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Title: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:33:20 AM
May as well.

Why are FSU and GT playing in Dublin? Is it a GT home game? Will Irish fans show up to watch it live?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:34:31 AM
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Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:35:01 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/ARNRH8R.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:35:55 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/8161Hka.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 11:41:04 AM
ND playing in Ireland made lots of sense. Not sure about this game. But whatever, it's a game. I'll take it.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:42:20 AM
The Irish Wreck of Georgie Tech!
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 11:43:04 AM
Can’t lie.  I love this time of year.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 11:44:52 AM
I'll take any match up I can get right now. GaTech might stink but at least Florida is ranked top 10. I guess. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:48:09 AM
Anyone cooking today? I think we may order out or do a Lou Malnati's pizza. Not sure.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 11:49:30 AM
Anyone cooking today? I think we may order out or do a Lou Malnati's pizza. Not sure.
Yes. Jamaican oxtail. Going to serve with rice but going to make a separate pot of beans just for me. No one can complain about that.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 11:52:00 AM
Yes. Jamaican oxtail. Going to serve with rice but going to make a separate pot of beans just for me. No one can complain about that.
You're full of beans.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 11:53:57 AM
You're full of beans.
Only on a good day
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 12:01:35 PM
Anyone cooking today? I think we may order out or do a Lou Malnati's pizza. Not sure.
Too fricken hot to cook.   New sushi place in town.  Going to try tonight. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Temp430 on August 24, 2024, 12:03:57 PM
Enthusiasm is peeking now before people find out how shitty their team really is.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 12:08:19 PM
Enthusiasm is peeking now before people find out how shitty their team really is.
lol.  Exactly.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 12:10:42 PM
The oxtail has been marinating all night - onion, garlic, soy sauce, habanero, scallions, and thyme. About to brown it up then let it stew all day. Should make the house smell nice.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 12:12:34 PM
It's gonna be really good.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 12:15:25 PM
Tech defense looking, uh, not great
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 12:17:18 PM
Enthusiasm is peeking now before people find out how shitty their team really is.
You know it.

I'm all in on Michigan going 10-2 and making the playoff right now.

After game 1 it's going to be fire Moore, we fucking suck and don't have a QB, we're going 6-6.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 12:19:33 PM
I love the snapper with the ole underhanded pitch.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 12:22:24 PM
Gotta cover the swinging gate there.  Football 101.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: CatsbyAZ on August 24, 2024, 12:24:12 PM
College Football 2024 FIRST play of season from the LOS is a Transfer QB from Clemson & Oregon State throwing a pass to a Transfer RB from Alabama.

College Football 2024 SECOND play of season from LOS is same Transfer RB from Alabama rushing up the middle.

College Football 2024 THIRD play of season from LOS is same Transfer QB from Clemson & Oregon State throwing a pass to a Transfer RB from Indiana.

(https://i.imgur.com/2s2GDpv.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 12:25:13 PM
No D in Dublin
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 12:25:29 PM
Tech defense looking, uh, not great
State defense answering in shitty fashion.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 12:26:46 PM
Helluva start!
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 12:28:30 PM
Anyone cooking today? I think we may order out or do a Lou Malnati's pizza. Not sure.
Mmmmm Lou Malnati's.


I'm not cooking today, we're taking my i s c & a aggie wife's Aggie parents out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate their 60th anniversary.

https://www.eddiev.com/menu/dinner/prime-seafood
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 12:36:23 PM
We've got a stop
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 12:40:29 PM
DJ U was suppose to be a star. 5* #1 QB in his class. Huge dude with a massive arm. On his 3rd college team and just kinda meh. throws a lot of balls 1000 mph and just a little bit high or behind the receiver. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 12:44:24 PM
Well now I know what happened to Haynes King after he left the ags.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 12:52:14 PM
Mmmmm Lou Malnati's.


I'm not cooking today, we're taking my i s c & a aggie wife's Aggie parents out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate their 60th anniversary.

https://www.eddiev.com/menu/dinner/prime-seafood

Nice.  I will start with the shellfish tower.  Then I will have the iceberg Wedge BLT, followed by the Bone in Ribeye.    

I will finish with the Belgian Chocolate Cake 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 12:53:33 PM
big time sack to force 4th down. 

is Georgia Tech's defense good or does FSU's offense suck? 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 12:55:44 PM
Nice.  I will start with the shellfish tower.  Then I will have the iceberg Wedge BLT, followed by the Bone in Ribeye.   

I will finish with the Belgian Chocolate Cake
Tower, then Filet with lobster.

Nap.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 01:03:19 PM
missed TD right there by Tech QB. gonna cost them I think. had a clean pocket and just overthrew it. Tech WR cooked the Noles secondary, guy was wide open. awful throw. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:12:13 PM
GT controlled the line and controlling the clock.  Is it possible this FSU isn't the greatest assemblage of d-line talent EVAR, as I was promised during the pregame?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 01:12:24 PM
Tower, then Filet with lobster.

Nap.
Nap for sure😂
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 01:12:46 PM
GT controlled the line and controlling the clock.  Is it possible this FSU isn't the greatest assemblage of d-line talent EVAR, as I was promised during the pregame?
I caught that too.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 01:13:10 PM
This is probably not going to stick.

NCAA committee proposes eliminating spring transfer portal window by 2025 in attempt to stabilize rosters - CBSSports.com (https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-committee-proposes-eliminating-spring-transfer-portal-window-by-2025-in-attempt-to-stabilize-rosters/)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 01:15:29 PM
2 minute time out? I didn't even know that was a thing now.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:16:09 PM
Dozen oysters, steak tartare, warm goat cheese salad, Georges Bank scallops, crusted lamb chops, creme brulee'
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 01:17:38 PM
Dozen oysters, steak tartare, warm goat cheese salad, Georges Bank scallops, crusted lamb chops, creme brulee'
Not gonna eat next week, eh?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:18:22 PM
Not gonna eat next week, eh?
It's possible that I will not order all of that. ;)

But man, wouldn't it be nice???
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 01:24:06 PM
GT controlled the line and controlling the clock.  Is it possible this FSU isn't the greatest assemblage of d-line talent EVAR, as I was promised during the pregame?
I believe it was Pete Thameltoe said that. Pete Thameltoe is a dorky dipshit reporter. He's not a real football guy. I don't think anyone who really knows football on that show said that.

And FSU's DL probably isn't even top 5 in the nation this year let alone BEST EVARRRR
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 01:26:48 PM
has there ever been a better Heisman Trophy finalist group?

3 first ballot NFL HOF'ers and Ryan Leaf....

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtmMPPBVcAAo2Id?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 24, 2024, 01:29:28 PM
Anyone cooking today? I think we may order out or do a Lou Malnati's pizza. Not sure.
Tri tip, Bobby Flay beans, and garlic bread. 

We were supposed to have my wife's mom & stepdad over tomorrow as they're in town from TX, as well as her sisters and their kids. Wife's got a cold, oldest is still hacking from his cold which probably isn't contagious, and middle child is snotty and nasty. So that's not happening. But I'm smoking some pork butt tomorrow since it was already being defrosted. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 01:29:40 PM
2 minute time out? I didn't even know that was a thing now.
Wait until you see the first NFL kickoff...
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 01:31:03 PM
State defense answering in shitty fashion.
Don't form any opinions until each offense's scripted plays are used up.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 24, 2024, 01:31:35 PM
Nice.  I will start with the shellfish tower.  Then I will have the iceberg Wedge BLT, followed by the Bone in Ribeye.   

I will finish with the Belgian Chocolate Cake
Live it up! Utee's payin' :57:
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:33:17 PM
Live it up! Utee's payin' :57:
ooof, actually, I am.  We're paying for my inlaws and they know how to order the good stuff.

Luckily my wife's brother and his family will be there and we're splitting the bill.  Probably still get close to $500 for my share.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 01:35:46 PM
A few years ago, some friends and I did a seafood feast made at home and it was great.  Haven't done it since.  $$$
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:35:53 PM
-0.1 yard per attempt is.... impressive... in its own way
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 01:36:32 PM
That would break my WN game.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 01:38:52 PM
A few years ago, some friends and I did a seafood feast made at home and it was great.  Haven't done it since.  $$$
Seafood has gotten even more expensive. Crab legs at Costco are double what they were a few years ago. Most shellfish is about that. It's crazy.

Fin fish are more, but not crazy more like crab.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 01:44:04 PM
Seafood has gotten even more expensive. Crab legs at Costco are double what they were a few years ago. Most shellfish is about that. It's crazy.

Thanks, Kamala!
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 01:44:14 PM
It's possible that I will not order all of that. ;)

But man, wouldn't it be nice???
Yes!!
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 01:45:00 PM
https://twitter.com/Tonywithyy/status/1827348784377897118
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 24, 2024, 01:46:35 PM
A few years ago, some friends and I did a seafood feast made at home and it was great.  Haven't done it since.  $$$
That’s a great way to do it.  Expensive for sure, but way less than trying to do it in a restaurant.   
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 01:50:00 PM
has there ever been a better Heisman Trophy finalist group?

3 first ballot NFL HOF'ers and Ryan Leaf....

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtmMPPBVcAAo2Id?format=jpg&name=large)
Who woulda thought the one to become a career criminal wasn't Randy Moss
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 01:50:26 PM
https://twitter.com/AniruddhC1108/status/1827397999925883248
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 02:04:37 PM
7-6 post offensive scripts.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 02:06:16 PM
Who will be the first playoff team to not sell out their home game (5-8 seeds)? 
I say Miami.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 02:23:55 PM
Tech might be decent. FSU might be decent. 

FSU does not look like a playoff team at the moment.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 02:29:39 PM
Tech might be decent. FSU might be decent.

FSU does not look like a playoff team at the moment.
yeah. don't want to react too much to week 1 let alone week 0. BUT...

every year the last 25 I think there's been a top 10 ranked AP team pre-season that doesn't finish the year ranked in the top 25. FSU might be my pick for that team this year.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 02:30:43 PM
Who will be the first playoff team to not sell out their home game (5-8 seeds)?
I say Miami.
Miami is the obvious and only answer lol.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:39:30 PM
Tri tip, Bobby Flay beans, and garlic bread.
Ya but if ya put the tri tip and beans together in tomato sauce it's a no go according to some schmucks
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 02:40:20 PM
I might have to crack a beer for the end of this game
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:42:21 PM
Tower, then Filet with lobster.

Nap.
Nap for sure😂
You nappy bastages need to have a samich over the sink proper - the season is upon us. And make sure the coolers seal tight
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:42:57 PM
which game you watching sam
never mind
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 02:44:06 PM
Tech messed up that blitz
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 02:44:29 PM
which game you watching sam

FSU Tech
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:52:46 PM
Yes. Jamaican oxtail. Going to serve with rice but going to make a separate pot of beans just for me. No one can complain about that.
Better wash the hell out of that oxtail
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 02:53:45 PM
Better wash the hell out of that oxtail
Don't wanna lose that natural flavor
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:56:36 PM

Luckily my wife's brother and his family will be there and we're splitting the bill.  Probably still get close to $500 for my share.

That's a lot of samiches
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Kris60 on August 24, 2024, 02:57:21 PM
Good game.   
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 24, 2024, 02:57:31 PM
Don't wanna lose that natural flavor
You a rim enthusiast?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 24, 2024, 02:58:35 PM
Seafood has gotten even more expensive. Crab legs at Costco are double what they were a few years ago. Most shellfish is about that. It's crazy.

Fin fish are more, but not crazy more like crab.
I've seen the jumbo lump crab at Costco (1# tin) move quite a bit. I watch that one particularly often b/c my wife and I like to make crab cakes.

But ultimately now it's only a little higher than it was pre-COVID. It was typically about $24.99 then. I know at point during COVID and all the supply chain nightmare stuff it hit at least $34.99, possibly a little higher. Seems to have settled around $27.99 now. 

I haven't really watched crab legs. I've never cooked them. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 24, 2024, 03:02:09 PM
Ya but if ya put the tri tip and beans together in tomato sauce it's a no go according to some schmucks
Well who the hell would do something monstrous like that? 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Kris60 on August 24, 2024, 03:06:47 PM
Man, GT beefed that. What a mistake.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 03:07:52 PM
Well here we go
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 03:09:21 PM
nice
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 03:09:46 PM
Heck of a game. What a treat. Time for a nap
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:12:05 PM
https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1827423158414025176
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 24, 2024, 03:13:16 PM
Tech might be decent. Ranked?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 24, 2024, 03:14:21 PM
Love that.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:14:38 PM
FSU's last two games...

State of Georgia: 87
Florida State: 24
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:18:07 PM
https://twitter.com/NickyPerkss/status/1827394658789437831
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:27:14 PM
https://twitter.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1827424176547700964
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: CatsbyAZ on August 24, 2024, 03:28:17 PM

(https://media1.tenor.com/m/CjxdVobOCa0AAAAd/gators-fs-ucks.gif)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:32:31 PM
https://twitter.com/itsAntWright/status/1827423176168452484
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 03:39:59 PM
Who woulda thought the one to become a career criminal wasn't Randy Moss
Are country bumpkins more apt to commit crimes?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2024, 03:40:54 PM
This is delicious!!!!
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:50:37 PM
https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1827430390513954842
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:52:30 PM
https://twitter.com/theleftyliam/status/1827422947314954560
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Kris60 on August 24, 2024, 03:53:27 PM
Are country bumpkins more apt to commit crimes?
He had already cost himself 2 scholarships at ND and Florida St for beating up a kid in high school and then failing a drug test at FSU.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 03:53:38 PM
https://twitter.com/iam_johnw/status/1827423155687727380
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 24, 2024, 04:02:27 PM
He had already cost himself 2 scholarships at ND and Florida St for beating up a kid in high school and then failing a drug test at FSU.
Yeah I have no idea whether or not country bumpkins are more apt to commit crimes, but people who've already served jail time for committing crimes probably are.

Anyway, he didn't become a major recidivist and that's a good thing, kudos to him for getting it together.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 04:11:15 PM
Yeah I have no idea whether or not country bumpkins are more apt to commit crimes, but people who've already served jail time for committing crimes probably are.

Anyway, he didn't become a major recidivist and that's a good thing, kudos to him for getting it together.
a player with his talents having to settle for what was a D2 school at the time in Marshall after getting kicked out of Notre Dame & Florida State must've been a real wake up call.

getting drafted by the Vikings certainly helped as well. Cris Carter had screwed up his life and career and was a former addict and he really turned his life around and he took Randy under his wing and really taught him how to be a pro.

That rookie Randy Moss was the most dangerous WR I think the NFL has ever seen. A 6'4" WR with that kind of speed, body control, and those insane hands was unheard of. Most talented, most unbelievable WR I have ever seen to this day, all due respect to Megatron, TO, Larry Fitz, Julio, and a few other dudes.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 04:27:09 PM
https://twitter.com/iam_johnw/status/1827424662063624333
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 24, 2024, 05:53:29 PM
Are country bumpkins more apt to commit crimes?
I'm just saying if you had to bet on who would end up in prison, at the time Moss would have been the big favorite
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 06:15:19 PM
Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key now has 5 wins over AP Top 25 ranked opponents at Georgia Tech. He's coached 22 games at Georgia Tech.

Florida State's head coach Mike Norvell has 4 wins over AP Top 25 ranked opponents at Florida State. He's coached 49 games at Florida State.

Yikes.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 24, 2024, 06:16:25 PM
I'm just saying if you had to bet on who would end up in prison, at the time Moss would have been the big favorite
no doubt. Randy had plethora of off-field issues hanging over his head in HS and college.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 24, 2024, 07:40:41 PM
New Mexico blew a 16 point fourth quarter lead and lost to Montana State. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Kris60 on August 24, 2024, 09:18:13 PM
I really hope the FSU fans who made the trip soaked up the sights and had a good time, because that’s a loss where it would be easy to rrreeeaaalllyyy regret the trip in the heat of the moment.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: GopherRock on August 24, 2024, 09:28:25 PM
a player with his talents having to settle for what was a D2 school at the time in Marshall after getting kicked out of Notre Dame & Florida State must've been a real wake up call.

getting drafted by the Vikings certainly helped as well. Cris Carter had screwed up his life and career and was a former addict and he really turned his life around and he took Randy under his wing and really taught him how to be a pro.

That rookie Randy Moss was the most dangerous WR I think the NFL has ever seen. A 6'4" WR with that kind of speed, body control, and those insane hands was unheard of. Most talented, most unbelievable WR I have ever seen to this day, all due respect to Megatron, TO, Larry Fitz, Julio, and a few other dudes.
Dennis Green was also a big help in cutting his off-field problems down to size. Which led to exhibitions of flagrant athleticism like this one:

https://youtu.be/lWGKmOVIcTc?si=UU6zazTogQ6YhK_n

As a HS freshman in a Minnesota high school that fall, holy shit was it crazy to follow. Purple Pride was not just a sales pitch by Red McCombs. Which made that NFC Championship loss to the Falcons remains the worst loss in a litany of horrible losses in big spots by Minnesota sports teams. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 07:56:34 AM
I was thinking that a trip to Ireland followed by a tough upset loss might "reset" priorities for some fans?  OK, your team lost, but you're in Ireland, perhaps with someone you like (or at least family/wife).  Enjoy Ireland for a few days, shake it off, put it into perspective, and drink some beer.

Maybe Tech ends up being a 9-3 kind of team and the loss doesn't look so bad anyway, but if FSU goes on to lose four more games, it won't have mattered.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 10:02:28 AM
College football's 10 most memorable walk-ons of all-time, ranked (247sports.com) (https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/longformarticle/college-footballs-10-most-memorable-walk-ons-of-all-time-ranked-234977706/)

Two Badgers.

JJ Watt (8)
Jim Leonhard (3)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 25, 2024, 10:16:51 AM
Santana Moss had to be other circumstances, right?  That dude could motor.  

Florida's Chris Doering never makes these walk-on lists.  He started as a walk-on, but then got on scholarship.
All he did was hold the SEC career receiving TD record for 25 years.  Yawn.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 10:27:44 AM
How the AP preseason football poll predicts the final College Football Playoff rankings | NCAA.com (https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-08-16/how-ap-preseason-football-poll-predicts-final-college-football-playoff-rankings)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 25, 2024, 10:35:07 AM
How I imagine
@KirkHerbstreit (https://twitter.com/KirkHerbstreit)
is feeling after watching FSU lose after becoming the most hated man in Tally
What did KH say - I didn't catch it?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 10:41:26 AM
Santana Moss had to be other circumstances, right?  That dude could motor. 

Florida's Chris Doering never makes these walk-on lists.  He started as a walk-on, but then got on scholarship.
All he did was hold the SEC career receiving TD record for 25 years.  Yawn.
With Moss, they apparently were working around scholarship stuff, so he came on as a track athlete who “walked on” for football. Some sleight of hand from Butch Davis. 

and Chris can be annoying on TV. So leave him off! (I kid)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 25, 2024, 10:50:03 AM
That rookie Randy Moss was the most dangerous WR I think the NFL has ever seen. A 6'4" WR with that kind of speed, body control, and those insane hands was unheard of. Most talented, most unbelievable WR I have ever seen to this day, all due respect to Megatron, TO, Larry Fitz, Julio, and a few other dudes.
Agree to disagree he'd be in my top 5 but mindset counts.  Megatron/Larry Fitz had their heads screwed on right but didn't have the benefit of being on good/great teams.

Fitzgerald has been selected for the Pro Bowl eleven times. He is second in NFL career receiving yards, second in career receptions, and sixth in career receiving touchdowns. With the Cardinals

Johnson was noted for having a rare combination of size (6 ft 5), catching ability, speed (40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds), strength, leaping ability, and body control. In 2012, he set the NFL season record for receiving yards. Johnson is also tied with Michael Irvin for 100-yard games in a season,tied with Adam Thielen for consecutive 100-yard games, and holds the record for consecutive games with 10 or more receptions. He appeared in six consecutive Pro Bowls from 2010 to 2015 and received three consecutive first-team All-Pro selections from 2011 to 2013.

Johnson retired after the 2015 season, citing a loss of passion for the game due to health concerns and the Lions' lack of overall success during his tenure.

I'm sure Rogers would have had  field throwing to these guys. Prolly more in common with Moss though 😜
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 10:50:27 AM
With Moss, they apparently were working around scholarship stuff, so he came on as a track athlete who “walked on” for football. Some sleight of hand from Butch Davis.

and Chris can be annoying on TV. So leave him off! (I kid)
That loophole has been closed.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 25, 2024, 10:55:10 AM
Terry Glenn should be on the all walk on list
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 10:59:38 AM
Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key now has 5 wins over AP Top 25 ranked opponents at Georgia Tech. He's coached 22 games at Georgia Tech.

Florida State's head coach Mike Norvell has 4 wins over AP Top 25 ranked opponents at Florida State. He's coached 49 games at Florida State.

Yikes.
I think that relies on the “where they were ranked at the time metric,” which is useless and bad. 

Not that FSU losing isn’t funny as hell, but that’s a dumb way to measure things. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 11:03:31 AM
I think that relies on the “where they were ranked at the time metric,” which is useless and bad.
It is bad, I agree, perhaps not entirely useless, as teams ranked at the time could be ranked post season, at least more often than unranked teams.  I think in this case, their wins over "ranked teams" are not really very impressive.


GT has been upset-minded in ACC play against Top 25 teams. The Yellow Jackets knocked off two ranked ACC opponents — at Miami and vs. North Carolina — in 2023. In 2022, Georgia Tech won games against ranked opponents at UNC and Pittsburgh.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 25, 2024, 11:05:52 AM
I think that relies on the “where they were ranked at the time metric,” which is useless and bad.

Not that FSU losing isn’t funny as hell, but that’s a dumb way to measure things.
Michigan fans being tasteless - perish the thought - but he's our tasteless so
(https://media.tenor.com/images/e4ae71099eeeccdaaf1495af637ac4c7/tenor.gif)         
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:08:08 AM
GT is a sleeping giant IMO, which is why they are on my list for future B1G expansion to 24.

Fertile recruiting grounds, large city, great academics.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 11:10:19 AM
It is bad, I agree, perhaps not entirely useless, as teams ranked at the time could be ranked post season, at least more often than unranked teams.  I think in this case, their wins over "ranked teams" are not really very impressive.


GT has been upset-minded in ACC play against Top 25 teams. The Yellow Jackets knocked off two ranked ACC opponents — at Miami and vs. North Carolina — in 2023. In 2022, Georgia Tech won games against ranked opponents at UNC and Pittsburgh.
So the 2022 wins were relatively good, as both teams won 9 games (in a soft ACC division, but you get credit)

Last year they beat 7-6 Miami and 8-5 UNC. And you had FSU beating 9-4 Clemson, but not getting a ranked win because they played at the wrong time.

It’s just sort of silly. I’d like to look back at some computer rankings for that kind of thing. They’re a better indicator of strength. Maybe adjust up to top-20 and go from there.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 11:11:10 AM
GT is a sleeping giant IMO, which is why they are on my list for future B1G expansion to 24.

Fertile recruiting grounds, large city, great academics.
I think that last one will always keep them sleeping, though I’d like them as a mid-conference add.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:12:05 AM
I'm thinking we let this stream run through Friday, and then @MaximumSam (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1572) can start a new one when he wakes up before the rest of us on Saturday.

We have 5 B1G games on Thursday and Friday.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:14:41 AM
I think that last one will always keep them sleeping, though I’d like them as a mid-conference add.
Perhaps.

GT

FSU

Miami

UNC

UVA

ND (if not, then Stanford or Dook)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 11:15:22 AM
I think GT is a "sleeping midrange half decent program that should make a bowl game every other year or so".  If they are better than that, somebody else will hire their coach away, and they start over.  They have pretty weak student and faculty/administration support.  They have an ancient falling down stadium, though they are upgrading part of it, finally.  They have mediocre facilities for training etc.  They are obviously not currently on any 5 star short lists.

They beat FSU, barely, and played them pretty much even the whole game after the first drive.  It's a nice win for them.  They may end up 8-4.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:21:54 AM
Their facilities would get a nice boost if their revenue increased by a factor of two.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 11:27:50 AM
I suspect their revenue is heavily dependent on TV, and they are an ACC team.  

With some upgrades, though, they might match Purdue.  Maybe.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:41:32 AM
Big brother holding little brother down.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 11:43:14 AM
We were in Section E at the end.

(https://i.imgur.com/XiH2xqv.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 11:44:39 AM
Big brother holding little brother down.
Hopefully.  Tech has a larger enrollment I think. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 25, 2024, 12:11:30 PM
I'm thinking we let this stream run through Friday, and then @MaximumSam (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1572) can start a new one when he wakes up before the rest of us on Saturday.
Ya he sets his alarm for 6:00 am like he's 8 and it's Christmas morning - which of course to us it is. And Michigan's getting coal in their sock this season along with more sanctions :111:
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 12:16:16 PM
Wisconsin plays at 9PM Eastern on Friday. 

This guy is NOT going to be starting any stream this Saturday.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 12:48:14 PM
Wisconsin plays at 9PM Eastern on Friday.

This guy is NOT going to be starting any stream this Saturday.
I am lightly pissed off about that
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 12:50:42 PM
Their facilities would get a nice boost if their revenue increased by a factor of two.
Still a nerd school. And really high in the nerd rankings.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 25, 2024, 01:01:14 PM
I suspect their revenue is heavily dependent on TV, and they are an ACC team. 

With some upgrades, though, they might match Purdue.  Maybe.
This is it, for me. I've often compared the two schools. GT is like Purdue, but without the basketball success.


I'm not saying I hate the idea of trying to get them into the conference. But they're nothing more than a Purdue that happens to be in the middle of a major media market. Trying to make them into more than that is like fetch; it's never going to happen. 

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 01:46:37 PM
I am lightly pissed off about that
Same.

I'm thinking attendance will be poor for this one too.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 25, 2024, 01:48:19 PM
This is it, for me. I've often compared the two schools. GT is like Purdue, but without the basketball success.

  • Not even remotely the top football school in the state, and surrounded by mega programs in nearby states that can come in to their geo and recruit in-state kids away.
  • Not even close to the top fan / rooting interest in the state. The fans of the school are either alumni or close family of alumni. When I lived in Marietta, I saw it constantly. EVERYONE was a Dawg fan. Nobody even paid attention to GT unless they went there. If GT was in the B1G it would be great for Atlanta alumni of other B1G schools, but it would be like Northwestern--every home game is actually an away game.
  • Biggest football success was when they zigged while others zagged. For GT it was when they ran option while everyone else was built to defend traditional offenses. For Purdue it was the early Tiller years when they ran spread while the conference was still built to defend three yards and a cloud of dust.
  • Great academics for both... But we all know academics aren't moving the needle.

I'm not saying I hate the idea of trying to get them into the conference. But they're nothing more than a Purdue that happens to be in the middle of a major media market. Trying to make them into more than that is like fetch; it's never going to happen.


Florida State and Miami were able to overcome those things.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 25, 2024, 03:52:39 PM
College football's 10 most memorable walk-ons of all-time, ranked (247sports.com) (https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/longformarticle/college-footballs-10-most-memorable-walk-ons-of-all-time-ranked-234977706/)

Two Badgers.

JJ Watt (8)
Jim Leonhard (3)
Leaving Terry Glenn off of that list is frankly ridiculous. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 03:54:11 PM
My neighbor gave me a tour of Tech a couple years back, it was impressive relative to what I remember from 1975 (when it was a dump).  The Olympics really provided the campus with a lot of new stuff.  Enrollment is way up from where it was, nearly 40,000 total.  The campus has come across the freeway to an extent, called Tech Square.

Some students are pretty fervent about athletics, but most are, well, nerds.  Over a third are Asian, they don't care about sports.  

Student Demographics | Institutional Research & Planning (gatech.edu) (https://irp.gatech.edu/disclosures/student-demographics)

Could they really become what FSU once was?  Or Miami?  It's possible, I think it unlikely.  Little administration support, relatively little student support, and for no, not enough money.  If the current coach continues to succeed, he'll get poached.  His salary now is $2.8 million.  What does Kirby make?  More.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 25, 2024, 03:58:28 PM
Florida State and Miami were able to overcome those things.
True. I just don't think GT ever will. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 04:24:22 PM
Coaches didn't move around nearly as much circa 1990, as I recall.  A good coach would stay put, usually, for a while, even at some lesser program that hit success.  Imagine Tech goes 10-3 this year and 10-4 next year, is Key likely to stay put, even with a major raise?  I don't think so.  We all know how key a coach is in CFB (ha).

Now programs are desparate if they want to be elite.  Some say the Florida coach is at risk, maybe he's not, but if Florida is 8-5 next year ...

How long was Bobby Bowden at FSU?  A while, and nobody apparently came calling.  I suspect these days he would have been poached after 4 seasons there.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 25, 2024, 04:30:51 PM
Florida State and Miami were able to overcome those things.
FSU is a banger of a party school with a lot of coeds who are both attractive and … messy. 

Miami rose when the world was smaller, when leaving South Florida was a much different experience. They also, in the words of an annoying but not wrong alum, captured the imagination of black America on the football front. 

Tech ain’t doing that. Which is fine. Plenty of nerd schools find a good level. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 04:46:26 PM
I have expressed a desire to drop Tech from our schedule before.  It's unlikely, to say the least, but it's one OOC game that isn't much of a thing.  Last year it was UGA's ONLY OOC game worth spit after the series with Oklahoma was cancelled at the last minute.  And it wasn't worth much spit.  I'd rather be playing Clemson and Ohio State, or somebody semi-relevant anyway.  Maybe if Tech were a more consistent 8-4 program, it wouldn't be as bad.  And maybe they will get there.  

I suspect they will do fairly well with Key and then he'll get poached (even though he's an alum).  If he doesn't do well, he won't get poached.  Then Tech will be back to trying to sneak into a bowl game.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 05:17:34 PM
I looked up Bowden's record at FSU.  I think they were indy back then, but playing a solid slate usually.  He had pretty rapid success, a couple down seasons, but a lot of up seasons even before their Big Run.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MarqHusker on August 25, 2024, 06:04:52 PM
Fun LLWS to close out weekend.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 25, 2024, 06:41:10 PM
Los Angeles Rams waive Dresser Winn, Stetson Bennett officially Matthew Stafford backup

Huh.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 25, 2024, 07:11:56 PM
Yikes. So many Thurs/Fri FCS match ups. 

Which one has the best shot of beating their FBS opponent (aside from Montana State, who already won)? 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 25, 2024, 10:25:44 PM
I looked up Bowden's record at FSU.  I think they were indy back then, but playing a solid slate usually.  He had pretty rapid success, a couple down seasons, but a lot of up seasons even before their Big Run.


Yes, it was easier to do as an independent, but even after 11-1 and 10-2 seasons, FSU scheduled this in 1981:
@ 17 Nebraska
bye
@ 7 Ohio St
@ ND
@ 3 Pitt
@ LSU

They went out and earned their respect.  Anti-Kansas St scheduling.  They went 3-2 in those games, but they were willing to earn it on the road.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 25, 2024, 10:52:13 PM
Bobby earned it
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 06:48:11 AM
I don't think the FSU path can be duplicated today by anyone.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 07:50:21 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/iE6qOdH.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 07:52:42 AM
Where do you guess FSU goes from here?  Are they still a pretty decent team, or just mediocre, or worse?  Wrose case, I think, they lose to BC and spiral downwards, and even up 4-8.  The BC game could be pivotal for team morale.  Memphis won't be a pastry.


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Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 26, 2024, 08:02:03 AM
They wrap up their Conference slate on Halloweekend? 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 08:44:30 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/8jMDHog.png)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 26, 2024, 09:21:57 AM
They wrap up their Conference slate on Halloweekend?
That’s a hell of a non-con too. Lordy. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 26, 2024, 09:25:54 AM
That’s a hell of a non-con too. Lordy.
Meh.

ND is over-rated as usual, and it's a quasi-conference game anyway. FSU didn't schedule it. The ACC did.

Memphis, Charleston Southern and Florida ain't murderous.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 09:32:28 AM
Having P4 teams on one's schedule is credible even if they happen to be off that year.  They COULD lose any of those but CSU.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 10:26:52 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/glN4xwN.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on August 26, 2024, 11:25:43 AM
Yes, it was easier to do as an independent, but even after 11-1 and 10-2 seasons, FSU scheduled this in 1981:
@ 17 Nebraska
bye
@ 7 Ohio St
@ ND
@ 3 Pitt
@ LSU

They went out and earned their respect.  Anti-Kansas St scheduling.  They went 3-2 in those games, but they were willing to earn it on the road.
I've looked at this before mostly because of the game in Columbus.  Ohio State QB Art Schlichter who back then was famous only for football and not for his myriad off-field problems set some passing records in that game that were only recently broken.  In that game he threw 52 times with 31 completions for 458 yards with 2TD's and no INT's.  That is a pretty good line even today but in the 1980's it was unheard of and even moreso when one remembers that the seniors on the 1981 Ohio State team who had played their freshman year for Coach Woody Hayes.  

Interestingly, Ohio State lost not because the Buckeye passing attack couldn't keep up but because FSU stuffed tOSU's running game and rushed the ball very well themselves.  From the Box Score:
Rushing:
A part of that was that FSU sacked Schlichter four times for 47 yards in losses but even tOSU's RB's were not great.  The leading rusher (HB I assume) had  63 on 14 carries so 4.5 per while the other back (FB I assume) had 11 for 21.  

Passing:

You have to give FSU/Bowden credit, that was a brutal schedule.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 26, 2024, 11:27:47 AM
Meh.

ND is over-rated as usual, and it's a quasi-conference game anyway. FSU didn't schedule it. The ACC did.

Memphis, Charleston Southern and Florida ain't murderous.
I suppose it’s just low in body bags, but I put value on that. Two teams that won 10 games last year and a program that’s *usually* talent rich/good. It ain’t bad. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 11:32:38 AM
Interestingly, Ohio State lost not because the Buckeye passing attack couldn't keep up but because FSU stuffed tOSU's running game and rushed the ball very well themselves.  From the Box Score:


apparently, the bye week really helped FSU

against Nebraska


Rushes-yards      FSU    41-54  UNL    63-472
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on August 26, 2024, 11:34:46 AM
Where do you guess FSU goes from here?  Are they still a pretty decent team, or just mediocre, or worse?  Wrose case, I think, they lose to BC and spiral downwards, and even up 4-8.  The BC game could be pivotal for team morale.  Memphis won't be a pastry.
I agree on the BC game being pivotal.  I'll also say that while @847badgerfan (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=5) has a point here:
Meh.

ND is over-rated as usual, and it's a quasi-conference game anyway. FSU didn't schedule it. The ACC did.

Memphis, Charleston Southern and Florida ain't murderous.
There are two sides to that coin as you already pointed out:
Having P4 teams on one's schedule is credible even if they happen to be off that year.  They COULD lose any of those but CSU.
SoS is, IMHO, always difficult to assess because it depends on the strength of the team in question.  Badge is right that if FSU is a NC Contender, this isn't a terribly tough schedule.  If they are actually THAT good and the loss in Ireland was just a fluke, then the only real concerns on the schedule are MAYBE Clemson, MAYBE Miami, and ND.  

OTOH, if the loss in Ireland is more indicative of the actual status of FSU, this is a ROUGH schedule because there aren't a lot of gimmies.  

If they stuff BC in a trash can at home a week from tonight, then they have a week off to figure everything out before two more homes games against Memphis and California and a road game at SMU.  They *SHOULD* be 4-1 when they play Clemson in October.  Or the wheels could come off.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 26, 2024, 11:44:06 AM
If they don't have anyone better to plug in at QB, they're looking at 3-4 losses.  
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 26, 2024, 11:47:45 AM
I wouldn't put too much stock into the first game, especially one in Ireland. On the Tech side I greatly enjoyed watching their quarterback, who both looked like he had never played football before and was also very effective. He looked surprised every time something went right. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 11:51:25 AM
agreed
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on August 26, 2024, 11:54:13 AM
apparently, the bye week really helped FSU

against Nebraska

Rushes-yards      FSU    41-54  UNL    63-472
I know you are just being coy but it has a lot more to do with Nebraska being a MUCH better team in 1981 than Ohio State.  It doesn't jump off the page because the Cornhuskers and Buckeyes both finished 9-3 with Nebraska #11 and tOSU #15 but:

Nebraska played a brutal schedule that year as well.  They opened in Iowa City with a loss to the BigTen Champions to be.  Then they blew out FSU before losing at home to a PSU team that would ultimately finish #3 in the Nation.  Their fourth OOC game was at home against Auburn.  They ran the table in the Big8 and their third loss of the season came in the Orange Bowl to the 1981 National Champions, Clemson.  

Ohio State missed Iowa on the BigTen schedule (long story, everybody else played 9 league games, tOSU and Iowa didn't and it ended up being HUGE because the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes tied for the league title).  The Buckeyes' other two losses came to middling Wisconsin and Minnesota* teams and they barely got their ninth win in the Liberty Bowl against Navy.  

*Minnesota:
The Gophers are a weird story that year.  They took out tOSU 35-31 at home and they also beat Iowa 12-10 in Iowa City which means that they beat BOTH of the league's co-champions.  Despite that, they finished sub .500 in the league at 4-5 and tied with MSU for 6th/7th place because they lost to:

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 12:30:18 PM
yup, 81 was my freshman year and my first as a husker fan

Osborne went with the more experienced quarterbacks Mark Maurer and Nate Mason, instead of Turner Gill who took over after the Penn St. loss.

If Osborne starts Gill in the first game the Iowa Game and Penn St. game might have been wins.

lost by 3 to Iowa - had more total yards and missed a 30yd 4th quarter FG
lost by 6 to Penn St. - PSU had 17 more total yards - Huskers led 24-20 start of the 4th quarter
lost by 7 to #1 Clemson in the Orange w/o Gill at QB

#4-ranked Nebraska had a chance in the Orange Bowl.  Texas and Pittsburgh were giving the Cornhuskers their chance at No. 1. 
Pitt beat No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and Texas toppled No. 3 Alabama, 14-12, in the Cotton Bowl. Would 1970 repeat? Could No. 4 Nebraska knock off No. 1 Clemson and claim the title?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 26, 2024, 12:42:37 PM
https://twitter.com/swankywolverine/status/1828046485360918644
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 01:09:51 PM
On reflection, I think GaTech would be an OK B1G addition, even if their football program stayed Purdue-like.  You don't need every addition to be "USC" or "Texas".  You need some Purdues, and as noted, when OSU and Michigan played down here, alumni would fill Grant Field.   GaTech once was a near power, and still retains perhaps a pinch of that aura.  They might bounce between 9-3 and 5-7 and be OK.  It certainly would benefit Tech a lot.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: bayareabadger on August 26, 2024, 01:36:22 PM
I wouldn't put too much stock into the first game, especially one in Ireland. On the Tech side I greatly enjoyed watching their quarterback, who both looked like he had never played football before and was also very effective. He looked surprised every time something went right.
That kid helped topple a Bama team that played for a natty. And he also looked surprised about that.

I think we need a term for a QB who is nice on a mid-level team, but too inconsistent for one trying to be serious.

Edit: Well shit. I messed that up. The Ga. Tech kid was the starter who got hurt for that A&M team. His backup beat A&M, went to Auburn where he didn’t get the job/got hurt and now is a modestly, productive FCS quarterback. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 26, 2024, 02:52:57 PM
That kid helped topple a Bama team that played for a natty. And he also looked surprised about that.

I think we need a term for a QB who is nice on a mid-level team, but too inconsistent for one trying to be serious.

Edit: Well shit. I messed that up. The Ga. Tech kid was the starter who got hurt for that A&M team. His backup beat A&M, went to Auburn where he didn’t get the job/got hurt and now is a modestly, productive FCS quarterback.
King started the first two games of 2021. Beat the hell out of Miami and then beat Mercer.

King started against Bama in 2022 but lost 24-20 - not terrible.

Haynes King – Football — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (ramblinwreck.com) (https://ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/roster/season/2024-25/haynes-king/)
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 26, 2024, 02:59:34 PM
Yeah that didn't sound right.

Overall I liked Haynes King at A&M, it was a shame he got hurt and then got replaced.  He was their next savior... until he wasn't.

Believe me I'm used to seeing those come and go at Texas, too. 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 26, 2024, 03:00:16 PM
I'd take him at UW.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 03:02:59 PM
better than Jeff Simms
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Mdot21 on August 26, 2024, 03:25:55 PM
Yeah that didn't sound right.

Overall I liked Haynes King at A&M, it was a shame he got hurt and then got replaced.  He was their next savior... until he wasn't.

Believe me I'm used to seeing those come and go at Texas, too.
A&M is a fascinating case study. Jimbo was at FSU for 8 years, I think he won 10 games every year except his last and obviously won the Natty with Mr. Crab Legs at QB and then made the very first playoff with him- he really only had one bad year- and it was a pretty damn bad year- his last season in 2017- the team was dealing with a lot of injuries, off-field drama, and Jimbo had one foot out the door.

You figure a change of scenery would've done him well and every single year Jimbo was there he had insanely high ranked 'crootin classes with the exception of 2018- which he had almost no time to wrap up because he got hired so late in that recruiting process- and it was still a top 20 ranked class. His 2019-2023 classes were ranked: 4th, 6th, 8th, 1st, 10th. He got them to levels of recruiting I didn't think was possible for them, and they sign 5 top 10 classes in a row and still stink. Go figure.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Cincydawg on August 26, 2024, 03:34:19 PM
I have half a notion that a coach who gets paid royaly starts to think he doesn't need to work really hard at much of anything.  He delegates, and relaxes a bit, and basically is a figurehead.  At that point, what's to be gained by working your tail off?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: utee94 on August 26, 2024, 03:40:22 PM
A&M is a fascinating case study. Jimbo was at FSU for 8 years, I think he won 10 games every year except his last and obviously won the Natty with Mr. Crab Legs at QB and then made the very first playoff with him- he really only had one bad year- and it was a pretty damn bad year- his last season in 2017- the team was dealing with a lot of injuries, off-field drama, and Jimbo had one foot out the door.

You figure a change of scenery would've done him well and every single year Jimbo was there he had insanely high ranked 'crootin classes with the exception of 2018- which he had almost no time to wrap up because he got hired so late in that recruiting process- and it was still a top 20 ranked class. His 2019-2023 classes were ranked: 4th, 6th, 8th, 1st, 10th. He got them to levels of recruiting I didn't think was possible for them, and they sign 5 top 10 classes in a row and still stink. Go figure.

His recruiting classes at A&M tended to be very uneven.  Like, he'd bring in 3 5*s and 4 4*s, but they were all at defensive tackle.  So it kept the recruiting ranking high, but it didn't actually address the gaps in the roster in an effective way.  He also ran a super unimaginative offense and refused to relinquish control until his final year, when it was just too late. From an offensive perspective, the game had simply passed him by.

Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 26, 2024, 09:29:35 PM
yup, 81 was my freshman year and my first as a husker fan


What team did you like in the 70s?
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 26, 2024, 09:45:30 PM
:hee20hee20hee:
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 27, 2024, 08:41:56 PM
Three B1G games just 48 hours away. Thursday night my wife is gonna be sad
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 27, 2024, 09:07:48 PM
B1G Volleyball tonight!

Both Big Reds 
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 27, 2024, 09:17:37 PM
#2 Nebraska over #9 Kentucky 3-1
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 28, 2024, 05:18:33 AM
So UNL over Big Blue,but did Big Red play?Guess I'll have to ask 847
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 29, 2024, 07:18:17 AM
BTN foosball on tonight. Rutgers v. Howard at 6. North Carolina at Minny at 9. Eastern Illinois @ Illinois at 9. Interested to see if the Gophs can Row the Boat tonight.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 29, 2024, 07:57:36 AM
Go Go Gophers
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MrNubbz on August 29, 2024, 08:05:08 AM
Three B1G games just 48 hours away. Thursday night my wife is gonna be sad
♪Some day maybe Sam will win a fight,
Then he can watch that game at night ♪
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 29, 2024, 08:46:34 AM
♪Some day maybe Sam will win a fight,
Then he can watch that game at night ♪
I just have to make sure to provide food and margaritas so she's sleepy by 8
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: GopherRock on August 29, 2024, 09:18:14 AM
We should start a Week 1 thread for tonight.

Programming note: There are going to be thunderstorms moving into greater MSP around dinnertime tonight. If they're anything like the ones that blew through here Monday (and conditions aren't unlike then), there is a high likelihood of a delayed start. Game is currently scheduled for 7 PM CDT.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: MaximumSam on August 29, 2024, 09:22:47 AM
We should start a Week 1 thread for tonight.

Programming note: There are going to be thunderstorms moving into greater MSP around dinnertime tonight. If they're anything like the ones that blew through here Monday (and conditions aren't unlike then), there is a high likelihood of a delayed start. Game is currently scheduled for 7 PM CDT.
Badge decreed this one go through tomorrow night, though with the real start of the B1G I could see us starting a new one.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 29, 2024, 09:24:01 AM
We should start a Week 1 thread for tonight.

Programming note: There are going to be thunderstorms moving into greater MSP around dinnertime tonight. If they're anything like the ones that blew through here Monday (and conditions aren't unlike then), there is a high likelihood of a delayed start. Game is currently scheduled for 7 PM CDT.
I was thinking this thread could be used until tomorrow night, and then Max gets up early to start a Week 2 thread on Saturday.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 29, 2024, 09:24:44 AM
Badge decreed this one go through tomorrow night, though with the real start of the B1G I could see us starting a new one.
I'm not a dictator. If you guys want to start one, have at it.
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: FearlessF on August 29, 2024, 09:26:50 AM
you're NOT???
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: GopherRock on August 29, 2024, 09:31:16 AM
So there's a difference between dictator and Grand Poobah? 

:smiley_confused1:
Title: Re: The Stream 2024 - Week Zero
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 29, 2024, 09:34:38 AM
Closed and linked to the new stream.