NCAA College Football 2018-19: Official Thread

Abu5217 wrote:

In the rivalry game, we shall witness FSU getting absolutely thrashed by um, which will give the 'canes their first home win vs the Noles since 2004.

Because the ACC is so miserable this year, I'm thinking you might be wrong.

I wish that game were on later. I've got too much going on Saturday to stop for football.

I'm just glad I don't have to watch my Vols embarrass themselves this week... hooray for the off week.

NEStolgia wrote:

I'm just glad I don't have to watch my Vols embarrass themselves this week... hooray for the off week.

I actually wasn't that upset with the GA game. They were at least fighting in the 4th quarter. I figured it would be much worse.

This is our seventh year in the SEC and we are only now finally getting to play Kentucky - and instead of a free win, they're ranked 13th, 5-0 , with a nationally-reknowned running back in Benny Snell.

The good news for us is that our run defense has been excellent this year, so this might be a pretty decent matchup for us. Night game at Kyle, against an SEC opponent: should be rockin'.

Enix wrote:

I wish that game were on later. I've got too much going on Saturday to stop for football.

You can watch GT beat Louisville on Fri night.

God I love how insane fans are. People on a Syracuse site I occasionally peruse are using the words "Syracuse" and "Playoff" in the same sentence.

My target is 7 wins. 6 for bowl eligibility at a bare minimum, but this team needs to turn in a 7-win season. Anything above that and I'll be totally overjoyed.

That said, I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate this. Because for the first time in years, Syracuse is playing a game in October where I think we should win, genuinely care about the result and would be dismayed by a loss.

As the saying goes, "It's the hope that kills you."

Well that was spectacular.

66 points allowed. 500+ rushing yards given up, a new school record. 3 turnovers, plus a 4th down failure. Epic loss.

Can't fire Petrino fast enough.

What's going on at the Cotton Bowl? Damn you, Texas, you're going to make me get my hopes for the season up, aren't you?

Keep it up, Texas. They would have to seriously implode to lose it, now.

I don't put it past them, though...

-BEP

Edit: And now the lead is only 14. Don't f*ck this up, Texas.

...and now the lead is 7 and they're showing red-faced-drunk Texas fans starting to cry.

Texas gonna be Texas. So, how are they going to give up the last TD in this 5 minutes? I'm calling a sack/fumble or screen pass INT. Running the clock by staying on the ground isn't working so they are surely going to try to throw it some to get a couple first downs.

Edit: Instead, they just abused Texas' sh*tty defense. Much easier than relying on a turnover.

-BEP

Yep, there we go. Let hope die.

He's gonna blow this 39 40 yarder, isn't he?

-BEP

bepnewt wrote:

He's gonna blow this 39 40 yarder, isn't he?

-BEP

Nope. And the bigger question:

Are they able to let OU score in 9 seconds? I'd take 40-1 odds on $20...

-BEP

firesloth wrote:

...and now the lead is 7 and they're showing red-faced-drunk Texas fans starting to cry.

That was a good fan shot. It looked like he fell asleep under his heat lamp.

Game over. I don't look forward to losing to both these teams.

-BEP

Holy sh*t. The Horns might be OK this year... 8D

Congrats, Hoppa! And my condolences on having to hold onto your hope...

Beat the hell outta Kentucky!

We got screwed on that WR pass

Ego Man wrote:

We got screwed on that WR pass

What the hell happened? FSU was up 27-7 and I took a nap. Wake up and they lost 28-27.

Stele wrote:
Ego Man wrote:

We got screwed on that WR pass

What the hell happened? FSU was up 27-7 and I took a nap. Wake up and they lost 28-27.

Their defense got a couple of quick turnovers that led to touchdowns. Momentum shifted. FSU scores on a trick play that would have taken the score to 34-21 but the refs called it a double forward pass instead of a lateral pass followed by a forward pass. Later Miami made a long drive with a nice long pass and later helped along by a PI. The rest of the 4th quarter was mostly defensive stops.

UK and A&M in OT?

UK doinks the FG off the crossbar.

A&M just has to run it up the middle and kick to win.

Stele wrote:

UK doinks the FG off the crossbar.

A&M just has to run it up the middle and kick to win.

Didn't even have to kick, as it happened!

What a game. Our defense came to play. Our offense was offensive.

Crazy stat: Kentucky didn't snap the ball on our side of the field in regulation.

Ego Man wrote:

We got screwed on that WR pass

It took me a while to track down a video of that play, but here it is:

https://twitter.com/ftbeard_17/statu...

Yeah, as a neutral observer, that sure looks like a sideways/backwards pass to me. The QB is standing directly on the 45 yard line as the pass is thrown (and the ball looks to be just forward of the 45); the WR catches the ball with his feet behind the 45.

Yeah, it was close, and I don't think they look at the feet, they look at the ball. What pisses me off is that Taggart asked for a review and was told that they already looked and "it wasn't close". I believe he submitted the call to the ACC office, which will do nothing, of course.

Obviously the call didn't cost FSU the game, but the timing of it, in addition to how it would affect a young team, did. At that point FSU had turned it over twice and Miami scored two quick touchdowns to cut the lead to six. The crowd, which had been removed from the game entirely, was rocking again. This play would have swung momentum fully back on FSU's side (and likely quieted the crowd again). Instead, FSU missed a longish field goal, Miami went right down and scored to take the lead. Ballgame.

As much as it sucks, I expected Miami to destroy FSU, so after a day to let the pain subside, I am really proud of what the team did. I still think that a bowl game is the absolute ceiling for this team (and that is still a tall order) but I feel better about the future.

Yeah even that crazy lateral play a couple seasons ago, where clearly a player was down before lateral and it was the final play of the game, the ACC wouldn't change anything.

Stele wrote:

Yeah even that crazy lateral play a couple seasons ago, where clearly a player was down before lateral and it was the final play of the game, the ACC wouldn't change anything.

Who benefited from that call?

Miami

(cue suspenseful conspiracy music)

Abu5217 wrote:
Stele wrote:

Yeah even that crazy lateral play a couple seasons ago, where clearly a player was down before lateral and it was the final play of the game, the ACC wouldn't change anything.

Who benefited from that call?

Miami

(cue suspenseful conspiracy music)

Now, you are finally living up to your tag.

Week 7 highlights:

Georgia-LSU (CBS) and Washington-Oregon (ABC) are your 3:30 pm games. Wisconsin-Michigan (ABC) is your 7:30 pm national game.

... and that's kind of it. Except for Ga-LSU, I don't see much Must Watch football Saturday.