2007 College Football Week 3 thread

[cartman]

Have at it!

[wade moore]

Just turned the UMD/WVU game..

Surprised to see it only 7-7 and the 1st quarter is almost over.

Everyone I heard was calling for a WVU blowout (and I would have to agree).

[wade moore]

Impressive stand here by Maryland.

[wade moore]

Worst. Throwaway. Ever.

[Logan]

Two future Rutgers opponents.

Would love to see Steffy make that same throw in 2 weeks.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Just turned the UMD/WVU game..

Surprised to see it only 7-7 and the 1st quarter is almost over.

Everyone I heard was calling for a WVU blowout (and I would have to agree).

I was fully expecting a blowout, especially after the first play.

Terps still aren't looking great and WVU tends to come on strong in the 2nd half, lot of football left to play...

/tk

[wade moore]

Side Note - This is an ENTIRELY different crowd and atmosphere than when I went to watch them beat up on W&M last year.

[wade moore]

What the HELL was that play call?

[Logan]

WVU hasn't impressed me much in the one and a half games I've seen on TV so far this year.

[ISiddiqui]

And West Virginia breaks out in the 2nd half again (so far). It seems they just wear down teams and then run crazy in the 3rd and 4th Quarter.

And Devine looks incredibly scary! Add to Slaton and White!

[Galaril]

Air force against TCU. Air Force hung tight stopping TCU twice inside the 5 yard line and kept the game close 10-3 until TCU scored a score in the mid 4th quarter to break it open 17-3;(

[timmynausea]

I guess I'm biased, but West Virginia looks great to me. White, Slaton, Schmitt and Devine splitting carries out of the same backfield is just unbelievable.

What I'm wondering is how Friedgen will slight the WVU coaching staff tonight. He has a bit of a history of dissing Rich Rodriguez's staff.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Galaril

Air force against TCU. Air Force hung tight stopping TCU twice inside the 5 yard line and kept the game close 10-3 until TCU scored a score in the mid 4th quarter to break it open 17-3;(

I spoke to soon.Air Force has scored two TDs in about a 3 minute span one being on a 75 yard run. Just now, TCU was marching down the field for the apparent game winning FG when they had the ball at Air Forces 21 with 45 seconds and threw an interception in the endzone.Why were thye threwing? Overtime

[Galaril]

TCU misses FG in OT.................And Air Force Bam.
AF 20-17.
tcu has only 3 games in the last three years and this is number 4.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by timmynausea

I guess I'm biased, but West Virginia looks great to me. White, Slaton, Schmitt and Devine splitting carries out of the same backfield is just unbelievable.

What I'm wondering is how Friedgen will slight the WVU coaching staff tonight. He has a bit of a history of dissing Rich Rodriguez's staff.

I'm with you. I think Maryland is, at least, an 8-win team in '07. I'm real pleased with the win--we didn't blow them out, but I never felt like the game was in question (even when it was within 7).

We haven't been completely dominating, but I'm pretty pleased to get through our first three games with our closest game being 17-points. Our early season OOC schedule isn't super tough, but we have two 2006 bowl teams (Maryland and W. Michigan), two rivals that probably hold the game in higher regard than we do (Maryland and Marshall), and, unlike a lot of top 25 teams, we have already played/won two road games (and in a span of five days, no less).

I'm really looking forward to seeing Devine and Slaton on the field together. It usually takes a little while for freshmen to get in Coach Rod's good graces, but Devine has to be getting close to earning his trust.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Galaril

TCU misses FG in OT.................And Air Force Bam.
AF 20-17.
tcu has only 3 games in the last three years and this is number 4.

It is tough to turn around and play on a Thursday, after playing the prior Saturday. TCU was probably pretty beat up, physically and emotionally, after that Texas loss.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

It is tough to turn around and play on a Thursday, after playing the prior Saturday. TCU was probably pretty beat up, physically and emotionally, after that Texas loss.

Yeah,...............um Air Force also played last week on Saturday. Air Force is 3-0 which is the first 3-0 start since 1987 when they went 12-1 and finished fourth in the Rankings.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Galaril

Yeah,...............um Air Force also played last week on Saturday. Air Force is 3-0 which is the first 3-0 start since 1987 when they went 12-1 and finished fourth in the Rankings.

I know they played last week. They also won last week, didn't get their hearts torn out against a top 10 team that they consider a rival, and got to play this game at home.

Still, great win for Air Force. They have some pretty tough (underrated) competition the next two weeks, but if they can get through BYU and Navy, they could cruise into that game against Notre Dame at 10-0, which would be pretty exciting.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

I know they played last week. They also won last week, didn't get their hearts torn out against a top 10 team that they consider a rival, and got to play this game at home.

Still, great win for Air Force. They have some pretty tough (underrated) competition the next two weeks, but if they can get through BYU and Navy, they could cruise into that game against Notre Dame at 10-0, which would be pretty exciting.

No I agree, TCU had a hell of a tough loss last week to the Longhorns and this one won't help either. Great game fun to watch.

[Butter]

Great comeback by Air Force. That 4th and 1 option play at their own 29 was a joy to watch.

[miked]

Got me some tickets to the GT-BC game this weekend. I've never been to a tech game before but from what I hear it should be fun. Go Jackets! And RU of course against Middle West Norfolk State Junior Community College.

[st.cronin]

Great win for Air Force, no way did I think they had a chance to win that game.

[JeeberD]

Big rivalry game for the Miners against NMSU this weekend. Their offense is very similar to Texas Tech's, so the defense didn't have to learn much of anything new at practice this weekend. And after giving Tech a major scare, I'm sure we can tear into a tear with far inferior talent running the same scheme...

[Honolulu_Blue]

Can't wait for that pillow fight in the Big House to see who's the 118th best team in Division 1-A.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Great win for Air Force, no way did I think they had a chance to win that game.

Yes B-I-G win for the Falcons.3-0 BYU next up.

[Buccaneer]

Another reason why Colorado and the West is not the South

n DeBerry’s office, March 2003, the coach spoke in his classic southern drawl: “Nah, don’ chew go thankin’ football ’round here is like it is back home,” DeBerry said to a fellow Southerner. “Cause it ain’t like that.”

No coach, it ain’t.

Even with Air Force’s stunning 20-17 overtime victory over Texas Christian, it ain’t.

You see, back home, folks actually go to games to see the home team play.

Day of the week doesn’t matter. Time of day doesn’t matter either.

Where was Colorado Springs? Where were the rest of the Air Force fans? Official attendance was 31,556. And that was a joke. There might have been a family or two more than 22,000 in a stadium that seats 46,692.

The night was beautiful. Cloudless. A slight crispness filled the air. The home team was undefeated and coming off a road upset.

Methinks because it was a beautiful evening, peope were actually out and about. I saw plenty of joggers and bikers, people hanging out downtown and those simply out walking around the neighborhoods.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I saw plenty of joggers and bikers, people hanging out downtown and those simply out walking around the neighborhoods.

And I just have a really hard time understanding why people would be doing any of those things when there's a college football game to watch.

And I say that as someone who is probably at best only at or around the median for interest in college football in the South.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

And I just have a really hard time understanding why people would be doing any of those things when there's a college football game to watch.

And I say that as someone who is probably at best only at or around the median for interest in college football in the South.

And that would be close to rabid here in the West. It really was a nice evening, I was outside playing with my son.

[JonInMiddleGA]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3020149

Updated: September 14, 2007, 8:04 PM ET

Notre Dame quarterback Demetrius Jones did not board a bus departing for the trip to Michigan, Coach Charlie Weis said in a statement Friday.

Jones started Notre Dame's opener, a 33-3 loss at home to Georgia Tech. He was pulled as starter last Saturday against Penn State in favor of freshman Jimmy Clausen.

Jones' status at Notre Dame is now in doubt.

Against Georgia Tech, Jones was 1-of-3 passing for 4 yards and ran the ball 12 times for 28 yards. Four of the six drives he led ended in three-and-outs, and he fumbled the ball away on the other two possessions.

"At 2:30 today, while boarding the bus to Michigan, I was notified that Demetrius Jones had decided not to make the trip," Weis said in a statement. "I have not spoken to Demetrius and can only say that he missed the team bus. Any additional comment would be without all the facts."

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

I'm with you. I think Maryland is, at least, an 8-win team in '07. I'm real pleased with the win--we didn't blow them out, but I never felt like the game was in question (even when it was within 7).

Really? I'm not sure I see us at 8 wins...our first 2 wins were unimpressive, of the remaining schedule, I'm not sure I see 6 more wins...
@ Wake, @ Rutgers, vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Virginia (homecoming), vs. Clemson, @ North Carolina, vs. Boston College, @ Florida State, @ NC State

Of those, I'd say we'll probably win against Virginia, with Clemson and UNC, we stand a decent shot, and NC State is 50-50. The rest I could see us losing, especially if we play like we have so far. Our defense has actually been really good, I was quite happy with what I saw last night. The offense, on the other hand....stupid Portis.

Edited to fix typos.

/tk

[vex]

Go Troy!

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Really? I'm not sure I see us at 8 wins...our first 2 wins were unimpressive, of the remaining schedule, I'm not sure I see 6 more wins...
@ Wake, @ Rutgers, vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Virginia (homecoming), vs. Clemson, @ North Carolina, vs. Boston College, @ Florida State, @ NC State

Of those, I'd say we'll probably win against Virginia, with Clemson and UNC, we stand a decent shot, and NC State is 50-50. The rest I could see us losing, especially if we play like we have so far. Our defense has actually been really good, I was quite happy with what I saw last night. The offense, on the other hand....stupid Portis.

Edited to fix typos.

/tk

Ok its probably predictable that I would jump all over this, but...
Good shot against Clemson and UNC but NC state is 50-50. But you see losing to Wake, GT, BC, and FSU...

Not sure I follow your logic. Id say other than Rutgers and GT Clemson is your most sure loss on the remainder of your schedule. We handled FSU, NC State is a joke this year, Wake has done nothing in 2 games. But time will tell...

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Really? I'm not sure I see us at 8 wins...our first 2 wins were unimpressive, of the remaining schedule, I'm not sure I see 6 more wins...
@ Wake, @ Rutgers, vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Virginia (homecoming), vs. Clemson, @ North Carolina, vs. Boston College, @ Florida State, @ NC State

Of those, I'd say we'll probably win against Virginia, with Clemson and UNC, we stand a decent shot, and NC State is 50-50. The rest I could see us losing, especially if we play like we have so far. Our defense has actually been really good, I was quite happy with what I saw last night. The offense, on the other hand....stupid Portis.

Edited to fix typos.

/tk

Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but I think the Terps should roll against UNC, NC State, and UVA. I think they match up pretty well against Wake, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, BC, and FSU. I think Clemson's offensive speed (re: big play ability) is similar to that of West Virginia, so that will be a tough one. Fridge seems like he wants to play ball control offense with good defense and that usually does not work well when the opponent has homerun hitters (like WVU's and Clemson's backfield).

Lattimore and the o-line looked real good and the defense looked pretty solid to me. They used a linebacker to spy Patrick White the entire game (and successfully stopped him), but they won't need to do that against teams without mobile QBs like White, so I think they will look a lot better against teams that play pro-style offenses (like Rutgers, BC, GT). Unless Steffy fails to improve throughout the rest of the season, I think they have 8-wins in them, as the ACC is still a little down.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but I think the Terps should roll against UNC, NC State, and UVA. I think they match up pretty well against Wake, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, BC, and FSU. I think Clemson's offensive speed (re: big play ability) is similar to that of West Virginia, so that will be a tough one. Fridge seems like he wants to play ball control offense with good defense and that usually does not work well when the opponent has homerun hitters (like WVU's and Clemson's backfield).

Lattimore and the o-line looked real good and the defense looked pretty solid to me. They used a linebacker to spy Patrick White the entire game (and successfully stopped him), but they won't need to do that against teams without mobile QBs like White, so I think they will look a lot better against teams that play pro-style offenses (like Rutgers, BC, GT). Unless Steffy fails to improve throughout the rest of the season, I think they have 8-wins in them, as the ACC is still a little down.

Please stop causing problem...

[Swaggs]

What was the spread on this Troy-Oklahoma State game? I though Oklahoma State looked fairly decent going into this season.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by cartman

Please stop causing problem...

My Longhorns looking good in the early season?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

My Longhorns looking good in the early season?

What better, Peter Gardere pulled over for DUI, or Rhett Bomar paid for not working?

[vex]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

What was the spread on this Troy-Oklahoma State game? I though Oklahoma State looked fairly decent going into this season.

Ok State had the media in their corner coming into the season, but following what success? Nothing more than a 7-6 season last year. Every year they are the next great thing. But nothing. This preseason, on the Official Oklahoma State website, they even proclaimed themselves as having "The Greatest Offense in the World".

Money from Boone Pickens may buy nice facilities, get you in the media spotlight and like such as. Wins? Not so much.

[Young Drachma]

Wow. Troy finally got to make a statement at home. Good for them.

[cartman]

Troy St. = UCLA

'Unknown College of Lower Alabama'

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by vex

Ok State had the media in their corner coming into the season, but following what success? Nothing more than a 7-6 season last year. Every year they are the next great thing. But nothing. This preseason, on the Official Oklahoma State website, they even proclaimed themselves as having "The Greatest Offense in the World".

Money from Boone Pickens may buy nice facilities, get you in the media spotlight and like such as. Wins? Not so much.

The sad thing is that Troy hasn't even played all that well this game and they are still beating the crap out of them. Troy's coach has made two horrendous play calls (fake punt inside his own thirty and not managing the clock at the end of the first half).

[tarcone]

Iowa travels to Ames to take on the clones. I hope Iowa wins 256-0. that would make me feel very toasty inside.

[sooner333]

Spread was OSU -10, btw.

[Young Drachma]

Go Buffalo. 3-0 early in the PSU game.

[st.cronin]

Impressions of Michigan State: Good offensive line, but Hoyer is very inaccurate with his throws. Defense looks ok, but who knows if Pitt is any good.

[SirFozzie]

sheesh. Syracuse is just an awful team. They're down 14-0 in the first minute of the 2nd quarter, and make a huge stop on a 3rd and 3, causing a fumble (Illinois recovered), but Syracuse gets pushy and gets tagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty, and they give up a first down.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Impressions of Michigan State: Defense looks ok.

forget I said that

[RedKingGold]

PSU losing 3-0 to Buffalo in the 2nd Q. It'd be nice for PSU to actually wake up today.

Which I could actually watch it (damn B10 network)

[molson]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

sheesh. Syracuse is just an awful team. They're down 14-0 in the first minute of the 2nd quarter, and make a huge stop on a 3rd and 3, causing a fumble (Illinois recovered), but Syracuse gets pushy and gets tagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty, and they give up a first down.

A winless season doesn't seem impossible, and 1-2 wins seems likely.

Can Robinson possibly be kept around after that?

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

sheesh. Syracuse is just an awful team. They're down 14-0 in the first minute of the 2nd quarter, and make a huge stop on a 3rd and 3, causing a fumble (Illinois recovered), but Syracuse gets pushy and gets tagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty, and they give up a first down.

Bring back Coach P.