Florida State vs. Notre Dame: Pick 'Em & Open Thread
by Nico2.0 on Dec 29, 2011 3:00 PM CST
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Champs Sports Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 4:30 pm CST TV: ESPN |
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The bowl might not be epic and the current teams might not be elite, but at least we're finally getting to a place in bowl season where the names are top notch. Florida State was a sexy early season pick to be in national title contention, but that came to a grinding halt after they dropped three of their first five games. They righted the ship eventually though and won six of their last seven including a win over archrival Florida to finish the regular season. They're fourth in the nation in scoring defense only allowing 15.2 points per contest. Lou Holtz was, of course, touting the virtues of Notre Dame football on TV last night and more or less guaranteed that they'd win, which of course means Florida State should have this in the bag. Florida State is a 3.5 point favorite.
Current Bowl Records by Conference:
| Conference | Record |
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| ACC | 1-1 |
| Big East | 0-1 |
| Big Ten | 1-0 |
| Big XII | 2-0 |
| C-USA | 2-0 |
| Independents | 0-0 |
| MAC | 3-1 |
| Mountain West | 2-3 |
| Pac-12 | 0-2 |
| SEC | 0-0 |
| Sun Belt | 1-1 |
| WAC | 0-3 |
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I'd vote for anybody over the Domers.
Even UAB.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Especially South.
Go Jags.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Dec 29, 2011 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
Roll Tide!
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
As much as I hate Notre Dame, I voted for them....
They’re gonna win.
It hurts.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
ND sucks. I say they turn it over 3 times and lose fairly convincingly.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
by Slice of Life on Dec 29, 2011 3:39 PM CST up reply actions
I really wanted to vote for Notre Dame...
…to die.
/neverforgetnevereverforget
//jimmyv’d
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 29, 2011 3:24 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
^ This!
I forget which year it was, but after ND beat BAMA in a bowl game (and maybe for the national championship), the Alabama legislature passed a resolution that “forbade” any graduate of ND from ever serving as governor or lt. gov. Hate for ND runs deep.
by BamaFaninATL on Dec 29, 2011 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
If this is a joke, it's a good one.
If this is not a joke, I’d like to see a source, because it’s ridiculous.
Thirteen.
It's hard to root for the 'noles...
but impossible to root for the domers.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
FSU.
While ESPN always suffers from premature exclamation of FSU’s being back, I think Jimbo is the better coach.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 4:08 PM CST reply actions
FSU
To me ND is the Dallas of college. I would rather dance with the devil than see those two win a game in any fashion. Their fans think they just won a big game within a week or so.Truth is they both have been under achieving since the early 90’s. NOT A FACTOR! Besides….I love watching Kelly blow a gasket on the sidelines.
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
I think you misstyped.
Truth is they both have been under achieving since the early 90’s. NOT A FACTOR!
Maybe you meant the early 2000’s in FSU’s case? Florida State did not lose more than 2 games in a season from 1987 until 2000, inclusive, and finished the season in the AP top 5 each of those years, including two National Championships. They played for the National Championship after the 1993 season (they beat Nebraska), after the 1996 season (they lost to Florida in a rematch), after the 1998 season (they lost to Tennessee), after the 1999 season (they beat Virginia Tech), and after the 2000 season (they lost to Oklahoma).
In the BCS era (since 1998, inclusive), they have played in a bowl game EVERY YEAR, including BCS Bowls after the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005 seasons.
They won their conference in 1992 (the year they joined), 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005.
Thirteen.
28 Domer voters?!? I thought this was a rest home for cheatin' Bammerz!
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As much as I hate nd, I admit, I voted for them TO WIN
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 4:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
WOW!!!
Did you hear how many freshmen are starting for FSU??? I look at that OL with 4 of them to see if ND can play any defense.
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
FSU are widdle widdle babies up front tonight
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
is it jusgt me or does this game make anyone else feel like the bowl season has really started?
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
KELLY is gonna BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!his top tonight....hahahahahahahahahahaha
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
Dammit to Rudy, fsu
We talked bout this
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 4:47 PM CST via mobile reply actions
is that place actually packed out?
Also notre dame helmets are shiny in a weird way
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
by Wallacewade04 on Dec 29, 2011 4:49 PM CST via mobile reply actions
god really?
/handwankingmotion
Notre dame is so lameee
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
by Wallacewade04 on Dec 29, 2011 4:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
YEP///I take back my early comment that read "feels like the bowl season has began".....NOT!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
OK.........put in some upper classmen on your O line FSU!!!
Can I change my vote??;-P
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
I'm not spiritually or emotionally
Ready for an entire off season of pundit proclaiming the genius of Kelly and how NBC got the nd contract on the cheap. AV club killers! Nerds unite and take over
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 4:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions
FSU looks like they have no interest in playing this game
Pitiful effort so far.
Thirteen and counting
Deep Down
I was worried this could turn out like this. Here in NC I get a good look at how freakin BAD the ACC is right now! Funny…the talk was “when FSU, Miami, get here the football will be strong” well…..I think the ACC sucked all the good out of both teams. The entire conference SUCKS!!! Hell….Duke played most of the schools close this year!!! The ACC and Big East don’t need automatic BCS bids!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
I see the most annoying hiphop shit is to be played during every commercial break.
Why can’t they play “Moon River” as performed by Christopher Walken?
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Ah, 1993... Been a while since you were worth a shit, huh Notre Dame?
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Bill Clinton was in his 1st year as President
Schindler’s List won the Oscar and John Candy was still alive.
And in South Bend, Lou Holtz was busy violating rules that would get ND on probation.
Thirteen and counting
who picked the albino student for the Notre Dame commercial?
People who live in glass houses should not hang out with Charles Barkley.
by Wallacewade04 on Dec 29, 2011 5:02 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Nelly= hip hops Foghat or ELP?
Discuss
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 5:17 PM CST via mobile reply actions
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's
what,,,,what……I’m awake….I’m awake Damn…there r too freakin many bowl game!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
Here ya go!!!!
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
It interests me
That the RBR faithful had Notre Dame approximately as likely to win this game as ASU was likely to beat Boise St., i.e., about 1 out of 6. That says more about Bama fans than it does about the teams. This game is near pick ’em in my view and the Boise-ASU game was predictably a blowout.
True...
…I had no idea who should win this game…only that voting for ND is not in my DNA….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 29, 2011 5:56 PM CST up reply actions
Shit just ain't right.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Michael Dyer’s being welcomed on board by Arkansas State
players is more exciting than this game. If it’s on Facebook or Twitter, it must be true.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 5:46 PM CST reply actions
But, but...
Fambily, all in, tiger prowl, fambily god thing.
Make their ass quit
by CKyleC on Dec 29, 2011 5:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Are these two teams trying to trying to set the record
for most sacks given up in a half?
Thirteen and counting
Im not old enough to have lived throuht everything that makes Bama hate ND
But I know the history and understand it. I don’t hate them. I think my indifference towards them is better than hating them. Hate means they matter. They haven’t mattered the past 20 years. To me they matter about as much as,oh,I don’t know,NC State. I think “hate” makes them more relevant than they are.
Make their ass quit
by CKyleC on Dec 29, 2011 5:56 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Exactly.
There are good low scoring games (see: Bama/LSU 2011) and bad low scoring game (see: this piece of crap)
FSU is 6th in total defense...
Thirteen.
by Darth Saban on Dec 29, 2011 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
Lou!!!
the old man makes me laugh with his ND ass kissing…..
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 29, 2011 6:05 PM CST via Android app reply actions
"Ash kishing" says Lou.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
by UtahBammer on Dec 29, 2011 6:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Eddie Lacy better?
News of the day Running back Eddie Lacy continues to show improvement in his recovery from turf toe. The Crimson Tide’s No. 2 running back is running through all drills during media viewing periods. He had been limited in prior weeks to give his foot the best opportunity to heal for games. After several weeks without a game, and a focus on conditioning and fundamentals, Lacy appears to be the beneficiary of some long needed rest.
I would love to see him
Spin away from a tackle and come straight out of the spin move to truck the sorry lswho CB who shall remain nameless.
Make their ass quit
by CKyleC on Dec 29, 2011 6:15 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
idiots
picking the match UPs . It’s all about the money and not the game. I remember pre BCS. I think the games were better.
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 29, 2011 6:12 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
At least you don't have...
…3 or 4 bowl games impacting who the national champion is. That’s beyond inefficient.
They were, but . . .
they were on a downward trend, as the bowls were increasingly focusing on which fanbase would spend the most instead of the best games. As much as I hate the BCS, I don’t think we can blame the BCS for general bad bowls.
We CAN blame the BCS for the screwed-up conference tie-ins that ruin the major bowls. It’s just awful that those crap ACC/Big East teams take away major bowls from actual good teams.
Its a combination
Of tie-ins rankings and ticket sales
Make their ass quit
by CKyleC on Dec 29, 2011 6:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Games
once you get past the NCG then the Rose Bowl. I can’t really think of a good match up…….wait. The Georgia Michigan St game. could be good…….anyone got another one?
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 29, 2011 6:16 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Fiesta Bowl
I will be a huge Cardinal Fan that game so I will not have to listen about OSU’s claim to the game during the BCSNCG
I forget, but isn't it based on where they finished in their respected conferences?
something like that….
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 6:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Jesus, I don't know...
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 6:16 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
There's a picking order to the bowls...
…but they don’t have to pick teams in the order they finish.
oh, okay.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 6:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I think it's SUPPOSED to be...
Alamo Bowl Big 12 #3 vs Pac 12 #2
Insight Bowl Big 12 #4 vs Big 10 #4
Stanford is Fiesta, Oregon is Rose, USC is on probation, then believe it or not Washington has the next best record at 7-5. How pathetic.
Iowa was tied with Purdue for the sixth best Big 10 record. Not sure why they are in there.
Thirteen and counting
Really?
I can honestly say that I didn’t know that. I knew that the bowls had their picks but I just always figured that they could pick the conference and the next team in line.
Here's the particulars...
…on SEC bowl picking order. There’s some play, but some are locked into picking the best available (Capital One.)
Nico,
I am totally too dumb to make a poll and post for this site. So will you please make one for me…?
As you must know by now, Harvey Updyke just won the Paul Finebaum “Caller of the Year Award”.
Did Alabama fans really vote him into this…? Or was this the Boogs trying to make us look like assholes…? I’d be very curious as to how my fellow RBR brothers/sisters voted (he had over 10,000 votes).
Thanks you very much.
Roll Tide!!!
"My favorite play is the one where the player pitches the ball back to the official after scoring a touchdown." Paul "Bear" Bryant
sounds good
he could be an X factor in the game. Man!!!! I can’t wait.
"Success in anything we do in life is like building a house. Your talents are the bricks. You heart is the foundation. If you don’t have the foundation, all the talent in the world will crumble and fall".
Me
by NCBAMAFA on Dec 29, 2011 6:09 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Notre Dame hurry up spread 0 points
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 6:27 PM CST reply actions
Lol, that was pretty cool...
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 6:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
They finally score. Big deal.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 6:29 PM CST reply actions
How come a hurry up offense
took 35 minutes to score?
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 6:31 PM CST reply actions
Insight Bowl is a mismatch because SEC is so damn good & Penn State controversy
- BCS/Rose Bowl – Wisky
- Capital One Bowl should be #2 Mich St but since Bama boot stomped them last year, I don’t think they wanted to go back there. Michigan was #3 but instead they go to the BCS/Sugar Bowl in place of the SEC. THEORY: Passing on #4 Penn State, this bowl falls to #5 Nebraska.
- Outback Bowl gets Mich St
- Gator Bowl may have passed on #4 Penn State for 6-6 Ohio State
- Insight Bowl may have passed on #4 Penn State for 7-5 Iowa
- Meineke Car Care Bowl may have passed on #4 Penn State for 6-6 Northwestern
- TicketCity Bowl – despite the fourth best record, PSU falls to this bowl
- Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl got stuck with Purdue
It’s not good to be a Nittany Lion right now.
Thirteen and counting
No, but if next year they have Saban...
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
Damn smart phones
Which explains why Malzahn went to Arky state. After Kirby Smart becomes HC and goes 7-5well and Malzahn goes 10-2well we will hire Malzahn just ti get his awbarn chiznich secrets
Make their ass quit
by CKyleC on Dec 29, 2011 6:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ditch that phone, son.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
i
Don’t know if its the phone or these fat fingers
Make their ass quit
My sympathies.
Same problems.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 30, 2011 2:59 AM CST up reply actions
FSU waking up?
Please beat these papist poseurs.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
Imagine that, stripping the ball on the ground does not negate a catch
Who’d have thought?!?
by PhiladelphiaBammer on Dec 29, 2011 7:03 PM CST reply actions
Damn gonna say that
But my phone picked the mo to suck donkey balls and strike
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 7:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Bowl season sigh ams so disappoint
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 7:09 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Coach that six four two fity linebacker
Just blended, like a chameleon or a ninja
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 7:11 PM CST via mobile reply actions
All the way back?
2 td’s?
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Dec 29, 2011 7:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Jimbo gets a one year extension. Why?
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Dec 29, 2011 7:27 PM CST reply actions
I thought
Brian Kelly was supposed to be an offensive genius
Make their ass quit
It's officially a rest stop for fat-fucks that wear golf visors and yell needlessly.
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by TiderUpNorth on Dec 30, 2011 1:31 AM CST up reply actions
A three yard quick pass to a TE on 3rd and 15.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Piggly Wiggly should have sponsored this bowl game.
The Piggly Wiggly Sack Bowl
by PharmacyBob on Dec 29, 2011 7:39 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I say that's a touchback.
The one guy stepped on the line while possessing the ball, and the ball was over his foot.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Both of these teams are insufferable. The FSU band makes me want to kill a mofo.
Reject mediocrity or GTFO.
Michael Floyd strained a vulva.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Let's not lose all objectivity
Oregon son half-Japanese Oregon cheerleaders
by sho' I stole on Dec 29, 2011 7:52 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
F- that noise. Bama's got some hotties.
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by TiderUpNorth on Dec 30, 2011 1:32 AM CST up reply actions
LOLdomers
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
That throw makes me
Appreciate the AJ
Make their ass quit
Four drunk blondes.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Got a buddy on the Navy coaching staff.
I’m sure he’d love that.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
William Faulkner once wrote,
" You can spraypaint a turd gold… and it is STILL a turd."
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