NCAA Football - Week 1
 

I know there are a couple threads already (GO GO RUTGERS) but I though a central thread for this weekend's game might be a good idea.


My only contribution is: TCU 7 - OU 0

Go Horny Frogs!

Man OU is looking piss poor on defense, and there offense isn't looking much better...

Many of you know how much I hate upstarts/underdogs, and love the Dawgs. Those two things combined could give me untold glee today when the Dawgs put Boise State in their place.

TCU 10 - OU 0

Paul Thompson will need to learn how to pass if the Sooners want to do anything this year. His stats aren't horrible, but that's because the receivers have made good adjustments on the completions so far.

Isn't it fun when for a fleeting second, we think it's possible for a top-ten power to lose a home game to a mid-major? We get about one of these every week every September.

It really is a lot of fun. Now I'm sure the Oklahoma machine will wake up and absolutely steam-roll them.

Yep, indeed. That fleeting second is great until the power wakes up. Though OU really looks crappy.

Someone needs to adjust the sliders in the Ball St - Iowa game. 49-0 in the second quarter

I love those (this) type of game. That is until you see the turning point occur...i.e. TCU getting in position for a half ending field goal only to have the shotgun snap sail over the QB's head. OU will either get a chance for a hail mary or a field goal of their own now.

I'm in big 10 country so I dont get that game on tv, but what happened to Adrian Peterson? He seriously has 9 carries for 9 yards?

If Bomar continues to play well, is there a chance that he is more likely to become the starter at OU?

Sure, you can practice all you want, and scrimmage, but you just don't know how well your new QB is gonna do until he faces real gameday pressure. Thompson just hasn't really impressed me the first half. Bomar came out with fire in his eyes to perform, and it will be interesting to see if he plays well in the second half...

I know there are a lot of Texas fans around here- so any thoughts on the UL Lafayette - Texas game? Basically the way I see it, we (UL-Laf) will get kicked horribly, but wouldn't it be nice if the game was close?

TCU should be up by at least 17 now.

The upstart team knocking off a top ten power happens at least once every week in September. But this is one of those games where you are REALLY starting to question if the team at home is really a top 10 team.

OU hasn't just looked sluggish or disinterested. They look horrible. The offensive line is pathetic, the QB's have been poor (though Bomar has looked better than Thompson), and the secondary just looks lost.

This may be the year Texas knocks them off. . .

OU has came out and played very vanilla football so far. It understandable though with a QB that hasnt started. Of course TCU has loaded the box with a 4-2-5 defense, which they are playing like a 4-4. Its hard to run with 9 guys in the box, and until OU starts hitting the deep ball, and spreads this defense out, Peterson just isn't going to get it done.

OU came out passing and when TCU figured out that Thompson was no threat through the air, they loaded up to stop Peterson. It's worked so far.

Yeah, tough day so far in Oklahoma. I know these guys are all young, but somebody has to step up. I disagree with TroyF in a sense. They don't look good, but I think it is because they look sluggish and disinterested.

All the question marks - QB, O-line, WR, pass rush, secondary - can be answered in the negative right now. And if that doesn't change, it's going to be a long year in Norman.

I sure hope cthomer's right because I'm desperately waiting for someone to wake up.

Yep...not getting another first half score is going to bite them later on when OU's depth starts to make a difference. The Sooners will likely end up putting at least 20 on the board, so that mean the Frogs need a minimum of two more scores to stay in the game.

Maybe it's because of mediocre pass rush and secondary play from Oklahoma, but I'm impressed with TCU's QB. He makes good decisions, doesn't hold the ball too long, and is generally accurate.

I don't know much about TCU, but he looks solid.

Edit: Removed DOLA as VPI squeezed in there.

Yeah, you ain't kidding! OU looks like crap against TCU, I can't imagine them knocking off Texas, unless they turn it on in the 2nd half and just 'wake up' and play like they were expected to do.

The way they are playing today, they easily could end the season unranked!

I'll always give the edge to OU until Texas beats them. No matter how horrible OU looks and how great Texas looks.

That said, I'm not impressed at all with OU right now. They need to get something going here and quick.

In other games, Wisconsin/Bowling Green is just plain nuts to watch and now I can say that I've seen a FB hurdle a defender and run 80 yards for a TD. (Rutgers)

It's also odd to see Ohio State in a four WR set. Gotta love opening day. :)

CU/CSU in a little over an hour.

Whats with Wisconsin's uniforms? Are they just a one-day thing

Jacobs (quarterback) of Bowling Green is just amazing to watch.

Quick dola, OU has come out fired up and is running the ball down TCU's throats now.

Here is the turning point. Drives like this are where upsets are made and broken. Another OU turnover/missed field goal/4th down miss will put OU in big trouble. A TD scamper by AP and they are the ones in deep.

edit: No sooner do I hit the submit button than AP is running free into the end zone. An OU defense three and out stop and I may start concerning myself more with that wild Wisconsin/Bowling Green game.

I saw that hurdle run too. 235 pounds of athleticism and speed in that fullback.

He will be playing on Sundays, no doubt.

thanks for the info on the OU game, guys. they are now showing it here instead of the ohio state game.

One of the gutsier calls I've seen in awhile. Wisconsin takes a 42-35 lead to start the second half. Bowling Green gets stuffed and face a 4th and 8 from the 22. They call a fake punt and convert it.

Impressive. Not so impressive. . . they get sacked three straight times and are forced to punt on a 4th and 20+ after the fake punt. Ouch.

Ugh...stinkin' Frogs. :(

Re: OU/TCU

TCU couldn't get the punt off and that should be that. I'm now on my way out the door to drive to Raleigh for tomorrow night's VT/NCSU game.

OU is doing everything in its power to let TCU beat them. They just look horrible. Thompson shouldn't be out there right now. He coudn't hit the side of a barn. Horrible.

Not good for OU to have Peterson go down. Hopefully he just twisted his ankle, but it looked severe.

I'm going to the game, too...won't be getting there until late tonight, though. Are you another VT guy? ...or a member of the hated Wolfpack nation?

I believe they are wearing them all season. It's a throwback due to some anniversary or something.

Come on Frogs, score another TD!

YES!!!

Hang in there little froggies... our town could use the pick me up.

nah its just for today. they will be back to normal next week.

Tennessee struggling badly now against a very game UAB.
17-10 UT, 4min left, UAB facing 4th & 7 from the UT 12.

Ainge has looked awful, Claussen clearly much better of the two today, but Vols held scoreless in the 2nd half.

same old Rutgers. at least they had the courtesy of letting us know in Week 1 this year. now 27-27 with 1.13 to go.

You should have realized it before Week 1. My fellow alumni just get deluded year after year.

I have a feeling its going to be a very long year in oklahoma if your a sooner fan...

Wow, TCU up 7 with 4:00 to play. And OU just had one of those moments that was supposed to happen to top teams, where a receiver failed to turn for the pass and it bounced into the air for an OU INT, and OU turned it BACK over.

Tennessee hangs on to win 17-10.
Defended the 4th down try by UAB tipping away a pass into the end zone, faced 3rd & long themselves but put it away with a 50 yd Claussen pass when the UAB DB fell down (injuring himself in the process, enough to be taken off on the little handcart thing)

Oh crap, I just remembered that TCU is now a Mountain Worst team...I don't know if I can root for them now. :(

OU really is looking bad.

I hate ABC already this season. This is a record for me, usually I don't hate them until the middle of September.

We have two ABC stations in the area, and both switched off of Oklahoma to the start of Boston College/BYU. I can understand the Boston station doing this, but not the Manchester, NH station.

Iowa looked very good.

1:13 to play in OU, listening to the game on Yahoo College Sports Radio.

4th&8 and OU gets sacked!!!

That is the ball game folks...

Whats with Oklahoma, we just got the tail end of the game. They didn't even seem to try to go downfield.

Oklahoma upset by the Horned Frogs! (:59 to play, but OU has no timeouts left)

Wow. That would have been fun to watch. We just got a closeup of a cute blonde BC cheerleader.

So far I liked Iowa and Ohio State the most today.

So how would you like your words, Jim?

With Salt and ketchup? :)

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Well, I won't be eating frog legs tonight, that much is certain.

I guess those mid-majors are catching up, speaking of salt and ketchup.

Ohio State, eh. I'm not sure on them right now. Iowa look good, but they are playing a MAC school that is a mess. Michigan State look solid.

Also, a Division 1AA game on ESPN2? Not that don't mind 1AA, but some much better and bigger-name matchups could be shown.

Hehe... OU sucks. Well at least we won't see them get blown out in a national championship game this year :D.

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Quoted for truth. This is a new low for OU, and that's saying a lot following the prison-love scene that was last year's Orange Bowl.

We have the board backed up, right? Cuz If Boise State upsets Georgia, then I think the Dawg is going banninatin everybody.

(Probably starting with me since I brought it up, even in jest :D)

Hmmm.. BC v. BYU or Colorado v. CSU (I ain't watchin 1-AA crap). Tough choice... though the Colorado game isn't on HD... let's see if BC v. BYU is (dammit, you can at least put every game on HD for opening weekend!!)

That looked the Oklahoma of a few years back, before the Stoopy revival. Yeeeeech.

I got CU vs CSU and UM vs UNI. Gonna have to watch CSU take down the Buffs...

Colorado-Colorado State, what channel? I got Michigan-Northern Illinois, not an exciting game to me. I just have a hard time watching small school vs. big school teams unless it is close in the fourth quarter. I wish ESPN2 would show Penn State-South Florida, or something, over 1AA ball between two less-then-powerhouse teams.

It's on TBS of all stations, Galaxy...

FYI

Doing Color Commentary for the Michigan game ..

Jamaal Anderson

UM-UNI is already looking to be a great game.

Illinois v. RU kept me entertained for a while.

Don't knock TBS. They were REAL good last year for college football, though usually they showed Pac-10 stuff in the evening. I like them just as much as the big networks.

I wasn't knocking them, I just didn't know that they showed college football...

I got Penn State shutting down USF

Yeah, I believe they started doing so last season.

Mike Hart just set an LB on his ass en route to a 34 yard TD reception

i might check out the colorado state game, Gophers get them next week.

What's wrong with the Pac-10? I always enjoy watching them. No other station, expect ABC in the regional matchups, carries them. I also believe TBS has a deal with the Big 12, and chooses between the Big 12 and Pac-10.

And this is bad because...?

Ack! My doppleganger! :eek: :p

If I had my druthers, I'd let GT lose to Auburn if it meant Boise could shut up the annual howling from Athens.

Sadly, I'm more likely to get the former than the latter.

Speaking of Michigan,
I thought they were rolling out new uniforms? Glad they didn't.

Looks my 9-3 prediction for this season is a little bit too generous.

It's not a good year to be a Sooner fan. :(

My wife and I stayed at Kinnick until midway through the third of the Iowa-Ball St game. The Hawkeyes looked pretty good. The starters were all out of the game midway through the second after Iowa took a 35-0 lead. 49-0 at the half and Ball St had something like 15 yards total offense. Apparently, Ball St had 13 players suspended for this one so I don't know how much stock to place in this win. We'll only see if this team can play come next week when they head out to Ames to play the 'Clones at Iowa St.

Ugh...I hate Klopfenstein. :mad:

I think its been since 2002 or 03.

Dola: CU V. CSU is looking like it'll be a fight to the finish, just like every year.

Note to Jim:


You need to quickly upgrade TCU with respect to their ai values, etc..., for the upcoming TCY2.

Thank you.

;)

Absolutely. Go Boise!

they did, they have new jerseys this year designed by nike.

changes are minimal i thought but everyone was flipping out about it.

Liberals.

Man did Brian Calhoun look sweet in Madison. As did Omar Jacobs... that guy is going to be a VERY good NFL QB.

Well, when people said this would be a rebuilding year, they were not kidding.

UGA off to a good start

was Nick Lachey on College Gameday this morning? I heard he got signed to be a correspondent or something like that. I look forward to his intelligent banter with Lee Corso.

I do believe he might be the best running back of the Alvarez era. At least he looked it today (although he seemed kind of worn down by the 4th quarter). He's got a lot more shake-n-bake than I'm used to from Badger backs.

Georgia is rolling.

It's totally unshocking that Calhoun was beat in the 4th. He had I think 47 carries! Stocco only threw TEN passes! What a ridiculous game.

dola

Out of 72 plays from scrimmage, Wisconsin called 62 running plays. And scored 56 points.

boise state would be winning if they were playing on a blue field

yeah... so much for that boise upset.

I predict that Rutgers, Duke and Oklahoma will go winless this year.

What did they change? I though the pics I saw had the Bronco-like stripes. Also, I thought Georgia was chaning slightly as well?

I notice Oregon got ride of the ugly uniforms, and went to a simpler look (even though the colors are helmets are ugly to me). Is this a change back-to-basics in the sporting world, or at least football?