College Gameday and Early Games Open Thread 10/08

Submitted by Jeff on

College Gameday is at the Red River Shootout this week.  Coming up after the next break they'll be talking about Michigan.

The early games are mostly lame except for the main game:

  • Oklahoma-Texas (ABC)
  • Minnesota at Purdue (ESPN)
  • Louisville at North Carolina (ESPN2)
  • Maryland at Georgia Tech (ESPNU)
  • Illinois at Indiana (BTN 2:30, so kind of a late afternoon game)

FreddieMercuryHayes

October 8th, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^

So at the risk of speaking too soon, Illinois really reminds me of UM last year.  Good offense capable of big plays, but the D also seems to like to give up yards.  At least they get sacks, which is something our D-coordinator last year didn't have in his defensive philosophy last year.

grand river fi…

October 8th, 2011 at 3:07 PM ^

Illinois really is all over the place, right as I am about to make a comment on being unimpressed with their Defense they go get a touchdown.  Still look very inconsistant, pretty confident we can hit some big plays again this year.

m1jjb00

October 8th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^

Who else was sick of that song IU plays after every first down last year?  They sure played it a lot.  I looked it up; it's the first bars of a march called National Emblem, FWIW.  My daughter and I are rooting for IU, so we pump our fists up and down.  

Maryland's Danny O' just threw a ridiculous pass on 4th down w/ 2-1/2 minutes left for the incompletion.  It looks like some kid who downed a 1/2 gallon of rainbow sherbert threw up on the Maryland shoulder pads.