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November 18, 2006

WEEKEND GAME THREAD

Our GamePlan is on the fritz, so we can only imagine the awesome sight of Tim Tebow running through hapless Western Carolina defenders for a 21 yard TD. (The little blue bar graph can’t possibly hint at the devastation.)

Other, more important football games abound, though. Comment below, and luxuriate in six minutes of Tebow training with his workout partner, Mothra.

43 Responses to “WEEKEND GAME THREAD”

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JTin says:

http://osuexpat.blogspot.com/2006/11/picks.html

I put together a great collection of predictions for the OSU/Michigan game from around the web and ESPN. Check out the link. Buckeye Expat

November 18th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
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Meg says:

It does sound like T-Bow had some very good stats, but then agian, no one has ever doubted that he was a great high school QB. He simply showed it again today.

November 18th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
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adam says:

his passes actually looked much better than in the past. while it was agaisnt WCU, you still have to be able to hit a player on a skinny post or a streak, and he was doing that very well.

November 18th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
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dogtown gator says:

Troy Smith’s won himself the Heisman today…Lloyd Carr just wussed out and went for one down 35-30…The dream is still alive, from the East Coast…Brandon James is my favorite special teams player since Matt Petrowicz…Going crazy switching beween the Iron Bowl and GAME OF THE CENTURY…Turns out FSU blanking against Wake was just a case of looking ahead to Western Michigan…Will any of you whining about the Big East olay defenses have much to say about the Big 10 (oil of) olay defenses?

November 18th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
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Meg says:

Dude, not even Florida’s HIGH defense would keep either Mich or tOSU under wraps. I can guarantee you that. This game is very similar to last year’s Texas-USC match-up. Just two great offenses at the top of their games. Florida hasn’t even impressed against a good, but not great, SEC this year, so I have no idea from whence the confidence is coming. Oh yeah, I guess you did just beat up West. Carolina 62-0. The one reason I liked Spurrier was because he pissed people off and didn’t care. Meyer wants to play that game, but he also wants to be lovable as well, and well, it just makes me laugh at him all the more. “See I am classy, I will go for it on 4th and 9, but I didn’t try to kick the fieldgoal. ” Hey, weiner, it is called a knee. And with UF’s kicking game, it would have been more classy to actually go for the FG.

November 18th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
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Jim says:

That’s pretty harsh, and inaccurate picture by Meg. Michigan and OSU each had 1 tough opponent coming into today’s match and so their defense stats got padding from cupcake schedules. It showed and I hope Lushberger chokes on Tressel’s manberries tonight. Their offense’s may have been on fire, but a great defense would do just fine without letting either score 40. My fear is a Pathetic-10 opponent for tOSU in Glendale.

November 18th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
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white-boned demon says:

You see great offenses. I see mediocre OSU/UM defenses. Yards per game average goes way up when you aren’t feasting on Illinois, Michigan State, Indiana, Northwestern, Minnesota and Purdue.

November 18th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
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dogtown gator says:

Meg, I’ve got almost no confidence in the Gators right now. Think we feast on Jeffie’s Last Day of Work Ever then get McFaddened right on our fannies. And if we didn’t, I shudder to think what OSU would do to us.

Although OSU fans might’ve felt the same way against Tha U, 4 years ago. Then again, they had

Think somehow I’ve talked myself into defending the Big East and that’s what my post was directed towards.

Oh, and from the East Coast to the West Coast, down the Dixie Highway back home, on behalf of all ad professionals across Our Country, I’d like to apologize.

November 18th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
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dogtown gator says:

A close-up of Paul McGuire’s gelatinous head-cheese-like hand in close-up on Hi-Def. Please make it stop.

November 18th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
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Odell 51 says:

All I have to say is GO BEARCATS!!! As an Alum and as a football fan, this is fun to watch. At least we won’t have to hear the Rutgers argument after tonight!!!!

November 18th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
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boilerpete says:

White-boned demon-
just to set the record straight. Michigan and Ohio State didn’t feast on Purdue defense this year. They were both off our schedule, due to the idiotic Big 10 scheduling.

Not that it would have mattered. Hell, IU hung 505 yards on us today. No telling what a real team could have done.

November 18th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
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jon says:

right on, #4
pundits galore lambasted UL-WVU for giving up 1000 yards and 78 points combined as a sign that the BE was a fraud. OSU-UM combined for more yards and more points. Will it be celebrated as a “barn-burner shoot-em-out” or some such, or will people finally call bs on all the hypocrisy? Of course, Ru must clearly have had a 9 day hangover from all the dehydration caused by drinking champagne from coed cleavage and PR bjs in the northeast region.

November 18th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
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Meg says:

DG and Jon, y’all Florida people just haven’t seen a well-oiled offense in so long, you can’t even recognize it anymore. I watched both games without a rooting interest in either, and it was certainly obvious to me that today’s offensive output was do to mostly great players making the plays, the UL-WVU was just due to really crappy execution and no tackling half the time. The really horrible conditions on the field also help both offenses today as they at least know when they are making cuts, as opposed to defensive guys having to play slip and slide as they react.

November 19th, 2006 at 12:54 am
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Jeff from LA says:

In support of the argument that you shouldn’t compare UL-WVU to UM-OSU is the fact that Rutgers beat UL last week and came and laid an egg today against 5-5 Cincinnati. However, don’t count me a Big East hater, I definitely think the ACC was a worse conference than the Big East this year.

November 19th, 2006 at 1:07 am
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Cabbage says:

Spurrier to be next head coach at Miami per CSTV.com

The Gamecocks now know what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a pump and dump.

November 19th, 2006 at 1:19 am
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miker says:

God we need a playoff system. while even that depends on luck and being consistently “good enough” (steelers last year), it is 10,000 times better than the what ifs we’ve had with the BCS. Some of the hand wringing over the one-loss teams will be unnecessary by the end of the year, but if the big 10 plays itself for the national championship it will be a travesty. Because college football is a regional sport, no conference loser should be playing for the national championship. Everyone making comparisons to Florida/FSU in ‘96 should remember that while Florida dominated the game in Tallahassee and lost, they were still ranked below other one loss teams and needed some help to get a rematch (and rightfully so). Also, those two teams play in different conferences. As a side note, all the old school Notre Dame fans that never went to Notre Dame need to hurry up and die so Notre Dame can finally join a conference and stop getting invites to bowl games they don’t deserve.

November 19th, 2006 at 1:38 am
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miker says:

correction, after the florida state loss they were ranked below an undefeated arizona state and a one-loss nebraska.

November 19th, 2006 at 2:00 am
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adam says:

well, if cstv says so…

November 19th, 2006 at 2:16 am
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rolliefingersmustache says:

look, I enjoy Dark Ages SEC football as much as the next guy, but some of arroganct smack talk (I’m looking at you ,white-boned demon and jim) is over the top. listen the SEC has it’s own cupcakes, first off (Vandy, Miss State, Ole Miss, KY). LSU needed overtime to beat Ole Miss, at home!!! Georgia has been awful all year except for the Auburn game. Of course Auburn’s vaunted defense can’t do much when Brandon Cox throws a bajillion interceptions. Alabama has an offense that is beyond the Dark Ages-it’s downright Paleolithic. Florida needed a blocked extra point and field goal to beat SC at home. Arkansas got DESTROYED by by USC at home, and they might be the best team in the conference right now. Listen, the SEC has a lot of great teams and ti’s a great conference, but it’s not like the end all and be all. Just because all your games are 9-7 doesn’t mean all your teams will go forth and dominate bowl season.

November 19th, 2006 at 7:26 am
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NewAZTiger says:

War Eagle, and rolliefingersmustache, wait till the Bowls are over. The SEC almost always has a winning record and we’re the only conference whose tie-ins are all BCS conferences, though we may have a 9th game not against a BCS conference this year. After all, Bama is Bowl eligible…

November 19th, 2006 at 8:56 am
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Gabby Hayes says:

as a descendant of Woody, please spare me the rematch, Games for the ages involve lead changes, Sorry but the Wolverines were mostly in arrrears since the 1st quarter, they did not have the ball in the 2nd half with the possiblity of taking the lead. It was a good ‘try’ but tryers try and doers do. They also sqaundered their timeouts in the 2nd half so they weren’t there when they might have counted, jUST SAY No to any rematch. No mention of the Gators by ABC while watchinc SC/Cal last night. or Arkansas, the most dangerous team in CFB.

ND over SC,

November 19th, 2006 at 9:00 am
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Lion4Life says:

All the rematch talk is ridiculous- Carr was def outcoached in that game; on top of that- What does it prove if UM somehow upset tOSU in the (hypothetical) National Championship game? tOSU are the Big Ten Champs but Michigan becomes the (hypothetical) National Champion??? This season is careening toward another joke like finish (much like the horseshoe’s playing conditions) where one team with one loss is going to get screwed out of the big game.

November 19th, 2006 at 10:50 am
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BDoc says:

It was nice to see that the Gators still knew where to find the end zone. For a couple of weeks there I thought our guys had forgotten where it was. Watching Fayson take some snaps and run wild was good as well.

Tebow definitely displayed some good passing ability even if it was against a vasty inferior opponent. Though, seeing a southpaw at QB still looks a bit odd.

Rutgers, and their .950% BCS computer average(they had them ranked #2) did us a huge favor last night, and it will be interesting to see how that affects the rest of the comp. rankings. USC did dismantle Arkansas at the beginning of the year, but that was with an injured McFadden and Robert Johnson at QB. McFadden is obviously healthy now, and Johnson plays WR.

November 19th, 2006 at 10:55 am
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Jason says:

How is the Big Ten scheduling idiotic? You want them to play 10 conference games??

Actually that would probably be better than Purdue playing this non conference schedule:

Indiana State, Ball State, Miami, OH, and Hawaii…although they did play ND…whoohoo…maybe add a legit team to the schedule since you arent playing Michigan or OSU.

Reason # 512 why I am a Purdue grad and have never liked Purdue football and never will.

Also, if/when ND beats USC next week, I dont think there is another choice besides Michigan in the title game. It certainly can’t be ND.

November 19th, 2006 at 10:58 am
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SeaTrojan says:

Return the egg to USC, damnit!!! We are the rightful owners, and I’s got me some tiny yellow fever goin’ on. Would you like to touch my “egg”, ladies?

November 19th, 2006 at 11:37 am
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J.J. says:

I was watching ND-Army yesterday (before the OSU-Michigan game came on, of course).
Has anyone ever seen those pictures on the internet of the girls from the Israeli army? Wouldn’t it be cooler if the Army cheerleaders carried M4 carbines? (while still wearing the cheerleader outfits)

November 19th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
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boilerpete says:

So you’re saying Big 10 scheduling makes sense? Sorry, I don’t see that. No one should miss both UM and OSU the same year, yet they’ve both been off Purdue’s schedule 4 times in the past 10 years. And they’re both off IU’s schedule for the next two years. That’s idiotic.

In IU’s case, that’s also a serious hit to their home attendance average. Without a home game every year with one of the two of them, they’d only have parents and family at their home games. Oh, and misplaced geologists who heard about “The Rock” and thought it was something else.

Somehow, I doubt anyone on the Purdue sideline misses your support.

November 19th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
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DP says:

ESPN hates Florida and the SEC and there is no denying it.
Brent Musburger and Bob Griesie and Kirk Herbstreit need to be on EDSBS list of most hated people…they are a bunch of HATERS!

November 19th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
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zzgator says:

These comments are so all over the board that I can’t even think what to say to those of you touting the Big 10(11) and the PAthetiC 10…think I’ll just borrow a quote from Pretty Boy Pete…

“F**k you….f**k you….f**k you…”

Cause that is class personified right there.

November 19th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
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j.j. says:

Yeah, Pete Carroll has absolutely no class. But I still expect a post from SKLM on how shameful it was for [INSERT FAT JOKE] Charlie to run up the score on Army by keeping the starters in into the 4th quarter.

Most USC fans on this site are classy, but I expect a rough couple of weeks of taunting from one in particular if ND can’t pull it out against USC next week.

November 19th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
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Pappy says:

Well, that’s pretty much that. Michigan stays #2 and seemingly only USC could overtake them (by winning out). MAYBE UF could do it if USC beats ND, loses to UCLA and Arkansas beats LSU, but even then it’s doubtful.

November 19th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
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Yant says:

With USC a mere .0075 points back from Michigan, they have a chance of jumping them. Notre Dame is a full 0.1+ points back right now, so I don’t imagine that they could make the leap from 5th to second unless they beat USC, we lose to ARK, and the voters give ND even mroe love than they normally seem to.

If USC loses to ND, I still don’t see us being able to jump up to second with a victory over Arkansas, even if we beat them by 4 scores or more. I think no the Sugar Bowl is as far as we can go this year.

As for the Championship game, I would rather see Michigan and OSU play again than see a team that lost to Oregon State back their way in there.

November 19th, 2006 at 6:26 pm
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i'm just saying says:

” the voters give ND even more love than they normaly seem to”?

maybe in years past, but not this year. the voters have given ND no love this year, dropping them twice after wins–wins–to two teams that were idle. teams that did not play that week.

ND still has the ND hype (read: advertising payday) factor in its back pocket, but this year there has been no love from the voters and, given the michigan situation, i don’t imagine that to change anytime soon, no matter the outcome sat night in LA.

November 19th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
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Pooh Bear ;p says:

Just out of curiosity – was the Texas defense bad because of what it gave up to USC last year? Most teams in college don’t have the firepower to lineup against a QB you have to protect against running and can zip passes off better than most QBs in the country. Then lineup against the receivers – in yesterdays case five. With a set like that, your front four have to get a push; Michigan did. Guess what? Troy Smith got outside and made plays. Without mixing and matching personnel, name a secondary who would play a man coverage successfully against those five.

November 19th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
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Reeshi says:

Who exactly has ND beat, and weren’t they dropped after nearly losing to MSU?

November 20th, 2006 at 12:28 am
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wtfhoosiers says:

Georgia Tech and Penn State come to mind. Georgia Tech is now ranked, and Penn State was ranked #19 when Notre Dame destroyed them. and Navy should not be considered as a god awful team Notre Dame destroys each year. this year they are 8-3, with 2 of those losses against Rutgers and Notre Dame. Also, Purdue, who are 8-4, with 3 of those losses to ranked teams, and the fourth to Penn State. And Michigan State was killing teams before Notre Dame beat them, beating Idaho 27-17, Eastern Michigan 52-20, and Pitt 38-23. They beat UCLA, a 6-5 team, who again have most of those losses against ranked teams. Stanford, UNC, Army, and Air Force were gifts, much like the Big Ten’s MAC opponents. one of which almost beat Michigan.

Notre Dame hasn’t had any love in the human polls for a while, as previously said, falling from #2 to #4 after beating Georgia Tech, going from #2 to #12 after losing to Michigan, and dropping 2 spots in 2 weeks, one week where they were idle, and the next after they beat UCLA. compare this to USC dropping from #3 to #9 after losing to Oregon State (6 spots, compared to 10 for Notre Dame losing to the 2nd best team in the country). and in two weeks they were up to #4, where it took seven weeks for ND to get back to the top ten. I am so sick of all this bias for Notre Dame.

November 20th, 2006 at 1:50 am
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oc phil says:

Notre Dame fans claiming media bias against them is just silly. The only ranked team ND has beaten this year is Georgia Tech and a whopping #15. Not very impressive. Yes a win over USC would certainly count as a quality win but it won’t be enough (and I don’t think it is going to happen). There is no way ND could make it into the title game at the expense of Michigan.

I hate the idea of a rematch for the national title game. But if USC slips and the SEC champion ends up with two loses, I think you have to let Michigan try again.

November 20th, 2006 at 2:34 am
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i'm just saying says:

#35, good question–i suppose georgia tech is the top answer pending usc this weekend.

but if it’s true that ND has an inflated ranking and is not a quality squad, then i ask who has michigan beat? wisconsin? pretty similar to g. tech, but in a much weaker conference.

i realize that the head to head is what matters here, and thus michigan > ND. no argument there. i’m more interested in complaining about the media’s selective application of the various tools of polling “logic” to subjectively defend whatever premeditated agenda they happen to be promoting. the bcs system seems to feed the chaos and stoke the fires of all the various subjective fan bases.

ultimately, the system defined by subjectivity is assinine at best and patently unfair at worst, and creates an endless stream of pissing and moaning from all directions that unfortunately often overwhelms the unbridled excitment and enthusiasm generated by a game as glorious as college football.

but i’m just saying…

November 20th, 2006 at 3:01 am
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Gabby Hayes says:

Who does anyone play? Who did the Gators play this past week? ND has 10 wins against Div 1 opponents. Amazing how raised expectations can make a 10 win team not so good. Good luck Charlie, ask Ara about raised expectations.

Orson, where’s the spell check on this thinbg?

Like the Bald man that perceives himself with a full head of hair, all you conference junkies think your conference is omni powerful, but how would you know when your teams rarely venture outside against a qualtiy program?

Exception & kudos to SC for scheduling Ark, Neb, ND.

I remain relative to Woody,

November 20th, 2006 at 6:46 am
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Jim says:

Re: Gabby Hayes: “Exception & kudos to SC for scheduling Ark, Neb, ND.”

South Carolina didn’t play Nebraska or ND, we had Auburn, UofF, Tenn, UGA, and Clemson instead. No need to pick up Nebraska or ND to replace any of this schools with a schedule like we have. It would likely only weaken our SOS and not impress recruits. Maybe you were thinking about Southern Cal.

November 20th, 2006 at 9:49 am
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Gabby Hayes says:

Jim,

yes Southern Cal is correct,
sorry but in the real CFB landscape there is only one ‘SC, while the Cock’s may be Game they are no match for the Trojans regarding acronym recognition.

please see previous post regarding perception. EZ on that SEC kool-aid, don’t forget about wooford, F.A @ middle Ten.

i’ve been watching your ‘SC since 0-11 lou.

they’ll get there.

November 20th, 2006 at 10:34 am
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DT says:

While I’m still scratching my head over how big of a ND apologist you have to be to propose that a win over a 4-8 Michigan State team should be included in a list of “good wins” because they were “killing Eastern Michigan” before their matchup with ND (maybe it’s because the irish have lost three times in the last 8 years to Sparty teams that finished the season with sub-.500 records that this might be considered a resume builder.)

But in regard to the conferences & their relative strength…I note that the power conferences have have managed the following numbers of bowl eligible teams this year:
SEC-9 (5 East, 4 West)
Big 12-9 (5 South, 4 North)
Pac 10-8
ACC-7 (5 Atl., 2 Coa.) (Miami & UVA can still qualify with wins)
Big ten-7
Big East-6 (Uconn can still qualify with 2 wins)

I don’t know what this proves, other than from the numbers of bowl eligible teams, it appears that the big 10 doesn’t stack up as well from top to bottom…so I’d guess that one-loss teams from the SEC would have more of an argument to make about strength of schedule than say, Michigan. But of course, don’t forget, Michigan beat Notre dame…who beat that 5-loss powerhouse UCLA…good one.

It also strikes me as strange how it goes without mention that the top three teams in the discussion for the BCS game, all come from conferences who refuse to nut up and play a CCG. It seems that their stubbornness on this subject really suits their best interests in seasons such as this one. If a “rematch” is as necessary as a lot of people seem to think, I’d think that a big 10 CG would seem to be a better place to hold it. I remember Herbstreit saying how fraudulent the BCS formula was in 2001, letting a non-conference champ into the MNC game…he sure was singing a different tune when it started looking like michigan might possibly come back on his buckeyes last Saturday.

November 20th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
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Stacy Keibler Loves Me says:

Jim, or Jim-Bob, or
JimmyJoeMoeBlowSchmo Cooter:

To the educated football fan, “SC” always means:

***Univ. of Southern California Trojans***

Wait until Spurrier does something with your Male Chickens of the South to attempt to stake a claim on the “SC” or “USC” initials, when discussing college football. (I hope he stays there and does not go to Miami.)

Otherwise, you come accross like this NASCAR-cliche dude that would make even Pete Carroll blush:

http://www.deadspin.com/?refId=215859

November 20th, 2006 at 2:45 pm