2010/2011 NCAA Football Thread

[Connor Macleod]

I believe Nebraska is making the right choice. The Big-12 is a much stronger conference than the Big-10. Nebraska will have a stronger recruiting base than Big-10 teams and with the allure of the Rose Bowl, it just makes sense. Right now, the only downside I see in this is Wisconsin. Next year, if Wisconsin can field as as good a team as they have right now, the other Big-10 teams are in for a world of hurt.

 

[Hot Mega]

I believe Nebraska is making the right choice. The Big-12 is a much stronger conference than the Big-10. Nebraska will have a stronger recruiting base than Big-10 teams and with the allure of the Rose Bowl, it just makes sense. Right now, the only downside I see in this is Wisconsin. Next year, if Wisconsin can field as as good a team as they have right now, the other Big-10 teams are in for a world of hurt.

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[ThatRedWing]

I believe Nebraska is making the right choice. The Big-12 is a much stronger conference than the Big-10. Nebraska will have a stronger recruiting base than Big-10 teams and with the allure of the Rose Bowl, it just makes sense. Right now, the only downside I see in this is Wisconsin. Next year, if Wisconsin can field as as good a team as they have right now, the other Big-10 teams are in for a world of hurt.

Well, considering the fact the the 'Huskers have to play Ohio State, Sparty and Iowa at home and at Wisconsin and Penn State the Big Ten didn't do too many favors for them.


Now back to this year. I still want to know how in the hell the Big East has an automatic BCS bid. I mean a team that lost to Michigan by 20 and shut out by Louisville playing in a BCS bowl? Really?

 

[Basedow]

Capital One Bowl may be the best matchup of them all; Bama v. Michigan St.
McElroy, Ingram, and Jones' last game.

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

Has anyone seen the bowl matchups for the Big XII?? They have 4 gimmes, and that doesn't even include TTU playing a Northwestern team without their star QB.

 

[bodie54]

...
OK folks The Bowl Challenge thread is up and running, here's the link....

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=464586

Now back to this year. I still want to know how in the hell the Big East has an automatic BCS bid. I mean a team that lost to Michigan by 20 and shut out by Louisville playing in a BCS bowl? Really?

Yeah that's pretty bad

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

Now back to this year. I still want to know how in the hell the Big East has an automatic BCS bid. I mean a team that lost to Michigan by 20 and shut out by Louisville playing in a BCS bowl? Really?

While we are talking about UConn.....one of their losses was to Temple. Temple went 8-4. And somehow they did not go to a bowl. Meanwhile there are a bunch of 6-6 teams who are going to a bowl. How the hell does the MAC only have 4 guaranteed bids??? There's no way a 6-6 ECU or 6-6 MTSU deserve a bowl over Temple. If you stuck MTSU into the MAC, they'd win no more than 3 games. And I blame the MAC commissioner. How useless are you if you can't even secure a 5th bowl tie in for a 13 team conference?? There's only like 634 bowls.

Capital One Bowl may be the best matchup of them all; Bama v. Michigan St.
McElroy, Ingram, and Jones' last game.

I agree, that's the bowl I'm looking forward to most.

...
OK folks The Bowl Challenge thread is up and running, here's the link....

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=464586

Nice

 

[Hot Mega]

While we are talking about UConn.....one of their losses was to Temple. Temple went 8-4. And somehow they did not go to a bowl. Meanwhile there are a bunch of 6-6 teams who are going to a bowl. How the hell does the MAC only have 4 guaranteed bids??? There's no way a 6-6 ECU or 6-6 MTSU deserve a bowl over Temple. If you stuck MTSU into the MAC, they'd win no more than 3 games. And I blame the MAC commissioner. How useless are you if you can't even secure a 5th bowl tie in for a 13 team conference?? There's only like 634 bowls.

I don't know what Temple's record/schedule is but you have to have at least 6 FBS wins I think. Hard to imagine at least 6 of their 8 wins aren't against FBS competition.

 

[MILF Man]

Auburn University deserves to be #1 in all the polls after their season. I'll be shocked if Auburn doesn't pick up it's third Heisman Trophy winner in Cam Newton this coming Saturday night.

I was disappointed Florida State didn't win the ACC Championship. They hung in the game but just couldn't get the upper hand and take control.

 

[Hot Mega]

Auburn University deserves to be #1 in all the polls after their season. I'll be shocked if Auburn doesn't pick up it's third Heisman Trophy winner in Cam Newton this coming Saturday night.

I was disappointed Florida State didn't win the ACC Championship. They hung in the game but just couldn't get the upper hand and take control.

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=5157977#post5157977

 

[Lust]

Fiesta Bowl? More like Siesta Bowl

 

[Jagger69]

Fiesta Bowl? More like Siesta Bowl

:1orglaugh

Yes the bowl lineup is particularly weak this year. The Rose Bowl should be a good one with TCU/Wisconsin, The Capital One with Alabama/Michigan State, the Sugar Bowl with Arkansas/Ohio State and the Cotton Bowl with Texas A & M/LSU. Besides these and the NC game, the rest are pretty much snoozers

Personally, I can't wait for the "Beef O'Brady's Bowl" on Dec 21 between Louisville and Southern Mississipi....

This bullshit is what we get instead of a playoff? What a sham.

 

[Jagger69]

^
Actually, I neglected to mention that the Orange Bowl matchup of Va Tech/Stanford is pretty good as well.

 

[CptHa]

Personally, I can't wait for the "Beef O'Brady's Bowl" on Dec 21 between Louisville and Southern Mississipi....

Neither can I. Can't wait to see us whip some Tardinal ass.

 

[Connor Macleod]

The Rose Bowl should be a good one with TCU/Wisconsin, The Capital One with Alabama/Michigan State, the Sugar Bowl with Arkansas/Ohio State and the Cotton Bowl with Texas A & M/LSU.

Actually, I think Wisconsin will slaughter TCU. IMO, I think the bowl committee set this up perfectly. By the end of the season, Wisconsin was playing as good as anyone in the country, and many still believe TCU is still a pretender, so unless the Badgers suffer a letdown, the Frogs will suffer another bowl loss after a perfect regular season.

As for Bama/MS, Ark/OS, LSU/A&M, those should be great games.

 

[Hot Mega]

Actually, I think Wisconsin will slaughter TCU. IMO, I think the bowl committee set this up perfectly. By the end of the season, Wisconsin was playing as good as anyone in the country, and many still believe TCU is still a pretender, so unless the Badgers suffer a letdown, the Frogs will suffer another bowl loss after a perfect regular season.

As for Bama/MS, Ark/OS, LSU/A&M, those should be great games.

At the risk of jinxing Wiscy...one thing they do is prepare well for Bowl games.

The last time they came to the RB their fanbase tilted the continental shelf on the west coast. You couldn't really tell because Stanford fans had the same colors but the year before you could definitely tell as at the game against a team from LA no less (UCLA) the Rose Bowl was a sea of red.

 

[Connor Macleod]

The last time they came to the RB their fanbase tilted the continental shelf on the west coast.

:1orglaugh

 

[Lust]

Personally, I can't wait for the "Beef O'Brady's Bowl" on Dec 21 between Louisville and Southern Mississipi....

I can't wait for the Beef O'Brady Bowl either! I ordered it about five minutes ago and the waitress should bring it to my table any second now.....wait, what?

 

[bodie54]

The last time they came to the RB their fanbase tilted the continental shelf on the west coast. You couldn't really tell because Stanford fans had the same colors but the year before you could definitely tell as at the game against a team from LA no less (UCLA) the Rose Bowl was a sea of red.

You're so right, HM.
I traveled downstate to L.A. for the '99 game. A sea of red, for sure.
Of course, a big reason I and so many Cheeseheads were able to get tickets was because UCLA ticket holders were selling theirs in droves. '99 was the year of the Miami nightmare. After the gut wrenching loss to the Hurricanes the The Rose Bowl felt like an empty afterthought to both the Bruins and their fans.

 

[Hot Mega]

You're so right, HM.
I traveled downstate to L.A. for the '99 game. A sea of red, for sure.
Of course, a big reason I and so many Cheeseheads were able to get tickets was because UCLA ticket holders were selling theirs in droves. '99 was the year of the Miami nightmare. After the gut wrenching loss to the Hurricanes the The Rose Bowl felt like an empty afterthought to both the Bruins and their fans.

True too...but there were far more Badgers here than tix..I went to the game with some of my UCLA friends but in talking with a bunch of others who were trying to see the game at popular local spots as far down as Long Beach...there were Badgers crowding everyone else out....

As a UM alum where there are pretty much more of us everywhere than any others....I have NEVER seen an invasion the likes of what the Badgers have mustered on So Cal...The only thing comparable I've ever seen is a Christmas Island red crab invasion.:dunno: