9 in a row. As someone who lived through the 90s, this pays us back for 1992 and 1995.
We’ll be coming back to Ob-Knoxville, Tennessee at some point in this week’s travels around the message board universe. Let’s get started in Houston to check in on Coach Amazon Prime and the Buffs.
For all that Prime was a player (and he was one of the greatest DBs to play the game), physical was never a trait to describe him. Giving up over 430 yards while only gaining 300 with a -2 turnover margin gets you beat and often run out of the stadium.
Colorado gets slapped around by Houston. What is it about former Texas 8&4 QBs that they go to a lesser program and thrive? The Cougars are 3-0, and Connor Weigman accounts for 305 yards of total offense and 2 TDs against Colorado.
The genius who posted that title needs some remedial lessons in subject-verb agreement. Let’s move on to the one location hotter than the surface of the sun … Columbia, South Carolina … to check in on the mental state of delusional Lamecock Nation.
Don’t look now, but the Commodores have gone to Lane Stadium and the Dead Cockroach and put belt to backside to start 3-0. Vandy wallops South Carolina 31-7 to bring the South Carolina faithful back to earth to start planning for a meaningless bowl trip rather than the CFP. Sure, LaNorris Sellers got knocked out of the game, but the Dores are proving to be a tough out. To the Gamecocks, you typically aren’t going to beat a team with a pulse with a -3 turnover margin.
If this is a 1 week blip due to injury, this one may hurt in December, Cocks. Let’s jump on I-20 to check in on Tyler from Spartanburg and the Tiggers at historic Richt-Smart Field at Vince Dooley Stadium.
I don’t think since starting this series we’ve had to check in on a fan base 3 weeks in a row, but the Greater Anderson Cow College is a gift that keeps on giving. All the college football pundits that had Clemson in the top 5 have egg on their face at this point. The Tigers aren’t good this year, and the upstate IPTAY wolves are now out. Turnovers matter.
Now, for the nerds, storming the field after beating a team for their 2nd loss in 3 games and was behind Troy 16-0 during their only win is classic “At Georgia tech, you can do that” moment. I don’t want you losers to keep winning, but the positive if you do is that we’ll be totally focused on beating you senseless at Thanksgiving.
Let’s go check in to see how the leprechauns are taking the realization that their CFP expectations are going up in smoke with a home loss to Texas 8&4.
2 losses with no chance to win a conference with 1 or 2 losable games still on the schedule puts the Irish’s season officially on the brink. Marcus Freeman’s calling card is defense, and Marcel Reed splattered that defense to almost 400 yards of total offense while only generating a 77 overall QBR.
Irish fans are not entertained … but I am.
Let’s head down to Death Valley and the bayou to check in on the Handbags on the latest stop on the Sun Belt Billy farewell tour.
Watching Handbags who thought college football begin in 1990 crawl under their rocks is a beautiful sight for these eyes. DJ Lagway does his best Quincy Carter impression by throwing 5(!) picks in a game that Florida lost by 10. Once again, all the college football talking heads who raved about Lagway as the guy who was going to put the Gators at their rightful place at the top of the college football universe need to find a crow au vin recipe … cough, cough … Aaron Murray … cough, cough … Josh Pate … cough, cough … Joel Klatt … cough, cough … Chris Doering … cough, cough.
Now the Gators face a QB who hasn’t lost to them on a team that blew them out of the Swamp last year. Good luck in South Florida, Billy.
Let’s end today on the banks of Tennessee River where there are no goalposts floating on this morning.
Well, well, well, Tooth Nation. You pulled defeat from the jaws of victory.
Everything went your way, and you still couldn’t get it done. Face it. Kirby owns your asses between his time at Bama and now at Georgia. He is your Steve Spurrier without the shooting off at the mouth.
Kneeland is officially Sanford North.
Enjoy the likely 2 year break from playing us because we’re coming for double digits the next time in Sanford.
Before I end this week’s trip, I have to call out one of our geniuses.
GodTurley3 and any genius who thumbs upped the post on the Vent, you suck.
This team never gave up. Gunner Stockton had his David Greene moment dropping a dime on 4th down to London Humphreys. The defense was battered throughout the game but came up with a huge stop in the overtime. Finally, if Bo Hughley isn’t starting next Saturday, I wouldn’t blame him if he decided to enter the portal.
Let’s get ready for the Tide.
“Subject-verb agreement”?!
Thank you, Poindexter. 🙂
I note references to the 1990’s in the Tennessee and Florida material. Remember, what comes around goes around. (humbly sips coffee)
Que up Ratt!
Fine, fine work, ee. Got a text from my boss saying he had to be in Valdosta today so he would just see me tomorrow. Unexpected day off and I get to enjoy some college football schadenfreud. Sometimes God just hands you one.
How does one die in a “plan crash?” I can’t stop laughing about that. And what is the Georgia message board genius’ handle here on Refugees? Sounds just like some of the Debbie Downers here who watched the offense roll up five hundred yards with two starting linemen out and their take away is “Bobo and Searles suck! Major concerns!”😆
I meant to call out the “plan” and forgot.
“Destiny is not thy bitch. Bitch is thy destiny.”
I like it.
I’ve wondered what became of Corch…
You know that’s the name we don’t speak aloud. But I had the very same thought when I read that.
Apparently he is moving up teams’ “hot boards”, including the Gators who seem inclined to have him back…. I’d give him half a season before the “heart palpitations” are back….
The notre dame commenter “Zellers” is on fire with the decidedly un Christ-like homophobic slur/suicide encouragement combo. I bet the mods on that board love him.
That ND is the first 0-2 but still ranked team since before I could buy beer is why I hate them so very much….
ND privilege tells Bama privilege “hold my beer”.
An LSU beat writer has them at #10.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s trying to prop them up to boost aTm’s resume because LSU plays them in a few weeks.
“Finally, if Bo Hughley isn’t starting next Saturday, I wouldn’t blame him if he decided to enter the portal.”
Especially, since I saw somewhere (Dawgnation?) that Kirby referenced the conversation Searles had to bring Hughley in.
“Yeah, I didn’t know they’d make a change,” Smart said. “Stacy (Searels) told the headphones he thought that Bo was going to play better. He thought he’d finish stronger than Uini. He was getting a little bit sloppy and a little bit tired.”
It amuses me that all these Gator fans conveniently forget just how bad they were before Spurrier arrived. One season, I can’t remember which, the were winless; just whiffed the whole season.
If anyone saw the emotion from Bo Hughley after the game, they would know how much heart and effort the kid put into that game. If he does that every game, I don’t care if Greene might be a touch better, Bo needs to be in there because Greene doesn’t seem to have the same passion and it will bite this team in the tail on some important play where we need everything the line can muster.
I thought Greene got hurt again and was why Uni (SP?) came in at RT? He had a rough game for sure, but Bo came in for him and closed well for sure.
Fire, passion and energy are suppoed to earn playing time.
Sunny beach, all these tears in my coffee taste so sweet
Kneeland is the Dawg river house .
Godturley 3 is probably a poster here as well. Just read some of the game day tread and you will see quite a few posts of are eminent demise. Ironically, Kirby talks and talks about mental/physical toughness. Kirby has demonstrated we will fight to the end, and beyond, ND, Rose Bowl, Peach Bowl, Austin last year, SEC Championship, yet some of you are not paying attention and want to bitch ,moan and complain during the game. That is not being a fan, that’s being a dumbass.
I had to stop reading the posts on the game day thread before halftime because of all the doom and gloom. Yes, I made one less than negative comment about Gunner. Gunner proved me wrong, I own it, and I won’t question him again. But some tool on here actually posted that the game had passed Kirby by and he needs to retire. I guess I’m happy that asinine comments like that overshadowed my much less asinine comment.
Great on you to own it.
Others that showed their defeatist attitude decided they wanted to celebrate the victory like they were supporting the whole game. That is a quintessential loser. You don’t have to pump sunshine 100% of the time but dam it, Kirby has earned the right to give him the entire game before doom/gloom. Or better yet, those on the blame game train and the after the fact Einsteins, just jump off the bandwagon and go find another group to impress. It was disgusting. EVERYBODY makes the right call after the play is over.
Hey, I hate Tennesee as much as the next guy, but showing Iamaleava the door and bringing in Aguilar is absolutely one of the genius moves of the off season.
I would suggest Heupel lucked into Aguilar. If Nico’s family doesn’t ask for more money right at the end of spring, he’s still the QB in Knoxville.
This is my go to post every week. I don’t miss many articles as a Refugee but I never miss EETHOMASWFNC. Thank you.
It’s a fun thing to do … except when we lose. 😉
Monticello and everyone, thanks for engaging.