2011 College Football Thread

[wareagle93]

Originally Posted by CougADPi

Official news out of Washington State, Mike Leach has been hired as the new head coach! I'm not sure how I feel about this considering his history, but I think it will be good for the school. Time will tell.

I may be in the minority, but I think Leach got shafted/blackmailed at Tech what with Craig James, his son, and the university officials and all.

Numerous players (past and current-when the investigation really heated up), as well as many coaches and members of the medical staff backed up Leach's side of the story about the "electrical closet" and the claims that Adam James was "locked and thrown in there like a caged animal." I also believe the team medical staff and head doctor backed up his side of the story as well.

Anyways, I think that's a solid hire. He'll bring some excitement back to the program and put the fans in the seats. Expect a lot of points on the board next year! His offenses at Tech were really fun to watch.

http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.c...70202/19238949

It's a pretty interesting read.

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by wareagle93

I may be in the minority, but I think Leach got shafted/blackmailed at Tech what with Craig James, his son, and the university officials and all.

Numerous players (past and current-when the investigation really heated up), as well as many coaches and members of the medical staff backed up Leach's side of the story about the "electrical closet" and the claims that Adam James was "locked and thrown in there like a caged animal." I also believe the team medical staff and head doctor backed up his side of the story as well.

Anyways, I think that's a solid hire. He'll bring some excitement back to the program and put the fans in the seats. Expect a lot of points on the board next year! His offenses at Tech were really fun to watch.

http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.c...70202/19238949

It's a pretty interesting read.

True. And goodness knows that WSU needs all the excitement it can get. It has been a rough decade for the Cougs and this announcement has everyone excited about Cougar football for the first time in awhile.

[WCsweet<3]

Didn't have an opinion either way, but WHO HITS A KICKER! I mean damn.

[thetaj]

He barely touched the kicker but he shouldn't have been that close to him anyways.

[AXOmom]

Okay, I HAVE to know - who hit a kicker....what happened???

[AXOmom]

Never mind, just caught up on Sport Center. Crap, why does all the interesting stuff happen the minute I step away once for a staff Christmas party. Note to self: Saturdays should be devoted entirely to college football- no exceptions.

[AOII Angel]

Awesome game. It's really hard for teams to keep the momentum up against the Tigers for more than a couple quarters. I'm glad I wore my Honey Badger shirt. Very deserving MVP.

[AGDLynn]

At least, UGA can say they allowed LSU to become the 1st SEC team to not score a 1st down in the 1st half.

Congratulations.

[AGDee]

*sigh* Sad day in Michigan. So close... but where was Michigan State's defense??? And that probably knocks Michigan out of a BCS bowl invitation. *sigh*

[AOEforme]

I still cannot believe that game happened the way it did... I keep going back over it and keep coming to the conclusion that there is no way we could have won.

We don't have cable at my house (I am a poor medical student and my roommate and I were not willing to pay $120 a month) so we set up both the ACC and Big 10 games streaming on the internet, one to a large computer screen and one to our TV. Between the streaming onto the computer and the streaming to the TV, the Big 10 game was running a good 2 minutes behind the actual time. My roommate was watching on Game Cast, so she was enjoying herself at the end because she knew it was going to work out for me and I was rolling on the floor in misery.

She deserved some enjoyment though, because she's a V Tech fan and that did not go well. Oh well, they are a young team and next year should be great for them.

I really wanted them to win, especially because an WVU v. V Tech Orange Bowl would have been incredible.

[irishpipes]

Words cannot even express the outrage at Oklahoma State. Talk about getting screwed. OSU won the Big 12 which was the #1 BCS rated conference. This selection is just wrong and shows the unbelievable bias towards the SEC.

[psusue]

What the heck is the TicketCity Bowl?! Is this a joke? OSU got the Gator Bowl and we beat them. We got passed over for the Meineke Car Care Bowl for crying out loud! Not happy about this. The players didn't deserve this. At least the stadium is nice...

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Words cannot even express the outrage at Oklahoma State. Talk about getting screwed. OSU won the Big 12 which was the #1 BCS rated conference. This selection is just wrong and shows the unbelievable bias towards the SEC.

I hate OSU and I agree. I forget who said it but someone mentioned that LSU has to beat Bama twice to be national champs, while Bama only has to beat LSU once. That just seems ridiculous. Yes, I know they are the two best teams in the country. I just think you should have to win your conference to play for the national title.

Although I despise Les Miles and LSU, I'll be rooting for LSU just because it seems more fair.

[GatorDG]

I am so sorry psusue. I am sure the reason is to try to whip up some interest for TV ratings for the Gator Bowl. They are probably counting on the UF/Urban/OSU bringing in viewers. From my point of view, who the heck care who wins between two 6-6 teams. I am not sure any time that goes 6-6 should even be in a bowl!!!

[cheerfulgreek]

I totally thought State was going to beat Wisconsin. They didn't.