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Big East won't exist by the time the 1st year of the playoff system rolls around.
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I am starting to care less and less about college sports because damn near every school switches conferences every 14 seconds
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Why does that fucking matter? Conference Re-alignment has happened for decades and is the logical evolution of the sport. The late 80s/90s were crazy with the SWC dissolving, the Big 12 forming, SEC expansion, Penn State to Big 10, Miami swapping from Indy to Big East to ACC, the increased numbers of FBS teams, the rise (MWC, CUSA )and fall of small conferences (WAC). Teams are going to position themselves to get the biggest slice of the pie they can get. Despite the financial divide, I think CFB has never had more parity.
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Big day for Northwestern I hope. Want this bowl win so bad. Should've beaten Auburn in the Outback a while back but a New Years day win today against an SEC team would do NU wonders. Shame that they nearly made the Cap One Bowl and got fucked by the Big Ten.
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Still can't believe Fitz is still there.
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I know he is "Mr. Northwestern", but damn. He has had to get some great job offers.
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They locked him up with a long term deal and are building a giant new athletic facility on the lake front. He wanted to play at Notre Dame but they never offered a scholarship so that's the only school I would be worried about if they ever came after him but he isn't Gary Barnett looking at every offer that comes his way. Most underrated coach in college right now.
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They should've taken Wisconsins place in the Rose Bowl. More deserving in my opinion.
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I understand tiebreakers and all, but they are just the better team and I think would put up a better game.
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Feeling' good after NU's big win. First bowl win since 1949 Rose. Smokin a celebratory cigar. I know its just the Gator Bowl, but my teams always lose and this one just feels good.
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Go Cats!!!
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every time I see Northwestern I think about certain talking heads that appear on ESPN almost every day
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particularly from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Central time
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Wilbon will probably have a Northwestern jersey on for PTI tomorrow unless they are on vacation.
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Wisconsin is in the Rose Bowl automatically because they won the B1G championship game. No argument. There was a report that came out that said the Capitol One Bowl wanted NU vs. Texas A&M but both the B1G and SEC commissioners told them they should take the losers of their championship games and didn't want those teams playing in lower bowl games so NU fell to the Gator Bowl. Don't be surprised if NU gets the benefit of the doubt if this situation happens next near. Something similar happened a few years ago when NU could have gone to the Outback bowl but got bumped to the Alamo Bowl. The next time they were in this position, they jumped over Wisconsin (even though Wisconsin had a better record and clearly would sell more tickets) and they got to play in the Outback rather than the Alamo. |
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It's just reputation against NU, and nothing against Wisconsin, but as a B1G 10 guy myself I know Northwestern was better, even if they ended up behind Wisconsin in the standings. Like you said, next year ought to be different.
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I kinda miss Mariotti now... it's Bill Plaschke who is getting annoying now
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I see what you're saying but they were behind Michigan and Nebraska in the standings, not Wisconsin. If Nebraska dosent wet the bed in the championship game, NU probably in the Cap One bowl according to reports. Either way, after losing nine straight bowls, they needed a bowl win more than anything and a win vs. an SEC team (cats 2-0 vs SEC this year,BTW) on a New Years day bowl, capping a 10 win season has me thinking happy thought going into next season.
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Oh shit. I totally take the blame here. I forgot about Legends and Leaders. I fucked that up. My bad.
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Northern is hangin' in there. Hope they make a game out of it if they can't pull off the upset.
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Starting to wish I had been posting in this thread more often during the season.
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Figured it would go one of two ways: FSU would prove that NIU's resume was bogus and would embarrass them or FSU would do what they've tended to do in recent history and play down to inferior opponents, thus giving them a legit chance. Here at half I'm still on the fence about which way it could fall.
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that onside was SICK!
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Real tired of that Catholics Come Home commercial with Lou Holtz and all those football analogies. An SNL lampoon of Lou Holtz in that commercial would be so easy to do.
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Well, looks like FSU toyed with them for a little over a half and are now doing what they ought to be doing.
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Too bad. Only room for one good football team in this town.
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Riding such a happy sports high right now. Seriously feelin' f'n great.
2013 off to a great start. Just hope my brain can keep producing serotonin at this level all the time now. |
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Crazy Edgar....you need to do something crazy to live up to your name.
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Uh oh....gotta buy
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Don't forget the hat:
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I like these shirts better:
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Oh wow. Gonna have to buy them all like they were Chimpokomon.
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ill send you a Willy the Wildcat doll too, James Steele. I just need your home address, telephone and social security number.
Then, I will send you a check for $5000. I cannot cash it myself, so just send me $1000 via western union and ill send you the check so you can use the rest as payment. After that I will introduce you to a slew of African royalty I know. |
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