The Official 2017-2018 Football Thread

[Sgt. Dick]

Florida  its gonna be bad this year

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Florida didn't do too bad, all things considered. Michigan isn't an easy team, despite how overrated people think they might be.

Georgia lost their starting QB, and it was probably the best thing. The backup actually got some fucking results. And Dawgs fans are probably excited to see Nick Chubb and Sony Michel getting good runs,... but considering WHO they're playing... it's not impressing me at all. App State is playing so abysmally horrible, not executing plays on offense like they are designed, making terrible pass interference penalties on defense. How can a college team be THAT bad? Worse than Texas in the post-Colt McCoy era.

[haunted]

Watched part of the California at UNC game. That one sliiiiightly overshot pass to the endzone in the 2nd Q is all they needed to win. UNC probably made a mistake picking up that former LSU quarterback. He didn't do too well at LSU either. Georgia tried that with that shitty Virginia qb and it had similar results. The rest of the team didn't make him better, he made the rest of the team worse.

Missouri State at Mizzou, 43 to 72. God damn. Too bad I missed that one. 

Of course Brandon Harris is terrible. He was terrible at LSU, he doesn't follow through with his throws, and he should've never been desired by UNC. I was glad that Harris went in first. I thought hell yeah, this is what I would've done. Let him suck ass then put the rookie in. But no, they kept swapping them 50/50 with an obvious difference between the two(this qb will win you the game, this qb will CLEARLY lose you the game).

It was pathetic. I know UNC lost more offensive playmakers in the nation(during the Clemson Kent state game they rated them #1 in this stat being that Clemson/Nebraska were 2 and 3..... only UNC was twice as worse as the next team), BUT still, it was piss poor coaching. Ever since Mack brown left UNC they've always had a great quarterback. TJ Yates, Brynn Renner, Marquise Williams, Mitch Trubisky. Well now NC doesn't and they have shitty coaches so, they're fucked. 0-12 season in the making.

[Sgt. Dick]

Harris has always been bad, the other guy looked much better.  The other guy was a freshman ?  If so, play him he will only get better with experience.  If that don't work out, then pick anyone on the team who can throw a spiral over Harris.

[Sgt. Dick]

I just watched Texas A&M give away a game to UCLA.  Texas A&M were up 44-10 with 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter and let UCLA score 35 straight points and lose 45-44.  The defense sucked and had many opportunities to make a defensive play and failed on every one, they even had a defensive back let an easy interception go through his hands and right to the UCLA player behind him for a TD.  The starting A&M QB got hurt and they had a freshman backup in the game, so the offense was not working like it was earlier in the game.  The real blame goes to the coach, when you have a 34 point lead with 4 minutes left in the third quarter, the clock is your friend.  You have a freshman backup QB in the game, do not continue to run your offense quickly, snapping the ball with 20 seconds left on the play clock each play.  Texas A&M could have ran an extra 2-3 minutes off the clock (minimum), but continued to play quickly and failed at it.  UCLA scored the winning TD with under a minute left.  If the A&M coaches had used more clock, UCLA would not have won the game.

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Lawdy jayzus! Sounds like Matty Ice was the backup. Are you a FalCAN or a FalCAN'T?

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Yeah that was ridiculous. Should never blow a lead like that but that kid Rosen is decent at qb. Speaking of quarterbacks, this is what UNC coach Larry Fedora had to say about his situation today:

"Fedora was pleased with the poise and communication of both quarterbacks, Chazz Surratt and Brandon Harris.

- There has been no decision made on who will be the starting quarterback on Saturday vs. Louisville. "We'll go through this week again and decide what we are going to do...we'll see how they handle this week in practice."

- Fedora said it is possible they will use two quarterbacks again vs Louisville."

Here is an ESPN analyst's take on it for another perspective:

"Larry Fedora is no stranger to alternating quarterbacks, but you have to wonder how long he will keep the rotation going with Brandon Harris and Chazz Surratt. While Harris has thrown two interceptions, Surratt has led three scoring drives against Cal."

Keep in mind, the statement above was made in the 3rd quarter and Harris screwed up plenty after that as well.

[Sgt. Dick]

How can Fedora not see what everyone else is clearly seeing.  Hopefully he is just playing nice for the press and is really going to start Surratt.

[haunted]

I can't stand the guy. Very simple minded and talks out of the side of his mouth. UNC is 7th in the nation for sending players to the NFL over the past 10 years. He has never TRULY won UNC a game. As in he's never been the deciding factor. they just happen to have 1 to a few crazy playmakers that can make stuff happen on their own. But he makes NC lose all the time. It looks like NC has a lot of good freshman this year but they're not ready to carry fedora yet. Especially when it looks like he promised Harris the position if he came to UNC like an idiot.

[Sgt. Dick]

I remember all the hype about the Patriots going undefeated 

http://www.espn.com/blog/kansas-city-chiefs/post/_/id/22219/all-things-are-possible-for-the-chiefs-after-their-win-over-patriots

[haunted]

 

They act like the chiefs aren't one of the better teams in the NFL almost, haha. Who truly IS "elite" aside from New England? ESPN would probably say Dallas, Denver, Seattle and Green Bay lol. Pittsburgh, whoever. Maybe the falcons, but all Atlanta has to do is have a not as good season this year and they'll go back to thinking they're OK.

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Dunno how, pure dumb luck maybe, but somehow Georgia didn't lose to Notre Dame. I KNOW, RIGHT!?! WTF!?! I hope UGA fans don't expect this streak to last. #15 my ass. 2 and 10 is entirely possible in my opinion. This QB is a dumbaass, throwing it to covered receivers after staring them down for an eternity. Pure dumb luck, I chant! When they finally face a GOOD team (like Tennessee) it's gonna be soooooooo ugly.

Iowa vs Iowa St was fun though. Watched a few minutes of Bama assfucking Fresno St's girlfriends and mothers. Whos dick is Saban sucking to get these pushover games? Oh yeah, speaking of ass reaming, Ohio State got butt plundered BADLY. Lollerballs.

[haunted]

Lol. Georgia IS better than notre dame though. At least they haven't lost to anyone they should beat... yet. I'm really glad uga didn't give that game to ND. UNC's loss vs California was beyond pitiful. At least fedora started our decent rookie qb against Louisville. He did very well, then he got injured. Poor kid. It was a 1 possession game for most of it. NC was leading in the 3rd quarter. Harris had to go in and at least he wasn't a disaster. He didn't turn it over, and made the best throw of his entire career. For him it was an A+, in actuality a C but I'll take it.

I was thrilled to see Ohio state lose, but then I had this thought. They're not going to drop Ohio state that much for losing to Oklahoma because Oklahoma is just THAT good. Then when Oklahoma loses to 2-3 big 12 teams the big 12 is just that good, or Ohio state is the best and it was a fluke loss. Ohio state will still make the playoffs.

Duke routing northwestern was nice. I bet on that one. A great coach vs an overrated big 10 random. Easy choice for me. I had my best day ever betting on football yesterday. I won 7 out of 9 wagers I think, all parlays about.

[Sgt. Dick]

With FLA cancelled, UGA became my favorite team yesterday followed closely by Oklahoma.

I missed the UGA/ND game because the channel that had that game was doing 100 percent Hurricane Irma coverage 
I would have loved to see UGA come back and yank the victory away from ND in front of their fans.
I was able to watch Oklahoma dominate the second half against a good (but overrated) Ohio St.

BTW Haunted has it right about Ohio St and the playoffs

Florida had one of the few games they could win cancelled because of the storm, this almost guarantees they will have a losing record this year.

Check out the 87 yard loss on this play -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEEDwRrHujs 

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Check out the 87 yard loss on this play -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEEDwRrHujs 

Jesus.  Just glad it wasn't my team.