Night Games Open Thread

Andrew Luck. The next big thing or overrated PAC 12 qb? I think he is going to be the real deal.

Might be a long FG attempt here for USC

MAJOR mistake for USC there.  Ran a play that took too long for a long FG attempt.

there was a second left, but he was down in bounds

You'd think wisconsin would learn how to play late game defense after they were already shafted by that a week earlier. Wisconsin just handed the game away on a silver platter two weeks in a row.

Should have fired that ball at Lee Corso on the sideline. Where's Lawrence Ricks when you need him?

(Or, better, taken a knee, since they still had a timeout.)

is such a douche.  He just seems so dumb. 

Seemed like the right call. I thought his knee was down inbounds.

I guess it depends on personal preference but I would prefer to beat a better OSU team than a worse one. Of coure any victory over OSU is great. I'm not going to be picky but as long as we beat them I could care less how OSU does against its other competition. A good Michigan vs. a good OSU team will garner national attention like 2006 also like LSU vs. Alabama next week which is good for Michigan.

 

He was actually arguing that he managed to call a timeout in less than one second. That has literally never happened in the history of football. There is no such thing as a timeout that is pre-triggered so the clock stops when the play does. Complete moron.

What happened to the rule that the clock doesn't stop until the referee waves his arms over his head? I thought the clock does not stop instantaneously when the player hits the ground. Or are we now going to review every play of the game because that happens every play?

now stanford plays some MANBALL. It's actually really satisfying to watch. Big strong but mobile QB. Big, quick RB. Lot's of 2 and 3 TE sets. MANBALL

...and now it's infected football too.

There's an unavoidable clock delay at the beginning and end of each play--it just isn't physically possible for the timer to start the clock precisely on the snap or stop it precisely on the official's signal. Plus there's a slight delay between end of play and official's signal. As long as we have human officials and timers we're going to have human reaction-time delays.

The replay reviews of the end of the play are doing away with the end-of-play delays but not the delay at the start of the play. It's artificially making plays shorter at the end of the game. Not a lot, but sometimes, like today, it's a material difference--or would have been if they hadn't ruled the runner in bounds.

USC receiver lined up offsides.

The B1G is very mediocre, which makes it competitive. Wisconsin and MSU drop, so there are no favorites. It reminds me of the NFC East with the Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, Redskins... a very "blah" group of teams that can look like the Packers or the Seahawks on any given week. I'd say MSU gets the nod because of the easy remaining schedule.

anyone else think stanford should have gone for 2 right there? complete control of their own destiny. I think I would have done it.

Andrew Luck is amazing.

Don't you just hate it when a Trojan fails in overtime when the pressure to perform couldn't be higher?

Trojans failing is always a concern. Oh, you are talking football.

So my 10 year old, upon seeing Andrew Luck and the Stanford tree in the endzone after the game, says, "Is that the real mascot, or Lee Corso?"

I'm still laughing.

It is nice to see grass stains on a player getting interviewed after a big win.

1st round football talent.

Late round or undrafted media persona/marketability.

How do you beat Oklahoma at Norman then get shafted by Iowa State at home?

but Arizona vs Washington is pretty damn entertaining right now.