Friday Night NCAA Football Open Thread
There is one game on ESPN at 8:30 PM tonight - Temple (0-5) vs. Cincinnati (3-2). The Bearcats, coming off a 26-20 loss to USF get to play a seemingly hopeless Temple team that is coming off a 30-7 loss to Louisville, and indeed, all of the losses. That being aid, the loss to Louisville is put in context when you consider that the losses to Fordham and Idaho were much closer, right? Probably not.
October 11th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
Much better college hockey matchups on NBC Sports (ND-Western Michigan) and on the BTN (Army at Penn State). The peg looks like an amazing arena.
At the moment ND leads western 1-0 and PSU leads Army 1-0 coming up on the 1st intermission.
October 11th, 2013 at 8:41 PM ^
I rememeber during the offseason when some poster on here who goes to Temple was trying to convince me (and others) that Temple would be a good addition to the Big Ten, and a big part of his reasoning was the direction the football team was going. Where you at, Temple guy?
October 11th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
my GOD.
October 12th, 2013 at 12:53 AM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
Nice
October 11th, 2013 at 9:44 PM ^
I went to high school in Marine City.
Grew up downriver, in Algonac ("the Venice of Michigan").
I never see these towns talked about, as in ever. Very cool.
October 11th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 8:55 PM ^
Catching all the AACtion. Should I copyright that?
October 11th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
I think this game is going to hate offense. Temple's punter has a boot though.
October 11th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
Bucs have signed offensive guard Patrick Omameh (Michigan) off the 49ers' practice squad ...
October 11th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
Abernathy had the start of excellent return, then fumble....flag against Cincinnati.....Temple with beautiful field position.
Also, the Bearcats match their endzones, which I think is very smart and tasteful in a way.
October 11th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
I sort of wanted to argue that it was a game that would be played within the actual limits of a road right of way. Given the dimensions of the field, that might limit it to games played in expressway-grade builds at minimum.
October 11th, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
and I just saw that thread. That was some ridiculous stuff that is really unique to the Internet. A person can't do that stuff in the real world.
October 11th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 9:18 PM ^
Can't create a post, not sure why, but this is exciting news for Michigan fans!
http://www.bucsnation.com/2013/10/11/4828736/buccaneers-sign-guard-patrick-omameh-off-49ers-practice-squad
October 11th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
Until this year I would only have been watching this game because it was the only football game on tonight.
This year, however, is my oldest son's first year at Temple and so I have a new team to root for. Unfortunately, Temple does not make it an easy task. They suck. Not Akron level suckage, but pretty bad.
Thankfully so far tonight they are hanging in there. Go Owls!
October 11th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
I have a suspicion already that this might not be Temple's evening - backed up in their own endzone, they seem to run what would be a beautiful pass play, except for the part where it was underthrown and intercepted. The result is that the Bearcats are threatening now to pull well ahead in this one - 3rd and 3 inside the Temple 5.
...and the keeper results in a Bearcats TD. 21-13 after the PAT.
October 11th, 2013 at 9:52 PM ^
Is it the camera angles or is that a pretty decent crowd?
October 11th, 2013 at 9:52 PM ^
October 11th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
Boy, its hard to tell if the offenses are good or the defenses are bad.Cinci has had quite the fall off
October 11th, 2013 at 10:21 PM ^
Weird stat of the half - Temple has actually outgained Cincinnati in the first half, although not by a whole lot. Temple has 271 yards of total offense to Cincinnati's 249 yards, and Temple is actually getting about 3 more yards per snap on average too (8.32 yards to 5.65 yards).
October 11th, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
This would probably really stretch the OT rules but we could make it a topic if we wanted: In hockey, #1 Umass-Lowell got App State'd tonight by Sacred Heart. A team that went 2-30-4 in college hockey's worst conference last year
October 11th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
It would fall under the "college sports in general" portion of the admittedly large gray area, and indeed, it would be considered a reasonably significant event in college hockey circles.
October 11th, 2013 at 10:28 PM ^
Both QBs are impressing me. Kay of Cincinnati is passing nicely, scrambling nicely, and had a heck of a punt. Temple's QB PJ Walker is a true frosh and is making a lot of plays on the run. Lots of talent there, just needs more time to grasp the offense and build chemistry with teammates. He's going to have a great career ...
October 11th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDeKvv1HSzQ
They talked about it on the telecast. Holy Crap. Boxing is not my thing but...pretty bad ass.
October 11th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
How did they get 1st and 6 after that penalty?
October 11th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
At this juncture, it is still the case that over half of the combined first downs in this game have been completed, but of course a majority of them belong to Cincinnati.
If it were an actual stat, the penalties in this game would be averaging 10 yards a piece too.
October 11th, 2013 at 11:03 PM ^