2009 National Champions??

[TheJON]

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/conte ... CID=913959

Still fitting the profile: There are six teams that meet all five criteria – Florida (fourth in scoring defense, 11 returning starters); Iowa (fifth, eight); Mississippi (20th, eight); Texas (18th, seven); West Virginia (11th, eight) and Virginia Tech (ninth, seven).

If only I gave a fuck about College Football this year I would be totally psyched and drinking the kool-aid. But I don't, so who gives a fuck? I might have to re-post this in August when I give a shit.

[Van]

I think everyone already knows it's Florida's to lose. They were possibly the best team last year and besides Percy Harvin they return their entire offense and their entire two-deep defense.

Beyond that, the media is going to give Gandhi every possible chance to earn more hype as the GOAT in CF. If Florida's in any argument, they'll win it.

With Sanchez bolting to the NFL only Texas and OU really stand in the way of Florida repeating. OU couldn't stop them with a better team than they'll have this year.

Pretty much, it's Texas or bust.

[Vito Corleone]

I think everyone already knows it's Florida's to lose. They were possibly the best team last year and besides Percy Harvin they return their entire offense and their entire two-deep defense.

Beyond that, the media is going to give Gandhi every possible chance to earn more hype as the GOAT in CF. If Florida's in any argument, they'll win it.

With Sanchez bolting to the NFL only Texas and OU really stand in the way of Florida repeating. OU couldn't stop them with a better team than they'll have this year.

Pretty much, it's Texas or bust.

Texas and Florida are on a collision course next year. I really want to see Tebow vs McCoy in what will be dubbed the holy roller bowl, hell with just those two the whole stadium might be taken up into heaven. The only thing holding them back is evil Urban Meyer and the fact that if Mack is taken to heaven he might take over management.

[Mr T]

If only I gave a fuck about College Football this year I would be totally psyched and drinking the kool-aid.

Why dont you give a fuck about CFB this year pussy?

Iowa has Ferentz coming back and those 85 1st rounders. Why can't you get excited?

[TheJON]

If only I gave a fuck about College Football this year I would be totally psyched and drinking the kool-aid.

Why dont you give a fuck about CFB this year pussy?

Iowa has Ferentz coming back and those 85 1st rounders. Why can't you get excited?

Cuz it's College Hoops season and baseball is right around the corner. Baseball is my favorite sport and the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year so why would I be excited about a sport that doesn't begin for about 6 months?

[Mr T]

Cuz it's College Hoops season and baseball is right around the corner. Baseball is my favorite sport and the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year so why would I be excited about a sport that doesn't begin for about 6 months?

ummm...

If only I gave a fuck about College Football this year

Is College Football this year? Is 6 months from now this year?

[Terry in Crapchester]

Cuz it's College Hoops season and baseball is right around the corner. Baseball is my favorite sport and the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year so why would I be excited about a sport that doesn't begin for about 6 months?

ummm...

If only I gave a fuck about College Football this year

Is College Football this year? Is 6 months from now this year?

Not to defend NOJ, but I think it was a typo . . . twice.

[Van]

The Meatgrinder will simply be The Colander this season. Besides Tebow and Snead at Ole Miss the SEC has no experience anywhere at QB and these days in BTPCF you don't go anywhere without experience at QB.

Florida already has a talent advantage over the rest of the conference and this year they have an enormous experience advantage too, and not just at the crucial QB position.

Bama? They're going with a rookie QB and they lost their best O lineman (we saw what happened when he went down, didn't we Sam?) and their best RB. They won't be as good as last year's untested, overrated squad. They'll have a good record this season, sure, just because their schedule won't allow them not to have a good record. Their OOC schedule is criminal. They skip Florida this season. They get LSU at home and overall their conference schedule might be the easiest in the conference...except for maybe Florida, who skips both Bama and Ole Miss this season.

Bama's not getting through Florida in the CCG, not with a rookie QB going up against the vastly more experienced Gators.

LSU? Same deal, only worse. They're also going with another rookie QB and they lost more of their best players than Bama did. LSU does at least get Florida at home but LSU has proven in recent years that they're not that tough to beat at home. LSU's at least a year or two away from making any serious noise again.

Georgia? Georgia will be playing with two rookie QBs and no Knowshon. Georgia's window of opportunity is now closed. They're a non factor, at least until 2010.

There's nobody else in the East. Florida will have a cake walk in winning the East. Even if they get tripped up somewhere they'll still win the East by a game or two. Florida will be able to lose a game and still get into both the CCG and the BCS title game.

You know who poses the biggest threat to Florida in the SEC? Ole Miss.

Ole Miss. Florida doesn't even play Ole Miss this season.

When the possibility of playing Ole Miss in a "revenge game" in the CCG is the only thing in the way of Florida winning the SEC and a return to the BCS title game then yes, go ahead and pencil in Florida as your 2009 SEC champs.

The only way Florida doesn't win the SEC is if Tebow gets hurt, early on. The rest of their team is so deep that injuries elsewhere won't derail them from winning the SEC. Florida will likely have to lose three games to blow the SEC 'cause two losses will likely still get them into the CCG and once they're there they'll roll the West's winner.

Besides an injury to Tebow the only thing that'll possibly keep Florida out of the BCS title game would be a loss in The Swamp to Florida St, on top of a loss somewhere in the SEC. If Florida arrives at the FSU game with the BCS title game in their sights they're not going to lose at home in the final game of the season to the young 'Noles.

With Tebow on the field I don't see Florida dropping two in the SEC this year, much less three.

Do you? Does anybody?

Look at this schedule and find me two SEC losses, or even two losses anywhere. Hell, there isn't even an ESPN Thursday Night conference roadie trap game in there. It's all Saturday games.

Sat. Sept. 5 Charleston Southern (WHAT THE FUCK??? What is Florida still doing playing D1-AA teams, and it's not even the convenient excuse of helping out a local Florida team.)

Sat. Sept. 12 Troy (Jesus. Keep reaching for the stars, SEC...)

Sat. Sept. 19 Tennessee (Like Washington, nothing but laundry and a well known helmet now. This team lost at home to Wyoming last season.)

Sat. Sept. 26 at Kentucky (Lexington KY) (Finally Florida hits the road. Sorta. Kentucky on the road is a Comfort Suites roadie. The only angle here is Florida could be looking ahead to LSU, but with two weeks off before LSU and this being their first roadie that should not be the case...and it's still just Kentucky. Kentucky actually includes "tucky" in its name, for real. I didn't even have to goof on 'em and change the name to add the "tucky" to indicate they're a useless hick program.)

Sat. Oct. 10 at LSU (Baton Rouge LA) (One of only two potentially losable games on their schedule. If a 7-5 team with a slew of rookies, including the QBs, is one of your only losable games AND you have two weeks to prepare for it, well, folks, that's one flat table Florida looks to run this year.)

Sat. Oct. 17 Arkansas (Homecoming) (Arkansas still plays football, Post Nutt? Oh yeah, they best LSU the last two years. They can't beat anybody else, but they can beat LSU. Go figure.)

Sat. Oct. 24 at Mississippi State (Starkville MS) (Welcome to The Palouse of the SEC.)

Sat. Oct. 31 Georgia (Jacksonville FL) (Didja mutts enjoy that whole running onto the field after you scored a TD win a couple years ago, Georgia? You know, one of the only wins you had against Florida in the last two decades? Keep that game tape handy, Dawg Fans, 'cause it's the last time you'll see a win against Florida for awhile.)

Sat. Nov. 7 Vanderbilt (Their blue moon has come and gone.)

Sat. Nov. 14 at South Carolina (Columbia SC) (Face it, dude, you made a HUGE mistake. Colossal. Daniel Snyder up front should've been your first clue. Swapping Gator gear for "COCKS" gear should've salted it for you. You not smart.)

Sat. Nov. 21 Florida International (I hate college football.)

Sat. Nov. 28 Florida State (Senior Day) (Hey, it's Florida's second potentially losable game in their entire season! Well, no it's not, not really.)

Florida should easily run the table here, folks. They're not going to blow more than one against these cripples.

Florida will be in Pasadena, and it won't be for the Rose Bowl. Either put out a bounty on Gandhi's knee or Gator Fan can book their BCS title game reservations.

[SunCoastSooner]

the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year

We've been resigned?!?!

Where's Steve Balboni? :twisted:

[King Crimson]

OU couldn't stop them with a better team than they'll have this year.

UF averaged 37.5 points per game in the meatgrinder and scored 24 against a much maligned OU D. the Gators lowest point total of the year by 6 (they scored 30 twice).

OU's D wasn't the issue.

[King Crimson]

Where's Steve Balboni? :twisted:

Balboni is later than that....Frank White was the omission i thought egregious.

i actually won an office pool on "players with least stolen bases in a career" with Balboni.

Freddie Patek....heh.

[Van]

Wouldn't be a Royals Glory Days thread without mentioning these guys...



(Bwaaaa!)


(Forgot to mention in my [zysdale][/zysdale] list that I also used to play against Bret Saberhagen in American Legion summer ball. I went 2-5 against him, with a single, a double, a walk, two ground outs to second and a fly out to center.)

Lets us also never forget the unfortunately named...



..and, of course, the most important play in Royals history...



...followed by...

[Van]

OU couldn't stop them with a better team than they'll have this year.

UF averaged 37.5 points per game in the meatgrinder and scored 24 against a much maligned OU D. the Gators lowest point total of the year by 6 (they scored 30 twice).

OU's D wasn't the issue.

No, it was OU's O's inability to produce in a big game. Again.

OU's O lost a lot of key people for next season. They're not going to be any better than they were last season and they'll likely not be as good. Meanwhile Florida should only be better next season, since they return everybody, on both sides of the ball.

You couldn't beat them last year, with a better OU team. This year you won't be as good, Texas should be better and Florida should definitely be better.

That's how I see it, anyway. That's how most people see it, pretty much.

Sam Bradford had to be on crack to not come out. I love that he didn't but he's crazy for not coming out this year.

[King Crimson]

OU couldn't stop them with a better team than they'll have this year.

UF averaged 37.5 points per game in the meatgrinder and scored 24 against a much maligned OU D. the Gators lowest point total of the year by 6 (they scored 30 twice).

OU's D wasn't the issue.

No, it was OU's O's inability to produce in a big game. Again.

OU's O lost a lot of key people for next season. They're not going to be any better than they were last season and they'll likely not be as good. Meanwhile Florida should only be better next season, since they return everybody, on both sides of the ball.

You couldn't beat them last year, with a better OU team. This year you won't be as good, Texas should be better and Florida should definitely be better.

That's how I see it, anyway. That's how most people see it, pretty much.

Sam Bradford had to be on crack to not come out. I love that he didn't but he's crazy for not coming out this year.

sure, but none of that has anything to do with my post. you said OU couldn't stop UF. i posted that UF scored double digits less against OU than they did in the meatgrinder.

nothing to do with next year or OU's lack of O production.

[Van]

OU didn't stop Florida. OU lost to them by double digits. OU's O also scored about eighty points less against Florida than they averaged against Big XII teams.

Florida is more than just an offense. They're not Taco Tech. To stop Florida you also have to beat their defense and their special teams. OU didn't stop Florida and they'd be less likely to stop them should they meet again next season.

With Sanchez leaving early it's likely going to fall on Texas now to stop Florida, otherwise no one will.

[King Crimson]

c'mon Van, show me where i'm making excuses for OU's loss to UF?

you said OU couldn't stop Florida....I posted that UF scored 13.5 points less against OU than they averaged in the meatgrinder (the greatest D conference of all-time ever in the history of the universe according to JSC, Sam, SECBSH, and Spray--where all of these posters are blowing each other in the Mike Leach thread about the SEC D's).

that's all.

[Van]

I already explained it. "Stopping Florida" doesn't simply mean holding them below their scoring average. It means beating them, which likely means YOU can't be held way below YOUR scoring average, which is exactly what Florida did to OU's offense.

I never said you made any excuses about anything but Florida did beat OU by double digits and Florida also covered the spread so by any reasonable definition OU didn't stop Florida.

[King Crimson]

OK, whatever. suck Vito's cock all off-season...see where that get's you.

[Van]

Well, that was a bit of a MASSIVE leap! I went from saying this season is Florida's for the taking to you saying I'm sucking Vito's cock.

Hoooookay...

[King Crimson]

Well, that was a bit of a MASSIVE leap! I went from saying this season is Florida's for the taking to you saying I'm sucking Vito's cock.

Hoooookay...

to steal a page from the Sam playbook, i probably shoulda dropped a :wink: on that one.

[Van]

Sam's to be excused. He's really old, his hearing's shot from all those years going helmetless while riding motorcycles plus his brain is chemically warped from all that hot buttered incest he's been lusting after his whole life...

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[Terry in Crapchester]

Wasn't Pete LaCock Peter Marshall's (Hollywood Squares) nephew or something?

His son.

This guy here is dead.

Cross him off, then.

[Van]

'Spray, no, it's not. Not by a long shot.

USC plays at Columbus, South Bend, Autzen and Berkeley. Ohio St is far better than anybody on Florida's schedule and the game is in Columbus, where OSU rarely loses. Nothing on Florida's schedule is as tough as trying to pull out a win in Autzen, if Oregon is healthy. Winning in Berkeley right now is also tougher than anything on Florida's schedule.

ND, in South Bend? Ain't shit lately, true, but then who is worth a shit on Florida's schedule?

A depleted Georgia, 7-5 LSU and still not there yet FSU; those are the only games on Florida's schedule. They skip Bama, they skip Ole Miss and they skip you guys. Georgia's at a neutral site and FSU is in The Swamp.

There are only five bowl teams on that schedule plus there's Troy and a D1-AA team.

Sorry, but all smack aside you're on crack if you think that schedule is even remotely as tough as USC's. Florida has one of the weakest schedules of any BCS team. They can't even rely on the SEC to help them with SOS, since they play nobody worth a damn in the SEC this year. Georgia may go nowhere this year and with FSU's schedule they could easily go 7-5 or 8-4. If LSU doesn't rebound in a big way Florida may not earn themselves a single quality win before the CCG.

Look at that schedule, 'Spray. Look at it closely, game by game. Look at how those teams stack up this year. That is one seriously weak ass schedule.

[Van]

That's still more tough games than Florida has, and three of them are much tougher. Florida might literally have no tough games.

[Blueblood]

Don't worry Vannie,

Spray is a complete idiot when it comes to College Football....

Oct. 3 @ California
They suck. Always do.


Oct. 31 @ Oregon
Halfway decent.

Pssst.... Cal has beaten Oregon the last 4 outta 5 years.... you bumbling retard!


Now you know why "Fatty" lives in Bacon, Georgia....


He's not smart enough to compete with the rest of the country.

[Blueblood]

Your school is a fag school.

"Oh my God! I was right!"

[Mr T]

Either put out a bounty on Gandhi's knee

Are you nuts? A bounty? We could all end up in the clinker for this. You can't put a bounty on a man's head.

Sin,

[Mr T]

Florida might literally have no tough games.

Ponder gets going and it could be a old school #1 vs #2 gameday in gay-nesville...wishful thinking that I can have since we are still 6 months away.

[Van]

Mr T, that's why I say "might." FSU could show up this year, and so could LSU and Georgia. To what degree? We'll see, but with rookie QBs I don't see LSU and Georgia doing squat this year.

Btw...

Bacon, Georgia

...made me laugh.

[Van]

The SEC didn't do shit last year, besides Florida. Bama was untested and overrated and they lost convincingly in their only two tough games. LSU was flat out horrible. So were Auburn, Tennessee, Arkansas, S. Carolina, Mississippi St and Kentucky.

Georgia was overrated and now they'll be worse.

Besides Florida all the SEC boasted last year was a Bama team built on smoke and mirrors and a friendly schedule...and Ole Miss. Ole Miss was the one shining light of the SEC, besides Florida and Bama. Ole Miss wasn't great either, they were merely good. Vandy was merely the recipient of a year in which all the teams who normally kill them happened to suck.

That was last year. The SEC was meh last year.

This year? The SEC will be worse.

Florida will still be Florida. That's a wash.

Georgia will be worse. There's a reduction in the SEC's strength.

Bama will be worse. Another reduction.

LSU will be no better, and they might be worse. Their schedule may not allow them to lose five games but with another rookie QB and the loss of so many key players the only way they'll be better is simply by their opponents being even worse than last year.

Auburn really couldn't get any worse.

Mississippi St couldn't really get any worse.

Kentucky, Arkansas, S. Carolina and Tennessee? Ditto.

Ole Miss and Vandy probably peaked, as far as anything anybody might ever reasonably expect from either team.

Normally the SEC is top heavy and deep at the bottom in dog shit. They're no longer top heavy. They only have one great team now. They still have a deep pile of dog shit at the bottom, same as every other conference, but it's no longer balanced by having three or four really good teams at the top. Thyey simply don't have that now. They certainly will again but they didn't have it last year and they're not going to have it this year. They're going to once again have to ride the coattails of their top team plus the SEC's rep, which will again lift up a team like Bama.

As a conference the ACC may be better than the SEC this upcoming season. If Oregon stays healthy the Pac 10 may also be better than the SEC this season. There's a decent chance the Big XII will be better than the SEC too.

Each of these conferences has greater "upside" than the SEC has this year, mainly because the SEC is going to be way too inexperienced at the QB position, all throughout the conference. SEC offenses are going to really be horrible this season. It won't be great defenses. It'll be untested defenses shutting down horrible oiffenses.

Not that it'll matter though. Florida will wash away all the SEC's flaws this season.

In effect the SEC will be no different than what you like to refer to as the "Pac 1," 'cept the Pac will have at least three and possibly five really good teams this year. If Oregon can stay healthy and Cal can forget they're Cal this season might finally be the year when USC loses its stranglehold on the conference.

The SEC? Short of a catastrophic injury the SEC is already a done deal. Florida is a mortal lock to win the SEC. This entire season will be one long exhibition season in the southeast.

[Danimal]

Sept. 5 San Jose State
What? BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!

Sept. 12 @ Ohio State
Decent game. What did OSU lose, though?

Sept. 19 @ Washington
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!! They're worse than Slippery Rock. High School team.

Sept. 26 Washington State
BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!!!!! - See above!!!!

Oct. 3 @ California
They suck. Always do.

Oct. 10 Arizona
They never wake up until November. They suck.

Oct. 17 @ Notre Dame
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! They suck horribly.

Oct. 24 Oregon State
Halfway decent.

Oct. 31 @ Oregon
Halfway decent.

Nov. 7 @ Arizona State
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Suck. UGA could have beaten them by 80 if Richt would have gone Petey and kept throwing in the 4th (up by 200).

Nov. 14 Stanford
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! SUCK!!!!!!!!

Nov. 28 UCLA
BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!! Suck!!!!!!!




USC has 4 games this coming season that will be halfway worth a shit. That's a cream puff schedule if I've ever seen one.

Talentwise USC they should win in every game this year. But they lost a lot on D this year and have a new qb. They'll lose focus and have a bad game somewhere along the line and lose one, and like this year that could well be enough. I'd say if they are tied(recordwise) with Texas they lose, if they are tied with OU, VT, or tOSU they win they play for all the coconuts

IMO Van is right and it will be down to Florida and Texas. Florida could be the best team of the last decade and Texas will have a chip on their shoulder after last year. The horns be in their second year under Muschamp, guys should have that D down. If Texas can get a rb to step-up they'll be a very dangerous team.

[Vito Corleone]

OK, whatever. suck Vito's cock all off-season...see where that get's you.

Why bring me into this? I didn't realize I was that much inside your head.

I guess Van needs to agree with you or he is sucking my cock?

You oklahoma fucks still think your team was something? Here is a hint for you, you played two good teams last year and lost by double digits to both. Your best win was TCU. And you tards think people should respect that?

Go back to spoonerscope and join their circle-jerk, no one here is going to give you props for your worthless cheating shit.

[indyfrisco]

Cuz it's College Hoops season and baseball is right around the corner. Baseball is my favorite sport and the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year so why would I be excited about a sport that doesn't begin for about 6 months?

I'd have more faith that Iowa would win a national championship ahead of the Royals even finishing in the top 2 in the division within the next 10 years.

[TheJON]

Cuz it's College Hoops season and baseball is right around the corner. Baseball is my favorite sport and the Royals are taking home the AL Central this year so why would I be excited about a sport that doesn't begin for about 6 months?

I'd have more faith that Iowa would win a national championship ahead of the Royals even finishing in the top 2 in the division within the next 10 years.

Blow me.