Here it is.  Kick off is next weekend.  Drink your beer, tune in your team, and talk smack here.  Bama Tide is going to win the champs, just wanted to throw that out there and end all of your dreams early.  Arguments are encouraged.     (just keep it civil please, this is SimV still)

Easy week for the Gators.  The spread is 35 over Miami Ohio in The Swamp.

Seminoles get no points over Samford (who?) even though it's a home game.  I guess they're waiting to see what Jimbo Fisher can do before laying odds.

No points for Miami over FAMU even though it's a home game.  That's just insulting.  Miami by 14.

WebbPA wrote on Aug 29^th, 2010 at 12:55pm:


Both FSU and Miami are playing non-Division 1A schools. Oddsmakers don't make point spreads in such situations.

If the Univ. of Miami can't beat FAMU by more than 14 points, it's going to be a long season in Coral Gables. 

This is almost certainly Bama's year. They've lost a fair bit on Defence, but the depth they have is such that it shouldn't be to much of an negative thing.
Where they do have it interesting is in a rather large screw up by the schedulers, that has left Bama facing SEC opponents for 7 straight weeks and 8 of its last 9 games. No other team has that glitch, add in Penn State, and the tides season is going to be a tough one. If they are going to fall anywhere this season its either going to be @Tennessee or @LSU. If they do win out and go undefeated I can honestly say they would deserve to be national champs.

Brett_Henderson wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 10:10pm:

Unless they have to play an SEC team ...

WebbPA wrote on Aug 29^th, 2010 at 9:25pm:

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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I gotta root for Tide, I married an Alabama family.  Being from Michigan I gotta shoot for them too...sorry...but being from Michigan I hope you destroy Ohio State!!   

WebbPA wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 7:15pm:


  Ditto

Already 1 upset...but im not suprised

Utah-27
15 Pitt-24

Craig. wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2010 at 5:23pm:


Saban is appealing it, he really wants him to play against Penn State 

The spread is Penn State over Youngstown State by 40 so I think you're safe for this week.

  At least your fans fill the stands!

Good weekend so far.  Gators played terrible but won.

Miami 45, FAMU 0
Florida Atlantic 33, UAB 31 Upset!
Florida 34, Miami Ohio 12
Florida State 59, Samford 6

Craig. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 7:16pm:


Saw that  49-48

Must admit that had me out of my chair. Almost as good as Tyrone Prothro's a few years ago.
Bama just toying with San Jose. Switching QB's and other players.

Predictable win for PSU today against Youngstown. I'm sure we'll be practicing a lot during the week though, we really didn't play well at all. 

What a comeback.  So close ...

I agree it looked like he had the wide recieve almost pushed to the ground but that was one hell of a comeback by NC and for all the players they were missing. I think its a good first week that they should take in a positive fashion.

Cal on the otherhand dominated. 

Wow Boise State's proven to me why there the #3 team in the nation.

I dont see how anyone could say they're overrated, look how they're dominating against VT who is ranked 10th in the nation.

Looks to me as if VT is just out there racking up penaltys and making them look like they have no sportsmanship at all. I like this game, its looking like its starting to get rough....remind you of Boise States first game last year....? 

That was a very good game. Guessing you arent a Boise State fan  ...there one of the only teams in the top 25 that I happen to like.

Boise State and VT defiantly showed off some nice jerseys and helmets! 

They need to give Boise a run through the SEC one season, just let them play their entire season against SEC teams.  That would take them down a peg.   

I was also hoping for a VT win.  I didn't get to watch the game, I was on guard duty, but I heard it was really good.

I could see Boise State being in the Pac-10. They even said most of the recruits they get are from California. I dont see why they shouldnt be in the Pac-10? Then they'll be playing good teams- Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Cal...


And in other news....Reggie Bush to get stripped of his 2005 Heisman...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jw2Aa0DoTvWsU544CQIP23xLZ-1wD9...

I think this is stupid. I like what how they punished USC and I think its fair. I dont think its right to take away a Heisman Trophy just because he was getting stuff from USC to be on there team and money etc...It's one thing if you cheat or use performance enhancing drugs but this wasnt the case and I feel like taking away Heisman Trophy isnt worth it. Everything that USC gave Reggie Bush didnt make him a better RB than the other contenders for Heisman. But thats just my thought.

I think that it was both USC and an agent. Although I totally agree with you, I think the University should be punished if they were using stuff to recruit him because then it makes all the other colleges out there have a lower shot at getting him.

But an award given to a player for how well they did ON the field should not be taken away for rewards he got off the field and when your probably giving a college student the offer to have all those goodies and such, its hard for him to turn it down...at least for me it would be if I was in his shoes.

I think LAcy is still the big question mark for Alabama. Is he that good, or was it just San Jose's defence?
If he is that good, I think Ingram needs to get back soon or he could find his carries and draft stock drop like a stone.

BigTruck wrote on Sep 8^th, 2010 at 8:38pm:

Missing two weeks will make it extremely hard for him to get a Heisman...unfortunately...i'd be more worried about getting him back on the field than a Heisman

Hopefully he's fine by week 3

BigTruck wrote on Sep 9^th, 2010 at 1:19am:

I guess they shouldnt gamble to ruin him..makes sense but then its making it harder on him to get the Heisman. Although I doubt thats really on his mind, id rather see him come back healthy than get injured worse.

It would be awesome to see him get it this year, he's a great QB 

Mississippi State vs Auburn tonight, GO MISS!!!

Another nail biter before opening Saturday -

#23 West Virginia 21
Marshall 21

Just went into overtime.  If you watched the game you know that Marshall has never beaten West Virginia.

Update:

Final

#23 West Virginia 24
Marshall 21

I went to 3 years of home games at Florida and 3 years at Florida State.  Many years ago.

A few years ago I had a client who took me to Miami Hurricanes games in the Orange Bowl.

My time for attending live games is over - too expensive, too hot, too time consuming and they don't even sell overpriced warm beer anymore.

Florida Atlantic is building a stadium on campus and expects to play there next year.  It's almost (not quite) walking distance from home.  Never say never.

Alabama 24
Penn State 3

Well...I believe we put up a good fight (obviously this will be argued, but I would not consider it a "slaughter"), and overall, the score spread was pretty much what most students here expected.
On to the next games....

tcco94 wrote on Sep 11^th, 2010 at 9:27pm:

Florida is not impressing me, either, and it has a tough month coming up.

@ Tennessee
Kentucky
@ Alabama
LSU
Mississippi State
Georgia

I'd be happy to see us win 4 of those.

WebbPA wrote on Sep 11^th, 2010 at 11:21pm:



Thought you were a State fan?

Gators are gonna get chomped by Bama.  Just sayin....

WebbPA wrote on Sep 12^th, 2010 at 1:33am:


Spurrier needs a kick in the nuts.

To be honest, I didnt think the Alabama-Penn State was even gunna be a good matchup. I mean I like the teams playing each other but they made it all hyped up like it was sapose to be a good game.

I think the Notre Dame vs. Michigan game deserved the big hype, and Boise State vs. VT but not Bama-Penn State...

I wouldove taken Bama 9 outta 10 times...but I didnt wanna say anything to soon...because anything could happen.

Yeah, it's more of a novelty thing for the press. Trust me, a majority of the students up here aren't too happy with the arrangement. Of course, a year from now we can expect the same media hype when they play PSU at home. (I'll have graduated by then.)
That may be interesting since we have the craziest student section in the country (according to Kirk Herbstreit).

Just as an aside, there's another push to get the stadium named after JoePa before he retires/dies for those interested. Efforts have appeared in the past, but I believe there is a stronger possibility now that Joe's overtaken Bowden record-wise.

But first ... Thursday Night Football.

Go Wolfpack!

Bearkittens 19
Wolfpack 30

NC State/FSU (ACC) is usually a Thursday night game.  This year it's October 28 in Raleigh.

September 17, 8 pm (Eastern), ESPN

Kansas at Southern Mississippi

Spread: Southern Miss by 5½

Michigan almost screwed up a 42-24 lead on UMass, final score 42-37.  GO Blue!!!

Bama is walking all over Duke right now 

Halftime

Florida 7
Tennessee 3

Looks like the Gators will drop another couple of places in the national rankings.

Florida 31
Tennessee 17

Right on the (14 point) spread.

Gators beat the spread last week and dropped from #8 to #10.

BYU 10
Florida State 34

Wish I could have seen it.

62-13 ROLL TIDE!!!

Watching the Clemson Auburn game now...LETS GO CLEMSON!!!

BigTruck wrote on Sep 18^th, 2010 at 7:10pm:

That would be nice.

I think I'll watch the entire game then switch to the last hour of Notre Dame-Michigan State, two teams I care nothing about.

I think a lot of it comes down to personal attatchment. A lot of college football fans have either attended or have close ties to people who have attended the college or university they support. Then add in college tickets from what I have seen, are generally cheaper. Its not surprising.
Pro football teams charge stupid amounts for tickets, and outside of the original group of teams, they rarely sell out.
Jacksonville is actually a good example, they for the first time in a while actually sold out a home game last week against Denver. Why? Tim Tebow. The guy played all of 2 snaps, got 2 yards rushing and was the biggest reason for the ticket sales, he's the home town boy, and a big reason florida was such a great university team and that loyalty brought in the fans.
The other thing is the atmosphere in the stadiums. Some places in college, (Alabama, LSU, Florida, Texas Ohio State) I would hate to have to play in as a visiting team, you cant hear a thing on the field. Some NFL stadiums can be sellouts and yet they are virtually silent, (New England, San Diego,  Cinnci and so on) It just seems the NFL wants to discourage atmosphere.

Glad they told me.  I never would have guessed.

Don't you just love "experts"!

Average Penn State game here today against Kent State. We're still pretty sloppy, so we have a bit of work to do before we hit the reasonable opponents in the Big-10. We play Temple next week (another yawner probably, although Temple DID beat UConn....)

Also went to Penn State's Women's Volleyball game today. THAT was great! They achieved a 109 game winning streak before unfortunately losing a couple weeks ago. Don't fear our football team, fear our Women's Volleyball team!

Well I think it was volleyball......I remember women...... 


It is a really cool experience though. It feels very personal because you can very easily get seats court-side if you want. We opted for just a couple rows up so we didn't get stepped on or have the ball spiked on us (it's CLOSE!). Truly an excellent sporting experience. And between the high probability of having a volleyball hit you in the face, and the fact that it's women's volleyball.....it kept us awake! 

OK, back on topic.... 

Well that's quite a way to preemptively sort out any jealousy issues.   

Oh, and um......the halftime show for the volleyball game was our female gymnastics team....no kidding. 

Overtime!

Notre Dame 28
Michigan State 28

Spread:  Michigan State by 3½

Final

Notre Dame 31
Michigan State 34

Halftime

#9 Iowa 7
#24 Arizona 27

The desert will kill you.

tcco94 wrote on Sep 19^th, 2010 at 12:23am:



Me too man.

Cal was on one of the lower teams to get other recieving votes.....I dont understand how that works after we just lost to Nevada?

only 3 1/2> lol it looks like it is going to be a blow out.

Looks like Colorado and Utah will be part of the Pac-10 by next years season.

Cal plays 14th ranked Arizona.

Not to confident about this game.