Today's College Football Tailgate Thread

[fishwax]

Only three games between ranked teams today:

#19 Mississippi State at #12 Alabama
#24 Kansas State at #17 Missouri
#23 South Carolina at #22 Kansas State

But there are other interesting games today as well, some with conference and/or national title implications:

afternoon games
#14 Utah at Notre Dame
Georgia at #2 Auburn
Penn State at #9 Ohio State

evening games
#1 Oregon at California
#6 Stanford at Arizona State
#10 Oklahoma State at Texas
USC at #18 Arizona

My Oklahoma Sooners play Texas Tech today – fortunately it’s in Norman, since they really don’t play well at home. And Illinois should get bowl eligible for the third time this century by beating Minnesota.

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

[Nevilledog]

1. Not a whole lotta interesting games today.

Course, last weekend was a smorgasbord so it was destined to be a boring lineup this week.

[fishwax]

3. yeah, I guess not every week can have that kind of lineup

Hopefully there'll be excitement on the field, even though there's not a lot on paper ...

[SeattleGirl]

10. Washington State (1-9) is about to put Oregon State (4-4) away.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[fishwax]

13. wow -- it's been a while since the cougars have won a conference game

almost two years, in fact ...

[SeattleGirl]

16. Yep, it has.

I loved it that they won today!

[fishwax]

2. Iowa will need some last minute heroics again this week

Northwestern is up 21-17 with 20 seconds left. Iowa has the ball at the NW 45 ...

[fishwax]

4. Illinois and Minnesota down to the wire

Illinois is up three, but Minnesota has a 2nd and goal with 47 seconds left ...

[fishwax]

5. Penn State 14 -- Ohio State 3 in the 2nd quarter ...

[madinmaryland]

11. Penn State 14 -- Ohio State 38 at the end of the game. nt

[fishwax]

12. totally different team in the second half

Whatever issues they were having, they certainly fixed them at halftime.

[fishwax]

6. Georgia 14 -- Auburn 7

4 minutes left in the 1st ...

[gratuitous]

7. Wildcats wrap up their season with a gimme

Next week, the playoffs!

[liberaltrucker]

8. AU-UGA

Tied at 21 at halftime. After a few first half
fuck-ups, Auburn is back to true style.

Bring on the second half, WAR EAGLE!!!!!!

[JonLP24]

9. Arizona State should be playing Stanford within a hour

Watching Georgia and Auburn right now.

[JonLP24]

14. Fumble at the 1

:banghead:

Tied 7-7.

[JonLP24]

15. Halftime

Arizona State fumbled on the Stanford 1, Stanford missed a FG, and Luck fumbled in Arizona State territory.

7-7

[fishwax]

18. Sun Devils up 13-10 with a quarter left

:bounce:

[JonLP24]

19. I had it a feeling it would be close

Didn't have a feeling they would win though. I did know Stanford has a vulnerable defense. It is offense where they are excellent. This game, Arizona State's defense is doing a terrific job. Offense could be better but they are running the ball well.

[fishwax]

21. Stanford hasn't scored less than 35 in a game all season

So ASU's defense really is doing a great job.

Coupla unfortunate penalties, though, and Stanford is knocking ...

[JonLP24]

26. Do you know what is going on?

My video went out and I can't connect back to it. I'm looking for a radio feed.

[fishwax]

27. That SUCKS! -- I'll try to keep you updated with a play-by-play

Stanford just got a first down at about the ASU 30 -- State just used their last time out. 2:24 left. Can't give up another first down.

[fishwax]

28. 1st and 10 -- Stanford runs up the middle for 4 yards to the 23

[fishwax]

29. Stanford got a first down at the four -- it's over

:(

[JonLP24]

30. Thanks

I hope everyone in the Sports Forum college football pool took my advice. I predicted this would happen, close game but a loss. :evilfrown:

[fishwax]

33. that's the story of the season, I guess

What've they got coming back next year? Defense should be solid again, I assume ...

[JonLP24]

34. Season is over

I'm checking out the basketball team's schedule as we speak. They needed 7 wins to be bowl eligible because they played 2 FCS teams.

Only 1 starter on their team is a Senior so they got a lot of players coming back, including key defensive players. Running back Cameron Marshall should be coming back and Steven Threet should be back too. The young receivers will be more experienced. They play Missouri and Illinois next year non-conference. They make it by those teams, they should be able to make it through the Pac-10 and finally be bowl eligible.

I feel bad for Dennis Erickson in all this, he brought some talented players over here, they actually starting running the ball effectively with him. Under Koetter they were a very pass heavy team with Andrew Walter mostly. He probably won't be back.

[taterguy]

17. Currently enjoying the Bowl of Schools that fired Bowdens

[fishwax]

20. good game between Cal and Oregon

Oregon is up 15-13 at the end of the 3rd quarter. California has a 24-yard field goal attempt coming up at the start of the 4th ...

[fishwax]

22. Cal makes the go-ahead FG, but there's a penalty -- then they miss the second kick

[SeattleGirl]

23. And SeattleGirl breathes a sigh of relief!

[fishwax]

24. hehe -- hope you're hanging in there -- hasn't been too much stress this season up until now ...

:hi:

Winning close games is always a good thing. If they hang on here, I'm sure it will pay dividends later on.

[SeattleGirl]

25. I'm a mess, actually

And it's even worse that I can't yell my cuss words at the TV because of my cold. x(

[fishwax]

31. well, hang in there, SeattleGirl

I think Oregon is going to score on this drive to put it away ...

[SeattleGirl]

32. I am....

:)

[grasswire]

35. I feel for that Cal kicker.

He lost the game. But I'm more worried about LaJames' limping. We don't want ANY more injured ducks!!

That game was exhausting even for the fans.

[SeattleGirl]

37. It sure was!

I'm going to need the week to recover!

[grasswire]

36. dupe

[gratuitous]

38. Late, late, late to the party

Oregon takes the ball with 9:25 to go in the game and . . . runs out the frickin' clock! Unbelievable. One of the greatest, if not the greatest drive I've ever seen. And they didn't score.

Next week: The Mighty Wildcats get their chance for revenge!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

39. I'm glad DH's Aggies beat Texas.

Hey there, fellow Okie!!! And they beat the Baptists last week too.

We only use football as an excuse to put out our OSU Halloween colored banner and hopefully confuse the natives in Texas. DH has turned me into an orange T shirt wearing Aggie fan, although I am a native Texan and never went to either UT or Texas A&M.

Last fall we went to Stillwater and saw Neil DeGrasse Tyson speak at a fundraiser for the library. I got to see the campus and was impressed with the place. I finally convinced DH that Aggies are smart and it's OK to be one (He's the science nerd (Mechanical) kind, not the cow college (Ag) kind).