Red Mosquito

I took the afternoon off yesterday & went to the College Football Hall of Fame. Pretty cool and you can taylor your visit to information specific to your favorite team. I went with an Alabama friend, needless to say he got a lot more out of it than I.

Mike Bobo to be head coach at Colorado State.

Great OC. Big loss for Georgia. This is his first shot as HC.

I am very much looking forward to New Year's Day. I do not plan to move from my living room other than to get more beer/food.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I am very much looking forward to New Year's Day. I do not plan to move from my living room other than to get more beer/food.

One of the few drawbacks to living out west when it comes to sports is that if you want to have a good time on NYE you're going to be sleep deprived if you want to catch all the bowl action. I know that several times I've slept through the beginning of whichever bowl (Outback?) starts at 10 AM over here.

This year's NYE will be interesting here--people will either be euphoric or depressed, so I expect a copious amount of booze collectively consumed either way.

Green Habit wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I am very much looking forward to New Year's Day. I do not plan to move from my living room other than to get more beer/food.

One of the few drawbacks to living out west when it comes to sports is that if you want to have a good time on NYE you're going to be sleep deprived if you want to catch all the bowl action. I know that several times I've slept through the beginning of whichever bowl (Outback?) starts at 10 AM over here.

This year's NYE will be interesting here--people will either be euphoric or depressed, so I expect a copious amount of booze collectively consumed either way.

green habit, what is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

Bowl games are starting to get good now. ASU/Duke, the end of BC/PSU, and Nebraska/USC were all quite entertaining to watch.

Agreed.

Did not like the outcome obviously but hell of a game last night between USC and Nebraska. We are going to miss Ameer Abdullah biiiiig time.

#THEHARBAUGHAPPENING

I wonder how happy darth is right now. OU is getting absolutely reamed.

Green Habit wrote:I wonder how happy darth is right now. OU is getting absolutely reamed.

Think Big Game Bob will start whining about the ACC now?

Green Habit wrote:I wonder how happy darth is right now. OU is getting absolutely reamed.

I'm a happy camper

I loved how pretty much all the national "experts" predicted OU to win. CBS Sports said they are "a lock" to cover the spread. I never doubted my Tigers. I knew they'd win, especially with their D. I didn't think it would be a blowout though, I was actually thinking a close game, like 20-17 or something like that. Didn't see the 40-6 route at all.

Looking forward to 2015. The D is gonna take a step back along the front 7 (losing Beasley, Garret, Anthony - all will be in the NFL next year), but the Secondary should be really good (Blanks, Kearse, Alexander, Green). The O should be back to Boyd/Ellington/Hopkins/Watkins form next year with Watson (QB), Scott (WR), Peake (WR), Williams (WR), and a stable of running backs (Choice, Gallman, Dye, Fuller, Brooks) + some highly touted recruits (McCloud, Bell, Cain - all WRs / ATH).

Oklahoma has had some of the worst loses in college football history during Stoops tenure. There have been countless times when his teams have taken the field completely unprepared and unmotivated. I'll never understand why he has the reputation he does. He's terrible.

turned2black wrote:Oklahoma has had some of the worst loses in college football history during Stoops tenure. There have been countless times when his teams have taken the field completely unprepared and unmotivated. I'll never understand why he has the reputation he does. He's terrible.

He earned his reputation early. When he took over, they hadn't even been to a bowl game in several years. They went bowling his first year and won the national championship his second year. Throw in the occasional big win like besting Alabama in the Sugar Bowl last year and he's earned his good will.

Sure, getting blown out like they did last night is embarrassing. But this is a program full of people who expect to be in BCS bowls. I get it if not everyone is totally jacked up for the Citrus Bowl on a Monday night.

I can not describe how insanely excited the fan base is here about Harbaugh. Not sure i've ever seen this kind of excitement in a fan base.

@SkitchP wrote:I can not describe how insanely excited the fan base is here about Harbaugh. Not sure i've ever seen this kind of excitement in a fan base.

Makes sense to me...a storied franchise with a great home venue, winning tradition, well-liked nationally, and championship starved since 1997, which must feel like 100 years for die hard fans. Should be interesting!

Coach wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:I can not describe how insanely excited the fan base is here about Harbaugh. Not sure i've ever seen this kind of excitement in a fan base.

Makes sense to me...a storied franchise with a great home venue, winning tradition, well-liked nationally, and championship starved since 1997, which must feel like 100 years for die hard fans. Should be interesting!

Agreed. I have no real bias with the B10, and I think it's good for college ball when Michigan is a solid to good team. I hope he does well, and congrats to both him and the Blue.

turned2black wrote:Oklahoma has had some of the worst loses in college football history during Stoops tenure. There have been countless times when his teams have taken the field completely unprepared and unmotivated. I'll never understand why he has the reputation he does. He's terrible.

This was often the case when Tommy Bowden coached Clemson. His teams however would often win some pretty big games, but then blow it to inferior teams. The teams often seemed to play to the competition. Play FSU or South Carolina, close and hard fought game. Play Wake or Duke, and they lose. This is where the term "Clemsoning" was born.

Under Dabo, they have greatly improved and gotten much more consistent. There have still been some really embarrassing losses though, like the WVA Orange Bowl debacle. Also, losing to SCAR 5 years in a row was painful, as was the FSU loss this year. However, we have 4 straight years of 10 win seasons (including two 11 win seasons - one of 4 teams to accomplish this), and wins in bowls over LSU, Ohio State, and Oklahoma (all top shelf programs).

@SkitchP wrote:I can not describe how insanely excited the fan base is here about Harbaugh. Not sure i've ever seen this kind of excitement in a fan base.

They haven't had fun in a decade or more. I get it.

ESPN needs a towel.

I hope its good and exciting. I hope it's contentious. Make it a real rivalry again. I'm sure he'll recruit nationally well too.

darth_vedder wrote:

turned2black wrote:Oklahoma has had some of the worst loses in college football history during Stoops tenure. There have been countless times when his teams have taken the field completely unprepared and unmotivated. I'll never understand why he has the reputation he does. He's terrible.

This was often the case when Tommy Bowden coached Clemson. His teams however would often win some pretty big games, but then blow it to inferior teams. The teams often seemed to play to the competition. Play FSU or South Carolina, close and hard fought game. Play Wake or Duke, and they lose. This is where the term "Clemsoning" was born.

Under Dabo, they have greatly improved and gotten much more consistent. There have still been some really embarrassing losses though, like the WVA Orange Bowl debacle. Also, losing to SCAR 5 years in a row was painful, as was the FSU loss this year. However, we have 4 straight years of 10 win seasons (including two 11 win seasons - one of 4 teams to accomplish this), and wins in bowls over LSU, Ohio State, and Oklahoma (all top shelf programs).

Clemson under Dabo has been very entertaining more often than not. He's a good interview too