College Football Week 1 discussion

[tarcone]

Iowa survives UNI. Tough game. Iowa needs to clean some things up. But there were a lot of positives.

But my favorite moment of the 1st week is the 34-14 smack down of Iowa State by NDSU. And I visited Cyclonefanatic after the game and found this gem in the official game thread: "I say we go full-on early 80s SMU. How much worse would the death penalty be than this?" BRILLIANT.

[Matthean]

Did you hear how awesome it is that Lane Kiffin is on the sidelines versus in the booth?

[JonInMiddleGA]

I don't know who will win Clemson-UGA but I do know that it was hot as Hades parking cars nearby.

Having an FOFC meetup with CU Tiger was by far the highlight of my parking experiences to date.

[MrBug708]

Southern Cal is looking strong so far

[tarcone]

Yeah, USC is looking really strong. The PAC12 looks like a fun conference to watch this season.

[Matthean]

'Bama score would have seemed more normal if not for the KR for a TD. Sims could have been better, but he was solid enough. 'Bama's D has a long way to go though.

[Butter]

Georgia's defense was amazing in the 2nd half. Looks like I was wrong about them.

[JPhillips]

Maybe the answer is SC and Clemson are both overrated.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Like I said, this is the most dangerous team Georgia has had in a long time.

The biggest threat to them I can see right now is their own coaching staff. And IF (enormous gigantic huge IF) the defense simply plays up to their athletic ability, I'm not even sure having Mike BooBoo as a coordinator will stop them.

edit to add: It nauseates me to say that, honestly, you have no idea how much. But the only thing about today that surprised me was how long it took for the game to get to that point.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Yeah, USC is looking really strong. The PAC12 looks like a fun conference to watch this season.

Quoted for truth. Very happy with what I've seen from the team tonight.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

Love that they have gotten their true freshman involved early. Juju Smith and Jackson both looking great along with a few others such as the OL Viane and Damien Mama.

[JPhillips]

I think the Wiscy kicker ate Jared Lorenzen.

[Lathum]

Been waiting 8 long months. Go Huskies!!

[TroyF]

Oklahoma State did not start out playing very well and had about 3 or 4 of those game changing plays go against them. (FSU gets a tipped pick 6, OSU misses a FG, OSU drops a sure fire INT inside the 10, etc.)

They have kept fighting. Dominating the FSU offensive line, starting to get more confident on offense and this is a football game. Winston has terrific yardage numbers and he's been hurt by his horrible offensive line, but the guy has thrown 2 INT's and is lucky he doesn't have 5.

As I type this OSU is ready to get the ball back around the 40,k down three. On the downside, the best DE on the night just hurt his knee jumping up and down after the last third down stop.

FSU could catch fire and blow the doors off OSU in the next 25 minutes, but I'm proud of the guys. What a great effort.

[Eaglesfan27]

Very excited by that interception by Sarao. I went to high school with his father and he is such a good kid.

[cartman]

Nice first game for Coach Strong. The Texas D was awesome, holding North Texas to under 100 yards for the game, and didn't give up a score. Final was 38-7, with North Texas' TD coming on a fumble in the end zone.

Next up, BYU. I don't think they are getting 550 yards on the ground this time.

[TroyF]

Holy hell, I have rarely seen a team get EVERY break in a game. Florida State took the cake tonight. Every fumble, every tipped pass, every single thing. Winston decides to fire the ball in triple coverage. Throws it behind the WR, who spins and catches the ball and then proceeds to go for six. (note: not saying talent isn't in play here too)

FSU has to feel pretty lucky to get out of this game with a win. If this is what they are this season, they have zero shot at the national title this year. I don't necessarily believe they'll play this way all year by the way.

Wisconsin busy throttling LSU. Dominating both sides of the ball.

[tarcone]

Game over. Too bad. I was rooting for the Cowboys.

[TroyF]

Winston "We still playing like champions, we just got to step it up a;notch"

If that's how you truly feel, you are losing at least two times this season, maybe more.

If Georgia and FSU had played today, FSU wouldn't have been within 20 of them. Still, both are 1-0 and both can improve and not improve as the case may be. I just wouldn't be talking about championships after that game.

[Noop]

Florida State played a C game and OSU played their A game. I think OSU was the best thing to happen to FSU because it will force them to step their shit up. I thought Jameis forced way to many passes to Rashad Greene and neglected the other WRs.

I hope Karlos Williams is moved to FB or slot WR because he is not a good running. Jimbo is so timid at times.

Overall this game went just about how I expected with OSU punching FSU in the mouth and out coaching them. I wonder how long Gundy stays at OSU because it is clear to me that he is an excellent coach who should be coaching at a top 15 program... maybe Michigan.

[mckerney]

Didn't watch much of the LSU - WI game, but with them leading in the 2nd half how does Wisconsin give Gordon 16 carries while letting McEvoy throw 24 times?

[bhlloy]

Given Les Miles' history, how in the holy hell are you not prepared for a fake punt in that situation?

[Matthean]

So if Oregon beats MSU, we get to ignore the Big Ten this year.

[Lathum]

Just finished watching the Huskies game on the DVR.

Man, I never took Sankey and Price for granted, but WOW we will miss them. We managed a one point win largely because of one big play and a roughing the passer call that kept another drive alive.

The running game was non existent, Lindquist missed wide open receivers, the defense got pushed around on the line, and we played very sloppy. I don't want to over react but I can see it being a really long season in conference play.

[CU Tiger]

Jon, was good to meet you! Had a to. Going on and kept feeling like I never stopped to talk as much as I would have liked but thanks for the parking lead and we had a great time.

My first game in Athens. It was fun. Actually had very few bad fan incidents despite being warned and prepared for hell.

In the end clemson played 3 good quarters..not sure why the o got so conservative in the second half. I know they were backed up but at tsome point you have to flip the field. Let them wear the d out...and run down hill.

UGA is good. Gurley is what I thought he was in high school.

On a positive note for Clemson true freshman Watsom comes in on the 5th series in a rowdy environment and orchestrated arguably the pretties drive of the day. Ill be surprised if he isn't starting by end of the year.

Thanks again Jon.

[JPhillips]

ESPN has McEvoy with a QB rating of 6.8. That might be the lowest I've seen.

[General Mike]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

ESPN has McEvoy with a QB rating of 6.8. That might be the lowest I've seen.

That's QBR which is their own formula, not the traditional QB rating formula. You're probably right tho. I looked up Gary Nova's worst game, and it was still a 17 in QBR.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

ESPN has McEvoy with a QB rating of 6.8. That might be the lowest I've seen.

Both of the QBs North Texas played against Texas yesterday put up a 0.0 with one going 2/11 for 8 yards with 2 picks and the other 1/6 for 7 yards and 2 INT.

[MizzouRah]

Hot one at times yesterday, but a fun kickoff to the season!

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I don't want to over react but I can see it being a really long season in conference play.

I'm trying to not over react as well, but I have some growing concerns about the staff Petersen hired. And my concern wasn't helped by watching USC eviscerate Fresno State earlier in the day.

[BillJasper]

Good to know Fox Sports hires the mentally challenged. They have Joey Harrington calling the SMU/Baylor game. Just brutal already.

[General Mike]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

Good to know Fox Sports hires the mentally challenged. They have Joey Harrington calling the SMU/Baylor game. Just brutal already.

Dave Wannstadt in the studio

[Suicane75]

Every year I feel like it takes me to about 1 quarter to remember how much I love the diversity and excitement of College Football. It's also the length of time it takes for me to remember how much I loathe the TV presentation of College Football.

[cartman]

Looks like David Ash will be out for the BYU game. The concussion issues that kept him out almost all of last season reappeared after the North Texas game.

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