Fluffy Cow needs your help!

After reading multiple blogs here on Steeple Media, and also after feeling like a complete idiot in certain conversations...  I have decided to attempt to get a little more interested in college football!  But I need your help!! 

You see, deciding which pro team to support is easy.  Everyone in the Cow family has their favorites:  Colts, Steelers, Chargers, and the team we all love to hate, the Bucs.  But since I have NO idea about any College team, I need some suggestions as to which team to root for!!  So please leave your vote as to who should be Fluffy's College Ball team, as well as the reason why, and I'll let you all know my decision later this week!!!!

Once I have a team picked, I will dilligently follow the scores, players, and general info for the season and see how it goes.  Who knows, maybe I'll finally get into this stuff!!!!

Published Monday, September 24, 2007 2:22 PM by Fluffy Cow

Comments

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 2:17 PM

Ummm...I'm not sure...

JBR

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 4:04 PM

The University of Florida Gators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why?  Because they're the best!!

kmekm

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 4:06 PM

hummm... perhaps. I used to live in Fl.

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 5:17 PM

I'd love to help.......but ummm I have no idea..why do you want to do this again? lol

Sandi

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 6:14 PM

A cow playing college football??? {GASP!!}  I WON'T try to tackle you!!

GlobeReacher

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 6:34 PM

The Nebraska Cornhuskers of course--being a cow, you should appreciate our corn fed footballers. Plus which we have the greatest fans in the nation--bar none. Just take a view of our stadium on game day!

www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml  GO BIG RED1

fleur_de_lis

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 7:17 PM

Sandraatlanta-

Evidently I do not have enough to do as it is!!

GlobeReacher-

I didn't say I was going to PLAY!!!

Fleur-

Hummmm... corn does sound good...

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 8:56 PM

As a disinterested observer, I make the following suggestions to Miss Furry Bovine:

1. Avoid choosing the team on top right now. Nobody likes a "jump on the bandwagon" type of fan.

2. Choose some principles to use to evaluate the team you choose. For example, does the institution show loyalty to the head coach? Does the head coach show loyalty to his institution and to his assistant coaches. Statistics exist which will tell you which head coaches/assistant coaches have been at their schools for the longest time. Is talent level important to you, or are you prepared to pull for Harvard every weekend? Is winning percentage important, or are you prepared to pull for Vanderbilt every weekend?

3. Do you plan to attend a game? If you do, will you attend both a home and an away game? Game day excitement in college football should be considered as a factor. Does your team have a great stadium and a great game day? Is your school's conference known for other schools with a great game day?

4. Underdog schools are fun to follow, especially if they have a rich tradition, but are just a little down right now. Also, such an underdog school might have a limited in-state recruiting base (small state) and thus have to scrap and claw all year to get talent to their school. Consider the underdog.

I believe there is one school in the best conference in the southeast that meets all the above criteria. Oh, and don't be ashamed to wear your team's colors on Saturday, even if you don't like bright orange.

Bahnsen8

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Monday, September 24, 2007 10:33 PM

B8-

Orange???  I don't look good in orange.  I can only assume you mean Clemson.  If so, then I must tell you that WAY too many of my husband's family have attended there.  Too close for comfort!!!  If not... then I have NO idea what team you are disintrestedly talking about!!

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:30 AM

Poor Fluffy,

Well I pick OSU! I think this will be a good team to cover because OSU will not lose!

Zach

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:42 AM

B8 is talking about the Volunteers of Tennessee!  Woooo Hooooo.  It's a program that is full of tradition and winning.  Every program has an off year.  Until you have visited Neyland Stadium on a beautiful Tennessee fall afternoon, with 108,000 screaming fans, you haven't experienced college football.  Good ole Rocky Top!  We have the best tailgating in the wide world.  Clemson is the wrong kind of orange, go with UT orange baby!  

Uncle Jesse

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:09 AM

Ok, so now we have:

Florida Gators

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Clemson Tigers... I think

Ohio State (Buckeyes, right?)

University of Tennessee Volunteers

I think I'm gonna have to look up some of these mascots to check the cuteness factor...  Right now all I can think of is the chocolatey-peanut buttery goodness of buckeyes from Cracker Barrel!!!

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:32 AM

If you're using mascots as a criteria - hello...Texas???  Longhorns????  Moooooooooo!

Hook 'em Horns!!

And no, I don't have to support the Badgers here in Wisconsin.  Sheesh, Bucky Badger.  What name for a mascot! Oh, wait, they one again, didn't they.  Sigh...

scoutmom

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:32 AM

And where is Pergryn when we need him!  Man, that guy lives and breathes NCAA Football!!

scoutmom

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:36 AM

And I really meant to say the WON again.  Honestly, I was SURE that was what I typed.  I have no idea how the other "one" got in there!

scoutmom

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:22 PM

Mascots you say? What cow wouldn't lover our 'beefy' cornfed hunk Herbie Husker? en.wikipedia.org/.../Herbie_Husker

fleur_de_lis

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:12 PM

Of course, Oklahoma State has its Cowboys.  Hmmm...that might merit further investigation!

scoutmom

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:46 PM

I think Uncle Jesse might be a prophet. Certainly, of all the teams mentioned so far, the University of Tennessee Volunteers do meet every major criteria better than any other team on the list.

But, from what I hear, it does take great loyalty and patience to be a Tennessee fan these days....

Bahnsen8

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:55 PM

Fluffy,

The Gators are your team!

www.coachurbanmeyer.com/index2.php

The coach and most of the players are awesome people, in addition to excellent players!  

And Gator games are so much fun!  When my mom lived in Gainesville, she used to go to nearly every home game, but they're fun to watch on tv, too.

BTW, you love gatoraid, right?

GO GATORS!!!!!!!!

kmekm

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:01 PM

B8-

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I just got a little nervous about the possibility of Clemson being in the mix!

Scoutmom-  Thanks for joining in!  I dunno... the Badger looks kinda cool...

Fleur-  Nebraska is in the running!

Kmekm-  That's a pretty spiffy site!  But, uh... no. I don't like Gatoraid!!!

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:08 PM

Really?  Well then I guess the fact that it was developed for the team isn't a good reason for you to vote for them.  But they are still THE best!

kmekm

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:47 AM

A fact I am well aware of... and find quite interesting.  

I am leaning toward finding a team a little lower down on the ranking sheet... I can't see you all enjoying Fluffy Reports on the teams you already hear about on the news and stuff.  Any other suggestions???  If not,  I'll use the above suggestions to pick from!

Fluffy Cow

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:31 AM

Well, gee, you want lower?  How about Notre Dame!  0-4 start for the first time in history, and who doesn't love their fighting leprechaun - kind of like the Lucky Charms guy on steroids!

scoutmom

# re: Fluffy Cow needs your help!@ Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:19 AM

Why does that make me think of Regis Philbin????  ; )

(Notre Dame AND the leprechaun!!!)

Fluffy Cow