The Official 2017-2018 Football Thread

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Yeah, I'm rooting for the Taints this year. They're not the Falcons, they're not Cam Newton, and they're not Jameis Winston, so I don't feel the urge to Elvis my TV with a revolver if I see them on it.

[haunted]

Glancing at Carolinas and new orleans' schedules, Carolina is definitely at an advantage. For Carolina: Atlanta, New Orleans, and Minnesota(maybe?) are the only potential losses due to Rodgers breaking his collar bone. And yeah, cam's a loser. He is such a fucking idiot. I can't believe the way he acts as if he's oblivious to carolina's defense carrying the team. If you take away the D, mccaffrey, and funchess what do you have? The 4th worst team in the NFL or so. Greg Olsen being injured has sucked.

[Sgt. Dick]

I been waiting for the real Jameis to show up again.  When TB drafted him, I said within 2 years he would do something really stupid.
Jameis has not done anything major yet, but I bet TB has someone assigned to keep him out of trouble. 
I have been wrong so far, but I just think my timeline is a little off.  Jameis screwing up big is probably not far away.

[haunted]

I'm not sure which was better, Jameis's pre game speech eating his fingers or cam's post game interview about the titanic. Thoughts?

[Sgt. Dick]

Why don't the Bucs and Panthers trade QB's, then the fans can feel good about their team for a couple days and then go back to feeling bad.

Titanic - hmmm  Cam has never been accused of being the smartest.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3718266

Jamesis not much better - https://deadspin.com/jameis-winston-yells-fuck-her-right-in-the-pussy-kil-1635466887

[Sgt. Dick]

I'm looking forward to some good CFB games this weekend.

Georgia vs Auburn - this will probably be Georgia's biggest test this year (except maybe Florida ND)

ND vs Miami - I hope Miami can take down ND  (ND is looking more like they are for real)

Clemson vs Fla St. - Clemson should be playing backups in the second half in this game.

Alabama vs Miss St. - Alabama should win this, but Miss St. could make it close (Alabama is beginning to have injuries mount up)

TCU vs Oklahoma - Loser should be out of the Playoff picture.

Iowa vs Wisconsin - Wisconsin should win, but this will be one of their tougher opponents so far this year.

Mich St vs Ohio St - Someone is getting their 3rd loss, I hope it is Ohio St.

Okla St vs Iowa St - this could be another entertaining game.

[haunted]

My picks for those games:

Auburn
Miami
Clemson
Alabama
Unfortunately Oklahoma. TCU has been grinding out lower scoring games in the big 12, oklahoma is gonna outscore them.
Iowa
Ohio state
Iowa state in a CLOSE GAME, maybe okie state in a close game, who knows, but I think it's a game you should take the under for points.

[Sgt. Dick]

#9 Washington lost last night to Stanford, so everyone in the PAC 12 has lost at least 2 games.
The PAC 12 should be eliminated from the playoffs.

Today's games will weed out some more teams. 

After today the possible playoff teams picture will get clearer or if some crazy shit happens, 2 loss teams could be back in the picture.

The teams I really want to see lose are ND & Okla.

[haunted]

I normally can't stand notre dame, and still feel that way but not as much this year. They smoked nc state, Michigan state, and southern cal, and lost to Georgia by 1 point. Of course the playoff committee is overplaying the southern cal win(they are the lesser of those 3 teams yet the committee will refer to them as the best). But at least they're not absurdly overrated for a change.

Oklahoma sucks. I can't stand the big 12 in general over the past few years. No defense. And this is coming from a fan of UNC that hasn't had a good defense in 10+ years. The difference is that UNC's offense, excluding this year, has been pretty damn good. The offensive success of the big 12 on the other hand is usually due to their lack of defense.

I'm watching auburn vs Georgia and it's 40 seconds till half time. Georgia's WR's have missed a few catches, some way more crucial than others. Their secondary hasn't been doing well either. Eason isn't a GREAT qb but his passes have been catchable. Auburn's defense is playing very well, but the refs are seemingly ignoring pass interference calls against them. If they're not calling that shit, then Georgia's secondary needs to start playing more physical.

[|iR|Focalor]

the refs are seemingly ignoring pass interference calls against them

Yeah, their corner blocks Georgia's receiver right the fuck out of bounds until he falls on his ass AS the ball is in the air coming to him, NO CALL. A little later, Auburn got called for offensive holding, 10 yd penalty. They should've added an extra 10 yds to the yds to go for first down, instead they simply moved them back 10 yards and called it 1st and 10. On what fucking planet is that part of the rules?

I'm not gonna blame the loss on that though. They should've won it regardless of occasional bad calls. They fucking sucked today, plain and simple. They already clinched the SEC East last week, so this one kinda doesn't matter. Georgia seemingly didn't give a shit about competing at 100% for this game. What they should be worried as FUCK about now though is the fact that Auburn could potentially beat Alabama BEFORE the SEC Championship, which could mean that the winner of the SEC Championship could be left out in the cold. If shit plays out just right, a 1 loss late loss Alabama and Georgia could play for the SEC Championship, whilst Auburn goes straight to the playoffs without needing a conference title. It could happen. If I remember right, Alabama kinda did that the last time LSU went to the SEC Championship.

[haunted]

I've been doubtful of Miami being the real deal but, damn it appears they're getting better as the season progresses. Their last two games they completely blew out Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. Playoff could be:

1. Alabama
2. Miami
3. Clemson
4. Oklahoma
5. Wisconsin
6. Georgia
7. Auburn
8. Ohio State
9. Notre Dame
10. USC
11. TCU
12. Penn State
13. Oklahoma State
14. UCF
15. Washington


It's tough to say where they'll put Georgia, if it was just looking at the quality of their loss, they'd be 4th or 5th but I think they'll wind up 6th due to the disadvantage of losing later in the season.

I hope UCF keeps creeping up if they stay undefeated. A SEC, ACC, or BIG 10(lame), 2 loss conference champion will make the playoffs but no one else with 2 losses. Unless your name is Oklahoma maybe 

It'll probably end up like this.

1. SEC Champion
2. ACC Champion
3. Oklahoma if they win out
4. Big 10 champion

and for the rose bowl(I think that's the biggest bowl game after the playoffs??)
5. SEC #2
6. ACC #2

If I had to guess.

[Sgt. Dick]

West Virginia could give Oklahoma a game, but most likely Oklahoma won't lose another game.

The Alabama/Auburn game in 2 weeks will decide the SEC west and the winner will play Georgia in the championship game.
If Auburn beats Alabama and then beats Georgia in the SEC championship, the SEC champion would have 2 losses.

The ACC championship should be undefeated Miami versus 1 loss Clemson.  Should Clemson win a close game, could the ACC get 2 teams in ?

If Ohio St beats Wisconsin they get in with 2 losses 

The playoff has never had a 2 loss team, but this year it is possible to have 2 of them.

I agree with Haunted's playoff prediction

It'll probably end up like this.

1. SEC Champion
2. ACC Champion
3. Oklahoma if they win out
4. Big 10 champion

[|iR|Focalor]

I don't like Tom Brady...

...except when he's kicking the shit out of the Bronco's while John Elway watches helplessly.

You can't blame it on Denver having a shitty QB. I mean Osweiller is no elite status QB, but he played a good enough game. It's everyone ELSE who sucks. Especially that fuckin' punter they got who got blocked. Dumb motherfucker took ALL GOD DAMN DAY before he brought his leg up to kick the ball. OF COURSE they fucking block it when you take THAT LONG. I watched it happening and thought, "Why the hell is he taking so many steps before kicking it..."

[adz1La]

Saints score 47 in a dominant performance  and brees goes for 180 yards and his only td is rushing...

[|iR|Focalor]

Well I was thinking the Falcons were gonna take the year off and give the Saints an easy road to the playoffs for the NFC South... but for some reason beyond comprehension they actually decided to show up and play like they give a shit about winning today. True, it was against the Cowgirls.

With any luck, whenever the hell Brees and Co. meet up with Atlanta they'll be able to stomp Matt Ryan's balls into the dirt along with any chance of Atlanta getting into the playoffs this year. Fuck em. They don't deserve another shot after that bullshit at the last Superbowl.

But I'm gonna go ahead and throw this prediction out there... Brady gets another ring this year.

We all fuckin' hate his pretty boy guts, but it's true. As long as Bellichick can put 5 guys out front of him that'll give him at least 2 seconds after the snap, he's GONNA find someone every fuckin' time. Somebody hire Ndomikong Suh to break his fuckin' legs already.