I don't watch a lot of college football, but does Herbstreit react like this all time or was this way over the top even for him?

Was he ever this upset about that little scandal that happened at Penn State? If not, he's a goddam moron.

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He's typically the level-headed one out of Corso, Holtz, and May. This was not his usual type of reaction.

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You would think he would learn not to be upset over college football. After all, he got the fanbase of his alma mater so upset with him he had to move to Tennessee.

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It reminds me of the Packer/other ESPN college BB guy rant from a few years ago after the tournament announcement. They were proven wrong.

FSU is nothing spectuacular. They had to pull one out of their ass to beat 6-7 GT to get into the BCS. 16 points is a big spread and the recent history of teams covering big spreads (double digits) in bowl games is not very good.

I'm sure I'll be drunk by the time the game starts so I'll throw down bigger than I should on NIU. If this gets over 17, pound it.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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A little annoyed I haven't heard any serious discussion of NIU landing this BCS bid all day on the score...It's pretty impressive given no one ever thought this would happen, not asking for an hour...maybe a good 5 mins or so....oh well, just glad NIU got the publicity (even the rippings) and the $18M payout for the MAC and other Non AQ schools...suck balls nation, wipe your tears georgia/oklahoma, NIU got your spot and there is nothin you can do about it...so sorry

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."

Ask and I shall recieve!!! haha great to hear them rip herbstreit up a bit....good job Terry!

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."

If OU gets that bid they are 7 point favorites in my opinion with just as good of a chance to blow out FSU as FSU has of blowing out NIU

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Lest I be accused of being a poor sport, good for NIU. I think it's good for sport that we get one of these types of teams every year.

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Fire Phil Emery

NIU fans(well, MAC fans in general) make it hard to root for them with how obnoxious they can be, but it's pretty cool they did it against some pretty big odds.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Oh. The irony.

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herbstreit makes some good points, and unlike people like screamin' a, he seemed genuine in his thoughts. he wasn't just "getting mad for the camera".

i think most of college football is loaded and i mainly watch because the fanbases are so entertaining. it's deeply flawed...but you do get some fun games out of it.

Well, you do seem on an endless journey to definitively prove that Illinois and Purdue are terrible programs.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Right. And you seem to do the opposite.

Thus.......the basic foundation of an "argument". Crazy how that works.

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I understand it in a "NIU vs. Big Ten" debate but when I post that Purdue lost out on it's first choice you immediately jump in with something that basically says "Your program sucks worse than Colorado and Colorado is a terrible Pac 12 team" post.

Anyways, it just makes it hard to root for NIU, even with all the reasons to do so. Luckily, there is more to life than this board and I get over it.

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Imaginary message boarding.

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Oh, so you think Purdue is a better program than Colorado? Cool...

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Their top two choices went to NC State (which you bashed to no end) and now Colorado.
I'll just let the facts do the talking at this point.

Good luck landing the 2nd choice coaching prospect from the conference that you absolutely ridicule to no end. I hope he turns Purdue around.

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you've made it impossible for me to ever root for the yankees. good going.

Not really helping your case here about the whole "hard to feel happy for them" thing.

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I'm a Mets fan, well, and a Yankees fan when they win the World Series.

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It was NIU, their team, and their fans that caused the first two guys to choose elsewhere.

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Maybe we'd have more luck if we let the next coach sit out the game between our schools next year.

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In doing my research on NIU for the championship I was suprised to see the weakness of the NIU schedule. They played four teams out of 13 with winning records (one of them being a D. II school). One other team was .500.

However, fuck that. This is payback. They had what I consider a much stronger team several years ago that got completely shut out of a bowl. I believe that beat Alabama and Maryland that year. Those results had a two pronged detriment for NIU. First, the bigger schools no longer wanted to schedule them for pre conference games. Secondly NIU was incentivized to schedule games it could win.

Ultimately I don't care. Did I really need to see Oklahoma play again on NYD?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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Wasn't Alabama like 2-10 that year? It wasn't like they exactly stuffed it down Nick Saban's throat.

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You know me like that.

I am viciously battling the masses on the ESPN conversation for this game....too many idiots making foolish statements, my brain may explode

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."

Alabama was 4-9, but Maryland ended up ranked higher than NIU at the end of that season.

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Don't really care either way that NIU got into the BCS, but the criticism of NIU seems a little hollow when the Big East champion is also BCS bound.

Just as a comparison

Toledo (MAC) beat Cincinnati (tied for 1st in the Big East)
Kent State (MAC) beat Rutgers (tied for 1st in the Big East)

I just don't get how upset people are over this. It's like being in high school and throwing a shitfit because someone sat at your lunch table.

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