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Sunday Morning Quarterback

Sunday Morning Quarterback

Thursday, August 03, 2006

OUR LONG BLOGOSPHERE NICHE NIGHTMARE IS OVER
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Coinciding with the cresting of the annual heat wave that spreads death and anticipation across the land, Wednesday was ritualistically declared Football Advent, and the most appropriate occasion for SMQ to officially draw the curtain on his four-month expedition through the preseason jungles of absurd, reasonable and obligatory assessments.

Was the series a success? This depends on your point of view: if by "success" you mean "roughly 45 percent coverage rate whose increasingly sporadic, formulaic, outsider stabs combined with tedious metaphors were relentlessly, consistently corrected and mocked on team-specific rivals.com message boards before hacking and wheezing its way across an arbitrary finish line," then it was a smashing success!

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Aw, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Ball State, Baylor, California, Cincinnati, Clemson, Colorado State, Duke, East Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Georgia, Houston, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Miami (Fla.), Miami (Ohio), Middle Tennessee State, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, San Jose State, South Carolina, Southern Methodist, Syracuse, TCU, Temple, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Troy, Tulsa, UCF, UNLV, Utah, Utah State, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington, Washington State, West Virginia, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, y'all know SMQ loves you too! Hugz! XOXOXO


SMQ has no idea, should he even survive an EDSBS tailgate, if he can handle such an undertaking again during offseason 2007, or if it's possible to singlehandedly march through 119 teams if one is not paid a living wage to do so while also bearing the surname 'Fiutak.' It will require an early start if so.

But that is many months into the future, many dramatic, football-filled, glorious months, which will be upon us officially in exactly four weeks. Four weeks!

Between now and then, SMQ intends to finalize his legit, on-the-record preseason picks - unexpected warts and all - and roll them out in semi-regular fashion over the next 20 or so days. The final few days before kickoff on August 31 will be spent sparring with Orson over the Southern Miss-Florida showdown and prepping to handle a coronary-inducing change for Sunday Morning Quarterback just as the season begins. Or something like that.

The best laid plans, etc., etc., but this is the fun part!
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In the spirit of the week, I owe you a Lexus, SMQ.
 
please tell me you don't love ole miss. cheeky monkey
 
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PREVIOUSLY FROM SMQ:

2006 Preview
Anatomy of an Underdog
BlogPoll: 1-10/11-25/Roundtable
The ACC
The Big Ten
The Big XII
The Sun Belt

Running Departments
The Rap Sheet
July 29/Aug. 1/Aug. 9/Aug. 16/Aug.19/Aug. 25/Sept. 28/Oct. 4/Oct. 5/Oct. 18/Oct. 26/Nov. 2/Nov. 7/Nov. 8/Nov. 28/Dec. 2/Dec. 8/ Dec. 11/Dec. 18/Dec. 21/Feb. 6/Feb. 10/April 7/April 14/April 21/April 29/May 6/May 12/May 19/May 26/June 2/June 10/June 16/June 24/June 30/July 8/Aug. 4

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SMQ-APPROVED
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PAGES

News from the Big Guys
ESPN/ College Football News Wire
Sports Illustrated
FOX
CBS Sportsline
USA Today
Opinion: Columnists and bloggers
Around the Oval (Ohio State)
Badger Sports (Wisconsin)
The Blue-Gray Sky (Notre Dame)
Block U (Utah)
BoiFromTroy (Southern Cal)
Bruins Nation (UCLA)
Burnt Orange Nation (Texas)
The Corporate Headquarters of the San Antonio Gunslingers
Dave Sez (Virginia)
Dawg Sports (Georgia)
ESPN: Ivan Maisel/Pat Forde
Every Day Should Be Saturday (Florida)
FOX: Pete Fiutak
Golden Tornado (Georgia Tech)
Heisman Pundit
I'm a Realist (Georgia)
Journalism is for Rock Stars (Alabama)
Mark May Be Wrong
MDG CFB (Fresno State)
Mountain Lair (West Virginia)
MGOBlog (Michigan)
Orange::44 (Syracuse)
Paradigm Blog (Michigan)
Paul Westerdawg (Georgia)
Pitch Right (Navy)
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer (Alabammer)
Section Six
Sexy Results (Virginia)
SI: Stewart Mandel/John Walters
Sporting Fools (Florida State)
Straight Bangin' (Michigan)
Texas A&M and Baseball, In No Particular Order (Texas A&M)
The 614 (Ohio State)
The House That Rock Built (Notre Dame)
The Sporting Gnomes (Clemson)
Tiger Pundit (Clemson)
We Must Ignite This Couch (West Virginia)
The Wizard of Odds

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The Blog Poll

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WANNA DO SOME RESEARCH? NERD! HERE'S SOME QUICK REFERENCES:

College Football Data Warehouse
College Football Research Center
College Football News
cfbstats.com
Football Commentary
THE STANDINGS
THE POLLS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Passing
Receiving
All-Purpose
Scoring
Tackles
Sacks
Interceptions
Tackles For Loss
Field Goals
Punting
Kickoff Returns
Punt Returns
TEAM STATISTICS
Rushing Offense
Passing Offense
Total Offense
Scoring Offense
Rushing Defense
Passing Defense
Total Defense
Scoring Defense
Turnover Margin

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Past Seasons
2005
Thursday Morning Quarterback
Sept. 29/Oct. 6/Oct. 20/Oct. 27/Nov. 3/Nov. 10/Nov. 17/Nov. 24/Dec. 1
Sunday Morning Quarterback
Oct. 2/Oct. 23/Oct. 30/Nov. 6/Nov. 13/Nov. 27
Stat Relevance Watch
Part One/Part Two/Part Three
SMQ Bowl Blitz
New Orleans/GMAC/Las Vegas/Poinsettia/Motor City

SMQ's [Hurricane-Abbreviated] 2005 Preview
Top 25 Countdown/Methodology
All-America Team
ACC
BIG EAST
BIG TEN
BIG XII