Captain Kangaroo

No mention of whether or not her pants were found. Shoddy journalism.

Lot 9 has the best tailgating, but it is pass-only. If I were you I would bring a cooler to Lot 9 and hang out with a lot of good people. Plenty of food and drink, cornhole, etc. There are bars (BW-3's) directly across Exchange street if that's what you prefer. There is an old UA tailgating thread around somewhere...can someone find it?

Me too. Bet you can't wait for CK's hardtack and rum! Also - Thanks for the write up, gozips19!

Or a botched John Fuller interception.

Memo to Keener: The drink on the left counts towards the beer tally. The drinks on the right do not.

Speaking of history...George O'Leary was 0-12 in his first year at UCF. So put your Drano back underneath the sink people. Paul's historic punting performance rivaled that of the immortal John Stec vs. Ohio State several season-openers ago. Bowden's play-calling was reminiscent of our historically conservative 31-7 loss to Penn State in our season-opener 5 years ago. When your QB is 15-20...for 83 yards...you are being too conservative. When your star RB has 10 carries for 11 yards in the 4th quarter...your OL isn't doing its job. To expect a 1-11 team to compete, on the road, in game #1, with a 10-win UCF team is unrealistic. Too many new faces in Blue and Gold. I expect a big turnaround in this weeks game...we can't have another piece of Zips football history being repeated...**cough cough**...Gardner Webb...**cough**...

I didn't get that impression. I think he's saying he'll coach until he's 70, so if you are in the market to hire a coach in the next couple years, don't worry about his age. He'll be there...wherever "there" might ultimately be...for a decade +. But Bowden departing is a silly conversation to have when he's got an 8.3% winning percentage. We'll save that one for a couple years from now.

86 degrees at kick-off. Dropping to 81 degrees by 10pm. Beats playing in the heat of the day. I think the cramping will be a minimal factor. Unless Carmelo Betancourt suits up. I'd give him 32 seconds before his first leg-cramp.

I hope they all start on the offensive line.

Keener posting at 3:03am on Opening Day in the beer thread? Can anyone envision his living room by 11pm tonight?

Shocking that such a post would come from you?

I wonder if jupitertoo will complain that GT doesn't give this story proper coverage in the ABJ?

Barring injury to Pohl, it seems the smart move would be to redshirt in 2014, get some reps in 2015, and hold the starting job for the next 3 seasons. Makes me wonder what will happen with Woodson. I guess we'll know a lot more once this season is complete. A billion different things can happen between now and 2014.

Anyone wonder where all that weight Bowden lost ended up?

I look forward to the Zips victory lead by CJ Mizell's 14 tackles... and O'Leary's post game presser where he complains if CJ was on the 2-deep he'd have game-planned completely different.

F the future. Isn't everyone tired of the future...don't people want to win football games today? I've never heard a fan complain that his team had too many seniors. Maybe GP1 did...I know he's a big fan of "building" over "winning." And there's no better way to solidify the building process than to play Freshmen and Sophomores. ;)

I'm guessing Bowden doesn't want to carry 2 punters on scholarship, so the Aussie will need to fund himself this season.

I don't know what is a bigger shocker...Rossi starting at middle linebacker over Rachel...or Tyrell Goodman being our back up punter? I wonder if McNamara will eventually work his way into the #1 spot? If not, it bodes well for our line depth.

InfoCision cost a fraction of what most BCS stadium press box upgrades cost. $65 million is chump change in D1 football. The worst miscalculation of the past 10 years was hiring Rob Ianello. If Bowden were hired 4 years ago, there would be no stadium conversations...except for the few clowns wondering what it would take to expand the stadium in order to keep him.

Grant (6-2, 285)? Is this weight stat simply more wacky George O'Leary gamesmanship? How big are their DL's? 6'10", 410?

Add Joe McNamara - Wisconsin OL (Jr.)

What is that level?

Ask UA.

I enjoy any look-alike thread that doesn't include a "Webster," "Arnold Drummond" or a "Predator" pic. If you ever think to post those in such a thread...just don't. The Caponi/Chumlee one is my favorite.

I say - "Keep 'em guessing!"