Andy

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.

Top 25 games ------------------------ Washington at (1) Oregon (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) UT-Chattanooga at (2) Auburn (1 pm, ESPN3) (3) TCU at (5) Utah (3:30 pm, CBS College) Hawaii at (4) Boise State (3:30 pm, ESPNU) (6) Alabama at (10) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (7) Nebraska at Iowa State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (8) Oklahoma at Texas A&M (7 pm, FSN/CSN) (9) Wisconsin at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional) (12) Missouri at Texas Tech (8 pm, ABC/ESPN) (15) Arizona at (13) Stanford (8 pm, ABC/ESPN) Minnesota at (14) Michigan State (12 pm, BTN – Regional) (16) Iowa at Indiana (12 pm, BTN – Regional) (21) Baylor at (17) Oklahoma State (12:30 pm, FSN/CSN) (18) Arkansas at (19) South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN) Georgia Tech at (22) Virginia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) (23) Nevada at Idaho (5 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina at (24) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (25) NC State at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN3) Games of interest ------------------------ Western Michigan at Central Michigan (7 pm Friday, ESPNU) Illinois at Michigan (12 pm, ESPN) Louisville at Syracuse (12 pm, ESPN3) Virginia at Duke (12 pm, ESPN3) Charleston Southern at Kentucky (12:30 pm, ESPN3) Akron at Ball State (1 pm) Colorado at Kansas (2 pm) Northwestern at Penn State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) UL Lafayette at Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPNU) Tennessee at Memphis (7 pm, CBS College) Oregon State at UCLA (7 pm, Versus) UL Monroe at Florida International (7:30 pm, ESPN3) Texas at Kansas State (8 pm, ESPN2) Arizona State at USC (10:30 pm, FSN/CSN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- On TV Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State (7 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Rutgers at South Florida (7 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Buffalo at Ohio (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Central Florida at Houston (8 pm Friday, ESPN2) Maryland at Miami (12 pm, ESPNU) Air Force at Army (12 pm, CBS College) Florida at Vanderbilt (12 pm, SEC Network) ESPN3 games Idaho State at Georgia (12:30 pm) Boston College at Wake Forest (3:30 pm) Fresno State at Louisiana Tech (4 pm) I-AA games of interest --------------------------------- Lehigh at Holy Cross (12:30 pm) UC Davis at North Dakota (1 pm, FCS Atlantic) Northern Iowa at Indiana State (3 pm) Southern Illinois at North Dakota State (4 pm) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Lafayette at Colgate (1 pm, ESPN3) Coastal Carolina at VMI (1:30 pm, ESPN3) Bethune-Cookman at Hampton (2 pm, ESPN3) Penn at Princeton (3 pm, Versus)

on the flip side, how did Penn State's anemic offense and terrible O-Line win a shootout with Michigan? I didn't see a single snap of the game That's easy. They ran 35 counter plays that Michigan got faked out on every time. Then they ran 15 rollout passes that saw every Penn State receiver open by 15 yards. Your walk-on QB had over 250 yards passing. I'm recording ESPNU's replay tonight. I'll be interested to see if PSU can build on this Build on what, destroying one of the worst defenses in Division 1? It looks like Purdue is Michigan's only hope for getting bowl eligable. (which I predicted when we were 5-0 ;)) At least you just need to beat Purdue. ND would have to beat Army and at least one of USC and Utah to get to play in the GoDaddy.com Motor City Bowl of Living Hell or some such crappiness.

I decided not to try and get up early and watch the Panthers after getting back from work at 7:30 am. Looks like a good call. Now that they got their win they're just another bad team to me.

Unless something historically awful were to happen, like a 2-win season next year or something, he will get at least 3 years. But he has lost much of the fan base, including me, completely in the last 8 days. BS. If he wins 9 games next year, you'll be back. so will most the woe is me fan base. There's no way to know how many years Kelly will get at this point. How much deeper down the rabbit hole will UM go with Rich Rod before pulling that plug? If he wins 9 games next year, great. I always want Notre Dame to win. But I won't believe that him winning big is going to happen until I see it - and I don't think I'm going to see it.

Unless something historically awful were to happen, like a 2-win season next year or something, he will get at least 3 years. But he has lost much of the fan base, including me, completely in the last 8 days.