2007 College Football Week 3 thread
 

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Just turned the UMD/WVU game..

Surprised to see it only 7-7 and the 1st quarter is almost over.

Everyone I heard was calling for a WVU blowout (and I would have to agree).

Impressive stand here by Maryland.

Worst. Throwaway. Ever.

Two future Rutgers opponents.

Would love to see Steffy make that same throw in 2 weeks.

I was fully expecting a blowout, especially after the first play.

Terps still aren't looking great and WVU tends to come on strong in the 2nd half, lot of football left to play...

/tk

Side Note - This is an ENTIRELY different crowd and atmosphere than when I went to watch them beat up on W&M last year.

What the HELL was that play call?

WVU hasn't impressed me much in the one and a half games I've seen on TV so far this year.

And West Virginia breaks out in the 2nd half again (so far). It seems they just wear down teams and then run crazy in the 3rd and 4th Quarter.

And Devine looks incredibly scary! Add to Slaton and White!

Air force against TCU. Air Force hung tight stopping TCU twice inside the 5 yard line and kept the game close 10-3 until TCU scored a score in the mid 4th quarter to break it open 17-3;(

I guess I'm biased, but West Virginia looks great to me. White, Slaton, Schmitt and Devine splitting carries out of the same backfield is just unbelievable.

What I'm wondering is how Friedgen will slight the WVU coaching staff tonight. He has a bit of a history of dissing Rich Rodriguez's staff.

I spoke to soon.Air Force has scored two TDs in about a 3 minute span one being on a 75 yard run. Just now, TCU was marching down the field for the apparent game winning FG when they had the ball at Air Forces 21 with 45 seconds and threw an interception in the endzone.Why were thye threwing? Overtime:)

TCU misses FG in OT.................And Air Force Bam.
AF 20-17.
tcu has only 3 games in the last three years and this is number 4.

I'm with you. I think Maryland is, at least, an 8-win team in '07. I'm real pleased with the win--we didn't blow them out, but I never felt like the game was in question (even when it was within 7).

We haven't been completely dominating, but I'm pretty pleased to get through our first three games with our closest game being 17-points. Our early season OOC schedule isn't super tough, but we have two 2006 bowl teams (Maryland and W. Michigan), two rivals that probably hold the game in higher regard than we do (Maryland and Marshall), and, unlike a lot of top 25 teams, we have already played/won two road games (and in a span of five days, no less).

I'm really looking forward to seeing Devine and Slaton on the field together. It usually takes a little while for freshmen to get in Coach Rod's good graces, but Devine has to be getting close to earning his trust.

It is tough to turn around and play on a Thursday, after playing the prior Saturday. TCU was probably pretty beat up, physically and emotionally, after that Texas loss.

Yeah,...............um Air Force also played last week on Saturday. Air Force is 3-0 which is the first 3-0 start since 1987 when they went 12-1 and finished fourth in the Rankings.

I know they played last week. They also won last week, didn't get their hearts torn out against a top 10 team that they consider a rival, and got to play this game at home.

Still, great win for Air Force. They have some pretty tough (underrated) competition the next two weeks, but if they can get through BYU and Navy, they could cruise into that game against Notre Dame at 10-0, which would be pretty exciting. :)

No I agree, TCU had a hell of a tough loss last week to the Longhorns and this one won't help either. Great game fun to watch.

Great comeback by Air Force. That 4th and 1 option play at their own 29 was a joy to watch.

Got me some tickets to the GT-BC game this weekend. I've never been to a tech game before but from what I hear it should be fun. Go Jackets! And RU of course against Middle West Norfolk State Junior Community College.

Great win for Air Force, no way did I think they had a chance to win that game.

Big rivalry game for the Miners against NMSU this weekend. Their offense is very similar to Texas Tech's, so the defense didn't have to learn much of anything new at practice this weekend. And after giving Tech a major scare, I'm sure we can tear into a tear with far inferior talent running the same scheme...

Can't wait for that pillow fight in the Big House to see who's the 118th best team in Division 1-A.

Yes B-I-G win for the Falcons.3-0 BYU next up.

Another reason why Colorado and the West is not the South


Methinks because it was a beautiful evening, peope were actually out and about. I saw plenty of joggers and bikers, people hanging out downtown and those simply out walking around the neighborhoods.

And I just have a really hard time understanding why people would be doing any of those things when there's a college football game to watch.

And I say that as someone who is probably at best only at or around the median for interest in college football in the South.

And that would be close to rabid here in the West. It really was a nice evening, I was outside playing with my son.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3020149

Updated: September 14, 2007, 8:04 PM ET

Notre Dame quarterback Demetrius Jones did not board a bus departing for the trip to Michigan, Coach Charlie Weis said in a statement Friday.

Jones started Notre Dame's opener, a 33-3 loss at home to Georgia Tech. He was pulled as starter last Saturday against Penn State in favor of freshman Jimmy Clausen.

Jones' status at Notre Dame is now in doubt.

Against Georgia Tech, Jones was 1-of-3 passing for 4 yards and ran the ball 12 times for 28 yards. Four of the six drives he led ended in three-and-outs, and he fumbled the ball away on the other two possessions.

"At 2:30 today, while boarding the bus to Michigan, I was notified that Demetrius Jones had decided not to make the trip," Weis said in a statement. "I have not spoken to Demetrius and can only say that he missed the team bus. Any additional comment would be without all the facts."

Really? I'm not sure I see us at 8 wins...our first 2 wins were unimpressive, of the remaining schedule, I'm not sure I see 6 more wins...
@ Wake, @ Rutgers, vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Virginia (homecoming), vs. Clemson, @ North Carolina, vs. Boston College, @ Florida State, @ NC State

Of those, I'd say we'll probably win against Virginia, with Clemson and UNC, we stand a decent shot, and NC State is 50-50. The rest I could see us losing, especially if we play like we have so far. Our defense has actually been really good, I was quite happy with what I saw last night. The offense, on the other hand....stupid Portis.

Edited to fix typos.

/tk

Go Troy!:)

Ok its probably predictable that I would jump all over this, but...
Good shot against Clemson and UNC but NC state is 50-50. But you see losing to Wake, GT, BC, and FSU...

Not sure I follow your logic. Id say other than Rutgers and GT Clemson is your most sure loss on the remainder of your schedule. We handled FSU, NC State is a joke this year, Wake has done nothing in 2 games. But time will tell...

Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but I think the Terps should roll against UNC, NC State, and UVA. I think they match up pretty well against Wake, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, BC, and FSU. I think Clemson's offensive speed (re: big play ability) is similar to that of West Virginia, so that will be a tough one. Fridge seems like he wants to play ball control offense with good defense and that usually does not work well when the opponent has homerun hitters (like WVU's and Clemson's backfield).

Lattimore and the o-line looked real good and the defense looked pretty solid to me. They used a linebacker to spy Patrick White the entire game (and successfully stopped him), but they won't need to do that against teams without mobile QBs like White, so I think they will look a lot better against teams that play pro-style offenses (like Rutgers, BC, GT). Unless Steffy fails to improve throughout the rest of the season, I think they have 8-wins in them, as the ACC is still a little down.

Please stop causing problem...

What was the spread on this Troy-Oklahoma State game? I though Oklahoma State looked fairly decent going into this season.

My Longhorns looking good in the early season?

What better, Peter Gardere pulled over for DUI, or Rhett Bomar paid for not working?

Ok State had the media in their corner coming into the season, but following what success? Nothing more than a 7-6 season last year. Every year they are the next great thing. But nothing. This preseason, on the Official Oklahoma State website, they even proclaimed themselves as having "The Greatest Offense in the World".

Money from Boone Pickens may buy nice facilities, get you in the media spotlight and like such as. Wins? Not so much.

Wow. Troy finally got to make a statement at home. Good for them.

Troy St. = UCLA

'Unknown College of Lower Alabama'

The sad thing is that Troy hasn't even played all that well this game and they are still beating the crap out of them. Troy's coach has made two horrendous play calls (fake punt inside his own thirty and not managing the clock at the end of the first half).

Iowa travels to Ames to take on the clones. I hope Iowa wins 256-0. that would make me feel very toasty inside.

Spread was OSU -10, btw.

Go Buffalo. 3-0 early in the PSU game.

Impressions of Michigan State: Good offensive line, but Hoyer is very inaccurate with his throws. Defense looks ok, but who knows if Pitt is any good.

sheesh. Syracuse is just an awful team. They're down 14-0 in the first minute of the 2nd quarter, and make a huge stop on a 3rd and 3, causing a fumble (Illinois recovered), but Syracuse gets pushy and gets tagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty, and they give up a first down.

forget I said that

PSU losing 3-0 to Buffalo in the 2nd Q. It'd be nice for PSU to actually wake up today.

Which I could actually watch it (damn B10 network)

A winless season doesn't seem impossible, and 1-2 wins seems likely.

Can Robinson possibly be kept around after that?

Bring back Coach P.

The grass is always greener....

Though I still think he was a bad gameday coach, and that the late 90s teams underachieved.

Pitt has some talent, but they are very weak on both lines and at quarterback. My observation is that they are not real well coached, either. You see a lot of fundamental mistakes (inopportune penalties, poor decisions by skill players, missed tackles, etc.). As a WVU fan, my biggest fear is if/when Wanny gets canned, they hire a good fundamental coaching staff, because they have quite a bit of talent there.

I usually think it is a good idea to give any new coach five years so that they can get their players and philosophies installed, but I don't see a shred of improvement from them and they are rarely even competitive in their games with decent teams anymore. But he is the new AD's selection and he doesn't seem like the type of guy to admit that he made a bad choice. I think the whole Syracuse AD could use a shake up (aside from men's bball).

Upset alerts:

Mississippi State 10, Auburn 0
The Citadel 14, Wisconsin 14

Wow, how abysmal of the Big Ten? Geez.

Syracuse stinks pretty bad.

And why does the lead analyst in the studio feel the need to say things like "these guys are really bad?" I mean, do we ask him to do that? I mean, the other guys are there for that I guess. But it seems to me that it wasn't always that way. I mean, make informed comments about blown coverages or something. But the side commentary that's just pervasive in 'journalism' today is downright annoying.

I'd be really happy for Sly Croom if Miss State can get that win down at Auburn. He was one of those guys who was supposedly on the hot seat to start the year and he didn't have much to work with when he got there, but to be able to turn a corner and notch a big win would be great for them.

Its now 13-0! Go, Bulldogs!

dola, the box score for that game shows Cox with 2 pass attempts, and 2 ints.

Anyway for Wisconsin to save face today?

A thought here.. The Big Ten Conference may soon be sending out an all points bulletin to all members stating to keep away from SoCon Members in their future scheduling. :)

Uh, Georgia and Western Carolina tied 3-3 in the 2nd quarter.

Dola

We also have...

Minnesota 14, Florida Atlantic 14
Indiana 17, Akron 17

I don't know how big an upset it would actually be for Minnesota or Indiana to win today.

Here is why he missed the bus.
 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3021106

Wow, how did he enroll so fast?

Iowa State is absolutely pwning Iowa, but 4 field goals is all they've got.

UGA pulling away from Western Carolina, now 31-9 10 mins left 3rd qtr.

Wow, nothing like enrolling late. Wow...I'm sure academically it's not much of an issue. Why take all of those hard ND classes and not play? lol..

Hmm...I'm sure he applied late and they pushed his application forward personally. Heck, this happens at the D-III level, so I bet in D-1 it's a smooth process because the coach handles it himself.

Pitt just picked up 4th and 18. They are down by 4 with 23 seconds remaining and have the ball on the Michigan State 31

Texas Tech up 7-0 on Rice early in the first. This one could get REALLY ugly...Rice lost to Nicholls State, for gods sake.

Wow. Mississippi State just ran the ball up Auburn's gut. 10 straight runs on a 56 yard drive to take the lead 19-14.

Man, Pitt is a poorly coached team if there ever was one. No sense of urgency, kids playing like the game wasn't on the line. I mean, talk about mental breakdowns left and right. MSU got a gift today.

I mean, on that last play..they had two guys that were down the field within the distance of the ball. The QB put it where it needed to be and that kid looked at the ball like "huh? what? for me?"

No kidding, if I'm a Pitt fan they can't fire Wannstedt fast enough for my taste.

Us Dolphins fans are familiar with all of that.

Wannstedt is a pretty good recruiter, but he is not very good at finding coaches that teach or scheme well. Pitt's AD job just opened up (former AD left to take over at Arkansas) and I think Pitt and Wanny would be better off if they promoted him to an admin. job and brought in a younger, more dynamic head coach.

Make that 14-0 Tech up on Rice

Boy, it'd be a lot of fun to see Washington win and Notre Dame lose. What a week that'll be. lol

Just to have hear about it constantly.

I wonder if South Florida will be ranked ahead of Auburn this week. :)

hahaha...

Notre Dame already blowns it against Michigan.
Tenn already is in a hole against the dirty gators.


As I type Mallet drops the snaps.

7-0 Florida already, on an 83 yd punt return TD.
As you might expect, poor tackling on the punt (which came after a dropped first down pass) led to the score.

It's gonna be a looong day ... or at least a looong KOR.
Coker inside the UF 30 with some broken tackles of his own.

Man, Locker is really quick.

Auburn had 1st and goal from the MSU 9 late in the 4th. Cox gets 1 completion for 0 yards and three incompletions to end the game. Mississippi State with their biggest win since the upset over Florida.

Locker is pretty tough. And has pretty good poise for a freshman.

Looks like he has a pretty strong arm from what I have seen of him throwing on the run.

Questionable call on 3rd down by Washington.

Yeah, I didn't like that call.

Claussen...wow. Growing pains for sure.

He just fumbled the ball. Michigan ball.

I guess I never realized the University of Washington was in Seattle. I don't know why I thought it was somewhere else in Washington.

Meanwhile, the Michigan drubbing is apparently underway. And how did UM get three straight home games? I guess that App State game was a gimmie, but still two back to back games against top opponents is..impressive.

Touchdown, Michigan.

I bet that band has played more today than they had in the past two weeks.

Running into punters. Bad idea, Washington.

Texas AT Central Florida? Wow...how'd they pull THAT off?

Cincinnati looked good today. Grutza was able to step in and play well for the injured Mauk.

And it's first and goal Central Florida. Wow..

By the way...what's up with Tech playing three CUSA teams in a row? SMU, then UTEP, now Rice? Shouldn't they spread their non-conference schedule around?