2023 & On - College FOOTBAW Thread

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Maine finally won a game.

Boston College losing “only” by 28 to Clemson feels like they outperformed expectations given how crappy they are.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Decent FCS slate this week especially for ESPN+ games with a playoff-level game thrown in the mix...

Columbia (3-1) @ Penn (4-0) at 1 PM on ESPN+
Elon (5-1) @ Rhode Island (3-2) at 1 PM
Idaho (3-2) @ Montana (5-0) at 3 PM on ESPN+
Villanova (3-2) @ Richmond (3-2) at 3 PM
South Dakota State (5-1) @ North Dakota State (5-1) at 3:30 PM on ESPN+
ETSU (3-3) @ Mercer (5-1) at 4 PM on ESPN+
Alcorn State (3-2) @ Southern (3-2) at 7 PM on ESPN+

 

[909]

Hooker is gonna win the Heisman, calling it now

 

[Sex Machine Gun]

(clears throat)

WHOOOOOOOO

 

[HarleyQuinn]

East Carolina knocked off Memphis 47-45 in 4 OT. North Carolina improves to 6-1 beating Duke 38-35. Georgia Southern beat #25 James Madison 45-38.

On the FCS side: Penn rolled Columbia 34-14, Rhode Island knocked off Elon 17-10, Maine beat Monmouth 38-28, Sacred Heart beat Stonehill 40-27, Youngstown State beat Indiana State 48-42, Furman beat Western Carolina 47-40, Montana beat Idaho 23-20, Richmond beat Villanova 20-10, and the big upset: South Dakota State beat North Dakota State 23-21. Also Mercer rolled ETSU 55-33 and UC Davis rolled Northern Arizona 56-27.

 

[Broward83]

I know Texas is gonna catch all sorts of hell when we officially join the SEC, but it is games like Alabama/Tennessee that make me excited about joining.

 

[Broward83]

Shit, I just remembered that Tennessee and UT have a weird rights issue about how they can market "UT" in different parts of the US. I wonder if that'll be modified now that we'll both be in the SEC or if they stick to what's been drafted.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1581765278555570176

Christ...

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Boston College finally takes on UConn in a New England regional-based match up. Note Idaho's successful season too considering they recently dropped back down to the FCS level finally. Their last .500+ seasons were 2016 at 9-4 and 2009 at 8-5 in the FBS level.

Absolutely loaded FCS slate today.

Cornell (4-2) takes on Princeton (6-0) at 1 PM on ESPN+
#22 Fordham (6-1) takes on #6 Holy Cross (7-0) at 1 PM on ESPN+
#18 Rhode Island (5-2) takes on #10 William & Mary (6-1) at 1 PM
Southern (5-2) takes on #9 Jackson State (7-0) at 2 PM on ESPN3
#7 Chattanooga (6-1) takes on #24 Furman (6-2) at 2 PM on ESPN3
#11 Montana (5-2) takes on #5 Weber State (6-1) at 3 PM on ESPN+
#8 Incarnate Word (7-1) takes on Texas A&M Commerce (5-2) at 3 PM on ESPN+
Illinois State (5-2) takes on #4 North Dakota State (5-2) at 3:30 PM on ESPN+
#14 Idaho (5-2) takes on #2 Sacramento State (7-0) at 9 PM on ESPN+

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Boston College finally takes on UConn in a New England regional-based match up.

If BC loses to UConn, which seems more and more likely every week, whatever fanbase BC still has is going to absolutely lose their crap. What a dumpy season.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I should have put money on UConn, @HarleyQuinn . This BC team STINKS!

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Phil Jurkovec is an awful QB with a wonky release. BC has been able to move the ball down the field in spite of him but he's totally name/hype than actual play.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I can't believe he was (is!?) an NFL prospect. I'm not sure if he should even still be the starting QB on this bumass BC team!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Not only did BC lost. They could only score 3 points against bumass UConn. Jesus. Hafley might have to look for a new job this spring.

 

[Sex Machine Gun]

... maybe we really are the #3 team in the country. This is weird, I remember these kinds of heady days back in the late 90s but I wasn't as mature a fan of the sport. Next week is up there with Ohio State/Michigan in terms of national significance this season. I would have never believed that the Georgia game would be a top three matchup coming into the season. I figured at best we'd be ranked somewhere in the low teens with a couple of hard losses to good teams, NEVER saw this coming.

I still expect to come back down to earth when Tennessee gets slapped down next week, but what a season regardless.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Holy Cross and Fordham had a spectacular game that lived up to the hype.

FCS Football Review: Week 9 Takeaways | The Analyst

Holy Cross' win over Fordham lived up to the hype in a wild, high-scoring Week 9 of FCS college football. Here's a review of the action.

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"In a rare occurrence for October, Saint Francis has secured the first automatic bid to the FCS playoffs – out of the Northeast Conference."

"Seven of the eight winless teams were in action, and five of them posted their first win of the season. In the NEC, LIU outlasted Duquesne 50-48 in two overtimes, giving coach Ron Cooper his first victory with the Sharks, while Central Connecticut State (1-7) defeated Wagner 34-7. In the Southland, Lamar beat Nicholls 24-17 to end the longest FCS losing streak at 15. Also, Murray State (1-8) defeated Tennessee State 19-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference, and Drake (1-8) beat Stetson 24-17 in the Pioneer Football League."

Nice to see these southern HBCU rivalries staying hot: Alabama State’s 24-17 win over rival Alabama A&M drew an FCS season-high crowd of 67,532 to Legion Field in Birmingham. The Hornets ended a four-game losing streak in the Magic City Classic.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

BC-UConn: We are going to be the worst FBS football game this weekend.
Miami-Virginia's 4 OT game with zero touchdowns: Someone hold my beer this football so I can kick a field goal

Miami 14-12 Virginia (Oct 29, 2022) Game Recap - ESPN

Expert recap and game analysis of the Miami Hurricanes vs. Virginia Cavaliers NCAAF game from October 29, 2022 on ESPN.

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[MFer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586555477319614464

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586775778284507137

Sparty scum-sucking shitbags

 

[HarleyQuinn]

You definitely know recruiters are going to use that against MSU and it's a very bad look for the program and the HC (stating he had no idea it happened...) to not only have it on video but reportedly there were 2 instances where a Michigan player was beat up. That's all on the HC and he needs to be held accountable... other teams aren't having beatdowns in tunnels during their rivalry games.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

UConn might make a bowl game? I guess Jim Mora Jr isn't doing half bad.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Another post about mediocre to poor New England college football teams that only me and @HarleyQuinn could possibly care about. Emmett Moorehead actually looked real good filling in as starter for BC! Four touchdowns and no interceptions. First BC QB to throw 4 touchdowns in his first start since 1981.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Pretty soft FCS slate with a few big time games: Sacramento State (8-0) @ Weber State (7-1) at 3 PM on ESPN+; New Hampshire (6-2) @ Richmond (6-2) at 3:30 PM; and Southern (5-3) @ Florida A&M (6-2) at 6 PM on ESPN+

Leading FCS Prospects For 2023 NFL Draft | The Analyst

Small-school draft evaluator Josh Buchanan breaks down his leading FCS college football prospects for the 2023 NFL Draft.

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[HarleyQuinn]

Lot of ranked teams losing early today...

BC upset #16 NC State, Purdue beat #21 Illinois, Vanderbilt beat #24 Kentucky, #22 UCF knocked off #17 Tulane, and UConn beat Liberty 36-33.

In the MAC, Toledo and Ohio are now both 7-3 on the year. Air Force is 7-3 in the Mountain West while UTSA is 8-2 & Western Kentucky is 7-4 in C-USA.

 

[Broward83]

Fuck Sark.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

FCS Recap
- Sacramento State improves to 10-0 on the season with a 45-17 beat down of Portland State. Holy Cross & Jackson State also moved to 10-0. South Dakota State improved to 10-1.
- St. Francis (PA) and Merrimack both move to 8-2 in the NEC
- Yale knocked off Princeton 24-20 to move to 7-2, giving Princeton their 1st loss of the year. Harvard improved to 6-3 beating Penn to make their record 7-2.
- Other schools moving to 8-2: Fordham, Dayton, Elon (8-3), Richmond, Jacksonville State, NC Central, North Dakota State, Weber State, Furman, Florida A&M, SE Missouri
- St. Thomas (MN), William & Mary, Samford, and Montana State are each now at 9-1.
- Drake, sitting at just 2-8 now, upset Butler 27-24 dropping Butler to 7-3 in the Pioneer.

 

[Dandy]

Your beloved Marshall University Thundering Herd beat App State yesterday to move to 6-4, technically becoming bowl eligible with a waiver for scheduling (Marshall and App were scheduled to play each other OOC this year and the sudden move of Marshall to the Sun Belt forced both teams to play a second FCS school).

When they were 4-4 this seemed unlikely, but they are more likely to finish 8-4 or 7-5 than 6-6. After a rollercoaster season that was derailed by grossly ineffective play by transfer portal 5th year QB Henry Colombi III, RS Fr Cam Fancher has taken over as the starting QB and is finding his stride. He’s not throwing for 400 yards and 5 TDS per game or anything like that, but it is crazy what a downfield passing game looks like when the other guy wouldn’t throw anything over the middle or further than eight yards downfield.

This was also the “75 Tribute Game,” paying respects to the 75 players, coaches, and fans that perished in the 11/14/1970 plane crash, and the teams and coaches and fans that kept the program alive afterward.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Your beloved Marshall University Thundering Herd beat App State yesterday to move to 6-4, technically becoming bowl eligible with a waiver for scheduling (Marshall and App were scheduled to play each other OOC this year and the sudden move of Marshall to the Sun Belt forced both teams to play a second FCS school).

When they were 4-4 this seemed unlikely, but they are more likely to finish 8-4 or 7-5 than 6-6. After a rollercoaster season that was derailed by grossly ineffective play by transfer portal 5th year QB Henry Colombi III, RS Fr Cam Fancher has taken over as the starting QB and is finding his stride. He’s not throwing for 400 yards and 5 TDS per game or anything like that, but it is crazy what a downfield passing game looks like when the other guy wouldn’t throw anything over the middle or further than eight yards downfield.

This was also the “75 Tribute Game,” paying respects to the 75 players, coaches, and fans that perished in the 11/14/1970 plane crash, and the teams and coaches and fans that kept the program alive afterward.

They also have an outside shot at finishing 2nd in the Sun Belt East if they can win out to get to 5-3 in conference play.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I cannot believe that BC beat a ranked team. Damn.

 

[AA484]

Update: he's been arrested

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1592170613484969985

 

[AA484]

Two of theAll three people killed were on the Virginia football roster.