2017 College Football Season thread

[Jas_lov]

Iowa can't tackle anybody.

[Karlifornia]

Clowns looking good.

[Karlifornia]

I spoke too soon...awful turnover by Clowns

[Jas_lov]

Iowa's defense is awful

[Jas_lov]

They also have a dumb offense. How many times are they going to run Wadley up the gut for no yards? Open the playbook.

[bhlloy]

Why on earth do you burn all 3 timeouts there? Iowa is terribly coached

[Jas_lov]

Well its a good game even if Iowa is dumb.

[bhlloy]

Got very lucky Iowa State wasn't able to drive for the winning score with al that time they left on the board, but yeah. Great game for the neutral

[tarcone]

Looking at this page of comments from you guys is funny.
Everything you say is true.
We are ultra conservative.
I wont say we are poorly coached, because we are a developmental program and we do that well. But our in game coaching is terrible.
Running Wadley up the middle is opening up the playbook.
Our defense should be better than what they showed today. But this is the Clowns super bowl. They always get up for this game.

I hate playing ISU. I wish we get them off our schedule. It is a no win for Iowa. ISU is always bad, so a win doesnt gain us anything. And a loss can be devastating (see 2002).

We were lucky today. But sometimes its better to be lucky than good.

[General Mike]

ugly football in NJ. Not sure how much longer I can do this stuff.

[tarcone]

Our Sophomore QB, Nate Stanley, is playing well. As is Akrum Wadley. Here are their stats after 2 games:

Stanley in 2 games:
458 yards, 8 TDs, 1 Int

Wadley in 2 games:
234 yards rushing, 72 yards receiving, 100 yards kick returning

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by General Mike

ugly football in NJ. Not sure how much longer I can do this stuff.

I found it absolutely baffling that someone wanted Jerry Kill as not only their offensive coordinator but also QB coach.

[CU Tiger]

1 hour until kickoff. Stadium already 20% full.
The valley is going to ROCK tonight and the Tigers (good ones) are going to roll.

Go Tigers!

[CrescentMoonie]

Willie Taggart is doing a great job with talent that doesn't really fit what he's done elsewhere. Oregon has a good one here.

[MrBug708]

Oregon has a studly QB. The defense is terrible so take the over every time

[MrBug708]

Josh Rosen is going to be a jet next year

[lungs]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Looking at this page of comments from you guys is funny.
Everything you say is true.
We are ultra conservative.
I wont say we are poorly coached, because we are a developmental program and we do that well. But our in game coaching is terrible.
Running Wadley up the middle is opening up the playbook.
Our defense should be better than what they showed today. But this is the Clowns super bowl. They always get up for this game.

I hate playing ISU. I wish we get them off our schedule. It is a no win for Iowa. ISU is always bad, so a win doesnt gain us anything. And a loss can be devastating (see 2002).

We were lucky today. But sometimes its better to be lucky than good.

After watching a little of this game today, I'm not at all scared of the Iowa D.

[bronconick]

Ben Jones‏ @Ben_Jones88 15m15 minutes ago
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James Franklin: "I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl. This was just like beating Akron for us."

Spicy

[tarcone]

Clemson struggling early. But they havent broke on defense. Only 6-0

[bob]

This is at least the 4th year I've used streaming services like WatchESPN and NBC Sports online. This year is by far the worst performance I've received in terms of buffering issues and streams just stopping.

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by bob

This is at least the 4th year I've used streaming services like WatchESPN and NBC Sports online. This year is by far the worst performance I've received in terms of buffering issues and streams just stopping.

YES! Espn absolutely sucks this year. I didnt have any problems last week with BTN. So I know its ESPN.

[tarcone]

Nebby within a TD with 2:47 left

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Nebby within a TD with 2:47 left

Josh Rosen says Nebraska has Oregon right where they want them

[tarcone]

And Lee throws his 4th pick of the day to seal it for Oregon.

[tarcone]

Clemson not looking good right now

[tarcone]

Dang. Auburn out playing Clemson but going to go into the half down 7-6

[JonInMiddleGA]

Yeah, that's gotta be disheartening for AU

[JPhillips]

It's pretty clear that the problem for OSU isn't the play caller, but the quarterback. Barrett just isn't very good throwing the ball.

[tarcone]

No he is not. And he has been in that program for 15 years. And he hasnt improved.

Clemson starting to warm up.

[hollmt]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

It's pretty clear that the problem for OSU isn't the play caller, but the quarterback. Barrett just isn't very good throwing the ball.

Completely disagree with that.
The pass in the end zone was beautiful but just went through the arms of the receiver. Same thing happened last week. Right through the hands of Campbell.
The problem isn't Barrett. The problem is the receivers for the last 2 years not getting open. At all.

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by bronconick

Ben Jones‏ @Ben_Jones88 15m15 minutes ago
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James Franklin: "I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl. This was just like beating Akron for us."

Spicy

It would have been more accurate if he had said it was just like raping women in Nashville.

[tarcone]

This has been the best and worst of nights. So many great games. And not enough screens to have tnem all going at the same time.

[tarcone]

Stanford/USC is going to be a shootout.

[hollmt]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Stanford/USC is going to be a shootout.

so is OSU/OU.
no wait.

[tarcone]

Heck of a catch by that Georgia kid

[hollmt]

OU's fake injury on the tempo drive backfires. Good!
Go Bucks!

[bob]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Heck of a catch by that Georgia kid

I admit double bias in this situation, but I still never saw an angle proving he had full control before his other hand hit the paint, which I thought was required to overturn the call on the field.

[Edward64]

Its not that AR lost to TCU but that we looked pretty sad. Let's hope we can pull it together quick otherwise another another disappointing season for the razorbacks.

Let's bring Petrino back!

[tarcone]

9 sacks by Clemson tonight. Wow.

[jbergey22]

Can Baylor go B2B with losses at home to Liberty and UTSA?

[murrayyyyy]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Its not that AR lost to TCU but that we looked pretty sad. Let's hope we can pull it together quick otherwise another another disappointing season for the razorbacks.

Let's bring Petrino back!

No thanks.

This was my post game thoughts.

Defense: B - created turnovers, held Hill under 170 passing. For 2nd game in the 3-4 it was much better than I expected. TCU had 2? plays over 15 yards and they went for 22 and 18.

Offense: D - Allen still is half a second slow on release and under threw plenty of passes. Sick of hearing this he's brave bullshit, release the ball on time and you won't get hit. Run game was nothing with Watley in there. Hayden wasn't given a chance this week. 5 of first 7 drives were 3 and out fucking over the defense.

Special teams: F - We already know about FGs, kick return game produced 33 yards and a fumble lost. 6 punts for barely over 40 yards and no hang time.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by hollmt

Completely disagree with that.
The pass in the end zone was beautiful but just went through the arms of the receiver. Same thing happened last week. Right through the hands of Campbell.
The problem isn't Barrett. The problem is the receivers for the last 2 years not getting open. At all.

He's indecisive when passing and misses the timing of when to throw. He throws when they are open, not when they will be open.

If OSU loses I'd like to see the team move on and start the next QB. Coaches have figured out how to handle Barrett and he hasn't shown much ability to overcome that.

edit: And it appears that losing the whole secondary every year has finally caught up to them.

[hollmt]

JT is indecisive at times yes. That doesn't make him not very good at throwing the ball though. He makes good throws very often.
In the first half he dropped back what, 11 times? 3 or 4 of those times he had to throw the ball away simply because receivers weren't getting open, which is a common theme. One pass for sure was just not caught. The others he had to throw underneath, because again, receivers cannot get open downfield.

Has he improved over his career at throwing the ball? No.
Will he be benched for another QB? That is laughable. No.
As I type this he throws a pick and OU is about to put this game away. I still stand by it not being so much him as the receivers not getting open outside of 15 yards and OSU needs a downfield playmaker so badly and cant quite find one over the last 2 years like we had with Smith 3 years ago.

[bhlloy]

That is the worst penalty I have ever seen. Fuck PAC-10 refs

[murrayyyyy]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

That is the worst penalty I have ever seen. Fuck PAC-10 refs

I've seen a lot worse in the SEC but must admit, that one was bad.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

That is the worst penalty I have ever seen. Fuck PAC-10 refs

There was an abomination in the ucla game

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

That is the worst penalty I have ever seen. Fuck PAC-10 refs

Didnt see it, what happened?

[Brian Swartz]

Big Ten looked quite good last week. This week they've been unimpressive, to put it kindly. Interesting dichotomy.

[murrayyyyy]

USC had Stanford on 3rd and something (I think). Outside edge is coming and ref blows the whistle. The guy drops/gets blocked to his knees beside the QB and he taps him and grabs him trying not to fall into the QBs knees and if given a 15 yd personal foul for hitting the QB after a whistle.

[murrayyyyy]

For those who missed it, this set up 3rd and 93.

3rd & 93 upcoming...#HailState pic.twitter.com/ysNOd1QpmM

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