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  1. 1.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Sorry folks- internet was down!

    A likely story. Steve was probably holding you hostage for more treats.

  2. 2.

    raven

    Not a bad Illini-W Ky game. Back and forth but we stretched it at the end. McNeese State damn near beat the Huskers. Lot’s of good one’s coming up. I had no idea Barry Sanders jr played for Stanford!

  6. 6.

    p.a.

    I like college football because it’s more innovative than the NoFunLeague, doesn’t have a flag on every effing kickoff or punt, has a sane P.I. rule. But the constant conference reshuffles chasing $$$ really show what the whole thing is about. Maryland Big10? Really? Boise St. in what? ACC? Big East? NESAC :-)?
    And all this is before considering the exploitation of the yutes. And I’m not talking about the Utah Utes.

  9. 9.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @Anoniminous: I talked to some Scots about this in May, and they were telling me that the voting age had been lowered to 14 just for this decision. I’m guessing this is about North Sea oil but what do I know?

  10. 10.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Anoniminous: Cameron is fucking up. Or is doing so on purpose to kill Labour’s influence in Westminster. He’s willing to let Scotland go for electoral gain.

  11. 11.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @raven: First, that is bizarre.

    Second, an effing audio auto-play ad just started. I can’t even see where the thing is. Who thinks that’s a good idea? Who???

  12. 12.

    Villago Delenda Est

    An hour and a half before the Fighting Fashion Nightmares take on Michigan State.

    Hold on to your hats.

  17. 17.

    p.a.

    @raven: Rutgers. They must be hoping being in the conference will keep some of that NJ football talent home. I’ve been to the Rutgers football stadium. Compared to the Big House and the Horseshoe, umm, nah. Maybe a move to Giant’s Stadium?

  18. 18.

    Bob In Portland

    USC-Stanford is a tough game. Lots of tough yardage. Stanford needs to put some distance between themselves and the Trojans, though.

  19. 19.

    Anoniminous

    @Iowa Old Lady, @Villago Delenda Est: :

    On Aug 7 YouGov had No at 61% and Yes at 39%. So the drop has been swift.

    From what I can tell the No people are running a 100% Top/Down scare campaign and the Yes folks are running a grassroots operation taken directly and consciously from Obama’s 2007-2008 Playbook.

  20. 20.

    JR in WV

    Central Appalachians had a huge band of training thunderstorms, flash flood warnings in multiple c
    Listentral WV counties. Mrs J got home from downtown trip just a storms passed through, we’re up a tiny hollow and the creek is running, but barely.

    Dogs terrified at first, calm now.

    USC Stanford a good game – without cable/sat tv we have limited choices.

    Listening to the WVU game tonight on the radio. Just like old times. Probably watch the Marshall game at the same time, that’s my alma mater.

  23. 23.

    JW

    @Anoniminous: Tell you what. Scotland, if they secede would find themselves in the mess that Quebec will if they do the same. Or Texas for that matter: broke and out of gas on a *lonely* road in the middle of nowhere.

  24. 24.

    JPL

    sorta a spoiler….
    Cilic is playing really good tennis. His serve has been awesome and this is coming from a big fed fan..

  25. 25.

    Keith G

    @p.a.: Rutgers is 35 miles form the Isle of Manhattan. The Big Ten is hoping to scrape up increasing interest in that media market.

  26. 26.

    scav

    @Anoniminous: Wonder if /how big the idiot woman ad had, or if it played any final straw role in some people’s mind. There have been a few interesting opinion pieces at the Guard. Beyond the negativity v positive spin of the two sides, the London v. Other Places mindset may finally be reaping a solid pushback.

  27. 27.

    NotMax

    (HuffPo link)

    An anti-gay group is planning to protest the Dallas Cowboys after the team signed openly gay football star Michael Sam onto its practice squad.
     
    Jack Burkman, a conservative lobbyist, says “thousands” of right-wing Christians will protest Sunday in Arlington, Texas, where the Cowboys will play their season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Source

    “Thousands.” Uh-huh. Y’all watch out for those flying donkeys.

  28. 28.

    Anoniminous

    @JW:

    I am neither Yes or No. I am interested on-looker.

    @scav:

    The ad managed to be both clueless and sexist and the Yes people pounced. Tempting as it is to claim an affect, to avoid post hoc ergo promptor fallacy deciding what affect, if any, it had will have to wait until the post-election analysis.

  32. 32.

    scav

    @Anoniminous: could indeed be coincidental in timing. But insofar as it is evidence of the caliber and attitudes of the campaigns, it’s interrrrrrresting.

  35. 35.

    PaulW

    South Florida was beating Maryland 17-14 but a blocked punt early in the 4th gave the Terps a lead 21-17 and the Bulls are struggling now on defense..

  36. 36.

    PaulW

    @Betty Cracker:

    Gators up 37-zip. But they’re playing a spindly-legged flightless bird (EMU).

    Kinda knew Gators would romp today. I’ve been keeping up with USF instead, played a great game against Maryland until this 4th quarter… forcing a ton of turnovers, problem was South Florida’s offense can’t score for sh-t (7 points off of 5 turnovers)

  39. 39.

    Betty Cracker

    @PaulW: I root for USF on the mister’s behalf since he went there. He doesn’t care for college ball, so he doesn’t give a shit.

    Our kiddo is graduating high school a year early and will be off to college at some Florida school (we did the pre-paid plan dealio). Hopefully she ends up in Gainesville so I don’t have to buy new jerseys, but if she goes to USF, I’d be cool with that too. I don’t think she’d go to FSU, but if she does, I will never, ever, ever wear garnet and gold. Nope. Never.

  40. 40.

    Geoduck

    The University of Washington played Eastern Washington, and the two offenses spent the game methodically marching up and down the field. The UW finally won 59-52. The EW quarterback is by all accounts a guy to watch.

  43. 43.

    Pogonip

    Don’t know if he played American football, so he may not count here, but…per the Daily Mail, DNA analysis has identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish-born hairdresser. The police had always thought he was good for at least some of the murders, but never had enough evidence to make a conviction likely, although they did succeed in keeping him confined to an asylum for the criminally insane.

  51. 51.

    Betty Cracker

    @Ben: I’ve heard great things about it. My kiddo thinks the programs at some of the other schools are a better fit for what she thinks she wants to pursue as a career, but everyone I know who has any experience with New College speaks highly of it.

    @PaulW: UM is definitely off the list since it’s a private college. UCF I could live with. I guess.

    @raven: C’mon, ‘Cocks!

  52. 52.

    raven

    @PaulW: We have them next week and I’m not sure what I want to happen. Spurrier hates Georgia so they’ll bring it, would mind seeing Davis get dinged.

    eta No way the Evil Genius gets fired, he might leave but it will be his call.

  56. 56.

    MomSense

    @Betty Cracker:

    Never say never ever. A friend of mine said she was never, ever, ever, ever getting married again and 3 months later I was officiating at her wedding.

  60. 60.

    raven

    The Hokies D has a different look against Ohio State than they did against William and Mary. No fucking shit!

  61. 61.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Since I am cable less I am watching OSU – Virginia Tech on Wiziwig. Something wrong with the announcing? Because it is live feed.

  66. 66.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @raven: I got the audio on the field, but no announcers. I am streaming this via SkySports but they get their feed from ESPN, interesting maybe something wrong on the sat to the UK.

  72. 72.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    Sparty is playing some damned good football in Eugene today. They were hit by an INT with a long return early, and blew two coverages which resulted in ten points, but they adjusted and looked dominant- on both sides of the ball- by the half.

  76. 76.

    feebog

    How the fk did USC beat Stanford? Not that I give a shit, I’m a UCLA guy, but man, Stanford sucked today.

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    @feebog:

    How the fk did USC beat Stanford?

    I didn’t see the game, but I still am going to go ahead and say that they scored more points.

  80. 80.

    RobertB

    @raven: I was at Marshall when Stan Parrish took over from Sonny Randle. They started winning games 42-35 that they used to lose 14-10.

    I used to work with a gentleman that went to high school with Randy Moss, at DuPont High School. He told me that he was surprised that Moss took up football, because everyone thought his real gifts were in basketball.

  82. 82.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    At least the Duckies are gonna make Sparty earn it if they come out of Eugene with a win, for a while I wondered if the Flying Highlighters were happy to get smacked around again Stanford style.

  83. 83.

    RobertDSC-PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25

    Coach Hoke shouldn’t get on the plane home. He’s a fucking embarrassment.

    My Wolverines are getting the stuffing kicked out of them.

  84. 84.

    burnspbesq

    Solid performance for Duke, nice road win and no significant injuries.

    Now to quickly change from blue and white to black and red. GO AZTECS!

  85. 85.

    billB

    YEEHAW, the Ducks came out smart and tough in the 2nd stanza and whooped on the very good MSU team. Signature Win! Proops to MSU, they are very good, and I would not be surprised to meet them in the 4-team NATTY Playoff.

  87. 87.

    Linnaeus

    @RobertDSC-PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25:

    Coach Hoke shouldn’t get on the plane home. He’s a fucking embarrassment.

    My Wolverines are getting the stuffing kicked out of them.

    They’re just not a good football team and may turn into one of those generally-mediocre-except-for-once-every-ten-years-or-so teams. That’s the track they’re on right now. I’m a U-M alum and a fan since, well, I was born. And even as a loyal fan, I can’t defend this team. They’re terrible. They may still have a decent record because the Big Ten is awful, and in that case Hoke will keep his job. An absolute joke.

  88. 88.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    @Linnaeus: Big Ten is having an awful day. Sparty ran outta gas in Eugene, Northwestern and Purdue lost to MAC teams, Michigan got pasted, Ohio State may lose at home, and Nebraska escaped at home against McNeese. That’s not a great day for the conference.

  89. 89.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    Pac isn’t doing so hot either though really. My Cougs have already lost their bowl chances with 2 laid eggs in a row, the Huskies only just survived against Hawaii and Eastern Washington, Arizona almost lost to UTSA, UCLA does not look like a great team right now, and Colorado just barely beat UMass.

  90. 90.

    Linnaeus

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    I may be stating the obvious here, but Big Ten football is in long-term, perhaps irreversible decline. They’ll have a team that has a great season and can run with the truly elite teams every ten years or so, but that’s about it.

  91. 91.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    @Linnaeus: Kinda seems that way doesn’t it? Then again the Great Lakes states are seeing some population decline aren’t they? That might be part of the problem.

  92. 92.

    Linnaeus

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    Could be, though I’m not sure how much of a factor that is – maybe for the teams that draw more heavily on in-state recruits. But the conference’s traditional powers recruit nationally now. They should be better.

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