General College Football Thread - 2012 - Page 34 - The Orange Mane

Crushaholic · 09-29-2012, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalBronco

Texas goes ahead with a TD with a little over 30 seconds left.

...pending official review...

Crushaholic · 09-29-2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Crushaholic

...pending official review...

call stands...

Kid A · 09-29-2012, 08:42 PM

Important win for Nebraska. A loss in a "should win" to start conference play would have been bad. Defense hopefully gains some momentum. Mobile QBs give them fits, though, so might need a lot of offense in Columbus next week. GBR!

Rohirrim · 09-29-2012, 08:47 PM

Buffs get rolled by UCLA.

SoCalBronco · 09-29-2012, 11:35 PM

SoCal's Top 10 (actually 15) after this week's games

1. Alabama- Another impressive win against a solid SEC opponent. Watch out for Amari Cooper (sucks we couldn't keep him in our own backyard).
2. Oregon- They move up one slot from # 3 last week in my rankings to # 2. Did a good job dismantling WSU in the second half after a sluggish start.
2. Florida State- Florida State drops from # 2 to # 3 in my poll due to a very mediocre 30-17 win at South Florida. They didn't look great defensively in this game and weren't completely dominant on offense, either. I expected a little more from the Noles against this opponent, despite BJ Daniels being a very experienced QB. They are still far and away the class of the ACC.
4. Kansas State- Had a bye this week. They are a really good team, very well coached and are definitely Top 5 caliber.
5. Georgia- Impressed mightily with their offense. Defense? Not so much.
6. South Carolina- Started very slow against Kentucky but really turned it on in the second half in Lexington. I still have doubts about this offenese.
7. Florida- Bye week. This is a little higher than where they are in the polls, but they have showed alot of heart this season, esp on the road in tough environments. Muschamp's defense has been very good in the second half of games all year.
8. Ohio State- By a razor thin margin, they escaped in East Lansing. Nonetheless, its impressive that they went into the house of a very good Big 10 opponent and pulled out a win.
9. Texas-Impressive road win at Oklahoma State in a barnburner for the Longhorns. I thought they'd lose this game, but they came through.
10. West Virginia- They actually dropped a few spots in my rankings this week despite their 70-63 win over Baylor. Yes, Dana Holgerson's hybrid combination of the Air Raid Offense with Zone Read principles is sick, but you can't give up 63 points to a team barely in the Top 25 (at home, nonetheless) and expect to be ranked high in the Top 10.

Knocking on the door:
11. Oregon State- Another big win at Arizona, they are right there and very deserving, I put them at No. 11.
12. Notre Dame- Great defense and no offense...but I expect them to score close to 40 this week.
13. LSU - They were actually well inside my Top 10 last week, but they played very poorly against nobody Towson on the heels of playing poorly against Auburn and just barely winning that game, not impressed at all so far.
14. Stanford- Played well defensively for 3 quarters, sucked the big one in the 4th. Have them just slightly ahead of USC due to head to head competition factor.
15. USC- Interesting to see if Barkley can return to form at Utah on Thursday night. This is a good, but not great team. They cannot afford any more injuries due to lack of depth.

Kid A · 10-04-2012, 09:25 AM

Any thoughts on Shawn Eichorst, SoCal?

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...esigns-sources

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Shawn Eichorst has resigned as Miami's athletic director and is expected to replace Tom Osborne as Nebraska's athletic director, sources told ESPN.

Last month, Osborne announced he would retire from Nebraska on Jan. 1.

Eichorst arrived at Miami in April 2011 with the school's athletic department in flux after spending the previous six years at Wisconsin, including the last three as deputy athletic director under Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez.

Alvarez connection makes sense for why Osborne would be looking at him.

bombay · 10-04-2012, 11:04 AM

Dorial Green-Beckham and two other guys got arrested for smoking dope in a Lincoln Navigater that was sitting in Lot G outside Faurot Field. One game suspensions.

SoCalBronco · 10-04-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kid A

Any thoughts on Shawn Eichorst, SoCal?

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...esigns-sources

Alvarez connection makes sense for why Osborne would be looking at him.

He has been very low profile at Miami. I heard he also had a falling out with the university President.

SouthStndJunkie · 10-04-2012, 05:33 PM

#13 USC at Utah on ESPN tonight.

canadianbroncosfan · 10-04-2012, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthStndJunkie

#13 USC at Utah on ESPN tonight.

Utes took an early 14-0 lead, still 14-7 after one.

Fight_On anywhere?

Natedog24 · 10-04-2012, 06:55 PM

I expect this to eventually generate into a blowout win for USC because Utah stinks on offense this year, but Star Lutelelei is definitely the real deal. Reminds me of Haloti Ngata. That said I hope Utah proves me wrong and beats the Trojans.

canadianbroncosfan · 10-04-2012, 07:02 PM

Well there's another Utes TD, 21-10

SoCalBronco · 10-04-2012, 10:46 PM

USC pulled away from Utah after a slow start and won, 38-28, although they still don't look anything like the worldbeater they were made out to be. USC has the look of a 9-3 team.

SoCalBronco · 10-04-2012, 11:07 PM

SoCal's Pick for this weekends games

#2 Oregon 36, # 23 Washington 20
#3 Florida State 36, NC State 24
#10 Florida 20, # 4 LSU 13
#5 Georgia 24, # 6 South Carolina 17
#7 Kansas State 38, Kansas 16
Miami vs. #9 Notre Dame in Chicago, IL (See below)
#11 Texas 38, #8 West Virginia 35
#12 Ohio State 24, # 21 Nebraska 19
#15 TCU 27, Iowa State 14
# 15 Clemson 38, Georgia Tech 27
# 17 Oklahoma 27, Texas Tech 24
#18 Stanford 23, Arizona 20
# 20 Miss. State 26, Kentucky 20
# 22 Rutgers 31, UConn 17
Penn State 23, # 24 Northwestern 21
California 24, # 25 UCLA 23

Miami Game

Miami at # 9 Notre Dame in Chicago, IL

A matchup of a high scoring but streaky offense against a great defense, with a bad offense playing against an even worse defense. Miami is faster than anyone ND has seen this year. But like most games, this game will be decided in the trenches. Notre Dame's offensive line outweighs Miami's DL by almsot 30 pounds per man and Miami's defensive line rotation is made up of largely underclassmen, with only one good player in the bunch (Chickillo). The Canes have been awful vs. the run and have not put much pressure on the passer. I think Notre Dame RB Cierre Wood will have a big day, although Miami returns its best LB in sophomore Denzel Perryman from injury. Miami's offensive line is a good one, but I think ND's front seven is even better and we'll struggle to run the ball consistently against them. Stephen Morris is the ultimate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde QB. Last week he threw for 566 yards.......and thats while playing boneheaded football for almost the entire 2nd and 3rd quarters. He can't afford to keep that up, or else he'll be picked off...repeatedly, by this defense. Miami freshman RB Duke Johnson and sophomore sensation WR Philip Dorsett will have some big plays, but I think ND will generally control the play. There's too much experience and depth there, even though their offense has struggled all year long. They won't struggle against a defense like this.

#9 Notre Dame 33, Miami 17

SouthStndJunkie · 10-05-2012, 07:59 PM

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...sses-pointless

Ohio State third-string quarterback Cardale Jones made his feelings about attending classes clear Friday on Twitter.

"Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS," he wrote.

SouthStndJunkie · 10-05-2012, 08:01 PM

bwahaha....somehow that reminds me of the famous Allen Iverson practice rant.

TheReverend · 10-05-2012, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalBronco

SoCal's Pick for this weekends games

Penn State 23, # 24 Northwestern 21

Don't give me your sympathy picks.

SouthStndJunkie · 10-06-2012, 01:00 AM

Michigan better come out and play some solid football tomorrow.

They play Purdue on the road and coming off their bye week.

If Denard starts passing out INTs like they were Halloween candy, like he did against Notre Dame, Michigan will be playing from behind all game again.

That said, Michigan should play well with 2 weeks to prepare and stew over the Notre Dame loss.

Michigan 27

Purdue 24

SouthStndJunkie · 10-06-2012, 11:13 AM

Penn State retakes the lead on #24 Northwestern 17-14 in the 3rd quarter.

SouthStndJunkie · 10-06-2012, 11:16 AM

bwhahaha....Indiana beating Michigan State 27-17 in the 3rd quarter.

SouthStndJunkie · 10-06-2012, 11:17 AM

Houghtam is going to have a conniption if Sparty doesn't come back to win that game.

He might have one even if they do.

DBroncos4life · 10-06-2012, 12:22 PM

at that dude that just said PSU was the second best team in the B10

TheReverend · 10-06-2012, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DBroncos4life

at that dude that just said PSU was the second best team in the B10

We'd be rolling through the whole big 10 if... well... you know...

Anyone watch the game and see the Discount Double Check, btw?

SouthStndJunkie · 10-06-2012, 12:45 PM

Michigan State rallied to beat Indiana 31-27.

Penn State beat #24 Northwestern 39-28.

I thought Northwestern would beat Penn State.

Michigan and Purdue kick off soon.

TheReverend · 10-06-2012, 12:45 PM

A little short, but Matt Elam is going to make a very, very good safety in the NFL one day.

09-29-2012, 11:35 PM	#830
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,284 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	SoCal's Top 10 (actually 15) after this week's games 1. Alabama- Another impressive win against a solid SEC opponent. Watch out for Amari Cooper (sucks we couldn't keep him in our own backyard). 2. Oregon- They move up one slot from # 3 last week in my rankings to # 2. Did a good job dismantling WSU in the second half after a sluggish start. 2. Florida State- Florida State drops from # 2 to # 3 in my poll due to a very mediocre 30-17 win at South Florida. They didn't look great defensively in this game and weren't completely dominant on offense, either. I expected a little more from the Noles against this opponent, despite BJ Daniels being a very experienced QB. They are still far and away the class of the ACC. 4. Kansas State- Had a bye this week. They are a really good team, very well coached and are definitely Top 5 caliber. 5. Georgia- Impressed mightily with their offense. Defense? Not so much. 6. South Carolina- Started very slow against Kentucky but really turned it on in the second half in Lexington. I still have doubts about this offenese. 7. Florida- Bye week. This is a little higher than where they are in the polls, but they have showed alot of heart this season, esp on the road in tough environments. Muschamp's defense has been very good in the second half of games all year. 8. Ohio State- By a razor thin margin, they escaped in East Lansing. Nonetheless, its impressive that they went into the house of a very good Big 10 opponent and pulled out a win. 9. Texas-Impressive road win at Oklahoma State in a barnburner for the Longhorns. I thought they'd lose this game, but they came through. 10. West Virginia- They actually dropped a few spots in my rankings this week despite their 70-63 win over Baylor. Yes, Dana Holgerson's hybrid combination of the Air Raid Offense with Zone Read principles is sick, but you can't give up 63 points to a team barely in the Top 25 (at home, nonetheless) and expect to be ranked high in the Top 10. Knocking on the door: 11. Oregon State- Another big win at Arizona, they are right there and very deserving, I put them at No. 11. 12. Notre Dame- Great defense and no offense...but I expect them to score close to 40 this week. 13. LSU - They were actually well inside my Top 10 last week, but they played very poorly against nobody Towson on the heels of playing poorly against Auburn and just barely winning that game, not impressed at all so far. 14. Stanford- Played well defensively for 3 quarters, sucked the big one in the 4th. Have them just slightly ahead of USC due to head to head competition factor. 15. USC- Interesting to see if Barkley can return to form at Utah on Thursday night. This is a good, but not great team. They cannot afford any more injuries due to lack of depth. __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH! Last edited by SoCalBronco; 09-29-2012 at 11:37 PM..

10-04-2012, 10:46 PM	#838
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,284 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	USC pulled away from Utah after a slow start and won, 38-28, although they still don't look anything like the worldbeater they were made out to be. USC has the look of a 9-3 team. __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH!

10-04-2012, 11:07 PM	#839
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,284 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	SoCal's Pick for this weekends games #2 Oregon 36, # 23 Washington 20 #3 Florida State 36, NC State 24 #10 Florida 20, # 4 LSU 13 #5 Georgia 24, # 6 South Carolina 17 #7 Kansas State 38, Kansas 16 Miami vs. #9 Notre Dame in Chicago, IL (See below) #11 Texas 38, #8 West Virginia 35 #12 Ohio State 24, # 21 Nebraska 19 #15 TCU 27, Iowa State 14 # 15 Clemson 38, Georgia Tech 27 # 17 Oklahoma 27, Texas Tech 24 #18 Stanford 23, Arizona 20 # 20 Miss. State 26, Kentucky 20 # 22 Rutgers 31, UConn 17 Penn State 23, # 24 Northwestern 21 California 24, # 25 UCLA 23 Miami Game Miami at # 9 Notre Dame in Chicago, IL A matchup of a high scoring but streaky offense against a great defense, with a bad offense playing against an even worse defense. Miami is faster than anyone ND has seen this year. But like most games, this game will be decided in the trenches. Notre Dame's offensive line outweighs Miami's DL by almsot 30 pounds per man and Miami's defensive line rotation is made up of largely underclassmen, with only one good player in the bunch (Chickillo). The Canes have been awful vs. the run and have not put much pressure on the passer. I think Notre Dame RB Cierre Wood will have a big day, although Miami returns its best LB in sophomore Denzel Perryman from injury. Miami's offensive line is a good one, but I think ND's front seven is even better and we'll struggle to run the ball consistently against them. Stephen Morris is the ultimate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde QB. Last week he threw for 566 yards.......and thats while playing boneheaded football for almost the entire 2nd and 3rd quarters. He can't afford to keep that up, or else he'll be picked off...repeatedly, by this defense. Miami freshman RB Duke Johnson and sophomore sensation WR Philip Dorsett will have some big plays, but I think ND will generally control the play. There's too much experience and depth there, even though their offense has struggled all year long. They won't struggle against a defense like this. #9 Notre Dame 33, Miami 17 __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH! Last edited by SoCalBronco; 10-05-2012 at 12:18 AM..

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09-29-2012, 08:42 PM	#828
Kid A Ring of Famer I don't need love. I just need wins Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,585	Important win for Nebraska. A loss in a "should win" to start conference play would have been bad. Defense hopefully gains some momentum. Mobile QBs give them fits, though, so might need a lot of offense in Columbus next week. GBR!

09-29-2012, 08:47 PM	#829
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,791	Buffs get rolled by UCLA.

10-04-2012, 11:04 AM	#832
bombay Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: denver Posts: 4,320	Dorial Green-Beckham and two other guys got arrested for smoking dope in a Lincoln Navigater that was sitting in Lot G outside Faurot Field. One game suspensions.

10-04-2012, 05:33 PM	#834
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	#13 USC at Utah on ESPN tonight.

10-04-2012, 06:55 PM	#836
Natedog24 Ring of Famer Win The Day Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,186 Adopt-a-Bronco: JeremiahJohnson	I expect this to eventually generate into a blowout win for USC because Utah stinks on offense this year, but Star Lutelelei is definitely the real deal. Reminds me of Haloti Ngata. That said I hope Utah proves me wrong and beats the Trojans.

10-04-2012, 07:02 PM	#837
canadianbroncosfan Ring of Famer METHWOLFE ALLIANCE- FOREIGN AFFAIRS Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Posts: 2,842 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	Well there's another Utes TD, 21-10

10-05-2012, 07:59 PM	#840
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	http://espn.go.com/college-football/...sses-pointless Ohio State third-string quarterback Cardale Jones made his feelings about attending classes clear Friday on Twitter. "Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS," he wrote.

10-05-2012, 08:01 PM	#841
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	bwahaha....somehow that reminds me of the famous Allen Iverson practice rant.

10-06-2012, 01:00 AM	#843
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	Michigan better come out and play some solid football tomorrow. They play Purdue on the road and coming off their bye week. If Denard starts passing out INTs like they were Halloween candy, like he did against Notre Dame, Michigan will be playing from behind all game again. That said, Michigan should play well with 2 weeks to prepare and stew over the Notre Dame loss. Michigan 27 Purdue 24

10-06-2012, 11:13 AM	#844
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	Penn State retakes the lead on #24 Northwestern 17-14 in the 3rd quarter.

10-06-2012, 11:16 AM	#845
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	bwhahaha....Indiana beating Michigan State 27-17 in the 3rd quarter.

10-06-2012, 11:17 AM	#846
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	Houghtam is going to have a conniption if Sparty doesn't come back to win that game. He might have one even if they do.

10-06-2012, 12:22 PM	#847
DBroncos4life Hey pic Mod!?!?! FU Why yes, that is Bacon Bacon. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The wrong side of right. Posts: 26,521	at that dude that just said PSU was the second best team in the B10

10-06-2012, 12:45 PM	#849
SouthStndJunkie Ring of Famer Shannon Says: Listen to The Junkman Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 15,237	Michigan State rallied to beat Indiana 31-27. Penn State beat #24 Northwestern 39-28. I thought Northwestern would beat Penn State. Michigan and Purdue kick off soon.

10-06-2012, 12:45 PM	#850
TheReverend www.PatrickTurley.org ^ buy this... twice Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 32,966 Adopt-a-Bronco: Mike Shanahan	A little short, but Matt Elam is going to make a very, very good safety in the NFL one day.