College Football - Week of Oct. 17th

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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Arkansas at (1) Florida (3:30 pm, CBS)

(22) South Carolina at (2) Alabama (7:45 pm, ESPN)

(20) Oklahoma at (3) Texas (12 pm, ABC)

(4) Virginia Tech at (19) Georgia Tech (6 pm, ESPN2)

(5) Boise State at Tulsa (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN)

(6) USC at (25) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

(7) Ohio State at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

(8) Cincinnati at (21) South Florida (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

(9) Miami at Central Florida (7:30 pm, CBS College)

(11) Iowa at Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN)

Colorado State at (12) TCU (4 pm, Versus)

Minnesota at (14) Penn State (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Texas Tech at (15) Nebraska (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

Missouri at (16) Oklahoma State (9:15 pm, ESPN2)

(17) Kansas at Colorado (7 pm, FSN/CSN)

(18) BYU at San Diego State (6 pm, The Mountain)

(23) Houston at Tulane (3:30 pm, CBS College)

(24) Utah at UNLV (10 pm, The Mountain)

 

Games of interest

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Arkansas State at UL Monroe (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2)

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

Bowling Green at Ball State (12 pm)

Louisville at UConn (12 pm, ESPN 360)

Northwestern at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPN2)

Marshall at West Virginia (3:30 pm, SNY)

Central Michigan at Western Michigan (3:30 pm, FSN Detroit Plus)

California at UCLA (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional)

New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech (4 pm)

Northern Illinois at Toledo (7 pm)

Illinois at Indiana (7 pm, BTN)

Baylor at Iowa State (7 pm)

UAB at Ole Miss (7 pm, Sun Sports)

Kentucky at Auburn (7:30 pm, ESPNU)

 

Other nationally available games

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Pittsburgh at Rutgers (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

Wake Forest at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN 360)

Georgia at Vanderbilt (12 pm, SEC Network)

Mississippi State at Middle Tennessee (12 pm, ESPNU)

Nevada at Utah State (3 pm, ESPN 360)

NC State at Boston College (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional)

Virginia at Maryland (4 pm, ESPNU)

Hawaii at Idaho (5 pm, ESPN 360)

Stanford at Arizona (7 pm, Versus)

Florida Atlantic at North Texas (8 pm, ESPN 360)

Washington at Arizona State (10 pm, FSN/CSN)

 

Non I-A games of interest

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Dartmouth at Holy Cross (1 pm)

Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois (5 pm, Mediacom)

Winston-Salem at UC Davis (9 pm)

 

Nationally available games outside I-A

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Howard at Morgan State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU)

Virginia Union at Virginia State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College)

Princeton at Brown (12:30 pm, Versus)

Edited October 15, 2009 by Andy

[Andy]

And let me be the first to wish Michigan all the luck in the world as they attempt to move to .500 all-time against Division I-AA opponents.

[shnsajax]

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[Derwood]

Penn State's 6th home game in their first 7 contests

[Warpticon]

Vance and I are enemies this week. Go Red Wolves.

[imb]

i dont think i even want to watch the ou game this week

[shnsajax]

I figured that would prompt a new sig :-). I think its going to be real close game, and I am worried.

[Tracer Bullet]

Go Irish. Don't get beat by 30 again.

[TruffleShuffle]

i dont think i even want to watch the ou game this week

 

surprised you didn't bust out a sig of chris simms throwing one of his 35 INTs against OU.

[hotshot13422]

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Boomer Sooner

[Andy]

Go Irish. Don't get beat by 30 again.

I might be crazy, but I'm as amped for this one as I've ever been for a USC game, except maybe 05 - and then only because I had tickets to it. If Jimmy can pull off this miracle it'll be hard for him not to be the Heisman front-runner.

[NewUserName]

Go Irish. Don't get beat by 30 again.

I might be crazy, but I'm as amped for this one as I've ever been for a USC game, except maybe 05 - and then only because I had tickets to it. If Jimmy can pull off this miracle it'll be hard for him not to be the Heisman front-runner.

 

If Texas beats OK, McCoy will remain the front runner. I think ND gives USC a good game.

[RedFlash]

Go Irish. Don't get beat by 30 again.

I might be crazy, but I'm as amped for this one as I've ever been for a USC game, except maybe 05 - and then only because I had tickets to it. If Jimmy can pull off this miracle it'll be hard for him not to be the Heisman front-runner.

 

Lou Holtz is that you?

 

Even with a good game against USC, I still have McCoy as the unquestioned favorite for the Heisman Trophy, especially if he/Texas can beat Oklahoma.

[Grit amp Heart]

Colt McCoy hasn't been all that great this season. He's not even in the top 20 of QBs in efficiency this year. He's behind the likes of VT's Tyrod Taylor, FSU's Christian Ponder, and OU's Landry Jones, of course. Jimmy Clausen has 100 more yards passing, two more TDs and four fewer interceptions despite 40 fewer attempts.

[RedFlash]

Colt McCoy hasn't been all that great this season. He's not even in the top 20 of QBs in efficiency this year. He's behind the likes of VT's Tyrod Taylor, FSU's Christian Ponder, and OU's Landry Jones, of course. Jimmy Clausen has 100 more yards passing, two more TDs and four fewer interceptions despite 40 fewer attempts.

 

Maybe, just maybe a non QB can win the award this year?

[NewUserName]

Colt McCoy hasn't been all that great this season. He's not even in the top 20 of QBs in efficiency this year. He's behind the likes of VT's Tyrod Taylor, FSU's Christian Ponder, and OU's Landry Jones, of course. Jimmy Clausen has 100 more yards passing, two more TDs and four fewer interceptions despite 40 fewer attempts.

 

All meaningless when faced against the Heisman hype machine. Media voting for any award is scary, look Jeter is actually a MVP candidate in baseball. McCoy has it in the bag as long as they win, if they falter than Tebow will replace him.

[hawkeyecub]

Wisconsin scares the hell out of me. I didn't see their game yesterday but it looks like they were pretty successful on both sides of the ball just got killed by a couple pick-6's and a kick return.

 

Iowa matches up better with their offense than a lot of the opponents they've had. Don't know if we win without a major improvement in the running game though.

[NewUserName]

Wisconsin scares the hell out of me. I didn't see their game yesterday but it looks like they were pretty successful on both sides of the ball just got killed by a couple pick-6's and a kick return.

 

Iowa matches up better with their offense than a lot of the opponents they've had. Don't know if we win without a major improvement in the running game though.

 

I think the only thing I have figured out about the Big Ten is that Illinois is terrible. With that said they will probably beat Indiana Saturday night and no one will notice. I think I would pick Wisconsin over Iowa at Wisconsin, so Iowa will probably win.

[Grit amp Heart]

I'll go out on as limb and say there is a chance for a ton of "upsets" this week. OU, ND, Texas Tech Wisconsin and Mizzou are all pretty reasonable IMHO. Of those ND and Wisconsin might be the only ones that are not favored. I could envision Tulsa and Arkansas winning too.

[TruffleShuffle]

early lines for games of note:

texas -3 vs oklahoma

iowa -1 @ wisconsin

minnesota @ penn state -16.5 (nobody cares except me, probably)

south carolina @ alabama -17

usc -11 @ notre dame

california -3 @ ucla

aTm -5 @ kansas st (thought line would be bigger, k-state is awful)

va tech -3 @ ga tech (big game for the ACC coastal, which actually has three good teams - va tech, miami, ga tech. ACC atlantic, on the other hand, is downright bad)

illinois -3 @ indiana (big ten toilet bowl)

kansas -10 @ colorado

navy -7 @ smu... not really an important game, but it's a team that doesn't pass versus a june jones team, which is fun.

[hotshot13422]

I'm amazed that texas is only -3

 

On the Heisman thing, stats really don't matter this year. Landry Jones, as well as many other players, has better stats than Mccoy and Tebow but this is mccoy's year to win the award. As much as Mccoy has been trying to give away the award by being terrible, it honestly doesn't matter. If tebow wins out it might be a competition though.

[hotshot13422]

The las vegas line is even closer with texas -1.5

 

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/?s=1189

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Vance and I are enemies this week. Go Red Wolves.

 

I'm excited about the nationally televised game! I plan on going if I can. Go Warhawks!

[shnsajax]

I'm amazed that texas is only -3

 

On the Heisman thing, stats really don't matter this year. Landry Jones, as well as many other players, has better stats than Mccoy and Tebow but this is mccoy's year to win the award. As much as Mccoy has been trying to give away the award by being terrible, it honestly doesn't matter. If tebow wins out it might be a competition though.

 

McCoy being terrible is a huge overstatement.

[shnsajax]

The las vegas line is even closer with texas -1.5

 

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/?s=1189

 

Its going to be close. I think you and imb are just trying to down play it to avoid getting your hopes up.