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Thursday, August 30, 2012
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beautiful swim move
The kicker went 1 for 5! Hilarious, although I do feel bad for him, I am really enjoying the absolute failure of the team so far.
How about K-State absolutely embarrassing Miami? Wow. I thought it would be closer than that.
Syracuse hasn't been destroyed by USC yet.
good for them
Apparently their regular kicker (who went 14 of 17 last year) transferred to Texas. Oof.
I think you're right, but for most of last year, he wasn't asked to kick ass and it takes a while for people to shake that impression. I think the first time I saw him really rock was against Auburn last year. He had some monster pass, maybe on a flea flicker, that pretty much ended the game (like in the second quarter) and it was clear he was a whole lot more than a game manager.
Syracuse's defense is blowing up USC's offensive line right now. I don't know how that happens, but it is fun to watch. I'm guessing it won't last but I'm going to enjoy it while it happens.
USC should worry if they have O-line problems. They have no depth.
I think they were being outschemed a bit. They've adjusted and just flew down the field for a TD.
yuck
osu is clearly all jazzed up to play and is taking it to the badgers
the end the quarter might help wisky get its bearings on defense.
Jesus christ this #### is barbaric.
after tolzien and wilson i think badger fans forgot what it was like to have a mediocre qb
Maybe they miss that genius Paul Chryst ;-)
They caught a break there with the missed field goal. We'll see if they come out focused after half time.
offense was beyond dreadful mostly because the o-line struggled at times and the qb is clearly rattled.
better hitch up your pants son cause the big ten season doesn't get easier
I take some solace in how well Driskel played on that drive.
i am glad. i loathe the wisconsin head coach and this type of game demonstrates that unless he has an overwhelming talent advantage he can't coach.
EDIT: 25-28, got a 2 point conversion instead.
thankfully the db had to go to his knees to catch it or it would have been returned
wisky is about to get blown out
i feel for the players but am glad that the wisky head coach is being embarrassed
this guy is having a horrendous game. goodness
run for a yard loss
screen for 5 yard loss
dumpoff pass on 3rd down and now a punt
clear sign that coaches have no faith in qb
and if so why is the kid playing?
if you are down 10-0 and getting stuffed at the point you have to throw. you do. it's that or get rolled
Seriously, that was some impressive second half work, especially by the UF defense. Muschamp and company deserve a lot of props for that.
As for Gilislee being too good to have sat for so long, I think it springs from Meyer's horrible unwillingness to let guys who don't look great in practice play even if they're good in games. And vice versa, ie Kestahn Moore playing all the ####### time while the numerous 4 star backs we recruited rotted on the pine.
Arkansas looked really bad, outplayed thoroughly once Wilson went out.
UCLA is showing why you should be willing to fire a coach that can't make clear progress in rebuilding a program within 2 years.
Michigan State is again the class of the Big 10.
Still don't know what to make about Tim Beck's (NU's OC) identity for this offense, even after 16 games.
as more than one of us noted earlier in this thread, or was it the off season thread, in the face of others.
btw: only lightning saved Savannah St tonight. I'll be sure to tell my daughter in the morning that her namesake did not lose ATS (didn't beat it either).
134-0 in about 6 quarters+.
That scramble to win it was thrilling!
What looked like a snoozer weekend turned out to be awesome. Wisconsin, Nebraska and ARKANSAS(!) all go down. Plus a lot of lesser games were pretty freaking exciting. Good week, lots of turmoil, lots of fun.
as more than one of us noted earlier in this thread, or was it the off season thread, in the face of others.
Yeah, totally. MSU may have their faults, but among the Big Ten, their problems are insignificant. Their QB looked more than serviceable today, albeit against a lousy opponent. And Bell got something of a day off.
Yup, but Ok. St. is getting a heck of a game right now.
oSu at AZ and Duke at Stanford out of sight.
And a big night for the Pac-12, and it could get bigger if Arizona can keep slapping around the Cowboys. ASU is drilling Illinois too.
But yeah, I thought the Big Ten might take a step forward this year, but instead, they've gone backwards. Nebraska and Wisconsin probably don't deserve to be ranked right now. Michigan was lucky to get away with a W against Air Force. I'm wondering how much damage Northwestern can do in the conference this year. They might have the two best OOC wins in the conference this year.
If only the new kids could carry their weight. Losing to a school that likely treats that as a bigger game than you do, in terms of rivals, Utah's is BYU, not much shame that, but Sac State?
Ill is fkd w/o Scheel. wouldn't matter though. AZ with a good half, +2 in turnovers. let's see.
btw: 53/77 581 4TDs 0 Int, 692 total yards, not getting it done for Houston against La Tech.
Disagree. If Neuheisal was still coach Goines, White, and Brendel would be on the bench and UCLA's "veteran" line would suck. It is clear that the best players play now regardless of seniority.
Things are going a bit better for Rich Rod this time around.
curious to see the line for at Michigan this week.
the entire wisconsin offense is predicated on solid line play
and how about the loss of the 'new' OL coach? Markuson is out as OL coach after two games, according to Wis State Journal. Bart Miller to replace. He worked with Bostad if I'm not mistaken.
Harveys?
miller played under bostad at new mexico i think.
i had heard rumors the new guy was fighting with his players. what was obvious is that the line technique has been horrible. shocking how horrible
i don't know how you go through all camp and come out lunging at your assignment and having poor footwork. they said the new guy had all kind of all americans on his resume but something wasn't translating.
i put this on the head coach. this was his hire. he either didn't explain to the guy how wisconsin coaches offensive line play so the guy was trying to overhaul a line that didn't need a new scheme to experience success (having over a decade's worth of success) or he didn't support the guy with the players when the players pushed back (assuming they did push back)
what a mess.
All of UMass's games are going to be at Foxboro for at least two years. The not-so-brilliant atmosphere of an 80% empty stadium 2 hours away from campus is a small price to pay for the opportunity to be beaten by 40 points every week.
Still a better idea than wasting money on a supposedly FBS-worthy stadium ON campus. As Dave Barry said, if something is not worth doing, it is not worth doing well. Oops, they're doing that too.
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema on Monday declined to address the reported firing of offensive line coach Mike Markuson.
“As of now there is no comment on that,” Bielema said, speaking on WIBA-AM (1310). “We’re trying to work through the work week.”
According to multiple reports, Bielema fired Markuson on Sunday, one day after UW’s 10-7 loss at Oregon State.
Bart Miller, in his second season as UW’s offensive quality control coordinator, has been tabbed to replace Markuson.
Seems like 9/10 questions about UW football right now would be related to this move.
The Cats miss Ohio State this year (and OSU is likewise barred from the title game). They do have to travel to East Lansing (and Ann Arbor, but Michigan looks shaky this year). Other than that, it's really just Nebraska at home.
I still think the title game will ultimately be MSU-Wisconsin -- but the cardiac Cats have a real shot with Iowa, Penn State, and Illinois looking down and even Nebraska perhaps not being as dangerous as expected.
But Arkansas lost at HOME to a Sunbelt team that went 4-8 last year. 3-5 in the Sunbelt. This isn't LA Tech for crying out loud! I can't believe these people play such a large roll in picking who plays in the championship game when they don't take that task seriously.
Sure, but now Bama will get credit for "beating a ranked team." And obviously this Arkansas team isn't going to win many games in the SEC but it's just insane that a team that lost at home to ULM could garner any votes whatsoever.
Old polls. Never understood (not necessarily you CP) people who lean on old polls ("They were ranked at the time."). It may be true that some teams get more mileage out of a win in September like this, than tney would in November, but I never 'counted' a team as ranked, if they are no longer ranked, or ranked much lower.
We can all remember teams like Houston in the early 90s being somewhere in the top 6 preseason and then Miami whips them by 40+, and they tumble to a 4-7 season. Miami didn't beat a 'top 10' Houston team, they beat a crappy 4-7 team
Bret Bielema says it always bugged him as a young assistant when head coaches would wait until the end of the season to make necessary staff changes. He told himself he wouldn't do that when he sat in the big chair.
So the Wisconsin coach didn't hesitate to replace offensive line coach Mike Markuson after just two games, even though it may have seemed like a rash or panic move to the outside world. He thought a change was needed, and he believed he had a guy waiting in the wings who could do better.
for the sake of the players i hope the change works.
what should happen in the offseason is barry alvarez sitting down and understanding the interview process that led to hiring a guy who was a complete misfit relative to the wisconsin philosophy. how did that happen? don't do the debrief now so folks can focus on the season even though some thoughts might be lost over the interim.
i freely admit i am not a fan of the wisky head coach so my posts on this topic are biased. i consider him to be of low character
Wow, 5? That's quite a few. I don't think they ever played more than 3 in the Big East. But I guess from Kelly's perspective, that's a stretch of 5-0 or 4-1 every year. Figure one of them will be Pitt every year since they already do that. I would enjoy seeing the Domers take on the Hokies or the Seminoles semi-regularly.
I'll be interested to see how many games are at home for ND. If they agreed to alternate 3-2 every year, that would appear to be a significant concession.
So does this mean ND's series with Purdue, MSU or UM is in doubt? I know the Purdue and MSU are both 80+ year series, but can't imagine they can keep all 3 of these games, with the 5 ACC, and then keeping Stanford, USC and Navy.
Good point. That's 11 games right there.
I think Navy and USC are the only definite annual games.
Houston/UCLA might break 1300 yards of total offense.
I have no idea what's going to happen to the Big East (I think the ACC may look to steal a non-football member) but otherwise I think the big shifts are done for a while.
There is a provision in these deals that allow the terms to be renegotiated when the conferences expand. So if in 3 years the SEC and PAC-12 think their current deals and undervalued they can add a couple more teams and get more money from ESPN and Fox.
Nebraska now looks to play a 3-4 defense this season. As a bookend, one of their DL/NG Chase Rome up and quit today. Depends on who you believe, either he wasn't happy with his playing time, or he was getting owned and didn't like the heat, or being replaced.
They have showed this 3-4 from time to time over the past two seasons, and I know it was practiced a bit in spring/august. Fish bowl continues to get smaller.
Dan Sileo meltdown on Canes performance at KSU.
Schedule looks a little uninteresting this week. Lots of sidebars though. I can't see Fla at UT going any other way than its gone. Hope I'm wrong. Dooley definitely is a guy who's job status is a week to week gig at this point. First time ranked in 4 years though.
Not that ND is the be all, but Mich State has to show up for the Big Ten. Nebraska and UW better be game on Saturday too, Ark St and Utah St. can definitely hang around if not.
Really? I agree that MSU-ND should be awesome. I think Texas will roll. ASU-Mizzou should be fun, although I'll be really surprised if Mizzou loses. It will also be worth watching to see if Utah St. can take down the Badgers. Florida-Tennessee will be interesting, even if I don't think either team is anywhere close to "back."
But a lot of games lost some luster last week. Bama-Arkansas, Louisville-UNC, and BYU-Utah are all a lot less meaningful after some surprising losses last week and I can't help but feel a little deflated. Of course, WVU has a completely not interesting game today, so maybe that has something to do with it.
I wouldn't sleep on JMU. They are a damn good team that has had great success at the 1-AA level and beat VT a few years ago. They will likely have moderate success running the ball and controlling the clock, so I expect the score won't get out of hand. I have no idea what the crowd will be like, but it's going to be an under-filled NFL stadium where JMU fans should have a relatively strong showing.
Of course as I say that, the line for the game just keeps climbing. According to a thread on scout.com, the line has climbed 7 points (all the way to -38) since Tuesday.
EDIT: As you know CP, I'm one of the WVU fans who has been watching for 25+ years, so my natural inclination of pessimism has been easily forged.
I guess I meant a decent week overall. I was considering Florida/Tennessee in my estimation, though it of course isn't non-conference. Arkansas had no chance anyways. I'm actually more excited to watch them lose by 40 than 20.
Oh, I know JMU is a good team. But I have a lot of faith in Holgorsen keeping the team focused. I doubt Geno is going to play poorly in a NFL stadium and Holgorsen was pretty open about saying that JMU would be a tougher challenge than Marshall. Still, it's a nothing to win, everything to lose game and I don't enjoy those. This WVU team probably isn't going to lose, they need to keep everyone healthy and put up some style points. It's not the kind of game that turns me on.
If Stewart were still the head coach, I would strongly consider betting on JMU.
EDIT: As you know CP, I'm one of the WVU fans who has been watching for 25+ years, so my natural inclination of pessimism has been easily forged.
Of course! And completely understandable. I may have a naive faith in Holgorsen's coaching, but I've seen enough games over the last 7 years to never take anything for granted. Still, I have a hard time getting up for FCS teams, even good ones.
Pitt is dominating VA Tech. This is unreal.
You know, my post was obnoxious. The last couple of weeks have been kinda lame on paper and turned out to be pretty exciting. This week has already had a pretty good start with the Pitt game (although they just missed an easy field goal. And then recovered a fumble! Wow!). I shouldn't be so cynical about weeks that haven't started yet.
This week will be awesome, because they are playing college football and baseball at the same time.
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