BCS Reaping Onions: TV Ratings For NC Game Stink
by M. AGRIPPA on Jan 11, 2012 11:36 AM PST
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From CBS Sports:
The overnight ratings for the BCS National Championship Game show that last night's rematch between Alabama and LSU was the lowest-rated title game in the 14-year history of the BCS, bringing in a 13.8 overnight rating, a 14% drop from last year's game between Auburn and Oregon. The previous low had been set in 2002 when Miami played Nebraska for the title and the game brought a 14.3 rating.
And this is a surprise? The people in SEC land certainly didn't foresee a problem, but they also don't have a problem marrying their siblings.
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The people in SEC land certainly didn’t foresee a problem, but they also don’t have a problem marrying their siblings.
Kentucky: Five million people. Fifteen last names.
you guys are brutal---I am sure Holy Anderson would like to ban you 2 for the 15 last names
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 11, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I don't want to see anyone use TV ratings against teams like Boise ever again
If the BCS is alright with the Incest Bowl having the lowest NC Game ratings, they better not use ratings as a bullshit excuse to exclude other teams in the future
Fight on!
EMAW!
by Shackleford on Jan 11, 2012 2:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I don't what the ratings of the title game have to do with Boise getting excluded.
There is no choice in the BCS title game. It’s just 1 vs 2. This year was kind of a fluke in that the two teams were from the same conference. You would expect that to lead to fewer viewers. But what can you do about it? Nothing. The BCS isn’t "alright with [it] having the lowest NC game ratings]. They have no say in it.
The other BCS bowls pick their teams. Should ratings factor in? I don’t know. Certainly they have made some boneheaded pics before (VT in the sugar was a fiasco).
Nice incest jokes though. :P
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
How about this? THE BCS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND AS SUCH IT SHOULD BE PLAYED BY CHAMPIONS
Alabama made it to the National Championship like UCLA made it to the Fight Hunger Bowl, by working the system.
The SEC lobbied and won the battle to enact a rule making Conference Championship a prerequisite. The SEC doesn’t do prerequisites. For example, non-SEC colleges have a funny prerequisite that students must know how to read and write before being admitted.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
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It is sort of analogous to Southern politics....
The South generally is good at lobbying to their benefit while out of the other side of the mouths they complain about pork-barrel politics. Yet they get more back far tax revenues from the federal expenditures than they pay in… And yet on quality of life they rank at the bottom of the US…. education for starters.
I remember many sports commentators ‘highlighting’ the situation by saying Football is the one thing the south wins and takes pride. It has not changed in decades given the same phases are prevalent in books and documentaries about the integration of football in the South. And of course without that change they would not be winning now… so progress has been made.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 13, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
You mad bro?
I mean, first of all, what does that have to do with the ratings? Secondly, there is no rule that a BCS championship participate has to win their conference championship. So what’s the big deal?
21-0 validated that Bama deserved to be there. The most dominating bcs championship performance ever. We’re the undisputed champs. Don’t like it? Change the rules then. Whatever. We’ll play within the system.
BTW the SEC lobbied for a plus-1, and that was shot down by who? The Big 10, Big 12, and Pac 10…. AFTER an undefeated auburn got left out. And NOW you want to change things? Okay.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
participant.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
It has everything to do with ratings you inbred moron!
NEWS FLASH: The Nation as a whole was not interested in watching that incestuous Corn Hole Bowl redux. Furthermore, the only reason your Bama pukes “dominated” is that your fellow two digit I.Q. defectives at LSU have the most pathetic offensive unit in the history of the BCS chameenseep. The SEC may have lobbied for a +1, but they also blocked the proposed rule change to exclude non-conference champions.
Now get off my blog, your girlfriend is waiting for you at Wal Mart, she wants two dozen hot dogs for dinner!
SEC SEC SEC
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
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You go! Loco!
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Wow. Stay classy. You represent your school well.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Lame. Man up and defend yourself.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
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I’d prefer not to stoop to that level. All I did here was engage in a civil discussion, and for whatever reason you are trying to make things personal. There’s no reason to attempt to defend myself. All you are doing is making yourself look bad.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
LMAO
rude, incendiary, yet hilarious.
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Yes, but also necesary.
Thank you Trojan brother!
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
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Damn dude!
How many feet is it from your bed to your floor? You hit that thing hard!
Zoltar states his case quite well, it’s just that. . . .I’ve never seen you go apeshit like this over here. Wow!
I’m now totally grateful regarding the whole “respect/disrespect” aspect of our earlier comments. Talk about “going ballistic”?
by BixBeiderbecke on Jan 14, 2012 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
Zoltar feels insecure and came here seeking affirmation and to rub a little salt in the wounds as you can see by his response below to USCLink.
Guys like him get their asses banned “over there.” Here we reserve the right to disagree, vehemently.
My apologies to you, I know you found it distasteful.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
I don't see how anyone could look at what's gone on here and come away thinking I'm the insecure one.
It’s also interesting that the same person who recently told me to
Man up and defend yourselfcries wolf at the slightest jest. A jest which, by the way, was technically a valid point and preceded comments that were actually quite complimentary toward your school.
And not that I care, but if your’e going to talk about people getting banned, you might want to be careful. I know I’m a guest here and you are a regular, but I’m sure the CC mods would draw the line somewhere with regards to repeated and totally unprovoked personal attacks.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Dang son! You really came up with a winner there.
Tekneclee valeed ’n evrethang!
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
I guess you missed the 2005 Orange Bowl
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
We counting vacated wins? Too soon?
But yea, you guys waxed that ass. Different type of domination. And I have to give you props for keeping auburn out. Eternally grateful. I would love to play USC for the championship next year. I heard Barkley’s comments about the bcs game. Good, smart kid. I think McCarron will continue to improve. Should be an interesting matchup if we face each other.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
The truth revealed, you just came here to gloat.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
Your house is so glassy
Odd to you someone throwing stones.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
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A few years ago it was discussed by the BCS that to be in the NC game one would have to win the schools conference. I think that was with Oklahoma. It was a concern then but went no where I think because it did not happen with OK so it was quickly forgotten until now.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 13, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
It made sense for the sec to oppose it
With several other conferences not having a championship game. Why let other conferences have multiple co-champions that can punch their ticket while the sec has an elimination game? That would be stupid, putting our conference at an obvious disadvantage. What’s the excuse for the pac 10!opposing a plus one?
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
You’re putting up a straw man. In effect, since the SEC didn’t want to put at an “obvious disadvantage” they stacked the deck heavily and ensured at least two BCS bids in perpetuity, plus an all SEC NC game.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
How is the deck stacked?
As far as I know, the only teams to benefit from the lack of a “champion rule” prior to this year were Big 12 teams (Oklahoma and Nebraska). This year was the first time an SEC school has been invited to the BCS championship without winning it’s conference. That doesn’t sound like a stacked deck to me. And how about Auburn getting left out in 2004? Was the deck stacked in our favor then?
And where is this straw man? I have been extremely on-point. I explained exactly why making conference championships a requirement to play for the BCS title is unfair to conferences with championship games. The lack of this rule does not create an advantage for the SEC. The circumstances that can lead to a non-champion being ranked 1 or 2 are just as likely to occur outside the SEC as it is in the SEC.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
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The real truth is the BCS like all other voting for National Titles in FB are suspect without play-off - among conference champions like lower division FB or the NFL. Unfortunately unlike lower division FB it will still be subject to polls since the talk this week is about opening it up only to the top 4. Why? $$$$
by trojanarchitect on Jan 14, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Neither the NFL or lower division football playoffs are limited to conference/division champions. FBS football going to a plus-1 or a larger playoff is only going to increase the odds that you’ll have non-conference champion winning the national title, rematches in the title game, or two teams from the same conference in the title game. Take away from that what you will.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
We don't have a problem with someone
earning a title by proving they’re the best of a large field (playoff).
We take issue with there being no playoff, and having a field of 2, one of whom wasn’t even the best in their conference.
If the broncos had won tonight, no one would say they didn’t deserve an opportunity to play in the AFC title game. They SHOWED they didn’t deserve an opportunity to play in the title game by getting their asses kicked.
Bama SHOWED they didn’t deserve to play in the title game by losing at home. Results of the game don’t change whether or not they deserved to play in it or not. Very similar to Kansas vs VA Tech a few years back. Mizzou deserved a BCS bowl, not KU, but people used the results of the game to justify their inclusion. And frankly, that line of reasoning is simply idiotic.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
by USCLink on Jan 14, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And what did Oklahoma State show by getting beat by lowly Iowa State? We both had one loss. It just so happened that our loss was to a really good team that happened to win our conference.
If you subscribe to the idea that the two best teams deserve to play for the title, then the results of the bowl games have some degree of relevance. There’s a pretty interesting article over at teamspeedkills.com…
After Auburn got left out of the title game 2004, SEC partisans relentlessly pushed the idea that it was ludicrous to exclude the champion from the nation’s best conference if it was one of the worthy candidates. The first big test of whether that politicking worked came two years later, when Florida edged by Michigan to get to go to Glendale. The Gators’ blowout win over Ohio State cemented the point that was made. I thought at the time that the point was that “most deserving” won out over “best”.
We saw this year that the point was “when in doubt, go with the SEC team”. Alabama was the “best” argument to Oklahoma State’s “most deserving”, and the Cowboys ended up in the Fiesta Bowl. Alabama’s dominant performance last night only further proved the point. No one disputed that LSU belonged in the game; now, almost no one disputes that the Crimson Tide is the rightful national champ.
People voted for Bama because they thought we were clearly better than Oklahoma State. The results show that they were right, IMO.
I mean, if you personally feel that only conference champs should get to the bcs championship, that’s fine. I can understand that. But it’s pretty obvious that the majority of voters don’t hold that position, since this is the third time a non-conference champ has made the BCS title game.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Hey dude who CARES ANYWAY Alabutma couldn't beat are team this year and certainly not the next.
Eat any Bugs lately
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 15, 2012 7:47 AM PST up reply actions
Bama had a better loss
but OSU had FAR better wins categorically. The SEC was a 4 team conference this season. South Carolina, Bama, Georgia, and LSU were good.
Everyone else was AWFUL. Going into the title game, Bama had beaten Arky (who beat no one) lost to LSU (at home in OT) beaten PSU (a good win. Everyone else on the schedule was mediocre to bad.
Compare that to OSU. Beat Texas, Beat KSU, CRUSHED Oklahoma, CRUSHED Baylor, and beat Mizzou. Lost to ISU on the road in 2x OT
How on earth can you possibly say that Bama’s schedule was more impressive up to that point?
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
he is delusional
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 15, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
4 teams?
Ark is top 5. OSU did have a little better resume. Im not delusional. But Bama was still the better team. I think the bcs got it right. People watched the games, and they thought bama was clearly better than OSU. They voted us in. End of story.
Again, it is the better team vs better resume argument. The bcs is subjective in nature. That’s a good thing IMO, given the constraint of not having a playoff. Will they always get it right? No, but they did this year IMO.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
We have no way of knowing who's better
since they never played head to head.
But we know who had the better resume. You agree it’s OSU.
By any objective measure, that means OSU SHOULD have had the opportunity to play in the title game. Bama may have won it, but that doesn’t mean they deserved to be there.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
We didn't play head to head
But by watching the games people can draw their own conclusions. If someone watched the games and thought Alabama was clearly better than Oklahoma state, then they are well within their right to vote for Alabama.
Anyway it seems we are just going round and round.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Polls aren't a power rating
They’re a resume measuring tool. Otherwise, the games don’t mean a god damn thing.
How I think teams will perform is completely independent from how they actually have performed, and because one of those is fact, and the other is opinion…
If you still disagree then we’ll just agree to disagree, because I can’t state my case any more clearly than that.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
I don't think it's one or the other...
It is a subjective mix of the two. And as far as I know there aren’t explicit instructions for voters one way or the other.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
yet another reason to abolish the voting system
Or at least retool it.
The coaches poll is a complete joke filled with bias, and voters who don’t watch the games (they’re busy coaching). The AP poll has voters like Scott Wolf.
I don’t even know what the Harris poll i supposed to accomplish.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
duh...
The Harris poll is supposed to put moar SEC teams in BCS Bowls!
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
A necessary evil
without a large playoff format. I suppose you could use a selection comity, but the scrutiny and criticism they would endure would be insane. When the 65th team gets left out of the basketball tourney, nobody really cares. But with a situation like 2004 or even this year… I donno. I just don’t see that working out very well.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Even your name is delusional----Zoltar--what is that
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 16, 2012 1:36 AM PST up reply actions
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OR THIS…..http://www.zoltarmachine.com/
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
If you really want to know
It came from an incident involving a lot of weed and erroneously pronouncing the character Zoltan from the movie Dude, Where’s My Car as Zoltar. Later I started using it as a handle for a World of Warcraft character, and then for various internet handles.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
You try SWTOR yet?
A worthy successor imho.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
When I was in New Orleans last weekend for the game
I met up with a friend from my WOW guild that I’ve been in since release. I got to see him play some and even made a bounty hunter myself. I was very impressed with what I saw, and I’ve always like the bioware rpg’s. I definitely plan on getting it soon.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Black Volkars
lvl 25 IA. Hit me up.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
name: Fancypantsmcgee
Don’t hate.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
lol. nice. Thanks for the offer, but our group is already on Anchorhead, I just haven’t joined them yet.
Agent fun?
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Incredibly
High DPS and decent heals when your friends are idiots (god knows mine are).
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
I was wondering about your name...
Even though I have stayed on the sidelines of this verbal tennis match for the most part….
by trojanarchitect on Jan 16, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
LOL -
I wanted to ask but thought I must be missing some Sci-Fi character name….
by trojanarchitect on Jan 16, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Also
Is 4 teams large enough of a field? If we had a plus one this year, you would have seen bama vs OSU and LSU vs Stanford… Meaning 2/4 teams wouldn’t have been conference champs with the possibility of both of them making the title game.
Just curious what your take on that would be.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
Listen genius, stop trying to sell the wonders of a system that is completely CORRUPT
We know that in the torpid mind of SEC yayhoos, winning your conference isn’t nearly as important as the opinion of semi-literate East Coast sports reporters, self-interested administrators or narcissistic coaches. Your school won a Championship? Well that don’t matter, Zeke, Clem and Nick here say you ’aint as good as ’Bama, so there! They are people!
Now you have the balls to sell a Plus One playoff based on the same putrid foundation. That’s rich…
1. Stop playing creampuffs
2. Win your conference
3. Eliminate all the human polls and only use computer rankings
4. Re-establish the traditional Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowl matchups and play on January 1.
5. Prior to the Bowl games, rank the Bowl participants 1 through 8, based on end of season computer ranking.
5. On January 1, FOUR BOWL CHAMPIONS will emerge.
6. The two teams with the highest pre-Bowl ranking play for the National Championship on MLK Day. If a team goes into its bowl game ranked #1 or #2 they go to the NC. If they lose the next highest ranked team gets invited and so forth.
7. Optional: A consolation game can be played by the two remaining Bowl Champions on Saturday of MLK weekend.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
Your #3 would lead to an unmitigated disaster.
"Those are just facts and facts are just opinions and opinions can be wrong"
-Veronica, Better Off Ted
If you want human polls...
Establish a large Selection or Ranking Committee to make up 50% of the formula. Each FBS member school gets to put one member on the committee.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
You've been a gentleman and a hoot!
Way to go Zolt. I truly mean that.
by BixBeiderbecke on Jan 16, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly ---- thanks USCLInk.
To be honest nothing is going to change it here. So why bother with it. I am a sports fan and yes the SEC schools have great football teams but that is the only thing they have, sports and basically just football.
by trojanarchitect on Jan 15, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
This year was not a 'fluke.'
‘Fluke’ implies a strange, unusual result that couldn’t have been predicted. This year was the logical result of a grossly flawed system. Everything is working exactly as intended.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
by RabbitSC on Jan 13, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ouch! Loco
“They were, who we thought they were!”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
When did they play this game
Oh on monday I thought that was a replay
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 11, 2012 8:09 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Hola Loco y otros Trojan amigos
I’ve been wrapped up in trial for six days and of course I miss out on the huge Pat Haden post, featuring totally classic Paragon contributions and some tasty newbie sniper fire. PH posts are my passion at CC!. It’s like I missed Christmas.
But I get home tonight and trial’s over and I tell my wife that after kids go to bed, I’m checking out CC.
Loco – belated thanks for the rec on my use of “facile” in the Monte Defense post a week ago, vocabulary props always appreciated. You are truly facile yourself in all things USC. Peradventure, Coach Kiffin will become facile with hoisting the crystal football.
You’re welcome Dude. Sometimes a word fits in so perfectly it’s like the last piece in a jigsaw puzzle! Happy New Year to you and your lovely Trojan family.
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
So glad I passed on the game -- helped to get get the lowest rating...... also FACILE
by trojanarchitect on Jan 12, 2012 12:39 AM PST reply actions
Y'all are some cold-blooded m-fers!
Having witnessed the game firsthand, . . . . .fuck! It was epic. On the missed extra-point? I don’t think a single person in the stadium noticed it. It was fu-reaking BEDLAM! I had righteous seating/suite- and from my perspective, Trent found something that had been missing for almost 8 quarters: a gear that the LSU defenders didn’t have.
Either that, or- LSU was simply gassed from being on the field all the damn night.
I’m sure I might have passed out from ennui, myself if I wasn’t a Tide fan and had to watch that game from a TV or laptop. But “boring” for a fan and a ticket-holder is pure balderdash. I’ll say one thing: Tiger fans have got some true venom when they lose. That "once in a ‘millenia-team’- a team that took out so many Top 25; highly ranked teams was totally dominated from start to finish. Moreso than Texas at the Rose Bowl a few years ago. They got popped. And hard, too.
It was a fun game for me.
by BixBeiderbecke on Jan 12, 2012 10:17 AM PST reply actions
Bix,
II almost didn’t go there out of respect for you, but sometimes I jus cain’t hep meself!
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
We're all good here!
Always will be, too for that matter.
I understand things clearly- Alabama (like Notre Dame, tOSU, even USC, et. al.) aren’t teams everybody is going to like. It’s weird to have been brought up in a Tide-household. For my sisters it’s even worse: they’re (down the line) Furd Trees, 2 Cal Bears (one couldn’t hack it and left/didn’t graduate- became mini-real estate mogul. she has all our brains and our combined incomes too), Banana Slugs (UC Santa Cruz), and a Sun Devil- respectively. My brother (get this) he’s a Mustang- by way of Cal Poly. (total geek! he’s got sneakers with GPS so he doesn’t get lost going to and coming out of the damn bathroom. his D & D figurines HAVE PROTRACTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
As a Trojan with Crimson Tide roots, . . . .I’m good!
I love my CC-boys! Everyone here has great respect for college sports, CFB to be exact. And, truth be told- my sentiments mirror most of all you guys when it comes to the SEC. It’s just where Alabama lies and is perceived is where we stray.
I’m very happy that all you fine folks make me feel welcome- I have never felt nor feel disrespected here whatsoever.
Happy New Year to you Loc, and all the rest of the great commenters here on CC.
by BixBeiderbecke on Jan 13, 2012 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
We're glad to have you as always Bix!
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
Thanks for understanding Bix (oops I did it again)
"That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys." Henry Hill, Goodfellas.
Feeling Loco?
I'm shocked, shocked
that when two teams from neighboring states — both known for tough defenses and anemic offenses — play a rematch of a game that ended 9-6 in overtime the first time for the BCS title game, it gets relatively low ratings. Who knew?
by drothgery on Jan 12, 2012 11:59 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
guess things got off topic
I think its pretty clear from the OP that because we all saw this game already on Nov. 5th the ratings showed that a number of fans were less than interested in seeing it again.
Seems simple to me…
I didn’t watch as much as I had it on in the background.
Now how we got to that place is an entirely different matter that is up for legit discussion. Our Alabama guest has some points of interest and thats fine…but it shouldn’t surprise anyone that sooner or later it was going to go to a flame war.
You guys a re big boys and can handle yourselves…I see no need to moderate it.
If Zoltar doesn’t like he doesn’t have come by…god knows I don’t venture out to other sites to comment…but I do lurk.
I think that covers it…anything else?
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