The Official College Football Thread

[ShahHouman]

w/ that soorakh D louisville had goin on, anyone couldve scored on em

but wut a shame that those fans left early and louisville aaaaaaalmost came back, i hav only left an OSU game early once and that was last yr's nat'l championship cuz i couldnt take it (and even when we left, i watched a play here and there at every tv), if u're gona be a fan then BE A FAN and stay in gooz times and bad


and btw, if anyone watched the game last night, or any other game on ESPN, i gota say i love chris spielman, not only cuz he played for OSU and loves OSU but he's funnyas fk lol,he used to play linebacker and he's ur typical football player stereotype and he makes great analysis of the game but will get loud and excited and yell somethin to a player who misses a tackle "u gotta get that! come on baby!" lol

[persianbruin]

I am predicting a 60+ point outing by USC today

[Vestvood Vizard]

Look out, there's a new kid on the Big 10 block....




GO ILLINI !

Ron Zook: 2007 Coach of the Year
Rashard Mendenhall: 2008 Heisman Trophy winner

(FYI my parents both went to the U of I )

[persianbruin]

Look out, but there's a new kid on the Big 10 block....


GO ILLINI !

nah.....wisc is overrated and that is my brother's college. I told him that and even he didnt deny it

[Vestvood Vizard]

nah.....wisc is overrated and that is my brother's college. I told him that and even he didnt deny it

They're not Top 5 material, agreed.

But they will be playing on New Years Day in a major. Again.

You don't win 14 straight games stretching into last year without serious talent, and they got some studs on the offensive side.

When I was growing up as a kid in the midwest, the Badgers used to be the laughing stock of Big Ten football and basketball. Barry Alvarez changed everything there remarkably. (He's now the AD.)

The guy who reversed the fortunes in Madison on the basketball side, Coach Bennett, took them to the Final Four in 2000 and then went on to WazzU -- where his son now has the Cougs contending for a Pac-10 title this upcoming season on the hardwood.

[persianbruin]

They're not Top 5 material, agreed.

But they will be playing on New Years Day in a major. Again.

You don't win 14 straight games stretching into last year without serious talent, and they got some studs on the offensive side.

When I was growing up as a kid in the midwest, the Badgers used to be the laughing stock of Big Ten football and basketball. Barry Alvarez changed everything there remarkably. (He's now the AD.)

The guy who reversed the fortunes in Madison on the basketball side, Coach Bennett, took them to the Final Four in 2000 and then went on to WazzU -- where his son now has the Cougs contending for a Pac-10 title this upcoming season on the hardwood.

The badgers haven't been the laughing stock for at least 15 years so how OLD are you?????? Also I am sure they are gonna be playin ina major one cuz outside of OSU the big 10 sucks badly

[Vestvood Vizard]

The badgers haven't been the laughing stock for at least 15 years so how OLD are you??????

Hahaha - dude, I'm as "old" as you are. I'm 29!

But I started following this stuff at a young age since I was also very interested in Sports Media and pursuing a career in it.

I remember back in '91, being in the 7th Grade, and our Middle School gym teacher was a guy who used to play football for Wisconsin.

I used to joke around with him all the time as my team Illinois (& every other Big 10 team) would be knocking his Badgers around. He was a really funny dude - a former All-Big Ten wrestler who was also into WWF and a bunch of stuff that us kids liked about him.

Then one day he was like, "hey you punks, just watch...we got a new coach....he's gonna make us great, so just eat it!".

[persianbruin]

Hahaha - dude, I'm as "old" as you are. I'm 29!

But I started following this stuff at a young age since I was also very interested in Media and pursuing a career in it.

I remember back in '91, being in the 7th Grade, and our Middle School gym teacher was a guy who used to play football for Wisconsin.

I used to joke around with him all the time as my team Illinois (& every other Big 10 team) would be knocking his Badgers around. He was a really funny dude - a former All-Big Ten wrestler who was also into WWF and a bunch of stuff that us kids liked about him.

Then one day he was like, "hey you punks, just watch...we got a new coach....he's gonna make us great, so just eat it!".

I am actually older than you!

[Vestvood Vizard]

I am actually older than you!

My friend remember that wisdom -- or visdom as we say -- comes with age.

Oh, look, our guy Romeen just missed a game-tying fg for Wazzu against Top 25 Arizona St. Roomeen looks like he's been downing a few too many chelokabobs.

Meanwhile 'SC is struggling against Jim Harbaugh's Stanford squad.

Across town in about 20 minutes its Uklah against Notre Dame. I can you tell that if there's one time in the midwest that all Big Ten fans can't stand it's the Cryin' Irish. One loss tonight, one loss next week against no. 7 Boston College. Keep on rollin'.

BTW, persianbruin, how come you're online and not at the Rose Bowl tonight?

I would be if I didn't have a mehmooni to attend to...

[Pharaoh]

I don't normally use the 3-4 but I like to use different formations to throw people off like 4-3, or the 46, or sometimes the nickle and dime package if it's 3rd and forever.
On offense I like to mix it up with a lot of short percision passes and consistent five or more yard runs to break down the defense. If I see someone stick 8 in a box I'll check to my WR and make him go deep if it's 1-1 with the CB. I like to be the wr and actually CATCH THE BALL. I hate it when fags like to play "huck for luck" and let the computer catch it!
There are ways arround it but to me that's the cheap way to get yards and touchdowns. Fortunately on Heisman mode you can't get away with it as much. If you play Varsity your WR will come up with it like 90% of the time. I just finished one season on All American with Michigan State and beat Virginia Tech in the NC game. I had to schedule USC, LSU, TEXAS and ND for my non conernce, adn beat Wiscy, OSU and Michigan to climb up from like rank in the 50's t #1.
*I simulated five games IU, Northwestern, Purdue, Iowa, and Penn St, because they were not ranked when I played them. I kind of don't like playing against non ranked teams. I would beat down those good ranked teams like 63-7 so I think I'm ready for Heisman.
I just had the game for two days so now I'm going to try and master Heisman mode.

I have a continually growing offensive playbook that dates back to my early highschool days . Pages and pages of stuff. It's what I usually did in class, not sure how I graduated on time . My style correlates with what I grew up watching... the Don Coryell, Joe Gibbs, Mike Martz, Al Saunders tree. Unfortunately the only place I can really apply it is with the create-a-playbook feature in Madden.

[MoJo23]

Michigan state losing to Northwestern at home,, ouch!

There goes any chance you had of winning the big 10 sherwin..

[Saam]

well there goes our title chance

[MoJo23]

hahahaha


All those USC fans that were talking smack to Michigan when we lost, now where you guys at?
And most importantly where is Sherwin? Michigan state, USC???

I don't think anybody is beating USC this year they are just stacked with tallent, and it is scary how good they really are.

[persianbruin]

Man where is saam???? USC truly sucks! I thought the previous weeks were just coincidence. Caroll is proving although he is a great recruiter he is not that good of a coach and I if I were him I would take the NFL money while is there and not make the mistake Bob Toledo UCLA's coach did in 1998.

As for UCLA (sherwin, westwood vizard), you won't get a better score when you have a third string, WALKON quarter back who had never passed a ball in college before run your offense. But it was worse. Our first string running back was out also due to injury. However, Karl Dorrel showed CLEARLY he is not that concerned about the outcome of this game, a nonconference game since Markey the RB could have played if he really had to. Also, redshirt freshman Chris Forcier a QB who carrol did everything last year to get him to become a trojan was available but Dorrel is planning to redshirt him. It was clear he did not want to have him lose a year of eligibility for this one game. Pat cowan will be available for the CAL game 2 weeks from now with next week a bye.

I am still waiting for OSU to play in their bowl game.

SEC sucks!!!! Georgia gets spanked by a team who was spanked by cal. not so good for the conference.

If everything goes as it it is an undefeated CAl will play LSU for the national championship. GO PAC 10!!

[persianbruin]

if a team knocks USC down it'll be an unranked opponent and an away game

Kudos my friend!! You got the first part right. I am still in shock about the second part!!