1) Replace USA Today Coaches Poll with AP Poll.  This may take some coaxing of the AP, as it is my

understanding that it was the AP which opted out of the BCS system, at which point the USA Today Coaches Poll

was born.  The coaches poll is a joke for the simple reason that there is no way busy coaches - or their assistants -

could possibly really be watching these games.  Say what you want about the journalists; even in this day of media

consolidation and relying on the wire services, they are still paid to report on the games with some level of accuracy,

which requires some knowledge of what the  teams are actually doing/did.

2) Have the computers and the pollsters RANK THE CONFERENCES (ALL CONFERENCES) RATHER THAN THE 

INDIVIDUAL TEAMS.  

3) At the end of the year - AFTER THE CONFERENCE CHAMPION IS DECIDED (by whatever method the particular 

conference uses) - the CHAMPION of the 2 highest ranked conferences play in the NCG.  HOW the conference

champion is decided is up to each conference.  Don't like that, in your conference, you have to play a championship

game to become the "champion?"  Complain to your conference!  Don't like that the pollsters and computers rank

conferences that have to play championship games higher than those that don't?  Complain to your conference.

4) The champions of the 8 top ranked conferences get automatic bowl berths; TOP 2 go to the NCG; other 6 go to

other BCS bowl games.  

This eliminates the winner of a weak conference (e.g., currently the Big East) getting an automatic bid to a big time

bowl.  It  also ensures that 2 teams from the same conference won't be playing in the NCG - or any other BCS game

for that matter.  It is no more penalizing to the "lesser conferences" than the current system is.  It ensures that the

CHAMPION of the 2 highest  ranked conferences play each other in the NCG.  It also ensures that conference

champions play in EVERY BCS bowl game.  

I suggest that this will also promote conferences to do everything they can to make the conference stronger,

because it is the overall strength of the conference that determines the value of your championship in that

conference.  

Will this promote or discourage more re-alignment?  Don't know.  On the one hand, teams could try to get into

stronger conferences on the hope  that one day they will win the championship.  On the other hand, teams may

decide that, by moving to a stronger conference,  their chances of every winning a championship are slim-to-none,

and that it is therefore better to stay put and push to  strengthen the conference.

From the Charleston Daily Mail

If only LSU came to town seven times!

Here’s the recap from the third game with beer flowing at Mountaineer Field:

36,042 units of beer sold
$255,396 gross in beer sales
$120,469.81 net in beer sales
7,138 souvenir sodas sold
8,510 bottles of water sold
2,590 cups of frozen lemonade sold
52 designated driver sign-ups

Total Gross Concessions minus beer sales was $322,100.

Through two games, WVU sold 38,750 units. WVU sold 36,042 units for the third game. Through two games, the net profit was $132,760.83. For the third game, the net profit was $120,469.81. And how about this? After two games, the seven-game season projection for net profit was $464,442.90. After the third game, the projection is $590,871.49.

LSU fans victims of assault after West Virginia game

After watching their team suffer a beatdown at the hands of LSU Saturday night, some West Virginia “fans” apparently decided to take out their anger over the loss on a group of Tiger fans attending the game.

Allegedly.

According to WBOY-TV, four LSU fans were assaulted – presumably by individuals with a heavy WVU loyalty lean — in a parking lot near Milan Puskar Stadium.  One victim suffered significant injuries in the alleged attack.

Here’s the TV station’s account of what transpired:

It happened in the Purple Lot as the fans were leaving in their vehicle headed toward Route 705, police said in a news release. That’s when an unidentified person threw a rock through the open window of the victim’s car. When the driver asked a group of people standing nearby if they threw the rock, police say the group approached the car and assaulted the driver.

The driver’s wife and two other people in the car got out and were also assaulted, according to police. They sustained minor injuries.

The driver was transported to Monongalia General Hospital for treatment and later transferred to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for surgery.

There were rumors bouncing around the Internet earlier today that the woman mentioned above was five months pregnant, although that’s not been confirmed by any reliable news source.

No arrests have been made in connection to the incident, although an investigation by the Morgantown Police Department is ongoing.

This continues what’s been a weekend the WVU football program would rather forget.  In addition to the loss on the field and the alleged assault off it, WVU’s locker room was broken into and items stolen during the LSU game.

And, please, don’t even start on the “WVU fans are nothing but redneck thugs” BS.  Every fan base has their derelicts, and WVU is no different.  The picture of an entire fan base shouldn’t be painted with the same brush because of the actions of a handful.

Now, let the . stereotyping commence in earnest in three… two… one…

 

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/26/lsu-fans-victims-of-assault-after-west-virginia-game/

IMPT NOTE:   The alleged victim taken to the hospital has been identified as a part-time U.S Marine reservist.  Police reports indicate that the MARINE initially refused treatment, but after talking to his father - who, in turn, called a personal injury lawyer - decided it would be a good idea to go to the hospital.  Police are awaiting the cell phone photograph the MARINE snapped of himself before leaving for the hospital.  There is also some dispute whether the pregnant woman was actually in the car with the MARINE or arrived later.  Police have no solid leads yet, but believe it must have been a black football player, because, after all, who else would assault a MARINE and a pregnant woman.

POSTED at espn.com

So a bit of prefacing, in addition to working on my current degree, I teach at WVU.Anywho, I was teaching a class, and a bunch of LSU students literally were running down the hall screaming "Mountainq****s", "Sister F***ers", et al. 

 

One of them try to come into my class to jump on a computer because he said he was going to find the LSU fight song. When I told him to leave, he said "F*** you, and F*** your sister" before running away with his tail between his legs. 

 

Several students on the downtown campus have reported similar behaviour. 

 

Now: I am all for heckling opposing fans. But this is the first I've ever heard of away team fans literally interrupting classes to try to taunt WVU fans. Supposedly they have now put Campus Police in every building on campus, and they are not letting LSU fans enter the buildings. 

 

Now, this is apparently only 1 or 2 groups of people. 

 

But seriously? Can you just wait until tomorrow?

The author CLAIMS to teach at WVU (my guess is graduate student teacher, at best).  If he's telling the truth, then his grammar, spelling & syntax speaks volumes about the university.

All the Mountaineer fans willl be saying after tomorrow night is

"At least take that thing outside before you light it"

"Damn, Clem, that bed was the last thing we had in the trailer to sit on"

"It's OK; you're my SECOND cousin"

and

"L   E   S  took our baby!!"

Written by an Oregon fan and student of the bible attempting to console himself after the game.  Clever.  Is this where you guys got the name for the blog?

Chronicles 9:27-40

And behold, before me I saw a pale horse. And on its back rode a man clothed in fine purple and gold. And in his left hand he carried two scales.  And behind the horse and rider were a great army of men. All of them exceedingly large, wearing armor, prepared for a great battle, and adorned in purple and gold.And behold, the rider of the pale horse shone like that of Les Miles. And I saw writing on his robe and pants. On his left leg were the words, "Defense Wins Games". And on his right leg were the words "Special Teams Wins Championships". And he forbade me to write down that which was written across his chest. 

And then with a mighty thunder, the man on the horse and his mighty army stopped in front of me. And he said unto me, "Do you know why I have come?" I said, "Yes, sir. I do." He said, "Tell me." And I trembled, "You have come to judge the Pac-12."And he said, "And what did I find?" I told him I could not say it. So he said, "I have weighed them, and found them wanting." At this, I began to weep.

Then the rider on the pale horse and all his army turned away to whence they came. And I began to cry, and lo, I shouted for him on the horse to stop. And at his command the whole mighty army stopped. I ran to him and begged, "Please, at least let me look upon it. For it may be my only chance. Have mercy." And with a nod, a mighty entourage came forward carrying a golden vault. And it was opened for me to see. And behold, I saw the crystal football. And underneath it were written the words "The National Champion--Louisiana State University--2007". With this, I again began to weep. 

And as they departed, the rider on the horse asked me one more question. He said, "Knowest thou why some call me the Mad Hatter?" I said, "No sir, I don't." And he said, "Me neither." 

And with that, the pale horse, his rider and army left me. And the valley floor shook until they were out of sight, going back to a land where much greater battles are fought.

Excerpts from "Is Les Miles the Most Valuable Coach in College Football?"

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By an unknown author DBFG (Day Before Florida Game)

"My name is Anonymous. And I'm a Les addict."

"Hi, Anonymous!"

That was Friday night, a day after I had been admitted to the hospital for treatment of a Les Miles overdose. My problem with Les started innocently enough. Six years ago, at social functions, I'd occasionally comment on his ill-fitting hat. As time went on, I felt a heightened desire to needle Miles and to share those needles with anyone who cared to partake. Before I knew it, I was hitting the hard stuff, reading local newspaper editorials and online journals. I began to require ever-increasing doses of Les Miles commentary to

achieve the same "high" I had once experienced using only snide remarks about his mental acuity. I soon descended into the hellscape of writing my own smug post-game reports. I began snorting all the Xs-and-Os I could get my grubby hands on. I was no football analyst, but I lied and deceived so often that I almost believed I was. After the Tennessee debacle, my slide became a death spiral. I graduated to national media stories and even pushed them on other users. I finally hit rock bottom last Thursday when I mainlined an amateur sports blog, a dangerous mixture of geek-spittle and cyber-venom known in losers' circles as a "lesball."

It was my dog Trevor who found me lying on the floor in a wreaking puddle of self-important verbiage. Trevor licked my face and gently used his muzzle to pry the computer mouse from my stiffening fingers. An intervention was hastily convened and I agreed to go to the hospital where, for 24 hours, I was completely isolated and quarantined. Upon my release, I knew I needed support if I were to have any hope of remaining Les-less. Hell, I knew the Florida game was on ESPN Saturday night and there was no telling what kind of lunacy I might be exposed to. I was just one coaching screw up away from falling off the wagon and plunging my poison pen into my own heart. So I made a Les Anonymous meeting, the one that begins this piece. 

I watched the LSU-Florida game and I am happy to report that I'm still on the wagon. LSU's offensive and defensive lines dominated Florida's. Drake Nevis, Kelvin Sheppard, and Terrance Tolliver, in particular, played well. Except for his Tourette's-like tugging on the front of his shoulder pads, Jarrett Lee was watchable. For his part, Les Miles not only made some good decisions, but he almost put the psychotic Urban Meyer into a permanent vegetative state. If you think Urban Meyer looks like a homicidal weasel now, just wait until he hears more booing in The Swamp. Or another reporter's question about being outsmarted by Les Miles.

I realize, of course, I must take this one day at a time.