Dang, midway through the season and there are still 8 undefeated teams? Oklahoma State should be higher than 6th. They should be #4 or #5.
Looking like yet another year where there won’t be enough room at the top? Boomer Vs. Cowboys will eliminate one of those teams, Bama-LSU will elimiate one more. But even then there could be a real strong chance that five or six teams could end the season undefeated.
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This seems to happen most years, though. Bizarre upsets happen, and teams fail to make it through the weekly grind of conference play. I’d be surprised to see more than two undefeated teams from AQ conferences at the end of the regular season.[/quote]
Yep, every year people gripe and moan and in then end it normally works out.[/quote]
Ok, maybe Oregon beats Stanford. But who’s going to beat Wisconsin?
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Luck goes for 330 and 4TDS.
Just another day at the Heisman Office…[/quote]
Welp, he doesn’t have to worry about Lattimore anymore. Out for the season with F’ed up knee.[/quote]
Denard Robinson is out of the running too. Biggest game yet this season and he totally failed.
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Michigan State got him too scared to run. Funny, in the analysis some of the Michigan State players admitted they played ‘dirty’. Six personnel fouls, most involving Robinson on the beating end, probably helped with convincing him to get rid of the ball. I understand rivalry games and emotion and whatnot, but a couple of those personal fouls committed by the same guy would have received a fine in the NFL.
My wife asked if there is a rule in college ball about number of personal fouls a player can get before they are kicked out of from the game. I know I have seen players ejected but not sure how the rule book reads. Anybody know?
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Luck goes for 330 and 4TDS.
Just another day at the Heisman Office…[/quote]
Welp, he doesn’t have to worry about Lattimore anymore. Out for the season with F’ed up knee.[/quote]
Denard Robinson is out of the running too. Biggest game yet this season and he totally failed.
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Michigan State got him too scared to run. Funny, in the analysis some of the Michigan State players admitted they played ‘dirty’. Six personnel fouls, most involving Robinson on the beating end, probably helped with convincing him to get rid of the ball. I understand rivalry games and emotion and whatnot, but a couple of those personal fouls committed by the same guy would have received a fine in the NFL.
My wife asked if there is a rule in college ball about number of personal fouls a player can get before they are kicked out of from the game. I know I have seen players ejected but not sure how the rule book reads. Anybody know?[/quote]
Do NOT let the flags/penalty discrepancy fool you, Michigan was playing just as dirty as MSU, if not more so. It was pretty pathetic.
Dang, midway through the season and there are still 8 undefeated teams? Oklahoma State should be higher than 6th. They should be #4 or #5.
Looking like yet another year where there won’t be enough room at the top? Boomer Vs. Cowboys will eliminate one of those teams, Bama-LSU will elimiate one more. But even then there could be a real strong chance that five or six teams could end the season undefeated.
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This seems to happen most years, though. Bizarre upsets happen, and teams fail to make it through the weekly grind of conference play. I’d be surprised to see more than two undefeated teams from AQ conferences at the end of the regular season.[/quote]
Yep, every year people gripe and moan and in then end it normally works out.[/quote]
Ok, maybe Oregon beats Stanford. But who’s going to beat Wisconsin?[/quote]
There’s not many teams in the country that can beat Wisconsin right now - and that does include LSU, Bama, Boise and Ok/Ok State.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Luck goes for 330 and 4TDS.
Just another day at the Heisman Office…[/quote]
Welp, he doesn’t have to worry about Lattimore anymore. Out for the season with F’ed up knee.[/quote]
Denard Robinson is out of the running too. Biggest game yet this season and he totally failed.
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Michigan State got him too scared to run. Funny, in the analysis some of the Michigan State players admitted they played ‘dirty’. Six personnel fouls, most involving Robinson on the beating end, probably helped with convincing him to get rid of the ball. I understand rivalry games and emotion and whatnot, but a couple of those personal fouls committed by the same guy would have received a fine in the NFL.
My wife asked if there is a rule in college ball about number of personal fouls a player can get before they are kicked out of from the game. I know I have seen players ejected but not sure how the rule book reads. Anybody know?[/quote]
Do NOT let the flags/penalty discrepancy fool you, Michigan was playing just as dirty as MSU, if not more so. It was pretty pathetic.[/quote]
I do not doubt it. I ended up watching the game on my phone so I only really saw what the refs pointed out. The Michigan coach and quarterback did not complain about the level of hard play, both I believed called it football. What I found interesting was that some of the Mich State admitted they played dirty.
Anyone else thinking Trent Richardson’s season is looking like a Heisman one? It would be sweet to see him get it after Ingram, and Bama not having one before Mark.
Dang, midway through the season and there are still 8 undefeated teams? Oklahoma State should be higher than 6th. They should be #4 or #5.
Looking like yet another year where there won’t be enough room at the top? Boomer Vs. Cowboys will eliminate one of those teams, Bama-LSU will elimiate one more. But even then there could be a real strong chance that five or six teams could end the season undefeated.
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This seems to happen most years, though. Bizarre upsets happen, and teams fail to make it through the weekly grind of conference play. I’d be surprised to see more than two undefeated teams from AQ conferences at the end of the regular season.[/quote]
Yep, every year people gripe and moan and in then end it normally works out.[/quote]
Ok, maybe Oregon beats Stanford. But who’s going to beat Wisconsin?[/quote]
There’s not many teams in the country that can beat Wisconsin right now - and that does include LSU, Bama, Boise and Ok/Ok State.[/quote]
I’m not sure I believe that just yet. Every year it seems like Wisconsin is going to be a beast and instead ends up being a pretty good team that chokes against one team they should beat. I mean for god’s sake they lost to Michigan St. last year. The same team Bama beat 49-7 while rendering their first, second and third string QB’s unable to reproduce.
I’m not from Missouri but Wisconsin is going to have to show me. They haven’t earned the benefit of the doubt.
Dang, midway through the season and there are still 8 undefeated teams? Oklahoma State should be higher than 6th. They should be #4 or #5.
Looking like yet another year where there won’t be enough room at the top? Boomer Vs. Cowboys will eliminate one of those teams, Bama-LSU will elimiate one more. But even then there could be a real strong chance that five or six teams could end the season undefeated.
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This seems to happen most years, though. Bizarre upsets happen, and teams fail to make it through the weekly grind of conference play. I’d be surprised to see more than two undefeated teams from AQ conferences at the end of the regular season.[/quote]
Yep, every year people gripe and moan and in then end it normally works out.[/quote]
Ok, maybe Oregon beats Stanford. But who’s going to beat Wisconsin?[/quote]
There’s not many teams in the country that can beat Wisconsin right now - and that does include LSU, Bama, Boise and Ok/Ok State.[/quote]
I’m not sure I believe that just yet. Every year it seems like Wisconsin is going to be a beast and instead ends up being a pretty good team that chokes against one team they should beat. I mean for god’s sake they lost to Michigan St. last year. The same team Bama beat 49-7 while rendering their first, second and third string QB’s unable to reproduce.
I’m not from Missouri but Wisconsin is going to have to show me. They haven’t earned the benefit of the doubt. [/quote]
I think the season or so before they lost to Iowa which had been choke artists that year as well. Thanks for the reminder but not sure there is anyone remaining who could be enough. Having a Big Ten championship will finally do away with all the three way ties of the past, just like the Big 12 (where there have been three way and two way division ties up the ying-yang).
Here’s my thoughts on that game, as a true Maize and Blue Michigan fan.
MSU took the “hit 'em in the mouth” mantra too far, in the 4th quarter especially.
By doing that, however, they exposed U of M as soft. The lineman didn’t protect their QB, the recievers didn’t make key catches, all because MSU was playing rough.
That doesn’t cut it. I could give a shit who did or didn’t play dirty. You protect your quarterback and make a statement in doing so. MSU’s linebackers were frothy dogs and their D-line made plays. I thought RichRod was long gone but the playcalling, especially at key moments in the 4th quarter, showed that he still has some influence. How do you call a squeely option three read play when you’re 4th and 1 against a team that’s been smashing your face in all game? How does that make sense? A lot of people are going to blame Denard Robinson, but I don’t think it’s his fault entirely.
Denard, for all that he is as an incredible athlete, cannot do it all by himself, I feel bad for him being in the Big-10. Had he gone to, say West Virginia or Mississippi State, or hell even Oregon he would be dominant and in a system that would not only allow him to shine, but stay healthy.
This isn’t a good fit, and as it will play out through the rest of the Big-10 schedule it will show that he just isn’t meant for this type of conference.
The punch in the throat didn’t raise my hackles. That happens. Hell, I’ve seen that in soccer games. It’s the facemask pull on Denard Robinson that I thought was particularly dangerous. Denard was held down by a pile of guys and Gholston nearly pulls his helmet completely around.
Its the first video on this page: start at about 25 secs.
SMU, Central Florida, Houston, Navy, Air Force and Boise State to the Big East.
My guess is the Big East still might lose AQ status. The conference cannot seem to attract big programs. If Boise State is the marque team, they might was well rename the conference to Mountain East.
I’d like to see SMU, Houston and Boise State go to the Big 12 first.
[quote]USMCpoolee wrote:
Anyone else thinking Trent Richardson’s season is looking like a Heisman one? It would be sweet to see him get it after Ingram, and Bama not having one before Mark.[/quote]
It is a no brainer if the Tide makes it to the Championship game. You gotta have the personal and the Team success to get everything in motion for you. I certainly hope he gets it because that means the Team has met expectations.
[quote]USMCpoolee wrote:
Anyone else thinking Trent Richardson’s season is looking like a Heisman one? It would be sweet to see him get it after Ingram, and Bama not having one before Mark.[/quote]
It is a no brainer if the Tide makes it to the Championship game. You gotta have the personal and the Team success to get everything in motion for you. I certainly hope he gets it because that means the Team has met expectations.[/quote]
wut? It certainly helps, but the winner of the Heisman trophy absolutely does not always have to play for a great team. Tim Tebow won the Heisman with the worst (by far) Gator team fielded during his four years here.
LSU-Auburn just got really interesting. Wonder what the LSU-Alabama game will be like if these suspensions really come to fruition.
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K2 or Spice is the back story that they used, while technically not a band substance it is synthetic Mary Jane.[/quote]
From what I have gathered from various blogs and reports, the rules broken are very minor and suspensions wont go further than at most two games. [/quote]
I guess 3 weeks of nothing but football talk in the Bayou was enough and we needed some more BS…lol. It is just another reminder that these are all just punk-ass 19-20 year old kids…
It will be good fodder for Auburn’s bulletin board. If LSU comes out and scores along with solid defensive play, then I think it will squash Auburn’s confidence. I don’t think there will be much drop-off. I still think LSU wins but the Honey Badger is not doing himself any favors to keep his name in the Heisman conversation.