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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Mark Richt Campaigned for a Title Bid Without Much Hope</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/georgia-football/" rel="tag">Georgia Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-coaching/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Coaching</a></p><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/03/mark-richt-sec-championship-trophy-240.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />Remember last season when Georgia was ranked fourth, above 2-loss LSU, but were then jumped by the Tigers after LSU beat Tennessee in the SEC Championship game?<br /><br />That win propelled the Tigers to their second national championship of the 2-aughts, and they became the first team with more than one loss to win a BCS title. At the time, Mark Richt was a ball of title-campaignin' energy, telling each and every reporter he could drag into earshot that Georgia deserved a bid because of their BCS ranking.<br /><br />As an SEC fan, I always felt Richt's argument was facetious at best. Georgia ended the year playing their best football in recent memory, but to take a 2-loss team who hadn't even won their division over the SEC champion (with one additional win on their record) was never going to fly.<br /><br />I'm not a huge fan of the BCS, but they got it right last year.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1248701/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/08/mark-richt-campaigned-for-a-title-bid-without-much-hope/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-08T08:58:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Vandy Needs to Give Bobby Johnson a Raise</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/charles-rich/" title="Charles Rich"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288594_64.jpg" alt="Charles Rich" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/charles-rich/">Charles Rich</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/alabama-football/" rel="tag">Alabama Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/florida-football/" rel="tag">Florida Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-coaching/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Coaching</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/vanderbilt-football/" rel="tag">Vanderbilt Football</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/06/bjohnson1.jpg" alt="" />Ridiculous. I realize Vandy is a private school and they provide a valuable service to the SEC in helping with the conference graduations rates. Still, if they aren't going to actually pay their football coach over $1 million dollars, <a href="http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080623/UPDATES02/80623028/1006/SPORTS">there's a problem</a>. Sylvester Croom just got his pay pushed into the seven figure zone. Now Bobby Johnson is the only SEC coach still <a href="http://www.al.com/sports/mobileregister/thicks.ssf?/base/sports/1214212553252990.xml&amp;coll=3">earning a paltry 6 figure salary</a>. Keep up.<br /><blockquote>Les Miles, LSU, $3,750,000<br />Nick Saban, Alabama, $3,750,000<br />Urban Meyer, Florida, $3,250,000<br />Bobby Petrino, Arkansas, $2,850,000<br />Mark Richt, Georgia, $2,800,000<br />Tommy Tuberville, Auburn, $2,800,000<br />Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee, $2,050,000<br />Steve Spurrier, South Carolina, $1,750,000<br />Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State, $1,700,000<br />Houston Nutt, Ole Miss, $1,700,000<br />Rich Brooks, Kentucky, $1,600,000<br />Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt, $950,000<br /></blockquote>Then again, Johnson is the only SEC coach not to be automatically placed on a hot seat after a losing season.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1237070/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/25/vandy-needs-to-give-bobby-johnson-a-raise/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Charles Rich</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-06-25T23:52:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Trindon Holliday Is The Fastest College Football Player Ever According To LSU</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/john-radcliff/" title="John Radcliff"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/198700_64.jpg" alt="John Radcliff" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/john-radcliff/">John Radcliff</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/west-virginia-football/" rel="tag">West Virginia Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-media-watch/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Media Watch</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/06/james-jett.jpg" alt="" />Via <a href="http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lsu-lays-claim-to-fastest-college-football-player-ever-18185">Sports by Brooks</a>, word out of LSU is that junior wide receiver Trindon Holliday is the <a href="http://nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=60642">fastest college football player</a>...ever. When you consider the speed guys that have come out of college football like Deion Sanders, Willie Gault, Hershel Walker, etc., that's quite a statement!<br /><br />No doubt, speed kills. But in the world of football, it isn't everything. I would argue that speed on the track is secondary to football speed. It's truly the gifted athlete that has track speed and football speed, like Deion and Hershel. Because then you have a weapon. <br /><br />The man you see at right is James Jett, former West Virginia and Oakland Raider wide receiver. If the name doesn't ring a bell, don't feel bad. He was never an <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2007/10/17/randy-moss-fast-james-jett-faster/">all-pro caliber wide receiver</a>. But he was the definition of fast. He was a member of the 1992 USA 4 x 100 gold medal relay team, and actually beat out Carl Lewis at the trials while he was still playing for West Virginia. Don't get me wrong, he was a good wide receiver. But he was never great. <br /><br />Back to Holliday. He might be the fastest college football player ever. But at the end of the day it doesn't really mean anything. Much like Spinal Tap being the worlds loudest rock band, they still never sold any records. For all his speed, Holiday really hasn't done anything on the field. Particularly when you look at his <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=181680">stats as a receiver</a>. And that's how he should be judged. But you go ahead and have that "fastest college football player ever" plaque made, LSU. I'll be looking for it on Ebay real soon.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1224099/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/06/12/trindon-holliday-is-the-fastest-college-football-player-ever-acc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>deion sanders</category><category>DeionSanders</category><category>hershel walker</category><category>HershelWalker</category><category>james jett</category><category>JamesJett</category><category>trindon holliday</category><category>TrindonHolliday</category><category>willie gault</category><category>WillieGault</category><dc:creator>John Radcliff</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-06-12T16:30:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Worst Moments in Big Ten Football History #4: Ohio State Loses Back-To-Back Title Games</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/mark-hasty/" title="Mark Hasty"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/1496309_64.jpg" alt="Mark Hasty" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/mark-hasty/">Mark Hasty</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/florida-football/" rel="tag">Florida Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-10/" rel="tag">Big 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-history/" rel="tag">NCAA FB History</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/columbus/" rel="tag">Columbus</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/05/les-miles-jim-tressel-425-sm.jpg" alt="" /><br /><em><br />FanHouse is counting down the <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/bmibth">ten best</a>, <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/wmibth">ten worst</a>, and ten weirdest moments in Big Ten football history.</em><br /><br />Yes, here's another moment you just knew was coming.<br /><br />Anything I can possibly say about how awful it is that Ohio State lost back-to-back BCS Title Games must, of course, be tempered by the mandatory statement about how unbelievably hard it is to make it to one such game, let alone making it to two in a row. Thus if we're going to hail on the Buckeyes for giving a new layer of meaning to the term "epic fail," we owe them ... well, we owe them 50% of the respect we give to the early-90s Buffalo Bills. Or the same amount of respect we give to <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/BobStoops/">Bob Stoops</a>' Oklahoma Sooners, who have the same resume (one title, back-to-back title game losses).<br /><br />So you can't say the Buckeyes are bad, not even if you're an SEC fan, and you can't say that <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/JimTressel/">Jim Tressel</a> isn't a very good coach. You can, however, wonder what went wrong. The answer: Lots. In both 2007 and 2008, the Buckeyes were undone by a combination of bad execution (which was within their control) and an imploding hype machine (which wasn't).<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1196532/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/15/worst-moments-in-big-ten-football-history-4-ohio-state-loses-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>wmibth</category><dc:creator>Mark Hasty</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-15T12:24:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Say Goodbye to Ryan Perrilloux</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-scandal/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Scandal</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/02/ryan-perriloux-fumble.jpg" alt="" />LSU's fantastic quarterback talent, Ryan Perilloux, has finally been <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=2008-05-02_D90DH2N00&amp;show_article=1&amp;cat=breaking">dismissed from the team</a>:<br /><blockquote>Head coach Les Miles says that Perrilloux "didn't fulfill his obligation as an LSU student-athlete." He is declining additional comment.<br /><br />LSU said Friday that Perrilloux is expected to finish out the spring semester at the school. </blockquote> Thus ends a tumultuous, occasionally brilliant, and often frustrating tour in the bayou for Perilloux, who led LSU to a victory over Tennessee in last year's SEC title game. Perilloux was slated to start in 2008.<br />
<p>What did Perrilloux in? Simply put, it was his nose for trouble. Perrilloux was suspended no less than three times in the past 12 months, and was becoming a major distraction for the team even in the off-season when he was late for team practice, suspended, and then reinstated.<br /><br />Despite his talent, Perrilloux would have been a poor senior leader for LSU. FanHouse is pleased with Les Miles' decision: despite forcing Tiger fans to endure a season without one of their key playmakers, Miles is sending a signal that LSU football is more important than one player.<br /><br />As for Perrilloux? He will probably land on his feet. Any number of college programs will be anxious to acquire the dual-threat quarterback's services despite his off-field transgressions. After transferring and sitting out a year, expect to see Perilloux pop up at another Div-IA (excuse me, FBS) program.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1184782/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/05/02/say-goodbye-to-ryan-perrilloux/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-02T10:24:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Can LSU Dump Ryan Perrilloux Now?</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/pete-holiday/" title="Pete Holiday"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288577_64.jpg" alt="Pete Holiday" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/pete-holiday/">Pete Holiday</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2007/06/lsu-ryan-perrilloux-240sm.jpg" />Before the start of last season, I argued that Ryan Perrilloux was <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2007/06/12/lsu-starts-summer-conditioning-without-perrilloux/">nothing but trouble</a>.<br /><blockquote>I realize that this kid was seen as something of a catch when he was signed, but he really is nothing but trouble. No matter where he is on the depth chart, he's already causing a headache and the season hasn't even gotten started yet. Miles should just cut the kid loose. He hasn't learned his lesson</blockquote>I was chastised by the commenters, though, for trying to keep a black man down, and admonished to "wait and see" (because two different fake-ID incidents isn't enough). <br /><br />But after all of the trouble lately, and all of the extra chances, he's still just running around, <a href="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/04/02/Sports/Junior.Qb.Allegedly.Involved.In.Incident-3297385.shtml">acting like a thug</a>. <br /><blockquote>A server at Kona Grill in Perkins Rowe told The Daily Reveille late Tuesday night that Perrilloux arrived at the restaurant 30 minutes after it closed Friday.<br /><br />Perrilloux entered the bar and attempted to order drinks. After he was denied service, Perrilloux began to curse and use racial slurs, the server said.<br /><br />A Kona Grill manager approached Perrilloux, who then cursed the manager. The server said Perrilloux was asked to leave. And the police were called to the restaurant, but Perrilloux had left by the time any officers arrived.<br /><br />The server said LSU coach <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/LesMiles/">Les Miles</a> called the restaurant Saturday to apologize for Perrilloux.<br /></blockquote>Um, yeah. Class act, that Perrilloux. That Miles has allowed Perrilloux to stay on the roster says something about him. Are there any fans (LSU or otherwise) left defending this now?<br /><br />
<div align="right"><em>(Hat tip: <a href="http://thebiglead.com/?p=5256">The Big Lead</a>)<br /><br /><br /></em>
<div align="left"><strong>Update:</strong> Commenter 'rd' passed along a link to a Baton Rouge talk radio website which claims that the Kona Grill manager is now <a href="http://wwl.com/Baton-Rouge-restaurant-denies-report-of-Perrilloux/1931449">denying that anything happened</a> and directing people to the corporate PR department. It's not a very convincing story, at least not yet. </div>
</div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1156091/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/04/02/can-lsu-dump-perrilloux-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Ryan Perilloux</category><category>RyanPerilloux</category><category>The Daily Reveille</category><category>TheDailyReveille</category><dc:creator>Pete Holiday</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-04-02T13:02:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Memo to This Year's Eventual National Champion: Savor It</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/" title="Brian Grummell"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288591_64.jpg" alt="Brian Grummell" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/">Brian Grummell</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/michigan-football/" rel="tag">Michigan Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/notre-dame-football/" rel="tag">Notre Dame Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/usc-football/" rel="tag">USC Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/the-word/" rel="tag">The Word</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/tcu-football/" rel="tag">TCU Football</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/03/a-p-national-championship-trophy-180.jpg" />Interesting find in <a target="_blank" href="http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=788291">Olin Buchanan's Mailbag this week at Rivals.com</a>: a trend has emerged in college football whereby teams winning a title ending in any year ending in an 8 experience a long, painful championship drought.<br /><br />Recent victims: Notre Dame has not won a title since 1988.  USC waited until 2003 after claiming the 1978 crown.  Ohio State endured a more than 30-year wait between their 1968 and 2002 crowns.  Scary stuff here.<br /><br />Everyone wants a championship, but maybe it's a devil's bargain in reaching for this year's title?<br /><br />Other victims of years ending in "8":<br /><blockquote>TCU was named the Associated Press national champion in 1938 - the third year of the poll - and even though players such as Bob Lilly and LaDainian Tomlinson have since come through Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs have not won another crown.<br /><br />Michigan won in 1948 and did not win another national title until 1997, and that one was split with Nebraska. The '58 champion was LSU, which waited 45 years before celebrating another national championship.<br /></blockquote>
<p> Ok so maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing for TCU to win a championship this year.  They've waited long enough, maybe another drought is worth the price of ending the current agony.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1147566/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/24/memo-to-this-years-eventual-national-champion-savor-it/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>AP National Championship</category><category>ApNationalChampionship</category><category>Olin Buchanan</category><category>OlinBuchanan</category><category>Rivals.com</category><dc:creator>Brian Grummell</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-24T11:50:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Les Miles Now Makes More Than Nick Saban</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/" title="Brian Grummell"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288591_64.jpg" alt="Brian Grummell" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/">Brian Grummell</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/alabama-football/" rel="tag">Alabama Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/the-word/" rel="tag">The Word</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/03/les-miles-ap-trophy-180.jpg" />This is a good week for LSU coach <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/LesMiles/">Les Miles</a>.  He's certainly basking in LSU's BCS National Championship.  He's miraculously not at beloved alma mater Michigan while they <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/michigan-athletics-facing-academic-scrutiny/">endure bad press for questionable academic practices</a> within the athletic department.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/lsus-miles-to-earn-over-375-million-a/n20080314170809990025?ecid=RSS0001">And he got a big raise</a>.<br /><br />So big, in fact, that it makes him the highest-paid coach in the SEC by $1,000 over rival and former LSU coach <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/NickSaban/">Nick Saban</a>.<br /><blockquote>Saban, who is guaranteed $3.75 million, was the SEC's highest-paid coach. Miles' new contract states he will be paid no less than the highest-paid coach at a public university in the conference, plus $1,000.<br /></blockquote>Sometimes in the SEC there's no need to be sneaky when it feels so good to be obvious.  This is one bold, blunt example.  I guess it pays to not be able to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBd3WOdVbBQ">pronounce the word Arkansas</a> so long as you are holding that glass football.<br /><br />Side note for LSU fans: that's an AP National Championship Trophy in the picture.  USC won one in 2004, you won one in 2008.  Just so you know that we know that your coach knows it counts.  That is all.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1142566/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/03/17/les-miles-now-makes-more-than-nick-saban/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>AP</category><category>Associated Press</category><category>AssociatedPress</category><category>BCS</category><dc:creator>Brian Grummell</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-17T22:08:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Ryan Perrilloux Rumor Now Substantiated: Indefinite Suspension</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/" title="Brian Cook"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288593_64.jpg" alt="Brian Cook" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/">Brian Cook</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-rumors/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Rumors</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/02/ryan-perriloux-fumble.jpg" alt="" /><em>Score one for the internets.</em><br /><br />LSU is <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/story/_a/lsus-perrilloux-suspended-for-violation/n20080218182409990026">out one starting quarterback</a>, from the looks of it: <br /><blockquote>LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux was suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules, leaving his status unclear for the start of spring practice Feb. 29.<br /><br />Coach Les Miles did not elaborate on the violation in his statement Monday or how the suspension would affect Perrilloux's future with the national champions.<br /></blockquote>The <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/">rumor has it</a> that the "violation of team rules" in this instance is Not Being On The Team Anymore, which includes not going to meetings or class and, if you believe the truly tinfoil-hat version of events, shaking down LSU for money before returning. <br /><br />Which is completely insane and would be unbelievable if we were talking about anyone other than Ryan Perrilloux, who had a now-you-see-me-now-you-don't commitment to Texas, somehow got involved in a countefeiting investigation, and has already been suspended twice by LSU. Ryan Perrilloux could announce he is the reincarnated David Bowie, and not even David Bowie would be that shocked.<br /><br />Even so, both sides have to come to their senses here, don't they? Perrilloux has two years to start at an elite program, which can be a ticket to NFL riches. LSU has a guy who used to play for Harvard and a freshman backing Perrilloux up. Both parties have a huge incentive to work things out. If they don't, LSU's title defense is over before it starts. %Gallery-5292%<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1118304/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/perrilloux-rumor-now-substantiated/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>les miles</category><category>LesMiles</category><category>ryan perrilloux</category><category>RyanPerrilloux</category><dc:creator>Brian Cook</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-02-18T23:15:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Unsubstantiated Rumor Alert: Perillioux's Mama Has Spat with LSU, He Cleans Out Locker, Leaves Team</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-gossip/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Gossip</a></p><img align="right" style="border: 0pt none ; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2007/06/lsu-ryan-perrilloux-240sm.jpg" alt="" />Yeah, we run with the good stuff here at FanHouse.  Intense message-board hand-wringing and rumormongering has produced <a href="http://www.fanblogs.com/lsu/007501.php">this morsel</a> (c/o our good friend Kevin Donahue at <a href="http://www.fanblogs.com/lsu/007501.php">Fanblogs.com</a>):<br /><blockquote>Due to an ongoing dispute between Perrilloux's mother and LSU -- potentially stemming from Ryan's mother trying to shake down the school -- the projected starting quarterback has cleaned out his locker and left the team. Perrilloux reportedly missed a team meeting this week, but his absence is clouded by reports that Perrilloux was attending his father's funeral.
<p>The only aspect that does not seem to be in dispute is that Ryan Perrilloux has cleaned out his locker. </p>
<p>WDSU-TV in New Orleans is reporting the rumors that Perrilloux quit the team, but -- so far -- there's no comment from Perrilloux or the Tigers.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This could be devastating news for LSU.  Perillioux is a great talent and his services will be sorely needed by a defending national champion which has been depleted by graduation and early defection to the NFL.</p>
On the flip side, however, "character issues" seem to come up all too frequently for the talented dual-threat quarterback.  Perillioux has had a number of run-ins with the coaching staff and seems to have a hard time following the rules.  Kevin posted a followup to better explain what's happening:<br /><blockquote>It is believed that one of the issues was class attendance, missing a team appointment and the other was related to him going somewhere he wasn't supposed to be. So... the coaches met with Perrilloux and the suspension talk came up. This conversation apparently led to Perrilloux's mother threatening to pull the QB off the team<br />
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</blockquote>When Mama gets involved, things are going in the wrong direction.  Losing Perillioux might severely wound LSU's 2008 campaign, but in the long-term, it might be for the best.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1117761/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/18/unsubstantiated-rumor-alert-perilliouxs-mama-has-spat-with-lsu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-02-18T10:51:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>LSU Schedules Appalachian State</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/" title="Brian Grummell"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288591_64.jpg" alt="Brian Grummell" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/">Brian Grummell</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/the-word/" rel="tag">The Word</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/02/cupcakes-240.jpg" />Yes, <em>that</em> Appalachian State.<br /><blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf/2008/02/lsu_to_play_appalachian_state.html">LSU will open the 2008 football season at home Aug. 30 against Appalachian State</a>, which shocked Michigan last season.<br /><br />The game between LSU and Appalachian State will mark the first time that a defending champion from the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) will meet the defending champion from the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) in the season-opener the following year.<br /></blockquote>
<p>This, ladies and gentlemen, is how the supposedly mighty SEC does business.  Thing is, the boys from Boone are still a cupcake.  And now they've lost that ace in the hole of being able to sneak up on people. In other words, you'll see this in about seven months:<br /></p>
<strong><font size="4">LSU 52 Appalachian State 3<!-- font--></font></strong><br /><br />We award LSU no points for arranging this game, and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_lzT6JpJrg">may God have mercy on their soul</a>.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1112358/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/02/11/lsu-schedules-appalachian-state/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Appalachian State</category><category>AppalachianState</category><category>cupcake</category><dc:creator>Brian Grummell</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-02-11T17:09:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Urban Meyer Is Suddenly Concerned About Patrick Johnson's ACT</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/" title="Brian Cook"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288593_64.jpg" alt="Brian Cook" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/">Brian Cook</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/florida-football/" rel="tag">Florida Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-recruiting/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Recruiting</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.aolsportsblog.com/media/2007/03/urban-meyer-180.jpg" alt="" />Patrick Johnson is the best high school corner available this year, depending on who you listen to. Earlier in the year he committed to Miami, but he re-opened his recruiting, focusing on Florida, Florida State and LSU. He picked LSU and planned to enroll early, but those plans were <a href="http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-35/1200723770187870.xml&amp;coll=1">recently kiboshed</a>: <br /><blockquote>LSU's top-rated football recruit, cornerback Patrick Johnson of Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Fla., said he still plans to join the Tigers even though he was unable to begin school this week as expected after his ACT score was questioned by the NCAA.<br /></blockquote>Johnson is qualified because his ACT score, previously stuck on 16 after multiple attempts, suddenly jumped to 22. The NCAA is supposed to review all such unexplained jumps, as they're statistically improbable. All well and good. Care to wonder why the NCAA is looking into this? <br /><blockquote> "I'm not upset," Johnson said. "Florida made an issue about the ACT score. They're cowards. They had to go behind my back. But that's OK. We play them this year (on Oct. 11 at Florida)."<br /></blockquote>Urban Meyer, or someone on his staff suddenly got real suspicious about that test score when Johnson committed to Not Florida. Anyone care to guess who Les Miles will declare LSU's newest <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2007/02/09/lsu-has-a-new-f-ing-rival-bama/">f*#$ing rival</a>?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1091394/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/19/urban-meyer-is-suddenly-concerned-about-patrick-johnsons-act/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>patrick johnson</category><category>PatrickJohnson</category><category>urban meyer</category><category>UrbanMeyer</category><dc:creator>Brian Cook</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-19T16:42:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Racists Love LSU</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/" title="Brian Cook"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288593_64.jpg" alt="Brian Cook" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/">Brian Cook</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-fans/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Fans</a></p><em>I hate Louisiana Nazis.</em><br /><br />This has been on Deadspin already so there might be little point in reposting it, but my God, this is remarkable. And really really racist. And sad. And will hopefully cause Ryan Perriloux to immediately transfer somewhere far away:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2hVvMfgvocE&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2hVvMfgvocE&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object><br /><br />No doubt this phenomenon is not restricted to LSU fans, but that's a lot of racism from like six guys without even the tiniest hint of dissent. And yet they idolize Glenn Dorsey. Tools. Someone please find out where that guy who "has a job" works and remove said job from him.<br /><br />Hey, look at that: no broad painting of entire sections of the country. Good job, me.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1090749/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/18/racists-love-lsu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Brian Cook</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-18T14:52:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>USC Wins National Championship</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/" title="Brian Grummell"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288591_64.jpg" alt="Brian Grummell" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-grummell/">Brian Grummell</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/usc-football/" rel="tag">USC Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/pac-10/" rel="tag">Pac 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/01/usc-2007-rose-bowl-trophy-425.jpg"  alt="" /><br />Ha!  Only in the world of delusion maybe.<br /><br />But seriously: The <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/LasVegasSportsConsultants/">Las Vegas Sports Consultants</a>, the group that sets opening lines for the casinos, ended the year<a href="http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/story.cfm/story/659787" target="_blank"> ranking USC as the top team in all of college football</a>, ahead of BCS and Associated Press champion LSU.<br /><br />With the loss to Stanford, USC really has no claim to anything other than the Pac-10 and Rose Bowl Championships it did earn.  However, I can't help but wonder if Auburn can shamelessly claim they were the 2004 "People's National Champions" (snicker), is it fair for USC to claim they're the 2007 "Bookies' National Champions"?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1085565/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/13/usc-wins-national-championship/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Rose Bowl</category><category>RoseBowl</category><dc:creator>Brian Grummell</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-13T10:48:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>People Might Just Possibly Be Overreacting a Little Tiny Bit About the Big Ten</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/" title="Brian Cook"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288593_64.jpg" alt="Brian Cook" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/brian-cook/">Brian Cook</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/florida-football/" rel="tag">Florida Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/michigan-football/" rel="tag">Michigan Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.aolsportsblog.com/media/2006/10/clowns-180w.jpg" /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pat Forde, right.</span><br /><br />In the aftermath of another not particularly close national championship game featuring Ohio State, the articles were inevitable. The most breathless belongs to <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&amp;id=3186010&amp;sportCat=ncf&amp;lpos=spotlight&amp;lid=tab1pos3">ESPN's Pat Forde</a>: <br /><blockquote>If you've ever seen lions maul a water buffalo, you've seen the last two title games. You've seen a fierce pair of SEC teams -- Florida last year, LSU this year -- blow the vulnerable Buckeyes back to the Bratwurst Belt by a combined 41 points. You've seen the best of one league flex, and the best of an inferior league collapse. <br /></blockquote>Forde goes on to suggest Ohio State be banned from future title games amongst a cavalcade of zingers like "when the SEC shows up, they should change O-H-I-O to O-H-N-O." As <a href="http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com">Fire Joe Morgan</a> might say: at least Forde is super  funny. It's a typical piece of media prattle that eschews nuance for LOUD NOISES.<br /><br />  Ohio State didn't lose because they were out-talented -- some four or five Buckeyes will go in the first round of the NFL draft, depending on who exactly comes out and that doesn't include terrifying sophomore Beanie Wells -- but because they are young and stupid.<br /><br /><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1082531/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/09/people-might-just-possibly-be-overreacting-a-little-tiny-bit-abo/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Brian Cook</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-09T14:48:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Pardon Me, Did You Happen to See a Good BCS Bowl Game?</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/georgia-football/" rel="tag">Georgia Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/oklahoma-football/" rel="tag">Oklahoma Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/usc-football/" rel="tag">USC Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/west-virginia-football/" rel="tag">West Virginia Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/acc/" rel="tag">ACC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-10/" rel="tag">Big 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-12/" rel="tag">Big 12</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-east/" rel="tag">Big East</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/pac-10/" rel="tag">Pac 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bowl-games/" rel="tag">Bowl Games</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-fans/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Fans</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/illinois-football/" rel="tag">Illinois Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/hawaii-football/" rel="tag">Hawaii Football</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/01/bcs-title-game.jpg" alt="" /><br />This whole BCS thing has me gritting my teeth again. Some of these bowl outcomes were predetermined before the first snap, but there were a few surprises.<br /><br /><strong>Rose Bowl:</strong> USC 49, Illinois 17<br /><br />That's what you get for your precious Rose Bowl tie-ins, Big 10 and Pac-10 fans. A total sham of a game. The Grandaddy? Not this year.<br /><br />I know everyone's in love with USC after that dominating performance, but let's not lose sight of the fact that Illinois was probably overrated due to that win over Ohio State. A fact made even more obvious after the Bucks were hammered by LSU in the BCS title game. How great would it have been to see Southern Cal vs. Georgia in this game?<br /><br /><strong>Sugar Bowl:</strong> Georgia 41, Hawaii 10<br /><br />I'm all for giving the little guy a chance, but the Warriors had no business being in this game. Our valued Hawaii readers here at FanHouse have pointed out Hawaii's ascendance under June Jones and that the accomplishments of their football team showcase their rich cultural heritage. True, Hawaii's a powerhouse in the WAC nowadays, and that is something to be proud of... but it <em>is</em> the WAC, not the Pac-10 or SEC.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1080984/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/pardon-me-did-you-happen-to-see-a-good-bcs-bowl-game/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-08T13:47:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>LSU Starts Them Young</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/tom-fornelli/" title="Tom Fornelli"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/309237_64.jpg" alt="Tom Fornelli" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/tom-fornelli/">Tom Fornelli</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bowl-games/" rel="tag">Bowl Games</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-fans/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Fans</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/general-cfb-insanity/" rel="tag">General CFB Insanity</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-video/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Video</a></p>Well, I was upset about Ohio State losing to LSU and ensuring me of another year of being told that the Big Ten sucks, and that the SEC is superior on every level.<br /><br />Then I came across this video and all of a sudden I'm thrilled LSU won, because if they hadn't, this kid would never had his chance at stardom.<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOFDjecsYCM&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOFDjecsYCM&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><em>Via <a href="http://www.bustedcoverage.com/?p=1511">Busted Coverage</a></em><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1080766/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/lsu-starts-them-young/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Tom Fornelli</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-08T04:07:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>At the End of the Day, Ohio State is Just No Match for LSU</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-10/" rel="tag">Big 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bowl-games/" rel="tag">Bowl Games</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/01/lsu-championship.jpg" /><br />In college football, 'preparation' is often the intangible that leads to whether a team wins or loses a bowl game. After all, we're dealing with college kids here; the distractions of the holidays, traveling to a bowl destination, and just being a 19-year old on the road with 80 best friends can divert a young player's attention and result in a less than ideal performance.<br /><br />That didn't happen this time.<br /><br />Ohio State came in prepared, hungry, and with a chip on their shoulder. They rode it and running back Beanie Wells to a 10-0 start. The problem was that LSU was bigger, stronger, and faster, particularly on defense. And they prepared just as well, if not better, than their opponent. After the Bucks' fast start, LSU responded with 24 unanswered points to end the half.<br /><br />LSU's first drive of the 3rd quarter bogged down when the Tigers were forced to punt, but Ohio State breathed fresh life into the Bayou Bengals after they were called for roughing the kicker. They followed that up with a late hit personal foul which set LSU up for breaking the game wide open when they scored their fourth touchdown of the night.<br /><br /><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1080710/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/08/at-the-end-of-the-day-ohio-state-is-just-no-match-for-lsu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-08T01:23:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Fox's BCS Bowl Work Deserves Abuse</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/charles-rich/" title="Charles Rich"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/288594_64.jpg" alt="Charles Rich" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/charles-rich/">Charles Rich</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-10/" rel="tag">Big 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bowl-games/" rel="tag">Bowl Games</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ncaa-fb-media-watch/" rel="tag">NCAA FB Media Watch</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/01/foxskycam.jpg" />Not a lot should be expected from Fox in the personality, play-by-play, analyst department (and lord knows we haven't gotten it). After all, they spend the entire season covering the NFL, and then have five bowl games in January (Cotton, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta and BCS Championship). That means bringing over their NFL people who have barely seen the games most of the season and a variety of ex-coaches and players as guest analysts. Those are old complaints and while frustrating can at least be understood from and economic standpoint.<br /><br />What has been inexcusable has been the technical production and camera work in the games. These bowl games have all been held in pro stadiums, where FOX has no excuse. They have spent plenty of time in these venues. They know the camera angles and looks. This is the area where they should be able to translate their NFL production values to the bowl games. Quick work in the trailer to find the right camera and view of what happened. To be quick with the replays and be able to diagram plays and what happened. <br /><br />Instead it looks like they brought in regional workers. The camera angles have been sloppy. They have been two to three plays behind in showing vital replays. It is as if the producers have been scrambling to find the right camera to show what happened. The production values of these bowl games have rivaled that of the NBC/Notre Dame games.<br /><br />As for the yellow first down line, apparently they must have Pat Summerall up in the booth serving as the spotter.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1080629/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/foxs-bcs-bowl-work-deserves-abuse/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Charles Rich</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-07T23:04:00 00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>LSU vs. OSU BCS National Championship Liveblog (Second Half)</title><link>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/</guid><comments>http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/" title="Ryan Ferguson"><img src="http://www.blogsmithcdn.com/avatar/images/327/298625_64.jpg" alt="Ryan Ferguson" height="40" width="40" /></a>by <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/bloggers/ryan-ferguson/">Ryan Ferguson</a><p>Filed under: <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/lsu-football/" rel="tag">LSU Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/ohio-state-football/" rel="tag">Ohio State Football</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/big-10/" rel="tag">Big 10</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bcs/" rel="tag">BCS</a>, <a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/category/bowl-games/" rel="tag">Bowl Games</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/01/miles-liveblog.jpg" alt="" />For those of you who stayed with us through the <a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-first-half/">first half</a>, welcome back. LSU leads Ohio State at the half, scoring 24 unanswered points after the Buckeyes opened the game with a 10-point lead. This has to be an all-too-familiar feeling for Ohio State fans. Boeckman's interception set up an LSU TD and the Tigers' swarming defense has negated the Ohio State ground game in the second quarter.<br /><br />At least quarterback Todd Boeckman recovered his own fumble late in the second quarter. Had he failed, unmitigated horror would have rippled through the Superdome. For people wearing scarlet shirts, anyway.<br /><br />LSU has dominated the line of scrimmage and they certainly appear to be a step faster and a bruising tackle stronger than Ohio State so far. My impression is that the Buckeyes are giving this game every possible effort, but it just hasn't been enough against the Tigers.<br /><br />Will that change in the second half? It certainly could. LSU has been using a wide open style of play, and they need to stick with that if they want to win. Ohio State, meanwhile, needs to keep going to running back Chris Wells, who is responsible for the Bucks' only TD so far.<br /><br />Stick with us, folks.<br /><br /><strong>10:03PM:</strong> Oh, this is a pretty good idea. Former Buckeye and Tiger players in a kicking competition. Heyyyyy, wait a minute, that dude in the Ohio State jersey was the singer in the national anthem performance... you can't fool me, you wily Fox bastards.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/forward/1080266/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/01/07/lsu-vs-osu-bcs-national-championship-liveblog-second-half/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><dc:creator>Ryan Ferguson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-01-07T21:59:00 00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>