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College Football 2016: Week 11 picks, pg99
ASimPerson
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Today is the first of August, which means that it's now officially okay to start looking forward to the 2016 college football season.
Warning: the picture sizes are going to be wack, but hey, it's not like anyone sees this post after the next 39 posts anyway.
Here's some barely informed guesses about who might be good this year:
THE FIGHTIN' HARBAUGHS!
JT BARRETT!
GARY PATTERSON, whom despite his reputation I couldn't really find a sweay photo of
CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY will probably have a lot more photos taken of dudes running behind him this season
EIGHT-BALL THE TIGER!!!!!!!!!
Man if Alabama figures out that quarterbacks are allowed to run with the ball in addition to occasionally throwing it, we're boned.
So as I said in last year's thread, college football is probably America's most unique and absurd sport. I'm very serious about college football, but to me, part of that means embracing the inherent absurdity of it, and at least there is a lighter side. (Seriously, is there anything funny about the NFL?) So keep that in mind as you post in the thread.
Also in that vein, the first game of the season will be a game between Hawaii and Cal at... Sydney, Australia on August 26th (our time).
A picture of its rugby configuration is proably the closest to what it'll look like in a few weeks.
There will be one other game played abroad this season: Georgia Tech vs. Boston College in an early ACC tilt in Dublin, Ireland.
I guess they really like the triple option over there?
I'll run the pick 'em again this year. Details will be posted soon and will probably replace this very text!
Warning: the picture sizes are going to be wack, but hey, it's not like anyone sees this post after the next 39 posts anyway.
Here's some barely informed guesses about who might be good this year:
THE FIGHTIN' HARBAUGHS!
JT BARRETT!
GARY PATTERSON, whom despite his reputation I couldn't really find a sweay photo of
CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY will probably have a lot more photos taken of dudes running behind him this season
EIGHT-BALL THE TIGER!!!!!!!!!
Man if Alabama figures out that quarterbacks are allowed to run with the ball in addition to occasionally throwing it, we're boned.
So as I said in last year's thread, college football is probably America's most unique and absurd sport. I'm very serious about college football, but to me, part of that means embracing the inherent absurdity of it, and at least there is a lighter side. (Seriously, is there anything funny about the NFL?) So keep that in mind as you post in the thread.
Also in that vein, the first game of the season will be a game between Hawaii and Cal at... Sydney, Australia on August 26th (our time).
A picture of its rugby configuration is proably the closest to what it'll look like in a few weeks.
There will be one other game played abroad this season: Georgia Tech vs. Boston College in an early ACC tilt in Dublin, Ireland.
I guess they really like the triple option over there?
I'll run the pick 'em again this year. Details will be posted soon and will probably replace this very text!
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I've not been paying attention at all during the off season besides a few stories like Lattimore not being allowed to be on the staff (BOO), Spurrier taking an honorary position with Florida (boo?), and everybody saying we have a good QB (hahaha never trusting you again).
So, uh, go Cocks. Cue that sweet Sandstorm, Hoss.
Big 12 Expansion rumors!
I look forward to this every year!
I've followed it like a Hawk
mainly because where it's been bad for Baylor it's been good for the horns, soooo~
am I doing this right?
Also people were betting if the big 12 folds that ut and ou would go to the big 10
Also I might have gotten a side job writing for a big UCLA sports blog, which should be interesting.
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http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2016/8/1/12342302/hatin-ass-spurrier-surveys-the-facilities-at-florida
Yes. ASP and myself are doing a similar setup as last year.
This year's pick-ems will also feature 500% more Michigan hype than last year.
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So like, two more BFLs?
More like 5 enlightenedbums
In related news, life is full of suffering.
I doubt things are gonna be anywhere near as bad for us as they were last year, but if Frost can pull off the upset...
Well, I thought about building him a statute, but football statues are uniformly terrible.
And UCF!*
although the slate of opening weekend marquee games are gonna be something to watch*
*that's all I will do that weekend
I'm not laughing
I remember when Akron was a play away from doing that
I mean, unlike Hoke Harbaugh is actually competent so it shouldn't happen
But who knows
And we have a lot of it this year! The schedule is terrible. And in a hard core SEC move, Michigan leaves the state once before mid-November. (to Rutgers)
Coincidentally, my tickets for that game arrived today!
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Okay, I know UCF went winless last season and there is no reason to suspect they will perform a miraculous turnaround this year, but for the sake of my sanity, can we pretend UCF is not terrible competition for the Harbaugh Murder Express 2016?
i'm real tempted to go to that game since the UT-ND game is like 300 bucks
You can't get this nervous about a game that hasn't started yet. You gotta go zen. Like this:
Yes, you should come.
I will be the one in the UCLA gear getting hilariously drunk because it will be the only way to deal with facing our former OC.
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i'd be there and rooting for UCLA because why the fuck not
Hahahahahahahaha why did I take this job hahahahahahahahaha
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Was everyone cool with the Google forms thing from last year? Would you prefer to have something that's just done entirely in the forums like we did in previous years?