NCAA Football 2012 Season Catch-All

You started this in January? Oregon was embarrassed by LSU so they had their shot (so did BAMA), Boise is Boise and lost to TCU (although Petersen or Patterson are both welcome to come coach for the Hogs next season).

So, congrats Bama!

This off season has been tumultuous at best . It's been particularly tough as a Hog fan. I'm get kind of depressed when I watch replays from last year. Unfortunately Petrino won't be on the sidelines. I feel like he was the emotional core of the team, and a great play caller. My hope is that the senior leadership (Knile Davis and Tyler Wilson) steps up to fill the emotional void. Hopefully Johnell lets Paul Petrino call the plays.

LSU is going to be tough again this season, but the Hogs do well against them at home. This year's game will be played in Fayetteville so it should be fun. I expect Bama to fall off a bit, but it's hard to tell. We were close to beating them at home in 2010 and I think this year might be the year we get over the Saban hump.

Recruiting 8th graders, stay classy LSU (and Washington and USC).
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Sark's also in conversation for Head Hog, all I can say is that he'll fit in just fine.

Apparently, everyone on the football team of one the recently-installed "upgrades" to the Big Whatever is on drugs. At least, according to their starting quarterback, who recently told police that he and eighty, I say, eight-two(!!!) others failed one particular test:

http://www.tcu360.com/sports/2012/08...

No WONDER the folks at TCU have been working so hard to get the word "Christian" out of the school name!

(Actually, the quarterback has the word "Christ" tattooed on his arm.)

(He also has a state of Texas tattoo on his chest, with long horns coming out of it, which leads me to believe he has poor decision making skills, or foresight, or something.)

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Apparently, everyone on the football team of one the recently-installed "upgrades" to the Big Whatever is on drugs. At least, according to their starting quarterback, who recently told police that he and eighty, I say, eight-two(!!!) others failed one particular test:

http://www.tcu360.com/sports/2012/08...

No WONDER the folks at TCU have been working so hard to get the word "Christian" out of the school name!

(Actually, the quarterback has the word "Christ" tattooed on his arm.)

(He also has a state of Texas tattoo on his chest, with long horns coming out of it, which leads me to believe he has poor decision making skills, or foresight, or something.)

Those are not horns, those are pipes.

I regret to see how the TCU football team's choice in recreational drug affects their personal religious outlook or that of the university.

Is OU going to do anything this year?

I'm going to go back on my earlier comment that Kansas would no more than 4 games. I've been following everything Weis has done so far through the Lawrence Journal-World, and I'm drinking the Kool-Aid.

The team has more talent than it has been given credit for, as Gill really, really hurt this team. But Weis has really transformed the roster in positives ways, and the new strength and conditioning coach has made some drastic improvements on the team.

Kansas had a good offense last year, until Gill lost the team and the death spiral started. But while Dayne Crist is no longer a 5-star prospect he was when he signed with Notre Dame, he is still a huge upgrade over 5'10" Jordan Webb. Once teams realized that Webb could not pass under pressure, they also took the run game away. I think they are going to score points.

But defensively, their main weakness was DL. they have decent LBs and secondary, but the DL provided zero support. That has been rebuilt with some good size from JuCo's and a 5th year guy from Nebraska. I am also buying into Campo running this defense.

I don't expect anyone to buy into the team, as they will have to prove it on the field. But I think they have a legitimate shot to go bowling this year. But that Big 12 schedule is brutal. They will need to beat Texas Tech and Baylor, both of which they had in hand last year before letting the game get away. But they rare n the road, so it will not be easy. They will also need to pick up a home win over Iowa State.

I think they can sweep their three non-conference games, although on the road for NIU will be a test as to whether all of this feel good stuff coming out of Lawrence is warranted. Their other six games are ginst ranked Big 12 opponents. They could be be leaps and bounds better than last year and lose all of those.

But I think Weis is going to surprise a lot of people this year.

i38warhawk wrote:

Is OU going to do anything this year?

More than Arkansas.
Also, Mike Stoops is back.

Couldn't be happier with the state of the Big XII.

I give it 5 years in its current state, at the very most. Texas is already pushing for three conference games on its network this year.

MyBrainHz wrote:
Couldn't be happier with the state of the Big XII.

I give it 5 years in its current state, at the very most. Texas is already pushing for three conference games on its network this year.

It must suck reading all of the impressions of the Big 12 becoming such a better conference since Mizzou and and A&M. More talent, better TV deal, and a better commissioner has most experts saying good things about the Big 12's future. Hell, I even heard the SEC wanted to lock in a bowl game with the Big 12.

More talent, better TV deal, and a better commissioner has most experts saying good things about the Big 12's future.

Oh my god. Are you high? I literally have heard the exact opposite about each of those three things. You're awfully hostile about it though. It's weird... my own ambivalence towards KU knows no bounds.

Anyway, y'all better hang on tight to Texas' coattails once OU and OSU find a new home. They already tried to leave twice.

You guys need to try each other's kool-aid, because you are each drinking a unique conference-based brand.

Honey Badger kicked off the LSU team!

It's pretty real. Les Miles video and everything.

And dammit. Louisville loses 2nd best WR for season with another knee injury.

All our new Miami-area and other Florida state recruiting under Strong isn't going to pay dividends if we can't keep these guys on the field.

Yep ESPN reports honey badger gone from LSU. I think I hear Coolbeans weeping from the Bayou. Id like to see what the U is going to do this year. I miss them being a force in College Football. I remember watching Jimmy Johnson coaching practice through the fence when I was a kid.

boogle wrote:
i38warhawk wrote:

Is OU going to do anything this year?

More than Arkansas.
Also, Mike Stoops is back.

Watch out for Texas Tech.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Honey Badger kicked off the LSU team!

Has to be a hoax. SEC schools that are serious about football sweep stuff under the rug and don't kick Heisman candidates off the team.

He failed seven drug tests...wow. It's dumb that pot is illegal. However, if you're on a team that has a shot at winning a NC and you have a chance to win the Heisman why not put the pipe down for the season.

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SpyNavy wrote:

Yep ESPN reports honey badger gone from LSU. I think I hear Coolbeans weeping from the Bayou. Id like to see what the U is going to do this year. I miss them being a force in College Football. I remember watching Jimmy Johnson coaching practice through the fence when I was a kid.

Yeah, it's not good, but that's what football is all about. You lose one guy who just forgets what it is all about and the next guy needs to step up. He has had multiple chances and blown all of them. But hey, I hear he'll be on TV all the time with McNeese State! LOL!

Coolbeans wrote:
SpyNavy wrote:

Yep ESPN reports honey badger gone from LSU. I think I hear Coolbeans weeping from the Bayou. Id like to see what the U is going to do this year. I miss them being a force in College Football. I remember watching Jimmy Johnson coaching practice through the fence when I was a kid.

Yeah, it's not good, but that's what football is all about. You lose one guy who just forgets what it is all about and the next guy needs to step up. He has had multiple chances and blown all of them. But hey, I hear he'll be on TV all the time with McNeese State! LOL!

Tears of denial

Bad news: Texas A&M vs. La Tech postponed due to Isaac

Good news: I just found out I have a ticket for A&M's home opener against Florida

MyBrainHz wrote:

Bad news: Texas A&M vs. La Tech postponed due to Isaac

Good news: I just found out I have a ticket for A&M's home opener against Florida :D

Yeah, seriously bummed about this one.

Don't see too much love for the Pac 12 here... Either way, as a big Cal fan I'm looking forward to getting back into the newly renovated Memorial Stadium. As usual we will be picked middle of the conference, probably 2nd in the Pac-12 north going to a low tier bowl. I'm truly hoping for 8-4 with losses @Ohio state, @USC, Oregon, and probably @Utah, but knowing Cal we will lose at least one game we should be favored in and probably end up 7-5.

We have a senior QB, one of the best WRs the rest of the country hasn't heard of in Keenan Allen, a deep corps of RBs and some good depth on the D-line and LBs. Unfortunately our O-Line is mediocre and has injuries, after Keenan Allen, we have a bunch of freshman at WR.

Aside from goign to Columbus for the Ohio State game in a few weeks, I'm really looking forward to kicking the crap out of Washington. For those that don't follow Pac-12 recruiting, only a week or so before national signing day, our top recruiter, DL coach Tosh Lupoi jumped ship to Washington. What was goign to be a top 10 or 15 recruiting class with Scouts Inc #4 Shaq thompson, WR Jordan Payton, and DT Ellis McCarthy, all of whom announced at the Army All American game to Cal, all left for other schools once he stabbed us in the back. Nothing would make me happier than to see his team come to Berkeley and get the snot kicked out of them.

Here's to a great Cal football season and GO BEARS! Oh and yay for the Pac 12 Network.. they showed a replay of the 1982 Big Game today.

Man, that was a great, informative post about college football! Welcome!

And man, what a DB move by your DL coach. Would have been way funnier if he was the DB coach, so he's doubly disappointing.

I remember watching the AAA game and thinking, "What's going on at Cal?" Top commit after top commit pulling out the Cal hats. I guess it wasn't Cal. Did he take any of them up to Washington with him? Maybe Sark is running a dirty program up at Washington?

I'm saddened that the Texas A&M game is postponed. I at least have Vandy vs USCe on Thursday's now my top game to watch.

Rumor is Hogs and Aggies will be back in Jerry World come 2014!

MyBrainHz wrote:

Bad news: Texas A&M vs. La Tech postponed due to Isaac

Good news: I just found out I have a ticket for A&M's home opener against Florida :D

As a Florida State fan, I am happy to say.

GO AGGIES!!! or Gig Em, or whatever it is.

gizmo wrote:
MyBrainHz wrote:

Bad news: Texas A&M vs. La Tech postponed due to Isaac

Good news: I just found out I have a ticket for A&M's home opener against Florida :D

As a Florida State fan, I am happy to say.

GO AGGIES!!! or Gig Em, or whatever it is.

Both are good - one is universally understood, the other is unique to our particular vocabulary.

A&M, where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.

Carlbear95 wrote:

Don't see too much love for the Pac 12 here...

I was going to make a quip about how that's because this is a football thread but decided against it.

Yeah if it wasn't for me you wouldn't see much Big East love either. :p

Hell the BE is likely to be 1-0 against the mighty SEC after this weekend.

Of course UK hardly counts. :p

I'm mildly interested in seeing how Houston does in the Big East, but that's not until next year.

Another (relatively new) Pac-12er here in Utah. We're kicking off tonight but it's against Northern Colorado, so excitement level is somewhat tempered. Our biggest question is if our QB Jordan Wynn can stay healthy and perform. And I guess our new offensive coordinator, who is the QB from our win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. He's 25.

I was a Stanford fan growing up. Screw you Pac 12 network.

And I'm not sure who I should be rooting for in tonight's BYU/Washington game. BYU is the hated rival, Washington is in our conference. Go Washington!