Old Fashioned "Night Games Open Thread"
September 5th, 2021 at 12:09 AM ^
So ZC has looked really good but UCLA's other Rb is also over 100 now too. LSU's defense is just swiss cheese.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:47 AM ^
The ragin Cajun, orgeron, looks more and more like gus malzahn in that he caught the perfect storm of circumstances and has been failing ever since. I think Ed will be gone within 2 years. He recruits like crazy but they always do and they looked like a mess
September 5th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
Fans trying to explain which conference is best on the basis of Week 1 head-to-head results.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
BYU 14 - Jedd and the Fightin' 'Staches 0
September 5th, 2021 at 12:27 AM ^
That's ok. They got a FG before going in at half. Fisch/Brown put a new system in across the board. 14-3 at half against a very good team is not bad, especially considering Arizona had lost 12 in a row before Fisch/Brown got there, some by a shellacking!
September 5th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
Good to see an SEC team travel out of conference and lose. Yay Bruins.
Fuck Rolovich.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:33 AM ^
Out of conference? Vandy went out of division today and lost...but I suppose they aren't really an SEC team.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:35 AM ^
Charbonnet looked like a legitimate Doak Walker contender. What a shame to lose him.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:38 AM ^
I would say Blake Corum looked just as good.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:42 AM ^
Not so sure about that. Charbonnet’s speed and power look like a step above Corum to my eye.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:46 AM ^
One was playing against Western Michigan and one was playing against LSU.
September 5th, 2021 at 1:10 AM ^
While LSU certainly has better athletes than Western, the team looks completely disinterested and poorly coached. We're also talking about running backs. Unless we're discussing Barry Sanders, the production difference between a great RB and a really good one is marginal.
September 5th, 2021 at 11:05 AM ^
You realize LSU had the worst defense in school history last year and didn't look any better in this game right? ZC had a very good night but it didn't matter who was running it, there were holes. UCLA's other RB also went for 100+. No offense to ZC cause he is obviously very talented by RB is probably UM's most talented or close to it position, so no need to cry over spilled milk.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:50 AM ^
FCS in week one:
- Montana 13, Washington 7
- East Tennessee St. 23, Vanderbilt 3
- South Dakota St. 42, Colorado St. 23
- UC-Davis 19, Tulsa 17
- Eastern Washington 35, UNLV 33
- Holy Cross 38, Connecticut 28
- Iowa St. 16, Northern Iowa 10
- Oklahoma St. 23, Missouri St. 16
- Kansas 17, South Dakota 14
- Wyoming 19, Montana St. 16
- Georgia Southern 30, Gardner-Webb 25
Six wins over FBS teams and five other games within a TD. Five of the opponents were P5, three were ranked, one in the top 10.
September 5th, 2021 at 1:08 AM ^
The growth of the FCS and the lower end of the FBS has definitely lessened the talent and coaching disparities between those two levels. I imagine that, 20 years ago, football coaches at a school like Montana were barely making ends meet, while today, a lot of the assistants are probably making six figures or close to it. And of course these games are the biggest of the season (at least until the playoffs) for the better FCS teams.
September 5th, 2021 at 10:37 AM ^
Montana and NIU, sure. They're FCS powers and I'm never surprised when they can play with a P5 team, especially early in the year before their roster depth is challenged. App State was far from the worst team on our schedule the year of the horror.
Missouri State, though...that's a shocker. They haven't had a winning record since 2009; two years ago they were 1-10 and the only win was in OT over a 1-11 team. Tulane beat them 58-6 in their FBS trip.
Or East Tennessee. They'd dropped football altogether for a decade, they've only made the FCS playoffs one time, 25 years ago. Their last game two years ago they lost at Vandy 38-0; the year before they lost at Tennessee 59-3.
September 5th, 2021 at 1:01 AM ^
I’ve got that old, “watching football for 13 consecutive hours,” headache. It’s feels great, but I’m calling it a night.
September 5th, 2021 at 1:01 AM ^
three Pac 12 games currently on, all three are losing to non-Power 5 opponents. This after Washington lost to an FCS team at home. Absolute joke of a conference.
September 5th, 2021 at 1:31 AM ^
Jedd is heating up
September 5th, 2021 at 1:40 AM ^
Arizona just ran the “Good Shit, Jedd” play! Split backs formation under center, with both backs running flare routes!
(with different result)
September 5th, 2021 at 2:00 AM ^
I guess Jedd's got some work to do. He has to get it across to his QB not to throw the fly pattern pass when the safety is backing up and giving double coverage on the WR doing the fly. QB has to look where the safety is. Football 101.
September 5th, 2021 at 2:36 AM ^
Nick Rolovich's team about to lose. You just HATE to see it.