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Still no snow, at least not downtown. It looks really freakin cold out there.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 02:37 PM) I went to school in southern ohio. When it snowed, much like Memphis, the whole city, all the roads leading into the city and all surrounding towns shut down. They litterally had no snow plows that could handle 3 inches of snow. The funny thing is that the city of Oxford has heated sidewalks, so we could walk whereever we wanted, but not drive. It reminded me of around 1998 when we got dumped with 2 feet of snow out here in Chi. All through the night, just dumping feet of snow onto the streets. My town was so adapt at snow removal that by the time school came in the morning, all the major streets had been plowed and salted. it was amazing work. Does anyone even drive in Oxford? I went to a Wendys there and they didnt have a drive thru...but they had a walk thru. I hope it snows and snows and snows, doesnt matter to me I love the s***.

Brady will go in the top 3 of the draft. This we all know. I think he will have a very large drop off in the NFL. He has perfomed very well under Charlie Weiss, who is a offensive mastermind. He will be hard pressed to ever find that kind of coaching (offensively) ever again. I think Troy will be drafted in the first round, I just dont ever see him being a starting quarterback in the NFL. I think he has great talent and is a great player, he just isnt suited well for the NFL. This all coming from a domer hater and buckeye alumni....

big game tonight... GO BUCKS!!

Glad to see Dantonio get the head coaching job at MSU. He is a great coach and should help turn that program around.

Chuck Amato out at NCSU.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Nov 26, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) I hate Tom Brady with a passion now. I hate rex Grossman with a passion now.

Rank TEAM Harris Votes % of 2850 USA Today / ESPN Votes % of 1575 Computer % of 100 points BCS Average 1 Ohio State 2850 1.000 1575 1.000 1.000 1.000 2 USC 2711 0.951 1491 0.947 0.940 0.946 3 Michigan 2614 0.917 1445 0.917 0.930 0.922 4 Florida 2528 0.887 1405 0.892 0.890 0.890 5 LSU 2294 0.805 1255 0.797 0.830 0.811 6 Louisville 2175 0.763 1169 0.742 0.780 0.762 7 Wisconsin 2176 0.764 1221 0.775 0.590 0.710 8 Boise State 1872 0.657 1018 0.646 0.720 0.674 9 Arkansas 1890 0.663 1042 0.662 0.660 0.662 10 Notre Dame 1765 0.619 928 0.589 0.670 0.626 11 Auburn 1680 0.589 985 0.625 0.640 0.618 12 Oklahoma 1743 0.612 994 0.631 0.410 0.551 13 Rutgers 1558 0.547 777 0.493 0.610 0.550 14 Virginia Tech 1298 0.455 744 0.472 0.400 0.443 15 West Virginia 1226 0.430 668 0.424 0.350 0.401 16 Tennessee 872 0.306 434 0.276 0.530 0.371 17 Wake Forest 1071 0.376 607 0.385 0.280 0.347 18 California 598 0.210 343 0.218 0.530 0.319 19 Texas 945 0.332 596 0.378 0.180 0.297 20 Nebraska 793 0.278 523 0.332 0.070 0.227 21 BYU 798 0.280 339 0.215 0.080 0.192 22 Georgia Tech 439 0.154 259 0.164 0.040 0.119 23 Texas A&M 349 0.122 202 0.128 0.040 0.097 24 Oregon State 14 0.005 16 0.010 0.270 0.095 25 Hawaii 370 0.130 203 0.129 0.000 0.086

Is ND out of the BCS bowl picture with last nights loss? They are ranked 10th in the new BCS standings.

Happy Turkey Day! I am bored out of my mind....

My PS2s were all backed by Sonys warranty so I didnt have to worry about buying another one. I do leave my PS2s on all the time though. I just dont like saving games and dealing with the slow load times. I shut them off maybe once every 2-3 months.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Nov 21, 2006 -> 07:58 PM) Speaking of future schedules, I found some interesting tidbits... Ohio State will play USC in 2008 and 2009. They will play Army in 2009 and 2010. They add Miami, FL to the schedule in 2010 and 2011. Cal steps in for 2012 and 2013. Va Tech 2014 and 2015 and finally Oklahoma joins the fray in 2016 and 2017. Florida State joins Alabama's schedule next year. Penn State and 'Bama are slated to go head-to-head in 2010 and 2011. Florida State welcomes Oklahoma to the fold in 2010 and 2011. Michigan gets a return game from Oregon next year (returned from a few years back). West Virginia and Auburn go toe-to-toe in 2008 and 2009. Miami takes on Oklahoma in 2007 and 2009. An addition to Notre Dame's schedule is they have a date with Navy on Sept 1, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. I don't know why, but I found that to be pretty cool. Exactly why OSU is the best program in the country.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 12:20 AM) The controller is similar to that of the Wii in that you can move it around to do controls, the graphics are superior, and it runs on blue ray so you can start buying the next generation of stuff instead of DvD's. Really it depends what games you like too, if your a diehard halo fan and love deadrising/gears of war than the 360 is your system. If you love Final Fantasy and than there are a few amazing games for ps3 like Dark Kingdom(an mmorpg), Resistance: fall of man(like during world war times but fighting aliens.. kind of like ps3's version of Gears.), or this pimp ass dragon game i cant remember the name of. I pretty much only play sports games. Thats the reason I have always liked PlayStation, I think they have better sports games. I was just curious if it is worth the extra money. Like Rock said above I could see the BluRay becoming a problem and not working after a period of time. In the WSJ today they had a clip about a team that took the PS3 apart. They said that Sony packed a lot of stuff into such a tight space and it took some special design technology or what not. That all means to me that it will break sooner or later. I have had 3 PS2s. All of them went bad with Disc Read Errors.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Nov 20, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) Sagarin often outhinks himself coming up with these ratings. A computerized strength of schedule is simply not very useful, too many funky results come out. If Notre Dame comes out with a better strength of schedule than Florida, they should basically scrap the formula. It's still based on his ratings of teams. An 8-4 Penn State team that played a rather weak schedule somehow comes in at 23 in that system, and a 6-5 UCLA team is somehow 25. That is why ND has such a high rating. Those are simply not top-25 teams. It's plain and simple, Florida has to play more dangerous teams. They've already played a 9-2 LSU team, a 10-2 Auburn team, and an 8-3 Tennessee team, with a game against 10-1 Arkansas still forthcoming. They also played two other 7-4 teams in Georgia and Kentucky. They've also only played 3 absolute dogs in Southern Miss, Central Florida, and Western Carolina (Vandy is borderline). ND on the other hand has coasted for a good chunk of the season, playing 3 service acadamies, a 1-10 Stanford team, and a 2-9 UNC team. Those games against 4-8 MSU and 6-5 UCLA aren't exactly scary either. After playing Michigan way back on September 16th they haven't played a single impressive team that was a real threat to beat them (or I should say SHOULDN'T have been a real threat to beat them). I don't see how that comes out to a top-25 schedule... PSUs 4 losses came against 3 top 5 teams and the number 10 team Wiscy. Not trying to argue that the Sagarin ratings are bogus, just saying PSU isnt THAT bad.

Anyone played one of these yet? I am curious how it stacks up against a 360. Any insight would be helpful.

The new AP and USA polls are out. USC and UM split 2 and 3. I bet UM is still 3 in the BCS tonight.

Go Bucks! OSU wins the BigTen and Troy Smith wins the Heisman. It was an entertaining game to watch, but I was not that happy with how the defense played. I can not wait to be in Phoenix! Booked my ticket right before the game.

As already stated above. Wins mean more later in the year than early. Case and point would have been if Texas won every game after the OSU loss and Michigans only loss was to OSU. You would have seen OSU vs Texas in the national championship game. It sucks but its just the way the "human" polls work. I think SOS needs to be put back in along with quality wins.

OSU vs UM is finally upon us. GO BUCKS!!!

How is MSU not going to offer Maruichi the coaching job? I thought 100% he would be the next coach.

One thing Tressels critics, yes he has them, constantly complain about is his play calling.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Nov 5, 2006 -> 03:58 PM) Tennessee is garbage? Have you watched any of their games? They have 2 losses. 1 was a one-pt. loss to Florida (a game in which they returned an INT for a TD, but it got called back b/c of a phantom hit on Leak's head... they said the DL that forced the bad throw/INT hit Leak in the face w/ his hand, when on replay you could see that he barely grazed the helmet, and really just hit the shoulder pad). The other loss being last night, where Russell cleary fumbled on the last drive for LSU, but the refs f***ed up and blew the whistle BEFORE he was down, so they couldn't review the play. Oh, and 3 1/2 quarters of the game was played by our backup QB against the best defense in the country, and we still should have won if for not getting f***ed over by the refs. So, if TN gets that TD against Florida, and the refs don't f*** up the Russell fumble, then we're undefeated, and either in 2nd or 3rd in the BCS. Somebody has a case of the "Ifs"

I was simply responding to his post. Having to hold off UI is a bit much. OSU played like s*** in the second half and UI came up with a big play late. Also I think Tennessee is garbage. ND is not good, thats just my opinion. Also want to add that I it is good for BOTH OSU and UM to have won close games to mediocre teams today. It will bring both of them down to earth and show them that they still need to concentrate on the game of the week and not look ahead.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Nov 2, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Where? I never saw it. When I wrote that post their defense WAS impressive. They kept holding Louisville to FGs. For the 2nd half that is another story. QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Nov 4, 2006 -> 05:04 PM) ND wins big...... Quinn with an outstanding game. Its freakin UNC and ND was at home. I really think ND will have a hard time beating AirForce.

Im very suprised with WV defense so far this evening. I really would like to see Louisville pull this one out.