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2013 College Football Thread (Realer than Real Deal Holyfield -->S/O Craftsy)
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he will be active for the first game, that's how sec football works
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USC, as of Tuesday, is officially free. Its NCAA probation period, the final vestige of penalties that were among the most severe in college sports history, will be complete. “It's been a long four years,” Athletic Director Pat Haden said.
"And umm, probation is officially over, oh yeah, this week"
"It's gonna be a hot ************summerseason, for everybody"
get my pool in the back
i'm in my vacation home, cuz i'm on vacation!
not to derail the thread but that whole 50 Cam beef was hysterical, especially when 50 was talking smack to Alan Grunblatt on the phone.
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That amari cooper twitter page fake right?
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Yea, @AmariCooper9 is his real account not @AmariCooper.
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BTN had a distinguished visitor Wednesday, as former Maryland and NFL star Shawne Merriman visited our headquarters. Merriman starred for the Terps from 2002-2004, earning All-ACC honors in his final season, and went on to lead the NFL in sacks (2006) and be a three-time All-Pro. See our Q&A with Merriman in this post.
BTN.com: For our fans who may not know, how did you get the nickname “Lights Out?”
Shawne Merriamn: My sophomore year in high school, I knocked out four guys in one game. I had parents come in and protest that I should not be on the field with their kids, and that’s when I got the nickname. I kept it through college and the pros.
BTN.com: How did your dance come about?
SM: I got a switch on my right forearm, and my freshman year, we were playing Georgia Tech, and I knocked out a wide receiver coming across the middle. I stood up on ESPN and started flipping the switch. Ralph Freidgen, the coach at the time, yanked me out of the game for flipping the switch over the guy I knocked out. But the crowd went crazy, and that’s when I knew that was it.
BTN.com: You were heavily recruited out of high school, so what made you stay in state and pick Maryland?
SM: Basically, friends, family and my high school coaches. The Boys and Girls Club, the pee-wee league coaches, no one was about to let me leave. I was playing in my own backyard, so I didn’t want to leave.
BTN.com: When you think Big Ten football what do you think?
SM: Playing on the grandest stage you can. Football doesn’t get any bigger on that stage – it’s the biggest stage in all of college football. You look at the teams and the history, it doesn’t get any better.
BTN.com: What was your first reaction to Maryland moving to the Big Ten?
SM: I was shocked. Being in the ACC for 60 years and leaving the conference, I didn’t understand it. But then I started understanding where we were going. We weren’t going to any conference, we were going to the Big Ten, which was huge. Not just for Maryland football, right now, but for the recruits going forward.
Joe Robbins-USA TODAY Sports
Joe Robbins-USA TODAY Sports
BTN.com: What’s one thing about Maryland that you want Big Ten fans to know?
SM: We have the most passionate fans. We have fans and the following. Because of the metropolitan area, they’re going to get all of the metropolitan love and followers.
BTN.com: Five years from now, who will be Maryland’s Big Ten rival?
SM: I think they’ll be rivals with Ohio State, honestly. Once we start to keep that in-house talent that’s in that metropolitan area, we’ll be able to compete with anybody in the conference. We’ll be able to compete with the top, which is obviously Ohio State.
BTN.com: Like to a Michigan-Ohio State level?
SM: Down the road, yes. I’m not going to say in the next five years. But sometime past five years, that’s going to be the rivalry, that’s going to be the matchup, because once that talent stays there, it’s going to be something to reckon with.
BTN.com: What was your best memory at Maryland?
SM: The best memory at Maryland would be when I was named to the (2004) All-ACC team. I didn’t start my first two years. I was playing a position I never played before. I always played middle linebacker my whole life, and they put me in a pass-rusher position. I was second in the ACC in sacks off the bench, but they wouldn’t name me All-ACC because I wasn’t starting. So, when I finally got a chance to start (as a junior), I was named to the team, and it was special.
BTN.com: Which former Maryland teammate do you keep in touch with the most these days?
SM: So many of them. So many, we’re talking about like 20 guys. I was just talking to Vernon Davis before I came here. Once you’re a part of that Terp family, you’re there forever.
BTN.com: Who’s the better athlete: You or Vernon?
SM: Vernon is. He runs a 4.4. He’s still not stronger than me and he still can’t block me, either, but when you talk about the most freakish athletes, not just between me and him, but of all time, he’s that kind of athlete.
BTN.com: I’ll leave you with this: What is your best NFL memory?
SM: Probably Monday Night Football vs. the Raiders. I had 4.5 sacks on Monday Night Football, the first game of the year. I just remember after that game, the people just started talking about how I was one of the best at that position.
BTN.com: For our fans who may not know, how did you get the nickname “Lights Out?”
Shawne Merriamn: My sophomore year in high school, I knocked out four guys in one game. I had parents come in and protest that I should not be on the field with their kids, and that’s when I got the nickname. I kept it through college and the pros.
BTN.com: How did your dance come about?
SM: I got a switch on my right forearm, and my freshman year, we were playing Georgia Tech, and I knocked out a wide receiver coming across the middle. I stood up on ESPN and started flipping the switch. Ralph Freidgen, the coach at the time, yanked me out of the game for flipping the switch over the guy I knocked out. But the crowd went crazy, and that’s when I knew that was it.
BTN.com: You were heavily recruited out of high school, so what made you stay in state and pick Maryland?
SM: Basically, friends, family and my high school coaches. The Boys and Girls Club, the pee-wee league coaches, no one was about to let me leave. I was playing in my own backyard, so I didn’t want to leave.
BTN.com: When you think Big Ten football what do you think?
SM: Playing on the grandest stage you can. Football doesn’t get any bigger on that stage – it’s the biggest stage in all of college football. You look at the teams and the history, it doesn’t get any better.
BTN.com: What was your first reaction to Maryland moving to the Big Ten?
SM: I was shocked. Being in the ACC for 60 years and leaving the conference, I didn’t understand it. But then I started understanding where we were going. We weren’t going to any conference, we were going to the Big Ten, which was huge. Not just for Maryland football, right now, but for the recruits going forward.
Joe Robbins-USA TODAY Sports
Joe Robbins-USA TODAY Sports
BTN.com: What’s one thing about Maryland that you want Big Ten fans to know?
SM: We have the most passionate fans. We have fans and the following. Because of the metropolitan area, they’re going to get all of the metropolitan love and followers.
BTN.com: Five years from now, who will be Maryland’s Big Ten rival?
SM: I think they’ll be rivals with Ohio State, honestly. Once we start to keep that in-house talent that’s in that metropolitan area, we’ll be able to compete with anybody in the conference. We’ll be able to compete with the top, which is obviously Ohio State.
BTN.com: Like to a Michigan-Ohio State level?
SM: Down the road, yes. I’m not going to say in the next five years. But sometime past five years, that’s going to be the rivalry, that’s going to be the matchup, because once that talent stays there, it’s going to be something to reckon with.
BTN.com: What was your best memory at Maryland?
SM: The best memory at Maryland would be when I was named to the (2004) All-ACC team. I didn’t start my first two years. I was playing a position I never played before. I always played middle linebacker my whole life, and they put me in a pass-rusher position. I was second in the ACC in sacks off the bench, but they wouldn’t name me All-ACC because I wasn’t starting. So, when I finally got a chance to start (as a junior), I was named to the team, and it was special.
BTN.com: Which former Maryland teammate do you keep in touch with the most these days?
SM: So many of them. So many, we’re talking about like 20 guys. I was just talking to Vernon Davis before I came here. Once you’re a part of that Terp family, you’re there forever.
BTN.com: Who’s the better athlete: You or Vernon?
SM: Vernon is. He runs a 4.4. He’s still not stronger than me and he still can’t block me, either, but when you talk about the most freakish athletes, not just between me and him, but of all time, he’s that kind of athlete.
BTN.com: I’ll leave you with this: What is your best NFL memory?
SM: Probably Monday Night Football vs. the Raiders. I had 4.5 sacks on Monday Night Football, the first game of the year. I just remember after that game, the people just started talking about how I was one of the best at that position.
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Them roids still messing with Merriman's brain.
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louisville that trash ?
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Oregon will lose to Stanford and USC
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USC isn't playin em this year unless it's in the pac-12 championship
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Florida State will lose to Miami and Clemson.
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Also think Andrus Peat and Arik Armstead can end the year as first-team selections.
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T-Rob 
somebody plant something on that guy
somebody plant something on that guy
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saw on twitter robinson stole another corner from us 
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in 2015
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Jake Heaps to Miami
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Ronaldo knows the score.
And John Houston needs to take off that UCLA visor. He's not fooling anyone.
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Not EVERY Serra player goes to SC. And that UCLA tee is clean.
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Ronaldo knows the score.
0-4?
