College Football -- Week 1 Thread

[wade moore]

What a horrible angle by number 30 on that return - he should have had the returner at the 20.

[mauchow]

Holy crap. How can there be 1 on 1 coverage that deep down the field. I'm sorry but that's just horrible.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by wade moore

How badly does BSU want that botched EP back now?

Ehh... VT wouldn't have gone for 2, so it's a wash.

So close there.

[kingfc22]

Looked like 13 misjudged it and at the last moment got his hand in there.

[Dr. Sak]

You can't take a sack like that...throw it away.

[mauchow]

I wouldn't mind this game going into OT.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Ehh... VT wouldn't have gone for 2, so it's a wash.

So close there.

Good point - hadn't thought about that.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by HiFiRevival

That was worse that VT's pass play call.

yes it was terrible but the TD looked inevitable. It probably would have been better for BS if they did not call it since they probably would have ran more time off the clock scoring.

[Bigsmooth]

Great game. Love college football!

[kingfc22]

Either way, both teams have shown that they seem to be legit Top 10 squads this season.

[wade moore]

4th and 11 - biggest play of Tyrod's career?

[wade moore]

Another good no-call.

[kingfc22]

WOW. He should have caught that ball.

[mauchow]

Oh, man. He had it.. wow

[wade moore]

(although I would think that VT fans feel it was horrible call)

[Dr. Sak]

There was no DPI there...no advantage gained.

[Galaril]

Win or lose VT and their fans got nothing to be ashamed that is for sure. BS is damn lucky to win this one

[Young Drachma]

Game, set, match. Great game, heck of a start to the season.

[k0ruptr]

GAME OVER~! YEA BOISE!!! WOOOOHOOO!!!

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by HiFiRevival

And VT ices the game before that with a simple run call.

I agree that they were over-thinking it by throwing a pass, but it wasn't "over" with a run call.

[kingfc22]

It's going to be an interesting college FB season to say the least.

[k0ruptr]

VT Played GREAT, Boise played GREAT, both teams are damn lucky. Boise was better on this day. that is all.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Game, set, match. Great game, heck of a start to the season.

Big time. Great friggin' game to finish off the first weekend of real football.

[Young Drachma]

Props to Virginia Tech for having the courage to even play this game.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by mauboy1

Holy crap. How can there be 1 on 1 coverage that deep down the field. I'm sorry but that's just horrible.

Still better than VT's coverage on the Boise TD. I still don't know what that safety was thinking - there is 1 receiver on your half of the field, and 2 other defensive players in front of you - don't let Pettis get open behind you.

Oof, another borderline non-call against VT. I really hope Oregon St. beats Boise - the rest of that schedule is a joke.

[Galaril]

Two great teams for sure.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by HiFiRevival

I thought both looked pretty sketchy and the playcalling for VT may lose them another game or 2.

I think some of that can be contributed to it being the first game of the season.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by HiFiRevival

It takes the clock down to a minute at the most and puts much more pressure on BSU.

And BSU scored in less than a minute, your point?

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Props to Virginia Tech for having the courage to even play this game.

exactly.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Pity Va Tech didn't bother to show up for the start of the game. Bad news for the ACC is that I suspect this makes them more dangerous than they would have been otherwise.

For Boise, they just have to avoid losing to any of the high school teams that make up the rest of their schedule, bully for them.

[k0ruptr]

I think Boise , if they go undefeated, there season really really depends on how VT does the rest of the year.

[k0ruptr]

#24 ranked Oregon St. is a high school team now.

Boise's schedule is weak, but that is the WAC. There OOC schedule includes 2 top 25 teams. Nevada from the WAC could very well be in the top 25 by the end of the season as well. They have a great team this year. So lets see. The schedule isnt great, but the part they control is not bad at all. They will probably end up playing 4 -5 bowl teams this year. I dunno , I think its weak, but not nearly as bad as people seem to think.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

#24 ranked Oregon St. is a high school team now.

The ACC is a power conference.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

For Boise, they just have to avoid losing to any of the high school teams that make up the rest of their schedule, bully for them.

I really hope they play an SEC team in whatever bowl game they end up in. It seems like that is the only way some of the good ole boys will ever accept any team having any talent outside of the "best conference" in the world.

Maybe one of the SEC teams should schedule a home and home with BSU instead of scheduling the likes of San Jose State, Georgia State, Appalachian State, etc if they have a problem that BSU might take their entitled spot in a major bowl game due to the conference they play in.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

I really hope they play an SEC team in whatever bowl game they end up in. It seems like that is the only way some of the good ole boys will ever accept any team having any talent outside of the "best conference" in the world.

Maybe one of the SEC teams should schedule a home and home with BSU instead of scheduling the likes of San Jose State, Georgia State, Appalachian State, etc if they have a problem that BSU might take their entitled spot in a major bowl game due to the conference they play in.

Or Jacksonville State.

And remember that Utah curbstomped Alabama a couple years ago in a BCS game.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by HiFiRevival

Different pressure running a 1 minute drill than a 2 minute. A couple of yards on the ground potentially changes the punt distance etc. Quite a few variables starting with chopping their time in half. May not have won the game but it was something that very directly led to the loss (as an example of bad playcalling/execution all night).

That's all fine and good.

You made the claim that a run would have "iced" the game.

That's simply not accurate. It would have made it tougher, but BSU showed they are capable of scoring in under a minute.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

And remember that Utah curbstomped Alabama a couple years ago in a BCS game.

"But Alabama didn't even want to be there so they didn't play hard". (SEC homers)

But whatever. We'll see how this season plays out. Fun end to week 1 and I'm looking forward to see what happens the rest of the way.

[Lathum]

It was a great game, but sadly games like this make it less and less likely teams like Boise, TCU, BYU, etc... will have any luck booking a tough OOC schedule.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Lathum

It was a great game, but sadly games like this make it less and less likely teams like Boise, TCU, BYU, etc... will have any luck booking a tough OOC schedule.

Which is why we need some type of playoff system so that games like this can be played. But that will never happen.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Maybe one of the SEC teams should schedule a home and home with BSU instead of scheduling the likes of San Jose State, Georgia State, Appalachian State, etc if they have a problem that BSU might take their entitled spot in a major bowl game due to the conference they play in.

Most schedules are agreed on 4-5 years in advance... and 5 years ago when Boise played Georgia they got taken behind the woodshed. Did anyone in 2005 really think that Boise State would be a top 10 team in 2010? Plus, for what it's worth they are opening against Ole Miss next year.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Most schedules are agreed on 4-5 years in advance... and 5 years ago when Boise played Georgia they got taken behind the woodshed. Did anyone in 2005 really think that Boise State would be a top 10 team in 2010? Plus, for what it's worth they are opening against Ole Miss next year.

Teams do back out too. Like Texas Tech who replaced TCU with Weber State.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Plus, for what it's worth they are opening against Ole Miss next year.

That does not bode well for Ole Miss. I mean, we've seen what happens when they play a I-AA team

[Ksyrup]

Would be hilarious if OSU lost to both TCU and BSU, then wins the PAC-10.

Really, all BSU can do is win the games, but if VT and OSU don't win 9-11 games this year, those wins will easily be discounted. If VT ends up 8-4, all this hype will have been for nothing. They'd need a perfect storm of upsets to force the voters to choose them over a bunch of 2-3 loss teams.

[molson]

I think most Boise St. fans are more than happy to beat another BCS team - this one a #10 on the "road", and then go through the rest of the reason while everyone else freaks out over the ramifications and, while some try to minimize their accomplishments with reasons that are a real stretch. They've beaten almost everyone in front of them the last 4-5 years. And I think people misunderstand the schedule arguments. Yes, a good schedule creates a better resume for things like national championships, and provides more direct evidence that a team is GREAT. But the reverse isn't true. A weaker schedule isn't evidence that a team isn't GREAT. If one assumes Alabama is the best team in the country - they'd still be the best team in the country if their schedule was entirely made up of 1-AA teams. You would just have to rely on more circumstantial evidence to get to that conclusion.

This game though, was pretty solid direct evidence of how good Boise St. is. We'll see how many schools beat teams ranked in the top #10 on the road this season. That won't be a huge number.

Boise St. and their fans, thank god, doesn't live yet in the depressing world of big-time college football where you either win a championship or you suck. Amd a player/coach/fan that doesn't control the schedule - undefeated means a lot, more than the conclusions of people on message boards and the media about what that means, and maybe even more than a national championship determined by means completely outside their control.