Another reason to despise the BCS just dawned on me. Remember when all the important bowl games were played on New Year's Day?  Now we have the Rose and Fiesta on one day, the Orange on another day, the Sugar another day and the BCS Championship a week later with other bowl games in the middle.

Yeah, tell me again how the purpose of the BCS is preserve the integrity and tradition of the bowl games.

Speaking of which ...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Orange-Bowl-bans-the-Stanford-Band-for-LeBron-J?urn=ncaaf-303032

Not included in the list is a temporary ban from Tempe, Arizona, for a formation of a sperm swimming to an egg.
I think they've been permanently banned from the state of Ohio for spelling "Shit," complete with the Sousaphone player dotting the I.
And I can't believe the author forgot the "The band is on the field!!! ..." incident at the Cal game in 1982.

I was sitting in a bar with the sound off, and out of the corner of my eye I kept seeing highlights that made it seem like the entire game was merely Stanford throwing touchdown passes from their endzone.

Max wrote:

I was sitting in a bar with the sound off, and out of the corner of my eye I kept seeing highlights that made it seem like the entire game was merely Stanford throwing touchdown passes from their endzone.

Not entirely. The first TD was a long run.
Seriously, the safety was one of the most unlikely plays I've ever seen. Ninety percent of the world's offensive lineman aren't athletic enough to make that catch, and Stanford's guy makes it in his own end zone.

I don't disagree about him being the best bet in the draft. I think if Cam Newton works hard enough, he'll be the better player, but Luck seems to have it all.

artie_fufkin wrote:

alz wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

Prepare for four months of Andrew Luck being the most surest sure thing ever.

I'd call him the surest NFL QB in the draft. Gabbart, Newton and Locker aren't nearly as NFL ready as Luck is.

Still though, even with "a little Luck", you could still be stuck with a Jamarcus Russell.

For the sake of my sanity, could you please refer to all QB busts as "a Ryan Leaf?"
Thanks.

Don't think you can get away with that shit, Raiders fan.

The benchmark for busted bets on quarterbacks is . . .

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forsberg_us wrote:

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

For the sake of my sanity, could you please refer to all QB busts as "a Ryan Leaf?"
Thanks.

Don't think you can get away with that shit, Raiders fan.

The benchmark for busted bets on quarterbacks is . . .

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I'd go with Ryan Leaf.

Did Ryan Leaf have a feature article written about him in Sports Illustrated when he was 12, or whatever, saying he was bred and raised to be a USC quarterback (did they specifically mention the Raiders, too, in that article?)?