Today's College Football Thread

[fishwax]

Plenty of good games lined up today ... Who's your team play today?

My team will be renewing one of the best non-conference rivalries of the 1980s, between two of the most successful and most hated teams of that decade:




Miami Hurricanes at the Oklahoma Sooners. I'll be pulling for the Sooners :)

What games will you be watching?

[unsavedtrash]

1. We play Vandy

I'm working so no watching football for me.

Roll Tide!
Go Sooners Go!

[fishwax]

3. that should be a good game

I saw that Alabama was only a 3.5 point favorite.

Sorry that you have to miss the game, but good luck to your Tide :toast:

[SoxFan]

7. Vandy seems to be this year's sleeper

They could surprise people.

[SoxFan]

8. Vandy seems to be this year's sleeper

They could surprise people.

[fishwax]

10. it seems as tough many years they'll surprise someone

but generally lose the rest of their games. Didn't they beat Georgia last year? (And was it last year that they almost beat Arkansas?)

But even though they put up a good number last week, I've still got to see more before I can give them too much credit ;)

[fishwax]

13. looks like that game started well for you ...

Alabama is up 10-0 about eight minutes into the first ...

[backwoodsbob]

26. lsu

lsu Is gonna be mighty hard to stop this year

[fishwax]

27. the game against Va Tech will be fun to watch tonight

I hope it's a good game ... I think LSU will win, though, and I could see them winning handily.

Welcome to DU, bobbydem :toast:

[lizerdbits]

62. It is not fun for VT alumni!

Whaaaaa! Not that I was expecting an upset. I guess the Tiger fans have turned it off laughing already. :(

[fishwax]

64. yah ... yikes

:blush:

VT didn't look like a top 10 team tonight ...

[lizerdbits]

66. I think they might be ranked a little too high

but we'll see how the season progresses.

[Syrinx]

69. LSU looked awesome tonight

I'm an Alabama fan, but I think LSU is a lock to win the SEC West. And most likely they will win in Atlanta in December.

[SoxFan]

2. Razorbacks have a bye week

The Hogs played one game and then took the weekend off. Go figure. They have a huge game next week against Alabama, so at least they will be rested and ready.

I'll probably watch some of the BC-NC State game and whatever Atlantic 10 game is on.

[fishwax]

4. Will that game be in Arkansas or at Bryant-Denny?

Should be a good game, either way, provided 'Bama takes care of business today :toast:

[SoxFan]

5. At Alabama this year

Should definitely be a good game. LSU is a notch above the field, but Arkansas, Alabama and Auburn are all capable of making some noise.

[fishwax]

6. Oklahoma strikes first -- 7-0

[fishwax]

12. 14-3 at the end of the first quarter

[fishwax]

30. Final score: 51-13 Oklahoma

Boomer Sooner!

[Ptah]

9. Another I-A vs I-AA matchup that could go either way

vs

[fishwax]

11. that probably could go either way

I thought Mike Stoops would have gotten that Arizona program going a little bit better now, but he hasn't ever turned the corner.

It's been a while since I really followed Northern Arizona, but as a Broncos fan I remember the QB they had back in the mid '90s--Jeff Lewis, who was taken in the fourth round as a possible successor to Elway ...

[Ptah]

14. I think this could be Stoops last chance here in Tucson.

He is on the hot seat this year.

The Lumberjacks scored 47 points in their opener vs Western New Mexico,
the Wildcats 7 vs BYU

Could be another season of woe for the Wildcats

NAU plays Appalachian State next week.

[fishwax]

17. Oklahoma fans would gladly welcome him back as a defensive coordinator

:D

Sometimes great coordinators don't make good head guys, though--maybe he just needs some more seasoning. Either way, I think you're likely right about this being his last year ...

[Shakespeare]

15. Texas A&M v. Fresno State.

Gig 'em, Aggies!

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Fresno State has been a formidable team of late...

I don't know much about them this year, but it should prove a good game to watch.

[fishwax]

18. Aggies are getting a lot of positive attention this year, think they'll live

up to the hype? I sure appreciate what they did in their regular season finale last year :toast:

[Shakespeare]

21. I hope so, but historically we're very good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

But, as ever, I'm hoping they have an awesome hear. :toast:

[GOPisEvil]

44. FIRE FRAN!!!!

How the hell do you lose a 19 point lead at home? x(

Thank (insert diety here) we were able to rescue victory from the jaws of defeat.

[Shakespeare]

45. Agreed. I have NEVER liked Fran.

And SO much talent on our team, too. x(

[GOPisEvil]

46. Yeah, look at how many receivers are in the NFL from A&M.

Now why the hell don't they ever do anything while they're there? Because the offense sucks and has for years, that's why.

Life was much better when Jackie was paying the players. (Allegedly)

[Syrinx]

68. I thought Franchione was going to make 'Bama a great coach

Then he bolted after two seasons, and I got really mad at him. I'm surprised he hasn't done better at A&M.

[YDogg]

72. Franchione didn't have the stones to make it at Bama.

Sure, he stepped into a crappy situation, but his word was worth nothing. And he thought he'd do better at A&M. I think he's overrated, personally.

RTR.

[The Straight Story]

19. Akron is putting up a good fight against OSU (3 - 2 OSU Leads at half)

Dayum!

[fishwax]

23. I saw that score

:wtf:

For a while they even had a 2-0 lead!

[VenusRising]

28. We pulled it out!!

I think the difficulties were a combination of new playing surface and rain with an added bit of inexperienced new guys.

Once the rain finally stopped they did better.

The defense did a great job today.




:bounce:



:bounce:

[jobycom]

20. My team is playing the TCU Cockroaches.

Okay, I'm not trying to slur TCU, it relates to an incident from 1961, when TCU upset Texas. Afterwards, the Texas coach said "They are like cockraoches. It's not what they eat or carry off, it's what they fall into and mess up."

[fishwax]

22. was that Darrel Royal?

Funny quote :)

They better bring a better game this week than they did last week, though, because TCU can compete. I think Texas will win, but either way we'll learn a lot more about Texas this week than we did last week ...

[jobycom]

24. Yeah. DR. You are correct, TCU could win this game, and I wouldn't even

think of them as falling into it. Texas is always poorly coached, but usually has a lot of talent to make up for it. That talent looked bad last week. And though I didn't see TCU, I hear they looked good.

[fishwax]

25. They have a really young offensive line, right?

Not to take anything away from what Colt McCoy did last year, but a great offensive line will sure help a freshman quarterback look good. (Oklahoma fans are seeing the same thing with our freshman QB and great O-line this year.) I think that was a big reason the talent didn't look so good last week. (I didn't see the game, though, so it's all idle speculation :))

[tigereye]

29. Pitt 34 Grambling 10

would have liked to have seen Gramblings band, though.

[fishwax]

31. Hooray for the Grambling band

been a while since I've seen them on TV, but they're always a good time :D

And congrats to the Panthers :toast:

[fishwax]

32. self delete

[tigereye]

34. well it ws just about over - and I assume G didn't make a big run in the last

4 minutes.

I always enjoy seeing SOuthern take on Grambling when they have that Bayou classic.


There was a cool article today in the NYT about historically black colleges and how complex their bands are. Some of em do Monk and Coltrane tunes!

[fishwax]

33. Some of the early games looked like upsets, but

they didn't pan out in the end ...

#16 held off Wake Forest by three and #3 West Virginia had their hands full with Marshall ...

Right now CSU is faring pretty well against California--that would definitely be an upset.

Second round of games about to start ...

[fishwax]

35. Hopefully the evening's games will be more interesting

All the afternoon games are getting out of hand ...

[cloudbase]

36. Where are all the Wolverine

fans hanging out this afternoon?

[SeattleGirl]

37. I think they have gone into a collective coma.

Go Ducks!!!!

[cloudbase]

41. That was a major league ass whipping.

I feel for those guys, as I've been on the short end of those games before.

[SeattleGirl]

47. Ducks spent years on the short end, so yeah, I know they feel bad. n/t

[fishwax]

38. Triple Overtime for Fresno State and Texas A&M

Aggies just scored a TD in the top half of the overtime ...

[Shakespeare]

39. This game is giving me heart attacks.

Geez, win it already, Ags!

[fishwax]

40. I can imagine

I tuned back in late, because the Aggies looked to have it in hand ... I got back in time to see the beginning of overtime and that crazy situation with the Fresno State fumble :crazy:

[Shakespeare]

42. That was NUTS....but...

We won!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[fishwax]

43. congrats

now you can breathe again ;) :toast:

[YDogg]

48. Did Michigan have another bye week?

:hide:

[cloudbase]

50. They can say "bye" to their season. n/t

[javadu]

61. LOL!!!! They Are Just Taking the Rest of the Season Off (nm)

[hellbound-liberal]

49. My team got whacked Monday night

We're in a rebuilding decade. maybe the 2010s will be kinder to us.

[greatauntoftriplets]

51. Northwestern beat Nevada 36 - 31

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. My dear greatauntoftriplets!

My dad went to Northwestern!

I did a major part of my childhood growing up in Evanston, next door to Dike Stadium!

:toast:

[greatauntoftriplets]

55. It's a great school, Peggy.

I am happy to have been able to go to school there, thanks to my parents. Of course, it was a lot cheaper back when I went. Class of 1971.

:toast:

I attended Medill and have a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. Or, as well called it (BSJ) Bullshitting Jerk.

What was your father's major?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. He got his PhD there in civil engineering...

I visited the campus many years ago in 1991....

I had a wonderful mini-Roots odyssey!

He got his degree in the early '50's!

:toast:

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. NU has a great tech school, too.

Of course, my classses were mostly at the south end of the campus and he was up north, so I don't know that area as well. And it has changed lots in the years since I graduated. But it's a beautiful campus and I loved attending the university.

The Shakespeare Garden is just gorgeous.

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. The campus is lovely!

I have some non-digital pics of my trip...

One of these days, I'll have a scanner and then I'll post them...

:toast:

[Wapsie B]

52. Iowa Hawkeyes 35 Syracuse Orangemen 0

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

[BlooInBloo]

54. I'm always mildly surprised at DUers' lack of interest in sports....

... I would've thought that sports enjoyment was independent of political interests. Fringe sports like disc golf, ultimate, and soccer don't count, of course.

[javadu]

60. I Agree ---- I Always Thought DUers Were . . .

overrepresented by people with college and post-graduate degrees from places like Michigan -- Ohio State -- U of Florida, etc. But - I am ashamed to admit that I am doing what I don't like to see other people do -- advancing a stereotype of DUers. We are, afterall, a very diverse group of people. Still -- it would be fun to hear so alums representing their alma maters. It makes Saturdays more fun.

[javadu]

59. M I Z . . . Z O U

MIZZOU wins and goes to 2 and 0. It looks like MU will be scoring a lot of points this year. The only problem is that it looks like they will need a lot of points.

As noted by a previous poster my other favorite team had a bye week. GO RAZORBACKS!!!

[fishwax]

63. they're looking good this year

it wasn't great how they gave back so much of their lead last week against Illinois, but they looked good for the first 2.5 quarters or so. This could be the year for Mizzou in the north ...

[fishwax]

65. South Florida upsets Auburn

Congrats to the USF Bulls, who win in overtime :toast:

One possible upset still left on the board, though Wisconsin just pulled ahead late in the fourth, so maybe UNLV won't win after all ...

[Syrinx]

67. I kind of feel sorry for South Florida's kicker

He had a really bad night.

And I thought both Leavitt and Tuberville made some really questionable calls. :shrug:

[Syrinx]

70. what about South Carolina beating Georgia?

I can't say that I saw that coming.

The ol' ball coach -- he may be a jerk, but he can sure coach! :)

[WinkyDink]

71. Go, PSU! Heh. First time ND started with 2 losses, EVER! WE ARE.....PENN STATE!