College Football 2015-16

Foggy_sl said:

A few things:

1. There has always been a bit of a "cool to ignore or hate Texas" thing in Austin and the surrounding area if you aren't affiliated with the school.
2. The casual fans just do not give a shit right now since we have been bad for half a decade.
3. Unlike most of the south, there is a ton to do in Austin and life does not revolve around football because of it. Austin attracts people from all over the country.
4. Academics and Athletics do not really get along at Texas. Academics hate how much money and attention football gets despite Texas being one of the premier public universities in the country.

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My girlfriend works for UT and she couldn't tell you who they play on a given Saturday and I'm not sure if she could find the stadium of her job depended on it.

Well I should say works at UT and not for UT. They created a partially privately funded group to tour stuff from the library because apparently the limit on pay from the university isn't enough to recruit workers.

Either way found it odd. The good news is I get use of the company plane once a month so maybe I can make it to a few games out of town.

Foggy_sl said:

Good point, fixed. Thanks.

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Have you met our new friend Generol? He has a super cool name and is probably almost as smart as you. You two should talk about football together.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

Have you met our new friend Generol? He has a super cool name and is probably almost as smart as you. You two should talk about football together.

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I was an original member of FoH from 1997. You do realize this forum is based on that group, yes? So when you say "new" you should also realize I have been around this core group longer than you have been having delusions about making statements without substantiating material to back it up. I simply don't feel the need to post message after message on an internet message forum. However, if you would like to test how "smart" I am, feel free to counter my elementary level statement I made in which I (respectfully by the way) asked you why you felt as you felt about the listed players.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

Did that fucking retard just try to argue that Ezekiel Elliot is better than Todd Gurley?

This planet, man.

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Yeah, I sure did and my statement was backed up by substantiated material (ie: statistics). However, let me guess, you're astounding knowledge of sports transcends even evidence and material that counters your ridiculous statements, right?

Regardless, feel free to dazzle us with your stance and why you feel as you feel. I would be more than happy to read such an intellectual and (clearly...) knowledgeable sports fans take on such things....

Todd Gurley, what did he ever do ... ever?

Dumar_sl said:

Todd Gurley, what did he ever do ... ever?

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Tear his knee.

Intrinsic_sl said:

That was orchestrated by Auburn and Cam Newton's father. I mean c'mon, obvious conspiracy is obvious.

But seriously... We'll see how this year pans out. Roc Thomas should be a good RB and we have other options to change up the formations and point of attack. If our offense retains 80% of its effectiveness and Muschamp can improve our defense to be somewhat adequate it should be a fun year.

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Aka run the same zone read and hit the the same hole 90% of the time, while the WR run routes downfield. It is every football play put together Auburn, watching your offense is infuriating.

LSU is worse. I form Dive, into I form play action (!)..in 2015.

Intrinsic_sl said:

This one Auburn blog, College and Magnolia I think it was, did an analysis of all the plays last year and included stats like how many were hurry up, zone reads, etc... The results were kind of surprising as the distribution was a lot more uniform that you would expect. May go try and find the links after work this afternoon but normally I'm the only one interested in that level of Auburn specific information and try not to clutter up the thread. Shit talking and making fun of Ohio State is a lot more fun.

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Well at least you are a fan of a team within the SEC who doesn't talk about the conference as if it is some team to be rooted for as those guys are pathetic. That said, I really don't see how anyone can talk shit about Ohio State as they have the most BCS wins ever, are in the top 3 of most overall titles ever, have a win percentage of .720 in over 1200 games, have the most players drafted in the first round of the NFL ever, have more national titles than nearly every team in the SEC (Bama excluded) combined, have the most Heisman winners ever, and just won the first CFB playoff.

It's not like they are some ragtag program that deserves hell because, outside of Bama (recently), there really hasn't been a better program in terms of consistency and winning.

B1G wins the national championship in football and comes in second in the basketball tournament while getting two teams into the final four. Yet people still talk like the conference is bottom of the barrel. It would be cute if it wasn't getting so pathetic.

Commander Vimeseh_sl said:

B1G wins the national championship in football and comes in second in the basketball tournament while getting two teams into the final four. Yet people still talk like the conference is bottom of the barrel. It would be cute if it wasn't getting so pathetic.

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They are easily the worst power 5 conference in football, and it isn't close.

Intrinsic_sl said:

This one Auburn blog, College and Magnolia I think it was, did an analysis of all the plays last year and included stats like how many were hurry up, zone reads, etc... The results were kind of surprising as the distribution was a lot more uniform that you would expect. May go try and find the links after work this afternoon but normally I'm the only one interested in that level of Auburn specific information and try not to clutter up the thread. Shit talking and making fun of Ohio State is a lot more fun.

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Oh I would not be suprised at the hurry up numbers at least. They always check the formation. Then to the playcaller again. Then audible after the D shifts. However, it is always the sameish hb blast read pass play option in the majority of snaps. They arent the same as the Ducks really at all. Spreads are not all built the same. I also think in three or four years the concept will be locked down...mainly due to speed/size changes at the LB /De positions. Eventually DEs wont be retarded hero ball players and break down and not attack the mesh thinking its a way to get a fumble...every damn time. And secondary players may realize that reading fucking keys are important instead of the QB...no matter the coverage.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

They are easily the worst power 5 conference in football, and it isn't close.

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Yeah it isn't like a team that went 1-7 in B1G play beat the sec east champs. Or that they had a winning bowl season record that included a national championship, going 2-0 against the sec, and beating a team that was supposed to be in the playoff over an undeserving Ohio state. Resume for weakest football conference eh.

Commander Vimeseh_sl said:

Yeah it isn't like a team that went 1-7 in B1G play beat the sec east champs. Or that they had a winning bowl season record that included a national championship, going 2-0 against the sec, and beating a team that was supposed to be in the playoff over an undeserving Ohio state. Resume for weakest football conference eh.

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This is why I can't take cherry picking statisticians seriously. You just reduced your entire argument to 3 fucking games. What was the big 10's record out of conference in the regular season? You know, when games actually mattered? Bowl games don't mean shit.

But let's be serious here. You would never have admitted that the big 10 was shit if we picked bowl stats from any of the previous 7 years. You kids refuse to be convinced. There is always an excuse. If the SEC is waxing your ass, it is a media conspiracy. If you win 2 bowl games none of the other games matter. It is exhausting.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

They are easily the worst power 5 conference in football, and it isn't close.

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If it "isn't even close" then feel free to explain your astounding position with a factual assertion to back it up. Here, I can give you an example of what one looks like to back up a statement since it appears facts, realistic information and learning how to properly make a statement that surpasses the middle school level of "liar, liar, pants on fire" stupidity is beyond your realm of understanding. Anyhow, this is how it is done:

Georgia football is, by far, one of the most overrated and worst programs within the overrated (outside of Alabama and, in recent years, LSU, Florida & Auburn) SEC as records and statistics clearly show. Since the BCS era began they were in a meager three games, one of which against Hawaii. Have they, in recent memory, won an SEC title even? When was the last time they played for a national title? Let me remind you that the last time they played a Big Ten team in a bowl game, they lost to a middle of the pack Nebraska team. In fact, over the past five seasons they are 1-2 against Big Ten teams in bowl games and those bowl games were all low grade anyhow. So I ask you, when was the last time UGA football actually mattered to the landscape of college football?

Further, you say the Big Ten is the worst power 5 conference and yet the conference has more National Titles than any other, has more BCS wins than any other, and, most recently, destroyed the SEC in the big bowl matchups. You are so quick to make outlandish comments which have absolutely zero factual basis so I fully expect another brain dead one line statement with nothing to back it up. However, since it's fun to make you look overly ridiculous, I will ask again, what are you basing your statement on?

Generol_sl said:

If it "isn't even close" then feel free to explain your astounding position with a factual assertion to back it up.

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Scroll up, you fucking retard.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

This is why I can't take cherry picking statisticians seriously. You just reduced your entire argument to 3 fucking games. What was the big 10's record out of conference in the regular season? You know, when games actually mattered? Bowl games don't mean shit.

But let's be serious here. You would never have admitted that the big 10 was shit if we picked bowl stats from any of the previous 7 years. You kids refuse to be convinced. There is always an excuse. If the SEC is waxing your ass, it is a media conspiracy. If you win 2 bowl games none of the other games matter. It is exhausting.

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No I can freely admit that the sec or at least portions of it were the strongest in college football over the last decade. I can also admit that the big ten as a whole outside of Ohio state was weak over that same time period. However saying that the current big ten as of the most recent results is the weakest out of the power five by far is just as intellectually dishonest as the argument you are saying most fans of the big ten would make.

Facts are facts. The best team in the sec east lost to a bottom feeder in the big ten. The big ten then beat both of its sec opponents and three out of the top five ranked teams in the country. Ohio state, Michigan state, and Wisconsin were and will continue to be top tier teams that can compete with the best from the other power conferences.

Edit: I will say this for the sec media conspiracy stuff. The sec has not been a complete conference. Like the big ten of the recent decade and a half it has been completely top heavy. You have Alabama, small spurts from lsu and Florida, with auburn having a standout season every five to six years. Georgia is pretty much the poster child for unfulfilled expectations and a middle to high tier big twelve transfer has won two titles in their short time in the conference.

You guys are triggering sec fans. They'll have togo fap to more pornto make themselves feel better again.

WhatsAmmataU_sl said:

Scroll up, you fucking retard.

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Wow... what a response. Scrolling up yielded the same non substantiated jargon you have been attempting to justify during your entire useless fest of repeated baloney. Perhaps you don't understand the difference between fact and non fact or how about substantiated versus non substantiated? I can help you if you want bud since it's fairly obvious you both have no clue what you are blabbing about and also realize the facts contradict every single thing you have stated and, therefore, you wish to shift the narrative with elementary school comments like "retard".

Thank you for proving you are utterly clueless and have never played an organized sport beyond the little league age level as anyone who has would know how to differentiate fact based statistics from wishful homerism.