ESPN College GameDay open thread

by Joel on Nov 15, 2008 9:30 AM EST in College Football Comment 37 comments

This here's your open thread for ESPN College GameDay. You know, in case they talk about Tennessee's seach for a new head coach or one of the candidates. We'll keep the thread open for the 3:30 games, too, for anyone who wants to watch and comment on Butch Davis as his North Carolilna team takes on the Maryland Terrapins or Tim Brewster as his Minnesota Golden Gophers travel to Wisconsin. Both games can be found somewhere on the ESPN/ABC family of networks. Feel free to comment on South Carolina-Florida or any other game as well.

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Gameday at FAMU?

Man, I know this is a slow week and all, but still…..

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 10:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

That is

indeed odd.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 15, 2008 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That just made me happy I'm not paying for cable/dish.

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So have they said anything?

I miss the days of Tennessee Football being relevant.

by rblakeh on Nov 15, 2008 11:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

No, the crowd's been pretty quiet

The announcers haven’t said anything, either.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It amuses me to no end that there's a show on ESPN sponsored by Nyquil.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 11:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Suggested guessing game ideas for next week:

1: How many yards of offense will Tennessee end up with (within 15)?
2: How many times will we wish Eric Berry was more a part of the team than what he is?
3: How many tears will you shed after Vandy becomes bowl eligible?

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 11:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Georgia looking very flat today.

They better start playing soon; I have a lead to maintain!

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 1:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I keep on missing the guessing games and picks

On the other hand, everybody looks flat today. This is not the week to introduce someone to college football.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure it is.

The Vols aren’t playing. ;-)

/snark

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly you haven't seen enough Auburn football

On the plus side, Notre Dame / Navy is farce at this point.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 1:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That's alright.

Nobody in Auburn has seen enough Auburn football, either.

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Or any Auburn football at all, really

Same kind of goes for us.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Man, these games are downright painful this week.

All I ask for is competence.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 3:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Why?

Competence just means that Tennessee has that much farther to go…

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Because I hold out hope

Hope that, at some point, someone’s going to do something to actually deserve the #15 ranking in the land. Seriously, it’s downright painful to try and figure out if there are 25 good teams this season, let alone 25 teams worth ranking.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Florida wishes to thank Spurrier for the free week.

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 4:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

So, pick-6, actual TD, idiotic special teams TD?

I guess it could’ve been worse when we played them.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

It’s not even fair how good Florida looks right now.

by rblakeh on Nov 15, 2008 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

All I know is that I'll be glad Tennessee gets them early next year.

That assumes Tebow leaves, naturally, which I think he will do.

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't it be nice if, for one game, the announcers would not go off about a playoff?

I get it. You want a playoff. Everybody understands that. Can you just call the game now, please?

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Which game are you watching?

All I can hear is how Gary Danielson wants to have Florida’s kids.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist, Redux

for (min = 60; min > 0; min—) {
   for (sec = 60; sec > 0; sec—) {
      printf(“Tebow Tebow Tebow\n”);
      pause (1);
   }
}

by rblakeh on Nov 15, 2008 5:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

exactly.

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 7:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ERROR

del line 4

Go Vols!

by Joel on Nov 15, 2008 8:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Compiler suggests

change pause(1) to delay(1); really, it should be delay(50) or some such.

by Graysnail on Nov 16, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

sleep(1);

would have been the correct call if we wanted them to speak at a rate of 3 Tps (Tebows per second). I didn’t check any man pages before I wrote it.

I failed, I know.

by rblakeh on Nov 16, 2008 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yet, somehow, a coding failure is wholly appropriate for that situation...

by Hooper on Nov 16, 2008 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It really is

Because whoever programmed Danielson screwed up somewhere…

He occasionally talks about something other than Tebow. Woops.

by rblakeh on Nov 16, 2008 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I really wouldn't mind

seeing Spurrier in Orange and White.

by rblakeh on Nov 15, 2008 5:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Anyone who wants to bring Butch Davis to Tennessee

Needs to turn it to ABC / ESPN right, oh, now.

by Graysnail on Nov 15, 2008 6:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Why? What other candidates had a winning weekend?

(cue in 3…2..1…)

by Hooper on Nov 15, 2008 7:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Let's see

Tim Brewster: lost.
Mike Leach: bye
Brian Kelly: won, in line for BCS bowl

Huh. Look at that.

by Graysnail on Nov 16, 2008 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

(does that work?)

by Graysnail on Nov 16, 2008 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I watched the Cinci game

I was not overly impressed. Kelly looks like a good coach, but he spent most of his time yelling at his players and at the refs. I think this is important, but I rarely saw him doing anything else.

That’s anecdotal evidence based off of one game, though. They did get the win, which is more than I can say for our ball club.

by rblakeh on Nov 16, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs