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Charlie Weis: It’s Not As Bad As You Think, Actually It Is, But We’re Not Like Michigan Yet.

Posted by Thomas the Terrible on September 2, 2007

There is no football machine like the Notre Dame football machine. They have their own network, tradition so rich & vibrant that thousands worldwide follow them religiously without ever even having watched a game. However, yesterday even Rudy and “touchdown Jesus” couldn’t save them from the ass kicking they received from the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

“Tashard Choice helped Georgia Tech fans forget about the loss of Calvin Johnson. Notre Dame’s three quarterbacks had Fighting Irish fans longing for Brady Quinn.

Choice rushed for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns and the Georgia Tech defense had little trouble with Notre Dame’s new passers, forcing two fumbles by Demetrius Jones, sacking Evan Sharpley seven times and keeping Jimmy Clausen from doing any damage in a 33-3 victory Saturday.

“I did not see this coming,” Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said. “I thought we would play pretty well defensively. I did not know we would run the ball as well as we ran it today.

Taylor Bennett played solidly, completing 11-of-23 passes for 121 yards.

“He did some really good things, and he missed some throws that I had seen him make 50 times in practice,” Gailey said. “The great thing is, he didn’t have to go play great today. He could play good and we could still win.”

Wow, even the battle captain for Ga. Tech is taking pot shots there. The line about his quarterback not playing great but just “good” and still winning is gold. I knew the Georgia Tech fight club would prove to be useful. This will be a long season for the Fighting Irish. They might be wishing they had Quinn back, but he’s to busy being a third string QB for the Cleveland Browns, why not start “super bootlegger” Jimmy Clausen?

“Notre Dame tried to come out and play smash-mouth football — a stark departure from the aerial attack it used the past two seasons behind Quinn.

“We were going in there determined to try to run the ball, make sure we didn’t have negative plays, to make sure we played close to the vest early and got used to the speed of the game with the number of people that were relatively inexperienced,” Weis said. “And when it all played out, all of a sudden a couple of bad things could happen, you turn the ball over a couple of times, and they make a couple of big plays.”

But at Notre Dame there is no such thing as rebuilding right? However, there is something called recruiting, and apparently suing over a botched gastric bypass (that failed because you didn’t follow the Dr’s orders) was a little more important. The only “signature” win Weis has is that he almost beat USC (the one with national championships) two seasons ago. Willingham’s players are no longer there, the result:

“It was just the 15th season-opening loss in Notre Dame history and the most lopsided, surpassing the 31-10 loss to Pittsburgh to start the 1976 season. It’s also the first time the Irish failed to score a touchdown in a season opener since a 20-12 loss at Michigan in 1985.”

Well at least you aren’t like Michigan…except when they beat you later this year. Then people will be saying “Hey you lost to the team that got embarrassed by a 1-A school”. I can’t wait for that. Keep this up and Lou’ser Granny Holtz will stop picking you to win every game regardless of the opponent.

 

So I profess on this day 9/2/07.

tTt

 

Posted in Charlie Weis, College Football, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, NCAA, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Sports, Touchdown Jesus, USC, University of Southern Cal, cleveland browns, jimmy clausen, notre dame sucks | 3 Comments »

More Gamecocks In Trouble…Who Would Have Thunk It? Answer Everyone With Common Sense.

Posted by Thomas the Terrible on September 2, 2007

Life as a South Carolina Gamecock football player, is a hard life. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome, such as running from the Po Po, being smarter than Jerrell Powe, and in James Thompson’s case being suspended to start the season for the second year straight, but no one said thugging is easy.

“History keeps repeating for James Thompson, sending the South Carolina offensive lineman to the bench with a suspension to start the season for the second consecutive year.

Thompson, slated to start at right guard Saturday against Louisiana-Lafayette, is suspended for the first three games due to an undisclosed violation of university policy, USC athletics director Eric Hyman said before the game.

Thompson, a fifth-year senior from Sumter, was suspended for the first four games last season for breaking team rules. Former defensive lineman Stanley Doughty told The State last spring that Thompson took money from him, resulting in Thompson’s 2006 suspension.

Thompson was one of several players suspended for the opener. Starting quarterback Blake Mitchell, backup cornerback Chris Hail, and injured tailback Bobby Wallace were suspended for one game for missing too many summer school courses.”

Oooohhhhh “undisclosed” violations, this one must have been serious, but of course God Spurrier won’t kick him off the team completely. After all last year he jacked up one his team mates for money, but when you have talent at USC, you have a free pass. But wait there’s more news….

“Also, starting defensive end Jordin Lindsey was academically ineligible for the game and might be ineligible for the entire season.”

Remember God Spurrier wants to dumb down the school in order to get better players, yet his players can’t make the cut presently. Priceless. Just days after the Old Ball Sack Coach declared “USC can play with anyone“, he is now realizing the truth by saying you know we aren’t that good.

“It took one game for South Carolina to go from SEC contenders to “average stiffs.”

Imagine Steve Spurrier’s reaction had his team lost to Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.

“Now we know we’re just a bunch of average stiffs,” said Spurrier, who set the goal of an SEC championship in his third year. “And we’re going to have a very average year if we don’t play a lot better. So we don’t need to think we’re any good.”

Smelley’s first-half interception was the Gamecocks’ only turnover. Meanwhile, USC’s oft-questioned offensive line gave up two sacks, one a coverage sack and the other a Beecher scramble that lost a yard.

Though Spurrier said he would announce next week’s starter in a few days, Beecher said he is certain it will be Mitchell.

“I don’t know if (Mitchell) could have done all that differently,” Spurrier said. “Did you see some wide-open guys?”

These comments come shortly after unveiling the Lets Show Corso website. It’s gay but I linked to to anyway.

“USC officials rolled out a new marketing and fundraising initiative with a video before the game that included a taped message from Steve Spurrier and clips of ESPN analyst and Gamecocks’ nemesis Lee Corso.

“They say we can’t recruit. They say we don’t have the facilities and they even say South Carolina fans aren’t willing to do financially what’s necessary to build a championship program,” Spurrier said in the video. “I’m saying the game is on.”

Coinciding with the video is the launch of a web site, LetsShowCorso.com, which features a video game in which fans can throw a football at Corso’s head. Corso, a mainstay on ESPN’s popular “GameDay” program, angered USC fans by saying, among other things, that Spurrier would not win an SEC title if he coached the Gamecocks for 400 years.”

For once I agree with Corso, and “fundraising” should be two words, damn spell check people.

 

So I profess on this day 9/2/07.

rDSr

Posted in ESPN, Gamecocks, Lee Corso, NCAA, SEC, SEC Coaches, South Carolina, South Carolina Gamecocks, Sports, Steve Spurrier, football | 2 Comments »

Cal Redeems Itself Against Tennessee (Sort Of)

Posted by Thomas the Terrible on September 2, 2007

Tennessee went to hippie land Cal, and lost by 14 points. Cal scored two non-offensive touchdowns, that was the difference maker. As I stated in a previous post called “Top 10 Things the Vols Must Overcome To Beat Cal“, the Vols would face a lot of obstacles that only occur at hippie land Cal. One being the gay glow blinding yellow jerseys. Another being DeSean Michael Jackson. What I didn’t count on was the tree sitting hippies being a distraction. I believe Abarclay of “The Leaky Brain” was responsible. ;) The Vols lack of experience in the wide out core was overwhelmingly another factor, however Erik Ainge’s finger was not.

One thing I did notice was that the Cal fans showed class when the Xavier Mitchell went down. Another thing I noticed was the love fest the ABC announcers Kirk Herbstreit & Brent Musburger, were having with Cal. Everything was centered around Cal. Cal can do this Cal can do that. The Saturday night jukebox was with the Cal players. Anyone else notice how the Cal players talked like thugs? Did anyone notice the Cal player with the golden grill? Fulmer was out coached, this years Tennessee team wasn’t experienced enough plain and simple. But I’ll admit I liked what I saw of the no huddle offense. Eric Berry will be a legend by the time this year is up. Cal might feel vindicated with the win, but it certainly wasn’t like the ass whipping they received last year. Like I stated earlier take away 14 non-offense points and the score is tied.

Quotes of the game:

Kirk Herbstreit “Are those tents in the tree?”

Brent Musburger “For every tree UC chops down they will replace it with thre more. Three for one is good deal if you’re a tree hugger”  I’ll admit that was gold.

Posted in Cal, Fulmer, NCAA, Rocky Top, SEC, SEC Coaches, Sports, Tennessee Volunteers, UT vols, University of California berkeley, football, vols | 2 Comments »