College football 2013 running discussion thread

But even in the old days someone was the punching bag. In the SWC Rice seemed to always be at the bottom. In the ACC it was usually Wake and Duke and Vandy in the SEC.

 

"New traditions" at Western Michigan...

1. The phrase 'new tradition' is an oxymoron. I can say we're going to have a new tradition that we print our Thursday edition in Finnish but that doesn't make it so.
2. WMU will have an in-house DJ named "DJ Ill Mix."
3. "Twenty minutes before the game starts we're going to have a fog horn." Because firing the cannon at Kelly-Shorts always gets the students to go into the stadium.
4. The idea of building one's team concept around a nautical theme doesn't carry much water (see what I did there?) when you're based in the coastal city of Kalamazoo.
5. Fleck changes shirts randomly here. Any CMU BCA student knows that's a major continuity break.
6. After the extra point, "DJ Ill Mix" is going to play "Chelsea Dagger." Because I needed another reason to hate WMU.
7. At about the 2:20 mark, the unintentional comedy of a Division I football coach doing motions to a Metallica song has me rolling on the floor.
8. And we're back to the white shirt. My BCA prof would rip this video a new one.
9. At 2:55, WMU has officially introduced nursery rhymes to Division I football. Because that's cool.
10. At the end of the game, win or lose, the team will gather with the student section and a team captain will direct the fight song WITH AN OAR. WITH AN OAR.
Actual quote:
"He won't a have...uh, uh, a wand. He'll actually have an oar, leading our fight song."

http://deadspin.com/western-michigan-coach-demonstrates-new-traditions-in-1250884633?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

Yeah, I vaguely remember that. He never signed a NLI because he didn't get eligible until after the signing period ended.

But even if he was eligible, the premier SEC schools -- aside from Georgia -- were backing off because he was a slow safety or a small linebacker. He's turned out to be pretty decent as a 205-pound linebacker, hasn't he?

 

As a WMU alum, let me just say...... ummmm, nothing. Did I say WMU?? Nah, that's not what I meant. I MEANT to say I'd gone to......my phone!! Is that my phone ringing!?!?! Yeah, it is!! Be right back.....

 

But can Western Michigan win on the smurf turf? That's the only question that matters.

 

Broncos would be the testing waters for Alabama's decision.

 

Not bad, but this would be way better if they had Manziel sucking on his mom's boob.

 

So is that a well-done cutout, or did they have him stand on a translucent table or whatnot and shoot from underneath?

Great photo.

 

Considering WMU's commitment to a nautical theme, playing on a field that looks like an over-chlorinated swimming pool might be appropriate.

I say the Crimson Tide visit Eastern Washington, where a the Crimson Tide has already washed over the turf...

 

That is a sweet field.

 

As sweet as red velvet cake.