NCAA 2009

[Valmy]

Pity they are going to lose at least two to the DIMINUTIVE DOZEN!

You should have known better than to bet on the Cowboys.

I thought surely nobody could suck more than Jevan Snead but Zac Robinson proved me wrong.

[Valmy]

Just curious is six turnovers in one quarter a record?

[Ed Anger]

I felt like this guy after watching South Carolina's shitty performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8

I want my goddamn 3 hours and 20 bucks I bet on you back, you fucking visor fuck.

[FunkMonk]

I felt like this guy after watching South Carolina's shitty performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVd4dqfT-8

I want my goddamn 3 hours and 20 bucks I bet on you back, you fucking visor fuck.

That Clemson fan video is linked on that page. 

[Eddie Teach]

I didn't realize that video had been posted online. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

E-coin?  What the hell is this?

Oh and way to go ECU kicker.  Two misses in the last....minute or so.

Edit:  And now he just missed a FG in overtime too.  Wow.  Arkansas wins loserbowl 2.0.

According to the radio he ran back into locker room and tried to hang himself. Thankfully he couldn't kick the chair out from underneath himself.

Blammo

[MadBurgerMaker]

The ESPN announcers have missed almost an entire Michigan State scoring drive, and now a good chunk of a Texas Tech drive in their efforts to make Craig James and his kid not look like whiny mooks.

"Oh hey look that guy is running for a touchdown!  Good play.  Mike Leach is Hitlerblahblahblah"

Ruffin McNeill still looks like he is going to die on the sidelines.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Oh for gods sake.  Looks like Sparty just folded. 

Edit:  Haha maybe MSU has a chance.  Tech WR dropped a sure first down, although...they're going for it...hm

[katmai]

Are you rooting against the Red Raiders ?!?!?

[MadBurgerMaker]

Are you rooting against the Red Raiders ?!?!?

Damn right: GO SPARTY!

I really dislike Michigan State as well.  I just...lol they just ran the same play and got it this time...I just dislike Tech more.

[katmai]

You are now on the list MBM.


My step brother is at the game rooting for Tech.

[MadBurgerMaker]

You are now on the list MBM.

My step brother is at the game rooting for Tech.

I wasOkay WE were thinking about going, but decided against it due to the irritations of driving around the Dome before/after big-ish games.  Looks pretty full.  It's definitely an entertaining game though.   

Edit: Oh wow nice job Sparty.  Another 4th down conversFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF touchdown tech.  Close the school, burn...uh...wait where is MSU?  Lansing?  East Lansing...burn East Lansing to the ground.

[katmai]

Lansing=MSU
Ann Arbor=Michigan
Ypsilanti=E. Michigan

those are the only ones I can recall of the top of my head.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Central is in Mount Pleasant.  Western is in Kalamazoo.

From what my wife has told me and what little I've seen when watching Central play Eastern, EMU is basically a 1AA school (or even "lower") shoehorned into the MAC.   They also don't get anyone out to see their games.   Apparently, boosters and such have to buy a bunch of extra tickets every year, etc, so they can meet the 1A attendance criteria (that I didn't know existed until she was telling me this stuff).

E: Ruffin McNeill doesn't seem like too bad of a guy.

[jimmy olsen]

Say it ain't so John!

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73771-anti-bcs-group-files-complaint-against-fiesta-bowl

Anti-BCS group claims Fiesta Bowl staffers pushed to donate
By Jordan Fabian - 12/28/09 03:54 PM ET

The Fiesta Bowl improperly encouraged employees to give donations to political candidates, a group said in a legal complaint filed Monday.

Playoff PAC filed a complaint with the Arizona Secretary of State's office requesting that it open a formal investigation into charges that Fiesta Bowl employees were encouraged by the bowl to give campaign contributions to political candidates. It alleged the candidates were then reimbursed by the bowl.

Such a practice would violate Arizona and federal campaign finance law that bans the funneling of corporate campaign contributions through individuals, according to the Arizona Republic.

"The Fiesta Bowl must immediately open its books so that the Secretary of State and the public can determine whether a taxpayer-subsidized entity behaved illegally," said Playoff PAC director Matthew Martinez.

The allegations were first reported by the Republic. The complaint was obtained by The Hill Monday afternoon.

The Fiesta Bowl is one of four Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games in which major college football's top teams play for national recognition and large monetary rewards for their universities. The BCS also sponsors a national championship game in which the top two schools in its complex rankings system play for the title.

The BCS has come under fire from lawmakers on who say the system unfairly favors schools from major conferences and shuts out smaller schools from winning a championship and earning a equitable portion of bowl revenues.

An investigator hired by the bowl cleared it of any wrongdoing last week but Playoff PAC says that their inquiry is insufficient.

"Not surprisingly, the Fiesta Bowl has stated that its own inquiry into these allegations revealed 'no credible evidence' that the bowl's management violated Arizona law," wrote Martinez in the complaint. "An investigation conducted by the accused party, however, merits little weight.

More than $38,000 in campaign contributions have been made since 2000 by 14 Fiesta Bowl employees, according to the Republic.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is the only U.S. lawmaker named in the report as a recipient of the donations. State lawmakers also received contributions.

As the youngest of the four BCS bowls, Fiesta Bowl officials are reportedly concerned that other well known bowls could knock it off for a BCS spot.

Playoff PAC was launched this year to encourage the creation of a college football playoff system. Several lawmakers helped establish the committee: Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii).

Barton was the sponsor of legislation that was passed through subcommittee this month urging the creation of a playoff system.

The organization says it "supports pro-reform political candidates, mobilizes public support, and provides a centralized source of pro-reform news, thought, and scholarship."

Fiesta Bowl Director of Media Relations Tony Alba declined to comment specifically on the complaint.

"We're focused on preparing for our football game," he said.