Official College Football Week 3 thread

[JPhillips]

Oddly the worst problems have come from the guys that don't have their draft slots locked up. The QBs and the O-Line have been awful so far and if they keep t up it will cost them millions.

Now Joey Bosa certainly looks like a guy just trying to avoid injury. He's been nearly invisible these last two games.

[Easy Mac]

Furman just hit a 55 yard FG to take a 1 point lead over UCF with 12 minutes left.

[tarcone]

Iowa up 3-0 after 1.
CB Desmond King has a couple picks.

Good game so far. Unfortunately our offense looks sad. But we did complete a 50 yard pass.

[cuervo72]

Hmm, pondering making a coffee for this Miss/Bama game. Might be on until 1:30...

[Thomkal]

Well #1/#2 Coastal Carolina survived the debut of its new playing field the "Surf Turf"-all teal colored and barely beat Western Illinois by 7.

[Easy Mac]

Furman still up 1, 7 minutes left. I'm not sleeping tonight regardless of the outcome.

[Easy Mac]

4 minutes left. I can't handle this stress. 4th and 2. Just go for it, try and run out the clock. Don't punt.

edit: and its a shitty 20 yard punt.

edit: UCF fumbles!

[bronconick]

Dabo Swinney is going to push Steve Spurrier into retirement this year

[Easy Mac]

82 seconds, UCF has to go about 60 yards with no TO

[Easy Mac]

We DiD It!!!!!!

[Thomkal]

yay Furman

[cuervo72]

:38 must be one of the earliest FG ever.

[bob]

Saw this elsewhere, but thought it was funny:

Tech-ing - akin to Clemson-ing, where the team falls on their face in any game that would give them an opportunity for a breakthrough.

[General Mike]

worse then Nova.

[BillJasper]

Kevin Hogan confuses me? Some games he looks like he could be a great NFL QB, other games you wonder why he isn't in DIII.

[tarcone]

Iowa up 17-7 at half. We look pretty good. Struggling running the ball. But our QB is really good. Strong arm and accurate. Can't figure why he didn't start lat year. Oh, wait yanh I can.

Good game to watch.

[markprior22]

Is there no helmet to helmet rule in college football? Beathard was sacked early in the game and it was a blatant helmet to helmet. No one really mentioned it though...play was reviewed due to a fumble so the replay was shown several times. That can't be legal.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by markprior22

Is there no helmet to helmet rule in college football? Beathard was sacked early in the game and it was a blatant helmet to helmet. No one really mentioned it though...play was reviewed due to a fumble so the replay was shown several times. That can't be legal.

Targeting and Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)

No player shall target and initiate contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul.

Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)

No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)

KEY INDICATORS

Risk of a foul is high with one or more of these:

Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make contact in the head or neck area
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with contact at the head or neck area—even though one or both feet are still on the ground
Leading with helmet, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with contact at the head or neck area
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating contact with the crown of the helmet



These indicate less risk of a foul:

Heads-up tackle in which the crown of the helmet does not strike above the shoulders
Wrap-up tackle
Head is to the side rather than being used to initiate contact
Incidental helmet contact that is not part of targeting but is due to the players changing position during the course of play

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

Kevin Hogan confuses me? Some games he looks like he could be a great NFL QB, other games you wonder why he isn't in DIII.

One of the streakiest QB I have ever seen. Tonight, is the best I have ever seen him play.

[bob]

Targetting does exist at the NCAA level:

CMU DL Mitch Stanitzek ejected for targeting, Syracuse QB Eric Dungey leaves game | Dr. Saturday - Yahoo Sports

[tarcone]

Iowa hits a 57 yard FG with no time left to win!!!!!!!!!!!



Wooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooo

[MrBug708]

These refs at the ucla game. We got a targeting penalty because the guy intentionally missed the QB sliding. Completely whiffed

[tarcone]

WOW, Just WOW

[panerd]

Originally Posted by tarcone

If Missouri is a contender for the SEC East, that is one weak division.

And I question that call for a fake FG by UConn.

LOL Big Ten West.

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by tarcone

WOW, Just WOW

Still reacting to Iowa, or did you flip over to Bama/Miss?

[bronconick]

2013's Auburn lucky horseshoe got shoved up Ole' Miss' ass

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Still reacting to Iowa, or did you flip over to Bama/Miss?

Both

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by panerd

LOL Big Ten West.

But I never claimed it was strong. #thesecisthegreayestthingsinceslicedbread

[tarcone]

And to make the day even better, Iowa State Lost to Toledo. Awesome

[tarcone]

Dang. I'm wired for sound now.

[MacroGuru]

I personally feel BYU should be up 21-3 they have made some dunderhead mistakes.

[kingfc22]

What's with these SEC games going past midnight local time this year?

[MrBug708]

Considering we are barely down, I feel like we should be up by two scores with the passing mistakes we've made

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

What's with these SEC games going past midnight local time this year?

It's been a thing for a little while now - feature SEC games run like 4 hours long.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

It's been a thing for a little while now - feature SEC games run like 4 hours long.

This one didn't even start until after 915

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

It's been a thing for a little while now - feature SEC games run like 4 hours long.

Hmmm. Guess I can only recall watching west coast teams start games this late on a Saturday night.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

What's with these SEC games going past midnight local time this year?

Seems outrageous to start a top game at 9:15 local time, but welcome to 2015. In 5 years this game might've been moved to Friday or Tuesday night.
Btw, as much as I live watching Saban lose, I'm.still rooting for Bama due to how big a douche Kelly is -
College Football offseason (non recruiting) discussion. - Page 4 - Front Office Football Central

Btw, I missed most of the first half and am super confused - why doesn't Alabama just give Derrick Henry the ball?

[cuervo72]

True, this one did start at 9:15. We're 3:10 in now though with 12:30 left in the 4th. My joke about having to stay up until 1:30AM to watch the end may not be that far off.

[CU Tiger]

Random thoughts for this thread

Ive got a +1750 ticket on a $500 bet for under 5.5 on USC jrs win total I placed in Vegas in July.

For my selfish reasons I hope Spurrier stays 1 more year. He has almost destroyed what he built...and I find it glorious.

No one at SC, most especially Ray Tanner has the ability to fire Spurrier. He will be there until he quits. Which I actually think will be very late next year, like right before the season ala Vanderbilt and the situation that made, my dear friend, Robbie Caldwell a head coach for 1 season in an effort to get Steve Jr a HC gig.

Still think Jon underestimates the ACC this year. Yeah they aint great but neither is anyone else.

Here is hoping Swag Kelly chokes this one away...just so we can watch the fireworks that ensue.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by tarcone

And to make the day even better, Iowa State Lost to Toledo. Awesome

At a certain point people need to realize the better MAC teams are good. Not most of them, but Toledo, NIU, especially BG aren't flukes.

Btw I think that pass is clean.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by bob

Didn't see the plays in question, but I think GT and Navy fans would also complain about refs miss calling chop blocks vs cut blocks. I wonder if refs assigned to certain games / teams have to go through any sort of special training due to those offenses. Don't we have a ref onboard here?

Yep we have an NCAA D1 ref.

And I think he'll call a few GT games this year.

The rules were changed a couple years ago to even further restrict combo blocks. GT for example is coached to break the rule because most refs wont call it frequently enough. Last year against Clemson the coaches submitted a tape that showed 24 illegal blocks while 2 were called. The ACC responded they didnt dispute any of the allegations.

[bronconick]

Those pop passes are going to give Saban a stroke

[JonInMiddleGA]

Unintended victims of tonight's game:

Wisconsin

Losing to a Bama team that really doesn't appear to have a QB nor a secondary suddenly looks worse than it did at first.

[cuervo72]

I'm surprised that anyone is surprised here.

[cuervo72]

Ah, I think you try for a few more yards there (Green Bay?)

[lungs]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Unintended victims of tonight's game:

Wisconsin

Losing to a Bama team that really doesn't appear to have a QB nor a secondary suddenly looks worse than it did at first.

I don't think Wisconsin is anything more than a 20-25 ranked team this year.

[CU Tiger]

Bama with 3 drop in the last few minutes trying to come back

[BishopMVP]

This game won't end!

Btw, has there ever been a CFB team this good where absolutely nobody gives any credit to the head coach? I feel like we all agreed Ole Miss paid all those good recruits, but won't say it out loud now that it's come to fruition. (Btw, to paraphrase the Pony Express quote - Ole Miss might've paid players, but they paid the right players!)

[cuervo72]

Bah, only needed to last three more minutes.

[CU Tiger]

Lane Kiffin single handedly ended the USC dynasty, destroyed UT, ruined the Raiders worse than they were and is ruining Saban's legacy...impressive?