Tag: College Football Message Boards
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CFB Therapy Halloween Week: Texas Sized Sadness; Iowa still punting
It is now 7 games in for most CFB teams and that means that around a dozen teams are still in contention for the College Football Playoff. That also means that around 120 teams are varying degrees of meh. Let’s focus on a few of the teams with fanbases in the worst shape right now.…
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Vibe Check: Week 8
Week 7 put a little extra cheese on the weird taco. Texas lost a close game in a blowout, Jimbo Fisher and Mario Cristobal don’t know what to do with their hands, and don’t look now but LSU’s good and they have a bye week before a home game against Saban. Let’s see what the…
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Vibe Check: Week 7
Week 7 saw some really big games, a few upsets, and plenty of drama. Without question, the ranked-against-ranked matchups of Penn State-Michigan, Alabama-Tennessee, and USC-Utah dominated the coverage leading into the weekend and for good reason: Heisman hopefuls, playoff title contenders, the return of one or two programs returning to the group of college football…
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The Devil Went Down to Knoxville
Nick Saban took his Crimson Tide to Neyland Stadium and for the first time in his career at Alabama was defeated by the Tennessee Vols. And hell broke loose in Knoxville, from Jalin Hyatt going HAM to the refs going AWOL to a last-second game-winning FG. Josh Heupel exorcised the demon and got a nice…
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Did You Miss Us? USC is Back
After losing Saturday’s game at Utah due to some of the most egregious calls by referees I have ever seen, it occurred to me. Every tweet and message board post across the internet is talking about USC. And through all of the joyful tweets about USC losing by fanbases all across the Twitterverse and message…
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Former Top 10 Teams Need Consoling
It was one of those weeks. That time of the year when multiple previously undefeated teams in the top 10 drop games and hearts across the country are broken. Let’s see how the fans are doing. Penn State fans are at the Message Board Geniuses sweet spot: Fire the coach. Admittedly, Penn State looked really…
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10 Teams on Upset Watch
We’ve got some teams on upset watch, ranging from somewhat serious to moderately serious to super serious. We’ll hold on to the Al Gore super cereal upset watch for games later on in the year. Below are 10 teams on upset watch for Week 7: Follow @FightOnRusty on Twitter for the best lists, as noted…
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An Apology Letter to the Oregon Ducks
Dear Ducks, While it takes a genius to post on a message board, it takes a less smart person to own up to their mistakes. After this weekend, I’m here to apologize to the brand that is the Oregon Ducks for crowning Washington. You are the true King in the North. I, along with many,…
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Vibe Check: Week 6
The bow is on Week 6 and Week 7 brings about some great matchups, so let’s look at where things stand for participants in what will be the weekend’s premier games and check in on some friends whose weekends went sideways. Alabama Crimson Tide The Texas A&M game was the one everyone was waiting for…
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Barn’s Burnin’
Located just far enough away from Montgomery to still justify a daily work commute, the town of Auburn is a pretty cool place outside of the university. It’s also a good school with its own traditions which used to make me cringe until Texas A&M showed up. But I digress. Auburn has always embraced and…
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