Reply With QuoteIt's awful quiet in Austin right now.
Nah, The Big 12 stands to make 4 million+ if they get a second team into a BCS bowl. Slipping 1 million of that to Nebraska if Nebraska helps pull it off is sound business and everyone wins.
It just cracks me up because its such strong proof that despite all protestations to the contrary college football really is all about the money.
It's awful quiet in Austin right now.
All I have to enjoy this season is schadenfreude, and this Texas game certainly helps. It looked like Arkansas was going to derail Bama for a while, but now I'm not so sure.
My Vols are so bad this year it took them two OT's to squeak out a win against a UAB team that outplayed them for four quarters today.
Texas didn't look like a Top 25 team today, let alone a Top 10 team.Originally Posted by DT
This UCLA alum is in a very good mood right now!
Neither did Alabama for the first half, credit to them for remaining composed and taking care of business against a very good Arkansas team in a hostile environment.
They may be tested a couple more times this season, but I can't see them missing the BCS title game if they continue to respond to adversity like they did today.
(I just HATE saying nice things about Bama....)
Would someone please give Greg McElroy his first loss as a starter, please? Thanks.
Stephen Garcia, you're our only hope. God help us.
Seriously.
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NC State beat Georgia Tech in a game that was close for about five minutes before Wilson recovered from an interception to bang in two more TDs. After the last two seasons, my expectations for State are still rock bottom, so this was a nice surprise.
Saban and company definitely made some great adjustments at halftime, especially on defense. I was rooting for the Hogs, but they made too many mistakes in the fourth quarter.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but watching South Carolina leading Auburn, AT AUBURN, is so fun. I hate Spurrier with a passion, but the Auburn fanbase in Chattanooga is unbearable despite the fact they haven't won anything in decades. At least the Bama and Florida fans can brag about a national title, the Auburn fans just brag about...Auburn? Cow tipping? I don't get it.
Why does this fucking shit always happen every time we play fUCLA.
Goddamn fuckin cocksucking westwood rich bitch dickheads with Skippy slimy Neuweasel.
Fuck those fucking fucks.
Time to finish margaritas and I HOPE USC ANALLY RAPES YOU AND YOUR CHEERLEADERS. I hope y'all lose to Stanford you fucking dicksucking shit-eating shitfucks.
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Oh, it is delicious.
And DT, you better be on your knees prayin to God to night thanking Him that our offense is such a pathetic travesty this year so that your barely-able-to-beat-Cincinnati crap team actually has a chance to win
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And now Auburn is winning. You just megajinxed it.
Not sure why Rimbo is complaining, he knew perfectly well Texas is not going to do good this year.
--- Alan
And now Auburn is losing again.
Man we bhought we were hot snot on a silver platter. But we're just cold boogers on a paper plate
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Those Boise State fans are violating so many FCC guidelines right now, I'm sure.
You missed week #1. Stanford stomped UCLA in LA 35-0. UCLA looked so completely inept that day.
Just consider yourself lucky, Texas. If you had joined the Pac-16, you would have had a lot more where that came from!
Tell us how you really feel.
Last year, Orson at EDSBS described Georgia Tech's defense as DE Derrick Morgan, DB Morgan Burnett, and 9 tackling dummies. Those two are in the NFL this season, but they've got plenty of tackling dummies to replace them with.
I guess it could also be Al Groh but I doubt they have any talent to work with.
Longhorn fans...REACT TO ME!
I have so many friends at work I'm gonna give shit to on Monday! :)
Matt Millen said UT had no playmakers today. Matt Millen! Talk about adding insult to injury.
But seriously, OU is not much better. It's gonna be Oregon and Alabama this year.
A rare moment of insight from him.
Yeah, but the Big XII is having a down year. OU can win out, and if so... they'll likely be favored.But seriously, OU is not much better. It's gonna be Oregon and Alabama this year.
But man, there is something wrong with this team this year. Call it a malaise. I think our defense just gave up in the second half.
You mean if Oregon can make it past Arizona state even? I just came here to stare at the words of Texas fans! Also, how 'bout dem Gators?!
I find it interesting that everyone talks about how "Alabama stood tough and pulled it out against a tough Arkansas team" while in the same breath disses Oklahoma for having a close game against Cincy. Favoritism much? I can guarantee you Cincy is the best 1-3 team in the country right now, and if Mallet keeps playing the way he did in the 2nd half of his game, Arkansas is going to be 4-8 at the end of the season. OU played a damned tough pre-conference schedule this year, a hell of a lot tougher than most teams have, and they are 4-0.
Apparently, according to the talking heads, though, it doesn't matter. They've already crowned Boise State the BCS darling of the year. The dudes on several different games yesterday were already putting Alabama and BSU in the Championship game. What a crock.
We brag about not being Bama or Florida. And we brag about being actual college graduates, which the vast majority of Bama fans can't really do.
And the entire time I was at Auburn, I only went cow-tipping a few times. It's not like it's the only thing to do there. We also stole pigs.
YOU CEE EL A GO BRUINS!!
I dunno if Cincy's schedule has been tougher than say Boise State so far, or really OU--who barely beat both AF (playing a much weaker schedule) and Cincy. Saying you're the best 1-3 team is not saying much. This ain't the Cincy team from last year, nor is AF's win over BYU very impressive.
--- Alan
The Cincy team that could only pick up one win, between Fresno, NC state and Indiana State is the best anything ? OK has barely beaten Air Force, and now Cincy... A win's a win, but I wouldn't be spoiling to get into too many arguments about style points and SOS so far.
You sound like a real SEC hater, but various pollsters put Arkansas in the top 10. That's difference #1: You beat a top 10 team, it's worlds apart from beating some 26+ team. #2 The narrative is different for the #1, #2 teams -- once they've already been selected as the anointed, they'll sit on top of the polls until they lose... and so commentators will spin them as the team of destiny, but everyone else is chopped liver -- put in a bad game against a bad team and you'll get called on it.
The thing that annoys me about the "Alabama's come through so much" talk is that they haven't lost a game in the regular season since 2007. They've had no tribulations to suffer through.
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Based on what we've seen thus far, there's not a single team in the Big 12 that would be able to beat Alabama. Texas got destroyed at home by UCLA, OU barely beat Cincy, and even my beloved Huskers had a hell of a time with South Dakota State (!).
It's not favoritism if it's true.
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