Hey NCAA... Wait for it... Wait for it... YOU SUCK. You've been "conducting investigations" for the last few months and it takes you until the day before opening kick off Saturday, aka games have already been played, to tell SOME of who is and isn't eligible. News flash, you are messing with kids futures. I pray that AJ Green, Marvin Austin, Marcel Dareus, Wesley Saunders, and every other player affected by this ridiculousness drops in the draft and sues the NCAA so they never have to play to pay their salary.
I understand if there are issues, I understand if players break the rules, I get that there are penalties and agree that they should be enforced, BUT FINISH YOUR INVESTIGATION AND DECIDE ON WHAT THOSE PENALTIES ARE BEFORE THE DAMN SEASON. Someone has to put an end to this. Someone has to step up and understand how retarded the NCAA can be. At some point, someone with common sense needs to sit on the board and actually make decisions in a TIMELY matter. The board is determining these kid's futures. They are jeopardizing the FUTURES of these kids. Get it?!?!? If you're too incompetent to finish the necessary investigations in a timely manner, HIRE ME, I'll do them. Months of this waiting game is simply ridiculous and this college football fan is simply tired of it.
Let me repeat, I do not feel the NCAA is wrong in investigating these allegations, I do not disagree with suspensions and other penalties for breaking the rules, but this "investigation" has taken way too long and has become ridiculous. Make up your minds, determine what you need to determine, and next time you need to investigate, do it in a timely fashion. Stop screwing around and make up your damn minds and stop screwing with these kid's futures. It's ridiculous, it's unfair, and it's going bite you in the ass if you don't get your damn act together.
Floyd Mayweather Jr talking major shit about Manny Pacquiao: "As soon as we come off vacation, we're going to cook that little yellow chump. We ain't worried about that. So they ain't gotta worry about me fighting the midget. Once I kick the midget ass, I don't want you all to jump on my d---. So you all better get on the bandwagon now. ... Once I stomp the midget, I'll make that mother f----- make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice."
Um, wow. I don't even know what to say. Could you imagine if a white person said this? Everybody would be crucifying Mayweather if he wasn't black. You know what? FUCK MAYWEATHER. I hope Pacquiao destroys that arrogant racist asshole. Mayweather needs to be put in his place.
For what should be a glorious season. The Fighting Irish are 11 point favorites tomorrow against Purdue. It's at home. They should cover. Notice I said "should."
My expectations for Notre Dame are even tempered. I know they will have a much better team than last season since they have their first legit college head coach in Brian Kelly since Lou Holtz was pushed out of South Bend. But I also know Notre Dame went 6-6 last year and decided not to play in a bowl game. The fact that they decided not to play still really pisses me off. The year before they went 7-6 and of course in 2007 they were a complete disaster at 3-9. It's been an awful and depressing 3 years to be honest.
Like some of you I literally live and die with how the Irish play in the fall. I know it's sad but it's just a fact of my life. With that being said I think we are in for a very pleasant season. The Irish will score more points this season. They are going to average over 40 a game and will put 50 on the board at least twice. No more laying the foot off the gas like Charlie did. BK is going to push his starters and backups to their best and will never tell them to lay down to an opponent. You play 60 minutes hard or you go fucking home and somebody else will replace you.
New QB Dayne Crist will have an amazing season. He's going to complete a high percentage of his passes because the spread offense will be lethal with weapons like Michael Floyd (1st team AA), Theo Riddick (Golden's replacement who will be an instant fan favorite), TE Kyle Rudolph (1st team AA), and a slew of backs led by senior Armando Allen and breakout sophomore Cierre Wood. Crist is going to make people forget about JC and Brady real quick. He's a leader and the unofficial captain.
The defense is the part where I'm most skeptical. It's been atrocious for too long. Guys have looked out of place and have been pushed around for what seems like centuries. This will hopefully change starting tomorrow. What I do know is that Manti Te'o is the best defensive player to put on the Blue and Gold since the Holtz Era. He is the Hawaiian Hitman for a reason. He kills people. His new friend at inside linebacker is Carlo Calabrese. The Italian Stallion is what I call him. He loves to hit. He will be a mack truck tomorrow. The linebacker group as a whole will be extremely fun to watch all season. My worry is the defensive line. I know KLM is going to be a stud and I have confidence in Ian Williams being a plug in the middle but for the defense to reach it's potential they need Ethan Johnson to live up to his billing coming out of high school. Ethan needs to be Justin Tuck. He needs to get to the quarterback and knock him out. No more soft Ethan. I want hard nosed, take no bull shit Ethan. If they get that the Irish could go undefeated. I'm not even bull shitting. The secondary will be better than people think. Corners Darrin Walls, Gary Gray, and Robert Blanton are legit cover corners. Safety Jamoris Slaughter will bring the man"Slaughter" every Saturday. He can flat out hit and he is probably my second favorite player on D behind Te'o. He'll play on Sundays. Not a doubt in my mind. Harrison Smith has been mostly down since arriving in South Bend. He will step up big time this season. He's too much of an athlete not to do it his senior season.
So what do I expect record wise this season? 10-2. They went 6-6 last year but easily could have been 12-0 with any semblance of defense, coaching or leadership. I think they get all three of those things missing from last year. There will be a couple of hiccup games and I think it will be Michigan State or Stanford and then Utah or USC. By the way USC looked awful last night. It's actually the worst they have looked since 1999. The tides have turned.
The Kelly Era will begin starting tomorrow. It's time to start smiling and laughing after the games are over on Saturday. No more playing down to their competition for the Irish. Brian Kelly asked his players "ARE YOU IN?" during the Spring. They will be and show it tomorrow by destroying Purdue.
Only in New York does some fucking guido start talking smack to an old lady. Where's the fucking respect? I gotta hand it to the old man. He stood up for this lady even though he has the reaction time of Adam Dunn at first base.
So the old man died right? It's in New York so I kind of expect this shit to happen every day. He was probably visiting from Da Boca Vista. Also bravo to the kid sitting in the middle the whole time. He wanted no part of his jack ass friend arguing with an old lady so he just sat there and ignored the whole situation. I find it extremely amusing.
This is how I felt last night when FAMU couldn't put one measly point on the board and help with my bet. All they had to do was lose by less than 41 points and yet they get blown out. It's good to see the culture of Miami has changed especially in the stands. So I lost my first game but I came back with a vengeance late last night when I won my three team moneyline parlay of South Carolina, Utah(Utes can't be beaten at home even when they play like shit), and USC(this is going to be the worst Trojans defense in decades, their secondary looked like a high school JV squad).
I may not be a Saban fan, but he's a genius and his team is scary good. The Tide will Roll again. It’s going to be a hell of a season!
BCS TITLE GAME: Alabama vs. Ohio State The last 4 years have ended with the SEC Champion hoisting the BCS trophy. This year will be no different. Alabama goes to the title game with one loss, probably to Auburn, and faces and undefeated Ohio State. Ohio State has a reputation of never losing to a team in Ohio. Granted, the other teams include Akron, Marshall, Ohio, Miami-Ohio, and the powerhouse that is Moorehead State, but the Little 11 or whatever they are going to call themselves now just isn’t what it used to be. The toughest game on the Ohio State schedule may realistically be Iowa, but getting past UM in week 2 may not be the easiest of battles. Terrelle Pryor may just be the Heisman front runner and the Buckeyes have sworn to actually, gasp, pass the ball this year. Personally, I hope OSU makes it to the title game. I don’t think they have what it takes to hang with a top tier SEC team this year and they will still never have won a bowl games against the SEC. As much as I don't want to see the Buckeyes in the title game over an undefeated Boise State the pollsters and computers will get them there because of the BCS affiliation of the Big Ten.
Winner: Alabama 38 – Ohio State 10
ROSE BOWL: Iowa vs. Oregon I agree with Matt, Iowa looks good and they should run the table, outside of losing to OSU. Despite losing Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon will be good yet again and should win the Pac-10 with a 2 loss season. Look at Stanford and Oregon State as possible underdogs, but let’s face it, Lame Kiffin is not going to be at the Rose Bowl unless he’s in the stands so I could care less. No University of Spoiled Children = win for McPeters! This game would be the classic offense versus defense and definitely a game worth paying for.
Winner: Oregon 17 – Iowa 14
ORANGE BOWL: FSU vs. TCU In the first season without Bobby Bowden on the side lines since Dinosaurs were not fossils, Jimbo Fisher leads a very talented and very deep FSU team to win the ACC and play in the Orange Bowl. TCU is this year’s Boise State and there is a huge BCS ruckus as to how TCU is not in the title game. When all is said and done, Florida State and Christian Ponder prove this year isn’t a fluke and show they are on the verge of regaining national status. FSU will just be too much for TCU to handle.
Winner: FSU 24 – TCU 17
FIESTA BOWL: Boise State vs. Oklahoma Maybe I’m just praying for this rematch, but would love to see a 1 loss Oklahoma face a 1 loss Boise State. TCU and Boise will both be very good this year and show they belong on the national level, but both teams falter in bowl games and prove they aren’t quite ready to face the big boys on a week to week schedule. Oklahoma uses the embarrassing Statue of Liberty play as motivation and makes it seem like Smurfette isn’t the only girl on Planet Smurf and looks for to the old time “there’s always next year” motto. Let’s be honest, this game isn’t going to happen anyway so let me run with this hope.
Winner: Oklahoma 38 – Boise 17
SUGAR BOWL: Georgia vs. Texas
Texas wins their conference and UGA shocks the nation. Texas is deep and talented yet again. They signed a great recruiting class again and Mack Brown and Will Muschamp prove they are one of the best coaching tandems in the nation. The defense proves stifling all season, but Texas loses one game to get knocked out of the National Championship and is less than enthused to play UGA. Georgia lives up to it’s sleeper status. Aaron Murray matures through the season and with the Offense around him, has the slack to do so. The UGA schedule is set up to get here and Georgia beats a very deep, very talented, but very young Florida to get into the SEC Championship game with one loss. Alabama beats UGA and goes on to the National Championship and UGA is thrilled to be back in a BCS bowl. Mark Richt may lose this bowl game, but I’m not betting against UGA to step up and with Murray mature at this point, the sky is the limit. Georgia uses the spurning of Will Muschamp as motivation and AJ Green, Washaun Ealey, and Orson Charles light up the Texas defense and Grantham’s 3-4 is in full swing breaking Garret Gilbert’s hopes, dreams, and maybe a couple of ribs.
Winner: UGA 24 – Texas 13
HEISMAN TROPHY: Terrell Pryor, Ohio State
Terrelle Pryor loses the National Championship game, but finally lives up to all the hype in a close vote.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Mark Richt, UGA With all of the off the field troubles and an 8-5 season behind him, Richt makes a BCS bowl and gets the respect he deserves. He’s 90 and 27 in his 10 years as the head of UGA and the “mediocre” talks finally end. Richt remains the dean of the SEC and pride comes back to the Bulldawg Nation.
LOMBARDI AWARD (TOP COLLEGE LINEMAN): Cameron Heyward, Ohio State
DOAK WALKER AWARD (BEST RUNNINGBACK): Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State
BILETNIKOFF AWARD (BEST RECEIVER): A.J. Green, UGA
MACKEY AWARD (BEST TIGHT END): Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame
BUTKUS AWARD (TOP LINEBACKER): Kelvin Sheppard, LSU
THORPE AWARD (BEST DEFENSIVE BACK): Patrick Peterson, LSU
With college football finally kicking off tonight and the long suffering of the Charlie Weis Era coming to an end for this fan I figured I would give you some predictions.
BCS TITLE GAME: Florida vs. Ohio State Let's face it the BCS Title game doesn't exist without a SEC team in it. I don't think Florida is going to go undefeated but I think they have the most talent in the country while also being led by one of the elite coaches in Urban Meyer. Some people expect them to falter now that God, I mean Tim Tebow, is off to the NFL. I'm not one of them. John Brantley will step in and do an excellent job and I actually expect them to put more points on the board. Their defense will be nasty with probably the nation's best defensive line and secondary. I can see them slipping up on a trip to Alabama on October 2nd but I think after that they will run the table and beat either Bama or Auburn in the SEC Championship. The Buckeyes have the best offense and defense in the Big Ten. Sorry Hawkeyes fans. They are also due for a breakout season from Terrelle Pryor. They have tough road games with Wisconsin and Iowa but other than that the schedule is manageable with Miami, Penn State, and Michigan all coming to Columbus. As much as I don't want to see the Buckeyes in the title game over an undefeated Boise State the pollsters and computers will get them there because of the BCS affiliation of the Big Ten.
ROSE BOWL: Iowa vs. Stanford The Hawkeyes lose only one game all year and a chance to play in the BCS Title game with a narrow defeat at home to Ohio State in late November. They travel to Pasadena to face a Stanford Cardinal team that has shocked the nation all season. Andrew Luck will have a Heisman worthy season and Jim Harbaugh will get coach of the year nods.
ORANGE BOWL: Miami vs. Notre Dame The old "Catholics vs Convicts" rivalry. This is another huge reach since I have my doubts either one of these teams is really elite. Miami could start off 1-3 and still make the Orange Bowl. They have road games with Ohio State(loss), Pittsburgh(75% chance of winning), and Clemson(60%) to start off the season. Wow that is rough. Jacory Harris will be sporadic at best but the Canes will ride an experienced defense to win the ACC. Notre Dame will lose at least two games(my guess is Michigan State/Stanford and USC) but under Brian Kelly they will have an explosive offense that will keep voters voting for them in the human polls. And with the economy the way it is there is no way the Orange Bowl passes on a sure fire sellout and the television ratings a Notre Dame program would bring to Miami.
FIESTA BOWL: Boise State vs. Nebraska Boise State goes undefeated but gets passed over by a one loss SEC team. Sucks but it's going to happen. The smurfs beat the bag out of Virginia Tech to start the season but then struggle to beat Nevada at the end of the year and thus lose some key votes. Nebraska benefits from Texas being down this year and Oklahoma not showing up in the Big 12 title game to win the conference in their last season. This will be one of the more entertaining matchups.
SUGAR BOWL: Alabama vs. Oklahoma Both Bama and Oklahoma lose in their conference championship game with a chance to reach the BCS Title game. If this game does happen I would expect nothing less than a Bama blowout.
HEISMAN TROPHY: Andrew Luck, Stanford Luck edges out Terrelle Pryor in an extremely close vote.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Losingham and Weis both won the honor their first seasons under the Golden Dome, why not Kelly?
LOMBARDI AWARD (TOP COLLEGE LINEMAN): Adrian Clayborn, Iowa
DOAK WALKER AWARD (BEST RUNNINGBACK): DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma
BILETNIKOFF AWARD (BEST RECEIVER): A.J. Green, UGA
MACKEY AWARD (BEST TIGHT END): Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame
BUTKUS AWARD (TOP LINEBACKER): Greg Jones, Michigan State
THORPE AWARD (BEST DEFENSIVE BACK): Patrick Peterson, LSU
NATIONAL CHAMPION: Florida Gators There is no way I can take a Big Ten team over a SEC team in the championship. I may be dumb but I'm not that dumb.
And oh yeah, the DickRod experiment ends in Ann Arbor after a 5-7 season. John Harbaugh will be the leading candidate to replace Rodriguez but he declines. The second candidate will be Les Miles but he will also decline it. They wind up with Chris Petersen from Boise State. Great consolation prize if you ask me.
I know Florida A&M isn't all that but honestly is Miami exploding with enough talent and great coaching to cover the -40.5 line tonight? I'm going to say no. My first bet of the college football season is on the Rattlers. I think they can hang for at least a half against the Canes. Plus Miami is looking forward to next week's battle at the Shoe against Ohio State. Classic look ahead game here. It won't be an upset but FAMU beats the spread.
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The BYU Cougars have announced their independence! Today they revealed to the college football world that they have signed an 8 year deal with ESPN to televise their home games and also announced a 6 year deal with Notre Dame to start a holy war to end all holy wars!!!!! Oh it's fucking on Mormons!
BYU has entered into an eight-year partnership with ESPN to televise every home football game, it was announced Wednesday.
At a press conference announcing the independence of their football program, the Cougars also announced a six-game series with Notre Dame that will run through 2020.
BYU president Cecil Samuelson said, “We are convinced we are taking major positive steps forward.”
BYU is leaving the Mountain West Conference for two reasons, according to athletic director Tom Holmoe.
“It comes down to two pillars,” he said. “Access and exposure. ... Independence increases access to our games for fans everywhere and it increases the exposure of our student-athletes.”
I'm not positive who God would root for in this scenario but I'm pretty sure he would go Notre Dame because of Touchdown Jesus and the ability to drink soft drinks (plus Catholic girls are usually slutty). This series really does nothing for me as a Notre Dame fan. I don't hate it. I don't love it. It's just a whatever feeling. My strongest memory of the Catholics vs. Mormons game is Ty Willingham totally shitting the bed in the 2004 season opener. I've tried to block out most memories but I can still remember how violently angry I got when Willingham wouldn't put freshman Darius Walker in at tailback and insisted on running fucking Marcus Wilson and Travis Thomas. Oh what lovely memories those were.
BYU is getting a good deal out of this. They get more national exposure as an independent on ESPN then they would in the Mountain West Conference. They can also line up a pussy schedule if they so choose or go play the big boys. More of the same in the college football world. Less playoffs and more debate.
Yesterday I told you about Virginia Tech coming out in some new Nike Unis for their game on Monday against Boise State and I completely forgot about the Broncos doing the same. Never to be outdone by a BCS Conference team, Boise State will too be ready to rock in some new digs. You can buy the new uniforms plus check out a pretty cool Combat Broncos helmet at BRONCOSPORTS.COM. I'm not sure how much I like the Bronco on the pants but I definitely like the helmet.
Sign me up for this game! Even though I have no idea why they would play it at Yankees Stadium. People in New York don't even know they play football in college.
CORAL GABLES — Miami has entered talks about playing a football game at Yankee Stadium in 2013.
Hurricanes athletic director Kirby Hocutt met with the Yankees on Tuesday about the possibility. Miami already has five home and five road games scheduled for that year, leaving two slots on its schedule.
The Hurricanes plan to host longtime rival the Florida Gators on Sept. 7, 2013. Miami is scheduled to visit the South Florida Bulls on Nov. 30 of that year in Tampa, Fla., the Yankees’ spring training home.
“I think it’s great for college football and the University of Miami,” Miami coach Randy Shannon said Wednesday. “You play teams outside of the conference a lot ... and it’s an opportunity for us to be in the Northeast, which is a big University of Miami alumni base area.”
Shannon said the school is “going through negotiations” with teams looking to find an opponent for the Yankee Stadium matchup.
Miami played in the old Yankee Stadium in 1962, losing to Nebraska in what was the final edition of the Gotham Bowl.
I find it amusing they have a quote from Randy Shannon about the game in 2013. It's on par with Charlie Weis talking last year about the Army-Notre Dame game to be played this year. No fucking way Shannon lasts that long in Miami. I have a better chance of catching gonorrhea from Derek Jeter's jock strap than Shannon lasting to the year 2013.
What the fuck Manny? You don't need a translator. You speak English asshole. I've gone on record saying I love the way Manny swings a bat. In fact I think he has the sweetest right handed swing of all-time. But jesus christ this guy has some fucking baggage. I feel bad for bench coach Joey Cora here. He knows Manny is full of shit and can speak and understand American. Plus it's in Chicago. It's not like they are in Boston where everybody sounds like they are sucking cock while trying to whisper.
Robert Rodriguez film: CHECK Danny Trejo: CHECK Robert De Niro: CHECK A drugged up Lindsay Lohan: CHECK Jessica Alba greased up: CHECK Brutal rampage of revenge plot: CHECK
Naked chick pulling cell phone out of her you know what: FUCKING AWESOME
Seriously if you don't go see this movie you are probably either Mormon or a complete fucking loser. More than likely both. No offense to the losers out there.
The day has finally come, Freddie Freeman gets his well deserved call up to play with the big boys in Atl! While this leaves Troy Glaus' season a bit in question, Bravos fans and the Bravos themselves are excited to see the potential future first base star in the bigs, finally. There are multiple rumors of several American League teams interested in Glaus for a clean up role and with Infante playing well at 2nd, Prado still raking and playing 3rd, Derek Lee, Erik Hinske and Freeman at 1st, trading Glaus for a future SS or LF may not be the worst idea.
In case you missed it, Freeman was also recently named the International League Rookie of the Year and named the best defensive 1st baseman in the league. The last Braves player to win this award was none other than Larry himself.
The future is bright in Atlanta folks. Hanson, Medlen, Minor, Kimbrel, Venters, Prado, McCann, Infante, Heyward, and Freeman are looking like a hell of a core to build around and with each of these guys being relatively young in their careers, that future may be bright for years to come. Let's pack the Ted for the rest of the season and support our Bravos! Hanson is on the mound tonight for the Braves versus the Mets in the series finale and if I'm lucky, Freeman will make his debut at 1st Base! Let's go Braves!
Our annual tradition in the fall is back! We will be doing another College Football Pick 'Em contest with the weekly points winner getting a free SportsCrack.com tee shirt. If you haven't played before then you need to join the sportscrack league. It's free to join so don't worry about paying any fees.
Remember all you are doing is picking the winners of each game. Don't worry about the spread. You weigh the games in terms of confidence points so make sure you load up on Boise State this week! Who ever gets the most points at the end of the year will win a big grand prize* which is yet to be determined.
Good luck and make sure to get your picks in asap. First games start tomorrow.
Granted Koeppel's fender was that of the moped he was driving before some jackass pulled in front of him...
Somehow Koeppel managed to walk away from this incredible accident witnessed by a police cruiser. No major injuries at all except jello for a brain. He's not going to play this week since the accident just happened on Monday and God knows how his body is going to react to the trauma of a 273 pound senior being thrown around like a raggedy ann doll. The guy is just lucky to be alive.
Hey NCAA... Wait for it... Wait for it... YOU SUCK. You've been "conducting investigations" for the last few months and it takes you until the day before opening kick off Saturday, aka games have already been played, to tell SOME of who is and isn't eligible. News flash, you are messing with kids futures. I pray that AJ Green, Marvin Austin, Marcel Dareus, Wesley Saunders, and every other player affected by this ridiculousness drops in the draft and sues the NCAA so they never have to play to pay their salary.
