Friday Night NCAA Football Open Thread
As far as I know, there is only Boise State / Brigham Young on ESPN at 8 PM, but for those of you who were in the mood for football, this is the thread to discuss this (or other) games.
At last check, many sites were giving an edge to BYU in this one actually, with TeamRankings putting out an estimate score of about 34-27, for starters.
Some key things - Boise State converts nearly 60% of their third downs while allowing opponents to convert a smidge under 40% of them. BYU has considerably more trouble with sustaining drives, but they can stop opponents more often by the numbers. Boise State is far more dangerous in the end zone, but BYU is far more stingy in the red zone.
This could be intriguing.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:00 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
I'm watching the BYU-BSU game -- no idea what will happen!
October 25th, 2013 at 8:04 PM ^
BYU's QB might end up being awesome. He'll be a senior when they come to Michigan in 2015. He's a great runner and his passing has improved a great deal in the last few weeks.
BYU's offense overall isn't yet outstanding, but they play very fast. 115 plays last week! That leaves Indiana in the dust. BSU also plays pretty fast so this game could be long.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
Taysom Hill on the season so far (before this game):
119 for 235, 1680 yards. That's good for a 50.6% completion percentage and 7.15 YPA as well as 14.12 yards per completion. He's also got 9 TDs and 8 INTs, which sets him up for 116.5 passer rating.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
Check his game log though. His passing sucked the first 3 games, but has been good the last 4. I think the light went on for him. Add in his excellent rushing ability, and he's a potential nightmare.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
I was looking at that just now - he seems to have really put it together in the past month or so, and just now actually, he showed everyone what a problem he could potentially be. He's 5 for 9 for 67 yards passing and now has 27 yards rushing with 1 TD and we're not out of the 1st quarter. Very nice.
October 25th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 8:41 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
Chris Petersen should have left Boise when his stock was at its peak.
October 25th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
So, BYU only has 203 yards of offense on 33 plays so far, or a little over six yards per snap so far. If they aren't stopping themselves here and there, the Cougars could be easily steamrolling the Broncos already.
October 25th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 10:43 PM ^
He didn't launch himself, and he led with his shoulder. I thought it was clean.
October 25th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
The guy made what I think was a fair hit. He broke up a pass with a hard hit that saved a touchdown. It was an instantaneous play.
I personally think it is an awful call, although I'd very much like a tutorial on "targeting." If it was a good call, it is a bad rule.
I can think of a dozen big plays made by Michigan d-backs that would have been worse "targeting" than this. We'd have lost Larry Foote for half a season.
October 25th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
Oh well; gives me a chance to post a wanted poster for Dillon Lukehart, Eagle scout Altar boy NCAA outlaw.
October 25th, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
October 25th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
October 26th, 2013 at 1:50 AM ^