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SunDevilNiner79 · 2014-08-26T11:19:19-07:00

It begins!!!! First game is Abilene Christian vs. Georgia State on Wednesday at 7PM EST. But WTF cares about that game. Top 3 games of the week and my picks 1. No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 9 South Carolina, Thursday 6PM EST, SEC Network -South Carolina favored by 10.5 -South Carolina notes: Likely an over rated team to start off the year, they are lead by an elite RB in Mike Davis and WR Shaq Roland is a potential start in the making. Defensively they lost some key players up front but are lead by two young studs at LB in Holloman and Moore. -Texas A&M: The post-Manziel era begins. Sophmore QB Kenny Hill is taking over and he was a big time highschool football star, a mobile QB to boot. A&M has a very young offense with only 3 seniors starting, and only 3 seniors on D starting. -Pick: South Carolina to cover. In case you missed it, Texas A&M was a bad football team that won games on Manziel-Evans magic. Texas A&M has a lot of young talent, but on the road against South Carolina is going to be a tough lesson 2. No, 14 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 LSU, Saturday, 9PM EST, ESPN -LSU favored by 5 -LSU Notes: LSU has a powerful offensive line and is loaded at RB. The passing game will be a work in progress with a freshman QB and replacing the top 2 WRs. Defensively LSU is very young and reloading, yet again, but should still boast a top 30 Defense at least. -Wisconsin Notes: Wisconsin had the #6 D in the country last year but lost 5 of its top 7 tacklers, including defensive leader Chris Borland. And despite the impressive ranking, Wisconsin gave up 30 pts to major conference OOC opponents. Offensively it will be the Melvin Gordon show behind a veteran line, Gordon is a potential Heisman candidate. -Pick: LSU to cover. This is a bad matchup for a one-dimensional Wisconsin offense, and their D won't hold up against LSU's attack. 3. No. 16 Clemson at No. 14 Georgia, Saturday, 5:30PM EST, ESPN -Georgia favored by 7.5 -Clemson Notes: Clemson had the #24 defense last year, and it will be even better this year with a lethal front 7, with 4 defensive lineman racking up double digit TFL last year that returned. Clemson is led by DE stud Vic Beasley. Offensively, Clemson is rebuilding as its stars over the years have moved on to the NFL. -Georgia Notes: Georgai has arguably the best pair of RBs in the nation, but gone is leader Andrew Murray. Last year Georgia was an injury plagued team that was put together with Murray's gum and toothpicks. Pick: Clemson to cover. Clemson's front 7 is going to be put to the test as Gurley embarrassed them last year. However without Murray, expect Clemson to commit fully to the run and stack the box

Jan 13, 2015 at 7:56 AM

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Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
Ohio St. proves why the playoff was needed in one season. Without it you would have watched Alabama vs. Florida St. last night.

Now you know why SEC fans are actually upset. Every single one of those pom poms knows exactly what will happen to their conference without voting and crooked computing.

Now, they just received a heavy does of reality... and guess what? so has their recruits...

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Jan 13, 2015 at 9:15 AM

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Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:20 AM

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Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

good question... seeing that he is a Junior and obviously Meyer felt the two guys ahead of him were ... are ... better.

Either way, I think the future is bright for Ohio State.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:24 AM

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Originally posted by Geeked:

Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

good question... seeing that he is a Junior and obviously Meyer felt the two guys ahead of him were ... are ... better.

Either way, I think the future is bright for Ohio State.

I think that's why he's best off going to the NFL. Jones has until Thursday to make a decision whether he's staying or going pro.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:27 AM

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Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

go pro? you're crazy.

He goes back and gets his degree, maybe he gets some more playing time.

If he comes out now he will be an UDFA.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:28 AM

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Originally posted by Geeked:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
Ohio St. proves why the playoff was needed in one season. Without it you would have watched Alabama vs. Florida St. last night.

Now you know why SEC fans are actually upset. Every single one of those pom poms knows exactly what will happen to their conference without voting and crooked computing.

Now, they just received a heavy does of reality... and guess what? so has their recruits...

Yep, I told my buddy that this kind of means all the prior championships were BS because we have proof a #4 team is actually the best team.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:35 AM

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Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

go pro? you're crazy.

He goes back and gets his degree, maybe he gets some more playing time.

If he comes out now he will be an UDFA.

Is he able to transfer without sitting out a year? He got a lot of flak a couple years ago when he said going to classes were pointless since they were there to play football. Obviously he has matured since then or I at least hope so but I wasn't sure if he had the same right to transfer without sitting like Miller has.

Here's what he said...
"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS,"

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8466428/ohio-state-buckeyes-cardale-jones-tweets-classes-pointless

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:48 AM

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Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

go pro? you're crazy.

He goes back and gets his degree, maybe he gets some more playing time.

If he comes out now he will be an UDFA.

Is he able to transfer without sitting out a year? He got a lot of flak a couple years ago when he said going to classes were pointless since they were there to play football. Obviously he has matured since then or I at least hope so but I wasn't sure if he had the same right to transfer without sitting like Miller has.

Here's what he said...
"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS,"

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8466428/ohio-state-buckeyes-cardale-jones-tweets-classes-pointless

He can transfer to a lower division school and play right away. Or what the new rage is, graduate early and transfer to a new school as a grad student to play right away.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:50 AM

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Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

go pro? you're crazy.

He goes back and gets his degree, maybe he gets some more playing time.

If he comes out now he will be an UDFA.

Is he able to transfer without sitting out a year? He got a lot of flak a couple years ago when he said going to classes were pointless since they were there to play football. Obviously he has matured since then or I at least hope so but I wasn't sure if he had the same right to transfer without sitting like Miller has.

Here's what he said...
"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS,"

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8466428/ohio-state-buckeyes-cardale-jones-tweets-classes-pointless

He can transfer to a lower division school and play right away. Or what the new rage is, graduate early and transfer to a new school as a grad student to play right away.

Ok I knew he could go to a 1-AA school and play right away but I heard on ESPN that Miller can go to any school he wants and play right away so I wasn't sure if Jones could do the same thing.

Jan 13, 2015 at 9:59 AM

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Originally posted by JustinMT:
Ok I knew he could go to a 1-AA school and play right away but I heard on ESPN that Miller can go to any school he wants and play right away so I wasn't sure if Jones could do the same thing.

Yeah Braxton can graduate, and then enroll as a grad student at another college and play right away

Jan 13, 2015 at 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
He can transfer to a lower division school and play right away. Or what the new rage is, graduate early and transfer to a new school as a grad student to play right away.

This trend just blows my mind. I'm no dumb dumb but it took me five years to get my bachelor. I finished my two and a half year master in two, but that required NO LIFE.

These guys are taking a full load plus and playing football???? something is not adding up.

Jan 13, 2015 at 10:42 AM

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Brings a tear to my eye...

I looked back at some earlier posts in this thread and there was a lot of "OSU sucks, weak conference, lost to VA Tech" and "SEC is king, SEC West is the best division ever" blah blah etc. Some of that stuff is comical in hindsight

Jan 13, 2015 at 11:31 AM

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Originally posted by TheRambler:

Brings a tear to my eye...

I looked back at some earlier posts in this thread and there was a lot of "OSU sucks, weak conference, lost to VA Tech" and "SEC is king, SEC West is the best division ever" blah blah etc. Some of that stuff is comical in hindsight

Indeed, I'm sure I'm guilty. Hell everybody is guilty of it unless you are a OSU/Big 10 fan,

Jan 13, 2015 at 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by lazy:
Cardale Jones going pro? or does he come back for one more year?

go pro? you're crazy.

He goes back and gets his degree, maybe he gets some more playing time.

If he comes out now he will be an UDFA.

I would love to bet you a LOT of money on that one. No chance he wouldnt get drafted.

Jan 13, 2015 at 12:10 PM

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Man, some people are ruthless. Calling Mariota "JaMarcus Mariota" after yesterday

I thought he played decent. He's def not the reason Oregon lost.