# The omnibus 2008 college football thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369 "2008-09-06T18:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/1 "2008-09-06T18:27:59Z")
So far it’s been a lot of cupcake matches and a few upsets. Right now in Week 2, Ohio’s making rival Ohio State look way too vulnerable to justify their #3 ranking. Even if State turns things around and wins the game (as I expect will happen), they’re likely to lose some ground in the polls. Gotta love it! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/2 "2008-09-06T22:32:43Z")
Ooh, East Carolina’s gettin’ it DONE! Halfway through the third and they don’t look like they’ll be folding anytime soon, either! Love them upsets! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/3 "2008-09-06T23:27:31Z")
Stick a fork in the Hokie’s BCS ambitions, 'cause they’re DONE! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/4 "2008-09-07T20:33:02Z")
That was _not_ a bad call at the end of the Wash/BYU game. If you have watched any games at all this year, the talking heads have gone on and on about the new rule changes. This call has been made several times already in just the first two weeks. Locker had to know that was a flaggable offence. Hell, “throwing the ball high in the air” is specificly mentioned as a violation! Contrary to what Herbstreet says, he did not “just flick it over his shoulder”. He sailed the ball straight up and out of the camera shot. I never saw it land. Not saying I agree with the _rule_, but the _call_ was right on. I said to my wife the second I saw him do it, “That’ll cost him 15 yards”. Secondly, BYU _blocked_ the kick. Tremendous effort. They deserved the win. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/5 "2008-09-07T22:51:25Z")
My God. [WE…SUCK!](http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282500265&confId=9) ☹ > [@Gatopescado](#): > > That was _not_ a bad call at the end of the Wash/BYU game. > > If you have watched any games at all this year, the talking heads have gone on and on about the new rule changes. This call has been made several times already in just the first two weeks. Locker had to know that was a flaggable offence. Hell, “throwing the ball high in the air” is specificly mentioned as a violation! At first I had no idea the offense was specifically listed and even as a rival Coug I was disgusted they made such a bullshit call. But learning about it being specifically listed in the rules, I agree, they had no choice. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/6 "2008-09-07T23:19:23Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > My God. [WE…SUCK!](http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282500265&confId=9) ☹ > > At first I had no idea the offense was specifically listed and even as a rival Coug I was disgusted they made such a bullshit call. But learning about it being specifically listed in the rules, I agree, they had no choice. Gotta say that I feel for you Cougs. You put up a pretty good fight last week though against my Pokes. Dez Bryant is a beast. 3 TDs through the air and 1 on a PR. I say that OK state is 5-0 and ranked going into our game against Mizzou. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/7 "2008-09-08T09:13:47Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > Dez Bryant is a beast. 3 TDs through the air and 1 on a PR. I say that OK state is 5-0 and ranked going into our game against Mizzou. Yeah, crowd was getting on our guy. I was like Jesus, Bryant will likely be playing on Sunday. Our poor guy was a Freshman and gave up 4 inches. WTF did they expect him to do? Send over some damn safety help if he can’t handle him. Yeah, it’s going to be a LONG YEAR for us. New system, new coach, new QB. They were talking about it on the postgame. We’ve got a roster full of players not recruited for this system. They’re lost, confused, frustrated. Coaches themselves are having to make the change from IAA to D1. I doubt we win a single PAC-10 game this year. Hell, we could easily lose to Baylor at this rate and go 1-11. God, we’re a mess. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/8 "2008-09-08T19:14:09Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Yeah, it’s going to be a LONG YEAR for us. New system, new coach, new QB. They were talking about it on the postgame. We’ve got a roster full of players not recruited for this system. They’re lost, confused, frustrated. Coaches themselves are having to make the change from IAA to D1. I doubt we win a single PAC-10 game this year. Hell, we could easily lose to Baylor at this rate and go 1-11. God, we’re a mess. Your punter’s really good. Seriously. (OK, that doesn’t help much.) We’ve got two CFB threads going…I’d love to sustain this throughout the season, so maybe it would be best to merge? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/9 "2008-09-08T20:34:51Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > We’ve got two CFB threads going…I’d love to sustain this throughout the season, so maybe it would be best to merge? Fine with me. FTR, I checked this forum, plus Cafe Society, before starting this thread. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/10 "2008-09-08T20:52:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That was _not_ a bad call at the end of the Wash/BYU game. > > If you have watched any games at all this year, the talking heads have gone on and on about the new rule changes. This call has been made several times already in just the first two weeks. Locker had to know that was a flaggable offence. Hell, “throwing the ball high in the air” is specificly mentioned as a violation! > > Contrary to what Herbstreet says, he did not “just flick it over his shoulder”. He sailed the ball straight up and out of the camera shot. I never saw it land. > > Not saying I agree with the _rule_, but the _call_ was right on. I said to my wife the second I saw him do it, “That’ll cost him 15 yards”. > > Secondly, BYU _blocked_ the kick. Tremendous effort. They deserved the win. But what I never heard mentioned by whoever was calling the game, was that the penalty did not cost them the game. The kick was blocked, no matter where the ball was spotted it was not going thorugh the uprights. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/11 "2008-09-08T21:12:28Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Stick a fork in the Hokie’s BCS ambitions, 'cause they’re DONE! I was counting on the Hokies to be ranked when they played my Cornhuskers. This would be our defining game, to show we’re back after the now-forgotten Callahan years. This week proved one thing: That we have the ability to fight a close game and finally wear down a worthy opponent. Only problem is, that “worthy” opponent was San Jose State. :smack: _Sigh_, we still got a way to go. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/12 "2008-09-09T03:27:57Z")
> [@howye](#): > > But what I never heard mentioned by whoever was calling the game, was that the penalty did not cost them the game. The kick was blocked, no matter where the ball was spotted it was not going thorugh the uprights. Agreed. I don’t know how much more difficult/easier to block the kick was than the original spot, but I don’t buy that the call decided the game. They should shit-can that rule if they don’t like the results. Or coach the player better. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/13 "2008-09-14T18:16:34Z")
USC 35-3. Wow! I figured USC would roll, but didn’t figure on their defense holding OSU to 3 points. While I’m sure Ohio State missed Wells, he’s not a 29-point turnaround. Besides, the Buckeyes should’ve been able to recruit more than one running back. Of course, Ohio State will cruise through the Big Ten, causing the media to say how remarkable OSU has “turned things around in a tough conference” (like Michigan last year). Figuring no one will get through the SEC or Big XII unscathed, Ohio State may find themselves back in the title game. And get slaughtered once again. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/14 "2008-09-14T18:22:45Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > Of course, Ohio State will cruise through the Big Ten, causing the media to say how remarkable OSU has “turned things around in a tough conference” (like Michigan last year). Figuring no one will get through the SEC or Big XII unscathed, Ohio State may find themselves back in the title game. > > And get slaughtered once again. I think tOSU may have dragged the entire conference down with them. No one will get credit for beating them, or being beaten by them, in relation to USC. My Bears stank up the joint against Maryland, but I can take some consolation that there are teams even more embarrassed today: OSU. UCLA – WORST LOSS SINCE 1929. 🙂 Auburn looked downright ugly in beating So Miss, by the baseball score of 3-2. Tennessee might have been consoling themselves that losing to UCLA wasn’t so bad…maybe UCLA is a pretty darn good team. Not after yesterday… Arizona State. One day you’re #15, looking forward to the Showdown in the Desert against Georgia – then you’re getting spanked by a mid-major bottom-dweller. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/15 "2008-09-16T01:04:07Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think tOSU may have dragged the entire conference down with them. …My Bears stank up the joint against Maryland, but I can take some consolation that there are teams even more embarrassed today: > > OSU. > UCLA – WORST LOSS SINCE 1929. 🙂 Oregon? Barely pulled it off. Arizona and Arizona State? :smack: Yeah, how 'bout that “Pac 9”? :rolleyes: Tommy is shouting, "Let me _OUT!"_ I’m hoping that The Trojans don’t get pulled down too far by the rest of the chumps they have to put a beatdown on in conference. With performances like this weekend, the computer polls might sink them down the road. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/16 "2008-09-16T14:53:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Yeah, how 'bout that “Pac 9”? :rolleyes: Tommy is shouting, "Let me _OUT!"_ > > I’m hoping that The Trojans don’t get pulled down too far by the rest of the chumps they have to put a beatdown on in conference. [gritted teeth]I rejoice in your glorious victory[/gritted teeth], and hope, if you run the table, that you meet an SEC team in the BCSCG. Just don’t lose to Stanfurd again. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/17 "2008-09-16T15:04:32Z")
So, who’s going to be the new coach at Arizona? Mike Stoops is sure to be fired this year. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/18 "2008-09-18T04:50:21Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > So, who’s going to be the new coach at Arizona? Tyrone? He’s still got a few programs to burn through! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/19 "2008-09-18T04:57:21Z")
How about Lane Kiffin? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369/20 "2008-09-18T17:05:49Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > USC 35-3. Wow! I figured USC would roll, but didn’t figure on their defense holding OSU to 3 points. While I’m sure Ohio State missed Wells, he’s not a 29-point turnaround. Besides, the Buckeyes should’ve been able to recruit more than one running back. > > Of course, Ohio State will cruise through the Big Ten, causing the media to say how remarkable OSU has “turned things around in a tough conference” (like Michigan last year). Figuring no one will get through the SEC or Big XII unscathed, Ohio State may find themselves back in the title game. > > And get slaughtered once again. And yet that same Michigan team beat Florida in the Capital One Bowl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-2008-college-football-thread/462369.md?page=2)