Non Tennessee Games Thread
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 3, 2011 7:45 AM EST
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PrintGot a full plate today with enough crumbs to fill up the DVR for tomorrow, too. Kick off the day with a Top 25 basketball matchup at noon and squeeze your chores in after that and before the SEC Championship Game at 4:00. Tennessee and Pitt tips at 5:15 (the live thread for that game goes up at 4:15), and then we have three conference championship football games all at once at 8:00.
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL VIEWING SCHEDULE | ||
| Hoops: #5 North Carolina at #1 Kentucky | 12:00 | CBS |
| SEC-CG: #14 Georgia vs. #1 LSU | 4:00 | CBS |
| UT Hoops: #17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee | 5:15 | ESPN |
| #10 Oklahoma at #3 Oklahoma State | 8:00 | ABC |
| FOOD FOR THE DVR | ||
| C-USA-CG: #24 Southern Miss at #6 Houston | 12:00 | ABC |
| #22 Texas at #17 Baylor | 3:30 | ABC |
| Big Ten-CG: #13 Michigan State vs. #15 Wisconsin | 8:00 | FOX |
| ACC-CG: #20 Clemson vs. #5 Virginia Tech | 8:00 | ESPN |
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Argh, we're playing at 5:15?
I was going to go to the lab tonight, but now I won’t be able to park in Neyland. :(
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 11:49 AM EST reply actions
wow, Southern Miss just faked out the defense and the camera man
guy got HAMMERED in the backfield, but the ballcarrier when ten yards offscreen for a first down.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:26 PM EST reply actions
but then missed a figgie
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
turn to ABC right now
see if this stands
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:30 PM EST reply actions
never mind
knee is down. would’ve been ridiculous if that had held though
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
So Conference USA football is the best ever
But we already knew that, because C-USA is awesome.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:31 PM EST reply actions
really a shame about the way they reacted in the first six quarters after losing Collaros
that got ‘em two losses and ruined their shot at a BCS bid. At full strength, they’re absolutely the best in the Big East.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
Cincy's first TD is the most Big East thing I've ever seen
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
what happened?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Literally stole it from UConn's QB in the end zone
UConn’s QB went up to throw and the Cincy DE ripped it out of his hand for a TD
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
haha
oh, Big East
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Ya know...
flinging the runner to the ground well after the whistle should probably be unsportsmanlike conduct rather than unnecessary roughness.
UNC leads 34-25 in Rupp
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:40 PM EST reply actions
but Harrison Barnes picked up his 3rd foul in the first half
really dumb, cheap foul too
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
and Terrance Jones just made a RIDICULOUS three
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
apparently, UNC likes dumb fouls
fouled Jones shooting a three for no apparent reason
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
A perfect TD throw from Keenum to Carrier...
…and Carrier drops it.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:48 PM EST reply actions
Houston has shanked a pair of punts
USM has the ball in Cougar territory for the 2nd time
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:49 PM EST reply actions
Houston is derping it up
Just dropped a wide open bomb and then had the ol’ 15-yard punt.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
This makes me hate the ending to the Boise-TCU game that much more
Boise is so much better than this Houston team yet they won’t be in a BCS bowl
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:53 PM EST reply actions
twitter saying that the Rock reads
All we want for Christmas is you (Jarnell Stokes)
Nice to see a star basketball recruit getting some love, even on a football recruiting weekend
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:54 PM EST reply actions
Just saw the picture of it
Whoever did that is a very good man
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
VolNation comes through with the image. Well done, mystery rock painter
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Carolina just missed a two-handed slam at the first half buzzer
Henson thinks he’s Washpun. Or Hopson.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 12:55 PM EST reply actions
USM looks like the better team so far
It’s a shame they derped around with Marshall and UAB or they could be playing for a BCS bid.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
I'll contend that their (signature) win in Charlottesville is more impressive than Houston's (signature) win over UCLA
but yeah, serious derpage. Which is why I wonder how Fedora is such a hot name.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
it's absolutely bigger
and Fedora has a lot to do with them being a consistent 7-6 or 8-5 until this season. Still a perception that Southern Miss is by far the best overall program in C-USA.
In 12 years at Southern Miss, Jeff Bower never had a record worse than 6-5
Larry Fedora doesn’t get a whole lot of credit in my book for keeping them there (or slightly worse than there)
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
and I thought the "hot name"
part was a typo. Haven’t seen his name as being that hot, but it could get there if S.Miss holds on.
every single list of up-and-comers (coordinators, non-AQ HCs) that I've seen bandied about this silly season
has been Kevin Sumlin, Kirby Smart, Larry Fedora. Same three, every time.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
why do you think I've been screaming "Charlie Strong" so loudly?
have you heard any other names bandied about?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
lollerskatin at the missed block in the back and the ensuing personal foul
woo 25+ yards turnarounds
14-0 USM
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:07 PM EST reply actions
Houston looks absolutely awful
Yes, it’s extremely windy. But when voters across America are watching this game and you leave an impression this poor on them, it doesn’t help any cause you may have.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:11 PM EST reply actions
they've heard all week about how their coach is moving to Texas A&M
gotta do something to their heads
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, hey
You think like I think.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
yep
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
The Sumlin talk can't help
Houston just doesn’t look ready to play this game.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
good.
I’d rather see Boise play a BCS game than them.
it's not clear that a Houston loss puts Boise in the BCS
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
no, unfortunately.
But if any mid-major team is going to make it, I’d rather it be Boise.
This
All this game has done is made it clear to me Boise is solidly better than Houston.
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by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
This wasn't previously clear?
No homer.
by kidbourbon on Dec 3, 2011 2:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
if TCU makes the top 16, they're in over Boise
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
This would probably get TCU to #17...
Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan State are all within striking range too.
I’d say it’s unlikely that TCU doesn’t make it to #16.
A loss to a top 25 team?
I know it’s only So. Miss, but they’re still ranked.
well, if that's the case
a USM win puts TCU (they of “lost to SMU” fame) in the BCS
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Bama?
they’ll be in the national title game, remember?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Houston's outside swing passes are working excellently
And then Kliff Kingsbury calls three inside runs that have gone for a total of two yards on this drive. Why?
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:17 PM EST reply actions
Oh, look
It’s a swing pass for 10 yards.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
I'd call them repeatedly until they no longer work
USM hasn’t stopped them yet.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
UK and UNC playing fun basketball
UK briefly took the lead and then a lightning quick 5-point response from UNC.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
Taking the under 12 timeout
At 8:13 on the clock.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
let's see
losses by TCU, Hawai’i
wins by Utah (x2), Boise (x2), TCU
5-2?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:30 PM EST reply actions
Depends on if they're counting the non-AQ title game in the Boise-TCU Fiesta Bowl
5-2 if they count that, 4-1 without in actual non AQ vs. AQ games (Utah 35-7 over Pitt, Boise 43-42 over OU, Hawaii 41-10 loss to UGA, Utah 31-17 over Bama, TCU 21-19 over Wisconsin)
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
they said "record of non-AQ teams in BCS bowls"
so it’s gotta be 5-2
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, true
I just hate when they count the Boise-TCU game in a question like that, because that game was an absolute mockery and shows how the only thing that matters in college football is money. Both teams should’ve been allowed to compete against AQ squads
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by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
great game though
I’d rather have watched that than see them both kick the crap out of mediocre Big East and ACC teams
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I was going to say
Went back to remind myself what the other matchups were. The Rose Bowl had 2 2-loss teams, the Orange Bowl had 2 2-loss teams, and the Sugar was Florida coming off a loss versus undefeated Cincy. What would beating any of those teams have proven?
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
I would've loved to see one of them play Florida
but that’s pretty much it
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
looks like Houston decided to start playing
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:31 PM EST reply actions
14-14
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
USM right back at ya
Long TD pass.
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
72-74.5, depending on the book
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
random:
wins by K-State and Oklahoma yield a three-way tie for Big XII champion
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:37 PM EST reply actions
They'll have to use the BCS rankings in that case, right?
Oh boy.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
nah, OU would be 2-0 against the tied teams
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
if you're planning a tiebreaker
lose to bad teams, beat good teams, not the other way around
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
5th drop by a Houston receiver
Sucks for Keenum.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:40 PM EST reply actions
my UNC side and my Tennessee side both say
[Fulmerized] Kentucky
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:42 PM EST reply actions
when did UNC's jerseys get so dark?
I can tell you from experience that it’s pretty damn hard—even in the UNC student stores—to find the classic blue that you see in old MJ highlights.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:44 PM EST reply actions
I don't want to be a debbie downer
But that team is so talented. We’d have to play a perfect game to have a chance (which we have done against Calipari-coached teams in the past).
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
could that be awesomer?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
if he was riding a dragon
then maybe….
or explosions behind him
okay, yeah, fair enough
every Halloween, I read my favorite Halloween story (“Gray Ghost: A Reminiscence”), in which an old Confederate soldier rises from the grave on Halloween night to ask “is the South riz again yet” and detail everyone’s responsibilities for when the South does rise, including all the dead soldiers and their dead horses, who will come forward in the first charge to strike terror into their foes.
Really fun story. And it’s relevant because if they were an army of ghosts riding dragons, it would be awesomer
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
seconded
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
UAB has apparently hired Arky's offensive coordinator
Has UAB been relevant…ever?
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
not looking good for the Heels
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:53 PM EST reply actions
but then they force a turnover and hit a three
’Cats by 1 with the ball, 43 seconds left
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
ONIONS!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:53 PM EST reply actions
UNC blocked
how do they not foul somebody in the last six seconds? ugh
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 1:56 PM EST reply actions
Anthony Davis is a man
But seriously, North Carolina stopped playing with five seconds left.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 1:58 PM EST reply actions
#FIREEVERYONE
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
UNC is on the very short list of teams
where Calipari won’t poor-mouth his own team if they beat them
so Hermain Cain isn't running for president anymore
the only time I hear about politics is when they come on during football
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:11 PM EST reply actions
Politics is easy.
A day or two before the primary, just interwebz the relevant candidates and pick one. A day or two before the general, do the same.
Otherwise, ignore.
STUPID SOCIALIST
AND/OR FASCIST
HOW DARE YOU NOT SUPPORT MY PARTY/IDEOLOGY OF CHOICE?!?! DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY AMERICUH?
"Socialist and/or fascist"
I think I have a new label for anybody who starts an unwanted political conversation. :-D
seconded
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
that's exactly what I do
although sometimes the “otherwise ignore” part leads me to not realize when I need to do the “day or two before the primary” part
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Per Paul Myerberg:
“Houston’s 2nd half scoring avg, 27.3, would rank 60th in the FBS. So it’s fitting that over 60 minutes, Houston leads the FBS in scoring.”
Not getting real worried yet.
Okay, so someone talk me into watching the second half of USM-Houston over playing Skyrim.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
I've got it on but muted
if I don’t make progress on my paper this afternoon, the next week and a half will be even more unpleasant than it was already supposed to be
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
BUT 90 MINUTES OF IT ARE ANNOUNCED BY MIKE PATRICK AND CRAIG JAMES
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
(It really is awful though.)
At least most weeks they throw in third guy to sort of dilute out the idiocy.
I like to think Jesse Palmer is stuffed in a trunk in the production truck
for making a reference to the Houston WRs being better than anything Texas Tech can put on the field.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
I can't talk you into it...
the only reason I’m not doing it is complete and total laziness and the fact that im in a really comfortable seat right now.
Because Skyrim is about an awesome fantasy world filled with dragons
And Football = America!!!!!!
So Jayson Swain tweeted about how Kentucky basketball has the best fans of any college sport
I think there’s a bit of inconsistency in being upset about how irrational UT football fans are while extolling the virtues of UK hoops fans. Maybe a smidge? Or ten square pounds worth?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:19 PM EST reply actions
There's always the possibility Swain is annoyed at the UT fanbase and is just trolling.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
that's possible
but it’s still an ironic choice at best
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
It's a story for another day, probably
but Tubby Smith is probably the best available comparison to Phillip Fulmer
Kiffin is the jackass side of Gillespie
hopefully Dooley is not the production side
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I hadn't thought of that
but it’s about perfect. shame Phil didn’t get the Minnesota job
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
Kinda.
They still some bitter over him from what I can tell. I don’t think we’re quite that way here.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
go to VolNation
and see a LOT of bitterness regarding Fulmer (either for letting him go so soon or for letting him stay so long). Just because RTT is more measured doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of it around
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
I'm pretty convinced at this point that there's really not such a thing as a good fanbase.
They’re all willing to turn at the drop of a pin.
Dude, UCLA is a great fanbase.
provided you have enough popcorn.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
this
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
You need a really slow build
I’ve always thought South Carolina had great fans…but you can’t go back
General Neyland...
would tell you a great fanbase is one that doesn’t exist, and therefore doesn’t show up to games and mess with the football being played.
So THAT was Orange Nation's motto.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm kind of convinced Orange Nation mentality is responsible for a good 75% of our fanbase issues.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
as a non-UT grad
I understand that Orange Nation is worthy of being mocked, but I have no idea about the details
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
they were certainly embarassingly lame...
but so is virtually everything associated with sports marketing at UT
Seemingly good intentions, but inevitably bad results.
The premise: find students crazy enough about sports to be willing to pay extra for premium seats, t-shirts, and to yell like crazy.
The reality: a bunch of rich students who want front row seats and WOO JUMBOTRON!!! moments but have no real interest in losing their voices over it.
Over time, it degraded to a bunch of frat/sorority types who came late, left early, didn’t really cheer, and went only for the social setting and the taboo drinking. They were fans, but not the kind of fans that help. And their privileged status turned a lot of other students off.
All in all, a stadium cancer.
the big problem...
was basically letting the students run it. That always devolves into exclusive Greek crap at UT.
so that explains why, when I went to the Vandy game
the stadium was 100% packed except for the student section (at least one of the student sections), which had 2-3 people in it at kickoff
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
winning will solve it...
but I really do think the increased requirements with the lottery scholarship has kinda led to fewer normal teenagers, which generally means less interest in sports.
increased requirements for the lottery scholarship?
I thought all it required was a 3.0 and a 19 on the ACT?
A blind thalidomide baby could do that
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
ah
I don’t, by the way, understand why all these near 4.0 people aren’t rabid sports fans. There’s something wrong with them
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Let me speak on behalf of the 4.0 types.
Some of us are rabid sports fans.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
Seconded
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
/checks GPA
Welp, time to be hitting the ol’ dusty trail.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
I had a 4.0 in high school and college
so this is a case of one of these types saying that there’s no reason for others of these types to not be rabid sports fans. I’m with ya
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
and I feel like I should point out...
that I pulled a big ole 2.3 with a 33 on the ACT.
woo not even giving a @!#$ in high school.
4.0 and 35
u mad?
Oh, wait, you don’t give a @!#$. Never mind
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
and still had a grad school acceptance rate under 50%
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Crazy.
I only applied to one grad school (UT). Luckily, I felt good about my chances…
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
I applied for philosophy PhD programs
it’s crazy competitive.
I got accepted to 8 out of 17 (including 1 of 6 for schools ranked in the top 20) and was the only one I knew to have more than three offers (we all applied to 15+).
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, wow. That's a lot of applications.
I’m in Electrical Engineering, so I think it’s just kind of a different world.
It’s all about finding a program that does research in an area you’re interested in.
I had actually narrowed it down to UT and Vandy, but I formed a good relationship with the guy who is now my research advisor, so I pretty much knew that I was going to be accepted before I applied. The only question was funding, and he was able to work that out for me, too.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Who's your EE advisor, if I may ask?
Ended up having a fairly decent relationship with the associate dean of EE before I left.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Dr. Blalock.
I don’t think he’s the associate dean, but you may know him. He’s been around a while.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I remember seeing him around, I think.
Dr. Crilly was the associate dean when I was there – not sure if he’s since retired, though. He was teaching most of the communications classes, which were actually pretty interesting (and much nicer once you got past 342, since the upper levels were electives).
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Dr. Crilly is still there.
I haven’t met him or taken a class with him, since this is my first semester at UT, but his office is right down the hall from mine.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
the humanities in general are just completely different
the job prospects are more limited (basically: academia), so people aren’t willing to go without funding. So every school worth its salt funds their students. Which means there are fewer spots available in each class.
There are probably 100 or so PhD granting institutions in America, so it’s not that hard to find 5-10 that do a lot of research in areas of interest and then another 5-10 safety schools. And that’s pretty much what you have to do, because nothing is guaranteed anywhere for anybody (whether or not you know your potential advisor—even if he fights for you, other profs are fighting for other students). I don’t know anyone who has applied in the last several years and not sent out 15+. It’s a crazy world
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
The funding situation sounds about the same.
I don’t work with any students who don’t have funding.
I also don’t know anyone that applied to 15+ schools, haha.
I’ve been told that UT only accepts about 10% of grad school applicants in the EECS department, so the key for me was making sure someone wanted me there, rather than just taking my chance at standing out among the crowd. Forming a relationship with my adviser seemed to do the trick.
It also helps that I’m a US citizen in a field that’s dominated by foreign applications. That’s important in some fields of research in Engineering.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
I think science fields have a better shot at outside funding though
in the humanities, everyone’s funded by the department. that probably doesn’t help.
10% admission rate sounds pretty similar, at least for average schools. the top bunch are quite a bit lower. Cornell (who I grant isn’t exactly in the top bunch, but they actually released statistics, and the others don’t) said they had 300+ applicants for 4 spots last year
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, yeah, for sure.
I’d say the large majority of our funding is outside research funding. I’m one of the very few people actually being funded by the school (I’m a TA), and I’m hoping to move to an RA position after this year.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Same situation in the nuke department.
When I continued for my PhD, it was more a matter of which project I wanted to work on rather than whether there was funding available.
yeah, that's probably your difference
my first year class at UNC has six. how does that compare?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
I was wondering the same thing.
I’m not sure what the numbers are at UT, but I know we have more than 6 TAs, and way more than 6 RAs.
No idea how many of us are first year.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
students
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Well, students = RAs + TAs, haha.
So, way more than 6. As I said, I’m not sure how many of us are first year, but it’s certainly more than 6.
We are the biggest department on campus, though, if I’m not mistaken.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
all students are TAs
because all the money comes from the department. so class size is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay smaller than you’re going to get in the sciences. which is why an undergrad 4.0, an M.A. from the #2 M.A. program in the country, and a 1450 GRE (okay, so maybe that’s kinda low) yields a success rate of under 50%. like you said, a whole different world
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Yay for engineering!!
RA positions with outside funding = awesome
Out of curiosity, how many students come from overseas?
Is it mostly American citizens?
That’s what makes engineering end up being so competitive and what keeps acceptance rates low. American citizens are actually probably in the minority.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
it really depends on the specialty
I know in Nuclear, it’s almost all American citizens. other engineering fields, it’s the inverse.
Oh, yeah, I know how it is with engineering.
We’ve carried this conversation on for too long, and replies are no longer obvious, haha.
Very luckily for me getting funding, I happen to be in a research field that ends up needing American citizens.
I was curious about I_S’s field, though.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
There are a lot of Chinese in the UT NE department.
But foreigners are very limited on the projects they can work on, so it does sort of lend preference to Americans.
depends on the advisor
they all clump into the same advisor or two, so if you have a different advisor you may not know any.
Then again, I’m not too familiar with the demographics of Hines’ group
my year in my program breakdown by home
1. Tennessean
2. Oregon (Cornell undergrad, huge Ducks fan)
3. Ohio (Wooster undergrad)
4. Ohio (Kenyon undergrad)
5. Canada (Queens U)
6. Bulgaria (SUNY Brockport)
In general, there are a fair few foreigners from English-speaking countries and much less from others. philosophy had a fairly big split a couple hundred years ago between the English and Scandinavian countries and the European continent
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
So they were Vandy students?
I like Tennessee and Vanderbilt. There aren't many like me, and they're probably better off for it.
It was the Trust Fund Babies getting special treatment.
Pay more to get the first few rows at football games, get special access, some free stuff from the university, in theory it sounded good. In reality, about 80% of those kids were the “show up halfway through the 1st quarter, leave halfway through the 3rd quarter, forget basketball exists” type.
My personal favorite story was when they held Orange Nation Appreciation Night at TBA before a basketball game; a fair chunk of students went for the free food and didn’t go to the game.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
When I was in the student section for Jerry Green's Sweet 16 year
the basketball was the worst for that. We’d show up hours early for Jerry Green’s team to get the first come first serve seats, only to find that when the doors opened Orange Nation (it was “VASF Collegiate Club” back then) had put jackets, etc. on about the first three rows of chairs and actually showed up about 15 min before tipoff
BLOCKED!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:24 PM EST reply actions
USM special teams TD!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I suspect...
things probably aren’t going to get much better for them, possibly ever.
That’s sorta depressing.
reminds me of me during the 2001 SECCG
until about that fumble
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
OT: Finnish command has learned that reports of Russian breakthrough were false--they ceded 20km of land needlessly
on an unrelated note, if anybody on twitter isn’t following @RealTimeWWII, you should start
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:27 PM EST reply actions
yeah, I picked up on it a couple days ago when EDSBS mentioned them
one of these days, I’ll go back and look through the beginning. but the next six years are gonna be awesome
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
Houston inside the five
then throws a pick in the end zone. USM doesn’t want that BCS money staying in CUSA, thank you very much
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:33 PM EST reply actions
Which Simms?
Doesn’t matter!
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
case Keenam is guaranteeing that he won't win the heisman
and that he won’t be drafted in the 1st round.
then Houston with an INT
on a HIGH batted ball.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:35 PM EST reply actions
"DOWN TO THE 1!"
/camera clearly shows marking at the 4
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I only caught a side view
but does that include Mrs. Keenum?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
how does Heisman candidate QB end up with her?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
nearly derped the XP there
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:37 PM EST reply actions
"Favre was seventh on the depth chart when he started"
I’m sure that’s the way the story goes when Favre tells it. Who are all these teams carrying seven QBs?
He was the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th QB on the depth chart.
This is why it seemed like he unretired and retired so much. He was actually four different people.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
USM just ran off tackle on 3rd and 13
first down
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:43 PM EST reply actions
Man, I hate obvious playcalling.
Wyoming put in the backup wildcat qb. All season long, the guy has kept the ball for all but one snap, where he handed off.
Two plays later, it’s 3rd and 7. Guess who ran the ball?
If the guy is a guaranteed one-play offense, just don’t bother with it. It’s not a change-up; it’s a surrender.
yep...
the Wildcat was intended to be high risk/high reward creative playcalling… unfortunately some coaches have co-opted it to be a super safe option instead. It’s hard to get excited over it when it’s the opposite of dynamic.
See: our installation.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
to be fair
we called a couple passes for Marlin Lane. He just never threw them
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
So I, for one, am excited about some crappy Big 10 team making the BCS games now.
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what are we lookin' at here
NC: Bama/LSU
Rose: Wisky/Oregon
Sugar: Stanford/?
Fiesta: Bedlam/?
Orange: WVU/VT
? possibilities are TCU (if in top 16), Bedlam loser, Michigan (if in top 16), and Boise. I think even if Houston won, Michigan might be selected over that lot
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Michigan's likely in.
Crowds and money. The one complicating factor is if OU beats OSU.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
agree
if that happens and TCU finishes top 16, I think OSU and TCU might take those last two spots. if not, Michigan’s definitely in. Boise’s only chance is two of these three happening: TCU not top 16, Michigan not top 16, OSU beats OU. Which I think is unlikely
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
42-21 trollolololo
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 2:59 PM EST reply actions
There have been a lot of flags in this game
particularly of the dead ball unsportsmanlike type. And there could have been a lot more. Lots of taunting and retaliating.
nope
TCU has head-to-head
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah...
although I think the odds are better for Boise State winning because it because TCU’s entire football program ceases to exist due to a localized quantum collapse rather than UNLV winning.
?
wouldn’t they still be third?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
oops, "up" button fail
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
USMDERP
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by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:11 PM EST reply actions
There should be a serious investigation into what substance was sprayed on that football
because this may be the record for drops + fumbles + weird bounces
And instantly, I think of 2002 Florida.
/wrists
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
yep
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
kinda cheering for them so Louisville can troll the Orange Bowl
even though it’d ruin a rivalry game between WVU and VT.
Also, I do think Louisville should be rewarded for really turning it on late
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
but it looks like Cincy will lock up WVU's spot
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Smart Football, dropping truth bombs:
Whether you’re spread, I form, flexbone, whatever: it’s all about the lines. Today, So Miss whooped Hou OLine and DLine, and that’s the game
Also applies for us in spades.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
WOO INTERCEPTION WYOMING WOO
2nd and goal from the 6, 15 seconds left in the half, and they intercept the fade route in the corner of the end zone. The shorty corner outjumps the 6’-6" receiver for it.
Southern Miss's two losses by nine points combined
One of them by six to a Marshall team they committed six turnovers against and one against a UAB squad where they played far below their level. USM easily could’ve been 12-0 this year, what a shame. Good to see them win a game like this though
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 3:37 PM EST reply actions
So, not trolling, but:
couldn’t they have raised Nick Saban’s seat at least a few inches?
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
I hate to say t being a UT fan...
but So. Miss could kick our ass
Southern Miss is just dominating hidden yardage.
14 points off special teams and D, plus what should’ve been a key TD-denying INT.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
true
but could our Offense this year fare well against that d?
If Cincinnati was real (I think it was), yeah.
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by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
that's the issue we'll have for the next 8 months+ talking about htis season
which games were “real”? if so, 1 game =/= good statistics
they could also lose to Kentucky
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
*cries again
Sorry, I’m still a little emotional…
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 3, 2011 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
This didn't take long
RT @JeffersonPowell: CBS Houston is reporting that Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin will be named Texas A&M head coach within 24 hours.
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 3:49 PM EST reply actions
nice consolation prize
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Also excellent
@jerkwheatery “Coach Sumlin, now that we’ve seen that your team is capable of blowing it with a lot on the line – you are perfect for College Station!”
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 3:50 PM EST reply actions
Coldplay is your lead-in to the title game? Alright, I guess so, CBS
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 4:01 PM EST reply actions
After two years of faithful devotion to Zoltan, I've found a new avatar
"I don't think it's me personally, I really don't." - JaMarcus Russell after losing 38-0 to the Jets
by WhiteWinterHymnal on Dec 3, 2011 4:07 PM EST reply actions
It puts the lotion on the skin or it gets the boundary-side option again
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
I snickered
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
Don't be messin with the senator's daughter
or she’ll lure the dawgs into the well with a chicken bone.
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
RED ALERT RED ALERT EJECT EJECT EJECT
GO GO GO GO GO
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2011/12/3/2607671/tennessee-vols-vs-pitt-panthers-open-game-thread
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2011/12/3/2607671/tennessee-vols-vs-pitt-panthers-open-game-thread
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2011/12/3/2607671/tennessee-vols-vs-pitt-panthers-open-game-thread
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2011/12/3/2607671/tennessee-vols-vs-pitt-panthers-open-game-thread
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
We're 40 minutes away from that start if the
Arky Uconn game ends on time
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
Had Spurrier made the onside call
Verne and Gary would be beside themselves with adoration of it.
by GhostDance on Dec 3, 2011 4:25 PM EST via mobile reply actions
y'all, we took off to the other thread
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Why isn't this story gaining traction on our local media outlets?
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Jonathan-Bullard-103291
Lathers will be hungry for contact with some guys come March…
Justin Wilcox for president!…
GBO
So Georgia dominates LSU for a half
and their losing margin (32) was worse than ours was.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 8:58 PM EST reply actions
UGA finished with more yards, more first downs, more passing yards...
…but got absolutely thrashed in the second half (and the second quarter, where neither team could move the ball). UGA certainly didn’t help itself (what with the dropped TDs and poor ST play) and being thin at RB made this game go from reasonably possible to all but hopeless, but LSU can ball. They scored 14 points on D and ST and had a punt returned to the 4. Even if UGA gets the 21 points it could have got, that only matches what LSU scored when it wasn’t on offense.
As a UGA fan, it’s one of those frustrating losses where I feel like we could have played a lot better, but I’ve no delusion about the necessary outcome. If we replayed that game 9 more times, the margin would probably be smaller in most of the rematches, but I doubt UGA wins more than 1.
by first and thom on Dec 5, 2011 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
that actually reminds me a bit of our game with LSU
they never scored directly from DST, but they had at least two scores set up by long returns of kicks or INTs. Then in the second half their running game just did what it wanted
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 5, 2011 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
Okie State by 21 at half
if they keep up the dominance in the second half, I could be okay with them jumping Bama.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 10:12 PM EST reply actions
if this stands
34-3, 12 minutes left in the THIRD quarter
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
which it does
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 3, 2011 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
Wisconsin wins
mainly because of their punter flopping on the slightest of contact
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