Official College Football Week 11 thread

[bhlloy]

There are 18 players on Cal's injury report and 15 on USC's. Big whoop. Does seem like Cal is hit harder on the defensive side of the ball but probably not enough to offset the loss of 15+ scholarships.

[MrBug708]

Hard to feel sorry for USC when they choose not to use all of their scholarships last year

[Eaglesfan27]

Regardless of the depth of Cal, Buck Allen is a bad man! Haven't seen any back this exciting at USC since Reggie.

[MrBug708]

Don't you mean Dillion Baxter?

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by Matthean

I don't get why Gardner eats the ball and takes the sack in pretty much every single situation even when outside of the pocket.

Because he's a slow decision maker and has been told 1,000 times not to turn the ball over any more.

I remember saying the OL would be OK after a couple of games early this season. I was as wrong about that assessment as anything I've ever said about football. This OL is simply terrible. I know Lewan has all the measurables and plenty of highlights, but it has to hurt his chances of going in the top half of the first round.

[Solecismic]

Each week, a new low with this team. There's just no excuse for this performance on offense. Every single player on the field on offense, every coach, every member of the support staff failed today.

I'm going to assume, from his shaky running, that Devin Gardner really was too injured from last week to be on the field today.

And, please, let's end this stupid experiment with un-retired retired numbers. Tom Harmon? Right.

[Matthean]

14 sacks and -69 yards rushing in two weeks. OL can't block. WRs don't come back to help their QB. QB eats the ball instead of throwing it away. All basic fundamental things a coach covers and here we are after 9 games, and they can't even do the simple things. Next two weeks will be interesting to see what Michigan wants out of its season. OSU points to being a massacre.

[mauchow]

Both teams left opportunities on the field and it was a well fought game. The Badgers D held Hill in check until the final moments and that was the difference. A silly non holding / PI call waved off may have made a little difference but in the end the Badgers pull out a solid 27-17 win. One of two good wins?

Hopefully we can get some respect finally and closer to top 14 and a chance for a BCS Bowl Game.

[Bobble]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

My son, who hasn't missed ESPN's GameDay in years - getting up really early every Saturday morning - wanted me to watch the segment about the guy visiting every Division 1 college football stadium on gameday (he has 2 to go), which is something up my alley. Anyway, the reporter asked the question to the viewers if you could only visit one stadium on gameday, what would it be? I asked my son what it would be and he gave me that look like it was a dumb question. His answer? Clemson, of course. Would not have guessed that.

Hawaii. Wait! Is there a stadium on Mars or in that castle from Holy Grail with all the chicks? Castle Anthrax? No? Then Hawaii.

[tarcone]

Iowa beats up Purdue, 38-14. Ran the ball down their throat.
Iowa sits at 6-4 with a game against Michigan and then at Nebraska.
I see those as winnable games.

8-4 would be nice.

[JPhillips]

I don't understand the plan for Gardner. Yeah, he's turnover prone, but he's also at his most dangerous when he's running. Having him drop back isn't working, so why not give him freedom and see what happens?

edit: I don't see why he can't play like Braxton Miller.

[mauchow]

I get to watch Bama blow out LSU while flipping it very occasionally to ND getting beat by Pitt... while I read Game of thrones. Sounds like a great Saturday night.

[Marmel]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Maryland and Syracuse are both ass.

Cuse is less ass.
Actually, I cannot figure out the Cuse defense. They got toasted by Northwestern, Clemson and GTech, but in the other games they hit like an NFL squad and it is clearly the strength of the team. They are one of the hardest hitting teams I have ever watched, outside of those 3 bad games. Anyhow, they are 5-4 and clinch bowl eligibilty next week when they shock the world!

Points allowed per game:
17
48
0
17
49
10
56
0
3

Obviously those 3 big numbers are the 3 best teams they have played.

[mauchow]

UNBELIEVABLE Fumble. The fullback, Copeland fumbles as he looked like he could have walked into the endzone but #11 made an unbelievable whack at the ball to knock it loose as he was about a foot from scoring.. Bama ball. Wow. LSU looked good on that drive though.

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by mauchow

LSU looked good on that drive though.

THat drive? Not so much... lol

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

I don't understand the plan for Gardner. Yeah, he's turnover prone, but he's also at his most dangerous when he's running. Having him drop back isn't working, so why not give him freedom and see what happens?

edit: I don't see why he can't play like Braxton Miller.

They don't want him to get hurt.

[mauchow]

LSU the better team so far. Bama lucky it's not 14-3.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by mauchow

LSU the better team so far. Bama lucky it's not 14-3.

Uh, ok. Whatever you say.

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Uh, ok. Whatever you say.

Well, it was that way early on.. a little different now

[Desnudo]

That is one large police officer. Les Miles guarded by 5 police officers during the halftime interview

[mauchow]

The Badgers will make a nice move this week in the CPU Polls.. Average ranking right now in the CPU Polls is 32.5. My guess for tomorrow? 23-24.

[MrBug708]

If only you could have beaten ASU

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by Matthean

They don't want him to get hurt.

Behind that line he isn't any safer dropping back.

It just seems like they are trying to force Gardner to do something he has a small chance of doing well.

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

If only you could have beaten ASU

They'd be hovering somewhere in the Top 10 right now

If they don't get a BCS Bowl if they finish 10-2 I'm going to be very sad.

[PilotMan]

So my FCS, NDSU Bison have an 18 game winning steak now. It's not like we've been playing patsies either. The Mountain Valley Conference is arguably one of the toughest in the FCS. This week's game coming up against Youngstown State, on the road will be a tough test, to be sure.

I think we've already locked up a playoff spot, but the question now is can we snag home field all the way through the tournament?

[cartman]

Hell of a game in Morgantown. Went to OT, Texas scored a TD on their possession, then stop the Mountaineers 4 times from the 5 yard line to get the 47-40 win.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Verily LSU, do not meddle in the affairs of contenders, for thou art crunchy and goeth well with ketchup

[MrBug708]

UCLA using Myles Jack on offense. A true freshmen, is starting at OLB and basically crushed Arizona on defense on a 90 yard drive

He might be the best RB in the state of California. (Yes, hyperbole but dude is crushing it going both ways)

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by cartman

Hell of a game in Morgantown. Went to OT, Texas scored a TD on their possession, then stop the Mountaineers 4 times from the 5 yard line to get the 47-40 win.

Great game

Would have been a pretty good year in Morgantown if we had a quarterback.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by mauchow

They'd be hovering somewhere in the Top 10 right now

If they don't get a BCS Bowl if they finish 10-2 I'm going to be very sad.

ND currently losing to Pitt might help.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

It just seems like they are trying to force Gardner to do something he has a small chance of doing well.

And thus the summation of the Hoke era.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Great game

Would have been a pretty good year in Morgantown if we had a quarterback.

It is really frustrating to me that we cannot seem to find more than "project" quarterbacks these last few seasons. You would think, with Geno Smith throwing 500+ times the past two years for over 70 TDS, that we could pull in a top 15 or 20 QB in one of the past 2-3 recruiting cycles.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

So my FCS, NDSU Bison have an 18 game winning steak now. It's not like we've been playing patsies either. The Mountain Valley Conference is arguably one of the toughest in the FCS. This week's game coming up against Youngstown State, on the road will be a tough test, to be sure.

I think we've already locked up a playoff spot, but the question now is can we snag home field all the way through the tournament?

*cough* Missouri Valley *cough*



Just read they lost Grant Olson for the season. Besides Brock Jensen that is probably the most detrimental loss possible.

[EagleFan]

Not a bad stat line in the UCLA game....

7 tackles and 1 fumble recovery as a linebacker and 6 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown as a running back.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Not a bad stat line in the UCLA game....

7 tackles and 1 fumble recovery as a linebacker and 6 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown as a running back.

Dude is a straight stud. I'm naming my kid after him

He also had a pick on a play that was called back due to a bad PI call

[jbergey22]

These Refs must have some serious coin on Arizona. UCLA has been getting screwed the entire second half.

[MrBug708]

Arizona fan feels like they were screwed all game...haha

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Arizona fan feels like they were screwed all game...haha

The interception they called the interference on was beyond ridiculous. Then they go on to wait until Hundley picks up the first down to throw the flag and call holding. These guys are making it obvious.

[mauchow]

Originally Posted by mauchow

I get to watch Bama blow out LSU while flipping it very occasionally to ND getting beat by Pitt... while I read Game of thrones. Sounds like a great Saturday night.

2 outta 3 qint bad (didn't get to reading...). I know tha Bama game wasn't really a blwoout but score says so.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

The interception they called the interference on was beyond ridiculous. Then they go on to wait until Hundley picks up the first down to throw the flag and call holding. These guys are making it obvious.

Wow, I guess Arizona ended up being a 2 point fav so maybe it wasnt fixed Either way the pass interference call was bad.

[MrBug708]

That was a pretty pathetic non-face masking call they missed

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Marmel

Cuse is less ass.
Actually, I cannot figure out the Cuse defense. They got toasted by Northwestern, Clemson and GTech, but in the other games they hit like an NFL squad and it is clearly the strength of the team. They are one of the hardest hitting teams I have ever watched, outside of those 3 bad games. Anyhow, they are 5-4 and clinch bowl eligibilty next week when they shock the world!

Points allowed per game:
17
48
0
17
49
10
56
0
3

Obviously those 3 big numbers are the 3 best teams they have played.

Honestly neither team is trash.
Maryland if it had anything close to healthy is IMHO a better team than CUSE right now by a substantial margin. The thing with CUSE is they love to send pressure and play zero coverage. Against a team with fast WR and an accurate QB they do not have the back end for that to work. If teams insist on running against them, or if they can cover long enough for the cavalry to arrive they are tough.

[tarcone]

I didnt watch the UCLA/Arizona game. But from posts here, I wonder if the NCAA should investigate the PAC 12 officials. Of course, after the investigation they will suspend the Missouri Valleys officials.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by tarcone

I didnt watch the UCLA/Arizona game. But from posts here, I wonder if the NCAA should investigate the PAC 12 officials. Of course, after the investigation they will suspend the Missouri Valleys officials.

They should try and do something. Sometimes I wonder if Pac-12 officials even know the rules. What ever happened to the crew that cost Wisconsin a chance at the game winning FG? Hopefully, they arent still working?

[MrBug708]

Of course they are

[mauchow]

Oh they're working.. they screwed another game up pretty badly.

[MrBug708]

USC is getting gameday.

The more Ogre wins, the more likely he won't be back.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

*cough* Missouri Valley *cough*

I said that! Sure I did! Of course I said that. Anything else would have been stupid.

[SirFozzie]

And now we have the College Football version of the Dolphins situation, and this time a player got sent to the hospital after the players were allegedly told to deal with a troublemaker however they wanted but to "leave it in the lockerroom"

Report: Cal locker-room brawl sends RB Fabiano Hale to hospital | Campus Union - SI.com

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

And now we have the College Football version of the Dolphins situation, and this time a player got sent to the hospital after the players were allegedly told to deal with a troublemaker however they wanted but to "leave it in the lockerroom"

Report: Cal locker-room brawl sends RB Fabiano Hale to hospital | Campus Union - SI.com

What more believable, apparently troublesome freshman & family (with possible dollar signs in eyes) or university officials?