Today's College Football Tailgate Thread

[fishwax]

There are some great games on the schedule today, including four games between ranked teams:

22 Georgia at 24 South Carolina
12 Miami at 2 Ohio State
17 Florida State at 10 Oklahoma
18 Penn State at 1 Alabama

A few other rivalry games as well: Michigan at Notre Dame, BYU at Air Force, Iowa State at Iowa.

So who does your team play today? What games are you looking forward to?

[Lady President]

1. Go Bucks!

Big day at the 'Shoe.

[fishwax]

3. that game should be a good one

I wish it weren't on at the same time as the OU game, because I'd like to be able to watch it more closely. Miami and tOSU both looked good last week, and I'm sure both will be geared up today :)

[Crabby Appleton]

49. OH

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HXRVa5vDID8/TG6KuMVDVGI/AAAAAAAAAVk/s5PgdOY62A4/s1600/Obama+OHIO.jpg

[Ptah]

2. Not much here in Tucson. The Citadell is the visiting team.

I'll be following the Montana State vs Washington State game,
vs



and the U of Montana Grizzlies visit Cal Poly.
vs



Bear Down Wildcats!

[fishwax]

4. Next week will make up for that, Ptah

Y'all ready for the Hawkeyes? Should be a fun week in Tucson, I bet. :bounce:

(Pssstt -- you've got MSU up against the UW logo instead of Wazoo: )

[Ptah]

5. Ah geez.

:blush:

With the soft early schedule the Wildcats might
not be ready for Iowa.
:scared:

[fishwax]

8. they sure looked good last week, though

I know it was only Toledo, but they looked good. And Iowa is definitely good, but they won't have played a particularly tough schedule either, so who knows ... Anyway, I know I'll be watching--if Arizona can find a way to beat Iowa, then this could be a pretty special year for Stoops and Co.

[foxfeet]

17. Ummm-- that is the logo for the University of Washington, not Washington State.

Washington State's teams are the Cougars.

As a Purdue alum, I can't believe I felt the need to point that out. Too many years in Seattle, I guess.

[fishwax]

57. Montana State up 13-7 at the half

:kick:

[Ptah]

62. MSU 22 WSU 14 2nd quarter

:kick:

[petronius]

64. The Poly game (or perhaps you call it the Montana game) is streaming online

at the Cal Poly athletics page, if you don't have another source of coverage...

Go 'Stangs!

[fishwax]

6. Florida might be in trouble against South Florida today

Florida got the ball first and went three and out. South Florida got the ball at their own 5 yard line and put together a 95-yard touchdown drive that took more than 10 minutes off the clock. Pretty impressive.

[fishwax]

14. 7-7 at the half

USF melted down a bit at the end of the half--two interceptions in the last two minutes, one of which set up Florida's touchdown.

[JTG of the PRB]

7. My Buffaloes visit Cal today.

I really hope they play well. It would be amazing to start the season 2-0 after last year. Just gotta stay fast and play tough and make smart decisions.

LET'S GO BUFFALOES!!!

[petronius]

9. That's the game I'll be watching, too - but only one of us will be happy at the end...

(And I'm pretty sure it will be me :P)

[JTG of the PRB]

12. Oooh, another Buffs fan? Glad to hear it!

Let's go CU!!!

:P

[petronius]

21. Yep, you figured me out all right. But just for today I'm gonna pretend to be a Cal fan, because

I want to cheer for the team that actually wins... :)

[fishwax]

10. maybe Hawkins will finally come through this year

Who would've thunk, when he left Boise State five years ago, that the Broncos would have two undefeated seasons and two BCS bowl victories while Hawkins would go four years without a winning record. When CU hired him I thought he'd have more success than he has. But maybe this will be the year ...

[JTG of the PRB]

13. I think we finally found out who the brains behind Boise State really was.

Hint: it wasn't Dan Hawkins.

[NightWatcher]

11. Question for F-ball fans: Can adults wear jerseys for their fav teams?

I thought this was a tacky no-no, but I've seen more this year than ever.

I wear my colors, but only t-shirts.

[fishwax]

16. I don't see the big deal, myself

Assuming we're talking about wearing a jersey to the game or to a watch party and not wearing the jersey to dinner and a movie on some random Tuesday evening.

I've seen this debate on message boards over the last couple of years, and it's always puzzled me a bit. Maybe it looks a little silly on most people, but it's a football game--who cares? I'd rather see someone in a jersey than listen to someone complain about how adults shouldn't wear jerseys :)

But I'm a t-shirt guy, personally.

[KamaAina]

15. Prediction: San Jose State will not be getting Pro Combat unies any time soon.

Cover-your-eyes bad. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[fishwax]

23. agreed

:puke:

[fishwax]

18. Kansas looking to upset Georgia Tech -- 21-17 at the end of the 3rd quarter

Kansas lost to North Dakota State last week, 6-3. Georgia Tech is ranked in the top 20 and were favored by 14.

[taterguy]

20. An ACC school losing a football game isn't an upset no matter who they're playing

That conference really should stick to hoops.

[fishwax]

22. lol -- perhaps, but the same could probably said of Kansas

"That (school) really should stick to hoops."

[SoxFan]

19. Another damn "directional game"

Arkansas vs. The Artist Formerly Known As Northeast Louisiana (UL-Monroe)

It's going to be another 47-6 affair.

[fishwax]

53. Arkansas kind of needs the tune-up, though -- looks like a tough schedule the next few weeks

@ Georgia
Alabama
@ A&M
@ Auburn

[SoxFan]

66. Agree

This was a chance to work things out. They looked out of synch at times tonight. Play like that against Alabama or Georgia and you get killed.

[fishwax]

24. James Madison 21 -- Virginia Tech 16

:wow:

4th quarter ...

[fishwax]

25. It's final -- James Madison gets the upset

I think they were about 33 point underdogs (don't know the final number for sure ...)

[taterguy]

26. Ahem

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9493675&mesg_id=9493831

[fishwax]

29. lol! -- you're right, I forgot

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

44. Hopefully that will cost Boise State some quality win points when the BCS comes out

but it'd still be better if someone would actually beat them. Alas, since they don't play at Hawai'i this year, I'm not hopeful. :scared:

[JonLP24]

27. Sorry I'm late

Watching Notre Dame-Michigan. :hi:

[fishwax]

30. has that been a good game?

I've been to wrapped up in the OU game to pay too much attention elsewhere. :D

[JonLP24]

32. I think so

Denard Robinson is fun to watch.

I also saw Montana in there.

[JonLP24]

39. Denard Robinson 87 yard run

:wow:

[one_voice]

36. ......

this is gonna be a tough game. GO IRISH!!!

[JonLP24]

38. Both Irish QBs made mistakes

I like Michigan more but I hope it is a great game. :)

[JonLP24]

41. Nice pass by Montana to get inside the 5

:wow:

[JonLP24]

42. Tough break there

I was rooting for them to get the touchdown.

Michigan up 21-7.

[fishwax]

28. Oklahoma up 14-7 at the end of the 1st quarter

Keep it up, Sooners! :woohoo:

[fishwax]

31. now 21-7

:woohoo:

[fishwax]

33. 27-7

Missed the extra point :blush:

:woohoo:

Don't blow this lead, Sooners!

[fishwax]

40. 34-7 with :28 left in the 1st half

:woohoo:

[JonLP24]

43. Ouch

I'm thinking I made a mistake picking FSU. x(

I thought it would be a closer game than the points indicated.

[fishwax]

47. 41-7 now, and Ponder just threw his 2nd INT

You certainly weren't alone in picking Florida State--I think the line moved from 8.5 down to 7 over the last week, so there was a lot of money going on Florida State.

I'll admit I was nervous about this game after the lackluster performance against Utah State last week, but I had two reasons for hope: 1st, Stoops's teams have dominated at home against ranked teams. I read some stat earlier this week that when his teams have been favored by less than ten at home, he's won by an average of more than 30 points. (Stoops has only lost twice at home, both times to unranked teams.) Second, everyone was touting Ponder as a Heisman candidate, and Owen Field has been where Heisman hopes go to die since Stoops has been here.

As I type this OU just kicked a field goal to make it 44-7 :woohoo:

[RoyGBiv]

77. OU looked decent ...

FSU looked horrible.

I think OU's secondary has a lot to learn and is going to end up ripped apart eventually.

Flemming is a bright spot. The O-Line is far better than it was last year, but the defense, overall, is worse.

Not OU's year unless they get really lucky, which means they go into OU-TX weekend and come out of it on top. After that, if they do well, they just have to maintain.

I guess what I'm saying is that this game didn't resolve all my doubts resulting from last week.

[GoCubsGo]

34. Gamecocks won! AWESOME!!!

Not that I give a shit about football or am a USC fan. But, I'm a UGA grad, who worked for them for 20 years, until they threw me and my co-workers under the bus a few years ago, ruining my life and killing my career as a consequence. Screw 'em.

[fishwax]

37. that sucks, GoCubsGo

:grr:

At least college football today gave you a small measure of satisfaction :)

[WinkyDink]

35. GO, LIONS! Beat the TIDE!

[trof]

46. Screw Paterno. Roll Tide.

He should gracefully retire.
There.
I said it.
;-)

[Avalux]

48. Hear Hear!!! We Are Penn State!

[fishwax]

58. not a promising first half for state

I haven't been able to see the whole game as I've had other games on instead, but Alabama's defense has been bringing pressure every time I switched to that game ...

[JonLP24]

45. Wow! Nice pass by Dayne Crist

[JonLP24]

50. Nice comeback Notre Dame!

Announcer has it right. "Just when the rainbow appeared" referring to the comment earlier about the pot of gold.

Nice second half D too. Let's see if they can hold it up.

[JonLP24]

51. Great game!

Michigan up 28-24 with 27 seconds left.

[fishwax]

52. that was a good finish

:bounce:

[JonLP24]

54. I'll be back later

NASCAR is on right now. Arizona State is playing Northern Arizona later on but the game won't even be on cable which I don't have. They were forced to schedule Portland State (who placed last week) which is why they're playing back-to-back FBS teams. The reason is San Jose State backed out to play Wisconsin for twice the payout. They had to schedule Idaho State last year because BYU backed out to play Oklahoma.

Anyways, I'm a little worried about the game. A lot of the NAU players are from around here and get a boost playing in front of their hometown. Plus they always play ASU tough and I think NAU has a good team this year.

[fishwax]

55. i'm sure they'll be alright

I know what you mean, though -- those in-state games against smaller schools can get a bit tense ...

[JonLP24]

56. I almost forgot to say

They have to win 7 in order to be bowl eligible which is just fine for me. I mean playing two FBS teams. Anyways see you later. :hi:

[fishwax]

65. NAU scored first, but ASU just got a touchdown

7-3 ASU. It's on one of the Fox Sports Channels here, but it didn't come on at kickoff because of Washington-Syracuse game was still on. I switched over to it just in time to see ASU score.

Sucks that you can't get the game, Jon -- wish I had a way to share the feed for you :hi:

[JonLP24]

72. Thanks

Yeah I saw that it was going to be on Fox Sports Plus. When I had cable I didn't get that channel. Just Fox Sports Arizona.

Anyways I'm following scoring updates.

[fishwax]

74. you were definitely right about NAU -- they're playing with a lot of heart

ASU stays ahead, but not quite far enough ahead to be comfortable. But I think it's been a good game for ASU, because they haven't (that I've seen) gotten comfortable or careless. They're playing hard too -- just scored another TD to make it 34-20.

[JonLP24]

75. It was nice to get that two touchdown lead

Steven Threet has 374 yards passing but 2 picks.

NAU has been stuffing Cameron Marshall who had 100 yards off of 4 carries last week. He is at 2.8 YPC.

[fishwax]

59. Tennessee 13 -- Oregon 3

Still early in the 2nd quarter ...

[fishwax]

67. now Oregon is up 27-13 at the start of the 4th

[fishwax]

68. Now 41-13 -- Oregon really turned it on

:wow:

[SeattleGirl]

69. This Duck fan is VERY happy!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Capn Sunshine]

71. Oregon is the PAC 10 surprise this year

unless you've been following them, then you know how good they are.
If they played USC tomorrow, they'd crush them.

[1gobluedem]

60. Michigan!

Great win over Notre Dame today! 28-24 on the road.

[SeattleGirl]

70. I got to watch that game too; it was on before the Oregon game.

Damn, I was biting my nails those last few minutes, but the Wolverines pulled it off! Congrats!

[JonLP24]

61. Alabama 17, Penn St 0

End of 3rd quarter.

[rurallib]

63. The Hawkeyes looked business like dismantling Iowa State

Not sure how to gauge this one - Hawks were sure hitting on all cylanders.
Iowa State showed some spark last year. I have to think they are not the worst team out there ......

[Capn Sunshine]

73. USC scores, VA scores right back

USC D looks suspect to me, Barkley is a good QB tho

[fishwax]

76. 14-7 USC now -- 4th quarter still remaining

I haven't seen the whole game (been flipping back and forth to a few other games), but UVA seems to be shooting themselves in the foot a lot.

[tigereye]

78. PItt won- whew! It would have been embarrassing losing ot New Hampshire

OTOH, we did lose to Utah last week. :yoiks: