Night Games Open Thread
Pretty good day for us, with NU taking out Sparty, Minnesota taking out Iowa, and our win. Not exactly a great night of matchups, but college football is always better than not college football. Some fun ones to watch:
Georgia 24 - Florida 20 (5 to go, Florida has ball on G 35)
Ole Miss at Auburn - 7 - ESPNU
South Carolina at Tennessee - 7:15 - ESPN2
Wisconsin at Ohio State - 8 ESPN
Stanford at USC - 8 - ABC/ESPN3
Clemson at GT - 8 - ESPN3/ABC
As usual, the full listings can be found here
Discuss and enjoy a solid day for us.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
Ok. Just thought i'd check.
But....yeah. Damn.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:35 PM ^
Andrew Luck. The next big thing or overrated PAC 12 qb? I think he is going to be the real deal.
October 30th, 2011 at 10:54 AM ^
There's never a sure thing when it comes to NFL prospects, but Andrew Luck is as close as you can get.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
Might be a long FG attempt here for USC
October 29th, 2011 at 11:38 PM ^
MAJOR mistake for USC there. Ran a play that took too long for a long FG attempt.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
Definitely counts as a dumb play call. With two timeouts in the tank, tell the guy to get to yard marker X, hit your knees and signal TO.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
It got lost above in the Wisky madness (who knew?)...but what section were you in today CRex? (As we hit the pre-OT lull).
October 30th, 2011 at 12:01 AM ^
I was in 18 down in row 46.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
And At the other end towards the aisle from me. You were with an Asian couple, right? Wearing a Michigan Alumni cap. I thought about yelling "hey CRex!", but noticed you weren't wearing a wedding ring (couldn't see her hands, she was wearing gloves), and thought "damn, that's a weird thing to do if it's NOT them", and then by the time I thought "I don't wear my ring to games for clapping and stuff" and "how many red heads with pretty petite Asian wife/girlfriends can there be watching the game?", the rows had filled out with a couple of late groups, and then you (wisely) took off early before the icy rains hit. And biffed my chance to say hi. But I at least have faces for the stories.
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<br>So not to be too stalkery, I was to your right and back, with the winged cap, beard, blue jacket, and a radio and fanvision, and mostly unnecessary shades.
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<br>Maybe next time.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
They say that negative emotions are stronger than postive ones. Which explains why I am going to bed disappointed osu won, rather than happy Michigan beat purdue.
I should watch more food network; even when the wrong side wins the iron chef I am not this annoyed.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
there was a second left, but he was down in bounds
October 29th, 2011 at 11:44 PM ^
Kiffin (douche he certainly is) has an argument, though. He told the ref that he wanted TO as soon as the ball was down.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
but the problem with all these reviews, is that it's not when something happens, it's when an official signals for it. There's no way that Kiffin got a TO and the ref signaled it all within one second (really, half a second).
October 29th, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^
October 29th, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^
Should have fired that ball at Lee Corso on the sideline. Where's Lawrence Ricks when you need him?
(Or, better, taken a knee, since they still had a timeout.)
October 29th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
is such a douche. He just seems so dumb.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
October 29th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
Announcers are idiots. So confident there's 1 second left without looking at where the knees is, bravo guys.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:44 PM ^
I guess it depends on personal preference but I would prefer to beat a better OSU team than a worse one. Of coure any victory over OSU is great. I'm not going to be picky but as long as we beat them I could care less how OSU does against its other competition. A good Michigan vs. a good OSU team will garner national attention like 2006 also like LSU vs. Alabama next week which is good for Michigan.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:44 PM ^
He was actually arguing that he managed to call a timeout in less than one second. That has literally never happened in the history of football. There is no such thing as a timeout that is pre-triggered so the clock stops when the play does. Complete moron.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
Don't they have that in the NFL?
October 29th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
So that could be the source of his confusion.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
What happened to the rule that the clock doesn't stop until the referee waves his arms over his head? I thought the clock does not stop instantaneously when the player hits the ground. Or are we now going to review every play of the game because that happens every play?
October 29th, 2011 at 11:52 PM ^
now stanford plays some MANBALL. It's actually really satisfying to watch. Big strong but mobile QB. Big, quick RB. Lot's of 2 and 3 TE sets. MANBALL
October 29th, 2011 at 11:56 PM ^
October 30th, 2011 at 12:06 AM ^
...and now it's infected football too.
There's an unavoidable clock delay at the beginning and end of each play--it just isn't physically possible for the timer to start the clock precisely on the snap or stop it precisely on the official's signal. Plus there's a slight delay between end of play and official's signal. As long as we have human officials and timers we're going to have human reaction-time delays.
The replay reviews of the end of the play are doing away with the end-of-play delays but not the delay at the start of the play. It's artificially making plays shorter at the end of the game. Not a lot, but sometimes, like today, it's a material difference--or would have been if they hadn't ruled the runner in bounds.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
USC receiver lined up offsides.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
Thank you. I thought no one else noticed that. An OSU receiver also did it toward the end of the game. How do the refs not notice that?
October 30th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
The B1G is very mediocre, which makes it competitive. Wisconsin and MSU drop, so there are no favorites. It reminds me of the NFC East with the Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, Redskins... a very "blah" group of teams that can look like the Packers or the Seahawks on any given week. I'd say MSU gets the nod because of the easy remaining schedule.
October 30th, 2011 at 9:28 AM ^
Once and for all I hope you all stop drinking the Wisconsin kool-aid.If you have a top 20 defense and a good d-line, you can stop the run and shut them down.With Mattison as DC and the recruits coming in next year, I don't worry 1 bit about these turds in the future.Hell with some luck maybe they'll see us in the Conference title game this year.Stop sweating Wisconsin.They have never been shit and never will be shit.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:06 AM ^
anyone else think stanford should have gone for 2 right there? complete control of their own destiny. I think I would have done it.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
Andrew Luck is amazing.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:14 AM ^
Don't you just hate it when a Trojan fails in overtime when the pressure to perform couldn't be higher?
October 30th, 2011 at 12:17 AM ^
Trojans failing is always a concern. Oh, you are talking football.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:17 AM ^
So my 10 year old, upon seeing Andrew Luck and the Stanford tree in the endzone after the game, says, "Is that the real mascot, or Lee Corso?"
I'm still laughing.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:18 AM ^
It is nice to see grass stains on a player getting interviewed after a big win.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
1st round football talent.
Late round or undrafted media persona/marketability.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
How do you beat Oklahoma at Norman then get shafted by Iowa State at home?
October 30th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
October 30th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
For anyone who missed the game earlier or wanted to see it again, it looks like ESPN2 is replaying the game at 1 AM
October 30th, 2011 at 12:59 AM ^
but Arizona vs Washington is pretty damn entertaining right now.