Well, I have my football tickets. After truly fantastic row 4 seats for the 2002-2003 season, I am now in row 50.
I was upset at first, but I think I shall survive. My only complaint is that I will be unable to ejaculate into Craig Krenzel’s eye when we defeat Ohio State.
sigh
Hey, whoa, you’ve already won forever. This is just rubbing it in.
Oooh I’m sorry, Brad Banks yeah he’s darn good thats why he went undrafted and carson palmer went 1 overall. Those NFL scouts have no fucking clue what they’re doing…
And come on now I made fun of woodson and no one responds??? I’m disappointed in you folks. Perhaps you’ve just finally learned to accept how overrated he is.
What exactly is the matter with you? Banks went number 2 in Heisman voting, and he was arguably a better quarterback last season than Palmer. His TD/INT ratio was 26/5 vs. Palmer’s rather dismal by comparison 33/10. His efficiency rating? 157.12, which made him the national leader. Palmer was 149.09… all this despite the fact that Big Ten defenses are much stiffer than PAC-10. That Palmer went 1 overall is unsurprising considering he won the Heisman, but neither that nor the fact that Banks went undrafted really subtract from Banks deserving the Heisman.
Sorry, you can hold whatever opinion you want, but I just don’t have any respect for players who are supposedly so good in college but can’t play at the next level, IE eric crouch and ryan leaf.
Are you sure Brad Banks can’t play at “the next level”? Has he even done so yet? Something tells me he hasn’t, so I’ll wait for that to happen before I make judgments.
The NFL sucks. “You can hold whatever opinion you want,” but a bunch of overpaid whining criminal jackasses are not my idea of a good time. College football players don’t get paid (usually) and don’t cry every time someone hits them (Maurice Clarett notwithstanding). And they play a game that is a whole lot more interesting than the crap that passes for professional football.
It sure is. The same could be said about Hockey and the NHL as opposed to Bantam Hockey Leagues.
Anyone here ever watch Canadian Football?
They play the same damn game with minor differences in rules.
College football players are overpayed in the sense that they are likely on full scholarship and haven’t payed a dime for college.
And oh yeah college football has no whining criminal jackasses if you throw out Marlon Jackson, Jeff Smoker and a good 10% of the other NCAA players.
How are you so sure Marlin did what they said he did? Were you there?
The only explanation for this highly dubious (though factually correct) statement is that you’ve either never watched a college football game or you’ve never watched an NFL game. If you had, you would know that they’re far different games despite the fact that they have almost the same set of rules.
So… No CFL fans here?
Don’t CFL teams have weird names? Like the Alouettes? And what the hell is a Tiger-Cat?
Also, is there as much of a problem in Canada with having a team called the Eskimos as there is in the US with the Redskins?
One proviso: The Argonauts may be the coolest fucking name ever for a sports team, so the CFL wins all the jelly beans for that one.
My point was saying that college football players are somehow better citizens than NFL players is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I simply used the Marlin thing because everyone would know about it and it was in the news recently.
Funny, I would have thought the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard was
it doesn’t matter if Michigan is ranked 1st or 100000th, when they finish the year with 3 losses and ranked in the teens again it wont make a bit of difference.
Also, it’s just plain true that college football players are better citizens than NFL players, if only because they aren’t big whiny bitches.
Ryan Leaf is my hero. He gets a huge signing bonus, and then essentially gives the league the finger. The man is rich, and he barely had to play . . . or even show up. Take that, NFL.
On the subject of Heisman winners, and other respected college players, not being able to play on the next level - the college game in general and the Heisman in particular reward versatility. A quaterback with the ability to run, a starting reciever with good kick returns, a two-way player, whatever, these kind of players do very well (and get a lot of press and other attention) in a college game in which: 1) the option is a legitimate play and 2) players can play a lot of downs without an NFL-level risk of injury or debilitating fatigue. How many NFL teams run an otion, or even encourage QB draws? How many use #1 recievers or half-backs to return kicks or punts? How many allow players to play both ways? Pretty much zero on all counts.
The NFL rewards specialists. There are fewer of every position, and teams want to minimize risk of injury anyway, so they won’t grab the versatile, two way player, they’ll grab the fast reciever with good hands. They (usually) won’t take the option, running, or even heavily scrambling quaterback, they’ll take the statue passer who can throw the ball. NFL teams, for the most part, don’t need to rely on one or two players to carry a team, the way many college teams do; the talent is a lot less diluted. Teams don’t need a Crouch; they have half-backs who can run. They don’t need a top reciever who can also return punts; they have plenty of recievers with that ability.
This is one of the reasons that you see a lot of highly respected college players who don’t really measure up in the NFL.
See? I knew you’d come.
Well said doctor, but ryan leaf is still a big gay fag in my book. And Brad Banks still sucks cock.
You may now all resume your bitching about why Michigan is so underrated.
I just want to say that the CFL has, in my opinion, better rules and a better attitude than the NFL.
Here:
http://www.cfl.ca/CFLRulebook/home.html
http://www.nfl.com/fans/rules/
Ugh, I hate that stupid ‘foul on last play or half of game rule’.
Haha, John Navarre!
http://espn.go.com/ncf/preview03/s/2003/0813/1595018.html
Gil, you get a preemptive “shut up.”
But that doesn’t carry much weight on campus. All they care about in Ann Arbor are Big Ten titles, national championships and victories over Ohio State. And Navarre hasn’t led Michigan to any of the three.