College Football Week 14 thread.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

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[bob]

All I can say is:

TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!

[cartman]

Ball State ended their regular season with a perfect 12-0 record. They go to the MAC championship game as the first undefeated team from the conference since Marshall in 1999.

[Logan]

The last team to beat Ball State? Rutgers :).

[JonInMiddleGA]

UGA will honor legendary announcer Larry Munson in a ceremony between the first & second quarter on Saturday. They opted to do the recognition at that point because one of the few things Munson has never had a chance to do is be down on the field when the stadium was packed.

I'm afraid that will cause things to be more rushed than they should be but I like the notion of trying to do something that would be different for him.

[digamma]

What's the good word? (http://www.thwuga.net/THWUGA-2008.pdf)

[GrantDawg]

What's the good word? (http://www.thwuga.net/THWUGA-2008.pdf)


That is hilarious.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

You know that Big 10 football games are unwatchable when...........

Fans Caught Having Sex in Stadium Bathroom
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Two Iowa football fans were caught having sex in a bathroom stall at the Metrodome during Saturday’s Minnesota-Iowa game, KMSP-TV reports.

According to a police report, a Metrodome security officer saw two people having sex in a handicapped stall after noticing two sets of feet with underwear dropped to the ground.

A group of 15 onlookers were gawking at the scene by the time officers broke the couple up and wrote them misdemeanor citations.

According to the Minneapolis Fox affiliate, the woman, 38, was turned over to her husband. The man, 26, was turned over to his girlfriend.

[tarcone]

You know that Big 10 football games are unwatchable when...........

GO HAWKS!

[Vegas Vic]

What a stirring sight, seeing Mack Brown get the gatorade bath after Texas beat 35 point underdog Texas A&M 49-9.

[JeeberDMack]

Supposedly if the Miners win tomorrow against ECU they'll be extended an offer to the Hawaii Bowl and face our former WAC foe Rainbow Warriors. I would get excited thinking that this would motivate the Miners to play their best, but a similar deal was in place two years ago with the FW Bowl and we laid an egg against, I believe, Memphis.

[Buccaneer]

Supposedly if the Miners win tomorrow against ECU they'll be extended an offer to the Hawaii Bowl and face our former WAC foe Rainbow Warriors. I would get excited thinking that this would motivate the Miners to play their best, but a similar deal was in place two years ago with the FW Bowl and we laid an egg against, I believe, Memphis.

You know there are way, way too many bowls when the 80th ranked team would be considered a bowl offer. :(

[JeeberDMack]

I agree with you completely, but if someone has to fill that slot it might as well be us...

[digamma]

You know there are way, way too many bowls when the 80th ranked team would be considered a bowl offer. :(

I've never understood this argument. It's as if an extra football game in mid-December is a bad thing.

[Buccaneer]

I am in favor of rewarding excellence and the very good, not mediocracy. A team can be in second-to-last place in their conference, be 5-6, ranked among the bottom third of teams and not having beaten anyone with a winning record and yet still can possibly rewarded with a post-season bowl game. (Not referring to UTEP, just speaking generally). The only reason I would be in favor of a playoffs if it would reduce the number of teams playing in the post-season.

[Logan]

I've never understood this argument. It's as if an extra football game in mid-December is a bad thing.

Not to mention that it allows teams at worst an extra couple weeks of practice. Probably not the same for when teams are preparing for high profile bowls, but those second-tier bowl teams use that time to get second-stringers first team reps, and to see how the team will start to look when the seniors are gone.

Hell, Rutgers played in the International Bowl last year, which was held AFTER a couple BCS games, somewhere around January 5th, and it meant 5 more weeks of practice and an additional 2 weeks compared to if they played in a similar Christmas time bowl. Come to think of it, with our start this year, maybe that extra practice was a bad thing :).

[Young Drachma]

You know there are way, way too many bowls when the 80th ranked team would be considered a bowl offer. :(

The more bowls, the merrier. All of the anti-playoff people should be fine with the status quo.

[Young Drachma]

I enjoyed John Saunders and Doug Flutie telling us how great and "exciting" the BCS is.

Right guys. Right.

[sooner333]

I enjoyed John Saunders and Doug Flutie telling us how great and "exciting" the BCS is.

Right guys. Right.

I don't know about great, but I certainly think it's exciting. Although, I half expected John Saunders to say, "Whether you like the BCS or not...we bought it, so deal."

[JonInMiddleGA]

Ole Miss dominating Miss. St 31-0 at the half.
EMU leads CMU 42-35 at the half ... in [/i]FOOTBALL[/i].
ECU over UTEP 24-0 late in Q2.
Pitt leads WVU 7-6 about 10 mins left in Q3.

[JonInMiddleGA]

ESPN's Chris Low reporting that, barring any contractual complications over the weekend, Tennessee will introduce Lane Kiffin as their new head coach on Monday.

:( :( :(

[MJ4H]

Arkansas drives the field and scores on LSU on their opening possession. 7-0 Arkansas.

[MJ4H]

LSU answers with a field goal, Arkansas drives the field easily again, 14-3 Arkansas with 4 and change to go in the 1st quarter.

[ISiddiqui]

ESPN's Chris Low reporting that, barring any contractual complications over the weekend, Tennessee will introduce Lane Kiffin as their new head coach on Monday.

:( :( :(

Vols looking good in the preseason.

[MJ4H]

Arkansas now replaying their start at MSU last week. About to punt again after a 3 and out. Arkansas 14, LSU 10.

[Swaggs]

I can't believe an offense that returned Pat White, Noel Devine, and the entire starting line from the Fiesta Bowl win turned into a big turd in just one season under Bill Stewart's watch. I didn't expect WVU to be great this season, but with a pretty weak schedule, I at least expected the offense to be fun to watch. This has been the most disappointing sports season, for one of my teams, of my life.

[JeeberDMack]

Well, the Miners shit their pants. hopefully the hoops team does better today...

[MJ4H]

Speaking of shitting their pants, 17 straight for LSU, and it is LSU 20, Arkansas 14. Almost an exact repeat of last week's start at MSU. Sigh.

edit to update and not flood thread:

23-14 LSU at halftime

[DeToxRox]

Eastern Michigan QB Andy Schmitt attempted 80 passes today vs Central Michigan. He completed 58 for 516 yards and 5 TD in a winning effort.

[yacovfb]

I can't believe an offense that returned Pat White, Noel Devine, and the entire starting line from the Fiesta Bowl win turned into a big turd in just one season under Bill Stewart's watch. I didn't expect WVU to be great this season, but with a pretty weak schedule, I at least expected the offense to be fun to watch. This has been the most disappointing sports season, for one of my teams, of my life.

To be fair, WVU's offense looked better this year against Pitt than last year.:D

[MJ4H]

LSU 30, Arkansas 21 after three quarters. Arkansas driving (with some help from LSU) and into LSU territory now.

[MJ4H]

LSU 30, Arkansas 24, Arkansas getting the ball back with 2:22 left in the game, no timeouts. Casey Dick has gone most of the way in the 2nd half in place of his brother, Nathan.

[Eaglesfan27]

I thought we were all set to cue the familiar refrain, but Dick completes a pass for 1st down on 4th and 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

Arkansas with about a 25 yard TD pass on 4th and 1.

[MJ4H]

omfg i dont even know what to do

[MJ4H]

this is what i was afraid of

[Eaglesfan27]

A 63 yard attempt, really?

[MJ4H]

into the wind

lol les miles

[Tigercat]

into the wind

lol les miles

Um, he wasn't that far off. Better chance of that than a hail mary.

I am kind of glad we lost, this should force Les Miles hand in firing our inept defensive coaches. But the holding penalty on the first down run(he was engaged inside the shoulders) and the pass interference that negated the INT (the defender has the right to take up space, the same play wasn't called against Arkansas and LSU later on) were BS calls that cost LSU the game nearly as much as bad coaching.

[Dr. Sak]

Im sure some SEC apologist on ESPN will find a way of spinning this into how SEC is an even tougher conference now.

[Tigercat]

Im sure some SEC apologist on ESPN will find a way of spinning this into how SEC is an even tougher conference now.

Are you talking about LSU losing to Arkansas? LSU has sucked all year, why would this loss make any difference either way?

[Dr. Sak]

Are you talking about LSU losing to Arkansas? LSU has sucked all year, why would this loss make any difference either way?

Yes but when talking about Florida they still use LSU as a quality win.

Edit: And I am still not convinced Georgia is that good either.

[Galaxy]

57 yarder. Nice.

[Galaxy]

Wow.

[Dr. Sak]

Game Set Match Cornhuskers

[JonInMiddleGA]

Arkansas game provides obvious headline:
Hawgs say two Dicks are better than one

[MJ4H]

You couldn't work Nuttless in there somehow? Man, some of our fans are wanting us to go after defensive coordinator Dick Bumpas at TCU for next year, too. :D

[Dr. Sak]

Nuttless Hogs win with 2 Dicks

[Grammaticus]

Ole Miss rolls Mississippi State in the egg bowl, 45-0. General consensus is Ole Miss is favored to go to the Cotton Bowl after LSU drops one to Arkansas. I hope we don't play Texas Tech.

[Crim]

Ole Miss dominating Miss. St 31-0 at the half.
EMU leads CMU 42-35 at the half ... in [/i]FOOTBALL[/i].
ECU over UTEP 24-0 late in Q2.
Pitt leads WVU 7-6 about 10 mins left in Q3.

Sorry, Jeebs.

[Crim]

Vols looking good in the preseason.

That was a damn good post.

[SirFozzie]

Damn. #9 Boise State, needing a win to keep their BCS hopes alive, only led 13-10 at the half over Fresno State. Did they turn on the afterburnes? Oh hell yes.

48 2nd half points, a 61-10 final, and between you and me, I'd much rather see an undefeated Boise State over a 2 loss Ohio State in the BCS.

[JonInMiddleGA]

and between you and me, I'd much rather see an undefeated Boise State over a 2 loss Ohio State in the BCS.

Of course you're on the short list about that, particularly when it comes to the casual viewers that make up a significant portion of the bowl season viewing audience. Most of those would typically rather watch someone they've, you know, actually heard of. Heck, even the usually whiny announcers tonight admitted they understood why tOSU was being treated as pretty much a foregone conclusion over Boise, which shocked the hell out of me.

And I say all of that having no desire myself to see Ohio State either.

[MizzouRah]

I'm with you MBBF!!!!!!!!!!

GO MIZZOU!!!

[SirFozzie]

Of course you're on the short list about that, particularly when it comes to the casual viewers that make up a significant portion of the bowl season viewing audience. Most of those would typically rather watch someone they've, you know, actually heard of. Heck, even the usually whiny announcers tonight admitted they understood why tOSU was being treated as pretty much a foregone conclusion over Boise, which shocked the hell out of me.

And I say all of that having no desire myself to see Ohio State either.

That saddens me, I mean, it's not like Boise State's never been in a great, exciting BCS game, right? Oh wait? They have? When? Oh yeah, the Fiesta Bowl.

If they're going to value name over rankings and results, then they're not the BCS, they're just a higher profile bowl then normal.

[JonInMiddleGA]

If they're going to value name over rankings and results, then they're not the BCS, they're just a higher profile bowl then normal.

They are ... whatever they say they are. It's the Golden Rule, as in "he who has (or pays) the gold makes the rules".

[MrBug708]

*cries*

[MrBug708]

That ended the tears. 4 INT's returned for TD's for ASU against UCLA.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Mother Nature must hate GT. Rain, and quite possibly lots of it, forecast for the game here in Athens tomorrow :(

We have a ridiculous amount of trouble hanging on to the ball when it's dry, I shudder to think how many times we might turn it over tomorrow if it's wet. And if Jaybo were to have to come on in relief? Well, what's the NCAA record for fumbles in a game?

:( :( :(

[Dr. Sak]

Let's Go Noles!

Let's Go Auburn!

Let's Oklahoma State!

Let's Go Notre...oh hell no I cant root for them!

[Swaggs]

Let's Go Notre...oh hell no I cant root for them!

I did it when they played Michigan. You can do it.

[Buccaneer]

Ouch. The last four games, UCLA's Craft has thrown 0 TD and 12 INT.

[timmynausea]

This has been the most disappointing sports season, for one of my teams, of my life.

This one got me thinking about some disappointing WVU seasons. I'll say:

1995 - 5-6 even though we had All American CB Aaron Beasley plus the rest of the guys that would lead the country in just about every defensive statistic in 1996.

1998 - 8-4 with a bowl loss despite several guys that went on to have pretty good success in the NFL like: Marc Bulger, Jerry Porter, John Thornton, Tony Becht, Barrett Green, Charles Fisher and Amos Zereoue. The entire offensive line had multiple years of starting experience and the WR corps was very good with David Saunders, Shawn Foreman, and Khori Ivy.

2004 - Preseason top 10 with talent like Pacman and Chris Henry. Another 8 win season with a bowl loss. Obviously discipline was a problem.

I guess I'll have to see how 2008 finishes out, but considering the circumstances I'd put it just behind those for now.

[GrantDawg]

Mother Nature must hate GT. Rain, and quite possibly lots of it, forecast for the game here in Athens tomorrow :(

We have a ridiculous amount of trouble hanging on to the ball when it's dry, I shudder to think how many times we might turn it over tomorrow if it's wet. And if Jaybo were to have to come on in relief? Well, what's the NCAA record for fumbles in a game?

:( :( :(


But.....rain plays to the run. It slows up our fast receivers, and your DL is just a beast. Our O-line is much closer to Duke than USC. This could be a 3-0 game, but I have a feeling it will 28-6 Tech.

[Eaglesfan27]

Ouch. The last four games, UCLA's Craft has thrown 0 TD and 12 INT.

Guess the monopoly isn't quite over in Los Angeles. :D

[Radii]

But.....rain plays to the run. It slows up our fast receivers, and your DL is just a beast. Our O-line is much closer to Duke than USC. This could be a 3-0 game, but I have a feeling it will 28-6 Tech.

well, it only took 3 minutes and change to blow both those predictions up. I'd settle for 28-7 tech?

[JonInMiddleGA]

It slows up our fast receivers, and your DL is just a beast.

They don't have to be fast, just taller.

[GrantDawg]

well, it only took 3 minutes and change to blow both those predictions up. I'd settle for 28-7 tech?


Lol. Yeah. Nice early drive, and a good stop on GT there, though that probably should have been a TD on 4th down. That receiver was open.

[GrantDawg]

Well, Matthew Stafford can hit a open GT receiver. Doesn't he look like a number one over all draft pick?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Sad thing? I called the missed PAT.

After 40 years of watching, you start to know things.

[bhlloy]

From an outsider's perspective that hasn't seen GT play all year, seems like this offense could be a monster with a QB that can run and pass a bit.

Question is, are you ever going to get a guy like that to come and play in a system where he throws the ball 75% less than a pro style offense? Do Tech have anyone recruited?

[GrantDawg]

Sad thing? I called the missed PAT.

After 40 years of watching, you start to know things.


Yeah, that interception looked eerily familiar. Well, except the name on the jersey used to be Ball. :)

[ISiddiqui]

From an outsider's perspective that hasn't seen GT play all year, seems like this offense could be a monster with a QB that can run and pass a bit.

LOL... I think Tech fans have been saying that for the last 5 years :D.

[GrantDawg]

LOL... I think Tech fans have been saying that for the last 5 years :D.

Heh, You know, Ball might have been a beast in this offense.


In other news, has the GT secondary been this bad all season?

[GrantDawg]

So, it is shoot-out time. I had a feeling our D wouldn't be able to stay disciplined for long.

[MJ4H]

Nice job compounding the missed PAT mistake.

[Dr. Sak]

I don't like the call to go for 2 pts. You don't chase points this early.

[ISiddiqui]

Wow... Cullen Harper just had an amazing pass for a TD. South Carolina defender was draped all over him and just before he goes down, Harper slings a 30 yard pass to a wide open receiver who runs in for a TD.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Nice job compounding the missed PAT mistake.

I was thinking that but ... this is an offense designed in a way that can be perfect for the two-point conversion. Since we had just used one of the better plays for that situation we were left with maybe a lesser alternative for the play call. Still, I have to think we should make that work more often than not.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Tackling in the secondary, it's essential.

Still, you take your chances with Stafford beating you instead of Moreno. If he can do it (and they continue to give him time to throw) then you tip your hat to 'em and deal with it.

[GrantDawg]

I was thinking that but ... this is an offense designed in a way that can be perfect for the two-point conversion. Since we had just used one of the better plays for that situation we were left with maybe a lesser alternative for the play call. Still, I have to think we should make that work more often than not.


Very true. In a couple of years, this team might have the highest two-point conversion rate in the league.

[JonInMiddleGA]

There's one of those plays that really leaves me scratching my head sometimes. Never mind the penetration, that seems almost incidental when it happens. It's just that at times the offense, not just Nesbitt but the whole offense, looks like something out of The Matrix, like it suddenly goes into slow motion.

[Dr. Sak]

Kansas up 10-0 on Missouri

[GrantDawg]

Tackling in the secondary, it's essential.

Still, you take your chances with Stafford beating you instead of Moreno. If he can do it (and they continue to give him time to throw) then you tip your hat to 'em and deal with it.


You are right on that. Moreno can kill ya a lot faster/better than Stafford, but he is also easier to eliminate. Not because of him, but the O-line is not good enough to give him a sliver of room if a defense plays the run right. You can't over-pursue, but make sure you meet Moreno with two defenders, not one.

Makes me go back to comment someone made in a ealrier thread about Moreno not being a "true" NFL running back. IMHO, he is going to be a beast at the next level, whereas Stafford has about a 60% chance of being a complete bust, and about a 90% chance of at least being a under-performer. Moreno is not just a little quick guy. He can power-back and bludgeon you to death, or he can be a quick-back and kill you with speed. He's a good pass blocker, and very unselfish. The kid is special.

[GrantDawg]

Wow. I thought the SEC officials where the only ones that didn't know the rules of the game.

[Dr. Sak]

Do you think Moreno is durable enough to be an NFL back?

[Dr. Sak]

Wow. I thought the SEC officials where the only ones that didn't know the rules of the game.

The linesman or field judge on that side should've went to the referee and corrected him.

[GrantDawg]

Do you think Moreno is durable enough to be an NFL back?


Yes. How many games has he missed due to injury? None that I can think of.

[Dr. Sak]

Yes. How many games has he missed due to injury? None that I can think of.

I don't follow Georgia nearly as good as you but I thought I remember hearing how he was banged up a bit and Georgia would have other backs in there. That was probably last year.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Do you think Moreno is durable enough to be an NFL back?

I'd say he's a 20 carry back, not a 25-30 carry back. But how many of the latter are there anymore?
As you mentioned, he does seem like a guy who gets dinged & nicked but like GD pointed out he doesn't end up out completely.

[GrantDawg]

I don't follow Georgia nearly as good as you but I thought I remember hearing how he was banged up a bit and Georgia would have other backs in there. That was probably last year.


You'll find Richt rarely lets a guy carry more than 20 carries a game unless he has a depth problem. He rotates three running backs almost constantly. I think he has had knicks and dings, but he has never missed significant time in any game that I can think of.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And Georgia has now scored as many points in the first half as GT has allowed in a game all year.

If we can't get pressure rushing four, it could get a lot worse when we bring five. One of the few bright spots I can find at the moment is that, for the first time in years, I don't worry that the coaching will make things any worse in the second half.

[GrantDawg]

Looking back at his game logs, he has only been limited in carries in blow-outs, though, now I do remember that he was injured early in the Alabama game. But that was the only game that he missed significant snaps due to injury his entire career. When Brown went down last season, and Lumpkin was also out, he averaged 27+ carries a game.

[ISiddiqui]

I'd say he's a 20 carry back, not a 25-30 carry back. But how many of the latter are there anymore?

Exactly. The trend in the NFL seems to be more one guy with 20 carries and the backup with 10. A more split workload to prevent the main guy from getting totally run down.

[GrantDawg]

That wasn't gounding because he was outside the tackle box. It is ok for the fans to be idiots, but can't the announcers at least get it right?

[JonInMiddleGA]

That wasn't gounding because he was outside the tackle box. It is ok for the fans to be idiots, but can't the announcers at least get it right?

Thanks. I was pretty much just saying the same thing here. I mean if my 10 year old knows the rule ...

edit to add: I like the call on the last play of the half, and that's the kind of throw that Nesbitt used to make regularly in high school. He's got a freakin' howitzer worth of arm strength.

[Dr. Sak]

What was sticking in my head was against Hawaii...there was talk he wouldn't play. I was wrong about his endurance...sorry.

[MizzouRah]

Can we get some fcking defense???????????????

[JonInMiddleGA]

Ahem. The name is Shawty :D

[JonInMiddleGA]

If Vance Walker doesn't try to ease up on Stafford, thinking he was throwing the dumpoff, that's a safety. Just a very smart play by Stafford to fake it there.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Georgia seems to have started tackling very high, watch for a face mask call fairly soon if they keep doing that. To be clear, I'm not saying they're grabbing or anything, just saying that if they keep tackling high it'll get called.

[RedKingGold]

Villanova beating the snot out of Colgate in the opening round of the I-AA playoffs. Still in only the 2nd quarter, Nova is now up 34-7.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Tied at 28 in Athens.

[Eaglesfan27]

This Georgia Tech offense has been fun to watch today.

[GrantDawg]

Big mo is all on Tech's side. We can see which team had the better half-time adjustment.

[Radii]

fumble!!! wow, what a quarter(so far) in athens.

[GrantDawg]

Well, there you go.

[RedKingGold]

Wow, so talk about a momentum shift in GTech v. UGA.

[GrantDawg]

Oh, how I miss Brian Van Gorder. Let me count the ways.

[grdawg]

Georgia D quitting again. What a disgrace this is.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Need another stop, need another stop, need another stop. Do NOT try to shoot it out with them, gotta get another stop here.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Georgia D quitting again.

Eh, I wouldn't call them for a quit just yet. Several plays like that last one & yeah, you can. But that sort of thing is what this offense does (when it works) even if there's maximum effort.

[sterlingice]

Wow. Just saw the score in that Ga Tech/GA score.

Currently, I'm enjoying the KU/MU at a gathering of the Richmond chapter of the Mizzou Alumni association (since my wife went there). They do not know where I went to school

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Clemson just went up 31-14 on SC with 2 mins left in Q3, a win makes the Tigers bowl eligible.

[Dr. Sak]

Kansas is up 26-10 on Missouri. Ressing having a big day.

[JonInMiddleGA]

They do not know where I went to school


The grin hasn't given you away yet? ;)

[Dr. Sak]

Wow! Big run by GT!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Okay, that was cute, tackle eligible pass on 3rd & 13. I'd like to have gotten the first down but still.

edit to add: I don't like giving up the time out right there since we'd already taken one.

[grdawg]

[QUOTE=JonInMiddleGA;1895125]Eh, I wouldn't call them for a quit just yet. Several plays like that last one & yeah, you can. But that sort of thing is what this offense does (when it works) even if there's maximum effort.[/QUOT

They have given up so many big plays this season and they seem to get too down after not making a play. And when the D needs to step up after an INT or fumble, they haven't risen to the occasion.

[sterlingice]

The grin hasn't given you away yet? ;)

I can be remarkably non-partisan if I want to. I'm not someone who relishes in the defeat of foes, I just enjoy my teams' victories.

And, there went that pretty lead, about to be 25-23.

SI

[bob]

i think he would have had the first down if he had just plowed forward.

i don't like the use of the 2nd timeout there for Tech - if you were just trying to draw them offsides and are now going to kick, just back up 5 yards. Its still less than 30

[JonInMiddleGA]

I absolutely do not believe we actually hit that FG.

if you were just trying to draw them offsides and are now going to kick, just back up 5 yards. Its still less than 30

It sucks, but that's what you have to resort to when your kicker is just 10/17 on the year. Maybe the number one thing we need to address in recruiting for next year (along with replacing losses).

[Dr. Sak]

i think he would have had the first down if he had just plowed forward.

I thought the same exact thing. He got too cute instead of sticking his head down and keep those legs moving.

[Radii]

I absolutely do not believe we actually hit that FG.

+1, I was pretty much fine with going for it.

[JonInMiddleGA]

He got too cute instead of sticking his head down and keep those legs moving.

I don't think that was so much "cute" as it was "don't have the slightest idea what to do".

[JonInMiddleGA]

Tech secondary in a real tough catch-22 here. Giving cushion to avoid being burned deep but Georgia's receivers run really well after the catch.

[GrantDawg]

Why the hell did you hav to ask about Moreno's durablity?! Frixin jinxs!

[Radii]

Virginia Tech is going to have to punt from their own 45 with 1:51 to go. UVA is out of timeouts, down 17-14. A Virginia Tech win sends them to the ACC title game. A Virginia win sends Georgia Tech to the ACC title game.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Why the hell did you hav to ask about Moreno's durablity?! Frixin jinxs!

Don't bitch. 2nd string backs in this game scare the hell out of me.

2007 - Brown 17/139 & 1 TD
2006 - Ware 11/41 (best ypc for UGA)

And other lesser lights such as Kregg Lumpkin had success against us recently as well.

[grdawg]

Don't bitch. 2nd string backs in this game scare the hell out of me.

2007 - Brown 17/139 & 1 TD
2006 - Ware 11/41 (best ypc for UGA)

And other lesser lights such as Kregg Lumpkin had success against us recently as well.

Don't worry, Bobo will completely abandon the run b/c we are down 10 with all this time left.

[Radii]

Virginia Tech is going to have to punt from their own 45 with 1:51 to go. UVA is out of timeouts, down 17-14. A Virginia Tech win sends them to the ACC title game. A Virginia win sends Georgia Tech to the ACC title game.

Well that couldn't have gone worse. Virginia Tech wins the ACC Coastal Division.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Well that couldn't have gone worse. Virginia Tech wins the ACC Coastal Division.

Just three points short of a division title, I'll take that in Year One of the CPJ era.
edit: (And I know you weren't complaining, just sayin')

[Eaglesfan27]

I just lost video feed of the Georgia-GT game :(

Nevermind. It came back a minute later.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Way too much time on that clock in Athens.

[Radii]

Just three points short of a division title, I'll take that in Year One of the CPJ era.
edit: (And I know you weren't complaining, just sayin')

Yup. Once the possibility arose for Tech to win the ACC Coastal, it was disappointing to fall short. Its been a thrilling season, no matter how these last two games end up.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Wow, that really was a no-catch. Good call (granted, a call that's a lot easier to swallow since it went my way, but still, good call in the rain).

[GrantDawg]

Yeah, that kid is special.

[grdawg]

best RB in college football :-)

[JonInMiddleGA]

Saw that TD coming as soon as he saw the corner. Like I said, waaaay too much time on the clock.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Yeah, that kid is special.

Yeah but the (horribly scary) truth is, I think Ealey can be better.

[SirFozzie]

They showed a picture from the Fla/FSU pregame. Holy shit, it's monsoon season.

[bob]

Knowing that UGA has a way of winning these sort of close games in which them losing would be an upset (see UK game this year, or against Vandy almost every year it seems), I was afraid once Tech only went up 10 instead of 14 after that long run.

[Radii]

oh lord.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I think (hope, pray) that this was just the wind knocked out of Nesbitt.

If not, it's pretty close to worst case scenario here: Shaw in the rain.

[GrantDawg]

You may have bad luck against back-up rb. We have bad luck against back up QB's.

[JonInMiddleGA]

We have bad luck against back up QB's.

But only Duke has bad luck against this particular backup QB.

edit to add: Don't get me wrong, I like Jaybo, I sincerely want to see him have a great career at GT and think he's got ample talent to do just that. But for the last month he's been a serious disaster under center, completely out of synch.

[GrantDawg]

Doesn't matter. Nesbit came back to drive the nail in the coffin.

[Tekneek]

Damn! Needed that interception!

[grdawg]

What a bad team this is, how do you waste a time out there?

[terpkristin]

Terps @ BC getting ready to start. BC's starting QB is out, but there's nothing in this really for the Terps. Last week's loss to FSU sealed our place out of the ACC title match. Kind of annoying, too, as some of the players involved in that fight that had them suspsended for FSU - BC have now been charged, if they'd have been out against us, maybe we'd have had a chance. Maybe not, but maybe.

I know that's not well-written. I'm trying to fight off a cold. :)

/tk

[Tekneek]

Good. There goes the so-called timeout advantage that UGA had. It makes for an exciting game, but I'd rather UGA not be able to stay in the game like this... :)

[Radii]

NC State beats Miami, winning their last 4 games to finish 6-6 and become bowl eligible.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Damn! Needed that interception!

+1

[Toddzilla]

HOKIE

[Toddzilla]

HOKIE

[Toddzilla]

HOKIE

[Toddzilla]

HI!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Huge tackle there by Morgan Burnett.

[Tekneek]

Pretty sure Georgia didn't think they would have to work this hard, nor be behind with 4:04 left...and they score, making sure this goes right to the end...

[JonInMiddleGA]

That TD belongs to the guys who picked up the blitz. Credit them, 'cause once it was picked up the score was a lock.

[grdawg]

You mine as well try the onside kick here since the D cannot stop them.

[terpkristin]

Lovely. Heyward-Bey is out with a leg injury. I don't know why I'm watching this game, it's not going to be pretty.

/tk

[JonInMiddleGA]

Whoa. Missouri went up with about 6:30 left, KU answers to regain the lead.

[Radii]

HUGE first down.

[JonInMiddleGA]

HUGE first down.

I spent the whole break begging for three more first downs.
That's one of 'em.

[SackAttack]

Whoa. Missouri went up with about 6:30 left, KU answers to regain the lead.

Not only that, but they did it with a 31 yard conversion on 3rd-and-11 and then punched it in on the next play.

Can we not give up huge 3rd-and-long conversions, please? Thanks. :(

[Eaglesfan27]

Crud. Stupid local CBS affliate is switching to Auburn vs Alabama instead of the end of the Georgia-GT game.

[terpkristin]

2 nice passes by Turner dropped by receivers. Ugh.

/tk

[Galaxy]

Florida-Florida State could be interesting with the field conditions.

[Tekneek]

Hmmm...

[sterlingice]

Whoa. Missouri went up with about 6:30 left, KU answers to regain the lead.

A lot of time left for that very potent (NFL laden) Mizzou offense and we don't have the defense we had last year.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'm 41 years old, will be 42 next April.

I've only cried after one moment in college football in my life, in my radio days waiting for the college football poll to clear the wire to see where GT would end up with the voters.

Today is incredibly close to the second time.

[sterlingice]

And Mizzou takes the lead back

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Y'know, that high school offense will never work in D1.

[Tekneek]

Oh yeah! I live near a route used by a lot of UGA fans going to/from the games. If I wasn't stuck at home with the kids, I might go out to the highway and wave a Tech flag in a bit...

[SackAttack]

And Mizzou takes the lead back

SI

Really surprised they didn't try a couple of rushes once they got inside the 20 to take some more time off the clock.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Oh yeah! I live near a route used by a lot of UGA fans going to/from the games. If I wasn't stuck at home with the kids, I might go out to the highway and wave a Tech banner in a bit...

I think I may have to find something fun to wear out for dinner tonight.
And tomorrow. And Monday. And ...

[GrantDawg]

Whelp, my team lost. Time for my wife's team to lose.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Quick 7-0 lead for Florida, FSU answers with a great return by Garvin on a short kickoff, first down at the Gator 24.

[Noop]

Florida will rape Florida State :(

[sterlingice]

This one is coming down to the wire (KU-MU)

SI

[terpkristin]

BC goes up 6-0 over Maryland. I assume it'll be 7-0 in a second.

/tk

[Noop]

I am rooting for Maryland to pull off the upset.

[sterlingice]

Down to 4th and 7 for KU at the Mizzou ~25 yard line

SI

[sterlingice]

HELLS YEAH!

SI

[sterlingice]

4th and 7, 25yd TD to Meier!

SI

[MJ4H]

touchdown Kansas omfg

[JonInMiddleGA]

LOL at something to the effect of "he's Florida's punter, he's semi-retired".

[SackAttack]

Jesus Christ. Is it too much to ask that we not give up 20+ yard completions on THIRD AND FOURTH DOWN?

Especially not for motherfucking TOUCHDOWNS?

[Dr. Sak]

WOO HOO! Go Kansas. Todd Reesing is one of my favorite players.

[Galaxy]

FSU overplays that song so much.

[Noop]

Kansas scores!

[terpkristin]

I am rooting for Maryland to pull off the upset.

Me too. ;)

I don't like having BC, VaTech and Miami in the ACC. I know why it was done, but I really dislike it.

/tk

[terpkristin]

Terps tie it up, 7-7.

/tk

[Dr. Sak]

FSU overplays that song so much.

Try being at the game when your team plays them! It's like they play it after every play :p

[sterlingice]

WOO!

SI

[SackAttack]

Motherfucking sonuva...

[sterlingice]

Amazing, amazing game :D

SI

[Radii]

I don't like having BC, VaTech and Miami in the ACC. I know why it was done, but I really dislike it.


Because they don't belong :)

I still haven't entirely accepted Florida State. Probably never will.

[Dr. Sak]

Can we just mute Paul McGuire?

[Galaxy]

The Florida State d just looks lost and standing around.

[Noop]

Galaxy are a Florida fan correct?

[JonInMiddleGA]

The Florida State d just looks lost and standing around.

New wiper blades on the helmets might help on a day like today.

[ISiddiqui]

The Florida State d just looks lost and standing around.

Florida makes a LOT of teams look like that.

[MizzouRah]

gosh dammit son of a bitch mf g!&$%&%&%

This fucking defense is fucking HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARHHHh295732495729567(&()&*()#%&()%&()#%&

[Galaxy]

Galaxy are a Florida fan correct?

No. I don't like either. But I hate Florida more.

[Noop]

No. I don't like either. But I hate Florida more.

Oh okay.

[Galaxy]

Florida makes a LOT of teams look like that.

True. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Oregon State will be without their star running back, Jacquez (sp?) Rodgers tonight which makes me hopeful that Oregon will upset them.

[terpkristin]

GAH!
Turner intercepted by BC.

/tk

[terpkristin]

Dola,
Then runs it in for a TD on the next play.

Edit: ok, it wasn't a run play. Just saying that BC got a TD from the INT. On a pass.

/tk

[Noop]

Christian Ponder is the worst QB in America, why has Florida State been cursed with inept quarterbacks.

[sooner333]

If Texas Tech loses this game, I will hate Texas Tech even more forever and there will be no forgiving.

[Cuckoo]

If Texas Tech loses this game, I will hate Texas Tech even more forever and there will be no forgiving.

Baylor's not altogether horrible, but TT should handle them with relative ease. The game last week must have really broken them, surprising too considering they're in the Big 12 Championship game with a win and an OU loss.

[Ajaxab]

Baylor drives down the field with ease and pounds the ball in to go up 28-14.

[sterlingice]

Ah, there we go. The Tech game is on VS

SI

[sterlingice]

Yeah, so I turn on the Texas Tech game and in less than 5 minutes, there's a TD. And, frankly, it seemed slow for them

SI

[Noop]

Maryland is breaking my heart.

[Ajaxab]

Tech potentially catches a break on the 2nd last play of the 3rd. 4th and 2 on the Baylor 49, Harrell throws a pick and the interception is negated by a Baylor offside. It was difficult to tell whether there may have been Tech movement a fraction of a second before the Bear defender was in the neutral zone.

Off to the 4th quarter. Tech still down a td, but driving.

[Ajaxab]

Dola. No matter what happens here, Tech isn't looking like a B12 champ at all.

[sterlingice]

Dola. No matter what happens here, Tech isn't looking like a B12 champ at all.

I think that's just unfair. We're judging this on whether they're blowing out someone they are supposed to blow out rather than the rest of the season. That's why this is just plain stupid.

SI

[sterlingice]

Oh, and the refs in this game suck.

Which is actually in contrast to the Mizzou/Kansas game where they were pretty much invisible. I didn't really hear anything where I was watching stuff, good or bad and I didn't really have any issues.

SI

[Ajaxab]

I think that's just unfair. We're judging this on whether they're blowing out someone they are supposed to blow out rather than the rest of the season. That's why this is just plain stupid.

There hasn't been a point this year when either Texas or OU have not looked the part of a conference champ, even when they've lost. Neither have sleepwalked through a game all year. Tech is sleepwalking through this one.

But they're finally waking up and just in time for them.

[Cuckoo]

I think that's just unfair. We're judging this on whether they're blowing out someone they are supposed to blow out rather than the rest of the season. That's why this is just plain stupid.

SI

I agree with you, but it's going to be common perception if Tech wins and further allow the illogical Texas over OU argument based on head to head. It's almost ironic that OU essentially eliminated Tech from the discussion based on the blowout, and all the talking heads seem to have forgotten that Texas lost to Tech.

Ah... Doesn't matter too much, I suppose. OU needs to take care of business tonight and if they do, either way they're in a BCS bowl.

[sterlingice]

There hasn't been a point this year when either Texas or OU have not looked the part of a conference champ, even when they've lost. Neither have sleepwalked through a game all year. Tech is sleepwalking through this one.

Seriously? "Doesn't look the part"? Is that what we're using to figure this out now?

SI

[sterlingice]

I think that probably seals it for Texas Tech unless Baylor gets a 3-and-out.

Also, for the BC/Maryland folks- has the game been as boring to watch as Yahoo is making it look?

<table class="yspwhitebg" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td> 1st-15, BC5</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2nd-13, BC7</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 15 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1st-10, BC22</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2nd-7, BC25</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3rd-3, BC29</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 8 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1st-10, BC37</td> <td>M. Harris rushed to the left for 9 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2nd-1, BC46</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 1st-10, BC47</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss</td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2nd-11, BC46</td> <td>M. Harris rushed up the middle for no gain</td></tr></tbody></table>
Up the middle, up the middle, up the middle, up the middle? Is this like the Bears gameplan from the mid 90s?

SI

[SirFozzie]

BC was just grinding it out, and it was working :)

Pick Six, Ball game, Sorry Fla State, NO ACC CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOU! :D

(And Believe it or not, Sack Attack was FINALLY wrong with one of his nostradamus predictions) :D

[Ajaxab]

Seriously? "Doesn't look the part"? Is that what we're using to figure this out now?

SI

I don't disagree with you SI. It's just the nature of the beast we're working with. OU looked the part last week so they jump ahead of Texas. Fair? No. Reality? Apparently so. How teams look shouldn't matter, but the voters seem to believe otherwise.

[sterlingice]

Well, onto Oregon St/Oregon on VS :)

SI

[Matthean]

And 'Bama pounds out another run of the mill slowly suffocating win against Auburn. 'Bama went from a win it early and cruise team to one that slowly gets better and better as the game wears on.

[Dr. Sak]

Okay well I guess I gotta root for the Ducks. I'd much rather see a PSU/USC Rose Bowl than a rematch of a earlier game where it really would be a no win situation for Penn State.

[SackAttack]

Okay well I guess I gotta root for the Ducks. I'd much rather see a PSU/USC Rose Bowl than a rematch of a earlier game where it really would be a no win situation for Penn State.

Yeah, you gotta figure the Rose Bowl is hoping for that one, too.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oregon up 17-7 after the 1st quarter.

[Dr. Sak]

Jimmy Clausen has regressed this year.

[Eaglesfan27]

USC's Cary Harris with an interception early in the ball game.

[Eaglesfan27]

And Sanchez gives it right back :(

[Dr. Sak]

Sanchez returns the favor with an INT of his own.

[Dr. Sak]

20-7 Oregon

[Alan T]

I know that I am late in posting this, but great win for Tech over the Georgia mechanics school! I flew back in town just in time to watch it on CBS, and had almost lost all hope at one point in the game. Great to see them come from behind to win.

I don't care how ugly the win looks, any win over UGA is a good win!

[Alan T]

Yup. Once the possibility arose for Tech to win the ACC Coastal, it was disappointing to fall short. Its been a thrilling season, no matter how these last two games end up.

I personally have been on a high since the Florida St win. Everything since is just gravy with a nice exclamation point with today's win.

I am pretty pumped about next year already, and I haven't been this way since uhh.. 1990.

[RedKingGold]

Okay well I guess I gotta root for the Ducks. I'd much rather see a PSU/USC Rose Bowl than a rematch of a earlier game where it really would be a no win situation for Penn State.

Absolutely.

A little ironic that PSU is rooting for the team that we played the last time we went to the Rose Bowl. :)

Go Ducks!

[bhlloy]

USC playcalling is pathetic. Sarkisian can feck off and die.

[miked]

So if RU beats Louisville this week, they finish 2nd in the Big East?

[Eaglesfan27]

McKnight just made a bunch of guys look silly on a 55 yard TD. 14-0 USC.

[Poli]

Yahoo!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Lennon Creer looks like a pretty fair RB. Wonder how he'd like Atlanta?
;)

[Dr. Sak]

Oklahoma State just took the lead on the Sooners.

[Eaglesfan27]

Havili is one of my favorite USC players ever. Nice reception there.

[Eaglesfan27]

Sanchez to Damien Williams for a TD. 21-0 USC.

[JonInMiddleGA]

For those watching the UT-UK game it seems worth noting that, as far as I can recall, they did not use the G-gun formation this season until after the firing was announced. If they had ... well, anything would have helped this offense for most of the season.