Noon Starts Open Thread
We'll get this one started -
BTN has Eastern Michigan / Michigan State or Purdue versus Southern Illinois
ESPN is going with Georgia Tech versus Virginia Tech
ESPN2 will be taking on Bowling Green versus Wisconsin
ESPNU will be curing insomia with Iowa and Pitt
ESPNNEWS, supposedly, will carry Western Illinois versus Northwestern
ESPN3 is carrying its normal grab bag - Maryland / Syracuse, Duke / Tulane, Marhsall / Akron and others.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
Tied at 7 with bowling green.
September 20th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 1:06 PM ^
That being said, I'm not sure what to make of Wisconsin yet despite fully expecting them to win by around twenty.
(Yeah, caught the gibe).
September 20th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
It's sad when your best choices are Georgia Tech - Va Tech and Wisconsin - BGSU.
Though, BGSU just scored after Wisconsin fumble TO to tie the game up at 7-7. It's early, I know, but....BIG TEN!
September 20th, 2014 at 1:11 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^
decent alternative
September 20th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
Northwestern isn't good, but I don't think anyone expected they would be this bad.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
Pitt gets Iowa to bite on the "Here we are, not running....you don't see this" play for the fifth time this game and promptly tackles the RB forward into the end zone. 7-0 Pitt.
BIG TEN!
September 20th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
Poor Eastern. 21-0 MSU barely 7 minutes in.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
State is up 21-0 midway first quarter. They are on pace to beat EMU 168-0.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
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September 20th, 2014 at 12:28 PM ^
It's difficult watching Iowa on offense. Rudock is just a horrible, horrible QB.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
Looked okay on that drive, eh?
September 20th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
They are playing EMU. You can't look great playing teams like EMU. Florida beat them 65-0 and followed that up by barely beating Kentucky.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
Miami was at least in the game until the end against Marshall and lost to EKU, which is bad, EMU almost losing to Morgan St. is worse.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:48 PM ^
Literature's not their thing?
September 20th, 2014 at 12:58 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
A well oiled machine that got destroyed in the second half by Oregon and played a DII team and quite possibly the worst D1 team in the country. This is why people hate early season rankings.
September 20th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^
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September 20th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
great against Miami (OH),....wait.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^
When we weren't turning it over last week, we were fine. Yardage was 460-198.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:56 PM ^
"If you take out the bad stuff there's only good stuff left."
September 20th, 2014 at 1:05 PM ^
Michigan didn't look great against Miami. Had Michigan looked great you wouldn't have to qualify your assesment by attempting to remove the horrible part of the game.
September 20th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
What was the score, again? The only way Michigan doesn't look "great" against a team they more than doubled up in yards, 1st downs, penalty yardage, and score is if you quantify your assessment by removing those parts of the game.
If you want to argue that Michigan didn't look great AT ALL TIMES against Miami, feel free. However, your negativism can't persuade that they didnt look great overall.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
Iowa went for it on 4th down. I'm pretty sure this is how Invasion of the Body Snatchers starts.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
He put in his backup QB with 1:30 left in the 1st quarter. What do you want him to do? There were backups in on defense on the 2nd drive. EMU has 7 yards. Their defense is horrid. They lose to teams like Bowling Green 50-7. Its almost impossible not to run up the score on them - a mediocre Florida team that was in a dogfight with Kentucky beat them 55-0.
It looks like what top tier Big 10 teams used to do to MAC schools 20 years ago. Basically this is UMass from 3-4 years ago.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
Exactly. No team is going to start taking a knee in the second quarter. They can't help it out there--EMU is terrible.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
EMU is worse than App State and Miami put together.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
They are bad.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^
You might be able to field an okay football team if you put Miami and Appalachian State together.
September 20th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
The 2012 and 2013 EMU and Miami teams have nothing to do with this year's teams. And this year's Miami team is better than EMU. No one can honestly debate that.
September 20th, 2014 at 2:11 PM ^
EMU has a win to it's credit, Miami hasn't won a game since mid 2012...but Miami is tougher why? Because they made Michigan work for a win?
September 20th, 2014 at 2:11 PM ^
has at least won a game against FCS team. Miami lost to FCS team and hasn't won a game. Still a debate because neither teams have showed anything against FBS competition.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^
B10 needs to stop scheduling Bowling Green.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Big 10 needs to stop scheduling anybody
September 20th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^
Listening to Tom Izzo talk about his relationship with Dantonio, talking about national championships and excellence... It just makes me cringe thinking about Brady Hoke and Dave Brandon blathering on about how the goal at Michigan has always been to win the Big 10, "big boy football," and all that other garbage.
These guys are doing something right up there, and we look like a circus sideshow.
September 20th, 2014 at 12:58 PM ^
but this is Michigan fergodssake
September 20th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^