Today's College Football Thread

There is only one game between ranked teams today (Nebraska at Virginia Tech), but there are some interesting storylines elsewhere: Texas against Texas Tech, Florida State at BYU, Tennessee at Florida, Utah at Oregon, USC at Washington, and so on.

My Oklahoma Sooners take on Tulsa :woohoo:

So who does your team play today? What games are you looking forward to?

:bounce:

I can't wait to see more of #7 Vontaze Burfict :bounce:


I'm watching Cal vs Minnesota but this weekend is hard to get excited about any paticular games other then ASU. I would like to see Iowa crush Arizona though.

Next week should be a fun one for you :toast:

"I'm watching Cal vs Minnesota but this weekend is hard to get excited about any paticular games other then ASU. I would like to see Iowa crush Arizona though."

I hear ya. Not a lot of great games, at least on paper. And most of the early games aren't looking competitive. I was watching Cal-Minnesota too, but only until it was clear it was going to be a blowout (which didn't take long ;))

I just want to see the receivers catch some passes, they dropped like 3 touchdown passes against Idaho St, then they'll be ready for Georgia. I'm already sold on Vontaze Burfict though. I'm aware OU played Idaho St, did you see the shot Burfict layed out on their QB? Very similar to the picture I posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJCYhOdazE

:wow:

That is the exact one I've been talking about for a couple of weeks now in various CF threads. Now I have video evidence. Bookmarked! :bounce:

Cal scares me more then USC at this point as an Arizona State fan.

Arizona Wildcats are in Iowa today. Bear Down Wildcats!








Grizzlies of Montana host Portland State. Go Griz!

I don't think I'll get to see much of it, as I've got to have some mechanical work done on my car this afternoon :(

I hope Mike Stoops has a good homecoming, though :)

I just saw a highlight of Spiller returning a long return for a TD.

The second half just started and both teams already have 3 turnovers each. Clemson is up 19-0, about as expected. :)

I'm just curious, since it looks to me like that game could get ugly indeed. :)

:D

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Daughter flew down there for the game! Will ask her what she thought of Alabama.

There is an incredible truck stop diner on the interstate near Auburn, right at the Georgia border. Their meatloaf is the best, and the fried chicken is incredible.

Are you in WV? I'm originally from the Fairmont area.

Haven't heard from daughter today, and don't know her travel plans except that she flew SOMEWHERE! Will let her know about the diner! Thanks!

There was TERRIBLE weather earlier, game delayed at least an hour due to lightning and 'monsoon-like rain!' I'm curious (to say the least!) about what she actually did!

That could be an interesting game as well. I hope your daughter has fun at the game :hi:

Don't think she's been in Alabama, nor have I.

Bama's starting QB is playing against his HS football coach.

Texas takes on Texas Tech tonight.

Most importantly, the Air Force Falcons play New Mexico tonight!

Go Falcons!

but do keep in mind that the AFA has for the past several years been an integral part of the fundie-industrial complex that is literally hell-bent on turning America into an Iranian-style theocracy.

Enjoy the game! :-)

At any rate, they have produced some great officers that have contributed a lot to society.

"Sully" Sullenberger ("Miracle on the Hudson" fame)

Michael Weinstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weinstein) who has done a lot to stop/stem the fundie movement in the military (see link)

Alonzo Babers (Olympic gold medalist)

T. Allen McArtor (former administrator of the FAA)

Numerous astronauts, scholars, politicians, authors, etc., etc.

Never good to paint anything/anyone with too broad of a brush!

Have a great day.

the fundies appear to have targeted the AFA since it is based in Colorado Springs, right next door to Dobson et al. : their version of "Heaven on Earth". :puke:

I feel your pain; my own alma mater may never be free from the stigma of having admitted, then graduated, George W. Bush '68. :(

I guess the way I look at it is that the institution has done a lot of good (yours as well as mine), and even when it's not functioning the way you would like, you hope that things can change in the future.

The Air Force Academy walks a fine line. Since it's publicly funded, the church/state issue is a big one. I wonder what it will take before enough people decide a line has been crossed.

2 touchdown receptions and a touchdown pass! 21-21 tied with Cal.

Decker had a fine performance for Minnesota as well.

Wish we'd gone for the FG early on, though. Like Madden said, never give up the chance to put points on the board.

I slept right through the Buckeye game today. :(

I've gotta hand it to Minn, they gave us quite a game.
But my #8 Bears pulled it out at the end. :)

Looked like it might be the traditional halftime-fall-apart thing for the dawgs, but the newbie qb interception we got might spark fresh life in them!

And UW just held USC on 3rd and short. :applause:

:rofl:


EDIT: OMG! UW dude smack talking USC guy - damn - maybe the UW really is getting some mojo back.

:rofl:

That holding penalty hurt, but at least they got the field goal.

EDIT: And there goes the d crumbling. Sigh.

on edit: as I ask, Locker is sacked. Make it 45 yards (yikes)

EDIT: I could be wrong, though. :rofl:

;)

Nice pass on 3rd and long by Locker. If they can convert another 3rd down here they'll be close ...

WOOT!!!!


EDIT: WTF??? Who gets a penalty there??? Fucking can't-count-idiots.

Cheers to the Huskies :toast:

They always pull this shit early in the season then go blow out ASU. I hope the Devils can beat the Trojans this year.

Number 40 was all over the field. Awesome.

but coming from No. 8, they'd need to run the table and get some help to get to The Show -- the year it's out here in Pasadena. :eyes:

If Cal is undefeated they will get in. Polls mean nothing at this point and they will change.

I think after the week 8 games have been played or maybe before but 8 is the magic number somewhere in there.

so Cal is still at least a little bit behind the 8-ball.

There's how *much* of each ingredient, and *what step* the ingredient goes in at, for example.

A human poll putting Cal at 8 could result in a BCS rank of anywhere between 3 and 15. (Just approximate - i.e. made up - numbers, since the BCS people aren't nice enough to give us the BCS recipe - but you get the gist.)

Was that the greatest game next to the Hurricanes win, or WHAT?

We were sitting in DH's truck in the grocery store parking lot, listening to the last minute or so of the game. Not only were there people all over the parking lot doing the same thing, there was a spontaneous eruption of folks that wanted to get out of their cars to scream and yell when time ran out!

The last time people ran out onto the field when the game was over was twenty years ago, too!

BARK FOR THE SARK! I LOVE that guy!

:woohoo:

I think they should stick with the all green. Their other choices... :puke:

About 9 minutes left in the game.

out of a job!

GAH!!!!

:puke:

Hokies 16 -- Nebraska 15, with the two-point conversion coming up.

But man, I hate Virginia Tech.

go down!


Ha HA HA HA

:applause: :applause:

I'm not watching any games now....I'm eating

I got to see Washington beat USC, and OU didn't suck.

Now I'm interested in this Texas game. I don't imagine Tech has it in 'em to beat the Longhorns. The latter has too much talent. But I'm hoping it'll be interesting.

I was hoping to add that one to the list of good things that happened today, but I was disappointed.

I missed most of the game, unfortunately, but I saw that highlight several times. From what I saw, Landry Jones looked good, the line looked much better, and the defense looked solid. :) Now we get a week off before the Miami game. :woohoo:

This Texas vs. Tech game has been good so far -- Tech's offense looked really good on that first drive, but penalties are killing them.

Of course one always has to take good performances against inferior teams with a grain of salt, but you can learn a lot about how your team can potentially play.

I think the big thing for OU was that the o-line looked more coherent as a unit. Even in the game last week they were losing ground off the snap, and that was against a second-tier team at best. They must have worked hard in practice this week. They looked different, leagues better than they looked against BYU.

Jones will be fine if he can get some protection. The six touchdown's is being a wee bit overdone because of the way the offense was being run, but it's still an accomplishment. OU's defense is suffocating, so if they can stay healthy, I think the rest of the season will be fine.

At this point, I'm actually a bit more worried about Miami, which I think is heavily underrated, than Texas. I think OU's defense can handle McCoy. The question there will be whether the offense can handle Texas's defense. That could well be a very low scoring game, or at least one that ends up hinging on a big play on special teams or defense making the difference.

Miami ... they look tough on both sides of the ball.

they are going to be very tough. I do feel like we match up well in the sense that their defense can get a bit sloppy, whereas our defense should be better than either of the two they've faced. But they look good, no doubt about it. And after last year's game I'm sure they'll be ready.

I'm not sure what to think about Texas. They've looked pretty pedestrian at times, but the last few years they've always managed to get everything clicking for the OU-Texas game (the same way, in the first half of the decade, OU always seemed to do). In the second half tonight they looked like they were developing a running game. But Texas Tech moved the ball very well on them at times, and I'm sure our staff can learn from that.

Anyways I'm rooting for them. They've been my favorite team out of the Big 12 South for years.

And I was checking the bags of those wanting to get into the stadium. Saw about a total quarter of the game after my gate closed for a while, and it was good. Can't wait until the Nebraska game coming up soon. I'll probably be watching from the grass hill during that one, though.

leading 21-10 2:00 1st Q. vs Auburn.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Arizona St vs UL Monroe begins in 5 minutes. The problem... Cincinnati is winning 28-18 with 8:03 left.

7-0 Arizona State. :woohoo:

:)

Forced a 3 & out, actually a 4th and 20. Arizona St's offense is inside the 10 and no dropped passes so far! :bounce:

Arizona St leading 14-0 and Vontaze Burfict is attacking the line of scrimmage.

17-3 over Texas Tech, although the Longhorns have looked pretty lackluster all night. Texas A&M is also doing pretty well this evening, 38-17 over Utah St.

Penn State next week. Looks like the national game at night.

These signs the fans are holding up are making me laugh. They are talking about week 1 Pac-10 Defensive player of the week Safety Mike Nixon.