November 12, 2008
So MSU is one of two remaining SEC teams standing in the way of Alabama finishing perfect in the regular season.
Normally, you’d think a team that’s 1–4 in conference play wouldn’t be much of a threat to the #1 ranked team in college football, right? And you’d be wrong.
The Starkville mafia have put the chomp on the Tide the last two years in a row, including an upset in 2006 that was MSU’s only conference win that year. Not surprisingly, that was also Mike Shula’s last year as head coach of Alabama.
MSU had a respectable 8–5 season last year and beat Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl. They also beat Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Alabama.
I know the wheels have come off for Sly and the Family Bulldog in 2008, but upsetting Alabama would be a season-salvaging win, and maybe even a job-saver for Mr. Croom.
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November 11, 2008
I’m jumping just a bit out of order, but I had to get in a shoutout to the team with the best mascot in all of NCAA football for their big matchup against Florida this week.
This year’s Spurrier Bowl has a lot at stake actually. The Gamecocks are already bowl-eligible, but would like to shine up their stats a bit to avoid playing in the Boudreax’s Butt Cream Bowl or some other ridiculous post-season matchup.
The Gators, obviously, are still in the NC hunt, and desperately want to buff the stats of Timmy Jesus so he can reach the all-important 20/20 club and take home his second Heisman.
But most of all, Coach Cryer desperately wants yet another chance to try to prove to himself that he won’t always be the second-best Florida coach in history. Good luck with that, Urban.
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November 11, 2008
Next up, a big round of applause for the coolest cats around!
They put up a helluva fight last weekend against Georgia, and nearly pulled off the upset. Besides giving a big fat dose of reality to all the hallucinating folks from Athens, Kentucky proved they deserve a seat at the grownups table when it comes to SEC football.
In the immortal words of The Handsome Panther…
Rrrroarrrrrrrr.
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November 8, 2008
To commemorate Les Miles’ late game playcalling in the second annual Saban Bowl, LSU gets an ultra-rare, limited edition SEC t-shirt.
I’m betting that one of the books Les Miles doesn’t read that would be like reading a book if he read books is the rulebook for NCAA college football.
Otherwise, he might have known that a challenge is just like taking a timeout, except with the chance of hitting a jackpot and getting both the previous call to go your way, and that timeout back. If he’d have known that it was the closest thing to gambling that’s allowed in college football, I can almost guarantee you that Les Miles would have been “all in!”
I’d say that qualifies him as neither genius nor madman. But basically as an illiterate dumbass.
Which means Les Miles is right where he belongs.
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November 8, 2008
Now that Alabama won in overtime against the swamp kitties, it’s time to start posting up the rest of the SEC. First up, Arkansas…where great talent goes to underperform.
With all the heat Clemson takes, it’s amazing that Arkansas doesn’t get more criticism for being a perennial also-ran, and never living up to their potential.
I guess when your main cheer, the one reserved to try to spark the team in critical moments, is known as “Callin’ the Hogs,” what can you really expect? I mean, really?
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