The Official 2018-2019 Season Football Thread

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Some of the games today could be an ok watch. I think Texas a&m vs NC State has the most potential.

Tomorrow has some good ones. I'm legitimately interested in Texas vs Georgia. The other ones look alright too. Then there's Washington Ohio State... I hope Washington beats them but it's safe to say it's going to be a silly high scoring no defense game. Hopefully I'm wrong.

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Hah!! Every game was very close yesterday EXCEPT State vs a&m. Here are my predictions for today even though you should probably do the opposite

UK v. Penn State: Kentucky
OSU v. Washington: Ohio State
UCF v. LSU: LSU
Texas v. UGA: Georgia
MSST v. Iowa: Mississippi State

Iowa miss State has potential to be a good game despite being the least high profile match up of each group.

I hope UCF packed a lunch. It's a shame they don't have their star quarterback playing.

[Sgt. Dick]

I agree with your predictions, thou UK worries me some.  UK has been really good in most of their games, but they looked average in a couple. I hope the good UK team shows up today.

I would of liked to have UCF at full strength, because if they lose today it will be because they did not have Milton.

The biggest surprise from yesterday was Oregon/Mich St. being a 7-6 game.  I guess the PAC 12 is not used to seeing a real defense.

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If it was Penn State from last year or the year before, I would've went with them. Same with Iowa, they just didn't do so hot this season. Which contributes to the big 10's suckitude right now. Those are 2 of their most consistent teams.

Michigan State historically is one of the VERY few big 10 teams known for defense, so maybe, I didn't see it though. I do know the PAC looked pretty bad this season though.

[|iR|Focalor]

Texas fans are uppity little cunts, huh?

Speaking of the mostly Longhorn crowd chanting "O-VER-RAY-TID".

The first time they've won ANY important game since before the BCS title game they LOST to Alabama back in 08 I think. Way to win like winners. They've been SHIT for 10 years, and suddenly when they have a half capable QB, they act like they're hot shit? FUCK YOU VERY MUCH.

Was glad to see Georgia respond to the crowd by getting mad and turning up the heat right at the end to make it a one score game though. Honestly, many of them didn't give a fuck about winning or losing the Sugar Bowl. The one and only goal the whole year was to get back to a playoff and title game, and that dried up and blew away with the loss to Alabama at the SEC championship. A few retarded mistakes by a retarded punter and fumble by a RB one-arming it in traffic while doing a spin move just for the hell of it... was really what gave Texas all the momentum in the first half. In my opinion, and probably in most other non-Longhorns fans opinions, Texas won because they got a Georgia that didn't really care to fight too hard for a consolation prize.

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Yeah, Texas has been bad for a loooong time. Fans of certain schools are like that. If Notre Dame got their first win in 15 years they probably would've ran out on the field lol. Screw Ohio State fans too.

Damn! If only UCF had their quarter back. They're a decent team.

How would y'all rank the top 5 conferences now?

[Sgt. Dick]

It is harder to rate them because of key players sitting out and which teams get paired up.

I would rate them like this.  Numbers 2-4 are about the same, so that order really don't matter.

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. ACC
5. PAC 12

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1. SEC
2. Big 12
3. ACC
4. Big 10
5. PAC 12

What's up with that big 10 placement sarge? 

[Sgt. Dick]

You know I  Urban 

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Do you work for the CFP committee?

[|iR|Focalor]

It is harder to rate them because of key players sitting out and which teams get paired up.

I would rate them like this.  Numbers 2-4 are about the same, so that order really don't matter.

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. ACC
5. PAC 12

Same for me. Although Big 10 and Big 12 could swap... or be tied for #2, doesn't matter. I couldn't put ACC 3rd. Clemson and maybe Syracuse were really the only ACC schools this year that truly looked like they knew what they were doing. The PAC12 with the exception of Washington and Wash State were all lousy this year.

It was great to see the uber-PC schools UCLA and USC both get NO fucking bowl game this year. Fuck 'em. California got one, but it was a snoozefest vs TCU that nobody fucking watched.

Also... was looking over the PAC12 site while posting this. Apparently Oregon's first game next year is against Auburn. Oh the humanity. "Hello, 9-1-1? I wanna report a rape."

[Sgt. Dick]

GO EAGLES - https://www.foxnews.com/us/alleged-thief-in-handcuffs-utters-famous-last-words-go-eagles

[|iR|Focalor]

Of course. Philly is like Baltimore with more white people.

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The big 10 didn't perform too well out of conference. Within the conference it was even more random and inconsistent than usual. A lot of people use that as a way to point out how competitive the conference is, yet they apply the opposite to the ACC. Their inter-conference randomness means the ACC sucks donkey balls. 

Sgt s right about spots 2-4 being close, but I can't help putting the overrated and loved-by-media conference at the bottom. The ACC looked particularly bad from the big name schools doing so bad. Florida State, Miami, VA tech, and Louisville didn't do anything. UNC got last place in the coastal. That sort of casted a shadow over teams like Boston college, NC State, Syracuse, and Pitt doing alright.

If the big 10 and ACC faced each other(from Clemson vs Ohio State to UNC vs Rutgers, and everything in between) I think the ACC would win by a little.

[|iR|Focalor]

I thought it was kinda sad how Mark Richt's career had to end at Miami this year. They got STOMPED by Wisconsin in the Pinstripe Bowl. It was like 35 to 3, but it was NOT as close as even that score might suggest. Their offense couldn't do ANYTHING. After having a few years to get a feel for Kirby Smart's playcalling, I gotta say, I still think Mark Richt was the smarter playcaller. I kinda wish he'd come back to Georgia. But I don't suspect he'd do that no matter how much they might hypothetically offer him.

That kinda shit's gonna continue to happen though. Until they draft up some new recruiting rules to spread these players around, Alabama's gonna continue to win 96% of their games, and coaches at other schools are gonna fail to meet their goals the school sets for them to win conference championships and new years bowl games. I think that's obviously what happened to Richt. Miami probably told him, "Okay, within the first 3 years, we want an ACC Championship.", and he couldn't deliver with the athletes he had, and he probably also OVER-estimated his ability to talk recruits into coming to Miami. Hell, perhaps even Richt himself oversold himself by voluntarily promising to win an ACC title by this year. An SEC coach looking around at the competition in the ACC would undoubtedly feel confident that he could smash anyone and everyone. But... that shit doesn't happen if you can't recruit SEC sized linemen who also have the very important "TALENT" to go with that size. And with Miami's record for the last 15 years... there's no mad dash to come to a school that hasn't had a reputable football team since before any of the recruits were born, doesn't matter if you're "Mark Richt from Georgia".

I had forgotten, but apparently Miami made it to the Orange Bowl last year... where they lost to... Wisconsin. So that might have something to do with it too. He had a shot at avenging last years Orange Bowl loss and got absolutely clobbered.