Today's College Football Thread (Red River Rivalry Edition)

So there are several great games today, but the highlight (for me) is the first: OU-Texas, the Red River Rivalry, which is the greatest rivalry game in college football, always played at the Cotton Bowl in the center of the Texas State Fair, with the stadium split down the middle--Texas fans north of the 50-yard line and Oklahoma fans south of it. I don't like watching this game start at 11 am, when many of the fans are still reeling from partying in the West End the previous night, but it's still great fun. :)

Some other games of note today:

Early Games


Afternoon Games


Evening/Night Games


Nightcaps


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

:woohoo:

:)

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@Home against the Huskies and it's FINALLY on a TV Channel I have. :woohoo: :woohoo:

ASU still has the top ranked defense in the Pac-10 so if Sullivan comes ready to play it should be a win.

:woohoo:

I also will be rooting for Colorado State over TCU

:woohoo:

The Rams started 3-0 but had back-to-back deflating losses to Idaho by 2 pts and Utah at home by 7.

Go Devils, Go Rams.

:woohoo:

Keep it up, Rams!

Because it is the birthplace of me(Fort Collins) vs my mom's birthplace (Fort Worth).

Thanks for the update. Go Rams! :woohoo:

10-6 now, but CSU is moving the ball with about two minutes left in the half.

"Because it is the birthplace of me(Fort Collins) vs my mom's birthplace (Fort Worth)."

Nothing against Ft. Worth, exactly, but I'd say you got the better end of that bargain :)

:(

She mostly grew up in Casper, Wyoming and that wasn't her favorite place and that's saying it nicely. :)

By "not too far" I mean 2.5 hours, which isn't too far in Wyoming :)

:cry:

It's pretty much what I expected though. :shrug:

But seriously, I was just thinking this morning that one of the things I like about this game is that, rivalry aside, it gives democrats from red states a chance to get together -- I remember OU Democrats and the Texas student democrat group campaigning for Gore at the fair outside the game in 2000, and I assume they probably did the same for Obama last year :woohoo:

And I've got to admit that's a cool pic :)

A Texas safety got injured sitting on the bench of all places.

From my personal experience, OU fans are very nice and fun to be around and the few players I've met over the years were great. Once the game is over, everyone (with the exception of a small number of idiot fans on both sides) is friendly. This is not the case between UT and A&M. I also like that we meet half way every year for the game. I think meeting in a nuetral spot helps to keep things civil.

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Damn. Bradford is hurt. Rivalry or not, I hate to see that.

I agree about the fans (though I think we might be in the minority in thinking that way). But I've met some great Texas fans, and had a great time talking football and the rivalry with them. There have been some especially memorable jerks I've met, too, but as you said they're a small number overall, and I know there are some among my fellow Sooner fans as well.

I've heard some folks older than me talk about the 70s, when perhaps the rivalry had more bad blood, but the last ten years have been good to both programs and to the rivalry as a whole. :toast:

"Damn. Bradford is hurt. Rivalry or not, I hate to see that."
Looks like he's still in pain, but maybe it's not as bad as the injury in the BYU game. At least he's not in the locker room yet ...

I went to every game for about 10 years, and I never had a problem with fans, not even close to a problem. The same cannot be said of the OU - OSU games I attended.

I still remember the first OU-TX game I attended. OU lost, barely. It was one of those very tight games (sort of like this one so far) that can make you crazy. When it was over, OU fans were understandably distraught and Texas fans jubilant. There was some taunting going on, yes, but nothing seemed to get out of hand. Later that evening my friends and I went to dinner. I was feeling defiant, so I continued to wear my OU shirt. As we sat down to eat, we started talking about the game, sort of in an analytical way. Eventually, a gentleman at the table next to us heard what we were talking about and decided to join in the discussion. He was a Texas fan. Before long both our tables were in a rousing, but friendly debate.

And when our check came, the guy who had first talked to us took it from our table and paid for it. Steak dinners, four of them, with a none-too-small beer tab. We tried to protest, but he would have none of it. I'll always remember that guy.

that's right, OU plagiarized its fight song from Yale. :eyes:

Yrs,
K-A Y'85, cum laude

They took the tune from Boola Boola (which wasn't exactly an original composition in its own right) and added a chant based on UNC's "Tarheel Born."

:shrug:

We love to hate TXOU weekend here in Dallas. :) I don't care much about the game/rivalry itself, but I am glad all my coworkers are making good money today. (restaurant biz) TXOU weekend is going to save the month for a lot of waiters I know and work with.

PS. I have to ask.... when was the last time you went to the game? I used to work in the West End - several TXOUs back in the 90s. Crazy times. I ask because the West End is more or less a ghost town these days, a shadow of its former self. The focus has shifted over to the AA Center a few blocks over, and elsewhere, so it is a little different these days.

And PPS:

I think this year is the last year for the Cotton Bowl. If I am not mistaken, the game is moving over to the new Cowboy Stadium in Arlington. This is unfortunate for Fair Park and the State Fair and Dallas generally. I asked one of the resident sports gurus at work yesterday about the stadium situation and he said it wasn't definite yet, but I'd swear I heard Cowboy's Stadium was going to be the place.

The Cotton Bowl game is moving, but OU-Texas is staying in the Cotton Bowl for now, last I heard :)

Sad to hear that about the West End -- It's been several years since I've been to the game (I guess 2003 was the last one I went to), and there was quite a big crowd there then. Alas ...

We were talking at work and no one was *sure* which game it was that was firm in moving... the Cotton Bowl Classic (whatever the New Year's Day game is) or the TXOU game. I am sorry to see either of them go.

Re the West End: Yeah, It has been dying a slow death since the AA Center opened. The whole West End Marketplace building is closed. Most of the restaurants have moved across the underpass to Victory Park or closed. I worked at the On the Border down there off and on for over 7 years. It was very sad when the place shut down last year.

I guess the QB, Cox, must have some nekkid pics of the coach, because there is no other reason (d'oh a int already) that he should be in the game.

we are struggling with Vandy of all people

I'm an Arizona St fan and remember a Georgia QB and he was pretty good. Struggled somewhat against their defense but overall was pretty good.

at least one day a week
and the same one who has thrown 9 ints this season

I think my team got lost on the way to Dallas. :cry:

Other than the one big play they gave up to Murray on the first drive, they've held pretty well, even though the offense hasn't given them much rest.

But the Texas offense hasn't had any answers yet ...

The offense is ruining my whole day though. :grr:

What's the deal with so many OU guys getting hurt in this game? Has this been a problem all season?

6-3 so far approaching halftime.

Bradford in the first game and now again; Gresham, the best TE in the country, lost for the season the week before it started; Broyles, the team's best WR, just came back for this game, and that's just at the offensive skill positions. Most games have been like this, with injuries in the game of varying severity. I'm not sure why it's been like that, but it's been a rough year for injuries.

AND OU STILL SUCKS!!!

HOOK EM!

Boy, these defenses are playing well.

I had to literally leave the room at one point. UT's offense is killing me. Absolutely KILLING me.

But I guess in most of those cases they were beating themselves in the first half and simply fixed their mistakes in the 2nd half. I don't think they've played a defense quite this fast or playing quite this well.

Should be an nerve-wracking second half all the way around (insert nail-biting smiley here).

Now we're tied again. This has been a very weird, intense game so far.

:bounce:

I haven't seen any of that game, but it looks like Purdue actually came to play :)

:wow:

:wow:

That's a shock.

They nearly beat Oregon on the road in the pouring rain at Midnight (West coast time, think of how that affects a mid-America team). They scored on the last play of the game but failed on a two point conversion. Also Notre Dame needed a last second score to beat Purdue as well.

They were 1-5 going into today's game ...

I didn't say great but you can count on them to produce a very good running team, Michael "The Burner" Turner for example, and even though they have no MAC Championships in the last 20 years they have been very close. They also gave Wisconsin a run for their money.

Anyways NIU is my favorite team from the MAC so I felt the need to defend them. :)

I don't think they're as good this year as they've been in some years past, but you're right, and I didn't mean that so much as a knock against NIU as a knock against Purdue, which (near misses against a then-reeling Oregon and an, imo, over-rated Notre Dame team aside) hadn't shown many signs of playing in the Buckeyes' league this year ...

I don't catch many NIU games so it's hard to evaluate them but when I do it's usually the last game of the season at home in cold windy weather that usually decides the MAC West Champion that they end up losing by a close score. (Last year it was against Ball St in the snow and HEAVY fog where you could barely see the game).

I give Purdue props for the Oregon game even though they lost because it was late, the game ended shortly past midnight west coast time which is probably 2 in the morning for what they're used to and Autzen is a very difficult place to play for any team. One of the loudest stadiums in the country and they came up short by two points.

I was growing tired of watching Purdue shoot themselves in the foot week after week. Lordy!

Not Ohio State!
Not Penn State!
Not Michigan!
Not Wisconsin!

(but the season's only half over)

I just wish the Hawks would quit spotting the other team ten points.

Dunno why these people drive all the way up here from Huntington just to see their team get embarrassed.

"the *gag* "Friends of Coal Bowl" "

:rofl:
That's not a good name for a rivalry game. They should call it something a bit more violent if they really want this game to take off

Pitting that 3rd-tier, tiny school team against the 'Eers every season is the second-worst idea that the governor has had since he took office.

The first was to replace these signs:


With these:



Friggin' DINO.

I believe their game against WVU was a competitive one with Moss but not sure how the games have been since then. Probably one-sided.

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because they can. :-)

I'm going to need a nap after this game. :rofl:

Finally some excitement.

:bounce:

And I think I need it now. :)

I was worried OU was in danger of getting blown out, but they answered :woohoo:

None of these teams can pull ahead of each other. Granted UT has a 3 point lead but that isn't much.

I'm a huge Longhorns fan, but their performance today was dissapointing. I'm glad they were able to pull off the win, but I'm not convinced they would have been able to if Bradford didn't get hurt early in the game.

Even though OU has lost three games this year, they've only given up 53 points in 6 games, including today. I think that Texas has had concerns about their running game all year, and today when they matched up against a solid defense some of their problems became clear. They certainly have some things to work on, but they probably won't face a better defense this year than what they saw today.

I'm pretty disappointed with the end result, I've got to admit, but even so, congrats to your Longhorns :toast:

Though I'm rooting for USC ;)

pretty sweet fake FG attempt

Jimmy Clausen, ND QB, played high school ball here at the local football powerhouse Oaks Christian.
So did half the USC defense.

4th quarter, 1 minute left ND 7 down, GREAT catch inside the 30. The game's afoot!

incomplete. 4th down coming up 42 seconds. A TD and Clausen could cement his status as a winner

:hi:


Purdue and OSU- what the hell?

A Florida receiver drops a wide open sure touchdown passes which leads to a Tebow fumble on the next play. :rofl:

Just fumbling too many times, 2 times in striking distance. 3 fumbles overall.

Can't really fault the player on the last one. Arkansas player somehow KICKED the ball out of the receiver's grasp. But everything that could go wrong has gone wrong ............. FLORIDA TOUCHDOWN as I'm typing this. 77 YARD PASS

:wow::rofl:

Gators coming back.

MUCK FIAMI

:)

I actually like Florida, I just like Arkansas the most out of the SEC.

80 something yard pass on a 3rd and 19. :wow:

I had switched over to the USC-Notre Dame game ...

Scored on a 10-yard run. 20-20 all.

I really dont like the Gators, but my daughter goes to school there so I'm happy for her (she's watching in her dorm lounge).

USC has the ball at the UND 1-yard-line, so it looks like they're about to build on that lead ...

Wasn't sure what game to watch after Florida-Arkansas.. :thumbsup:

coming down to the last second

I hope they convert just to make things interesting.

Major clutch.

Penalty! half the distance to the goal. ND inside the ten! This is exciting.

FUCKING AWSOME PENALTY too

hope the ND player isn't too hurt

!1st and Goal

caught, no TD

i swear that was a touchdown, BS call, still 4 seconds left

REALLY NUTS

holy fuck!

FUCK!

Wish it was overtime. I still have around 2 hours to kill before ASU-Wash.

Oh well game over but the ball hit the ground at 1 second.

Must have been reading my mind.

good game anyway

all favoring the home team at the end of the game.
But Arkansas had what? four chances to score and blew them?

Arizona   7
Stanford 0

Arizona   7
Stanford 7

Then Stanford fumbles, Arizona recovers.

7 - 7

Arizona 13
Stanford 7

:woohoo:

:grr:

j/k
:pals: :loveya:

looks like the game has taken a turn since that post, though ... it's now 28-19 Stanford ...

I tend to like both of the Arizona teams, at least in football. UA because of Mike Stoops and ASU because of Jake Plummer and the fact that I've got family around there. :)

Call me a bandwagoner but I was fully on the Broncos shipBroncos were always my #2 team due to my roots to Colorado) when they had Jake Plummer. I came across an interesting stat that Plummer has the highest percentage of career games that were 4th qtr comebacks. Around 17%. In fact the very first time he played in the NFL was on the road in Philadelphia, he led the Cardinals 98 yards to take the lead late in the 4th qtr which Philadelphia tied at the end of regulation. In Overtime Plummer had an intentional grounding call which put them at a 3rd and long and couldn't convert. You should have also seen the Arizona State vs UCLA the previous year as well. :wow: I thought for sure ASU would lose that game.

Also you got to consider Arizona had a non-existent running game and playing from behind all the time will lead to bad stats. Compare the numbers between Arizona and Denver and you will see the difference. Anyways I could go on and on but he was one of my all time favorite players.

Arizona 43
Stanford 38

One of the highlight check-in guys for the Devils game said (paraphrasing) "You may have heard the cheers from all the way in Tucson as.." goes on to say the Wildcats won and showed a long run that I guess sealed the deal for them.

:toast:

:thumbsup:

66 yard TD run by VA Tech.

:thumbsup:

TD GA Tech

GA Tech 28 VA Tech 16

3 minutes left in the game.

Miami(FL) beats GT than losses to VT and now VT is probably going to lose to GT.

I'm a Cane fan.

We needed VA Tech to lose. :thumbsup:

Meanwhile Miami leads Central Florida 10-0 at half.

Let's see how the Cocks respond.

:thumbsup:

Good lord, I was starting to think that CBS was covering a Florida intrasquad scrimmage. Not a word about the Hogs, but Tebow this, Tebow that.

And the Bible verse eyeblack takes ostentatious self-righteousness to a whole new level.

It took Tejada's meltdown AND some world-class crooked officiating for Jesus Christ Superstar to pull this off, but the bloviators on CBS and ESPN will still make him sound like the second coming of Johnny Unitas (he's actually the second coming of Kliff Kingsbury).

Where's BlooinBloo? I thought he'd be here to gloat about Washington.

Anyways third down penalty killed them again and leads to a Husky touchdown. :eyes:

:wow:

14-7 Devils :woohoo:

Williams fumbled in the endzone which would've increased the lead 21-7. Thankfully the defense is AWESOME but heavy penalized as well. Ref was loosing his voice due to so many penalties.

But it's 17-17 with 3:50 left. This team can't last if the offense continues to play this poorly. Groza award winner is trying to kick field goals with an injured groan and is not making them, that's 2 field goals 23 points. Also Kyle Williams fumbled in the endzone that's 30 points. Sullivan is missing throws by a mile. *sigh*

Must win

3:50 Let's go Devils! :bounce:

Washington ball at their own 9, 3 timeouts, 1:30 left still 17-17. :scared:

*insert nail biting*

Offense fails the Devils again.

ASU ball at the 50 with 13 seconds, 1 timeout. :scared:

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Edit/ASU intercepts Locker's desperation heave to seal the deal 24-17.

Alas, I missed it all, but congrats to your Sun Devils :toast:

The first half had a combined 16 penalties for the first game. It was too close to comfort and Arizona State dominated them in the running game and really should have had a big lead. They got the win though and that's all that matters. Hopefully soon this defense starts attracting some national attention because they played really good. For example (first half) Huskies were driving, Burfict intercepts Locker's pass but a penalty away from the ball negated that so they give the ball back to the Huskies. Very next play a CB intercepts Locker's pass this happened in the red zone just to give you an idea.

I thought for sure BlooinBloo would show as I was here talking about the game to myself. :silly: