I'm so happy about the Louisville victory I'm going to set my couch on fire!!

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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Solat13 wrote:
    So you would steal your rival, West Virginia's, victory celebration after big games?

    actually, i'm pretty sure ohio state has trademarked that game response. we did it for victories, losses, or just the hell of it. they had to clear the streets with tear gas FOUR times during my freshman year... even in the spring after football!
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Is he the big receiver? I think I remember him from a couple years ago.

    Yeah. Huge potential talent (he was likened to Randy Moss his freshman year), but the thug factor has taken its toll on him this year. He hasn't played the last few games; the stated reason is "turf toe" but it's rumored to be more reprimand in its nature.
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    soulsinging wrote:
    actually, i'm pretty sure ohio state has trademarked that game response. we did it for victories, losses, or just the hell of it. they had to clear the streets with tear gas FOUR times during my freshman year... even in the spring after football!

    This article is a couple years old but gets the point across:

    West Virginia officials move to snuff out couch burning
    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fire officials in Morgantown, W.Va., have ordered the removal of all upholstered furniture, debris and flammable objects from porches in city neighborhoods with high West Virginia University student populations in an effort to put a damper on the outdoor furniture blazes that have become a tradition.

    The move comes as the city, known as the couch-burning capital of college football, prepares for the West Virginia-Virginia Tech game Saturday.

    "The reason for the order is based upon statistical fire data gathered following major rival football games or other sporting events," Morgantown Fire Chief Dave Fetty said. "Data says there are particular areas ... where we can expect to have illegal street fires."

    Students celebrating wins by the Mountaineers have a long tradition of setting street fires, often with cheap furniture dragged from their rental homes.

    A report in Tuesday's Morgantown Dominion Post said the city led the nation with 1,129 intentional street fires set between 1997 and 2003.

    Residents who don't comply with the order by Friday morning will be cited and their furniture hauled away.

    Plus I like that one of the WVU football fan sites is:

    http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/
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  • chromiam
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    I still love that Penn State had to enact a law forbidding drinking in the parking lots DURING the game.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Awesome post, Solat.

    I'll be at the WVU-Miss State game in Morgantown this Saturday. I'll take pictures if I see any burning couches.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Solat13 wrote:
    This article is a couple years old but gets the point across:

    West Virginia officials move to snuff out couch burning
    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fire officials in Morgantown, W.Va., have ordered the removal of all upholstered furniture, debris and flammable objects from porches in city neighborhoods with high West Virginia University student populations in an effort to put a damper on the outdoor furniture blazes that have become a tradition.

    The move comes as the city, known as the couch-burning capital of college football, prepares for the West Virginia-Virginia Tech game Saturday.

    "The reason for the order is based upon statistical fire data gathered following major rival football games or other sporting events," Morgantown Fire Chief Dave Fetty said. "Data says there are particular areas ... where we can expect to have illegal street fires."

    Students celebrating wins by the Mountaineers have a long tradition of setting street fires, often with cheap furniture dragged from their rental homes.

    A report in Tuesday's Morgantown Dominion Post said the city led the nation with 1,129 intentional street fires set between 1997 and 2003.

    Residents who don't comply with the order by Friday morning will be cited and their furniture hauled away.

    Plus I like that one of the WVU football fan sites is:

    http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/

    ok, you got us beat ;) we were more flipping cars and burning dumpster types. and it came in fits and bursts. that's a bad ass tradition though ;)
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    fanch75 wrote:
    Yeah. Huge potential talent (he was likened to Randy Moss his freshman year), but the thug factor has taken its toll on him this year. He hasn't played the last few games; the stated reason is "turf toe" but it's rumored to be more reprimand in its nature.

    If I see him on the sidelines, I'll ask him if he needs a band aid. ;)

    Our defense has played well so far this year, and although we blew it against UVa last week, the UConn defense vs. UL offense should be interesting. UConn hasn't really played too many tough teams, so it will be a good test for us. Our OL is shaky, which is unfortunate, because we have some good backs. Hopefully it's a competitive game.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I'm with ya fanch! I think Krag is gonna be okay in the long haul.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Indian Summer wrote:
    I'm with ya fanch! I think Krag is gonna be okay in the long haul.

    I'll leave Koach alone for a week...I won't forget losing to Syracuse and Utah at home that easily.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    fanch75 wrote:
    I'll leave Koach alone for a week...I won't forget losing to Syracuse and Utah at home that easily.

    I forgave the Kentucky and even the Utah loss....but I can't let Syracuse go just yet....it'll take a victory over South Florida to erase that one! Anyway, we're 40 in the BCS rankings, with a lot of room to work with.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Indian Summer wrote:
    I can forgave the Kentucky and even the Utah loss....but I can't let Syracuse go just yet....it'll take a victory over South Florida to erase that one! Anyway, we're 40 in the BCS rankings, with a lot of room to work with.

    It's funny how expectations can drop so quickly....

    Going into the season, the goal was a BCS title. Now, a few weeks later, a loss to UTAH at HOME is acceptable? Come on, man. Koach really fucked it up, bad. He can redeem himself, sure, but it's going to take more than beating UC to make that happen.

    If South Florida ends up at #1 when we play them and UL wins out, then the season may have a chance.

    Scary thought - next year, Brohm, Douglas, and the entire starting offensive line is gone due to graduation. Whoah.
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  • Buru
    Buru Posts: 8,473
    fanch75 wrote:
    I never thought I'd be so happy to beat UC!

    lol
    at least take it outside before you set it on fire.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    yeah, but we're getting a new Defensive Coordinator. Things are gonna get better, just may take a couple of years.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    fanch75 wrote:
    Scary thought - next year, Brohm, Douglas, and the entire starting offensive line is gone due to graduation. Whoah.


    Don't forget our Super Kicker is out of there too....Carmody has really put some points up and saved some games for us!
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Indian Summer wrote:
    Don't forget our Super Kicker is out of there too....Carmody has really put some points up and saved some games for us!

    It's just incredible to me that Koach inherited this team, which is largely the same as the Orange Bowl Champions, and just destroyed it in a matter of a few weeks. I realize the lost some extreme talent on defense, but the drop-off should not be THIS bad.

    I'd say Petrino is shaking his head at seeing four years of work destroyed this quickly, but he probably is counting his NFL money and doesn't give a damn. The program is a metaphoric burning couch, set ablaze and destroyed in a matter of minutes.

    And I said I'd leave Koach alone for the week....sigh...

    Well, they did beat a top 15 team on the road, something Petrino never did, and the defense did stop UC when it had to (though allowing nearly 500 yards of offense in the process). We'll see how they do against a decent UConn team on Friday night.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    he looked like an idiot last night against the Giants. He shows no emotion in the few ATL games I've watched this year. I remember how intense he was with the Cards....I think he knows he fucked up by leaving....but will never admit it. He'll be back in college ball in 2009.
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    well good luck tonight cards...it'll be a bit wet out there tonight!
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  • fanch75
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    While I'm still bitching about the UConn loss....

    UL should have been up by more than what they were and hence this should not matter, this is one FUCKED call by the refs that resulted in a falty UConn TD, and UL lost 21-17

    Fucked up call:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMf5DZOy3Mg

    Apology by the Big East:
    http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=ApbVktZtF509eNLdFJ7njNIcvrYF?slug=ap-louisville-apology&prov=ap&type=lgns
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I think UConn should be fined for that play, because it was pre-meditated. The Fair-Catch rule is in place for safety reasons, not to be exploited for easy points. The Ref should lose his job, and not be allowed to coach in the NCAA ever again. I'm pissed, but shit like that happens...I have a feeling the Fair Catch will be reviewable next year...perhaps any play being reviewable....way to go UConn you've changed Football history by being an ass.
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