College Football - Week of 11/10

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Mizzou people:

 

My buddy just went and picked up a ticket for the A&M game for his dad and one of the box office representatives said it's looking like it's going to be a sellout. Good news.

 

Stellar. Hopefully Blackout goes as well as Gold Rush does.

[SouthSideRyan]

Back to Champaign for the weekend. Campus should be jacked up for the game. Wonder if it's weird that I'm 2 years out of school and have visited 5 times this semester(with probably 1 more to come before the year's out)

[da bears]

Mizzou people:

 

My buddy just went and picked up a ticket for the A&M game for his dad and one of the box office representatives said it's looking like it's going to be a sellout. Good news.

 

Stellar. Hopefully Blackout goes as well as Gold Rush does.

 

Wow. That would be great news. I went up and picked up an extra ticket, there was probably 15 to 20 people in line. Probably half picked up tickets to the game tomorrow. Hopefully we have a loud and rowdy crowd.

 

Oh, and I got talked into tailgating at 6 a.m. I probably will be drunk before the damn sun comes up.

 

Go Tigers!

[TruffleShuffle]

Florida would destroy Penn State and you know it.

 

well obviously, i mean florida IS the 6th best team in the country

[TruffleShuffle]

I think it'd be more interesting to see an Illinois/Florida game than a PSU/Florida game, if only for the Zook angle. Not that the outcome would be different.

 

could be, but how locked in are the non-BCS bowls to their conference/place of finish tie-ins?

 

Oh, not at all, after the BCS bowls. "Big Ten #3" basically means "the 3rd-most interesting Big Ten team".

 

And barring a miracle Illinois is finishing in 3rd place in the Big Ten anyways.

 

Well, tied for third anyway. After Illinois loses this week they'll have three losses, and I'll assume they beat Northwestern. Purdont should beat Michigan State this week; next week's game at Indiana is kind of a tossup. Wisconsin probably loses this week against Michigan, which would give them four losses. Penn State has one conference game left, at Michigan State.

 

So... Illinois finishes with three losses, Purdue and Penn State will have either three or four. The thing is, if Penn State has three losses (same as Illinois) then they'll definitely go to a better bowl than Illinois, so the fact that Illinois beat Penn State pretty much means nothing.

[Keener98]

I think it'd be more interesting to see an Illinois/Florida game than a PSU/Florida game, if only for the Zook angle. Not that the outcome would be different.

 

could be, but how locked in are the non-BCS bowls to their conference/place of finish tie-ins?

 

Oh, not at all, after the BCS bowls. "Big Ten #3" basically means "the 3rd-most interesting Big Ten team".

 

And barring a miracle Illinois is finishing in 3rd place in the Big Ten anyways.

 

Well, tied for third anyway. After Illinois loses this week they'll have three losses, and I'll assume they beat Northwestern. Purdont should beat Michigan State this week; next week's game at Indiana is kind of a tossup. Wisconsin probably loses this week against Michigan, which would give them four losses. Penn State has one conference game left, at Michigan State.

 

So... Illinois finishes with three losses, Purdue and Penn State will have either three or four. The thing is, if Penn State has three losses (same as Illinois) then they'll definitely go to a better bowl than Illinois, so the fact that Illinois beat Penn State pretty much means nothing.

 

Why?

[sethuel1]

I think it'd be more interesting to see an Illinois/Florida game than a PSU/Florida game, if only for the Zook angle. Not that the outcome would be different.

 

could be, but how locked in are the non-BCS bowls to their conference/place of finish tie-ins?

 

Oh, not at all, after the BCS bowls. "Big Ten #3" basically means "the 3rd-most interesting Big Ten team".

 

And barring a miracle Illinois is finishing in 3rd place in the Big Ten anyways.

 

Well, tied for third anyway. After Illinois loses this week they'll have three losses, and I'll assume they beat Northwestern. Purdont should beat Michigan State this week; next week's game at Indiana is kind of a tossup. Wisconsin probably loses this week against Michigan, which would give them four losses. Penn State has one conference game left, at Michigan State.

 

So... Illinois finishes with three losses, Purdue and Penn State will have either three or four. The thing is, if Penn State has three losses (same as Illinois) then they'll definitely go to a better bowl than Illinois, so the fact that Illinois beat Penn State pretty much means nothing.

 

Why?

long history of their fans traveling well to bowl games

[Keener98]

I think it'd be more interesting to see an Illinois/Florida game than a PSU/Florida game, if only for the Zook angle. Not that the outcome would be different.

 

could be, but how locked in are the non-BCS bowls to their conference/place of finish tie-ins?

 

Oh, not at all, after the BCS bowls. "Big Ten #3" basically means "the 3rd-most interesting Big Ten team".

 

And barring a miracle Illinois is finishing in 3rd place in the Big Ten anyways.

 

Well, tied for third anyway. After Illinois loses this week they'll have three losses, and I'll assume they beat Northwestern. Purdont should beat Michigan State this week; next week's game at Indiana is kind of a tossup. Wisconsin probably loses this week against Michigan, which would give them four losses. Penn State has one conference game left, at Michigan State.

 

So... Illinois finishes with three losses, Purdue and Penn State will have either three or four. The thing is, if Penn State has three losses (same as Illinois) then they'll definitely go to a better bowl than Illinois, so the fact that Illinois beat Penn State pretty much means nothing.

 

Why?

long history of their fans traveling well to bowl games

 

Doesnt matter, Truffles math is off anyway. If U of I loses this weekend it will give them 4 losses not 3. But the Illini have a pretty good followinf also, see Sugar Bowl in 2001.

[Guest]

Back to Champaign for the weekend. Campus should be jacked up for the game. Wonder if it's weird that I'm 2 years out of school and have visited 5 times this semester(with probably 1 more to come before the year's out)

 

are you getting laid?

[TruffleShuffle]

I think it'd be more interesting to see an Illinois/Florida game than a PSU/Florida game, if only for the Zook angle. Not that the outcome would be different.

 

could be, but how locked in are the non-BCS bowls to their conference/place of finish tie-ins?

 

Oh, not at all, after the BCS bowls. "Big Ten #3" basically means "the 3rd-most interesting Big Ten team".

 

And barring a miracle Illinois is finishing in 3rd place in the Big Ten anyways.

 

Well, tied for third anyway. After Illinois loses this week they'll have three losses, and I'll assume they beat Northwestern. Purdont should beat Michigan State this week; next week's game at Indiana is kind of a tossup. Wisconsin probably loses this week against Michigan, which would give them four losses. Penn State has one conference game left, at Michigan State.

 

So... Illinois finishes with three losses, Purdue and Penn State will have either three or four. The thing is, if Penn State has three losses (same as Illinois) then they'll definitely go to a better bowl than Illinois, so the fact that Illinois beat Penn State pretty much means nothing.

 

Why?

long history of their fans traveling well to bowl games

 

Doesnt matter, Truffles math is off anyway. If U of I loses this weekend it will give them 4 losses not 3. But the Illini have a pretty good followinf also, see Sugar Bowl in 2001.

 

I was referring to Big Eleven losses, not overall losses, which aren't relevant unless the team has lost so much in non-conference play that they're at or below .500 on the season.

 

Regardless of whether Illinois travels well, Penn State will go to a better bowl if both teams finish with three B11 losses. Penn State will travel better, and they'll draw better television ratings. It may not be fair - in fact it's probably not - but that's how teams are chosen. If Penn State has the same record as OSU or Michigan, those teams would more often than not get the nod.

[Jon]

Time to head to Ryan Field for the final home game of the year, senior day, and a do or die matchup. The loser will be out of bowl contention (unless Purdue loses but can beat Purdue).

[snoodmonger]

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop on KU's dream season. This game is a likely candidate for that to happen. Let's hope KU's D mans up a bit better than they did last week. I still think we'll need to score 40 to win.

[E.J.]

Michigan's Morgan Trent has to be one of the worst cornerbacks in the nation. He can't cover anyone.

[E.J.]

Michigan is down 7-0 after committing 2 personal fouls on one drive. Henne and Hart are both out of the game with injuries. Not good news for Michigan. ](*,)

[Sosa21MVP]

Indiana up 14-3. Need this game badly.

[Soul]

Could be setting up a BCS nightmare here. If Mich goes on to lose, then by some chance beats OSU next week, then they go to the BCS even with 3 losses. And I really don't care if Mich wins next week, OSU is still the better team, so that's a travesty right there. BCS would then likely be obligated to give OSU an at-large, which would bump someone else who is probably more deserving than Mich.

[E.J.]

Wisconsin is absolutely thrashing Michigan. Michigan can't do anything on offense and Wisconsin is doing whatever it wants on offense right now. They're gaining 20 yards on every 1st down. Guess Michigan was looking ahead to next week.

[E.J.]

17-0 Wisconsin now. Michigan's defense is making Donovan look like Tom Brady right now.

[Soul]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

 

no comment

[Sweep The Leg Johnny]

Wow - Wisconsin really got hosed on that call.

[Soul]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

 

no comment

 

Dude, I'm not a Wisconsin fan, despite living in Madison. Defender clearly caught that and the receiver reached in afterwards.

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

 

no comment

 

Dude, I'm not a Wisconsin fan, despite living in Madison. Defender clearly caught that and the receiver reached in afterwards.

 

yeah i know

[E.J.]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

 

no comment

 

Dude, I'm not a Wisconsin fan, despite living in Madison. Defender clearly caught that and the receiver reached in afterwards.

 

Truffle is agreeing with you, but is not commenting because people tell him he complains too much about Michigan.

[Soul]

Wow Wisconsin just got absolutely raped on a call by the officials. Defender clearly had the ball first, they ruled it a "simultaenous catch."

 

17-7 Wisc.

 

no comment

 

Dude, I'm not a Wisconsin fan, despite living in Madison. Defender clearly caught that and the receiver reached in afterwards.

 

Truffle is agreeing with you, but is not commenting because people tell him he complains too much about Michigan.

 

Ahh, I see :)