2009 College Football Thread

[Kermit IV]

Wow.  Kiffin sounds like an absolute cockgobbler.

[PenPho]

Hell, it's not like the QB on a two-win team can win the Heisman, or anything.

Oh, and Jimmy Clausen didn't get invited to the Heisman ceremony because he wasn't the best player on his team.  Why Golden Tate didn't get invited is another story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hornung

Because this seems to be the most recent mention of Golden Tate...looks like found himself a good dealer in Seattke already.

[SKO]

Since someone else bumped this, does that mean I can talk about football in June? Not Golden Tate, because he's gay, Notre Dame is gay, and Notre Dame players, fans, alumni, and mascots are gay. But you know, non-gay football teams and players and whatnot.

[Armchair_QB]

Knock yourself out.

I, for one, look forward to watching Nebraska get its ass kicked on a weekly basis in the Big 10.

[Slaky]

Knock yourself out.

I, for one, look forward to watching Nebraska get its ass kicked on a weekly basis in the Big 10.

They still get to play Illinois. So that should be hilarious.

[R-V]

So what's going on with all this realignment mumbo jumbo? Apparently Jim Delany is some sort of evil genius?

There are two major revenue streams left in college sports – football television contracts and a football postseason. (The men's basketball tournament is essentially maxed out.)

It's clear now that Delany used opposition to a football playoff not to preserve some bit of "tradition." His expansion plans clearly indicate he cares nothing about that. It certainly wasn't done for the sake of aiding Big Ten football, since a playoff with on-campus home games likely would've helped his teams.

The goal was to starve out the Big 12, Big East and even the ACC of the hundreds of millions a playoff would've given them and thus turn the future of college sports into a battle of television sets.

Delany couldn't assure that the Big Ten would've done well in a football playoff. Maybe the league would've succeeded, maybe not. With 26 percent of the nation's population, tradition rich clubs and its own cable network though, the Big Ten will always dominate if everything boils down to TV revenue.

It was a genius, cut-throat play. He set the terms of the game so he'd win. The Pac-10, led by aggressive new commissioner Larry Scott, is taking advantage also. I'm not blaming Delany here. I may not believe a 16-team Big Ten (or Pac-10) is in the best interest of the league's current members (or the NCAA as a whole), but it's not that big of a deal to me. Whatever happens, happens. Besides, it's not Delany's fault he's smarter than the other guys.

[SKO]

Knock yourself out.

I, for one, look forward to watching Nebraska get its ass kicked on a weekly basis in the Big 10.

......You go right ahead. Nebraska's defense is outstanding, and Bo Pelini is a great coach. If they can make any kind of improvement on offense, they'd be in the upper echelon of the Big 10/11/14/16. Maybe not as good as Ohio State, Iowa, or maybe Penn State, but capable of hanging with those three and beating most of the others.

[Slaky]

Knock yourself out.

I, for one, look forward to watching Nebraska get its ass kicked on a weekly basis in the Big 10.

......You go right ahead. Nebraska's defense is outstanding, and Bo Pelini is a great coach. If they can make any kind of improvement on offense, they'd be in the upper echelon of the Big 10/11/14/16. Maybe not as good as Ohio State, Iowa, or maybe Penn State, but capable of hanging with those three and beating most of the others.

I agree with this. Maybe one day they'll be as good as Northwestern. (ducks)

[SKO]

Knock yourself out.

I, for one, look forward to watching Nebraska get its ass kicked on a weekly basis in the Big 10.

......You go right ahead. Nebraska's defense is outstanding, and Bo Pelini is a great coach. If they can make any kind of improvement on offense, they'd be in the upper echelon of the Big 10/11/14/16. Maybe not as good as Ohio State, Iowa, or maybe Penn State, but capable of hanging with those three and beating most of the others.

I agree with this. Maybe one day they'll be as good as Northwestern. (ducks)

Let's just go with the potential group we're looking at. I'll go with a 14 team league and assume they added Pitt, Mizzou, and Nebraska (three teams that were supposedly among their top targets but I'm not sure how I'm going to handle Wannstedt in the same fucking conference)

Break that into two 7 team divisions?

I would assume Michigan and Ohio State have to be in the same division. Which kind of makes a straight east/west division wonky. Let's assume Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Indiana, and Purdue formed the East, and Illinois, Iowa, Mizzou, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Minnesota formed the west. I would assume you'd see standings often looking like this

Ohio State
Penn State
Michigan
Michigan State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Indiana

and

Iowa
Nebraska
NW
Mizzou
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinoize

[MAD]

Does Northern play Illinois this year?

[SKO]

Does Northern play Illinois this year?

Sept. 18th in Champaign.

[Slaky]

Does Northern play Illinois this year?

Sept. 18th in Champaign.

I hope we lose.

[CT III]

Does Northern play Illinois this year?

Sept. 18th in Champaign.

I hope we lose.

To a directional school?!?

[Slaky]

Does Northern play Illinois this year?

Sept. 18th in Champaign.

I hope we lose.

To a directional school?!?

I'm sick of our football team. It's a joke. Something needs to change - maybe losing to NIU would help. They've been better than us almost every year except the Rose Bowl year since I can remember, anyway.

[MAD]

Seeing as how about 50% of this messageboard has either graduated from Illinois or NIU, that would be a good Desipio Drinking Fest kinda day, provided people aren't actually planning on attending the game.

On second thought....Desipio Road Trip?  We can borrow BC's brother's Lincoln.