THE PAC12 Thread

[wazzu31]

Ya, way to lazy to find it. I'll just keep my non avatar up and rip on Mike Leach and the ASJer's.

 

[Olyduck]

Mine is a duck beating a cougar but it is the Houston one

 

[WizardHawk]

I do need to find a new avatar, any suggestions? And with my obvious distain for everything Mike Leach it's fairly easy to tell it's me. Most Coug fans are sipping the Leach juice because he "led" the comeback against UW in the AC even though Tuel completely went back to using Wulff's offense during that comeback.

Not a bad place to start. Hard to find an unspoiled coug. They all put out on first sight.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Not a bad place to start. Hard to find an unspoiled coug. They all put out on first sight.

 

[WhiteMamba]

 

[WizardHawk]

I looked for a picture of any players from when you last won a 'natty' and it appears there are none.

 

[WizardHawk]

Pac12 to go to 8 IC games?

Larry Scott was on sports radio this morning for an interview and the rumor about the Pac12 going to an 8 game conference schedule was brought up. Here is part of his answer:

Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports tweeted Pac-12 coaches would discuss shortening the conference schedule from nine to eight games at their meetings this week.

“It is dead wrong. I don’t know where that rumor came from,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said as he joined Mitch in the Morning today. “I heard that there was something out there saying we were talking about going to eight (games) and we didn’t spend five seconds on that topic.”

Scott also said “Nobody asked me about this until this show.”

He said coaches may want to reduce the number of games played mostly to lighten the toughness of schedule. But Scott said Pac-12 teams should play each other as much as possible because the nine-game schedule creates tougher competition. This setup could result in stronger emphasis on strength of schedule when considering rankings and college playoff selection.

The new four-team tournament won’t kick off until after the 2014 season, but the NCAA conferences are trying to make the playoffs more competitive through the stronger schedules. In order to ensure the strongest teams qualify for the playoffs, they will appoint a selection committee that selects teams based on strength of schedule and winning conference championships.

The nine-game conference schedule is therefore conducive to this strategy. Scott said he wants to “reward” teams who win despite difficult conferences.

The part missing from this quick break down was his direct comments about the SEC and their 8 game conference schedule. He pointed out what an advantage they have over the other conferences because many of the SEC teams not only have a 4th creampuff OOC game, but often late in the year where they can treat it like a bye week. Not only does this pad their win total over the 9 IC game conferences, but also gives them more rest/recovery before the end of season run.

He said the Pac has always been about high level competition and there is no intention to change that now. He pointed out that the Big10 is going from an 8 to a 9 game schedule and the Big12 already had it. That leaves pretty much the SEC as the only ones wanting to dumb down their schedule to artificially inflate their record.

Let those pansies in the south beat up on Crap State for 1/3 of their season. The Pac will continue to play real college football and take on all challengers.

 

[WhiteMamba]

 

[geneh_33]

I won't take wazzy seriously until he gets his trademark space needle avatar up.

Give that space needle some Viagra and it will come right up!

 

[wazzu31]

I'm more into brunettes. But since I suppose, if I must.

 

[WizardHawk]

I'm more into brunettes. But since I suppose, if I must.

That's a damned sight better than that space needle one. NOW you can get a right proper welcome to the board.

 

[wazzu31]

Well obviously you're a Husky so you know the signifigance of which school got to fly their flag during "Seattle week" which was abruptly ended by Bill Moos hooking WSU out to play the Oregon schools in Seattle and no longer shutting the city down by having the bad guys play at Muttlake and the good guys play at the artist formerly known as Seahawk Stadium/Qwest field. Ah, good old days, did ditch one of the Seattle games to watch Jake Locker get to excited and blew it against BYU though.

 

[WizardHawk]

I have no idea what you are rambling on about, but it's nice to have a coug here anyway. Aren't many of us from Wa state on this board.

 

[wazzu31]

The Cougs would always have a game in Seattle and UW and WSU would have "Seattle week" where schools to raise money for whatever charity/foundation or cause and the winner got to fly their banner on the space needle.

Most Coug fans are on a different site but I'm considered a troll because I don't worship at the feet of Mike Leach.

 

[geneh_33]

The Cougs would always have a game in Seattle and UW and WSU would have "Seattle week" where schools to raise money for whatever charity/foundation or cause and the winner got to fly their banner on the space needle.

Most Coug fans are on a different site but I'm considered a troll because I don't worship at the feet of Mike Leach.

I am happy to see a Wash. State fan on here as well. I can't say I blame you about your feelings about Mike Leach. He has a long way to go to prove himself yet.

 

[WizardHawk]

I can say most UW fans never respected rick neuheisl. Always thought he was a weasel. We did grow to accept him to some degree when he brought winning seasons and a rose bowl win, but he never gained our respect.

I'd imagine the same will be true for wazzy and his ilk. Even if Leach somehow finds a way to build a team and maybe even win a RB, I doubt he suddenly starts liking the guy. I may pick on my neighbors a bit, but I respect fans who want more for their team and Leach does bring a lot of baggage and has done some odd things so far.

 

[wazzu31]

I can say most UW fans never respected rick neuheisl. Always thought he was a weasel. We did grow to accept him to some degree when he brought winning seasons and a rose bowl win, but he never gained our respect.

I'd imagine the same will be true for wazzy and his ilk. Even if Leach somehow finds a way to build a team and maybe even win a RB, I doubt he suddenly starts liking the guy. I may pick on my neighbors a bit, but I respect fans who want more for their team and Leach does bring a lot of baggage and has done some odd things so far.

It won't ever happen but if Leach changes who he is, then I would support him completely. There is not one endearing quality to the man that can make me think the program is going in the right direction. He is getting paid like he actually have won a BCS game, a conference title or heck even a division title in his career. I'm playing armchair coach but what the hell is the point of running the read option as your lone running play when you don't let your quarterback keep it?

He still has yet to refer to the school, fans or players as Cougs and his jerkoff remark after the AC of "wow this is a big deal" well no shit, you it's in your fucking contract a 250k bonus if you win the apple cup.

I get it, Leach was jealous, hated, disliked or something towards Marquees Wilson. Leach should've just asked him to leave the program before the season and deal with it then than go on to just taunt him in the media.

And finally, it took him 8 years of playing complete patsies before his Tech team was a top 5 team and it pisses me off more than anything that he is backed out of the home parts of a home and home with BYU and Wisconsin.

 

[TheDayMan]

Shoktart sighting...

HA!

 

[WhiteMamba]

HA!

Fuckin classic HUH???

 

[TheDayMan]

Pretty good.