NCAA Football 2011 Season Catch-All

In a total reversal of the trend of this thread, I will post something nice. I have just seen the latest ticket sales figures from the allotments given to visiting schools.

Texas bought all of their tickets for our annual Thanksgiving showdown, which should come as no surprise - they bought 3850.

SMU came in second, which I find impressive for a non-conference game, but they only had to drive from Dallas - 1988.

Kansas of all schools has bought the third highest amount of tickets, despite a lengthy drive and A&M being heavily favored - 1750. So good on them.

...the reason that I was looking at these numbers is that the incredibly smack-talking, very litigious, hypocritical Baptists Baylor Bears have bought a whole 830. They have the least distance to travel of any of our opponents this season. Only Idaho has bought less.

I'm airports that Baylor is putting up the fight. Guess they're feeling feisty after the win last week.

The fans in Madison seem think the badgers can go all the way this year. I'm thinking Arkansas will be playing Wisonsin this year. I'll be so torn if I get this job.

Go Hogs!

I might have drank a little too much premium Wisconsin beer.

i38warhawk wrote:

I might have drank a little too much premium Wisconsin beer.

...while reading The Airporting Spider-Man?

I bet Richt wishes they hadn't dumped Louisville for Boise.

This was too adorable not to share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2i0W...

Mom's not winning this argument, the sigh at the end is my favorite part.

Fed, the word was reports.

Be a dawg! We need more dawgs!

Can Auburn keep winning by the skin of their teeth all season?

Let's see, give up well over 400 yards of offense to one of the worst teams in the FBS while your secondary looks absolutely clueless, have terrible offensive playcalling that seems completely tone-deaf to the strengths and weaknesses of the personnel, have a huge interception called back on a questionable pass interference penalty while multiple very obvious interference calls on their DBs get ignored, and the coach has a f*cking seizure in the last 20 seconds of the game.

This is going to be a f*cking wonderful season.

The value of being a faithful fan:

After dropping the wife and kid off at venue to listen to some chamber music, I made my way over to a bar I know that always has Kansas sports on. As I was walking in, I looked at my phone and saw that KU was already down 21-7. I started back to my car, as thought of paying bar prices to see the Jayhawks get pounded by a MAC team seemed less than fun.

Well, I just finished a Roast Beef Bravo and couple of beers while watching KU rally back to tie the game. Now I'm excited for the second half, and having a good time with a Kansas crowd in a St. Louis bar.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

Let's see, give up well over 400 yards of offense to one of the worst teams in the FBS while your secondary looks absolutely clueless, have terrible offensive playcalling that seems completely tone-deaf to the strengths and weaknesses of the personnel, have a huge interception called back on a questionable pass interference penalty while multiple very obvious interference calls on their DBs get ignored, and the coach has a f*cking seizure in the last 20 seconds of the game.

This is going to be a f*cking wonderful season. :(

Still, that's already better than last year for MN.

karmajay wrote:

Can Auburn keep winning by the skin of their teeth all season?

I don't think so. They weren't able to buy any all-star players this year. Dyer is a great back, but I don't see him carrying them past Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU. They finish 4th or 5th in the West. Probably behind Miss St.

That was the most LOLdiculous ending i've ever seen. Roll on the college football season!

EDIT: Somewhere, there are two Buffalo Wild Wings bartenders, one-upping each other non-stop.

I'm not sure what game you are talking about, but the Kansas and NIU games was like a classic video game version of and ending. No defense, and it was a crazy strategy of trying to take up every second of the game, while needing a TD.

KU squeaked it out by picking up 4th down conversions at the six, and then inside the five with 14 seconds left. The second one was a TD by the slightest of margins. But it made for a fun game to watch in a packed bar.

I would assume he was talking about the Notre Dame/Michigan game.

Weird double post. I didn't realize anyone was watching Notre Dame and Michigan with Kansas and NIU battling it out.

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

I would assume he was talking about the Notre Dame/Michigan game.

Indeed.

Jayhawker wrote:

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

LMAO!

Jayhawker wrote:

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

In real college football QBs complete passes.

Looked like a great game. Had to watch the highlights from my phone in Brussels.

DSGamer wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

In real college football QBs complete passes.

Looked like a great game. Had to watch the highlights from my phone in Brussels.

You do know that Robinson was 11 for 24 with 3 INTs, right? Apparently if all you do is jack it up for long plays your completion PCT suffers and you throw picks.

Jayhawker wrote:
DSGamer wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

In real college football QBs complete passes.

Looked like a great game. Had to watch the highlights from my phone in Brussels.

You do know that Robinson was 11 for 24 with 3 INTs, right? Apparently if all you do is jack it up for long plays your completion PCT suffers and you throw picks.

Sure. I was simply referring to the snark about video games. Robinson appeared to have a low completion percentage because of bad decisions, not because LBs and CBs constantly batted down passes.

Dupe

DSGamer wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:
DSGamer wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

So Denard Robinson completes 11 passes for 338 yards? Um, I think someone needs to tweak some sliders.

In real college football QBs complete passes.

Looked like a great game. Had to watch the highlights from my phone in Brussels.

You do know that Robinson was 11 for 24 with 3 INTs, right? Apparently if all you do is jack it up for long plays your completion PCT suffers and you throw picks.

Sure. I was simply referring to the snark about video games. Robinson appeared to have a low completion percentage because of bad decisions, not because LBs and CBs constantly batted down passes.

Hehehe...nice.

That's what burns me about the game. Robinson was TERRIBLE throwing the ball. He made terrible decisions. All of those long passes should have been swatted down or intercepted (especially the one into double coverage)...having said that, ND's secondary was pretty clueless.

I suppose that's obvious when looking at the outside CB who left the sideline to pursue a WR into the middle – where there was a LB waiting to cover him – rather than cover the other WR in his zone. That's the play that got Michigan from their own 20 to the ND 16. Awful stuff.

Still, if ND had turned the ball over only *4* times per game for these first two games, they'd probably be at 2-0. But they didn't. They played some awful football with the good, and they got burned for it.

Ok, looking forward to this weekend, I have to admit that I am just a *little bit* nervous about this weekend's matchup against Oklahoma. I have a feeling that they might be just a *bit* better than the last two teams we faced this season.

Ego Man wrote:

Ok, looking forward to this weekend, I have to admit that I am just a *little bit* nervous about this weekend's matchup against Oklahoma. I have a feeling that they might be just a *bit* better than the last two teams we faced this season.

haha, I feel the same way. Jimbo is getting a lot of hype but Ponder was the QB last year. It looks like EJ Manuel has looked good against scrub teams this year but I hope he can make good decisions against OK.

Nice game on tonight, although it may be a bit one-sided if LSU just brushes Miss. State out of the top 25 and goes looking for another opponent significant enough to affect its rankings.

OU/FSU is definitely a biggie this weekend! I suppose I should be cheering for OU, but I'm relatively neutral.

Just stopping in for the necessary BOOMER!

Just stopping in for the necessary BOOMER!

Isn't he the fat guy on ESPN?

Ego Man wrote:
Just stopping in for the necessary BOOMER!

Isn't he the fat guy on ESPN?

No no, he's the quarterback for the Bengals.

i38warhawk wrote:

I think Miss St will give LSU a run for their money. Miss St has to be a little bit angry about last weeks game and the chance to knock off a top 5 team at home is a good motivator. They'll come ready to play this tonight. I expect LSU will come out with the win, but I doubt it's a blowout.

I agree, I expect the hat to pull out the road win but it will be close.