College Football Saturday ***Official Tailgate Party Thread***

#15 Georgia Tech won a key game over Clemson 30-27 to start off this exciting College Football Weekend.



Some key Games

#3 USC @ #8 Ohio State
Houston @ #5 Oklahoma State
Vanderbilt @ #11 LSU
Marshall @ 14 Virginia Tech
#18 Notre Dame @ Michigan
#19 North Carolina @ UConn
South Carolina @ #21 Georgia

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I have USC giving up 7.

I think for the most part I got it figured out but not quite the lingo. Do you mean you have USC winning by less then 7 points or losing?

Anyways should be a good game.

So to win the bet I need USC to win by 8 points or more to cover the spread of 7. So it could be written both ways, either as USC -7, or OSU +7. They each mean the same thing, that OSU is being spotted 7 points.

Confused yet? :)

The spread is a fiendish way to bet on football, but a lot more fun (and difficult) than just picking winners straight out. Without the spread you should get at least 10 games a week right in the NFL. With it, anything over 65% correct is doing very well.

Awsi Dooger down in the Sports Forum is a wiz on these things. I need to start hitting him up for tips. :)

I was confused by the term "giving up" which I was thinking you meant you had "the under".

I see Awsi Dooger's posts sometimes, I completely agree about the squib kick. All I see that results from squib kicks is bad field position for opposing defenses but I see them called all the time late in the 4th. I agree with a lot of what he has to say.

One of the most useless and counter-productive plays in all of sports.

Show a little love for the other "most useless and counter-productive plays in all of sports" :)

Unless, of course, you classify the squib as a useless play and the prevent as a useless strategy...

It makes me want to pull my hair out. :)

"It prevents you from winning." :)

I really should get out more

It started off with a number of analysts picking USC to win and in my head in my dream I was thinking you know when teams see everyone picking them to lose that adds fuel to their fire.

Anyways in the game Barkley had a fine performance and USC and Ohio State was back and forth. Late in the game Barkley threw a costly interception and USC ended up losing.

Then it goes back to the analysts. The analysts were ripping Carroll for putting a true freshman in the game(even though he played well) and saying they should have went with another QB. Again in my mind in my dream I was thinking that if it was 5th year Senior that threw the costly interception, the press wouldn't of have been so negative. End of dream.

Anyways my dreams never come out to be true because I have dreamed about big football games before and the opposite was the reality. I believe USC will win the game and Shawn King picked Ohio St(in reality) to win so it's not all the analysts picking USC to win. ;)

:D

I can't remember the details of my last football dream given the long off season but in reality the outcome was very different.

This week should turn out better than last week in that respect :)

There was a good (well not good-competitive, but good-lots-of-action-and-lots-of-scoring) game last night between Toledo and Colorado. The Buffaloes are now 0-2 against mid-majors this year. (They lost to CSU last week and Toledo last night.)

Mike Nixon had 3 interceptions but I was really impressed with true freshman Vontaze Burfict. #16 recruit overall(top ranked LB) as rated by ESPN passed up USC, UCLA, Colorado, and Miami(Fl) to go to Arizona St. I swear to you he was in the backfield on every play and he put a real nasty shot on the QB. I know it was against Idaho St but you have to see him, Vontaze Burfict is the real deal my friend.

Burfict: http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=57263&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d57263

first college football game for them. i am staying home to strip woodwork. baseball-yes, football- not so much. glad they are off having fun, tho.

In honor of my buddy Derrick, the 6'8" baseball player and Carolina alum. He was their punter, too, and has a bowl ring. Watching the game with him is . . . an experience. :)

I remember my team Arizona St faced them twice in the College World Series. Sorry to say the Sun Devils beat them each time but eventually fell short to Texas in extra inning. I recall the announcers saying North Carolina had one of, if not the best hitter of the year as well as a top draft pick going into the pros. Forgot the name though.

:(

My buddy was the Tarheels' closer. (A two-sport wonder.) He was drafted by the Pirates but has played only minor league ball. I love watching him pitch.

If you count today going back one year it's been a year of success and failure. The football Cardinals of course, Arizona State made the tournament in both baseball and basketball but lost. In the case of basketball it was against Syracuse.

Is your friend still playing baseball in the minor leagues? My cousin(Dad's brother's son) is a starting SS in the Golden Baseball League which isn't the minor leagues but still professional baseball.

My friend played for Edmonton in that league this summer. What is your cousin's name?

It's still called the minors if they're not affiliated with MLB. The team my friend played for last year is the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, who are in the Atlantic League. The Crabs are about two miles away from us, and we see them play every chance we get.

Edit: sorry about asking the name. Maybe PM to me? My buddy's very curious.

I can't remember when he was signed because the article for his hometown(which my dad's side of the family lives) isn't online anymore. I believe it was sometime in early June.

This is his player page. His last name is the same as mine. Ryan Priddy.
http://gbl-tucson.bbstats.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=6675

And Ryan's team is in the playoffs! :)

Last time I checked they were in the bottom part of the standings. They have a game today against the Vipers. Oh do I wish it was on TV.

This article gives him a real positive mention.

Roster additions a big key to playoff run

Former Diamondbacks second baseman Junior Spivey, shortstop Ryan Priddy, closer Reid Price, starting pitcher Vince Davis and reliever Cibney Bello all joined the team after the first month of the season, as manager Tim Johnson assembled players for the franchise's inaugural season.

<snip>

Shortstop Ryan Priddy
• Stats: .321 average, 16 doubles, 59 games
• Back story: Priddy joined the team June 11 after Johnson, his former manager in Lincoln, Neb., extended an invitation. He had been working in traffic operations and coaching a high school team in his hometown of Loveland, Colo.
• Impact: He is enjoying his best season in four years of pro ball.
• Quotable: "I've just been working with (hitting coach Pete LaCock), a few minor things. He's the best hitting coach I've ever had and the best in the league."
http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/307357

That is really cool that he knows him. He was really fun to be around with during the summer's I got to see my dad growing up. I only seen him play once when I was a kid and he hit a home run in that game.

I'm surprised, since UConn didn't play that great last week.

But UNC has the ball now and if they can put a TD drive together here they could tie it up.

assuming they make the extra point ... 2:36 to go

:rofl: -- you don't often see a game winning safety ...

Iowa--Iowa State

Go 'Clones!!

Wisconsin scored after I entered in the subject line so I'll probably end up watching FS vs Wisc. in it's entirety.

4 PM ET on ESPN.

GO BRUINS!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

Go Bruins :applause:

Fresno State is up by four, but every time they get a chance to build some cushion they give the ball away ...

Fresno St started out really hot but can't seem to build on it. Rooting for Fresno St myself.

:wow:

I switched away to check out the UNC-UConn game, and now I've switched back and Wisconsin is up. Did you see what happened?

On edit: Duh, I just saw that you answered that question already :)

Still down by 3.

:woohoo:

Your post was nearly identical as mine and I swear on everything I did not copy your post. :scared:

Fresno played well but too many mistakes.

:woohoo:

But I hope they kick the livin' crap out of OSU. Going with my PAC-10 loyalty there.

I want Notre Dame and Michigan to cancel each other out, imploding into dust and disappearing from Earth.

Torn between UCLA and Tennessee - I'm a big fan of both teams. The SEC is my favorite conference alongside the PAC-10.

The UW Huskies don't have much of a chance this year, but liked the fight they gave LSU last week.

I want Notre Dame and Michigan to cancel each other out, impoding into dust and disappearing from Earth.

:rofl:

Now that would be a very interesting game. I'd order PPV to watch that game even though I like Michigan out of the Big 10.

Haven't won a game since 2007 but they're up 21-9 at the half against Idaho.

you're in my way

Sean Lee was terrific; Clark, Zug and Royster not too shabby either. :toast:

Notre Dame has already blown a scoring opportunity (missed FG).

The Cowboys host #2 Texas today. The Cowboys have their hands full, to be sure, but either way the game is sure to be a huge deal in Laramie. I know that DUer TransitJohn has been looking forward to it :)

So far the Cowboys have held their own--Texas is only up by three points, and Wyoming just forced a punt. And the crowd sounds into it.

I hope Wyoming wins. Definitely the Cowboys are one of my top 10 favorite College Football teams.

That's cool. :) Do you have ties there? I always cheer for Wyoming (well, when they play CSU I don't cheer too hard, and if they ever played OU I'd root hard against them) -- but then I grow up in Wyoming, so I've got cause ;)

Incidentally, the game is still 3-0, but Texas just blew a fake punt from deep in their own territory, and so Wyoming now has the ball at the Texas 14.

The Cowboys and their fans are CHARGED for this game.

I was born in Ft. Collins, Colorado but lived in Arizona for the most part since I was 4. Dad's side of the family as well as my brother and nephew live in Loveland, Co. Arizona State and Colorado State is my #1 and #2 favorite teams. Considering I have CSU that high on my list I should hate Wyoming but I actually hate University of Arizona but I do have a soft spot for Wyoming. I know my mom was raised in both Texas and Wyoming but she hated both places.

CSU is high up on my list too, because my parents are both from Fort Collins (my grandpa taught at CSU back when), and so I spent a lot of time there growing up (visiting family and such). :hi:

"I know my mom was raised in both Texas and Wyoming but she hated both places."

lol. there are definitely parts of both states where I wouldn't want to be raised :)

Texas just kicked another field goal: 6-3 now.

:wow:

Texas was punting from their own 10 yard line, and the Cowboys blocked it, scooped up the loose ball, and scored.

:wow:

If so what channel. If got the College football version of Sunday Ticket then nevermind.

:(

OSU is in the top five for the first time since Thurman Thomas was in their backfield.

I believe Barry Sanders has the record for most rushing yards in a season.

The Cowboys were losing 24-7 at the half.

I knew that game was close, but lost track of it near the end. Congrats to CMU :toast:

Chip-POOOOOOOO-Wah!! Chippewa!!!!
John
CMU '81

Nice to see them bounce back(so far) after their 49-3 thumping they took at the hands of Kansas.

Is anyone watching this?

What the hell is going on here?

It was a very weird first half, wasn't it?

Wyoming and their fans were clearly charged up for the biggest game in the stadium's history. They didn't move the ball terribly well, but they were sure sound defensively.

But it looks like Texas is coming back to form now.

:cry:

Now 41-10. And what's up with Okla State? Houston is leading 38-35.

45-35 Houston. Lee Corso predicted that Houston would win. Still time left but not much. Dez Bryant is cramping up.

I was hoping Ok State could spend more time out of OU's shadow.

Notre Dame SCORES! 34-31, 5 minutes left. GO IRISH!

Oklahoma St is at the 5 but they had to waste a time out due to a run. It is a questionable decision but they gained 3 first downs running the ball. Still a minute left but only 2 timeouts.

They're down by 10 at least give yourselves a chance. Going to tune back into Michigan and Notre Dame but going for it on 4th down and down by 10 makes no damn sense.

Well, it's early in the season, maybe they can bounce back. I'm a huge UT fan, but I've always liked the Cowboys. And Michigan scores, dammitall.

LET'S GO HAWKS!!! LET'S GO HAWKS!!! LET'S GO HAWKS!!!

But according to the scoreboard it seems they effectively bounced back. :toast: to the Hawkeyes.

Looks like ND's national title hopes are going up in smoke :)

sigh.

Well, it was one hell of a game, right to the end.

14-7 South Carolina.

USC vs Ohio State is coming up shortly.

My boys look goooood!

ESPN2 now. I'm torn on this one.
As an Auburn fan, I dislike UGA.
As a human being, I dislike Steve Spurrier.

What to do.

:shrug:

There's no good excuse for rooting for Spurrier.

much better feeling than last week :)

'Course if they'd had problems with this game ... well, I'm not sure how to finish that sentence.

Figures this would be a game I can't see.

BYU looked impressive today at least. I was half afraid they were going to come out and look like goats in their next game.

the info might be of interest to you.

Second half about to get underway! :woohoo:

"BYU looked impressive today at least. I was half afraid they were going to come out and look like goats in their next game."

I was too, but they showed up. And between OSU losing and Texas looking awfully flat, I've got to admit my hopes for this season have been buoyed. And as good as Miami looked against FSU, the Seminoles are getting beat by Jacksonville State, an FBS team, so perhaps we needn't write that game off just yet :)

... not until the final second ticks.

I want Miami more than Texas.

(did I just say that?)

Ahem ... I have issues with Miami. :)

All of these are at or near halftime:

#11 LSU 13 -- Vanderbilt 7
Florida International 14 -- #4 Alabama 20
Bowling Green 13 -- #25 Missouri 6

Especially the Bowling Green and Vanderbilt scores. However FIU vs Alabama is a tad somewhat surprising.

It's not over yet, but it's over.

Looks like LSU will hang on to beat Vandy too.

Florida State scored a late touchdown to go up by 4 against Jacksonville State with less than a minute left. (They wound up scoring another defensive touchdown, so the final score won't look as close as it was.)

Meanwhile, James Madison and Maryland look to be headed to overtime ...

Oregon State is the only OSU to win today. Not Ohio State, not Oklahoma State. The Beavs!

We're number one!! :party: :toast: :beer: :grouphug: :patriot:

(that was scary shit!)

Take that Herbstreit! (who was almost right in his prediction on College Gameday)

(doggone Perdue almost had them dam dux.)

EAT IT.

"EAT IT," huh?

Somehow we must have become enemies without my knowing it.

Perhaps it's because Oregon State has owned ND every time they have met.

EAT THAT.

I was in the same grade level as Channing Trotter is Junior High and High School. According to the stats he struggled but he is very talented. It kinda irks me when that poster called them a 'shitty' UNLV team. He wasn't very likable in Junior High but I'm sure matured.

In the second half Clausen, the UNLV backup quarterback, came in the second half and started slicing and dicing
the Beavs. I don't know who's better (Clausen, or the starter, Clayton) than who, but last night Clausen was on.
Their wide receivers made some fine catches.


I don't think UNLV's shitty, not at all. I take it they expected to win last night. Obviously
they didn't have doubts when they were behind 20-7. Of course, it's doubtful they're Utah or BYU.

Nor do I think the Beav's are all that either. Not close.

UNLV hasn't done anything in football this decade. Their best season was like 8-wins in 2000.

Outside of that, they're abysmal.

Maybe this year will be different, but I've seen the Rebels up close since they joined the WAC and subsquentlely the Mountain West (I'm a Utes fan). They sometimes pull it together for a game or two, but seem to always blow it in the end.

Last year, they were 5-6, one victory away from a bowl berth (the first since 2000) and all that was standing in their way was a 1-10 San Diego State Aztecs team. They lost 21-42.

No bowl game. Another losing season and the realization they're trash.

It's not as easy as it looks.

But a spade is a spade.

UNLV has underperformed in football for three decades now. They are in a prime spot, a growing conference and they're trash.

Even Colorado State can sniff better success than the Rebels.

But maybe it's because Las Vegas is a college basketball town. I don't know. But the bottom line is that they're not a good program. They haven't been a good program in my lifetime.

That doesn't mean I could play better. But do you not agree they suck?

Because I've seen Channing Trotter outperform everyone except the running back from Hamilton High School so to say that they suck isn't true. They gave one of the top teams in the Pac 10 a run for their money and I believe UNLV's QB is really good.

I'm saying THEY suck. There are teams out there with talent and inept coaching.

I know UNLV's head coach. He was Utah's OC in 2003 and 2004. He's a horrible coach. All the talent in the world won't change the fact he sucks and because he sucks, they suck.

Look, I'm not doggin' Trotter. I am, however, doggin' the program. It's a horrible, horrible program.

He might be great. But they're not.

I think I was pissed because my team (Utah) is in the MWC and I was cheering for lowly UNLV to win.

:rofl:

I'm a sucker for stereotypes.

I wish your team much success next week. My hate goes deep(towards your opponent, that is.)

You can't not like the Irish in my family.

But yes, I hope we beat the Ducks. Don't think we will (this isn't the 2008 Utes), but who knows, they look equally as bad as we do.

IT WAS A BLOOD BATH! THE UTES WERE UP 7-0 IN THE FIRST THEN A DOMINANT 7-7 ENTERING THE FOURTH!

WE SHOWED THOSE SPARTANS WHO'S BOSS. EAT IT BAY AREA! WE OWNED YOU LIKE THE MIDDLE PACK WAC TEAM YOU ARE.

SOOOOO GOOOD.