To all USC fans

[Steve68]

I've been to the Swamp many times had a chance to go to school there, passed it up, I've lived here almost all my life, two words

GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

[JoshStratton]

I'll take a team that schedules ND, Ark. and Nebraska for their out of conf AND plays their entire conf during the season.

That's kind of hard to do when your conference has 11 teams and you play 4 out of conference games. 12 game season.

[Damn True]

That's kind of hard to do when your conference has 11 teams and you play 4 out of conference games. 12 game season.

Big-10 = Eleven teams, whatever. The only smart thing in Colombus is the sign on the Highway that reads, "California, 2296mi".

Hmm, sounds like there's only room for one out of conference game. You ought to be able to slot the Southern Indiana school for blind one-legged girls in there somewhere.

Ok, fine. Play your out of conference games, but nutt-up a bit and schedule some real teams. Bowling Green, Vandy, and Ball St. Please.

[audioman]

Down here, Meyer and Leak have the same rep. Florida has never gone 6-0 against Tennessee, Georgia, and FSU at any time. Until Meyer arrived.

They seem to be a tough, gritty bunch. It's different than the Fun-n-Gun of the ole BallCoach.

1 month from today ... can't wait!

jp

John
My vote is for a party for the Florida game. Lets get it together. I,ll bring my picture of the Swamp. I can't wait to see how cold its going to get in Ohio on Jan 8th
Dennis Hopper

[OHCbird]

Ok, fine. Play your out of conference games, but nutt-up a bit and schedule some real teams. Bowling Green, Vandy, and Ball St. Please.

So by that accord, we should throw out Ohio State's Northern Illinois, Cincinnati, and Bowling green victories? And USC? They played as many conference chuckle-heads as the rest of them did (Az, AzSt, Wash, WashSt, Stanford?).

ALL the teams have schedule soft-spots. Yes, even my neighborly Gators have some cream-puffs in there (that they almost got beat by).

BCS sucks.

[JoshStratton]

So by that accord, we should throw out Ohio State's Northern Illinois, Cincinnati, and Bowling green victories? And USC? They played as many conference chuckle-heads as the rest of them did (Az, AzSt, Wash, WashSt, Stanford?).

ALL the teams have schedule soft-spots. Yes, even my neighborly Gators have some cream-puffs in there (that they almost got beat by).

BCS sucks.

BCS does suck.

I only wish we would have played Wisconsin. They are the greatest 3rd place team in any conference's history of the sport. Unfortunately there are too many teams in the Big 10.

OSU may play some cupcakes, but all teams do. It helps keep the money in state and helps out their brother/sister universities. OSU has a strong relationship with the other universties in the state, and playing them strengthens that. They also are the only team in the history of college football to play 3 number 2's in one season (not to shabby). They may not have the strength of schedule that teams like FLA and USC have (which I dont understand because Notre Dame and the Pac10 sucks), but they make do with what they get.

We played Texas the last 2 years, Miami of FL the next 2 years, and then USC the 2 years after that. Granted Miami didnt play well this year, but I dont see USC scheduling non-conference games like that (except OSU in 2 years). You can't claim Notre Dame because they are overrated, USC plays them every year, and did I mention they suck?

I love college football

[parsonsj]

Five days to go. The boys in orange and blue arrived in the desert yesterday. Ray McDonald is questionable (torn ligament in elbow), and he is a force in the middle of the d-line.

Otherwise, Florida is healthy.

Ted Ginn, Jr. is giving me nightmares.

jp

[OLDFLM]

I fully expect the Bucks to steam roll over Flori-duh!

btw anyone watch the might Wolverines eat humble pie?
The biggest whiners in the NCAA are now 2-time losers! LOL

Go Bucks!!!!!!

V/R,

[parsonsj]

I fully expect the Bucks to steam roll over Flori-duh!

Good thing for the Gators that they'll play the game anyway.

I did see the USC-Michigan game, and was very impressed with USC's guts (and passing offense) in the 2nd half. Both Florida and OSU should feel fortunate they don't have to play USC in So-Cal. I warned those Michiganders to get their chin straps on tight.

But the game of the year so far is the Boise St. / Oklahoma game! What a masterpiece! Hook and ladders! Statue of Liberty! Wild stuff!

Sigh ... still 5 days to go.

jp

[JoshStratton]

Ted Ginn, Jr. is giving me nightmares.

I wouldnt worry too much about him unless he runs straight. He dances too much recently to be REAL effective. He is just dangerous enough to require double coverage.

Anthony Gonzalez, Brian Robiske, and Roy Hall are your real threats.
...oh yeah, Antonio Pittman and Chris Wells too.

[Camaro_Kyle]

As a current USC student all I gotta say is UCLA beat us fair and square and I give them props for that, they played great. Although disappointed that we didn't make it to the championship, I'm rather glad we didn't. I had serious doubts going into the Rose Bowl and thought Michigan was gonna kick our butts, especially after watching Michigan's competitiveness when they played OSU, but we pulled it out. Although we did pretty good against them, I think OSU would've kicked our asses. So, when Monday comes you can find me rooting for OSU, and right now I'm sitting here rooting for Notre Dame, but it ain't looking good.

[OHCbird]

MI had 3 good drives, two wound up being turnovers. They should have won, but Carr didn't lead them in the 2nd half. I give USC big props for exploiting all UM's weaknesses: Hall at corner (too small, not physical enough to defend Garret / Jarret), placing more emphasis on the right side (stopping Hart), and passing over the other DBs. Mich's line is usually solid as hell, but USC pressured Henne just enough to force things.

Biggest props to Pete Carrol for out-coaching Lloyd Carr. Same thing Tressel did. Again. Can we unfreeze Bo please?

As for being the whinniest, I don't get that. I guess if you're a fairweather fan jumping on the bandwagon, it's easy to throw **** like that out there. Funny how all the OSU shirts and **** are now out there. We'll see if they stick with your returning team next year.

Same thing happens every year here in FL- when FL ST is doing better, there's more Seminole fans. Gators tearing it up- the streets run deep in orange and blue. Miami? Nobody up here likes Miami.

[OLDFLM]

OHC you had me until you threw out that bandwagon crap! I'm a born and bread Buckeye, Brown and Indians fan... and I've NEVER waivered from that! Not even when we went undefeated until the last game of the season and TSUN beat us and we didn't get to go to the Rosebowl... do you know what year that was? You can use both hands! LOL It was the same year that the Browns pulled chalks and left the state and the same year that MLB conspired to go on strike just so my Indians couldn't win it all!

Meat-chicken didn't win the Big 10. (period) Carr whined and whined about deserving a shot at the national championship... rematch, rematch... so much so that it affected his team and they couldn't even pull out a bowl game win!

And as Ricky Bobby said "If you ain't first, your last." M = L

Add to your diatribe that my bride is a born and bred FSU fan... I cheer for her team come game time and she does the same for my Buckeyes. Oh btw Bobby Bowden won his bowl game, Lloyd Carr didn't. FSU took a lot of heat this year but I didn't see any other team out there fielding as many freshman as the 'Noles either. FSU will be tough in 07 and may win it all in 08. I do think it's crap that Jeff Bowden got a $.5M buyout though...

Bobby Bowden & Jim Tressel are class acts. I've never seen either one of them back hand a player after coming off the field or scream at their players or whine about deserving another shot after they lost. Carr needs to switch places with Bo. If I were playing for him I'd probably have to help facilitate that...

Nothing personal OHC (Really) but you know how it is between the Bucks and TSUN. We'd have beat them in the championship, USC would have been a good game and I was cheering for UCLA that whole game... as for Flori-duh... I have a good gator soup recipe if you want it.
It's gonna be ugly... (c:]

Go Bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eat soup! (c:]


p.s. TSUN = That State Up North... there are many homes in the great state of Ohio where you can't say the M-word! Seriously! Woody Hayes would spend the night in Toledo every time they had to play up there b/c he refused to let his players sleep on MI soil... he also wouldn't buy gas up there!

[JoshStratton]

As for being the whinniest, I don't get that. I guess if you're a fairweather fan jumping on the bandwagon, it's easy to throw **** like that out there. Funny how all the OSU shirts and **** are now out there. We'll see if they stick with your returning team next year.

OHC you had me until you threw out that bandwagon crap! I'm a born and bread Buckeye...

I think OH (IO!) Cbird meant down in Florida where he is at. It is not uncommon to see a lot of Buckeye stuff down there; most Ohioians tend to move to Fl as they get older. It was actually kind of funny visiting my Grandmother before she moved to Vegas. Just about every house on her road had an OSU flag in the yard.

I can totally see his bandwagon point in Columbus though. I have been an OSU fan since I was 5 years old (you should see my Buckeye room - jerseys, autographs, pictures frame, etc...I am bordering on mental sickness). Anywhoo, I have relatives that HATED, I mean HATED the Buckeyes during the Cooper era. Now that they have won a few games, they claim to be avid fans. I disavow all knowledge of their existence as Buckeye fans. Some of them were even avid Michigan fans for 15 years until OSU started winning under Tressel. It’s like all these yahoos who now care about Buckeye basketball. 3 years ago, they couldn’t care less. Once this recruiting class is gone and we start to lose a few more games per year, they will probably sink into oblivion again.

The psychology of it all makes sense. People want to feel good. What makes them feel good is winning, so they will flock to that source when needed. Fortunately for me I am miserable. Go Bucks!