Heading to Atlanta this weekend to watch the Georgia-Boise State game. That Boise QB is solid, and this is a much different team than the one UGA beat 41-17 a couple years ago.
Just hope it's a good one! (Sort of bummed I'll entirely miss the Oregon-LSU game, since it's on at the same time I'll be at the game.)
It's finally game day, been too long a wait. It's too bad all of today's games are terrible, as evidenced by the fact that the "marquee" game of the day is UNLV (2-10 last year) at #11 Wisconsin. I don't get why ESPN wouldn't put some effort into getting a good game to open the season. I'm not saying they should try and put the best game of the week (LSU-Oregon) on Thursday but at least a game with 2 decent teams like TCU-Baylor or BYU-Mississippi. Still, I'm excited to watch real football tonight.
At least for me (Loiusville fan) it's a big day! It's too bad our opener is against Murray St.
College football writer Bruce Feldman, who was allegedly suspended by ESPN for writing a book with Mike Leach (which ESPN approved before and after Leach was fired by Texas Tech and after Leach sued ESPN), has left ESPN for CBS Sports. ESPN denied suspending Feldman but Feldman confirmed to Dan Patrick that he was told he couldn't write, Tweet, or appear on any TV or radio program or go to the SEC media day. I'm a big fan of Feldman and think he's one of the top college football writers in the country and look forward to him writing for CBS.
College football writer Bruce Feldman, who was allegedly suspended by ESPN for writing a book with Mike Leach (which ESPN approved before and after Leach was fired by Texas Tech and after Leach sued ESPN), has left ESPN for CBS Sports. ESPN denied suspending Feldman but Feldman confirmed to Dan Patrick that he was told he couldn't write, Tweet, or appear on any TV or radio program or go to the SEC media day. I'm a big fan of Feldman and think he's one of the top college football writers in the country and look forward to him writing for CBS.
I like Feldman too. ESPN is becoming a sham. Pretty much all I can stand now is Mike and Mike in the Morning.
I of course end up watching College Gameday every Saturday, but there's only so much senility (Corso), annoying voices (Erin Andrews), allegedly hip references (that dude from Michigan) and blatant homerism (Herbstreit) I can stand.
I of course end up watching College Gameday every Saturday, but there's only so much senility (Corso), annoying voices (Erin Andrews), allegedly hip references (that dude from Michigan) and blatant homerism (Herbstreit) I can stand.
Come on now, I think we can all agree that the only reason Erin Andrews gets so much camera time is eye candy.
The body's great, but the Florida face is ragged and tired. The voice? I'd rather listen to Jar Jar Binks talk. Maybe that's what they were going for.
Desmond Howard is the one that really irritates me. I think the show ran better when it was just Fowler, Corso, and Herbstreit. I wish they'd go back to that format, and I really hope that when Corso's health deteriorates even more they don't try and slide Howard into his chair.
Desmond Howard is the one that really irritates me. I think the show ran better when it was just Fowler, Corso, and Herbstreit. I wish they'd go back to that format, and I really hope that when Corso's health deteriorates even more they don't try and slide Howard into his chair.
I liked the old format better as well, but I'm guessing they thought it was a little too "white male" so they beefed up EA and Desmond's role.
Go ahead, Sooners. Make the last move that sinks the Big 12.
And it is quite possible, in light of Texas A&M's defection, that your move will be one that politically astute Texas quietly supports while also hoping that it happens quickly. The Longhorns would dearly love the Sooners to take the lead. And much of the heat that comes with it.
Should Oklahoma act upon its earnest desires and seek an invitation to join the Pacific-12 Conference — something I'm fully expecting to happen within days, if not hours — that decision could well be the killing blow to the Big 12 while also providing Texas the political cover to follow suit and ask for admission as well.
The Pac-12's not going to ask first. It's been down that road before, led along until the eleventh hour a year ago.
If OU gives notice that it is leaving the Big 12 — or if any of the other remaining eight members do, for that matter — the very foundation of the league would crumble.
Here's what I think will happen, probably before the calendar turns to October:
Your new Pac-16 members: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
The era of the super conference begins.
The Longhorn Network gets folded into the Pac-16 as a downsized regional network, joining the six regional networks that already exist within the conference.
Missouri ends up in the Big Ten or ACC, and Kansas heads to the Big East. If for some inexplicable reason Texas chooses not to pursue Pac-12 membership, look for Texas Tech to be left out and expect the Pac-12 to focus on Kansas and Missouri along with OU and OSU. Don't dawdle, Texas.
In the end, these Big 12 schools should have gone their separate ways last summer and avoided all this unnecessary drama and hand-wringing. Every school has its own agenda and is ready to act upon it. If A&M can uproot itself from historical ties in the Big 12 and extricate itself from centuries-old rivalries, nothing is sacred.
OU wants to be more assertive and wants to blaze its own trail — separately or aligned with Texas — and will pull the trigger on the relocation it considered last June. Oklahoma State is along for the ride.
Once it became obvious the Aggies were leaving for the SEC, Texas wanted to remain in a 10-team Big 12 with Notre Dame, but the Longhorns must make other plans as the Irish cling firmly to their independence. Maybe the Big 12 could survive with BYU, Pitt and, say, Louisville, and it says here the league would need to add three teams to avoid looking vulnerable to a single school holding the conference's future hostage every year.
But I think Texas would prefer the Pac-Large and would do cartwheels if OU made the first dramatic move, so the Longhorns' hands would be politically clean.
Texas president William Powers embraced the idea of rubbing elbows with academic elites in the Pac-10 a year ago, but he was persuaded to stay put by athletic director DeLoss Dodds.
Once Notre Dame turned down the Big 12, the list of attractive replacements for A&M fell off dramatically.
BYU remains a possibility, but its use of older, more mature athletes because of two-year mission trips, its refusal to play on Sundays and its lack of an impeccable academic pedigree make it a harder sell.
Houston makes sense for the state and links up with legislators' desires to create another top-tier research institution, but Texas and Texas Tech would prefer to keep that rich recruiting base to themselves.
Pittsburgh makes little geographic sense but would greatly expand the Big 12's footprint. But so would the University of British Columbia, and I haven't seen them on the list.
Because the Big 12's options are few, its future is tenuous at best. No one seems to trust anyone any more. Everybody is jealous of Texas' clout and tired of its flaunting of the Longhorn Network. Most of the Big 12 schools are petrified they'll be left out. With good reason.
Every Big 12 school will have Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott on speed-dial and will beg the Pac-12 to embrace it as a member. Scott issued a statement Wednesday, saying his league has "no plans to expand" at this time, but added that his schools will listen to and evaluate any scenario. Scott has openly predicted more realignment will occur in college athletics in the near future.
OU clearly wanted to bolt to the Pac-10 a year ago and take Oklahoma State with it. That hasn't changed. The OU administration warmly embraced the idea. Bob Stoops was ready to take the field at the Rose Bowl for the league's first championship game.
He openly lusted over all those California recruits.
Texas and Texas Tech were this close to joining them before a political wrench and the Longhorn Network brought those plans to a halt.
It was a done deal until it was undone at the last moment.
Fifteen months later, OU will take the lead.
"Oklahoma owns all the cards," a Big 12 source told me.
Look for the Pac-12 and interested Big 12 parties to use the same script as A&M did in plotting its exit from the Big 12. Nobody wants to be the instigator in these delicate, sensitive negotiations, and no one wants to be the villain. Expect them all to paint the Aggies with that broad brush.
And once OU and Texas make that clear, then it will be every man for himself.
Poor Supersix. I just checked the spread on the Maryland-Miami game and Maryland is only favored by 3 at home, despite a lot of Miami's key players suspended. Going to be a long season for both those programs.
Poor Supersix. I just checked the spread on the Maryland-Miami game and Maryland is only favored by 3 at home, despite a lot of Miami's key players suspended. Going to be a long season for both those programs.
I'm still expecting a good season from Miami. Golden has been playing up the us against the world mentality that the 'Canes thrive on. We might just surprise a lot of people this season. Besides having Harris sit out the Maryland game might be a blessing in disguise. World out of Miami is that Stephen Morris has been very quietly been looking excellent. I'm cautiously optimistic for our season. Regardless, I'm already really pumped for Monday night's game. Go 'Canes!
I'm still expecting a good season from Miami. Golden has been playing up the us against the world mentality that the 'Canes thrive on. We might just surprise a lot of people this season. Besides having Harris sit out the Maryland game might be a blessing in disguise. World out of Miami is that Stephen Morris has been very quietly been looking excellent. I'm cautiously optimistic for our season. Regardless, I'm already really pumped for Monday night's game. Go 'Canes!
Looking at their schedule the only two games I cannot see much hope in Miami winning are @Va Tech and @FSU. And I'll give them credit, they don't schedule a lot of creme puff non-conference games. Miami's non-conference games are Ohio St., Kansas St., South Florida and Bethune-Cookman. All are quality opponents except for BCC, which is a small I-AA school ironically located in my home town. My best guess is 6-6 or 7-5 for Miami.
Poor Supersix. I just checked the spread on the Maryland-Miami game and Maryland is only favored by 3 at home, despite a lot of Miami's key players suspended. Going to be a long season for both those programs.
lol I think we'll start off strong... Then lose to Temple
Funny stuff. I was looking through opening weekend's match ups to find the biggest point spread and it turns out my school is one of the heaviest favorites. Central Florida is favored at home by 40.5 over Charleston Southern.
Other interesting point spreads:
Cincinnati favored over Austin Peay by 43 - this is the biggest spread of the week. Oregon favored over LSU by 4 - Seems weird seeing LSU an underdog at home. TCU favored over Baylor by 3 Virginia Tech favored over Appalachian St. by 25.5 - Never know with App St. Houston favored over UCLA by 3 - Houston's has a wild pass-happy offense that could break some records this year. Notre Dame favored over USF by 11 - As usual ND is badly overrated. Wouldn't surprise me if USF steals this one. Boise St. favored over Georgia by 3.5 - Could be the best game of the week. Richt's Bulldogs really need to do something this season to justify him having that job.
The Hokies love to sleep against first game cupcakes, but with a new guy calling the offense, it could be a bloodbath as he shows what he's made of. 25 point spread it likely taking that into consideration. GO HOKIES!!!
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