Commence Shuffling: Week Eight National Recap
by Peter Gray on Oct 24, 2011 10:05 AM EDT
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PrintFor several weeks, the top ten has more or less remained the same. That will change this week, as previously unbeaten Oklahoma and Wisconsin both took losses. While both Wisconsin and Oklahoma still control their own destinies in their respective conferences, their margin of error is now zero, and the rankings are going to start looking a bit different. Hopefully the craziness continues.
Games of Note
Air Force Falcons @ (5) Boise St. Broncos
Final Score: BSU 37 - AFA 26
Boise didn't cover. Surely, the apocalypse is nigh. Air Force tried their hardest to follow the option team upset formula, as they controlled the ball for over 36 minutes, but it wasn't quite enough to overcome Boise's offensive firepower.
(22) Washington Huskies @ (7) Stanford Cardinal
Final Score: Stan 65 - UW 21
The biggest rap on Stanford is that they hadn't played anyone until this week. Don't let the score line of this game fool you, because Washington is a quality team. But good lord, Stanford is a cruel football killing machine. They host Oregon on November 12th. You may want to watch that.
(9) Oregon Ducks @ Colorado Buffaloes
Final Score: UO 45 - CU 2
This game is only here because of the hilarious scoreline. Man, Colorado is turrble.
(10) Arkansas Razorbacks @ Mississippi Rebels
Final Score: Piggy 29 - UM 24
Houston Nutt almost cost Arkansas a game, a skill Houston Nutt learned to do with great aplomb while at Arkansas. Ole Miss' freshmen are actually pretty good, but there's too much dead wood on that roster for them to really shine through.
(20) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets @ Miami Hurricanes
Final Score: UM 24 - GT 7
WELL LOOK AT YOU, AL. The Hurricane defense held Tech to 211 yards of total offense, and only 134 rushing yards. That's how you beat a triple option team.
USC Trojans @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Final Score: USC 31 - ND 17
Return to Glory, right guys?
Upset City
Texas Tech Red Raiders @ (3) Oklahoma Sooners
Final Score: TTU 41 - OU 38
(11) West Virginia Mountaineers @ Syracuse Orange
Final Score: SU 49 - WVU 23
Syracuse came out and punched West Virginia in the face, and the Mountaineers couldn't recover. QB Ryan Nassib went 24-32 for 229 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions, and the Cuse offense didn't give WVU a chance to capitalize on short fields. This was a beatdown in every sense of the word.
The Rest of the Top 25
(1) LSU Tigers 45 - (19) Auburn Tigers 10
(2) Alabama Crimson Tide 37 - Tennessee Volunteers 6
(6) Oklahoma St. Cowboys 45 - Missouri Tigers 24
(8) Clemson Tigers 59 - North Carolina Tar Heels 38
(12) Kansas St. Wildcats 59 - Kansas Jayhawks 21
(16) Virginia Tech Hokies 30 - Boston College Eagles 14
(17) Texas A&M Aggies 33 - Iowa St. Cyclones 17
(21) Houston Cougars 63 - Marshall Thundering Herd 28
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There were a lot of fun games to watch this weekend
hopefully that trend continues.
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I missed most of the early/afternoon games, but I got to see the second half of Wisco/Sparty and Oklahoma/Tech. A great night of football.
Same boat
Tots watched the first quarter of PSU with me, I put them to bed and kicked back for 6+ hours of great, great CFB.
And it was GLORIOUS!
GLORIOUS
after 3:30 Eastern. The noon games sucked.
"It's never a bad thing thing to vote for the suckiness of tOSU." -RWReese
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ugh..damn wedding..
I missed everything in the evening.
Heavy alcohol consumption without football accompaniment is like cookies with no milk.
/what?
by Artiefufkin10 on Oct 24, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Syracuse is an odd one
They were my pre-season dark horse to win the Big East. Then they barely beat Wake Forest at home. Then WF turned out to be not too shabby. Then they were on the field as Toledo got robbed, but Toledo is pretty solid. They got pounded by USC, but USC might be good. Lost to Rutgers in 2 OT, but Rutgers is every bit as schizo as they are.
They go on the road to the two worst teams in the league (UConn and Louisville), then finish the year with Cinci, Pitt (two very schizo teams, though Cinci of the “decent” variety and Pitt of the “lolpitt” variety) and South Florida. They could go undefeated down the stretch. They could lose 4 of their next 5. Neither would be surprising.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
Big Game Bob, 'eh?
You can always count on Stoops to deliver a turd at least once a year (although these are usually reserved for BCS Bowls), so it was not surprising to see OU lose in an upset. Although a good coach, this guy is extremely overrated and it annoys me to no end that the mainstream media always fails to mention Stoops’ bowl game failures and instead looks to throw all bowl-blunder-blame at the B1G.
Run.
Every college football fan who is sick of Boise State
should blame Bob Stoops.
"I don't think you can progress in this game unless you know about the past."
-Silas Redd
by PSU_Buch on Oct 24, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I didn't notice this when I selected the picture
But look at the guy’s face running down the sideline between the two players. Absolutely unreal.
You want to know the game I'd be most scared of?
Facing Stanford in a bowl game. Andrew Luck would murder our base defense, I don’t care how good we are.
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They're ridiculous.
I think we’d have a decent chance to run on them, especially since they’re missing Shane Skov, but that’s like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Tough to draw conclusions considering Stanford's early season schedule
But they had two different 100 yard rushers, and another go for 93 yards against UW, who has a monster in the middle in Alameda Ta’amu. So….
Probably.
This is the scary part.
While they are getting little attention for it, nobody in CFB is playing a power running game like the Cardinal with those unbalanced lines and such..
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Some good advice here.
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 24, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
And bring a bigger gun than they have too....
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
Or, air support is an option.
Especially Mr. Warthog:
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 24, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
loved watching the A10 Warthogs fly up the South Mountain ridge from Hagerstown to Carlisle in the early 80's
One of my favorite planes.
My grammer skills need improved.
Yikes.
PSU made Mark Sanchez look better than he is, I wouldn’t want any part of Andrew Luck. As much as hate to admit, I think Boise St would humble our cover 3 as well.
Yo fumo español
pretty much this..
Luck is a better runner than Moore and he can take/dish hits. I feel like Moore is one big hit from being knocked out. But he gets rid of the ball fast in that offense.
by Artiefufkin10 on Oct 24, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
curious, but what should a guy look like that starts as a rookie in the NFL in his last bowl game?
My grammer skills need improved.
Concur
Smart, efficient QBs MURDER the PSU soft zone = death defense. I think PSU might be better than Stanford. I think PSU would lose
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
Come on, ck.
You watched the Iowa game. Our defense isn’t always as “soft” as you’uns want to believe.
Also, no joke, I felt irrationally driven to irrationally, half-consciously pray this morning because I had one of those odd wakings where I’m still in a dreamy state and there was this awful notion in my head that Drew Astorino had suffered an injury and the world was about to see how wrong they were for underestimating his importance.
There ain't no point deficit can hold my defense down.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Begone, foul spectre of the night!
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 24, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Will you be ready when the man comes around?
There ain't no point deficit can hold my defense down.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Always ready, RR!
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 25, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
No it's not
but it is way too often, and almost always whenever the PSU staff is facing a coaching staff they don’t know well
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
Give us four weeks and we're fine.
Period. Ask Tim Couch, Heath Shuler, Andy Kelly, Vinny Testaverde and any other pretty boys you can think of.
Oh, the sun shines bright on my Pennsyltucky home! Keep them jackwagons away from my door!
There ain't no point deficit can hold my defense down.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I asked Brady Quinn and he said you're wrong
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
They had all year
unless you think a ton of prep work went into Akron
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
SOFT ZONE TILL THE DAY I DIE
ZONE IT TILL WE HODGES IT AND WE HODGES IT WE WINNIN IT
OH THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ON MY PENNSYLTUCKY HOME! KEEP THEM MAN COVERAGES AWAY FROM MY DOOR!
Oh, the sun shines bright on my Pennsyltucky home.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Please, CK. PLEASE.
First of all, see the “four weeks” part. Did we have four weeks to prepare for Brady Quinn? Not technically.
Second of all, one does not disprove all.
Third of all, this Penn State pass defense is better than any I’ve seen and Tom Bradley The Terror of Westmont-Hilltop is at the absolute top of his game this year.
Summary: Oh, the sun shines bright on my Pennsyltucky home!
Oh, the sun shines bright on my Pennsyltucky home.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
You're right on all points
it just kills me to watch smart QBs pick apart this PSU defense much more than they should.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat jNW
I've seen teams throw for 500 yds and lose
its all about the final score. not about the yards
My grammer skills need improved.
Like West Virginia?
"It's never a bad thing thing to vote for the suckiness of tOSU." -RWReese
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You want to know the game I'd be most scared of?
Facing [blank] in a bowl game. Andrew Luck/Tim Couch/Heath Shuler/Andy Kelly/Vinny Testaverde would murder our base defense, I don’t care how good we are.
Swagger.
There ain't no point deficit can hold my defense down.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 24, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Would there be anything more gut-wrenching
than being a Notre Damn fan? I laugh myself silly at their continued craptastic play. They got mauled by USC at the line of scrimmage. It’s comedic each year watching the media over-hype them and then watching ND wet the bed. There’re so many ND fans around the Scranton area and it’s so much fun watching them get a Fera-like kick to the crotch each year. Every year they think they are back to relevancy and….no. Let them go to the Big East if they decide to join a conference. At least there they’d be a potential contender for 2nd or 3rd place in the conference each year.
(If you can’t tell, I hate ND just a skosh less than I hate tO$U. Just a smidge.)
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
by RWReese on Oct 24, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I'll rec your ND hate as well.
"It's never a bad thing thing to vote for the suckiness of tOSU." -RWReese
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by Paige2PSU on Oct 24, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'll rec your rec.
Oops – did I flag it?
Stupid screen.
"That Craig James gets such prominent assignments remains a mystery on the D.B. Cooper scale."
Richard Deitsch on Craig James, who allegedly killed 5 hookers while at SMU.
by Pete the Streak on Oct 24, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I, too, enjoy it...
initially I thought Kelly could be a likeable guy. But he’s just a huge douche and its great. I love how he sits in on ESPN to talk about CFB like some sort of level-headed, nice guy.
He’s a jerk. And I love it.
by Artiefufkin10 on Oct 24, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll see your ND hate and
raise the ante with Pitt hate. The Panthers are so predictable: They recruit reasonably well, get some pre-/early-season love, then implode around game four. They rally sometime around game six or eight, only to sink back into the LeBrea pit of mediocrity. Early on, they visit Penn State boards, crowing about how good they are “gonna” be and how lousy we are. They throw in a few gratuitous references to “12-0” or how old Joe is, thinking these things validate their sorry-ass football program.
Lather, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum.
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 24, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Truf
They are the Triumvirate of Hate. tOSU, PITT and ND. They’re like the inept Knights of Ni.
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
by RWReese on Oct 24, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
"We are no longer the knights who say ni!
We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!"
"I don’t wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! You mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Oct 24, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
My Pitt Hate
ranks behind that I have for both ND and tO$U. Maybe because Pitt was really good for only the first 2 years I was a PSU fan (81 & 82). Basically irrelevant before 75 or 76 and since 82. (I don’t care about “MNCs” from when my parents were kids or earlier.).
tO$U sucks-ALWAYS the right choice!
My ND Hate
has and always will top that for any other team in any sport. Period!
tO$U sucks-ALWAYS the right choice!
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