Noon Games Thread
Discuss.
MOD EDIT:
I was late getting up the schedule, moved it to KBLOW's post
Your noon viewing guide via AwfulAnnouncing:
Noon:
- Auburn @ Arkansas (ESPN)
- Oklahoma State @ Texas A&M (FS Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Midwest, North, Ohio, Southwest, West; FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago, Washington+; SportSouth; MSG+; FCS Central)
- Purdue @ Minnesota (ESPN2)
- Georgia @ Tennessee (SEC Network, MSG, CSN California, Comcast Network)
- West Virginia @ Syracuse (Big East Network, Altitude, CST, MASN, SNY)
- Vanderbilt @ Army (CBS College Sports)
- Boston College @ Virginia Tech (Raycom)
- Eastern Illinois @ Penn State (ESPN Classic0
- Michigan State @ Illinois (BTN)
- Eastern Michigan @ Central Michigan (ESPN+)
- Miami-OH @ Northwestern (BTN)
- Houston @ Mississippi State (ESPNU)
- Kentucky @ South Carolina (SEC Network, FS South; PrimeTicket; SUN)
- Iowa State @ Kansas (Versus)
- New Mexico @ Wyoming (MTN)
October 10th, 2009 at 12:57 PM ^
They ARE on their way back. Blah blah blah responsibility, blah blah players from Michigan blah blah blah fundamentals blah blah blah blah they lost BUT it was a moral victory blah blah Pride comes before the fall. There, Drew Sharp, I just wrote your column for you for the next few months.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:03 PM ^
LOL.
Good stuff CalJr. One point for you sir.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:03 PM ^
Illinois is absolutely terrible. They look like 2008 Michigan, except I think they're even worse. They have so much veteran offensive talent, I don't get it.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:06 PM ^
Hmm, wonder what Benn is thinking right now?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:06 PM ^
What happened to that guy? He looked so damn good for a couple of years there.....and now he is ridin' the pine.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
I can't remember him having any stretches of "so damn good." I can remember flashes from one or two games, but never sustained success. He's always been of the type that "one day, this guy is going to be awesome." He's been hyped for the athletic freak that he is, which is fair. His athleticism is what allowed him to play so well against Michigan defenses that could never defend a mobile quarterback. But he has never developed as a football player, at least not in my e-pinion.
Part of that goes back to the Florida days of Zook. He was always a great recruiter, but he never developed his talent. Or so at least that's how I always understood it.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:11 PM ^
You know, I thought about this earlier. I think Michigan last year would beat Illinois of this year.. by 2 point digits. Yeah I said it.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:05 PM ^
Wow, Arkansas is taking it to Auburn big time. Nice TD pass by Mallet
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
That pass was absolutley perfect. He has looked really impressive all day.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:06 PM ^
Winston fumbles after trying to dive into the end zone from the 5-yard line. Great job, Glenn!
October 10th, 2009 at 1:07 PM ^
Can't blame him, he just thought he was back in the prison shower.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:09 PM ^
Illinois has a player named Dufrene, maybe he helped Winston escape
October 10th, 2009 at 1:07 PM ^
Really, Big 10? First and goal from the Illinois 2 for IU?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:10 PM ^
Fumble on the goalline? Could have been a sparty NOOOO! moment, but Illinois is completely inept. Ron Zook is easily the worst coach in the big 10.
Edit: And the shortest punt I've seen in a while right after I hit save. Wow they're bad.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:09 PM ^
Did Cousins start and then get yanked early or has Nichol played the whole game? I tuned it late 1st quarter and have seen only Nichol getting snaps.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:11 PM ^
Nichol started. He's thrown a couple inaccurate passes but has general done fine and hasn't had to anyway since the run is destroying Illinois
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
GameTracker says Nichol has been MSU's only QB today.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:09 PM ^
but this is shocking. How many games will they win? I'm going to say 4. Also, how terrible does Auburn look today?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:11 PM ^
Auburn looks as bad as Illinois. But Arkansas is a pretty good football team.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:14 PM ^
Arkansas is a good team, perhaps the best team they've played all year and they're on the road. It will be interesting to see how Auburn responds.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:17 PM ^
Great play by the CB on that pass. If Auburn can figure out how to move the ball a little, this game might be worth watching.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:14 PM ^
SEC so deep. Southern speed. Tebow giant schlong. Chizik greatest coach ever.
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October 10th, 2009 at 1:14 PM ^
Wins at best for Illinois. Wow. This team is a total train wreck.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
I'd have to say 3 wins tops for this Illini team, they are looking rough.
Mallet INT definitely helps Auburn out...
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
7-0 OkSt with 2:10 to go in the first
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
The game on ABC is Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan?!
HUH?!
October 10th, 2009 at 1:14 PM ^
Be glad it's at least that. I've got Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures followed by NASCAR Angels.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:19 PM ^
I'd rather watch Brian Fellow's Safari Planet.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:14 PM ^
Wow, Tennessee is beating Georgia. That's a surprise.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
UGa's KO returner now has 2 100 yard KO returns this season. That's ridiculous.
Houston just had a great interception. Knocks the WR as he catches it, ball bounces high in the air. Guy who laid the hit catches it and gets a couple yards.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
You watching that game on ESPN360? I can't find it on my cable guide.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:23 PM ^
I've got DishNetwork, comes with ESPNU (UH/MSU game), ESPNClassic, Versus, CBSCollegeSports, etc.
MSU just had their running back carry 2 Cougars over 20 yards as they just tried to strip instead of tackle. UH has been doing that all day and it has really cost them. The first guy that could have tackled the RB just stopped, stood up straight and tried to hack the ball as the RB flew past him.
UPDATE: UH marches down the field in a minute-twenty. MSU loses the outside guy in cover two. Wide open at the goal line on the sideline.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:34 PM ^
I, too, have Dish Network. But I don't see UGA/UT. Help plz?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:38 PM ^
I was watching that on ESPN360 actually. It was taking up too much bandwidth. Had to shut it down.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
Ouch, Winston looks like he took a shot to the knee on that tackle, otherwise I doubt he would've gone down, they don't seem to be able to tackle at all
Cut to AJ Sturges cheering on the Wild Fan Cam
October 10th, 2009 at 1:15 PM ^
Down Goes Winston!!!
October 10th, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
We're not celebrating an injury here are we?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:26 PM ^
was just providing an informative headline followed by unbiased commentary.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:29 PM ^
Fair enough.
And down he went.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
I'm not happy to see him injured, but I also don't feel bad. I decidedly neutral.
I love how the BTN announcers are so vanilla in describing how Winston "overcame some off-the-field issues."
October 10th, 2009 at 1:17 PM ^
I don't normally root for injuries, but in this case, I hope it really hurts. Literally.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:19 PM ^
Sparty up 17-0 at the half, Winston's out, knee injury.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
I hope illinois plays this bad when we play them. They actually might have a worst D than ours.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
How is Minnesota having this much trouble with Purdue? They're terrible this year
October 10th, 2009 at 1:25 PM ^
I'm one of the few that's still really high on Purdue this year. I think the bigger issue is how bad is Minnesota. Their offensive strategy is pass to Decker. Purdue has done a good job of limiting his touches.
Purdue isn't that bad of a team. I don't think they're a top half of the conference team, but I firmly believe that Minnesota, Illinois, and Northwestern are all much worse than they are.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:21 PM ^
C'mon guys. Let's not be douchebags and celebrate the injuries of our rivals. As big as dickhead, A-holes as they may be.
Bad form fellas.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:28 PM ^
But in this case it has less to do with being a rival and more to do with it being Winston.
You know the Winston story, right?
October 10th, 2009 at 1:32 PM ^
And if anyone deserved to get that sort of a break it was Winston. He's a thug.
Still celebrating that sort of thing just seems like something they would do in East Lansing.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:49 PM ^
Just because you make a comment about an injury doesn't mean you're celebrating it.
Sometimes you get what you deserve - it's all about Karma in this case.