2009 College Football Thread

[JD]

Also, I don't want to dispute that Iowa's not as good as their rating (they aren't), but they weren't stumbling against the "steel curtain of the Hoosiers" so much as they were forced to throw (as they're down to their 4th string HB) against a pretty nasty wind. Check the splits:

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QB WIND C A Y TD INT
CHAPPELL TOTAL 23 41 227 2 3
STANZI TOTAL 13 26 337 2 5

CHAPPELL WITH 1,3 7 16 116 0 1
CHAPPELL AGAINST 2,4 16 25 111 2 2
STANZI AGAINST 1,3 4 16 47 0 5
STANZI WITH 2,4 9 10 290 2 0

TOTAL AGAINST 20 41 158 2 7
TOTAL WITH 16 26 406 2 1

Makes sense.  Too much sense.  I don't buy it, math geek.

[Kermit, B.]

I still really have no clue how good Iowa's football team is. I'll just let that all play out. But I'm done speculating on one thing. Bob Davie is the worst announcer in sports. He makes Tim McCarver look like John Madden circa 1985. My head is fucking throbbing right now. Oh my goodness gracious me.

Are you ready for some FOOTBAW?

[Slaky]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

[CT III]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

I'm with Slak, I don't care what happens as long as there's lots of outrage.

[Tony]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

I'm with Slak, I don't care what happens as long as there's lots of outrage.

There's not going to be any outrage. Any controversy will go away when Iowa loses in the Rose Bowl before Texas and the SEC winner play for the title.

[ChuckD]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

I'm with Slak, I don't care what happens as long as there's lots of outrage.

There's not going to be any outrage. Any controversy will go away when Iowa loses in the Rose Bowl before Texas and the SEC winner play for the title.

I'll be outraged if there's no outrage.

[SKO]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

I'm with Slak, I don't care what happens as long as there's lots of outrage.

There's not going to be any outrage. Any controversy will go away when Iowa loses in the Rose Bowl before Texas and the SEC winner play for the title.

I'll be outraged if there's no outrage.

Then I can be outraged that the outraged dare to be outraged over an inherently outrageous system.

[Armchair_QB]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

[SKO]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

Yeah but that outrage came from outraged Auburn fans, and they aren't as vocal as Real football fans, like Iowans.

[Slaky]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

Right but that was some sweet outrage. I've been waiting for five years to rage out. Now is this time.

Who am I kidding - it's never gonna hai.

[Armchair_QB]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

Yeah but that outrage came from outraged Auburn fans, and they aren't as vocal as Real football fans, like Iowans.

Good point. Plus, Iowans also know how to use computers so they can get their outrage out in public more easily than Auburn fans can.

[PenFoe]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

Yeah but that outrage came from outraged Auburn fans, and they aren't as vocal as Real football fans, like Iowans.

Good point. Plus, Iowans also know how to use computers so they can get their outrage out in public more easily than Auburn fans can.

Hey...people in Alabama are way better at computers than people in Mississippi.

[Powdered Toast Man]

So SKO is trying really hard to make this argument complicated, and that's cool because it's good stuff. Is Iowa better than Texas? Probably not. But it's a fun debate.

Like I said at the beginning, I want Iowa to win out. I also want to see Texas and Florida/Alabama win out. Because now, instead of two undefeated teams along with some small conference nobodies, you'll have three undefeated schools from major BCS conferences. It would be awesome to behold the outrage.

That is my wish.

My guess is the outrage wouldn't be any different than the first time it happened in 2004.

Yeah but that outrage came from outraged Auburn fans, and they aren't as vocal as Real football fans, like Iowans.

Good point. Plus, Iowans also know how to use computers so they can get their outrage out in public more easily than Auburn fans can.

Hey...people in Alabama are way better at computers than people in Mississippi.

#7!!!!

[thehawk]

Man, SKO has a pretty strong anti-Iowa obsession going. You'd think he was going to team up with Deon Thomas and knock off Bruce Pearl.  

Nobody here has described their schedule as a " fucking gauntlet". In fact, I hate the fact that Iowa State winning is helping their opponents' winning percentage. I'd just as soon see them go 0-for. It's pretty much mandated that they play the Cyclowns annually. And ISU boosts their ticket prices to something like $90 for that game in the years they host Iowa, and force ticket buyers for that game to also purchase a ticket for a November game against a shitty Big 12 opponent. So Iowa is basically subsidizing their football program. Same with UNI, who I'm sure gets a pretty good pay-out to drive a couple of hours south.

That said, if Iowa somehow pulls off a win at Ohio State and doesn't stumble at home against Indiana, Northwestern, or Minnesota, that makes them 12-0. And if the other stuff plays out, an undefeated Big 10 team is pretty impressive.  

So much for those 15 pages'd

[SKO]

I'm not gonna be that guy....












Iowa lost. Chuckles.