most ranked teams are expected to hold court, but we're in conference play now and road games are always that extra element.

USC showed me something last night -- they looked dead in the water when it was 30-17, but their HS quarterback and defense stepped up. really sloppy team, though (a million pre-snap penalties).

>USC showed me something last night -- they looked dead in the
>water when it was 30-17, but their HS quarterback and defense
>stepped up. really sloppy team, though (a million pre-snap
>penalties).

still not exactly sure what to make of JT skipping his senior year of HS for this.

is this going to be some sort of new trend?

not sure about anyone else...plenty of early enrollees who skipped spring semester but hard to think of many who graduated as juniors

is the goal for JT to be a NFL starter at 20 years old? I dont see him as some otherworldly talent.

not that I expected them to hang, but they are doing stuff that would get them in trouble against Kent State

Buffalo has some NFL prospects, but the Big 11 might have to relegate Rutgers soon

Though I kinda want them to win just enough so that they keep Ash.

and don't need any help, yet...we're helping.

I understand there is a long rebuild ahead for both. It doesn't sound like there was a whole lot of accountability in Riley's program and S&C was not up to par. I said before the season that 7-5 was the ceiling and that was including wins over Colorado and Troy. At best they are now hoping an APR score at 5-7 gets them in to a bowl. Not sure if they fixed that rule, but I believe they added 3 more bowl games so the math seems to work for that to happen unless a whole bunch of FCS teams were added to skeds this year compared to prior years. The team is going nowhere until they fix the OL and secondary is young and no depth even with Neal coming from UCF.

Destroying a Ranked BC team and all I can think about is that BS from two weeks ago

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Plus Michigan State at home

I hope your copy and paste skills are stellar becuase they will likely get some work.

we about to get fucked, again.

I don’t get this move at all.

the game against the Cowboys. I still remember Mike Tirico being like..."wait, did he get over the goal line?" Also, Desean did that awful celebration dance, completely unaware of what he had done, lol.

It was a Thanksgiving Day game against the Dolphins?. But yeah, most people doing it now are probably doing so because of Desean.

these guys are literally throwing the ball on the ground for no reason

Middle age memory plays some funny tricks at times.

seeing as how it was the Super Bowl. Thank God we still won. On that one though, Bebe knocked it out of his hand. Desean was the pioneer of voluntarily dropping the ball right at the goal line. The Dolphins game you're thinking about was when we blocked a would be game winning FG and as the ball is spinning on the snow, Lett slides in to do who the fuck knows what, pushes it forward, Miami recovers it on the 1, they get another FG attempt, make it and win the game. I can still see fucking Pete Stoyanovich's smug ass face as he made what was shorter than an extra point kick. SMH.

because they always beat my teams. Ha. But now that I think about it, you're right about the details.

For someone who wasn't a spectacular player, Lett was a part of some memorable plays. Although not for the right reasons.

>For someone who wasn't a spectacular player, Lett was a part
>of some memorable plays. Although not for the right reasons.

He was actually a very good player. If I remember right he had some injuries and suspensions, but when he was on the field and on top of his game, he was a major force for them.

And Miami didn’t win again.

that loss made us 7-4. Plus it was Thanksgiving Day. Family over, food, drink and a Cowboys' L to end the day. I was pissed. Went on to win 5 straight, though...and an eventual Super Bowl...where Leon would show his ass, again. You right, though...he was a hell of a player, just a goofball at times.

being Eagles-Cowboys and primetime

but first time I remember it being a thing was OchoCinco in the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlGE_vGkmRM&t=30m51s

forget if he did it at Cal

seriously...how do you let your players do this twice in three weeks?

Georgia players should be carrying the ball back to Kirby on the sidelines after every touchdown in 2018

its at the point where i'd just tell my DLine to tee off on Tua, deal with the penalties and try and knock him out the game.

it might be the worst defensive performance Bud Foster has ever led

run-run-pass on 3rd and long

what the hell have they been working on the last two weeks? *this* is the gameplan?

this o-line is a weakness, stop calling fucking lead plays on 1st and 2nd down

fuck me, five yard crossing route goes for 70 yards

crazy

Tennessee has done a great job finding whatever shitty barometer of play Florida is at and doing the limbo right under that bitch

i've never seen the essence of MANBALL on display as prominently as Vols' first half. who cares what the defense is giving you? MAN ON MAN!

https://giphy.com/gifs/1291LcvXfxYBR6

might as well just go to the lockers at that point

this is like the last decade of Tennessee football condensed into a one night experience

NOT LITERALLY ALL OF THEM GUYS

But man LSU, Auburn, and obviously Bama are all so athletic. Imagine what they’d do in the Big 10 East? To the entire PAC 12, to everyone in the ACC except Clemson?

LSU in a dogfight with LA tech and miss st getting roughed up by kentucky.

i cant even find it on tv

have no idea what happened with that first overturned td call but that was obviously a killer

well, when you have a -3 in turnover margin you don't beat most good teams

but how those plays happened...scoop-and-score after inexplicable overturned TD, fumble while running out the clock with a lead, overtime interception from a near-perfect Herbert...soul stealing loss

this season is all about setting expectations, so we'll see how they battle over this next month (which looks hopeless on paper). nobody wins with six turnovers, so Vols didn't even give themselves a chance...which is disappointing.

- offensive coaching was horrible. not sure if Tyson Helton is to blame because he thinks he still has Sam Darnold, but it falls to Pruitt and has to change.

- Tennessee has four receivers that are 6'2, 200, while the interior offensive line are all underclassmen -- yet they continue to run on first and second downs to "establish a ground game." where are the passes on 2nd down? 1st down? the only time Tennessee threw the ball was 3rd and long when their first two runs got stuffed. if you can't out-talent a defense, you out-scheme them -- running inside lead over and over for 2.9 YPC is just bad coaching.

- defense was not horrible given the turnovers, but lots of missed assignments still. you have guys in perfect coverage on a crossing route, then completely ditch their man because Franks scrambles two yards out of the pocket. turns into a 70-yard catch-and-run TD. Florida doesn't have an explosive offense and Tennessee gave them too many free chunk plays.

- Vols are going to find out who is here for the long haul soon: @ Georgia, @ Auburn, bama and @ South Carolina is their next four weeks. a senior linebacker pulled a Vontae Davis against Florida so there might be more to come.

- kicker looked good.

If Kentucky wins 9 games....wow, never thought that could happen

at this rate he is going to destroy what Troy Smith did in 2006

there are some gifs on the internet of flat out bullying

wack

I'm not buying stock on anything until after this upcoming sat night

one because he was on pace to being the most dominant DL in cfb since Suh...

but because his dominance could mask a lot of flaws in the back 7 which is beyond shaky. the talent level at some of the back end spots is just not where it was in previous seasons.

it'd be like watching some claw-less crabs fight over a seashell

The wait-til-next year when the schedule eases up and the youth understands our scheme game

he might not be able to beat bama or Georgia but you have to find out

w/o a star qb

I can't remember when the qb play was so strong from all of the top teams. clemson was the lone exception.

intrigued by the UCLA Colorado game kinda.

but we have some delicious night games, obviously OSU/PSU, but Stanford @ ND is nice. same with Oregon @ Cal.

USC @ UofA for some pac 12 after dark madness

its been a positive change in my life

especially freeing myself from the grip of Gameday

makes no sense to me

Interesting that Clemson is changing QB’s midseason like this.

my kid would be transferring out of Maryland RIGHT TODAY

from USA Today:

Head football athletic trainer Wes Robinson yelled at McNair "to get the fuck up" and Robinson and other trainers on site were responsible for a "failure to identify escalating symptoms” for heat stroke, the report stated.

Three (players) described how Robinson ordered staffers to drag McNair across the field. One said, Robinson yelled to "drag his ass across the field."

McNair wasn’t taken off the field until 34 minutes after he first showed signs of heat illness. He also was not given cold immersion therapy – where an overheated individual is placed in a tub of ice and water – nor were his vital signs taken at College Park, Md., that day.

It took nearly an hour, 40 minutes before he was taken away by an ambulance, during which time his condition worsened and he began to have seizures.

“We will be requesting a full, un-redacted version of the Walters Report and will begin reviewing all circumstances surrounding Jordan McNair’s death for potential criminal charges,” John Erzen, the spokesperson for the Prince George County State's Attorney's Office, told USA TODAY Sports.

"drag his ass across the field"... this type of coaching infuriates me.

had a buddy, backup o-lineman. we are all doing position drills. hear a yell across the field, he's on the ground. the coach is calling him a pussy, get the fuck up, still being a bitch, etc. he severely fractured his ankle and did more ligament damage just getting up trying to walk.

the sad thing is, the really respected kids (best players) would never get treated like this. always a player the coaches think they can hard discipline to send a message, but not do it to a vital player.

it's one thing for this to come from a football staffer but an athletic trainer??? you can't be serious.

athletic trainers and medical staff are supposed to be there to keep the actual football coaches in check.

death penalty worthy imo, and they need to be out of the B1G yesterday