football 2007

September 11, 2007: Week 1 Football Notes

Welcome to the 4th Annual Farewell to Favre (pronounced "fawv-ruh") Tour...

Sampling of Majors
So do most college football players have real majors? Or do they go for the easiest ones? Here is this week's sampling of majors that are being pursued by current college football players:

Apparel, Housing & Research Management (Virginia Tech)
American Studies (California)
Construction Management (Colorado State)
Health & Exercise Science (Colorado State)
Criminology (Auburn)
Family Studies (Kansas State)

Fatherly Advice from the Coach

"Taunting – there’s no place in football or life for that."
     Mike Ditka

Question of the Off-Season
Why did Oakland sign Daunte Culpepper?

Brent vs. the Tree Huggers

"There’s a little bit of a controversy here. And there’s some aging hippies in the oak trees right here behind me. And one of the spokesmen is Chief Running Wolf, and here’s what he had to say."
     Brent Musburger

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006[cut to footage of Running Wolf] "The tree sitters have been here for 273 days. We are going to stay in these trees, which the university has proposed to cut down for a sports facility, until the university finds an alternative site. This is a World War I war memorial and where my ancestors lay."
     Zachary Running Wolf

"You know, Zachary, this stadium was built in ’23 and when I went to school, World War I was fought before that, but, whatever…"
     Musburger

[later] "…They’re protesting the fact that they’re going to cut down some of those oak trees out there. The oak trees were originally planted by the university when they built this stadium in ’23, so it’s not an ancient grove of any kind. And meanwhile, up over the top – touchdown Tennessee! And Montario Hardesty ties it up! [show Tennessee fans in stands] And now, you see this Tennessee scoring right now, there were some of those fans walking around out there, you know, around the stadium yesterday, and some of our guys were saying, ‘Now, what do you think about this? What would go on in Knoxville?’ And one of the guys said, ‘I don’t believe that would happen down in Knoxville. I think we’d just show up with chainsaws and cut ‘em down.’"
     Musburger

[later, after sideline reporter gives more info on the protestors] "There’s 13 teams have to be housed in here. The university has promised – promised – to plant three trees for every one they cut down. Two saplings and one mature tree. Three for one is a very good deal if you’re a tree hugger!"
     Musburger

Who’s Special According to John Madden
This week Madden did not refer to any players as "something special," but several times he did refer to Dallas tight end Jason Witten as "something." He didn't specify anything after the something, he just made it clear that he is something.

Prediction Tracker
On NFL Draft Day and on the first Saturday of the college football season, the BMTG Big Four made the following predictions. These predictions will be tracked throughout the season.

1. Who will be the National Champions and who will they beat?

White Russian – Louisville over LSU
Brother Nature – Texas over Oklahoma
Diesel – Wisconsin over Georgia
Sandman – USC over West Virginia

How the predicted champions have done so far:

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Louisville:
Week 1 – Win over Murray State 73 to 10
Week 2 – Win over Middle Tennessee 58 to 42
Next Game – at Kentucky (2-0)
Ranked number 9 in the nation after 2 weeks

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Texas:
Week 1 – Win over Arkansas State 21 to 13
Week 2 – Win over TCU 34 to 13
Next Game – at UCF (1-0)
Ranked number 6 in the nation after 2 weeks

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Wisconsin:
Week 1 – Win over Washington State 42 to 21
Week 2 – Win over UNLV 20 to 13
Next Game – vs. Citadel (2-0)
Ranked number 7 in the nation after 2 weeks

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006USC:
Week 1 – Win over Idaho 38 to 10
Week 2 – bye week
Next Game – at Nebraska (2-0)
Ranked number 1 in the nation after 2 weeks

2. Who will win the Heisman?

White Russian – DeSean Jackson, California
Brother Nature – John David Booty, USC
Diesel – Brian Brohm, Louisville
Sandman – Darren McFadden, Arkansas

How the predicted Heismans have done so far:

DeSean Jackson:
Week 1 – 4 rec for 45 yds, 1 run for 21 yds, 1 punt return for 77 yds and TD (vs Tennessee)
Week 2 – 5 rec for 39 yds, 2 runs for 78 yds and 1 TD, 2 punt returns for 24 yds (vs. Colorado St)
Total – 9 rec for 84 yds, 3 runs for 99 yds and 1 TD, 3 punt returns for 101 yds and 1 TD

John David Booty:
Week 1 – 21 for 32, 206 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, Rating 101.8, 1 run for 2 yds (vs Idaho)
Week 2 – bye week
Total – 21 for 32, 206 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT, Rating 101.8, 1 run for 2 yds

Brian Brohm:
Week 1 – 16 for 21, 375 yds, 4 TD, Rating 157.2, 1 run for 1 yd and TD (vs Murray St)
Week 2 – 25 for 39, 401 yds, 5 TD, Rating 137.9, 6 runs for 25 yds (vs Middle Tennessee)
Total – 41 for 60, 776 yds, 9 TD, 7 runs for 26 yds and 1 TD

Darren McFadden:
Week 1 – 24 runs for 151 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 30 yds (vs Troy)
Week 2 – bye week
Total – 24 runs for 151 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 30 yds

3. What are your draft day predictions?

White Russian Marshawn Lynch will have a better season than Adrian Peterson. Brady Quinn gets caught with a prostitute.
Brother Nature Leon Hall shocks everyone and kicks ass.
Diesel Ginn plays 3 games. Quinn outperforms JaMarcus Russell.*
Sandman Adrian Peterson is Rookie of the Year.
* Diesel maintains that he said Quinn outperforms Russell, but there are conflicting accounts of the official prediction, as it is possible that he said the "Detroit rookie QB" (Drew Stanton) would outperform Russell. Let this be a reminder to mean what you say and say what you mean.

How the players have done so far:

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Marshawn Lynch:
Week 1: 19 runs for 90 yds and 1 TD, 2 rec for 9 yds (vs. Denver)

Adrian Peterson:
Week 1: 19 runs for 103 yds, 1 rec for 60 yds and 1 TD (vs. Atlanta)

Brady Quinn:
Week 1: Did not play

Leon Hall:
Week 1: 4 tackles, 2 passes defended (vs. Baltimore)

Ted Ginn, Jr.:
Week 1: 1 run for 7 yds (vs. Washington)

Detroit rookie QB (Drew Stanton):
Week 1: Did not play

JaMarcus Russell:
Week 1: Did not play

4. Name the NFL final four (prediction made on draft day). Includes their current record.

White Russian AFC - New England (1-0) & San Diego (1-0)
NFC - Philadelphia (0-1) & San Francisco (1-0)
Brother Nature AFC - San Diego (1-0) & Indianapolis (1-0)
NFC - St. Louis (0-1) & New Orleans (0-1)
Diesel AFC - Cincinnati (1-0) & Indianapolis (1-0)
NFC - Chicago (0-1) & St. Louis (0-1)
Sandman AFC - New England (1-0) & Baltimore (0-1)
NFC - New Orleans (0-1) & Dallas (1-0)

Egregious Fantasy Notes
According to the rules, the Egregious Error Tally is re-established if the trend of inactive and grossly mismanaged teams continues. So, the following is not considered an official egregious error, but it is noted as the First Egregious Move of the 2007 Season:

Sandman - Started Terry Glenn as his #3 wide receiver and, following his methods in 2006, declined to name backups at any position. Glenn missed the game due to injury, leaving Sandman with 0 points for his roster spot instead of 90% of the points for the 4th ranked wide receiver.

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