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cdj
09-14-2010, 08:19 AM
TV games:

Cincinnati at NC State|ESPN HD|Sep 16 2010|7:30PM
Kansas at Southern Miss|ESPN HD|Sep 17 2010|8:00PM
California at Nevada|ESPN2 HD|Sep 17 2010|10:00PM
Arkansas at Georgia|ESPN HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Kent St. at Penn St.|ESPN2 HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Iowa St. vs. Kansas St.|FSN HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Maryland at West Virginia|ESPNU HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
North Texas at Army|CBS College HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Northern Illinois at Illinois|Big Ten HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Massachusetts at Michigan|Big Ten HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Ball St. at Purdue|Big Ten HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Ohio at Ohio St.|Big Ten HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss|SEC Network HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Georgia Tech at North Carolina|ACC HD|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Connecticut at Temple|ESPN Plus |Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Sacred Heart at St. Francis (PA)|NEC|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
New Hampshire at Rhode Island|CSN New England|Sep 18 2010|12:00PM
Princeton at Lehigh|Service Electric 2|Sep 18 2010|12:30PM
Jacksonville St. at Georgia St.|CSS|Sep 18 2010|1:00PM
Drake at Montana St.|Max Media HD|Sep 18 2010|3:00PM
Florida at Tennessee|CBS HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Arizona St. at Wisconsin|ABC HD/ESPN2|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Nebraska at Washington|ABC HD/ESPN2 HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Alabama at Duke|ABC HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
USC at Minnesota|ESPN HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Air Force at Oklahoma|FSN HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
BYU at Florida St.|ESPNU HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Washington St. at SMU|CBS College HD|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Hawai'i at Colorado|Fox College Sports|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Colorado St. at Miami (OH)|ONN|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Towson at Villanova|Comcast Sports Group|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Idaho St. at Northern Colorado|Altitude|Sep 18 2010|3:30PM
Baylor at TCU|Versus HD|Sep 18 2010|4:30PM
Indiana at Western Kentucky|Big Ten HD|Sep 18 2010|5:00PM
Louisville at Oregon St.|FSN Northwest |Sep 18 2010|5:30PM
Portland St. at Oregon|Oregon Sports|Sep 18 2010|6:15PM
Clemson at Auburn|ESPN HD ESPN 3D|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Mississippi St. at LSU|ESPNU HD|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Akron at Kentucky|SEC/FSN Regional HD|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
UCF at Buffalo|Time Warner-Buffalo Bright House Sports|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Maine at Syracuse|Time Warner-Central NY|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Marshall at Bowling Green|WSAZ Buckeye Cable|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Furman at South Carolina|Gamecocks PPV|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
San Diego St. at Missouri|FSN PPV|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
William & Mary at Old Dominion|CSN Washington|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Montana at Eastern Washington|KPAX|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Lafayette at Penn|Lafayette Sports|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Austin Peay at Tennessee St.|Wazoo Sports|Sep 18 2010|7:00PM
Texas at Texas Tech|ABC HD/ESPN2 HD|Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
Notre Dame at Michigan St.|ABC HD/ESPN2 HD|Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
Boise St. at Wyoming|CBS College HD|Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
Utah at New Mexico|The mtn. HD |Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
UL-Monroe at Arkansas St.|Sun Belt|Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
Fresno St. at Utah St.|WAC Network|Sep 18 2010|8:00PM
Iowa at Arizona|ESPN HD|Sep 18 2010|10:30PM
Houston at UCLA |FSN HD|Sep 18 2010|10:30PM
UNLV at Idaho|ESPNU HD|Sep 18 2010|10:30PM
Wake Forest at Stanford|ESPN2 HD|Sep 18 2010|11:15PM

SmoothPancakes
09-14-2010, 08:45 AM
A couple good games this week.

Air Force-Oklahoma
Iowa-Arizona
Florida-Tennessee
Nebraska-Washington
Maryland-West Virginia
Houston-UCLA

Roy38
09-14-2010, 10:28 AM
I hate playing Air Force. We have to scrap our normal defensive strategy for just one game and that's hard for a young defense. They'll challenge you mentally because they force you to play assignment football. If you miss an assignment or fit, they get yards. I really hate it because they are sandwiched between Florida State and Cincinnati. I think this is one game where our offense can help our defense out by continually putting up points and pushing Air Force out of their comfort zone offensively. The way they played BYU, I hope our guys are at full attention this week and don't suffer a letdown after FSU.

morsdraconis
09-14-2010, 10:38 AM
A couple good games this week.

Maryland-West Virginia

Not going to be a good game. I'll be seriously surprised if Maryland doesn't blow us the fuck out.

coogrfan
09-14-2010, 10:53 AM
UH @ UCLA: The key to the game will be the playing status of Case Keenum, who suffered a mild concussion in the Coogs 54-24 win over UTEP. Coach Sumlin won't comment except to say that Keenum's status is day to day.

steelerfan
09-15-2010, 04:32 PM
UH @ UCLA: The key to the game will be the playing status of Case Keenum, who suffered a mild concussion in the Coogs 54-24 win over UTEP. Coach Sumlin won't comment except to say that Keenum's status is day to day.

Keep us posted, Houston (-3) is on my radar but the Over is where I felt good so far. Keenum's status is pivotal.

Solidice
09-15-2010, 04:35 PM
I'm obviously looking forward to the UT-TTU. I'm pulling for TTU, but Texas will likely win.

CLW
09-16-2010, 05:50 AM
I'm praying Duke stays within 100 against Bama.

2 Things will be interesting to see in that game.

#1 Can Duke score against Bama? Their offense has looked pretty good thus far put up a lot of points/yards against Wake

#2 Can Duke even slow down Bama? Their defense has looked awful so far.

coogrfan
09-16-2010, 07:15 AM
Keep us posted, Houston (-3) is on my radar but the Over is where I felt good so far. Keenum's status is pivotal.

Coach Sumlin is keeping mum on Keenum's status, all he will say is that it will be a gametime decision. If I were you I would stay away from this game.

Chase
09-16-2010, 01:00 PM
The Oregon State coach was quoted saying this week's game against Louisville was "our Super Bowl". Our 23-13 win over Eastern Kentucky was pretty scary O_o

I hope Louisville comes out and competes. Just keeping them close for most the game would have me feeling really good about our Big East games

steelerfan
09-16-2010, 05:27 PM
Coach Sumlin is keeping mum on Keenum's status, all he will say is that it will be a gametime decision. If I were you I would stay away from this game.

Yep. Staying away unless something changes drastically. If I were to jump on, I'd wanna do it as soon as word leaks of Keenum playing (though I'm hearing that's a long shot now). Word is Houston would be -7 if Keenum were healthy and I know the -3 would go up if he does play. If word comes that he isn't playing, I'd strongly consider UCLA on the moneyline (to win outright). But, I'll probably let this one go.

steelerfan
09-16-2010, 05:29 PM
I'm praying Duke stays within 100 against Bama.

2 Things will be interesting to see in that game.

#1 Can Duke score against Bama? Their offense has looked pretty good thus far put up a lot of points/yards against Wake

#2 Can Duke even slow down Bama? Their defense has looked awful so far.

FWIW, Phil Steele says 41-20 Bama.

He also says 25-24 TT.

cdj
09-17-2010, 07:18 AM
Except for some late scores, Cincinnati looked terrible versus NC State last night. I know coaches are very important, but it seems like the loss of Kelly plus the addition of Jones & staff have hurt them.

Two good games tonight, Kansas at Southern Miss and Cal at Nevada.

JBHuskers
09-17-2010, 08:25 AM
Two games you don't really care much about on Saturday, but love to see them on a Friday or any other day during the week.

CLW
09-17-2010, 01:02 PM
FWIW, Phil Steele says 41-20 Bama.

He also says 25-24 TT.

I'd actually be pretty happy with a 20-41 beat down. As long as it doesn't get completely "embarassing" (50 + or some other nonsense) I'll be happy.

JeffHCross
09-17-2010, 10:00 PM
Two games you don't really care much about on Saturday, but love to see them on a Friday or any other day during the week.I disagree. I will watch Nevada anytime I can.

God I love the Pistol.

morsdraconis
09-18-2010, 12:08 AM
I disagree. I will watch Nevada anytime I can.

God I love the Pistol.

I agree. Nevada is hella fun to watch.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 12:27 AM
Kaepernick finishes with a shade under 150 rushing yards. Vai Taua finishes with 150 exactly. Nevada gets 318 total out of the Pistol against a team that whipped Colorado 52-7.

So, Nevada 52, Cal 31. Cal 52, Colorado 7. Good grief, Nevada's offense was great tonight.

steelerfan
09-18-2010, 02:34 AM
Nevada was great tonight. I was counting on their recent struggles vs BCS schools to continue, but they finally came through and in impressive fashion.

coogrfan
09-18-2010, 11:05 AM
Case Keenum has received medical clearance to play, but Sumlin still has not said who will start.

cdj
09-18-2010, 12:33 PM
Michigan looks like they are waking up, leading UMass 21-17 at the half.

Vandy up at Ole Miss 7-0 nearing half.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 12:58 PM
Looks like Michigan isn't the only one needing to wake up. Penn State only winning 14-0 over Kent State halfway through the 3rd quarter.

gschwendt
09-18-2010, 01:04 PM
Watching the North Texas/Army game... Army is a heavy dose of triple-option veer running. I'll be curious to see if they implement that into NCAA Football next year, especially since that's something that some have requested a while.

morsdraconis
09-18-2010, 01:06 PM
Watching the North Texas/Army game... Army is a heavy dose of triple-option veer running. I'll be curious to see if they implement that into NCAA Football next year, especially since that's something that some have requested a while.

Man, I hope so. Having the veer in NCAA would be AWESOME.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 01:18 PM
Having the veer in NCAA would bring back bad, bad memories for me. But I would love to see them put in some "older" playbook schemes. NFL Head Coach let you run with playbooks (they came with fake offensive coordinators) that didn't actually exist in the NFL. It'd be very nice to see something like that in NCAA too.

On Week 3 discussion ... Terrelle Pryor went two games without a pick, but has thrown two interceptions into double coverage in the last three drives for Ohio State. Ugh.

The first interception was exceptionally bad, because he underthrew a wide open receiver two plays before. That would have been a touchdown. He then took a sack, and then threw into double coverage. Very bad three play sequence for the Bucks.

cdj
09-18-2010, 01:57 PM
VA Tech losing at home 17-14 to ECU at half. What is wrong with VT?

Solidice
09-18-2010, 01:59 PM
right now, I'm looking good on the GT-UNC game. I picked GT, UNC was the favorite with a 1.5 spread. even if UNC scores to win, it'll likely be 31-30, so I'll still win. :)

Arkansas and ECU are also doing good for me. Kansas State and Maryland are not. :mad:
both are close though, so maybe they can pull through in the end.

Georgia just tied Arkansas at 24.come on Arkansas, don't let me down! :D

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 02:15 PM
And Massachusetts with a touchdown with 2:05 left. Michigan now only with a 42-37 lead. That and the very sub-par performance by Penn State, today has been a bit of a let down for the Big Ten so far with the addition of Purdue and Illinois having close games against their MAC opponents.

CLW
09-18-2010, 02:16 PM
Wondering if Beamer has totally lost the locker room or wtf is going on at Va Tech

Solidice
09-18-2010, 02:18 PM
GT beats UNC 30-24

Kansas State beat Iowa State 27-20

Arkansas wins 31 -24

looks like a good start for my picks. I may go 3-1 in the early games.(Maryland not covering)

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 02:21 PM
Wondering if Beamer has totally lost the locker room or wtf is going on at Va Tech

After that loss to Boise State, they're now trying to screw over the Broncos on anything they might have gained with that win. ;)

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 02:34 PM
Argh! This season of college football is going to kill my remote. All the games I WANT to watch are coming on TV right now. Air Force-Oklahoma on Fox Sports Net Ohio, Florida-Tennessee on CBS, Arizona State-Wisconsin on ABC, Nebraska-Washington on ESPN2, and USC-Minnesota on ESPN, all right now at the same time. Toss in East Carolina-Virginia Tech that I have going on my computer right now on ESPN3, and this is like football overload.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 02:35 PM
Air Force - Oklahoma about to start on Fox Sports Net.

I didn't notice until just now, but BYU is about to take on FSU on ESPNU. Of course, Air Force beat BYU and Oklahoma annihilated FSU last week. Interesting to see those two matchups this week on the schedule.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 02:37 PM
Toss in East Carolina-Virginia Tech that I have going on my computer right now on ESPN3, and this is like football overload.That was me last week. I had Ohio State - Miami on my HDTV, Notre Dame - Michigan on my 19" TV, and James Madison - VT on ESPN3. FSU - Oklahoma got checked occasionally.

HWill
09-18-2010, 02:40 PM
Alabama has already scored. Gonna be a long day for Duke.

CLW
09-18-2010, 02:42 PM
3-1 to open up Week 3 Pick Em' (missed GT @ UNC)

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 02:44 PM
That was me last week. I had Ohio State - Miami on my HDTV, Notre Dame - Michigan on my 19" TV, and James Madison - VT on ESPN3. FSU - Oklahoma got checked occasionally.

Well, some of the games are going to get pushed to the background some. Air Force-Oklahoma and Nebraska-Washington are easily going to get the majority of my viewing time as those are the two I have been looking forward to the most.

I just wish they would stop putting all the good, interesting games on at the same time every week. I'm going to end up going through multiple remotes this season at this rate.

CLW
09-18-2010, 02:45 PM
Alabama has already scored. Gonna be a long day for Duke.

:nod:


:(

HWill
09-18-2010, 02:47 PM
Well, some of the games are going to get pushed to the background some. Air Force-Oklahoma and Nebraska-Washington are easily going to get the majority of my viewing time as those are the two I have been looking forward to the most.

I just wish they would stop putting all the good, interesting games on at the same time every week. I'm going to end up going through multiple remotes this season at this rate.

I have 3 TV's and 2 computers going right now. My electric bill is going to be sky high.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 03:06 PM
Well, some of the games are going to get pushed to the background some. Air Force-Oklahoma and Nebraska-Washington are easily going to get the majority of my viewing time as those are the two I have been looking forward to the most.Air Force got somewhere around 50 yards with an awesome play. Lined up in, essentially, I-Form Y-Trips. Motioned the far receiver (guess technically the flanker) into the backfield between the FB and TB, creating a Maryland I look. Option read to the FB, but Jefferson kept it. Pitched it out to the flanker, with the tailback going out with a power lead on the CB. Flanker cut it upfield underneath the CB, and ran for a while.

Very cool play. That's yet another Air Force play I've seen the last two weeks that looks like it should come from a video game, not from the field of play.

Solidice
09-18-2010, 03:10 PM
VT up 42-27 now. please hang inside the spread ECU! :D

Solidice
09-18-2010, 03:16 PM
VT up 42-27 now. please hang inside the spread ECU! :D


damnit!

VT scores again. 49-27

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 03:28 PM
Ok, is anyone watching Nebraska-Washington on ABC/ESPN? I am wondering because I swear I just heard the guy who was giving a score update on the Arizona State-Wisconsin game, when referencing Arizona State playing on the road, instead of saying "road", pull a Black Sheep and say "ro-ad".

cdj
09-18-2010, 05:40 PM
Nebraska looked good versus Washington, but the Huskies defense is pathetic and Locker looked completely lost. Tough to really gauge NU with UW the caliber they are.

Colorado woke up, down 10-0 in third, now beating Hawaii 31-13.

Wisconsin blocks game-tying PAT and leads Arizona State 20-19 late.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 05:42 PM
Looks like another ass whooping by Oregon. Still 10 minutes remaining in the 1st quarter against Portland State and Oregon already winning 21-0. :D

Edit - The Ducks have had possession of the ball for a mere 2:35 and already have 150 total yards racked up.

Solidice
09-18-2010, 05:47 PM
Florida State up 34-10

Air Force beating the spread(yes!), OU only has a 27-24 lead at the moment.

USC up 32-14

Wisconsin only up by 1, 20-19. blocked XP is the difference.

Nebraska easily beating Washington.

Florida up 31-17

TCU killing Baylor 38-3

Oregon State tied at 14 with Louisville.

Solidice
09-18-2010, 05:54 PM
oh USC, you just had to allow Minnesota to score again and only win by 11(spread was 11.5) :mad:

I could have sworn I picked TCU over Baylor, but apparently I picked Baylor to beat the spread(they aren't getting close). :dunno:

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 06:12 PM
And now for the night games. Flipping between Notre Dame-Michigan State, Texas-Texas A&M, and Clemson-Auburn on TV, and now that the Colorado Rockies are done bitch-slapping the LA Doggers, got Navy-Louisiana Tech going on ESPN3, followed by Iowa-Arizona on TV later tonight. A good Saturday all around. :)

CLW
09-18-2010, 06:26 PM
7-3 right now in Pick 'Em. But looks like an L for me in the TCU game took Baylor and the 20+ points and if Louisville doesn't get its act together thats another big dog I thought was a sneaky pick for another L FTL!

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 07:04 PM
Gah, I hate it when ESPN has multiple games on ESPN/ESPN2. Whenever they do that, the regional field comes over SD but never HD. So I have Texas / Texas Tech on ESPN2, but I can only watch it in Standard Definition.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 07:33 PM
Holy crap what a catch by Clemson's Harper right there.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 07:38 PM
Looks like defenses are going to have to beware more than just the run with Navy this year. Currently at halftime against Louisiana Tech, Navy is 5-9 passing with 179 yards through the air and a passing touchdown. Rushing? Only 57 yards on 16 carries and a rushing touchdown. Navy has defeated teams multiple times in the last 6-7 years in games where they never even attempted a single pass the entire game. Tonight, Navy's showing they got skills through the air.

Solidice
09-18-2010, 08:53 PM
Texas Tech playing horribly on offense, luckily Tech's defense is playing pretty good(or at least Texas' offense is playing just as bad as Tech's) 14-14 at the half. Texas has 20 more plays and about 150+ more offensive yards than Tech does though.

HWill
09-18-2010, 08:54 PM
FIU is up on Texas A&M 20-13 and San Diego State is tied with Missouri. I want to say that I am surprised at those scores but I am really not.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 09:33 PM
We've got ourselves a baseball game going on. Just before the end of the 3rd quarter, Southern Utah defeating San Jose State 11-10.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 09:55 PM
Clemson's long snapper just became a wanted man. Clemson makes the field goal to tie the game back up at 27-27 to head to a second overtime, until Clemson gets flagged for an illegal snap, and then promptly misses the second field goal attempt, going wide left.

JeffHCross
09-18-2010, 10:15 PM
What constitutes an illegal snap?

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 10:41 PM
What constitutes an illegal snap?

In the case of the Clemson-Auburn game? The long snapper picking up the football and starting to move the ball in a snapping motion, then setting it back down onto the ground, and then finally snapping it. It looked at first like Auburn had jumped offside, which would have potentially given Clemson a first down. However after the minute or so pow wow by the refs, they declared the penalty as an illegal snap on Clemson, and it was confirmed by instant replay they showed on ESPN. You could clearly see it happen. Definitely the correct call by the refs.

Solidice
09-18-2010, 10:50 PM
Michigan State beats ND on a fake FG in OT.

ND beat the spread though. :nod:

HWill
09-18-2010, 10:52 PM
Michigan State beats ND on a fake FG in OT.

ND beat the spread though. :nod:

That was unbelievable.

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 10:52 PM
:D Notre Dame loses 34-31 to Michigan State on a fake field goal, resulting in a 29 yard TD pass to a wide, wide open receiver for the Spartans to claim the win.

morsdraconis
09-18-2010, 10:55 PM
Wow, insane. Can't believe they called that play...

SmoothPancakes
09-18-2010, 10:59 PM
Very ballsy, but executed well. And Brian Kelly's reign at Notre Lame starts off with both Michigan schools claiming wins against him. God I can't wait until Monday morning when I see my two ND fan bosses. :)

CLW
09-19-2010, 04:20 AM
Not a bad week in the Pick Em' league. 12-7-1

morsdraconis
09-19-2010, 09:41 AM
Yeah, I didn't do terrible 11-8-1. Missed on some stupid ones though and then Houston getting destroyed by UCLA was definitely unexpected.

coogrfan
09-19-2010, 11:02 AM
Coogs get destroyed by a bad Pac-10 team. That's the good news. :(

Case Keenum may be done for the season after sustaining a knee injury. His backup, Cotton Turner, appeared to suffer a separated shoulder and is likely done for the year as well.

RIP, 2010 Houston Cougars. :( :(

JeffHCross
09-19-2010, 02:35 PM
And all the commentary about Case "easily" breaking NCAA records go down the drain quickly.