Jenksismyhero Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, bigruss said: Illinois dismisses Freshman All American Safety Bennett Williams, having a hard time keeping talented kids on the field lately. Apparently kept breaking team rules. I'm guessing it's drug/alcohol related, but haven't seen any details leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 So, Illinois football is just never going to be good. The program has had two decent runs since I was a kid - the late 80's and 2005. Otherwise, an absolute shit show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 West Virginia, please stop, Baylor is already dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Didn't watch today, but all the hope I had after the USF, Penn St and Rutgers game is completely gone. I give Lovie a super long leash, but ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Never thought Indiana would be the dirtiest team Michigan would see. Winovich done for year with broken clavicle before biggest game of the year and cheap helmet to helmet gets a kid stretcherd out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 8:48 PM, LittleHurt05 said: Didn't watch today, but all the hope I had after the USF, Penn St and Rutgers game is completely gone. I give Lovie a super long leash, but ouch. Still relevant. And my in law adopted team has to fire their head coach after losing to a 2 win rival. Go Bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Now reports are no broken bones for Winovich but could see Harbaugh withholding info from OSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Notre Dame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I think I’m ready to give Odom an extension. He had the incredible fortune of inheriting a 5 star QB, but he has done a good job of seeking out innovative OCs, and winning 8 games in SEC with Missouri’s recruiting (which I have a hard time believing anyone could bump into top 20 consistently) is impressive. I mean, see Tennessee, with way more money and prestige, and how much they’ve struggled to have a coach get them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Illinois: we’re going to make an embarrassing decision today regarding our football program! USC: hold my beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 4 hours ago, soxfan49 said: Illinois: we’re going to make an embarrassing decision today regarding our football program! USC: hold my beer Lucky me roots for both of those teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Fighting Irish. uNDefeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 9 hours ago, LittleHurt05 said: Lucky me roots for both of those teams! Same here. Always lived in IL, mom graduated from USC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 11/24/2018 at 9:18 AM, bmags said: I think I’m ready to give Odom an extension. He had the incredible fortune of inheriting a 5 star QB, but he has done a good job of seeking out innovative OCs, and winning 8 games in SEC with Missouri’s recruiting (which I have a hard time believing anyone could bump into top 20 consistently) is impressive. I mean, see Tennessee, with way more money and prestige, and how much they’ve struggled to have a coach get them there. I still think he's kind of a bad coach, but he has shown improvement in each of his 3 seasons so that's something. The first year and a half felt like rock bottom. The SEC East is so bad that you can win 8 games without being a top 25 team (at least in the rankings, Mizzou is probably a top 25 team talent wise). The forgiving conference schedule has helped a lot. Florida and Tennessee being trash (in addition to playing Vandy and Kentucky already every year) and Arkansas being the permanent crossover gives plenty of opportunity for wins. That said, this team should have won 10 games, no question. Losing Hall probably cost them that, but this was a mistake-prone, somewhat unorganized team for much of the season. Odom may get better, but he won with Pinkel's talent this year and probably should have won more. I am encouraged that there seems to be good talent in the underclassmen, but I definitely still have reservations about Odom. If someone wants to take him off our hands (I saw a Louisville rumor get reported), I wouldn't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 7 hours ago, danman31 said: I still think he's kind of a bad coach, but he has shown improvement in each of his 3 seasons so that's something. The first year and a half felt like rock bottom. The SEC East is so bad that you can win 8 games without being a top 25 team (at least in the rankings, Mizzou is probably a top 25 team talent wise). The forgiving conference schedule has helped a lot. Florida and Tennessee being trash (in addition to playing Vandy and Kentucky already every year) and Arkansas being the permanent crossover gives plenty of opportunity for wins. That said, this team should have won 10 games, no question. Losing Hall probably cost them that, but this was a mistake-prone, somewhat unorganized team for much of the season. Odom may get better, but he won with Pinkel's talent this year and probably should have won more. I am encouraged that there seems to be good talent in the underclassmen, but I definitely still have reservations about Odom. If someone wants to take him off our hands (I saw a Louisville rumor get reported), I wouldn't mind. I just don’t think Missouri is a program that should move on from good enough coaches without knowing they can get someone better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 That looks like a torn Achilles for Tua. And now he's walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Georgia has Bama in their heads now about as much as Michigan with Ohio State. CFP also would have had a huge debate for the 4th spot if UGA won there...potentially taking two SEC teams over OU in the B12 and likely OSU as B10 champs. Can’t imagine Clemson losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 11/28/2018 at 8:32 AM, bmags said: I just don’t think Missouri is a program that should move on from good enough coaches without knowing they can get someone better. What about Barry Odom makes you think he is good enough? I still think he's kind of a bad coach. He might get better, but watching this team was painful in the first half of the season. Played below talent level and then appeared to fix it when they played bad teams (and a sort of bad Florida team). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 9 hours ago, danman31 said: What about Barry Odom makes you think he is good enough? I still think he's kind of a bad coach. He might get better, but watching this team was painful in the first half of the season. Played below talent level and then appeared to fix it when they played bad teams (and a sort of bad Florida team). A win against Florida in the swamp when Fla is top 15 is impressive regardless if you think the rank is inflated. But I say he’s good enough because I look around at Tennessee, at Arkansas, even South Carolina, at schools with better resources, better recruiting and have been much closer to underperforming than Odom, who this year basically ended up where his recruiting class would say he would. Missouri can get to 8 wins in east, but that’s only because much richer, better recruited programs keep flailing. That could easily happen to Missouri but it didn’t. Odom doesn’t appear to be a great coach in recruiting or in game but he has found two good OCs and has appeared to progress on defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25427784/college-football-playoff-picks-espn-experts Benetti thinks UCF deserves the #4 CFP slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 15 minutes ago, The Sir said: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25427784/college-football-playoff-picks-espn-experts Benetti thinks UCF deserves the #4 CFP slot. NCAA Football, the one sport where half the teams have zero chance to win a championship, even if they never lose a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 At least he didn’t call for App State to be there...lol...he had that ESPN conference championship call, better than Boise in the snow, I suppose. If CFU can somehow manage to knock off LSU or Georgia in a bowl game without Milton, and a new coach in Josh Heupel, Benetti might have a point. Pat Forde argues for a Bama/UGA rematch. No thanks. https://sports.yahoo.com/yes-alabama-georgia-belong-college-football-playoff-013638376.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, LittleHurt05 said: NCAA Football, the one sport where half the teams have zero chance to win a championship, even if they never lose a game. I can't quite tell if you're in support of that, or mocking it, but that's absolutely how it should be. The most impressive wins for UCF were Cincinnati, Memphis and Pitt. My Nittany Lions were ultimately a second-tier team in the B1G but they'd have gone undefeated with that schedule, too. Honestly, I don't think non-Power 5 teams (excusing ND) should really ever break #15 in the rankings, tops. Better yet, the non-Power 5 conferences should be severed from D1 and constitute their own division. No more of this annual thumping of nobodies by ranked teams in the first weeks of the season. Power 5 vs Power 5 only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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