Today's College Football Thread

[fishwax]

A pretty good slate of games again today, with 5 games between ranked teams. The best of the morning games are No. 11 Ohio State at No. 24 Northwestern and No. 20 Georgia Tech at No. 19 Carolina.

The highlight of the afternoon games is No. 1 Alabama at No. 16 LSU, but there are a couple of other games with a lot on the line, including No. 5 Florida playing at Vanderbilt (who had their best start in 60 years but have since dropped three straight games) and No. 6 Oklahoma playing at Texas A&M (the Aggies had a rough start to the year but have been playing better, and are always tough at home). Also, No. 3 Penn State plays at Iowa.

The night games include No. 8 Oklahoma State at No. 2 Texas Tech and No. 21 California at No. 7 USC.

So what games are you looking forward to today?

[fishwax]

1. Kick for the afternoon games

:kick:

[fishwax]

2. Iowa scores first against Penn State: 7-0

[Writer]

3. Hook 'em!

Steamrolling over Baylor... which, as I understand, nearly beat Missouri last week. Wow!

[SoxFan]

4. Baylor: The Temple of the Big 12

I think we should have a conference for those schools that suck 80% of the time:

Baylor
Vandy
Tulane
Temple
Northwestern

[Writer]

5. Yarp!

BTW: I think I'm going to root for OSU tonight. :P Then I'm rooting for Oklahoma next week. I feel dirrrrrty.

[SoxFan]

9. I'm rooting for Texas Tech

Same nickname as my high school team, and I love an offense that throws on damn near every down.

Hey, as good a reason as any!

[fishwax]

7. Congrats to the Horns

:toast:

That game looked close briefly in the 2nd quarter, when Baylor stormed back to tie it at 14, but Texas stormed after that.

[fishwax]

6. Wyoming gets a win at Tennessee

Congrats to the Cowboys :toast:

[SoxFan]

11. Phil Fulmer unemployed in 3...2...

[Twillig]

16. Shirley, you are shitting me!

Good oogly-boogley. LOL.

Nice.

You know, in an unrelated matter, Jim Mora once said: "You think you know, but you don't know. And you never will."

That is college football.

Of course, I KNEW that the Minnesota Gophers were not as good as their record. But never figured on 29-6
AT HOME to the not-as-bad-as-their-record Michigan Wolverines.

Of course this has me concerned about Oregon State v. UCLA. O-state is favored, but:

Coach Riley has never beaten UCLA.
It's in Pasadena.
UCLA is Jekyll/Hyde: can be good, can suck 59-0 v. BYU.
Other quarterback starting for OSU.

[fishwax]

26. I think OSU will be all right

Keep driving towards that Rose Bowl--UCLA is Jekyll/Hyde, but their Jekyll has been mostly in hiding :)

Good luck with the game--wish I could get that one here :toast:

[Giant Robot]

8. WTF? Michigan won!

That must have been a mistake.

Seriously it was nice seeing them look like a traditional Wolverine team, and doing some ass kicking on the field.

Go Blue!

[SoxFan]

10. Does it count if you beat Minnesota?

[Giant Robot]

12. We lost to Toledo

Hell yes I am counting Minnesota.

[SoxFan]

13. Having one of those years, huh?

Hey, I'm an Arkansas fan, so I can sympathize. Sure, we beat a good Tulsa team (Bill Clinton was psyched about that, btw), but we damn near lost to some damn directional school early in the season.

[Giant Robot]

14. That was our third win this season.

That should tell you about this year for us.

[1gobluedem]

15. Hey, we got the Jug back, though

And looked like Michigan is supposed to look doing it. It was a good game.

[RoyGBiv]

20. There's a jug involved ...

That means it counts. :)

[SoxFan]

59. Anything in that jug?

All we've got is a boot (and it's ours, by god!)

[RoyGBiv]

62. There are rumors ...

... and rumors of rumors.

My Michigan friend doesn't take any chances though. He fills up before the game. :)

[fishwax]

27. And pretty handily, too

:toast:

[struggle4progress]

17. Washington & Jefferson over Thomas More 1-0

http://www.thomasmore.edu/athletics/WSoccer/schedule_details.cfm?id=3885

[Twillig]

18. sigh.

[struggle4progress]

19. Thomas More fan? Hey, don't shoot the messenger

[trof]

21. I'm watching Alabama-LSU. Got a question.

After one of Alabama's players was tackled he got up and put thumb to ear and little finger to mouth as if miming a telephone.
This got him an unsportsmanlike conduct call.
The announcers said something about celphone and tivo and I didn't get it at all.
:shrug:
Anybody?

[Ava]

24. tebow did it when he got a touchdown

and a georgia player did too. of course neither of them got called on it, only parker wilson. it was stupid and i think the "unsportsmanlike conduct" calls are usually stupid.. but he should haven't done it and he knows better.

hopefully saban will knock some sense into them in the locker room. this is a stressful game, but the LSU game always is. x(

[trof]

25. But why is it unsportsmanlike? I don't get it.

And thanks for responding.
:hi:

[Ava]

56. it's considered "taunting"

i think it's a stupid call most of the time.. boo hoo, someone's feelings might have been hurt... last i checked footbal wasn't a game for the thin skinned. :shrug:

how are you and the mrs doing? :hi:

[trof]

28. OK, I found the story:

But I sure as hell don't see how this is unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of Parker.
:wtf:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- LSU fans somehow got hold of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's cell phone number leading up to last Saturday's 28-24 loss to the Tigers and the calls became so bad that he had to turn the problem over to someone else.

"His friends took his cell phone and the calls and messages would come in faster than they could erase them,'' said Tebow's father, Bob. "How many messages can you erase in a minute? They came in faster than that.''

Tebow called the ordeal "an interesting experience, just handling it all," Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

But he said it was not too much.

After scoring a touchdown in Baton Rouge, Tebow put his hand to his helmet and taunted the crowd, as if to say, "Call me now.'' He said it was all in good fun.

"They were having fun with me, so I was having fun with them, too,'' he said. "It's what college football is all about. It's just fun, and I had fun with it. I know it probably got under their skin a little bit.''

Asked what the messages from the fans said, he replied, "I don't use that type of language too much, so I can't tell you. Some people did take it way too far, farther than you should take it with sports. But I think for the most part people were just having fun.''

Some of the calls included threats.

"There was some stuff like that, but I didn't worry about it or think about it,'' Tebow said. "I didn't even think it was that big of a deal.''

Florida coach Urban Meyer talked to a campus police officer about the calls and said he was worried about his quarterback's safety.

"It's easy to just get rid of your phone,'' Meyer said. "I told Tim, 'Just dump it and get another one.' And he changed his number and all that.''

The calls started early in the week and never stopped.

[fishwax]

22. Penn State up 13-7 at the half

[fishwax]

23. Alabama and LSU tied at 14 at halftime

[trof]

29. The unsportsmanlike call on Parker Wilson sucked.

Big time.

[Ava]

55. yup

thank god we pulled it off though.

we got screwed out of a touchdown too on a crappy call.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

30. Go Mounties...........

No. 25 West Virginia takes on Cincinnati. WVU is favored by 8 points, last I checked.

[trof]

31. Whew. AL 21, LSU 14. 3 rd quarter. ROLL!

Nail biter in the first half.

[fishwax]

33. Now tied with 6 minutes left -- this is a good game

Alas, I haven't been able to watch much of it, but the next 6 minutes should be exciting :)

[fishwax]

32. Iowa beats Penn State

Iowa kicked a 32-yard field goal with :01 left on the clock to win by a point, ending Penn State's undefeated season. Congrats, Hawkeyes :toast:

[Strawman]

36. No. way.

I guess I have to do the unthinkable and root for Michigan to pull of a miracle next week along side us and beat OSU. Now even if we win next week at Penn State, we don't go to the Rose Bowl if OSU wins since they beat us head-to-head.

Iowa is way better than their record. They played us extremely tough in East Lansing. Hard hitting smash mouth team.

[bigwillq]

34. Yeah Hawkeyes!

:bounce: I am not a big Penn St. fan and did not want to see them in the BCS championship. Good win, Iowa.

[SeattleGirl]

35. Oregon beats Stanford, 35-28.

:bounce: :bounce:

[fishwax]

42. Way to go Ducks!

:toast:

[Strawman]

37. Sparty's 9-2

Nice, workmanlike 21-7 win against Purdue this afternoon.

[fishwax]

40. It's sure been a good season for you guys

:toast:

[trof]

38. TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!

Hold it.
Shit.
Penalty?
Holding?
Where did these officials come from?
bastids.
;-(

[trof]

39. F#CK YOU OFFICIAL!

pissant

[Ava]

57. it was a horrible call

not to mention that LSU got away with some major holding during the game

[trof]

41. OK, I'd take a tie at this point.

damn

[fishwax]

43. Tide still has another chance to score here ...

[trof]

45. I'm wiped. The Kardiac Kids.

That's what they were called when The Bear was there.
National champs for what?...3 years?
Many times pulled it out in the last seconds of the last quarter.

BTW, I was at Alabama during some of the Namath years.
Sweet.

[Wapsie B]

44. Iowa 24 Penn State 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!

[fishwax]

47. That was a great game! Congrats!

:toast:

And it helps out the Sooners, so I'm happy :)

[Wapsie B]

54. Thank you!

:toast:

Glad to help! :beer:

[trof]

46. How much pressure on the Alabama kicker?

About a Brazillion psi.
Poor kid.
:-(

[fishwax]

48. d'oh!

Rough day for him ...

[trof]

49. HOLY SHIT!

This game is not to be believed.

[fishwax]

52. Bailed him out in overtime

Good thing he didn't have to try a field goal there ...

[Capn Sunshine]

50. LSU - I've fallen in love w/ them all over again

what kind of heart do these kids have, after the past 5 years of crap they've had to endure?
Bama is good, but in LSU you're looking at one-half the Natl Championship game.

[trof]

51. I honestly think we don't deserve to win.

I dunno.
The LSU QB can't pass.
It's all on the ground.
And we can't seem to stop them.

[Capn Sunshine]

64. Bad news, bears

well the QB is a true freshman.....I still say Alabama finishes behind LSU

[Ava]

66. past 5 years of what crap?

:shrug:

[trof]

53. TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!

Whew.
We pulled it off.
Squeaker.
Still #1!

[Ava]

58. thank god for rashad johnson

:hi:

[av8rdave]

71. I'm very late posting this...was gone on a weekend motorcycle trip, but

ROLL TIDE!!!!

[fishwax]

60. Arizona is crushing Washington State -- this win will make them bowl eligible

They haven't gone to a bowl game since '98, but it looks like they'll go bowling this year. Congrats to Mike Stoops and the Arizona Wildcats! :toast:

[GOPisEvil]

61. My God, A&M sucks swamp water through a crazy straw.

I feel bad even congratulating you on the OU win. You could have brought the JV team.

Yeah, beating Colorado isn't quite the same as beating OU. x(

[RoyGBiv]

63. Warm-up game ...

It's like the scrimmage ya play before the real season starts.

Tech and OSU coming up ... gonna be a tough couple weeks for the Sooners.

[fishwax]

65. yeah, that was not a good game

I thought OU would win, but I thought A&M had improved more than they apparently have. Of course, to be fair, OU's offense has made a lot of teams look pretty ugly this year :)

To next year :toast:

[RoyGBiv]

67. Harrell is scary good ...

'Course Crabtree helps him with that ... as does the line.

I'm not quite sure how you stop them.

[fishwax]

68. that game in norman could wind up with both teams over 50

Crazy as it seems, though, I'm afraid Tech's got a better defense than OU does right now ...

[RoyGBiv]

69. I'm afraid you're right ...

Sadly enough, I'm sitting here watching OSU for the first time this season ... well, a whole game anyway ... and I see their weaknesses on offense, but I'm not sure OU is going to be able to exploit them.

Unfortunately, their weaknesses on offense seem to coincide with OU's weaknesses on defense, so that may be a wash.

Depending partly on how beat up they get against Tech, they could conceivably lose their final two games.

[fishwax]

70. Cincinnati beat West Virginia in OT

The Bearcats will be Big East Champions if they can win out, and they should be back in the Top 25 next week ...