9-22 Early Games Open Thread

If the missed xp winds up being a difference maker this game I'm gonna be so so sad.

I will say that the vibe around town was that the good new for OSU was they'd return their entire defense this year.  Turns out that that's also the bad news for them.

Nick Lamaison threw a great short pass to Wisconsin's defensive end for what looked like a TD, but this will be called incomplete upon review, I  think. 

...and it is incomplete. UTEP's punter hasn't had to stay warm in the 2nd quarter as he is getting decent reps in as it is. 

Ground can't cause a fumble. Bs

Edit: Never,ind. he fumbled

I thinks the party may be over. OSU finally woke up.

Boren and his whole family are still the scum of the earth.

I think that one thing that Nathan Jeffrey needs to consider is that, if you're going to run ten to fifteen yards in the wrong direction, you may want to consider going for the safety and starting over on your next possession. 

...but of course, Wisconsin gets called for roughing the kicker and UTEP gets a chance to rush in the right direction with about a minute left in the half. 

Chips 23 - Iowa 14

Let that ball go out of bounds, come on man

CMU kicks another field goal. Up 23-14 on Iowa.

I'm waiting for the game that helmet rule causes a riot

That 10-second runoff rule is dumb.  A guy's helmet coming off has nothing to do with the clock.

Points are irrelevant. The real question is: clandestine gray vs. ghost white, which uni is worse?

UAB with the onside kick recover to start the half

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=322660057

Score at the half: Florida-17, Kentucky-1

the UAB punter is awful.

That was a nicely timed run blitz for UAB

UTEP has had a few first downs which have instead been called back for penalties against their offense. The Miner offensive line really should stop giving Lamaison false hope that his passes are effective and will stand. 

UAB has been able to get chunks of yards, just can't seem to find the endzone yet

Chop block on a picked up 3rd and 1. Stupid penalty to take

We'll see a lot of those this year. That's 15 yards of butthurt, every time.

Man, the buckeye just look terrible. They keep winning, but they look so unconvincing squeezing out wins at home against cupcakes. UAB was 3-9 last year but Ohio's defense has given up over 200 yards and 3 scoring drives to them in the first half alone.

I actually dont mind the Terps uni's......that whole diggs thing however is a whole different story.

Also I just want to join in on the big ten sucks meme. Just a terrible conference this year no way to defend it.

UTEP scores a TD to close its deficit to 23-16.  With Montee Ball out, this could be dicey for UW.

Seriously guys. STOP DIVING AT DEFENSIVE LINEMENS' KNEES!

How many freaking chop blocks have there been in the last 2 weeks of Ohio state games

It's now 23-16 Badgers after UTEP drives 75 yards for a TD. It did get noticably more quiescent in Camp Randall, almost as if the Badger  faithful realize that a lot could happen in the last 20 minutes of regulation play. Sure, the Badgers may win, but they won't cover the 18 points with this offense.

Bielema is now feeling the effects of when those under the radar kids dont pan out....Wiscy, Sparty, Iowa should all be use to this. Only two programs in this conference have the ability to recruit at high levels and just reload.

Urb's sec defense he has brought to Columbus is impressive.

Missed tackles against UAB are predictive of another big game for Denard this year.  I'm a little less worried about that game.  Long season to go obviously.