2011 NCAA Football Thread

How many years until Auburn is stripped of this National Championship because of Cam Newton's pay-for-play policy?  There are just too many rumors for it not to be true, and it was a bunch of BS on how the NCAA turned a blind eye to it.  "We can't punish the player because of the actions of his father".  How laughable of a decision was that?  Wasn't that the reason USC was stripped of their National Championship and Reggie Bush was stripped of his Heisman Trophy?  Weren't his parents living in a house that was provided to them by an agent?   

Standard operating procedure. Note the suspended starting quarterback for Ohio State.

Well, SEC continues to dominate. Can't say I'm shocked.

congratulations to TCU on their national title

JJLehto wrote: I expected Auburn to win (would've been VERY surprised if not) Oregon has one crazy offense, but they are small. I figured no way they'd stand up to the fast and big players of the SEC. Especially that d-line. However, was not a defensive game. More of a not offensive one. Seemed kinda sloppy, no rhythm. The field was in terrible shape. Really awful considering the gravity of the game. Ah well, no way around it...SEC has been and still is the superior conference. No one can really go with em. Oh, and besides the field one has to wonder if they can truly be at 100% given a 37 day pause before they played, as well as numerous lengthy TV commercials. Whatever, BCS is whacked as we know anyway. Congrats to Auburn.

Yes, the BCS is broken. So it goes.

Still, Auburn could run the ball while Oregon could not. You can't reasonably attribute it to the field (which was, for the record, quite slick) or preparation (long, but same for both teams). Oregon got manhandled at the point of attack. Simple as that. Oregon, the famed 70-point offense putting up 300 yards on the ground per game, got shut down. 75 yards.

This is why we say defense win championships. It is why the SEC will continue to win them. The west coast kids keep talking about how there's no offense in the SEC, but until they can beat an SEC defense, it's all moot. Oregon can't even beat the third-worst defense in the SEC.

manofmystery wrote: congratulations to TCU on their national title

Maybe with a playoff, we'd see a true national championship. However, given the current system, most agree that the correct two teams were in the game.

Not that the Mountain West isn't perennially underrated. How the Big East is still AQ while the MWC is stuck fighting for at-large bids is beyond me. Guess who won the Bowl Challenge again this year?

JJLehto wrote: Oh like I said, I expected Auburn to win, as they should've. A superior team, by far. But it did seem like a bit of a sloppy, off rhythm game.

Goodbye and good riddance to The Vest.  Ann Arbor sends their love.

CCVP wrote: Isn't one handegg thread enough?

rushfan4 wrote: Goodbye and good riddance to The Vest.  Ann Arbor sends their love.

Hoping that you'll do better without Rich-Rod?

Keep in mind that this time last year, Ann Arbor was staring down some violations of its own.

So, after the abomination that was last years "National Championship" game and the abomination that was LSU at Alabama earlier tonight can Boise State get any love? 

[QUOTE=manofmystery]So, after the abomination that was last years "National Championship" game and the abomination that was LSU at Alabama earlier tonight can Boise State get any love?  [/QUOTe}