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Scramble much?
Sorry Bama, you're late to the party. Reminds me of Fox stealing the US Open coverage from NBC.
And don't we also get FSU next year?
Yes, first week in December in Charlotte.
I don't forget that. That was the game when everyone on the forum was like "BEAMERBALL IS BACK!" and I was like "One game does not mark a comeback".
I'm not talking about 1 or 2 games a year. It used to be a D/ST score at least once a game. Once upon a time, almost every game they showed on TV the announcers would say something to the effect of "Over the past 10 years, the Hokies have (blocked more kicks/had more defensive/st TDs) than any other team in college football, and it's not even close."
I'd love to hear those words again.
Indeed. I recall Mason did a breakdown of Kiehl Frazier when we hired Loeffler, and his arm was too inaccurate to be a threat. Any defense is going to sell out against the run when the QB routinely misses wide-open receivers. If they get burned 1/10 times, so what?
ESPN is reporting that Saban was offered a contract extension with Bama on Friday. He has not signed it.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10118037/alabama-crimson-...
The next regular-season matchup with FSU is 2018.
More like "Old ACC" and "Old Big East" divisions. (Miami fits in the northern expansion category.)
And since none of their fans live in Miami.........
yeah but auburn actually has a passing threat this year...they were more one dimensional last year than we are this year. it's a lot easier for a defense to game plan against a one dimensional offense.
Agreed.
If Saban switches, he'll bring in some trophies and flip complete.
Loeffler had a stud running back (who will also spend a weekend in NY) and one of the best OLines in the country at Auburn last year. Their running offense should have been much better. Look at their rushing yards this year for example.
They are headed in that direction...Baylor, Ok St, OK, Texas. With Saban at the helm, might push them closer. But the real determining factor is crystal trophies. At this point, that goes through the $EC.
I think he is still a lean. Seeing as he committed after a visit, his family probably told him to open it back up and travel a bit. Unique experience for a kid.
I think this guy would be the perfect mascot:
your username makes me think of a woman pregnant with twins...
The only one that MIGHT be higher than Texas would Notre Dame, but don't think Saban fits their profile.
Texas is at the top. And they are willing to PAY $$$$$$$$ to let everyone know it. (And Saban is willing to accept it to make sure that Texas is right.)
I give him 4 seasons to win one. 2017 Longhorns National Champs.
I like an eight team playoff. The conference championship is simply a "playoff game" itself towards a playoff, in a scenario of conference champions get a spot. So 16 teams to me is alot. I also think we should keep divisions within conferences for scheduling purposes, but only the top 2 in the conference play in their title game regardless of what division they are in. That way every game still matters, and you arent some 7 win team sneaking into the conference title game. I understand their could be some tie breaker conflicts but that i think can be worked out.
Then, maybe 5 auto bids from "the big 5" conference champs, 2 at large bids from "the big 5" based on rankings/committee selection/schedule/OOC game(s), and the last spot is for one team thats not in the "big 5". If the smaller major conferences get rid of their conference title game and we just take the top 4 of all the small conferences and have a mini playoff for the last at large spot. They can just crown their conference champ based on record.
I used to like the BCS. It was fun and exciting. But i think its been ruined over the years especially by the media pushing non stop SEC hype. I feel the media (mainly ESPN) if they wanted to can pick any conference they want and hype the hell out of them and turn them into the next SEC if they wanted. When Alabama played LSU last year i was done. Do you think in 2007 they would have rematched VT vs LSU , no. It was even a talking point that year that LSU already beat VT so they deserved to be in, and it was already proven on the field when the 2 teams played. When they rematched Alabama and LSU I was done. Its time to move on from it (the BCS).
I also think we need to get away from "the best team" mentality and that "the best team" deserves this and that. This mentality i feel takes away from what is happening on the field, and alot of it is media driven. In sports the best team doesn't always win, and isn't always a champion, sorry. We should just skip the whole regular season and just take the (2) teams with the most 5 stars and have them face off for champion.
(At this point im just spewing out randomness, with not much thought.)
Realignment could mean ND is in full time and the addition of ECU to the ACC to make 16. Think about it, we have them scheduled forever. And then the ACC would lock down all major Carolina schools. Granted I'd rather take Cinncy, I wouldn't be surprised.
BCS stunk. If the new system was around in 2007 (VT #3 BCS) we would have been in the playoff. The new system is an improvement but still has issues. I want to see a system where there is no benefit to being in a "power" conference and power conferences do not have an advantage, i.e. true parity.
I wonder if him leaving and Bama struggling, would the SEC be less favored? Would the big 12 be the next loved league?
Happy wife, happy life.
Here, I'll help him out. Dude, try to be factual with your posts when it comes to criticism. Give Loeffler a chance.
Actually, he had pretty much accepted the offer to coach at UNC but wanted to talk to his staff before it was announced and had a change of heart at the last minute.
For example, Beamer for the first time acknowledges what many have long known: He agreed to leave Virginia Tech for North Carolina in November 2000.
Beamer recalls the exact date: Saturday, Nov. 18. The Michael Vick-led Hokies were 9-1, ranked sixth nationally and had the week off prior to their regular-season finale against Virginia.
It would be one of the biggest mistakes of my life, Beamer concedes.
The morning after Tech defeated U.Va., Beamer flew to Chapel Hill, N.C., to finalize details and tour the schools football complex. Then-Tar Heels athletic director Dick Baddour suggested a Monday news conference, but Beamer insisted on returning to Blacksburg to inform his staff and team.
After a sleepless Sunday night at home, Beamer met with Tech athletic director Jim Weaver and university president Charles Steger, secured raises for the entire coaching staff and decided to remain at his alma mater.
What was most important to my decision-making process was the fact that those football facilities were built on somebody elses blood and sweat, Beamer says of North Carolina. They werent built from my work.
To say the least, calling Baddour was awkward, and Beamer led with the classic break-up line: Listen, this is nothing to do with you. Its me.
How the respective programs would have fared -- North Carolina hired John Bunting, who went 27-45 in six years -- is anyones guess, but theres no denying the Beamer-Blacksburg fit.
Of course, the one regret I do have is that I went back on my word, he writes. My word has always been solid my entire life and this was the one time I broke it. But I broke it for a good reason, probably the best reason: loyalty.
Of course it is
I could see Stroman as a nickel and punt returner, unless he gets moved to offense. His quickness is just silly.