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College Football Open Thread

by John Cole|  October 17, 20151:12 pm| 63 Comments

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Good luck to your team. Unless your team is Baylor. Screw them.

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  1. 1.

    Josie

    October 17, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    Couldn’t agree more.

  2. 2.

    Mike J

    October 17, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    Bush kept Baylor from winning. Except for all those times he didn’t.

  3. 3.

    eldorado

    October 17, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    hmmm. haven’t seen the schedule today, but i have a guess…

  4. 4.

    El Tiburon

    October 17, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    Remember Baylor is in the same shithole town that was home to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. More recently there was a mass gun battle involving a bunch of bikers.

    Several years ago the Baylor basketball coach was caught Ina bizarre cover up of a players death. The current football coach apparently allowed a sexual predator to transfer to his team. So yeah, fuck Baylor.

  5. 5.

    jharp

    October 17, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    Any Minneapolis denizens around here?

    Where should a 24 year old professional school student live to work at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration?

    It is only for one month. And a very cold month I might add.

    Many thanks in advance.

  6. 6.

    shell

    October 17, 2015 at 1:41 pm

    Beautiful day for a game. Wish I was following a team.

  7. 7.

    benw

    October 17, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    Neither Tech or Pitt can stop each other. Winner of this game will probably be whoever scores the most points.

  8. 8.

    Gimlet

    October 17, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    @benw:

    Yogi lives!!

  9. 9.

    BD of MN

    October 17, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    @jharp: Are you going to be working at the VA Medical Center? The light rail has a stop at their front door, so you would have all sorts of options along the rail line, if commuting is a concern… Otherwise, it’s pretty much going to be budget dependent…

  10. 10.

    Steve from Antioch

    October 17, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t a terribly rigorous thinker, but even he realizes that it’s wrong to watch football games.

  11. 11.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    Obviously God is rooting for Baylor with Lambert missing a chip shot.

    What have you guys in WV done to get God so pissed?

  12. 12.

    Goblue72

    October 17, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    Just waiting for the Michigan- Michigan State game to start. Should be a good one this year.

  13. 13.

    Steve from Antioch

    October 17, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    @efgoldman: In case you get tired of watching a bunch of guys, disproportionately minorities, knock the crap out of each other while wearing tight pants, you can always watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvlOe5xQLQ

  14. 14.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Originally they went with THE West Virginia but it seems it was taken.

    And of course, West Virginia, where the White Welfare is wouldn’t fit on a bumper sticker.

  15. 15.

    Steve from Antioch

    October 17, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    @Davebo:

    If you wan’t know how far the coal industry has West Virginia bent over a rusty garbage can, look no further than this: http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/coaltattoo/2011/09/02/mountaineer-football-coal-and-symbols/comment-page-1/

  16. 16.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    @Steve from Antioch:

    I’m AMAZED!! Any other amazing tidbits Steve?

    But yes, when you decide it’s ok to let a company take away your mountain tops and toss them in your rivers there’s a chance there’s some graft involved.

    Luckily, all of WV profits from it which is why their are so many BMW dealers there.

    Morgantown is the new Austin only without the great music and food.

    Just ribbing you John. Actually Austin has been going down hill for quite a while. Still nice, but nothing like when you could see Stevie Ray live for 8 bucks.

  17. 17.

    KG

    October 17, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    @Davebo: I’ve always thought that West By God Virginia was a name that came from an old Ric Flair promo, but I can’t find it.

  18. 18.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Ouch! Stick a fork in them. At this point the only hope is to keep it under 62 pts.

  19. 19.

    Jade

    October 17, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    @Goblue72: GO BLUE!!! I will believe the Harbaugh hype if we win today.

  20. 20.

    jharp

    October 17, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    @BD of MN:

    Yes. Working at the VA Medical Center. So what do you recommend? Safety first. Then cost.

    Thanks in advance.

  21. 21.

    A guy

    October 17, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    Rich rod back at wvu next season

  22. 22.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 17, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    Local TrackTown media are spinning the 3-3 Fighting Fashion Nightmares as best they can, as said FFNs are in Seattle today to play the Dawgs, and an 11 game FFN win streak over said Dawgs is on the line.

    It may well get to the point where people are satisfied if the FFNs beat MooU in the Civil War game.

  23. 23.

    J R in WV

    October 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    @KG:

    Folks, you are ALL mis-spelling that slogan.

    It is properly spelled “West By Gawd Virginia” so as to not be blasphemy.

    Well not really the blasphemy part, just to capture the accent correctly.

    And to establish the proper differentiation between Old Virginny and West By Gawd Virginia.

    54-24 Now, so sad. And in Waco, to boot. Craziest town in Texass.

  24. 24.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    @J R in WV:

    Waco is nuts to be sure, but by far not the craziest town in Texas.

    Sadly, Cut and Shoot used to be a front runner but Houston has encroached and it seems kids can get a decent education there.

    Corrigan has a good shot at it now but I still think Orange wins out.

  25. 25.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    @Davebo:

    Just ribbing you John. Actually Austin has been going down hill for quite a while. Still nice, but nothing like when you could see Stevie Ray live for 8 bucks.

    Fucking Californians.

  26. 26.

    Major Major Major Major

    October 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    What in god’s name is wrong with florida

    “A woman who told police she preferred sex to surrender was arrested Thursday after she and a man she was with refused to come out of a mobile home on Jacksonville’s Westside.”

    It gets weirder http://m.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2015-10-15/story/sex-delay-extends-night-long-standoff-police-jacksonvilles-westside#article=68029F040CF9AD292E8DB7CBD0AF69E899E9

  27. 27.

    SoupCatcher

    October 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Fucking Californians.

    Heh. You’re discovering what Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona have all discovered.

    Or, as I prefer to think of them, Northern, Northern northern, Eastern, and South eastern California.

    I think the only state that doesn’t mind our exports is Idaho, as that’s where our racist police officers go to retire.

  28. 28.

    Major Major Major Major

    October 17, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    @SoupCatcher: you forgot colorado. You know, East Sacramento.

  29. 29.

    SoupCatcher

    October 17, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Eastern eastern eastern California?

    eta Heh indeedy.

  30. 30.

    tbone

    October 17, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    My hawks move to 7-0, heck yea!

  31. 31.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    @SoupCatcher: I, for one, would appreciate it if you’d kindly keep your assholes in your own state. We have more than enough already, tanksvermucho.

  32. 32.

    benw

    October 17, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    Urgh. Pitt wins on a looong FG. This Tech season is a disaster.

  33. 33.

    Major Major Major Major

    October 17, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    @SoupCatcher: I guess it’s more East Tahoe.

    Sierras suck go Rockies Quartz ftw #geologypride

  34. 34.

    MattF

    October 17, 2015 at 3:56 pm

    Apparently… when Martin Winterkorn resigned as CEO of Volkswagon, he– somehow– managed to keep the post of CEO at the holding company that owns the majority of Volkswagon shares. But that was then. Oopsie.

  35. 35.

    SoupCatcher

    October 17, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    @Corner Stone: Applying the rule of 27 to our population, we should have around 10 million assholes. We’re a bit under-budget on our RFID implant program – thanks a lot, Prop 13 – so it’s understandable a few million are getting past us. Might be a good idea to hype the State of Jefferson again, that seems a nice shiny object that keeps them in state.

    Shorter version: assholes gonna asshole. Whaddyagonnado?

  36. 36.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 17, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: It’s America’s wang. What more do you need to know?

  37. 37.

    lamh36

    October 17, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    Meh…I’m not much for football.

    My sister and baby Zoe have left me, so now I’m catching up on DVR queue…first up Sleepy Hollow

  38. 38.

    Major Major Major Major

    October 17, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: but I usually like wangs :-/

  39. 39.

    Roger Moore

    October 17, 2015 at 4:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    you forgot colorado.

    “Don’t Californicate Colorado. Coloradicate California!”

  40. 40.

    Roger Moore

    October 17, 2015 at 4:19 pm

    @efgoldman:

    So “Florida Woman” is joining “Florida Man” as a meme?

    Florida Woman has been a thing for quite a while.

  41. 41.

    MattF

    October 17, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    Via Krugman, for the ‘Yes, David Brooks lies all the time’ folder:

    Corey Robin annotates Brooks’ recent column about how Republicans are failing conservatism, showing that the bad behavior that Brooks complains about has been going on for a long time.

    There’s also a comment to the Robin post that includes a telling anecdote from Tony Judt.

  42. 42.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    @Corner Stone: Colorado says the same thing about Texans.

  43. 43.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 4:43 pm

    @Davebo: The difference being that Colorado, as a state, had plenty of assholes and Christianist right wing nuts.
    Austin, however, used to be pretty laid back and awesome. Now it has a bunch of assholes from California who came in here and trashed the place, and it wasn’t their place.

  44. 44.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 4:45 pm

    @Davebo: Where are Texans migrating to in CO?

  45. 45.

    Mike J

    October 17, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    @Davebo: When my dad was a wee tot and it was foggy outside, his parents would tell him the Texans had stolen the mountains.

  46. 46.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    @efgoldman: Yeah and they keep fucking propagating somehow, too. The latest up and coming threat is our lopsided-eye asshole Land Commish. I guess he can thank dad for those.

  47. 47.

    Felonius Monk

    October 17, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Didn’t we send you some assholes from the East coast, too?

    By chance would you be referring to that family with the “All Hat and No Cattle” son?

  48. 48.

    raven

    October 17, 2015 at 5:23 pm

    Two hours till kickoff, it will already be dark when we get over there. Spectacular day.

  49. 49.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 17, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Mizzou. Georgia is favored, but both teams are shaky enough that it could go either way. I’d take Mizzou and the points, as I believe Raven said earlier today.

  50. 50.

    raven

    October 17, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    @efgoldman: If “doesn’t matter” means the team that wasn’t going to win the national championship is now not going to win the national championship then what does it matter to you and the FIRE RICHT morons?

  51. 51.

    raven

    October 17, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): yup

  52. 52.

    raven

    October 17, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    There was just a goal line review in Ann Arbor and the camera was on this kid that flipped the bird and mouthed FUCK YOU at the camera. They swooped away but it was too late. . . and too funny.

  53. 53.

    raven

    October 17, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    @efgoldman: I have our Hokies on the main pic so I’m half ass following the other game.

  54. 54.

    PaulW

    October 17, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    South Florida Bulls win! first winning streak (two games) since 2013!!!

    It’s looking like USF can win in the AAC conference. Hopefully the team can get over 6 wins, maybe even go to 7 or 8 wins for a decent bowl invite…

  55. 55.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    @Corner Stone: Seriously?

    I know you are from TX so I can only ask, have you been to CO?

  56. 56.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Used to be you had to travel west of Cap O’ Tex freeway to find those “Christianist right wing nuts”.

    Now they are on Oltorf and everywhere north of it seemingly. And that spread won’t stop.

    Seems the east side is all that’s left.

  57. 57.

    Corner Stone

    October 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    @Davebo: Yes, seriously. I’ve been through CO a few times but not for a bit. I drove a 2WD Ford Explorer through there in the late 90’s and people thought I was crazy. They said they thought all the visitors from TX went to Durango. I was headed for the UT/CO border.
    How would I know where the fuck Texans were migrating to in CO? I don’t smoke dope and I don’t live there.

  58. 58.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 17, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Is every play in this MI game being reviewed? Every time I switch over they’re standing around.

  59. 59.

    oldgold

    October 17, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    The Hawks are flying high. 7-0.

  60. 60.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 17, 2015 at 7:23 pm

    Holy shnikeys!

  61. 61.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 17, 2015 at 7:26 pm

    Michigan State wins on muffed punt on last play of game.

  62. 62.

    Davebo

    October 17, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Texans have been buying up property in CO for over 30 years now. And the locals don’t like it. Which is why I’m retiring to WA soon. Plus, better fishing!

    I love Texas but I’ve had enough. It’s not just because the lunatics have taken over the asylum but with $45 a barrel oil what’s the point anymore? And I can listen to Lyle and Stevie on Spotify anywhere.

  63. 63.

    Origuy

    October 18, 2015 at 1:29 am

    As they say in Colorado, if God had meant for Texans to ski, He would have made cowshit white.

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