This Week in College Football 9/27 - 10/1

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Network/Basic Cable TV Schedule

 

TUESDAY

Toledo at Fresno State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2

 

WEDNESDAY

Cincinnati at Miami of Ohio, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

 

THURSDAY

Air Force at Colorado State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN

 

FRIDAY

Pittsburgh at Rutgers, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2

 

SATURDAY

#25 Michigan at #10 Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC*

#2 Texas at Missouri, Noon/9:00 AM, ABC*

#3 Virginia Tech at West Virginia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN

Indiana at #17 Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2

Baylor at Texas A&M, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN

 

#4 Florida at #15 Alabama, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS

#1 USC at #14 Arizona State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC*

#20 Minnesota at Penn State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC*

Syracuse at #6 Florida State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC*

#23 Iowa State at Nebraska, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC*

 

Arizona at #11 California, 7:00/4:00 PM, TBS

South Carolina at Auburn, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

Kansas State at Oklahoma, 7:00/4:00 PM, FSN

Nevada at San Jose State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ABC*

#13 Notre Dame at #22 Purdue, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN

 

Other Cable/PPV Games

 

SATURDAY

#19 Virginia at Maryland, Noon/9:00 AM, JP*

Illinois at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, GamePlan

Connecticut at Army, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU

Mississippi at #12 Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, JP*

#4 LSU at Mississippi State, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, GamePlan

UNLV at Wyoming, 3:00 PM/Noon, GamePlan

Clemson at Wake Forest, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU

New Mexico at TCU, 7:00/4:00 PM, GamePlan

South Florida at #9 Miami, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPNU

UTEP at Memphis, 8:00/5:00 PM, CollegeSportsTV

BYU at San Diego State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN Classic

 

All Other D-IA Games

 

SATURDAY

Florida Atlantic at #24 Louisville

Ball State at #21 Boston College

Navy at Duke

Utah at North Carolina

Kent State at Eastern Michigan

Colorado at Oklahoma State

Southeast Louisiana at Tulane

Temple at Bowling Green

Washingto State at Oregon State

SMU at Marshall

Oregon at Stanford

Utah State at Idaho

Florida International at Florida A&M

Southern Miss at East Carolina

Central Michigan at Akron

Rice at UAB

Houston at Tulsa

Middle Tennessee State at Vanderbilt

New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech

Arkansas State at Louisiana-Monroe

Kansas at #16 Texas Tech

Buffalo at Western Michigan

Central Florida at Louisiana-Lafayette

Washington at #18 UCLA

Boise State at Hawaii

[Vern Gagne 0]

Why the fuck is Michigan still ranked?

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They are only ranked in the Harris Poll which is what I used for the rankings since the AP Poll is officially irrelevent now.

[Damaramu 0]

Oh boy it's time to watch OU win(or lose) a 13-10 overtime shocker at home against KSU!

[CanadianChris 0]

They are only ranked in the Harris Poll which is what I used for the rankings since the AP Poll is officially irrelevent now.

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Irrelevant to whom? They still pick a national champion. Just because they pulled out of the BCS doesn't change that.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

It's funny that the AP Poll seems to be more credible than the official poll for the BCS. The more things change, the more things stays the same...

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They can name a national champion but it is the not the official national champion recognized by the NCAA and the AP no longer is involved with determining who plays for the national championship. The AP could name Idaho it's champion if it wants but it won't mean anything.

[CanadianChris 0]

The NCAA doesn't conduct a national championship in I-A football, and doesn't officially recognize a national champion. Thus, any championship awarded by any organization, including the BCS, is unofficial in any event. The AP championship is just as relevant as any other championship. I would say more relevant, in fact, because it's the one that's been around the longest.

 

http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html

[iggymcfly 0]

Michigan deserves to be ranked anyway. They lost to two ranked, otherwise undefeated teams by one score, and are a couple plays from being 4-0 and ranked #3 in the country.

 

If Mike Hart ever gets healthy, they're going to be a handful. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they beat Michigan State on Saturday.

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Yup the MAC is waaaaaaaaaaaaay down this year. Back-to-back weeks two of their best, Bowling Green and Toledo, have been smoked by two of the best of the WAC, Bosie State and Fresno State.

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Pulling this from other thread since it's a new week, quote by iggymcfly:

Meanwhile, Leinart consistently misses open receivers, makes bad reads, and goes down for no reason. Take somebody like Sam Keller and plug him into that offense, and he'd average 600 yards a game passing.

Leinart completes 67% of his passes. So if he wasn't missing open receivers or making bad reads what his completion percentage be? 75%? 80%? Sam Keller completes 59% of his passes with arguably just as good as receiving core as Leinart has at USC, with the notable exception of the great receiving option out of the backfield. Part of the reason Leinart is successful is that he does do a great job of reading coverages as he doesn't have as big of arm or the atletic ability of some quarterbacks.

[Guest I miss Test.]

No, the MAC is up this year. UB, with their improving 1 point per game average, will shutout all MAC opponents en route to the Motor City Bowl, and beat some 6-5 school there. Then, their program prestige moves up to 2 stars.

 

Also, I'm failing to see why Leinart is a guaranteed #1 pick next year since he doesn't have the big arm, nor agility. Some see him as a left-handed Pennington. So, how does this make him a #1 pick?

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From his bio:

 

He is fourth on USC's career completions (524), passing yardage (6,878) and total offense (6,772) charts. He already has thrown 71 touchdowns (second most in USC history behind Carson Palmer's 72) in just 26 career starts, with at least 1 TD in all but 1 game he has started (the first 24) and at least 2 TDs in all but 3 games (he had a string of at least 2 TDs in 15 consecutive games). He also has thrown at least 3 TDs 13 times (and at least 4 TDs 7 times, including 5 TDs on 3 occasions). He is averaging a TD pass every 11.5 career attempts. His career passing efficiency rating of 160.5 is fifth on the all-time NCAA chart. During USC's current 22-game winning streak, he has thrown 63 TDs and just 9 interceptions (his career TD/interception ratio is 71/15). His 71 career TD passes-already sixth on the Pac-10 career ladder-are the most ever in back-to-back seasons by a Pac-10 quarterback. His 64.3% career passing percentage is just below USC's career record of 64.6% set by Rob Johnson (1991-94). His 1.84% career interception rate is lower than the USC and Pac-10 career record of 1.95% set by Brad Otton (1994-96). USC is 25-1 when Leinart starts (his 96.2% winning percentage is the highest of any USC quarterback ever and is the second-best mark in NCAA history, minimum 25 starts, behind Toledo's Chuck Ealey, who was 35-0). He was just the third quarterback in the last 30 years to lead his team to back-to-back national championships. In his 2 starts against Notre Dame (2003 and 2004), he has completed 73.5% of his passes (50-of-68) for 751 yards and 9 TDs.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

So basically you underrate his value or the NFL will overrate it.

[Crimson Platypus 0]

Michigan deserves to be ranked anyway. They lost to two ranked, otherwise undefeated teams by one score, and are a couple plays from being 4-0 and ranked #3 in the country.

 

If Mike Hart ever gets healthy, they're going to be a handful. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they beat Michigan State on Saturday.

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MSU is going to tear Michigan apart Saturday iggy, and I'll be on the 40 yard line - 20 rows up for the whole thing.

[Damaramu 0]

As long as we're dragging things about Leinart into this from the other thread this is what I said:

I'm just waiting for Leinart to be sacked, stand up, take his helmet off and throw it at the defender and yell "How dare you touch me! I'm Matt Leinart! I party with Nick Lachey and I'm dating a chick from Laguna Beach! I play at USC! I'm from Hollywood bitch! Hands off!

By the way that's only half joke. I think I could see it happening.

[iggymcfly 0]

Those statistics are a result of the receiving corps, pure and simple. The ASU corps doesn't compare, especially when you include Bush.

 

I don't care what his completion percentage is; I counted at least seven occasions against Oregon where Leinart had an open receiver, and threw it ten feet out of bounds. Every time I watch USC, there's open receivers every play, tons and tons of yards after the catch, and a lot of mediocre throws by Leinart.

 

The only game I've ever seen USC play where I was even remotely impressed with Leinart was the Orange Bowl last year.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I wish I had the chance to ever see USC games so I could decide for myself how good Leinart is. I think most of us only get the stat line since the games are rarely televised nationally.

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His 64.3% career passing percentage is just below USC's career record of 64.6% set by Rob Johnson (1991-94).

 

Ok. Now he should be undrafted.

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Taken from Rotoworld.....

Adrian Peterson has denied that he is upset with Oklahoma's play calling this season and says he has never contemplated quiting the team.

Who reported that he wanted to quit the team in the first place?

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Michigan deserves to be ranked anyway. They lost to two ranked, otherwise undefeated teams by one score, and are a couple plays from being 4-0 and ranked #3 in the country.

 

If Mike Hart ever gets healthy, they're going to be a handful. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they beat Michigan State on Saturday.

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MSU is going to tear Michigan apart Saturday iggy, and I'll be on the 40 yard line - 20 rows up for the whole thing.

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I wouldn't go that far now Crimson, Michigan will be up for this one and if they can get the offense going a little bit MSU won't stop them. State's defense isn't good at all this year and I'll take my money in a track meet with Breaston, Manningham, Avant, Ecker and the backs. This is all contingent on Chad Henne actually hitting the guys with passes and Terry Malone calling some aggresive plays. If Michigan sits on their hands and tries to turn this into a 1967-era game they will get blown out, they need to take a page out of State's book and spread some guys out maybe throw in Antonio Bass or some other athlete at QB for a snap and see what the Spartans do.

 

As for Leinart, come on the guy has been amazing the last two and a quarter seasons. Sure he has tons of talent around himbut so does Michigan, Florida, Texas, Miami and none of those teams are working on three-straight titles. He is the best qb for that system and I think he will be a Tom Brady style pro qb....not all that great wiht the measureables but accurate and smart and thats more important that having a rifle arm or being able to run a 4.4 40 yd dash

[Damaramu 0]

Taken from Rotoworld.....

Adrian Peterson has denied that he is upset with Oklahoma's play calling this season and says he has never contemplated quiting the team.

Who reported that he wanted to quit the team in the first place?

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Oh it's because of Marcus Dupree having a sensational freshman season and then taking off when things didn't look hot.

People think AD is a prima donna that is going to transfer to somewhere where he can win a title now.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

What happened to "I want to play for OU til my pappy gets out of jail!"?

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I didn't see this posted here, I thought it was a nice story.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap...ov=ap&type=lgns

 

 

Weis uses play called by 10-year-old boy dying of inoperable brain tumor

 

By TOM COYNE, AP Sports Writer

September 25, 2005

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Charlie Weis doesn't usually let anyone else call plays on offense. He made an exception for 10-year-old Montana Mazurkiewicz.

 

The Notre Dame coach met last week with Montana, who had been told by doctors weeks earlier that there was nothing more they could do to stop the spread of his inoperable brain tumor.

 

``He was a big Notre Dame fan in general, but football especially,'' said his mother, Cathy Mazurkiewicz.

 

Weis showed up at the Mazurkiewicz home in Mishawaka, just east of South Bend, and talked with Montana about his tumor and about Weis' 10-year-old daughter, Hannah, who has global development delay, a rare disorder similar to autism.

 

He told Montana about some pranks he played on Joe Montana -- whom Montana was named after -- while they were roommates at Notre Dame.

 

``I gave him a chance to hammer me on the Michigan State loss, which he did very well. He reminded me of my son,'' said Weis, whose son, Charlie Jr., is 12 years old.

 

Weis said the meeting was touching.

 

``He told me about his love for Notre Dame football and how he just wanted to make it through this game this week,'' Weis said. ``He just wanted to be able to live through this game because he knew he wasn't going to live very much longer.''

 

As Weis talked to the boy, Cathy Mazurkiewicz rubbed her son's shoulder trying to ease his pain. Weis said he could tell the boy was trying not to show he was in pain.

 

His mother told Montana, who had just become paralyzed from the waist down a day earlier because of the tumor, to toss her a football Weis had given him. Montana tried to throw the football, put could barely lift it. So Weis climbed into the reclining chair with him and helped him complete the pass to his mother.

 

Before leaving, Weis signed the football.

 

``He wrote, 'Live for today for tomorrow is always another day,''' Mazurkiewicz said.

 

``He told him: 'You can't worry about tomorrow. Just live today for everything it has and everything you can appreciate,'' she said. ``He said: 'If you're (in pain) today you might not necessarily be in pain tomorrow, or it might be worse. But there's always another day.''

 

Weis asked Montana if there was something he could do for him. He agreed to let Montana call the first play against Washington on Saturday. He called ``pass right.''

 

Montana never got to see the play. He died Friday at his home.

 

Weis heard about the death and called Mazurkiewicz on Friday night to assure her he would still call Montana's play.

 

``He said, 'This game is for Montana, and the play still stands,''' she said.

 

Weis said he told the team about the visit. He said it wasn't a ``Win one for the Gipper'' speech, because he doesn't believe in using individuals as inspiration. He just wanted the team to know people like Montana are out there.

 

``That they represent a lot of people that they don't even realize they're representing,'' Weis said.

 

When the Irish started on their own 1-yard-line following a fumble recovery, Mazurkiewicz wasn't sure Notre Dame would be able to throw a pass. Weis was concerned about that, too. So was quarterback Brady Quinn.

 

``He said what are we going to do?'' Weis said. ``I said we have no choice. We're throwing it to the right.''

 

Weis called a play where most of the Irish went left, Quinn ran right and looked for tight end Anthony Fasano on the right.

 

Mazurkiewicz watched with her family.

 

``I just closed my eyes. I thought, 'There's no way he's going to be able to make that pass. Not from where they're at. He's going to get sacked and Washington's going to get two points,''' she said.

 

Fasano caught the pass and leapt over a defender for a 13-yard gain.

 

``It's almost like Montana was willing him to beat that defender and take it to the house,'' Weis said.

 

Mazurkiewicz was happy.

 

``It was an amazing play. Montana would have been very pleased. I was very pleased,'' she said. ``I was just so overwhelmed. I couldn't watch much more.''

 

Weis called her again after the game, a 36-17 victory by the 13th-ranked Fighting Irish, and said he had a game ball signed by the team that he wanted to bring to the family on Sunday.

 

``He's a very neat man. Very compassionate,'' she said. ``I just thanked him for using that play, no matter the circumstances.''

 

Of course if Michael Wilbon saw this story he would still scream about the "unfair firing" of Tyrone Willingham...

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Sentimental and heartwarming and all that, but the evil part of me wishes it had been a pick-6.

[Damaramu 0]

What happened to "I want to play for OU til my pappy gets out of jail!"?

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He does but people are making shit up. They think it's another Dupree situation and if they don't beat Texas then he'll bolt for a program that he thinks he can win at. All of it is untrue but people like to stir things up. OU is 1-2 and under .500 for the first time under Bob Stoops. Crazy shit will fly! I'm still waiting for rumors about how Stoops was replaced by an alien that hates OU to start flying.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Oh ok. Gotcha. Yeah I don't think Oklahoma really has anything serious to worry about.

[Damaramu 0]

Oh ok. Gotcha. Yeah I don't think Oklahoma really has anything serious to worry about.

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Well they have if they're going to make a bowl this season to worry about. Haha.

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I really would like to see OU in the Fort Worth Bowl, just so I can laugh at them. Or, the Houston or Champs Sports Bowl.

[Damaramu 0]

I really would like to see OU in the Fort Worth Bowl, just so I can laugh at them.  Or, the Houston or Champs Sports Bowl.

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I'd take any bowl at this point b/c it looks like we won't make it to one. Then again Ohio State started shitty last year and somehow finished strong and made it into the Top 10 this year.