The Rest of College Football

[entropy]

mack.. well said.

[Wild Hoss]

yes.... that thought works for non spread teams too. If you don't have a credible threat to pass the ball, nobody will defend it... well, except Bo P.

But the rule changes are making the threat more attainable.

Yep. I remember when we played Troy State, must have been 2002, with Jammal at QB. Any time we went Twins to a side Troy would blitz the apex defender and just drop the No. 1 CB to hover over both receivers with no safety help. 9-man front, all day and we struggled mightily.

[froot loops]

Have you seen attendance? Dropping. Its a sign.

It is a sign that ticket prices are way too expensive. That's it, nothing to do with style of play.

[iam416]

Lots of teams run the the spreads. Gads of them. No one runs it as well as Oregon. The vast majority of spread teams are entirely stoppable. It takes a special talent like Mariotta to elevate an offense to asswailing awesome.

Ohio State's offense is really talented at the skill positions. The OL is very solid. So, that's a difficult offense to stop no matter that system. They don't really tempo shit that much. They more or less run really basic power run plays and read plays, stretch the field horizontally and then push vertically.

I agree that pass blocking rules are entirely different. I don't know if that's for better or worse. The rules are entirely different for the NFL, too (same evolution). The offensive explosion is a bit more muted because the talent level is so even. I guess that's the problem -- the spread, if run well, can maximize offensive advantage. When coupled with a talent advantage and when run at tempo, it's a nightmare.

But, look -- the Huskerz used to score points by the half and hundred in the day.

[Jeff Buchanan]

It is a sign that ticket prices are way too expensive. That's it, nothing to do with style of play.

This.

Was just listening to the 6p news in Atlanta.

The Falcons are getting a new stadium. To pay for it, the suits are planning on charging PSLs up to $45k ....... before you buy your season tickets. For equivalent seats in SF, I learned they are $80k. Dallas? $150k.

This is sick.

Who is going to buy into this? Certainly not me. If we still had Brandon, M fans would be looking at ever increasing PSLs which, IMO, are already too high. The one problem the common man is fighting is the ever increasing number of people who have no problem buying CFB NC game tickets for $5k a piece.

[Mike]

I think that you guys might be overestimating how much college football's traditional fans like seeing the offense as much as the casuals. Do know any hardcore, long time college football fans who watched the Cotton Bowl and said "Bah, this shit's boring"?

I think most CFB fans tuned into the game and thought: Fuck! I hate both these teams!

[Mike]

The one problem the common man is fighting is the ever increasing number of people who have no problem buying CFB NC game tickets for $5k a piece.

You nailed it, Jeff. This is the #1 problem facing the middle class today.

[iam416]

Indeed. OP would be sailing his flotilla to Dallas and buying all his friends tickets if his predictions about Coach Hoke turned out to be correct.

Meanwhile, Hack would be stuck in a Flint studio watching the game on an old Zenith with rabbit ears.

It ain't right.

[THE_WIZARD_]

heh.

I mean...STFU

[hack]

Wrong. Basement apartment.

[entropy]

what happened to AA..? Don't tell me he just came around cause he thought bama was going to win...

[Wild Hoss]

Alabama fans have retreated into solitude at undisclosed locations in order to cleanse themselves of the weakness that led to this failure. A month in a subterranean lair of their choosing, where daily purification rituals will be performed as dictated by The Nick.

Only the strong will emerge, in time for the Indoctrination Rituals on national signing day.

[iam416]

They landed another 5* today. The beat goes on. The Nick will purify the non-believers and laggards then rain down upon the infidels his vengeance and fury and only the pachyderm shall stand. There will be much wailing. Much gnashing of the teeth.

Of course, in the other corner we have the Emperor who has set in motion his masterplan to obliviate all that came before him and to write his own history of unparalleled dominance.

Though my beloved Buckeyes are, sadly, eternally doomed either way, the war between The Nick and the Emperor should be good theatre....Grant-Lee, Frazier-Ali, Flair-Steamboat, Tom-Jerry...all wrapped into one winner-take-all battle for universal domination.

[froot loops]

If it tops Flair/Steamboat we're in for a treat. I'd imagine The Nick will work heel like Naitch. Just like the Dragon, Jim is always a face. As a matter of fact, I bet Jim's favorite move is the Armbar.

[iam416]

Flair and Steamboat remember: http://www.wwe.com/classics/wcw/ric-...rview-26677386