Random college football game thread, 2014 edition

There has been several refs I would have liked to have knocked out, but didn't.

 

Oklahoma, as just one example, had a matchup that should have been really good for them. They just sat it out.

 

http://www.wkrg.com/story/27715864/flag-prank-fallout-led-to-suicide

Dang, the Bama fan that hung a flag from Kyle Stadium and joked about doing a bad job on the construction has killed himself.

 

Cheney headed to pitt.

 

Arkansas will never pass again

 

And they shouldn't

 

At first I thought Oregon would win this game. Now I get a feeling that Ohio State will railroad them.

 

Some teams simply don't show up for their bowl games. The problem is that it isn't always easy to predict which teams. Bowl games are tricky to bet on.

 

The problem is partly that it is difficult to quantify which teams aren't going to be that motivated. Sometimes it is a team that had a disappointing season and didn't get the sort of bowl they hoped for, sometimes it is a team that feels like it already has achieved or exceeded it's goals.

 

Right, when a team gets a disappointing bowl it can go two ways: they can come out in FU mode a la TCU this year, or they can just completely not show up a la Bama v. Oklahoma last year (or against Utah several years ago).

Do they want to be playing this game? It isn't always an easy question.

 

LT to Auburn.

 

Orgeron joining Steele @ LSU

 

So apparently Joe Paterno is once again the all time winningest coach in college football history.

 

I can't figure out if he is a spy for or against Saban. He has gone from Alabama to Tennessee to Alabama to Auburn? Odd choices.

 

His reinstatement of wins isn't the only thing he "didn't see."

 

Contractor / Double Agent

 

2004!!! The last time we beat Florida. 2015 the drought is over. Now, time for a Tennessee run ...

NSD is little over two weeks away and Jim McElwain has just eight commits (2 enrolled) --- zero 5* and one 4*. A FL recruiting class hasn't been this devoid of talent in two decades. I anticipate he'll have a few last minute commits but worth noting he's losing quite a bit of talent to the draft. Combined with recruiting drop-off could potentially send the program into a decline

 

That would ****ing break my heart.

 

The odds are better in '15 than they were in '14. No excuse not to come away w/ a victory.

 

My wish and dream is that come November, the Swamp looks like a deserted building.