Afternoon Games/Early Evening [open thread]
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3:30 PM | CBS | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA |
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3:30 PM | FOX | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA |
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3:30 PM |
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Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, NE |
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7:00 PM |
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NRG Stadium, Houston, TX |
Not including PSU/Temple, no reason to watch that game with these three 3:30 matchups.
Left the ND/Texas and Wisconsin/Bama games for the "Night Games" thread.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:17 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 5:18 PM ^
massive break for Neb as BYU driving and drops easy 4th down conversion
September 5th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
Could be a good call...
September 5th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^
Tommy Armpunt is back.
He looked so good the first 2 drives.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:25 PM ^
Neb still happy - from potentially down 31-14 to 24-14 even with FG miss. 4th down drop huge.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:25 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 5:26 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 5:26 PM ^
At least you've got tons of fun things to do around your exciting state. =/
September 5th, 2015 at 5:28 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:28 PM ^
If there's ever been a matchup with more confusing mascots than this SIU vs. IU game.
QUICK: What's a Hoosier and/or Saluki?
September 5th, 2015 at 5:28 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:31 PM ^
What did I miss?
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
NEB/BYU was close for a while, but BYU has been shutting NEB down.
I have been missing the BGSU/TN game. It's way closer than it should be.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
The B10 is struggling mightily today against both inferior and superior competition.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
As I semi-state below, Josh Rosen has looked incredible. His throws are placed such that only his receivers can catch it. His TD to Duarte in the 2nd quarter was perfect and his incompletions seem to be either drops or balls caught out of bounds that are still wonderfully thrown. That being said, UCLA is only up 8 as Virginia has moved the ball very well and controlled possession but cannot convert to touchdowns. The accuracy by Rosen is so hard to see considering Thursday.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:38 PM ^
That USC/UCLA game could be for high playoff seed.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^
Dont count out ASU unless they lose today. That division is brutal. I dont think any team will come out of there due to them beating each other up. You have ASU and Zona and Utah and USC and UCLA. Any of those teams can beat the other at home.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
I think it will be tough for anyone to escape the Pac-12 South. UCLA could not beat Oregon or Stanford, but were the only team to beat ASU at ASU, and beat a very strong Arizona team. They all beat each other up so much. USC/UCLA will be a great game, but I will be surprised if it has real playoff implications as both may likely have 2+ losses.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:59 PM ^
No gimmie with the exception of Colorado.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
And you love ASU...I know this.
I refuse to include them.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^
rosen and Hill look great. Louisville struggling vs Auburn D.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^
Maybe Iowa? Maybe UVA?
September 5th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^
Maybe he is just an elite DC and not a HC.
Illinois is looking!
September 5th, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
But that's not going to stop someone else from hiring him.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:48 PM ^
Iowa...ugh. Ferentz needs to move on to something else. I think his reign has just gotten so stale over the past eight years.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
It seems to me that everywhere I turn, shools have a young and talented quarterback, Whether the man is a runner, a thrower, or both, each team seems to have one. Except Michigan. Watching Josh Rosen just makes me wish that Michigan could have had Shane Morris look this good at some point. The throws are on point and the incompletions are even impressive. Yet here we are relying on a grad transfer that threw 2 fewer interceptions this week than he did all of last year. It hurts. Brandon Peters? Let us hope so.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
UM has plenty of talent in and coming into the pipeline.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^
I wouldn't be surprised if those were the 4 QBs on the roster next year either.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:37 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^
It was ONE bad game. And 6 REALLY bad passes out of 40!
QBs have disaster games, let's get a slightly larger sample size...jeez.
Rudock played one TERRIBLE game and already has better stats at Michigan than Morris in his two starts. One of which was possibly the worst in Michigan history.
Can we please let Rudock get through the nonconference before we act like he's the worst QB in the league? Please? Pretty please? Sugar on top?
September 5th, 2015 at 6:07 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 6:46 PM ^
You don't suppose 5000 feet of elevation change had much to do with his deep passes being over thrown, do you?
September 5th, 2015 at 5:48 PM ^
You must have missed the spring game when Malzone looked like a HS QB. Gentry meanwhile has been on campus 7 weeks.
rudock will be fine and boring most weeks. I have no idea who that guy was Thursday - as Brian said it was like he wasted this summer looking at rudock's 2014 games after that display.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
UNC and S. Carolina's QBs were awful. UCF's QB was awful. Rudock played awful.
No one looked good.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:41 PM ^
The point that I am looking to make is that each top-tier football program seems to bring in exceptional qb talent. I would consider Michigan the only truly successful program of those that you mentioned above (even if they have not been recently). I am just frustrated at the lack of development that I have seen in Michigan QBs.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:46 PM ^
I am too. I mean we did have Denard and Texas and ND haven't had much as of late either (although ND seems to have it in Zaire this year).
Not making excuses...Michigan's QB play has been awful and we haven't had consistency at that position since Henne.
But that's also when we had an OL and a running game as well. He also had Arrington and Manningham and Mathews as his 3rd WR.
So it wasn't just the QB.
I think we isolate positions too much...our offense has been ASS outside of Rich Rod in the warmer months and non-conference opponents.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^
I am especially excited to see these new recruiting classes of OL develop. Part of what is making Rosen look so good and what matters so much is the experience and ability of an O-line. To what you said earlier, there is no need to give up entirely on Rudock. Thursday night I certainly wanted to, but now that I have calmed down, I look forward to seeing how these next few weeks go as we prepare for conference play.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:50 PM ^
I hear you, but that will happen eventually under Jim. Our QBs have been lacking great coaching for a while and they finally have it now.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^
17 rushing attempts for 37 yards and a 2.2 YPC average is very un-Husker.
To be fair, 13 of 27 for 201 passing yards and 2 TDs is very un-Taylor Martinez, if anyone remembers those performances. Tommy Armstrong is doing quite well so far really, especially when he can find Alonzo Moore.
Of course, that doesn't speak to Nebraska still being down 10 at halftime.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
Ole Miss squeaked out a 76-3 win
September 5th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
Their conference schedule is "tough" man. They need a break in the nonconference - ESECPN.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:38 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 5:49 PM ^
Ark would have won the Big 10 west IMO last year. A great defense with a bad ass running game. Their Qb just sucked. They were basically a better version of Wisconsin last year.
Their top rb is hurt however right now.
September 5th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
Looks like we have at least 6 we should win even with how we played on thursday. Indiana's defense looks even worse. PSU's offense doesn't look any better.