FBC (yeah, that's right, we roll like AP) week 9 running thread

[2muchcoffeeman]

So how badly does Florida roll up Georgia this week? And how jealous will Wayne Weaver be to see his stadium sold out?

Will anybody even watch East Carolina-Memphis tomorrow night?

 

[TrooperBari]

Will anybody even watch East Carolina-Memphis tomorrow night?

It's America. It's football.

Someone is bound to watch.

 

[derwood]

Will anybody even watch East Carolina-Memphis tomorrow night?

Yes, there is a spread.

 

[JackReacher]

My picks...

ECU -4.5
Virginia Tech -16.5
Duke +7
Georgia +16
Texas -9
Penn State -13.5
Oregon +3.5

 

[deskslave]

Georgia IS 7-1 all-time against defending national champions, including 2-0 against Florida. And Georgia did have a bye week, just like it did in 2007.

That being said, Georgia has very little chance. But Florida's not playing well enough to roll Georgia right now. It'll be a 24-10, 27-13 kinda game, where it looks relatively close, but there's never any actual danger of Georgia winning.

On a semi-related note, Knowshon hates Gatorade.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/knowshon_moreno_asks

 

[GB-Hack]

Really looking forward to USC-Oregon.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I'll see your Ricky's Rant, and raise you this orange-clad grizzly bear, who is not happy about Terrence Cody's blocked field goal:



Like Ricky, he's also got a wife/girlfriend who's not afraid to drop a few f-bombs.

(But at least he doesn't complain that Cody should have been flagged for taking his helmet off. Hi, Dooley!)

 

[Mark2010]

Really looking forward to USC-Oregon.

Me, too. Anytime the Quackers get stomped, brings a smile to my face.

I think Georgia will give Florida a decent game. I mean if Arkansas and Mississippi State can hang with them, surely the Dawgs can, too.

 

[Chef]

ah yes.....the cocktail party.

FLA rolls.
ORE wins.

 

[Pancamo]

Can't figure out which is more overrated.

Tim Tebow or the cocktail party?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Will anybody even watch East Carolina-Memphis tomorrow night?

It's America. It's football.

Someone is bound to watch.

A large audience of people who bet on football.

There is a trend too. The under is the play in the freakish number of Tuesday night games the last few years. Doesn't matter who is playing or where. They call it the "Tuesday Night Special." Not fullproof and I don't know the exact numbers, but I think it is something like 80 percent of the time, the Tuesday night game has gone under the last few years.

 

[slytiger]

My picks...

ECU -4.5
Virginia Tech -16.5
Duke +7
Georgia +16
Texas -9
Penn State -13.5
Oregon +3.5

Shop around, there are better numbers out there. Save yourself a ½ point when you can. Good luck

 

[Ralph Waldo Henderson]

Wouldn't that be FBS? (And it still should be Div. I-A, but oh well.)

 

[Steak Snabler]

Wouldn't that be FBS? (And it still should be Div. I-A, but oh well.)

FBC is the AP agate code for college football.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I can't find a link to the original blog post but the FSU Rivals site apparently ran a story earlier today indicating that Bobby Bowden was going to leave FSU at the end of the season and take over at...

UAB

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I can't find a link to the original blog post but the FSU Rivals site apparently ran a story earlier today indicating that Bobby Bowden was going to leave FSU at the end of the season and take over at...

UAB

Here's a link; not the original but then I'm not interested enough in Rivals.com content to pay for their version of ESPN Insider ...<blockquote>Seminole insider website Warchant.com, a Rivals affiliate, suggested Friday that the 79-year old head coach is losing favor with the school's decision makers and is considering signing with the University of Alabama at Birmingham if he is forced out at FSU. The site doesn't name the source of the information, but notes that it is a very reputable one, saying that the school is currently working on a buyout package worth around $4.5 million if Bowden retires at the end of the year.

"Even though it's still in the very early stages, we've heard there is some talk going on behind the scenes between the Bowden camp and a school in his hometown, the University of Alabama at Birmingham," <b>the site's founder Gene Williams wrote in a blog</b>. "At first I figured this was a crazy rumor, but it came from a good source, and we've heard it may have some legs."</blockquote>http://www.usaplayers.com/news/2009/sports/october/report-bowden-considering-coaching-elsewhere-in-2010-11637.html

Can't find any legit reports, so ...

BLOGS!!!

 

[Armchair_QB]

For the record, I posted that for comic relief more than anything else.

 

[micropolitan guy]

One Pac-10 official won't be rolling with us.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — The Pacific-10 has suspended a game official for missing a facemask call in Saturday's game between Southern California and Oregon State.
The play came on a hit that knocked an Oregon State player's helmet off.
Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement that the suspension was handed down because the hit was "blatant and dangerous.''
The conference did not name the official or any players involved, but Trojans safety Taylor Mays hit Beavers receiver James Rodgers, removing his helmet after he caught a fourth-quarter touchdown pass.

Pretty much unprecedented for the commissioner to publicly reprimand the officials, without a provoking outcry and followup from the offended team. This ain't Tom Hansen's Pac-10 anymore, I guess.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Iowa could be missing first-string RB Adam Robinson against Indiana Saturday (ankle).

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-t25-iowa-robinson&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[JackReacher]

I think Iowa is laying something like 16 or 17 points this week. Anyone thinking of taking those points?