Saturday Night Game thread

Doesn't lose to Georgia or Florida in the SEC title game.

USC looks decidedly mediocre this year. Lost to a meh Stanford team. Embarrassed themselves at home against Oregon. Lost to Zona. Do they have a quality win this year?

Edit: Best USC win: over 5-4 Washington. Also their only win over a team with a winning record (unless Syracuse has one, but Big East). They still play ASU and UCLA and don't play OSU (NTOSU).

No way. They're sending 2 to the BCS, and as long as LSU wins the SECCG, Bama would get a BCS at-large.

If Georgia or an SEC East team wins though....well we really should go to the Rose Bowl

Do not underestimate the power of the EESSSSS EEEEEEEE SSSEEEEEEEE!!!

Agreed. Aside from the Michigan game today has been awful. Although the set up for the epic Indiana-Wisconsin showdown next week was amusing.

Not a good night.  although what Oregon did to USC I don't see anyone on their remaining schedule who has a shot at beating them.  Other then at TCU I can't see K-State being tested. Though Klein left the game, he was laughing on the sideline so I'd guess he'll be fine.

Didn't see any movement. Check is in the mail from ND I think.

While the Zona D did force a punt, they turned around and fumbled the return which UCLA eventually turned into a TD.  So maybe call it 4.5 possessions?

Either way, no defense.

I've never really understood the rational for blowing it dead, unlike every other penalty where the play is allowed to continue so the other team can decide to decline or not.

well, its because we hadn't recruited well at tight end, fullback, and offensive line in many years.  the A-train lines were huge, and were stocked with NFLers.  Even the tight ends and fullbacks played in the NFL (Tuman, Campbell, Seymour, Askew, Shea, Joppru).  Without those guys, screens dont work.

Agreed, but Bama changed their offense on that drive as well. They went up-tempo, spread it out a little more and passed the ball on every down. 

LSU was pretty passive though I'll give you that. 

60% of the time it works, none of the time.

The chances of giving up a TD drive w/ 50 seconds left are significantly less than the chances of not scoring a TD from the 1.  It just takes a holding penalty, fumbled snap (remeber Henne vs ND in 2005?) and that plan is toast.

Ehh I'm rooting for them because they beat the shit out of us.  If they run roughshod over the rest of college football it makes us look a lot better.

Is Alabama. And them not making it and getting the hype, and recruiting help, benefits us.

And losing badly to Bama doesn't look as bad when they end up the best team in the country.

Oh, and to hell with Notre Dame.