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Is there a comprehensive offer list anywhere? I get the feeling the vast majority of offer thus far in the Fuente era have been outside of Virginia. I'm loving the expansion of our footprint.
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# | 2016 OT/DE Silas Dzansi Commits to the Hokies Immediately After Receiving Offer I thought so too. My first thought was: "Who's that #51 down at the end? He just looks like a football player." Glad to know my spidey senses are still sharp.
Come join us there. Fly into Chicago and take train over to Southbend. Take her out in Chicago.
This chart encompasses 1996-2015 and uses the Coaches Poll (Or the poll Phil Steele uses in his histories) as the primary means of ranking for consistency. The "National Championship Game" is simply the game in which the "#1 team" played over the course of the past 20 years. Here is how I got those results (I'm planning on adding a change for the '97 and '03 seasons):
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In 1996 and 1997, there were no BCS Championship games. I didn't realize when I started this that the results went so far back, but for ALL of my results I took the #1 team game as the "Championship" game. In retrospect, I could have used the "Bowl Alliance" and the "BCS Championship game" results, too.
I'm pretty happy that Ties rolled off these results by 1996. Ties are aggravating!
- In 1996, #3 Florida beat #1 FSU 52-20 in the Sugar Bowl (This is probably the one that got you to the UF and FSU records you have)
- In 1997, #1 Michigan beat #8 Washington St (not depicted on chart as they were < 50% ranked over this 20 year span) in the Rose Bowl
In this game, the #1 team played, but the Bowl Alliance called the #2 Neb/#3 Ten game the "Championship game", this can be edited.
- In 1998, #1 Tennessee beat #2 FSU 23-16 in the Fiesta Bowl
- In 1999, They didn't have a NC game at all that I recall (The runner-up the year before, FSU would be given the NC by default I think is how they do it)
- In 2000, #1 Oklahoma beat #3 FSU 13-2 in the Orange Bowl
- In 2001, Miami>Nebraska
- In 2002, OSU>Miami
- In 2003, #2 LSU beat #3 Oklahoma 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl
#1 USC beat #4 Michigan 28-14 in the Rose Bowl
(This season probably needs changed. In Phil Steele's team history sheets, USC is listed as the #1 team at the conclusion of the season. On the Wikipedia page for polls, USC is listed as AP champs, LSU is listed as the Coaches poll champ and Oklahoma is listed as the BCS poll "champ". Going to leave this one for now but the "Championship" game was actually Oklahoma and LSU.
For now I have USC winning the "NC (really the #1 game)" and listed as the post-season champ for consistency in these results. This could be modified to reflect the actual coaches poll result and the Sugar Bowl as the actual championship game. Gotta head to work soon, though).
- In 2004, #1 USC beat #2 Oklahoma 55-19 in the Orange Bowl
- In 2005, Texas>USC
- In 2006, #2 Florida beat #1 Ohio St 41-14 in the BCS Championship game
- In 2007, LSU>>>OSU
- In 2008, #1 Florida beat #2 Oklahoma 24-14 in the BCS Championship game
- In 2009, Ala>Tex
- In 2010, Aub>Ore
- In 2011, Ala>LSU
- In 2012, Ala>>> ND
- In 2013, #1 FSU beat #2 Auburn 34-31 in the BCS Championship game
2014 and 2015 I used the Playoff results.
In the "Finish (Start)" #1 column, Penn State was Ranked #1 to start the 1997 season, and they are not part of the 19 teams listed --> 20(19) result for Post(Pre) #1 rankings
In the "NC games (W-L)" chart, Washington St. lost in 1997, and they are not part of the 19 teams listed --> 20-19 record for the teams listed
FSU went 2-3 (Wins: 99, 13 - Losses: 96, 98, 00)
Florida went 3-0 (96, 06, 08)
Oklahoma went 1-2 (Win: 00 - Losses: 04-08)
We don't have the big ones here that the Chesapeake Bay used to have, and I have caught really big (12-15lb) fish from surf and pier at the Va. and NC coast, and trolling the Bay in the past. Those were worthy adversaries. Nowadays, we fish for them only once or twice in the fall for my buddy's smoker. Three pounds is usually top end for them size-wise. His smoked blues are outstanding fare. We get them on jigging spoons. Other than that and bait for cobia, I'm with you. Little blues are a pain in the butt, especially when they are eating the tails off of my Gulp swimming mullet, at about 70 cents a pop.
We finally see some light at the end of this snowstorm, a football schedule.
Already got the RV rented for Brisol, not just need to convince my wife that flying to South Bend is a bucket list style away game for VT.
This is a nice schedule, love the Miami Thursday nighter.
Speaking of jam, do you know the difference between peanut butter and jam?
Yeah, interestingly enough, if we were bluefishing, we'd have much less trouble catching the fish we need for bait, but when you are trying to get them while already actively fishing for the cobia with four lines out and a couple of chumbuckets down, all anchored up...well, it presents a different challenge. They won't touch a spoon, won't touch a lure of any kind, generally. They just don't act right!
Thoughts:
1. Not sure how I feel about BC right after Tennessee, but I like that it's way early.
2. I like having a bye between UNC and ECU.
3. Syracuse is an obvious trap game.
4. The short week before Miami is slightly concerning.
5. I LOVE Notre Dame being so late. Especially since they decided to play both Army and Navy the two weeks before us.
Joe, can I just say that I really appreciate the Simpsons gag in the middle?
It is one of my favorites to bring into every day conversation.
...if i get into small bluefish (pretty much all we have), i look for another place to fish!
You do mean can he play QB, don't you?
We also played JMU on a short week....
I'd agree that Stevie Ray did it oh so well, but Jimi did it before guitars did all that. I would still have to rate Hendrix at the top of the Little Wing chart for his innovation and raw passion, with Vaughan right behind him, having polished it to a high gloss.
Soooo, we need your pics too.
Me too. Ruined a fried shrimp dinner at Billy's in Fincastle (of all places) by knocking a glass of water into my plate. I didn't ask for, or want, that glass of water, either, the barkeep just brought it. If I had knocked over my beer, I could at least have eaten the dinner. Couldn't get the bartender to go me another meal, though I had mostly lost my appetite and gained some attitude. Tough game, but I've never been able to hate on McNabb. I always just respected him, to be honest.
I had planned to make it to both UNC and Duke this year.
Duke is still on the calendar. UNC, I'm not as sure. I might be busy that weekend.
They won the Atlantic a couple of times in the early years after initial expansion. They had huge upside at one point.
Yeah, right? Calling us a "University"? How dare they.
Someone is going to get extra time, it just happens to be Pitt twice in a row. Better than some alternatives.
She certainly knows how to get views.