Normal Night CFB Open Thread

Be interesting since Tommy Rees will be starting tonight.

Please help improve our chances at the B10CG by winning your game tonight.

Thanks.

I think they could even turn a game against our '08 team into a shootout.

Is it late night yet?!  I keed, I keed.  ND will whoop Miami, WVU will whoop Taxess, Spurrier will get the GameCocks a big win over Gawgya, annnnnd Ohio over GoBigRed.

Now that I have those picked, I think I will get every one of them wrong...

What a horrible decision on 4th and 2. WVU squandered a fantastic kickoff return.

Those ND jerseys are UofM in the MSU game last-year bad.....woof

Texas receivers getting pretty good at batting down their own passes, lol.

Why is Maryland playing the U on NBC?

Real smart holding a game in an NFL stadium that holds almost 20,000 less than your home stadium.

WTF Miami...

ND helmets hurt my eyes.  Jesus those are shiny

Damn, South Carolina is taking Georgia to the woodshed.

Ummm, Miami player got blocked into the punter. Cheap call on the Canes.

Pretty sure that Miami player was blocked into the punter

Rumor has it, Golson takes school as seriously as Tate Forcier.

Wow. Not sure how that Miami linebacker could have played that worse. Just watched the receiver run the obvious out route then hit him out of bounds. Miami just shooting themselves in the foot tonight.

Everything they say is "Wow. [fill in the blank] is so great because it's the SEC". They've referenced crowd noise, speed, and defensive lineman speed so far. I'm so damn tired of that meme. The teams are good, but I'm not sure why that's been extrapolated to now everything is better just because you can put an SEC logo on it.

"Wow look at those polos the coaches are wearing. The fabrics are so soft in the SEC"

ND's uni's are smooth.

Another 4D conversion for WVU!

Miami cannot get out of their own way at all. Should be up big already.

...and I assume they are chanting the usual "Om namah shivaya" on the field right before Gordon Gee takes the heart from some poor redshirt freshman...

From ESPN.com: "But Arizona's defense couldn't hold up when it counted."

Stanford managed all of 13 points against Washington last week. Looks like AZ was a cure for that. I'm rooting for RR to succeed, but holy hell that kind of defense will get him fired in Tucson eventually too.

I need moar TVs... So much action right now :(

How is it that with 46 jillion games on right now every time I channel surf for scores I hit ads? How is that  even possible?

That is a pretty legit lineup of games...for those that love college football, you can't ask for anything more. Michigan with a dominanting road win and great football on at night...ENJOY EVERYONE!

I have to say, WVU +7 is the craziest line I have seen this year in Vegas.  What were they thinking?   Easy money.

Even if an OSU win helps us in our division, you like to see an Ohio opening drive that is unafraid to show how much derpitude the team is capable of displaying. 

Alright, is Neb's offense that bad, or is Ohio's D actually becoming competent?

Probably shouldn't post this again after our own Yakkety Sax-esque performance two weeks ago, but those jerseys...yikes. 

Under Big Ten rules, 3rd and 35 calls for a QB sneak....

I don't like Gus Johnson. Overrated announcer. Calm down.

Goddamnit.  I just don't know who I want to win this Neb/Ohio game.  I kind of want the score right now to stay the exact way it is.

Well, poop, Ohio scored.

If OSU wins there's an extremely legitimately chance that they are 11-0 when we go to Columbus. Would love to spoil their perfect season.

Again?

Burkhead doing Burkhead things

Ah Nebraska, you tricky bastards

I am assuming Burkhead taking the snap was on the unedited tape which was not sent to Urban Meyer and his staff...

Impressive response by Nebraska there.

In a somewhat meta moment, Buchanan tackles Abdullah, which is only fair as Buchanan punted the ball in the first place....

then throws a block....

You gotta love that guy

Psst. Hey ohio, this is what happens when you play a team who is actually good.

Both of these teams are very flawed.  As of right now I think we beat the both of them just like last year.

League play dictates that I root for OSU, but damn, I do love it when Miller screws up.

Who is Nebraska going to lose to if they win this game? Looks like we may need to win out to get to the btcg.

Both of these teams are paper tigers. Ohio is just tissue paper to Nebraska's two-ply.

Haha. I think that's short. WTF was that. 

In six quarters of play in their new conference West Virginia has given up 8.8 yards per play.

It's hard to believe that's even possible. Even Arizona/Stanford today weren't anywhere near that number. And this is an undefeated team, #8 in the country.

Improvement in Neb defense?  Or the fact that the B1G sucks and Ohio played one of the easiest schedules in the B1G for the non-conf, and barely survivied.  But whatever, Neb is a powerhouse now after giving up 27 points to the worst O in the B1G (Wisc)

Meyer is a fricking dumbass (for many reasons, but especially) for that play call.

You mad

Urban Meyer's offense tries to sell the punt, giving their punter some pity yards which do not amount to a first down. Nebraska ball with excellent field position. 

Martinez throws from the pistol to nearly negate the 1st and 15 hole, and that's where the 1st  quarter ends. 

I've concluded: UM without Denard turnovers = best team in the B1G.  UM with Denard turnovers = Illinos.

OSU's D is playing like a bucket of turds

The transitive property in football is an illusion, but we would be destroying Miami (ytm) right now.

17 yards of offense for OSU so far.  

Ick. Nebraska blew that TD chance. Martinez is gonna Martinez. 

Second easiest money of the week was Nebraska +5.  OSU is terrible

How can Miami be letting Goulson move the ball like this?  They might be a worse D than OSU.

Denard woulda scored on that run, Braxton can't finish.

Whoever said that Braxton Miller is as fast as Denard is a moron. He just caught by 3 different Huskers.

To be fair, the move he put on the MLB was absolutely sick.

If my wife looks like Alex Flanagan when she's that age I will not be disappointed.

Pretty funny that Meyer has them wasting time learning a stupid pre-game clapping BS routine.  Also, they're fucked if Miller is seriously injured.

Martinez pulling his best Denard against ND impression right now?  Has at least one more pick to go I believe.

Taylor gonna Martinez

Martinez threw an awesome pass....to Roby. Braxton Miller is back in the game, and promptly  makes Nebraska pay for its attempt at short pass innovation. 21-17 Ohio. 

Nebraska is such a bipolar team.  Sometimes they look downright scary and other times, their defense is getting torched and Martinez is throwing really bad interceptions.  

Is 1st and 10 just not good enough for Nebraska? Does Martinez prefer the challenge of 1st down and 20?

That being said, what was nearly a perfect pass to Kenny Bell was marred by penalties...but thanks to Christian Bryant, Nebraska has superb field position. 

Christian Bryant, such a dirty face mask tackle, similar to the gholston-denard play

There's the OSU tackling we love, TD Nebraska.

A Big 12 game is breaking out in Columbus.

Nothing like that solid B1G defense... 45 combined points before the half

... Has some discipline problems. This I like to see.



That face mask penalty was nasty. Nearly pulled a gholston.

It's like a game from 1975.

What a sloppy fucking game.

This is like Michigan messing with its own brand and getting rid of the winged helmet for a game. It just seems absolutely idiotic.

Wow, not the best defense for Brasky out of their timeout.

Funny how Golson for ND is out for a rules violation but he sits out for one drive and then he is in the rest of the game.

How does every team play their worst game against ND? That has always bugged me. Yea, their defense forces errors. But teams also make more unforced errors against the Irish than at any other time in their season. Miami has dropped 14-21 points that have been right in receivers hands. Then there was the botched roughing the punter call that got the ND offense going in the first place. OU and USC should both be able to pass all over ND, but I feel like they will both pull major derps.

Nebraska still playing Big 12 defense.  OSU not far behind. 

I see this game ending like our 2000 game with Northwestern score wise.  Somewhere around 54-51. 

Dear Al Borges...I hope you're watching OSU/Nebraska

We HAVE to steal that QB Counter that OSU is running with Miller. It's just like that delayed HB counter that MSU and ND love to run, but just don't give it to the RB, use him as a lead blockers and led Denard run the whole counter.

GREAT design!

Husker defense is not good

Anyone else catch the a-state reference by musberger in the Georgia game.

Big win for Michigan, and my Gamecocks are putting a smack-down on Georgia.  Just beautiful!

Looks like Texas just blinked. All WV has to do is keep scoring TDs and they pretty much can't lose.

Wow Texas. Going for it on fourth and a mile with over half a quarter left? Sounds like they don't have much faith in their D.

To answer Kirk's question, this SC game reminds me of Michigan-PSU 97. Supposed to be a great game between top teams. It wasn't.

in college football outside of a few schools makes me sad

There's some weird things going on in the Texas/WVU game. Seriously, what just happened the past 3 minutes?

Miami is not a good team.  

We have the best defense in the Big Ten.

Ouch. Burkhead looks like he got the wind knocked out of his knee

Burkhead injured left knee. jeez, seems like more and more injuries every week.

What could Vegas put the O/U at for a WV game that would make you seriously consider taking the under? Right now it's just easy money.

Man this TX-WVU game is fun to watch....  

then Nebraska is in real trouble. Their defense can not carry them.

Question: You are down 10 with less than a minute left. You need two scores no matter what. At what point do you kick the FG and give yourself enough time to score if you get the onside kick?

166

We will pound the ball down NEBs throat

Goodwin came back in the Tex./ WVU game to make a TD catch.  He had the ahem "wind" knocked out of him.  He dropped the ball and landed funny like Golston. 

Nebraska's defense is atrocious. 

Fox announcers just said "What a bounce-back for West Virginia's defense" after giving up 45 points to Texas. Looks like expectations are low for them

What the hell is going on? Texas lost but Texas A&M actually did BETTER in the second half than the first?

Well I didn't see South Carolina winning by 28

NC State has closed to within 16-10 of Florida State with 13 minutes left in the 4th quarter.  Given FSU's joke of a schedule this year, it would be nice to see them finally slip up. 

Yeah, I'm having a hard time remembering it either at this point...

LOL @ the refs completely missing a block in the back on that OSU punt return.

I always enjoy when the punter just falls down like Austin Powers' dad walked into the room.

Maybe Nebraska should consider the spread punt as well.

Terrible defense and explosive but mistake prone offense reminds me of 2010

Well, I guess this result is good for us in the standings. 

Denard should be able to eat plenty against both teams.