the game will probably be “Cincy was too distracted by the Kelly rumors, that’s why they lost,” which would be a shame, as Pitt’s really a rock-solid team…
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Slow substitutions by ECU
lures Keenum into a lazy throw, ECU intercepts in the endzone. Brilliant strategy by Skip Holtz.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions
Spoke too soon on Illinois...down 14-7 now
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That first victory looked so cool for about 6 days
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Eh..wins will also look cool to me
There isn’t anything I would want more right now with that series than to close it out in STL and shut them out in this latest version of our rivalry.
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Cincy punter just cost his team 5 points
was REALLY slow in getting the kick away, and gets it blocked. Goes back to get it on the 2 and has time to pick it up with not many people around him. SHOULD have thrown it out of the back of the endzone, but picked it up and ran around with it, going nowhere and giving it to Cincy on the 3.
SHOULD be 26-10 coming up on the end of the half. Instead, it is 24-10 with Pitt knocking on the door of a 3-score lead.
Cincy showing good resolve though…pushing Pitt to 3rd and goal.
Lewis has 26 for 100…IN THE HALF.
Stull gets in on the QB keeper on the end. 31-10
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Mardy Gilyard with a 99 yard KO return
Pitt will still get the ball at the half, but that is a BIG play for Cincy considering the little that Pike had been doing on the past couple of drives.
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Yeah, that's huge...
…or not, but it’s huge if they end up coming back.
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Wow...what a dumb play by the Pitt return man
Would have had the ball at their own 40…now they have it at their own 7
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and wow...Lewis damn near gave Cincy the ball on the fumble
but it rolled out of bounds…now THAT would have been quite the turn of events
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29th carry of the HALF by Lewis is not enough
Cincy has no TO’s, but will get the ball back with about 40 seconds with potentially decent field position.
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wow...Pitt just handing it to Cincy now
short punt and then a personal foul will give Cincy the ball at the Pitt 35 with :44 to go
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And Cincy hands it right back
Pike damn near threw a pick-6 and was lucky enough to just knock him out of bounds
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And Pitt throws it right back...
Just amazing last minute…I think Cincy has it back around the 50 with :24 to go
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Cincy trying a 55 yarder...into the open end of Pitt Stadium
In the snow…and he did well to get it to the back of the endzone…about 7 yards to the left.
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Seriously....how is Zook keeping his job?
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yes...it is
Dont mind the source here, it was all over ESPN from what I saw
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So I will re-ask the question...
How is Zook keeping his job?
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I was wondering the same...
FootballCoachScoop has never mentioned anything about the Zooker, which is surprising.
I’m glad he’s back next year.
Speaking of Football Coach Scoop...
…don’t know how much credibility they had to begin with, but credibility: gone.
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Hilarious.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
Being that I clearly didn't completely believe it...
…I can’t say I have a good answer.
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I love this Kentucky team...
don’t love the coach so much. But this team is so damn fun to watch I’m okay if their coach is a jerk.
Chicago White Sox Examiner — I wish I could cuss right now.
Hey, be nice to Holly...
…she seems like she, uhh, has a nice personality.
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OT: Finally caught this week's Always Sunny on the DVR last night...
Greatest ‘Non-Charlie’ episode ever?
well, seems like UI-Fresno has been exciting, at least...
…28-21 Illini heading into the third quarter.
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OT
Don’t know if you guys follow tennis or play video games, but I found this short news article this morning. It’s amazing on multiple levels.
This just in: Mangino fired along with 75% of KU cafeteria staff.
Blues or SEC CG, Blues or SEC CG, Blues or SEC CG
Seriously, a Saturday afternoon west coast hockey game during college football season? Thanks NHL.
looks really cold at pitt/cincy
of course it’s really cold in kc too.
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The field seems to just fall apart.
Of course, they do have some HS, Pitt, and Steelers games, but still.
looks like arrowhead last week.
that field was destroyed and it wasn’t even raining/snowing or cold.
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I thought the same.
Camerohead doesn’t even have HS games, and just a few college games.
They did say this was new sod at Heinz for this week. Still looks lumpy like a fat girl’s thigh.
IDK but arrowheads groundskeepers are effing something up.
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by Bill C. on Dec 5, 2009 2:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Great Googly Moogly
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
INT pitt!
WOOO! so how much would it shake things up if pitt won? in the BCS that is
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Probably not at all
Pitt will just take Cincy’s place in the Orange/Sugar Bowl. Loser goes to the Meineke Car Care Bowl or Gator Bowl.
by Texas Wahoo on Dec 5, 2009 1:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
cincy wouldnt go from undefeated to out of the BCS
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agreed...they would knock Boise or Iowa out I believe
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Dwayne Harris for ECU
has made a couple impressive catches today… he’s no ’Nario, but color commentator described Harris as Gilyard with a thicker lower body…
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:46 PM CST reply actions
the ECU midfield logo is awesome.
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Pressure in his face
and Keenum makes another lazy throw
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:47 PM CST reply actions
TD ECU
off of the pick— first play
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:48 PM CST up reply actions
Is it wrong that, at this time of year,
I like BCS teams to lose?
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:52 PM CST reply actions
i don't know but you're not alone
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Why does Olive Garden make it look cool to take your grandma out to eat?
It’s always a pain in the ass, and (true story) we took my grandma to Ponderosa and she died the same day. That piss poor steakhouse was her last meal.
I would be pissed if ponderosa were my last meal.
or perkins for that matter
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Yeah... lunches w/ grandma not so fun
One of mine informed me loudly at lunch rush at a Wendy’s one day (c. 1988) that, “If a boy wore his hair long in her day that it was an open declaration that he was homosexual!”
And that is unfortunate with the Ponderosa… not so good….
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions
Eh, she was super old...
but if I’m going out with some shitty food, it better be a Cracker Barrel breakfast skillet.
I thought the Ponderosa killed her. I was like 8 at the time. I still don’t eat Ponderosa.
Haven't been to Ponderosa for years...
we used to do family occasion dinners there… I remember the last time we went, my dad essentially kept sending his steak (ordered rare) back until he essentially had a raw steak.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:08 PM CST up reply actions
You see the Nick Swardson Comedy Central special?
Had a joke about how he couldn’t wait to get old and mess with people, and the first thing he’d do is send back food after telling the waiter it tastes like “wolf p***y”.
And your grandma yelling reminds me of my grandpa.
Grandpa is Russian (right off the boat) and even after all these years, still has a bit of a language/cultural barrier. Still thinks ‘gay’ means ‘happy’ and we were out buying him some clothes for Christmas, and he said that he was “really gay” about the shirt or pants the he was getting.
The cashier was a girl that I went to school with at the time. Yeah, little awkward.
by Big Head on Dec 5, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha
difficult.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
TD Cincy
38-30. XP missed! Wow cincy can’t catch a break.
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In the interest of closure
UK 68 – UNC 66 final
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:00 PM CST reply actions
wow 3 crazy games on right now
what a saturday for football.
TD Houston. 31-26 ECU
PITT 38 CINCY 30
West Va. 24 Rutgers 21
it’s raining/snowing and windy at every game BTW.
Miserable Conditions all around!
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TOUCHDOWN ECU!!!!!!
on ESPN2 this game is crazy
38-26.
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WVU 24 Rutgers 21 final
despite some late game douchery by Greg Schiano.
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Keenum throws another TD to get Houston back closer again
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Cincy is personal fouling Pitt down the field here
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I take that back...as do the refs
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kid is HALF the size of the metal-skulled one
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Flipped over to the Boise State game
and the ESPN360 broadcast is being brought to you in NoDef TV at 1i
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:23 PM CST reply actions
I'd love for Wannstache to totally shit the bed here.
I still hate that guy for his piss poor coaching during his Bears days.
BIG first down there for Pitt to Baldwin from Stull
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Speaking of which...TD Pitt
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Wow...
Houston-ECU coming down to the wire after a HUGE fourth-down stuff by Houston…to the ECU 39 with 1:07 left…
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by Bill C. on Dec 5, 2009 2:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
and the score remains after the botch
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these early games may be a sign of what is to come....
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by muwxman on Dec 5, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Da f*ck just happened
went for 2? are you kidding me? BH you might gt your wissh
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um...no...botched the hold
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yeah. see that now.
originally I thought they tried a fake. Botched xp takes some pressure off the stache.
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1:40 left
Houston with the ball down by 6
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:27 PM CST reply actions
oh noes!
2 crazy games. which to choose?
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cool. wanted ECU to win
how many completions did keenum finish with?
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Roughly.
92 of them to Cleveland
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
wow..what an INT in the endzone by ECU to seal it
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DAMN ESPN360
we’re still working on the first down
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
And I now concur
FANTASTIC defence
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Dec 5, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
If Gilyard catches the GW TD, does he get a ticket to NYC?
Way too early, but just thinking positive here.
no
Tebow, Ingram, McCoy and Gerhardt
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yep that'll be it.
Td CINCY!!!!! FLAG though!!
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wow caps lock fail.
that was weird
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OH WOW CINCY DOES IT
flag is meaningless
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could you imagine if they called a hold or something there?
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Pitt has two TO's and about :33...and will be going to the closed end of the stadium
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:33 and two timeouts for a FG
Not over yet. Heck of a game, especially considering the consequences.
I think you're getting your wish.
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Illinois up on Fresno 52-45 btw
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No safety net, either
FG to win, or lose by 1 – no OT to fall back on.
Football = awesome.
Matt Millen used to be good at broadcasting
it is entirely possible his being GM in Detroit ruined him to every last thing in his life, as he has really been off today
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good lord...McDonough has been terrible as well
The ball is out? Really? That was about the 2nd or 3rd time he thought there was a fumble.
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Well...I guess Gilyard's KO return WAS a big play :-)
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your bitterness knows no bounds
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funny stuff there from Kelly
If NU happens to win and Cincy does hop TCU as some believe they will, I imagine he WONT actually be “entertaining” ND come Monday
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Keenum was 56-72 I believe today...
so I was not far off on my 105 guess from above :-)
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so now the slate is:
ABC USC arizona
CBS florida alabama
ESPN football D2 Grand valley state Car-NEWN? anyone know who that is?
ESPN2 Basketball duke st johns
metro sports mizzou oregon
pretty good lineup to say he least.
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well, I learned something today.
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Trivia point #2
Carson-Newman is who Northwest Missouri State beat for both of their back-to-back championships in 1998 and 1999.
Trivia #3: Either NWMO or Grand Valley St (the other team in this game) has appeared in 9 of the last 11 championship games, including h2h matchups in 2005 and 2006 – the first two of NWMO’s current 4 straight championship game appearances.
I saw their coaches show a few weeks back.
As brutal as you think a D-II Coaches Show could be, multiply that by five.
I love Mizzou, but I will be hanging on CBS today to start
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And Fresno scores with two seconds left...
…apparently going for two with 0:02 left, down 52-51…
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wow...that would be AMAZING
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Not a lot of USC fans at this one in LA today
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they are going for their EIGHTH STRAIGHT 10 win season...
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honestly...
…our home fans were too good for 6-4, disappearing for the Iowa State game, so I don’t think we can talk much. :-)
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/sigh
I was really dissapointed in that. But also november in CoMo is alot different than december in LA
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many students had already gone home because of thanksgiving break
Great moments are born from great opportunity.
oh we had plenty of decent reasons...
…but it still looked terrible. Other schools manage to draw over Thanksgiving break, but we never do.
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Fresno got the two? That makes me feel good
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Wow. WOW.
Guess that’s rather poetic, actually, that Juice’s career (and Benn’s for that matter) ends like that.
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even more poetic:
When Illinois was trying to run the clock out, Juice threw to Been on 3rd-and-5…for three yards. Illinois punted, and Fresno drove 67 yards for the touchdown.
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huh...tough to defend that one I suppose
So…How does Zook still have a job? :-)
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qb almost sacked
chucked it up for grabs, ill defender deflects it, o line man catches and rumbles into endzone
crazy
Fun with box score data...
…I guess the official line of “Two-point conversion attempt, Ryan Colburn pass to Devan Cunningham GOOD” doesn’t quite describe how the play went down, huh?
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you're kidding
that’s has to suck
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I remeber the cleveland news station when LeBron hit that game winning three
and they all went insane. classic
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will Sports Center show Illinois highlights?
sometimes they show non T25 games if they have awesome finishes.
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was it everything I am anticipating?
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the season is simply kicking ass down the stretch...
…after a relatively disappointing season, these last two weekends have been phenomenal today. This week’s major scores:
Oregon 37, Oregon State 33 (awesome game)
Cincinnati 45, Pitt 44
ECU 38, Houston 32
WVU 24, Rutgers 21
Fresno 53, Illinois 52
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man...
…I used to LOVE those commercials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WeZbRbxwg
And then I got old enough to try one and, uhh, yeah…
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by Bill C. on Dec 5, 2009 2:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
My day..
Wannstache fails
Zooker gets jobbed
Bama rolls
Blues win
Mizzou over Oregon
Texas smokes Nebraska
GTech wins in a close one
I'm not worried about that hire.
if they make it. should I be worried?
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I dont think nearly as much as Kevin Sumlin
by Bestofthewest on Dec 5, 2009 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
Did they get this from FootballCoachScoop.com by any chance?
That would be a solid hire for them, though I do wonder what his ceiling is in terms of recruiting. We know KU would be well-coached, but we have no idea how he’d be able to recruit to a real(ish) school.
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with any luck he steals a few potential nub recruits and then
strikes out everywhere else
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anyone hear the UF-ala national anthem
both bands played it. cool idea, but whoever made that arrangement of the national anthem should be shot. That’s why I like bands playing national anthems, they tend not to screw with it like say jordan sparks at the superbowl last year. But that was simply awful.
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yeah, i'm just not into the 'tampon' jersey look in general for most teams...
gimme some color at least
amazing they didn't make a set of angel wings for tebow's uni
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yeah what happened to
“nike pro combat jerseys are a one-time occasion”?
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Anyone else sick of hearing about the SEC?
I mean, how many times does the PAC 10 have to dominate their head-to-head meetings before the nob-schlobbing of the SEC gets tempered a bit?
Yikes
That’s why I love Missouri…many of the benefits of living in the South, none of the hassle
by MissouriMarine on Dec 5, 2009 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
And sadly for the Pac-10...
…their bowl matchups are terrible, and they don’t get even one matchup with the SEC…
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Seriously
I’m shocked they haven’t solved that yet. I suppose it’s just too hard to find a suitable midway site that would draw a ton of fans. Maybe a beefed up Texas Bowl at Reliant Stadium, or something at Jerry World?
by MissouriMarine on Dec 5, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
yup, geography is the biggest problem...
…Pac-10 teams don’t tend to travel well, anyway, especially not across 2-3 time zones. And why would the SEC or any more eastern conferences change what they have since a) they can draw a ton to more local locales, and b) the current system works out pretty well for them, to say the least. I’d love for bowls to be picked on merit instead of travel/attendance, but I can’t exactly blame bowls for picking things the way they do. Money = survival.
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Oy, thank god for that.
NOT a fan of the sweet tea…though I do admire southerners’ ingenuity in introducing diabetes into even the tea equation… :-)
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by Bill C. on Dec 5, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha ha
True, but I must admit I’m a fan.
by MissouriMarine on Dec 5, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
I had a shot of Sweet Tea flavored vodka tailgating before the Vandy game a few weeks ago.
Not shabby, even though I hate sweet tea.
No faith in Tulsa?
Maybe Kansas City…or St Louis….but mainly St. Louis
by MissouriMarine on Dec 5, 2009 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
I can't see the SEC sending teams to any of those...
…wouldn’t really be much upside, and the weather would potentially SUCK…
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Very True
I love me some KC, being the city of fountains and whatnot, but yeah, much too cold that time of year. They should try and shake up soem of those dinky little Texas/Lousiana/Alabama bowls with PAC10 teams. They can’t draw worse than sending Maryland to Birmingham.
by MissouriMarine on Dec 5, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
Whoa
Apparently Florida isn’t playing…looks like Cal State Fullerton has taken the field. Go Gauchos!
It is funny to me
That people automatically assume the atlantic coast players (from the SEC territory) are on superior teams…when there’s another conference (PAC10) full of guys from the other, much more densely populated west coast. Too bad it’s past the nation’s bedtime when they play.
His graduation will help Ressel win the Groza Award next year :-)
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Love Verne
but he is so much better at calling a basketball game
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I really want to watch UF/Ala
But I don’t know how long I can take the “ZOMG SEC IS BETTER THAN UR CONFERENCE” undertones that come with watching games on CBS (or ESPN really for that matter).
well...then I guess you probably wont be watching for that long
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Eh, I'll have MU BB to watch in half an hour
I think I can last that long.
based on your criteria
I am surprised you lasted this long :-)
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Oh and Alabama is going to win comfortably
Hopefully it will the the final nail in the Tebow-for-Heisman campaign.
Good start for the Bama D
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that dropped pass helped a ton
but the coverage on 3rd down was great
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Funny thing about the SEC...
Fans will even root for their rivals in OOC games. It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen.
I want Nebraska and kU to go o’fer every year (I know they have to play each other).
Big Ten's a little the same way...
…I have a good buddy who’s a Michigan State fan and will even suck it up and root for Ohio State sometimes…and he HATES Ohio State…and of course “scUM”…
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There's a guy here at the station that has an Illini auto'd picture, Izzo auto'd ball, and Tiller auto'd helmet
I just don’t get it. He’s from Champaign too.
for as much as I agree with you, there is some method to their madness
And it speaks as to why the SEC is better positioned in a great many ways over the Big XII :-)
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Asshole! :)
Now I don’t feel so bad after chuckling after reading the Star article about #81 getting overlooked for the Biletnikoff.
I know.
At at Maggie’s yesterday in LS. Picked the seat that had hte 41-6 2007 game picture on the wall. That was a great seat to sit in as a Husker fan.
hahaha...
Ever hit the Sports Scene over off Lee’s Summit in Independence?
I bought some stuff online from the guy (Tim??). Super nice guy to deal with on the phone. Had a ton of Royals stuff in there, so figured maybe you’d stumbled in.
Honestly? I'm okay with McCoy winning it at this point.
He’s been just about perfect since the OU game.
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I think McCoy can WIN it tonight
if not, I think Ingram could have a big game and win it. As much I like Gerhart, not enough east-coasters saw him play, he really cant win
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Yeah, I don't think Gerhart has a chance...
…simply because he plays for Stanford and people only “know” about him and haven’t actually seen him much. Ingram had public opinion on his side until laying a huge egg last week. Now I think it’s McCoy as long as he looks decent tonight.
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It would be if Jones had been able to hang on to those two passes
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Because Alabama is the better team this year
Florida has benefited from a soft schedule this year, having only one very good win.
My numbers disagree with you.
I mentioned on Outsiders yesterday that this game could really just come down to who scores TDs in the red zone versus who kicks FGs. If ‘Bama has to settle for another FG here, then they’ve REALLY blown an opportunity…
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I could be completely wrong in my asessment
But I just don’t see it from Florida this year. Some of that is probably backlash against the Tebow/SEC hype machine, but they just haven’t shown me much this year.
Their defense has been insanely good...
…and it’s propped their only-good-not-amazing offense. It really has been impressive what ’Bama’s doing here early.
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was just about to post the same thing.
Dude must have REALLY strong hands…
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Solid run there from Ingram
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44 yards and a TD in the first quarter
150+ and a couple of scores in a win and he will be RIGHT there with McCoy I believe going into tonight
Guess the TD is under review
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Roll Tide
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Oh its rollin, baby. Its rollin.
-Mike Price
How does this game not have cameras on the goallines?
If any game anywhere outside of the NCG should have a bazillion cameras for good angles, it’s this one.
-1 for CBS coverage.
And he missed it...holy smokes
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Leigh Tiffin - Groza finalist
Ressel – left at home.
Another Mizzou snub, nothing new here.
yes, but that is not how these awards work
Bill C and I have talked about how Ressel is in REALLY good shape to win the award because of the season he had this year and that it put him VERY quickly on the map. More often than not (and I am not saying it is right), these awards are based on the previous year’s body of work. Ressel, with another season or two is really damn near a shoe-in to win it as a senior because he already is on the map
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Perhaps college awards shouldn't set their finalist lists so early
Not to mention the stupidity of not including anybody not on the watch/semi finalist list, but the Groza finalists were determined the Monday before the ISU game.
Do voters really need that long to vote in this day and age?
I've NEVER seen this many missed PATs in one day...
Houston (multiple times), Cincy, Pitt, and now Bama…
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and for those of you wondering at home...
John 16:33 (New International Version)
33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
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What's impressive is...
…He was actually speaking directly TO Tebow when He said that.
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OVERCOME THE WORLD!!
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His perfectness would be a lot more tolerable if ESPN were banned from talking about it
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Bump- What's the final spread for the B12 CG? Saw 15.5 early this week.
Figured Vegas may have jumped since Colorado made that a closer game at the end with you guys. I figured 10-11 would be solid.
Alright...MIGRATE!!
http://www.rockmnation.com/2009/12/5/1187074/live-thread-mizzou-vs-oregon
Figure we can just have UF-UA and Mizzou-UO discussion simultaneously…
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