Official College Football Thread

[Palehosefan]

I guess Spurrier finally gave up giving Duke a vote in every poll. Haven't seen one in there in a while.

[Gene Honda Civic]

I guess I should finally weigh in for my recap of the Iowa game....

 

During the game, one of the commentators said "this is a devastating loss for the Hawkeyes" -- That can't be farther from the truth. -- They have consistently struggled on the road early in the season. They improve every game. A bad loss at the beginnnig of the season does nothing but streghten this teams' resolve.

 

Examples...

2004 -- Losing 44-0 in the 4th quater to ASU -- Go 10-1 in their remaining 11 games. -- Go to and win the Capital One Bowl

2003 -- Lose to Mich St comitting 150+ yards in penaties and 3 turnovers. -- Run the table the rest of the season. -- Go to and win Outback Bowl

2002 -- Lose to Iowa St after leading by 17, committing 3 second half turnovers. -- Go 8-0 in the Big Ten -- Finish 10-1 go to Orange Bowl

 

As for the Game, it was over the second Drew Tate made the decision that he was going to put a hurt on the Saftey who picked him off. Dumb move. Iowa's back-up is not ready for prime-time, and didn't appear to have a good enough arm. Threw off his back foot all day.

 

Iowa State won the game in the trenches. Iowa couldn't get any pressure with just 4 down linemen, and they're not a blitzing team. They cheated one of their linebackers up so they had almost 5 downmen, but still couldn't get consistent pressure. More concerning was they looked weak up the middle against the run, especially late. I miss Tyler Luebke.

 

Iowa States scores were mearly a product of turnovers and field position. The last one was the only drive where they moved the ball consistently. Iowa's D-line was toast at that point.

 

Overall, I would say that it was a very Iowa-like win. I didn't come away impressed by much, other than their special teams, but they took advatage of the opponent's mistakes to win the game. It was a much more evenly played game than the score says.

                 Rushing           Passing

Iowa              31/205      15/42(174yds)

Iowa State        53/171      14/24(154yds)

 

If Drew Tate stays in the game, it's a very different outcome though. Albert Young(75 yards in the first two drives, 124 after the first drive in the second half) would have had 200 yards on the ground and Tate would have opened up the field in play action. Clinton Solomon was the best athlete on the field, but he only got two touches.

 

For the future, Iowa has to do a few things.

1. Go to a man coverage. -- They have the athletes for it now.

2. find a way to get pressure on the QB. -- The few blitzes they ran were gashed for big plays.

3. Be patient. Give the ball to Young.

Edited September 11, 2005 by Gene Honda Civic

[WHarris1]

Devastating in the sense they have no national title hopes

[Gene Honda Civic]

Devastating in the sense they have no national title hopes

 

And I'm an Iowa(football) fan.

[WHarris1]

 

And I'm an Iowa(football) fan.

If they would have won yesterday they would be ranked 5-6, you should have national championship hopes ranked that high.

[Gene Honda Civic]

If they would have won yesterday they would be ranked 5-6, you should have national championship hopes ranked that high.

My hopes for the Hawks were similar to my hopes for the White Sox. -- If everything broke right, i.e. Texas and USC's planes colliding in mid-air, then they had hopes.

 

Also, he was not referring to the National title when he said it... He clearly meant that the Hawks were going to fold up their tent and pack it in for the rest of the season.

 

He doesn't understand that Iowa doesn't circle that date on the calender. Iowa State does. Sure, Iowa wanted to win that game, but they've got bigger fish to fry.

 

Iowa State, meanwhile, will hang their hat on that win for the rest of the year, and promtly lose to powerhouses like Baylor on the way to a 6-6 season.

[Chisoxfn]

 

And I'm an Iowa(football) fan.

Despite some of the hype of this year's Iowa team . This is the type of year that will be a semi rebuilding year. Iowa has the skills to win the big 10, but they aren't a national championship team. They should finish in the top 15 though and next season I expect majorly big things with Young becoming a junior and Tate being a stud senior.

 

Iowa will probably lose one more game this year, two at the most. Iowa is still a very good team, but they lost a ton of players last year and its very hard to over-come that. My hope was that Iowa would be able to pull off some wins early as the team still meched, but that obviously wasn't the case.

 

However, Tate doesn't go down, Iowa would win and it would of been handily. Iowa was able to run the ball with authority and thats going to be something that makes them a better team once they get on a roll.

 

Still I give ISU credit, they capitalized on Iowa's mistakes and made us pay.

[Brian]

New rankings.

Michigan=nose dive =(

 

Week 3 AP Top 25

1. USC (56) 1-0 1,592

2. Texas (8) 2-0 1,538

3. LSU 1-0 1,404

4. Virginia Tech 2-0 1,345

5. Tennessee 1-0 1,297

6. Florida 2-0 1,242

7. Georgia 2-0 1,181

8. Florida State 2-0 1,138

9. Ohio State 1-1 1,100

10. Notre Dame 2-0 1,036

11. Louisville 1-0 941

12. Purdue 1-0 837

13. Miami 0-1 754

14. Michigan 1-1 740

15. California 2-0 634

16. Georgia Tech 2-0 575

17. Boston College 2-0 483

18. Arizona State 1-1 373

19. Texas Tech 1-0 324

20. Clemson 2-0 316

21. Oklahoma 1-1 267

22. Iowa 1-1 252

23. Fresno State 1-0 225

24. Iowa State 2-0 223

25. Virginia 1-0 205

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES

Alabama 137, Oregon 115, Utah 113, Wisconsin 88, Auburn 87, Colorado 62, Minnesota 41, Texas A&M 35, UCLA 24, Penn State 16, Michigan State 16, TCU 14, UTEP 7, N.C. State 7, Oregon State 6, Toledo 5, West Virginia 4, Vanderbilt 1.

 

The one thing I agree with on the BCS is that the first poll doesn't come out for a few weeks after the season starts.

Edited September 12, 2005 by Brian

[Soxfest]

Ill/Cal no tv sucks this week

[IlliniKrush]

Yeah, that's really lame

[THEWOOD]

My thoughts on the college football action

-props to the illini for not making me angry

-props to heads for, you know

-greasy, you guys blow

-and what a barn burner in columbus tonight.  That game had everything you can possibly ask for as a fan.

 

i graduated from ohio state...was at the game saturday night....i dont think it was that good of a game from an OSU view...the defense was not great they looked a little scared of vince young and to give UT a 10 spot at the end of the first quarter at the shoe is just unacceptable...why tressel ever took troy smith out of the game after he threw the TD pass to holmes is mind blowing, yes you can say that troy was making some passes that almost got picked off, but still he moved the offense....houston did a great job in making 5/6 props to him, texas fans were leaving right before he kicked that FG thinking the game was over....

 

sad day for the big ten....look for smith to start on saturday for the bucks and put up about 60 points

[Heads22]

i graduated from ohio state...was at the game saturday night....i dont think it was that good of a game from an OSU view...the defense was not great they looked a little scared of vince young and to give UT a 10 spot at the end of the first quarter at the shoe is just unacceptable...why tressel ever took troy smith out of the game after he threw the TD pass to holmes is mind blowing, yes you can say that troy was making some passes that almost got picked off, but still he moved the offense....houston did a great job in making 5/6 props to him,  texas fans were leaving right before he kicked that FG thinking the game was over....

 

sad day for the big ten....look for smith to start on saturday for the bucks and put up about 60 points

 

Well, if you just wanted to watch it for the sake of football and didn't care about the outcome, it was one of the best games on in a while.

[SnB]

Well, if you just wanted to watch it for the sake of football and didn't care about the outcome, it was one of the best games on in a while.

^

 

yeah, i wanted texas to win, but if they lossed, oh well, what i wanted more was a good game and that game had everything for a nonpartial fan.

[WHarris1]

Yeah, that's really lame

Ya, f***ing garbage

[SnB]

Ya, f***ing garbage

i am also equally upset about this.

[SnB]

want fight songs?

you got 'em

 

http://fightmusic.com/

[Spiff]

^

 

yeah, i wanted texas to win, but if they lossed, oh well

 

look at that U of I education at work

[SnB]

look at that U of I education at work

:banghead

it's not funny to make fun of the handicapped.

[IlliniKrush]

:banghead

it's not funny to make fun of the handicapped.

 

I'm contacting the admissions and records office...

[CWSGuy406]

^

 

yeah, i wanted texas to win, but if they lossed, oh well, what i wanted more was a good game and that game had everything for a nonpartial fan.

 

I'm sure glad Northwestern hasn't lossed yet...

 

f***, I'm late.

Edited September 13, 2005 by CWSGuy406

[greasywheels121]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2160772

 

Skipping class might cost OU's Peterson a start

Associated Press

 

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says he'll decide later this week whether suspended tailback Adrian Peterson will start Saturday against UCLA.

 

"We'll determine that as the week goes," Stoops said Tuesday. "We'll see. At this point, we anticipate him playing. Start or not depends on how we feel practice is going, what we feel we need to do. Depending on what further happens from here, we'll see."

 

Peterson, who rushed for 220 yards and three touchdowns in Oklahoma's 31-15 win against Tulsa on Saturday, was suspended from practice on Monday and Tuesday after missing classes but was allowed to participate in team meetings and other activities. He is not being allowed to speak to reporters.

 

Peterson's suspension was a result of a new Oklahoma athletic department policy on class attendance implemented this year. Under the policy, obtained by The Associated Press, athletes who accumulate four unexcused absences are suspended from practice for two days. For each subsequent absence, athletes are suspended for the next scheduled competition.

 

Athletes can also lose other privileges, including complimentary game admissions and athletic awards, and be excluded from competing in postseason play. Coaches can institute other attendance guidelines, as long as athletes are notified in writing at the beginning of the academic year.

 

Athletic director Joe Castiglione said the new approach was one of the university's strategies to improve academic performance and retention and make sure athletes are progressing toward their degrees.

 

"This is just one element of a number of things that we are doing," Castiglione said.

 

Stoops said he supported the policy and even helped suggest it to Gerald Gurney, the school's associate athletic director for academic programs.

 

"In the end, they're here to go to school, and it should be our job as administrators or as coaches that if they're not, we can't put you on the field," Stoops said.

 

Oklahoma announced the suspension in a statement sent to a limited number of news organizations following the Sooners' closed practice Monday night. Stoops said he didn't have to announce it at all.

 

"I probably shouldn't have said [Monday], but everyone finds out anyway,'' Stoops said. " ... In fairness to him, it probably doesn't need to be me coming out and saying that. In the end, that's the situation, and it's better than all the rumors being around about it."

 

Peterson's suspension came nine days after the team's starting quarterback, Rhett Bomar, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. Bomar is 20.

 

"We're doing things discipline-wise, and everything else like we always have," Stoops said. "That doesn't mean it's right or good, and it's fair to criticize me because some teams accept it better than others and listen or are disciplined better than others. You can put it on both of us."

 

Stoops said most teams have different disciplinary issues to deal with each year, and the actions by two key starters didn't mean the school was softer in its dealings with violations.

 

"It'd be fair to say we're tougher now because maybe in the past, have we taken a guy off the field for missing class?" Stoops said. "Maybe we're more disciplined now. Maybe we're tougher now."

 

Senior tailback Kejuan Jones, who was Oklahoma's starter before Peterson took over and has since become the backup, said he spoke with Peterson about missing class.

 

"That's just one of those deals. That kind of happens to everybody," Jones said. "He knows we're going to need him. He's going to play this week. I just told him to keep his head up and stay in the film room still."

 

After the win against Tulsa, Peterson said he was trying to become one of the team's leaders. He set an NCAA freshman record with 1,925 rushing yards and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting, but that team had numerous senior leaders.

 

"That's a role I've got to pick up. Be a leader," Peterson said Saturday. "Normally, I don't say much. I just go out there and run the ball, but I know right now I'm going to have to start talking and getting the team pumped up."

 

When asked whether Peterson had been becoming a leader, Stoops' reaction was mixed.

 

"He has been in the way we work. I'm going to tell you there is not a guy who goes at it harder in the weight room in the summer and on the field. You watch him, the way he plays determined," Stoops said.

 

"But there are other parts of what we do here as college students and on a college team that also need to be fulfilled."

[IlliniKrush]

Notre Dame: Wide receiver Rhema McKnight will not play against Michigan State this week because of an injured right knee.

 

"He is not lost for the season," Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said Tuesday. "He has a procedure that will keep him out this week."

 

The junior has five catches for 69 yards this season. He scored a touchdown against Michigan on Saturday.

[Fotop]

Notre Dame: Wide receiver Rhema McKnight will not play against Michigan State this week because of an injured right knee.

 

"He is not lost for the season," Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said Tuesday. "He has a procedure that will keep him out this week."

 

The junior has five catches for 69 yards this season. He scored a touchdown against Michigan on Saturday.

 

He'll be back for USC. Book it. Until then, itd be nice to see someone step up. He's a big loss, but thankfully we have some semblance of depth at WR. I'm sure we'll see more of Shelton, Stovall, and Smarj (maybe even Hord? true freshman anyone?) until Rhema comes back.

 

I'm not worried about the offense though w/o Rhema. Granted he was a great playmaker, but we have plenty of weapons to use against our next few opponents...dont forget the depth at TE as well (Fasano, Carlson, Hiben). The passing game should be fine.

[Rex Hudler]

Not a huge weekend for football, but a nice start for a couple of teams. Michigan has bounced back and looks as if they have their head out of their offensive arses. Granted it is against Eastern Michigan, but they have looked better, despite not having Mike Hart.

 

Louisville showing it is for real, pounding Oregon St. after OSU jumped ahead early.

 

Vanderbilt taking care of business against Ole Miss, making their claim to a possible bowl game for the first time in 23 years!

 

And someone please tell me those Syracuse unis are throwbacks?? They are freakin terrible!

 

Better matchups later today..........

[SnB]

And someone please tell me those Syracuse unis are throwbacks??  They are freakin terrible!

 

Better matchups later today..........

 

they are.