Saturday Open Thread (Non-Texas Games)
by Peter Bean on Oct 27, 2007 6:48 PM CDT
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PrintLots of great action today, including USC-Oregon, Kansas-A&M, Cal-Arizona State, and Florida-Georgia.
Check the guide below for TV info.
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14-0 Colorado
Colorado ....
....is exactly what the good Dr.HornChamps ordered for the game prior to the RRS. Coach Hawkins has them playing well. Perhaps they can get the team ready for OU, since our OOC games certainly won't do it.
Miss. St 24 - Kentucky 7
Third Quarter in Lexington. MSU's other conference win was pretty convincing AT Auburn.
Damn Bulldogs
Early games
Have been excruciatingly boring and mundane this week.
Tick. Tock. Tick ...
Yep
I've never considered changing the channel or leaving the house during college football on a Saturday afternoon, but it's crossed my mind today. Especially sad considering its raining heavily here today.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Cardiac Rest
Given the slate of games starting at 2:30, I think it's probably best we had a nice calm morning. Things could get hectic real quick.
i dont know but the dirty sanchez
is definitely not the answer.
Georgia
Gets first shot at Florida. 7-0 Bulldogs.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 2:56 PM CDT reply actions
A&M game is a whole lot more boring
than I would have thought. Considering these teams have both scored and conceded lots of points at times this season, I would have thought there would be a little more offense.
tOSU is vastly superior to PSU
but I'm not sure what that means. Its just as likely that PSU is just really mediocre.
Bob Davie thinks highly of Texas
He's the color guy in the ESPN2 broadcast ... talking about Ohio St, he said they have had a very weak schedule up to this point.
"If they would have played somebody like Texas early in the year they probably would have lost."
Bob Davie
Little does he know
Yeah, I thought that was a bit funny
I think he was just grasping for a name of the top of his head, and he was in the state of Texas; he looked down and couldn't bring himself to say A&M, so he threw Texas out to see if it flies.
It doesn't fly.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Mangino
The only person in that stadium who outweighs Javorskie Lane
How about that Aggie punt that almost made it to the 1st down marker
amazing it took this long for Kansas to score
considering what Miami and TT did to this Aggie defense.
I've heard it stated several times this year
that Kansas is lucky, they have an easy schedule because they don't play Texas or Oklahoma.
I say its the other way around. Oklahoma is lucky they don't have to play Kansas.
wow this is TERRIBLE
Lets face it. Unless there's absolute chaos, we don't have a chance at an at-large BCS now.
Tech loses to Colorado and home and A&M's about to lose!? This is the worst case scenario for us. Now if we beat them, it won't mean as much because the computers will consider them crappy teams.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
Gettin interesting in Knoxville
South Carolina 14
Tennessee 21
Late in the Third quarter
Cal-Ariz St about to kickoff.
I never thought I'd be excited
about a game between Cal and ASU, but I'm expecting a pretty good nightcap.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Had to grab whataburger for late night fuel
Walk back in and they're tied at 21 ... Damn
It's over, Aggies lose
Boy you talk about the worst case scenario for us. Tech and A&M lose today. Now beating them would as meaningless as wins over previous teams we've played.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions
Not worst case
a lot of teams in front of us lost today (Florida, Kentucky, South Florida, USC, etc.).
At this rate, if we win out, we could be in the 7-10 range in the polls by early December. If that's the case, we could have a decent shot at an at-large bid. Strength of schedule only matters for the computers. If we're 7 or 8 in the human polls, that should be enough to keep a top-12 spot in the BCS.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I want UT to win, but
I always loved watching cocky ass Spurrier beat the Vols
That was three consecutive mistakes
by SC.
The ball is in UT's court now. Let's see if they want it more.
I wish I'd seen more of the 1st quarter
from what I've seen, I can't imagine how Tennessee scored 21 points so quick.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Ohio St/BC/Kansas
Are any of them good enough to run the table in the SEC ... is ANY team good enough to do that?
Its not just the quality of competition
its also the level of intensity. Every game is electric. Its like playing the RRS every Saturday. At some point it just has to be exhausting.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
RRS every week
That's a great way of putting it. hard-hitting, high-intense games every week before packed houses of 90,000-plus against future NFLers ...
Incredible ... but
These are two good SEC teams and this game is far from over even with 1:24 remaining
Me too ...
Just glad LSU ain't playing this week ... They go to Bama next week for afternoon game against Saban with first in the SEC West on the line
How does Herbstreit call a game...
...with the Coach's, QB's and RB's c*cks in his mouth? Yeah, OSU is good, but what a complete homer.
We all may be homers but we ain't calling the game for a major network.
His career's highlights are in his hair.
How appropriate ...
for them to show all the wild late-night SEC finishes right before this recent sequence of events?
Like they scripted that or something
Next week
No games listed for ESPN yet ... looks like the only possibility would be Florida State at Boston College ... they don't have a set time yet
I don't know...
After trading T.J. Ford, your Bucks are heading towards disaster.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
YES
Another ranked team ahead of us loses!
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions
double edged
because then Cal could jump us
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
My God you're right
I'm pulling a complete 180.
And it's not because Cal would jump us. Look at the remaining schedule of Cal/ASU:
Arizona State: @ Oregon, @ UCLA, USC, Arizona
California: Wash St, USC, @ Wash, @ Stanford
ASU clearly has the tougher remaining schedule, so we'd want them to beat this ranked team in Cal and then lose multiple games in the future. If Cal won, they might win out.
Change of plans... GO ASU!
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Remember though
A two-loss Cal team looks better than a two-loss Texas team
Cal won AT Oregon and destroyed a Tennessee team that may play for the SEC title
So then...
Cal must lose here and then hopefully lose to USC or shockingly lose one of those road games.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Cal already has 2 losses
Oregon St. and UCLA
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess they can't all be showstoppers
but I was hoping for a more dramatic ending...something more along the lines of Georgia/Alabama.
But now I'm just being picky. Great game.
Agreed
This shit's like heroine. I can't stop watching football. I'm afraid to miss another classic.
Onward.
I've been watching for 12 hours now
but I rationalize that the football season is not 3 months, it really is only 12 days (Saturdays).
12 out of 365 is nothing.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 27, 2007 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
CFB season
People beg for playoffs, and one guy tells me college hoops is better than CFB because of the tournament.
But in my opinion, every Saturday for 12 weeks is March Madness. Moreso this year than ever
The people who beg for playoffs are the teams that finish No. 3 and 4
But
There are also legit teams that don't have a chance because of this system. That should NEVER happen.
Exhibit A: Auburn.
I want everything to be the same. Rankings and all that. Just take the top 12 teams and make a playoff tournament of those top 12. The teams that don't make it get to play their normal bowl games. Nothing changes there. Top 4 teams get a bye. It's pretty much formatted like the NFL playoffs.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
To do that then ...
Then every conference has to have a championship game or none of them have one. It's not fair for Big 12, SEC and ACC to do it when other conferences like Big 10, Pac 10 don't ...
Everybody always brings up Auburn. If there's a playoff, it should merely be a plus-1 game. Two bowls that serve as a semifinal and then a BCS title game.
It always seems to work itself out. Ironically, as Auburn finished undefeated in 2004, LSU and Florida both won titles with a loss
Yes
Then every conference has to have a championship game or none of them have one. It's not fair for Big 12, SEC and ACC to do it when other conferences like Big 10, Pac 10 don't ...
Yeah that's ridiculous. Whether or not they change from bowls to playoffs or my idea (which is kind of a hybrid of both), it's a joke that only certain teams have championship games.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Georgia's unsportsmanlike behavior
I personally don't have a problem with it. I thought it was cool to be honest.
But seeing that the coach directly condoned it and admitted it, do y'all think the SEC will reprimand him and/or the university? Like a fine or something.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:41 PM CDT reply actions
Richt
I think the first time was great ... but if other teams start doing it too follow the lead dawgs then the conferences should punish the schools for outlandish behavior
I thought it was great of him to do it and can't figure out why that's never been done before
Colorado Rockies are making a comeback!
I know college football is crazy enough today, but Game 3 of the WS is resembling the Tennessee/South Carolina game. Todd Helton used to be the QB of Tenn btw.
Anyway, Red Sox were up 6-0, but now it's 6-5 in the bottom of the 7th. Runner on 1st with 2 outs.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 27, 2007 10:58 PM CDT reply actions
I knew someone would be mad
Refs are goofing the Cal-ASU game away now
That's a terrible call
just say his knee was down. But don't tell us you were reviewing the ref's hand signal.
Looks like ASU will win
Up 31-20 with 1:38 left in the game.
#17 Hawaii is up 23-0 on New Mexico St going into halftime, and are about to score again. DAMMIT! We need them to lose so they don't steal away one of the BCS spots.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 28, 2007 12:54 AM CDT reply actions
Edit
NMST is the team that's about to score going into halftime.
by goingforthecorner on Oct 28, 2007 12:55 AM CDT up reply actions
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