2023 & On - College FOOTBAW Thread

[Hawk 34]

Any truth to the rumors they’ve been recruiting @King of Summer Kamala to be their punter after hearing about how often he drops the ball?

 

[AA484]

Games of the week:

1 (9) Baylor at (21) BYU (10:15, ESPN)
2 (1) Alabama at Texas (12:00, FOX)
3 (20) Kentucky at (12) Florida (7:00, ESPN)
4 Iowa State at Iowa (4:00, BTN)
5 (24) Tennessee at (17) Pittsburgh (3:30, ABC)
6 Arizona State at (11) Oklahoma State (7:30, ESPN2)
7 Oregon State at Fresno State (10:30, CBSSN)
8 (10) USC at Stanford (7:30, ABC)
9 South Carolina at (16) Arkansas (12:00, ESPN)
10 Missouri at Kansas State (12:00, ESPN2)
11 (25) Houston at Texas Tech (4:00, FS1)

 

[Broward83]

Ewers is out with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder. Looks like he might be out a good deal of the season.

 

[909]

MARSHALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[strummer]

Marshall takes down Notre Dame!!!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Hose down @Dandy !

 

[HarleyQuinn]

App State also took out Texas A&M! LITTLE DAWGS TAKING OVER

 

[Sex Machine Gun]

FUCKING WIN OVER A RANKED TEAM ON THE ROAD

 

[909]

RG3 subtly burying Baylor's coaching during the end of this game has been fantastic TV.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

UPSET SATURDAY IS BACK!

Iowa State beat Iowa 10-7 (lirl). Georgia Southern knocked off Nebraska 45-42 on the road and Washington State beat #19 Wisconsin.

FCS teams also got in on the action with Eastern Kentucky beating Bowling Green in your weekly shootout 59-57. Holy Cross beat Buffalo 37-31, and Weber State rolled Utah State 35-7.

On the FCS side: Fordham beat Monmouth 52-49, Citadel beat East Tennessee State 20-17, North Dakota beat Northern Iowa 29-27, Cal-Poly beat San Diego 28-27, Delaware stomped Delaware State 35-9, Rhode Island beat Bryant 35-21, South Dakota State beat UC Davis 24-22, Towson beat Morgan State 29-21, New Hampshire beat Albany 28-23, and Missouri State beat UT Martin 35-30.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

‘I’m having a blast’: 49-year-old college freshman makes football team

Usually, a college freshman making the football team isn’t the talk of the campus, but that’s not the case at a school in North Dakota.

www.wabi.tv

Let’s peer pressure @BruiserBrody into playing low level college football.

 

[BruiserBrody]

‘I’m having a blast’: 49-year-old college freshman makes football team

Usually, a college freshman making the football team isn’t the talk of the campus, but that’s not the case at a school in North Dakota.

www.wabi.tv

Let’s peer pressure @BruiserBrody into playing low level college football.

 

[AA484]

Games of the week:

1. Mississippi State at LSU (6:00, ESPN)
2. (11) Michigan State at Washington (7:30, ABC)
3. (12) BYU at (25) Oregon (3:30, FOX)
4. (13) Miami at (24) Texas A&M (9:00, ESPN)
5. Purdue at Syracuse (12:00, ESPN2)
6. (22) Penn State at Auburn (3:30, CBS)
7. Florida State at Louisville (7:30, ESPN, Friday)
8. (6) Oklahoma at Nebraska (12:00, FOX)

 

[MFer]

The Purdue/Syracuse game had some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen in my life.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

The Purdue/Syracuse game had some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen in my life.

Hey, we're 3-0. I'll take dumb shit going in our favor.

 

[909]

Herm up to some shit that will get him fired. Down late and getting driven on against directional Michigan at home. Boosters, fans, etc were already tired of him. They have had talent and can't win. Most of it transferred away. And then guy fumbles to lose the game. So this game makes me wonder about some shit. Like are most coaches (even the ones who get fired) good coaches and there's only so much talent to go around? Think about it. Every game that happens someone has to win and someone has to lose.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Herm up to some shit that will get him fired. Down late and getting driven on against directional Michigan at home. Boosters, fans, etc were already tired of him. They have had talent and can't win. Most of it transferred away. And then guy fumbles to lose the game. So this game makes me wonder about some shit. Like are most coaches (even the ones who get fired) good coaches and there's only so much talent to go around? Think about it. Every game that happens someone has to win and someone has to lose.

There's a lot more disparity in college football but I think that's why schemes are so important. That's why if I were a mid-level or lower program, I'd opt more for a scheme like the Triple Option (think the Army/Navy/Air Forces of the world with way less pure talent), Nebraska's I Formation Option of the 80s & 90s, or the Run & Shoot because you can scheme around lesser talent with that compared to trying to be a "traditional" Pro Offense or even a more common spread offense with pro-style concepts. You'll often see a wider variety of schemes and old-school schemes in the FCS and D2 levels precisely for that reason.

Southern Illinois knocked off Kansas 31-24! UMass finally won a game resoundingly, 20-3, even if it was over powerhouse Stony Brook Arizona managed to survive North Dakota State 31-28 in a game I was intrigued by.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

It's good BC Football can provide a college entry into "Most disappointing inept local sports team" category as they couldn't even really manage to blow out a not particularly good FCS team (my Maine Black Bears) 38-17. And the last touchdown was scored in garbage time and Maine was in red zone with 3-4 minutes left to play with a chance to make it a one possession game!

They should be glad that that they have UConn on their schedule because otherwise, they'll be potentially looking at a 1-11 season (although I wouldn't be shocked if the Huskies got the "upset")

Also Jim Mora is UConn's coach? I missed @HarleyQuinn's post about that.

 

[AA484]

Games of the week:

1 (17) Baylor at Iowa State 12:00, ESPN2
2 (7) USC at Oregon State 9:30, PAC12
3 Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State 7:30, ABC
4 (10) Arkansas vs (23) Texas A&M 7:00, ESPN
5 Minnesota at Michigan State 3:30, BTN
6 Kansas State at (6) Oklahoma 8:00, FOX
7 (15) Oregon at Washington State 4:00, FOX
8 (5) Clemson at (21) Wake Forest 12:00, ABC
9 (22) Texas at Texas Tech 3:30, ESPN
10 Notre Dame at North Carolina 3:30, ABC
11 (20) Florida at (11) Tennessee 3:30, CBS
12 TCU at SMU 12:00, ESPNU
13 Maryland at (4) Michigan 12:00, FOX

 

[Sex Machine Gun]

Go Vols! Great performance today so far. Not sure how I feel about us being good again but I know for sure it feels awesome to possibly beat Florida after losing the last five seasons to them.

EDIT: The Florida coach was just having to be held back by his staff from going after a referee. I think we've got this.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

- Harvard knocked off Brown 35-28 as the Ivy League starts to get into the swing of its season (when I know Fall Football is truly back).
- Holy Cross improves to 4-0 knocking off Colgate 35-10
- Ohio survived a scare from Fordham 59-52 in a shootout
- North Dakota State handled South Dakota 34-17
- Jackson State steamrolled Mississippi Valley State 49-7
- Elon beat William & Mary 35-31
- Monmouth beat Villanova 49-42
- Montana State survived Eastern Washington 38-35
- SE Louisiana beat Incarnate Word 41-35
- In holy shit that score news... Stephen F. Austin beat Warner 98-0. SFA threw for 478 and 8 TD as a team

 

[HarleyQuinn]

UCLA notably knocked off Washington last night. Pretty loaded slate today, especially in the SEC.

 

[AA484]

I'll post the games of the week and my spread picks (spread for pick in parentheses) here because I'm not making two posts:

(15) Washington at UCLA (+2.5) **WIN**
(18) Oklahoma (-5) at TCU (12:00, ABC)
(7) Kentucky at (14) Ole Miss (-6.5) (12:00, ESPN)
(4) Michigan (-10.5) at Iowa (12:00, FOX)
Illinois (+7.5) at Wisconsin (12:00, BTN)
Texas Tech at (25) Kansas State (-7.5) (12:00, BIG12/ESPN+)
Purdue (10.5) at (21) Minnesota (12:00, ESPN2)
Oregon State at (12) Utah (-10.5) (2:00, PAC12)
(9) Oklahoma State (+3) at (16) Baylor (3:30, FOX)
(2) Alabama at (20) Arkansas (+17) (3:30, CBS)
Iowa State (-3) at Kansas (3:30, ESPN2)
(22) Wake Forest at (23) Florida State (-6.5) (3:30, ABC)
(17) Texas A&M (+2.5) at Mississippi State (4:00, SECN)
California (+4) at Washington State (5:30, PAC12)
LSU at Auburn (+8) (7:00, ESPN)
(10) NC State (+6.5) at (5) Clemson (7:30, ABC)
West Virginia (+10) at Texas (7:30, FS1)

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

BAH GAWD, @HarleyQuinn ! Boston College won an in conference game! They're no longer definitively the worst team in the ACC. They've been upgraded to just one of the worst teams in the ACC!

Nice memory to hang onto when they get whoomped by Clemson and Wake Forest next few weeks.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

There's a slaughtering going on at the Dome right now. At half, Syracuse is leading Wagner 49-0. The QB for Wager went 2 for 5 for 19 yards and 1 interception. He also ran the ball 9 times for -18 yards, while their regular RB had 9 rushes for 18 yards. For Syracuse, their QB is 13 for 13 for 191 yards and 2 TDs. Their RB has 22 rushes for 227 yards and 3 TDs. I know Wagner isn't good, but holy shit. Syracuse has a history of playing down to their opponents, so to see them getting the job done in the first half has been awesome. If they win, they are 5-0 and have the hard part of their schedule coming up.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1576711189182271488

 

[909]

Bryce Young OUT this week against aTm. But so is Max Johnson.

 

[909]

Nebraska leads the Big Ten West. What a world we live in

 

[HarleyQuinn]

San Jose State is quietly 4-1 on the year after their 40-7 win over UNLV. Colorado State got their 1st win of the season knocking off Nevada 17-14.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Israel Abanikanda of Pittsburgh ran for 320 and 6 TD in the win over Virginia Tech(!)

James Madison improves to 5-0 after knocking out Arkansas State 42-20. Coastal Carolina is also 6-0 after beating Louisiana-Monroe 28-21.

Illinois beat Iowa 9-6 in another BIG 10 BARN BURNER.

On the FCS side, William & Mary beat Delaware 27-21 as both teams are now 5-1. Holy Cross improved to 6-0 shutting out Bucknell 57-0. Stephen F. Austin beat Abilene Christian 41-38. Tarleton State survived Southern Utah's 27 point 4th quarter to win 42-40.