Gameday and early games open thread
College Gameday is at Evanston today for Northwestern v. Ohio State at 8 PM on ABC tonight
It looks like the Northwestern crowd is up and into this game, which should lead to a great atmosphere tonight.
Some highlight-ish games for the noon slate:
MSU v. Iowa - 12 PM on Espn 2
- Iowa looks to be vastly improved from last year and their defense should be enough to stall the MSU offense. The question is whether Rudock can have time in the pocket to find his tight ends.
Maryland (25) v. FSU (8) on Espn
- Is Jameis Winston for real? Maryland has not yet played a good team and could be used to wipe the floor. On the other hand, Florida State is seemingly slow to start and struggled defensively against Boston College and Nevada to start that game.
Illinois v. Nebraska on Espn U
- Nebraska's defense always seems to turn a corner midseason... is this the game where they do that? If not, it's going to be a long day for the Huskers as Scheelhasse in Cubit's offense seems to have found a groove and the Illinois defense can probably do enough to stall the Huskers.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
Central and Akron are both winning, so there's that. I mean, it's way early and all, but I'm gonna feel positive anyway.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
Woooo. Int.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:44 PM ^
IU driving. 1st and goal on the PSU 5.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
I think that was the first INT of the year by a Spartan QB - which is part of the reason they can keep every team close.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
bored
October 5th, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
TD IU! About to be a 28-17 lead
October 5th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^
Yu gi oh is on.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
I wonder how much more money could go to breast cancer research if 5hour Energy just simply donated all it spends on that campaign.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
I have never tried one of those. Do they taste good?
October 5th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
I think he might be. We might know better if we see him coach a team without sanctions.
October 5th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
They'll lose @Illinois, vs. us, @NW, and @Neb
October 5th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
Gardner's tendency to turn the ball over plus MSU's amazing ability to force turnovers equals a Spartan victory. I hate saying that, but I don't see how those trends don't continue.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
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October 5th, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 3:30 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
why? they have the best defense in the league by a long shot, esp since their DBs can foul every play and its called 2-3x a game usually. If their offense is even competent they are in every game. Until today they had a major fraud offense. Iowa is bad on offense but decent on defense and MSU is doing fine against it. They also, for all their faults, rarely turn the ball over. There is no team on their schedule who they cannot play with. They and Nebraska also both avoid OSU.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
Hope we begin to turn it around today, or 'fraid I can't agree with bielein's bud: they will beat Illinois, & (shudder!) us. We'd be proving week by week that not as good as suddenly hoped after CMU & ND, but rather at least as bad (or worse) as we had feared going in: unable overcome poor lines play (& turnovers not improved from last year)
October 5th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
If they turned the ball over 3-4x a game they would look as awful as we have the past 2 games. Turnovers kill a team. Devin needs to protect the ball at all costs as there is not a lot of margin for error with this young offense. There is little separation between any of these teams in this divisions - 2 extra turnovers a game will kill any team. MSU does a lot of stupid things but ball safety is top of their agenda as they play Tressel ball. The Big 10 overall is sucky and none of these teams are guaranteed wins or losses. MSU has the one of two consistent units in the divison (MSU D, Neb O)
October 5th, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
Cook with 41 pass attempts. sheesh.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
Since watching the IU game I think PSU's hype (as slight as it's been) is based on nothing. IU's D, that's right INDIANA's defense is messing with PSU big time.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
can't believe they went for it on 4th at their own 33
October 5th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
nice catch! GO HOOSIERS
October 5th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
Indiana 35-17!
October 5th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
IU TD! 35-17 with 10 minutes left.
October 5th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
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October 5th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
ahahahahah psu's goose is cooked
October 5th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
Heh...IU's going to score again.
October 5th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
42-17. There's going to be some heat on the new D-coordinator at PSU.
Edit: to be fair, the last two tds have come on 30 and 8 yard drives.
October 5th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
FSU 63 - Maryland 0
And it isn't over yet.
Good call media on putting Maryland into the top 25.
October 5th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
So, if you're Indiana, and you've never beaten Penn State, do you rush the field?
October 5th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 3:12 PM ^
umm hell yes
October 5th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^
on anti-depressants. Wonder if he's just running out the clock. . .
October 5th, 2013 at 3:14 PM ^
Looks like the nightmare scenario of MSU vs OSU in the B1G championship game is a real possibility. With MSU's defense, they only need their offense to not screw up to be a real threat. Cook looked real competent. MSU's schedule is a complete joke with no OSU or Wisconsin so it will take multiple losses to the group of NW, Nebraska and us to keep them out of the Champ game.
October 6th, 2013 at 9:46 AM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^
I thought sparty's OL was suppose to be a real tire fire this season and the offense would score very little points. It looks like their OL is giving the QB plenty of time to hit their good receivers and opening holes for their RB.
We have two NFL players at tackle and I thought the talent was there along the interior and through the season they would be a solid line.
I wanted to say sparty NOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! Today.