Thursday Night NCAA Football Open Thread

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

I shall get this one started a little early tonight...

We have some potentially good football tonight, folks. 

7:30 PM - Oklahoma at Baylor on Fox Sports 1

7:30 PM - Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette on ESPNU

9:00 PM - Oregon at Stanford on ESPN

More specifically for the last game listed, here are the matchup stats:

Offense
 Oregon Stanford
Yards/Play 7.6   6.1
Points/Play 0.673   0.513
Rush Play % 59.86%   62.08%
Pass Play % 40.14%   37.92%
Completion % 64.81%   60.33%
3D Conv % 44.44%   48.62%
RZ Scoring % 76.92%   85.19%
Defense
 Oregon Stanford
Opp Yards/Play 4.3   4.5
Opp Points/Play 0.227   0.246
Opp Completion % 57.48%   63.74%
Opp 3D Conv % 33.06%   34.43%
Opp RZ Scoring % 75.00%   76.00%

 

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Yeoman

November 7th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^

but Stanford has 19 o-linemen on their roster that are either obviously scholarshipped or have seen game action. And that's not counting the seemingly endless supply of tight ends.

That's how it's supposed to work. You keep taking four and five linemen every year and you'll always be able to find five (or more) that can play.

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gwkrlghl

November 7th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^

Kind of funny that Stanford of all teams seems to have Oregon's number. Too lazy to look up details, but I feel like Stanford has upset a top 5 Oregon teams a few times in the last 5 years

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aiglick

November 7th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^

If Stanford keeps dominating Oregon like this I would say Stanford should jump OSU. This is a beat down of the number 3 team in the nation. OSU has beaten absolutely nobody because the BIG is a weak conference. This may of course bite us in the butt down the road if the conference does not improve but right now I would say Stanford should be ahead of OSU. If Baylor keeps winning they should also jump them. Very impressive showing by Stanford.

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gwkrlghl

November 7th, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^

I'm most impressed with Stanford's D-line totally pwning Oregon's O-line. Every single play some is just tearing through Oregon's line.

Beautiful to see considering where we are right now

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aiglick

November 7th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^

An addendum: I think this would be a good thing for the Big Ten if OSU does not make the championship and the conference does not get a second BCS bid. Whoever is the top team in the Big Ten at season's end will be a good team and could challenge in the Rosé Bowl. If the rest if the teams slide down we could actually be somewhat competitive in the bowl season and start to change the narrative.

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micheal honcho

November 7th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^

This game is every spread & shred lovers worst nightmare. We're bigger. We're stonger. We're smarter & more disciplined and we're going to ram the ball up your speedy little asses. You can put 9,10 or even 11 in the box and it wont save you because you're simply not built for this.Watching the cardinal drive the ball 98yds on 21 plays using up over 8 minutes of clock before the half was just brutality. Oregon looked like they didn't belong on the field with them.

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snarling wolverine

November 7th, 2013 at 11:13 PM ^

I know there are many who think time of possession is overrated, and maybe in some cases it is, but in general, if you've got the ball more than twice as long as your opponent, you probably aren't going to lose.  Oregon just plain isn't going to get the ball enough to have a chance to win even if it finds an offensive spark.

 

 

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Hoek

November 7th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^

I keep telling myself, soon Michigan will look like Stanford, and OSU will be a agility version of Oregon... I could live with that!

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