The Big-Whatever conference has long been a 2-man race (No disrespect intended towards Wiscony, but really…until PENNIState got there, and got good again – boom, it was just OSU and Michy). Michy is struggling now, so its made PENNIState better. Two National Titles in the last 40 years, a losing record in the Rose Bowl, and 7 teams that dont instill fear in any MAC team, will do that.

Now they are looking like, or at least saying they will fill in another team, round off to 12 teams and get something new in the mix. For 15 years they’ve been waiting for ND to fall in their ranks, they resisted. (Mostly because the NCAA is filled with enUFf ND alum’s to keep the “gifts” coming.)

They missed out on Cincy, which would have been a super pick up (but who knew until a few years ago?)…now they are going to have to reach out to a Central Michigan, or try to pull some other ACC-like heist. Central Michy will need stadium/facility upgrades, but they are regionally a good fit. They also boast the best potential for quality, though they’d never win the Title…..which may be the plan, and it shouldn’t be. Waiting for ND to fall in line just ain’t happenin’!

Alvarez was always a good coach, hopefully he can rally enUFf supporters to get this done quick….A BIG10\11\1? Conference Title Game?….YEE-hah!

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the Big Ten will soon make a more aggressive push toward adding a 12th member.

Speaking to Wisconsin’s athletic board on Friday, Alvarez, the former longtime Badgers football coach, said the conference already has investigated possibilities for expansion “from all over the country.” And though he places no timetable on the search, Alvarez thinks conference commissioner Jim Delany will respond to a group of athletic directors and coaches who want expansion.

“I have a sense he is going to take this year to really be more aggressive about it,” Alvarez told the board. “I just think everybody feels [expansion] is the direction to go, coaches and administrators.”

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been the most vocal advocate of a 12th Big Ten team, and he has support from several of his fellow coaches.

A 12th team would allow the Big Ten to split into divisions and hold a conference championship game. The Big Ten typically ends its football season two weeks before the other BCS conferences, though the addition of a permanent bye week in 2010 will shrink the gap by a week.

“We’re irrelevant for the last three weeks of the football season because we’re not playing,” Alvarez said Friday.

Paterno has stumped for expansion several times, but Delany — who was unavailable for comment — told ESPN.com this spring that the league has no immediate plans to add a 12th team.

“There’s not an obvious move,” Delany said in May. “There might be to some coaches, including Coach Paterno, but it’s not as obvious to the university presidents and to the athletic directors.

“There are a lot [of schools] that could take a lot away, but there aren’t a lot that could bring so much to make the choice an easy one. You have to have a lot to make something go like this, and it’s broader than really a championship game or a basketball tournament.”

The Big Ten most recently expanded with Penn State, which began competing as a league member in football in 1993. The league has made runs at Notre Dame but hasn’t had serious discussions for several years.

Really, where is the substance here?….This kid’s mother agreed to swallow a QB Coach 8 weeks into her pregnancy so that “Jimmy” could be trained as a fetus!…I’m not kidding! This kid’s had opportunity other kids, who out-play him every day, never knew existed! Yet this “Super Star” has won absolutely SH.T in College! OK, let’s qualify that a bit, he’s done well for an average QB playing in a non-BCS conference who goes through his career with little to no mention. Compared to big time recruits, playing at what is suppose to be a “big-time” program?….He’s done less than nothing!. Hell, even UC-Davis picks up a memorable win now and again. How is it “Jimmy”-boy made it 3 years at Notre Dame, and never ONCE beat anyone of merit?(OK, so there were only a few opportunities due to the easy schedule, still…) You can only blame the defense for so much of a pathetic game against Navy, where they scored NOTHING until the final minutes. Or Syracuse, AT HOME, on Senior day when Jimmy’s offense scored a whopping 23 points against a team that gave up 42 to Akron that year! 23 points, btw, was the 3rd lowest points total given up by Syracuse ALL year!, in 2008. Yeah, they went 3-9 (including the Irish win) and were destroyed by everyone!! OK, so you’re going to say “Jimmy was just a Sophomore then….well yeah, a 21 year old Sophomore!

Yet, Jimmy has had NONE of those type games in HIS career! None! He didn’t even win 1/2 the games he was suppose to, much less direct even ONE “big” win!

As the younger brother of two former Division I quarterbacks—Casey and Rick Clausen, who both played at Tennessee—Jimmy Clausen gained media attention very early. Beginning in eighth grade, his parents paid his tutelage under professional quarterbacks coach Steve Clarkson. During his junior season, a Sports Illustrated feature dubbed him “The Kid with The Golden Arm”. Recruiting analysts considered him a “once in a decade” quarterback talent and ranked him as the #1 overall prospect of the 2007 high school class. Because of his quick release, some in the media compared him to Joe Namath.

Critics have questioned whether Clausen’s success in high school was largely a product of his team—containing almost a dozen players that went on to play for NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision teams, including a highly-ranked running back, Marc Tyler—and the inferior talent level of its opponents. Many of these critics pointed to the 2007 U.S. Army All-American Bowlin which Clausen was outplayed by fellow 2007 quarterback recruit, Ryan Mallett. Further, Clausen’s age is a subject of criticism: he started kindergarten at six and repeated sixth grade, thus he was 19 years old at the time of his “early” graduation.

On April 22, 2006, Clausen verbally committed to the University of Notre Dame. He was the most highly touted recruit for the Fighting Irish since the arrival of Ron Powlus in 1993. Clausen announced his oral commitment at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana, after arriving in a stretch Hummer limousine. He also said his goal was to win multiple national titles with the Irish. 

This year, “Jimmy-Jimmy” has logged 23 TD’s to only 4 INT’s, and thrown for 3382 yards. This is, I hope, what his advisers are banking an NFL future on…but again, what’s it mean? His defense “allowed” him to be ON the field a lot, and often in a position where he HAD to hurl the ball,….He played against an absolutely horrible schedule – all three years, and of those teams they played, most were soft defensively! Of the 23 TD’s he’s thrown this year, nearly a third of them (7) came in the first two weeks of this season; –against Nevada (117th worst pass defense) and hapless Michigan (in a game he lost; to a team that finished 5-7 !). He cant even boast that he managed his games well, as fumbles, a throw off a wr’s back, and keys sacks taken have plaugued him as well! Not even having two(2) of the best Wide-Outs the school has seen in 25 years, could ensure a .500 record! This, once again, against a schedule that would have had Idaho State licking their chops in anticipation! “Jimmy and the Fat Man” failed, failed, FAILED! Failed to get the wins deserving of their hype (and Coaches salary), FAILED to get even that one signature win, and failed to finish above .500! (assuming they’ll lose today). Oh, they also failed to return to any “worthy” Bowl Game!  

Yeah, go play another team with a 100-something ranked pass defense in a Bowl game, JIMMY!…pad your stats, so an NFL team picks you. You will fail just like you did given all the advantages you’ve had!….Really, you give Forrest Gump that kind of starting off point, and he’d have beaten Navy all 3 times! Jimmy = Joe Namath…HAHAHAHAHA! …Here’s hoping the dumb ass Cleveland Browns take another Charlie Weis Collegiate ”product”!, and sink their franchise for another 10-12 years!  – Charlie, I hope ND retains you for the life of your fat-ass contract! You give a whole lot of people a LOT to laugh about! Either YOU ruined Jimmy, or Jimmy was never that good,…either way, keep it up Chunky!

The WVU Mountaineers defeated the Pitt Panthers 19-16 in a game that will send Pitt OUT of the top 10, and tarnish what will be a Bodacious Bearcat Beatdown next weekend. Tony Pike and the boys sunk Zookers Illini as Pike fired 6 TD passes, and probably earned Brian Kelly another bonus tier with the Notre Dame Athletic Director.

All that needs to happen, is either F$U to trip up Tebow and the Gators in Tim’s final home game tomorrow, and/or for Nebraska to play out their asses and dump the 2009 Heisman winner Colt McCoy and his Longsteers on their asses. Sure, long shots, but how jacked up will F$U be to pull of their 1/2 of the formula? Beat Teeb’s in his last home game, last regular season game, and thump his chance of playing out his career in yet another BCS Title game!??!?! The motivation will NOT be in short supply tomorrow in G’ville! (CBS 3:30pm, for those who don’t know)

TCU gets New Mexico, or New Mexico A&M Tech State?; The only chance of an upset there is if The Texans show up in the Lobo’s place…..Everyone who blew Utah’s horn last year is in LOVE with the Horned ones this year, naturally! Anything to deflect! After all, they beat Clemson and Virginia this year!

There is hope, but its fading unless a few things happen. I for one, was very impressed (again!) with the UCats today, and Mr Pike’s great home finale! If they don’t get to play for the Nat Title, then I hope they get Jawja Tech or those (now) beloved Horned Frogs/Boise State Broncos. I also hope Kelly has the decency to divert attention away from his job status to NOT let it interfere with the prep work going into Bowl season. Can you imagine if Urban and Kelly both decline the job? Then its a race for J Hairball and Gary Patterson. THEN!,..man, if THEY turn it down as well?….Big Butt might just get to keep his job, to help ND save face!…..but, naaahhh, one of those guys will up and take it…..just hope its Hairy or G-Pat.

You cant swing a dead cat in any State in this Union, without hitting a gaggle of writers willing to blow Pete Carroll’s horn, and lend him every credit known to a Head Coach; but, we should pay more attention to late night OT thrillers in AriZONA!! Yeah, they’ve been relevant since never! They get “breakfast” Football out there, and they’re complaining!? Every Year they get the Rose Bowl!…and,…and,…FSU in the Emerald Nuts Bowl? What else do they NEED? Plus, how many of those fish taco eaters are even watching our noon games out there? Bias hypocrite mother F-! Seventy-five percent of the population lives East of the Mississippi, shouldn’t we have interests of our own? Isn’t it conceivable that there are more good teams in that region?…NO?..oh, my bad!

side note: Jay Cutler is a douchebag little bitch,…sure, you already knew that. He just TJ Houshmandzadeh’d his coaches with that feminine hand-throw gesture in the NFL night game. Bengal fans know the move!

I’ve seen more Oregon games than (I believe) 99% of “Duck” fans have seen Gator games!…..With 2 losses and NO chance to move into the top stops, why should it matter? I appreciate what they’ve done, and I dont think “JUST” because they are West Coasters that they stink,..so…end it!…End that cheesey crap ass talk about lack of respect! Maybe putting that fruit loop QB Harrington poster up in Time Square a few years ago was a bad move? I’m not saying that IS the reason, just maybe! Its been 18 years since a team NOT called the Trojans even played a part in the National Title picture! Washington’s split Title with Miami in 1991 was the last team that won the thing! No, they deserve more love…yeah,..more.

1 Florida
2 Alabama
3 Texas
4 TCU
5 Cincinnati
6 Boise State
7 Georgia Tech
8 Oregon
9 Pittsburgh
10 Ohio State

 BCS Standings

Then there’s the IOWA love…which to a degree is valid, but a 4th and goal TD pass with no time left to beat Michy State?..If Florida or Alabama had done that, they’d have been blasted…..yet for Iowa?…They’re treated like Royalty for a BUNCH of really ugly wins, and one strong win at PSU. LOOK . They beat Northern Iowa by one?,..and beat Arky State by 3?……Florida beat REGULAR Arky by three and were beat down for it! I understand the love, to a point, but the hate for some teams and the global love for “anyone else” is a bit over the top. Particularly when you use a double standard like that.

Alabama \ Tennessee….THAT was a finish there!….UCLA beat those Kiffin’s? Hhhmm, maybe they were a little too pre-occupied with their next game to give UCLA the respect they should have given them???? Does that mean Meyer is responsible for 2 of Kif’s losses this year?

Seems the World was all afire in 2006 when Urban Meyer was asked (in December, mind you) if he thought his team deserved to be in the BCS Championship Game, against tOSU….the fan reaction in much of the country, including THIS AREA, was that Mr Meyer was guilty of politicking, so to speak. Some fans even termed him Urban “Cryer” (Meyer), for his “sins”. By the time his team packed up and left Arizona, following his 41-14 win, the name was his forever. HE was right!…and those who gave him his nickname, were dead-ass wrong! Didn’t matter! Since then, other fans who probably don’t even follow the game all that much, picked up on the cool nickname, just out of spite/hate!

Fast forward to October 18th, 2009 and we now have another in the LONG and distinguished line of front men talking positive about their team; this time it strikes in Cincinnati, OHIO. Yes, Mr Brian Kryer Kelly has thrown his whistle into the ring. So, where is the public outcry here, or negative chatter??…oooooohhhh, right, hypocrites -almost forgot!! Sure, what else can it be?….Kelly is just talking about his team!, right?….and Meyer wasn’t?…..Well, that is,..Meyer, and the 45 other that have answered that question in the same manner, over the last 20+ years…??

I’m here to say, I AM A FAN of Mr Kelly (and Mardy Gilyard, for that matter), and I’m NOT calling for his head over this opinion (just as I didn’t with Urbs). Its valid, in my opinon. Perhaps in just the same manner Urbs was back in ’06. Not ALL of the Cocaches who “blindly promote” have had merit though;..Marshall, Tulane, ECU, TCU, K-State, to name just a few. I do have to say, in Meyers’ case, when HE was asked (and responded), it was AFTER he’d finished his season. Not thru 1/2 of it, as some of the others have done. I hope Texas ends up losing and the Gators can muster enUFf offense up to get past the rest of the teams on their schedule!…Thus opening up the VERY good possibility of a UF/UC BCS Title Game! Of course Machine will cry about poor ol’Boise State not getting the nod, but I’ll get over that pretty easy. (11 games vs teams ranked higher than 67?…and 3 ranked OVER 100?..yeah, not really too much to get moved about there….hell, Idado is 6-0 right now….you know where they’re ranked right now?…exactly!) Oh, and get ready for other fans who couldn’t SPELL Brian Kelly 3 weeks ago, to alla sudden have a great problem with him (politicking, runnning up the score, and my fav -”Lying to recruits”…how some nuts KNOW this, is odd, but they do it!). Its part of it, apparently…why?…pppfffttt, who knows? Hate seems to flow heavy towards those who win!

 UC NEWS:

PIKE MIGHT PLAY vs LOUISVILLE

Texass and UCSw have won Titles under this “system”, but apparently things were just FINE in those years…yeah, no bitching and moaning going on when the “system” played to their FAVOR!…..and Utah, they made THEIR case AFTER the Bowls were played, not before. Beating Michy by 2, and dismissing New Mex 13-10 DOES matter! But let’s only look at the win over Bama, here, right?

Forget the other 850 Billion (that’s BILLION, with a “B”) things going wrong in the USofA yee elected officials, you’ve got a beef with the BCS!…and why?…DIVERSION!!!! You haven’t proven a THING in Washington, but you want to take on College Football!?!?!?! We’ve seen what can happen in YOUR World, so you will excuse me if I don’t want YOU to happen to College Football!

The Texas whine is (still) the most difficult to understand. They didn’t win ANYthing in the BIG12, and needed a last minute TD against tOSU to pull off their Bowl win….in a game they were favored to win by 8….they didn’t even cover the spread! So, they didn’t win their division much less their conference, but they want the Title?….WOW!

The bottom line is, you don’t have to LOVE the system, but as long as its in place, its in place. Whether you disapprove of THIS Title or one of the others….I tell you what, as a gesture of good faith, why don’t Texas and USCw forfiet their National titles (won under the BCS and ALL those others NOT won by use of a playoff) then we’ll believe they are serious about change!…No takers?…thought not!

RAGE ON HYPOCRITES!………………http://www.fatguysports.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3121#post3121

They got Teeebow!
They got Championships!
They got Suuunshine!
They got Gatorz!
And…well….a picture is worth a thousand words. None of which I need to speak right now! Amen!

Utah finishes 4th in Coaches Poll, but their coach voted for himself even though they (as Coaches) support the BCS -nice!…..In the AP poll, Utah gets 16 first place votes and finish 2nd. Mark May disses the Utes by not even mentioning them as a team who should be considered, all the while slobbering on the USCw knob!….Lou Holtz?…he lisped through something few can hear, and even fewer can comprehend. Isn’t it past his bed-time?

Kyle Willingham’s Utah vote might have some short term effect for his team, the support of them despite reality, but I can’t think this will be something he fondly looks back on and says “Yeah, that was a good idea”. Playoff or not,…and we do NOT have a playoff,…and will not for a minimum of 6 more years!,  you have to be thinking of your future; -and not only of this moment. Its not even a “good” statement, after you realize\see that the (other) Coaches (your peers) still voted you 4th!, You kinda look stupid….and kinda whiney. I understand your thinking there “KYLE!”, but by doing that you appear bitchy.

Can ANYone justify the support for Texas being considered a partial Champion this year?…..They lost out to a tie-breaker rule THEY SIGNED UP FOR,…and just a few months ago! USC?…Your two biggest wins came against BIG1(1)0 teams!…..not really looking to bash the BIG1(1)0 here, but its a reality, man. OSU played w/o Beanie, who looks to be a pretty big part of that team,….then you beat PSU in your home game. VERY impressive team, but not enUFf to qualify a jump over the BCS winner,…there’s just not. I’d LOVE to see the Florida vs USC game, but its not going to happen, and didn’t because if it had, I’d be saying how I’d love to see the UF vs Okly game! Sorry Mark May, Florida would have beat USC too. Many said the BIG12 was the best conference this year,…and maybe the SEC was 2nd. Head-2-Head, the SEC went 2-0 against them, and the BIG12 top 4 teams won ONE Bowl game this season, and did THAT by taking OSU out with 16 seconds left in their Bowl. Hardly OVERLY impressive!

Utah?…I think here, like Mark May did, I’m not going to even put them in here. Not that they didn’t have a FINE year, or that beating Alabama wasn’t impressive…..I think Alabama played poorly, in the same game that Utah didn’t play poorly. The TCU game, which they did win, stands out. I think they can win ONE, but really, with the likes of Florida, Oklahomey or USC?…really, would anyone bet their nuts on Utah?…NO! not saying it would be impossible,…just …No!

Apparently the AP and Coaches thought so too,..at least collectively. So,….NICE RUN GATORS…..just give us more!…in 2009

*Nic Harris, Senior DB for Oklahomey,…..This kid is very impressive on the field with his solid play, and in the media room after the game,..wow!…I came away very impressed with that kid. Most of these kids get overwhelmed by the media and cameras, but he was a natural in there.

Originally Posted by machine

from lance’s blog

I agree. The UC game and the Buckeyes’ game were nothing more than a glorified scrimmage. What prize was there? A consolation to UF/OU?
Nothing else really matters until Thursday. NCAA March Madness is by far a better set up. Footall has to wake up.

By taking this position, you are saying ANY game that doesn’t have a “do-or-die” formula to it, isn’t worth watching?…WELL DAMN DOG, THAT’S THE WHOLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON!….Tell me, had the Bungles beaten Pittsburgh TWICE during the “Oh-so-thrilling” NFL season, would that have meant thing ONE?…..NO!…..Pittsburgh is still in the Playoffs, and the Bungles (and those 2 games) were as meaningless as a clean shirt on a dead racoon.

In the AWESOME NFL,…we have Bungle games at the end of the year, with NO Chud,…NO TJ, and NO Palmer……now, in “some” cases this is the result of an ACTUAL injury,….and not some ploy to get out of playing, ’cause they’re afraid of getting hurt!….even though they’re paid millions for that VERY REASON!!!….ooooh, how uplifting for the paying fans!!! yeah, that 3 game win streak was AWESOME F’in FOOTBALL BABY!!!!!!
Or the game the NY Giants played in week 17!….WOW!…my colon is still clenched shut!! …the Giants were already IN the playoffs,….

In College, you have a playoff game every week!….for the most part. Sure, with parity catching on, a one loss (or even 2 loss teams) get the nod to play in the game. Utah this year, Auburn a few years ago, and everyone’s darling, Tulane several years ago went undefeated and didn’t get to play in it…..unfortunate for sure, and maybe even unjust…but you deal with 119 teams in College, not 32 budget-less Pro teams. Pro teams with PRO players that don’t have another job (classes).
Those pushing for a playoff have really gotten funny,….kinda like your statements above…..and desperate. Trying to make up things in some case.

I appreciate the College Football season,…..USCw has no beef, and Utah’s beef was really only recently established after a surprise (yet dominating) win over an SEC team….that validation, or request FOR validation, kinda speaks volume FOR the SEC, doesn’t it!…???. A team feels they are Crown worthy after beating an SEC team!….that’s pretty cool!

You know what you never heard during the “old” days of College Football?…That the system was unfair!. Know why?….’cause “your” team was taking advantage of something in those days…..For some teams like OSU, who counts like 45 National titles to their credit even though the organization(NCAA) have/has it far lower, this time was a while ago.
They dominated the landscape, and took FULL advantage of the lax ways of the NCAA. The “take as many as you want” days where you horded ANY kid who looked at you are, sadly for some, over. Its 85 scholly’s now!…if you’re good. Kinda ODD/funny or hypocritical that they NOW (not just ‘OSU’) are LOOKING FOR “JUSTICE”!, when for YEARS they fought tooth and nail from keeping the changes from coming that would affect their advantages over other Schools!

There have been changes made to the College games, good changes…Same as every other Sport!….remember, the NFL use to play < 8 games a year!….

If you don’t like the Bowls, or the match-ups,…you don’t watch. Hawai’i vs ND this year, didn’t mean much to me either!….but there were 15-20 I really lliked!….and one BIG one left!

GO TO THE BOARDS, and add an opinion!…http://www.fatguysports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=898