College Football

Collarspace Discussion Forums

Home Login Search

College Football

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> College Football

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

College Football - 12/8/2008 4:21:59 PM

caitlyn

Posts: 3473
Joined: 12/22/2004
Status: offline

Time for our yearly predictions:

EagleBank Bowl Dec. 20 - Wake Forest vs. Navy 27-23
New Mexico Dec. 20 - Colorado State vs. Fresno State 31-34
St. Petersburg Dec. 20 - South Florida vs. Memphis 24-17
Pioneer Las Vegas Dec. 20 - BYU vs. Arizona 30-28
R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 21 - Troy vs. Southern Miss 24-10
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 - TCU vs. Boise State 31-28
Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 - Hawaii vs. Notre Dame 17-20
Motor City Dec. 26 - Central Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic 23-20
Meineke Car Care Dec. 27 - North Carolina vs. West Virginia 17-31
Champs Sports Dec. 27 - Florida State vs. Wisconsin 13-24
Emerald Dec. 27 - California vs. Miami (Fla.) 34-24
Independence Dec. 28 - Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois 14-27
Papajohns.com Dec. 29 - Rutgers vs. N.C. State 24-31
Valero Alamo Dec. 29 - Northwestern vs. Missouri 13-42
Roady's Humanitarian Dec. 30 - Maryland vs. Nevada 21-17
Texas Dec. 30 - Rice vs. Western Michigan 42-40
Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 - Oregon vs. Oklahoma State 31-34
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 - Air Force vs. Houston 17-28
Brut Sun Dec. 31 - Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh 13-24
Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 31 - Vanderbilt vs. Boston College 16-21
Insight Dec. 31 - Kansas vs. Minnesota 27-14
Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 - LSU vs. Georgia Tech 17-14
Outback Jan. 1 - Iowa vs. South Carolina 24-21
Capital One Jan. 1 - Georgia vs. Michigan State 32-30
Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 - Nebraska vs. Clemson 24-27
Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 - Penn State vs. USC 10-27
FedEx Orange Jan. 1 - Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati 24-14
AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 - Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss 42-21
AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 - East Carolina vs. Kentucky 37-34
Allstate Sugar Jan. 2 - Utah vs. Alabama 20-24
International Jan. 3 - Connecticut vs. Buffalo 27-21
Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 5 - Texas vs. Ohio State 37-10
GMAC Jan. 6 - Tulsa vs. Ball State 42-41
FedEx BCS National Championship Jan. 8 - Oklahoma vs. Florida 48-28

_____________________________

I wish I could buy back ...
the woman you stole.

Profile

Post #: 1

RE: College Football - 12/8/2008 4:26:16 PM

caitlyn

Posts: 3473
Joined: 12/22/2004
Status: offline

and in related news ...

BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II

US Ranked 4th

After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work--including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule--our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."

Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated "The US only had two major victories--Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event."

German Chancellor Adolph Hitler said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks." Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces."

The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented " France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2."

Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.

Russia finished a distant #5 with only one qaulity win, over Germany, to sway the computers.

The United Kingdom finished #6 with only one quality win, over Germany, and what the computer saw as a loss, to Japan.

_____________________________

I wish I could buy back ...
the woman you stole.

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 2

RE: College Football - 12/8/2008 5:03:49 PM

xBullx

Posts: 4206
Joined: 10/8/2005
Status: offline

That twisted bit of irony made my sides hurt...

I don't believe that even that whimsically warped example of logic will set the NC two A aristocracy on it's collective asses. I think they feed on the hullabaloo...

_____________________________

Live well,

Bull

I'm not an asshole; I'm simply resolute...

"A Republic, If You Can Keep It."

Caution: My humor is a bit skewed.

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 3

RE: College Football - 12/8/2008 5:59:19 PM

popeye1250

Posts: 18104
Joined: 1/27/2006
From: New Hampshire
Status: offline

Caitlyn, correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Sweden "neutral" in WW2?

_____________________________

"But Your Honor, this is not a Jury of my Peers, these people are all decent, honest, law-abiding citizens!"

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 4

RE: College Football - 12/8/2008 8:02:14 PM

cloudboy

Posts: 7306
Joined: 12/14/2005
Status: offline

That pretty much sums up the situation.

--------

How did Alabama go from being the front running to play in the BCS Championship to having to play UTAH in the Sugar Bowl??

Its a MAD MAD MAD world out there. Penn ST. v. USC looks like a good matchup.

Charlie Weis saved his job by qualifying for the Hula Bowl.

< Message edited by cloudboy -- 12/8/2008 8:29:00 PM >

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 5

RE: College Football - 12/8/2008 10:32:16 PM

happypervert

Posts: 2203
Joined: 5/11/2004
From: Scranton, PA
Status: offline

EagleBank Bowl Dec. 20 - Wake Forest vs. Navy
New Mexico Dec. 20 - Colorado State vs. Fresno State
St. Petersburg Dec. 20 - South Florida vs. Memphis
Pioneer Las Vegas Dec. 20 - BYU vs. Arizona
R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 21 - Troy vs. Southern Miss
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 - TCU vs. Boise State
Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 - Hawaii vs. Notre Dame
Motor City Dec. 26 - Central Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic
Meineke Car Care Dec. 27 - North Carolina vs. West Virginia
Champs Sports Dec. 27 - Florida State vs. Wisconsin
Emerald Dec. 27 - California vs. Miami (Fla.)
Independence Dec. 28 - Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois
Papajohns.com Dec. 29 - Rutgers vs. N.C. State
Valero Alamo Dec. 29 - Northwestern vs. Missouri
Roady's Humanitarian Dec. 30 - Maryland vs. Nevada
Texas Dec. 30 - Rice vs. Western Michigan
Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 - Oregon vs. Oklahoma State
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 - Air Force vs. Houston
Brut Sun Dec. 31 - Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh
Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 31 - Vanderbilt vs. Boston College
Insight Dec. 31 - Kansas vs. Minnesota
Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 - LSU vs. Georgia Tech
Outback Jan. 1 - Iowa vs. South Carolina
Capital One Jan. 1 - Georgia vs. Michigan State
Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 - Nebraska vs. Clemson
Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 - Penn State vs. USC
FedEx Orange Jan. 1 - Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati
AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 - Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss
AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 - East Carolina vs. Kentucky
Allstate Sugar Jan. 2 - Utah vs. Alabama
International Jan. 3 - Connecticut vs. Buffalo
Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 5 - Texas vs. Ohio State
GMAC Jan. 6 - Tulsa vs. Ball State
FedEx BCS National Championship Jan. 8 - Oklahoma vs. Florida

_____________________________

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live." . . . Mark Twain

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 6

RE: College Football - 12/9/2008 4:16:28 AM

LumusandtheLady

Posts: 1926
Joined: 11/1/2008
Status: offline

So am I the only one that the BCS is not making sense to? Some of these matchups are out there......

Of course, I'm a BSU Broncos person (hey, I'm from Idaho, what can I say?!?) and we're at the Poinsettia Bowl. In San Diego. Guess they thought we couldn't handle something like the Fiesta Bowl again, even though we're 12-0. Let's see, who'd we beat last time? Oh - that's right. Oklahoma Sooners.

Rain

_____________________________

"Ok, can we return to reality now, please?"

~Rain - newest member of the Clan Scarlett O'Hair-a's~

You are a fluke of the universe...

(in reply to happypervert)

Profile

Post #: 7

RE: College Football - 12/9/2008 12:53:06 PM

NorthernGent

Posts: 8730
Joined: 7/10/2006
Status: offline

Troy? What a load of bollocks.

You ever sat all day in the sun watching the cricket and getting pissed right up to the eyeballs?

_____________________________

I have the courage to be a coward - but not beyond my limits.

Sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

(in reply to caitlyn)

Profile

Post #: 8

RE: College Football - 12/9/2008 10:00:36 PM

caitlyn

Posts: 3473
Joined: 12/22/2004
Status: offline

The BCS matchups are really bad this season.

Penn State is a good team, but will not compete in USC's back yard.

Virginia Tech ... exactly why is a team with four losses in a BCS game? Oh, I remember, they won a "conference" championship.

Utah and Alabama might turn out to be a good game. Alabama looked like a good, but not great team against Florida, and Utah is full of Seniors.

Texas and Ohio State playing on a fast track in Arizona, is the game for people that still wish we threw people to the lions.

Oklahoma and Florida ... second best Big-12 team, vs. the team from the normally strong conference that is really just average and quarterback challenged this year.

_____________________________

I wish I could buy back ...
the woman you stole.

(in reply to cloudboy)

Profile

Post #: 9

RE: College Football - 12/22/2008 5:54:05 PM

happypervert

Posts: 2203
Joined: 5/11/2004
From: Scranton, PA
Status: offline

Bowl game results

So far I'm 3-2 on my guesses, er, picks.

The TCU vs Boise State game should be a really good one on the 23rd. I watched TCU's defense just destroy BYU earlier in the season -- TCU's defense looked really fast and made BYU look like slugs.

< Message edited by happypervert -- 12/22/2008 5:55:55 PM >

_____________________________

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live." . . . Mark Twain

(in reply to happypervert)

Profile

Post #: 10

RE: College Football - 9/12/2009 9:50:29 PM

Sanity

Posts: 22039
Joined: 6/14/2006
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
Status: offline

This is great. Boise State University is off to a great start again this year, they're undefeated two games in and ranked number 11 in the USA Today poll and number 12 in the AP poll, which is fantastic for an area with Boise's population.

BSU beat Miami of Ohio tonight on the blue turf 48 - 0, finishing up the game with their second string players. I really feel sorry for Miami of Ohio's head coach, he didn't look too happy for most of the second half.

I am confident this is going to be a great season for the Seattle Seahawks too, my favorite pro team!

_____________________________

Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out

(in reply to happypervert)

Profile

Post #: 11