NCAA football, 2013-14

[dps]

Texas - Oregon in the Alamo Bowl.  THAT should go well.

The worst thing about the bowl system is that it isn't really geared toward producing good matchups. 

[Valmy]

Texas - Oregon in the Alamo Bowl.  THAT should go well.

At least if Texas loses we can blame those corrupt PAC 12 refs.

I just cannot believe OU is going to the Sugar Bowl.  Even in years Mack beats Stoops somehow Bob still owns his ass.  His 9th BCS game.

[sbr]

There is a lot of but hurt around here that oklahoma was picked over Oregon.

[Valmy]

There is a lot of but hurt around here that oklahoma was picked over Oregon.

Maybe they shouldn't have been blown out by Arizona.  That destroyed their season.

By the way can they bring that team to San Antonio and not the one that destroyed UCLA?  That would be swell thanks.

[grumbler]

There is a lot of but hurt around here that oklahoma was picked over Oregon.

Oregon doesn't travel well, apparently.  Bowl officials need the fans to buy tickets so they can pay themselves bloated salaries for part-time jobs.  Oklahoma fans buy bowl tickets.  Oregon fans (and, for that matter, Pac 12 fans in general) have the reputation that they do not (California bowl games excepted).  That's one reason why teams like Michigan, Texas, and Notre Dame sometimes get into better bowl games than their records deserve - their fans go to bowls.

[Valmy]

There is a lot of but hurt around here that oklahoma was picked over Oregon.

Oregon doesn't travel well, apparently.  Bowl officials need the fans to buy tickets so they can pay themselves bloated salaries for part-time jobs.  Oklahoma fans buy bowl tickets.  Oregon fans (and, for that matter, Pac 12 fans in general) have the reputation that they do not (California bowl games excepted).  That's one reason why teams like Michigan, Texas, and Notre Dame sometimes get into better bowl games than their records deserve - their fans go to bowls.

Probably good points, I do not expect to see Oregon fans rushing to San Antonio, but in this case it was political.  The Sugar Bowl recently signed a deal with the Big 12 and SEC and was looking to match up those leagues if it could.  Oklahoma was available so they were picked.

[CountDeMoney]

You know, I have to respect you though - that is a real fan.

Seedy and his Notre Dame, D4 and his Miami, they aren't real fans. It is easy to be a fan of a powerhouse, and construct some bullshit reason (Oh, they are Catholic just like me! Notre Dame is the only Catholic University in America that plays football!) to be "fans" but really, they are just bandwagoners at the end of the day.

No worry about that when you are a fan of Wyoming.

Not all of us went to a Division I school, so save your moral superiority for the usual parenting bullshit.

[Berkut]

I cannot imagine a better place for moral superiority than mocking the likes of Cowboys, Notre Dame, and Miami "fans".

[MadBurgerMaker]

Man, Miami seems to have a real problem with the bandwagon fans.  At the first hint of shittiness, they're OFF, and you get photos of the Orange Bowl, or whatever it's called now, that look like this:

[CountDeMoney]

I cannot imagine a better place for moral superiority than mocking the likes of Cowboys, Notre Dame, and Miami "fans".

Now now, don't sell yourself short:  your moral superiority spreads out much farther than that.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Miami gets a ton of local bandwagon support the moment they're really good, but anything less than 10-11 wins and BCS bowl games and it drops back down to the ultra-small core of genuine Miami  fans.

[CountDeMoney]

Miami gets a ton of local bandwagon support the moment they're really good, but anything less than 10-11 wins and BCS bowl games and it drops back down to the ultra-small core of genuine Miami  fans.

I stopped rooting for them when Bernie graduated, but hey I'm just bandwagonin', so stay the fuck out of my way.

[derspiess]

What is the timeline of your Florida bandwagoning?  Just the Tebow years or was it a couple more years after he left?

[CountDeMoney]

What is the timeline of your Florida bandwagoning?  Just the Tebow years or was it a couple more years after he left?

I was always a Steve Spurrier fan, because it was hilarious to see him blow blood vessels and punt on 3rd down when he was pissed at the offense, but it faded until Tebow made it interesting again.  But much like the rest of the SEC, they're simply fun to watch because they recruit such great athletes.
However, you guys have a habit of confusing something I say, like, "Florida is going to crush XXX this week" with "ZOMG I LUV FLORIDA SO MUCH".  You guys do that a lot. 
I like to watch all of the SEC teams except Tennessee.  Fucking Rocky Top is annoying as shit, and Phil Fulmer will always be the poster child of NCAA violations.  But hey, I'm bandwagonin', so stay the fuck out of my way.

[OttoVonBismarck]

I never thought of CdM as being a fan of any one team as much as he was an opponent of a wide number of teams.