College Football 2007

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09, what's this I hear about a texas scandal, paying players and whatnot? I heard the forums are deleting stuff right and left trying to clear any suspicion.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

Wakebrad, If HF.com is deleting stuff, they are doing it at lightspeed, because I haven't seen a single thing over there and I think you know how much I am on that site!

What I have heard, and it's totally from ag and sooner fans, is that a TX booster is being investigated by the IRS for trying to write off a "donation" he gave to a UT WR. Think the timeframe is somewhere in the late 90s/early 00s.

Like I said though, I haven't seen even a single thing about it on HF. It's my understanding that the rumor first appeared on texags and then ouinsider picked it up.

EDIT:

Just talked to a bud who is WAY more dialed in than I am and he's heard nothing at all along those lines. Worst thing going on right now is that Billy Pittman didn't pay a ticket of some kind and there was some speculation going on, but it turned out to just be a college kid not paying a ticket. Go figure.

Doesn't rule out the other deal, just telling you what I am hearing.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09, yeah, I think what I heard was about Billy Pittman. It didn't sound like there was much to it though. This was a few days ago.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Saying on ESPN radio right now that a +1 game is a done deal. Thinking 2011.

Here is his article.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172007/sports/a_football_final_four_sports_lenn_robbins.htm

July 17, 2007 -- NEWPORT, R.I. - The question has changed from, "Will There Ever Be a College Football National Championship Game?" to "How Soon Will It Happen?"

Sources in several conference offices, athletic directors and television networks told The Post that support is steadily growing for a "Plus-1," format in which there will be a national championship game following the playing of two "semifinal games."

The first title game could be played in 2011.

"There haven't been any official discussions among conference commissioners, but the overwhelming sense is that that's where we're headed," one conference source said. "There's simply too much money at stake and there's been too much debate with the current system."

Under the new format, the top four teams would be seeded, probably using a voter/computer formula similar to the current BCS system and a sixth major bowl game would be created.

The four top-seeded teams would play in two "semifinal" games, using the existing bowls - Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and the current BCS title game on a rotating basis - with the two winners meeting in a newly created bowl. Theoretically, it would leave less argument over who's No. 1.

"You'll probably never eliminate all the debate, but it's hard for me to imagine a team finishing fifth in the final ratings having a legitimate argument for No. 1," an ACC athletic director said. "Once you get below four, it's a hard sell."

According to several sources, no existing bowl, such as the Cotton, Gator or Outback, would be transformed into the championship game because no conference wants to lose an existing postseason opportunity for its member teams.

The money, more than fixing the current system which has led to almost annual debate over which team truly is No. 1, is the driving force behind the "Plus-1," format.

The BCS recently signed a four-year, $84 million deal with FOX that runs through the 2010 bowl games. The Rose Bowl signed a separate eight-year, $300 million deal with ABC which runs through 2014.

After a huge controversy ensued following the 2004 season, when undefeated Auburn didn't get a chance to play for the national championship, Bodog.com, a sports casino poker site, offered $50 million to sponsor a championship game. The offer was rejected, but that number left many in the college football business salivating.

"There's not going to be a playoff so you can forget that," said one TV executive who is attending the Big East Conference media gathering here. "But a 'Plus-1' is going to happen - sooner rather than later."

For a "Plus-1" to happen, the Rose Bowl would have to be willing to loosen its grip on matching the top Big Ten and Pac-10 representatives. That is considered the biggest stumbling block.

When the Rose Bowl announced its deal with ABC, the BCS was forced to make several concessions, including waiving the league's $6 million BCS entry fee.

The BCS also assured the Rose Bowl that it could retain its Big Ten/Pac-10 alliance, agreed not to require the Rose to accept a team from a non-BCS conference (think Boise St.) and guaranteed that the nation's oldest bowl game would keep its coveted late-afternoon time slot on New Year's Day.

"There's a lot of history in that game with those conferences," one source said. "I understand their position. But I think a 'Plus-1' is inevitable."

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Back to the crowds and stadium talk.... YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING ON ROMNEY!!! There is nothing like 20K screaming fans in a 30,257 stadium(not counting sell outs with Utah & BYU)..... Laughing

weatherford07 · Guest

god i wish i woulda checked this thing earlier...i would of let u ppl have it.
O yeah that bastard callin out Da Vols, If u still got any Balls say somthin now, cuz man college football is my Shizzzzz.

Pac 10 = Pu$$y SEC= Real Men, Real Games, Real Noise, True Love for the sport.

screwston_boarder · Soul Rider Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 342 City: Houston

weatherford07, I'll call em out

VOLS SUCK

If you aren't a Gator, you're Gator bait!

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jryoung, don't mind him. He's just another drunken redneck SEC fan.

I'd love to see him call you a p*ssy to your face.

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

chavez, That's me just a pu$$y who played for a pu$$y program that's won one less national championship than his team.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jryoung, "his" team. Doubtful he played and college ball. He would have to be Joe fricking Montana to slide by with such poor grammar AND keep the scholarship. Laughing

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

chavez, you'd be suprised how many people slide by in a top program. I can still remember Bob Sapp at practice. "Hey who's in my socioliogy class, anybody done the homework?" Or Lawyer Milloy wondering why he never saw me at the tutor.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jryoung, oh I am not saying that. Just saying that you do need to be capable of the basics, and unfortunately, weatherford07 is either not capable, or hammered, or both! Shocked

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

haha, I know. I can give them a hard time but Lawyer has won a few Superbowl and been to the ProBowl. Bob played a few seasons, the last I saw of him was in the remake of The Longest Yard. Both those guys were pretty cool, and downright hilarious at practice.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

Eight of the 20 worst teams in D1A were by SEC teams for a total of 11 games last year.

Why don't you go pose in front of the camera with your RoNiX OnE WaKeBoArD. Remember to push your biceps out, too.

In other news- fUCLA's recievers coach was arrested on suspicion of burglary. He and two others were let out on $50K bail.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

jryoung, did you play at UW or part of the team in some other function? I hear what you are saying about people getting by. I'm friends w/ several UT baseball players and acquainted w/ several football and hoops players and a couple of them are easily the dumbest people w/ degrees I've ever met.

Lindsay · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 6:40 am Post subject:

I come back from Europe to find my favorite annual WB.com discussion already 3 pages deep!

IMO, Sept 1 can't get here soon enough, and I will be happily drinking beer and eating bratwurst as I enjoy my first Camp Randall experience as WSU gives it the old college try against a tough Wisconsin team. Probably no hope of winning, but I know I'll have fun either way, like I did last year at Auburn.

I'm out of the loop and need to catch up with the preseason news before I can add anything substantial to the discussion.

But I will say....

1. Autzen >>> Husky Stadium. I've been to both, in good weather and bad, and I've seen my team lose and win in both. I am biased (obviously), but I am equally biased because I hate the Ducks as much as I hate the Huskies.

2. This is a woman who gets it. (Although I question her judgment a little because a. she's a USC fan, and b. she married a guy who isn't as into football as her.) Whenever I have kids, they will be receiving a similar memo.

3. And a total WTF moment for me was hearing about this: WSU playing ND in San Antonio???? Is this really good for either ND, or whatever dumby wumby team it convinces to do it? (Yes, WSU AD, I'm talking to you)

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jt09, pretty sure he was part of the team. If you met him, you'd know why. Biggest damn accountant I ever saw... Laughing

weatherford07 · Guest

HAHAHA, Scott A...juss remember. Sept. 2, ill be there in your little 40,000 man stadium watchin tha vols beat cals @$$ 2 years str8.

haha yeah im a hammered redneck sec fan.

But man, the gators suck, Tim Teabag, cant run the ball up the middle every other play. He will get hurt sooner or later. You cant have a pure "strong" running QB in the SEC.

McQuesten1 · Guest

eeven73 · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

McQuesten1- look at what he's said and ask yourself if correcting his posts is really worth your (or anyone's) time? I'm surprised you missed the part about how he thinks the game is on the 2nd.

5 weeks till Week 1. Cool

screwston_boarder · Soul Rider Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 342 City: Houston

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

I love Tebow haters. I can't wait for that kid to just blow up and make all the haters eat sh*t. I don't even really like the kid, just love watching haters implode.

logan · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject:

logan · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

weatherford07, Just so you know the Pac 10 will win its 3rd NC in 5 years this season, sounds Pu$$y to me for sure. And this is coming from an ACC fan. Fight, Fight, Fight for FSU!!

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

But what's left to argue about?

Slaytwebeling · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 892 City: Houston

The best player in the coming season.

Corporate · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

logan · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:

best player of the coming season has been decided, DARREN MCFADDEN. Easy money on that one.

jt09, and just so you know before sounding like a jackass yourself, USC is not likely to one-pete. They brought in the #1 and #2 runningbacks this recruiting season in Joe McKnight and Marc Tyler, #1 Linebacker with Chris Galippo and if I'm right didn't Mitch Mustain transfer to Southern Cal as well? And that is just a few of the terrors they posses. Oh and just for fun CJ GABLE is only a sophomore. Aaron Corp QB from Orange Lutheran Div. 2 CIF State Champs is an incoming freshman, seems like they will one-pete, pause, NOT!

logan · Posted: Jul 26, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject:

this one is just for fun, but the hell with it...

Meet Everson Griffen, Freshman Defensive End at USC, here are his 2006 honors...

Super Prep Player of the Year, Scout.com Player of the Year, Parade All-American, EA Sports All-American first team, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American, Lemming All-American, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star 100, Rivals.com 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Scout.com All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 and Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

jt09 has a hard on for USC too. Doubt he's going to disagree with any recruiting talk. USC has been cleaning up. It is a safe bet to say that someone is not going to win back to backs, which is damn near impossible despite the coaching and talent.

McQuesten1 · Guest