This Week in Schadenfreude Predictions
Any nominations for a game of unfathomable sadness?
I personally believe Notre Dame is ripe for an upset - looking ahead to the Under the Lights. USF line is ND by 10, but I believe this shifty USF team can suprise and cover that spread.
BTW: Brian, is This Week in Schadenfreude returning for 2011?
August 31st, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^
I'll take Troy over Clemson on Saturday. Won't be watching, but I think it'll happen.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^
Every loss brings them closer to a RR reunion. I fail to see the negative here!
August 31st, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
love it
August 31st, 2011 at 1:15 PM ^
Either of those teams losing should spark a nice fan meltdown.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
Is losing to a higher ranked team ever qualification for this week in schadenfreude? Both of those teams are underdogs in those games. Does this mean if we lose to Nebraska this year we'd be on that list?
August 31st, 2011 at 2:31 PM ^
BSU may be higher ranked, but people rank them grudgingly. BCS conference teams still get irritated when losing to guys that play on blue turf, and the loser of that game will take a big hit to their hopes for the season. BSU still has to prove that Moore can succeed without Pettis and Young, and with a new OC. They will be good again, but the offense might take a little while to really click.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:51 PM ^
Only qualification is that someone on the internet goes apeshit about it. It only so happens that losing to a lower-ranked team is exponentially more likely to cause apeshittery.
August 31st, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
August 31st, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
As a member of the georgia fanbase, I don't see us melting down with a loss to boise. Most of us are expecting a really hard game, and going 6-7 last year doesn't give us the most confidence going forward. Any wins this season will be nice.
With that sad, I do look forward to watching georgia destroy boise after getting home from the western game.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:21 PM ^
I predict Kirk Cousins will make an impassioned pre-game speech to his fellow "student"-athlete teammates regarding the importance of faith, morality, and leadership...and then throw a touchdown pass to the co-conspirator in an international computer theft ring. Or the drunk who likes to assault people and get tased. Not sure, my prediction on this particular point is admittedly hazy.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:22 PM ^
I've got to go with ND. They're ripe for the upset. USF can't be overlooked.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:27 PM ^
Maryland over Miami
August 31st, 2011 at 2:16 PM ^
I question how much of an upset that would be.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:31 PM ^
I give you Edsall:
"I lost to Greg Robinson... Twice!"
August 31st, 2011 at 3:03 PM ^
I'll be there Monday night - I'd love to see Miami get their cheating asses kicked.
Turnout doesn't look good for Maryland - they're offering $22 groupons for a ticket and a t-shirt.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:32 PM ^
Oregon or LSU. Two unstable fanbases with excellent photoshop skills, and one gets a potential dream season derailed in week 1.
The first loss is always the worst.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:37 PM ^
Their seasons won't be what everyone thought it would be.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^
but they were exactly who we thought they were
August 31st, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^
You are what you eat.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:27 PM ^
gahh - dr. blue beat me by .5 sec.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:30 PM ^
If Oregon loses a close game to a Jarret Lee lead LSU, then LSU turns and drops their annual grudge match against a LA-Lafayette/Monroe/Tulane. Then everything would explode.
You can't deny that would be awesome and have the maximum mayhem.
/has no soul after App State.
August 31st, 2011 at 5:16 PM ^
Winning and losing, that's all this football business is about.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^
One I'd love to see is Minnesota over USC. With Marqueis Gray going against a relatively young team that has struggled against mobile QBs and still doesn't have a bowl game to play for, who knows?
August 31st, 2011 at 1:54 PM ^
Plus, most importantly, Kiffykins.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
I'm with you on this one both because I want it to happen and because I just have a weird feeling about this game. I really think that Minny could pull it out.
August 31st, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
I think it will be Maryland over Mia.
Also UCLA loss
also Colo. beat Hawaii
August 31st, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
Is it just me or is this tempting fate to make a prediction about which fanbase will suffer the most schadenfruede? I mean it's not like we've had the best luck when it comes to opening games(admittedly two coaches ago, but still)
August 31st, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^
Notre Dame. Florida teams, no matter who they are, usually have athletes. Anytime you have athletes anything can happen.
If ND goes down, and then get Denarded under the lights, then they face MSU...they could potentially be 0-3...the dome would melt.
August 31st, 2011 at 3:20 PM ^
But are we really ever in the position to play this game in week 1 of the season given the horror? I would rather keep my mouth shut, at least until I see the product we are putting out this year.
August 31st, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
East Carolina over South Carolina....
Ok, not likely. But I'm partial cuz I did my undergrad there.
GO PIRATES!
August 31st, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
I always like to pick against TSIO .... so I'm pulling real hard for the Zips!
[even though I know that any school with a mascot called the Zips deserves to never win a game....even when playing against TSIO]
August 31st, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^
Appalachian State at Virginia Tech
William and Mary at Virginia
Montana at Tennessee
William and Mary might actually be favored to beat Virginia if there were a line on that game-- it'd be close either way. I'd expect the FBS teams to win all three of these, but the FCS school could win any one of those with just a couple of breaks.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
Vegas Insider does a consensus line.
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<br>http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
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<br>Temple -4.5 over Nova is the closest DIAA line.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:12 AM ^
I've been waiting for Montana/Tennessee all offseason.
August 31st, 2011 at 4:54 PM ^
Baylor over TCU in the Texas Jesus Bowl.
I think TCU will get caught up in a fight against an experienced Baylor team, they won't expect it, and they'll suffer for their insolence.
It will be the biggest massacre in Waco's history.
August 31st, 2011 at 5:17 PM ^
you know, that other Waco incident, back in the '90s.
August 31st, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
I think USC could get beat if Minnesota has extreme luck.
Also, South Carolina could be asking for it, with their off-the-field stuff with Garcia.
August 31st, 2011 at 9:23 PM ^
It's about the only thing that gets me through Mondays. Got to go with ND as the upset of the week - USF is going to give them fits. Oregon-LSU? Nah, no shame in losing that one. The Tears of Unfathomable Sadness are reserved for the contender who just had their season derailed by an FCS team. Not that us Michigan fans know what that's like...uh