This Week In College Football 9/1 - 9/5

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"It's Payback time. We got four hurricanes last year" What the fuck kind of comment is that by Gov Bush?

[Gert T 0]

It is amazing how you can do a week's worth of grocery shopping and get back from the store before the second half starts. That's what a big game will do. Or my strict diet of beer & eggs.

 

Interesting 1st half, and big start to the second half with the blocked punt. And huge goal line stand by Miami.

[Damaramu 0]

WIDE! WIDE!

Oh my god that was kind of funny actually.

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"It's Payback time. We got four hurricanes last year" What the fuck kind of comment is that by Gov Bush?

 

 

I thought that was what he said.I hope he didn't mean that the way it sounded because that is awful.

[Vern Gagne 0]

OK. ACC. Enough of FSU/Miami opening day game. It's gonna take at least 3 games for teams to get their legs and really start to click. Move this game back until at least October.

[Gert T 0]

Boy, that kid must have gotten into hundreds of fights growing up....

[Gert T 0]

Ah, the backup QB, the most popular player on a football team.

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Canes need a play by Hester here.

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What a play on 3rd Down. Olsen is something special.

[2GOLD 0]

The Noles secondary hasn't discovered the art of coverage.

And the Noles quarterbacks are color blind.

 

YES!! FINALLY!

MIAMI SCREWS UP KICKING!!!

[Urban Warfare 0]

I don't believe it. It's a shame Miami spent all their timeouts like idiots.

[teke184 0]

I think Coker's about ready to have a stroke after that bobbled snap...

[therealworldschampion 0]

Haha about time karma swung over their way...

[2GOLD 0]

Florida State still needs one or two first downs to just eat up the clock. So odds are, they still lose the damn game.

[Urban Warfare 0]

Why would they take Lee out??

[2GOLD 0]

Why would they take Lee out??

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Cause he's only really useful in the shotgun offense.

He's not worth a good god damn under center.

[teke184 0]

It's official, Free Shoes U. wins.

[Urban Warfare 0]

Too bad they will loose to Virginia Tech.

 

Edit: My mistake. They get lucky.. They don't play V-Tech.

[2GOLD 0]

After what I saw tonight, I doubt the Noles could have beat Central Florida. Course, I doubt Miami could have beat Florida Atlantic.

 

Defensive struggle sorta.

[Damaramu 0]

What a strange and ironic twist of fate to end this game.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

That 3rd and goal throw into the flat was a terrible call. It's like they didn't want to risk anything, and settled for the FG, and it cost them the game.

[Damaramu 0]

That 3rd and goal throw into the flat was a terrible call.  It's like they didn't want to risk anything, and settled for the FG, and it cost them the game.

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Yeah this is football.......balls to the wall.

[ISportsFan 0]

"It's Payback time. We got four hurricanes last year" What the fuck kind of comment is that by Gov Bush?

 

I thought that was what he said.I hope he didn't mean that the way it sounded because that is awful.

 

 

I think what he meant was that since everyone helped Florida last year through their hurricane season, he is happy (not that a hurricane hit, but since one did then...) Florida can return the favor and help out others. There is little reason to believe that he would say anything that could be construed as evil intentionally on national TV in the wake of that; it would be suicidal both politically and, perhaps, literally if somebody who lost a loved one got his/her hands on him.

 

Talking football, that game was really sloppy. Some good defense, but too many penalties and unforced turnovers for my liking. I am glad Miami lost, though, because maybe it'll shut Michael Irvin up.

 

Jason

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This one's for Dama...

 

The future is now: Sooners tab freshman Bomar at QB

 

NORMAN, Okla. -- After an upset in its opener, Oklahoma is making a switch at quarterback.

 

Coach Bob Stoops said Monday that redshirt freshman Rhett Bomar will take over for Paul Thompson as the Sooners' starting quarterback for Saturday's game against Tulsa and get the next chance at being the one to replace 2003 Heisman Trophy winner Jason White.

 

"We're going to give Rhett Bomar an opportunity to start and see where he takes us," Stoops said.

 

Bomar played in four series in the seventh-ranked Sooners' 17-10 loss to TCU on Saturday and completed 2 of 5 passes for 19 yards. On his first play after substituting for Thompson late in the second quarter, Bomar faked a handoff to tailback Adrian Peterson and rushed 28 yards down the right sideline, bullying a Horned Frogs defender along the way.

 

But he also was responsible for a turnover that led to TCU's winning score.

 

Stoops said coaches believe Bomar didn't have a chance to do much.

 

"He only threw five balls. He didn't have nearly the number of snaps and preparation coming into the game & He's had the fewest number of snaps overall when you look at his amount of time here and he's been that close all along that we feel maybe giving him more opportunities, more snaps, maybe he'll do more with it. We'll see," Stoops said.

 

The 20-year-old from the Dallas suburbs lost a close competition to Thompson to become the Sooners' starter, but coaches announced beforehand that Bomar would play both early and late in the team's opener.

 

"I have a great opportunity to go out there and do some things to establish myself," Bomar said. "I'm really excited. This is what I've been working for. It's what I've been trying to do all my life and now it's here."

 

Bomar said he is confident that his performance in his next chance to lead the team's offense will be different than the first.

 

"I want to play, I want to keep playing. That was my No. 1 goal coming in here. I'm going to go out Saturday and prove I can be the guy."

 

Regarded as the team's quarterback of the future, Bomar came to Oklahoma last season from Grand Prairie High School. He had thrown for 6,097 yards and 58 touchdowns in his career there and was regarded by many as the nation's No. 2 recruit behind Peterson.

 

He was beaten out by Thompson because he was regarded as a more consistent quarterback who made fewer mistakes. In three fall scrimmages open to the public, Thompson had a better completion percentage, more passing yards and had no interceptions, while Bomar threw five.

 

Thompson, a 21-year-old junior, was also the more experienced of the two quarterbacks. He had played in 14 career games in relief of White in 2003 and Nate Hybl in 2002. He then redshirted last season.

 

In his first career start, Thompson struggled to sustain a drive and Oklahoma trailed 10-0 when Bomar entered with 4:10 remaining in the second quarter.

 

"By no means am I sitting here saying Paul Thompson is responsible for the way we played as a team Saturday," said Stoops. "We had a lot of guys -- mostly older guys -- who really played as poor as I've seen them play."

 

After Bomar's long run, Peterson lost 5 yards after taking a handoff from Bomar out of the shotgun and Bomar threw incomplete on second and third downs to end the drive. His two completions came on a drive that started with 14 seconds left in the first half on the 50-yard line after a TCU fumble.

 

He hit Quentin Chaney for a 16-yard gain and then connected with Travis Wilson for 3 more yards to put the Sooners in position for a 50-yard field goal that Garrett Hartley missed.

 

His third appearance came with the score tied at 10 after Thompson led two scoring drives to start the second half. Tailback Kejuan Jones, in for an injured Peterson, picked up 2 yards on consecutive run plays and Bomar threw an incompletion to end the drive.

 

He returned on the next drive and fumbled while being sacked. TCU recovered the ball and scored the winning touchdown four plays later.

 

"We feel that Rhett deserves an opportunity to have the opportunities that Paul had and see what he can do with," Stoops said. "That's the direction we're going to go and work from there."

[Damaramu 0]

Well it's as good of a move as any. Let's see what the kid has.

[Bored 0]

New AP Top 25

 

1. USC

2. Texas

3. Michigan

4. Ohio State

5. LSU

6. Tennessee

7. Virginia Tech

8. Iowa

9. Georgia

10. Florida

11. Florida State

12. Louisville

13. Purdue

14. Miami

15. Arizona State

16. California

17. Georgia Tech

18. Oklahoma

19. Boston College

20. Notre Dame

21. Texas Tech

22. TCU

23. Virginia

24. Fresno State

25. Clemson

 

Dropped Out: Auburn, Texas A&M, Boise State, Pittsburgh

 

26. Alabama

27. Oregon

28. Auburn

29. Utah

30. Texas A&M

31. Colorado

32. Wisconsin

33. Boise State

34. UCLA

35. Iowa State

36t. Minnesota

36t. Penn State

38. N.C. State

39. Michigan State

40. Arizona

41. UTEP

42. Bowling Green

43. Oregon State

44. Southern Miss

45. West Virginia

46. Toledo

[Vern Gagne 0]

Boise st. doesn't deserve a single vote.