College Football Week 8 Thread
 

I decided to start this one for two reasons. The first is that I figured the Missouri guys might not want to what with their loss this past weekend and imminent loss on Saturday. The other is that Texas will play as the #1 team in the nation this week for the first time since the 1984 Texas/OU game. We were #1 in the BCS ratings for one week in 2005, and of course #1 in the postseason polls. But this is the first time we've been #1 in the AP or (now) Coaches' Poll for a game in 24 years.

So, uh, good luck everybody.

This is the week Penn State takes 11 years of frustration out on Michigan!

Missouri was just looking ahead to this weekend.

Missouri beats Texas!

GO HAWKS!!!
We get wisky at home. Buck Fucky!

For BYU it's a Thursday night game against TCU and it isn't a trap game but a dangerous one for us as it is at TCU.

We need to win this and convincingly and I want Utah to win out so when we meet them on Nov 22 the Holy War will be not only for the conference championship but for a BCS game as well.

Thursday night, a lot of people are going to find out that TCU has a very good football team.

Trust me, I think a lot of people know. It's been circled on BYU's calendar for a while and the fans have been really concerned about this game.

I am even more concerned with their mobile QB.

I have no idea who Rutgers plays but I am pretty sure they will lose

It would be amazing to see where BYU and Utah would be in the rankings (both polls and BCS) if they manage to get through unbeaten.

TCU is ranked as well, aren't they?

In the USA today poll they are, in all of the others they are sitting around 26 - 28

Every year, Sparty comes into the Ohio State-Michigan State game as a possible contender, and every year OSU sends them into a nice 4-5 game tailspin that puts an end to that talk.

Hopefully, this year is no different.

Posted in the week 7 thread but Tommy Bowden has been fired

press conference at 5pm

I bear no ill-will toward MizzouRah or kcchief19 regarding this weekend's game. I'm looking forward to a competitive game against an opponent whose BCS and national title dreams will have them backed up against a wall and ready to fight.

As for the feelings towards MBBF, I hope the Horns beat Mizzou like a rented mule.

Like the 360 is beating the PS3? ;)

The two 3-0 in conference CUSA West teams play when UTEP visits Tulsa on Saturday. Tulsa has an explosive offense, UTEP has a struggling defense. Could be a long day for Miner fans, but the Miners have been playing inspired ball the past three weeks so it could also be a great day...

UConn travels to Rutgers.

And South Florida hosts Syracuse, and I hope USF avoids the letdown they had against Pitt...

:lol:

Should be a great game.. where is MBBF? I took that loss hard, but I haven't seen him around since the game...

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It was a nice 11 run year while it lasted...

Thank god the NHL has started. Yay, Wings!

Can't say that I blame him after as much smack as he was talking in a thread it had no business in.

I bet he's playing the game over and over on NCAA09 on his PS3 because if he beats Oklahoma State enough times on there maybe it will reverse the reality of what really happened.

yep, talk about casting a hex...

Missouri still has a shot.
Oklahoma State has to win out as does Missouri. They meet in the Big 12 Championship game and Missouri wins.
National championship game is Missouri vs. Alabama or Penn St.

Oklahoma State has to go to Austin, where they'll take a 35-7 lead into the second half before losing 42-35.

I thought the post where I stated I was in Vegas 10/9-10/13 would have fended off these posts. Once again, I apologize for not 'nerding' up and interrupting my vacation to feed the pirahna on FOFC. :)

As I mentioned in the other thread, the big picture is still firmly in place for Mizzou. If they can find a way to win in Austin on Saturday, they have a very favorable schedule and the B12 Championship in their own backyard. This year could end up looking very similar to last year with an early conference loss followed by a big stretch run.

Simple game plan for Mizzou this week. Instruct Chase Daniel that he doesn't have to complete every single pass and that it's OK to throw a ball away. If he does that, we'll be just fine.

Gotta love that this needs to be taught to a senior QB.

Obviously, that's an overstatement. He completes over 70% of his passes. It's not shocking that he thinks he can complete them all. He pretty much had done exactly that up until Saturday. He'll be fine and it's much better that he gets his ego checked now when Mizzou still has a good shot at making the BCS Championship game than later on when a loss would be disasterous for Mizzou's hopes.

Allright MBBF, lets go Mizzou!!!

It's all in place.

-Mizzou teed-off after losing a game that they likely should have won.

-Texas on an emotional high after beating OU and ascending to the #1 spot in the nation.

We don't have a prayer. :D

Well, it might not matter if Chase plays a perfect game, because Bradford was 28 of 39 for 387 yards and 5 touchdowns and OU still lost. It is gonna take a lot more than just Daniel playing better for Mizzou.

And with the "past performance is not an indicator of future performance" disclaimer, Texas has yet to lose the week after the OU game while Mack Brown has been the coach. So he and his staff have done a good job of getting them to bounce back after the brutal losses, and getting them grounded after the huge wins.

Texas is damn good... my only hope is the #1 jinx. :P

I don't think there's any question about that. Oklahoma and Texas both exposed their opposing defenses last week as being the weaker side of the ball. There's no question that Texas will need that offense to show up again to cover for their weak secondary. Mizzou's defense was good enough to win last Saturday (under 30 points and forced 3 turnovers). If Mizzou's D plays similarly, I'm pretty confident that Daniel will perform much better and it will be a very good matchup.

If Texas has similar athletes on their D-line as Oklahoma State, Daniel might be in a bit of trouble again. The Cowboys had a nice outside rush that seemed to rattle Chase.

It was a change from past games. For most of the games over the past 1 1/2 years, teams have tended to fall back instead of attack the offense with at least 4 rushers (and occasional blitzers). If future opponents decide to take a similar approach, it'll be interesting to see how the Mizzou offense alters its attack. Mizzou does have a couple of young linemen. They've played well overall, but I'm sure they can get rattled.

hehehehe this seriously cracked me up. Talk about pinning the tail on the donkey.

*****After three years of playing teams coached by Houston Nutt, UA safety Rashad Johnson has an idea of what he might see from the Rebels -- the same as what he saw from Arkansas.
"They're going to try and establish the running game," Johnson said, "and even when it's not working, they're going to try and establish the running game."

http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2008/10/...from_fans.html

ETA: link

This made me giggle...

The similarity is that half the country wants to get into both but not all of 'em can.

;)

Reports out of Clemson are that Senior QB Cullen Harper is going to have surgery on his shoulder and will be out 2-4 weeks, following the GT game. That said, Korn is still going to start against Tech, so I'm not sure why Harper is waiting - report I saw (no link, sorry) said he probably wouldn't even dress.

We get Florida State-NC State on ESPN over BYU-TCU tonight? Is the BYU game even being carried?

BYU-TCU is on Versus, I believe.

Good call.
Totally missed that at first.


In other news, YUCK, an agent (who happens to be a Clemson grad) of a certain slimy coach with a 1 year contract and a less than reputable past WAS in Clemson today. Saw with my EYES and talked to said agent (who once upon a time was in an alumni assoc with me)....but he said he wwas strictly talking and nothing was imminent.....YUCK...Please No...

Not a good way to start for BYU. I find the VS broadcast team to be annoying (they might be good for hockey, but eh for football).

This is one of those games that I don't particularly like either team (sorry, Macro). Too bad a 0-0 tie is already out of the question.

Guess if I have to root for someone, I'll root for the Texas team...

TCU -- one of the better teams in the country, but only the 3rd best team in Texas.

TCU is running all over BYU right now. Running the wild frog

Oof....32-7 TCU