Today's College Football Thread

[fishwax]

The week’s first upset is already in: South Florida (#2 in the BCS) lost to Rutgers on Thursday night. Of the remaining top 5 teams, LSU probably has the biggest test, hosting #17 Auburn. Ohio State could have an interesting game against Michigan State. Boston College has a bye this week, and my Oklahoma Sooners play Iowa State, so they should get through to next week handily.

There are good games out of the top 5 as well:

Kentucky plays host to Florida, and if they can knock off the Gators the week after beating LSU, Kentucky could vault themselves into national title contention.

Texas Tech at Missouri is the only other game featuring two teams in the top 25. Both have impressive quarterbacks, though Missouri’s had a tough week last week against Oklahoma.

Another potentially interesting game in the Big 12: Undefeated Kansas goes to Boulder to play Colorado. A win there and they could be in the top 10 and favored to win the Big 12 north.

Alabama hosts Tennessee in the SEC. Tennessee is ranked once again after starting the season 1-2. But Alabama is always tough at home ...

For my part, I’ll be watching the OU-ISU game early today, and then I’ll be going to the Michigan-Illinois game later this evening. Should be fun :toast:

What games will you be watching?

[WCGreen]

1. OSU should literally destroy Michigan State...

[fishwax]

4. They're 18 point favorites, which seems about right to me

I think Ohio State will probably win by a few touchdowns--they've played really well the last couple of weeks. But Michigan State has actually had a pretty decent season thus far, so I still think they could make it interesting.

[Mojambo]

49. Literally? So the Michgan State football team will no longer exist!?

OSU should get a trophy or something for that!

[av8rdave]

2. Roll Tide!

[unsavedtrash]

3. ROLL TIDE!

:woohoo:

[fishwax]

5. there are a lot of Tide fans here

They're up by three right now ...

[fishwax]

6. Vanderbilt 10, South Carolina 0

[fishwax]

9. now 17-0

[fishwax]

7. Will another Big 10 team lose to a "Championship Subdivision" team?

North Dakota State is up on Minnesota, 14-7.

Incidentally, iirc, NDSU beat Minnesota in basketball last season too ...

[fishwax]

10. NDSU now up 17-14

and driving to start the second half.

[fishwax]

32. North Dakota State beats Minnesota 27-21

Of course, Minnesota losing isn't exactly unusual this year, but it's got to feel good for NDSU fans :toast:

[fishwax]

8. Iowa State strikes first: 7-0 Cyclones

Capitalizing on an Allan Patrick Fumble and a pass interference penalty to score a touchdown ...

[fishwax]

11. Now tied at 7

[fishwax]

25. OU Escapes with a win

They played a horrible first half, but they were solid in the second half. The running game was great in the second half, and the passing game, while not spectacular, had a couple of well-timed big plays.

A win's a win--this year more than most :)

[DrDan]

29. congrats - what was the final score?

Huskers down 14-16 at the half . . .

[fishwax]

31. 17-7

Bit scary, but I'll take it :)

Good luck in the 2nd half :toast:

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Northwestern beat Eastern Michigan 26 - 14 last night.

C'mon Sooners, you can do better than this. At least they are now tied.

[fishwax]

13. Woohoo! Hey, I just found out this week that a former sooners is NW's Offensive Coordinator

Garrick McGee, who played QB for OU for a couple of years in the mid 90s. He transferred in with pretty high expectations after winning a national title at (I think) Northeast Oklahoma. Those weren't good years for the Sooners, but it wasn't his fault. I was happy to find out he was having so much success in the coaching ranks.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Maybe that's why we have more wins than losses this year.

:)

[fishwax]

16. Been getting better every week, too, from the looks of things

I have seen mostly highlights of Northwestern, but every week it seems like they improve.

One more win and you're bowl eligible! :woohoo:

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. I hope so....

It'd be great.

:woohoo:

[DrDan]

15. watching one more painful Nebraska game

sounds like Ok is struggling a bit . . . quite a surprise

[fishwax]

17. What are your thoughts on having Osborne back as AD?

I saw where one or two of the former players who are commentators were pretty ecstatic.

OU played very poorly in the first half, and they have given the ball away three times. But they're getting back in form in the second half ...

[DrDan]

18. thrilled . . . . he is a good man . . . a bit conservative . . . and a Repub . . .

but a good man . . . I admire him a lot . . . and I am glad he is once again a part of this team . .

Now - need to get rid of Callahan . . . he is killing this team . . .

He has trailed 15 times at the half while coaching at Nebraska . . . . and guess how many of the 15 he ended up winning . . . none . . . zero. . . . nada . . . .

He cannot come from behind. . . . I just do not understand how he took the Raiders to the Superbowl . . . except that he had to have inherited a great team to start with . . ..

What is the OU score now?

[fishwax]

19. I agree with all of that

Osborne seems to be a good guy. Callahan I've never liked.

OU is up 14-7 now, but they're about to punt back to ISU. There are about ten minutes left ...

[DrDan]

45. well . . . Calahan has been taking down Husker records since being there

another today . . . first time in over 50 years that the Aggies have beaten the Huskers in Lincoln . . .

and . . . first time in nearly 40 years where the Huskers have lost 3 games at home . . .

gosh . . . what next

[Zoigal]

21. Oregon vs the UW Huskies

Go Ducks!!!!!

[fishwax]

28. Next week is USC, right?

Should be a great game.

Is today's game at Autzen?

[Zoigal]

35. no, it's at Washington

Yes, USC next week here in LA...hope to go.
Since Oregon lost two key players in their game with CAL
it's going to be interesting to see how they do. p

[fishwax]

36. oh yeah, forgot about those injuries

Good luck against the Huskies--they've played well in the first half this year, but they've been a horrible second half team.

[Writer]

22. There are three or four ranked teams...

struggling or losing to unranked teams at the moment. What an unbelievable season.

[fishwax]

30. and a couple of them lost

OU won and it looks like Texas will hold on, but Cincinnati and Tennessee have both lost.

It has, indeed, been an unbelievable season. :wow:

[tigereye]

23. Pitt comes from behind to beat #23 Cincinnatti!

but they aren't #23 now! :evilgrin:


It was a nice change for Pitt who are now 3-4.

[fishwax]

27. Congrats to the Panthers

That looked like a close game the whole time. (I didn't get to see any of it, but just from following the scores ...)

[tigereye]

34. we were stunned to see it on "regular tv!"

Pitt has been having a rough year, so it was nice to see them do well.

[unsavedtrash]

24. 41-17 ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce:
:woohoo:

[fishwax]

26. pretty impressive victory

:toast:

[DrDan]

33. that is a great win!

love to see Tenn on the wrong side of the score . . . .

[bamademo]

37. Rooooollllll Tide!

Give Nick Saban a raise. I want to smoke a cigar (and I'm a woman, it's an old Bama/Tenn tradition) but I quit smoking over 2 years ago and I'm afraid too.

[fishwax]

38. Florida in control at Kentucky right now

28-10, midway through the fourth quarter.

Of course, Kentucky was down against LSU last week, too, but it looks like a third top 10 team could fall this week.

[Ava]

39. the Tide gave TN an asswhooping today

:woohoo:

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

[fishwax]

40. time to start preparing for LSU

Great win today ... should be a good game against LSU in a couple of weeks :D

[fishwax]

41. Another upset brewing: UCLA up 20-14 on Cal

6 minutes and change left in the third ...

[fishwax]

42. I'm off to pre-game festivities

Enjoy the rest of the games, everyone :toast:

[RoyGBiv]

43. WooHoo!!!

I have nothing else to add. I just always participate in these threads, but don't have ready access to a computer at the moment that lets me. So, I missed most of the fun earlier in the day.

Have a good weekend y'all.

[GOPisEvil]

44. Attention realtors in Lincoln, NE. Texas A&M 36 - Nebraska 14

This cannot bode well for Coach Callahan.

Of course, I want a coaching change at A&M, so this result is bittersweet for me. :D

[underpants]

50. BIG RED is nothing compared to their old self

a remarkable social element with Nebraska football. Their is no other game in town so to speak. I was in the Army with a guy from one of those tiny little way-out-there Nebraska towns and BIG RED *IS* the religion well at least it was

[SeattleGirl]

46. Woohoo! My game is finally on! My Oregon Ducks vs.

Washington Huskies.

GO DUCKS!!!!

[SeattleGirl]

47. Touchdown Oregon!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Mojambo]

51. Are you a Duck?

I'm rooting against the Huskies too, but only because I'm a Coug fan.

[SeattleGirl]

52. Hard core Duck fan!

I grew up in Oregon, and used to work concession stands at the Duck games when I was in high school. That was back in the day when the Ducks were not any good, but I loved 'em anyway.

My family still lives in the area, and they are all big fans of the Ducks.

I root for the Cougs when they aren't playing the Ducks.

:hi:

[KamaAina]

48. Today, October 20, 2007, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish made college football history

their Player of the Game was the punter!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

The punter!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

1-7 and officially Bowl INeligible. How sweet it is!!! (Damn you, UCLA :grr: )

[Zoigal]

53. Oregon Ducks 58-Washington Huskies 34

Way to go, Ducks. Hope they can take the Trojans next week.

[SeattleGirl]

54. So do I!

Great game today.

[Mojambo]

56. Man! The Ducks closed STRONG.

It looked like Washington kinda gave up.

[SeattleGirl]

57. I know. The Huskies were doing well in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

I was actually beginning to worry that the Ducks might not win, but woohoo, they did!

[SteppingRazor]

55. Mizzou BURIED Texas Tech, baby!!!

:woohoo:

[Ava]

58. oh damn.. LSU at the last minute

yikes... my stepdad is not happy at all