Today's College Football Thread

[fishwax]

Plenty of good games today, including four between ranked teams. The highlight of the early games is Georgia (10) hosting Vanderbilt (22), but we also have Clemson playing their first game in the post-Tommy Bowden era, against Georgia Tech's option attack. Also Texas Tech at Texas A&M and Wake Forest at Maryland.

In the afternoon games Oklahoma (4) hosts Kansas (16) and Michigan State (20) hosts Ohio State (12). Also, Penn State (3) hosts Michigan and No. 2 Alabama hosts Mississippi.

The biggest game of the day is No. 11 Missouri at No. 1 Texas, which would be an even bigger game if Chase Daniels and the Tigers hadn't lost to Oklahoma State last week.

So who is your team playing? What games are you watching?

[petronius]

1. Thanks for the reminder - I forgot to check the TV schedule

Looks like I'll be watching LSU later. Geaux Tigers! Marching back to #1...

[fishwax]

4. That game could be a good one

against South Carolina--both of their losses were to good teams, but none of their wins has been particularly impressive. LSU should win, but it might be an interesting game :)

[petronius]

43. You called it - this is a bit TOO interesting for my taste...

17-17 at the start of the 4th.

[fishwax]

46. you can rest a little easier now

LSU just got the ball back, and they have a lead now. But this has been a hard fought game for sure :)

[petronius]

47. Yep - lookin' good!

Just put up the insurance score, and we can :party:!!!

[Writer]

2. Hook 'em, Horns!

Let's see if they can maintain their #1 ranking.

[fishwax]

5. If they win their next few, they'll no doubt deserve it

quite a tough stretch of schedule for the Longhorns, with OU last week, Mizzou this week--plus their next two games are against teams in the top 10 (OSU and then Texas Tech). Should be a good game tonight ...

[Writer]

29. Jeesh - would someone please go choke Missouri before they finish choking themselves?

Heavens.

[fishwax]

35. that game got ugly quick!

Yikes!

[jumptheshadow]

27. Missouri fan here

Crossing my fingers for an upset.

[jumptheshadow]

54. Yikes

That went well.

:sarcasm:

[TZ]

3. My Maryland Terps....Sybil of the NCAA!

They lose to Mid Tennesse State. Get creamed by a bad Virginia team but beat Clemson, Cal, and WF..all ranked teams!
:wtf:

[fishwax]

6. wtf indeed

That team is impossible to figure. :shrug:

But congrats on another good win today :toast:

[blonndee]

7. Watching OU/KU game right now!

What happened to Johnson?

[fishwax]

8. It looked like he might have broken his arm at first

He had all of his weight on it when he hit the ground, and the way they were holding it as he walked off the field looked really bad. But apparently the X-rays showed the bone was fine--may have been a slightly dislocated elbow is the last I heard ...

BOOMER SOONER! :hi:

[blonndee]

12. Where did my reply go?

I posted a response and it apparently has vanished.

Anyway, thanks for the update and BOOMER SOONER!! :hi:

[Twillig]

9. I'm watching USC v. Washington State.

I've never seen more than 70 points in a game before....

[fishwax]

10. lol -- that could get there

I had that on in the background, but when it got to 21-0 figured I could find something with a bit more suspense :)

[Twillig]

13. Well, PC left seven points on the field at the halftime break.

Unless the Trojans break a lot of runs or WSU gets frisky passing and gets pick-sixed a few times
it will probably not get to that stage of crushage.

If Pete Carrol was going against Bellotti (ducks coach) again he'd have gone for that TD--and then some.

[fishwax]

19. Just saw the final score

Yikes. It got close.

[lizerdbits]

11. VT vs. BC in about 3 hours

[fishwax]

15. That could be a good game

BC is 4-1, but hasn't really beaten anyone particularly impressive. I haven't seen a lot of the Hokies since that opening week surprise, but they seem to have gotten better as the season has worn on ...

[dgibby]

36. from your lips to god's ears

BC 21 Hokies 10 (they were leading). Go tech!

[lizerdbits]

48. ARGH!

:(

[Ava]

14. roll tide!

Alabama 24 Ole Miss 3 at halftime

[fishwax]

16. 24-10 now at the start of the 4th

Sure is a good year for 'Bama ...

[fishwax]

17. Michigan 17, Penn State 14 at halftime

[RoyGBiv]

20. Now this is a game ...

I really wish Michigan would make up its mind whether it sucks.

And I wish Penn State would make up its mind whether it is as good as its ranking.

But, it's a good game nonetheless.

[fishwax]

23. Looks like they made up their minds

That 3rd quarter was quite different from the first half ...

[VenusRising]

18. The Buckeyes are just whoopin' up on the Spartans 35-7!

I kind of feel bad for the Spartans.

Buuuuut....



Go Buckeyes!

[fishwax]

21. Impressive win for the Buckeyes

:toast:

[sasquatch]

25. Oh yeah, Pryor looked good today

:woohoo:

[VenusRising]

26. He finally quit hesitating before the pass.

That's so much more helpful!

[Awsi Dooger]

22. Canes found their QB

Freshman Jacory Harris replaced struggling redshirt freshman Robert Marve in the second quarter with Miami trailing at Duke. Harris has turned a 17-7 deficit with less than a minute remaining in the second quarter to a 49-24 lead with under a minute in the game.

Granted, it's against Duke but Jacory has thrown 5 TD passes and has great poise and touch. He'll struggle against better opponents.

This continues a trend this year of Miami playing much better on the road than in pathetic Dolphin Stadium. If you got the late number in the Florida game, a guy could be 6-0 in Canes games simply by wagering on the road team.

Kudos to the wise guy speculators who bet this game down to Miami -3 today. Thank you very much. It was -5 all week until the wise guys got involved. :rofl:

Duke scored in the final seconds. Looks like the final will be 49-31.

[Awsi Dooger]

34. Skip that

Randy Shannon is such a classic idiot, determined to out think the situation, that he insists Robert Marve is still the starter.

[fishwax]

37. Well, if the game against Wake starts like this one did, Harris will be

back in before long. Too bad that game is at home, though. :)

Are you sour on Shannon in general, or is this an exception? (IIRC, you were somewhat optimistic about him last year ...)

[Awsi Dooger]

45. I was optimistic about his recruiting

That's his undeniable strength. Otherwise he stands on the sideline will little emotion and makes bizarre decisions, like removing the names from the back of the jerseys last season. That supposedly was some sort of team unifying statement, but it lasted all of one year. Maybe this year's team doesn't want to be unified.

I am souring on him a bit as a head coach. There are reports that the other coaches on his staff don't like to work with him.

Anyway, this Marve decision has really livened up the Canes message boards. :)

Almost everyone is miffed/furious.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

24. Texas Tech

over a & m
43 to 25

[fishwax]

38. Poor Tech has a brutal stretch coming up

On the road against Kansas and then Texas, OSU, and Oklahoma :scared:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

55. That's the Big 12

Just deal. :hi:

[RoyGBiv]

28. Texas is asserting itself ...

I'm thinking they certainly deserve their ranking so far ...

[blonndee]

31. Yikes, yes they are.

This could get REALLY ugly for Mizzou. I hope they can pull it together enough to at least make it closer.

[fishwax]

39. and how!

:wow:

[Fleshdancer]

30. Tonight's UT game is so boring compared to last week's game

Which is probably a good thing since I was close to having a heart attack last saturday. :D

HOOK 'EM HORNS!

[Writer]

32. The motto for this year's Longhorns...

Texas: They're Good. Like Really, Really Good

[Fleshdancer]

33. ROFLMAO!

I like that. I should put that on a t-shirt. :D

[RoyGBiv]

41. Last week ...

I think last week was the "superbowl" of college football this year.

A lot of teams are good and have a legitimate shot at a national title, but I think the two best teams in the country faced off in Dallas last week. The after-game polling reflected that. Texas jumped over people for the #1 spot, and OU didn't fall that far.

The Big XII is tough as nails this year, and there's always that chance for an upset, but I think Texas wins out and plays for the national title. But, whatever happens, I think the real title game was played last weekend.

[Fleshdancer]

44. I agree 100%

Last week's game had it all. We'll be damn lucky if get another game like that this year.

[Twillig]

40. The Beavs beat Washington for the FIFTH straight time.

My, how the worm has turned.

The Beavs had problems with the deep ball from their UW's QB Fouch, that was about it apart from a long breakaway run late in the game. UW's kicking (placekicking) game sucked.

UW shut down Jacquizz Rodgers early, but his brother James burnt the Husky's with long runs and 3 TD's.

Time to check out Cal and 'Zona. No Ducks to root against this week.

[Twillig]

42. Twillig, what is best in life?

To crush your enemies.

To see them driven before you.

To read the lamentations on their message boards!

Re: Washington vs OSU Game thread
actually. im thinking that wsu is probably going to beat the crap out of the huskies.

we might be the worst team that Ive ever seen...period
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[CatholicEdHead]

49. Iowa won big over Wisconsin

:D

[Ptah]

50. Arizona Wildcats are rolling over the Cal Bears

CAL 27
ARIZ 42

1:30 left in the third quarter!

[Awsi Dooger]

51. I was lucky for Arizona

I turned to the game with Cal leading 21-14. Arizona scored on the first play I watched, and has been dominating ever since. :)

Still 42-27 with less than 4 minutes remaining. Cal benched Longshore.

[petronius]

53. This is disappointing - I was excited to see Cal, but not like this

Still, I feel a bit happy for the AZ coach; it sounds like he deserves a win...

[WildEyedLiberal]

52. Yay I FINALLY got to go to an Illinois home game this year!

My first weekend back in the States, and I get to see Illinois obliterate Indiana 55-13! :woohoo:

:hi: