Official 2010 College Football Thread (and 2011 Bowl Games)

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09-20-2010
hshduppsnt

Official 2010 College Football Thread (and 2011 Bowl Games)

It's that time of year again (a little late actually, my apologies on that).

Soooooo... many questions to answer!

Will anyone beat Alabama?
Can Notre Dame actually WIN one of it's heart breakingly close games?
Can Oregon score on teams not made of cupcakes?
Will OSU painting its practice field Blue this week help it beat Boise?
Will Arizona have a let down vs. Cal next week? (and will yours truly be at the game?)

and sadly, from the last few years of positives from me, let me sadly ask
can Cal beat stanfurd? can we even become bowl eligible this season?
(oddly I think this is the year we beat SC... but mostly because I think they suck pretty badly too)

(i'm still sad from last week)

Thomas you got to laugh at one person so far this week... let's hope it's not two? (I do think your team is
more talented this season, I'm not gonna lie... I think it all hinges on Riley)
09-20-2010
Thomas

I'm pushing for a Rose Bowl, man. Cal don't stand a chance. I'm really only worried about Oregon at this point. We can take the rest of the Pac-10.

Also, if you come down to the game here in Tucson, let me know! I can take you to an after-game party and we can hang out and stuff.
09-21-2010
Llamas

I've actually realized in the last year or two that I'm becoming progressively more interested in the NFL than college football. I think there are three reasons for it: 1) the BCS system sucks ass (NFL playoffs/super bowl is much better), 2) there are far too many teams in the NCAA (it's easier to keep track of the top teams and catch all the key games), and 3) my team straight up sucks (my Gophers are 1-2 right now and are expected to win two games this year, while my Packers have started the season off 2-0). I still cheer Gophers, but I guess now that I'm out of college and not playing in the Gopher marching band, I just don't care that much about it.

But I still love NCAA basketball. Probably because March Madness is awesome and the NBA sucks ass.
09-21-2010
Little_Miss_1565

Dear ND,

Coach Kelly seems like a swell guy. At least, he seems to have been able to make you guys at least kind of look like a real team. If he can develop Crist into something resembling an actual QB, you might as well replace the face up on Touchdown Jesus with Brian Kelly. But if you keep losing like this, Kelly will be a dead man walking in 2-3 years. Shape up, or commit seppuku.

Love,
1565.
09-21-2010
hshduppsnt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

I'm pushing for a Rose Bowl, man.

If rumors that Colorado is joining next year (and so is Utah obviously) are true, this may be the final time to get to the Rose Bowl in the traditional manner. Excited that pac-10 play starts next week.

I'll let you know if I head over but for now it isn't looking likely? Some of my pac-10 road trips are a "day before" kind of decision so I'll definitely shoot you a message (Zona is one of the few road games I still haven't done)

We are getting a few injured players back so I hope we can make a game of it. It was super close last year, with your QB's double pass being the deciding factor. I hope it's close this year :-/
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As for Notre Dame - I was watching that ND/MSU Game with some alum... could not explain the look of shock on their faces from the elation of a great 3rd down to force a LONG field goal to that fake... Frankly I'm still shocked and I had no other affiliation to either of those teams than my ND friends
09-21-2010
Little_Miss_1565

Quote:

Originally Posted by hshduppsnt

As for Notre Dame - I was watching that ND/MSU Game with some alum... could not explain the look of shock on their faces from the elation of a great 3rd down to force a LONG field goal to that fake... Frankly I'm still shocked and I had no other affiliation to either of those teams than my ND friends

There were portions of that game that will surely have proven to have shaved a few hours off my life.
09-21-2010
Thomas

Quote:

Originally Posted by hshduppsnt

If rumors that Colorado is joining next year (and so is Utah obviously) are true, this may be the final time to get to the Rose Bowl in the traditional manner. Excited that pac-10 play starts next week.

I'll let you know if I head over but for now it isn't looking likely? Some of my pac-10 road trips are a "day before" kind of decision so I'll definitely shoot you a message (Zona is one of the few road games I still haven't done)

We are getting a few injured players back so I hope we can make a game of it. It was super close last year, with your QB's double pass being the deciding factor. I hope it's close this year :-/

Yeah, the two teams are for sure joining. I believe Colorado in 2011 and Utah in 2012... or maybe it's the other way around... I don't really remember. It's certainly going to make things very interesting. But with USC out of the picture this season, I feel as though we just need to find a way to beat Oregon at home and we'll be headed to Pasadena.

And I definitely hope you can make it down. You'll see why we call our student section the "Zona Zoo." That and there's always a good party or two (or three) after the games that I know of. If you do go, follow the band in our after-game parade/concert and meet up with me. I'm the center snare this year, so I shouldn't be too hard to find. haha. I don't think I've actually met anyone on this BBS in person yet, and it's something I've always wanted to do.
09-25-2010
hshduppsnt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

And I definitely hope you can make it down. You'll see why we call our student section the "Zona Zoo." That and there's always a good party or two (or three) after the games that I know of. If you do go, follow the band in our after-game parade/concert and meet up with me. I'm the center snare this year, so I shouldn't be too hard to find. haha. I don't think I've actually met anyone on this BBS in person yet, and it's something I've always wanted to do.

Well....... it didn't happen... I'm still sitting on my couch at home :(. Oh well, maybe next time. Good luck to you guys today (though hopefully not too much, because I still want Cal to win ;)).

Oh and to ND... please beat furd...
09-25-2010
hshduppsnt

i'm seriously going to absolutely fucking lose it tonight with how cal lost that game...

10-9... we had two missed field goals... they took the lead with 1 minute left...

we had em shut down ALL game then we throw a pick on our last drive to end the game.

That would've been a huge start for us... god damn it why do the Cal games in Arizona always seem to end like that.
Cal leads 90% of game, Cal can't seem to put it away, cal shuts their offense out
their offense gets a lucky drive or two at teh end to catch up
cal drives
cal throws back breaking interception and the pac-10 season downfall commences...

:'(
09-26-2010
Thomas

Man, that was a tough game to watch. The entire stadium was dead because NOTHING was happening until the last two minutes. A win is a win, but I hope my cats learn a lesson from last night. We can't be pulling that kind of stuff when we play Oregon or Stanford later in the year.

Also, major props to UCLA reppin' the Pac-10 and spanking no. 7 Texas! I was only able to watch part of the game, but what I did see was awesome, and they apparently kept it up the entire game.
09-26-2010
hshduppsnt

^ yeah dude, you guys have a real shot but you can't let D shut you down like we did (though admittedly I think we have a better D than people give us credit for).

That foles though... I dunno why Luck get's so much press I think Foles is better. All in all though that was one of those games where the optimist on both sides probably says hey lots of positives to take but the pessimists can't be anything but annoyed.

We shouldn't have blown it and your offense should've been more dynamic (though in the end you pulled it off so disaster averted).

Being down here at UCLA i'm gonna get a lot of crap now how the last two weeks UCLA has won has coincided with Cal losing. Fun times :)
09-26-2010
Little_Miss_1565

ND, now disintegrating before the half. If it wasn't for hometown pride, I don't know what I would do.
10-01-2010
mario_spaghettio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little_Miss_1565

ND, now disintegrating before the half. If it wasn't for hometown pride, I don't know what I would do.

ND needs to lower their academic standards so they can recruit better athletes.
10-02-2010
hshduppsnt

aaaannnnnndddddddd the bruins are having a hard time at home against Wazzu?!

good times, hahaha. Cal has a bye week and suddenly I am remarkably more relaxed watching games this weekend.

Happy to see Texas losing.

Going to miss ND BC.

Furd vs Oregon is gonna be a tough one, I hate em both. I see Oregon having a harder time losing though so I suppose furd?... ugh I feel dirty even typing it...
10-03-2010
Little_Miss_1565

We murdalized BC! 31-13! Now we're 2-3!
10-03-2010
Thomas

haha. Arizona had a bye-week and we ended up moving up five spots to 9th in the AP poll. We're gonna play Oregon State this saturday, and we should be able to handle them, especially with the bye-week and the wake-up call from the Cal game. Here's to 5-0 and a fuckin' kick-ass Pac-10!

Also, I'm really sad I missed the LSU game. Totes ridic.
10-04-2010
RickyCrack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

haha. Arizona had a bye-week and we ended up moving up five spots to 9th in the AP poll.

that's cuz iowa roflstomped penn state. and also a mixture of lsu "almost" losing, stanford losing, etc etc. if we both keep winning games it will help both of our rankings. Even if my team should have beat your kitty cats, but that first half we had was terrible and so many fluke mistakes, but yes, a national championship team shouldn't make those mistakes, soooo i hope to see you in the rose bowl.
10-08-2010
hshduppsnt

back in berkeley to watch the Bears beat down the Bruins!
10-10-2010
Thomas

Fuckin a, my wildcats are back...
10-25-2010
hshduppsnt

well... soo.... apparently Cal is still awesome at home...
not sure why our road performance is always so much worse, but if we can keep it up I'll be happy.

ND - you lost to Navy? AGAIN?!
10-25-2010
Little_Miss_1565

Quote:

Originally Posted by hshduppsnt

ND - you lost to Navy? AGAIN?!

Fuck my liiiiiiiiiiiife....
10-26-2010
Thomas

Ooh. One of the guys who I graduated with from high school is playing with the Navy. Neat.

Oh, and our second string quarterback won Pac 10 player of the week. Sukkas.
11-15-2010
hshduppsnt

second painful loss of the season, Cal totally should've beaten oregon this weekend! bah...
and boy is Oregon a dirty team, they consistently ran picks and hits behind the refs to knock out our players (we lost like four defensive starters over the course of that game) and their fans assumed we were faking injuries to slow down the game and boo-ed. real classy.
11-15-2010
Llamas

Yea! Gophers got a new coach, and second win of the season! Our record sucks this year, but I think the new coach brings hope for the future :)

The Big Ten is all sorts of fucked up... Wisconsin is in first place? Kill me now.
11-21-2010
Little_Miss_1565

ND IS BOWL ELIGIBLE, BITCHES!

We have made Yankee Stadium our bitch.
11-21-2010
Thomas

Bye week and then Oregon next week. Yuck.
11-22-2010
hshduppsnt

as far as I'm concerned football season is over and I've moved on to basketball
(this will probably change somewhere around Friday where I get excited about Cal's upcoming game and chance to become bowl eligible... ugh what a disaster of a season)
12-03-2010
Thomas

*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

My 'Cats are back, that's for sure. See y'all at the Holiday Bowl... again...