Noon Games - Open Thread

November 7th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^

Big Ten refs just flagged Northwestern for sacking Hackenberg too hard.

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M-Dog

While Hack was still fighting for yards.

This is a case of the ref deciding what he already wanted to call regardless of what actually happened on the field.

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Blargen

Seem to have the call already made before the play concludes. NW player was in mid throw of Hack when the flag was thrown.

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So stupid. I am mad, and I don't like either of these teams.

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That dropped screen for PSU just now really looked like it was backwards but they never showed a replay.

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TheFrigz

I thought so too seeing it live

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rwilb

Atrocious call on NU

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TheFrigz

That's a shit call on NW..

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samdrussBLUE

Terrible personal foul call. This game is so fucking weak right now due to terrible rules/officiating

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denardogasm

Jeez way to jump the gun guys. I just dont know if I'd rather ND lose or Narduzzi. Leaning towards ND.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^

Yeah, you've gotta root for ND to be eliminated from the playoff picture.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^

ND to lose, but win/win situation here really.

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Yep, that's a joke. A lot like the one they picked up the flag on last week for us against Minnesota.

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wayneandgarth

November 7th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^

Someone on the ND OL leaves early on most plays. Not called once

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Danwillhor

someone else sees this

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skurnie

November 7th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^

12:00 PM	8 Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh	ABC	Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman
12:00 PM	Vanderbilt @ 11 Florida	ESPN	Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht
12:00 PM	Duke @ 21 North Carolina	ESPN2	Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard
12:00 PM	Texas Tech @ West Virginia	FS1	Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis
12:00 PM	Penn State @ Northwestern	ESPNU	Clay Matvick, John Congemi
12:00 PM	UCF @ Tulsa	ESPNEWS	Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman
12:00 PM	Kentucky @ Georgia	SEC Network	David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb
12:00 PM	Illinois @ Purdue	BTN	Cory Provus, Glen Mason
12:00 PM	Akron @ Massachusetts	CBS Sports Network	Ben Holden, Jay Feely
12:00 PM	Florida Atlantic @ Western Kentucky	FSN regional	Aaron Goldsmith, Brian Baldinger
12:00 PM	Charlotte @ Florida International	Amer Sports Ntwk
12:30 PM	N.C. State @ Boston College	ACC Network	Tim Brant, Dave Archer
12:30 PM	Syracuse @ Louisville	ACC Network	Tom Werme, Renaldo Wynn
1:00 PM	9 Stanford @ Colorado	Pac-12 Network	Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker

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Michology 101

Some good match ups from noon until the late night. I want be straying too far from the TV today.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^

That ref should be fired on the spot. They could have blown a whiste and stoped play 2 seconds earlier. That is the definition of bushleague.

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Mblue96

November 7th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^

terrible unnecessary roughness penalty they just called on Northwestern

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gwkrlghl

November 7th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^

I can literally see any college game of relevance today. There's probably 10 games available to me. Meanwhile on Sunday I usually can see 1 or 2 tops. I don't get why the NFL does that.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^

My guess is enough people pay for Sunday Ticket that they make more money that way

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denardogasm

They want you to pay for the Sunday Ticket or whatever it's called. Then they get all the profits.

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billybrown

November 7th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^

I usually just go with redzone for the nfl. One of the few things the nfl has really gotten right. I'll unfortunately watch the lions but everything is redzone until the playoffs start.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^

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Bones032

November 7th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^

For some reason it feels like most people are not worried about the PSU game coming up for us. But I've been worried about it for awhile. First of all, until we play good on the road(only looked good in the 2nd half against Maryland so far) I am not going to assume we can. Have looked bad on the road for the last few years. And how are we going to move the ball on their D? The way I look at that game, both defenses are elite, both offenses struggle, but they have an NFL QB and are at home, not sure how we win that game.

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ghost

November 7th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^

They gave up 30 to Maryland.

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Bones032

November 7th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^

That was on the road, also gave up 38 on the road to OSU, but shut down completely Indiana, Illinois and Rutgers at home. Those teams aren't good but their D has been lights out recently at home.

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ThadMattasagoblin

November 7th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^

Indiana didn't have Sudfeld or Howard. Rutgers is just bad. I'll give them Illinois.

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^

You're not the only one. I'm concerned about it too. It'll be a tough environment. It should be a very low scoring game, but hopefully out superior special teams will make a play to WIN the game.

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billybrown

November 7th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^

In what world is hackenberg an nfl qb? He has looked better the past few weeks but he is not nfl ready by any means. Should be a tough game but to say you don't see how Michigan wins that game is insane. Michigan can beat every team left on the schedule.

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Bones032

November 7th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^

He still has NFL arm talent, and will be drafted. Rudock has no chance of that. Have you not watched us play on the road? We made Leidner look like a stud, just like last year making Gary Nova look like a stud on the road. We have to play a good road game before the perception is changed.

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The Mad Hatter

November 7th, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^

If Jerry had announced his retirement one week later that game wouldn't have been close. Their entire team played the best game of their lives for Jerry.

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billybrown

November 7th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^

Yep I've watched all 3 road games 2 wins and a loss to a very talented team. Not saying psu sucks or that it won't be a tough game but there's no reason to fear them.

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Hurriken

November 7th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^

if he's drafted by O'Brien and the Texans. He's not "better" than Mallett and we've seen how Mallett has turned out so far in the NFL.

I have ND over pitt and NC over duke in the the college pick'em for the early games. Would like no surprises, because I have upsets coming later in the day. (utah-wash for one)

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CompleteLunacy

November 7th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^

Just to say how awful that unnecessary roughness penalty call was. It was only unnecessary because the ref hadn't blown the fricking whistle yet.

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EGD

Northwestern DB runs Penn State receiver's go route for him, but Hackenberg throws it anyway. Receiver has to climb over the Adan's back to break it up. Color commentator says "good job by Hackenberg to give his receiver a chance."

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EGD

"Adan's" is a weird autocorrect. Meant "DB's."

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November 7th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^

I know! Are these guys even watching the game???

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ThadMattasagoblin

How is Notre Dame number 5. They have a loss and haven't beat anyone.

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