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Saturday College Football Open Thread

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Posted on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:25:23 PM EST
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Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving holiday.

Today is a big day in college football. You can discuss it here

Go Gators!!

This is an Open Thread for talking college football.

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    Saturday College Football Open Thread | 25 comments (25 topical)
    Ha. Speechless. (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:44:05 PM EST
    Don't tell me everyone isn't listening to the Met broadcast!

    The Met(s) (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by CoralGables on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 03:26:42 PM EST
    don't play until April

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    Waiting for kdog here. (none / 0) (#13)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 05:51:14 PM EST


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    And then, not very well ... (none / 0) (#17)
    by cymro on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 07:10:54 PM EST
    ... according to Bill James's projections.

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    Huh? (none / 0) (#2)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:54:31 PM EST
    On the few occasions that I have watched football with friends, I played bach cantatas on the stereo and muted the idiots jawboning on the teevee.

    Don't see why the same cannot be done with Faust and College football.

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    As if I cared. (none / 0) (#5)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:57:50 PM EST
    Anyhow, the most beautiful part of the opera just finished:  English horn solo and Susan Graham.  

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    You May Not Care (none / 0) (#9)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 02:07:43 PM EST
    But many who love both opera and football, do care. I have to admit there was a certain beauty seeing football choreographed to
    Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

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    I thought baseball season was over.... (none / 0) (#4)
    by kempis on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:54:39 PM EST
    <heh>

    BTD, glad to see you and your "Go Gators!"

    Next week, I fear your Gators are going to cause me and my fellow Alabama fans some heartache.

    And being a pessimist, I'm not so sure Auburn won't find a way to eke out a win and devastate us today. Anything can happen in an Alabama-Auburn game. Anything, that is, except for Alabama to win the damned thing in the past several years.

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    A question (5.00 / 1) (#26)
    by cal1942 on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:18:21 AM EST
    Not trying to be a smart a$$. Just wondering.

    Does anyone in the Big 12 play defense?

    i wish i cared even one little bit (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:54:35 PM EST
    about college football. truly, i do. sadly, it falls somewhere between taking out the trash, and cleaning the cat's boxes. and it's still close at that.

    oh why do i hate my country so?

    :) I was indoctrinated before I could walk (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by kempis on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 02:01:07 PM EST
    In Alabama, Auburn fans and Alabama fans are like Sunnis and Shiites. While there are a few who are indifferent, generally you have to know early on which sect you belong to.

    My brother started the University of Alabama the year I began first grade, and my parents were passionate Bama fans. So I'm sure that "Roll Tide" were among my first words.

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    Sorry (none / 0) (#18)
    by kempis on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 08:12:32 PM EST
    I didn't intend to make light of the civil war in Iraq at all--which I think is no laughing matter. I tend to think of Sunnis and Shiites as existing long before the Iraq War. But I apologize for offending you and possibly others with my analogy.

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    Maybe you should sign up for (none / 0) (#6)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:58:51 PM EST
    one of those continuing ed classes:  football 101.

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    Won't matter (none / 0) (#23)
    by cal1942 on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:11:10 AM EST
    one bit.

    College football, that wonderfully unique game, either is or isn't in your blood.

    Ain't JUST a game.


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    O.K. I checked. FSU is in (none / 0) (#7)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 02:00:35 PM EST
    Tallahassee (but I'm sure you all knew that already) has its third Rhodes scholar in four years.  

    and it's pouring (none / 0) (#12)
    by Amiss on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 04:18:26 PM EST
    down rain, on Bobby Bowden's show the other nite, even he wasnt hopeful for the Seminoles. Florida State is Gator bait!

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    They creamed them. What (none / 0) (#15)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 06:31:33 PM EST
    fun is that?

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    The rain certainly added (none / 0) (#16)
    by Amiss on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 07:04:17 PM EST
    an interesting dimension to the game today for sure. Florida has scored at least 42 points in its last 7 outings.

    It's fun because of the rivalry that comes with the yearly match-up. I thought that Sykes was gonna get pummeled to death in the first quarter by the FSU guys on the bench.

    Sad that Percy Harvin most likely will not be able to play against Alabama because of an ankle injury today.

    The guy that is the Rhodes scholar(Myron Rolle) finished his pre-med in 2.5 years in addition to playing football, what an accomplishment!


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    It can be fun (none / 0) (#24)
    by cal1942 on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:12:06 AM EST
    to watch a fine machine in action.

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    The Civil War (none / 0) (#11)
    by caseyOR on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 03:30:48 PM EST
    in which the University of Oregon Ducks attempt to shatter the Rose Bowl dreams of the Oregon State Beavers. And college sportscasters across the land, dreading a repeat of the early season game wherein Penn State demolished the Beavs, pray the Ducks succeed. A Beavers victory would send them to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1965.

    Go, Beavers!

    And although (none / 0) (#19)
    by CoralGables on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 08:14:58 PM EST
    I'm a Duck fan, at halftime it hurts to see that the Beavers streak away from the Rose Bowl may stay intact.

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    Alas, poor Beavers (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by caseyOR on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 10:49:30 PM EST
    No Rose Bowl for Oregon State this year. They just fell apart today. I don't think it can all be attributed to the absence of the injured Jaquizz Rogers. Too bad. And, even more distressing to me, this means USC goes to the Rose Bowl. I did not want that to happen.

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    Wonderful statement (none / 0) (#25)
    by cal1942 on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:14:12 AM EST
    Duck followers are among the best. Real class.

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    There you are (none / 0) (#20)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 08:42:14 PM EST
    whew

    lol (none / 0) (#22)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 11:14:08 PM EST
    One of my faves.

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    Saturday College Football Open Thread | 25 comments (25 topical)