Thursday Night NCAA Football Open Thread
We've got two choices this evening, folks:
7:30 PM - Kentucky vs. Mississsippi State - ESPN
...or if you prefer...
7:30 PM - Marshall vs. Middle Tennessee - Fox Sports 1
As for the SEC matchup, Kentucky comes into this one an underdog. Here are the TeamRankings stats:
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Offense
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Kentucky | Miss. St. |
| Yards/Play | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| Points/Play | 0.324 | 0.376 |
| Rush Play % | 51.19% | 56.41% |
| Pass Play % | 48.81% | 43.59% |
| Completion % | 60.12% | 58.33% |
| 3D Conv % | 25.71% | 35.38% |
| RZ Scoring % | 78.95% | 78.95% |
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Defense
|
Kentucky | Miss. St. |
| Opp Yards/Play | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Opp Points/Play | 0.422 | 0.386 |
| Opp Completion % | 66.67% | 65.84% |
| Opp 3D Conv % | 42.67% | 43.75% |
| Opp RZ Scoring % | 81.48% | 94.12% |
October 24th, 2013 at 7:37 PM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
The NFL sucks in general.
Regarding the NCAA games, I'm watching the MSUs versus Kentucky game. I really like these Thursday night games, but I'm likely going to hate it when M plays at Utah in a couple of years on the first Thursday night. Thursday night road games for the favored team are oftentimes a recipe for an upset.
October 24th, 2013 at 7:52 PM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 8:00 PM ^
in the face on the Tampa Bay sideline.
October 24th, 2013 at 7:49 PM ^
Apparently, you only get one shot at tackling Ryan Timmons sometimes, and Mississippi State missed that time. A 51-yard TD reception ties this one at 7-7 after the PAT.
October 24th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
It's early yet, but Mississippi State is averaging 14.09 yards per offensive snap after those first two drives. They are allowing 7.5 yards per snap, so we could be setting up for a bit of a shootout albeit a lopsided one.
October 24th, 2013 at 8:06 PM ^
I'll be cheering for Miss St. in this one because UK is starting to take a lot of guys out of Big Ten territory (mostly Ohio). Let us keep that talent up here.
October 24th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
And let's snatch some more from KY, like Damien Harris.
October 25th, 2013 at 12:25 AM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 7:36 AM ^
Initially I didn't see it at home, either, however replays made it quite clear: he very obviously punched the UK ballcarrier at the bottom of that pileup, right in front of an official. Looked like two or three quick jabs to the head/helmet area. I would expect a game suspension.
October 25th, 2013 at 10:05 AM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
This game started fast with three touchdowns, but has since slowed. I need MOAR offense.
October 24th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow, too.
October 24th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
Well, there are nearly 500 yards of combined offense in the Kentucky-Missisippi State game right now (496 yards, to be exact). The Bulldogs are still outgaining the Wildcats, except now it is more like a 7 to 5 yard margin, not 14 to 7. The game has indeed slowed down a little bit. Of note, there are 27 first downs gained in this game so far.
October 24th, 2013 at 10:31 PM ^
Damn. This thread is dead. Thought there would be more people posting. I know this isn't exactly the greatest Thursday night game all season, but it's college football.
October 24th, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
October 24th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
Go (the real) BIg Blue! Beat the bulldogs! Now or never last drive.
October 24th, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
Huge game-saving tackle when it looked like Wildcat(pun intended) QB was going to score a long TD run. Too bad that Big Blue lost to MSU.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:36 AM ^
Hopefully the real Blue will beat MSU next week. Who really cares about that game last night?
October 25th, 2013 at 9:01 AM ^
3 football games were on last night. 0 of them caught my attention. Worst Thursday in football so far.
They only day in football worse than last night was the Monday night game with the Vikings and Giants. That was painful.
October 25th, 2013 at 9:02 AM ^
I loved how Mark May picked the "Ohio Buckeyes" to lose to Penn State in his upset alert.