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TWD Saturday Sports Thread For 11/5/11: SEC Game of the Year- LSU/Alabama

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Photo from Getty Images' Streeter Lecka It's not the "Game of the Century." And it really shouldn't be the game of the year if Oklahoma hadn't goofed badly against Texas Tech at home. Nevertheless, it is always special when #1 and #2 play each other during the season and are from the same conference. And with CBS/ESPN hype to go along with it, even the biggest cantankerous critic of the SEC being annoyingly thrown into our faces will have to acknowledge its massiveness. The game really comes down to whether Jarett Lee (and/or Jordan Jefferson) will outplay A.J. McCarron, or viceversa. McCarron has enjoyed tremendous protection this year from that terrific line of Alabama, and it will be telling if he will enjoy that same time in the pocket this year to keep his 67% completion number high. Both teams will look to find some way to establish the run against these formidable defenses. But I just think the growth of Lee, a quarterback who not only resists ma...

Sports Thread #3 For 10/10/09: BS SEC Football Game Of The Year: Florida-LSU

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LIVE here at this site , which is CBS' site. Florida up 3-0 as of this post.

Sports Thread #1 for 11/8/08: CFB Preview #1- The Return of Slick Nick

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Photo from abcnews.com Well, it is another classic week of what should be memorable games in the SEC and Big 12 (South) this week. The Big 12 (South) has held their end of the bargain by providing us with encounters for generation after generation to remember. That has not been the case however with the SEC this far. But the hype still continues for the possibility of an instant classic to take placein the SEC, and its likely candidate is Saban Bowl II. The Alabama coach leads his number one ranked team into Death Valley to hear the plethora of boos he is going to receive. It's the LSU Tigers and the Crimson Tide, and the emotion of the game will be there. If Alabama wins this one, they will book their ticket to Atlanta for the conference championship game, and possibly seal at least a BCS spot with the win. However, if LSU wins this game, they still will have a shot at defending at least their conference crown, coupled with the pride factor of beating the coach preceding Les Myles...

Sports Thread #1 for 10/25/08: College Football's Big 3 Games This "Satur"Day

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(Photos:Colt McCoy pic is from coltmccoyfans.org;Dez Bryant's photo is from www.daylife.com) Another massive, critical Saturday in college football. In fact, and especially in the SEC and Big 12, that has been the case all season, and will be the rest of the way. Surprisingly though, the biggest game of the day maybe Penn State and Ohio State in Columbus, since College Gameday decided to go there this week instead of being in Austin for the mammoth undefeated clash between Texas and Oklahoma State, and the elimination "Do or Die" game in the SEC between Georgia and LSU in Baton Rouge. Make no mistake, we will have a quick preview of the Big 10 game a little later since it is at night time, but the duel 3:30 games of the Big 12 and SEC respectively highlight again how awesome these two conferences are. No talk about a brutal schedule Texas has: Two weeks ago, it was Oklahoma. Last week, it was Missouri. Today, it is the Cowboys, who are desperate to end their ten game los...

Sports Thread #1 for 10/18/08: Big 12, SEC, And The Rest Of CFB Preview

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(Photos from google.com) Colt Mccoy and Chase Daniel are apart of a great group of quarterbacks from the state of Texas taking over college football, and certainly, the Big 12 Conference It's another great Saturday today here not only on TWD, but in the world of CFB (College Football). Already, on another Thursday, we come into Saturday action with an upset occurring. BYU, who seriously had an outside chance to possibly get into the national title picture , blew it at TCU, as the 'Frogs ended their nation leading 16- game winning streak and chances of stunningly season ending glory. With BYU out of the picture, that opens the door for their bitter rivals, Utah, to reclaim their sovereignty over the Mountain West conference and return to the BCS for the first time since the days of Alex Smith and Urban Meyer. But our attention on TWD, with no disrespect to the other conferences, and to the great year so far from Penn State (who looks to give Joe Paterno another chance at a Natio...

10/11/08- TWD's Agenda for "Satur"Day (And Sports Thread #1)- CFB Showdown Saturday: Oklahoma vs. Texas

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Photo from ESPN.com Through their have been big games this year in college football so far, there hasn't been a week where a multiple of truly massive games has taken place (or with the premise coming into the weekend of major developments happening from a number of majorly hyped duels). Until today. Right now, and edited later, the Red River Rivalry is going on with Oklahoma in front early. The key to this game is how much pressure will Texas defense give the amazingly accurate Sam Bradford today. And so far, it seems like they haven't been able to rattle him thus far. Of course, the other big matchup is located, once again, in the semi-NFL division that is the SEC, as Florida looks for revenge against National Champ LSU in a game where the emotions are already flowing, thanks to Ricky Jean-Francois' stupid comments on taking Tim Tebow out. Funny enough, the talkie is out himself : LSU defensive lineman Ricky Jean-Francois, who earlier this week boasted of his teammates...