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[3C's]

Never too early to get the discussion going. This game is the crown jewel of the bowl season.

You throw out the records when these teams square off.

friend of mine threw this out when we were discussing the SDSU-UL-Laf game.

 

[mquinnjr]

Unfortunately, it looks like the public bought into the rumors. Craig James lost the run for the Senate seat he was seeking out: My link

Easily one of my favorite threads in the FFA.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Bowl Season Is Upon Us!

And I have no doubt that you're all as excited as I am for another chapter in this hallowed Bowl

Personally I can't wait for Dec 21st at 7:30 ET

And what a matchup of legendary programs and rivals we have!

The University of Central Florida Knights versus the Ball State Cardinals

And you may think you know how this one will play out, but remember, when these two schools meet, you throw out ALL the records

 

[Doctor Detroit]

 

[Premier]

My buddy is a UCF alum. He wants to go. Last time we were there 4 years ago we sat behind a fat asianed girl that aforementioned buddy ended up porking. ork:

 

[Raider Nation]

Bowl Season Is Upon Us!And I have no doubt that you're all as excited as I am for another chapter in this hallowed BowlPersonally I can't wait for Dec 21st at 7:30 ETAnd what a matchup of legendary programs and rivals we have!The University of Central Florida Knights versus the Ball State CardinalsAnd you may think you know how this one will play out, but remember, when these two schools meet, you throw out ALL the records

Title updated. Let's make this thread a Holiday tradition!

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Pin it

 

[Steve Tasker]

I wait all year for this.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Knights versus Cardinals? It's got a little bit of a Three Musketeers feel about it, no?

 

[bentley]

I'm in. Looks like a great matchup. My only regret is that I'm not going to be able to be there in person with the tailgate bus amongst dozens of college football diehards.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I'm in. Looks like a great matchup. My only regret is that I'm not going to be able to be there in person with the tailgate bus amongst dozens of college football diehards.

This thread is our tailgate bus gb.

 

[bentley]

I'm in. Looks like a great matchup. My only regret is that I'm not going to be able to be there in person with the tailgate bus amongst dozens of college football diehards.

This thread is our tailgate bus gb.

Awesome. Should we pick sides and square off? There's enough time to learn the school alma maters, traditions, etc.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I'm in. Looks like a great matchup. My only regret is that I'm not going to be able to be there in person with the tailgate bus amongst dozens of college football diehards.

This thread is our tailgate bus gb.

Awesome. Should we pick sides and square off? There's enough time to learn the school alma maters, traditions, etc.

Dave Letterman is a Ball State guy, I'm sure we can get him to sing the fight song before the game.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I'm in. Looks like a great matchup. My only regret is that I'm not going to be able to be there in person with the tailgate bus amongst dozens of college football diehards.

This thread is our tailgate bus gb.

Awesome. Should we pick sides and square off? There's enough time to learn the school alma maters, traditions, etc.

Dave Letterman is a Ball State guy, I'm sure we can get him to sing the fight song before the game.

Don't forget Ball State alum Jethro Q Walrustitty

 

[mquinnjr]

The pageantry of the Beef 'O' Brady's bowl is just unparalleled. I'm just really hoping during the coverage leading up to the game they uncover the truth as to whether or not CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

The pageantry of the Beef 'O' Brady's bowl is just unparalleled. I'm just really hoping during the coverage leading up to the game they uncover the truth as to whether or not CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU.

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I thought it was common knowledge that CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU

 

[Raider Nation]

You guys are being very irresponsible.

I've yet to discover any proof that CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Sagarin Ranking:

UCF 59

Ball State 60

Total offense

UCF 60

Ball State 22

Total Defense

UCF 45

Ball State 102

Scoring offense

UCF 35

Ball State 35

Scoring defense

UCF 22

Ball State 31

No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense.

Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

 

[Premier]

Sagarin Ranking:UCF 59Ball State 60Total offense UCF 60Ball State 22Total DefenseUCF 45Ball State 102Scoring offenseUCF 35Ball State 35Scoring defenseUCF 22Ball State 31No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense. Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 61 HOOKERS AT SMU?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Sagarin Ranking:UCF 59Ball State 60Total offense UCF 60Ball State 22Total DefenseUCF 45Ball State 102Scoring offenseUCF 35Ball State 35Scoring defenseUCF 22Ball State 31No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense. Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 61 HOOKERS AT SMU?

He didn't?

 

[Premier]

Sagarin Ranking:UCF 59Ball State 60Total offense UCF 60Ball State 22Total DefenseUCF 45Ball State 102Scoring offenseUCF 35Ball State 35Scoring defenseUCF 22Ball State 31No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense. Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 61 HOOKERS AT SMU?

He didn't?

No, but CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Sagarin Ranking:UCF 59Ball State 60Total offense UCF 60Ball State 22Total DefenseUCF 45Ball State 102Scoring offenseUCF 35Ball State 35Scoring defenseUCF 22Ball State 31No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense. Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 61 HOOKERS AT SMU?

He didn't?

No, but CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU

 

[Premier]

"Wow. Um. Actually, we did address that issue. Very early in the campaign, we sent a tweet out letting people know that we'd been Google bombed."

"I must have missed this tweet."

"We mentioned in passing that Craig had been the victim of a Google bomb."

"If you had killed five hookers, then the Google bomb excuse is the perfect cover. Hypothetically, you see what I'm saying."

"Yeah, no, I can categorically, definitively say that is absolutely untrue. I know that in this day and age of the internet, there's a lot of things that people like to do to be funny and to ridicule people. But in this case, it's very disrespectful to another human being to spread a rumor like that. That is despicable. I mean, Craig is a wonderful family man. I have worked with him since the beginning of the campaign, and I have not met—I've worked in politics a long time—I have not met a more honorable, decent human being than Craig James. He is a wonderful Christian man, loves his wife, Marilyn. They've been married for almost 30 years. He has four beautiful children. And to spread these kinds of rumors is just malicious. And I just find it really despicable that people would stoop to that level to attack a man's character."

"I have to ask you a follow-up question."

 

[Doctor Detroit]

CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU

 

[Premier]

Deadspin is so awesome for Craig James stories.

Apparently Mike Leach signed copies of his book with "Craig James is a doosh" or "CJK5H".

Amazing.

 

[mquinnjr]

Sagarin Ranking:UCF 59Ball State 60Total offense UCF 60Ball State 22Total DefenseUCF 45Ball State 102Scoring offenseUCF 35Ball State 35Scoring defenseUCF 22Ball State 31No common opponents but UCF beat Akron 56-14 and UCF also lead Conference USA in pass defense. Although CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU, I'm setting the total at 61 with UCF as a 3 point favorite.

I was laughing so hard at the level of detail which went into this post that I couldn't swallow the pretzels I was eating while reading it. CRAIG JAMES KILLED 5 HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU who can no longer swallow either.

 

[Raider Nation]

Kickoff is a mere ten days away! Can you feel it???

I was so excited today, I could barely get any work done.

UCF take from WolverineNation's Chantel Jennings:

In its final season in Conference USA before it moves to the Big East, UCF exited its conference play with an overtime loss to Tulsa in the championship game. So, in a trip about 100 miles down the road the Knights will try to erase that memory with a win in the Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl.

The Knights were a stalwart on defense this season, putting together the conference’s best scoring defense (22.5 points/game), best pass defense (217.8 yards/game) and second best in both total defense (380.2 yards/game) and redzone defense.

It will be the second time UCF takes the field in St. Petersburg as a part of the bowl and the fifth time in school history the Knights have gone bowling. And in its final bowl trip as a C-USA member it’ll take on a team out of the conference that it will join next season, the Big East.

Pacing the Knights this season has been sophomore quarterback Blake Bortles, who could pass the 3,000-yard season passing mark in the bowl game. Despite making up for three of UCF’s touchdowns, his 14-of-32 passing performance against Tulsa was one of his worst of the season (though the 30-plus mph winds might have had a part in that). The talented sophomore will look to build on his impressive season with a final win for C-USA.

Ball State take by Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg:

Although Northern Illinois and Kent State received most of the attention during a historic season for the MAC, Ball State quietly put together a very successful run under second-year coach Pete Lembo. The Cardinals won their final six games, including triumphs against Toledo and Ohio, to match the third-highest victories total in team history.

Ball State boasts a dynamic offense that ranks 22nd nationally in total yards and 31st in scoring, and eclipsed 200 rushing yards seven times, including four times in the final five games. Talented sophomore running back Jahwan Edwards racked up 786 yards and nine touchdowns in the final six regular-season contests. Wide receiver Willie Snead ranks in the top 25 nationally in both receptions and receiving yards.

Ball State’s defense struggles against the run (106th nationally), but the overall unit improved as the season went along. The Cardinals’ only losses came at Clemson and against the two MAC frontrunners. Three of Ball State’s six major bowl appearances have come in the past six seasons, although the Cardinals are still searching for their first bowl victory.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

THIS IS MY FIRST "OUTLIER" play.

Ball State +8.5

or Ball State +7 if you are at RB.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

THIS IS MY FIRST "OUTLIER" play.

Ball State +8.5

or Ball State +7 if you are at RB.

IN for Ball StateBeef O'Bradys shared initials with one of my favorite songs:

Coincidence? I think not

 

[Doctor Detroit]

THIS IS MY FIRST "OUTLIER" play.

Ball State +8.5

or Ball State +7 if you are at RB.

IN for Ball StateBeef O'Bradys shared initials with one of my favorite songs:

That's a "bet the mortgage" kinda coincidence gb.

 

[Raider Nation]

THIS IS MY FIRST "OUTLIER" play.

Ball State +8.5

or Ball State +7 if you are at RB.

IN for Ball StateBeef O'Bradys shared initials with one of my favorite songs:

Does Craig James fit in here anywhere?

 

[Abrantes]

Never forget.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

You know, I hate hoW hip hop gets such a bad rap...

Andre 3000 and Big Boi have done nothing but good, and yet I have it on good authority that CRAIG JAMES KILLED FIVE HOOKERS AT SMU

 

[Doctor Detroit]

THIS IS MY FIRST "OUTLIER" play.

Ball State +8.5

or Ball State +7 if you are at RB.

IN for Ball StateBeef O'Bradys shared initials with one of my favorite songs:

The CRAIG JAMES WHO KILLED 5 HOOKERS AT SMU? Or this Craig James?

 

[The Ref]

Sweet Jesus. This game was AWFUL last year. By far the worst game of the bowl season. At least they got some teams that can score some points this year because last years game was dreadful.

 

[Premier]

I refuse to believe that there's a Ball State blog.

 

[Raider Nation]

Cappy, you gonna be there for this battle of the titans?

It'll be great for shtick purposes if nothing else. You can give us live updates from the sidelines.

 

[Premier]

Cappy, you gonna be there for this battle of the titans?It'll be great for shtick purposes if nothing else. You can give us live updates from the sidelines.

I'm trying to get my friend to go (UCF grad) but he refuses. A text he sent me the other day:"No chance of me going to the Burg Bowl. That's just dumb. Ball State? They've got to do a better job at picking match ups. That just insulting." I'm working on him.

 

[Raider Nation]

Does UCF have hot coeds like FSU, UF and USF? I would imagine so, right? There's one reason.

 

[Premier]

Does UCF have hot coeds like FSU, UF and USF? I would imagine so, right? There's one reason.

Oh yes. Very hot. Campus is nice too. That's a program not using its resources correctly.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

115 hours, 45 minutes and 27 seconds away! Loading up on Beef O'Brady gift cards to family and friends this year also, even though there isn't one within 800 miles of them. :classy:

 

[Raider Nation]

 

[Premier]

115 hours, 45 minutes and 27 seconds away! Loading up on Beef O'Brady gift cards to family and friends this year also, even though there isn't one within 800 miles of them. :classy:

The countdown clock on their website kills me.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I have a huge decision to make. Should I watch the game at an end of the world party which will have a ton of Eastern European chicks in minimum clothing and a pretty decent band? Or should I watch the game at my house with you guys in this thread?

 

[John Bender]

I have a huge decision to make. Should I watch the game at an end of the world party which will have a ton of Eastern European chicks in minimum clothing and a pretty decent band? Or should I watch the game at my house with you guys in this thread?

Wagering Thread group watching affair IMO

 

[CBusAlex]

I hope the fact that George O'Leary actually did kill a football player at UCF doesn't overshadow the real story in the game, which is of course that CRAIG JAMES KILLED FIVE HOOKERS AT SMU.

 

[Premier]

I have a huge decision to make. Should I watch the game at an end of the world party which will have a ton of Eastern European chicks in minimum clothing and a pretty decent band? Or should I watch the game at my house with you guys in this thread?

Uhhhh. Go with option #1Eastern Europe.

 

[mquinnjr]

I hope the fact that George O'Leary actually did kill a football player at UCF doesn't overshadow the real story in the game, which is of course that CRAIG JAMES KILLED FIVE HOOKERS AT SMU.

This guy gets it. Gets that CRAIG JAMES KILLED FIVE HOOKERS WHILE AT SMU!

 

[Leroy Hoard]

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