Today starts off with College Gameday at Texas A&M ( their intro with the 12th man cheers was pretty cool).
Games today of note:
UCLA vs Oklahoma at 1
Georgia vs South Carolina at 3:30
Colorado vs Nebraska at 3:30 (Nebraska ga,e last week cancelled)
UNC vs ECU 3:30
Iowa vs Iowa State at 5 (Iowa State game canceled last week)
Clemson vs Texas A&am at 7 pm
Pitt Vs PSU at 8pm
USC vs Stanford 8:30
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Probably start with Duke v NW until the Hokies kick.
21-7 Duke at the half.
21-7 Duke at the end.
I love how much A&M hates Texas.
I have a good friend who is a hardcore Aggie alumnus and fan, the hate is very real for him. Makes my dislike for loluva seem pretty weak. Does remind me of the blue collar vs blue blood nature of our rivalry too.
Texas has been relevant this century, so it makes sense that their hatred is fresher.
Houston 21 - Arizona 0
Maybe RichRod isn't so bad (as a coach)?
obligatory
This made me laugh my ass off.
I'd like to formally propose that every time we get a you-know-who reference this season, anyone can drop the brush-kid gif, but then HF has to drop that Michael Scott one.
Fucking hilarious.
Rich rod is a lot of things, but he knows how to coach his system. And Tate is the guy for his system.
He is.
And GT has given up 2 TD's on kick returns.
Crazy ass game.
Did you know he has 2020 Olympic aspirations? /s
Also GT is dropping dimes in the passing game again
Horrible call in the Kansas State game, QB absolutely fumbled but the hit moved his arm forward, he was absolutely not throwing the ball before the hit and it should have been a fumble. Several bad calls in this game so far, gives me pause thinking about these bad calls being made against the Hokies in future games.
NCSU and Wake struggling early with FCS teams?
Has FCS gotten stronger or has the ACC gotten weaker?
Hokies have gotten better.
The ACC was bad last year and might be even worse this year. We are the free ticket to the playoff for Clemson conference.
Tulane would have beaten Wake last game if not for penalties at the end of regulation and in OT. NC State struggled last week too, less than 100 rushing yards in that game against JMU.
The ACC would benefit from having two strong teams... One in each division. Hopefully VT can complement Clemson. The rest of the league can be mediocre but as long as either Clemson or VT make it to the playoff each year nothing else matters
I definitely also hope we become that 2nd strong team.
Well Miami shit the bed against lsu so they better not be that team this year. I just hope we beat ND and win the coastal. That loss to GT will hurt but making it to Charlotte will be pretty great
I think it'd be beneficial to have 2 good teams in each division. Tech, Clemson, FSU and Miami with a handful of above average teams like Duke, GT and Louisville for example that will win OOC P5 games like this Duke and Northwestern game. That way we have elite teams for conference championship and won't be knocked for playing a bunch of doormats. The SEC and even the BIG10 that benefit even when there's a clear 1-2 teams that are top 10 but they still have to compete in their conference.
This is definitely ideal, we are just pretty far off from this at the moment.
Every team in the SEC West has had a season where they finished in the top 10 in the last decade, except Miss St whose highest finish was #11 but they have been consistently good.
We aren't going to ever be at that level given too many ACC schools lacking commitment to football both from the schools and fanbases, but we can realistically get to a point where VT and Miami are both consistently strong, and FSU and Clemson are consistently strong with occasional strong appearances from other teams in each division.
Duke's Jones looks good early running their RPO plays.
He looks real comfortable out there. I hope we don't sleep on them in the slightest.
GT D not looking good right now. Had a pick on USF's 1st possession, but in the other 2 possessions, USF has moved the ball easily, though they came away with no points on a 4th and goal from the 1 (dropped pass + OPI).
Dook is looking really good. That one's going to be tough.
They are dominating the game and the limited amount I have watched they have executed very well. Daniel Jones is looking good today
Michigan found some offense it looks like
Playing directional Michigan will do that for you.
Hell, it even worked for Kansas.
USF GT has been the most exciting game. USF ran two kicks back and the offense has been moving the ball well. We might get to see chinballs catch an L today.
They're leaving points on the field though. Hope that it doesn't come back to bite them.
It's painful to admit, but I'd rather see GT win their non-conference games and then poo the bed in conference play.
If we are looking ahead to ND, I think Duke will most definitely beat us.
This cannot be understated.
Starting Monday night, EVERYONE immediately started looking at that 10/6 game with the Irish in Lane, but we will need our best game - especially on defense - to beat this Duke team. Lots of veterans, Jones is a smart, sneaky good QB with some decent weapons, and you know they'll be well-coached.
I'm glad they're looking good early, rather than ambushing us. We will have a lot of good video to work with, but more importantly, it will be easy for the coaches to convince our guys to take Duke seriously.
It's not going to be the same Duke team with out Jones though.
Very true. At least we'll get a two-week look at the backup so we know what to expect.
That GT defense definietly looks weak against quick throws and good timing. Putting them really off balance and that's opening up the running game for them.
GT is going to lose
Good chance Purdue is about to drop one to Eastern Michigan too
Done, Eastern Mich knocks off Purdue
Down goes chinballs. Who would have thought the incredible wheels of Blake Barnett would be such a critical factor...
In all seriousness, I just hope we cant finally take advantage of their shit defense.
lol@CPJ
I love how it auto-encoded your post so I can click on it and send an email to lol@CPJ.
We invent the future around here!
Unc had a nice run, but ECU kept them to a field goal and now the ECU offense is in full control.
UNC may be a cupcake again this year..
both defenses look like hot garbage
Neither offense is too inspiring either. Wide open catches which point more to defense than offense. Ball carrier are going down pretty easy at first contact and the line play is mediocre at best.
Agreed
If UNC loses to ECU is Fedora done?
I hope not.
Personally, I quite like Fedora's track record against BudFu.
That would def be an unforgivable sin.
Wow the ACC isnt looking great.
UGA scored on a pick 6 on the 3rd play of the game
Edit: Replay showed he dropped it before the goal line but they didn't catch it in time. TD counts
What's funny is what the announcers pointed out! The DB/LB dropped the ball before he crossed the line to begin celebrating.
I hope Kirby didn't notice /s
UGA almost gave a pick-6 away with the DB dropping the ball before getting into the endzone. I thought we were past that.
I don't get it. I would be taking that ball back to my locker
Seriously though. These young boys learned nothing from Leon Lett.
These kids weren't alive for the Leon Lett-down
These babies don't even know who Leon Lett is/was
I MUST be old.
DeSean Jackson, then?
I know who Leon Lett is... I even remember his number #78... i am a Dallas fan. I remember his stupid mistakes (the fumble at the goal in Super Bowl xxvii and the Thanksgiving game in the snow against Miami). I'm old too... I liked your reference. These babies playing weren't even born for SB xxvii...
Leon Lett's Thanksgiving day blunder is so much worse than the Super Bowl chase down. At least the Bills player busted his ass to make that play happen, the field goal fuckup was all mental mistakes. Makes me sick thinking about that play.
One of my fondest memories of my grandfather was watching the Thanksgiving Day Blunder and analyzing the rules and the play over and over again, and then just laughing at how dumb Leon Lett was to come in and try to cover the ball up.
USCe has had 3 or 4 drops already
Don't look now but playoff lock Notre Dame is struggling against Ball State
Fight in the stands at the UNC-ECU game in the UNC section. I could hear it over the TV and even the announcers said something about it.
It happened after an ECU player got wrecked and the UNC player got ejected for targeting
https://twitter.com/JabninersJavier/status/1038531575846195200
Was listening to it on the way home (I left early, sue me) and their radio guys were commentating the fight as it happened.
Wow GT dominated yards and ToP...and still lost by two possessions. LOLFakeTech
But TOP is the only true indicator of victory
USF had 2 KO returns for TD
Option teams are outliers. #FakeTech
So much for TOP!
I'm looking foward to finding out if Samford University is going to fake injuries against FSU.
🤔
Fedora should have jumped for a better job when he could. Also why the hell are recruits still going there?
They're not.
They got four 4 stars last year at least two who held Tech offers.
Power 5 schools scheduling ECU is just the absolute dumbest thing. They're just good enough to give you a hard time and beat you if you slip up, but not good enough to command any respect whatsoever as an OOC victory when you beat them.
You haven't watched a lot of ECU under Scottie. When Lincoln Riley was calling plays sure. But they lost to A&T last week.
A&T is about to transitive property their way to being the 2nd best team in that state.
The last two years, sure. But I'm speaking in a broader sense.
Kansas with their first road win since 2009. Insane.
¡El Assico! living up to its billing, 3-3 tie approaching halftime.
Love it!
UNCheat getting their ass beat
Is UNCheat that bad, or is ECU better than last week indicated?
UNC fucking Sucks.......Fedora might get fired before the end of the game. What a joke
I'm seeing missed assignments all over the place for UNC, especially on those last two TDs
NC A&T was a trap game?
How can the hat be an offensive genius and can't move the ball on an ECU team that gave up 28 points to NC A&T?
NC A&T = State Champs
Oh, hell. Could UNC be any worse than what we're seeing today?
Hopefully on October 13th
As much as I can't stand ND they need to get their acts together so they can play like this in Lane as a ranked team.
Now I am going to have to root for Par Nardouchebag tonight so the ACC doesn't get shit on all week/season.......FUCK YOU LARRY FEDORA
Colorado-Nebraska is turning into a 4th down battle. Travon getting good airtime.
He just got blown up trying to block on the edge. Hope he is alright
Came back to say that. He got crushed lol just running standing straight up...come on dude, at least bend a little bit
Unc isn't doing the acc any favors, wtf
Are they really THIS bad?!
Im listening on the radio which is UNC channel on xm. Delta just had a commercial about being the official airline of UNC, "class of the ACC, "the flying high offense and defense"
Lmao
I'm not worried about ACC. I'm loving seeing UNC get trashed.
Agreed. What's there to be worried about?
Like every year, if the Hokies can find a way to win all their games they will be in the Top 4. Same with Clemson. Hell, FSU still could technically if they get their act together, their schedule is pretty legit and I don't think an opening week loss to a rated VT team would derail them.
What about two losses to a ranked Tech team?
I'm willing to find out.
Love seeing the UNC DB's talking shit to the ECU WR's after holding them to a field goal from 1st & goal, only to have the ECU WR's point up to the scoreboard and laugh as they have twice as many points as UNC with 5 minutes left. UNC sucks hahahaha
UNC has some shithead DBs. They were talking trash while we thrashed them last year too.
THIS. those guys are douches and are d3 level corners
Ole Miss in a shootout with Southern Illinois.
Sheesh the ACC took it on the chin today. Loss by GT, though I have no idea how good USF is. Loss in most embarrassing fashion by UNC - I thought ECU was supposed to be hot garbage this year. It looks like UNC definitely is.
At least we got Duke to beat NWern, and Clemson will hopefully handle aTm later. As much as I hate to say it, I might have to root for Pitt against PSU tonight.
For the Hokie Hype train to go all the way, PSU has to lose at some point. Might as well be tonight
But it feels SO dirty to root for a team that Nards coaches.
It's not even nard, its Pitt in general. I hate pitt u will be rooting for them to win the the worst ugliest fashion, like 2-0 where PSU snaps the ball over the punters head with 12 second left on the clock.
Col-Neb has been a fun watch in the 4th.
Nebraska is staring transfer culture in the face right now. QB is out with a potential year ending knee injury and their only option is a guy whose only offer was from Eastern Michigan.
This dude can sling the rock though.
Notre Dame barely got by Ball State... ummm ok
I bet Hazelton wish he stayed behind.
He'll get his chance to dunk on ND in a few weeks.
Speaks volumes for the Khaki crusader up at Missagain.
Turn on Nebraska versus Colorado right now
That post game interview w Col coach is what college football is about. So great.
Nebraska with two opportunities late but thrown 5yds out of the endzone. Those club level seats in the corners of the endzones look incredible though.
High dollar value. And makes the front row seats above them valuable instead of obstructed view. Prob worth a 5-8% bump in overall ticket sales dollars.
Oh hell yeah. Super expensive, but horrendous view of the game except for maybe the redzone plays on that end of the field. I'd still sit there 9/10 times lol
I wanna go to a game at Kyle Field real, real bad. Place looks amazing.
OT: You going to the late model race in a few weeks?
Gonna try, but not making any promises. Playing in a golf tournament that weekend, so...tbd.
I actually watched a HS game at Kyle Field a couple years ago (couple meaning 40+). Both teams had a stud HS all American, who went on to be college AA's and then all pros (and I'd wager that 90% of the people in this forum wouldn't recognize their names).
Try us.
Darrell Ray (Oklahoma, then the Jets) and Curtis Dickey (aTm, then Baltimore Colts).
I had the exact same feeling and mentioned it to my wife while watching the game. It looks like it'd be a helluva time.
Went to the VT-A&M game in '03 with an Aggie. Midnight yell the night before and the game experience were as advertised...really wish playing them was a regular thing.
Anybody know any good Carolina message boards? I need my daily dose of salt.
Inside Carolina
Barn burner in el assico. 6-3 starting the 4th.
UNC shitting the bed should help us get the guys to take a garbage ECU game seriously
Sunshine is a gamechanger.
Watching the LOLUVa game. It would help if they wiped the water off of the camera lenses.
And Indiana ties it up with a long TD run.
Apparently ESPN/ACC decided that LOLUVA was so useless that they wouldn't even offer the LOLUVA@Indiana game on WatchESPN.
Because it's on Big Ten Network.
Indiana recovers a fumble on the ensuing kick-off. LOL.
Touchdown Hoosiers. LOLUVa is about to quit and it isn't even the second quarter.
So it's time to visit LeSabre?
It's never time to visit le Sabre their format is shit and their "fans" are shittier
Pro-tip: If you want to increase that rate at which you drink LOLUVA tears, then visit le Sabre from an iPhone. It shows the entire post and comments for the entire thread on one page. Or download the Chrome extension "User-Agent Switcher for Google Chrome" and switch to "iPhone" from a PC's browser.
ACC looking quite bad right now lol. So far only VT, Clemson, Duke, and Wake (?) have kinda held it together.
Bud Foster's goatee would kick Narduzzi's goatee's ass.
Pickett had something to say to #46 after that one.
Texas a&m's punter just launching kicks
If he keeps out kicking the coverage Clemson will make him pay
Yeah its pretty inexcusable for the clemson returners to keep getting burnt - if they sit at the proper depth they can return these 20-30 yards
To be fair those punts were 69 and 74 yards. No returner is gonna sit that deep.
Watching PITT Vs PSU is so hard..
I want them both to lose..
Who do we dislike more?
Narduzzi?
Franklin?
I have no idea on this one..
Nobody is worse than Nardouche.
I've never seen Pitt's stadium this full and loud. It's usually a ghost town in there.
Nardouche with the flag HAHAHAHAHA
LOL. Nardouchie just got a personal foul because he was throwing a temper tantrum.
Nardouche finally gets an unsportsmanlike penalty for his whining.
I'm already drinking.
Shit crowd at Stanford. Shame.
5 PM local starts gotta be rough though...
Are you joking? Honestly don't know. Not like it's a Wednesday lol
I complete a higher percentage and throw for more yards to my dog in my backyard than Perkins for uva 5-9 for 21 yards I go 8-10 for 100+ to my pooch who is like air bud
You know what, I'm pulling for Pitt tonight. I hate Pitt as much as I can hate a team for purely football reasons but I want pedo state to suffer in football purgatory til the heat death of the universe.
Labron just got seriously injured on the kick return. Carted off in an air cast.
Also FSU is down 0 - 7 against Samford and might got 3 and out twice in a row.
We really want FSU to win tonight.
Me too. Hope they recover from the Hokie Hangover quickly. 13-0 and it could get out of hand, if they don't do something.
Damn I hope hes ok dont wish that on anyone
Narduzzi still getting personal fouls for whining to the refs! Some things never change!
Narduzzi hittin' em with the T pose too.
Samford up two TDs on FSU half way through the first.
They must be really effective with their injury fakes.
They are manhandling FSU. They just look like the better team. Right now it looks like a game that should make Tech go backwards in rank bc they may have beaten an FCS team and one of the worst teams in the country.
We really need FSU to shake off the funk and get the job done.
I don't care if they struggle, just so they win.
LOLUVA down 20-9 at the half against Indiana. The Sabre is in meltdown mode.
#DontFireBronco
LOLUVA is playing out in Bloomington, IN in a stadium that looks just like Lane Stadium (pre-expansion). It appears the hoos stepped onto the field and had Blacksburg flashbacks as they immediately began to drool and shit themselves.
I guess it's fitting that the bowl streak started with that win over Indiana in the Independence Bowl
The big time opening win losing its shine already.
But not as much as the Willie Taggart hire.
Both Pitt and PSU look unpolished. I'm really surprised Pitt's running back didn't get the TD there, he got gassed just trying to run halfway up the field.
Lol so much cope in the fsu cfb game thread. So many posts by fsu fans about how much the Hokies suck because they're losing by two scores.
Slade coughs it up for Penn State.
Hahaha Ricky Slade just got ROCKED and fumbled
Well, if "ugly game" is what you want for PSU-Pitt, wish granted.
Slade fumbled and then got rocked
I can't lie, I got happy when Slade fumbled
Ricky Slade with the fumble. LOL
Edit: Jokes on you guys, I'm already drunk
Aren't we all?
Aren't we all?
klemson gets away with so many offensive pass interference calls. They push the DB's away regularly and I have yet to see a call against them this year.
What a dumb fuck thing to do. Go for it that far out. There has to be somebody that can hold the fucking ball.
I'm going to go ahead and question Narduzzi abandoning the kicking game.
Lol "The Pitt coaches think the PSU WR gets away with a lot of pushing-off" where have I heard that one before
Anyone watching the FSU fiasco? Shouldn't that have been grounding on the trick play?
Is this on TV or watch Espn?
ACC Network. It's on the CW for me in Richmond.
Raycom. CW on my system in RVA.
I'm doing it again. I flip to the UVa game, UVA scores a TD. I flip to FSU, and FSU scores a TD. What am I doing wrong??
Florida State is sticking to that 2010 ACC Champions script a little too closely.
Looks like Narduzzi needs to abandon punting as well.
That punter is also the holder for the kicker. Their Aussie punter is clearly the off-brand Bradburn knock-off.
Off brand Australian, so a New Zealander?
Moto does not approve of this comment...
Bradburn would probable crack a grin
Clemson is so damn good. It is ridiculous how much gap there is between the top teams and everyone else.
Thinking the same thing. I'm glad we don't play them until December, and we don't play Alabama until January.
How is Florida State this shit hahahahah
They might run Willie Taggart out of town tonight. They are a woeful excuse for a football team.
I can't remember an official throwing a flag for 12 men on the field when there were only 11, but wow, Taggart looked like he was going to cry when that happened.
UVA faking injuries again
Hot take Brent Venebles is not as good as the hype
I mean, he's no Bud Foster, but he's a damn good DC. aTm looks serious, though. I wonder what they have for a 2-point play?
Kentucky with a two score lead closing in on the 4th against Florida. This could be huge.
Pylon cam?????
That's a bad call. Clemson won the game on a bad call. That's a shame. I have little confidence that aTm would have converted the 2-point try, but they had the right to attempt it.
Football needs better goal line technology. That should not be a judgment call. I can't imagine a good reason not to have cameras looking down the goal lines at all times.
Hold on a minute, I may need to edit this post.
I don't know a ton about Pitt, but why are they so one dimensional? Only 9 passing attempts all game?
Hahahahahaha. Pitt safety due to holding in the end zone. As much as I want pedo state to lose, nard's Head exploding may be a close second
FSU down by 9 vs Samford and there has to be at least 3 FSU DPI no calls, so it could be worse.
Major controversial call gives Clemson back the ball.
Ball went over the pylon cam, best vantage point, pylon is part of the end zone. I.E. like touching the pylon for a touchdown.
I couldn't decipher the angles in the replay from the footage being shown.
I'd have had to let the call stand as well.
I usually like the "strategy" of calling the turnover to make sure it gets reviewed without requiring a challenge, but in cases like this, it backfires. The call on the field should have been out of bounds, and the replay official should have let that stand. The replay did not help much, but I thought the official right on the spot signaled out of bounds and one of the other officials changed it.
Couldn't agree more
No matter how this settles out.. talk about a contrast with Jimbo Fisher taking an overmatched TAM up against Clemson to his old team FSU failing to eat a cupcake.
This just in... Jimbo does an outstanding post-game presser.
Clemson trying to choke this game away.
Maybe don't dick around with playing two quarterbacks in week 2 in a big road game next time.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL INTO MY VEINS
YESSSSSSSSS
The option of watching the Clemson game through sky cam is awesome. Much better view of the game, no having to listen to announcers, and no commercials. Downside is no replays though.
Kentucky is now up two scores with the ball with 11 to go in the 4th.
TAM VS Klemson-That was some awesome football!
Virginia vs Indiana, not so much.
The Jimbo hire at TAM was a great decision.
FSU would love to have him back.
Did anyone see the show our least favorite cousins with Grier put on today? Just watched the highlights. He looks to be the real deal. Gun Slinger!
Eff him and the rest of em.
loluva loses. It's beautiful!
Florida has been in some kind of Final Destination situation with the Kentucky streak for a while. I'm amazed they didn't find a way to lose one over the past 6 or so seasons when they didn't have an offense at all.
Kentucky might do it!
Well, whadayaknow.
So we've seen a kid start his celebration before crossing the goal line (although he got away with it) and two teams stand around with a live ball on the field. Two of my favorite things about college football.
Arkansas blew a 27-9 lead midway through the 3rd quarter to lose to Colorado State. Turns out the SEC West can crap their britches too.
Now where have I seen Arkansas blowing a huge lead in the second half before? Hmm...
In most games they've played? We were like the 5th half time lead they lost that year.
Legit question.
If Florida state loses this game ...does Willie Taggart make it back to Tallahassee with his job?
If they do lose, taking bets on who gets fired first: Taggart or Fedora
ACC didn't look good at all this week. FSU needs to win or we're really hear about it this week.
I'm going to say something that may not be taken well here but...
screw the rest of the ACC.
All I care about is does VT win. The rest of the conference can go 0-for life for all I care. Same with the NFC East: Washington or bust. The 'Boys, Giants and Eagles could never win another game and it wouldn't bother me one bit.
Yes, but we also don't want the ACC so weak the conference champ doesn't make the playoff
Not getting the warm fuzzies tracking this FSU/Samford game. At the end of the day Samford's QB has 341 passing yards (as of me writing this in the 3rd quarter). Some of that could be just that FSU's spirit is broken, but you have to wonder what Samford is doing that we weren't able to get that many yards.
Heart, they played their guts out and lost to us, not very dissimilar to us and Boise in 2010. We also won 10 straight after that loss to JMU.
Samford is running a wide open offense. We clearly went conservative in the 2nd and 3rd qtrs. Even with a 2 score lead, the Samford QB was throwing the ball all over the yard.
This game is starting to remind me of 2010, when Boise beat us two weeks in a row. Every time I think FSU is about to restore order, something weird happens -- penalties, turnovers, and now a doinked FG.
I see what you're saying, but Samford doesn't have the defense we have.
Laborn with what looks to be a serious injury on the sideline with an air cast and crutches.
Turns out he dislocated his knee. No timetable for return established.
Fan support to sparse at Doak for FSU.
Hey guys...I'm starting to think the FSU might not have meant as much as we thought...
Which means we don't really know much about this team at all considering we have played two cupcakes so far and with two more to go.
Man, Duke game is going to be crucial. That will tell us a lot about this team.
One more reason we're 0-0 now.
Still, Foster is a genius, and we have some talented players.
Oh I definitely think we are still good. Great on defense. But man, seeing FSU struggle like this isn't nice. The 12 rank next to our name is scaring me.
But I agree, one game at a time now. Focus on what we can do to improve every single game.
I agree. I don't like the target on our back. Would have preferred to have stayed around 20-25.
First world problems.
Nah the best way to have a chance at the playoff is if you get ranked irrationally high after victories. If teams like Notre Dame, Florida State, Florida, and Texas can be ranked annually for no good reason after horrendous seasons then we should be happy to take advantage of it to move up.
Best way to make it is to just win all your games. I kinda think its harder to do that when you are overranked. A win against your team starts to become more and more historic.
"Just win all your games" sounds nice but only 3 out of 16 CFP teams were undefeated going into the playoff so clearly getting in is more complex than that. My exact point is that a team is more likely to make it as a 1 loss team if they've been highly ranked for longer. Beating blue bloods, even when they aren't deserving of their rank, helps bolster your perception and that can be the difference at the end of the year. I'd argue that one of the reasons Clemson has been included in the CFP is that they can claim a W over FSU to validate their ranking.
Also your statements are essentially contradictory. It's harder to win all your games when you're over ranked but if you want to make the playoff, just win all your games? If you win all your games are you still over ranked or what?
Only 3 of the 16 CFP teams were undefeated... And only 60% of undefeated teams made the CFP. Twice, a team has gone undefeated and finished outside the top 10 in the CFP rankings.
I'm not watching the FSU game, but was skimming one of their comment sections and saw talk about their new turnover prop: the FSU turnover backpack. No, this is not a joke: https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/9/8/17836398/florida-stat...
I realize we really want FSU to win for our strength of schedule, but at this point I'm afraid the damage may already be done. So I'm just going to enjoy it. Le Sabre-level implosion over at Tomahawk Nation: https://www.tomahawknation.com/2018/9/7/17833714/samford-at-florida-stat...
Ha ha. Comedy gold.
So is part of lethal simplicity to have the QB jump when he receives every snap? Setting one's feet is no longer lethal?
The backpack is to put this season in because its pretty much over for them.
I just don't understand. I get the turnover chain, it's such a Miami thing to do. I actually like that Miami did it because it makes them so much more hate-able. But a backpack? I guess it's better than the trashcan. It's times the these I think, Am I too old, have I lost touch?
No, it's the kids that are wrong.
Leg for deep Simpsons reference.
This FSU game is so hard to watch. The FSU line is garbage (like we all knew) with Samford d-lineman consistently getting to the quarterback. The offense is so simple that their outside receiver just lined up incorrectly and covered up the slot receiver who had just gained 30 yards, thus negating the play.
FSU is so undisciplined and such hot garbage right now, not that I'm complaining other than weakening our strength of schedule. Oh...I heard more booing when a Samford player went down, so keep it classy FSU!
so this is how Ohio State felt following our games in 2014.
Except FSU is losing to a fucking FCS team.
I assure you most OSU fans have no idea what division of college football ECU plays in.
Your point stands; we still have a lot to prove.
Wow. FSU looks pathetic.
I still think this is just a huge let down game for them but they cannot stop screwing up.
Also, Taggart looks more like a lost puppy on the sideline than any coach I have ever seen.
FSU = self implode! Wow, so bad.
FSU is number 4 in recruit rating aggregate for talent on their roster just shy of Georgia at 3 and they might lose to a FCS school. Football is a crazy game sometimes.
Really shows the importance of coaching, scheme (fitting players on the roster), conditioning, and heart/motivation/playing as a team.
Does this mean stars don't matter? /s
I thought we had snapping problems until I watched this shit
Francois is jumping to catch every snap
Player down hurt in Tallahassee......time for the boo birds
Absolutely terrible playcalling by Taggart. Akers running all over them and you call a sweep?
As much as it would hurt us, I really want Samford to beat FSU. The Seminole wounds from past history still cut so deep.
FSU Coaching staff= watching the Three Stooges.
No clue what they are doing.
Their sideline demeanor just oozes incompetence. It is hard to get people to believe in you when you look dazed and confused
Well does a 10 pt win not look bad on the ACC? /s
I guess stars do matter. Game sealing pick 6.
Ha ha. Talk more about the turnover bag.
So seriously lame
Levonta has his own, he calls it his 'pick six purse'
It's European!
ACC legit looks like ass this year lol. Really better hope we take advantage. Even Clemson looks beatable.
I agree. ACC seems wide open right now. ACC needs to get its act together enough to stay ahead of the Big 12 and claim one of the 4 playoff spots.
That's a wrap. Night to all my fellow hokie FAM!
I'm going to predict Taggart is done by season's end, for no other reason than being the cheesiest bastard alive. And for losing a lot of games.
https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-noles/2018/9/8...
Never mind, I'll drink!
Wasn't Taggart the name of one of the bad goofy cowboys in Blazing Saddles?
The article says they debuted it against Samford. You know damn well it was busy getting lonely on the sideline against us.
Pro Tip: After you murder a turtle, pick a tradition that doesn't require strapping on a shell.
Miami won the "bakness" sweepstakes already this year.
#DoSomethingElse
dayum what a day. Coastal division might be worse than last year's SEC East. Duke is solid on both sides but may have lost Jones and Gilbert for the year. LOLUVA, UnCheat, Pitt, and GT are just awful. I think we would really have to shit the bed to lose to any of them. I think Miami is better than what they showed against LSU but still beatable.
On the Atlantic side, BC is probably the second best team. Wow. We'll see what NCState has next Saturday when they play WVU. Syracuse is decent. Wake is probably worse than last year but still better than most Coastal teams. Louisville is down this year. FSU probably better than they look...
Don't be fooled by Clemson's close game tonight. They are legit national title contenders.
Pitt looked good running the ball, especially in the 1st half. Kicking mistakes and a couple of other things let Penn State really pull away later though.
It looks like Gilbert will definitely be out against us, and Jones will be out most likely as well. That is the best player on both sides of the ball, including a running QB who has given us trouble before. For a program like Duke, that is hard to overcome. Anything can happen, but I'm liking our chances at this point.
Yesterday's The Good
Kentucky and Kansas both ended longstanding losing streaks! Go team!
Duke 'upset' Northwestern! #goACC!
The Herm Edwards era in Tempe starts off on the right foot with a win over Michigan State! Someone should ask Herm if he thinks they are contenders for the playoffs?!
Clemson escaped with a win against The Fighting Jimbos - I think the call was probably right, not overturning it was definitely right.
Yesterday's The Bad
FSU needed all four quarters to beat Samford. Samford.
Pitt tried a two point conversion in the first quarter and failed, eventually scoring 0 more points.
Yesterday's The Ugly
UNC is historically bad
GT lost to a mid major, albeit a mid major with a former Alabama quarterback running the offense
LOLUVA
The ACC is hot garbage this year. And our only 'OOC' game is ND. We have been relying on ECU to be good for far too long.
FSU probably pulled a Jim Harbaugh (remember he said VT could get Stanford and Samford mixed up when he accidentally called the Hokies Georgia Tech) and thought they were playing Stanford and figured they should be losing so played like it.
Playoffs was Jim Mora. Herm played to win the game.
Damn you're right! How did I fuck that one up. Thanks, Beard fah-say
Duke and BC look good .Those will be two tough games . Still Curious to see how Miami looks over the season.
I'm struggling to get my head around this. ECU just lost to NC A&T, and they were running WILD on the Tarheels.
No way Fedora is coaching in Chapel Hill next year.
Who gets fired first
Fedora
Taggart
Sumlin
My moneys on Fedora but if FSU plays like they have been and get smoked by Syracuse. I don't see how Taggart even finishes the season.
I don't think Taggart is going anywhere soon. FSU is sold on him building something and I think they'll give him a year to two and can recruit based on brand alone. If FSU continues down this path I wouldn't put him there past year 3.
Given a potential loss (read: loss) to UCF this Saturday, I'd be surprised if he made it the rest of the season.
Power Rankings for the state of NC:
1. NC State
2. Duke
3. Wake
4. App State
5. NC A&T
6. ECU
Last. UNC
How does ECU lose to NC A&T and then beat UNC. Is Fedora in a constant surrender cobra pose?
Fedora: "hurricane prep!"
Was able to watch the ASU game in its entirety, and that's a good win for Herm Edwards. If he can have that team play with consistency, they could have a nice season.
Regarding Clemson-aTm, have to respect the passion of the Aggies fans, but is there a dumber "catchphrase" that kept popping up over and over than "we're gonna Win Bo with Jim Bo"?
Talk about travelling fans, half the stadium had white STATE shirts on, yeesh
Those weren't all traveling fans. They kept showing the group of 100+ family and friends of MSU QB Lewerke who is from Arizona.
Couple factors to that, as a lot of ASU games against ranked OOC opponents are like that.
1) Tempe/Scottsdale area is a great place to make a vacation trip out of a football game. Several years again Georgia played here and there were probably at least 25000 UGA fans here, not exaggerating.
2) Even though ASU has a massive undethat's population, it is very much a commuter school. There are 3 ASU campuses in the Valley, and two of them are not particularly close to the stadium.
Therefore tickets are relatively easy to come by for visiting fans.
3) it doesn't even have to be fans that are visiting. I personally know 5 MSU fans that have lived here for 7-8 years. Lots of transplants, particularly from the Midwest. I have more friends that are originally from Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan than Arizona native
Arizona is to Midwest (Mich, Iowa, Wisc) as is Florida is to Mid-Atlantic. Snowbird/retirement destination.