Andy

I love that where College Gameday is going has turned into a ridiculous debate like this. Does it really matter?

Tony Pike against the Ravens' defense. Good luck, kid.

Figures. He finally didn't play crappy for one week so it's typical for the 2010 Panthers that he'd immediately get hurt.

The real reason it's there is because Brent and Kirk will be doing the Ohio State/Iowa game. And why are they calling that game? Because it's the only ABC national game of the week and they are ABC's #1 broadcasting team. Is it normal for Kirk to do a 3:30 game when gameday isn't at the campus? Doesn't he usually go to night games? It is unusual for Brent/Kirk to be on a day game, but not unprecedented.

The real reason it's there is because Brent and Kirk will be doing the Ohio State/Iowa game. And why are they calling that game? Because it's the only ABC national game of the week and they are ABC's #1 broadcasting team.

The real reason it's there is because Brent and Kirk will be doing the Ohio State/Iowa game.

ND easily defeats Liberty and Ball State downs Eastern Illinois in their openers. Good to have college hoops back.

I'm fairly sure there are some inaccuracies in there - the ABC picture for this week is more muddled than your average BCS computer poll - so if you know something different than what's there, post it.

Top 25 games ------------------------ Fresno State at (4) Boise State (9:30 pm Friday, ESPN2) Ole Miss at (5) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (6) Stanford at California (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN) (7) Wisconsin at Michigan (12 pm, ESPN) (8) Nebraska at (19) Texas A&M (8 pm, ABC – Regional) (9) Ohio State at (20) Iowa (3:30 pm, ABC) (10) Oklahoma State at Kansas (12 pm, FSN/CSN) Georgia State at (11) Alabama (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Purdue at (12) Michigan State (12 pm, BTN – Regional) (13) Arkansas at (21) Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPN) (14) Oklahoma at Baylor (8 pm, ESPN2) (15) Missouri at Iowa State (7 pm, FSN/CSN) (16) Virginia Tech at (24) Miami (3:30 pm, ESPN) Troy at (17) South Carolina (12 pm, SEC Network) New Mexico State at (18) Nevada (4 pm) (20)* USC at Oregon State (8 pm, ABC - Regional) (23) Utah at San Diego State (10 pm, The Mountain) (25) Florida State at Maryland (8 pm, ABC – Regional) * denotes USC's AP ranking (ineligible for BCS) Games of interest ------------------------ UCLA at Washington (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Northern Illinois at Ball State (12 pm) Penn State vs Indiana – in Landover, MD (12 pm, BTN – Regional) West Virginia at Louisville (12 pm, ESPN3) Duke at Georgia Tech (1:30 pm, ESPN3) Kent State at Western Michigan (2 pm) Kansas State at Colorado (2 pm) Illinois vs Northwestern – at Wrigley Field (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Florida Atlantic at Texas (3:30 pm) North Texas at UL Monroe (3:30 pm) Army vs Notre Dame – at Yankee Stadium (7 pm, NBC) Tennessee at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, ESPN3) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- On TV Ohio at Temple (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Miami (OH) at Akron (6 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) Bowling Green at Toledo (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Air Force at UNLV (10 pm Thursday, CBS College) Pittsburgh at South Florida (12 pm, ESPN2) Virginia at Boston College (12 pm, ESPNU) Arkansas State at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College) UConn at Syracuse (7 pm, ESPNU) Houston at Southern Miss (8 pm, CBS College) ESPN3 games NC State at North Carolina (12 pm) Appalachian State at Florida (12:30 pm) Eastern Michigan at Buffalo (2 pm) Clemson at Wake Forest (2 pm) Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky (4:30 pm) I-AA games of interest --------------------------------- Bucknell at Holy Cross (12:30 pm) Indiana State at Southern Illinois (2 pm) Northern Iowa at Western Illinois (2 pm) Sacramento State at UC Davis (7 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Yale at Harvard (12 pm, Versus) Lehigh at Lafayette (12 pm, ESPN3) Bethune-Cookman vs Florida A&M – in Orlando (2:30 pm, ESPN Classic) Jacksonville State at Tennessee Tech (5 pm, ESPN3)

Speaking of huge hits to TCU, SDSU has cut it to 40-35 with 4:50 to go - plenty of time to get a stop and score again.

TCU taking a huge hit today.

That's what they get for backing out of a game at ND Stadium this year. This wouldn't have hurt their BCS numbers otherwise. That was a really, immensely satisfying win. I know Utah's not all that great, but playing with their 2nd team offense and after the worst back to back weeks in program history, it was sorely needed. Beat Army and make a bowl.

Notre Dame is obliterating a horrible Georgia Southern team, shooting nearly 70 percent from the floor. 58-19 late in the first half.

The AFL only existed for ten seasons before the merger though.

5-4 Pittsburgh leads the Big East and no one in the conference is bowl-eligible. Yet someone is going to end up playing in the Fiesta Bowl.

2nd

Matt Moore, Dan Connor and Thomas Davis all go on IR. This team was bad enough without having to put a M*A*S*H unit out there. Clausen or Pike will start vs Tampa (as if that matters) and Armanti Edwards will probably be the emergency QB.

It's exciting when Notre Dame plays a ranked team because I get to put them into the Top 25 tab.

Top 25 games ------------------------ (1) Oregon at California (7:30 pm, Versus) Georgia at (2) Auburn (3:30 pm, CBS) San Diego State at (3) TCU (4 pm, Versus) (4) Boise State at Idaho (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) UL Monroe at (5) LSU (7 pm, ESPN3) (6) Stanford at Arizona State (7:30 pm) Indiana at (7) Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at (8) Nebraska (7 pm) Penn State at (9) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (10) Oklahoma State at Texas (8 pm, ABC – Regional) (19) Mississippi State at (12) Alabama (7:15 pm, ESPN2) (13) Iowa at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN) (14) Utah at Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC) UTEP at (15) Arkansas (7 pm, ESPNU) Texas Tech at (16) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (24) Kansas State at (17) Missouri (12:30 pm, FSN/CSN) USC at (18) Arizona (8 pm, ABC – Regional) (20) Virginia Tech at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (21) Nevada at Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPN) (23) South Carolina at (22) Florida (7:15 pm, ESPN) (25) Texas A&M at Baylor (7 pm, FSN/CSN) Games of interest ------------------------ Toledo at Northern Illinois (7 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Ball State at Buffalo (6 pm Friday, ESPNU) Ole Miss at Tennessee (12 pm, CBS) Minnesota at Illinois (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Michigan at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Vanderbilt at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network) South Florida at Louisville (12 pm, ESPNU) Boston College at Duke (12 pm, ESPN3) Iowa State at Colorado (1:30 pm, FCS Central) Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan (2 pm) Clemson at Florida State (8 pm, ABC – Regional) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- On TV Miami (OH) at Bowling Green (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Pittsburgh at UConn (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) East Carolina at UAB (8 pm Thursday, CBS College) Southern Miss at Central Florida (12 pm, CBS College) Syracuse at Rutgers (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Central Michigan at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College) Tulsa at Houston (8 pm, CBS College) ESPN3 games Cincinnati at West Virginia (12 pm) Miami at Georgia Tech (12 pm) Wake Forest at NC State (2 pm) Maryland at Virginia (3:30 pm) Florida International at Troy (3:30 pm) North Texas at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm) Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (6 pm) I-AA games of interest --------------------------------- Holy Cross at Lafayette (12 pm) Western Illinois at Southern Illinois (2 pm) Missouri State at Northern Iowa (7 pm) UC Davis at Cal Poly (9 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Grambling at Texas Southern (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN Classic) South Carolina State at Morgan State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Brown at Dartmouth (12 pm, Versus) Liberty at Coastal Carolina (12 pm, ESPN3)

The Panthers have no quarterback. Both their RBs are injured. Steve Smith is no longer so good that he can be the team's only receiver and have that be ok. We are on pace to destroy the franchise record low for total offense.

TCU and Auburn jump Boise in the coaches' poll, which now mirrors the BCS entering last week.

WTF is up with Texas?

I kind of love Jim Harbaugh. How nice it must be to have a coach that just wins. No gimmicky system, no need to wait years on end to fit guys into said gimmicky system - just gets guys with talent and wins with them. Pro-style, spread, option, whatever, Stanford can do any of it and do it well. If he coached UM with the kind of players they can get, like Hawkeye said, look out.

The Cotton Bowl is now in Cowboys Stadium while the actual Cotton Bowl hosts the Dallas Football Classic. Bowls are stupid.

Actually, I got a pamphlet from USC my senior year of high school and since I wanted to do broadcasting really considered applying. When I found out how expensive it was I never did but I always wondered what it would've been like to go there.