FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Adam Sayer]

The announcers said the O-line came in averaging 1 sack, every 30+ pass attempts. Georgia had 5 or 6 in the first half. I didn't watch the 2nd half, but even being pressured from everywhere, Brennan was still 14/18 for 117 yards but had a very costly interception.

I think the Boise game last year was a great game, possibly the best college football has ever seen, but I still believe mid-majors need to proove themselves before they get any credit for a big time, BCS Bowl. You'll get your Utah's and Boise's here and there who can compete with the big boys, but overall, on a yearly basis, they can't. I'm almost willing to call the Boise game last year, as good as it was, a fluke.

Next to Hawaii, Gerogia had the longest win streak of any top-25 team I believe at 6 games. They were out of the SEC Championship race by week 4. Just by looking at the way teams finished, I think Gerogia and Oklahoma are the Top 2 teams in the country. USC at full strength is still nasty as well.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Adam, think you might want to reconsider on Oklahoma??

I thought no one would ever "top" Roseanne's butchery of the National Anthem, but tonite was indeed the worst ever.  Deport them all!

[Adam Sayer]

Yeah I was way off. I was amazed at how well WVA played. My opinion was similar to a lot of people that WVA would struggle because everyone was in limbo on their future situations. The other 5 teams who played with interm coaches were beaten. Needless to say, WVA didn't have Steve Slaton for most of the game and still finished with over 300 yards rushing. Incredible. How about a former D3 fullback outrunning everyone for a 60-something yard TD.

I was expecting a lot more from Oklahoma. Based on history I probably shouldn't have. Bob Stoops is 0-4 in his last 4 BCS Bowl games (which happen to be his last 4 Bowl games I believe). He has also failed to put out a competitive team in two of those four games and his defense has given up 43 or more points in 3 of them.

[70_dc_alum]

ESPN had the stats up from the last 4 BCS games OK played in.  not only was the score for 3 of them in the 40's  3 also had something like 500+ yds offense and over 300 rushing which is a sick stat. 

[StinkTink]

the earlier you can do an internship the better.  my lil sister was a materials engineering major at UC until she did a semester at AK Steel and realized while the major was cool the application in real life sucked.

i interned the summer before my senior year and fell into it on my own without assitance form DC.  it helps when your Aunt is the Admin for the CEO of a 5B company.  i got more real world experience in those 3 months then 4 years of college could ever deliver.  it got me an in and i took over from there.  if i ever talk to a group of college students (specifically Business majors) i would tell them get an internship dress and carry yourself like you are going to run the freaking place and work your ass off.  most folks in big business are lazy or play too many politics and you can look like a rock star by delivering results. 

Merry Christmas

I thought you slept your way to the top

[dc_has_been]

the earlier you can do an internship the better.  my lil sister was a materials engineering major at UC until she did a semester at AK Steel and realized while the major was cool the application in real life sucked.

i interned the summer before my senior year and fell into it on my own without assitance form DC.  it helps when your Aunt is the Admin for the CEO of a 5B company.  i got more real world experience in those 3 months then 4 years of college could ever deliver.  it got me an in and i took over from there.  if i ever talk to a group of college students (specifically Business majors) i would tell them get an internship dress and carry yourself like you are going to run the freaking place and work your ass off.  most folks in big business are lazy or play too many politics and you can look like a rock star by delivering results. 

Merry Christmas

I thought you slept your way to the top

i didn't know that Alpha's had so much pull in the business world

[70_dc_alum]

you guys are Dicks, just trying to give friendly advice.  Alphas do have pull.  trying to close a deal at Eli Lily and you would be suprised how much pull they have in the Penicillin world!!

[cave2bens]

 

you guys are Dicks, just trying to give friendly advice.  Alphas do have pull.  trying to close a deal at Eli Lily and you would be suprised how much pull they have in the Penicillin world!!

Married to a DC Alpha, and darned right that "they pull."  Trick is finding one on the right side of the needle as it is much better to give than receive...

[Adam Sayer]

One more day until the 2007-2008 College Season is over 

The #1 thing I learned from D1 college football this year is I don't know Sh!t about D1 college football 

Are you able to play in more than 1 all star game in Ohio as a high school player?

Did anyone see Bobby Knight bring his 2 year old grandson to the post game interview. Absolutely hilarious.

[formerd3db]

It is now posted on Bluffton's website that the university has announced the selection/appointment of Tysen Veidt as its new Head Football Coach.  He was at St. Vincent College last year and a GA under Rodriquez at WVa two years prior to that and played at Muskingum.  Go to their website and a video shows the press conference.  We had heard scant news about some of the potential candidates for this job, however, not much.  What do you think?

[SaintsFAN]

I'm not sure what to think about the hire, formerd3db.  On the one hand, how much experience do you need to run a program?  He had one year as a coordinator. 

I'm not sure there's such thing as a bad hire for Bluffton though, as long as they come to an agreement with someone.  They haven't been good for more than an upset or two since the days of Tyson Goings. 

[formerd3db]

SaintsFAN:

Indeed, I am not sure what to think about it either.  I am all for these young coaches getting a shot - opportunities are tough competition at any level.  On the other hand, as you mention, he was only a coordinator for one year - you would think they would want someone with some additional years experience.  I also always wondered how some of the older, more veteran coaches feel about having someone younger as their boss - although perhaps some of them are content on being assistants and don't want the extra responsibilities that come with the top position.

Regarding a similar situation, Kazoo's new coach is only 7 years out since graduation, however, he's had several years experience coaching and is an alum - knows that program and it's challenges, so that is a different situation than most small college jobs.  As you say, perhaps Bluffton is the same.  I do wish hiim well, however, because if schools like Bluffton get better, it also helps the conference - our MIAA had the similar situation with Olivet and now Tri-State.  Just my thoughts.

[DIII Fan]

Official announcement of new Hanover Football Coach:

http://www.hanover.edu/athletics/men/football/

Also they will be interviewing him before the basketball game on Wednesday @ www.wikiradiofm.com starting at 6:30

[Adam Sayer]

I think Michigan got a taste of what they possibly missed out on last night.

What was everyones take on last night? I would really like to know. I feel that OSU matched up well with LSU and speed wasn't the issue. The problem for OSU, which is really odd, was mental mistakes and erors in judgement. They had 2 personals on LSU's first TD drive and 2 on LSU's first TD of the 2nd half, one of which was the roughing the punter. I feel like Tressel didn't make the necessary committment to the run game. Wells had 9 carries in the first half. Even if you take way his long TD run, he was averaging about 7 per carry. Aside from a Boeckmann scramble, I remember OSU running the ball on consecutive plays only once...3rd and 4th and short with about 9-10 minutes to go in the 4th. The announcers said Tressel wanted Boeckmann to get comfortable, but after the 2nd series and the long completion to Saine, if he's not settled in, he'll never be.

Regardless, I think OSU did well with the exception of 2 plays. Unfortunately, they happend to be the biggest 2 plays of the game. Hartline or Robinski (can't remember which) dropping the TD pass which resulted in a blocked FG and the roughing the punter. OSU never got momentum back after the blocked FG. They tried when they stopped LSU in the 2nd half, but gave it right back with the roughing call. The drop cost OSU a TD and the roughing the punter extended LSU's scoring drive which made the game 31-10. Other than those 2 plays, I think the teams matched up well.

I'm happy that OSU did as well as they did. I stated way back in August that they would have a shot at 11-0 entering Ann Arbor due to their schedule. I also said that they should be ranked more like 15th instead of 10th or whatever they were. They were 10-1. But with the way the season went this year and the players that left from last year's team, they had a great year. I'm hoping this loss causes some of the Juniors to stick around for another year. If not, the sight in Southern California next year may be tough to watch.

[SaintsFAN]

I think you saw a problem in seperation from the OSU skill guys.  The receivers were not open after the initial deluge of OSU points.  This lead to Boeckman needing more time and he didn't have it.  I think OSU needs a different QB if they are to be a truly elite team.  Both lines matched up well with LSU, it was the skill guys save for Beanie Wells that were outgunned. 

Another thing you saw was OSU playing on too much emotion.  It helped them jump out 10-0 early...but hurt them later as the flattened out in the 2nd quarter.  You have to wonder how much the "articles" that tressel pointed out to them pissed them off and led to this.  When they tried to create and play off emotion later....then you saw the personal fouls.   It was pretty obvious last night that if this is the best the Big 10 has to offer, they have a long way to go to truly COMPETE with the big boys of the SEC.  I also think WVU would have done the same thing to them. 

I didn't think LSU would put it on them like that last night.

My final top 5:

LSU
USC
WVU
Georgia
Kansas