College Football Bowl Season Discussion Thread (and BG Bowl Pick Em)

[Arvin]

Yeah 100% true Byrd.

Also, LOL'd

[Ryany]

...Plus, the football fans are filled with a bunch of stupid rednecks that go buy their sweatshirts at Walmart for 15 bucks and claim to be a wolverine fan but can't name more than 2 players on their team. A lot of my old friends from home used to claim football was the only sport that truly matters, and now that they beat us 3 games in basketball..well, you know what they say now. They just can not admit it at all that State is better than them, ever.

What is even worse is when the redneck fans in my state are Indiana basketball fans and Notre Dame football fans, since none of them want to root for the worst BCS Conference Football program in the last 20 or so years. (1 bowl in the last 18 years in a time where every mediocre team makes a bowl)

They never shut up about "banners" or championships, which neither team has won even one in the lifetime of their current students.

The one good thing about rooting for the team that is not the "name" team in your state is at least it weeds out maybe 90% of the rednecks from representing your team.

[Arvin]

Not sure if you guys are familiar with these videos, only Michiganders would kinda get it but that whole "Pure Michigan" thing gets spoofed a lot. This is video that someone made, and it's 100% accurate.



ANYWAYS.

Is it college football season yet?????

[Cail]

kiper has dre kirkpatrick to carolina in his first mock...all you 'bama/sec fans, hows kirkpatrick?

[Moss]

Bama fans have seen him play way more than me but he never seemed that impressive to me. His biggest asset is his size. He has also had off-field problems, not sure J-Rich would go for him.

[Bregor]

kiper has dre kirkpatrick to carolina in his first mock...all you 'bama/sec fans, hows kirkpatrick?

A fucking boss. Very good cover corner, has good size and tackles well. That whole secondary was beast though, having Barron and Lester behind him helped quite a bit.

[Cail]

still very far off from the actual draft, but i was curious seeing as how i dont really follow college football

[Moss]

The worst part about not having a first round pick is not seeing your team on mock drafts

[Bregor]

still very far off from the actual draft, but i was curious seeing as how i dont really follow college football

All you really need to know is he is rock solid. Never had a ton of "wow" moments like Patrick Peterson (also Dre isn't a return guy) but he rarely gets beat and comes up a ton in run support.

[Bregor]

Oh and I hate how all the mocks have Cleveland picking RGIII. I really want someone to trade up to get him before they pick. Colt is no world beater, but there are bigger problems to address.

[FNH]

A fucking boss. Very good cover corner, has good size and tackles well. That whole secondary was beast though, having Barron and Lester behind him helped quite a bit.

I disagree, there were multiple times that he'd get burnt, though he did hold his own against some of the better receivers in the league, if he was paying attention. Likes to go for a highlight reel hit and doesn't wrap up, which always pissed me off. And he has a MAJOR attitude problem. He won't last in the NFL, expect Pacman Jones type behavior.

[Moss]

PP7 was a little overrated tbh because he is such a freak athlete. I would take Mo Claiborne over him, although if he continues to be good for return TDs every year that makes it a lil harder

[Bregor]

I disagree, there were multiple times that he'd get burnt, though he did hold his own against some of the better receivers in the league, if he was paying attention. Likes to go for a highlight reel hit and doesn't wrap up, which always pissed me off. And he has a MAJOR attitude problem. He won't last in the NFL, expect Pacman Jones type behavior.

You're nitpicking a bit I think. He had a few missed tackles and blown coverages but nothing really got me frustrated too bad. I think there was one series in the Arkansas game that I was cursing him but I can't remember what it was. Anyway as for the attitude, we'll see if he carries that with him. A lot of guys take a year or two to straighten up in the NFL.

[Bregor]

PP7 was a little overrated tbh because he is such a freak athlete. I would take Mo Claiborne over him, although if he continues to be good for return TDs every year that makes it a lil harder

Claiborne mocked at #6 to the Redskins in Mel's first one.

[FNH]

Anyway as for the attitude, we'll see if he carries that with him. A lot of guys take a year or two to straighten up in the NFL.

I'm thinking strip club shootout or drug deal gone bad by 2015 and he's in the newest incarnation of the celebrity death thread. He will retread the footsteps of pacman jones. dude's a douche.

[Bregor]

http://cdn.bluegartr.com/customavata...ar31888_18.gif

[Arvin]

This years draft is probably the first year I'll actually be actively paying attention to where people go, more specifically my schools players since a lot of them are going pro.

CMON BIG WORTHY TO THE LIONS

[Headspace]

http://cdn.bluegartr.com/customavata...ar31888_18.gif

Leon Hall, Dre Kirkpatrick, Pacman Jones.

Great secondary

[Cail]

hope that teabagging was worth it

An Alabama man was arrested late Thursday in connection with a video appearing to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State University fan after Alabama beat LSU for the BCS football championship.

Brian Downing, 32, of Smiths Station, Ala., was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenity. He was videotaped Jan. 9 "placing his genitals on an LSU fan's face. The LSU fan appears to be heavily inebriated and practically unconscious," a police statement said.

That videotape, the last minute of which shows a man in a red Alabama jacket simulating a sex act, went viral on the Internet.

Police said sex crimes detectives met Downing at his attorney's office in New Orleans, where officers arrested him. Downing looked at the ground as officers escorted him in handcuffs into the jail. Neither he nor the officers answered questions.

Downing's actions were videotaped about 11:45 p.m. Jan. 9 at a restaurant on Bourbon Street, police said.

They said LSU and Alabama University campus police helped them collect information and evidence needed to get a warrant for Downing's arrest.

Downing is a second cousin of Russell County, Ala., Sheriff Heath Taylor, who earlier Thursday had said Downing was on his way from Alabama to New Orleans to surrender.

Taylor told The Associated Press that he learned from other family members Thursday morning that Downing had been identified as the man shown exposing himself and then simulating a sex act above the head of an apparently unconscious man in an LSU-purple shirt. Taylor said he had not seen the video or asked Downing about the case.

After hearing from his relatives, Taylor said, he called Downing's father and told him to bring him to the sheriff's office in Phenix City, Ala. He said he then called New Orleans police to ask whether they wanted him to jail and extradite Downing or send him to New Orleans to surrender. "New Orleans made that call," he said.

Taylor said he did not speak to Downing. "I gave his attorney the card with the detective's name on it and cell number," he said.

The relationship was first reported by the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Ga., which is about 9 miles east-northeast from Phenix City.

Scott Myers, a spokesman for Birmingham, Ala.-based Hibbett Sports Inc., confirmed Thursday that the company had fired Downing on Wednesday because of his apparent part in the video.

He said the company had been aware of the tape but did not identify the person on it until Wednesday. He refused to say what the man did for Hibbett or how the company became aware of his alleged involvement. Hibbett Sports lists about 800 stores in 26 states.

"We were made aware of this situation late yesterday afternoon. We conducted our own investigation, and after the investigation was concluded, we made the determination to terminate his employment," Myers said.

Taylor said that when he heard the allegation, he had no choice but to arrest Downing or send him to New Orleans. "I wasn't going to let anybody say that because he's my family I wasn't doing anything about it," he said.

It wasn't a hard decision, he said. "You've just got to do the right thing."

[FNH]

funny that is getting more media attention than the stabbing that happened 100 yards down the road. Put those guys in regular clothes and noone would give a shit about it.