Thread: College Football 2008-2009

Personally I'd like to see two upsets today. Maybe I shouldn't call LSU/Bama an upset. Alabama has no business being ranked #1. Also I would like to see the Cowboys beat Texas Tech today.

Mainly because it helps out my Sooners!

I like the QB for Texas Tech, Graham Harrell. Him and Missouri's Chase Daniel have such great arm action. Perfect spirals every time right in there.

Scratch Penn State off the undefeated list, which one will be next to fall? Alabama, Texas Tech, Utah, Boise State or Ball State? I don't think some of those teams even belong in the same sentence together, but it will be interesting to see where a team would end up BCS wise after an undefeated season in one of the lesser known conferences.

Harrell in my opinion has been the most impressive QB. He is NFL bound and his style is already ready for it.

Alabama Keeps No. 1 Ranking in College Football's BCS Standings

Roll Tide !

BCS still pampering Ohio State, the NY Yankees of College Football. How can they be ranked so high after losing horribly to USC and playing YSU (a division I-AA team), and Ohio as non conference games?

I'll probably be watching Alabama/Miss State this weekend. That was a nice blowup Coach Saban had when he had to call a timeout early in the second half last Saturday against LSU.

I'll be in-attendance at the Bama/MSU game this weekend. Fear the middle finger (This will be 3 victories in a row if the Dawgs can pull it off). Very doubtful, though.

I predict Florida and Texas in the National Championship game. Southern Cal might sneak in there.... Lots of football to be played....

I think this is one area that Obama definitely got it right---college football needs a playoff system for the national championship. Maybe he can work on changing that too...

Originally Posted by ChemEng

I think this is one area that Obama definitely got it right---college football needs a playoff system for the national championship. Maybe he can work on changing that too...

I agree. The NCAA has taken all the right steps to create parity (equal number of scholarships, standarized the amount of practice time allowed, equal number of coaches, etc...) but uses the most subjective way to determine a champion. Its stupid... I guess money talks...

Fight over Alabama-LSU game ends in double murder

Posted: Nov 10, 2008 10:41 AM


EVERGREEN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say an argument over Saturday's Alabama-LSU football game led to the shooting deaths of a couple at a home in southern Alabama.

Prosecutors identified the victims as Dennis and Donna Smith of Brewton. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. Saturday at the home of Michael Williams in the rural community of Owassa.

Williams was arrested and charged with two counts of murder.

Investigators told the Press-Register newspaper in Mobile that Dennis Smith, an LSU fan, called Williams, an Alabama fan, after Alabama's 27-21 overtime win and an argument ensued.

The Smiths went to Williams home. Investigators said Smith had a pistol and Williams had a shotgun and fired. Donna Smith was a relative of Williams' girlfriend.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.)

Wow - This is not near as bad -

Gator Fan Chomps Down Hard

Wife Accused Of Biting Husband Over Ga.-Fla. Game
Friday, November 7, 2008


NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. -- The annual Florida-Georgia game is often the source of some heated arguments among college football fans, but for one Neptune Beach woman things went too far when, according to police, she attacked her husband.


Officers said Veronica Hairston, a Florida Gators fan, was arrested and charged with domestic battery for allegedly biting her husband.


According to police, on Saturday Hairston began taunting her husband at the Days Inn in Neptune Beach once she realized the Gators were beating the Bulldogs.

They said when her husband grabbed his bags and tried to leave the room, Hairston bit the man on his thigh.


A police report states that Hairston then punched her husband in the face several times with her fists before fleeing the area on foot.


Officers said the woman was found after a brief search.


Neptune Beach police said while they don't consider the incident to be unusual, they also don't usually deal with game-related incidents in their area.


"We don't have a large crowd come to Neptune Beach. They normally stay in town or go to sports bars around the stadium," said Neptune Beach Police Department Assistant Chief Tony Carillo.


Residents in the area said they were surprised anyone would take a rivalry that seriously.


"People get worked up, but to physically hurt someone is a bit extreme," said resident Kalie Macca.


Police said both Hairston and her husband appeared to be under the influence of alcohol when the incident.

Originally Posted by DAWG51

Its stupid... I guess money talks...

Well until the powers that be develop a playoff system, it is what it is. Boise State, Ball State or even Ohio State should be against it because could you imagine what could happen if those teams were forced to play teams from the Big 12 or SEC every year? ESPN's Craig James holds alot back when that subject comes up on the air in trying to maintain his neutral bias but you can tell where his head is at.

Money talks? You know it. My biggest gripe is the commercial breaks and timeouts. It's worse in pro football, but I don't really watch pro football for other reasons. I can't just sit and watch one game all the way through because of the commercials, so I'll usually have two or three games I'm switching between when my #1 game goes to commercial break.

Pill- No doubt about Harrell.