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Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Thoguh posted:

I choose to believe that is not real. Apparently that was tweeted out by the "Cyclone Uniforms" twitter, some guy not affiliated with ISU with too much time on his hands who spends time photoshopping alternate ISU uniforms

Oh thank god these aren't real. ISU has had its share of bad uniforms, but this would've been the worst by a long mile. Can't wait for football to start so I can see ISU lose to NDSU to start the season! Hopefully we don't suck that bad, but I remain doubtful.

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:31

wtftastic: Jul 24, 2006; "In private, we will be mercifully free from the opinions of imbeciles and fools."

Chump Farts posted:

no one wants to hear boomer sooner anyway

if i could empty quote this forever i would.

Actually it was okay hearing it last year in that bowl game, mainly because a team i disliked more strongly than Oklahoma got its poo poo wrecked.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:18

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

# ? Aug 26, 2014 14:56

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Guys, it's almost time for our glorious FBS debut:

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:23

Raku: Nov 7, 2012; Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Roll Tide

sudo rm -rf posted:

Guys, it's almost time for our glorious FBS debut:

I hope Georgia Southern wins enough games to stay FBS, with the condition that they never lose against Florida.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:25

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

Talking fingers on the blogs are predicting like a 40 point victory by the Gators this weekend and I swear to god if we score more than 40 points at all I'm going to have such a massive diamond cutter I'll need to do the ALS challenge on it to calm it down.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:29

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

vyst posted:

Talking fingers on the blogs are predicting like a 40 point victory by the Gators this weekend and I swear to god if we score more than 40 points at all I'm going to have such a massive diamond cutter I'll need to do the ALS challenge on it to calm it down.

do a Diamond Cutter on an ice bucket. Do a self-high-five.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:31

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

DJExile posted:

do a Diamond Cutter on an ice bucket. Do a self-high-five.

Don't forget to stretch out with some DDP Yoga. Don't want to pull your diamond cutter.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:32

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

vyst posted:

I swear to god if we score more than 40 points at all I'm going to have such a massive diamond cutter I'll need to do the ALS challenge on it to calm it down.

Me too buddy. We score 40 on Idaho I'm putting my life savings on UF to win it all.

Then living in a box alone for the rest of my life.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:32

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

ESPN's Ivan Maisel's 10 predictions for the season:

quote:

1. Florida will return to the land of the living.

Athletic director Jeremy Foley has spoken forcefully in support of head coach Will Muschamp. That's not necessarily unusual, Foley speaks forcefully about what he had for breakfast. But it is significant, a sign that Foley believes the problems that led to a 4-8 record last season have been resolved. Florida is healthy again (problem 1); the offense has been retooled with the hiring of coordinator Kurt Roper (problem 2); and Florida is healthy again (it should be restated, because when 17 guys get hurt, including eight starters, that's a lot).

2. Baylor will not make the College Football Playoff.

The Bears' nonconference schedule includes SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo. Was Incarnate Word not available? No other team in the Big 12 has a nonconference schedule without an opponent from the other big conferences. Baylor, like every other Big 12 team, has to fight the perception that comes with not having a conference championship game. If the Bears go 12-0, sure, they're in. But at 11-1, they will get squeezed out. And just so you know, Baylor plays Incarnate Word in 2019.

3. The surprise contender in the Pac-12 South will be Arizona.

If you think Rich Rodriguez lost his touch at Michigan, you haven't been paying attention to what the Wildcats have done the past two seasons. Rodriguez went 8-5 both years playing with a team not recruited for his spread system. He's in year three now, and as long as senior quarterback Jesse Scroggins takes care of the ball, Arizona will put up points. The Wildcats skip Stanford and Oregon State and get two weeks off in the first eight weeks of the season, which should keep them healthy for the stretch run. This is a good dark horse.

4. Miami tailback Duke Johnson will be a Heisman finalist.

At 5-foot-9, 206 pounds, Johnson is a combination of power and quickness that is ideal for today's offenses. He was on pace for a 1,700-yard season a year ago before an ankle injury knocked him out in the seventh game. Johnson has got a veteran offensive line in front of him, he has had a good August, and he has something to prove. Sign me up.

5. It won't get much better at Michigan.

The Wolverines found a way to go 7-6 last season despite an inconsistent offense. Doug Nussmeier has come in from Alabama to run the offense and the injured are healed, but the freshmen forced into action on the offensive line last season remain young. It has been 10 years since Michigan won a Big Ten title. This once-feared program has spent one week in the top 10 in the past six seasons. The schedule does no favors with visits to Notre Dame, Michigan State, Northwestern and Ohio State. The Wolverines are what their record (15-11 the past two seasons) says they are.

6. It will get much better at Northwestern.

Even though the player expected to be the Wildcats' biggest offensive threat, Venric Mark, is playing for West Texas A&M, this is a veteran team with seniors and juniors starting at nearly every position. And these are upperclassmen with something to prove after the way they went 5-7 last season, losing two in overtime and two more by a field goal. If head coach Pat Fitzgerald is right, and the unionization issue knit his team together, this is a team good enough to win the Big Ten West.

7. Cincinnati, not Marshall, will win the major bowl bid that goes to the highest-ranked team among the American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

Marshall has a very good quarterback in Rakeem Cato and a veteran team. What the Thundering Herd don't have is a schedule that will impress the College Football Playoff selection committee. The Bearcats have a veteran team, and two marquee nonconference games (at Ohio State, at Miami). Cincinnati has an opportunity to make a run, and head coach Tommy Tuberville knows how to get his team there.

8. Trevor Knight still has some learning to do.

The Oklahoma sophomore played so well (32-44-1, 348 yards, four touchdowns) in leading the Sooners to their 45-31 upset of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl that he obscured all that happened before, a season in which he pretty much looked like a freshman. All of us are guilty of overloading the importance of a bowl game because it's the last thing we see. Oklahoma has experience on the offensive line to keep Knight upright, and a defense good enough to keep Knight from having to put a game on his shoulders. That's good, because he's not good enough to do that yet.

9. Navy will reappear in the top 25 for the first time in 10 seasons.

The Midshipmen are a veteran team that is going to make Ohio State work to win on Saturday, and Navy is playing a schedule that could easily have them 7-1 when they play Notre Dame at FedEx Field on Nov. 1. Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is 2-4 against the Fighting Irish, who narrowly beat the Midshipmen a year ago. Navy's biggest trouble is its schedule; the Midshipmen have a week off before four of their last five games. With an option offense that depends on timing, that might be an issue. If Niumatalolo figures that out, Navy will be back in the rankings.

10. My last bold prediction -- most of the above will be wrong.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:36

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

youre gonna lose to Idaho after which it will be declared a 'rebuilding year' and in support of this Muschamp will get a 5 year extension

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:36

Slate Action: Feb 13, 2012; by exmarx

Scarf posted:

ESPN's Ivan Maisel's 10 predictions for the season:

God I want Navy to beat Ohio State in Week 1. I want it so bad.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:38

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

dude789 posted:

I keep misreading this as "airbag' the first time I see it.

This is generally the accepted pronunciation.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:39

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

SB Nation did a fun bowl game sponsor quiz. I got 10 out of 13
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/8/25/6066463/quiz-are-these-12-companies-current-college-football-bowl-sponsors

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:40

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

Slate Action posted:

God I want Navy to beat Ohio State in Week 1. I want it so bad.

I think everyone wants that.

If I had one wish for this football season... it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.

If I had TWO wishes for this football season... the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace, and the second would be for Ohio State to lose to Navy.

Scarf fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Aug 26, 2014

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:42

Slate Action: Feb 13, 2012; by exmarx

The best part about Navy beating Ohio State is they'd probably lose to Temple the next week.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:44

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

speaking of Temple, is PJ Walker any good?

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:49

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Slate Action posted:

The best part about Navy beating Ohio State is they'd probably lose to Temple the next week.

And then to us later in the season. :getin:

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:50

Quandary: Jan 29, 2008

Groucho Marxist posted:

SB Nation did a fun bowl game sponsor quiz. I got 10 out of 13
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/8/25/6066463/quiz-are-these-12-companies-current-college-football-bowl-sponsors

I did terrible on this. Not my fault a bunch of bowls changed ownership while I stopped paying attention over the offseason

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:51

Basil Hayden: Oct 9, 2012; 1921!

Raku posted:

I hope Georgia Southern wins enough games to stay FBS, with the condition that they never lose against Florida.

You don't actually have to win any games at all to stay FBS, or meet attendance requirements (hi Idaho!) or really do much other than actually play your schedule as far as I can tell.

If Georgia Southern's trajectory is anything like the other teams who have come up in recent years, they're probably going to lose a lot, though. :smith:

(In fairness a couple teams have done okay I guess)

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:54

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

Groucho Marxist posted:

SB Nation did a fun bowl game sponsor quiz. I got 10 out of 13
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/8/25/6066463/quiz-are-these-12-companies-current-college-football-bowl-sponsors

11 out of 13. The Detroit one made me :stare:

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:57

KKKLIP ART: Sep 3, 2004

Slate Action posted:

The best part about Navy beating Ohio State is they'd probably lose to Temple the next week.

If the world at large doesn't want to see this happen, there is something wrong and we should just press reset on humanity.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 15:59

AsInHowe: Jan 11, 2007; red winged angel

Scarf posted:

11 out of 13. The Detroit one made me

As of 20 minutes ago, that bowl game is the Quick Lane Bowl.

http://media2.wxyz.com/photo/2014/08/26/Bv-KuUgIMAAaXZR_1409063513100_7566257_ver1.0_640_480.jpg

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:06

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Groucho Marxist posted:

SB Nation did a fun bowl game sponsor quiz. I got 10 out of 13
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/8/25/6066463/quiz-are-these-12-companies-current-college-football-bowl-sponsors

11 out of 13. RIP Weedeater Bowl.

When I heard the Pizza Bowl was dead I assumed someone finally realized what a horrible idea a bowl game in Detroit was.

MourningView fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Aug 26, 2014

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:09

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

AsInHowe posted:

As of 20 minutes ago, that bowl game is the Quick Lane Bowl.

http://media2.wxyz.com/photo/2014/08/26/Bv-KuUgIMAAaXZR_1409063513100_7566257_ver1.0_640_480.jpg

Life in the Quick Lane
Slowly makes you lose your mind

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:09

Spacemonkey57: Dec 1, 2004

MourningView posted:

When I heard the Pizza Bowl was dead I assumed someone finally realized what a horrible idea a bowl game in Detroit was.

Detroit's a fine location for a MAC bowl, there are Casinos and Bars downtown and it's a close drive. If I'm choosing between watching a 7 win MAC team in Detroit or Shreveport or something I'll choose Detroit.

Big Ten 8 vs. ACC 7 is a real bad idea. Then again you could have Pitt play Minnesota in Bora Bora and it would still suck.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:14

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

"Better than Shreveport!"

Such great heights. That should be like the Detroit tourism board's official slogan.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:17

Spacemonkey57: Dec 1, 2004

MourningView posted:

"Better than Shreveport!"

Such great heights. That should be like the Detroit tourism board's official slogan.

Whoa, I didn't go that far, I was just saying Shreveport's not better enough than Detroit to justify the extra gas money and driving time.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:20

KKKLIP ART: Sep 3, 2004

I really want the Count Chocula Cereal Bowl tbqh

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:21

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

KKKLIP ART posted:

I really want the Count Chocula Cereal Bowl tbqh

I am in favor of all bowls where the trophy can be a literal bowl filled with the title product. The winner of the Royal Purple Bowl should get a big ol' bowl of lube.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:25

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

MourningView posted:

I am in favor of all bowls where the trophy can be a literal bowl filled with the title product. The winner of the Royal Purple Bowl should get a big ol' bowl of lube.

Literally a bowl full of the Detroit Lions.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:27

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Slate Action posted:

God I want Navy to beat Ohio State in Week 1. I want it so bad.

It almost happened 5 years ago.

I was so pissed when Ohio State returned that 2pt conversion.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:28

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

MourningView posted:

I am in favor of all bowls where the trophy can be a literal bowl filled with the title product. The winner of the Royal Purple Bowl should get a big ol' bowl of lube.

It would be really tough to top the Potato Bowl in that regard. Though a Cheetoos Bowl would own.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:28

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Scarf posted:

Literally a bowl full of the Detroit Lions.

A bunch of 8x10s of the Dan Orlovsky self-safety

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:29

Real Name Grover: Feb 13, 2002; Like corn on the cob; Fan of Britches

Bitcoin is sponsoring a bowl. Bitcoin.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:32

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

A literal bowl of bitcoins.

A bowl that has a negative monetary value.

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:34

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Bahamas Bowl is sponsored by Popeyes. gently caress yes :munch:

give me a bowl full of their biscuits

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:34

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

DJExile posted:

Bahamas Bowl is sponsored by Popeyes. gently caress yes

give me a bowl full of their biscuits

Things I just learned while googling the Bahamas Bowl: The Boil Fish Bowl is a thing that exists

Thoguh fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Aug 26, 2014

# ? Aug 26, 2014 16:37

D.N. Nation: Feb 1, 2012

quote:

the offense has been retooled with the hiring of coordinator Kurt Roper (problem 2)

Yeah, see, weren't the hacks and flacks saying that about Brent Pease when he got to Gainesville?

I swear, Florida coverage is an endless

Charlie Weis is still great at being a coordinator! Look what he did for the Chiefs! Brent Pease has that Boise cred! He's much better than Charlie Weis! John Brantley would've started anywhere and won the Heisman if he wasn't behind Tebow! Jeff Driskel is way better than John Brantley! It was all Brantley's fault! Tyler Murphy is the perfect fit for what Brent Pease is trying to do! It was all Driskel's fault! And on and on and on and on and on.

Kurt Roper was THE SINGLE-MOST IMPORTANT REASON why Duke won the ACC Coastal! It'll be JUST LIKE when Spurrier went from Durham to Florida! Why, I heard that Coach K was worrying that they were going to let Roper take over the basketball program, too!

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LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

Georgia has been a 'contender' for 34 years.

I'd say you have the market cornered on wishful thinking.

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# ? Aug 26, 2014 17:31

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