MafiaMan

Yup, no way FSU would have been left out in the cold under the poll system.

Turn out the lights...the party's over.

Was that the same guy who fumbled a short while ago?

Hard to lead the cheers when you're busy taking selfies and updating your Facebook status I guess...

32-20...Oregon scoring at will.

25-13 Oregon quickly turns into 25-20 Oregon as FSU scores a TD...Seminoles still looking silly for not taking that field goal early on in the 1st quarter.

I dunno about striped, but definitely stripped. Talk about a momentum-killer for FSU...

My bad. I thought hoopster was referring to UND fans still wanting their coach fired despite a win today. I mis-read his post.

Hey Oxbow6, how about the UND Montezumas? Welcome back.

18-13 at the half, Oregon over Florida State. I think FSU's early decision to go for it on 4th and goal with the score 8-3 was a mistake.

EDIT: Original Post deleted because of my lack of reading comprehension today.

Can you imagine the buzz this game would generate if it were held in Stockholm, Prague, Berlin, or Moscow? I like your idea.

Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Washington, New York, Boston, Buffalo. That's it.

We can't confuse hockey fans by having Calgary, Montreal, or Vancouver in one of these games?

Saw that a while back and thought the exact same thing...you see Oregon's duck, Brutus the Buckeye, Alabama's elephant...and two Seminole fans, one painted gold and one painted garnet.

Wow again...congratulations to the Michigan State Spartans on their Cotton Bowl win. What a comeback. Mark Dantonio is cementing a legacy there in East Lansing. 4 straight bowl wins for Sparty.

Well, they hung 41 on the Spartans...just didn't see MSU going from 14 to 42. Wow!

LOL! Re-wound the DVR thanks to your post. Seriously laughed out loud. Ow!

http://www.si.com/nhl/home-ice/2011/02/02/nhls-curbed-enthusiasm-for-heritage-classic Article on the NHL essentially ignoring the 2011 Heritage Classic game...while we're bombarded with Winter Classic hype year after year...

Didn't they win a title just a few years ago? I think all of Auburn's prayers were used up last year against Alabama.

Hold the phone on Baylor vs Michigan State...41-35 now, but Baylor is driving...

I'm not a Wild fan at all...in fact, I'm a Red Wings fan. The NHL ripped this idea off from the original Heritage Classic game between Montreal and Edmonton and has now made a circus out of it. Toronto was the 1st Canadian team to play one of these games and they had to absolutely beg to be chosen as a participant. Now it's morphed into Stadium Series games to appease others who want to do this. In 2011, Calgary hosted Montreal in a second Heritage Classic game and the NHL couldn't be bothered to try to hype it. The 2014 Heritage Classic had Vancouver hosting Ottawa...did you hear anything in the media at all about it? Nope.

That's assuming most casual fans want to watch Chicago on New Year's Day almost every year...I don't like the exclusion of Canadian teams and hate seeing this event limited to the Detroits, Chicagos, Pittsburghs, and Washington DCs of the NHL.

I created a new thread over in non-collegiate sports for the Winter Classic chatter. See ya over there. Go USA! Beat Russia!

Totally get what you're saying about marketing the game, but, unfortunately, it pretty much only means those of you in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Washington DC. Everyone else? Get in line. And if you live in Canada, the NHL apparently doesn't care.