College Football Week 11 Thread

[Dr. Sak]

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Big games this week

California at USC
TCU at Utah
Cincinnati at West Virginia
Florida at Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech at North Carolina
Louisville at Pittsburgh
Ohio State at Northwestern
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
Penn State at Iowa
Alabama at LSU

[Scarecrow]

This just in...

Ron Prince has 'resigned' as head coach of K-State.

Rumors ar running rampant; everything from Fred Bramlidge being so pissed he fronted the money for a buyout, to Brent Venables being in Manhattan for non-football things and was spotted by someone in the AD dept, to Gary Patterson being considered for the Tennessee job and the Cats wanting to jump the gun for him.

[Pumpy Tudors]

sak u forgot west liberty at seton hill ok

[timmynausea]

2.5 years and out for Prince. That seems particularly short for a place like KSU, but I guess if there's more to the story, it could make sense.

[MylesKnight]

How old is William Snyder nowadays? He already has walked on water in Manhattan, Kansas once.

BTW, it could be that the two "Best" teams in the country meet up this year come Bowl Season (hooray)... but not necessarily in the Big Game.... Florida v. USC, imo of course.

[General Mike]

Greg Schiano will put the final nail in Greg Robinson's head coaching coffin this weekend.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Not terribly happy about the Prince development. Mizzou will likely still beat them pretty handily on Senior Day, but we don't need an unmotivated team to have any extra motivation.

[Logan]

Greg Schiano will put the final nail in Greg Robinson's head coaching coffin this weekend.

Maybe he'll insult our recruiting again prior to the game...you know, the guys who he offers and laughter ensues.

[miked]

I remember when I was at RU and we had a real rivalry with Syracuse. Was fun getting to watch Donovan McNabb throw to Marvin Harrison and torch us 10 games a game. Good old days. I'm thinking Saturday's game may end up being 9-6 or something.

[Vegas Vic]

Not terribly happy about the Prince development. Mizzou will likely still beat them pretty handily on Senior Day, but we don't need an unmotivated team to have any extra motivation.

That could put a dent in Missouri's national championship hopes.

[Dr. Sak]

That could put a dent in Missouri's national championship hopes.

I don't know why but this made me giggle.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I don't know why but this made me giggle.

Probably because Mizzou's national championship hopes have more dents than an El Camino.

[Logan]

I don't know why but this made me giggle.

You, me, and those 2nd and 3rd best B12 teams.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

You, me, and those 2nd and 3rd best B12 teams.

Well, that prediction still stands correct at this point. Neither OU or UT is 1st in the B12. The difference is that I got the 1st place team wrong.

[Vegas Vic]

Utah just took a 14-10 lead over TCU with 47 seconds left in the game.

It's been a long time since I've seen a team self-destruct as many times as TCU has in this game. They missed two chip shot field goals; twice they took 3rd down sacks in the red zone that knocked them out of field goal range; and their QB, Dalton, had a wide open receiver for a TD and he threw a horrible pass that was caught out of bounds.

[timmynausea]

I couldn't believe those sacks the TCU QB took. Just falling down would've been one thing, but he ran 10-15 yards back before he got taken down on at least one that knocked them out of FG range.

The mistakes made it an exciting game, though.

[Butter]

Great comeback by Utah last night. Anybody buying an undefeated Utah in the national championship? They would have wins over TCU, BYU, Oregon State, and Michigan. About the same resume as Penn State, really.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Meanwhile VaTech beats Maryland 23-13 in Blacksburg.

ACC standings are just nuts.
Atlantic Division has 3 teams at 3-2, two more teams at 2-3.
Coastal Division has 1 team 4-2, three teams 3-2, another team 2-2.
Only Duke & NC State are completely out of the pack at this point.

[miked]

It's amazing that my GT-Miami tickets may end up being the biggest game of the year, with the winner going to the ACC championship.

[RedKingGold]

Keeping PSU at #3 probably helps them at this point as they can play the "disrespect" card for an edge at Iowa.

[Dr. Sak]

Keeping PSU at #3 probably helps them at this point as they can play the "disrespect" card for an edge at Iowa.

I would've been much more worried about this game had they played it last week.

[CU Tiger]

Fixing to pull out headed for Tallahassee...Ill report back Sunday :)

[st.cronin]

Great comeback by Utah last night. Anybody buying an undefeated Utah in the national championship? They would have wins over TCU, BYU, Oregon State, and Michigan. About the same resume as Penn State, really.

This actually has a pretty good chance of happening. Its unlikely that 2 of TT, Bama, and PSU all finish out unbeaten, and Utah probably won't lose again. I think most likely unbeatens are Penn State, Utah, and Ball State. In that case, how could PSU vs. Utah NOT be the championship game?

[mckerney]

Let's go Gophers! Shut out Michigan for the first time since '77!

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[Matthean]

In that case, how could PSU vs. Utah NOT be the championship game?

Because I think a lot of voters would have a real hard time putting Utah over a possible one loss Florida, or a one loss Big 12 team. Utah only has one more game of any real cred. to add to their resume and were 8th in the BCS before this week. They will have beaten no top 10 teams. TT, OU, and Texas are all higher ranked and one of them will very likely win the Big 12 while finishing with wins against top 10 teams. Beating the 12th raked team by 3 at home isn't exactly something you want base being the highlight to your case to be in the title game.

[timmynausea]

In that case, how could PSU vs. Utah NOT be the championship game?

Depending on how it all breaks down, I could see myself voting Utah behind some 1 loss teams. I watched their game the other night and they should've lost to TCU. I watched part of the Michigan game, and they weren't too impressive there either considering how bad Michigan has been this year.

[tarcone]

Iowa fans are doing the "Blackout". But the students are going to be doing a "Greenout" in honor of their great RB.
Penn States national champioship hopes dashed today.

GO HAWKS!!

[Honolulu_Blue]

According to the local papers instead of Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State, we get to watch USC vs. Cal.

What the fuck?

[JonInMiddleGA]

UNC leads GT 7-0 after one quarter.
UGA already up 7-0 on Kenutcky, needed just 4 plays to go 65 yds.

[Buccaneer]

According to the local papers instead of Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State, we get to watch USC vs. Cal.


My son had been worried about this all week. Comcast has said one thing, while the paper said another - plus earlier, the paper had one on TV and one on radio. Right now, he's believing the paper that we will get the USC game and that will make him very happy (even though he has been talking more about the Tech/OSU game).

[JonInMiddleGA]

UNC still up 7-0 middle of Q2. Tech finally got a pretty good drive but another missed FG (now 8-14 for the year) leaves them scoreless. One thing that's pretty clear to me that has to be addressed for next season is that this offense needs the support of a legit solid D1 kicker, right now that's one of several things the Jackets don't have.

[GrantDawg]

UNC still up 7-0 middle of Q2. Tech finally got a pretty good drive but another missed FG (now 8-14 for the year) leaves them scoreless. One thing that's pretty clear to me that has to be addressed for next season is that this offense needs the support of a legit solid D1 kicker, right now that's one of several things the Jackets don't have.


Have you noticed that UGA and GT have played at the same time almost every game this season? I'd like to have watched a full Tech game this year, but the best I have done is bits and pieces.

[Honolulu_Blue]

My son had been worried about this all week. Comcast has said one thing, while the paper said another - plus earlier, the paper had one on TV and one on radio. Right now, he's believing the paper that we will get the USC game and that will make him very happy (even though he has been talking more about the Tech/OSU game).

Well, since I'm sure watching the USC game is more important to him than watching the Tech game is to me, I hope, for his sake, he's right.

Have a happy day, Lil' B!

[Logan]

Hahaha Syracuse kicker lines up for a very makeable 42 yard FG (he's pretty good) with a few seconds left in the 1st half. Schiano decides to call a late timeout just as the ball is snapped, and the kick is blocked.

With one timeout still remaining, Schiano does it again...as the kicker pulls the kick wide.

On his 3rd try, and with no timeouts to worry about...he pulls it wide again.

Greg, you dodged three bullets, please don't ever try for a 4th.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Another missed FG (albeit a 52 yd try), UNC leads GT 7-0 at the half.

[Mike1409]

I hate the UNC Navy jerseys, Butch if you hate the Carolina blue color that much why take the job?

[Vegas Vic]

Flipping through the ESPN gameplan channels -- there's a good battle in Knoxville between two evenly matched teams. Wyoming 13 Tennessee 0 late in the 2nd quarter.

[Matthean]

Illinois is tossing away what little cred the Big Ten has by being down 20-7 at halftime to Western Michigan in a non true home game for Western since it's at Ford Field. Lions fans obviously showed up to see what it would be like to cheer for a team that wins.

[DeToxRox]

Illinois is tossing away what little cred the Big Ten has by being down 20-7 at halftime to Western Michigan in a non true home game for Western since it's at Ford Field. Lions fans obviously showed up to see what it would be like to cheer for a team that wins.

If college football was based solely off recruiting, the Zooker would have a top 5 team yearly. Sadly there is that nuisance of an issue regarding coaching, where Zook fails miserably.

[General Mike]

"Minnesota can't beat Michigan no matter what. Michigan could play their Glee Club and the Gophs would shit their pants."

[miked]

Kenny Britt once again shredding defenses.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Crompton already in at QB for Tennessee after Stephens goes 3/9 with 2 INT's in just over a quarter.

Meanwhile GT turns it over again, already trailing 14-0 early in the 4th.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Make that 21-0 UNC over GT. With Nesbitt on the bench, this one is over.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Blocked punt leads to a Kentucky score, 24-21 UK over UGA getting late in the 3rd.

GT puts a hobbling Nesbitt back in, holding call wipes out a good play, they go fairly meekly after that. 6:30 left to play 21-0 Carolina.

And in Knoxville for homecoming, UT threatening against the vaunted Wyoming defense, 1st & goal but still trailing 13-0 at the moment.

edit to add: Make that 28-24 UGA, Stafford responds going 4/4 on the drive, Moreno runs 20 for the go-ahead score.
double edit: Dwyer breaks a long one to avoid the shutout, after recovering the onside kick UNC answers with a 31 yd TD pass on 4th & 1, now 28-7 UNC with 4 minutes left in Chapel Hill. And UT avoids the shutout, pulling within 13-7 of Wyoming. Of course, appropriately after recovering a fumble around midfield the Vols go three and out.

[DeToxRox]

Let's go Gophers! Shut out Michigan for the first time since '77!

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Well, there almost was a shutout ;)

Michigan played a full four quarters finally. The potential is there. Replace Sheridan (who did play well) with what Foricer or Beaver could be, and it can be a very fun future in Ann Arbor.

If the D can play this inspired, and the offense just keep the chains moving, I think they can knock off Northwestern, and give OSU a game for a little while.

[JonInMiddleGA]

UK takes advantage of a short punt, 3 plays later it's 31-28 Wildcats over UGA in the opening minute of the 4th quarter.

Elsewhere, South Carolina quietly leads Arkansas 20-7 early in the 3rd.

[JonInMiddleGA]

2 plays, 60 yards, Moreno 18 yd TD run puts UGA back in front of UK 35-31.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And Kentucky gets a 95 yr KOR to set up 1st & goal at about the UGA 5.

edit to add: Randall Cobb gets his third rushing TD of the day on 3rd & inches, it's 38-35 Kentucky with 12:15 left.

[JonInMiddleGA]

For the second straight series, Massoquai fumbles after a catch for UGA. UK recovers again, still up 38-35 clock down to 9:42 in Q4.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Tennessee fails to convert 4th & 8 from the Wyoming 19 (after three straight Crompton incompletions). Still 13-7 Cowboys with 8 minutes left in Knoxville.

[JonInMiddleGA]

77 yd completion to Massoquai sets UGA up 1st & goal at the UK 7.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Now 3rd & goal from the 11 after a sack by UK. Timeout UGA with 2:03 left in regulation.

[Logan]

Ummm...what the hell were the officials looking at in PSU-Iowa?

[GrantDawg]

AJ Greene was 20 freakin feet in the air!

[JonInMiddleGA]

TD Georgia, as Stafford eludes three rushers & somehow found freshman sensation AJ Green in a cluster of blue jerseys in the back corner of the end zone (looked like might have been as much throwing it away as anything).

42-38 Georgia with 1:54 to play.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Kentucky runs a short KO back to about their own 38, 1:46 left for Cobb to pull off the upset.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Tennessee turns it over on downs with 1:17 left in Knoxville. They had reached the 39 but followed that with a sack & three straight incompletions.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Wide open receiver for Kentucky gains 29, 1st down at the Georgia 35, 1:30 left. Inside handoff to Dixon good for a couple of yards, timeout UK (now 1 remaining), 1:27 left.

edit to add: Complete to the 26, now 3rd & a long 1/short 2. clock down to a minute. Incomplete & almost intercepted on 3rd down. Now 4th & short.
edit two: Cobb under pressure, throws short & incomplete ... FLAG !!! face mask on the defense (caught Cobb by the headgear). 1st down 'Cats

And Cobb underthrows on 1st down inside the 20, huge DL leaps in the air & intercepts. Game over.

[Young Drachma]

Go Pokes! 13-7 over Tennessee. I still want Joe Glenn fired, but hey..we'll take wins where we can get em, even if it's against woeful SEC teams!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Outcome notwithstanding, Georgia & Kentucky was a heck of a fun game to watch. Great effort by both and on a day when the defenses didn't do much, it was a darned good play by a lineman that makes the difference.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Go Pokes! 13-7 over Tennessee. I still want Joe Glenn fired, but hey..we'll take wins where we can get em, even if it's against woeful SEC teams!

But neither of them could beat Maryville HS.

[Poli]

At least my young ones won. Bring on the new coach.

[tarcone]

Big goal line stand by the Hawks. 7-3. Great defense at the end

[Vegas Vic]

Ping: JohnInMiddleGA. This isn't a play by play thread. :lol:

[JonInMiddleGA]

Ping: JohnInMiddleGA. This isn't a play by play thread. :lol:

I added that once RonnieDobbs mentioned he wished he had the game somewhere (it was Raycom in SEC territory).

And it wasn't like there was much else going on here at the time.

[tarcone]

I dont think Iowa has horses. 10-7 PSU

[tarcone]

Dang, PSU has the ball the entire half. They only lead 13-7, though. Need a couple breaks.

[tarcone]

Ferentz is a damn Oline coach and he cant get his Olinemen to block 4 guys o the last play of the half. Stupid.

[tarcone]

WOO HOO. 16-14 after a long TD pass. Hawks still have life

[tarcone]

ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[ISiddiqui]

I have a feeling that Iowa is about to ruin Joe Pa's perfect season right here.

[Lathum]

fans of USC, OK and Florida are rejoicing everywhere

[ISiddiqui]

And Iowa knocks off #3 Penn State.

Poor Joe Pa :(

[Eaglesfan27]

Yes! 1 down, only a few more to go :)

[Buccaneer]

Well I'll be damned. Iowa beats Penn State.

Imran, I feel the same way.

[Buccaneer]

Yes! 1 down, only a few more to go :)

Which is why my son is so ecstatic right now (even more hyper than usual). Now he has his eyes glued to the LSU game.

[ISiddiqui]

And a few minutes after Penn State goes down, LSU ties it up with 'Bama.

[Eaglesfan27]

Now, it is time for LSU to knock off another :)

[tarcone]

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Big Fo]

What an awesome day for college football fans, no Big Ten team will be able to ruin the national title game now.

[SirFozzie]

What a fucking screw up by Miles. probably won't change the result of the game, but using two timeouts to challenge one play.. urgh

[JPhillips]

Wabash closed our conference schedule with a 63-0 crushing of Hiram. Next week is our huge rivalry game, the Monon Bell Classic, against Depauw. Last year we lost on a late field goal to spoil a perfect season. This year they come to us and a victory will ensure a #1 seed in the Div3 playoffs.

[SirFozzie]

WOW.

[Eaglesfan27]

YES!! Now take that momentum and win it LSU :)

[ISiddiqui]

Holy crap!!

What a block!

[SirFozzie]

And LSU look to be throwing away their 2nd chance.

[Eaglesfan27]

Stupid decision.

[SirFozzie]

Play being reviewed.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Nice bit of color commentary there, showing how the safety came with the play as it rolled right.

edit to add: And an even nicer finish.

[Tigercat]

And LSU look to be throwing away their 2nd chance.

You mean Lee. I don't mean to get on the kid, he just isn't ready. But man, is he not ready. He looks like a talented HS sophomore trying to play SEC football. If LSU had a good QB we would be a one loss team right now, c'est la vie. (Although even with a good QB we wouldn't be near as good as last year.)

[grdawg]

Unfortunately, I see now that Florida will eat Bama up in the SEC championship game. If TT wins tonight, they should be #1

[Chief Rum]

Not that anyone here but Bug and I care, but watching the UCLA-Oregon Satte game, I just have to know what Craft has on Neuheisel. Why is this guy still on the field? He is awful, just awful. He is worse than Rashaan was last year. He's almost as bad as walkon Bethel-McLeod, who was forced into action against Notre Dame last year. And B-M is the worst QB I have ever seen on a competitive playing field above HS football.

I just don't understand why UCLA keeps marching Craft out there. We have options. Not great options, but they can't be worse than this. Get him off the field. For the sake of all UCLA fans, please, dear God, take him off the damn field.

[Buccaneer]

My son had been worried about this all week. Comcast has said one thing, while the paper said another - plus earlier, the paper had one on TV and one on radio. Right now, he's believing the paper that we will get the USC game and that will make him very happy (even though he has been talking more about the Tech/OSU game).

Went upstairs and saw that the USC was not televised here but my son is cool with the Tech/OSU game.

[hoopsguy]

Illinois is tossing away what little cred the Big Ten has by being down 20-7 at halftime to Western Michigan in a non true home game for Western since it's at Ford Field. Lions fans obviously showed up to see what it would be like to cheer for a team that wins.

I had watched just about every minute of Illinois football this season, right up to halftime of this game. I'm now done for the remainder of the season, will pick them up against for the opening kickoff of next season.

The Illini have been just a maddening team this year. At the start of the year the D and special teams were atrocious, but as they have marginally improved Juice Williams has started turning the ball over at an alarming rate.

This was just an idiotic game to schedule, FWIW. Like they really needed a near-road game against a decent mid-major team the week between playing Iowa and Ohio State. It was a near-lock that this team would not be mature enough to take care of business today.

[tucker rocky]

Looks like OSU is sending in plays via the coded signage.

[Eaglesfan27]

Harrell and Crabtree just made that look way too easy.

[digamma]

Cal got a really, really bad penalty call on a TD that would have tied up the game. Now USC is back on the move.

[henry296]

Crazy finish in the WVU-Cincy game. Cincy up 13 points and takes intentional safety with 1:15 left. West Virginia scores TD + 2pt conversion with 18 seconds left, recovers onside kick, completes one pass and kicks 52 yd FG to force OT.

People are coming back into the stadium right now as OT is about to start.

[Buccaneer]

I don't believe what I just saw. I was following Cincy/WVU (hoping for a WVU loss since I hate that team) and they scored 13 points in the last minute to send the game to OT (safety-td-2pt-onside-fg) - all with no timeouts.

[SackAttack]

Texas Tech is just destroying an OSU team that beat Missouri and put the fear of God into Texas (and that's after having beaten Texas their own selves).

Incredible.

[henry296]

Cincy wins in OT.

[Eaglesfan27]

If USC can't make it to the Title game (and I doubt they can, too many things still need to happen), I hope this Texas Tech team makes it.

[Buccaneer]

TTech's Harrell is 39 for 49, 440 yards and 6 TDs. Wow.

[JonInMiddleGA]

TTech's Harrell is 39 for 49, 440 yards and 6 TDs. Wow.

Sounds like somebody needs to adjust the sliders a little.

[JPhillips]

If USC can't make it to the Title game (and I doubt they can, too many things still need to happen), I hope this Texas Tech team makes it.

Same for me and Ohio State. This TT team is a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

[Vegas Vic]

If USC can't make it to the Title game (and I doubt they can, too many things still need to happen), I hope this Texas Tech team makes it.

Texas Tech comes to Norman in two weeks, after bye weeks for both teams. Both teams will be ranked in the top five.

This is a revenge game for OU, and has special significance for Sam Bradford and Demarco Murray. Bradford was knocked out of the game in the first quarter last year with a concussion while trying to make a tackle on a fumble return. Murray broke his kneecap trying to recover an onside kick at the end of the game.

[Buccaneer]

It's embarassing to see the difference between the Big 12 QBs and the ones in the Big 10 and Big East.

[Buccaneer]

Nice long, clock-eating drive for USC. Their defense is incredible.

I'm thinking (snarkingly) that TxTech can beat some NFL teams.

[Logan]

It's embarassing to see the difference between the Big 12 QBs and the ones in the Big 10 and Big East.

Take Stafford and Tebow out of the discussion and you can really just expand that to the entire BCS.

[Matthean]

The title game is really down to the Big 12 champ, the SEC champ, or USC. With Michigan spanking Minnesota, Western Michigan beating Illinois, and Iowa beating PSU, it's a rough day for the Big Ten. I think secretly the Rose Bowl is happy to know that they avoided a possible OSU/USC game.

[Vegas Vic]

Take Stafford and Tebow out of the discussion and you can really just expand that to the entire BCS.

John Parker Wilson would not start for any Big XII south team, and that includes Baylor and Texas A&M.

[TCY Junkie]

Yes my plan worked, now OU has a much better chance of winning it all. I look forward to the TT game. Payback is a bitch.

[Crim]

Ping: JohnInMiddleGA. This isn't a play by play thread. :lol:

I tell ya what, I know yer just messing with him and don't mean anything by it (this being a non-political thread and all), but I say the more the better of JiMG's coverage, and others like it.

I work most Saturdays, and actually get a lot of enjoyment out of coming home around 1am and reading y'all's reactions as things unfold on gameday.

So anyway, just sayin I appreciate the contributions in this thread each week, guys, keep it up!

[RedKingGold]

Ah well. Better for PSU to lose by one point now, then win out and get throttled in the NC Championship game. Hopefully, they'll be able to win their last two and win the Big Ten championship and get to the Rose Bowl.

Unless Harrell starts having sex with Michael Crabtree on live TV, I'm pretty sure he's going to win the Heisman

[JeeberD]

If USC can't make it to the Title game (and I doubt they can, too many things still need to happen), I hope this Texas Tech team makes it.

I hope that Texas Blech loses every single one of the rest of their games and ends the season out of the top 25...

[GrantDawg]

I tell ya what, I know yer just messing with him and don't mean anything by it (this being a non-political thread and all), but I say the more the better of JiMG's coverage, and others like it.

I work most Saturdays, and actually get a lot of enjoyment out of coming home around 1am and reading y'all's reactions as things unfold on gameday.

So anyway, just sayin I appreciate the contributions in this thread each week, guys, keep it up!


+1

I catch up what I wasn't able to watch on the weekends by reading this thread. I only wish people would update the scores and what actually happened more on here. Sometimes it is like deciphering a code to figure out what people are talking about.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I only wish people would update the scores and what actually happened more on here.

Maybe my recollection meter is busted but I'd swear that used to be a lot more common than it is now. Not sure whether participation has faded a little because of the down years for certain teams or what.

I can certainly see the argument that the majority of posters can do the same thing I spend most Saturday afternoons doing -- clicking from game to game on espn.com or cbssportsline.com while watching another game (or 2 or 3) -- but I've also seen enough people comment about either being annoyed by those sites or whatever the reason that I believe there's some decent conversation starter/fodder in posting them for those who don't. I know I've had numerous occasions where someone mentioned a game that I wasn't particularly following myself that I ended up watching the end/following the end online/following the outcome in the threads here.

[Celeval]

Maybe my recollection meter is busted but I'd swear that used to be a lot more common than it is now. Not sure whether participation has faded a little because of the down years for certain teams or what.

I miss it as well. I was one of the commentors last season, but with the 9 month old, I don't watch live games in front of the computer anymore.

[Buccaneer]

Jon, but the problem in the past was that we got these immature fanatics spewing all over such threads. People like you, VV, EF27 and others give the information straight and that's more fun to follow.

I do following the games on GameCenter but usually there is a 2-minute pause before something big is put in. That's when I come here to check to see what it was and then back to GameCenter to see the details.

[Dr. Sak]

Congrats to Iowa...they played a good game. Penn State didn't deserve to win with the effort and gameplan they had.

[DeToxRox]

CPU polls came out and UGA is ahead of USC. Not sure how that works.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Seton Hill made the D-II playoffs, even after losing a heartbreaker at home yesterday. I'm happy. :) :) :)

[Eaglesfan27]

CPU polls came out and UGA is ahead of USC. Not sure how that works.

Ridiculous.

[DeToxRox]

Ridiculous.

Obviously the BCS has USC higher, but the actual computers having UGA ahead basically means as long as you lose vs good teams, it's better then beating marginal teams.

[mckerney]

Let's go Gophers! Shut out Michigan for the first time since '77!

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Blarg that was ugly. The line was brutal against Michigan, their youth and lack of size finally caught up ot them and hurt them. With being unable to establish a running game or give Weber much time it was clear they wouldn't be able to do much once Decker was out. I can't wait until they get in the larger O-line they're looking for in this offense.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Would love to see Texas Tech beat OU and face MU in the B12 Championship. That would be a track meet of epic proportions.