College Football 2006

[Nightfall]

What? You guys don't think WVU won't be in the run for a national title?! Come on. I know we played a Division AA school but you'd think if they go 11-0, they'd at least get a consideration.

 

[drothgery]

What? You guys don't think WVU won't be in the run for a national title?! Come on. I know we played a Division AA school but you'd think if they go 11-0, they'd at least get a consideration.

My guess -- after a whole two weeks of college football -- is that we'll see the travesty of a Big Ten team playing a Pac 10 team for the national title in something other than the Rose Bowl when an undefeated USC plays an undefeated Ohio State. The Mountaineers end up #2 after finishing undefeated and thwomping some three or four loss shlubs from the ACC in the Orange Bowl. INSERT_SEC_CHAMP_HERE loses a game somewhere and takes themselves out of the running, but beats a one-loss ND team in the Sugar. Texas still wins the Big 12, then is shocked by L'ville in the Fiesta. Oregon knocks off Boise (which auto-qualifies by winning the WAC and finishing in the top 12) in the Rose.

 

[Dimwhit]

OSU Boise for the national championships!! You heard it here first!! And frankly I doubt you'll hear that anywhere else

I've gotta agree with Crothian. OSU-Boise!

 

[Crothian]

I've gotta agree with Crothian. OSU-Boise!

psst...I was joking.

OSU USC is what it looks like to me.

 

[Dimwhit]

psst...I was joking.

OSU USC is what it looks like to me.

You think USC will make it back? I'd love to see it, but I'm very skeptical.

 

[Crothian]

You think USC will make it back? I'd love to see it, but I'm very skeptical.

At first I didn't think so, but the PAC 10 is not looking as strong as I thought.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'm a hopeless optimistic SU fan, and I wasn't expecting the game to be close. Even with Tate out. But that was some terrible play calling in OT (due to ABC thinking a Pac 10 game would get better rankings in SoCal, that's all I saw out here).

As an aside, if you follow basketball, last night I witnessed part of the SU team in a bar fight with the bouncers at my favorite bar. Devendorf threw a chair. Wheeee! I'm waiting to hear about it in the news.

I didn't bother watching the SU/Iowa game either, and was surprised it was tied. However, after talking it over with some people and watching some highlights, I've come to the conclusion that it wasn't that SU had a good night, but Iowa had a bad night. SU in no way deserved to win that game. Six or seven plays on the one yard line, and they couldn't get the TD? That's just plain sloppy.

I've said it before though, and I'll say it again, SU is going to continue to suck for a couple more years. Pasqualoni's inability to recruit and idiotic theories pretty much completely destroyed the team. Robinson has the unenviable task of building it back up. Heck, right now I'm not even sure they deserve to be playing in a I-A league.

[edit]Also, man, Iowa fans are awesomely loyal. All I saw up on the hill last night were yellow shirts. I was amazed.

 

[Nightfall]

*only has "eers" for them Mountaineers* Well I guess I'll have to settle for next year huh? At least beating a decent "some other" conference will be semi-consolation to us WVU fans.

Slayton better get the Heisman though.

 

[drothgery]

As an aside, if you follow basketball, last night I witnessed part of the SU team in a bar fight with the bouncers at my favorite bar. Devendorf threw a chair. Wheeee! I'm waiting to hear about it in the news.

Eek. Hopefully no one was hurt, and no one presses charges. SU's basketball team has a chance to be something really special this season, and I hate to see that ruined over something stupid.

 

[Menexenus]

Let's get it on!

GO BUCKS!!!!!!!!

QFT!

It sure felt good watching the Buckeyes give Texas a taste of sweet revenge last night!