2012 LGP College Football Thread

[Digitalgypsy66]

Patrick Stevens ‏@D1scourse
There are 124 major-college football programs. The 62nd-longest tenured head coach for now is Florida's Will Muschamp (hired Dec. 11, 2010)

I think he will have a coronary before too long. Very intense coach.

[Rocco]

Hustle Belt ‏@HustleBelt
The UMass faculty wants to discuss a proposal to move football back to FCS. To be a fly on the wall of that meeting.

Won't amount to anything, but still amusing that there's buyer's remorse from at least part of the school after just one year.

[Rocco]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... ources-say

The Big 5 conferences will get $91m/year in the new playoff format. The remaining 5 conferences? $17m/year.

[Rocco]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ources-say

The Big East is not long for this world.

[canaan]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8742607/seven-catholic-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say

The Big East is not long for this world.

good riddance.

[pfim]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8742607/seven-catholic-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say

The Big East is not long for this world.

7 college sports visionaries...

[canaan]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8742607/seven-catholic-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say

The Big East is not long for this world.

7 college sports visionaries...

hypothetical: if this group of catholic schools group to form a religious conference, where they base their decisions purely on the tenets of the catholic church, and they invite notre dame to the conference. would it make notre dame look bad when they declined the invite, thus proving money is more important to them than religious expansion?

[pfim]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8742607/seven-catholic-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say

The Big East is not long for this world.

7 college sports visionaries...

hypothetical: if this group of catholic schools group to form a religious conference, where they base their decisions purely on the tenets of the catholic church, and they invite notre dame to the conference. would it make notre dame look bad when they declined the invite, thus proving money is more important to them than religious expansion?

I think the cat's out of the bag on that one.

[Troy Loney]

Yeah, pretty sure most people would take Notre Dame winning the national championship over guaranty access to heaven. Catholic is just a brand.

[DontToewsMeBro]

Is that anything new? The Church has always been about power. That's what money is, anyway.

[Troy Loney]

Are you guys going to pick the games? I have a work poll and I don't really have any clue.

Gildan New Mexico
Arizona vs. Nevada
Famous Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah State
San Diego County CU Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego State
Beef 'O' Brady's
Ball State vs. UCF
R+L Carriers New Orleans
East Carolina vs. UL Lafayette
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
Boise State vs. Washington
Sheraton Hawaii
Fresno State vs. SMU
Little Caesars Pizza
Central Michigan vs. W. Kentucky
Military
Bowling Green vs. San Jose State
Belk
Cincinnati vs. Duke
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Baylor vs. UCLA
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Ohio vs. ULM
Russell Athletic
Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Air Force vs. Rice
New Era Pinstripe
Syracuse vs. West Virginia
Kraft Fight Hunger
Arizona State vs. Navy
Valero Alamo
Oregon State vs. Texas
Buffalo Wild Wings
Michigan State vs. TCU
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City
NC State vs. Vanderbilt
Hyundai Sun
Georgia Tech vs. USC
AutoZone Liberty
Iowa State vs. Tulsa
Chick-fil-A
Clemson vs. LSU
Heart of Dallas
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Mississippi State vs. Northwestern
Capital One
Georgia vs. Nebraska
Outback
Michigan vs. South Carolina
Rose Bowl Game
Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Discover Orange
Florida State vs. Northern Illinois
Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Louisville
Tostitos Fiesta
Kansas State vs. Oregon
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
BBVA Compass
Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh
GoDaddy.com
Arkansas State vs. Kent State
BCS National Championship
Alabama vs. Notre Dame

Have at it, and if you could mark the ones you feel most confident about, that would be rad.

[Rocco]

Maybe it would be easiest to set up a Yahoo pick-em group.

[Troy Loney]

Maybe it would be easiest to set up a Yahoo pick-em group.

I'm not trying to compete, i want the people here to pick the games and indicate which of these are the gimmies.

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Maybe it would be easiest to set up a Yahoo pick-em group.

I'm not trying to compete, i want the people here to pick the games and indicate which of these are the gimmies.

FWIW, Pitt is 3-0 all time versus the SEC in bowl games

[Troy Loney]

Florida over Louisville, that's probably the biggest gimme right?

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Florida over Louisville, that's probably the biggest gimme right?

I would agree

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Also, looking at the lines, Oklahoma State is a 16.5 point favorite over Purdue, which seems to be the biggest spread right now. FSU is at 13.5 over NIU, but I don't trust that FSU team one bit.

[Troy Loney]

Also, looking at the lines, Oklahoma State is a 16.5 point favorite over Purdue, which seems to be the biggest spread right now. FSU is at 13.5 over NIU, but I don't trust that FSU team one bit.

With only like 30-40 people, I wonder if it would just be best to pick straight with the vegas lines. It's one of those where you rank your winners 1-28 in confidence, (28 most confident), then highest points win.

[Rocco]

Maybe it would be easiest to set up a Yahoo pick-em group.

I'm not trying to compete, i want the people here to pick the games and indicate which of these are the gimmies.

So you want us to do all the work so you can take all the credit?

[Troy Loney]

Obviously. And I don't want credit, I want to win their money.

[PghSkins]

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL DAY!!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[PghSkins]

Believe it or not, the New Mexico Bowl was a great game.

[columbia]

You can put a fork in the Big East...


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... -framework

[Rocco]

Dude will have to add Dennis Dodd to his list of ACC apologists.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... id-for-now

Swarbrick was the second source in two days to say that the ACC will eventually be making more money per school than the Big 12. That would seemingly put to rest speculation that Florida State is trying to get out. Both of those conferences are behind the Big Ten, largely considered to be No. 1 in conference revenue at the moment.

“The point is, the ACC is not hurting,” the source said. “They [FSU] would have to take a pay cut if they went somewhere else.”

[PghSkins]

The Red Headed Stepchild of 'em all is this evening- Western Kentucky vs Central Michigan in the Little Caesar's Bowl. You know you can't wait....

Bet I watch some of it....