college football chat.

[Хahar 🤔]

Aren't there other threads for talking about the NFL?

That game was awful. I don't know why I watched it in its entirety.

What a crappy game. Sat their from start to finish, and was very unimpressed. Wasn't this supposed to be the game of the century?

Notre Dame-Army in 1946 is often referred to as such; that game was a 0-0 tie.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm so glad I didn't watch the game, I would have turned it off in the 1st quarter.  I found much more entertainment watching the Kansas State/Oklahoma State game on ABC.  Of course, I did go to bed at 9:00, a couple hours before the 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattled.

[Хahar 🤔]

If Oregon had beaten LSU, we would probably be looking at a matchup of #1 Oregon and #3 Stanford today.

[Joe Biden 2020]

It appears that Texas Tech had a one game season - in Norman.  They didn't show up against Iowa State or Texas and now they are getting blown out by Oklahoma State in a laugher.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Iowa State sure messed things up last night.

[Thomas D]

I'm not watching another LSU-Alabama game.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm not watching another LSU-Alabama game.

How about LSU-Oregon?

[Thomas D]

I'm not watching another LSU-Alabama game.

How about LSU-Oregon?

That's a little better. But beating LSU in New Orleans would be hard for anyone to do.

[Thomas D]

I think Lee Corso just said the f-word on Gameday.

[7,052,770]

As usual, choosing two teams turns into an act of bulls***.  We need a playoff.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

how about LSU-UH?  battle of the only unbeatens

[Thomas D]

Oregon down 14-0. But it's still early.

[© tweed]

I'm not watching another LSU-Alabama game.

I would!  I'm still sore over the lack of an Ohio St- Michigan rematch in 2006.  I was at a Sweet Sixteen when the next of the USC defeat came down and I was convinced we'd see it.  but, alas, not, and, also alas, Chris Leak and etc.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

how about LSU-UH?  battle of the only unbeatens

There quite a few teams that would be unbeaten with the Cougar's soft schedule.  I realize that it's not entirely the Cougars' fault that they won't play a ranked team this year, but it is what it is. (Southern Miss's loss to UAB Thursday will likely drop them from the top 25, so they won't be ranked when you face face then for the C-USA championship.) You've played all of three games against teams with winning records so far, and if SMU loses to Rice next weekend, make that two games. You barely beat UCLA and Louisiana Tech in those two games.  Yes, you'll face a couple of decent teams the next two weeks and you're favored to win, but while it would be an upset if Houston loses one of them, it wouldn't be a shocker.  Houston could finish with a 14-0 record after the bowls are over, but even if they end up as the only unbeaten FBS team, no one would ever think they are the best FBS team this season.

Personally, I think they'll finish 13-1 after losing in the Sugar Bowl to Alabama or Stanford or to the winner of next week's Oklahoma/Oklahoma St. game in the Fiesta Bowl.  The only chance the Cougars have to finish 14-0 is if they be lucky enough to go to the Orange Bowl to face the ACC champion.  Even if the Sugar Bowl be forced to pick two teams from the pool of availables, there's no way it will be stuck with a Houston v. Big East matchup that almost no one would watch.
 
If college football were like European soccer, the Cougars would get promoted to a good conference.  But unless the Cougars can get into the SEC or Big Twelve, they don't have a chance of getting a national championship as long as C-USA is nothing more than a small joke with a couple of good teams.  (The C-USA/MW amalgam will be a big joke that lasts until enough of the good teams get taken by other conferences to permit a full merger of the remaining teams into a single mid-major conference.)

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

don't know...4 top 10 teams lost...UH should move into top 5 tuesday

[Joe Biden 2020]

We'll have LSU, Alabama, and Arkansas at 1-2-3 with LSU @ Arkansas next week.  I'm thinking that in some strange way all three losses today may help keep Oklahoma State in the top 5 of the BCS.  At the very least, with OU's loss, they may be in for their first BCS bowl in school history.

[Joe Biden 2020]

My beloved state didn't do so well this weekend in college football.  Now, I have to rely on Tony Romo and Co. to lift my football spirits tomorrow.  Sad, very sad.

[Хahar 🤔]

We'll have LSU, Alabama, and Arkansas at 1-2-3 with LSU @ Arkansas next week.  I'm thinking that in some strange way all three losses today may help keep Oklahoma State in the top 5 of the BCS.  At the very least, with OU's loss, they may be in for their first BCS bowl in school history.

Oklahoma State shouldn't fall below #3, although I don't have any more idea as to where they'll end up than anyone else does.

[7,052,770]

1 LSU
2 Alabama
3 Arkansas
4 Oklahoma State
5 Oregon
6 Stanford
7 Virginia Tech
8 South Carolina
9 Oklahoma
10 USC
11 Michigan State
12 Michigan
13 Boise State
14 Georgia
15 Kansas State
16 Clemson
17 Wisconsin
18 Baylor
19 TCU
20 Houston
21 Penn State
22 Georgia Tech
23 Auburn
24 Virginia
25 Nebraska

[dead0man]

I think Lee Corso just said the f-word on Gameday.

Indeed....I was at the in-law's house and 3 of us were almost positive he said it and when he apologized during the next game we were sure of it.  Pretty funny.  He was using a bullhorn to get the crowd to chant something and they couldn't understand him or didn't agree, I was only half paying attention and he put it down said, "fu@k it" and put on the head of the local team mascot to get the crowd back on his side.  The other three dudes on stage were dumbfounded.

It was pretty much the only joy that day in the house full of the near annoyingly (they don't wear corn heads) hard core Husker fan.  The Huskers looked like sh**t, but the refs looked worse.  Some ridiculous calls that game.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

don't know...4 top 10 teams lost...UH should move into top 5 tuesday

Nah, UH didn't even move into the top 5 in the polls and UH's weak schedule means the computers will dislike them worse than the polls

What will be interesting is if Arkansas beats LSU next week.  If Georgia then wins the SEC Championship against whoever wins the tiebreaker between Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU, then the SEC could end up with three BCS bowl bids.  (That scenario can only happen if the top two teams are from the same BCS conference, but don't win that conference's championship.  If Arkansas just barely beats LSU (especially in OT) then I expect all three to be ranked 1-2-3, with only the order being in question.  Then if whoever goes on face Georgia loses (whoever won the head-to-head between the top two ranked teams), the other two will be ranked 1-2 in the final poll.  Then the battle for position between Boise St. and Houston will be important.  If the SEC gets three BCS births, then only the highest ranked non-AQ school will get in.

[tmthforu94]

The Turner Gill era is over.

[Joe Biden 2020]

The Turner Gill era is over.

This needed to happen for a long time.  I'm not necessarily a Jayhawks fan, but I believe Coach Gill was bringing down the quality of the overall Big 12 conference.

[tmthforu94]

The Turner Gill era is over.

This needed to happen for a long time.  I'm not necessarily a Jayhawks fan, but I believe Coach Gill was bringing down the quality of the overall Big 12 conference.

Haha, yes. Well, this was our first real opportunity to ditch him, since it'd make us look bad to fire someone after their first season. I'd like to get Venables, personally. We'll see. We have great facilities and tradition, so I think we can get things turned around.

[© tweed]

what happens if Georgia beats LSU?