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by cgb on Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:45 am

Dry-Erase Marker Art FTW.

ECU and Conference USA are clashing over midfield logos for the Championship game ECU hosts Saturday. ECU wants the badass pirate skull they just paid for at midfield, CUSA wants their logo. I was looking forward to seeing the skull again too.

For some reason it led some ECU SID to create this completely in dry erase marker:

dryerase Around the Interwebs

Is it even a choice?

Fallout from the ACC Fail. In typical Atlantic Coast fashion top dogs Georgia Tech and Clemson lost to middle of the pack SEC schools, rejoice ESS EEE CEE homers. Block-C places the blame on Dunce Dabo and From the Rumble Seat sees clouds, but the sky isn’t falling. We still think this weekend’s ACC Championship Game will be the most entertaining since Virginia Tech-Florida State in 2005.

Writing off Coaches. Two phenomenal pieces: Orson on Bowden, and Brendan on Al Groh.

Championship Rematch? Theoretically, yes, it could happen. Will it? We don’t think so. The voters set the precedent in 2006 when they put Florida in the MNC against the Ohio State instead of Michigan. If total chaos plays out on Saturday, the human voters will get wind (via BCS math gurus) of how to vote to avoid said rematch.

The 2009 #ArnBowl in photos, it’s our favorite feature from Friends of the Program. And, bonus, a Taylor Hicks sighting.

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Quick Hits From My Couch

by cgb on Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm

My thoughts on Saturday that you will probably disagree with.

Nighttime in Death Valley was a letdown. Tebow, for the most part, was kept out of the shit and did just enough. LSU’s offense was lousy and because of that the Tigers were never a threat to win the game.

Blackout Fail. Doak was a sea of Garnet and Gold and three coeds fought a movement backed by thousands of no-show forum warriors.

FSU Blackout Fail Quick Hits From My Couch

The commissioner’s office has notified Vanderbilt that Commodores’ fans have lost the right to chant, “ESS EEE CEE (repeat ad nauseam)” after their 13-16 loss to Army.

Hokies, we can have offense too? Who the hell is Jim Drunkenmiller anyways?

So far, Texas has been sleepwalking through their schedule. The alarm goes off for Oklahoma this week.

Rich Rod was looking Einsteinian after he pulled Forcier in the fourth quarter and replaced him with Denard Robinson. He promptly lead Michigan to score. Then on Michigan’s final possession Robinson sealed Iowa’s win after he was picked.

I’m convinced I could lead Texas Tech on a scoring drive. Red Raiders’ backup QB Steven Sheffield threw for 7 TDs.

Alabama is the most complete team. Ole Miss is the most disappointing team.

Houston is 3-0 (Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Mississippi State) against the BCS and 0-1 against Conference USA.

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    By the Non-Conference Numbers 2004-2008

    by cgb on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:30 am

    The SEC is king cotton, again. It must be all that speed. The Big 12 is a close second, but after that it’s not even close. I am very surprised to see the Pac-10 last among the BCS conferences (which includes their very strong bowl record). One explanation for their record being so abysmal is their round-robin schedule. Since they play 9 conference games they only played 2 and then 3 non-conference teams. In most cases the teams they played were formidable 1a opponents and not 1aa cupcakes. For all the crap the ACC takes it narrowly edges out the Big Ten for third in total non-conference wins. That doesn’t include BC’s 5-1 non-conference record in 2004 (Big East). However, the Big Ten posts a better winning percentage 69% to 66%.

    One thing missing are the non-conference wins/losses versus just BCS conference teams. But other than the Pac-10 the BCS conferences as a whole schedule (and get wins) against the same number of 1aa schools. Also BCS opponent doesn’t necessarily mean good opponent, ie Utah (non-BCS) and Iowa State (BCS).

    Conference Non-Conference Wins Non-Conference Losses Win %
    SEC 195 59 78%
    Big 12 187 67 74%
    ACC 168 86 66%
    Big Ten 164 73 69%
    Big East 146 67 69%
    Pac-10 118 64 65%
    MWC 104 85 55%
    C-USA 96 145 40%
    Ind 88 94 48%
    WAC 87 110 44%
    MAC 80 175 31%
    Sun Belt 49 132 27%

    Full breakout by year after the jump. Continue Reading “By the Non-Conference Numbers 2004-2008″ »

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