Thursday Night Football
Well, if anyone else has the stomach to watch football there are actually a couple decent games on tonight. Texas Tech and OSU are currently throwing the ball all over the field. Still 7-7 but this one will be a shootout. Also, OSU is dressed up as the Browns for some reason. App St and Georgia St are also playing.
The most interesting game will be later tonight when UCLA plays ASU. Could be a really good game for a Thursday night. And could actually be the best game of the week.
There is also an NFL game starting soon. Redskins vs Giants I believe. So if anyone really wants to watch Cousins play, this is your chance.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
The only matchup this weekend with 2 ranked teams is a Thursday night game at 10:00pm. A pretty 'meh' week 4 for college football. I'll take ASU to win at home
September 25th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
The only game this week (I think -- correct me if I'm wrong) featuring two top-25 opponents going at it. Heh. Figures it's on a Thursday night.
Lonely beat me to it. :-)
September 25th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
College football is the best. i hope Ok St and ASU win tonight! Been looking forward to watching the UCLA-ASU matchup all week actually! Interested in how ASU will perform with their backup QB.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
Pretty awesome one handed catch by the TT WR. It seems like every other play in this game is a throw downfield. It's working, though.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
Both UCLA and ASU seemed to have QB injuries although Hundley's shoulder one seems less serious. I am a big Todd Graham advocate but his QB has a foot injury which seemed relatively serious (Graham is indicating he could be back soon though) and dude lost 9 of his 11 defensive starters this year. Kelly is not Denard but he ran for 600 yards last year so even when he comes back he is going to be lose that part of his game. Graham is going to have to pull a rabbit out of his hat to win this one vs an underachieving UCLA. Unless Hundley is out too.
/I now watch football games to observe potential future UM head coaches
September 25th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
I think both Mora and Graham have done a good job, but I think Graham has his team trending upwards while UCLA is kind of in neutral at good to almost excellent imo.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
UCLA and Arizona State appear mired in the same state--nine or ten wins and the Holiday Bowl as a ceiling because they can't beat Stanford/Oregon.
September 25th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
seems like a really good coach, but he would get a lot of flak for how he handled departures at previous school. Although, winning cures all.
September 25th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
accept a new head coaching job by half time.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:34 PM ^
I love Tech's offense spread + tempo = fun. I know neither team is breaking the scoreboard, but it just feels so wide open. I guess I'm just projecting or jealous lol...
Anyway, I'm pretty excited for the ASU game. Although with Kelly out and Hundley questionable (probably will play), I'm thinking ASU might be in trouble.
However, if you haven't seen ASU WR Jaelen Strong play before, he's a pretty damn good player. He kinda pops out of the screen as "oh yeah he'll be playing on Sunday" - like Funchess but born and bred as WR (i.e. a bit more polished). I hope Bercovici can get him the ball a lot - they are going to need it. ASU's skill position players are all pretty solid all around though. Their RB DJ Foster is a stud - good size, speed, and vision.
I really hope its a good game because as you guys said the "game of the week" is on Thursday... bleh.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:34 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 8:35 PM ^
Texas Tech just passed 250 yards of offense with that drive and TD pass and the Oklahoma State secondary just looksa bit lost so far. Right now, it's 275 yards total with 228 of those being through the air. It's 654 yards per play, but consider 33 passing plays to only 9 rushing plays. Oklahoma State is playing with that "Big XII mindset" on defense so far certainly.
September 25th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 8:39 PM ^
There's always the pro pillow fight with NYG & the Skins....
September 25th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
fumbleitis
September 25th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
Wow. That WR would have had the first down easily if he just sprinted right at the line. Dude came to a stop a yard away and got tackled
September 25th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
But if so, Texas Tech is this guy's alma mater. I don't see him ditching them for us. Especially not after just 2 years.
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September 25th, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
That was just an all around special teams fiasco by TT on two consecutive plays. At least it's not just us.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
Josh Furman makes a tip for an interception for Okie St. I didn't realize he even played there. As a linebacker? And then TT screws up downfield ball skills and OSU scores in one play. 21-14 OSU
September 25th, 2014 at 9:12 PM ^
Been watching this entire TT/OSUc game and it's been good.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
Holy bad decision Batman! Terrible pass by OkSt QB...
September 25th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Wow. Way to go into the half, OSU. Not sure what he was looking at there. For as much offense as this game has had, the 21-14 score actually seems lower than I would expect.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
Texas Tech has gained 340 yards but is only managing about 0.23 points per play, so the object lesson here is that you can be a pass-heavy team playing a team with a so-so pass defense at best and still be losing at the half if you are only 27-45 with 12.59 yards per completion. Big XII indeed.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 9:49 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
This aggravates me. Julius Thomas is on a bye and I went through the list looking a TE for this week and passed on this guy because I had no faith in Eli.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^
22pts. It's been a sublime start to my matchup. My opponent is starting Kork.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:48 PM ^
How is that a penalty? Reciever runs down middle of field and after catching ball lowers head into defender who led with shoulder into his chest BUT because reciever dropped head they make helmet to helmet contact. How can the defender anticipate where the reciever is going to put HIS head immediately before contact?
September 25th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
It took several minutes of close-up shots on the HD to figure out what in the fuck is on the OSU helmets, and I still haven't been able to figure out what's on the TT helmets.
Too much Illustrator and not enough talent is a bad recipe.
September 25th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
This bugged the crap out of me. It is the Zorro looking guy riding the horse. The logo is on both sides of the helmet, the right shoulder, and the left thigh. Not sure who designed that.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
Go fund yourself.
Kirk Cousins does have a new level of fame now, though.
September 25th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
There's even an article on MLive about Cousins' appearance on South Park. I thought it was actually a pretty funny episode. Unfortunately for Kork though, they didn't mention his name during the show and basically just had his character standing in the background.
September 25th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
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September 25th, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^
They're the softest 3-0 team in the country, not looking like a top 15 team in any of them.
- Offense was terrible vs UVA and they were only saved by numerous gift TDs.
- Got in a shootout with Memphis(!). Memphis
- Barely beat a terrible Texas team fresh off being bludgeoned into paste by BYU
Arizona State 45
UCLA 17
September 25th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
I agree UCLA has been soft this year but ASU lost its star QB and has 2 starters returning to the defense from 2013. I think they gave up something like 28 to Colorado which is a bad team.
Will be interesting to see if UCLA improves as the year goes by - if not Mora Jr probably should have jumped to the NFL when his stock was super high
September 25th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
They're the softest 3-0 team in the country,PSU says "hi".
September 25th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
At least PSU has a 21-3 win over Akron. UCLA has yet to win a game by more than a possession
September 26th, 2014 at 1:20 AM ^
skippy
September 26th, 2014 at 7:38 AM ^
I like to think I have a gift
September 25th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^
shit all over ASU's helmets?
September 25th, 2014 at 10:16 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
if ASU's first time starting qb beats a ranked UCLA team.
September 25th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
Oklahoma State game and the Giants, so I need one more tuddy in the OK State game and the Eli's not to implode.
September 25th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
has the reflexes of a tree sloth on that dropped pass.
September 25th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^