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Post by chiyankee on Nov 11, 2023 23:45:23 GMT -5
What decade is this? Michigan and Penn State combined for 134 passing yards during their Big Ten matchup today. 60 by Michigan and 74 from Penn State. 134 yards is one good quarter for a team like Oregon or Washington. Bo Nix, Oregon's QB after the first quarter against USC: 3 for 3 for 166 yards and 2 TD's.  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 13, 2023 13:56:32 GMT -5
What decade is this? Michigan and Penn State combined for 134 passing yards during their Big Ten matchup today. 60 by Michigan and 74 from Penn State. 134 yards is one good quarter for a team like Oregon or Washington. Bo Nix, Oregon's QB after the first quarter against USC: 3 for 3 for 166 yards and 2 TD's. Michigan didn't even throw a pass in the second half, the first time that's happened in an FBS game since 2013. I see today that Penn State's Offensive Coordinator Mike Yurcich was fired. Deservedly in my view, although I wish they would continue a little further up the chain. Penn State's ceiling in the James Franklin Era seems to be trying to be the best Big Ten team other than Michigan or Ohio State. I'm sick of it. After Texas A&M slaughtered Mississippi State 51-10, both coaches -- Jimbo Fisher of the Aggies and Zach Arnett of the "other" Bulldogs -- were fired. A&M has consistently underperformed for Fisher and hasn't won a road game in over two years. My sympathy is limited since he is getting a $76 million buyout, three times more than the previous college buyout record that Auburn gave Gus Malzahn to go away. Speaking of the Bulldogs -- Georgia was voted number one in the AP poll for the 22nd consecutive week. That's the second-longest streak since the poll began in 1936. The record is 33 weeks set by USC from 2003-2005. The Top Five in the AP poll -- Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington -- are all undefeated. This is the first time in the BCS Era that the top five have been unbeaten Power Five Conference teams. Of course in two weeks one of Ohio State or Michigan will have a loss. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 13, 2023 14:03:36 GMT -5
Bo Nix, Oregon's QB after the first quarter against USC: 3 for 3 for 166 yards and 2 TD's. Michigan didn't even throw a pass in the second half, the first time that's happened in an FBS game since 2013. I see today that Penn State's Offensive Coordinator Mike Yurcich was fired. Deservedly in my view, although I wish they would continue a little further up the chain. Penn State's ceiling in the James Franklin Era seems to be trying to be the best Big Ten team other than Michigan or Ohio State. I'm sick of it. After Texas A&M slaughtered Mississippi State 51-10, both coaches -- Jimbo Fisher of the Aggies and Zach Arnett of the "other" Bulldogs -- were fired. A&M has consistently underperformed for Fisher and hasn't won a road game in over two years. My sympathy is limited since he is getting a $76 million buyout, three times more than the previous college buyout record that Auburn gave Gus Malzahn to go away. Speaking of the Bulldogs -- Georgia was voted number one in the AP poll for the 22nd consecutive week. That's the second-longest streak since the poll began in 1936. The record is 33 weeks set by USC from 2003-2005. The Top Five in the AP poll -- Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington -- are all undefeated. This is the first time in the BCS Era that the top five have been unbeaten Power Five Conference teams. Of course in two weeks one of Ohio State or Michigan will have a loss. I've lost track, this will either be the 6th or 7th offensive coordinator under James Franklin at Penn State. Franklin should look in the mirror. What is happening at Texas AM is disgusting. Just 76 million down the drain, it seems wrong. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 13, 2023 14:14:56 GMT -5
Michigan didn't even throw a pass in the second half, the first time that's happened in an FBS game since 2013. I see today that Penn State's Offensive Coordinator Mike Yurcich was fired. Deservedly in my view, although I wish they would continue a little further up the chain. Penn State's ceiling in the James Franklin Era seems to be trying to be the best Big Ten team other than Michigan or Ohio State. I'm sick of it. After Texas A&M slaughtered Mississippi State 51-10, both coaches -- Jimbo Fisher of the Aggies and Zach Arnett of the "other" Bulldogs -- were fired. A&M has consistently underperformed for Fisher and hasn't won a road game in over two years. My sympathy is limited since he is getting a $76 million buyout, three times more than the previous college buyout record that Auburn gave Gus Malzahn to go away. Speaking of the Bulldogs -- Georgia was voted number one in the AP poll for the 22nd consecutive week. That's the second-longest streak since the poll began in 1936. The record is 33 weeks set by USC from 2003-2005. The Top Five in the AP poll -- Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington -- are all undefeated. This is the first time in the BCS Era that the top five have been unbeaten Power Five Conference teams. Of course in two weeks one of Ohio State or Michigan will have a loss. I've lost track, this will either be the 6th or 7th offensive coordinator under James Franklin at Penn State. Franklin should look in the mirror. What is happening at Texas AM is disgusting. Just 76 million down the drain, it seems wrong. Agree Chi. Franklin is good at recruiting and cheerleading, but unimaginative in game planning. Michigan didn't have to steal signs in this game. If I knew what was coming, I'm sure they did too. And the inability to develop highly-recruited quarterbacks like Allar is beyond frustrating. Don't know if you saw that last week Will Levis, who sat on the bench at Penn State for two years before transferring to Kentucky, became only the third QB in NFL history to throw four TD passes in his first start for the Titans. Yeah the business at A&M is pathetic. It's never a problem to find money to buy off a failed football coach. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 15, 2023 13:00:24 GMT -5
A court ruling -- to be appealed -- has given control of the PAC-12 to Washington State and Oregon State, the only schools left in the conference after the announced departure of the other ten in 2024 to the Big Ten, the ACC and the Big 12.
This at least temporarily gives the schools control over the massive PAC-12 budget for the next few months of its current existence. But in the long run it is devastating to their athletic programs. Currently the schools get $34 million annually from the PAC-12. Whether they recruit a new PAC-12 using lesser programs or, as is speculated, join the Mountain West (which pays conference members $4 million annually), the athletic budgets for OSU and WSU are going to be slashed enormously, meaning they will be eliminating many non-revenue sports.
Although the idea of a two-team conference sounds entertaining -- the championship could be decided in the first game of the year -- it doesn't have much of a future. The PAC-12 has more NCAA team championships than any other conference; in fact the top three among all universities are all PAC-12 schools: Stanford, UCLA and USC. It's been around in one form or another since 1915.
Colorado, which left the Big 12 to join the PAC-12 in 2011, now goes back to it. No hard feelings. I guess if players can now change schools every year, there was no reason to expect stability in the conferences, which have always been a bit fluid anyway.
The smallest NCAA football conference I can recall was the defunct and unlamented Great West Conference in its final season of 2013. Its five members were such natural rivals as New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chicago State, Houston Baptist, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley.
I remember informal conferences like The Little Three (Williams, Amherst and Wesleyan) and the Western New York Little Three (Niagara, Canisius and St. Bonaventure.) These were very intense rivalries but not recognized NCAA conferences. More like hostile neighbors.
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 15, 2023 19:15:29 GMT -5
A court ruling -- to be appealed -- has given control of the PAC-12 to Washington State and Oregon State, the only schools left in the conference after the announced departure of the other ten in 2024 to the Big Ten, the ACC and the Big 12. This at least temporarily gives the schools control over the massive PAC-12 budget for the next few months of its current existence. But in the long run it is devastating to their athletic programs. Currently the schools get $34 million annually from the PAC-12. Whether they recruit a new PAC-12 using lesser programs or, as is speculated, join the Mountain West (which pays conference members $4 million annually), the athletic budgets for OSU and WSU are going to be slashed enormously, meaning they will be eliminating many non-revenue sports. Although the idea of a two-team conference sounds entertaining -- the championship could be decided in the first game of the year -- it doesn't have much of a future. The PAC-12 has more NCAA team championships than any other conference; in fact the top three among all universities are all PAC-12 schools: Stanford, UCLA and USC. It's been around in one form or another since 1915. Colorado, which left the Big 12 to join the PAC-12 in 2011, now goes back to it. No hard feelings. I guess if players can now change schools every year, there was no reason to expect stability in the conferences, which have always been a bit fluid anyway. The smallest NCAA football conference I can recall was the defunct and unlamented Great West Conference in its final season of 2013. Its five members were such natural rivals as New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chicago State, Houston Baptist, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley. I remember informal conferences like The Little Three (Williams, Amherst and Wesleyan) and the Western New York Little Three (Niagara, Canisius and St. Bonaventure.) These were very intense rivalries but not recognized NCAA conferences. More like hostile neighbors. I'm just hoping a miracle case of sanity breaks out and all these Pac 10 schools that are leaving the conference have a change of heart and come back. This conference is over 100 years old and has so much tradition, it's disgusting what is happening. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 15, 2023 19:23:07 GMT -5
A court ruling -- to be appealed -- has given control of the PAC-12 to Washington State and Oregon State, the only schools left in the conference after the announced departure of the other ten in 2024 to the Big Ten, the ACC and the Big 12. This at least temporarily gives the schools control over the massive PAC-12 budget for the next few months of its current existence. But in the long run it is devastating to their athletic programs. Currently the schools get $34 million annually from the PAC-12. Whether they recruit a new PAC-12 using lesser programs or, as is speculated, join the Mountain West (which pays conference members $4 million annually), the athletic budgets for OSU and WSU are going to be slashed enormously, meaning they will be eliminating many non-revenue sports. Although the idea of a two-team conference sounds entertaining -- the championship could be decided in the first game of the year -- it doesn't have much of a future. The PAC-12 has more NCAA team championships than any other conference; in fact the top three among all universities are all PAC-12 schools: Stanford, UCLA and USC. It's been around in one form or another since 1915. Colorado, which left the Big 12 to join the PAC-12 in 2011, now goes back to it. No hard feelings. I guess if players can now change schools every year, there was no reason to expect stability in the conferences, which have always been a bit fluid anyway. The smallest NCAA football conference I can recall was the defunct and unlamented Great West Conference in its final season of 2013. Its five members were such natural rivals as New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chicago State, Houston Baptist, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley. I remember informal conferences like The Little Three (Williams, Amherst and Wesleyan) and the Western New York Little Three (Niagara, Canisius and St. Bonaventure.) These were very intense rivalries but not recognized NCAA conferences. More like hostile neighbors. I'm just hoping a miracle case of sanity breaks out and all these Pac 10 schools that are leaving the conference have a change of heart and come back. This conference is over 100 years old and has so much tradition, it's disgusting what is happening. Yep. The thing that makes it worse is that they were all making plenty of money in the PAC-12. It's just that they can make a little more jumping to the Big Ten and ACC. Like when they killed the great old South West Conference. I'm sure football fans in LA can't wait to see USC play Rutgers or UCLA play Maryland. But no more Cal or Stanford or Arizona State. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 15, 2023 19:30:15 GMT -5
I'm just hoping a miracle case of sanity breaks out and all these Pac 10 schools that are leaving the conference have a change of heart and come back. This conference is over 100 years old and has so much tradition, it's disgusting what is happening. Yep. The thing that makes it worse is that they were all making plenty of money in the PAC-12. It's just that they can make a little more jumping to the Big Ten and ACC. Like when they killed the great old South West Conference. I'm sure football fans in LA can't wait to see USC play Rutgers or UCLA play Maryland. But no more Cal or Stanford or Arizona State. It's crazy. Next season Arizona and Arizona State will be in the same conference with Central Florida while Stanford and Cal will be in the ATLANTIC Coast Conference. Fans probably can't wait until SMU's first trip down Tobacco Road. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 15, 2023 19:35:37 GMT -5
Yep. The thing that makes it worse is that they were all making plenty of money in the PAC-12. It's just that they can make a little more jumping to the Big Ten and ACC. Like when they killed the great old South West Conference. I'm sure football fans in LA can't wait to see USC play Rutgers or UCLA play Maryland. But no more Cal or Stanford or Arizona State. It's crazy. Next season Arizona and Arizona State will be in the same conference with Central Florida while Stanford and Cal will be in the ATLANTIC Coast Conference. Fans probably can't wait until SMU's first trip down Tobacco Road. The Big Ten is up to 18 and counting. And the Power Five will now be the Power Four. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 16, 2023 22:19:06 GMT -5
Even the oldest of old school guys thinks this is targeting.  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 17, 2023 6:14:42 GMT -5
Even the oldest of old school guys thinks this is targeting. Even back in the day of Dick "Night Train" Lane that would have gotten you an Unnecessary Roughness call. Remember the old Head Slap penalty? Head Slaps were legal until 1977. Until 1962 it was legal to grab the facemask if you were the ball carrier. In fact facemasks weren't mandatory until the mid 50s because I can remember as a kid there were still players complaining about having to wear them. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 17, 2023 9:34:02 GMT -5
Even the oldest of old school guys thinks this is targeting. Looks like I have to find new video of this. This was the most absurd targeting incident I've ever seen. |
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Post by inger on Nov 17, 2023 10:45:44 GMT -5
Even the oldest of old school guys thinks this is targeting. Looks like I have to find new video of this. This was the most absurd targeting incident I've ever seen. I saw the video when you first posted it… but now it’s gone. Hmm. Did Zuckerberg just buy the forums?🤓… |
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Post by kaybli on Nov 17, 2023 10:58:53 GMT -5
Looks like I have to find new video of this. This was the most absurd targeting incident I've ever seen. I saw the video when you first posted it… but now it’s gone. Hmm. Did Zuckerberg just buy the forums?🤓… It was taken off twitter. |
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Post by inger on Nov 17, 2023 14:32:40 GMT -5
I saw the video when you first posted it… but now it’s gone. Hmm. Did Zuckerberg just buy the forums?🤓… It was taken off twitter. I was referring to FB’s strange bot-driven censorship choices… |
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