2008 College Football Season Thread

[jacksonianmarch]

Irish playing again. Nice INT in the red zone, now movin

[jacksonianmarch]

Clausen is learning, he looks really good right now

[Cocos Disciples]

Gooooo Auburn!

[jacksonianmarch]

Clausen looks awesome today.

[ORS]

Meh, Stanford really sucks. They have the same "gotta get smart kids" problem ND does, only without the history to attract the best athletes from the pool of smart kids.

[jacksonianmarch]

Stanford isnt good, I agree. They arent terrible either. It isnt like we're playing Wofford or anything. The thing I like is that Clausen is seeing a lot of pressure, but is checking down appropriately and using his audibles well. That 48 yd TD pass was an audible. And he is now starting to use the middle of the field. Lets put it this way, as a Sophomore, Clausen is looking a hell of a lot better than Quinn did. I think his Jr yr will be ridiculous.

[ORS]

Actually, I think they are terrible defensively. In 5 games this year, they've only given up less than 28 when they played San Jose St. I'm watching, and Claussen is showing improvement. I don't see ridiculous on his horizon, however.

[See Red]

Kentucky's making a game of it against Alabama. Their offense has been atrocious, but they just scored to make it 14-7.

 

edit: Too bad, too... because now I have to flip back and forth between that game, Auburn/Vandy, and in about 15 minutes here, Brewers/Phillies

 

Also, you'll never convince me that 'Bama is the second best team in the country at this point. I guess they're at #2 kind of by default, but still...

[ORS]

The playbook has been very vanilla today. This is not the 'Bama you see in a big game. Last week was. I still think they are the #2 based off what I've seen from them on the year.

 

EDIT: Also, Kentucky can play a little D. While 3 of the teams they've played have been directional schools, they've only allowed 22 pts in 4 games prior to today.

[ORS]

Texas scores to make it 28-27, Oklahoma. The Longhorns look legit.

 

On another note, are there 4 words that say, without directly saying, "huge college football game" better than.....

 

YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE!

 

Love me some Musberger for a big game. Guy is the best in the business, if you ask me.

[ORS]

Sooners fake the punt at midfield and come up short. Stoops looks like he swallowed his headset.

[ORS]

Best game of the year thus far.

[ORS]

Clausen is ripping it up against a legit defense this week. He's looking like the real deal.

[See Red]

Great game between Nebraska and Texas Tech. Nebraska scores a TD to tie it at 31 with 29 seconds left.

[msubulldogs21]

Great game between Nebraska and Texas Tech. Nebraska scores a TD to tie it at 31 with 29 seconds left.

 

Definitely. I turned over just in time to see each team's last TD.

 

OT now.

[See Red]

Texas Tech wins it in OT. What a terrible decision to throw that ball by Ganz (or is it Gans?).

 

Texas Tech is a flawed football team, but I think they'll give some trouble to anybody they play.

[msubulldogs21]

Yeah, that was an awful decision by Ganz. Take your sack and you've got 3rd down coming up.

 

UNC has gone up on Notre Dame now. Too bad I'm getting the Suck 10 on ESPN and I can't watch it.

[ORS]

Clausen is looking like a late game version of Eli Manning prior to the '08 playoffs.

 

Butch Davis has that program heading in the right direction.

[See Red]

Fumble. Game over UNC.

 

And if it was a non-fumble, which it wasn't, there should've been more than one second left on the clock -- not that that matters at this point.

[ORS]

Be interesting to see how they rule on this last play. I think he fumbled prior to being downed, due to the fact that landed on a UNC player.

[ORS]

I think if they rule it a non-fumble, there's plenty of time on the clock. The clock stops while they establish the yardline and move the chains in college ball. There were 5 seconds on the clock when he was "downed".

 

Immaterial now, the right call was made.

[See Red]

Be interesting to see how they rule on this last play. I think he fumbled prior to being downed' date=' due to the fact that landed on a UNC player.[/quote']

 

Yep. And that's how the ref saw it. And that's the ballgame.

[See Red]

Florida is taking it to LSU, 17-0 -- a pick gives them the ball at midfield, now.

 

Looks like I'm down to flipping between OK State/Missouri and Penn State/Wisconsin in between commercials of the Red Sox game unless LSU starts playing better.

 

edit: On second, Wisconsin/Penn State isn't any closer...

[ORS]

This isn't a huge shock to me. LSU got pushed to the limit by Auburn, who can play D, but is awful offensively.

[See Red]

And down goes Missouri. I think Oklahoma's still alive with Texas' upcoming schedule. This season's shaping up to be an awful lot like last and I'm loving it.

[Cocos Disciples]

Way to suck, Auburn.

[TheKilo]

Penn State gets thrust into the national title picture.

[Cocos Disciples]

Texas really opened a can on Mizzou. 56-31.

[msubulldogs21]

Good late night game on right now. Arizona leads Cal 35-27 in the 3rd quarter. Both teams have 1 loss.

[See Red]

Did any of you guys see this in the LSU/S. Carolina game?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfOCB21qwA&feature=related