FBC Week 5 thread: Paul Hornung? You bet!

[dooley_womack1]

If I'm the center, I'm suing for harassment.

 

[amraeder]

Darnit, dooley, the only reason I clicked was for your Week 5 predictions and all I find is Paul Hornung violating a center...

 

[dooley_womack1]

Well, time to cleanse the palate then.

--I think Oklahoma State edges A&M in a game with a possible jump into the rankings at stake.
--Temple beats Army in perhaps the worst matchup of 3-1 teams in history
--Clemson beats Miami in a close one.
--Northwestern will beat Minnesota to become the worst 5-0 team in history
--Air Force will end Navy's dominance over the service academies
--Michigan will make Indiana the worst 3-1 team in history
--In a result that will make those who care about the ACC's rep cry, Virginia Tech will knock off N.C. State
--OU will cream Texas
--Wisconsin will edge Michigan State
--Oregon will edge Stanford
--Alabama will beat Florida by about 10
--I'll doze off during Penn State-Iowa

 

[Small Town Guy]

Wildcats. vs. Gophers. Who-whooo.

Biggest game in Minnesota this week is St. Thomas at St. John's. First time in forever the Tommies are nationally ranked ahead of the Johnnies. But St. John's always beats St. Thomas and it's at SJU. Conference record crowd of 13,000-plus expected.

Thus ends your Division III preview.

 

[amraeder]

Thanks, dooley!

Oregon/Stanford should be a good one.

Definitely interested in Wisco/Mich St. Wisconsin has yet to play up to its ranking, but I'm not sold on Sparty, either. Wins over Directional Michigan, Fla. Atlantic, Notre Dame and N. Colorado don't impress much.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Georgia bails on a scheduled home-and-home with Oregon. Surprise, surprise. The Bulldogs may never leave the Confederacy again.

And please don't tell me this is "mutual" like the press release says. Oregon's gone to Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Michigan State and Iowa, among other places, in the past 10 years or so. It would love to have Georgia in Eugene, and obviously, judging by its history, isn't afraid to travel to play somebody.

Georgia will probably play Georgia State instead. Or Wofford.

 

[DanOregon]

I don't think it is about travel, it's more about losing a home game. The big boy schools count on banking $4-6 million a home date in football. If you are in a conference you figure at least six home games, hopefully seven. One home date provides the budget for the golf, crew, track, swimming, soccer and gymnastics programs.

 

[Bubbler]

If I'm the center, I'm suing for harassment.

Notre Dame's uniforms were pretty boss in that game.

 

[jlee]

If I'm the center, I'm suing for harassment.

What a coincidence. I billed my last sexual encounter as "What It's Like To Go To The Olympics."

Maybe even more of a joke is that I'm interested in how the middle-of-the pack Big East teams fare this weekend. Connecticut hosts Vanderbilt. Rutgers hosts what should be a cupcake in Tulane, but the Scarlet Knights just blew a 10-point lead to UNC and struggled against the powerhouse from the other side of the ocean, FIU. Also, Louisville makes a "huh?" road trip to Arkansas State. If these teams begin to falter, the Big East drops below the ACC in credibility.

I shouldn't really worry about any of that, though. As a Florida fan, I have five more days to pretend the Gators can beat Alabama.

 

[cjericho]

Well, time to cleanse the palate then.

--I think Oklahoma State edges A&M in a game with a possible jump into the rankings at stake.
--Temple beats Army in perhaps the worst matchup of 3-1 teams in history
--Clemson beats Miami in a close one.
--Northwestern will beat Minnesota to become the worst 5-0 team in history
--Air Force will end Navy's dominance over the service academies
--Michigan will make Indiana the worst 3-1 team in history
--In a result that will make those who care about the ACC's rep cry, Virginia Tech will knock off N.C. State
--OU will cream Texas
--Wisconsin will edge Michigan State
--Oregon will edge Stanford
--Alabama will beat Florida by about 10
--I'll doze off during Penn State-Iowa

hasn't iowa-penn st gone down to the final seconds the last 2 or 3 seasons?

would love to see OU pound the Horns, but i'm thinking it will be close. think bama will have an easier time with fla.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Well, time to cleanse the palate then.

--I think Oklahoma State edges A&M in a game with a possible jump into the rankings at stake.
--Temple beats Army in perhaps the worst matchup of 3-1 teams in history

--Northwestern will beat Minnesota to become the worst 5-0 team in history

. . . destined to be 6-0 (though the Minny game figures to be a high-scoring
doozy), and then . . . they've given Sparty fits, over the years.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Georgia bails on a scheduled home-and-home with Oregon. Surprise, surprise. The Bulldogs may never leave the Confederacy again.

And please don't tell me this is "mutual" like the press release says. Oregon's gone to Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Michigan State and Iowa, among other places, in the past 10 years or so. It would love to have Georgia in Eugene, and obviously, judging by its history, isn't afraid to travel to play somebody.

Georgia will probably play Georgia State instead. Or Wofford.

Pathetic. But a half-century of sordid history doesn't lie.

 

[deskslave]

Georgia bails on a scheduled home-and-home with Oregon. Surprise, surprise. The Bulldogs may never leave the Confederacy again.

And please don't tell me this is "mutual" like the press release says. Oregon's gone to Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Michigan State and Iowa, among other places, in the past 10 years or so. It would love to have Georgia in Eugene, and obviously, judging by its history, isn't afraid to travel to play somebody.

Georgia will probably play Georgia State instead. Or Wofford.

Well, it might have been mutual. Oregon's scheduling situation is going to change when the Pac-10 expands. It might be that they continue their aggressive scheduling, but they're probably going to need a little added flexibility. So they wait to see how the chips fall, then go out and negotiate new contracts. Or something like that.

As for Georgia, I understand why they're doing it, but I don't agree with it, and I think the criticism is deserved. I think Georgia had done a lot to dispel the notion of weak SEC OOC scheduling, and this undermines all of that. But it's what the new AD wants, and we know where he came from. He's going for seven home games a year. As it stands, Georgia has nine permanent opponents every year and only ever plays four of those games at home in any given season.

So if you want seven home games, you have to get every single other OOC opponent to play without a return game. I think it's ****-poor. Having said that, of course, I won't argue with the results if it ends with Georgia winning a national title. As though that's conceivable right now.

Incidentally, the Georgia-Oregon contract was negotiated stupidly anyway. Georgia was going to play at Oregon in whichever year it also played at Georgia Tech. Should have split those two up.

 

[JackReacher]

La-Monroe (+35) at Auburn....Ask Bama how that turns out.
N.C. State (+4) at home vs. VT....Really?
Maryland (-7.5) at home vs. Duke....Maryland might score 50.
Stanford (+7) at Oregon.....Stanford will win outright.
Florida (+9) at Alabama.....Hey Julio, keep one eye on the DB, the other on your legs.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Maryland (-7.5) at home vs. Duke....Maryland might score 50.

Problem is Maryland will give up 45, and all of those points will be scored on third down.

Seriously, forget the Big 10. Maryland might want to go to the CFL, because the defense is great at stopping teams on first and second down. If only they could make teams punt on third down.

 

[JackReacher]

Good point. While 45 might be too much, I'll take a 50-40 score.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Of course, Oregon's new AD is from the SEC. So maybe he'll dumb down their schedules too.

If Georgia (or Florida) want to use the "must have more home games" excuse, then adopt a 9-game SEC schedule, insuring at least five home league games every other year, and quit playing in Jacksonville, just as Auburn and Alabama quit playing in Birmingham, a tradition just as deep as the WLOCP.

But of course, the money is too good. And SEC teams - like Big Ten teams - would rather play a fourth OOC cupcake than another conference game.

 

[ADodgen]

Hey, this might be a dumb question (and I'm ok with that), but when do they update the weekly coverage maps? I'll probably cry if I can't get OU/TX.

 

[Blitz]

Of course, Oregon's new AD is from the SEC. So maybe he'll dumb down their schedules too.

Thats sort of a reach, but, whatever.
The guy spent some learning time in Lexington, but is from other places.
Mainly West Virginia.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/new_oregon_athletic_director_r_1.html

 

[Starman]

If I'm the center, I'm suing for harassment.

If I were Jim Brown, even at both of our advanced ages, I would travel to Paul Hornung's house, kick down the door, give him a hearty ***** slap, grab the Heisman Trophy, then go throw it into the nearest river.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/paul-hornung-1.html

3 TDs, 13 INTS. 420 yards rushing. For a 2-8 team.

A ******* abomination. Anybody who voted for Hornung should have been publicly stripped of their vote and awarded an honorary KKK membership. Forget Reggie Bush, this is the Heisman award the Heisman Trust should go back and vacate.