American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

To no one's surprise, UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell was fired today after yet another mediocre, underachieving season...

atskv9 wrote:I hate the BCS. Kansas is ranked lower and were beaten by Missouri and they get a BCS Bowl, while Missouri only get the damn Cotton Bowl. It's BS! :cursing:

I believe that Kansas got invited as an at-large bid. VT got in because they won their conference championship game. The Orange bowl then could pick Missouri if they wanted to. Same with the Rose. USC got in as they won the Pac-10. The Rose Bowl could have invited Georgia, but they picked Illinois for the traditional Pac-10 v. Big-10 match-up. A bowl could also prevent another bowl from picking a certain team, but that gets complicated.

I don't like the BCS for many reasons, but one that I hate is that when you lose is also important. Losing the last game of their season killed Michigan last year, but if you lose early in the season you can go back up. LSU was #1, lost, rose to #1 again, and lost again. Conversely you could argue that Ohio State got into the championship game by NOT playing any games in the last 2 weeks and went from #5 to #3 to #1. I would rather we had a Plus-One system (at least).

cori wrote:

Yep, shin2 was a local guy until he betrayed us by moving to the mainland. :usuck: :beaten:

Guilty as charged. :shamefulcry:

But no mattah, cuz born a local, always a local, even wen go stay go mainland. Can take da buggah outta Hawaii, but no can take Hawaii outta da buggah. :hehe:

Back on topic: To have the number one and number two ranked teams lose on the final weekend of the regular season is apropos for this wild, unpredictable, amazing college football season. Still, to have two teams play for the national championship who are not, imo (and the opinions of a lot of others) the two best teams in the country at season's end, is a disappointment. But that's the system that is in place, so on with the bowl season.

Go Hawaii! Buss em up.

Madoka wrote:Conversely you could argue that Ohio State got into the championship game by NOT playing any games in the last 2 weeks and went from #5 to #3 to #1.

As I said, Ohio State backed into the BCS championship game: Talk about get something for doing nothing.

So what would it take to bring the BCS down? :beaten:

atskv9 wrote:So what would it take to bring the BCS down? :beaten:

Carpet bombing.

jesus christ, the ravens had the chance to end the pats perfect record but end up losing.

god i hate brady.

The_Lyrics wrote:jesus christ, the ravens had the chance to end the pats perfect record but end up losing.

god i hate brady.

hey no way u serious
nah i can't happen NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

The_Lyrics wrote:jesus christ, the ravens had the chance to end the pats perfect record but end up losing.

god i hate brady.

Pats dodged the bullet again... They've got Pittsburgh next weekend...

But in New England. :sweat:

exactly.
they actually stopped them on 4th down, but the ravens sideline called timeout which would had sealed the victory for the ravens.

bmwracer wrote:
Carpet bombing.

Where are they located :hadoken:

Wow, what a frustrating, amazing game.

Normally I would have been rooting for the Pats. But I've got a soft spot for Kyle Boller. I rooted for him while he was at Cal, and I've always thought he got a raw deal at Baltimore when they threw him to the dogs on his first day. I've always thought that was a great way to ruin a QB.

Re: the Pats vs. the Steelers. I think the steelers will be happy for a chance to play somewhere other than that bog they've been sloshing around in for the last couple of weeks.

wow ican't wait to see that game
wow that was really good this week
so close

From Yahoo! Sports:

Favre named Sportsman of the Year by SI

Tue Dec 4, 11:33 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has been chosen as the 2007 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, the magazine announced on Tuesday.

Favre, 38, became the fourth professional football player to win the award, bestowed since 1954 to an athlete symbolizing in character and performance the ideals of sportsmanship.

Favre has started 249 consecutive games, the longest streak by an NFL quarterback, and this season broke Dan Marino's career records for touchdown passes in leading the Packers to a 10-2 record and a commanding lead in the NFC North division.

Besides his exploits on the gridiron, the magazine cited Favre's philanthropic credentials.

In 1996, Favre established a foundation that has donated more than $4 million to charities in Wisconsin and his home state of Mississippi, including $1 million to Mississippi counties damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Previous NFL players honored by the magazine were Terry Bradshaw (in 1979 with Willie Stargell), Joe Montana (1990) and Tom Brady (2005).

My new signature is still a work in progress, but with Sunday's big game quickly approaching, I had to put it up! :bonk:

This will be one of the few times I root for the Steelers, so GO STEELERS!! :victory:

c'mon big ben.
i soo hope they win.

Tim Tebow (QB, Florida) wins the Heisman Trophy... The first sophomore to win the award. :)

bmwracer wrote:Tim Tebow (QB, Florida) wins the Heisman Trophy... The first sophomore to win the award. :)

He deserved it imo.

I honestly think, however, that if Dennis Dixon had not gotten hurt, Oregon would have won its final three games and be playing for a national championship, and Dixon would have been the Heisman Trophy winner.

Also, I believe if Pat White hadn't missed most of the game, West Virginia would not have been upset by Pitt and the Mountaineers would also be playing for the national championship.

Hmm, it just struck me that all the QBs I mentioned in this post, plus the three QBs who were the Heisman finalists all play in shotgun-based offenses, either some variation of the spread or run & shoot. Heck, even Darren McFadden, the lone RB invited to New York for the Heisman presentation, took his turn playing shotgun QB in Arkansas' "wild hog" formation.

That said, the two teams chosen to play for the national championship both run more conventional offenses with the QB generally under center.

shin2 wrote:That said, the two teams chosen to play for the national championship both run more conventional offenses with the QB generally under center.

Sounds like a dull game. ;)