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Two games that scare me for the MAC are BG at Boise State and UT at Fresno State. If these games would be in BG and Toledo I would be confident that we would win those games, but BSU and FSU are very scary on their home fields. Both teams return a lot on offense. Boise's defense might not be as strong as Fresno's though, but their offense might be better than Fresno's.


I see BG beating Wisky by 2 TD's. Wisconsin is going to have a down year. I think NIU has a chance of surprising Michigan. I know Michigan is tough, but they have a history of overlooking schools from conferences like the MAC, WAC, and MWC. If they overlook NIU early on that might give them enough confidence to beat the Wolverines.

I also think that Miami has a strong chance against Ohio State. Miami is going to be very tough this year. Getting Nance back will be huge on offense and I think their defense will be better than last season, which wasn't bad really.

I just caught anoither Dick Durbin speech on CSPAN.....

"When you read some of these posts by Toledo fans...if you were just reading them not knowing who had written them you would most certainly believe this must have been done by the Nazis, the Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings."

Flipper!!! Wrote:I just caught anoither Dick Durbin speech on CSPAN.....

"When you read some of these posts by Toledo fans...if you were just reading them not knowing who had written them you would most certainly believe this must have been done by the Nazis, the Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings."

Don't make us chain you up in the fetal position so you can $#it on yourself. Then again, in BG gear, who would know?

rocketfootball Wrote:I think NIU has a chance of surprising Michigan. I know Michigan is tough, but they have a history of overlooking schools from conferences like the MAC, WAC, and MWC. If they overlook NIU early on that might give them enough confidence to beat the Wolverines.

While they may overlook them, they NEVER NEVER EVER lose to them and it won't happen this year. Not at the Big House.

I also believe that OSU's speed at wide-out will bury the Redhawks.

Redwingtom Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:I think NIU has a chance of surprising Michigan.  I know Michigan is tough, but they have a history of overlooking schools from conferences like the MAC, WAC, and MWC.  If they overlook NIU early on that might give them enough confidence to beat the Wolverines.

While they may overlook them, they NEVER NEVER EVER lose to them and it won't happen this year. Not at the Big House.

I also believe that OSU's speed at wide-out will bury the Redhawks.

It could happen. IMO, NIU is much better than San Diego State. Just last season SDSU led UM 21-17 at halftime and the game ended in a close 24-21 victory for Michigan. If UM plays like that against NIU there is a good chance of the upset.

One day a MAC school is going to beat OSU and one is going to beat Michigan. Why not this year?

rocketfootball Wrote:

Redwingtom Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:I think NIU has a chance of surprising Michigan.  I know Michigan is tough, but they have a history of overlooking schools from conferences like the MAC, WAC, and MWC.  If they overlook NIU early on that might give them enough confidence to beat the Wolverines.

While they may overlook them, they NEVER NEVER EVER lose to them and it won't happen this year. Not at the Big House.

I also believe that OSU's speed at wide-out will bury the Redhawks.

It could happen. IMO, NIU is much better than San Diego State. Just last season SDSU led UM 21-17 at halftime and the game ended in a close 24-21 victory for Michigan. If UM plays like that against NIU there is a good chance of the upset.

One day a MAC school is going to beat OSU and one is going to beat Michigan. Why not this year?

Don't get me wrong...I would love...ABSOLUTELY love to see it. There is nothing more fun than listening to sports talk radio in Ann Arbor after Michigan loses their first game of the year and their national title hopes go down the drain

Redwingtom Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:I think NIU has a chance of surprising Michigan.  I know Michigan is tough, but they have a history of overlooking schools from conferences like the MAC, WAC, and MWC.  If they overlook NIU early on that might give them enough confidence to beat the Wolverines.

While they may overlook them, they NEVER NEVER EVER lose to them and it won't happen this year. Not at the Big House.

I also believe that OSU's speed at wide-out will bury the Redhawks.

The Knock on Loyd Carr:

He loses two games per season whether he needs to or not. :D

How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

sarasotahuskie Wrote:How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

We've tried to include NIU in the contest so you didn't feel lonely, but it just ain't much of a rivalry until you can beat us.

sarasotahuskie Wrote:How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

Poop/*****/pissing...what more inclusion would you possibly want? :rofl:

Redwingtom Wrote:

sarasotahuskie Wrote:How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

Poop/*****/pissing...what more inclusion would you possibly want? :rofl:

This from a guy who tasers himself. I've told that one more than once. Best story ever.

TJRocket Wrote:

Falconfreak90 Wrote:The open invite still stands for ya to stop by this year for a brat and a couple cold ones, TJ.

Most BG fans, IMO, are decent fans.  We do have a few that I don't want to be around.  :rolleyes:

Freak, for a Falcon you're all right. I may just have to take you up on that offer.

See? We can get along.

Hope to see ya at the Doyt, TJ....and for a Rocket, you ain't too bad either.

PS - I freaking love my avatar[/QUOTE]

So do I, MF. Who is that hottie????

LakelandRocket Wrote:

Redwingtom Wrote:

sarasotahuskie Wrote:How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

Poop/*****/pissing...what more inclusion would you possibly want? :rofl:

This from a guy who tasers himself. I've told that one more than once. Best story ever.

No doubt. That story was incredible. Tell it again, Uncle Husky!

When they're winning I think Eastern's fan's are the worst!

BG people are okay.

Falconfreak90 Wrote:

Quote:PS - I freaking love my avatar

So do I, MF. Who is that hottie????

<a href='http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/mac/invision/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=22021' target='_blank'>Hello Ohio Volleyball!!!</a>

rocketfootball Wrote:I see BG beating Wisky by 2 TD's. Wisconsin is going to have a down year.

I think we either win by a comfortable margin or the refs screw us out of the game just like they do to every MAC team that goes up there. I hope it is 2 TD's

Flipper!!! Wrote:I'm 6'-4.5" and I weigh a pretty solid 290 (I can bench waaaay more than my weight) I actually had a 5ft nothimg 150lb drunk Rockette fan try to start a fight with me at this year's game.

I am NOT "five foot nothing" and I haven't seen 150 lbs in a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME.

Quote:Not only are ALL UT FANS BAD BECAUSE OF THIS ONE PERSON, BUT THEY ARE STUPID, DIMINUTIVE AND NEARLY BLIND DRUNKARDS AS WELL.

I'm not stupid (well, not ALL the time). Diminutive is not a word people who know me would use. Troll-like, perhaps, but not diminutive. And I'm only nearly blind in ONE eye. And what have you got against drunkards? It costs a lot of time and money to get that way at every game.

Oddball Wrote:

LakelandRocket Wrote:

Redwingtom Wrote:

sarasotahuskie Wrote:How come there is no conditional UT/BG fan combo category for
when they subject the rest of us to a poop/***** pissing contest?

Poop/*****/pissing...what more inclusion would you possibly want? :rofl:

This from a guy who tasers himself. I've told that one more than once. Best story ever.

No doubt. That story was incredible. Tell it again, Uncle Husky!

Ask, and you shall receive:

My wife Toni is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be
something akin to, "Hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this!" Well, I have outdone
myself once again. No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a
LifeTime movie in the near future. Here goes.


Last weekend I spied something at Larry's Pistol and Pawn that tickled my
fancy. (Note: Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled). I bought something
really cool for Toni. The occasion was our 22nd anniversary and I was looking
for a little something extra for my sweet girl. What I came across was a
100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer gun with a clip. For those of you who are
not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two
metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage,
low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to
be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but
allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your
250 lb., tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a
slobbering, goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek. If you've
never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly missing out--way
too cool!


Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two
triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so
disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin' directions), I
found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch
between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned
that if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it against a metal surface
that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the
prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did so. Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch
of electricity, and a loud pop!!! Yipeeeeee . . I'm easily amused, just for
your information, but I have yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on
the face of her microwave.


Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it
couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, etc., etc. There I sat
in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul),
reading the directions (that would be me, not Gracie) and thinking that I really
needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought
about zapping Gracie for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She
is such a sweet kitty, after all. But, if I was going to give this thing to
Toni to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it
would work as advertised. Am I wrong? Was I wrong to think that? Seemed
reasonable to me at the time.


So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses
perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, Tazer in
another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient
your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a
loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your
assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. All the while I'm looking at
this little device (measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in
circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries)
thinking to myself, "no friggin' way!" Friggin' way--trust me, but I'm getting
ahead of myself.


What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those
of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm
sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say,
"don't do it buddy," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil'
ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad (sound, rational thinking under the
circumstances, wouldn't you agree?). I decided to give myself a one-second burst
just for the hell of it. (Note: You know, a bad decision is like
hindsight--always twenty-twenty. It is so obvious that it was a bad decision after the fact,
even though it seemed so right at the time. Don't ya hate that?)


I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY
**************! DAaaaauuuuuuMN!!! I'm pretty sure that Jessie Ventura ran in through
the front door, picked me up out of that recliner, then body slammed me on the
carpet over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal
position, nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, soaking wet, with my
left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position. Gracie was standing
over me making meowing sounds I had never heard before, licking my face,
undoubtedly thinking to herself, "Do it again, do it again!" (Note: If you ever feel
compelled to mug yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution. There is no such
thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You're not going to let go
of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about
on the floor. Then, if you're lucky, you won't dislodge one of the prongs
1/4" deep in your thigh like yours truly.) SON-OF-A-***** that hurt!



A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at this
point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the
landscape. My reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they
get there??? My triceps, right thigh and both titties were still twitching.
My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, as my bottom lip weighed
88 lbs. give or take an ounce or two, I'm pretty sure.


By the way, has anyone seen my testicles? I think they ran away. I'm offering
a reward. They're round, rather large, kinda hairy, and handsome if I must
say so myself. Miss 'em . . . sure would like to get 'em back.

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