Noon games open thread
Some pretty decent games going on at noon finally. TCU-OSU (NTOSU) should be a good one on FOX. And TT-WV features the last undefeated team in the Big XII. South Car-Tenn and UGa-Vandy could be interesting. Florida-Mizzou is suddenly a big game that starts at 12:30. And if you really hate yourself you can watch Sparty beat up on Purdue or see NW-Minny.
TT already up on WV
October 19th, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
TD MSU. Say goodnight, Purdue.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
And the first offensive points of the game come with 8:55 left in the game
October 19th, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
...I'll quote Bo:
"They wouldn't have scored in a month!"
October 19th, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
Yikes. Despite the 10 points, Florida's done it all with 71 net yards of offense, which is good for a smidge under 3 yards per snap on average.
...and Tyler Murphy gets sacked again at about 2:37 PM EDT, per the schedule. This has been Florida's whole day, folks. If it weren't for Kelvin Taylor, Florida would have negative rushing yards right now.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
41-0 GT over Syracuse. NWST early season out of conference wins don't look impressive right now.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
And South Carolina is in front. Its really hard to believe the separation between the top and bottom of the SEC year in and year out. Some of that is obviously because of the strenght at the top, but the bottom half of the SEC is consistently lousy.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
as MN line of 2* and walk-ons. They're man handling NU's DL!
October 19th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
Yes and we can be sure when NW plays us they will dominate our OL. Frustrating as hell.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:44 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
Butch Jones is a damn good coach, and a good guy, to boot.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
If we had any form of OL that was "Big 10 average", the only team that would matter in the division would be Nebraska this year. If we had a team of the early 2000s in the current conference it would be a cakewalk. Shame we are this average when the Big 10 is so bad.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
Why the hell do offensive linemen choose to not block Clowney? It has happend a few times today. The TN RB gets the ball and Clowney is there almost immediately.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
My gawd does the Big Ten look horrible right now. Minny was swamped by a bunch of teams and NW is struggling to keep up with them, and MSU has scored exactly 7 offensive points against a Purdue team that is probably the worst in the conference by a comfortable margin. I know people are still down about last week, but I've seen nothing to make me think that UM can't win out until the Game.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
You do understand we are just like those teams right? We are highly flawed just the same. We cannot execute HALF our offense in any shape or form (the running game) unless Superman does it. If Superman ever gets hurt there is essentially no offense. We are no different than these teams - they are all flawed. We can win all those games and lose a good # of them just the same.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
West Virginia got swamped by a ton of teams and yet is beating the top team in the Big 12
October 19th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
Me too. I thought no chance without their QB. Impressive stuff, even if UF offense is horrid.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
Northwestern faces an eternal quandry: it can't get a real homefield advantage when its fans don't fill the stadium, but its fans won't fill the stadium until they start winning big, which won't happen without a real homefield advantage...
October 19th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
What happened to Venric Mark?
October 19th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
Whoo . . . NW is saved on 4th and 14 by a pretty iffy PI call, to say the least.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:54 PM ^
That's a pretty big balloon
October 19th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
Fitzgerald got really ballsy and it paid off. Two 4th down conversions for NW when all they needed was a field goal. Now the pressure is on Minnesota to get a first down.
October 19th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
I expect zero transtive theories... UM-NW, UM-Neb, and UM-MSU will all be last minute games that are decided in the last 2-3 minutes. These are all average teams. Any given week based on penalties, mistakes, Devin INTs, special teams play they can win. You put them all in a caged match and play 10 game series and they'd all be 5-5 or 6-4 at worse.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
They only scored 7 on offense. On the other side of the ball, Purdue had a couple of drives but missed two FGs and displayed generally horrible game management - on top of having little talent. MSU is certainly good defensively, but this game alone didn't tell us much.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:01 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
MSU didn't have any turnovers. It was Purdue that had two.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
Purdue is awful and is now playing a freshmen QB. For all intensive purposes Neb also shut them out. Purdue scored with under a minute left.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:00 PM ^
MN better not blow this game. It will be huge for M with another NW loss.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:01 PM ^
Florida with their longest drive of the game! They have ten points on a muffed Mizzou punt and a kickoff return. They are going to double their offensive yards on this drive alone.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
I'm not a fan of onside kicks when you have three timeouts. It's too low-percentage and kills your field position if you fail.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
I'm curious on something. How big of a difference is the 3rd timeout when you are trying to kill clock? Is calling one pass really that big of a difference? I think the mistake a lot of OC make is calling the pass on third down. What about a play action roll out on 2nd down? If it isn't there then scramble for what you can get.
Edit: And Minny does just that on 3rd down and ends the game. More teams should be doing this.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
Northwestern has managed the clock perfectly. Coaches everwhere, take notes.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
Some lower to mid ranked top 25 teams in trouble and struggling late. I hope this give Michigan a chance to move up if we get a convincing win today.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:09 PM ^
Texas Tech scores to retake the lead and USC shanks a punt out of bounds putting Tenn nearly in field goal range down by 1.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^
Tennessee gets the ball at the 35 and dutifully loses 15 yards.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:14 PM ^
Don't look now but TCU and Vandy just scored to get both teams within one score of the favorites. Not over yet.
October 19th, 2013 at 3:15 PM ^
October 19th, 2013 at 3:20 PM ^
Indiana.