The Rest of College Football

[Rocky Bleier]

I hope the idiot who poisoned those trees in Auburn is mighty pissed this morning.

[hack]

Next year when Alabama beats us 31-3 I'll be thinking about how lucky we are Les Miles didn't become our coach.

And can you imagine how embarrassed we all would have been after that post-game interview, in which he praised his opponent and said he'd be honored to face them again? Obviously whatever is known about Miles' in AA can and should be extrapolated to how he would conduct himself in the spotlight.

[hack]

Agree with most of the sentiments here. The secondary play was spectacular by both teams though obviously mitigated by the fact that the QBs sucked, and UM would have gotten waxed by either one. On a serious note about Miles, that was great -- they were physical and tough and didn't outsmart themselves. For a guy with his nicknames, he was pretty sane as a decisionmaker. A very impressive and prudent display of restraint.

Depending on who's up next, I'd suspend #7 for a game. That was incredibly stupid, and beyond it being simply wrong, if you don't punish that then somebody might do it on a 3rd-and-long or in some other scenario that costs you the win someday.

[hack]

Sidenote: my brother and I both remarked on how nice it is to have The Big House. Bryant-Denny looks like a generic NFL stadium. Nothing about it has a particularly collegiate feel.

[whodean]

I think Richardson will leave and be in the NFL next year. Maybe Dee Hart debuts, if his knee is healthy?

Lacey, Richardson's backup this year is nearly equally talented.

[lineygoblue]

Bryant-Denny looks like a generic NFL stadium.

They have to do that in order to keep up with the money demands that it takes to run a program in the SEC. I'd be interested to see what the face values are on their ticket prices.

They kept talking about having "100,000" fans there last night. I didn't know Bryant Denny had 100,000 seats? I thought Tennessee was the only SEC stadium that held 100K.

[hack]

Waht do you mean they ``have to do that''? Have advertising on the screens?

[lineygoblue]

Did you see all the advertising in the stadium? That is what I was referring to. It looks like an NFL stadium because of all the commercialism.

[hack]

Gotcha; agreed. That certainly is the lion's share of the problem.

[whodean]

They kept talking about having "100,000" fans there last night. I didn't know Bryant Denny had 100,000 seats? I thought Tennessee was the only SEC stadium that held 100K.

Bryant Denny has been expanded quite a few times, as recently as a year ago. Official capacity 101,821. Its a great place to see a game.

[hack]

Looked to me like the airport concourse of football stadiums.

Are the Canes still playing in the OB? That's a great ol place to see a game. The OB was so much more fun before it moved to Joe Robbie.

[Rocky Bleier]

I remember Joe Pa acting like his players beating up some kids was no big deal a few years ago. He didn't do anything until an ESPN story went on the air. His "I'm just a humble old guy who cares about his players" schtick has been unveiled as bullshit. He stuck around this long to pass Eddie Robinson. Now he can retire in shame.

More on JoePa & Sandusky:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/if-jerry-sandusky-allegations-are-true-penn-state-and-joe-paterno-deserve/2011/11/05/gIQAYIucqM_story.html

[UMStan White]

Absolutely incredible. Eight years knowing that your defensive coordinator has set up a charitable foundation for his own sexual gratification. The most incredible thing is that not only did JoePa know, he did nothing about it and the PSU's president's public comment that he stands 100% behind his athletic director makes Gee's support of Gene Smith look like more than reasonable.

[Hannibal]

I wonder if this is why Sandusky retired somewhat suddenly when he was still in his prime coaching years (55 years old if I'm not mistaken).

[hack]

Absolutely incredible. Eight years knowing that your defensive coordinator has set up a charitable foundation for his own sexual gratification. The most incredible thing is that not only did JoePa know, he did nothing about it and the PSU's president's public comment that he stands 100% behind his athletic director makes Gee's support of Gene Smith look like more than reasonable.


These situations are not analagous and should not be compared. Doing so gives both of these inferior-to-Michigan programs more perceived legitimacy than they deserve. It trivializes what Sandusky did if they are processed through the same filter, and makes OSU look good in comparison.