NCAA Week 8 Running Thread

Miles: We knew we had an opportunity to kick their asses ...

wow.

 

I think Les Miles has no idea what he's doing. He's just lucky as hell.

 

Does he have that little faith in his kicker?

 

USC is not in the top 10 (No. 14). I don't think they'll move into the top 10 after beating a one-win team.

 

If they had lost this game, he would have looked like the stupid motherfucker he apparently is.

 

How much faith would you have in that guy? He's not been very reliable.

 

Very true.

 

BCS ranked teams that lost today this week:

2 (USF), 6 (USCarolina), 7 (UK to No. 15 Florida), 12 (Cal), 21 (Tenn) 24 (Texas Tech to No. 16 Mizzou) and 23 (Cincy)

Just another Saturday this year in college football...If basketball is this crazy it will be an amazing year.

 

But A&M has shown the capacity to shit the bed. They have at least a couple more losses in them.

 

The number of either 0 or 1 loss teams in the middle of October is 16. And that number will drop to at least 14 next week because of the matchups.

 

A&M's remaining sked:
Kansas
@ Oklahoma
@ Missouri
Texas

All of those teams are ranked. Those could all be losses, none are easy wins. KU could fall to the 12th Man next week, it'll be Jayhawks toughest road game so far.

 

And THIS is why every LSU fan on the planet will be glad when Lloyd Carr retires/gets fired/says fuck off Big Blue, and Miles heads to Michigan. I love the call to go for the touchdown. David (the kicker) has been struggling lately, and a 42-yarder is not a gimme. But why, oh WHY do you play for the fucking field goal!? You're rolling down the field, go ahead and punch it in. Don't get to the 30 and start running plays that are designed to get you five yards. Push it. As the last minute or so was playing out, and I realized what was happening, I just put my head in my hands and started yelling at the TV.

The thing that scares the hell out of me, as an LSU fan, is that it's working. That means we'll see more of this nonsense. Miles is the guy at the blackjack table who splits 10s, hits a 15 against a dealer's 5, and has it all work out. An hour later, when he's still doing it and it's not working, he starts complaining that the dealer is making five-card 21s and his moves aren't working.
Miles is the luckiest son of a bitch in college football right now, and he's turning every LSU fan into a schizophrenic. Miles is good. Miles is a dumbass. What a call! What the fuck is that dumb motherfucker doing!?
I just can't shake the feeling that it'll be Florida 28, LSU 24 with 15 seconds left in the SEC championship game. Win, and LSU goes to the Superdome. LSU ball at its own 40. Perrilloux trots onto the field ... option! And Perrilloux is tackled at the 50! Game over!
Afterward, as Les is trotting off the field, the postgame interview goes something like this:
Reporter: Coach, why did you run the option on that play?
Miles: It was first down.
Reporter: Ummm...but coach, you only had 15 seconds and no timeouts. What was the thought process there?
Miles: Well, Ryan's been making plays for us all year. I just had a feeling it would work, and it didn't work out.

All I can say is, LSU nation must be doing some heavy duty praying these days. Holy freaking shit.