Welcome to the first edition of “Fans Say the Darnest Things…” We’ll call this the “pilot episode” I plan on giving this another run next week to fine tune it a bit. The idea is simple. I’ve never been a real message board poster, because 90% of the people on there are whacked…I visited some popular boards to see if I can fish out some of the funnier moments.

MikeIrishFan44

Title: We needed this game

Our program needed this game. We needed it badly. I just don’t know where to go from here. It feels like what we built up after the Bowl game and after the Nevada game is all gone. This loss is devastating. We shoulda beat this team by 10 points.

Where do we go from here???

I’m guessing you meant “all” you built up…and like you I was absolutely convinced that Notre Dame would be a serious contender in the WAC after those two wins.

DonP74

Toledo must be taken seriously.

I’m 99% sure they’ll be just as good as USC.

Qstick

Topic: June Jones

This guy took Hawaii into the national spotlight.
Yesterday his Houston Cougars beat my #5 Oklahoma St. Houston has been, well, pathetic for years.
The man can coach. He has the gift of designing dynamic offenses.
When will a major university offer him a head coaching job?

Good point…except June Jones is at SMU.

nneess01

Topic: I Lend No Weight to This Game (FSU)

Honestly guys, had we won by 40…would it make a difference? This was a throw away game. It was a short week, coming off the toughest of losses and the weather was atrocious. I’m the first one to skewer our guys when things go bad, but I don’t think tonight’s game whether good or bad would be an accurate measuring stick. We’ll find out the ability of this team next week.

Do you also lend no weight to the banks constant threat that if you don’t make a mortgage payment they will forclose? I agree, trailing a I-AA team at home for 59 minutes of the game when you’re supposed to be a top 25 program shouldn’t alert any fan…not one bit.

OSUDad

Title: David Duval theory

Anyone remember the golfer, David Duval? Number 1 in the world at the time. Took some time off over the winter and went into a hard core conditioning program and came back as nothing less than a stud. Flat out chiseled to say the least.

Problem was, with his new body, he could no longer play golf. Dropped like a rock and his career went into a tailspin in a matter of months. No, weeks. He was gone – he is only now emerging as a credible golfer – pudgy, but he can at least swing a golf club again.

When you look at our guys, its obvious they have worked and done incredible things to their bodies over the off season. Is there more of a freak anywhere in college FB than Dez? Have you seen Kendalls guns? Even Zac talked about bulking up and putting on some weight and feeling a good bit stronger.

That’s great. To a point. Every athlete has a limit of the weight and muscle that his frame can carry. Beyond that point, there is injury, lack of flexiblity, and other problems.

In our case, Zac has clearly lost a step, balls go through Dez’s hands, and Kendall has become injury prone and somewhat ineffective. And have you ever seen a team more prone to muscle spasms?

Skill players do need to be strong and have a certain body mass, but they also need finess – balls going trough the hands of the world’s most muscled up receiver do no good, and players on the sideline cramped up or nursing nagging injuries are a wreck. And face it, a QB whose speed two years ago was off the charts is a step slower and a less effective passer.

Why thank you doctor! Now that we’ve cleared that up, next topic…the Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections…I’m sure it had nothing to do with your team still going gaga about the mighty SEC victory they pulled a week earlier…

DeepSpringsVol

Title: I agree Crompton didnt play well but dont bash him too bad

Surely we have more class than that! He has played awful but at least he loved the VOLS enough to come here with plenty of other offers, even with a couple of promising freshmen by the names of Ainge and Scaeffer

Ya!!! Thanks for coming to Knoxville and wearing the Orange and White! Those three crucial backbreaking interceptions? Forgiven! Because yooooou love the Vols! I’ll just go ahead and save ya a spot in the ring o’ honor now.

Title: As long as JimTressel is…

I am done watching tOSU football as long as Jim Tressel and his staff are still coaching. Because of his ‘hold on’ mentality and play calling my BUCKS lost a game that they should’ve won by at least 10. I love my Buckeyes, but I just cannot stand to see it again.

Not only did they not win, that game is going to cost them recuits that where there at the game as well as some that may have already committed.

Sorry Tressel but you and your staff have to go.

You’re right. All those big time recruits, many of which who have grown up in Ohio as Buckeye fans will now decide that this program is not the place to win at…They’d be better suited for Ohio U or Akron if they wanna win championships. Be a true fan and boycott the Buckeyes. It’s Jim Tressel that has kept Ohio State down by losing to Michigan ruling the Big 10 winning a National Title making three title game appearances Fuck it. Bring back Cooper.

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