NCAA football, 2013-14

[Savonarola]

Michigan State suspends LB Max Bullough for Rose Bowl:

http://www.freep.com/article/20131226/SPORTS07/312260059/

Urban Meyer would have suspended him the first two games of next season.  This is why Michigan State never succeeds. 

[alfred russel]

Maryland loses its bowl game, showing it might be a good fit for the Big 10 after all.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I totally dug Marylands uniforms. All white=the shit. Those helmets were super slick.

[alfred russel]

Maryland loses its bowl game, showing it might be a good fit for the Big 10 after all.

Maryland and Rutgers are going to fit in just fine.

[MadBurgerMaker]

  The GT - Ole Miss game has been a special teams disaster and it fuckin rules

E:  Up until this game, I had never seen a 20ish yard FG attempt bounce straight down off the bottom of the crossbar.  And untouched kickers fall on their face for 1 yard losses on a fake punt all the time, right?

E2:  Lame.  They didn't attempt a 40 yard FG to end the first half. 

[PDH]

Wyoming QB is declaring for the draft as a Junior.  I can't see him going before the 4th round...

Oh well.  Valmy it is time to reload and play Texas again.

[MadBurgerMaker]

[Admiral Yi]

 

Not a good year for punters.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Well Case certainly started out wrong.  Nice pick 6.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Well Case certainly started out wrong.  Nice pick 6.

Another one came later.   


The Horns D gave up 16 points, including only one touchdown.  They lost by 23.

[Valmy]

Needless to say when the Big Book of Mack is written that game will not be the last chapter.  Talk about a wimper.

[sbr]

I was afraid the Ducks were going to get smoked yesterday.  It felt like the classic one team doesn't want to be there, other team has motivation to get the win game.

The Ducks showed up to play, which you can't always assume will happen with 18-20 year old kids who until 6 weeks ago figured they would be playing for the national championship. 

Oh yeah, and Texas' offense is dreadfull.

[Berkut]

I think getting spanked by Arizona did them a solid. Otherwise their "letdown" game could have come against a woeful Texas team on a much more national stage.

Getting punked by a solidly average Arizona team made them realize that while not playing for the national title they thought they would play for sucks, losing badly to teams they are much better than sucks even more.

[sbr]

I think getting spanked by Arizona did them a solid. Otherwise their "letdown" game could have come against a woeful Texas team on a much more national stage.

Getting punked by a solidly average Arizona team made them realize that while not playing for the national title they thought they would play for sucks, losing badly to teams they are much better than sucks even more.

Yeah based on yesterday's result it looks like that is what happened.  It could have gone another way though.

YEAH!! WE'RE PLAYING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!

*get blownout by Stanford*

Well at least there is still the Rose Bowl!!

*get whacked by Arizona*

WTF, San Antonio on Dec 30th?  When is spring beak again?

[Valmy]

I was afraid the Ducks were going to get smoked yesterday.  It felt like the classic one team doesn't want to be there, other team has motivation to get the win game.

The Ducks showed up to play, which you can't always assume will happen with 18-20 year old kids who until 6 weeks ago figured they would be playing for the national championship. 

Oh yeah, and Texas' offense is dreadfull.

Well I was thinking that Texas would be smoked.  There was some thought that maybe everybody would rally and win one for the gipper but the reports coming out of practice were not good.  Mack didn't really want to be there, the assistant coaches were distracted, the players were demoralized.  You certainly didn't see evidence of that from GERG's group last night though, Robinson was clearly coaching his tail off.  But beyond that I think everybody saw the things that made the Texas fan base think it was time for the end of the Mack era.  Max Olson from ESPN summed it up I thought:

A once-great program that now has no on-field identity and few discernable advantages lost to a powerhouse. This, quite simply, was why Brown's time is finished.

Though if I am an Oregon fan I am worried about this new regime, that team looks undisciplined.  I left wondering if they would be able to overcome the loss of Chip Kelly in the longterm, at least so far their status as a national powerhouse.