college football thread

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-washingtonst-leach

“I have always admired the tradition of Washington State,” Leach said in a statement. “It’s a university on the move that is experiencing growth. I’m excited about what they are doing with the facilities and it’s a team that has battled through some hard times and shows great promise in the future.

always? really? tradition of uh...

I wonder if the other pac12 teams didn't want to touch him or what

wash st actually has a pretty strong history of offensive innovation. dennis erickson sorta pioneered the one back offense there before going to miami and the wash passing offense circa ryan leaf was pretty influential in offensive circles. so i think that's what he means.

I guess that makes sense, I was more thinking in the noble history notre dame sense

in any case it's prob gonna be a very hard team to take places at this point, tho I guess texas tech was a pretty tough spot too

wash st actually had a top 50 passing offense this year, they're gonna beat some teams next year. and idk who knows in the pac-12, an insanely good offense can do really well in that league. but yeah it will be a bit tough for them to recruit, but they've been to the rose bowl more recently than a ton of other pac-12 teams.

and yeah what he did at texas tech will prob be tougher than this -- at least now he's only the second most prestigious school in his state, whereas at texas tech he was third

but there was also a huge pool of players that even if he picked off the bottom it was still pretty good. we'll see. offensive guys will go play for him tho.

yeah but what they did in the past - even if it was within a decade - doesn't help when you're not the same type of $ football institution as usc or oregon.

I think he coulda been really dangerous at ucla tho, more competitive for the california recruits.

oh definitely. he probably was always going to have to repair his reputation a bit at a smaller school tho.

think ucla is gonna go after a coach with pro connections

iatee: http://www.presnapread.com/mike-leach-helps-keep-pullman-weird/

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hahaha

Hahaha

Georgia is playing well now for a team that started 0-2, and I would love to see them stumble into a win against LSU, but

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I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna watch the bcs championship game, I have zero invested in who wins

As an Oregonian and a moderate fan, I think it's too damn bad that the Ducks fell asleep against USC and booted away their chance. A rematch between them and LSU in the BCS championship would have been pretty sweet. Next best would be the LSU vs. Cowboys, but I say fuck a Bama rematch with extreme prejudice.

I don't, naturally. Also, I'd be into a Bama vs. Cowboys or Bama vs. Hokies or Bama vs. Cardinal title game. But the BCS points difference between 1-2 and the rest of the pack is pretty handsome at this point. Only thing that takes the SEC West rematch down is if LSU loses to Georgia this weekend. imo

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that is quite a play!

who dat?

ah ok aaron dobson nm

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It's like the yang to hockey waffle guy.

The PAC-12 Championship Game is today!!! Thrills! Chills! Spills!

lol @ all these gifs

the look on that poor punter's face AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

it's gonna be a ritual sacrifice, but i'm totally into oregon porn, so i'll be watching

So glad that UCLA let Rick Neuheisel coach this final game, so he can have another good kick in the pants on his way out the door.

imagine if this is a close game

f/ gus johnson

oregon should never pass vertically t/f

imagine if oregon could just not hand the ball right to UCLA

can anyone explain why UCLA runs the pistol? even anyone on UCLA? i kinda doubt it

the referees name is Land Clark

THE PISTOL IS HITTING ITS MARK

this is gonna get v ugly

It's fun that UCLA is playing hard and go-for-broke, but the constant sloppiness and lapses do not make me feel particularly bad for Neuheisel.

their team is pretty terrible -- their offense makes no sense

they need to stop the bleeding and go for a guy that can revitalize the program

That's what Neuheisel was supposed to be! All "The Football Monopoly in Los Angeles is Officially OVER" and whatnot.

Except, you know, the football monopoly actually just rolled us 50-0, but otherwise...

Yep, he just broke his arm

i luv u UCLA

That's what Neuheisel was supposed to be! All "The Football Monopoly in Los Angeles is Officially OVER" and whatnot.

i feel bad for neuheisel on that one. someone in marketing screwed that up.

ucla now waiting to hear back from miami's al golden about the bruins job?

hm. golden just signed a 4-year contract extension with UM, announced -- by the way -- during the middle of an embarrassing loss that ended our 6 -- 6 season.

al golden isn't going to UCLA unless they drive a dump truck holding $20m cash up to his driveway. if he turned down an opportunity at penn st, he's gonna turn down an opportunity at UCLA.

they aren't really comparable, tho. PSU is facing massive uncertainty about the future of its football program. i imagine it's a toxic position now.

is UCLA even facing NCAA sanctions?

and i think the article said they're offering somewhere in the neighborhood of 3M a year. i'm guessing that equals or beats golden's salary at miami, even after the contract-extension.

i think they would have to more than equal or barely beat his salary at UM to get him to move all the way across the country to undertake a massive rebuilding project at a school where football plays second fiddle

in some ways that's a benefit tho

UCLA isn't facing any sanctions, but they have little to no talent and one of the least tended to programs in the entire pac-12

it's a terrible job, which is why the last time around they forced to hire a guy who had been fired by his old school for gambling on the ncaa tournament

al golden is gonna leave someday, but it's not gonna be to UCLA in 2011

i think it's a fallacy to think that a big time college football coach would go to a school because there's little pressure due to the sport being second fiddle. the sport being second fiddle goes hand in hand with the job being difficult because there is less money devoted, less fan support, less prestige etc etc

what you say makes sense, especially if UCLA is considered to be a "terrible job." bear in mind, tho, that when (like now) miami isn't a nat'l power, the stadium is half-empty and very quiet.

it can be discouraging to a coach, i imagine. and UM is facing sanctions soon (even if they took the sting out of the forthcoming penalties by voluntarily removing themselves from bowl-consideration this year). there's a reason UM hastily cobbled-together that contract extension for golden.

there's also a reason why he signed that cobbled together contract extension

hopefully they rename the conference

The Big Shrug

SDSU is a real headscratcher.

haha I saw that sdsu thing on fb and I thought someone was joking

they've good recently... but yeah. i think it's just something about getting to 16 teams. everyone is on the edge of their seats for that uconn-sdsu game

SDSU has pursued big time colege football with about as much zeal as Boise State, or as Gonzaga in b-ball, but they haven't been able to make the jump up the way BSU has.

lol @ RG3's Superman socks (with the cape)

RG3 I <3 u

"This is unbelievably believable," he said. "It's unbelievable because in the moment we're all amazed when great things happen. But it's believable because great things don't happen without hard work."

wtfh? Craig James is running for a Senate seat?!!

there is at least one absurdist commercial online iirc

also i havent watched this tcu-la tech game the entire way but what ive seen has been p dope - la tech is good

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also, someone find out if tomorrow boise is the earliest as highly a ranked team has ever played in bowl season pls...it kinda has to be right?

just assume you're right and let go of it. Boise State should humiliate Arizona State just to vent their grievance.

oh i dont actually care that much tbh beyond preferring to watch boise play a competative opponent rather than asu

A playoff system would eliminate 98% of the injustices of the bowl system - leaving only bad officiating in the mix. What we have today is just a steaming heap of collusion and greed.

there was a nice thing mentioned during last nights bowl that some of the la tech players gave away all their bowl game swag -- like $300 gift cards & watches & w/e else -- to some kids associated w/ the bowl's charity cause

I missed the first 13 seconds of the Boise State v. Arizona State game. Therefore I also missed the first BSU touchdown.

western mich/purdue is a hilarious game

jordan white is a baller

It seems very strange to me to have most of the New Year's Day Big Name Bowl Games played on Monday, Jan. 2 this year, so as to avoid being devoured by the NFL monster. wtf.

feel like the 4th q of the BELK BOWL is shapin up 2 b hot

louisville just got a lucky as hell tho v skillful also td & now an onsides kick

teddy bridgewater is a p scrappy dude -- true freshman too
l'ville oline is utter crap

lol @ air force -- attempted fake extra pt option play down 42-41 & the holder fumbled out of bounds, he p clearly could have pitched to an open dude

I dropped in on the Cal v. Texas game and to my delight Texas looks awful. Take that, you orange arseholes!

otm

cal's offense also awful tho

As an Oregonian, I wouldn't want Cal to be too excellent. Just good enough to stomp the Longhorns so their eyebrows end up at turf level.

nobody needs an excuse for hating the longhorns

ugh

id rather watch 1000 toledo vs air force or fl itn'l vs marshalls b4 i watched this cal team vs this texas team

Maynard makes me nostalgic for the Kevin Riley era.

ha

I dunno at least he fails in more interesting and less tragic ways

true. maynard has looked pretty weak

but at least we're used to shitty qb play - we had an amazing run of rbs until isi

ugh as I was saying,

Carnival of errors this game.

it's absurd that we have any chance at all to win this game

more of a chance if we stop them here

anyway loved that spin move

okay 11 pts gonna be hard at this rate

loss is all on maynard's back

I think we totally deserve to lose, I just wish there were a way that could involve texas losing too :(

the game is just a hair faster than he can keep up with

almost disappointed that wasn't a pick 6 so I could go to sleep

fuck it I'm done w/ this one

last night was an overnight bus ride w/ one hour of sleep = too tired to pretend to care

I got caught up in Baylor vs. U. of Washington game because I hadn't seen RG3, yet. That was one fucking crazy offensive game. Final score: 67 - 56. New bowl game records for combined total offensive yardage (1300+) and for total number of TDs scored (17). The 123 combined points were just 3 short of setting a new bowl record, too.

It seemed like every other play went for big yards all night.

yeah looking at the stats I'm pretty sad I missed that

price threw for 4 tds and ran for 3

how many times in your life can you personally score 7 tds and still be bummed cause you lost a game? outside of a video game.

i went to bed during the third quarter of that Baylor game convinced I'd seen enough, Baylor was through. woke up amazed

Washington has a 6'6 260lb freshman TE. :-0

also got a dose of my nephew's Wisconsin t-shirt parade on Christmas Day (I'm a Michigan State guy). worst christmas morning in a long time. thank god I drink on every holiday.