# 2014 College Football General Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 30, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937 "2014-08-30T03:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1082 "2015-01-02T02:15:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Grats Oregon! 'Notes played terrible today. Well, the offense played terribly; the defense didn’t even show up. Good to see. I was about to go down to the quarry and make sure you were taking it OK. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1083 "2015-01-02T02:16:12Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I found [this clip](http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12109599) interesting, if only because ESPN knew to fuzz out some of the coach’s lip movements. It didn’t look to me like any staff was close enough to hear actual words and tell the booth; maybe I’m wrong. Do they hire lip readers at all? > > Speaking of lip readers, any out there to confirm the content of the exchange? > **[Video: Jimbo Fisher actually threatens to discipline Jameis](https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/video-jimbo-fisher-actually-threatens-discipline-jamies/)** > > Jimbo Fisher has some harsh words for his quarterback. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1084 "2015-01-02T02:16:14Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Grats Oregon! 'Notes played terrible today. Well, the offense played terribly; the defense didn’t even show up. It’s not that fsu defense didn’t show up, Oregon is that good. When it was 18 to 13 I told my wife this is where Oregon opens it up, halftime is usually close and then by 4th qtr they are up by 21 typically. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1085 "2015-01-02T02:16:39Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > These West coast girly-boys are faster and stronger than the Southerners. This is like deja vu all over again. I got a job in San Francisco out of college, and moved there in the summer of 1981, when it was easy to get season tickets for the Niners. Rough, tough Dallas was supposed to wipe the floor with our “finesse” team in the NFC Championship. Didn’t work out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1086 "2015-01-02T02:38:00Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > It’s not that fsu defense didn’t show up, Oregon is that good. When it was 18 to 13 I told my wife this is where Oregon opens it up, halftime is usually close and then by 4th qtr they are up by 21 typically. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1087 "2015-01-02T02:43:24Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Hey, FSU’s defense accounted for a third of Mariota’s interceptions this season, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1088 "2015-01-02T02:54:50Z")
Well, that sucked. I’m a little drunk (okay, maybe more than a little) so I’ll wait for my full postmortem on that giant ball of fuck, but gotta hand it to Oregon. We got outplayed, outcoached, and outrefereed. Hopefully we can hire a new DC and a real OC before next season. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1089 "2015-01-02T02:56:06Z")
> [@deanc2000](#): > > Oregon vs Alabama will be such a great game. Go tide! You mean, “Go Ducks!” > [@TonySinclair](#): > > Hey, FSU’s defense accounted for a third of Mariota’s interceptions this season, so there’s that. Wouldn’t that be only a quarter? (1 out of 4) Ducks crushed with their dirty webbed feet! 😃 Damn, that was pretty! ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1090 "2015-01-02T03:04:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. I see this attitude from fans all the time and it’s pretty annoying. Instead of acknowledging that the other performed very well, they try to claim that their own team just didn’t play like they normally do, typically because theyou were expecting to be in a better bowl or they travel led or they were looking forward to cupcakes after the game. I’m not an Oregon fan or an fsu fan, as an outside observer I can tell you that Oregon offense was simply too much for fsu’s defense. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1091 "2015-01-02T03:05:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’d flip the first two but I agree with most of it. I’d like to see Oregon-OSU in the final and then have Michigan State beat them both next year. Has any team beaten both finalists from the previous year before? > > Hate Oregon’s different uniform every week. Should be a policy: 1- Teams must wear the team colors 2- If black isn’t your team color, you don’t wear it. Ditto pewter, teal, or any other trendy shade. 3- You have a dark uni and a light uni. That’s it- two sets. 4- No camo, ever. 5- No pink for breast cancer, cut a check instead. 6- Screw the super-de-dooper hyperpatriotic Veteran’s Day embellishments. > > Disagree with the flaming spear. I think it’s time to retire the ethnic mascots and all that. > > Agree about Nick Satan, Alabama, and the SEC. Nick the Slick is a little shit- when he tells you that he definitely isn’t going to leave the team that means he’s either about to bolt or using some other team as a bargaining chip. Wow, it’s eerie how you plucked these thoughts right out of my mind and typed it up. Go GREEN! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1092 "2015-01-02T03:12:24Z")
I know its early, but neither (the) OSU or those other guys look fast enough to handle Oregon They look like a bunch of fat slow bastards. I’d like to see their faces as they watch Rose Bowl footage. I predict a Duck ass-kicking as we saw tonight, in the championship game. And I’m gonna love it. Pac-, whatever, Motherfucker! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1093 "2015-01-02T03:29:34Z")
While not football related, I haven’t heard “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?” this much since I was playing _Fallout: New Vegas_ with the PipBoy radio on. And I think Cadillac is trying to make me hate David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1094 "2015-01-02T03:37:19Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1095 "2015-01-02T03:43:49Z")
Oregon players chant “no means no” after defeating Florida State. > **[Oregon players chant 'no means no'](https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/1/1/7479553/oregon-players-chant-no-means-no-after-beating-florida-state)** > > They did the war chant, too. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1096 "2015-01-02T03:44:40Z")
They didn’t show a replay of before the pass. That was a QB handoff to the RB followed by a pitch to a WR, right? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1097 "2015-01-02T03:55:04Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > Stay classy Florida State. > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Oregon players chant “no means no” after defeating Florida State. > [Oregon players chant 'no means no' after beating Florida State - SBNation.com](http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/1/1/7479553/oregon-players-chant-no-means-no-after-beating-florida-state) Stay classy Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1098 "2015-01-02T04:08:44Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > It’s not that fsu defense didn’t show up, Oregon is that good. When it was 18 to 13 I told my wife this is where Oregon opens it up, halftime is usually close and then by 4th qtr they are up by 21 typically. Definitely. Though also the turnovers have to be accounted for, I think. FSU did put up 500+ yards on offense after all (though Oregon put up 600+). I think a fairer result would have seen the teams separated by 10 points, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1099 "2015-01-02T04:18:44Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Definitely. Though also the turnovers have to be accounted for, I think. FSU did put up 500+ yards on offense after all (though Oregon put up 600+). > > I think a fairer result would have seen the teams separated by 10 points, to be honest. The turnovers are absolutely a factor in the point spread. The first strip was just a good defensive play as was the field goal block. But there were a few turnovers that were not due to Oregon actions. But we are still left with the following: FSu could not stop Oregon Oregon shut down fsu run game completely until the game was basically over FSu moved the ball with passing pretty well at times but Oregon got some key stops also ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1100 "2015-01-02T04:22:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > That was one amazing Cotton Bowl! Love the workmanlike approach that MSU has and the way they just keep chugging away no matter what. Baylor had us whipped like rented mules and we refused to die. I said Baylor should go for 2 when they scored their last touchdown, but I really didn’t expect it to matter in the end. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937/1101 "2015-01-02T04:35:35Z")
It seems like the Tide was deeply troubled by the “no means no” chant, their response has been _no offense, man_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-college-football-general-thread/696937.md?page=56)