http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/ From the coin flip to first and goal, all of your college football action here... en Sat, 25 May 2013 07:58:51 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/ http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89694-Anybody-around-want-to-Discuss-Early-CFB-thoughts&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:15 GMT These anybody around want to discuss early thoughts threads, VK & Dwight used to start. And I'll be the 1st to tell you that they help a LOT!! It's always good to see where everyone's heads are at & it allows us to start whittling away at the nut. Let's call it Cappers Spring Training for CFB.


So it's that time again, let's just start shooting the shit. Old guys, newbies whoever. Let the information exchange commence!

FOOTBALL IS BACK!!! ]]> NCAA Football Silkydiamonds http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89694-Anybody-around-want-to-Discuss-Early-CFB-thoughts http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89299-Coach-Kingsbury-s-letter-to-Texas-Tech-Players&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 00:46:04 GMT Coach Kingsbury gave this letter to all of the Tech Players as they departed for their break after finals. Love this dude. *Alfredo Morales*... Coach Kingsbury gave this letter to all of the Tech Players as they departed for their break after finals. Love this dude.

Alfredo Morales @Alfredo56TTU
Message to all texas tech football players pic.twitter.com/AEjN2BLYOF
]]> NCAA Football RaiderRed http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89299-Coach-Kingsbury-s-letter-to-Texas-Tech-Players http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89080-Fades&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 01:46:40 GMT This may be premature as there will be attrition and injuries this summer, but as I'm sure most of you have done over the years, I've found it profitable to identify potential fade teams early before the books realize just how awful they are. Examples over the last few years include: NM St., Tulane, Memphis, etc.

Has anyone identified any potentially fade worthy teams at this point? ]]> NCAA Football Grovehard http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89080-Fades http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89015-Lines&goto=newpost Wed, 01 May 2013 01:44:35 GMT http://www.beyondthebets.com/updated-list-of-college-football-week-1-point-spreads-bcs-champion-alabama-opens-22-vs-hokies/ what do ya guys think... http://www.beyondthebets.com/updated...-22-vs-hokies/

what do ya guys think

College football Week 1 lines


101 North Carolina
102 South Carolina -14½


103 USC -19
104 Hawaii


107 Tulsa -4
108 Bowling Green


119 Virginia Tech
120 Alabama -22


121 LSU -6½
122 TCU


129 Temple
130 Notre Dame -21


131 Georgia
132 Clemson -2


133 Rice
134 Texas A&M -28


135 Oklahoma State -11½
136 Mississippi State


153 Penn State -5
154 Syracuse


187 Colorado pk
188 Colorado State


189 Florida State -8½
190 Pittsburgh U ]]> NCAA Football cudder http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?89015-Lines http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?88919-Jeremy-Hill-Arrested&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:22:54 GMT LSU running back Jeremy Hill was arrested early Saturday in connection with a fight at an LSU-area bar that left a man unconscious, arrest records... LSU running back Jeremy Hill was arrested early Saturday in connection with a fight at an LSU-area bar that left a man unconscious, arrest records show.
Hill, a former Redemptorist High School star, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of simple battery about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Parish Prison booking records show. He was released after posting a $500 bail.
LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said Saturday he and LSU coach Les Miles were in New York for the NFL draft and were still gathering information about Hill’s arrest.
He said Miles would wait to comment until he returns to Baton Rouge and is able to speak with Hill about the incident.
Baton Rouge police responded at 2:13 a.m. to a reported fight at Reggie’s Bar, 1176 Bob Pettit Blvd., in Tigerland, according to an affidavit of probable cause for Hill’s arrest.
The victim told police he was hit in the head numerous times and lost consciousness, the affidavit says.
An officer was shown a video of the incident, “which clearly shows the defendant (Hill) striking the victim,” the affidavit says.
A second person then hit the victim with his fist, which rendered the victim unconscious, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely said. The second person’s identity, as well as what caused the fight, are unknown at this time, McKneely said.
Hill left the scene before police arrived, McKneely said.
LSU police spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said Baton Rouge police contacted LSU police to help locate Hill and they subsequently found him near the West Campus Apartments, which are listed as Hill’s address. Lalonde could not give an exact location.
LSU police initially detained Hill until Baton Rouge Police Department officers arrived to arrest him, the affidavit says.
Hill, 20, then was booked into Parish Prison on the simple battery count.
This arrest wasn’t Hill’s first run-in with law enforcement.
Hill and another ex-Redemptorist student, Avery Tate, pleaded guilty Jan. 6, 2012, to engaging in a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl in a school locker room in December 2010.
Hill and Tate, 19 and 18 at the time of their guilty pleas, were given suspended six-month prison terms and put on active supervised probation for two years with the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Hill and Tate each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Court records show that Hill and Tate’s probation conditions provide that they “refrain from all criminal conduct.”
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Saturday that based on what he knows about the incident, he is not sure if Hill violated the terms of his probation.
“If there is a new criminal violation that he is found guilty of or if there is some violation of the probation that was imposed, it could have an impact of his sentence,” Moore said.
Moore said that on Monday, State District Judge Bonnie Jackson will be notified of Hill’s arrest and will decide whether to call him in for a hearing.
Jackson could possibly change the conditions of Hill’s probation or wait until more facts become available, Moore said.
“It’s a standard condition that you not violate any criminal law while you’re on probation,” Moore said.
Moore added, “He could be innocent, and you can’t violate it if you’re innocent.”
Last season, Hill emerged as the leading ground-gainer in the LSU running back rotation, rushing for a team-leading 755 yards and 12 touchdowns on 145 carries.
A week ago, Hill, a 6-2, 225-pound sophomore, started the Tigers’ spring game, and gained 103 yards on 13 carries.
With senior Alfred Blue recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Hill still held the mantle as LSU’s lead back ahead of Blue, Kenny Hilliard, and Terrence Magee.
After Hill pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge of a juvenile, it paved the way for him to enroll early with LSU and signing his letter of intent after previously attending classes at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Anyone with information about the incident at Reggie’s Bar and the second person’s identity is asked to contact Baton Rouge police at (225) 389-2000 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-STOP. ]]> NCAA Football twinkie13 http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?88919-Jeremy-Hill-Arrested http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?88915-They-got-it-right-this-time&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:26:53 GMT By Adam Rittenberg...]]> Big Ten's divisional overhaul OK'd


Updated: April 28, 2013, 1:19 PM ET
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

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The Big Ten on Sunday approved new East and West divisions for the 2014 season as well as a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2016.
The league's presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to approve the recommendations from the athletic directors Sunday morning during a conference call.
The division realignment coincides with the arrival of new conference members Maryland and Rutgers.

One Conference's Renewed Landscape

Big Ten presidents and chancellors approved Sunday the new divisions and division names for 2014, along with a move to a nine-game conference schedule for 2016.

East	West
Indiana	Illinois
Maryland	Iowa
Michigan	Minnesota
Michigan State	Nebraska
Ohio State	Northwestern
Penn State	Purdue
Rutgers	Wisconsin

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Gone are Legends and Leaders, the controversial division names the Big Ten adopted in 2011, as the league went with a clear geographical model and geographic names for its new alignment.
The Big Ten East will include: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers. The Big Ten West will include: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin.
Every East division team is located in the Eastern time zone, while every West division team except Purdue is located in the Central time zone.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany told ESPN.com that geography was the first priority in aligning divisions, followed by preserving rivalries and then competitive balance. The Big Ten used competitive balance as its top priority in aligning the Legends and Leaders divisions in 2011.
"It's pure geography," Delany said. "Last time, we were a combination of competitive balance and geography being last. So those names weren't available to us last time. We didn't have a lot of discussion on it."
League athletic directors met six times to discuss the divisions after Maryland and Rutgers joined in November. The presidents and chancellors spent 15-20 minutes discussing the moves Sunday before voting.
The league considered the results of a Big Ten Network survey in December, asking fans about the new division alignment.
"We thought the geography was a good way to bind the conference together," Delany said. "We also wanted to preserve as much tradition as we could, and we do that through the protection of the rivalries. Everybody will play everybody at least once in a four-year cycle, even though it's a bigger conference.
"It's good for the fans, it's good for the players. It strengthens our schedule from the perspective of the postseason and binds the conference together in a powerful way."
The Big Ten will have a 31 percent increase in league games (from 48 to 63) despite adding just two new members.
Rivals Purdue and Indiana will play the league's only annual division crossover game. In the previous alignment, every Big Ten squad played one protected crossover each year. Although Purdue-Indiana is the only protected crossover, the league will have cross-division rotations.
"In the first 18 years, you're going to see a lot of competition between teams at the top of either division," Delany said. "We call that a bit of parity-based scheduling, so you'll see Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa playing a lot of competition against Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan. But it will rotate. Early on, we feel this gives the fans what they want."
The Big Ten will join the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC with a nine-game league schedule for 2016. The East division teams will have five conference home games in even-numbered years, and West division teams will have five conference home games in odd-numbered years. Big Ten team will play all of the other conference squads at least once every four years.
Big Ten athletic directors discussed moving to a 10-game conference schedule, but it ultimately proved too difficult because many league teams need to play at least seven home games a year to meet their budgets.
"It was fully explored," Delany said of a 10-game league schedule. "It would have been nice, but we were having difficulty seeing 28 nonconference games and getting accomplished what we want in terms of major matchups. We felt we'd have a much harder time getting to seven home games.
"We just thought it was a reach. Who's to say in the future where we may go, but right now, we felt nine was the right place to be."
The Big Ten last played nine league games in a season in 1983-84.
The league's athletic directors and presidents also approved a scheduling model that includes at least one team from a major FBS conference per year and no FCS teams. Delany hopes the model will be in place league-wide by 2016.
The league approved a nine-game schedule in August 2011 but went back to eight after forming a scheduling partnership with the Pac-12. When the partnership fell apart last summer, the Big Ten decided to keep an eight-game league schedule, which will remain for the next three seasons.
The Big Ten's initial division alignment for the 2011 season was based primarily on competitive balance rather than geography. Teams such as Wisconsin and Illinois were moved in the opposite division from some of their rivals, and several top rivalries, such as Michigan-Ohio State, were protected with crossover games. ]]> NCAA Football TheGarfather http://www.cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?88915-They-got-it-right-this-time