Bowl Game Blowout! Open Thread for 12/27/09
by yellow fever on Dec 27, 2009 4:30 PM PST
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Initial Thoughts: Ah, the Music City Bowl. Nashville's Holiday Tradition. Right up there with my holiday tradition of not even realizing it's on.
Most Awesome Player: C.J. Spiller (201 rushes for 1,145 yards and 11 touchdowns; 33 receptions for 445 yards and 4 touchdowns; 13 punt returns for 210 yards and 1 touchdown; 21 kick returns for 708 yards and 4 touchdowns)
Most Awesome Sponsor: O'Charley's!
Accuscore says: Clemson 29, Kentucky 21
ESPN says: Clemson 34, Kentucky 16
Who you should be rooting for: Clemson - because who doesn't enjoy a good SEC beatdown?
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Clemson
I have them 27th on my confidence points.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 27, 2009 4:35 PM PST reply actions
Bailey was on him all game. Hard to get it to Desean (prolly the reason Oakland beat them—Asomugha locked him down).
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
He’s a special one, that’s for sure.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Man, Colts fans are going CRAZY that Caldwell threw away an undefeated season
That was a really strange decision. But they’re acting as if they lost the Super Bowl.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 4:56 PM PST reply actions
Is that what they call Stampede Blue now?
Everyone’s super pissed off. Fire Polian, Fire Caldwell. Hilarious.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
Aaron Rodgers is heading to the playoffs. Forsett is not.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 5:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'll take Clemson
The SEC isn’t likely as overrated as some believe, but against Kentucky, I’d say the ACC should prevail.
I dunno. Spiller has been getting so much pub that he’s due for a letdown.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
He let down pretty hard in the South Carolina game, so he might have gotten it out of the way. This could be a Best-in-Emerald-Bowl type performance.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
So how 'bout Urban Meyer
I think Spencer Hall started drinking with two fists when he heard that Meyer is turning over the team to Addazio until the beginning of next season. This sounds like a fantastically terrible idea.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I don’t understand how a story can go from “I’m stopping coaching so that I can live to see my grandchildren” to “I’m probably going to be on the sidelines to start 2010” in 24 hours. WTF?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
“Must be the money!”
Here’s what I think: Meyer probably won’t do much, if any game-to-game coaching, and turn into the face of Florida football for recruiting purposes. In return, Florida hands him a fat paycheck and hauls in top 10 recruiting classes year-by-year. It’ll be similar to the Bowden situation the past half-decade, except successful instead of full of fail.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
What could go wrong? (Steve Addazio could be head coach.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Here are his words from his Twitter
Addazio? Is Urban Meyer going to California w/o telling Sterling Cooper?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t know where to post this, so I’ll just say it here: the BI board is saying that Alamar has officially been canned.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Aside from its angry fans, is BI known to be a good source of information?
In any case, if this is true: Yay!
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
A handful of posters have all independently asserted that he is now, in fact, gone. So I’d say this is most likely legit.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
My source is solid. I created a thread about it before this, but I guess that my thread isn’t cool enough for people to comment there.
Some of us don’t want to reveal our sources to a bunch of people that we don’t know, or else we won’t have those sources anymore.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Hidden meaning:
“I’m way cooler than all of you. I know something you don’t know. Neener neener neener.”
I wish I were cool enough to have sources =(
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Even if that’s true, I’ll bet you that Alamar leaves the door open on his way out, allowing a tree sitter to come in and steal Cal football equipment.
by BlackandOldGold on Dec 27, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
Alternately: and it read ALAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Wow.
My source is solid. I created a thread about it before this, but I guess that my thread isn’t cool enough for people to comment there.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
by Swamphunter on Dec 27, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Ordinarily, I’d feel bad for any coach getting fired. This, however, would be worthy of the grandest of grand celebrations.
Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!
Hell, I felt bad for Tom Holmoe when he was fired. Firing people sucks. I had to do it once, and I never wish to do it again.
That said, it’s pretty clear that Tedford needs to make some changes, and improving special teams, which (sans a couple special talents, like DeSean and Jahvid) has been a decided disappointment for years now, is an obvious place to start.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Another perspective
Firing people sucks a lot less than keeping bad people….I’ve had to fire many folks over the years and have never lost any sleep, but with the caveat that I knew in my heart that I was doing the right thing for the enterprise…when its right its right, and not to fret over…I only pray that the “sources” on Alamar are right, cause in this it is most certainly the right thing to do…sleep like a baby Ted!
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Dec 27, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Alamar was never going to succed in the minds of Cal folks anyways – too much baggage. It might be good for him to get somewhere else too.
exactly
a reverse win win
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Dec 27, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
Wish we could get better confirmation than some dude with “a source”.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Technically, when CGB broke the news of Ben Braun’s firing, we were “some dudes with a source”. I guess it all comes down to how much a person reporting via an anonymous source has to lose by being wrong. In the case of posters on message boards with anonymous handles, I’d say “not much”.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Where’s our source???
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
If it’s true it will take away one of the arguments of the ‘crazy fire Tedford’ people: That Tedford is loyal to a fault and refuses to let go ineffective coaches.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Doubtful
They’ll just say he should’ve been fired years ago. I’m guessing they want Gregory’s head too.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 27, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
Oh God ESPN’s brought back that terrible (country singer who I can’t be assed to remember) song.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Back to the game
been watching with sort on one eye, flipping to the Cowboys/skins…but what I’ve seen is that Spiller has not really been lighting it up…verdad?
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Dec 27, 2009 8:12 PM PST reply actions
and of course he scores
..you’re welcome CJ
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Dec 27, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like the BCS Black Caucus will expand by another member, since Rich Brooks is likely to retire and has already named offensive coordinator Joker Phillips as successor.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
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