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Grambling, LA: The Tigers are ready for their first home game of the season after playing their first two games on the road. This week they welcome the McNeese State Cowboys from Lake Charles, LA. Both are former FCS schools in their first year at the FBS level. Before the game coach had to suspend starting FB Ruben Mayes for the first half of play for walking out of team meetings during the week. Coach let his players know if you break the rules you will have to pay the price. The Tigers took the field for the 6pm kickoff ready to make the home crowd happy. Unfortunately things did not work out as planned. Grambling jumped to out a quick but small lead at the end of 1 with score 3-0 Grambling but that would be all they were able to muster against a stout Cowboy D. McNeese would then answer with 38 unanswered points over the next 3 Quarters to hand the Tigers their 2nd L of the season. Final in this one 38-3. After the game Coach Roman had this to say:

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach Roman

It was another tough lose today. We are playing hard but we will have to step it up even more if we want to get better. We knew coming into this season this would start off rough. The players are keeping their heads up and believe in what we are trying to do.

McNeese State Cowboys at Grambling State Tigers
Sep 16, 2006	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
McNeese State Cowboys (2-1)	0	10	14	14	38
Grambling State Tigers (1-2)	3	0	0	0	3

McNeese State Cowboys

Grambling State Tigers

Players of the Game:
R. Richard(McNeese): 2 Tkls, 2INT, TD
B. Langford(GSU): 9 Tkls, FF

Up next for Grambling:
The Tigers will host 1-2 Jackson State. Can Grambling turn things around next week and put another one in the Win column? If we know anything that the Bands will be there and the crowd will party to the sounds of the "Sonic Boom" and the "World Fame Marching Band from Tiger Land"

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Welcome to this Week's Edition of College Football Live. We are here to take a look at the current Top25, Heisman Watch and point out some big games coming up in Week 4.

Here is your Current Top25 before the start of Week 4

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 20, 2006
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas(32)	3	0
2	3	LSU(21)	3	0
3	4	Florida(5)	3	0
4	5	Ohlahoma(1)	3	0
5	6	Ohio State	2	1
6	8	Penn State(1)	3	0
7	9	Louisville(1)	3	0
8	10	Notre Dame	2	1
9	2	USC	1	1
10	12	Cal	3	0
11	16	Nebraska	3	0
12	14	Iowa	3	0
13	7	West Virginia	2	1
14	19	Clemson	3	0
15	17	Virginia Tech	3	0
16	11	Miami	2	1
17	18	Texas Tech	3	0
18	13	Michigan	2	1
19	21	Georgia	2	1
20	22	Alabama	3	0
21	23	South Carolina	3	0
22	15	Florida State	1	2
23	20	Auburn	1	2
24	NR	Colorado	3	0
25	NR	UCLA	2	0

Dropping out of the Top25: #24 Oregon and #25 Tennessee

We have some earl season jockeying going on for the spots in the Heisman conversation. Players remaining hot topics, players becoming hot topics and players who have found their way to the outside of the talks for now. Let's take a look at our Top5 guys heading into week 4

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 20, 2006
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Alex Johnson	QB	Notre Dame		66-93, 1047yds, 12 TD
Dan Mason	RB	Oklahoma		42car, 30yds, 6TD, 3rec, 45yds
Waylon Nelson	WR	LSU		14rec, 226yds, 6TD, 2car, 10yds
Chris Rice	WR	Penn State		19rec, 247yds, 6TD
Ryne Crowell	QB	Nebraska		62-95, 907yds, 10car, 14 Total TDs

Where will College GameDay be coming to you live from this week? None other than Columbus, OH as #6 Penn State(3-0) travels to take on #5 Ohio State(2-1).

Here are some other key games this week:
#13 West Virginia(2-1) @ ECU (2-1)
North Carolina(2-1) @ #14 Clemson(3-0)
#8 Notre Dame(2-1) @ Michigan State(3-0)
#25 UCLA(2-0) @ Washington(2-1)
Wisconsin(3-0) @ #18 Michigan(2-1)
#7 Louisville(3-0) @ Kansas State(3-0)
#24 Colorado(3-0) @ #19 UGA(2-1)

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Grambling, LA: Week 4 saw the Grambling State Tigers host the Jackson State Tigers. This one would be a wild day in the rain. Grambling would strike first to go up 7-0. Jackson State would be forced to punt on their next possession but were able to down the ball inside the 5. The JSU Defense would push Grambling back getting force a Safety on the Drive. That's when things would start to get UGLY for Grambling. As Landers dropped back to pass he over shot his intended WR and JSU picked him. That would be the story of the day as Grambling turned the ball over 8 times. Jackson State was able to walk out of Grambling with a 54-42 victory.

Jackson State Tigers at Grambling State Tigers
Sep 23, 2006	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Jackson State Tigers (2-2)	9	14	21	10	54
Grambling State Tigers (1-3)	7	7	7	21	42

Jackson State Tigers

Grambling State Tigers

Players of the Game:
J. Johnson(JSU): 33car, 214yds, 4 TD
J. Mills(GSU): 8 Tkls, INT, 3FF, FR

Quote:

Brandon Landers: This one is us as players. As the leader of this team I will be the first to stand up and say we did not do our job today. Anytime you turn the ball over that much you don't deserve to win. We must work on that before we can want to get better.

Up Next:
Grambling heads to south Louisiana to face a 1-2 UL Lafayette squad.

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Lafayette, LA: Week 5 saw the Tigers face the Ragin' Cajuns of UL Lafayette. This one was not close at all. As speed and skill showed early in this game. ULL jumped out to a 10 point 1st Quarter lead and never looked back. As Qb Anderson put on a show. Grambling now falls to 1-4 on the year after a 48-3 throbbing.

Grambling State Tigers at Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Sep 30, 2006	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Grambling State Tigers (1-4)	0	0	3	0	3
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (2-2)	10	14	10	14	48

Grambling State Tigers

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

Players of the Game:
D. Williams(GSU): 3 Tkls, FF
M. Anderson(ULL): 20-27, 237yds, 3 TD, 11 rush yds

Quote:

Coach Roman: We were just out matched by a better team today. Next week is our bye week and we will use it to focus on the little things before we get back into MAC play.

Up Next:
The Tigers have a bye week before heading down to Florida to face Florida A&M out of the MAC East Division

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Tallahassee, FL: Week 7 saw the Tigers travel down to Florida to face MAC foe Florida A&M. Before the game coach has to suspend starting DE Jason Hatcher for academic reason. Hatcher will only be out for 1 game. This was a battle of 1 win teams as both were trying to end losing streaks. Grambling came out and struck first in this shoot out. Landers hit WR Clyde Edwards over the top for a 50yd TD. FAMU would quickly respond as they marched right down the field to score making it 7-7. This one would go back and forth all day. By the end of the 1st it was Grambling leading 14-7. At the Half it was all tied up 28 all. This would come down to the 4th Quarter and who wanted it more. The Tigers just wanted it more than the Rattlers today as the G-Men put up 28 in the 4th to get their SECOND win of the season 63-49.

Grambling State Tigers at Florida A&M Rattlers
Oct 14, 2006	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Grambling State Tigers (2-4)	14	14	7	28	63
Florida A&M Rattlers (1-6)	7	21	7	14	49

Grambling State Tigers

Florida A&M Rattlers

Players of the Game:
B. Landers(GSU): 25-31, 425yds, 18car, 58yds, 5TD
L. Graves(FAMU): 8rec, 146yds, 2TD, 10car, 68yds

Quote:

Coach Roman: We were able to get back on the good side of things today. These young men worked really hard during the bye week and it showed today. We simplified things on both sides of the ball to fit our players instead of trying to make the players fit our style.

Up Next:
It will be HomeComing in Grambling, LA as the Tigers host Alabama State who is 0-7 on the year and would love nothing more than to spoil HC for the Tigers and the 2 recruits that will be visiting.

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We are here on College Football Live to take a look at the College Football landscape before the start of Week 8. Here is our current Top 25

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 17, 2006
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	LSU(32)	7	0
2	2	Oklahoma(25)	6	0
3	3	Penn State(2)	7	0
4	4	Louisville(1)	6	0
5	5	Notre Dame	5	1
6	6	Texas	6	1
7	8	Cal(1)	7	0
8	7	USC	5	1
9	9	Nebraska	7	0
10	10	Ohio State	5	2
11	12	Clemson	7	0
12	11	West Virinia	5	1
13	14	Florida	5	2
14	15	Miami	5	1
15	16	Iowa	6	1
16	19	Maryland	6	0
17	18	Florida State	4	2
18	20	Va Tech	5	1
19	13	Alabama	6	1
20	24	ole Miss	7	0
21	23	Colorado	6	1
22	22	S. Carolina	5	1
23	17	Auburn	4	3
24	25	Tennessee	4	2
25	NR	Ga Tech	4	2

Not only have we had some movement in the standing over the last few weeks, but some of our Heisman hopefuls have also taken a dip. Here is a look at our current Top 5 Heisman Watch List

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 17, 2006
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Jonathan Gray	QB	LSU		130-181, 1633yds, 26TD, 25car, 47yds
Ryne Crowell	QB	Nebraska		145-224, 1936yds, 29car, 23 Total TD
Dan Rucker	QB	Texas Tech		188-291, 2486yds, 28TD
Waylon Nelson	WR	LSU		41rec, 492yds, 11TD, 3car, 17yds
Beau Yates	RB	Texas		91car, 589yds, 10TD, 20rec, 344yds, 3TD

Week 8 will see the following young men make a trip to Grambling State for an Official Visit:

SS William Buckley of Hernando, MS: Will currently has Grambling as he number 1 school he has Average Potential and Excellent Discipline

MLB Clifford Boyd of Port Allen, LA: Cliff also has Grambling as his number 1 school. He has Poor ratings in Potential and Discipline so he will have to get his act together but will fill a much need spot if he commits.

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Week 8
College GameDay is coming to live from Lincoln, NE. We have #6 Texas visiting #9 Nebraska. This should be a good one in a match up of BigXII North vs South.

Chris Fowler: Before we get into the big game of the day lets see what other interesting games we have today.

Kirk: Boy what a slate of games do we have here are some that stick out.

#12 West Virginia(5-1) @ UConn(5-1)
#19 Bama(6-1) @ #24 Tennessee(4-2)
#21 Colorado(6-1) @ #2 Oklahoma(6-0)
UCLA(4-2) @ #5 Notre Dame(5-1)
NC State(5-1) @ #16 Maryland(6-0)
#25 Ga Tech(4-2) @ #11 Clemson(7-0)

Coach: Boy, I'll tell you those are good game there my Buckeye buddy. Lots of teams starting to set themselves apart from the pack.

Chris: Now to the Big Game of the week. This game will be a match up of the Top 2 Defenses in the country. UT is ranked #1 allowing only 188.2yds a game. While the Black Shirts are ranked #2 not far behind only giving up 190.7yds a game. This one should come down to who's Defense can stand tall. I Think UT pulls it out in a close one
(Nebraska Fans Boo!)

Kirk: Well Chris I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. I think these fans give Nebraska the each push they need. I'm taking the
Huskers
(Crowd Cheers)

Coach: Let's look at it like this UT is averaging 33pts a game while Nebraska is averaging 41 a game. That tells me one team knows how to score a little bit better. Give me that hat


(Crowd goes crazy)

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Before the first set of BCS Rankings come out next week let's look back at our key games from Week 8 and see who came out on top.

#12 West Virginia(5-1) @ UConn(5-1)
WVU 52 UConn 3

#19 Bama(6-1) @ #24 Tennessee(4-2)
Bama 29 UT 31

#21 Colorado(6-1) @ #2 Oklahoma(6-0)
CU 30 OU 42

UCLA(4-2) @ #5 Notre Dame(5-1)
UCLA 24 ND 38

NC State(5-1) @ #16 Maryland(6-0)
NC State 14 UM 27

#25 Ga Tech(4-2) @ #11 Clemson(7-0)
GT 10 Clemson 34

Game of the Week Final
UT 28 Nebraska 35 in OT