College Football - Week of Oct. 3rd

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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(3) Alabama at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network)

(4) LSU at (18) Georgia (3:30 pm, CBS)

UC Davis at (5) Boise State (8 pm, ESPN 360)

(6) Virginia Tech at Duke (12 pm, ESPN 360)

(7) USC at (24) California (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(8) Oklahoma at (17) Miami (8 pm, ABC - Regional)

(9) Ohio State at Indiana (7 pm, BTN)

(10) Cincinnati at Miami (OH) (1 pm, ESPN 360)

SMU at (11) TCU (8 pm, The Mountain)

(12) Houston at UTEP (9 pm)

Arkansas State at (13) Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2)

(15) Penn State at Illinois (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Washington State at (16) Oregon (9:15 pm)

Utah State at (20) BYU (9 pm Friday, The Mountain)

(21) Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (7 pm, ESPNU)

(22) Michigan at Michigan State (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

(25) Georgia Tech at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, CSN South)

 

Games of interest

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Hawaii at Louisiana Tech (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2)

Colorado at West Virginia (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Pittsburgh at Louisville (8 pm Friday, ESPN2)

Toledo at Ball State (12 pm, ESPN 360)

Wisconsin at Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN)

Northwestern at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Kansas State vs Iowa State – in Kansas City (3 pm, FCS Central)

UCLA at Stanford (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

Florida State at Boston College (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Washington at Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, CSN Chicago)

Florida International at UL Monroe (3:30 pm, CSN South)

Kent State at Baylor (7 pm)

South Carolina State at South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN Classic)

Arkansas vs Texas A&M – in Arlington (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Auburn at Tennessee (7:45 pm, ESPN)

 

 

Other nationally available games

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Southern Miss at UAB (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

Virginia at North Carolina (12 pm, ESPN 360)

South Florida at Syracuse (12 pm, ESPN 360)

East Carolina at Marshall (12 pm, CBS College)

Clemson at Maryland (12 pm, ESPNU)

NC State at Wake Forest (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Air Force at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College)

New Mexico at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN)

Oregon State at Arizona State (7 pm, Versus)

Tulsa at Rice (7:30 pm, CBS College)

Colorado State at Idaho (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

 

Non I-A games of interest

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Holy Cross at Northeastern (1 pm)

Indiana State at Northern Iowa (5 pm)

Southern Illinois at Western Illinois (7 pm, Fox Sports Midwest)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Alcorn State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Penn at Dartmouth (12 pm, Versus)

William & Mary at Villanova (3:30 pm, Versus)

[shnsajax]

I need to avoid Arlington this coming weekend. It is going to be there redneck heaven or mini GOP Convention.

[Guest]

UC Davis at (5) Boise State (8 pm, ESPN 360)

 

Who's ready for the biggest upset in college football history? Well, the biggest FCS over FBS, at least.

[E.J.]

Sounds like Forcier might have a sprained shoulder and is questionable for the MSU game. That could def hurt Michigan's chances at winning this coming weekend.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Baylor's soph QB Robert Griffin is out for the year. Tough break for a program still trying to turn that corner.

[imb]

Baylor's soph QB Robert Griffin is out for the year. Tough break for a program still trying to turn that corner.

 

wow, i didnt hear that. that sucks for them, they were looking at a bowl game.

[dew1679666265]

Baylor's soph QB Robert Griffin is out for the year. Tough break for a program still trying to turn that corner.

 

wow, i didnt hear that. that sucks for them, they were looking at a bowl game.

 

Yeah, that's really tough for him and them. Griffin's a nice player.

[CDBears1259]

Baylor's soph QB Robert Griffin is out for the year. Tough break for a program still trying to turn that corner.

Having been a Baylor student (transfered home to LSU after 2 yrs.) during their last bowl season, I'm really upset by this news. I was really starting to pay attention to them again and was looking for good things to come. Hope he comes back strong next year.

[shnsajax]

Baylor's soph QB Robert Griffin is out for the year. Tough break for a program still trying to turn that corner.

 

wow, i didnt hear that. that sucks for them, they were looking at a bowl game.

 

Yeah, that's really tough for him and them. Griffin's a nice player.

 

Wow that really sucks. He is a great athlete and was going to cause a lot of problems in the Big 12 South.

[ELCABALLO45]

Wisconsin @ Minnesota on Saturday.

Green Bay @ Minnesota on Monday.

 

I have a bad feeling about this weekend. Ugh. Go Badgers.

[TruffleShuffle]

well one of my teams should still be undefeated after this weekend... i don't think northeastern is good so holy cross should beat them.

[hawkeyecub]

Computer rankings:

 

http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm

[TruffleShuffle]

big ten is ranked behind the big east and acc... ouch.

[inari]

Wins by Iowa and Michigan would set up a very interesting game next weekend. I'm pulling for both of them.

[Flames24Rulz]

The worst possible thing for Illinois heading into this week's game against PSU was to have the Lions lose to Iowa. There's no doubt that they're going to come into Champaign focused and ready to take it to them this week. I'd be extremely shocked if that game is close and more than likely, Illinois will be blown out yet again.

 

SIU needs to take care of business against WIU this week and against Illinois St. for Homecoming next week before the big tilt against UNI in a couple of weeks.

[Andy]

Armando Allen is expected to be back and 100 percent for the Washington game. Jimmy Clausen is expected to play as well - Charlie didn't say whether Dayne Crist would see as much of the field, but I'd assume Jimmy will be much closer to full speed. Jimmy will get the entire bye week off to heal up completely.

 

The game comes down to Jake Locker, really. We simply can't let him beat us. Our offense can't beat themselves like USC did. ND should win, but it will be a close game.

 

Ball State is going to get clocked on Homecoming weekend by Toledo, but at least Kelly Page has a pulse at QB.

[bcl412]

Computer rankings:

 

http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm

 

I love seeing Iowa at number 5 in any kind of rankings.

[Guest]

USC running back Stafon Johnson was severely hurt in a weight lifting accident today:

 

LA Times[/url]"]The senior from Dorsey High was lifting weights this morning when he apparently lost control of the bar and it landed on his neck. He was reportedly spitting up blood and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he is undergoing surgery, according to the USC website.

 

Chris Carlisle, USC's strength and conditioning coach, said such an accident was rare. "I've seen players have the bar slip and fall onto their chest, but never in my 25 years of coaching have I heard of someone dropping a bar on their throat," the coach said.

 

Carlisle, who was within feet of Johnson when the accident occurred, said an assistant strength and conditioning coach was acting as a "spotter" for the player.

 

Sounds horrible.

[Uber]

USC running back Stafon Johnson was severely hurt in a weight lifting accident today:

 

LA Times[/url]"]The senior from Dorsey High was lifting weights this morning when he apparently lost control of the bar and it landed on his neck. He was reportedly spitting up blood and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he is undergoing surgery, according to the USC website.

 

Chris Carlisle, USC's strength and conditioning coach, said such an accident was rare. "I've seen players have the bar slip and fall onto their chest, but never in my 25 years of coaching have I heard of someone dropping a bar on their throat," the coach said.

 

Carlisle, who was within feet of Johnson when the accident occurred, said an assistant strength and conditioning coach was acting as a "spotter" for the player.

 

Sounds horrible.

 

I caught part of this on the radio when we were heading home, but didnt catch who it was. That's just plain terrible.

[NonProfitCow]

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/los_bastardos20/loltebow.jpg

[OleMissCub]

so the big joke going around these parts about that stupid Miss St - LSU game last week is this:

 

"What's the difference in a whore and MS State?......whores don't choke on 4 inches."

[manbearcub]

USC running back Stafon Johnson was severely hurt in a weight lifting accident today:

 

LA Times[/url]"]The senior from Dorsey High was lifting weights this morning when he apparently lost control of the bar and it landed on his neck. He was reportedly spitting up blood and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he is undergoing surgery, according to the USC website.

 

Chris Carlisle, USC's strength and conditioning coach, said such an accident was rare. "I've seen players have the bar slip and fall onto their chest, but never in my 25 years of coaching have I heard of someone dropping a bar on their throat," the coach said.

 

Carlisle, who was within feet of Johnson when the accident occurred, said an assistant strength and conditioning coach was acting as a "spotter" for the player.

 

Sounds horrible.

 

I bet this is just another classic prank pulled by Pete Carroll.

 

I tell ya, the man can pull off these kind of hijinx with the best of em. LOL, Pete, well played. El Oh El.

[fiver]

Dew, what are your thoughts on the game this weekend? Auburn's offense will probably score a few touchdowns, but the D isn't very good.

[dew1679666265]

Dew, what are your thoughts on the game this weekend? Auburn's offense will probably score a few touchdowns, but the D isn't very good.

 

I'm really not that sure what to think. As you said, I don't think Auburn has a particularly good defense, but that may not mean a lot with Crompton at quarterback. If Tennessee is going to move the ball, it's going to have to be on the ground. Auburn has allowed something like 150 yards on the ground a game, so I would think Hardesty and Brown will have success, but there's no reason for Auburn not to have 8-9 men in the box to stop the run.

 

What are your thoughts on Auburn's run defense? Tennessee has a very good rushing offense, but that's all the offense they have.

 

Defensively, I think the Vols can at least slow down Auburn's offense. The Tigers have scored a ton of points so far, but haven't faced a defense close to comparable to Tennessee's yet. Against what I consider a much more potent Florida offense, the Tennessee defense held them to 23 points.

 

I think if Auburn scores 25+, Tennessee loses. If the Tennessee defense can hold Auburn below that number and Crompton doesn't turn the ball over at inopportune times (deep in UT territory, at the AU goal line, etc), then I think Tennessee wins. It should help that the game will be at Neyland.

 

If Tennessee wants to make a bowl appearance this year, this is a key game. After losing to UCLA, we need to beat at least one of Auburn/SC to make a bowl, if not both.

[fiver]

Dew, what are your thoughts on the game this weekend? Auburn's offense will probably score a few touchdowns, but the D isn't very good.

 

I'm really not that sure what to think. As you said, I don't think Auburn has a particularly good defense, but that may not mean a lot with Crompton at quarterback. If Tennessee is going to move the ball, it's going to have to be on the ground. Auburn has allowed something like 150 yards on the ground a game, so I would think Hardesty and Brown will have success, but there's no reason for Auburn not to have 8-9 men in the box to stop the run.

 

What are your thoughts on Auburn's run defense? Tennessee has a very good rushing offense, but that's all the offense they have.

 

Defensively, I think the Vols can at least slow down Auburn's offense. The Tigers have scored a ton of points so far, but haven't faced a defense close to comparable to Tennessee's yet. Against what I consider a much more potent Florida offense, the Tennessee defense held them to 23 points.

 

I think if Auburn scores 25+, Tennessee loses. If the Tennessee defense can hold Auburn below that number and Crompton doesn't turn the ball over at inopportune times (deep in UT territory, at the AU goal line, etc), then I think Tennessee wins. It should help that the game will be at Neyland.

 

If Tennessee wants to make a bowl appearance this year, this is a key game. After losing to UCLA, we need to beat at least one of Auburn/SC to make a bowl, if not both.

 

I think you're right. Auburn will probably stack the box early and see what Crompton can do. If he completes enough passes early, Auburn will be forced to loosen their D, and you'll then be able to run the ball for 5+ yards on a consistent basis.

 

I'm interested in seeing how Auburn's O fares against a decent defense...I think the Vols are probably going to win this game.