True. I just like to complain. This is the TrekBBS after all. 
The College Football Thread
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True, I suppose. I've noticed a lot of complaining goes on, though I deduce most of it is good-natured I'm still very new (hence the lack of avatar) but I've found the forum over all to be enjoyable so far.
Still, wish I could have seen the game. Everyone was in my living room watching without me while I suffer in my room
I'm still very new (hence the lack of avatar) but I've found the forum over all to be enjoyable so far. Still, wish I could have seen the game. Everyone was in my living room watching without me while I suffer in my room
I don't know what to say. I can't believe he's retiring.
Show a non-football fan a photograph of Charlie Weis, Mark Mangino and Urban Meyer, and have that person pick the one that would resign due to heart problems.
True, I suppose. I've noticed a lot of complaining goes on, though I deduce most of it is good-natured
Still, wish I could have seen the game. Everyone was in my living room watching without me while I suffer in my room
You'll like it here. What is your favorite team?
The Alabama Crimson Tide, babe. Been a fan since birth, seen them through coaching fiascoes, probations, and many a trial and tribulations... and through it all, Roll Tide Roll
I hate orange.
Gator fan, huh? I see your avatar. 
Not embarassed at all to say I own at least three score shirts from this year's SEC Championship. And a really pretty hair barrette and a bracelet. I love my gear<3
I'm actually planning on getting tickets for the regular season Alabama vs. Florida game in the '10 season. It's gonna be a good one, I reckon, and I'm totally stoked to see it.
Not embarassed at all to say I own at least three score shirts from this year's SEC Championship. And a really pretty hair barrette and a bracelet. I love my gear<3I'm actually planning on getting tickets for the regular season Alabama vs. Florida game in the '10 season. It's gonna be a good one, I reckon, and I'm totally stoked to see it.
The Alabama Crimson Tide, babe. Been a fan since birth, seen them through coaching fiascoes, probations, and many a trial and tribulations... and through it all, Roll Tide Roll
Cool. I live in Jacksonville, AL, but was born in Georgia.
I have been lurking in this thread the last couple of weeks (would have sooner except I didn't find it until then.) This has been one of the most enjoyable threads on the BBS IMHO.
I live in Fort Worth, my daughter is a TCU graduate, so you know where my loyalties lay. I have TCU logo's painted on my curb with my house number LOL, and heck this is the city that tried to dye the Trinity River Purple a few weeks ago.
Thanks for the fun here.
Brit
I live in Fort Worth, my daughter is a TCU graduate, so you know where my loyalties lay. I have TCU logo's painted on my curb with my house number LOL, and heck this is the city that tried to dye the Trinity River Purple a few weeks ago.
Thanks for the fun here.
Brit
There's a lot of this that is still up in the air. The original story about Adam James was broken by ESPN, which cited an anonymous source "close to the James family." His father, Craig James, is an ESPN college football analyst. You get three guesses as to the identity of the source, and your first two don't count.
James the Younger is not popular with the Texas Tech coaching staff, which vehemently opposed Leach's desire to sign him as a scholarship athlete, and he has frequently complained about playing time. Now, he's been asking for a transfer, and Leach has been reluctant to provide it.
Adam James alleges that he was "locked in a shed and a closet," which upon further investigation is clearly not true. He wasn't locked in. If he wanted to be suspended from the team, he could have left at any time.
The doctor said he shouldn't participate in practice, but didn't say he should be entirely excused from practice. So, Leach had him set up in a low-light environment (because he had light sensitivity issues), and told him to exercise in there. He wasn't allowed to sit because he was supposed to be training, just like the rest of the team.
He's not excused from working out with the team, just the typical practice regimen. If he wanted, he could have walked out, and he would have been suspended from the team just as if any other player had walked off the practice field.
It boils down to this:
ESPN Personality Craig James and his spoiled brat wanted him to transfer to a school where he could get playing time, but after Leach turned down their requests to transfer to an in-state rival and future opponent they looked for another way to force his hand.
After his concussion happened and he was told to stand in the rooms, they were hoping Leach would apologize and admit guilt, this justifying their transfer request. Instead Leach said that he'd done nothing seriously wrong (which now appears to be the case) and refused to apologize. Since ESPN Personality Craig James and his son are used to getting their way, they complained to Texas Tech's AD, who was already looking for a reason to get rid of a coach he didn't get along with. Finally, they fluffed up the story and used their media access to portray the rooms like they were closets in Abu Ghraib prison.
This is a case of ESPN having written a media narrative based on what its boy Craig James (a paragon of ethics!) told it, without looking into it further. Now it's essentially locked itself into said narrative and isn't going to report anything that might stray from that narrative, because if it does, it has to retrench itself and then explain away that it went on James' word and nothing else.
It's really a classic case study in media setting an agenda based on a narrative that they chose, instead of gathering facts first and letting the narrative develop naturally.
Stepping away into why we love this game....
I hope there were at least a few others who were watching the Humanitarian Bowl just now. Whale of an ending. Heck the whole second half was back-n-forth by both teams. The kind of game where you honestly hate for either side to lose.
43-42, Iowa wins on a last-second TF and 2-pt conversion ... after Bowling Green had scored to go ahead with 40 seconds to go!
I hope there were at least a few others who were watching the Humanitarian Bowl just now. Whale of an ending. Heck the whole second half was back-n-forth by both teams. The kind of game where you honestly hate for either side to lose.
43-42, Iowa wins on a last-second TF and 2-pt conversion ... after Bowling Green had scored to go ahead with 40 seconds to go!
My mom was born in Athens, GA. We have yet to stomp the Dawg out of her :P
Wow, what a shutout! 33-0 - first shutout in Husker bowl history! Ndamukong Suh goes out with a bang. And as usual, it was mainly the Husker defense that won the day (although our offense was pretty good too, for a change).
And next stop -- the St. Louis Rams -- where he'll never see another 33-0 win again.
That was a great ending. Helluva game!
And next stop -- the St. Louis Rams -- where he'll never see another 33-0 win again.
BAH!
We've drafted enough defensive linemen for two lifetimes.
We need a QB!!
Ew... NFL. Not a NFL person at all. It's like a bunch of fully grown men pretending to be young boys again to me. And no matter how attractive I find Peyton Manning to be... just no. I lose interest once the players graduate to the NFL. College ball is my only passion
We've drafted enough defensive linemen for two lifetimes.
We need a QB!!
Will Rex Grossman be available?
