01-07-2007, 05:21 PM
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Leo was right
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Tomorrow is the night!
Okay, gametime is drawing near. Who do you like?
I think Ohio State just has too much for the Gators. You never know how the teams will play after such a long layoff but Tressel has a great track record in big games. I'll say
Ohio State 34
Florida 21
And am I going to have to watch the game naked all by myself and just imagine that Lilith and Osuche are rolling around in front of me? I'm okay with that if that's the case, I was just wondering. 
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An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"
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01-07-2007, 05:24 PM
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I think it's quite possible we will get our asses kicked however I am not willing to give up hope.
Florida 27
OSU 21
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01-07-2007, 05:42 PM
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Leo was right
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For me, the biggest key to the game is Chris Leak and the Florida offense. They need him to play like the player they thought they recruited four years ago. He has the ability to be every bit as good as Troy Smith but he's just so darned inconsistent. Tebow coming in to run the ball will play a big part in it too.
I don't look for the Ohio State offense to be slowed down too much. Florida has a very good defense but I just don't see them shutting the Buckeyes down too much.
I really do look for it to be within a touchdown until about the 8:00 mark of the 4th Qtr though. I'm just afraid there will be an interception or fumble or something that does the Gators in. I can't wait for the game though. Still not really happy that they made us wait a whole damn week from New Year's for it though. 
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No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac
Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."
An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"
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01-07-2007, 05:46 PM
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I should declare my class closed on Tuesday. All my students will stay up for the game and both my behavior specialist and I are Gators. We will be dragging ass.
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01-07-2007, 06:24 PM
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Leo was right
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Originally Posted by Lilith
I should declare my class closed on Tuesday. All my students will stay up for the game and both my behavior specialist and I are Gators. We will be dragging ass.
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There were actually schools up here in Iowa back in '02 (well the game was in '03) that started late the day after USC kicked the crap out of the Hawkeyes in the Orange Bowl. I think you could get by with it.
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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac
Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."
An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"
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01-07-2007, 07:55 PM
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I've been wrong with most of my picks thus far, so Osuche, you might want to get a little nervous.
OSU 31
Florida 24
Leak and Tebow keep the gators in the game, but Troy Smith, who is the biggest "clutch" football player in the NCAA get's it done, as OSU runs the table for a 13-0 record and the #1 team from August till January.
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01-08-2007, 02:33 AM
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I think OSU will get it done, and by a good margin. I hope it will be a great game, though...worth waiting for.
OSU 38
Florida 24
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01-08-2007, 06:05 PM
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Had two "projects" for today and got this one completed and the other almost done. I am pretty sure osuche will like the results of this one, maybe the other one too. 
I've got a computer program that simulates college football games (not a PS2 videogame or anything like that). It's purely statistically based with the teams rated on their actual performances including strength of schedule, etc.
I created all of the bowl teams for the '06 season and I've played all the bowl games thus far (20 times each) and the program picked the correct winners in 24 of the 31 games. Even got Boise St. over Oklahoma. Anyway, here's what it says will happen tonight. I played the matchup 45 times. Ohio St. won 25 and Florida 20. When the Buckeyes won, they won by an avg. of 10 pts. in high scoring games. When Florida won, they were lower scoring games and the Gators never won by more than 4 points.
Since Ohio St. won the majority of the games, I selected a boxscore that best represented their average win:
Code:
2006 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
06 OHIO STATE 14 17 0 7 - 38
06 FLORIDA 7 7 7 7 - 28
06 FLORIDA- 12:02 OF 1ST - 13 PASS BY C.LEAK TO D.BAKER
(KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE- 6:40 OF 1ST - 1 RUN BY C.WELLS
(KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE- 1:12 OF 1ST - 33 PASS BY T.SMITH TO A.GONZALEZ
(KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE- 10:20 OF 2ND - 4 RUN BY A.PITTMAN
(KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE- 6:14 OF 2ND - 2 RUN BY T.SMITH
(KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 FLORIDA- 2:34 OF 2ND - 39 RUN BY A.CALDWELL
(KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE- 0:21 OF 2ND - 40 FG BY A.PETTREY
06 FLORIDA- 1:11 OF 3RD - 3 RUN BY D.WYNN
(KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 FLORIDA- 5:04 OF 4TH - 4 RUN BY K.MOORE
(KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE- 2:54 OF 4TH - 34 RUN BY C.WELLS
(KICK BY A.PETTREY)
TEAM STATISTICS
06 OHIO STATE 06 FLORIDA
22 FIRST DOWNS 23
34 - 107 RUSHING YDS 46 - 224
327 PASSING YDS 180
434 TOTAL YDS 404
23 - 32 - 1 PASSES 16 - 31 - 3
3 - 39.4 PUNTS 4 - 43.3
3 - 1 FUM/LOST 0 - 0
1 - 5 PENALTIES 10 - 61
0 - 0 SACKED 3 - 22
27:37 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:23
6 - 13 THIRD DOWN EFF 8 - 15
RUSHING STATISTICS
06 OHIO STATE TC YDS AVG LG TD
A.PITTMAN 10 35 3.5 11 1
C.WELLS 6 46 7.7 34 2
M.WELLS 4 10 2.5 9 0
T.GINN JR 2 1 0.5 0 0
T.SMITH 12 16 1.3 8 1
06 FLORIDA TC YDS AVG LG TD
D.WYNN 13 52 4.0 11 1
K.MOORE 5 30 6.0 8 1
P.HARVIN 2 18 9.0 9 0
A.CALDWELL 2 60 30.0 39 1
J.FAYSON 3 8 2.7 5 0
T.TEBOW 9 50 5.6 9 0
C.LEAK 12 6 0.5 8 0
RECEIVING
06 OHIO STATE TC YDS AVG LG TD
B.ROBISKIE 3 54 18.0 42 0
B.HARTLINE 2 20 10.0 18 0
R.HALL 1 5 5.0 5 0
R.SMALL 1 5 5.0 5 0
A.PITTMAN 2 6 3.0 8 0
T.GINN JR 7 106 15.1 24 0
A.GONZALEZ 6 125 20.8 33 1
J.BALLARD 1 6 6.0 6 0
06 FLORIDA TC YDS AVG LG TD
D.BAKER 5 56 11.2 18 1
C.INGRAM 2 19 9.5 11 0
T.CASEY 1 20 20.0 20 0
D.NELSON 1 12 12.0 12 0
P.HARVIN 1 21 21.0 21 0
A.CALDWELL 3 37 12.3 38 0
J.CORNELIUS 3 15 5.0 9 0
PASSING
06 OHIO STATE ATT COM COM % YDS Y/A Y/C TD TD% I I% LG
T.SMITH 32 23 71.9 327 10.2 14.2 1 3.1 1 3.1 42
06 FLORIDA ATT COM COM % YDS Y/A Y/C TD TD% I I% LG
C.LEAK 27 13 48.1 122 4.5 9.4 1 3.7 3 11.1 21
T.TEBOW 4 3 75.0 58 14.5 19.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 38
KICKOFF RETURNS
06 OHIO STATE KR YDS AVG LG TD
T.GINN JR 4 70 17.5 21 0
06 FLORIDA KR YDS AVG LG TD
B.JAMES 5 81 16.2 20 0
PUNT RETURNS
06 OHIO STATE PR YDS AVG LG TD
T.GINN JR 3 20 6.7 14 0
06 FLORIDA PR YDS AVG LG TD
R.NELSON 1 5 5.0 5 0
PUNTING
06 OHIO STATE PNT AVG LG TB BLK 20
A.J.TRAPASSO 3 39.4 52 0 0 0
06 FLORIDA PNT AVG LG TB BLK 20
E.WILBUR 4 43.3 53 0 0 2
KICKING
06 OHIO STATE EPM EPA EP% FGM FGA FG% LG 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
A.PETTREY 5 5 100.0 1 1 100.0 40 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0
06 FLORIDA EPM EPA EP% FGM FGA FG% LG 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
C.HETLAND 4 4 100.0
INTERCEPTIONS
06 OHIO STATE IR YDS AVG LG TD
M.FREEMAN 1 21 21.0 21 0
A.SMITH 1 6 6.0 6 0
J.LAURINAITIS 1 21 21.0 21 0
06 FLORIDA IR YDS AVG LG TD
R.SMITH 1 23 23.0 23 0
SACKS
06 OHIO STATE NO. YDS LOST
Q.PITCOCK 2 15
R.ROSE 1 8
06 FLORIDA NO. YDS LOST
NONE
So there ya go. That's what the computer thinks may happen. Best of luck to Lilith, Osuche and all the other Gator and Buckeye fans here at Pixies.
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No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac
Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."
An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"
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01-08-2007, 09:22 PM
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01-08-2007, 10:03 PM
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Erm... I'm not sure what I think about the officiating. I haven't watched every minute but I saw one huge call I wasn't impressed by.
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01-09-2007, 12:47 AM
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HOLY FLYING FUCK BATMAN!!!!!! I didn't see that one coming. Now that was a good old fashioned butt kicking!!! 
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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac
Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."
An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"
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01-09-2007, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by maddy
Erm... I'm not sure what I think about the officiating. I haven't watched every minute but I saw one huge call I wasn't impressed by.
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I agree. There was one touchdown I think should have been called back. Either way they were soundly trounced. |
01-09-2007, 05:24 AM
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Since the game's over now ... I'll take a chance and pick ...
FLORIDA
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01-09-2007, 06:39 AM
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I have absolute confidence in DB's judgement, so I'll back the Gators too.
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01-09-2007, 08:02 AM
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Congrats to the Gators..........(gonna call up those folks in Boise and arrange a little pick-up game)???
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