Bored 0 Report post Posted November 5, 2007 Not the most exciting of line ups this week as there is just one BCS Top 25 match-up and it doesn't involve anyone with national title hopes. Oregon is off this week and LSU might as well be as they are playing Louisiana Tech. Kansas is at Oklahoma State, who is one of the most inconsistent teams in the country even during games as was shown last week against Texas. Ohio State might have be careful of not looking ahead to next week in their game against Illinois but I don't think anyone is anticipating an upset. Network/Basic Cable Schedule TUESDAY Central Michigan at Western Michigan, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Ohio at Akron, 7:30/4:30 pm, ESPN2 THURSDAY Louisville at #7 West Virginia, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN TCU at BYU, 9:00/6:00 PM, Versus FRIDAY Rutgers at Army, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY #12 Michigan at Wisconsin, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Wake Forest at #21 Clemson, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Texas A&M at #6 Missouri, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FSN Kansas State at Nebraska, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, Versus Air Force at Notre Dame, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, NBC #18 Auburn at #10 Georgia, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS Illinois at #1 Ohio State, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* Florida State at #11 Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC/ESPN* #9 Arizona State at UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Texas Tech at #14 Texas, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Baylor at #5 Oklahoma, 6:30/3:30 PM, FSN #19 Virginia at Miami, 7:15/4:15 PM, ESPN2 #15 Florida at South Carolina, 7:45/4:45 PM, ESPN #4 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #8 Boston College at Maryland, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* #17 USC at California, 8:00/5:00 PM, ABC* Washington at Oregon State, 10:15/7:15 PM, FSN Fresno State at #16 Hawaii, 11:00/8:00 PM, ESPN2 Digital Cable/Satellite/Gameplan Schedule FRIDAY Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPNU SATURDAY Indiana at Northwestern, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Classic #23 Penn State at Temple, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU Michigan State at Purdue, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* Minnesota at Iowa, Noon/9:00 AM, BTN* North Carolina at N.C. State, Noon/9:00 AM, LFS*/GP South Florida at Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, GP #22 Alabama at Mississippi State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS*/GP Arkansas at #24 Tennessee, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, LFS*/GP Colorado at Iowa State, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, FCS Central Colorado State at New Mexico, 3:00 PM/Noon, Mtn. #20 Boise State at Utah State, 3:00 PM/Noon, GP #13 Connecticut at Cincinnati, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPNU Wyoming at Utah, 3:30/12:30 PM, CSTV UCF at UAB, 7:30/4:30 PM, CSTV Louisiana Tech at #2 LSU, 8:00/5:00 PM, GP San Diego State at UNLV, 11:00/8:00 PM, CSTV All Other Div. I-A Games SATURDAY Georgia Tech at Duke #25 Kentucky at Vanderbilt Houston at Tulsa Rice at SMU Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee New Mexico State at San Jose State Navy at North Texas Arkansas State at Florida Atlantic Kent State at Northern Illinois East Carolina at Marshall Memphis at Southern Miss Troy at Western Kentucky Grambling at Louisiana-Monroe Stanford at Washington State UTEP at Tulane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted November 5, 2007 Despite the overall "eh" schedule, the usually dire noon games probably have their best pair of the year in Michigan/Wisconsin and Wake/Clemson. Also, I'm gonna say that my Hoos change things up this week and win by 2 instead of by 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted November 5, 2007 Despite the overall "eh" schedule, the usually dire noon games probably have their best pair of the year in Michigan/Wisconsin and Wake/Clemson. Also, I'm gonna say that my Hoos change things up this week and lose by 14 this week, giving Virginia Tech a chance to get complacent before eventually beating them by 1 in 2OT to go to the ACC Championship. FYP. Virginia sucks on the road, I'd be surprised to see them pull out a win this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 AnM looking to buy out Fran's contract Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 I thought by now Nebraska would be looking to organize a public execution of Callahan. I really didn't see a way he'd keep his job the rest of this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 Despite the overall "eh" schedule, the usually dire noon games probably have their best pair of the year in Michigan/Wisconsin and Wake/Clemson. Also, I'm gonna say that my Hoos change things up this week and lose by 14 this week, giving Virginia Tech a chance to get complacent before eventually beating them by 1 in 2OT to go to the ACC Championship. FYP. Virginia sucks on the road, I'd be surprised to see them pull out a win this week. Virginia generally sucks on the road but is much improved this year. I watched the Wyoming game and wrote it off as a horrible start-of-the-season game from a pathetically unprepared team; both personnel decisions and the offensive gameplan were so disastrous to start the year that Virginia would have lost that game at home too. That NC State team is looking better by the week, even if they're still in the bottom half of the conference. I think Virginia is about 50/50 on this one depending on how well Wright plays on his return. Should be a pretty grotesque 16-13 puntapalooza type of game regardless of who wins. However, I do expect Virginia to beat VT in a blowout (i.e., like 4 points) to end the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.B. Buzzkill 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 College Gameday's location: Williamstown, Massachusetts! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarleyQuinn 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 FCS Games... Norfolk State (7-2) @ Delaware State (8-1) New Hampshire (6-3) @ UMass (7-2) FCS Game of the Week: Richmond (7-2) @ Delaware (8-1) FCS vs. FBS - Grambling State (8-1) @ UL Monroe San Diego (8-1) @ Morehead State (7-2) North Dakota State (9-0) @ Cal Poly (6-3) Current FCS Position Players of the Year... QB Josh Johnson (San Diego): 174/242 for 2,510 yards. 35 TD vs. 1 INT. RB Jayson Foster (Georgia Southern): 208 carries for 1,567 yards (7.53) and 21 TD. WR Ramses Barden (Cal Poly): 52 catches for 1,371 yards (25.37) and 15 TD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2007 College Gameday's location: Williamstown, Massachusetts! The blogger needs to lighten up a little. They aren't skipping the National Championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 I put together the bowl projections from ESPN, CBS Sportsline, Sports Illustrated, and CFN and came up with a consensus for what are the most common bowl projections at the moment. BCS: Ohio State vs. LSU Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Missouri Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Arizona State Sugar: Georgia vs. Hawaii Rose: Oregon vs. West Virginia GMAC: UCF vs. Miami of Ohio International: Cincinnati vs. Bowling Green Capital One: Michigan vs. Florida Gator: Boston College vs. Kansas Cotton: Texas vs. Alabama Outback: Penn State vs. Auburn Chick-Fil-A: Clemson vs. Tennessee Insight: Colorado vs. Wisconsin Music City: Florida State vs. Arkansas Humanitarian: Boise State vs. N.C. State Sun: California vs. Connecticut Armed Forces: Air Force vs. Iowa Independence: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M Alamo: Purdue vs. Kansas State Liberty: East Carolina vs. Kentucky Car Care: Rutgers vs. Wake Forest Emerald: UCLA vs. Georgia Tech Texas: Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa Champs Sports: Virginia vs. Illinois Holiday: USC vs. Texas Tech Motor City: Central Michigan vs. Indiana Hawaii: Fresno State vs. Southern Miss Las Vegas: BYU vs. Oregon State New Mexico: Nevada vs. Utah PapaJohns.com: Houston vs. South Florida New Orleans: Troy vs. Memphis Poinesttia: Navy vs. New Mexico Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 Texas: Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa So two teams from Oklahoma, will be in Houston to play a bowl game. Right.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 What's strange about that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 Holiday: USC vs. Texas Tech I'd rather a different opponent for USC here, but I'd definitely go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 I put together the bowl projections from ESPN, CBS Sportsline, Sports Illustrated, and CFN and came up with a consensus for what are the most common bowl projections at the moment. BCS: Ohio State vs. LSU Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Missouri Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Arizona State Sugar: Georgia vs. Hawaii Rose: Oregon vs. West Virginia GMAC: UCF vs. Miami of Ohio International: Cincinnati vs. Bowling Green Capital One: Michigan vs. Florida Gator: Boston College vs. Kansas Cotton: Texas vs. Alabama Outback: Penn State vs. Auburn Chick-Fil-A: Clemson vs. Tennessee Insight: Colorado vs. Wisconsin Music City: Florida State vs. Arkansas Humanitarian: Boise State vs. N.C. State Sun: California vs. Connecticut Armed Forces: Air Force vs. Iowa Independence: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M Alamo: Purdue vs. Kansas State Liberty: East Carolina vs. Kentucky Car Care: Rutgers vs. Wake Forest Emerald: UCLA vs. Georgia Tech Texas: Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa Champs Sports: Virginia vs. Illinois Holiday: USC vs. Texas Tech Motor City: Central Michigan vs. Indiana Hawaii: Fresno State vs. Southern Miss Las Vegas: BYU vs. Oregon State New Mexico: Nevada vs. Utah PapaJohns.com: Houston vs. South Florida New Orleans: Troy vs. Memphis Poinesttia: Navy vs. New Mexico I pray to the football gods that Bama gets Texas A&M in a bowl game. Just one last measure of revenge before Franchione gets the boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 7, 2007 USC isn't going to the Holiday Bowl. It's pretty much impossible. If they lost once, they'd be going to a much worse bowl game than that. They'd need to lose, and have ASU lose twice. If they win out, they'll make it to a BCS Game. I have a hard time believing they wouldn't get to a BCS Game if they won out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 I know, but that's why if USC somehow made it to Holiday, I'd go, due to how rare and special that appearance would be in the Carroll era. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 USC isn't going to the Holiday Bowl. It's pretty much impossible. If they lost once, they'd be going to a much worse bowl game than that. They'd need to lose, and have ASU lose twice. If they win out, they'll make it to a BCS Game. I have a hard time believing they wouldn't get to a BCS Game if they won out. I'd say it's very likely they'll end up in the Holiday Bowl, if they beat Cal and UCLA but lose to ASU. If we assume Oregon and ASU run the table they'll end up in BCS bowls and then the Holiday gets the choice of USC or Cal. They wouldn't pick a four loss Cal team over a three loss USC team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 Bored, your scenario has USC losing to ASU. King's scenario has USC winning out (which means defeating ASU). Of course both scenarios would play out differently. If USC won out, no it's not "very likely" that they fall to Holiday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 7, 2007 For some reason, I didn't take into consideration the possibility of Arizona State winning out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2007 I agree USC is almost a lock to end up in the Rose or Fiesta Bowl if they win out, depending on Oregon getting into the BCS Title Game. But he says that if USC loses once they would end up in a much worse bowl game, which is highly unlikely. The Holiday Bowl isn't going to pass on USC if they are available unless they completely tank the last three games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 6:30 minutes left and Louisville's still right in the game against West Virginia, down 31-28 with the ball. If they win tonight, not only do they knock WVU out of the national championship race, they give themselves a pretty reasonable shot to win the Big East as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 No need to worry about that, since U of L let Pat White roam straight into the endzone for a 38-31 win. Then of course fucked up the kickoff and landed at the 1. Even with a win there was no way U of L could have won the conf. At best the league record would be 5-2 and UConn would have the tiebreaker due to that bogus win. In other words UConn would have had to lose out, and while I think they could lose to Cincy and WVU, they won't lose to Syracuse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 Well, I was thinking they could win a 3-way tiebreaker, if it was between them, UConn, and WVU, but looking at the Big East site quickly, it appears that the 2nd tiebreaker is BCS ranking so they would have been screwed anyway. It's a moot point anyway though with West Virginia winning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 ESABCPN Coverage Maps 3:30/12:30 8:00/5:00 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 Meeee-chigan is flat right now, down 10-0 to Wiscy in the 2nd and getting smacked around by the Badger D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 17-0 Great job getting the team ready Lloyd Carr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 There was some thought that Michigan might just concede this game with Henne and Hart banged up since they still control their own destiny to win the conference and with their at large BCS hopes being very slim. And just like that Michigan scores, although I don't know how they couldn't review that "simultaneous catch" call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 There's "concede" and then there's "roll over to get ass-raped." This is looking like the latter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 How the hell do they control their destiny? I'd think stockpiling conference wins would help that than losing them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 I stopped paying close attention awhile ago but how the fuck can Michigan be #12? "They're Michigan," doesn't count. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
