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txaggirl91 wrote:all i have to say is

woo hoo!!!

texas is NOT ranked #1

all you ohio state fans... i'll be rooting for yall when you play the t-sips

We will take all of the help we can get Thank you

big hat carmen wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:all i have to say is

woo hoo!!!

texas is NOT ranked #1

all you ohio state fans... i'll be rooting for yall when you play the t-sips

We will take all of the help we can get Thank you

We'll need it with our DBs.

In their season opener at the Big House the MICHIGAN WOLVERINES should do just dandy against Vandy!!

parrot1 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:all i have to say is

woo hoo!!!

texas is NOT ranked #1

all you ohio state fans... i'll be rooting for yall when you play the t-sips

We will take all of the help we can get Thank you

We'll need it with our DBs.

i dont think texas will have what it takes without vince there this year. their world revolved around him... SO glad he went pro.

txaggirl91 wrote:i dont think texas will have what it takes without vince there this year. their world revolved around him... SO glad he went pro.

NU plays both USC and Texas this year. So nobody was happier on draft day to see both VY and Reggie Bush take their acts to the NFL. (Made that much better by the fact that I really like the picks the Broncos made. )

BahamaBreeze wrote:

SharkOnLand wrote:
We play Notre Dame at home first game.... It'll be a tough game, I'm hopeful the Jackets can pull it off.

That game will be the first Saturday night game for ABC.

There are a lot of high expections for Norte Dame so you will have a good fight on your hands. At least its a home game for the Jackets.

Is that game sold out yet?

Are you serious?



Tech sells out season tickets
Notre Dame and Miami games are fully sold out


Published on: 07/19/06

Georgia Tech has sold out all of its football season tickets, school officials announced, although there are single-game tickets available for games against Samford (Sept. 9), Troy (Sept. 16), Virginia (Sept. 21), Maryland (Oct. 7) and Duke (Nov. 18).

Games against Notre Dame (Sept. 2) and Miami (Oct. 28) are completely sold out. "Our season ticket base has grown to over 29,000, which is nearly 2,500 more than last season," athletics director Dan Radakovich said in a statement. "In addition, we sold nearly 12,000 of the popular three-game flex packs."



If you wanted to buy ND tickets, you had to get season or a 3 game flex pack.

weirdo0521 wrote:

BahamaBreeze wrote:

SharkOnLand wrote:
We play Notre Dame at home first game.... It'll be a tough game, I'm hopeful the Jackets can pull it off.

That game will be the first Saturday night game for ABC.

There are a lot of high expections for Norte Dame so you will have a good fight on your hands. At least its a home game for the Jackets.

Is that game sold out yet?

Are you serious?



Tech sells out season tickets
Notre Dame and Miami games are fully sold out


Published on: 07/19/06

Georgia Tech has sold out all of its football season tickets, school officials announced, although there are single-game tickets available for games against Samford (Sept. 9), Troy (Sept. 16), Virginia (Sept. 21), Maryland (Oct. 7) and Duke (Nov. 18).

Games against Notre Dame (Sept. 2) and Miami (Oct. 28) are completely sold out. "Our season ticket base has grown to over 29,000, which is nearly 2,500 more than last season," athletics director Dan Radakovich said in a statement. "In addition, we sold nearly 12,000 of the popular three-game flex packs."



If you wanted to buy ND tickets, you had to get season or a 3 game flex pack.

Yes, I was serious. Tech use to never sell out. Was always running ads about the 3 game progeam to get people to buy their tickets.

I think being ND and a televised game help sell this game...not Tech.

BahamaBreeze wrote:

weirdo0521 wrote:

BahamaBreeze wrote:

SharkOnLand wrote:
We play Notre Dame at home first game.... It'll be a tough game, I'm hopeful the Jackets can pull it off.

That game will be the first Saturday night game for ABC.

There are a lot of high expections for Norte Dame so you will have a good fight on your hands. At least its a home game for the Jackets.

Is that game sold out yet?

Are you serious?





Tech sells out season tickets
Notre Dame and Miami games are fully sold out


Published on: 07/19/06

Georgia Tech has sold out all of its football season tickets, school officials announced, although there are single-game tickets available for games against Samford (Sept. 9), Troy (Sept. 16), Virginia (Sept. 21), Maryland (Oct. 7) and Duke (Nov. 18).

Games against Notre Dame (Sept. 2) and Miami (Oct. 28) are completely sold out. "Our season ticket base has grown to over 29,000, which is nearly 2,500 more than last season," athletics director Dan Radakovich said in a statement. "In addition, we sold nearly 12,000 of the popular three-game flex packs."



If you wanted to buy ND tickets, you had to get season or a 3 game flex pack.

Yes, I was serious. Tech use to never sell out. Was always running ads about the 3 game progeam to get people to buy their tickets.

I think being ND and a televised game help sell this game...not Tech.

Well that is what I was hinting at, the ND effect.

I think Bo should just enjoy his retirement quietly.

Bo belittles Fighting Irish
Schembechler wants U-M to stop playing Notre Dame; he doesn't understand why Ohio State is ranked No. 1
BY GEORGE SIPPLE
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

August 9, 2006

Bo Schembechler probably won't be speaking at Notre Dame commencement ceremonies any time soon.

The former Michigan football coach, feisty as ever, turned up at Lions practice Tuesday along with Jim Brandstatter, the Lions radio broadcaster who was an offensive lineman on Schembechler's first three U-M teams, 1969-71.

Asked whether Michigan should continue its series with Notre Dame, Schembechler said: "We don't need Notre Dame. They need us more than we need them.

"Hell, we're playing all these Big Ten teams. When Penn State came into the league, then we should do everything we can to get this Notre Dame series over with. Now that's the way I feel."

Schembechler, who compiled a 194-48-5 record in 21 seasons at Michigan, ending in 1989, added, "I would rather have an intersectional game than a midwest game. Play Southern Cal. I don't care. Play Texas... somebody like that. But not Notre Dame."

Schembechler-coached Michigan teams were 4-6 against Notre Dame in 10 games spanning 1978-89.

Responding to comments by current U-M coach Lloyd Carr, who in December said he supported a postseason playoff system -- "I think we should play the top 16 teams and do it on the field; I think that's only fair to the guys that play the game" -- Schembechler said:

"He's just talking. It sounds good. He doesn't want a playoff. I'll speak for him. He doesn't want a playoff."

Schembechler, 77, weighed in on other matters, as well:


On how television has changed college football: "Can you believe what television has done to college football?... I used to say, 'Would you please tell those guys that we're going to tee the ball up at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. If they want to take pictures of it, c'mon out. But we're going to kick it off at 1 o'clock.' "


On Ohio State being ranked No. 1 to start the season: "I find that hard to understand. What it tells you is the Big Ten is not as strong this year as it usually is because how can a team lose nine out of 11 starters on defense and be picked to win the national championship? I find that hard to believe."


On coming to practice: "This is my life. This is what I did for a living. I love it. I tell you this, I'll make it back to Ann Arbor in time for practice this afternoon."

Coaches take issue with game clock rule changes ESPN.com news services


The NCAA rules committee approved eight rules changes in May that will take effect for the 2006 college football season. And while the amendments range from the mundane (shortening halftime) to the marked (instant replay will be used throughout Division I-A for the first time), it's a rule change governing the game clock that has aroused some coaches' ire.


According to Rule 3-2-5, the game clock will start as soon as the ball is kicked in a kickoff situation. Previously, the clock would only start once the receiving team touched the ball. In addition, Rule 3-2-5-e states that, after a team gets a first down, the clock will begin running again on the ready-for-play signal. Previously, the clock did not resume until the team snapped the ball.


While the rationale behind the changes was to shorten the game, that explanation has done little to quell the outrage of some coaches.


"I am appalled at the rule changes," Oregon coach Mike Bellotti told USA Today. "They are major and very severe and will change the game as we know it."


Many coaches believe these changes will eliminate 10 to 15 plays per game.


"I think it will help the underdog teams," South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier told USA Today. "If you're the underdog, obviously you would like fewer plays in the game."


Penn State coach Joe Paterno brought out another perhaps unintended effect of the new rule.


"When you kick the ball, [the clock] starts. Kick it out of bounds with 8-10 seconds to go, the game's over," Paterno said to USA Today. "We've got to expose our kids to it in preseason practice."


Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville, who sits on the NCAA rules committee, tried to answer some of the criticisms offered by his colleagues.


"We weren't looking to take plays away from the game," Tuberville told USA Today. "We were looking to … get away from some of these 3-hour, 45-minute games in hot weather or cold weather. This is obviously an experiment. Anything we do in the rules committee can be changed next year."

dawgfan wrote:Coaches take issue with game clock rule changes ESPN.com news services


The NCAA rules committee approved eight rules changes in May that will take effect for the 2006 college football season. And while the amendments range from the mundane (shortening halftime) to the marked (instant replay will be used throughout Division I-A for the first time), it's a rule change governing the game clock that has aroused some coaches' ire.


According to Rule 3-2-5, the game clock will start as soon as the ball is kicked in a kickoff situation. Previously, the clock would only start once the receiving team touched the ball. In addition, Rule 3-2-5-e states that, after a team gets a first down, the clock will begin running again on the ready-for-play signal. Previously, the clock did not resume until the team snapped the ball.

That one may bite us as Richt has a time mangement problem. I hope he has worked on that for this season...I love the man, but I really wish he would hire an OC.

Here's a topic we covered earlier.

ESPN plays with Saturday tradition
College football teams wrestle with conflicts and the need for exposure in making out their schedules.
By Kyle Nagel

Staff Writer

For the majority of his life since he played defensive end for Bo Schembechler at Miami University, Joe Novak has been coaching football. The 60-year-old can even be called old-fashioned after stints at Miami, Illinois and Indiana bore in him a love of the college game in the heartland.


Now the 11th-year Northern Illinois University football coach sees a trend that, he says, is eating away at the traditions he has helped to build. He's even participating.

On Sunday, Oct. 8, Miami will host NIU in a Mid-American Conference game at 8 p.m. on ESPN. It is one of 59 games ESPN will broadcast this season on its five channels that will not be played on Saturdays.

With each season, as more games are played on non-traditional days of the week, those who dislike the change become more concerned about the future of college football.

"We're prostituting our programs, in a way," Novak said. "And I hate to say that."

When ESPN approached Miami about moving its Saturday game against Northern Illinois — and Homecoming, at that — to a Sunday, it wasn't an easy decision, said RedHawks athletic director Brad Bates. But with the new NFL television agreement, ESPN no longer broadcasts the Sunday night professional game, and the network searched for a way to fill that spot with football.

"From the ticket office to my office to the alumni office, the response has probably been two-thirds positive," said Miami athletic director Brad Bates. "I didn't anticipate that."

To many, though, Sundays aren't the main concern. The idea of playing on Friday night — the customary bastion of high school football — is the big worry.

And that concern continues, as 10 Friday-night college football games will appear on ESPN channels this season. The American Football Coaches Association has gone as far as taking an official stand against college football on Friday nights, said Grant Teaff, the AFCA executive director.

If his membership had its way, he said, college football would be restricted to Saturdays.

"I've not talked to one coach who really likes it," Teaff said of non-Saturday games.

Steve Specht, who coached Cincinnati St. Xavier to the Division I state championship last season, isn't bothered much by the University of Cincinnati hosting Pittsburgh on Friday, Sept. 8 for an ESPN2 audience. His team plays on Saturday, Sept. 9, against Lakewood St. Edward at Paul Brown Stadium.

For the teams playing on Friday night, though, Specht said there shouldn't be concern in Cincinnati about falling attendance. "I honestly believe in this area people care a hell of a lot more about high school football than they do about college football," Specht said. "I think it hurts the college game playing on Friday nights around here."

While inching closer and closer to full-fledged Friday night football, some athletic directors are still drawing lines, they say. Pitt's Jeff Long has given the Big East Conference his position on putting a Friday-night game at Heinz Field.

"My commitment has been we would not play a home game on a Friday night, and our conference has respected that," said Long, a Kettering native. "The conference does have the ability to say, 'You're going to play on Friday night, and you're going to play at home.' But they haven't done that."

Some conferences do whatever they can for the exposure. When Rick Chryst became the MAC's commissioner in 1999, he said that a major topic at league meetings was whether it could maintain itself as a viable Division I-A conference.

Since then, the MAC has been associated prominently with playing on weeknights, and Chryst says it has advanced the conference at warp speed. He mentioned several specific examples of how the MAC has prospered:

• All 69 of the league's home games are televised in some form this season.

• In one 59-year period, MAC teams hosted Big Ten opponents six times. It will happen four times this season.

• The MAC is now affiliated with three bowls, GMAC, Motor City and International.

"Whether it's right or wrong," Chryst said, "TV is probably the main reason for that."

There are sacrifices. In November, for instance, Northern Illinois will play on a Tuesday and two Fridays, but no Saturdays. Toledo will play on three Tuesdays. Of 24 November games, the MAC will play just 10 on Saturdays, and six of those Saturday games are nonconference. Five conference games will be played on Friday, Nov. 24.

Chryst argues it's worth the attention. Last season, the MAC had the fifth-highest viewership of conferences on ESPN2 broadcasts, ahead of the Big Ten, Mountain West and Conference USA.

"We're recruiting a quarterback in Houston, which we never do," said Novak, the NIU coach. "I go into his home, and I ask him why he wants to come to Northern Illinois. He looked at me with a straight face and said, 'Coach, it's the exposure.' If we weren't on TV, that would never happen."

So, the stream of non-Saturday games continues, even when Miami had already planned a series of events around its Oct. 8 Homecoming game against Northern Illinois, including the opening of the new Goggin Ice Arena on Friday night to coincide with the Saturday game.

"But, we had to make a decision," said Miami coach Shane Montgomery, "and this game is on ESPN, not ESPN2 or ESPNU."

Hard to believe someone in TN wrote this book that is just coming out.
I mean does he really think he is going to sell a lot of them?

Darren Epps, a gifted young sports writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, is out with a fascinating new book called "Orange Crush: A Season on the Brink at America's Biggest Football School.'' A quick read at 216 pages, "Orange Crush'' documents Tennessee's disastrous 5-6 season in 2005.

Epps spares neither the Vols nor the profane and misguided fans of several UT opponents in cataloging a dysfunctional team that was expected to contend for the national championship but instead fell apart amid a bewildering series of injuries, arrests, untimely turnovers, coaching blunders and botched opportunities.

This passage near the end was especially revealing: "The infamous (Phillip) Fulmer wince appeared one more time when I informed him that the details of his only unenjoyable season in his 34 years as a Tennessee player, assistant or head coach would be chronicled in a book,'' Epps wrote. "In a testament to the expectations facing Fulmer in 2005, this book was originally supposed to be about his run for a national title. That, well, didn't quite happen.

BTT!!

C'mon people!! We have like two and a half weeks to go....who else is excited....ok, ok....who else is excited who didn't have players or coaches arrested or suspended!!!

Travelin'man wrote:BTT!!

C'mon people!! We have like two and a half weeks to go....who else is excited....ok, ok....who else is excited who didn't have players or coaches arrested or suspended!!!

I AM! I AM!!

Travelin'man wrote:BTT!!

C'mon people!! We have like two and a half weeks to go....who else is excited....ok, ok....who else is excited who didn't have players or coaches arrested or suspended!!!

I have been getting myself into shape. The last few Saturdays I have started drinking by 9 AM to get ready for tailgating.

weirdo0521 wrote:

Travelin'man wrote:BTT!!

C'mon people!! We have like two and a half weeks to go....who else is excited....ok, ok....who else is excited who didn't have players or coaches arrested or suspended!!!

I have been getting myself into shape. The last few Saturdays I have started drinking by 9 AM to get ready for tailgating.

Ahhhh...12oz curls?

I can't wait!!!

here's a pretty cool college football message board that I post on from time to time although I have not much yet this year....but I will
http://bbs.collegesports.com/cgi-bin/ik ... act=SF;f=3

BahamaBreeze wrote:

weirdo0521 wrote:

Travelin'man wrote:BTT!!

C'mon people!! We have like two and a half weeks to go....who else is excited....ok, ok....who else is excited who didn't have players or coaches arrested or suspended!!!

I have been getting myself into shape. The last few Saturdays I have started drinking by 9 AM to get ready for tailgating.

Ahhhh...12oz curls?

Bloody Marys...and ice cold ones out of the cooler