The Official 2011 NCAA College Football Thread

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Originally Posted by HilbillyHomeboy

... you made a stupid likening to WV fans in the demotivator thread.

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Nothing is sacred on the demotivator thread!!! The last thing I posted there trashed college liberals, but was hilarious nonetheless. I think I even posted one trashing VT once (either here or on 3Si). It was called "lunch-fail", and was making fun of the "lunch-pail defense".

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Originally Posted by HilbillyHomeboy

The last time VT played in Motown, a woman I know witnessed a 70+ yr old woman get verbally abused by a pack of VT fans. Eventually beaming a coke in her face. Why? She was only trying to make her way up the steps. So, there's 1 incident that I know of that happened, for sure.

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Surely there are dicks at every program, but I posit that WVU's fans are somewhat unique in having an abnormally high rate of violent crazies per capita (whether they are bandwagon local fans or drunk students I cannot say). As I said in the other posts, our rivalry with Miami, GT, BC and UVA is far more relevant today, but I've never heard of anyone having a bad experience at away games. Conversely, I have yet to meet someone who has not had at least one bad experience in Morgantown. That rate seems extraordinarily high. Since most of your conference-mates seem to have similar stories, I think it is fair to suggest that you have some of the craziest fans in the college football world. That said, I already admitted that my "evidence" for this is entirely anecdotal and I cannot prove my assumption.

More importantly, while the bit about WVU fans was subjective, the rest of what I've said is objective, and a perfectly reasonable question IMHO. I stand by my conviction that your state and team are in no way "Southern". I am also still curious as to how your fellow West Virginians came to self-identify with the South when the state was born out of a rejection of the confederacy. It really strange.

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Originally Posted by HilbillyHomeboy

Recent trend of confederate flags in WV? LMAO, ok. Anyway, last I checked this is the college football thread. But, carry on... :rolleyes:

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The fans of your football team claim that your team belongs in the SEC (or Big 12) in part because you are a "southern university" with "southern traditions". It seems perfectly fair to question this in the college football thread since the only context in which this is even remotely relevant is in terms of conference realignment. Besides you brought up "fake southerners" in a thread about Australian wildlife while espousing the legitimacy of WV "southern identity" - now you want to hide behind relevance and say it is unfair for me to question that?

Penn State is now pursuing Boise's Chris Peterson... UCLA, A&M, Penn State... He knows Texas wants him when Mack retires...

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Originally Posted by AdamVR4

Penn State is now pursuing Boise's Chris Peterson... UCLA, A&M, Penn State... He knows Texas wants him when Mack retires...

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Yeah, I'd rather go to Texas, if I were him. It's just a question of can he afford to wait? His stock is high, now.

Any idea how long Mack will hang around?

Jeremy

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Originally Posted by HilbillyHomeboy

Any idea how long Mack will hang around?

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He asked his coordinators to give him 3 year commitments, but losing the MNC in '09, Gilbert busting, not having an answer at QB in the system, and the injury to Fozzy seem to have sucked a lot of life out of him. I think he'll be allowed one more season of fumbling around at the QB position, but if we're not competing for a national title by 2013, he probably won't get to leave on his terms. I think he'll be here through the 2013 season and we'll have a new coach in 2014, but that's total speculation.

Cal's defensive strength is up the middle and their secondary doesn't give up the big play like it did earlier in the year... They've struggled against proficient option rushing attacks that can get to the outside (Oregon, UCLA)... Unfortunately, we like to run between the tackles and pretty much only use fly sweeps to get outside. I've read that we've given Ash a lot of reps the past few weeks and simplified his passing game. I still like Ash over McCoy... I think it will be low scoring, probably in the 20's, with a similar feel to the A&M game (both O's getting dominated 90% of the game). I think Texas finds a way to win ugly...

Nearly all of the bowl games have been really competitive thus far. Really great to watch. I'm inclined to agree with your prediction, Adam.

Jeremy

even boise? :)

Even Boise, what? I don't understand the question. If you're talking about the bowl games being competitive, I prefaced that with "nearly all". :)

Jeremy

Adam - thoughts?

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LOL and Cal is imploding. Give 'em the game, why don't you!