3:30pm ET/Afternoon Games Thread

Submitted by MaizeBlueA2 on October 22nd, 2022 at 3:44 PM

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2022:

AWAY            HOME      TIME         TV

NOON:

Iowa @ 2 Ohio State   12:00 PM   FOX

UT Martin @ 3 Tennessee   12:00 PM   SECN

14 Syracuse @ 5 Clemson   12:00 PM   ABC

21 Cincinnati @ SMU   12:00 PM   ESPN

Kansas @ Baylor   12:00 PM   ESPN2

UL Monroe @ Army   12:00 PM   CBSSN

Indiana @ Rutgers   12:00 PM   BTN

Houston @ Navy   12:00 PM   ESPNU

Akron @ Kent State   12:00 PM   ESPN+

m1jjb00

October 22nd, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^

I woke up from a multi-year coma and turned on the Wisconsin-Purdue game.  28-3 with a dominant Wisconsin defense.  Seems right.  I guess nothing has changed.

1VaBlue1

October 22nd, 2022 at 5:38 PM ^

Can't win a top 10 matchup on the road by kicking FGs. Especially when your opponent is scoring TDs.  UCLA is getting spanked, and I didn't see it coming.  I thought they'd win, but that defense is clearly outclassed.

goblu330

October 22nd, 2022 at 5:54 PM ^

I hate Brian Kelly but at least LSU doesn’t run the “pitch-dive” anymore.  I never saw that play work, ever.  It was the play to run when you really needed to get stopped on 4th down.

MaizeBlueA2

October 22nd, 2022 at 6:20 PM ^

LSU is legit, it just took them time. I wouldn't want to play them right now.

LSU has the athletes and the QB is coming around. They're dangerous.

But every almost week in every season you can claim the teams seeded 7-14 are "overrated." Because they're all going to lose a game against another team in the bottom of the Top 25 (which is basically LSU).

That's generally where the "tier" breaks. Those are all 2-loss teams.

MaizeBlueA2

October 22nd, 2022 at 6:26 PM ^

IMO...in any given year, by the time the CFP rankings come out. 

Tier 1: #1-#4, legit.

Tier 2: #5, #6...need some things to break.

Tier 3: #7-#12...shake em up, pick em...they're all the same 2 loss team trying to get a NY6 Tier. The Big XII and Pac-12 loooove this tier.  This is Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. and Baylor in any given year. Utah has been all about Tier 3 as of late.

Tier 4: #13-18...meh, a lot of "what if?" These teams are the ones who play the top 4, people hype it up, and they get SMOKED (PSU this year).

Tier 5: #19-#25...your sleepy NC State's that go through a weak ACC with 3 losses and 0 quality wins or your B1G team with 4 losses at the end of the year. This is your Minnesota tier.

waittilnextyear

October 22nd, 2022 at 6:11 PM ^

I know it's company policy for us Michigan fans to crap on Charbonnet for transferring out and for expressing anything less than total ecstasy about his time in Ann Arbor, but I really like to watch him play.  He is really, really good and I hope he has a nice career on Sundays.  Incredible how talented that RB room was with Haskins, Corum, him, and Donovan Edwards on the way.

turtleboy

October 22nd, 2022 at 6:22 PM ^

That could just about do it for Ole Myth today. LSU is a flawed team, but they're at home, and are one of the few SEC teams playing defense this year. 

1VaBlue1

October 22nd, 2022 at 7:01 PM ^

He was asked what he liked about UCLA over Michigan, so what's he going to say?  No doubt he was promised he'd 'be the man' if he chose Michigan, and it didn't work out that way.  I don't hold that against him anymore than I hold Harbaugh's comments against Michigan when he was coaching Stanford.

You guys are living with too much hate for benign comments.  Settle down and enjoy watching the kid run the ball - he's equal to Corum and its a joy to watch.