WEEK SIX VIEWER'S GUIDE: THIS IS NOT A DRILL
by Hannibal Montegna on Oct 4, 2007 1:29 PM EDT
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PrintThis is the real thing, fans: quality on Thursday, quality in the morning', quality in the evenin', quality at supper time. You would have regreted missing last week's games, but you wouldn't have been wrong. You couldn't have known, really. Don't beat yourself up about it.
But make no mistake: this is the week to atone. There is no regret in football, not in a schedule like this:
You've got Thursday night fever, and the only cure is more Andre.THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
KENTUCKY at SOUTH CAROLINA (7:30 • ESPN)
Admit it: you love Andre Woodson. It's the old thing for men in blue (what is that? I don't know - but if it feels right, just go with it). You want to embrace his funky, full-bodied windup and share milkshakes with him after yet another interception-free victory. Of course he'll wear the visor. And confess further, while you're at it: you haven't really seen him play. Oh, maybe you've see glimpses. There was the end of the Louisville game, a few plays here and there against Arkansas, during commercials. A little bit of the Music City Bowl. That one dreamy shot in Lindy's (you know the one I mean...right. That one). But tonight, at last, tonight is the night you've been waiting for so long, when Andre steals America’s heart right out of its cholesterol-padded chest and threads it between the safeties for another touchdown. A touchdown that bellows Kentucky's arrival on the national stage, a touchdown none of the skeptics can deny. A touchdown...for love. Watch For: Craig James popping a blood vessel attempting to restrain himself from making a horrible pun about South Carolina starting a quarterback named "Smelley," then hospitalizing Doug Flutie as the diminutive passer who once threw an incredible Hail Mary to beat Miami that you have to see to believe! tries to pull James off of Chris Fowler, who said to hell with the production meeting and attempted the pun anyway, with limited success. James’ bail is posted by an Alzheimer's-stricken SMU booster.
TGIF, UNLESS YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN WATCH...
UTAH at LOUISVILLE (8:00 • ESPN)
This decidely non-marquee matchup bears the footprint of 2004, when Utah ran the table as the original BCS Buster and Louisville was three points and a dropped fourth quarter interception from upsetting mighty Miami in Brian Brohm’s first extended action and the Cardinals’ only loss in 12 games. Both coaches and one of the quarterbacks of those teams are rich, bitch, whereas their former schools are rich only in humiliating defeat: Louisivlle’s loss to Syracuse is as bad as deflating losses come, but the Utes’ choke job in a shutout loss to UNLV – just a week after blowing out UCLA for their first win – is pretty close. Watch For: A deluge of Papa John’s commercials, probably, in order to capitalize on the super marketing opportunities that come with come with stadium naming rights in the Big East. Also: continued bafflement at the ability of Louisville’s defense to allow 500 yards and five touchdowns to the nation’s 104th-ranked total offense, ignoring the fact that it is, after all, Louisville’s defense. Brohm is scheduled to be fitted with a crown of pepperoni thorns in a ceremony at halftime.
Donovan: Not intent on destroying his team's chances with turnovers. Could be a problem for Team [Redacted].EARLY AFTERNOON: THERE IS A BAKE SALE. SWING BY WITH SOME OREOS AND BE HOME IN TIME FOR...
Main Course: WISCONSIN at ILLINOIS (Noon • ESPN)
The Badgers are a shadow of their former defense, currently ranked 53rd in yards allowed after finishing fifth in 2006 as Team [Redacted] enters with momentum, the Big Ten’s deepest and most productive running game and a freshman wide receiver who breaks ankles just by making eye contact when walking into a room. Watch For: The inevitable killer mistake by Juice Williams, who had two interceptions last week against Penn State and won’t get away with that shit again. Bold prediction: given the ball on four consecutive possessions in opposing territory with a chance to win, Tyler Donovan will not lead the Badgers to four consecutive turnovers and zero points.
On the Other Channel...
KANSAS at KANSAS STATE (Noon • FSN)
Kansas has rolled like a prairie giant awakened to find someone has run off with his plain but hearty wife, and taken it out on the first unlucky peasants he comes across in the wheat fields. Who just happen to be from the mediocre corridors of the MAC and other dregs of the Bowl Subdivision, which just happens to be cuddly enough to allow the Jayhawks the top-ranked scoring defense and widest average margin of victory in the country through September. Last year’s KU win in this game, for the record, came one week after K-State upset Texas in Manhattan, albeit against Josh Freeman set on ‘true freshman.’ He had three interceptions, unlikely to repeat at this stage of his developent. Watch For: Mark Mangino, in that same curious, cringing way you watched pirated "Faces of Death" clips in junior high. You don’t know when the camera’s going to show it, or exactly what it will look like, but...you know you might want to skip the spaghetti beforehand. Freeman is the Dexatrim "After" sample by comparison.
MIAMI at NORTH CAROLINA (Noon • ESPN2)
Obvious storyline: Buth Davis’ old team faces his new team. Less obvious: in context, UNC is the most excusable 1-4 team in the country: close, last-second losses to East Carolina and Virginia by a combined five points, and losses the last two weeks to South Florida and Virginia Tech. Watch For: Davis dropping hints that he saved the Canes from despair the last time, and if Ken Dorsey is a more gifted quarterback than Kyle Wright, he’ll shave his head. What? Oh, that’s from what? Shit, dude, my bad.
Provincialism: Bowling Green at Boston College (Noon, ESPNU), Eastern Michigan at Michigan (Noon, BTN), Minnesota at Indiana (Noon, BTN), Northwestern at Michigan State (Noon, BTN), Georgia Tech at Maryland (Noon, Lincoln Financial), Vanderbilt at Auburn (12:30, Lincoln Financial)
LATE AFTERNOON
Main Course: OKLAHOMA vs. TEXAS (3:30 • ABC)
I had a professor once who repeatedly used sports as an example in class, always certain to mention that they didn’t really matter because they are fundamentally grown men playing a children’s game under millionaire chaperones. He would die at this game.
Watch For: The "color line," where UT and OU fans visibly split the Cotton Bowl right down the middle, thus intentionally fostering an environment (as every sporting event should, especially a rivalry) that maximizes the odds of fan-on-fan violence. This event occurring annually in Texas, it’s a surprise it’s never devolved into an actual shootout, especially in any game featuring Chris Simms.
On the Other Channel...
GEORGIA at TENNESSEE (3:30 • CBS)
Quick: who is Tennessee’s leading rusher*? Receiver**? The Vols have no identity and might as well pack their bags for Shreveport with a loss here, which would drop the Vols to 0-2 in the SEC with Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky still to go. Watch For: The early stages of meltdown mode if Georgia begins pulling away in the second half. Tennessee has the 110th-ranked scoring defense by virtue of allowing 45 and 59 points, respectively, to Cal and Florida nad 100,000 people will be warming up their souvenir cups for an old-fashioned heavin’ if the Dogs take this one for the fourth time in six years.
* - Arian Foster (74. 3 ypg) ** - Lucas Taylor (95.5 ypg)
IOWA at PENN STATE / N.C. STATE at FLORIDA STATE (3:30 • ABC/ESPN2)
Most of the country is getting the UT-Oklahoma hate fest it no doubt covets, but in the Midwest and East, the Disney Corporation has your "Mickey Mouse Loves ESPN Zone!" t-shirt-clad back, consumer:
Atlanta is thrilled about this arrangement, we’re sure.
Watch For: Kirk Ferentz as a possible heir to JoPa at Penn State? They said that about that whippersnapper Frye, and where is he? Brain food. Also: the last time Iowa and PSU hooked up? 6-4 in 2004, the contest that still replaces every other in the time-honored argument that the Big Ten needs to get its head out of its ass and throw the goddamn ball already.
Has completely forgotten which sideline to stand on, but will lead it to victory.ARIZONA STATE at WASHINGTON STATE (4:00 • FSN)
Arizona State is undefeated by a pretty impressive margin, which means it’s about time for it to lose to the team that just lost to Arizona by four touchdowns. Watch For: Dennis Erickson, who vows to enjoy himself at his old stomping grounds either way. Did he ever tell you about that time he and Timm Rosenbach called Tuineau Alipate from a canoe in the middle of Steptoe Street at like 1 a.m.? Aw shit, man, they were so stoned...
Provincialism: TCU at Wyoming (2:00, Mtn), Miami, Ohio at Kent State (3:00, FSN Ohio), South Florida at Florida Atlantic (3:30, ESPNU), Youngstown State at Southern Illinois (3:30, CSTV), Fresno State at Nevada (4:00, CSNW), Florida A&M vs. Winston-Salem State (4:00, NFL Network), San Diego State at Colorado State (5:30, Mtn)
The Wild Card: VIRGINIA TECH at CLEMSON (6:00 • ESPN)
For one glorious week after fileting Georgia Tech – hell, a short week at that – C.J. Spiller and James Davis were the natioal übermenschen tailback tandem of the highest order: young, sleek, powerful, purple. Virginia Tech, described everywhere a week earlier as "reeling" after its second loss got the Hokies called out by Kirk Herbstreit for bitching at each other on national television at Boston College, came home and buried the Tigers’ backs, establishing the formula that cost the Tigers three of their last four games. Phil Steele says Clemson has lost four straight to Tech, all by double digits. Watch For: A frustrating lack of Davis and Spiller, who ran 21 times between them in last week’s loss to Georgia Tech for 62 yards. An exciting opportunity for Cullen Harper to die a slow painful death not get his head knocked in by Vince Hall. That's all you can ask for, right?
Main Course: FLORIDA at LSU (8:28 • CBS)
CBS goes prahm-tahm with the most specific kickoff time ever listed, perhaps because I snag these times from an LSU site whose goal in listing Tiger games is to wring every last second of drankin’ from pre-game festivities (by festivities, I mean merciless, uncivilized belittling of the opposing team and, in this case, a Gillooly-like attempt on Tim Tebow’s life and/or limb. If you think this is hyperbole you’ve never experienced Saturday night in Tiger Stadium!). Watch For: Obviously: juggernaut game of the week, maybe the year, Auburn loss notwithstanding. Also: LSU will roll out Mike VI for the first time, and maybe "accidentally" open his cage near the warm-up zone of a certain all-purpose quarterback? You can’t expect all the kinks to be worked out on the first night.
Actually, Tebow thinks the whole 'sword' thing is pretty unfair to the tiger.On the Other Channel...
OHIO STATE at PURDUE (8:00 • ABC)
The vast majority of the country will receive the Buckeyes-Boilers over Notre Dame at UCLA, which will be limited to the West Coast, Northern Indiana and sadomasochistic pay-per-view subscribers. Watch For: Purdue is averaging 45 points per game, all the better to capture the faces of disillusioned home crowd when Ohio State methodically, mercilessly snuff the life out of Curtis Painter’s season.
CINCINNATI at RUTGERS (8:00 • ESPN2)
The Bearcats crushed Rutgers’ undefeated season in a 30-11 blowout last year in Cincinnati, the first game of an eight-game Cincy win streak based on turnovers and (aside from the Knights) horrendous competition. Watch For: Ray Rice. While two quarterbacks with ten years’ college experience between them try to out-efficient one another in the short passing game, Cincy has no answer for Rutgers’ workhorse.
OKLAHOMA STATE at TEXAS A&M (7:00 • FSN)
One of these teams will be virtually eliminated from the Big 12 South race, and it’s about time already. Neither should have made it to the second conference game unscathed. Watch For: So many coaching jokes, so little time. Take a shot every time cameras pan to Dennis Franchione saying anything on the sideline and you’re the first to yell, "IT AIN’T TRUE!"
NEBRASKA at MISSOURI (9:15 • ESPN)
De facto Big 12 North championship in the preseason, but remember: sketchy as the Huskers have played, Missouri hasn’t won any kind of conference anything since 1969 and has never had a winning conference record under Gary Pinkel. Watch For: Chase Daniel, who, if Wake Forest and Ball State blistered Nebraska’s run defense, might make the Blackshirts bubble and boil like a Gremlin exposed to water. Whatever emerges would have to be better for Nebraska than what it’s seen so far.
Provincialism: Stanford at USC (7:00, VERSUS), Tulane at Army (7:00, ESPNU), Central Florida at East Carolina (7:30, CSTV), UNLV at Air Force (9:00, Mtn).
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sad as it is, A&M-Okla St. winner has their Big XII destiny squarley in their own hands. Hopefully, it will be A&M, because that will make 77-0 even funnier this year.
by Otis! on Oct 4, 2007 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
By midnight I will be sipping the sweet nectar of victory (yes, mixed with bourbon) out of the skull of a certain Baby Rhino…
by Billy in Baton Rouge on Oct 4, 2007 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
For some reason, the UGA/UT game looks like the SEC game I most want to see. Depending on the margin of victory, we get to see just how ‘for real’ UGA really is.
In a turnaround from my thoughts earlier this week, I think UF is in for a good rippin’ at the hands of the power equipment-endowed wolfman. Unless they cloned a few more Tebows and Harvins, I just don’t think they have enough weapons on offense since LSU’s D is a like Auburns – only bigger and faster. And UF’s D is not strong enough to bail keep them in it.
Sincerely hope I am wrong.
Go Houston!
by TIGERinATL on Oct 4, 2007 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
Was that lead in a Ripoff from the old Bagel Bites commercial? Madison Avenue, you are my master!!!
by Brian on Oct 4, 2007 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
SUNDAY GAME!!!!
If you’re not a fan of the NFL, there will be NCAA goodness on ESPN at 8pm Eastern. New Mexico State at Boise State.
by Blue Turf on Oct 4, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
New Mexico State at Boise!!! Whoopedeedoo!
Actually should be a good game if NMSU is healthy (-4 of best 5 receivers against Auburn), I like their QB Holbrook, he’ll be the next QB you’ve never heard of to start an NFL game. Of course his coach was also Tim Couch’s coach… Scratch that thought
by Thor on Oct 4, 2007 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
Plus, Who knew that Worcester, Massachusetts and Salisbury, Maryland were the Epicenters of College Football, Two towns where it would be near or actually possible to use bunny ears to watch Your choice of ABC games!
by Brian on Oct 4, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
I always look at those coverage maps (genius, BTW) and picture some dude in Bumfuck, North Dakota wailing. “Why? Why are they showing THAT frickin’ game!?!”
by Raider Red on Oct 4, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
question: how many beers can i consume during the cbs double header?? who can say???
by gerry dorsey on Oct 4, 2007 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
Thor,
Speaking of Couch, didn’t he get nailed for ’roids, yesterday?
by MiseanAuFan on Oct 4, 2007 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
Those TiVo bastards told me it would be ND-UCLA here in Texas. Now I will have to find a bar and either get drunk out of humiliation from losing to the Irish or out of anger that Karl Dorrell will keep his job for another week.
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!
by D'Jango on Oct 4, 2007 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
Threadjack:
It looks like Nick Saban has time for this sh!t:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2007/10/04/2007-10-04_nick_saban_full_of_bull_with_rip_of_sout-1.html
Nick goes sour grapes on USF’s academic standards.
/Threadjack
by Geaux Irish on Oct 4, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
“in context, UNC is the most excusable 1-4 team in the country”
Orson, that is the most re-assuring backhanded complement I’ve read in a long time.
by Digital Headbutt on Oct 4, 2007 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
Lest we forget: Heisman Candidate Quincy Carter’s long downward spiral began with a 5-pick outing in Columbia. Just sayin’.
by impirius on Oct 4, 2007 2:20 PM EDT reply actions
I like Woodson, I really do, but I can’t abide a world where Kentucky controls its own SEC East destiny six games into the season. So I have to hope for a Kentucky loss against all my other football instincts.
I will enjoy the stunned silence in Neyland Stadium when Mikey Henderson returns a punt 72 yards for a touchdown to begin the process of turning a 14-10 game midway through the thirds quarter into an 18 point Georgia victory. I will also watch in glee as Tennessee limps to a 6-6 season and Phil is phinally phired.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 4, 2007 2:21 PM EDT reply actions
Lest we forget: Quincy Carter sucked and was probably high that evening.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 4, 2007 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
I heart my DirecTV on weekends such as this. Go Cocks, Go Cards, Go Fighting Methodist Wildcats, Go Badgers and Go Hurons.
by PJ from NU in SF on Oct 4, 2007 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
Urban Meyer would consider this punishment harsh:
by Geaux Irish on Oct 4, 2007 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
Brian-
Yeah, I googled ‘Bagel Bites’ b/c I was unsure somehow if it was “in the supper time,” as I remembered, or something else. I tried to work in “if pizza’s on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime!” But it didn’t work (you can eat pizza anytime, anyway).
by Hannibal Montegna on Oct 4, 2007 2:26 PM EDT reply actions
Cicny has the answer to Ray Rice. It is called the fastest defense in the Big East. This will be a win for UC.
by Odell 51 on Oct 4, 2007 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
Being in an aqua state is the best. We’re trying to decide if the QB’s will combine for more turnovers than points. I’m moist with anticipation.
by jebus on Oct 4, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions
@13
i think he’s doing the “silence of the lambs” tuck. also known as “the ugly woman.”
by gerry dorsey on Oct 4, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions
Geaux Irish (#15):
That is old news. Was posted several days back. Lots of comments.
However, thank you for the link. Everyone should click on it. Because the author, Dick Weiss, has the worst f&*%ing rug I’ve ever seen! That thing came straight from a taxidermist.
by HFS on Oct 4, 2007 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
You know what? Chris Simms is like a tank in the old Command & Conquer games. You’d have a tank get blown up, and two little guys would pop out and run away. When Simms got hit last year, he was the tank and the two little guys were his broken soul and his spleen, going two totally different directions.
- I don’t know where that came form.
by that 5.0 guy @ work! on Oct 4, 2007 2:33 PM EDT reply actions
HFS, that almost makes me want to donate to PETA.
by PJ from NU in SF on Oct 4, 2007 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
MiseanAuFan
Couch got suspended for 6 games for steroids… Which means what? He’s not on an NFL team, so is he suspended for the next six games? Or for 6 games after he signs his non-existent contract?
by Thor on Oct 4, 2007 2:37 PM EDT reply actions
- - Ok good that I’m not the only one who remembers that…For all those scratching their heads saying “WTF?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocjNYNMXwt0
Apologies, in advance.
by Brian on Oct 4, 2007 2:39 PM EDT reply actions
#25
as long as Morelli is involved, turnovers wins in a walk.
by parker91 on Oct 4, 2007 2:39 PM EDT reply actions
Towny Joiner will be available to jump any dead batteries after the football contest in Baton Rouge.
by Allahver Fist on Oct 4, 2007 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
It’s think it’s pizza commercial, actually “pizza in the mornin’…….”
And, I really have to watch Chuck Amatto bowl 07?
by Scalz1 on Oct 4, 2007 2:44 PM EDT reply actions
Anybody who ever considered Quinthy Carter a Heisman candidate obviously shared his favorite hobby.
by Because They Can on Oct 4, 2007 2:47 PM EDT reply actions
Rodents Dept:
No 15: Dick Weiss’ hair looks like it is from another species, perhaps the nutria from Louisiana.
by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Oct 4, 2007 2:50 PM EDT reply actions
SKLM,
What did you really expect from a guy named Dick Weiss? And you finally spelled Weiss correctly, albeit for the wrong guy. What’s your honest prediction on UCLA/ND as a partial (hating both sides) bystander?
Tonight: Cocks 23; Cats 16
by GamecockTony on Oct 4, 2007 2:55 PM EDT reply actions
Better watch Daphne vs Foley on the duece tonite 2 of the best high schoolers in the country going at it: Julio “47 inch vertical” Jones(Foley), and Reggie "take it 2 the house " Hunt(Daphne).
by PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG on Oct 4, 2007 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
Re: 6-4
Penn State had no problem throwing the ball, catching it proved to be the difficulty. It was like we had a team of players that, as kids, their dads had them dislodge stuff out of the lawnmower because children have small hands. It didn’t end well.
by Nick on Oct 4, 2007 3:02 PM EDT reply actions
I may like the pic of Dennis Erickson with priceless caption better than his volcano/golf cart pic…..maybe.
by lance harbor on Oct 4, 2007 3:08 PM EDT reply actions
On the regional coverage map, what’s with the arrows between some of the cities, like in New Mexico, Oregon and the Dakotas? Some kind of tribal disputes? Does it indicate the areas that get the Big 10 Network? What?
by HFS on Oct 4, 2007 3:18 PM EDT reply actions
The Shootout in Dallas has been downgraded to a pillowfight. Whomever loses will be 0-2 in the conference and seated in the corner of the Big 12 classroom with a dunce cap on.
by Big XII WarBlog on Oct 4, 2007 3:19 PM EDT reply actions
FUCKIN-A did the planets align for this saturday or WHAT!?!
Let’s get out there and show that liver who’s boss!!!
Seriously- lest i be confused for complaining, does anyone know the reasoning for having NC2A football on tuesday -sunday this week?
by OJ's Bloody Glove, Autographed on Oct 4, 2007 3:20 PM EDT reply actions
Dream/Scream Matchup Dept:
Gamecock Tony: Hope USCe beats the Cats by a lot tonight.
Notre Dame vs ucla to me is a win-win situation, a can’t lose proposition, sort of like:
- Rosie O’Donnell vs Star Jones.
- Brittney Spears vs Lindsey Lohan.
- Iraq vs Iran.
- Trekkie vs a Lord of the Ring nerd
- Jesse Jackson vs. Al Sharpton
- Bill Clinton vs. Hillary Clinton
- ’Bama vs. LSU, or Bowden vs. Bowden, or mascot vs mascot…….
You sort of don’t care as long as it is a long bloody fight. Actually, I would prefer if ucla beats Notre Dame good, like everyone else has during the past, historical losing streak of the once proud Domies.
I am guessing the score will be 35 to 13, with ucla winning easily and going away. Dorrell might get fired and he will not let up once ND is forced to pass on every down.
Some sports radio station in LA is having a contest to see who can guess where Cheeseburger Charlie will pig out tonight, or Fri, whenever they get here. Funny stuff.
((((((((I tried my hardest to resist piling on ND this week, but could finally not hold out. Hey, at least I lasted four days!)))))))))
by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Oct 4, 2007 3:23 PM EDT reply actions
Huh, I don’t see anything wrong with Mr. Weiss’ hair….
by Gene Keady on Oct 4, 2007 3:29 PM EDT reply actions
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CFB on Tuesday -Sunday to remind MLB that it is irrelevant in the Fall..even with NY/Bos/Chi/LA in the playoffs
by Sabanite on Oct 4, 2007 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
I formally sanction this highlight video as the official BCV video of the AU-UF game. Many thanks to the Auburner.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a date with Mr. Massengill.
by Brandon Cox's Vagina on Oct 4, 2007 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
To continue, he taken an NFL snap since ’03.
by MiseanAuFan on Oct 4, 2007 3:38 PM EDT reply actions
I was amazed it took until post #15 to mention Nick Saban. I’m realy proud of eveyone’s self control.
I want to know if Orson will be in BR this weekend, as I will be forced by my LSU girlfriend to witness this clash of beast-men I would love to spend some moments with non-LSU friends (crazy people)
by Tarpon on Oct 4, 2007 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
Why in the hell did ABC go to the trouble of singling out the area around Boston for coverage of NC State and FSU? Do they think people in the area want to see how BC’s old coach does? Does ABC really think the people here really care one way or another.
Meantime I dont get to watch the Red River shootout. the idiots at ABC didnt het the memo that the only people interested in CFB in Boston are from somewhere else. Somewhere that wants to see OK /Texas instead of NC state and FSU.
Bastards!
by tzubear on Oct 4, 2007 3:51 PM EDT reply actions
tzubear, you can blame that on BC’s entry into the ACC.
by AllWhoYonder on Oct 4, 2007 3:57 PM EDT reply actions
Some sports radio station in LA is having a contest to see who can guess where Cheeseburger Charlie will pig out tonight, or Fri, whenever they get here. Funny stuff.
Fatburger? Or is that too obvious?
by MiseanAuFan on Oct 4, 2007 3:59 PM EDT reply actions
tzubear, you are in the “heart” of ACC country, and don’t you forget it!
When they were rescued, there were certain conditions they agreed to, and watching the 3:30 regional game, if you are not attending the same or different conference game, was one of said conditions.
And, seriously, before anyone mocks the “rescued,” word in the above, ask BC’s version of a CFO if the move to the ACC was a the right decision.
We shall beat VPI on Saturday night, just like I promised we would destroy Tech last Saturday.
Because, “this time,” we have Bud Foster figured out…
actually, no we don’t.
by Coop on Oct 4, 2007 4:01 PM EDT reply actions
50,
I would have guessed that every affiliate with an ACC school would be required to carry the ACC game, but that’s not the case because the areas around Charlottesville and College Park are both getting Texas/OU. I don’t have a clue.
by John on Oct 4, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
#19
Not QC’s fault that USC’s nose guards and defensive tackles had feather soft hands.
by Mitch Cumstein on Oct 4, 2007 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
38:
That game is ridiculously hyped down here. Should be fun to watch
by CADILLAC'S GOOD LEG on Oct 4, 2007 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
- - Looks like you can drive your ass out to Springfield or Providence and watch it. Enjoy!
by Brian on Oct 4, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions
Bearcats and Bulldogs – both will be big winners on the road. Time for the Bulldogs to get revenge for last year’s humiliation and get Fullmer fired in the process.
by OhioDawg on Oct 4, 2007 4:16 PM EDT reply actions
Sabanite- good point. How nice to show Southern Miss with -3 quarterbacks lose to Rice, who normally couldn’t beat themselves in a thumb war, and more people still probably watched that game than watched the baseball playoffs and hockey season openers combined. I bet on the baseball but still didn’t even watch, i just checked the scores on the ticker while losing big on the So. Miss/Rice game…
by Mr. Ashley Russell on Oct 4, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
@57 Wait till Phat Phil gets Croomed next week!
by lance harbor on Oct 4, 2007 4:47 PM EDT reply actions
There are some very interesting match-ups this weekend. I wanted to ask the edsbs readership (which apparently consists of lawyers, how ironic) if anyone knows of a bookie in the gainesville, FL area that can take my bets. As I type this I realize the sketch factor is pretty high, but I cant use these online sports betting agencies because I want to use cash or money order only. If anyone at all knows a bookie, a friend of a bookie, or even a friend of a friend of a bookie, please guide me in their general direction. I cant miss out on this weekends match-ups. I am an avid fan of this site and I consistently read all the comments, yet hardly ever post myself (I believe the bama-AU arguments are more histerical than anything I can conger up).
by clever moniker on Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM EDT reply actions
Best thing about watching CFB on tv this weekend: my team will definitely not lose (thanks to trusty opponent “bye week”).
Second best thing: sitting in front of my 55 inch HDTV 5 minutes from the Cotton Bowl and not having to deal with the ridiculous traffic and uber-drunk “taco meat” and “fighting paper clips” fans squeezed into the tiny tiny seats at the house that Doak built
by DiamondM on Oct 4, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions
- - rooting for a Dawgs mauling of the Vols. I noticed the other day that UGA is on a 5 game SEC-East losing streak. Kick a little Fulmer ass for us.
by Out of Conference on Oct 4, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
“you are in the "heart" of ACC country, and don’t you forget it!”
True, true Coop. As such I regularly get good seats at BC football and BB games for almost nothing, so I guess I reap some reward from the locals dispassion of collegiate athletics (except hockey).
“Looks like you can drive your ass out to Springfield or Providence and watch it. Enjoy!”
Stare into wall and shudder, shudder….
by tzubear on Oct 4, 2007 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
Being a Michigan fan, I’d really advise you to watch Michigan vs EMU @ 12.00 ET in BTN. Yea. appy st. remember. Wolverines will keep it close.
by Tacopants on Oct 4, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions
Tacopants, you must be a happy boy, seeing as the conference is going to let Big blue off the hook for using Artis Chambers in the Penn State game…
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/SPORTS06/71004071/1048/SPORTS
by PJ from NU in SF on Oct 4, 2007 6:01 PM EDT reply actions
38:
That game is getting some ridiculous hype down here. Should be fun to watch
by CADILLAC'S GOOD LEG on Oct 4, 2007 6:43 PM EDT reply actions
Going to be strange not actually attending a game this weekend. This would be the year to attend the Red River (GUN BATTLE TERM REDACTED), since tickets could probably be had for reasonable prices. Perhaps this will be the year that giant sinkhole finally envelopes the Cotton Bowl. We can only dream.
Schedule:
7:30 am Work out
9:30 Start watching Gameday on TiVo (Ha ha, Big n Rich, I’m fast forwarding through-your-ci-tay!)
10:00 Fire up grill
11:00 KU-KSU
11:30 Mmm, meat.
3:00 pm ASU-WSU
6:00 Listen to Texas Tech systematically pick apart Iowa State, while watching Orange Aggy-Maroon Aggy (I don’t need $1,200 to tell you that A&M’s defense sucks)
7:30 UF-LSU
8:15 Nebraska-Mizzou
BTW, will Lou give another motivational speech tonight? I mean, it’s worked so well up to now, right?
by Raider Red on Oct 4, 2007 6:45 PM EDT reply actions
Yes yes PJ NU SF. Non-issue.
However the Penn Staters will smell something fishy and start conspiracy theories as to how Big 10 conference has hated them ever since they joined. Busy week for them.
by Tacopants on Oct 4, 2007 6:45 PM EDT reply actions
On the LSU-UF game, a question:
By how many touchdowns will LSU need to lead before Verne Lundquist stops gobbling baby rhino cock?
by Gurn on Oct 4, 2007 7:42 PM EDT reply actions
“James’ bail is posted by an Alzheimer’s-stricken SMU booster.”
Bravo. You instantly made me laugh while simultaneously causing the synapse to fire that was storing the SMU 1982 file. I got a grainy image of Lance Mcelheny getting drilled by a linebacker and pitching to Craig James or Eric Dickerson at the last possible minute on the option. Barry Switzer envied their backfield and their payroll……….
I miss the SWC.
by macker on Oct 4, 2007 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
Not sure as to the accuracy of the coverage map; the website for the ABC affiliate in Charleston, WV currently lists NCSU-FSU instead of the Iowa-Penn State 3:30 game as shown on the map.
by iceman on Oct 5, 2007 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
#41, about regional coverage and the arrows between stations:
It’s for sister stations; the same programs (national and local) air on the multiple affiliates.
by The Duke of Wazzu on Oct 5, 2007 8:31 PM EDT reply actions
ESPN had the ASU-WSU game listed as a potential “cupcake” game.
ASU is an 8.5-point favorite.
Huh, ESPN?
by The Duke of Wazzu on Oct 5, 2007 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
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