Afternoon Games (OPEN) Thread

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3:30 PM No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 7 Alabama CBS    
3:30 PM No. 8 Michigan State at Indiana ESPN     
3:30 PM Rutgers at No. 13 Ohio State
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3:30 PM No. 24 Clemson at Boston College ESPNU     
3:30 PM UCLA at California
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4:00 PM No. 10 Georgia at Arkansas      
4:00 PM No. 15 Oklahoma State at No. 12 TCU FOX Sports 1    

 

alum96

October 18th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^

I guess Bama's fan raising a fuss over 14-13 wins did the trick.

Also it makes Big Bert's Arkansas team look halfway decent.  Will be interesting to see what he can do in that division.  If I am going to the SEC I am waiting for a SEC East job.  That West is ridiculous.

alum96

October 18th, 2014 at 5:24 PM ^

I am not saying this sarcastically.  With the improvement of Purdue the past few weeks with Appleby a case could be made we are the bottom 5 teams in the Big 10 ahead of Illinois and in the realm of Indiana, PSU and Rutgers.

We are wholly mediocre - we got destroyed by Minnesota at home.  Purdue went to Minn and could have won.  Indiana is pretty horrid right now - all they have is 1 player on offense.  We also have 1 player on offense but that guy requires Devin to get him the ball - which aside from arm punts is not that often.  Our defense is better than Indiana but right now I think we are tied for 12th worst in the Big 10.  PSU might be right there with us as well.  And Rutgers.

I said in a piece earlier this week PSU Rutgers and UM are basically all the same team.  If they play 10x on a neutral field they'd go 5-5 against each other.  Below them is Illinois.  Indiana is probably right in the mxi with PSU Rutgers and UM.  Purdue right now is better than the above teams.

ghost

October 18th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^

All that trash talkign A&M and its fans did toward Texas the last few years is going to come back to haunt them.  Strong has Texas on the up swing and you can just tell he will have them in the playoff picture in the few years.  A&M looks like they are heading to the bottom of the SEC.

As bad as some of our performances have been this year they aren't even close to this.  This will be extremely damaging to their recruiting.

Bill the Butcher

October 18th, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^

They haven't been a good football team all year. But they scored a lot of points on an opening Thursday night game against a shitty South Carolina team and all of the sudden were ranked #6. They have been exposed week after week when playing good teams and and it's finally time for everyone to realize how bad they are and stop propping them up just because they play in the sec.

Mr. Yost

October 18th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^

This is incredible.

CC: LANE KIFFIN!

(100% joking)

But seriously, it was the perfect half of football. It reminded me of the first half of Michigan @ Illinois last year. Remember when Stauskas just trolled the entire state of Illinois?

That was a wonder to watch.

Wolverine Devotee

October 18th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^

Shout out to Appalachian State! 

They're opening up a can on Troy right now. 33-14 in the 3rd quarter on the road.

This will be their first win as an FBS memeber and their first Sun Belt win.

Good for them. I hope they do well in FBS. We're tied to them forever so might as well be cordial. 

alum96

October 18th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^

GA has taken it to another level since losing Gurley.  Sometimes that happens - you sharpen focus when you lose a great player but that requires a lot of other good players on the team of course.

Watching the SC game vs GA I remember thinkng their 2nd and 3rd string RBs looked 10x better than anything we throw out.  A guy like Chubb. 

 

ghost

October 18th, 2014 at 5:26 PM ^

OSU losing to VT and Georgia losing to S.Carolina have to be two of the most perplexing losses of the year.  Georgia can get away with it if they win out.  OSU probably can't.

Voltron is Handsome

October 18th, 2014 at 5:29 PM ^

Damn. I love pumpkin ale. Shipyard is my favorite and my second favorite is America's Original Pumpkin Ale by Buffalo Bill's Brewery.