GAMEDAY OPEN THREAD: WINGING IT.
by SMQ on Oct 27, 2007 10:46 AM EDT
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PrintThe more I think about USC at Oregon, the more excited I get for the potential fireworks this afternoon in the rare collision of elite defense and elite offense, but even if the Trojans and Ducks turn in the game of the year (if that's still even possible after the last three weeks LSU's had) I won't be watching: instead, I'll be a pilgrim in Darrell K. Royal for Bill Callahan's Farewell Meltdown Tour date with the Longhorns at the same time.
I feel your pain, brother. Not for the same reason, but I feel it.
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Most people prefer the atmosphere of the stadium, but I'm torn: I don't have any particular emotional investment in the Huskers or Horns, certainly not anything like the investment I have in good football, generally, and so the fun of live action is inevitably tinged with the regret of drama unseen. Still, given the choice of USC-Oregon or Nebraska-Texas tickets in August, I'd have taken the ones I have today, and my only solace in the likely event of UT beatdown this afternoon is that I wasn't actually faced with the option. For completely selfish reasons, I'll be rooting for a blowout one way or the other in Eugene, and in Jacksonville, too, and hoping something closer to the Big 12 championship preview we expected in the summer than the 23-point spread we have today. And also, you know, chilling with family I haven't seen in months, etc. I can't really lose here.
At any rate, I'll be an absentee landlord for most of today's thread, so the especially hard rocking that usually goes on therein is left up to you, reader. All games are in play. Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the games and players and ridiculous commercials that you have seen, and come to a decision, and offer this decision to your fellow commenters in humorous fashion.
In the name of God, do your duty. In the name of God, rock this comment thread.
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i agree with you SMQ...
unless it is incredibly important for the jayhawks...
UofL v. Pitt
The only chance we have is that Pitt's coach is worse than ours. Arguably.
my viewing schedule...
primary -- west virginia-rutgers
secondary -- indiana-wisconsin/michigan state-iowa
second slot:
primary -- usc-oregon
secondary -- georgia-florida/nebraska-texas/virginia-nc state
third slot:
primary -- kansas -a&m
secondary -- south carolina-tennessee/ohio state-penn state
fourth slot:
primary -- cal-arizona state
thats what ill be watching, with channel checks mixed in throughout...
Huh
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 12:02 PM EDT reply actions
any good games online? free?
Yahoo has UKY-Miss St.
by EconoMz on Oct 27, 2007 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
thanks, but probably no
oh well, i'll just enjoy the andre woodson fireworks show til gator radio picks up the cocktail party. should be fun.
by EconoMz on Oct 27, 2007 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
If you change your mind...
by chilltown1491 on Oct 27, 2007 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
WOW!
by chilltown1491 on Oct 27, 2007 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
Oh God
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
Mistake
Glen Mason
Again, I'll be the token guy watching the Northwestern-Purdue game here.
Northwestern just scored on an awesome hook-and-ladder play, and all Mason can babble about is Pat Fitzgerald "managing the game."
NU has turned the ball over four times, yet we're still tied on the road. Strange game.
by RotoJeff on Oct 27, 2007 1:36 PM EDT reply actions
UK - Miss St.
by RotoJeff on Oct 27, 2007 1:42 PM EDT reply actions
Bad Call
by RotoJeff on Oct 27, 2007 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, bad call
The Daves were LIVID.
Then on the next play, the playclock is running out on UK and MSU calls a timeout with 1 second left?
Not quite sure what the strategy is there, Dave. Me neither, Dave.
The Daves
by RotoJeff on Oct 27, 2007 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Another questionable call
Bad luck for UK as locke looked like he got hurt, although he'll probably be back.
hey daves, you're live
"Carroll for Heisman, go with that ..."
"say something about `this is the best Miss St has played all year' ..."
by EconoMz on Oct 27, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
"Sing like no one's listening...."
I think the Daves are living right.
"Upset in the making!"
24-7 MSU over UK right now. 8+ in the 3rd quarter so plenty of time for a UK comeback.
I think UK has only had the ball like 4 times this whole game. TD, punt, missed FG, blocked/fumbled punt (not sure, switching back and forth).
Meanwhile, in Louisville's game
Pitt's offense sucks so bad, yet somehow they are still within a TD with the ball in the 4th.
UofL should have put this game away in the 3rd, but we started calling plays like there was 6 minutes to go in the 4th (run, run, run, screen, run).
Gross.
At least UK is losing.
Bad 5 minute swing...
Pitt has driven down to 3rd and 2 from the 8.
And now UK has the ball back.
Could we...
Pitt is terrible.
No matter what happens today, we are going 0-3 against the tale end of our schedule (@WVU, @USF, and Rutgers).
i hope you guys beat west va...
him and AD are good friends right? if so, wouldnt that psosibly give him an extra year or two?
The whole "good friends" thing...
They were friends but Jurich will not keep him around longer than he should because of that.
If we lose out (although it looks like we'll win today) then I don't think Krag will be back.
There's a 35% chance they just fire all the assistants and give krag another year with the new staff.
Not the Wildcats we saw the last two weeks
The 4th -- 4th! KY turnover kills the drive.
by EconoMz on Oct 27, 2007 3:11 PM EDT reply actions
31-14 mississippi state...
talk about a letdown, although you cant really blame them. two weeks in a row with home games against lsu and florida...
Best sign seen on College Game Day
by EOWT on Oct 27, 2007 4:03 PM EDT reply actions
texas is pretty bad..
the longhorns just arent very good this year.
michigan is also struggling with minnesota, down 10-3.
the college football landscape is changing drastically...
Michigan
Not that that really excuses it, though. This is the same Minnesota team that lost to North Dakota State -- and no offense to NDSU, but Michigan's third-stringers would start for them.
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
WLOCP
by DallasTiger on Oct 27, 2007 5:08 PM EDT reply actions
Colt McCoy
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
17-3, Nebraska
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
texas is playing like absolute crap right now..
If they're not already...
Three games remaining: KU @ A&M; A&M @ Mizzou; OSU @ KU.
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
texas' wins this season:
tcu
central florida
rice
iowa state
baylor
yuck.
could they lose their last 4 games (@ okie state, vs. texas tech and @ texas A&M) and not make a bowl?
Maybe
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
you are probably right...
so it is still possible...
Big 12 has eight bowl slots, right?
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 6:07 PM EDT reply actions
What the hell?
- GA beating Florida?
- Uconn beating USF?
- Oregon beating USC
- Nebraska beating Texas?
- Nc State beating Virginia?
Total chaos?
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess this season...
I think the only choice is to never leave the house again on a Saturday afternoon.
Well
Nebraska over Texas: Have you watched Texas at all this year?
UConn over USF: Eh, UConn's been doing a lot with smoke and mirrors (and some really lucky breaks) but they're 6-1 coming in.
NC State over UVA: See UConn above, but if this keeps up this looks like prime material for life on the margins.
Oregon over USC: Like Texas... have you watched USC this year? Or Oregon for that matter... considering these teams' level of play this year, this result is no surprise.
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
i think oregon
not to say that those two should meet up just because they are the two most talented, but that is just IMO.
the other 4 arent all that surprising, nc state over virginia the most surprising to me. uconn over usf is pretty surprising as well and goergia-florida is mildly suprising...
TEBOW = MVP?
Although I guess Tebow doesn't play defense. Have they been picking on these CBs all game?
Florida Cornerbacks
by DallasTiger on Oct 27, 2007 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida seems to have forgotten how to tackle
by DallasTiger on Oct 27, 2007 6:47 PM EDT reply actions
3rd and goal at the 1...
grothe was just sacked.
4th and 11 with a minute left, they will have to go for it.
i wish i was watching this instead of stupid nebraska-texas.
Groethe
With that defense and their coaching, they'll just keep getting better.
Good luck against A&M.
But all of a sudden...
by Tom @ Sunday Morning Quarterback on Oct 27, 2007 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Texas-nebraska
Uconn has mojo right now, but WV will put the beat down on um...think what VT did to wake last season when wake was looking real good.
Arizona is starting to show the promise of a highscoring offense under sonny dykes, but the defense is regressing, hopefully stoops gets one more year to perfect the season before they fire him....but its a crazy year and you never know what will happen.
by AngryAngel65 on Oct 27, 2007 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
Hey SMQ
So where does the SEC stand now? Tennessee has a chance to stand alone atop the SEC east at 3-2, with three 3-3 teams in the middle.
Classic.
So ...
tOSU
- Coaching -- Tressel is really good.
- Talent -- top recruits year after year
- Big 10 schedule -- weak
But despite my anti-tOSU bias, you have to hand it to them: they keep winning.
Not likely
I'm assuming
seriously though, at this point, Arizona St. and WVU is a potential MNC match-up.
I don't even think you can come up with reasonable non-OSU/BC scenarios. So might as well throw Kansas in there!
Dangerous assumption to make
I understand
Will be interesting to see if Illinois learned from the Iowa game.
by CardsFan922 on Oct 27, 2007 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
From what I saw against Michigan ...
i disagree..
we will still have to play @ okie state, another solid big 12 team, misery (which will be top 10 if they dont lose again) and a possible meeting with a possible top 5 oklahoma. if we can go undefeated, we will without a doubt have faced a MUCH tougher schedule than tOSUs...
but i still think they get in over us, because everyone has heard of the buckeyes, people are used to kansas sucking big time at football.
Dream big, rockchalk
A 1-loss LSU gets in because the voters still matter a ton and SEC coaches have no morals.
And voters would never, ever, ever, have Kansas jump LSU, only because their name is Kansas.
It sucks, it is unfair, and the system is awful.
But root for EVERYONE above you to lose a game (except OK, obv). And I'll be rooting right there with you.
by CardsFan922 on Oct 27, 2007 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
i know it is highly unlikely...
it isnt like we have seasons like these very often,,,
Schedule strength
OMG
That's one of those plays that as soon as you see the QB throw it up like that, you know that when the camera pans there are going to be 3 guys from the opposing team waiting for that ball. A throw like that never ends well.
Great game though....two 21-0 runs, followed by 3 straight turnovers inside the 35.
OSU PSU
by AngryAngel65 on Oct 27, 2007 11:02 PM EDT reply actions
