College football

[billy.pilgrim]

How does Georgia remain #1 after failing to lead until the last 10 minutes against a team in the far distant 60 somethings?

And how does Auburn remain in the far distant 60 somethings after showing that it could take on the #1 team in the country?

There should have been movement both ways in the polls.

#1 after failing to lead until the last 10 minutes against a team in the far distant 60 somethings?

[O Really]

SEC refs did the sorting.

Your guys played a good game - no shame in that loss.

[Vrede too]

How does Georgia remain #1 after failing to lead until the last 10 minutes against a team in the far distant 60 somethings?

And how does Auburn remain in the far distant 60 somethings after showing that it could take on the #1 team in the country?

There should have been movement both ways in the polls.

#1 after failing to lead until the last 10 minutes against a team in the far distant 60 somethings?

Agreed re GA

GO:

@Auburn > 1 Georgia (-14.5) Crap!!! 20-27. If only . . . Might Georgia slip from #1?

@3 Texas (-16.0) > 24 Kansas. 40-14, #1 #1 #1!

The TAMU loss is also hurting Auburn. Just resume winning, beginning with @#23 LSU on 10/14.

AP Top 25

1 Georgia(35, 55 #1 votes last week), 5-0 . Will #20 Kentucky challenge?
2 Michigan(12), 5-0
3 Texas(10, 2 #1 votes last week), 5-0. Beating #12 Oklahoma in what may be the game of the week could give it a boost.
4 Ohio State(1), 4-0. Maryland Terrapin slap Sat
5 Florida State(4), 4-0
6 Penn State, 5-0
7 Washington 5-0
8 Oregon 5-0, up1. Pac NW rules!
9 USC 5-0, down just 1 after barely beating unranked @Colorado 48-41
10 Notre Dame 5-1, up1
11 Alabama 4-1, up1 , GO@Texas A&MGO!
12 Oklahoma 5-0, up2
13 Loyal Washington State 4-0, up3
14 North Carolina 4-0 up1
15 Loyal Oregon State 4-1, up4 after stomping #10 Utah 21-7
16 Ole Miss 4-1, up4 after barely beating #13 LSU 55-49
17 Miami 4-0, up1. Go O Really Go
18 Utah 4-1, down8 nice
19 Duke 4-1, down2 after losing to #11 Notre Dame 21-14. Coulda been worse

23 LSU down10. That would seem excessive, but it is 3-2


Others receiving votes:
(26) Maryland 81 votes . Was (31) with 20 votes last week

(29) UCLA 19 votes

(34) Clemson 5 votes, UNRANKED!

(37) Colorado 1 vote. Now ASU, Stan, UCLA - a redemption run?

FCS Coaches Poll

1 South Dakota State(26) 4-0
2 Montana State 4-1, up1

8 North Dakota State 3-1, down6

13 Montana 4-1, up3 @#18 UC Davis is another chance to climb

17 Western Carolina 4-1, up4 @#20 Chattanooga is another chance to climb

[billy.pilgrim]

Auburn should have moved 10 or 15 points after nearly beating #1. So what if 10 up ain't perfect, they at something like 60.
Personally I don't care, other than another example of the lack of respect Auburn gets.

Paul agrees with us about Georgia

https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... a-football

And I appreciate (I should have saved the article) the Georgia fans showing their appreciation for how they were treated . Maybe the pruning, which led to the digging, which led to the fire hose size sprinklers on a 30 degree night has finally been put aside.

[Vrede too]

Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00 PM CBSSN
Sam Houston (0-4) > @Liberty (4-0, -20.5)
As if. I won't count a loss in my tally.

[Vrede too]

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Wed, 12/28

2:00 PM EST, Annapolis, TV: ESPN
Duke 8-4 (-3) > UCF 9-4. You're going down, Mickey!

30-13! billy.pilgrim is ecstatic.

Not ecstatic, more like We told you so. We've had great coaches in the past, but it's been a long dry spell since Tubby. Chizek was the absolute worse, followed by blufield and then the great high school coach gus.

https://flywareagle.com/2022/12/29/aubu ... -futility/

https://twitter.com/mringram/status/1608197765992964099

Auburn football: Gus Malzahn’s bowl futility brought to forefront by Tiger fans

... I wasn't even thinking about Malzahn, just your general disdain for Mickey U.

Say, is Malzahn still getting buyout money? Did WDE pay him to reach and lose a Bowl? Go Blue Devils!

I know how concerned you've been that Gus is struggling financially on just WDE buyout money and Group of Five pay.

Sources: UCF's Gus Malzahn gets new deal through '27, raise

... Malzahn agreed to terms early this summer and the school raised his salary to $4 million per year on July 1, sources told ESPN. The deal rises to $5.5 million annually in 2026 and 2027, sources said, and the deal gives both additional salary and one extra year on the deal to push it through 2027....

The contract puts him more in line with Big 12 coaches, as he would have entered this season as the lowest-paid Power 5 coach without the adjustment. Malzahn's last listed salary was $2.3 million per year, which he made during UCF's time in the AAC....

UCF rose to No. 17 in the Associated Press rankings last season and is 3-2 this year after back-to-back losses to open Big 12 play....

Mickey has lost to 3-1 KSU and 2-3 Baylor. Opps.

[O Really]

Sam Houston should revert to their old name "Sam Houston Institute of Technology". Couldn't score from 3 yards out to win the game" That's SHIT.

[Vrede too]

Sam Houston should revert to their old name "Sam Houston Institute of Technology". Couldn't score from 3 yards out to win the game" That's SHIT.

Yep.

Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00 PM CBSSN
Sam Houston (0-4) > @Liberty (4-0, -20.5)
As if. I won't count a loss in my tally.

Arrrggghhh!!! Sam Houston down just 5 gets ball on own 1 with 3:36 left after a brilliant Flamer punt, drives the length of the field including converting a 4th down, comes up 3 yards short on downs. After 3 incompletes they really should have run it on the final play. 16-21

[billy.pilgrim]

But Sam Houston Institute of Technology is so hard to include in a cheer, or a fight song. That's why we're no longer the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

[Vrede too]

But Sam Houston Institute of Technology is so hard to include in a cheer, or a fight song....

We're the SHIT, Get Used to It!!!

[O Really]

Beast Mode (Marshawn Lynch #24) probably would have had the same comment to the Sam Houston coach as he had for Pete Carroll: "...you put us in the history books as the dumbest call in football history."

[Vrede too]

Beast Mode (Marshawn Lynch #24) probably would have had the same comment to the Sam Houston coach as he had for Pete Carroll: "...you put us in the history books as the dumbest call in football history."

I can see the 3 passes - clock preserved in case they don't score - but that rationale disappears on 4th down.

[Vrede too]

FCS

2 Montana State 4-1 bye week

GO:

4:00 PM ESPN+

17 Western Carolina 4-1 > @20 Chattanooga 4-1

7:00 PM

ESPN+
@22 Illinois State 3-1 > 1 South Dakota State 4-0

ESPN+
13 Montana 4-1 > @18 UC Davis 3-2

[Vrede too]

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12:00 PM

ABC
@3 Texas (-5.0) > 12 Oklahoma. Game of the day? Hook 'em Horns!

FOX
Maryland (5-0) > @4 Ohio State (4-0, -19.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

CBSSN
Boston College > @Army (-2.5)

2:00 PM CW NETWORK
@NC State (3-2, -6.5) > Marshall (4-0)

3:00 PM BTN
Howard > @Northwestern

3:30 PM

ABC
Virginia Tech > @5 Florida State (-23.5). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

CBS
@Texas A&M > 11 Alabama (-2.0)

ESPN
@14 North Carolina (4-0, -9.5) > Syracuse (4-1)

ACCN
Wake Forest (3-1) > @UNRANKED Clemson (3-2, -21.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

CBSSN
North Texas > @Navy (-6.5)

6:30 PM PAC12
Colorado (3-2, -3.5) > @Arizona State (1-4)

7:00 PM ESPN
20 Kentucky > @1 Georgia (-14.5). @Auburn sure gave it a scare.

7:30 PM

NBC
@Minnesota > 2 Michigan (-20.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

SECN
Arkansas > @16 Ole Miss (-13.0). Piggies!

8:00 PM FS1
@Iowa State > RW xtian TCU (-6.5). Cyclones!

[Vrede too]

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12:00 PM

ABC
@3 Texas (-5.0) > 12 Oklahoma. Game of the day? Hook 'em Horns!
TX go ahead 47 yd FG with 1:17 left, but OK winning TD with 15 seconds left, 30-34 . Game of the day? Oklahoma in the Top 10?

FOX
Maryland (5-0) > @4 Ohio State (4-0, -19.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.
Analysts - If unbeaten MD was SEC it would be ranked. 3-2 LSU is #23 MD is the only Power 5 school with a Black Pres, AD and HC OC & DC are also Black. Beginning of 4th and only down by 3 points GoTerpsGO! Down 10 with 10 minutes left 4th quarter collapse, 17-37. Vegas was correct

CBSSN
Boston College > @Army (-2.5).
BC drives the field in 5 minutes and scores TD with 0:25 left. 27-24!

2:00 PM CW NETWORK
@NC State (3-2, -6.5) > Marshall (4-0).
High scoring 48-41, Vegas was nearly spot-on.

3:00 PM BTN
Howard > @Northwestern (-23.0). I won't count a loss in my tally.
Ugh, 20-23 despite a furious comeback. Too bad GoCubsGo no longer cares.

3:30 PM

ABC
Virginia Tech > @5 Florida State (-23.5). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally. Nah, stomping as expected. 17-39.

CBS
@Texas A&M > 11 Alabama (-2.0). Awww, 20-26. Bammer may move into the Top 10

ESPN
@14 North Carolina (4-0, -9.5) > Syracuse (4-1).
Dominant 40-7, should advance. Go O Really Go.

ACCN
Wake Forest (3-1) > @UNRANKED Clemson (3-2, -21.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally. 12-17 , but Idk that Clemson will gain much in the rankings from this shaky win.

CBSSN
North Texas > @Navy (-6.5). Grrr, 24-27.

6:30 PM PAC12
Colorado (3-2, -3.5) > @Arizona State (1-4).
14-17 at the half and end of the 3rd. After a punt ASU gets the ball at its own 6 with 3:26 left in the 4th, drives the field for a TD with 0:50 left, 24-24 damn. CO drove 5 plays for 50 yards in 0:38, 43 yd FG GOOD. 27-24 with 0:12 left!!! Done.

7:00 PM ESPN
20 Kentucky > @1 Georgia (-14.5). @Auburn sure gave it a scare.
Pffft, 7-34 at the half. 13-51

7:30 PM

NBC
@Minnesota > 2 Michigan (-20.0). As if. 10-24 at the half
I won't count a loss in my tally. Good thing, 10-52.

SECN
Arkansas > @16 Ole Miss (-13.0). Piggies! 7-17 at the half Hogs tried, but came up short, 20-27

8:00 PM FS1
@Iowa State > RW xtian TCU (-6.5). Cyclones! 10-7 at the half
27-14 . Not even that close, the final ND TD was in garbage time.

5-5 BCS, 7-5 on the day, okay.

Also:

23 LSU go ahead TD with 2:58 left in a shootout, then a pick 6, beats @21 Missouri 49-39. Bye-bye Top 25.

Loyal 13 Washington State 17, unranked traitor @UCLA (-3) 25

UConn 38 @Rice (-10) 31 . I somehow missed listing this game. I won't count it in my tally. GoHuskiesGo.

10 Notre Dame (-6.5) 20 @25 Louisville (now 6-0, Bowl!) 33 . Not even that close, the final ND TD was in garbage time. Bye-bye Top 10.

UNRANKED Georgia Tech (former 2-3) 44 yd pass TD with 0:02 left in the 4th after rotten clock management by 17 Miami (former 4-0, -19.0 ), 23-20. Opps, sorry O Really, next year.

Texas Tech 39, @Baylor 14. Bad day for RW Texas xtians, awww.

@Bluefield 21-0 in the 2nd half to beat San José St 35-27. Sorry billy.pilgrim.

[billy.pilgrim]

GO:

12:00 PM

ABC
@3 Texas (-5.0) > 12 Oklahoma. Game of the day? Hook 'em Horns!
TX go ahead 47 yd FG with 1:17 left, but OK winning TD with 15 seconds left, 30-34 . Game of the day?

FOX
Maryland (5-0) > @4 Ohio State (4-0, -19.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.
Analysts - If unbeaten MD was SEC it would be ranked.
while technically true, it could also be said that if Maryland was in the sec, they wouldn't be 5 - 0.
3-2 LSU is #23 MD is the only Power 5 school with a Black Pres, AD and HC OC & DC are also Black. Beginning of 4th and only down by 3 points GoTerpsGO! Down 10 with 10 minutes left 4th quarter collapse, 17-37. Vegas was correct

CBSSN
Boston College > @Army (-2.5).
BC drives the field in 5 minutes and scores TD with 0:25 left. 27-24!

2:00 PM CW NETWORK
@NC State (3-2, -6.5) > Marshall (4-0)

3:00 PM BTN
Howard > @Northwestern

3:30 PM

ABC
Virginia Tech > @5 Florida State (-23.5). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

CBS
@Texas A&M > 11 Alabama (-2.0)

ESPN
@14 North Carolina (4-0, -9.5) > Syracuse (4-1)

ACCN
Wake Forest (3-1) > @UNRANKED Clemson (3-2, -21.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

CBSSN
North Texas > @Navy (-6.5)

6:30 PM PAC12
Colorado (3-2, -3.5) > @Arizona State (1-4)

7:00 PM ESPN
20 Kentucky > @1 Georgia (-14.5). @Auburn sure gave it a scare.

7:30 PM

NBC
@Minnesota > 2 Michigan (-20.0). As if.
I won't count a loss in my tally.

SECN
Arkansas > @16 Ole Miss (-13.0). Piggies!

8:00 PM FS1
@Iowa State > RW xtian TCU (-6.5). Cyclones!

Also:
23 LSU go ahead TD with 2:58 left in a shootout, then a pick 6, beats @21 Missouri 49-39. Bye-bye Top 25.

You're close. I'd like to see my team at #26

[Vrede too]

Analysts - If unbeaten MD was SEC it would be ranked. 3-2 LSU is #23 ... Beginning of 4th and only down by 3 points GoTerpsGO! Down 10 with 10 minutes left 4th quarter collapse, 17-37. Vegas was correct

while technically true, it could also be said that if Maryland was in the sec, they wouldn't be 5 - 0.You're close. I'd like to see my team at #26

Might be a couple of SEC teams that Maryland can beat. I was pleased with (26) given the Maryland norm. It will drop after that ugly 2nd half - 27 unanswered.

TAMU is giving Bammer a game, 17-all late in the 3rd. GoAggiesGo.
Edit: I might have jinxed them, 17-24 with 0:22 left in the 3rd .
Mickey Mouse ain't doing well in the Big 12, about to be 3-3.

FYI, I'll keep editing the wish list post above rather than inflicting multiple new versions on y'all.

[billy.pilgrim]

I was pulling for Maryland until the end.

[O Really]

Terps got nothing to be ashamed of.

[Vrede too]

FCS

2 Montana State 4-1 bye week

GO:

4:00 PM ESPN+

17 Western Carolina 4-1 (-3.5) > @20 Chattanooga 4-1. 52-50 WOW

7:00 PM

ESPN+
@22 Illinois State 3-1 > 1 South Dakota State 4-0 (-21). I won't count a loss in my tally. 21-40

ESPN+
13 Montana 4-1 > @18 UC Davis 3-2 (-7.5 ). 31-23 NICE!

2-0

Losers: #s 5 (to unranked @Youngstown State 31-3), 14, 18, 20, 22, team in a tie for 25. Not enough for Montana to return to the Top 10 yet, but progress.