Today's College Football and Tailgate Thread

[fishwax]

College football season is finally here! :woohoo:

It’s the first week of the season, so most of the top-ranked teams are playing fairly easy games. There are only two games between ranked teams today: #24 Oregon State plays #6 TCU at Cowboys Stadium and #21 LSU plays #18 North Carolina at the Georgia Dome. Boise State (ranked 3rd) and Virginia Tech (10) also play each other, but not until Monday.

Also a couple of rivalry games: the “Arch Rivalry” (Missouri vs. Illinois in St. Louis) and the “Rocky Mountain Showdown” (Colorado vs. Colorado State at Mile High Stadium).

My Sooners play Utah State today--alas, I can’t watch it because it’s on pay-per-view and my cable provider isn’t carrying it. But there are plenty of other games to watch (and, of course, a hot grill and cold beer). There’s bound to be a few other games that wind up being good as well—usually the first week of the season brings at least one or two upsets. And even if there isn’t, well, at least it’s football season again.
:bounce:

So what games are you looking forward to today?

[Ptah]

1. Last night was a good start for the Arizona Wildcats.

U of A 41
Toledo 2

Looking forward to Sept 18 in Tucson

[fishwax]

2. that was a good start -- they've got a good QB this year

They could be set up for a very good season this year.

[mitchum]

3. Those damn Bulldawg fans already have me trapped in my house

greetings from Athens GA

[fishwax]

5. heh -- I can relate

I used to live about three blocks from Owen Field in Norman, OK--all the neighborhood streets and most of the yards would be lined with cars. Worse, our neighborhood only opened out in two directions, and both streets that it opened two were arteries to the stadium, so traffic was backed up on each street for hours before and after every game.

The one advantage for my friends and neighbors who weren't interested in football was that all the city's stores, restaurants (other than sports bars), coffee shops, movie theaters, etc. were completely uncrowded during game time--if they could get to them ...

[fishwax]

4. Miami of Ohio scores first against Florida

Gators fumbled a snap giving Miami the ball at the Florida 25 or so. Miami couldn't move the ball at all, but they did make their field goal. :bounce:

[fishwax]

13. Florida's offense looks horrible today

They're ahead 21-9, but one of their TDs was an interception return and another was a 2-yard drive after an INT. Their longest scoring drive has been 21 yards.

But they're moving the ball now ...

[fishwax]

6. Youngstown State has a 7-6 lead over Penn State

It's only the 2nd quarter, but still :wow:

[taterguy]

7. Can't wait to see the Heels stun LSU

. . . by being able to find 22 players that are eligible.

[fishwax]

8. hehe

I haven't really followed that story much, but I heard that UNC was going to have to resort to rotating suspensions ...

[taterguy]

9. The story is that UNC has the delusion they can have a decent football program

It was fueled by the Mack Brown anomaly.

Even he realized that UNC would never be a nationally prominent team so he got the hell out of Dodge.

So they resorted to hiring some sleaze-bag Jimmy Johnson protege.

They should just be satisfied with all the national championships they win in women's soccer and hoops.

[JTG of the PRB]

10. 5 minutes until the Buffs kickoff!

Damn, it's been a helluva long wait for the first game, but I'm ready! :woohoo:



LET'S GO BUFFALOES!!!

[fishwax]

12. wish I could get that game here

:grr:

One of those teams needs to get good again so that they show it on a bigger network ;)

[JonLP24]

15. Go Rams!!

Too bad I won't be able to watch the game. :(

[JTG of the PRB]

16. Maybe that's for the best right now...

:P

Go Buffs!!!

:hi:

[one_voice]

11. ......

http://media.wsbt.com/images/Notre+Dame+Football1.jpg

[fishwax]

24. should be an interesting season

Not really a Notre Dame fan, myself, but I kind of like Bryan Kelly.

How do you think the year will go?

[one_voice]

26. They have the talent to be good...

but a quarterback with no experience, makes it hard to tell. I like what I'm seeing so far in this game, but it's only the second quarter, a lot of game left and a lot season left. It's not like Purdue is a good test...

[JonLP24]

14. Checking in

T-minus 19 minutes until football that counts is on my TV!! :woohoo:

[JonLP24]

18. UCLA vs Kansas St is on in my area

:popcorn:

[Swede]

51. That was a good game.

Defensive battle most the game,then it opened up.

[fishwax]

19. woohoo!

You watching UCLA-KSU?

[JonLP24]

21. Yes

See #18 if you haven't already.

[JonLP24]

22. Killer penalty

:wow:

[fishwax]

29. looks like this has been a pretty good game

I've been watching a little bit of it, but got distracted by some fantasy football chores I had to attend to :)

But it has, at least, been close throughout, unlike the Purdue-Notre Dame and Michigan-UConn games ...

[JonLP24]

30. Last chance for UCLA

They need a touchdown and a 2-pointer in the final two minutes to send it to OT.

[JonLP24]

31. TOUCHDOWN UCLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

22-24 K-State.

[JonLP24]

32. Incomplete pass

Onside kick very likely coming up.

[JonLP24]

33. Recovered by Kansas State

[JonLP24]

34. It's in the bag

Long touchdown run by Kansas St to seal it.

[av8rdave]

17. I am attending Washington - BYU

[fishwax]

20. Sounds like fun

:bounce:

Who will you be pulling for?

[av8rdave]

23. Washington.

Family from there. Plus, a BYU loss is good for my Alma mater (Air Force)

[JohnnyLib2]

25. Aaaaand Kentucky leads Louisville 13 - zip.

Naturally

[fishwax]

36. d'oh! I missed that whole game

Looks like it got close after the 1st quarter ...

[lazarus]

27. good news for Bama fan who don't live in the south

amidst the bad news of losing Ingram and Dareus: The game today is on ESPN3. Woot!

[fishwax]

35. lucky!

I wish my game was :)

[lazarus]

40. and then it's blacked out here in Cali

I had to watch it play by play, no video. :(

[fishwax]

42. that sucks

:grr:

[Nevilledog]

28. Holy Crap....Oregon 59 UNM 0....at the HALF.

[fishwax]

37. ouch!

72-0 final :wow:

[tigereye]

38. hey! It's that time again! (and for the US Open for we tennis junkies!)

Pitt lost on Thursday, but Notre Dame looked like it was winning when I peeked at that game.


:hi: How was your summer?

[fishwax]

39. it's definitely a great time of year

I haven't gotten to see much of the US Open yet, but I'll catch up some this week.

Notre Dame did look good today from what I saw. And even though they lost, that Pitt game was pretty exciting.

My summer was good, but as usual not long enough :) -- how're things going for you, tigereye? :hi:

[tigereye]

58. kind of a crazy summer- too much work for my husband and me, kid starting

high school, parents have had more health problems. Oh, and trying to find someone to remodel the bathroom - what a pain trying to get folks to either call back or actually give you a quote... :shrug:


We did have some nice trips to the woods and parks, though. Lovely in that sense.

[SoxFan]

41. Observations

Florida and Oklahoma might be overrated.

Utah is definitely underrated, as usual.

The SEC West is going to be a great four way fight between Arknasas, LSU, Alabama, and Auburn.

Houston Nutt is in for a very, very long year.

[ChoralScholar]

43. Jack Crowe at Jax St. finally got his....

You guys might remember back in 1992, he resigned at Arkansas after losing to I-AA Citadel on the season opener. And now, he hands the same type of punch-in-the-gut loss to Coach Nutt at Ole Miss.

In other news Arkansas manhandled Tenn. Tech to the tune of six touchdowns. I think it ended 44-3. If we can get by Georgia in two weeks, and Alabama in three, we might have a shot this year.

[JonLP24]

44. Holy shit North Carolina

:wow:

[fishwax]

45. what happened?

I saw that they were down 20 when the Oregon State game ended, so I flipped to the Cincy-Fresno State game. They scored a TD, I see -- what else'd I miss?

[JonLP24]

47. 90+ yard TD pass was thrown by North Carolina

To narrow the deficit, 17-30. They recently held LSU on downs and now got the ball back.

[fishwax]

48. one possession game now --

I wish I'd seen that 90-yarder :D

[JonLP24]

49. OMG

I already had LSU penciled in, in the Sports Forum pick 'em after halftime.

:wow:

[fishwax]

52. LSU Defense seals it

Lot of pressure on that 4th and 5 ...

[JonLP24]

54. NORTH CAROLINA RECOVERS THE FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!

[fishwax]

55. 10 seconds -- 15 yards ...

[fishwax]

53. I spoke too soon -- LSU offense gives it right back

:wow:

[JonLP24]

46. Finally my team is playing

Unfortunately I can't see the game. :(

Fortunately they're up 16-3 at the end of the 1st QTR. They're playing Portland St.

[fishwax]

50. no excuse if it's close against Portland State :)

Hey Jon, I've seen a few people on one of the OU boards who are convinced that Erickson will be done after this year and that ASU will hire Mike Leach as their new head coach. They're clueless and/or full of it, generally speaking-- but how hot is the hot seat for Erickson this year?

[JonLP24]

56. I don't think so

and I hope not.

His problems was accuracy problems with starting quarterbacks and loss a few close games. Defensively they held Matt Barkley to one of his poorer showings. However Andrew Luck burned them as well as the Oregon QB of last year. However they were within the top 25 in defensive YPA last season and it was mostly freshmen and 1st year starters. Arizona St hired an offensive coordinator this season when last season Erickson was calling plays offensively. So we will see how that goes.

He did split a Pac-10 title with USC with Erickson so I'm confident in his ability. I forgot to mention he has done well in recruiting a Vontaze Burfict was the #1 highest rated linebacker out of high school, choose ASU over USC last year.

BTW, get a load of these scoring drives of tonight's game. :D

Cameron Marshall rushes for 70 yards, scores TD.

Cameron Marshall rushes for 38 yards, scores TD.

Steven Threat (first game EVER) completes pass for 28 yards, scores TD.

[fishwax]

57. that's what I figured

This is, what, his fourth season? It'll be fun to see how Burfict develops between last year and this. And it looks like maybe they've got talent on offense too.

The only thing working against Erickson, I think, is that the PAC 10 seems so wide open right now, and if schools like Washington, Stanford, and (especially) Arizona (all of whom finished below ASU two years ago) solidify their positions in the top division I could see people getting impatient. But that's only my perspective from a distance, of course.