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TAUNTAUN_WE  1614 posts
Registered: May '02
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Date Posted: 4/30 8:46pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
Since there's never a bad time to talk about college football....


This was on ESPN.com today: Paterno wants 12 teams in league

NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno said Thursday night that he has pushed within the Big Ten conference to expand it to 12 teams as a method of leveling the playing field in college football.

"We go into hiding for six weeks," Paterno said, referring to the hiatus between the end of the Big Ten regular season and the BCS bowls. The other major FBS conferences play into the first weekend of December.

"Everybody else is playing playoffs on television," Paterno said. "You never see a Big Ten team mentioned. So I think that's a handicap.

"I've tried to talk to the Big Ten people about, 'Let's get a 12th team -- Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt -- we could have a little bit of a playoff.'"


I would think ND would always be the first choice, but how about Iowa State? They were in the top 50 in football attendance in 2007, not far behind Minnesota. That would make a nice conference rivalry in Iowa and would allow for geographical balance (Minn, Wisc, Iowa, Iowa St, N'western, Illinois in the west; MSU, UM, IU, Purdue, Ohio St, Penn St in the east).

 
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ToneLoc  1708 posts
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Date Posted: 5/1 7:49am Subject: 2009 college football thread
I can't wait until ND Football Starts!!

I don't think ND will join the Big Ten, or any other conferences. This would mean, any bowl games they go to that they would have to split profit with the rest of the conference.

 

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ToneLoc  1708 posts
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Date Posted: 6/2 11:11am Subject: 2009 college football thread
Only a couple of months until practice starts!!!

 

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echo-3  3333 posts
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Date Posted: 6/2 4:53pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
Great thread guys.
I am hoping for at least a 500 season from my beloved Hoosiers.
Love college football overall though. Love those Oct Saturday's with nothing to do but have a adult beverage and watch ESPN all day.

 

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TAUNTAUN_WE  1614 posts
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Date Posted: 6/2 5:02pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
echo-3 posted:
I am hoping for at least a 500 season from my beloved Hoosiers.



I see IU doesn't play the Spartans this year, so you don't have to worry about a loss there.

tongue

 
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garbagge59  1174 posts
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Date Posted: 6/3 6:34am Subject: 2009 college football thread
i don't know what to expect out of the boilers this year. all i know is that they don't have a quarterback. i don't think they even have an eigthback. (fractions + football = hilarity!)

 

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TAUNTAUN_WE  1614 posts
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Date Posted: 6/3 5:38pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
I guess not much has changed around here since last year, I was just thinking of who we have represented as far as fan bases go:

Notre Dame (Xmaveric, ToneLoc)
Michigan (mercsailor)
Michigan State (TAUNTAUN_WE)
Indiana (MusicTrooper, echo-3)
Purdue (garbagge59)

Anybody root for any teams outside the Midwest - any Big 12 or SEC teams?

 
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ToneLoc  1708 posts
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Date Posted: 6/4 5:56am Subject: 2009 college football thread
TW, you forgot VIO for MSU. I won't tell anybody about your mistake.

 

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TAUNTAUN_WE  1614 posts
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6055_Taun We
Date Posted: 6/4 6:53am Subject: 2009 college football thread
Who?

laugh

User Name: vaderisone
Last Login Date: 12/23/08 4:54pm

 
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ToneLoc  1708 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12 10:50am Subject: 2009 college football thread
Let's GO IRISH!!!

 

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echo-3  3333 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12 12:57pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
Wow , Cant believe there taking , what like 18 wins away from the Tide?

 

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MusicTrooper  4082 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12 1:33pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
GO__I.U.

 

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Xmaveric  4863 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 9:36pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
From ESPN:

Want to add a reason to re-examine the football future? Of course you do. Start here:

Check out these numbers, from Quarterback A and Quarterback B.

Quarterback A: 406 of 685 (59.3 percent), 4,426 Yds, 32 TDs, 23 INTs
Quarterback B: 329 of 604 (54.5 percent), 4,272 Yds, 26 TDs, 23 INTs

Quarterback A -- with the more impressive totals -- is Jimmy Clausen of Notre Dame.

Quarterback B?

The No. 1 pick in April's NFL Draft, Georgia's Matthew Stafford.

Both QBs were considered the nation's No. 1 QB prospect coming out of high school, and the totals are from when both started the majority of their teams' games as freshmen (Clausen started nine, Stafford eight) and 13 games as sophomores. Both also enrolled early to get a jump on college ball.

And while Notre Dame has taken its share of taunts over the last two years, a product of its 10-15 record, Clausen's development is as real as Stafford's when you consider surrounding talent compared to strength of schedule, and the Irish could be on the verge of a huge season because Clausen isn't the only one on a solid developmental track -- the whole program is.

 

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TAUNTAUN_WE  1614 posts
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6055_Taun We
Date Posted: 6/13 10:48pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
I would be cautiously optimistic, I guess. The soft schedule this year should allow the Irish to compile a great record (10-2?), but I think the risk will be that they'll repeat 2006 - nice record and a BCS bowl invite, but an embarrassing blowout in the bowl game. But we'll see - hope abounds for all of us in June. happy

 
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vaderisone  3264 posts
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Date Posted: 6/23 8:34pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
Of course I believe my Spartans will be solid again. For the first time in over a decade we may lose to ND in South Bend, but probably not. Fortunately for us, Weiss is your coach.

 
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vaderisone  3264 posts
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Date Posted: 7/1 3:16pm Subject: 2009 college football thread
Suprised my comments seemed to float so easily down the board. Guess the Irish fans have just realized it is their destiny to be owned by MSU

 
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