The Official 2013-2014 College Football Thread

caddo man wrote: »

Aug. 31 LSU vs. TCU
The Suspension Bowl
TCU coach Gary Patterson was openly critical of the way LSU’s Les Miles handled the suspension of running back Jeremy Hill, who was allowed to play in the opener after a team vote. Miles has not committed to levying a suspension as part of Hill’s punishment after the running back violated probation by being charged with simple battery, but Patterson was not impressed. Patterson, it’s worth noting, suspended defensive end Devonte Fields for two games for a violation of team rules and kicked key players off the team last Februrary when they were arrested as part of a campus drug investigation. “My whole team would vote Devonte to be back on the team because they all want to win,” Patterson told reporters. “But that don’t teach life lessons.”

TCU defensive end Devonte Fields will be suited up and on the sidelines for TCU’s season opener against LSU on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/08/26/5109300/suspended-tcu-de-devonte-fields.html#storylink=cpy

4 Jameil Holieway days till kickoff.

We went into the 1985 season with Troy Aikman as our starting QB. Aikman got hurt, Holieway stepped in -- and we still won the National Title.



Switzer recruited Troy by telling him we would run a "classic" pistol offense with him, but even when Troy got healthy we kept Holieway in because the option was running so perfect. Troy felt some kind of way about it and transferred to UCLA.

Which is why this picture is so etherous...






Special shout out to...



...And Malcom X-button Kelly.

Nobody been #1 more than us. That's wassup.

Damn shame that we're the only program with enough integrity to not count fake national titles.


I feel some type of way about Nebastard having more conference championships than us. *shrug*

We haven't had a good out of conference game since we played Miami 4 years ago. Our schedule is too soft and that's what s ? us up in bowl games.

Not everyone plays slow and boring like Wisconsin or Michigan state

infamous114 wrote: »

tha bause wrote: »

We haven't had a good out of conference game since we played Miami 4 years ago. Our schedule is too soft and that's what s ? us up in bowl games.

Not everyone plays slow and boring like Wisconsin or Michigan state

We beat yall 2 years ago.

Yeah that was Braxton millers freshman year and we had that weak interim coach Luke fickell. We went 6-7 that year

But Terrelle Pryor wrecked yall the year before

I think we reup'd with Texas and we have Oregon in 2020-21 but that's too far away

? we got two top 10 teams the first two weeks

For the third time in the past four years, LSU will begin its season against a nationally-ranked opponent at a neutral site this Saturday. LSU is 8-0 in Season openers under Les Miles. The Tigers haven’t lost a non-conference regular season game since falling at Virginia Tech, 26-8, in the 2002 season opener in Blacksburg, Va., on Sept. 1. Which is also the last time they lost in a season opener.

Sept. 10, 2005: No. 5 LSU 35, No. 15 Arizona State 31 at Tempe
Sept. 2, 2006: No. 8 LSU 45, Louisiana-Lafayette 3 at Tiger Stadium
Aug. 30, 2007: No. 2 LSU 45, Mississippi State 0 at Starkville
Aug. 30, 2008: No. 6 LSU 41, Appalachian State 13 at Tiger Stadium
Sept. 5, 2009: No. 11 LSU 31, Washington 23 at Seattle
Sept. 4, 2010: No. 21 LSU 30, No. 18 North Carolina 24 at Atlanta (Ga.)
Sept. 3, 2011: No. 4 LSU 40, No. 3 Oregon 27 at Arlington (Tex.)
Sept. 1, 2012: No. 3 LSU 41, North Texas 14 at Tiger Stadium

LSU will put a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) record on the line again in the season-opener as the Tigers have won 41 consecutive non-conference regular season games dating back to the 2002 season.

That's why I brought the game up in the first place.....

Iono, bruh. TCU has never played the same as they look on paper. And actually their recruiting has spiked in the last few years.

Don't expect a lay-down. They don't have ? to lose. They're not a SEC team and they haven't been in the Big XII long enough really give a ? either way. This is the opportunity that they wanted a few years ago when they went undefeated.

I'd be surprised if the deficit is more than 2 scores.

Switzer says college athletes should not be paid to play

DALLAS — In recent years there has been a groundswell of support that college athletes should be paid for the work they do and funds they generate for their university.

But don’t count Barry Switzer among that group.

Because students on NCAA Division I athletic scholarships attend college without paying for tuition, books and room and board, Switzer believes those students have already cashed in on the college experience.

“I just look at it that they’re getting paid already,” Switzer told the Star-Telegram. “A football player has a scholarship, got a place to live, he’s got a brand new dorm room at Oklahoma, a great chow hall.

“They’re giving them their books free, they’re giving them a $500,000 scholarship. What the hell are you talking about!”

One of the all-time top coaches in NCAA history, Switzer coached Oklahoma to three national titles, a 157-29-4 record and 12 Big 8 titles from 1973-88.

His 83.7 winning percentage ranks among the best of any college coach, and he also was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

In essence, Switzer has grown tired of debate after debate on whether college athletes should be drawing a paycheck from their college. Yet, he does believe they deserve a stipend.

“You’re never going to get it done because of Title IX,” Switzer said. “You’ve got a lot of girls that need help just as much as the guys.

“They’re just as poor, too, and they need a stipend or something. I look at women’s sports and men’s sports, and I look at it on a need basis, a financial need basis.”


Do you agree?

allday1992 wrote: »

I think TCU/LSU gonna be close for a half then that Les Miles oversigning is gonna take over and LSU pulls away

Makes sense.

I would like for my son to play football.

I mean he got good genes from my side and my girl side of the family.

But living in the Dallas area that mean he would he choosing from OU and UT. Cuz that's their territory.

Lord help me if he's a great athlete