College football week 15 thread: The Low Sparky of High Heeled Boys

[dixiehack]

Here is this week’s college football schedule. All times Central. Rankings are from the Associated Press.

Friday
No. 19 UNLV at No. 10 Boise State 7 pm FOX
Tulane at No. 24 Army 7 pm ABC
Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State 7 pm CBS Sports Network

Saturday
No. 12 Arizona State vs No. 16 Iowa State (at Arlington, Texas) 11 am ABC
Miami (Ohio) vs Ohio (at Detroit) 11 am ESPN
No. 5 Georgia vs No. 2 Texas (at Atlanta) 3 pm ABC
Marshall at Louisiana 6:30 pm ESPN
No. 1 Oregon vs No. 3 Penn State (at Indianapolis) 7 pm CBS
No. 18 Clemson vs. No. 8 SMU (at Charlotte) 7 pm ABC

 

[Batman]

More like SEC/ACC Shorts this week.
Dead Inside Florida State is great.

 

[Batman]

Miami took two L's on Saturday.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Can somebody explain why flags aren't acceptable but chicken **** is?

 

[BTExpress]

And I guess that's why Vanderbilt doesn't allow live mascots, which pissed off South Carolina last month.

 

[dixiehack]

Miami took two L's on Saturday.

The comments on the Post story are frightening. It makes you wonder how much of the current crisis in America comes down to dudes not getting laid and unable or unwilling to put in the work to fix that.

Maybe there is more context that I’m missing, but I didn’t take her tweet to be “Look what this awful person did to me!” It felt more like “Funny thing happened at work,” and she took a playful jab back at the mascot shooting their shot.

 

[Batman]

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Miami took two L's on Saturday.

Putting the Hurry in Hurricane?

 

[DanOregon]

Someone on the Dan Patrick show suggested the flag planting stuff be part of the post-game "color and pageantry" of games. It isn't like Michigan and Ohio State play for a trophy, or even have a nickname for the game. It would be awesome if the losing team had to circle the logo, wherever the game is played, and take a knee during the planting. Like Army and Navy doing the alma maters after the game.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Seems a lot of potential trouble after a heated rivalry game to do something like that. Especially when "Don't be an asshole" would be a much easier solution for the problem.

 

[DanOregon]

I mean - of course it will never happen - but damn, seeing an entire team literally bending the knee would be pretty incredible.

 

[dixiehack]

Here’s the thing about getting Big Mad about the flag bit. Not only did you have the chance to prevent it, but by definition you had that chance at home. Don’t get mad, get better. Half of y’all are hopping to the next NIL paycheck in the morning anyway.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Agree with that sentiment, Dixie, but the flag-planting on your rival's logo at midfield isn't about celebrating in the least. It's about taunting and provoking and escalating every step of the way. If it's OK to ban the finger guns and throat slash and horns down and getting in someone's face after a touchdown or a big sack, etc., then it's OK to ban the flag-planting.

Or let ALL of it go. And after the game, if a player wants to pull their **** out and stick it in the face of the losing quarterback as he's trying to walk off the field, then that's OK. Because if you don't want the guy's **** to be rubbed in your face, then beat them on the field.

I still go back to the point where SOMEONE has to be the adult in the room and decide it's OK to not be an asshole. It's been the expectation (obviously not always followed) for how many decades, for long before flags were being planted. It can be again.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Bottom line: if there is flag-planting, there is going to be a fight every single time. Without fail.

If you're not OK with the fight, ban flag-planting.

The "just win the game" argument is a non-starter.

 

[dixiehack]

Or let ALL of it go. And after the game, if a player wants to pull their **** out and stick it in the face of the losing quarterback as he's trying to walk off the field, then that's OK. Because if you don't want the guy's **** to be rubbed in your face, then beat them on the field.

This is absurd. I have yet to see a flag plant on the 50 that lands someone on the sex offender registry.

A long time ago, it was fashionable to say football taught valuable life lessons, and winning with grace is one that is desperately needed. But another lesson that needs to be learned is not to get baited into a violent response when you are insulted.

 

[BTExpress]

I honestly had no idea all these NIL mercenaries really gave a **** if their team won or lost. :eek:

 

[dixiehack]

I know rivalry games are different but …

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

This is absurd. I have yet to see a flag plant on the 50 that lands someone on the sex offender registry.

A long time ago, it was fashionable to say football taught valuable life lessons, and winning with grace is one that is desperately needed. But another lesson that needs to be learned is not to get baited into a violent response when you are insulted.

Of course it's absurd. Also absurd is the notion that it's OK to be an asshole and do something for the pure intention of starting a physical fight, and then hide behind "then don't lose the game!" as a defense.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Once upon a time it was called not being a sore winner.

 

[HanSenSE]

Hawaii Bowl is set: San Jose State returns to play USF Christmas Eve.