Andy

Good job, UMass. Two TD's in the final minute by Michigan and they'll lead at half and get the ball back in the 3rd quarter.

Washington State is a 23-point underdog to the only team they beat last year (SMU).

Yes, please.

This. Floyd has looked far from great this year. I had this game down as an L before the season because ND always has a hard time up there. Hope I'm wrong.

Matt Moore suffered a concussion towards the end of today's game and went to the hospital. His status for Week 2 is uncertain.

I don't know why they haven't decided what those noon games are going to be on. I would make an assumption, but then for some reason SJSU/Wisconsin was on ESPN last week while Georgia/S. Carolina was on ESPN2.

Top 25 games ------------------------ (1) Alabama at Duke (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) Ohio at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, BTN - Regional) (3) Boise State at Wyoming (8 pm, CBS College) Baylor at (4) TCU (4:30 pm, Versus) Portland State at (5) Oregon (6 pm) (6) Texas at Texas Tech (8 pm, ABC - Regional) Air Force at (7) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN) (8) Nebraska at Washington (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) (9) Iowa at (24) Arizona (10:30 pm, ESPN) (10) Florida at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) Arizona State at (11) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) (12) Arkansas at Georgia (12 pm, ESPN) Furman at (13) South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN3) (14) Utah at New Mexico (8 pm, The Mountain) Mississippi State at (15) LSU (7 pm, ESPNU) Clemson at (16) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN) (18) USC at Minnesota (3:30 pm, ESPN) Wake Forest at (19) Stanford (11:15 pm, ESPN2) UMass at (20) Michigan (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Maryland at (21) West Virginia (12 pm, ESPNU) Kent State at (22) Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2) (23) Houston at UCLA (10:30 pm, FSN/CSN) Louisville at (25) Oregon State (5:30 pm, FSN Northwest) Games of interest ------------------------ Kansas at Southern Miss (8 pm Friday, ESPN) Ball State at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Northern Illinois at Illinois (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network) Iowa State vs Kansas State – in Kansas City (12 pm, FSN/CSN) BYU at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Indiana at Western Kentucky (5 pm, BTN) Toledo at Western Michigan (7 pm) San Diego State at Missouri (7 pm) Navy at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, ESPN3) Akron at Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN3) Florida International at Texas A&M (7 pm) Northwestern at Rice (7 pm) Notre Dame at Michigan State (8 pm, ABC - Regional) UL Monroe at Arkansas State (8 pm, ESPN3) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- On TV Cincinnati at NC State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) California at Nevada (10 pm Friday, ESPN2) North Texas at Army (12 pm, CBS College) Washington State at SMU (3:30 pm, CBS College) UNLV at Idaho (10:30 pm, ESPNU) ESPN3 games Georgia Tech at North Carolina (12 pm) UConn at Temple (12 pm) East Carolina at Virginia Tech (1:30 pm) Colorado State at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm) Marshall at Bowling Green (7 pm) Fresno State at Utah State (8 pm) Maine at Syracuse (8 pm) I-AA games of interest --------------------------------- Stephen F. Austin at Northern Iowa (5 pm) SE Missouri State at Southern Illinois (7 pm) Holy Cross at Harvard (7 pm) UC Davis at San Diego (9 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Austin Peay at Tennessee State (7 pm, ESPN3) Lafayette at Penn (7 pm, ESPN3)

I feel like AP voters are getting smarter, or at least more aware. I can't imagine Florida dropping from #4 in the preseason to #10 with two wins ten years ago, even if they deserved it. Maybe it's just me.

4 turnovers (could/should have been at least 6) for Matt Moore. I know you don't pull the plug on someone after you gave them the keys in March...but that was reminiscent (eerily) of Jake Delhomme's game vs Philly last year. In his defense, the line was awful, but Moore made some hideous decisions. Should be interesting to see how that situation plays out this week. Hopefully we can bounce back vs Tampa.

Of course I saw a difference. Believe me I spent the first half waiting and waiting for Crist to come back. That's not the same as saying that game was winnable even considering that circumstance.

I thought that there was the talent to be a bit better than 8-9 wins against a weaker than usual schedule. But I also wasn't counting on Michigan being that good (this week anyway). And obviously Crist missed half the game, but the door was open to win that game if a couple things broke differently. But they didn't. Michigan was a little better today.

Kick the [expletive] field goal, Kelly. You'd think after 5 years of Charlie Weis going for it on 4th downs in field goal range, he'd have known better. Denard Robinson is absolutely insane. Last year, Forcier tore up an ND defense making a ton of mistakes and blowing coverages. For the most part, that wasn't the case today. Robinson just ripped them apart. The defense did just about everything they were capable of doing. Except for biting on a couple of those fake run-turned-quick-pass plays, they did what they could. If there was any such thing as karma, ND wins that game. Michigan made a ton of mental and physical errors, mostly on defense, but ND wasn't good enough to take advantage. I was drinking the kool-aid a bit early on, but this is probably a 7 or 8-win team unless they catch some breaks.

That's kind of nifty.

The proposed MAC makes me cackle. Ohio State, Michigan, ND, MSU, Pitt and 5 nobodies? And why would you put the Big 10's money schools in another conference?

I was randomly checking out lines in the paper last night. Where can I go bet on Florida Atlantic +28.5 against MSU? No disrespect to the Spartans, but they almost never blow out their FBS non-conference opponents. Seems like that's a slam dunk.

I can't wait for the game. I want a win badly - both as revenge for last year's robbery in Ann Arbor and because if ND is to have a successful season this year, they really, really need this one as @MSU, Stanford and Pitt still loom in the near future.

You know a Cubs season is down the craphole when Fred resorts to mere inning summaries rather than play by play.

Nit: Quinn was traded, not cut. I don't know if Bush actually should be stripped of his Heisman or not, but I'd find it very funny if he was.

Top 25 games ------------------------ (18) Penn State at (1) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (12) Miami at (2) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ESPN) Tennessee Tech at (4) TCU (7 pm) Wyoming at (5) Texas (7 pm, FSN/CSN) Idaho at (6) Nebraska (12 pm) (7) Oregon at Tennessee (7 pm, ESPN2) South Florida at (8) Florida (12 pm, SEC Network) Iowa State at (9) Iowa (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (17) Florida State at (10) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) San Jose State at (11) Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN) James Madison at (13) Virginia Tech (1:30 pm, ESPN3) (14) Arkansas vs UL Monroe – in Little Rock, AR (7 pm, ESPN3) (15) Georgia Tech at Kansas (12 pm, FSN/CSN) Virginia at (16) USC (10:30 pm, FSN/CSN) (19) LSU at Vanderbilt (7 pm, ESPNU) UNLV at (20) Utah (4 pm, The Mountain) (21) Auburn at Mississippi State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) (22) Georgia at (24) South Carolina (12 pm, ESPN2) (23) West Virginia at Marshall (7 pm Friday, ESPN) (25) Stanford at UCLA (10:30 pm, ESPN) Games of interest ------------------------ South Dakota at Minnesota (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Western Illinois at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Illinois State at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Florida Atlantic vs Michigan State – in Detroit (12 pm, ESPNU) Duke at Wake Forest (12 pm, ESPN3) Michigan at Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Eastern Kentucky at Louisville (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Liberty at Ball State (7 pm) North Dakota at Northern Illinois (7 pm) Nicholls State at Western Michigan (7 pm) McNeese State at Missouri (7 pm) Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M (7 pm) Buffalo at Baylor (7 pm, FCS Central) Southern Illinois at Illinois (7:30 pm, BTN) Western Kentucky at Kentucky (7:30 pm, ESPN3) Ole Miss at Tulane (9 pm, ESPN Classic)* * will be on ESPN2 following conclusion of Oregon-Tennessee Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- On TV Central Michigan at Temple (7 pm Thursday, ESPNU) UTEP at Houston (10 pm Friday, ESPN) Hawaii at Army (12 pm, CBS College) Colorado at California (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN) Georgia Southern at Navy (3:30 pm, CBS College) Kent State at Boston College (3:30 pm, ESPNU) BYU at Air Force (4 pm, Versus) NC State at Central Florida (7:30 pm, CBS College) Colorado State at Nevada (10:30 pm, ESPNU) ESPN3 games Texas Southern at UConn (12 pm) Indiana State at Cincinnati (12 pm) New Hampshire at Pittsburgh (1 pm) Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH) (2 pm) Arkansas State at UL Lafayette (3:30 pm) Presbyterian at Clemson (3:30 pm) Morgan State at Maryland (6 pm) Rutgers at Florida International (8 pm) San Diego State at New Mexico State (8 pm) I-AA games of interest --------------------------------- Holy Cross at UMass (6 pm) North Dakota State at Northern Iowa (7:30 pm) Portland State at UC Davis (9 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Arkansas Tech at Delta State (8 pm Thursday, CBS College) Georgetown at Lafayette (6 pm, ESPN3)

ND is still behind 3 teams that lost last week (Pitt, Oregon St and UNC). So much for "the pollsters are desperate to rank ND as soon as they do anything". ETA: I agree with it, except maybe in the case of Oregon St.

That doesn't surprise me in the least. Weren't they in the top 25 after beating ND last year? How good people thought ND were at the time (18th ranked coming off a 35-0 opening-week win) vs how good people thought UConn was a week ago + 1 year of Michigan starting hot and ending up being bad = surprise.

Had great seats at the ND/Purdue game today. More than a little uneven at times, but Crist is going to be just fine. The defense should be at least mediocre, which will be more than enough most games. As GR said, some dumb mistakes kept Purdue in it, but they were able to hold them off in the end. If Michigan really did teach Denard Robinson how to throw that game's gonna be difficult.

Announcers really need to quit pretending that there needs to be indisputable evidence to overturn a call. I think every single college football team has been screwed by now by a replay official applying very disputable evidence to overturn a call.

The ol' alma mater beat SE Missouri State 27-10 tonight, essentially without passing. We have 3 good running backs and no good quarterbacks, so why bother, I guess.

Makes sense - ND has a vested interest in helping out any school that wants to be a football independent, and BYU is a big step up from the WMUs and Tulsas of the world in terms of scheduling.