Thursday Football Open Thread

Submitted by maizeonblueaction on

Even though we do not play until Saturday, there finally is some actual football going on. Big games are South Carolina v. UNC, and USC v. Hawaii. In B1G action, Indiana plays Indiana State, and Minnesota plays UNLV.

gwkrlghl

August 29th, 2013 at 9:46 PM ^

Minnesota might have the downy-softest non-con schedule I have ever seen. (Rankings by USA Today)

UNLV - #114/125
NMSU - #121/125
Western Illinois - FCS
San Jose St - #70/125
Iowa - #81/125

They'll probably enter Ann Arbor 5-0 with moderate hype..and then we will beat them 58-0 again

WolverineHistorian

August 29th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^

Minnesota scored touchdowns on a blocked field goal attempt, an interception return and a kickoff return. 

I hate to bring this game up but this feels kind of like what happened to us when we played Oregon in Eugene in 03.  The Ducks scored TD's on a blocked punt, a punt return and a few other special teams disasters. 

reshp1

August 29th, 2013 at 10:07 PM ^

"Blah blah CLOWNEY CLOWNEY blah CLOWNY blah blah blah NKEMDICHE NKEMDICHE blah CLOWNY NKEMDICHE blah blah blah NKEMDICHE CLOWNEY blah blah NKEMDICHE CLOWNEY"

-ESPN

XM - Mt 1822

August 29th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^

for college football season.  just turned it on (satellite) for the season.  a very fun part of fall. 

will be at the game this weekend with some of the kids - go blue!

WingsNWolverines

August 29th, 2013 at 10:22 PM ^

Would be a huge win for Utah St should they pull out the W. They've got the Utes rattled right now.

B-Nut-GoBlue

August 29th, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^

As BlueDragon already stated, they would have been a better fit than either of those two depressing additions, and I understand the sentiment of the addition of Vandy strengthing the "core" of the Big Ten (more than just athletics, etc.) but adding more mediocrity should not be on the agenda of the Big Ten.

LSAClassOf2000

August 29th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^

Meanwhile, Indiana has surpassed the 500-yard mark on offense in this game, getting a shade over eight yards per play at this point. As bad statistically as Indiana's defense tends to be (103rd nationally last year, I think), the ISU Sycamores simply have a far less competent defense, which is saying a lot really.