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This one was different. It was probably 10 seconds different with more KSU shots than what fatty got.
But either way, 3 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!
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You guys may be in trouble....
Fanning the Flames: Who's Number One?
by Jim Weber
HOFMAG.com Exclusive
As if these types of lists don't cause enough of a stir, this Top 10 list judges you to determine the greatest college football fans in America.
Stop foaming at the mouth for just a minute while the criteria are explained.
First and foremost, you've got to bleed your school colors. That doesn't mean wearing a team hoodie to the game. I'm talking about painting your house burnt orange.
On game days, you've got to be ready to make life miserable for the opposing team by screaming your head off. And to do that, you can't just role out of bed and head down to the stadium. You've got to be warming up by tailgating from the crack of dawn until kickoff.
Your RV better be right behind the team bus when your school hits the road, unless there is a family emergency. And for bowl games, even those won't make you exempt.
Loyalty is huge. You can hate the coach with all your guts for sending you to Detroit for the holidays, but you still go. Why? Because the kids need you.
And there certainly is no off-season. Once the Sears Trophy is handed out, it's straight into recruiting with national signing day just a month away. Then there's the spring game. After that, it's time to chat up the message boards until the preseason magazines hit the stands, which you read over and over again until the end of summer.
With that out of the way, let's get on with the list:
10. Virginia Tech
All eyes are on Virginia Tech this season, and people are already dubbing them "America's Team." But sympathy didn't get the Hokie faithful on this list.
Located in the middle of nowhere, the tiny town of Blacksburg (population 40,000) transforms into one of the great game day locations on Saturdays each fall. Lane Stadium seats just 65,000 and is still considered one of the toughest places to play in the country.
Hokie fans also love to hit the open road. When Virginia Tech played for the national title in the 2000, Sugar Bowl officials estimated that those cheering on Frank Beamer's squad took 45,000 of the 72,704 seats.
Heck, the fans even have a documentary based on them set to premiere Aug. 31 in Blacksburg called "Hokie Nation" (check your local listings).
9. Auburn
"War Eagle!"
Bring earplugs on a trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium if you don't want that battle cry ringing in your ears for days.
Here's another tip: Don't take Donahue Avenue to the game. You'll run right into the fabled "Tiger Walk," where thousands of fans cheer on their Tigers as the team makes its way to the stadium. In fact, former SID Buddy Davidson claims there were 8,000 people present for Tiger Walk before Auburn's 2002 game against USC – which was played at the L.A. Coliseum.
Head coach Tommy Tuberville sure loves the fans. After former school president William Walker secretly tried to find a replacement for Tuberville during the week of the 2003 Alabama game, the fans had his back. Tuberville proudly claims to have received 15,000 supportive e-mails.
A year later, Tuberville delivered an undefeated season. That's called karma.
8. Tennessee
Game day in Knoxville certainly has it all, with Volunteer fans storming Neyland Stadium by land and by sea.
With more than 105,000 people heading to the stadium – behind only Michigan and Penn State – many UT fans decide to travel to the game as part of the "Volunteer Navy." Approximately 200 boats set up on the Tennessee River to tailgate each game day. Inside the stadium, there's enough orange to make you go colorblind, and the band appears to be playing "Rocky Top" on a loop. When the Volunteers are winning, it's as loud as any place in the country, as it should be.
No wonder Sports Illustrated on Campus anointed it the "Best College Football Weekend" in 2004.
But recently the enthusiasm of Volunteer fans has seemed to turn into a perpetual state of shock. Granted, five losses at home in the last two seasons and narrow escapes against UAB, Memphis and Air Force in that time frame will do that. But there's no excuse for only 17,409 people showing up for this year's spring game.
7. LSU
There's nothing like a Saturday night in Death Valley, and LSU fans have the Richter scale to prove it.
Simply known as "The Earthquake Game," LSU fans went so crazy after a game-winning score against Auburn in 1988 that it registered as an earthquake at the school's Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex.
With a full day of tailgating (and drinking) before almost every game, these Cajuns are ragin' by the time they enter Tiger Stadium.
There's only one knock against these Tiger fans: They have a reputation for being fair-weather. Death Valley became a shell of its former self during the 1990s while the team suffered through a sub-.500 decade (54-58). Things got so bad that Baton Rouge Advocate columnist Sam King questioned in 1992 whether the stadium would ever reclaim its mystique.
Now we know the answer.
6. Notre Dame
What's more absurd than 50,000 people showing up to watch the spring game in South Bend? Those same people paying up to 15 bucks just to get in.
Despite a ridiculous admittance charge, a record crowd showed up in April to watch a team many people don't think will reach a bowl game. After losing nine straight of them, maybe it's a reason for optimism.
The Irish will always have Touchdown Jesus, the Four Horsemen, Knute Rockne, the Gipper and Rudy. But they've been through a lot in the last 15 years. Talking about the 2005 USC game is still like bringing up a death in the family.
And give credit to the student section. With an undergraduate population less than 10,000, the student body is exceptionally vocal for a group often stereotyped as choir boys and Catholic school girls.
No fans on this list are prouder of their schools, but in this case, that's not a good thing. Fair or not, the Irish faithful will always be known as pretentious. But hey, what do you expect when your band plays the 1812 Overture during games?
5. Penn State
With little to cheer about for five years, Penn State fans officially "restored the roar" to Happy Valley on October 8, 2005.
Before a national audience, the Penn State faithful reminded the country of their devotion when they hosted Ohio State. With nearly 110,000 people dressed in white, Penn State fans willed their team to victory on the way to a Big Ten title. By the end of the game, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit was calling the student section the best in the country.
After an invite from the Orange Bowl, fans were willing to take inner tubes to Miami if necessary, and Dolphins Stadium experienced a "white out" of its own despite Florida State being the opponent.
This spring, an astounding 71,000 fans showed up for the Blue-White game, behind only Alabama and Ohio State.
The only thing holding them back in these rankings is the perception people in Pennsylvania care more about football on Sundays than Saturdays.
4. Florida
The sign above the Florida locker room says it all: "The Swamp. Only Gators Get Out Alive."
For what it's worth, EA Sports rates it as the toughest place to play in the country. With a stadium that traps the screams of some 90,000 fans, opponents and their fans aren't very fond of Gainesville.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution once called it "the loudest, most obnoxious and notorious piece of real estate in all of college football." Coming off a national championship, expect The Swamp to get even crazier this year – if that's possible.
Unfortunately, the horror stories of visiting Ben Hill Griffin Stadium are legendary. Vicky Fulmer, wife of Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, was reportedly fondled there in 1991. After a loss in 1995, Florida State players complained about getting hit by Ziploc bags full of urine while entering the stadium. Opposing fans have complained as well about getting doused with urine while in The Swamp.
Gator fans also get docked for introducing fireronzook.com, which spawned a new age of trying to get your coach fired.
3. Alabama
Nick Saban got a pretty good idea about how passionate Alabama fans are during the spring game, when over 92,000 people showed up.
Hopefully Saban read a copy of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer before he arrived in Tuscaloosa to get an idea of what he was in for. A book describing the mania surrounding Crimson Tide football, some of the stories told by journalist Warren St. John seem like urban legend.
Like Tony Brandino, who attended 500 consecutive Alabama football games between 1954 and 1997 (the streak was halted due to a bout with the flu, in case you were wondering).
Or a favorite pre-game snack for Crimson Tide faithful called "Bama bombs," which are nothing more than maraschino cherries soaked in pure grain alcohol.
With Saban on board and renewed hope for Tide fans, it might not be long before Alabama – and its fans – are atop the rankings.
2. Ohio State
Hey, what do you know? The Buckeyes actually beat the Gators for once (OK, that was a cheap shot).
Ohio State fans are absolutely crazy. On football Saturdays, you can't go anywhere in the state without seeing scarlet and gray. The closest fans come to forming a sentence is "O-H!" or "I-O!"
Once tortured souls under John Cooper (2-11-1 vs. Michigan), fans in Columbus consider Jim Tressel a savior with five victories over Michigan and one national title in just six seasons.
Just ask people in Arizona how much these fans love their Buckeyes. What's becoming an annual trip, Buckeyes keep flooding the desert during bowl season. An estimated 55,000 fans showed up in Tempe for the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, which looked like it was played in Ohio Stadium.
In April, 75,301 fans showed up for the spring game despite being charged admission.
Unfortunately, Ohio State fans aren't considered the classiest bunch. For evidence, people just point to the YouTube video of the 2002 Michigan game, which looks like a post-Apocalyptic society. While the university has worked very hard to clean up the image of its fans, it's going to take time for Bucknuts to shed this perception.
1. Nebraska
Need a reason the Cornhuskers have the best fans in the country? Pick one.
Let's start with the number 282. That's the number of consecutive sellouts at Memorial Stadium dating back to Nov. 3, 1962. Fans love to brag about how it becomes the third largest city in Nebraska on game days.
Something else you won't find at any other game in America? The fans applauding the opposing team as they leave the field, win or lose. People such as Texas Tech coach Mike Leach have questioned its sincerity, but tell that to Husker fans that sat through a miserable 5-6 season in 2004.
Known as the "Sea of Red," approximately 60,000 fans traveled to Pasadena for the 2002 Rose Bowl just to see their team get whipped by Miami, 37-14. Even more impressive: Since Bill Callahan took over in 2004, the Huskers have averaged nearly 60,000 fans per spring game despite going just 22-15. That's pretty amazing for a state with a population less than two million people.
Currently an early favorite to repeat as Big 12 North champions, even Moses couldn't part this Red Sea.
Just Missing the Cut:
Georgia: Nothing but good things to say about these folks, they were just the odd dawg out. Five SEC schools will have to do.
Texas A&M: Friday nights and game days in College Station are nuts with students making up a third of the crowd. Competing with high school football and so many schools in the area, the fan base just isn't big enough.
Texas: Everyone knows the importance of football in Texas. Unfortunately, the students appear more concerned with socializing than what's happening on the field. Major points deducted for Matthew McConaughey being a Texas fan.
Oklahoma: One of the most fabled programs in college football, Sooner fans just aren't rabid enough. We know the spring games are on ESPN, but more than 25,000 people should be showing up.
Michigan: The annual attendance leader, Michigan folks love their university and football team as much as anyone, but you wouldn't know it from the noise level in the Big House.
On The Other End:
Miami (FL): There isn't a bigger group of fair-weather fans in all of sports than those cheering and jeering the Miami Hurricanes.
Even when they played for the 2001 and 2002 national championships, the Rose Bowl and Sun Devil Stadium looked like home games for Nebraska and Ohio State due to the number of fans wearing red.
And with five national championships since 1983, nothing short of a national title will satisfy Miami fans. As Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi put it, UM fans are "preposterously unrealistic." And they jump ship quick. A mere 23,308 showed up for the 2006 home finale against Boston College during a dismal campaign.
Good luck, Randy Shannon.
Jim Weber is currently a freelance writer residing in New York City after working for both NBC and CBS Sports. He recently finished "The Greatest Day in Sports" a book about the Kentucky Derby.
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Jealous??
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You guys may be in trouble....
Fanning the Flames: Who's Number One?
by Jim Weber
HOFMAG.com Exclusive
As if these types of lists don't cause enough of a stir, this Top 10 list judges you to determine the greatest college football fans in America.
Stop foaming at the mouth for just a minute while the criteria are explained.
First and foremost, you've got to bleed your school colors. That doesn't mean wearing a team hoodie to the game. I'm talking about painting your house burnt orange.
On game days, you've got to be ready to make life miserable for the opposing team by screaming your head off. And to do that, you can't just role out of bed and head down to the stadium. You've got to be warming up by tailgating from the crack of dawn until kickoff.
Your RV better be right behind the team bus when your school hits the road, unless there is a family emergency. And for bowl games, even those won't make you exempt.
Loyalty is huge. You can hate the coach with all your guts for sending you to Detroit for the holidays, but you still go. Why? Because the kids need you.
And there certainly is no off-season. Once the Sears Trophy is handed out, it's straight into recruiting with national signing day just a month away. Then there's the spring game. After that, it's time to chat up the message boards until the preseason magazines hit the stands, which you read over and over again until the end of summer.
With that out of the way, let's get on with the list:
10. Virginia Tech
All eyes are on Virginia Tech this season, and people are already dubbing them "America's Team." But sympathy didn't get the Hokie faithful on this list.
Located in the middle of nowhere, the tiny town of Blacksburg (population 40,000) transforms into one of the great game day locations on Saturdays each fall. Lane Stadium seats just 65,000 and is still considered one of the toughest places to play in the country.
Hokie fans also love to hit the open road. When Virginia Tech played for the national title in the 2000, Sugar Bowl officials estimated that those cheering on Frank Beamer's squad took 45,000 of the 72,704 seats.
Heck, the fans even have a documentary based on them set to premiere Aug. 31 in Blacksburg called "Hokie Nation" (check your local listings).
9. Auburn
"War Eagle!"
Bring earplugs on a trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium if you don't want that battle cry ringing in your ears for days.
Here's another tip: Don't take Donahue Avenue to the game. You'll run right into the fabled "Tiger Walk," where thousands of fans cheer on their Tigers as the team makes its way to the stadium. In fact, former SID Buddy Davidson claims there were 8,000 people present for Tiger Walk before Auburn's 2002 game against USC – which was played at the L.A. Coliseum.
Head coach Tommy Tuberville sure loves the fans. After former school president William Walker secretly tried to find a replacement for Tuberville during the week of the 2003 Alabama game, the fans had his back. Tuberville proudly claims to have received 15,000 supportive e-mails.
A year later, Tuberville delivered an undefeated season. That's called karma.
8. Tennessee
Game day in Knoxville certainly has it all, with Volunteer fans storming Neyland Stadium by land and by sea.
With more than 105,000 people heading to the stadium – behind only Michigan and Penn State – many UT fans decide to travel to the game as part of the "Volunteer Navy." Approximately 200 boats set up on the Tennessee River to tailgate each game day. Inside the stadium, there's enough orange to make you go colorblind, and the band appears to be playing "Rocky Top" on a loop. When the Volunteers are winning, it's as loud as any place in the country, as it should be.
No wonder Sports Illustrated on Campus anointed it the "Best College Football Weekend" in 2004.
But recently the enthusiasm of Volunteer fans has seemed to turn into a perpetual state of shock. Granted, five losses at home in the last two seasons and narrow escapes against UAB, Memphis and Air Force in that time frame will do that. But there's no excuse for only 17,409 people showing up for this year's spring game.
7. LSU
There's nothing like a Saturday night in Death Valley, and LSU fans have the Richter scale to prove it.
Simply known as "The Earthquake Game," LSU fans went so crazy after a game-winning score against Auburn in 1988 that it registered as an earthquake at the school's Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex.
With a full day of tailgating (and drinking) before almost every game, these Cajuns are ragin' by the time they enter Tiger Stadium.
There's only one knock against these Tiger fans: They have a reputation for being fair-weather. Death Valley became a shell of its former self during the 1990s while the team suffered through a sub-.500 decade (54-58). Things got so bad that Baton Rouge Advocate columnist Sam King questioned in 1992 whether the stadium would ever reclaim its mystique.
Now we know the answer.
6. Notre Dame
What's more absurd than 50,000 people showing up to watch the spring game in South Bend? Those same people paying up to 15 bucks just to get in.
Despite a ridiculous admittance charge, a record crowd showed up in April to watch a team many people don't think will reach a bowl game. After losing nine straight of them, maybe it's a reason for optimism.
The Irish will always have Touchdown Jesus, the Four Horsemen, Knute Rockne, the Gipper and Rudy. But they've been through a lot in the last 15 years. Talking about the 2005 USC game is still like bringing up a death in the family.
And give credit to the student section. With an undergraduate population less than 10,000, the student body is exceptionally vocal for a group often stereotyped as choir boys and Catholic school girls.
No fans on this list are prouder of their schools, but in this case, that's not a good thing. Fair or not, the Irish faithful will always be known as pretentious. But hey, what do you expect when your band plays the 1812 Overture during games?
5. Penn State
With little to cheer about for five years, Penn State fans officially "restored the roar" to Happy Valley on October 8, 2005.
Before a national audience, the Penn State faithful reminded the country of their devotion when they hosted Ohio State. With nearly 110,000 people dressed in white, Penn State fans willed their team to victory on the way to a Big Ten title. By the end of the game, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit was calling the student section the best in the country.
After an invite from the Orange Bowl, fans were willing to take inner tubes to Miami if necessary, and Dolphins Stadium experienced a "white out" of its own despite Florida State being the opponent.
This spring, an astounding 71,000 fans showed up for the Blue-White game, behind only Alabama and Ohio State.
The only thing holding them back in these rankings is the perception people in Pennsylvania care more about football on Sundays than Saturdays.
4. Florida
The sign above the Florida locker room says it all: "The Swamp. Only Gators Get Out Alive."
For what it's worth, EA Sports rates it as the toughest place to play in the country. With a stadium that traps the screams of some 90,000 fans, opponents and their fans aren't very fond of Gainesville.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution once called it "the loudest, most obnoxious and notorious piece of real estate in all of college football." Coming off a national championship, expect The Swamp to get even crazier this year – if that's possible.
Unfortunately, the horror stories of visiting Ben Hill Griffin Stadium are legendary. Vicky Fulmer, wife of Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, was reportedly fondled there in 1991. After a loss in 1995, Florida State players complained about getting hit by Ziploc bags full of urine while entering the stadium. Opposing fans have complained as well about getting doused with urine while in The Swamp.
Gator fans also get docked for introducing fireronzook.com, which spawned a new age of trying to get your coach fired.
3. Alabama
Nick Saban got a pretty good idea about how passionate Alabama fans are during the spring game, when over 92,000 people showed up.
Hopefully Saban read a copy of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer before he arrived in Tuscaloosa to get an idea of what he was in for. A book describing the mania surrounding Crimson Tide football, some of the stories told by journalist Warren St. John seem like urban legend.
Like Tony Brandino, who attended 500 consecutive Alabama football games between 1954 and 1997 (the streak was halted due to a bout with the flu, in case you were wondering).
Or a favorite pre-game snack for Crimson Tide faithful called "Bama bombs," which are nothing more than maraschino cherries soaked in pure grain alcohol.
With Saban on board and renewed hope for Tide fans, it might not be long before Alabama – and its fans – are atop the rankings.
2. Ohio State
Hey, what do you know? The Buckeyes actually beat the Gators for once (OK, that was a cheap shot).
Ohio State fans are absolutely crazy. On football Saturdays, you can't go anywhere in the state without seeing scarlet and gray. The closest fans come to forming a sentence is "O-H!" or "I-O!"
Once tortured souls under John Cooper (2-11-1 vs. Michigan), fans in Columbus consider Jim Tressel a savior with five victories over Michigan and one national title in just six seasons.
Just ask people in Arizona how much these fans love their Buckeyes. What's becoming an annual trip, Buckeyes keep flooding the desert during bowl season. An estimated 55,000 fans showed up in Tempe for the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, which looked like it was played in Ohio Stadium.
In April, 75,301 fans showed up for the spring game despite being charged admission.
Unfortunately, Ohio State fans aren't considered the classiest bunch. For evidence, people just point to the YouTube video of the 2002 Michigan game, which looks like a post-Apocalyptic society. While the university has worked very hard to clean up the image of its fans, it's going to take time for Bucknuts to shed this perception.
1. Nebraska
Need a reason the Cornhuskers have the best fans in the country? Pick one.
Let's start with the number 282. That's the number of consecutive sellouts at Memorial Stadium dating back to Nov. 3, 1962. Fans love to brag about how it becomes the third largest city in Nebraska on game days.
Something else you won't find at any other game in America? The fans applauding the opposing team as they leave the field, win or lose. People such as Texas Tech coach Mike Leach have questioned its sincerity, but tell that to Husker fans that sat through a miserable 5-6 season in 2004.
Known as the "Sea of Red," approximately 60,000 fans traveled to Pasadena for the 2002 Rose Bowl just to see their team get whipped by Miami, 37-14. Even more impressive: Since Bill Callahan took over in 2004, the Huskers have averaged nearly 60,000 fans per spring game despite going just 22-15. That's pretty amazing for a state with a population less than two million people.
Currently an early favorite to repeat as Big 12 North champions, even Moses couldn't part this Red Sea.
Just Missing the Cut:
Georgia: Nothing but good things to say about these folks, they were just the odd dawg out. Five SEC schools will have to do.
Texas A&M: Friday nights and game days in College Station are nuts with students making up a third of the crowd. Competing with high school football and so many schools in the area, the fan base just isn't big enough.
Texas: Everyone knows the importance of football in Texas. Unfortunately, the students appear more concerned with socializing than what's happening on the field. Major points deducted for Matthew McConaughey being a Texas fan.
Oklahoma: One of the most fabled programs in college football, Sooner fans just aren't rabid enough. We know the spring games are on ESPN, but more than 25,000 people should be showing up.
Michigan: The annual attendance leader, Michigan folks love their university and football team as much as anyone, but you wouldn't know it from the noise level in the Big House.
On The Other End:
Miami (FL): There isn't a bigger group of fair-weather fans in all of sports than those cheering and jeering the Miami Hurricanes.
Even when they played for the 2001 and 2002 national championships, the Rose Bowl and Sun Devil Stadium looked like home games for Nebraska and Ohio State due to the number of fans wearing red.
And with five national championships since 1983, nothing short of a national title will satisfy Miami fans. As Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi put it, UM fans are "preposterously unrealistic." And they jump ship quick. A mere 23,308 showed up for the 2006 home finale against Boston College during a dismal campaign.
Good luck, Randy Shannon.
Jim Weber is currently a freelance writer residing in New York City after working for both NBC and CBS Sports. He recently finished "The Greatest Day in Sports" a book about the Kentucky Derby.
What if we win? That's a lot of crow to eat, considering most of us expect a loss.
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
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Fanning the Flames: Who's Number One?
by Jim Weber
HOFMAG.com Exclusive
Coming to from the basement of 1204 E 3rd St North Platte, NE. And yes Vanro, there are a few basements in NP.
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
Just not by NU... It was up to Callahan...
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
Just not by NU... It was up to Callahan...
True.. See, you be right once in awhile..
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Kansas State coach Ron Prince has said that Game 1 of the season is the right time to play an Auburn-type team that has won, or shared, the SEC West title in five of the last seven years has posted 33 wins with a winning percentage of .868, third best in all of college football.
To that, Callahan chuckled as he said, "There is no good time to play Auburn. I don't have a clue when it comes to when is the right, and the not right, time to catch a team. I don't know of a coach who knows that."
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Kansas State coach Ron Prince has said that Game 1 of the season is the right time to play an Auburn-type team that has won, or shared, the SEC West title in five of the last seven years has posted 33 wins with a winning percentage of .868, third best in all of college football.
To that, Callahan chuckled as he said, "There is no good time to play Auburn. I don't have a clue when it comes to when is the right, and the not right, time to catch a team. I don't know of a coach who knows that."
Ron Prince knew when the right time to beat Texas was
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Right after he watched the NU/UT film from the week before.. You're welcome..
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This one was different. It was probably 10 seconds different with more KSU shots than what fatty got.
But either way, 3 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!
:ksu: :ksu:
you are lying. When was it/channel/etc...??
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Kansas State coach Ron Prince has said that Game 1 of the season is the right time to play an Auburn-type team that has won, or shared, the SEC West title in five of the last seven years has posted 33 wins with a winning percentage of .868, third best in all of college football.
To that, Callahan chuckled as he said, "There is no good time to play Auburn. I don't have a clue when it comes to when is the right, and the not right, time to catch a team. I don't know of a coach who knows that."
Callahan has as a low FBIQ :thumbsup:
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Right after he watched the NU/UT film from the week before.. You're welcome..
lol how'd that game go?
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you are lying. When was it/channel/etc...??
Nope. It was a little longer. It had JJ running the ball and then another UA clip. It was on ESPN at about 3:40.
I'd say it was about 6 seconds longer.
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K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point. Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. Defense is always ahead of the offense at this time of the year, which works out well for K-State, because other than d-tackle, K-State's defense is solid at every position. We'll see how Auburn handles the pressure, but I would not be surprised to see a defensive struggle that comes down to who can score more than 10 points.
If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though.
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
Just not by NU... It was up to Callahan...
True.. See, you be right once in awhile..
I see you "be" using that world renowned Nebraska education again.
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What if we win? That's a lot of crow to eat, considering most of us expect a loss.
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I expect a win :curse:
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This one was different. It was probably 10 seconds different with more KSU shots than what fatty got.
But either way, 3 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!
:ksu: :ksu:
I saw the longer one too. It was about a week ago but it was longer with more KSU. I haven't seen it since then.
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This one was different. It was probably 10 seconds different with more KSU shots than what fatty got.
But either way, 3 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!
:ksu: :ksu:
I saw the longer one too. It was about a week ago but it was longer with more KSU. I haven't seen it since then.
ditto.
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K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point. Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. Defense is always ahead of the offense at this time of the year, which works out well for K-State, because other than d-tackle, K-State's defense is solid at every position. We'll see how Auburn handles the pressure, but I would not be surprised to see a defensive struggle that comes down to who can score more than 10 points.
If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though.
Agreed. Everyone thinks this game is a foregone conclusion....a loss for KSU. But anything can happen the first week. Hence the reason most top programs schedule patsies the first week. Or if you are ku, patsies for the first month.
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1. Nebraska
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Something else you won't find at any other game in America? The fans applauding the opposing team as they leave the field, win or lose. People such as Texas Tech coach Mike Leach have questioned its sincerity, but tell that to Husker fans that sat through a miserable 5-6 season in 2004.
wait.... they do that every time?
:peek:
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1. Nebraska
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Something else you won't find at any other game in America? The fans applauding the opposing team as they leave the field, win or lose. People such as Texas Tech coach Mike Leach have questioned its sincerity, but tell that to Husker fans that sat through a miserable 5-6 season in 2004.
wait.... they do that every time?
:peek:
Unless, of course, the Corn&@#%ers are getting their asses handed to them. Then they just leave early, quietly, and head home to beat their wives/livestock/children/.
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K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point. Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. Defense is always ahead of the offense at this time of the year, which works out well for K-State, because other than d-tackle, K-State's defense is solid at every position. We'll see how Auburn handles the pressure, but I would not be surprised to see a defensive struggle that comes down to who can score more than 10 points.
If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though.
Agreed. Everyone thinks this game is a foregone conclusion....a loss for KSU. But anything can happen the first week. Hence the reason most top programs schedule patsies the first week. Or if you are ku, patsies for the first month.
I must clarify that I am not insinuating that ku football is a top program.
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Unless, of course, the Cornfrackers are getting their asses handed to them. Then they just leave early, quietly, and head home to beat their wives/livestock/children/.
Sometime they do both but only need to do it once.
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"K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point."
seriously? how could they prepare for them during the summer when they are not allowed to be coached? as for the spring, that is laughable. Spring is when teams install their own schemes, they don't gameplan for a team they won't play for 5 months.
"Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. "
and ksu will be breaking in an entirely new defensive scheme, one that auburn will be no stranger to. Plus, the ksu d-line will be mostly new, abana is new and so is your crappy little nose tackle. I would say that if anything, the newew auburn o-line still has an advantage based on talent and experience.
"If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though. "
you should be happy if freeman just makes it through, news flash, unlike hatter, they don't care if he's ripped
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
Just not by NU... It was up to Callahan...
True.. See, you be right once in awhile..
I see you "be" using that world renowned Nebraska education again.
I was typing in jive so he could understand it. Obtain a life you drinker of toilet water..
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wait.... they do that every time?
:peek:
Uhmm......they'd like to think so.
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5643/nonufansoo3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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I have said it before, Auburn is very beatable... It's up to Prince...
Just not by NU... It was up to Callahan...
True.. See, you be right once in awhile..
I see you "be" using that world renowned Nebraska education again.
I was typing in jive so he could understand it. Obtain a life you drinker of toilet water..
Of course you were Vanro, of course you were. And speaking of drinking toilet water, have you guys got indoor plumbing up there yet? I mean, you obviously just picked up the whole written language thing recently.
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wait.... they do that every time?
:peek:
Uhmm......they'd like to think so.
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5643/nonufansoo3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
\Hey is that the play where we scored for them???? :loly:
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Hey is that the play where we scored for them???? :loly:
Yep, Jared Brite runs through the back of the endzone for the safety. There is two of their nine points. And the refs gave them seven.
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and for the first 7 Lords knee was down. Should have been a shut-out. :rolleyes:
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"K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point."
seriously? how could they prepare for them during the summer when they are not allowed to be coached? as for the spring, that is laughable. Spring is when teams install their own schemes, they don't gameplan for a team they won't play for 5 months.
"Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. "
and ksu will be breaking in an entirely new defensive scheme, one that auburn will be no stranger to. Plus, the ksu d-line will be mostly new, abana is new and so is your crappy little nose tackle. I would say that if anything, the newew auburn o-line still has an advantage based on talent and experience.
"If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though. "
you should be happy if freeman just makes it through, news flash, unlike hatter, they don't care if he's ripped
I love it when one troll mistakes another for one of the locals. If he were smart enough to use quote tags, would he have noticed he was talking to a squab?
kono
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wait.... they do that every time?
:peek:
Uhmm......they'd like to think so.
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5643/nonufansoo3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
HAHA...That game was so f*cking awesome. I sat next to Matt Herian's sister, and rode her ass the whole game.
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"K-State has been preparing for this game all spring/summer and should know Auburn's playbook by heart at this point."
seriously? how could they prepare for them during the summer when they are not allowed to be coached? as for the spring, that is laughable. Spring is when teams install their own schemes, they don't gameplan for a team they won't play for 5 months.
"Scheduling this game on the first weekend of the season was a great idea by Ron Prince, as Auburn will be breaking in a completely new o-line. "
and ksu will be breaking in an entirely new defensive scheme, one that auburn will be no stranger to. Plus, the ksu d-line will be mostly new, abana is new and so is your crappy little nose tackle. I would say that if anything, the newew auburn o-line still has an advantage based on talent and experience.
"If Freeman gets his head out of his a$$ and plays like the QB that beat Texas, K-State has a great chance to come out of Auburn with a 'W.' K-State's o-line will have to find a way to get him some time to throw though. "
you should be happy if freeman just makes it through, news flash, unlike hatter, they don't care if he's ripped
You were saying? K-State should win this game.