Thoughts on the BCS National Championship

First off, I would like to give a big thanks to whatever idiot decided to schedule the BCS Championship on a Thursday.  After about 4 hrs sleep, it was pretty tough to wake up for work today.  Living in Gainesville, I knew the town would be real crazy.  I stayed in and watched the game with a very nervous, Tebow-loving Mrs. THRILLHO.  The game was very intense, and there was little sleep for me afterwards with all the honking horns and fireworks going off outside my window till about 4am.

As for the game….  I’m not quite sure how unbiased fans viewed the game (according to the only column I read today, it was a ‘letdown’), but I thought it was an intense chess match between two great teams and coaches.  The momentum clearly changed all game until the late 4th quarter.  I don’t think anyone will argue that Florida looked better in the first half, they didn’t.  Oklahoma left a lot of points on the field, but you have to give the Gators defense a lot of credit, holding the Sooners to ZERO points in two first and goal situations late in the second half, including a nice patty-cake interception by Wright at the goal line right before halftime.

Percy Harvin looked like a man on a mission.  If that was 85-90%, then I would take that over 100% anyone else on the field.  Around 175 all purpose yards after a serious injury.  That play where the defensive lineman yanked his ankle after the tackle was real dirty though.

Tebow's wet dream

What else can you say about Superman?  The quarterbacks on my favorite teams (mainly the Bills) have squashed my expectations.  When I see a QB throw two early interceptions, I expect it to really get in their head (Trent & JP).  Usually QBs will be more tentative with their passes and risk taking.  Tebow is the opposite, his passes get tighter, he makes more clutch plays, he rockets jump passes into tight coverage for game winning touchdowns.  The guy is unbelievable.  What else can be said?  In very critical 3rd and 10 situations, he will see nobody open and run straight THROUGH 2 linebackers.  Every time he hops up, he waves his arms, and gets the crowd going.  You would expect any other QB to lay there for a minute and be taken out for a couple plays.  He just has a combination that no other college player has.  His drive, leadership, talent, and lack of fear (not to mention his circumcision skills) are what made him the most decorated college player in history (I’m talking about his trophies, not his philipino foreskin collection)…. plus he’s like SOOO dreamy!  Anyways, before I finish my Tebow fluffing, I have to say that the guy deserves all the praise he gets, and more (including this years Heisman).  God bless!!

I have to give Bradford some credit though.  He is unbelievably accurate.  Some of his throws were just unreal.  When he was pressured, things fell apart for him.  The 2 interceptions he threw were truly great defensive plays though, and can’t all be put on him.  Both were pretty much taken away from the receivers.  I think we all saw who the best player in the country was last night, and it wasn’t Sam Bradford (*side note, Bradford looks like a douchebag chipmunk). Chris Brown had a fantastic game as well.  The Gators didn’t look ready for the run game and it opened up in a big way.  I

Dominique Franks - Maybe if his eyes weren't so close together, he could see how good Tim Tebow really is.

liked it when Franks (the guy that called Tebow the 4th best QB in the Big XII) got called out by the announcers after Tebow brought the Gators up 2 scores on a very impressive drive.  They said “that might be the dumbest statement ever made”.  Nothing like getting called out in front of the national stage WHILE getting beat down by the guy you called out.  Nice one Franks….  I believe one would call that “eating your words”…

Anyways, congrats to the Gators, they deserved it.  One point away from running the table.  However I must say that I am glad they lost to Ole Miss.  It sparked more playoff debate, and the more debate we get, the more likely a playoff will happen……. one day…….

Finally, as a University at Buffalo alumn, I can safely name the one thing I am MOST envious about regarding the University of Florida is missing class due to football (and sometimes basketball to a lesser extent) IS acceptable!

edit: the announcers treated this like any other hit, but this got the crowd PUMPED…..

here is the 3rd play from scrimmage……

edit2: someone just called me at work and yelled at me for not answering with “Go Gators”…..

College Football Title Games

“Class of 1998 HERE I COME!”

Do you remember the Enterprise commercial circa 2006?  With the guy “Moose”  who is told he is “looking good” by a couple of two-bit skanks?  Well that was nothing like my high school reunion.  Yes, I did rent an Enterprise Car at a family discount since I made up that I am someone’s family member, but sadly I didn’t bring the Sentra to pick up ladies.  The Man of Cheese (TMOC) had his mom drop us off and pick us up, well because that’s how we roll.  I can’t find the damn commercial I am referring to, but here is one from a similar time frame.

Athlete-Students Have Run-Ins With Johnny Law

Britton Colquitt couldn’t resist.  He had to get drunk, then drive, then hit a parked car, then leave the scene of the accident.  According to Vols Xtra this could be Colquitt’s fifth alcohol offense.  This one is costing him his scholarship.

*Side note, there is a side bar outlining all the Tennessee football transgrssions in 2008.

West Virginia standouts Jock Sanders and Noel Devine are being questioned by authorities after they ALLEGEDLY pummelled a West Virginia student outside of a night club in Morgantown.  It appears that other football players were involved, but those attacked are not certain.  As of today there are no charges filed. 

Former baseball player and current Tennessee walk-on Vince Faison was arrested recently when he passed out in his car at a McDonalds Drive-thru.  The engine was on, his foot was on the break and the car was in gear.  Faison didn’t even wake up when the cops arrived and attempted to wake him verbally. 

Alabama freshman Jeremy Elder was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree robbery.  He was jailed and held on $120,000 bond.  That sure is a lot of wampum.  Under Alabama state law, “ first-degree robbery involves either a “deadly weapon or dangerous instrument” or someone causing “serious physical injury to another.” Both charges are Class A felonies.”  Man oh man this one sounds bad.

BCS National Championship Wrap-up

“The BCS Wrap-up Brought to you by the almost deceased 1996 Subaru Impreza”

In an odd twist of fate, the college football season ended on the same day that my 1996 Subaru died.  Yes, the one that sponsors the picks for you.  Perhaps it was just to much for the car to see its 12th football season come to a close.  Perhaps the 2007 itself was too much for the car.  In any event, let’s focus on the good times with the 1996 Subaru, instead of yesterday’s grim estimate  (when you have a car worth about $1500, its hard to justify spending $1200 on it to fix it).    

LWN And TMOC Go Head To Head

 

LWN and The Man of Cheese got together at the LWN staff offices to go Head to Head for a battle of college bowl supremacy.  Each remaining bowl game was chosen by the two, and a coin flip determined first choice in team picking.  We went through the games chronologically and chose using spreads available on 12/21.  The team not chosen by the writer was given to the other writer.  For example, if LWN chose Memphis +3.5, TMOC got FAU -3.5 and so on.

LWN’s Administrative Assistant Picks The Bowls

My master plan was to have the esteemed writers of LWN’s Sports Blog go head to head with the Admin Assistant picking bowl games.  So far Admin Assistant is the only one to give me the picks.  I guess when you don’t pay your writers they get to you whence they can.

Without further ado, these are the picks of someone who knows nothing about football except the following three things.

1. Indianapolis has a football team
2. That team’s nickname is the Colts
3. The Colts Quarterback is Peyton Manning

Here are her picks in choronological order.  No spreads were used, the games were chosen straight up.

College Football Bowl Preview – Edition 1

“College Coaches Are No Different Than South American Freedom Fighters.”

 

An open letter to college coaches-

Dear Money Grubbing Ego-maniacal Scumbags:

I understand that coaching can be a brutal profession, but as Gregg Easterbrook pointed out, it can also be done by volunteers (unlike surgeons).  The only reason that your families collapse, your health fades and you sleep in your offices is because each of you are trying to keep up with the Joneses.

College Football Week Non-existent/ Heisman Hype

We have entered the doldrums of the 2007 college football season. While this is sad, we can reflect on the season. We can also discuss the Heisman Trophy which will be handed out on Saturday.

The season began with a bang, and ended with a thud for some teams. Let’s look at some of the madness that occurred.

Coaches Have Lost Their Voting Minds!

The Man of Cheese gives us a look at the seedy underbelly of coaches polls and their effect on the season as well as why you should not play a tough out of conference schedule.

So I took a look at the way the coaches voted in the final USA Today Coaches Poll. If you don’t know, this poll is a major factor in the BCS rankings. A few things that jump out at me from looking at this…

It’s Monday and I AM Angry Part IV

Fox’s Troy Aikman and Joe Buck need to stop announcing Giants games or my beautiful television might not survive. Their unprofessional rhetoric is getting old, damn quick. I have never seen a broadcast team go out of their way to talk so poorly about a player who has never been convicted of a crime.

If this seems like something I wrote before, that’s because I did.