Happy New Year to all of my online friends….you guys are the best writers and the best commenters evAr.
Gotta admit, it is noon here on the west coast and I am just waking up…..lucky for me – in time for Happy Hour. I could use a beer or something right now as my teeth feel like they are wearing sweaters.
Mize did a fucking excellent job on TMA…much better than a day like New Year’s Day deserved to be sure. I don’t think Happy Hour will match the energy of TMA because there was only one other post after TMA which was Studs and Duds….and I am pretty sure everyone is now in College Football Bowl Mode…One game down – two in progress, and two yet to start….
So why not just make this a big comment-splosion post foranyone who cares to be here today. Staring into a bright computer screen while typing is a great remedy for hangovers – especially on New Year’s Day hangovers…
As of post time: Updated @ 915p:
Outback Bowl - Hawkeyes > Cocks 31-10
Capital One Bowl – Bulldogs > Spartans 24-12
Gator Bowl – Nebraska > Clemson 26-21
Rose Bowl - USC >Penn State 38-24
Orange Bowl – Cincinnatti 7 v. Va Tech 0
The NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview will not be seen today. Instead there will be back to back webisodes tomorrow…
Enjoy your Day – Nurse Your Hangover – Hopefully none of you have to work tomorrow so you can all enjoy more college football
Friendly reminder – Less than five days until UF is crowned with another BCS Championship.
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I actually think Painter sucks. Bradford will be out of the NFL in no time though.
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You don’t want Derek Anderson anywhere near your team.
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mikey. i presume the next gm would be fielding / receiving offers for anderson / quinn.
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The Colts and Patriots aren’t substantially different on that chart Sparty. That’s why both franchises are so good year in and year out. The Patriots will have some salary issues at qb next year though.
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well you know quinn is the qb of the future….spaty why no derek anderson…was the one year a fluke? or are you scared of staph infections?
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sparty – re:tebow – i hope so
i honestly think that whatever scouts use to judge QBs hasnt worked for quite a while and it is time to break the mold
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pats will be looking at how brady is? then they will make their decision with cassel.
anderson will be qb of present, they can draft their project in the later rounds. reesing / daniel / sanchez, etc…
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Mikey, he doesn’t like things with the initials D.A. Derek Anderson, District Attorneys, Dumb Asses…
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I think Anderson was all fluke. And I am still worried about college spread QBs in the NFL. Systems are too different.
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Drew Brees was a spread quarterback.
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drew brees struggled for three years until he became very good too
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That’s a fair point.
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Northeastern 55 Indiana 42. 12-22
Lipscomb 74 Indiana 69. 12-28
Indiana is going to go 0-18 in Big Ten play.
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this season will be ugly in bloomington. good thing that the indiana administrators extended a year on their coach. this is going to be a long one….
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teams needing a QB right now include in order
1. detroit
2. kansas city
3. san francisco
4. chicago
5. minnesota
6. tampa
7. jets
8. miami
detroit takes bradford, stafford goes to kc…..does anyone take tebow in the first round?
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IU deserves what they got. They hired a known cheater and then looked the other way when he cheated and stole Gordon.
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Brees is the only one I can think of. There can, of course, be others.
And I feel zero sympathy for Indiana. They’re going to be in hell for a few years, and completely deserve it.
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The spread that Joe Tiller ran is completely different than the one that Urban Meyer or any of the Big 12 schools run currently. Brees always had pinpoint accuracy and a huge arm.
Remember, he was in SD his first couple year, and they had no Antonio Gates, no Keenan McCardell and a very young LdT, and their OLine was atrocious.
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I would put the jets higher than chicago or tampa on that list.
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i don’t think Detroit’s issue is at QB.
Miami doesn’t need a QB. They have Pennington and they drafted Henne to be their future. I hate to say it, but Henne will be good.
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the Jets really believe Clemens or Ainge can be the guy.
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Jeff George is going to be good someday.
/Whitlock’d
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Detroit’s going to need a QB soon, but they don’t need to take one till the third or fourth round.
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1. detroit – must need
2. kansas city – ditto
3. san francisco – ditto
4. chicago – ditto
5. minnesota – probably, let’s see if tarvaris can defer the calls for one
6. tampa – with jon gruden, you never know…
7. jets – they have kellen, right?
8. miami – qb of the future, this is pennington’s for now
if tebow leaves, minnesota and miami would be a very interesting place to go to
minnesota with that imposing o-line
miami with the florida backdrop and the wildcat
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Time for the Lions to give Stanton a shot, they used a 2nd round pick on him, might as well.
I’m out, cyas.
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‘morrow sparty.
Minny’s O-like is going to be very different next year. Birk will likely not be back, and I would be surprised if McKinney is back next year. I think he used up all of his get out of jail free coupons, and he is so very overpaid.
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later sparty
i think that people are projecting mark sanchez ahead of tebow…let me get back to you in a minute
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that was a nice tweak of an idea by rece for the bcs.
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rece davis calls for old-school bowl affiliation, then the bcs games, then best performance will face off on the 1vs2
(i think)
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So a playoff without the brackets? How would the BCS bowls work under that idea?
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Hey guys just got back to the hotel and even thou the game didn’t turn out well I had a lot of fun and ended up having seats in the frist row by the psu tunnel
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i would not know. bowl affiliation then if you won and won well, you advance. (selection committee / computer)
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oof. Sounds like a CF waiting to happen.
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if they want a definite national championship, they will need to have a selection committee to filter bcs bowl matchup.
if only the rose bowl can just give up on their required bowl affiliation….
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