College Football Week 5 Thread

[JeeberD]

CUSA sucked donkey balls last night with Boise whupping on Southern Miss, and Memphis blowing a 25 point lead against Arkansas State.

Tonight is WVU and USF. This should be a fun game to watch...

[Eaglesfan27]

Tonight is WVU and USF. This should be a fun game to watch...



Agreed. I'm just disappointed that it looks like I'll have to pay for a week of ESPN's game package if I want to watch the Ducks and Bears tomorrow. I think tonight's game and that game have the potential to be the most exciting this week.

[larrymcg421]

Agreed. I'm just disappointed that it looks like I'll have to pay for a week of ESPN's game package if I want to watch the Ducks and Bears tomorrow. I think tonight's game and that game have the potential to be the most exciting this week.

I usually just hit the local sports bar in cases like that. Also, it will probably be available on sportsonpc.com

[JeeberD]

TD USF! Nice!

[larrymcg421]

Leavitt seems like a cool guy. He basically did the real life version of playing TCY with a SOL8 team.

[Swaggs]

Lemme give this a try...

my USF Bulls looking good in first quarter

[JeeberD]

lol

I like WVU, but USF still has that underdog feel to it. I know they're a BCS team and all, but it doesn't seem like they are.

[JeeberD]

14-0 USF!

Edit: Sorry Swaggs. Maybe posting Ms WVU will help your team's chances?

[larrymcg421]

lol at nobody in the secondary on that play.

[JeeberD]

Dola-

Damn...have they been allowing the camera into the replay booth all year long? That's nuts! I can't believe the NCAA is allowing that...

[Ksyrup]

This shit's bananas!

[JeeberD]

HolEE crap! Another turnover for WVU with another long return for USF!

[JeeberD]

This shit's bananas!

And you claim to dislike Stefani. For shame...

[Passacaglia]

We're going to the Michigan-Northwestern game tomorrow. I'm psyched -- this will be the first Michigan road game I've been to. With so many places we play near Chicago, I'm surprised it took me this long to get around to it.

[JeeberD]

Erm...another turnover for USF.

I now have to agree with K's last post.

[Ksyrup]

This shit's bananas!

What I said!

[Karlifornia]

Jesus...this WVU/USF game is crazy....8 turnovers in a quarter a half.

[larrymcg421]

8 turnovers in the first half. Insanity.

[Ksyrup]

And you claim to dislike Stefani. For shame...

I know so little about her that I have no idea what you are referring to. However, if she's got a song that includes the line "this shit's bananas," then I have yet another reason not to like her.

If she did a duet with Kathy Griffin, I might consider strapping a bomb to my chest and attending the show.

[Passacaglia]

I know so little about her that I have no idea what you are referring to. However, if she's got a song that includes the line "this shit's bananas," then I have yet another reason not to like her.

If she did a duet with Kathy Griffin, I might consider strapping a bomb to my chest and attending the show.

If she has a song called this shit's bananas, I think that's a reason to start liking her.

[Karlifornia]

These super thin white football pants leave very little to the imagination....oof

[larrymcg421]

Selvie is a beast.

[JeeberD]

I know so little about her that I have no idea what you are referring to. However, if she's got a song that includes the line "this shit's bananas," then I have yet another reason not to like her.

If she did a duet with Kathy Griffin, I might consider strapping a bomb to my chest and attending the show.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/holla-back-girl-lyrics-gwen-stefani.html

Scroll down about a 1/3 of the page to get the relevant lyrics...

[Ksyrup]

If she has a song called this shit's bananas, I think that's a reason to start liking her.

Chicks singing/rapping about shit and bananas = not my jam

[VPI97]

I didn't expect these two teams to look so sloppy.

[JeeberD]

And you KNOW her shit isn't my kind of music. Too bad the wife enjoys that junk...

[Ksyrup]

Not my shit (x 1000)

[Ksyrup]

This half has been so bizarre I might go out, buy an ipod, and download a Gwen Stefani album to ground myself in reality.

[larrymcg421]

Nitpick. Why do announcers say "right down the middle" on nearly every FG that is good? That one was certainly not right down the middle.

[JeeberD]

Hyperbole?

[Swaggs]

I am not enjoying this game, at all.

On the positive side, I know we are capable of putting points on the board in a hurry. But, on the other hand, our center blowing about one out of every eight snaps and us turning the ball over twice every quarter doesn't leave me feeling real confident.

Either way, I agree with VPI, for the most part. The teams look very fast, but both look very sloppy.

[JeeberD]

AHEM!!!

Maybe posting Ms WVU will help your team's chances?

*cough*

[Swaggs]

AHEM!!!



*cough*

Only if you promise to root for WVU the rest of the way?

[JeeberD]

I'm drunk enough to agree to that...

[Swaggs]

I'm drunk enough to agree to that...

Damn... guess I should have aimed higher. :)


http://rwbl.net/images/wvugirl.jpg

[JeeberD]

That's the good stuff. Good thing I'm the lenient mod... :)

[Ksyrup]

Gregg Easterbrook would be proud of USF's coach.

[SirFozzie]

Gregg Easterbrook Says: DON'T BE A WUSS!

[Ksyrup]

Six minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Gregg Easterbrook wrote "game over" in his notebook.

[JeeberD]

Whoa...is fucking VITALE on college football?!?!?

I get enough of his ass in the winter. Please spare me in the late summer/early fall k thx.

[Ksyrup]

Did he just describe that fumble play as "the gobble on the go-down"?????

[Young Drachma]

Just so we have it here, this is the obligatory "Big East sucks" post that will inevitably show up no matter who wins the game today.

Back to your regularly scheduled upset.

[JeeberD]

OMG, our own mckerney (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/member.php?u=4) was just shown on ESPN2!!!!!!!!!!!

[SirFozzie]

Just so we have it here, this is the obligatory "Big East sucks" post that will inevitably show up no matter who wins the game today.


Considering the way the two teams are playing tonight??

Werd.

[JeeberD]

Oh, wait, maybe it was that other (http://blog.kir.com/archives/danmccarney9ug.jpg) Daniel McCarney... :(

[Swaggs]

Alright, Jeebs...

Time for you to dial in and make WVU win.

[JeeberD]

OK, let me dial in on that pic for a couple of minutes...

[Celeval]

That was one heck of a punt and coverage at just the right time.

If anyone is actually looking for a game update, WVU is down 8 and just took over possession at their own 30.

[Young Drachma]

USF seems poised to do what UCF couldn't...pull off an upset at home. Of course, South Florida does this once a year.

[Young Drachma]

And as I say that...nice run by the frosh.

[JeeberD]

Wow...nice fucking run. :eek:

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'll give the USF fans a little credit (no idea how many are actually in the stadium), even if ESPN might be cranking the volume up on the ambient mics, it sounds like the place is rocking pretty hard.

[Young Drachma]

There doesn't look to be an empty seat in that place anywhere.

[Young Drachma]

Though..I just saw a guy in the pom-pom squad. Or at least, it was a girl with a beard.

[Noop]

WVU's backup QB is going to be special.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And maybe it's just being a Friday night game that's doing it, but I swear this fourth quarter doesn't look much different to me than a HS game with a couple of good teams. The WV QB injury might have something to do with that impression though.

[Celeval]

Good defensive call to start sending an extra guy by USF - the WVU quarterback is stepping up every time to think about running. He'll do it again on fourht down.

[Young Drachma]

67,000+..wow, they sure did build a pretty big stadium.

[JeeberD]

Game. Over.

[Swaggs]

Gotta hand it to USF. They are aggressive and fast as hell on defense. We had six turnovers, but most of them were forced by the Bulls' D.

Gotta question the playcalling of Coach Rod in this one, though. He gets the genius label pretty liberally these days, but this is two years in a row that he has not had an answer in this game.

[Young Drachma]

Funny that WVU took two of USF's coaches after last season.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Good defensive call to start sending an extra guy by USF - the WVU quarterback is stepping up every time to think about running. He'll do it again on fourht down.

Once he made that nice run, it looked to me like he became even quicker to try to take off. Sort of a predictable reaction I think when you're dealing with an inexperienced QB in that situation.

[Logan]

67,000+..wow, they sure did build a pretty big stadium.

It's the Tampa Bay Bucs' stadium. They've never come close to selling out before.

Can't wait to hear the talking heads downplay USF, because after all, WVU must not really be good.

[Swaggs]

Funny that WVU took two of USF's coaches after last season.

There are three former USF assistants on WVU's offensive staff. We need to get some of their defensive coaches, apparently.

[Young Drachma]

It's the Tampa Bay Bucs' stadium. They've never come close to selling out before.

Can't wait to hear the talking heads downplay USF, because after all, WVU must not really be good.

The Brighthouse Networks field part threw me off to where it was. That makes more sense to me.

[larrymcg421]

Down 21-6, I'm still not on board with the current conventional wisdom of kicking XP there. If you miss the 2pt conversion then, then you'll now you need 2 more scores. If you make it, you can play for the 1 score. Why not get that information sooner?

[Swaggs]

It's the Tampa Bay Bucs' stadium. They've never come close to selling out before.

Can't wait to hear the talking heads downplay USF, because after all, WVU must not really be good.

I'd normally agree with you, but 10 turnovers, a number of other fumbles, about a half dozen bad snaps by WVU's center, and USF getting a bunch of bad penalties and giving up a lot of 3rd/4th and long in the fourth quarter takes a lot of shine off of it, IMO.

I think USF is an outstanding defensive team, though. They forced five TOs against Auburn and six against us. Their offense is not very good, though. They only scored 14 points and one TD was on a fluky long TD. Unless WVU's defense is a lot better than I suspect it is, USF's offense has a long way to go to get to the caliber of its defense.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Can't wait to hear the talking heads downplay USF, because after all, WVU must not really be good.

I'm not sure but I think WVU might be in position to actually get a bit of a pass on this one hurting them much since they lost White in the 2nd qtr. I'm not sure that USF doesn't beat them with him in there given the way this one was going, but I think that's going to get some play. Either way, WVU is probably about what a lot of us thought they were before this one even kicked off, a decent enough team but not in the highest echelon of the country (fewer & fewer teams are IMO, seems the gap between the very best and the rest is getting larger while the gap between 20 and 40 or 30 and 70 is getting narrower).

[Swaggs]

It will be interesting to hear what was up with Slaton in the second half. He only touched the ball twice, from what I have been able to gather. If he isn't hurt, Coach Rodriguez is going to have some explaining to do on why he kept his All American running back out of the game plan in a close game.

[SnDvls]

wow speed kills and USF had a ton of it

[JeeberD]

So tomorrow is UTEP at SMU. Should be an exciting, close game. The really fun part will the the DFW Alumni Chapter Tailgate tomorrow afternoon. Two years ago we had about 200 people and we though it was busy. This year we sold about 575 tickets to the tailgate. Luckily I have one of the best volunteer jobs at the tailgate...beer distribution.

"one beer for you, one for me. One beer for the next guy, another one for me..." :)

[Galaril]

USF looks to be the new Miami Hurricanes pretty cool a team like them small school beating up on the big boyz.

[Young Drachma]

USF actually has more students than WVU. They've just not been at it very long, so to be at this D1-A thing for less than 15 years and not to be playing in say, the WAC and to be able to topple giants year after year proves they're gonna be doing this a while. Which is nice that there is a progression in the Florida schools away from the FSUs of the world and directional Florida seems to be playing to win the game.

[vex]

I was about to post the same thing. According to wikipedia, USF is the 9th largest school in the nation.

[Crim]

#1 - The TV analysts didn't have a great game.

#2 - The WVU center had a terrible game... seems like even most of the non-fumbled snaps had to be reached-for by White and the backup dude.

#3 - USF Front Seven >>>>>>>> WVU O-Line

#4 - I thought the replay booth stuff was interesting, but maybe a touch overdone...?

#5 - Echo Swaggs on USF's offense. After the game someone (Robert Smith on ESPN 1 the Uno, maybe?) mentioned that USF's built-for-speed defense may have trouble with Rutgers' downhill running game, and I agree. Still this is a very fun defensive team to watch, and Grothe would be terrific if he had any fucking receivers with fingers.

[timmynausea]

I give USF credit - they basically outhit and outhustled WVU all day and kept the pressure on a WVU offense that is usually the aggressor. They're a good team and it was great effort. Still, WVU outgained the Bulls 437-274. You just can't overcome that many turnovers.

[miami_fan]

I really enjoyed the look into the replay booth. Now it may come back and bite the NCAA in the ass later on when a official screws something up. It was very good insight on how the process is supposed to run.

[gstelmack]

Go Bulls!

I'm so proud of my alma mater today. Agreed they have a fantastic defense, but the offense needs more seasoning. The have two freshmen running backs and a sophomore QB, so a very young offense. If the freshmen can just hang on to the freakin' ball (those first two fumbles were one not covering up while trying to scoot along the outside of a big jam, and the second was trying to push backwards for an extra yard instead of just falling), they'd do a lot better. But Grothe tends to make throws when he has to.

Agreed that a power running game can give them fits, but Rutgers and Louisville should be good games to watch.

But honestly, USF was getting pressure with 4 linemen rushing, and when they added the fifth to contain the QB's scrambles, that was pretty much it. Either WVU's line is really that bad, or this USF team won't have as much trouble with Rutger's power-running as I think they will.

Oh yeah, and it was sweet that this was the first football game I got to watch in HD on the new 32" Vizio that replaced the 27" Sony SD TV in the bedroom...

[cartman]

Notre Dame is just gawd-awful.

[Greyroofoo]

Weiss needs to bust out the camcorder.

[timmynausea]

But honestly, USF was getting pressure with 4 linemen rushing, and when they added the fifth to contain the QB's scrambles, that was pretty much it. Either WVU's line is really that bad, or this USF team won't have as much trouble with Rutger's power-running as I think they will.


I definitely think the Bulls D-line is talented, but I don't see the connection you're making. 240 pound DEs using their quickness to get pressure in the pass rush is completely different from 240 pound DEs being physical to stop a power running game.

[hoopsguy]

Illini up 21-10 at home against Penn State as FR WR Benn broke three arm tackles to score from 30 out on a slant. He also has a 90 yard kick return.

This was the super-star recruit in their strong class last season; nice to see him busting out in what most Illini fans are pointing to as a "statement game".

[Greyroofoo]

Purdue up 20-0 on Our Ladies.

[timmynausea]

Whoa. Tulane is down to the LSU 6. They're down 7-2 with a little under 2 minutes left in the 1st half.

[cartman]

And the Green Wave scores the TD to take the lead right before halftime.

[Celeval]

What's up with LSU's uniforms today? Is this a regular alternate uniform?

[bronconick]

Michigan's going to refuse to play on the Big Ten Network after this.

Halftime
Northwestern 16
Michigan 7

[Jim G.]

Michigan down, 16-7, at the half. Northwestern on pace to run up around 600 yards in offense. Any talk that Michigan had fixed anything with its defense was definitely premature.

Edit: the only positive is that no one has the Big Ten Network, so very few people are witnessing this latest embarrassment. I just have a CSTV window open.

[Eaglesfan27]

What's up with LSU's uniforms today? Is this a regular alternate uniform?

No, both sides are wearing special uniforms that will be sold later in the year with all proceeds going to help Katrina victims.

Edit: That is if IIRC, I was half asleep when I first turned on the game.

[Celeval]

No, both sides are wearing special uniforms that will be sold later in the year with all proceeds going to help Katrina victims.

Edit: That is if IIRC, I was half asleep when I first turned on the game.

Ahh... good stuff. Interesting question - if Tulane upsets LSU, does that result in more or less profits from the sale? :)

[Young Drachma]

Purdue is up 23-6 on Notre Dame.

I'm sure it's Ty Willingham's fault for not recruiting well enough.

[larrymcg421]

One week after an important win that made the Canes look like they were on the right track, they're now struggling with Duke. It's 17-14 Miami and Duke has the ball with 6 minutes left.

[larrymcg421]

Miami holds on. After a big 4th down sack by Moncur, the Canes go 69 yards in 2 plays to seal the game at 24-14.

A few things to note:

1) As much as I like Javarris, Graig Cooper needs to be the starter. He's just more explosive and I think the game wouldn't have been as close if he got more carries.

2) Kyle Wright unfortunately threw a couple picks that kept Duke in the game, but was still a very efficient 19-23 for 231 yards and 2 TD's.

3) Miami still has the penalty disease. Duke got three first downs off of Miami penalties. Got to cut that out.

4) Pass coverages are all screwed up. Not sure if it's blown assignment or poor planning, but for the 2nd week in a row Miami is giving up huge pass plays and this time it almost cost them.

[JonInMiddleGA]

So much for one of the scores that was interesting early.

LSU is now 34-9 over Tulane with under 9 minutes left.

Meanwhile though ...
South Carolina trailed briefly but is back in front of Miss. St 24-21 late 3rd
Ole Miss & UGA are now tied at 17 getting late in the 3rd
Iowa State still leads, but it's only 10-7 late 2nd after Nebraska scores
Notre Dame has pulled with 26-19 with Purdue, about 8 mins left
Michigan leads N'western 21-16 about 8 mins left
And Penn State is driving, trying to tie Illinois with under 4 mins to play

[Young Drachma]

Grr...living out west. Can't see the Rutgers game. Bleh.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Well, that didn't take long.
UGA right back in front with an 80 yd drive, and then they recover a surprise onside kick to regain possession. FOFC frequent subject Thomas Brown with 158 all purpose yds & 2 TD's with more than a quarter left to go.

Also South Carolina now 31-21 on Miss. St with 12 mins left

edit to add: And suddenly appearing on the radar is UMass, now trailing BC just 17-14, just under 6 mins left in the 3rd quarter. Also Appalachian State's lead over Elon is just 14-10 starting the 3rd. Elon isn't really too bad, only lost to USF 27-13 in the season opener.

[Ben E Lou]

FOFC frequent subject Thomas Brown with 158 all purpose yds & 2 TD's with more than a quarter left to go.

He now has 13 carries for 170 yards and 3 TDs. Just took a 41-yarder in. Dawgs lead 31-17.

[larrymcg421]

It seemed like Penn State was driving the entire 2nd half. Illinois defense won that game for them. Penn State had 4 red zone oportunities and came away with only 3 points. One drive held to FG, two INT's, and turnover on downs.

[larrymcg421]

Boston College only up 17-14 over UMass late in the 3rd quarter.

Check that, they just scored a TD to make it 24-14. Still not a good margin for them. Ryan is only 20-35 for 178 yards and 1 TD.

[JonInMiddleGA]

UGA adds another TD (from Moreno), now 38-17. That's 21 unanswered points in a 9 minute span since Ole Miss tied it up.

edit to add: Elsewhere, Kansas scores first, 7-0 ahead of Texas and Rutger leads Maryland 3-0 very early, same score for Clemson ahead of GT early.

AND OMG ! Ric Flair is on the South Carolina sidelines today. Wooooooo !

[BishopMVP]

edit to add: And suddenly appearing on the radar is UMass, now trailing BC just 17-14, just under 6 mins left in the 3rd quarter. Also Appalachian State's lead over Elon is just 14-10 starting the 3rd. Elon isn't really too bad, only lost to USF 27-13 in the season opener.BC back up 10 24-14, UMass gets the ball back early 4th at their own 10.

[cartman]

Texas answers Kansas State's TD, tied up 7-7 in the 1st quarter.

Chiles has looked good for the Texas O in his Tim Tebow style role.

[BishopMVP]

UMass misses a FG, still down 10. Backup QB in, 15 penalties committed, an ongoing problem the past few years.

[larrymcg421]

Sadly, UMass blows a great drive by missing a field goal. BC still up 24-14 with 8:22 left.

[Celeval]

Game of momentum in GT-Clemson early - GT QB Taylor Bennett gets his foot stepped on on the first play and turns it over, which Clemson turns into 3 points... three dropped passes by Tech receivers, and 25 penalty yards on 4 penalties in the first 10 minutes.

Then a blocked Clemson punt recovered inside the ten, the Clemson CB gets flagged for PI in the end zone, and Tech has first and goal at the 2.

[Celeval]

Oh, and an update from last week - Correy Earls, the GT wide receiver who was on the ground for so long last week at Virginia has recovered very well. UVa Medical Center did a great job (and earned some great comments from Gailey + the GT staff, as did Coach Groh), the injury was essentially pretty severe whiplash, and Earls was back in class on Monday. He'll probably be back on the field in a few weeks.

[Celeval]

TD Choice, who has looked good early (with a couple 10+ yard runs called back for illegal formation penalties earlier). 7-3 GT

[larrymcg421]

Miami (OH) up 7-0 on Syracuse in the 2nd quarter. Syracuse offense is struggling against a real team.

[Schmidty]

Spartans are for real baby.

Watch out Big Ten.

[Karlifornia]

Maryland up on Rutgers 7-3

[BishopMVP]

BC wins 24-14. Silly penalties killing us again, but at least we can lay off the Matt Ryan for Heisman talk for a week.

[TroyF]

Colorado is dominating Oklahoma in the second half. Total yards are 176 to 53. One play after missing a FG, the CU defense gets an INT. CU ball at the OU 43 yard line. 24-`7 OU, 6:43 or so left in the game.

[miami_fan]

Oh, and an update from last week - Correy Earls, the GT wide receiver who was on the ground for so long last week at Virginia has recovered very well. UVa Medical Center did a great job (and earned some great comments from Gailey + the GT staff, as did Coach Groh), the injury was essentially pretty severe whiplash, and Earls was back in class on Monday. He'll probably be back on the field in a few weeks.

Good deal. Thanks for the info.

[TazFTW]

Colorado is dominating Oklahoma in the second half. Total yards are 176 to 53. One play after missing a FG, the CU defense gets an INT. CU ball at the OU 43 yard line. 24-`7 OU, 6:43 or so left in the game.

And now OU fumbles a punt return. Colorado ball.

[TroyF]

CU goes three and out (a penalty nullified a third down conversion) Punt to OU, the OU player doesn't call a fair catch and drops it. CU ball at the 12.

[TroyF]

TD CU

[cartman]

Colorado ties up OU!

[cartman]

Ugh. K-State D lineman jumps to block a pass, gets the INT for a pick 6.

[timmynausea]

Great game between CU and OU. I really hate that Dane Cook baseball commercial, though. What a douchebag that guy is.

[TroyF]

Taz,

If you haven't watched any of the game til now, you have no idea how sweet that play was. CU has been running this strange formation play all day. Thge backs sit in an I formation behind one of the tackles. A CU WR goes in motion and fakes a reverse while CU hands the ball to the tail back on a goofy looking counter play. The play has carved up OU for most of the game.

This time they faked the handoff and threw the ball down the field. TD CU. 24-24 with 4:05 left to play in the game.

I'm REALLY going ot love having Cody Hawkins for four years. He's a better QB than Koy Detmer was. He's so rail thin I just hope he can stay healthy. Great game for the Buffs either way, but I sure hope they pull off the upset here.

[Karlifornia]

Cal and Oregon in a war of attrition....

[terpkristin]

I have no reason to expect that the Terps will keep it up, but the score is Maryland 14 - Rutgers 3 late in the 2nd quarter.

/tk

[Karlifornia]

How can the refs overturn that call in the OU/CU game?

[TroyF]

not a clue. The one angle looked like incomplete, the other looked fine. Should be OU first down. CU makes a stop thouh. OU forced to punt.

[TroyF]

CU returns the ball to the 50 on the punt.

CU ball, 3:00 or so left in the game.

[k0ruptr]

go Colorado. Hawaii game starting in 10 mins.

[TroyF]

Hawkins completes a pass to the OU 40. 2 minutes left.

[TroyF]

actually 35. 1:30 left, clock running. 2nd and 10

[TroyF]

CU runs it to the 28. 45 seconds left. In FG range.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And Texas ties KSU 14-14.

edit: Woot ! 85 yd KOR for a TD, 21-14 K-State.

[Karlifornia]

Colorado just resigned themselves to a FG attempt from 40+...I think that's a poor coaching decision right there...at least try to get in a bit closer.

[TroyF]

OU makes a stop. It'll be the CU kicker for the GW FG. 45 or 46 yarder for the game. If he misses, it's going to OT. Only 2 seconds left in the game.

[TroyF]

CU WINS, CU WINS, CU WINS

[cartman]

FG Buffs!

That takes a bit of the sting out of Texas tying the game up, then giving up a return for a TD on the kickoff.

[Karlifornia]

USC laughs in the face of anyone who voted OK #1.

Better start readying the nooses all across Oklahoma. They have a bright future, though.

Colorado with a "signature win" (god I hate that cliche)

[Buccaneer]

Unbelievable win for the Buffs. With the Bulls winning last night and the Buffs beating the high and mighty Sooners (snicker), this is a good week for college fb. Now if the Pads can win, everything would be perfect today.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Colorado with a "signature win" (god I hate that cliche)

Heh. Unless my ears deceived me, the ABC announcers on the GT-Clemson game just used that very phrase.

[Eaglesfan27]

USC laughs in the face of anyone who voted OK #1.

So true. I work with a huge Oklahoma fan who has been telling me all of the reasons that Oklahoma is better than USC for the last 2 weeks.. I can't wait for work on Monday :)

[TroyF]

USC laughs in the face of anyone who voted OK #1.

Better start readying the nooses all across Oklahoma. They have a bright future, though.

Colorado with a "signature win" (god I hate that cliche)

Yep. I don't disagree, but if there was ever a cliche fit for a game, this is it.

Just an FYI for those not familiar with the CU program: CU has more FR and SO getting quality time than ND. This includes 3 of the five OL, the QB, 2 of the top 3 WR, the backup RB, and plenty of guys on the defensive side of the ball.

It's just one win and the program still has to build off of it, but WHAT A WIN. The future looks very, very good.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Another INT leads to a KSU field goal jsut before the half, 24-14 now.

Meanwhile Clemson has put together a nice steady drive down the field, under a minute in the half but they're threatening to retake the lead over GT (still 7-3 Jackets at the moment).

[SnDvls]

Good win for Colorado...helps ASU's s.o.s. and people can stop call it an easy win over them.

[Noop]

Wow now I feel better about that win against Colorado.

[cartman]

Texas down 10 at the half. KSU looks like they spent their two weeks preparing for this game well. Texas has been a great second half team this season. They will need to answer, as they get the second half kickoff. McCoy took a big hit on that last INT, so it remains to be seen if he will be starting the second half.

[terpkristin]

And there it goes, 2 Rutgers TD's in the last 3 minutes of the first half.

Steffy seems to be hurt again, but I don't have the volume on so I don't know if it's serious.

Damn Terps.

/tk

[Ksyrup]

Wow now I feel better about that win against Colorado.

That's what I was thinking. Of course, that feeling is probably only going to last for the next hour or two.

[Cuckoo]

Boy, really tough loss for OU. It just looked like a different team out there. They had no fire at all, were dropping balls left and right and made mistake after mistake. Just unreal...

[Celeval]

Clemson has missed two FGs in the first half - Tech still leads 7-3. The Clemson offense rolled pretty well on a very long drive right up to the end of the half, but a Spiller TD was called back for a personal foul, and the FG was missed.

[ISiddiqui]

And there it goes, 2 Rutgers TD's in the last 3 minutes of the first half.

Wow... and I was all pissed when I saw the score like 5 minutes before halftime!

[Noop]

That's what I was thinking. Of course, that feeling is probably only going to last for the next hour or two.

So true. :(

[duckman]

Fucking Reggie Smith! Now we know why you play on defense! :mad:

All I kept hearing on the local sports talk radio show this week was that there was no way that CU scores more than 13 on OU's defense. This had trap game written all over it and nobody saw it. I felt like I was the only one thinking that in the entire state. :(

The only thing that can slightly brighten my day now is that K-State can pull off the upset against Texas. *sigh*

[k0ruptr]

Hawaii 7-0 Brennan with 78 yards passing and a td on the first drive.

[IMetTrentGreen]

I'm guessing Vegas Vic isn't going to be stopping by Hornfans to talk shit this week. Shame, with the way Texas is sucking it up.

[TroyF]

Fucking Reggie Smith! Now we know why you play on defense! :mad:

All I kept hearing on the local sports talk radio show this week was that there was no way that CU scores more than 13 on OU's defense. This had trap game written all over it and nobody saw it. I felt like I was the only one thinking that in the entire state. :(

The only thing that can slightly brighten my day now is that K-State can pull off the upset against Texas. *sigh*

Keep in mind this is coming from someone who thought CU would lose by 28 or more:

The 13 point thing is insanity. Pure insanity. I figured it'd be something like 49-20. CU has moved the ball well all year and Hawkins is by far and away the best QB OU has faced. (I know the kid from Tulsa is good, but Hawkins is special, I've been talking about him all year) Heading into Boulder, I figured CU would keep the game fairly close and then collapse toward halftime. (same thing they did against Arizona State.)

It looked like it was playing out just the way I thought. But there was one thing that wasn't happening: OU wasn't moving the ball well on CU. They'd have a big play here and a big play there, but they were struggling to move the ball consistently. When CU stopped turning the ball over in the second half, OU was stuck.

There were some drops by OU. And the overturned replay was huge. I'm still not quite sure how they turned it over. It was a fifty/fifty thing, but still. . . But the story of the game was the CU defense pressuring OU. A few drops don't explain 1-9 on third downs, 230 total yards of offense or 12 first downs for a game. That was about the best CU defense I've ever seen in a big game.

I still think OU throttles Texas next week and I think my friend EaglesFan27 needs to be careful in his celebration. Most every top notch team gets a scare during the year. Sometimes they get that scare and don't survive. I fully expect USC to have one of those scare games this year, no matter how good they are. (and yes, I think they are pretty damned goo) :)

[Ksyrup]

I think CU can thank FSU for 60 minutes of practice against a good defense to get them ready for OU. CU really didn't do crap against FSU until the last 5 minutes of the game, but they eventually got on a roll.

[Young Drachma]

17-14 Rutgers at the Half. Mike Teel is 16-22 for 207 yards.

[TroyF]

I think CU can thank FSU for 60 minutes of practice against a good defense to get them ready for OU. CU really didn't do crap against FSU until the last 5 minutes of the game, but they eventually got on a roll.


Disagree a little here. CU did move the ball on FSU and really dominated TOP in the first half of the game. It didn't help CU that they got penalty after penalty in the red zone and missed two FG in the first half. What should have been a 10-6 halftime score was 10-0.

I'm not saying CU was a juggernaut that game, but they certainly moved the ball well enough to score more than six points.

[terpkristin]

Anybody watching the Terps - Rutgers game, did the announcers ever say what was wrong with Steffy (Maryland's QB hurt late in the first half)?

/tk

[bhlloy]

ND looks a lot better this week, but all Charlie gets out of it is another loss and a big-time QB controversy. This team could still win some games with Sharpley at QB, but I don't think the Clausen entourage is going to take a benching very well, freshman or not.

[Jim G.]

The anti-Wolverine crowd is about to have a little fun, courtesy of a freshman transfer named Artis Chambers.

(just a teaser, I'd like to get people visiting Football Frontier more regularly).

[Ksyrup]

Disagree a little here. CU did move the ball on FSU and really dominated TOP in the first half of the game. It didn't help CU that they got penalty after penalty in the red zone and missed two FG in the first half. What should have been a 10-6 halftime score was 10-0.

I'm not saying CU was a juggernaut that game, but they certainly moved the ball well enough to score more than six points.

CU had less than 150 yards of offense for the first 53 minutes of the game. They ended up with 280 yards of offense, and about 140 of it was on the final 2 drives of the game.

[Celeval]

Clemson missed FG #3 on the opening drive of the second half. Their K played a soccer game against Duke last night, and drove from Clemson to GT (3 hours, depending on how fast you drive) at about 1am.

[Celeval]

The anti-Wolverine crowd is about to have a little fun, courtesy of a freshman transfer named Artis Chambers.

(just a teaser, I'd like to get people visiting Football Frontier more regularly).

FWIW, Jim, I haven't commented much, but it's required reading for me - I've enjoyed reading this a good bit.

[Jim G.]

Clemson missed FG #3 on the opening drive of the second half. Their K played a soccer game against Duke last night, and drove from Clemson to GT (3 hours, depending on how fast you drive) at about 1am.

Did he stop at an ATM in Durham? Because he might need to prove his innocence at some point down the road.

[k0ruptr]

21-7 Hawaii 14:00 to go in 2nd quarter.

[Jim G.]

FWIW, Jim, I haven't commented much, but it's required reading for me - I've enjoyed reading this a good bit.

Thanks. It's been a lot of round-the-clock work lately, with the patch and getting all the programs written that support the site.

[TroyF]

CU had less than 150 yards of offense for the first 53 minutes of the game. They ended up with 280 yards of offense, and about 140 of it was on the final 2 drives of the game.

CU had a 16 play, 8 minute drive in the first quarter of the game. They had another multiple first down drive in the second quarter and actually had more first downs than FSU did in the first half.

Again, I'm not saying CU was going to score 40 on FSU. But the offense wasn't just dominated for most of the game. You could see the talent there. CU should have scored more than 6 points in that game. Everyone around Denver was regretting the missed chances against FSU and saying that it'd be different when the line gelled just a bit better and when CU stopped making stupid mental mistakes at the end of drives.

I don't think any of us figured that'd happen today. (only the most idiotic homer could have thought that) Just as insane as that seems, I think it was pretty egotistical of OU to think they'd hold CU to 13 or under this week. FSU shouldn't have held CU to under 13. OU just came off a game where they gave up 21 to Tulsa and figured CU was that much worse? Wacko.

[k0ruptr]

28-7 Hawaii Brennan is 14-19 211 yards 3 tds , but also threw a pick.

[JonInMiddleGA]

GT extends their lead to 10-3 over Clemson with a longish FG. A little more than a minute left 3rd qtr.

[k0ruptr]

Brennan gets picked after a ball bounces off teammates helmet damn

[Celeval]

GT extends their lead to 10-3 over Clemson with a longish FG. A little more than a minute left 3rd qtr.

I don't know the TOP stats, but it seems like Clemson's offense is always on the field. That said, the Tech defense hasn't broken - 3rd and 20 now (after their sixth sack), they just used their second timeout of the half, with :42 left in the 3rd quarter. The GT offense has to move the ball next possession - otherwise, I'm terrified the defense is going to slow just enough for those Clemson RBs to make noise in the second half.

[Celeval]

...and there's Tommy Bowden picking his nose on national television.

[k0ruptr]

Texas giving the game away

[cartman]

Hard to overcome giving up a pick 6 and two kick returns for TDs. :(

Other than the long opening drive, Texas' D has done a great job of handling the KSU offense. Too bad the other two phases of the game aren't playing as well.

[Celeval]

Clemson just missed another long FG.

He's made from 48, and missed from 47, 30, 50, and 48.

[timmynausea]

We could have about half of the top 10 go down this week. #5 WVU and #3 Oklahoma already lost. #10 Rutgers and #7 Texas are currently trailing heading into the 4th and #6 Cal is tied with #11 Oregon. Great weekend of college football.

[k0ruptr]

Brennan's heisman chances are now over. 3 picks. fortunately Hawaii is in control and dominating.

[k0ruptr]

lol. Hawaii pick 6, 2nd of the game. DEFENSE

[k0ruptr]

Hawaii has as many points against Idaho in the 1st half as USC did all game. lol

[cthomer5000]

Come on Rutgers...wake the f*** up.

[larrymcg421]

Brennan's heisman chances are now over. 3 picks. fortunately Hawaii is in control and dominating.

I wouldn't say that. If he gets 2-3 more TD's, it won't look so bad, especially if he has all kinds of yards. Good timing for a bad game anyways, since Slaton and White might be eliminated now, Ryan had a horrible game, and Brohm is probably out.

[cthomer5000]

Rutgers i going to need a near-miracle to win at this point. At least it's a non-conference game... *shurg*

[Young Drachma]

TD & a FG are possible in less than 8 minutes. But they've got to get a move on.

[k0ruptr]

41-10 Hawaii at the end of the 1st half

[larrymcg421]

Rutgers in business with a huge 3rd down conversion.

[Celeval]

The Tech offense just ran the ball down the middle of the field on Clemson for pretty much the whole fourth quarter, and will wrap this game up - GT over Clemson 13-3. Clemson held to 34 rushing yards, and #13 goes down today as well.

[larrymcg421]

Quick drive by Rutgers. I don't have the game here, but it looks like MAryland was playing Prevent (you from winning) Defense there.

27-24 Maryland with 4:41 to go

[k0ruptr]

top 25 gonna get crazy

[Young Drachma]

Lattimore seems to be (from the gamecast) doing whatever he wants against this Rutgers D.

[cthomer5000]

To me that's either an incomplete pass or a fumble in the Maryland-Rutgers game.

[Young Drachma]

What happened?

[larrymcg421]

Wild ending here with Oregon-Cal. 22 seconds left. Oregon 1st and goal on the 5 and down 31-24.

[CU Tiger]

What an embarassment.
This is far too many games where I feel like Clemson has losst despite having superior talent.

I guess I am the only one who has noticed all year that Jamees Davis is a beast and runshard while Spiller dances and goes down by arm tackles. Don't get me wrong Spiller is dynamic and has game breaking ability on every play, but the coaches have simply refused to force feed #1. To start the 2nd half they come out with a steady dose of Davis and march down the field, from then on he is forgotten.


I will look it up shortly but I will bet he averaged 5+ypc but did not get more than 12 carries.

Oh well another typical Clemson GT game of weirdness and NCAA 07 like momentum swings. And while Tenuda deserves applause for for a good gameplan and blitzing often, I can't help but wonder if the offensice play callers even watched the game....

[CU Tiger]

huh


James Davis 12 carries 60 yards, and a long of 12

5 yards a pop
. And why does he only have 12 carries?

[larrymcg421]

Big call coming up here in Oregon-Cal. Oregon player running to end zone, stripped of ball at the corner. Ruling on field was a touchback. They are reviewing it.

[cthomer5000]

big 4th and 1 coming up in Rutgers-Maryland game. Maryland has the ball on Rutgers half of the field and may go for it, since it would be all but over if they get the 1st.

[cthomer5000]

Rutgers stuffs Maryland on 4th and 1. Rutgers ball at their own 37ish, 2:34 to go.

[TazFTW]

I wouldn't say that. If he gets 2-3 more TD's, it won't look so bad, especially if he has all kinds of yards. Good timing for a bad game anyways, since Slaton and White might be eliminated now, Ryan had a horrible game, and Brohm is probably out.

It would be hard to beat out Woodson though.

[Young Drachma]

Rutgers stuffs Maryland on 4th and 1. Rutgers ball at their own 37ish, 2:34 to go.

Good! I was worried...and the gamecast takes a bit. So do the Knights try to get in range or are they trying to end this thing? With 2 minutes and no timeouts, I wonder what the plan is...

[larrymcg421]

What an awful Rutgers penalty.

[Young Drachma]

Unsportsmanlike conduct? Ugh. What are they trying to do?

[cthomer5000]

4th and 10 for Rutgers coming up.

[Young Drachma]

Well that was a quick rush to fourth down. Geez...ugh.

[CU Tiger]

ball gme

[cthomer5000]

Between 2nd and 3rd down, Teel missed his window to move the ball.

[CU Tiger]

mryland nails the coffin

[Young Drachma]

I had a bad feeling about this game coming in today.

[RendeR]

Seriously sorry to see either team lose the MSU/Wisconsin game, if either team had a quality defense I'd pick them as title contenders.

[CU Tiger]

Am I really listeening to this idiot try to convince us that was a gimme touchdown?

[cthomer5000]

I had a bad feeling about this game coming in today.

I think the WVU loss was probably very bad for the mindset of the Rutgers players.

[larrymcg421]

If Rutgers didn't have timeouts left, then the smart play was to let Maryland have a TD. No chance they win if the clock moves. Very small chance with a TD and onside kick, but it's better than watching Maryland kneel it away.

[cthomer5000]

About 75% of me believes they gave up the TD intentionally.

[cthomer5000]

I would find it to be completely fair if Rutgers drops out of the Top 25 entirely. They haven't beaten anyone.

[JonInMiddleGA]

FSU driving with a chance to maybe start putting Alabama away but threw an INT inside the 10. Still 7-0 'Noles starting to get a little late in the 3rd qtr.

[Young Drachma]

I would find it to be completely fair if Rutgers drops out of the Top 25 entirely. They haven't beaten anyone.

I was mulling this same thought as I looked at the polls just now.

[RendeR]

And can someone tell me why a school named "Bowling Green" has orange as a uniform color?

[MJ4H]

Arkansas trying to recover from a pretty heart-breaking 2 game losing streak by hosting North Texas tonight. 14-0 5 minutes in. Let the healing begin. Oh and Casey Dick has a 61 yd TD pass.

[Young Drachma]

Now all we need is Jake Locker and Ty's boys to put it on USC and we'll have had us a day. ;)

[cthomer5000]

Yeah, and even as a die hard RU fan, I wouldn't complain in the slightest.

[Young Drachma]

Frankly, all of this excitement over Rutgers being 'good' is too much for me. I liked it better when Rutgers was a quasi-good academic school and no one ever expected them to win ever. All of this Rutgers supposed to win stuff is just throwing me off to the nth degree. That professor who raised hell the other day about RU selling its soul to the devil of intercollegiate sports was right. I don't like this trend and to me, it's a battle I doubt they can really win.

And that's not because of the win today, I've been thinking about it for a while now. I just don't like where it goes. Because if Schiano does leave, they're back to square 1.

[k0ruptr]

Brennans 4th pick

[digamma]

What an embarassment.
This is far too many games where I feel like Clemson has losst despite having superior talent.

I guess I am the only one who has noticed all year that Jamees Davis is a beast and runshard while Spiller dances and goes down by arm tackles. Don't get me wrong Spiller is dynamic and has game breaking ability on every play, but the coaches have simply refused to force feed #1. To start the 2nd half they come out with a steady dose of Davis and march down the field, from then on he is forgotten.


I will look it up shortly but I will bet he averaged 5+ypc but did not get more than 12 carries.

Oh well another typical Clemson GT game of weirdness and NCAA 07 like momentum swings. And while Tenuda deserves applause for for a good gameplan and blitzing often, I can't help but wonder if the offensice play callers even watched the game....

Superior talent? Were we watching the same game? Have we watched the same series for the last 20 years?

Clemson has an excellent defensive front and two playmakers at running back, however the offensive line is not good and the quarterback is below average.

Tech has a better offensive line and a running back corps that is just a notch below Clemson's. Tech's QB is not an all star either. Both teams have average wide receivers--both dropped balls today.

The front seven on defense is every bit as good as Clemson's. Secondaries are probably a wash.

In a pretty evenly matched game, it comes down to special teams and turnovers. Tech had a flawless special teams game. Clemson did not.

[CU Tiger]

Superior talent? Were we watching the same game? Have we watched the same series for the last 20 years?

Clemson has an excellent defensive front and two playmakers at running back, however the offensive line is not good and the quarterback is below average.

Tech has a better offensive line and a running back corps that is just a notch below Clemson's. Tech's QB is not an all star either. Both teams have average wide receivers--both dropped balls today.

The front seven on defense is every bit as good as Clemson's. Secondaries are probably a wash.

In a pretty evenly matched game, it comes down to special teams and turnovers. Tech had a flawless special teams game. Clemson did not.

Tech ouplayed Clemson, no doubt.
But Talent wise?
Tech wins OL
QB is a wash (hard to say how average harper is when he is laying on his back 13 times)
Rb Advantage Clemson GT is good but clearly a step behind
WR advantage Clemson
DL I think Clemson is a notch or two above
LB same
DBs a wash or maybe slight advantage to GT

You have 2 of the top 10 NATIOANL NCAA 100 meter sprinters on Clemson.
I think this game could have been lopsided with a coach in orange...

Sorry I am not a TB hater, actually I am a huge supporter, but this wwas pathetic.

[k0ruptr]

rushing TD for colt.

[digamma]

Tech ouplayed Clemson, no doubt.
But Talent wise?
Tech wins OL
QB is a wash (hard to say how average harper is when he is laying on his back 13 times)
Rb Advantage Clemson GT is good but clearly a step behind
WR advantage Clemson
DL I think Clemson is a notch or two above
LB same
DBs a wash or maybe slight advantage to GT

You have 2 of the top 10 NATIOANL NCAA 100 meter sprinters on Clemson.
I think this game could have been lopsided with a coach in orange...

Sorry I am not a TB hater, actually I am a huge supporter, but this wwas pathetic.

I think TB's playcalling was suspect, particularly on first down. But, you're not exactly dealing with an offensive juggernaut on the other side of the ball.

I think you give your D-Line too much credit vs. GT's. Our ends are much superior. Your tackles may be better. The reason why our safety and LB blitzes are so successful is because the ends demand attention. Spiller was having to pick up #93 all afternoon. He and #90 are both excellent ends.

I don't think the talent gap is as big as you think (if there is one at all), and the tightness of the series over the last 20 years is testament to that.

[duckman]

Well, my day got a little brighter. Now we need to "hang half a hundred" on Fexas next week and get the inside track on the Big XII South. :)

[Cuckoo]

...I think it was pretty egotistical of OU to think they'd hold CU to 13 or under this week. FSU shouldn't have held CU to under 13. OU just came off a game where they gave up 21 to Tulsa and figured CU was that much worse? Wacko.

Gotta disagree with you Troy... I think you gave a pretty even-handed analysis, but after seeing both, Tulsa has the better offense in my humble opinion. Smith rates ahead of Hawkins in nearly every regard, if you ask me.

Colorado's line did a much better job than Tulsa's did, and that ended up being big towards the end. OU was so mistake-prone that their defense was on the field all day, and they couldn't rise to that.

Don't get me wrong; I offer my kudos to Colorado. In fact, when it was 24-17, I told my wife, "OU has been outplayed today, and they'll be lucky to win." I just think it was the failings in so many areas of play that led to the defense falling apart at the end.

[CU Tiger]

I think TB's playcalling was suspect, particularly on first down. But, you're not exactly dealing with an offensive juggernaut on the other side of the ball.

I think you give your D-Line too much credit vs. GT's. Our ends are much superior. Your tackles may be better. The reason why our safety and LB blitzes are so successful is because the ends demand attention. Spiller was having to pick up #93 all afternoon. He and #90 are both excellent ends.

I don't think the talent gap is as big as you think (if there is one at all), and the tightness of the series over the last 20 years is testament to that.

No way your ends are "much superior" Ours are Sophs (Merling a RS and Sapp a true) and both will be in the NFL in 1 more year, likely both 1st rounders...at least according to Kiper.

The reason GT had so much pressure is they rush 5 or 6 EVERY play, they neever use a 4 man front, tenuda never has.

Clemson on the other hand uses mostly 3 man fronts while dropping a DE into the flats for coverage

[JonInMiddleGA]

I guess I am the only one who has noticed all year that Jamees Davis is a beast and runshard while Spiller dances and goes down by arm tackles. Don't get me wrong Spiller is dynamic and has game breaking ability on every play, but the coaches have simply refused to force feed #1. To start the 2nd half they come out with a steady dose of Davis and march down the field, from then on he is forgotten.

Considering what you already pointed out (the threat that Spiller represents), I'd say Davis getting more carries than Spiller in 4 of 5 games so far, and the same number in the win over Furman is a pretty reasonable mix. Throw in that Spiller is (apparently) a better receiver (or at least more trusted) and that it's probably a little soon to decide that Spiller won't return to this form of last year, and that the rotation does tend to keep both backs fresh, I'm not sure I'd count this as a big problem.

Also, and I wasn't really conscious that this was as dominant as it was, but Clemson only ran 6 offensive plays (all passes) in the 4th quarter thanks in part due to the fumbled punt. And after the opening drive, they went back to Spiller for a 3-and-out before coming back to Davis for some success again but then they got pass happy right before the end of the third quarter & that was the end of the day for both backs.

[Eaglesfan27]

Now all we need is Jake Locker and Ty's boys to put it on USC and we'll have had us a day. ;)


Not gonna happen.

[k0ruptr]

Hawaii playin some awesome Defense.

[Celeval]

Huge play by the Florida State defense in a 7-0 game - sack and a fumble recovered inside the ten. This may put Alabama away, especially since JP Wilson is limping off the field.

[Celeval]

Touchdown Florida State on first down. 13-0 pending the extra point, which may be more than enough the way the defense has been playing.

[Swaggs]

Hell, after today, I still like WVU's chances of getting to a BCS bowl game, either at large or as BE champ. Crazy day.

[k0ruptr]

5th pick for colt, lol not his fault at all, our wide reciever tried to tuck the ball and somehow threw it up in the air instead right into the defenders arms

[JonInMiddleGA]

Barring something totally unforeseen, I bet the Nick Saban call-in show will be some fun listening on the next episode.

edit to add: D.J. Hall makes huge catch on the backline on the end zone to cut the lead to 14-7. That's half the "unforeseen" I guess.

[VPI97]

HUGE play for FSU!

http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_party.gif

[Young Drachma]

Locker and UW looking good early. But it's early...

[Passacaglia]

The anti-Wolverine crowd is about to have a little fun, courtesy of a freshman transfer named Artis Chambers.

(just a teaser, I'd like to get people visiting Football Frontier more regularly).

Oy. Not what I wanted to see after getting back from the game.

I didn't think Henne looked all that great -- the defense just gave him better field position. But on the other hand, he might have still been hurt. I actually missed Henne's opening drive, too, since I forgot the game started at 11, not 12 (you'd think I'd have figured out that central time zone thing after 4 years).

[MJ4H]

McFadden and Jones both over 100 yards rushing (131 each as of now) in the first half. Arkansas 45, North Texas 0 2nd quarter.

[Eaglesfan27]

Williams with a pick for USC!

[Young Drachma]

Interception by Locker.

[RendeR]

I hereby offer up Minnesota as having the single ugliest uniform on national television thus far this season.

All that yellow.....*shudder*

[RendeR]

DOLA and its anot a real yellow, its a nasty mustard yelow too....

[MJ4H]

I hereby offer up Minnesota as having the single ugliest uniform on national television thus far this season.

All that yellow.....*shudder*

Yep. Had to change the channel.

[RendeR]

Seriously, its hard to watch my buckeyes with that eye-shredding uniform on the other side of the field....

[Eaglesfan27]

Stupid personal foul by USC after Booty threw a pick.

[RendeR]

Wow, there's a stat I didn't know...Ohios State is now #1 all time with NFL draft picks at 66. (according to the announcing team)

[Celeval]

Wow... Alabama WR Keith Brown makes a great catch for a touchdown to pull within 7 against FSU, and is immediately hit and knocked out for about a minute. Score stands, though, and Alabama is within seven with 1:06 to play.

[VPI97]

...and Bama recovers the onsides kick.


...or will it be called back?

[Celeval]

...and the Crimson Tide recover the onside kick around midfield. They're checking to make sure it went ten yards before a touch.