College Football - Goin' Bowlin'

[Lord Avalon]

I read that if ND really wanted to fire Weis, they would have come up with the funds even for a large buyout. But as the buyout amount goes down, and if the program doesn't improve enough, then the tastiness of eating that buyout goes up, not so?

[DanS]

Well, what I'm saying is that the buyout has no bearing. The amount of money on the upside of winning and downside of losing dwarfs even a large buyout as far as the university is concerned.

I'm unhappy with their decision to give him another year, but Weis has many good attributes. Yes, Weis brought in the #1 recruiting class in a year in which the team went 3-9. So the powers that be must think that deserves another year despite two bad years on the field.

Unfortunately, commitment to a strong running game is not one of his good attributes. So I think the year will be wasted. With even a passable running game, the Irish would have been at least 9-3 this year.

[Tuberski]

Banner flying over UT causes stir

06:25 PM CST on Thursday, December 4, 2008

By CLARA TUMA
KVUE News

Causing a stir
KVUE's Clara Tuma reports
December 4th, 2008

A plane flying a banner over the University of Texas Thursday caused quite a stir.

The plane's message said: "Hey Mack, quit whining. U knew the rules."

That's in reference to complaints about the BCS rankings that put Texas behind Oklahoma, a team Texas beat in the regular season.

"It was kind of outrageous," Taylor Jackson, student, said. "Some of us got really upset. One of the guys said he was going to go to the airport and try to catch them when they came off the plane, but I told him that probably wasn't a good idea."

Pilot Don Arsenault of Aerial Advertisers flew the plane over UT and downtown Austin for about two hours. He wouldn't say who hired him, but says he thinks they are UT fans.

"I don't ever pull anything that's counter UT," Arsenault says. "I'm a total fan."

Ted DeReeder, president of Long Island-based National Sky Ads, says he brokered the deal that sent the plane flying over UT.

He says the people who hired him are UT fans, but says they specifically asked him not to identify them publicly. He says the entire flight cost about $2,200.

The flight Thursday was similar to one flown over the Oklahoma-OU game Saturday in Stillwater. That banner said, "Texas 45 OU 35 Settled on a Neutral Field." That's in reference to the score when Texas beat OU at the Cotton Bowl.

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

Knew what rules?

[Naked Gents Rut]

Yes, Weis brought in the #1 recruiting class in a year in which the team went 3-9.

Notre Dame's recruiting classes are consistently overrated. They haven't had top-flight talent in years.

[DanS]

I don't think that's the case the past 2 years. The recruits are top notch, except on the O line and D line. The coaching has just sucked bad.

[Naked Gents Rut]

Turner Gill exposes Ball State and leads Buffalo to the MAC championship and a bowl bid.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Virginia Tech seems like it'll win the ACC. They are up 24-10 with about 10 minutes left in the 4th Q.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

How you can rank either team above Texas is insane.

Because we've looked at the entire season, not an arbitrary one head to head matchup. As pointed out, based on point differential, OU beats down both Texas and Texas Tech.

So, if Florida beats Alabama by a TD or less, it should be Florida/Alabama BCS championship game, right?

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by reismark
Only if Alabama loses, though, and even then, I think Utah is a better choice for the Sugar because Cincinnati is unproven as a bowl draw whereas Utah has previous BCS success to sell the Sugar on.

[reismark]

Eugh...

It was right there for the taking at the start of the fourth, and then the entire season fell apart in fifteen minutes.

Ah well. I'll just take solace in the fact that Alabama dominated this game for long stretches and that this was no blowout.

And in the meantime, go Mizzou.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Tuberski
So, if Florida beats Alabama by a TD or less, it should be Florida/Alabama BCS championship game, right?

ACK!

Nope... because I think Alabama has been a bit overrated all year, scraping by against a lot of teams. If you note, on my rankings they are behind Oklahoma.

Well that and I don't like teams that don't win their conference championships to have a chance for a National Championships Game. They already had their chance and failed at it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by reismark
that this was no blowout.

Probably would have been if Harvin could have played.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Nope... because I think Alabama has been a bit overrated all year, scraping by against a lot of teams. If you note, on my rankings they are behind Oklahoma.

Well that and I don't like teams that don't win their conference championships to have a chance for a National Championships Game. They already had their chance and failed at it.

So, if Oklahoma loses tonight, Texas?

Even though they didn't win their conference championship?

Or USC?

ACK!

[Naked Gents Rut]

USC is the best team in the country.