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Title: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 25, 2012, 03:11:13 AM
The final game's Army-Navy on December 8.

Important games in bold

November 29
Louisville (9-2)-Rutgers (9-2)

November 30
Northern Illinois (11-1)-Kent State (11-1)
UCLA (9-3)-Stanford (10-2)*

*just played this past week, Stanford 35, UCLA 17

December 1
Cincinnati (8-3)-Connecticut (5-6)
Pittsburgh (5-6)-South Florida (3-8)
Oklahoma State (7-4)-Baylor (6-5)
Kansas (1-10)-West Virginia (6-5)
Texas (8-3)-Kansas State (10-1)
Boise State (9-2)-Nevada (7-4)
Oklahoma (9-2)-Texas Christian (7-4)
Central Florida (9-3)-Tulsa (9-3)
Nicholls State (1-9)-Oregon State (8-3)
Middle Tennessee State (8-3)-Arkansas State(8-3)
Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4)-Florida Atlantic (3-8)
Alabama (11-1)-Georgia (11-1)
New Mexico State (1-10)-Texas State (3-8)
Florida State (10-2)-Georgia Tech (6-6)
Nebraska (10-2)-Wisconsin (7-5)
South Alabama (2-10)-Hawaii (2-9)

I have a bad feeling about the Nebraska-Wisconsin game.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on November 25, 2012, 03:45:01 PM
Alabama (11-1)-Georgia (11-1)
This game is really winner take all with little consolation

Winner goes to the NC and loser misses out on the BCS and gets stuck in a lower tier bowl
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 25, 2012, 06:04:02 PM
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls

According to ESPN:

Cotton Bowl, Texas-Alabama or Texas-Louisiana State

Rose Bowl, Nebraska-Stanford

Sugar Bowl, Louisiana State-Clemson or Florida-Oklahoma

Orange Bowl, Florida State-Rutgers

Of course, these are predictions only, as there's still a few more games to play.

I remain nervous about the Nebraska-Wisconsin game this coming weekend; Wisconsin is out for blood.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: USA4ME on November 25, 2012, 07:08:40 PM
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls

According to ESPN:

Cotton Bowl, Texas-Alabama or Texas-Louisiana State

Rose Bowl, Nebraska-Stanford

Sugar Bowl, Louisiana State-Clemson or Florida-Oklahoma

Orange Bowl, Florida State-Rutgers

Of course, these are predictions only, as there's still a few more games to play.

I remain nervous about the Nebraska-Wisconsin game this coming weekend; Wisconsin is out for blood.

Yeah, those don't make a lot of sense.  With either Alabama or Georgia going to the NC, the other should go to a major bowl.  Same with Florida finishing 10-1.  So of the SEC, one will go to the NC and UGA, UF & LSU should go to major bowls.  Wouldn't be surprised to see So. Carolina, TAMU, and Miss. State playing in a New Year's Day bowl either.

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Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on November 25, 2012, 08:06:42 PM
Yeah, those don't make a lot of sense.  With either Alabama or Georgia going to the NC, the other should go to a major bowl.  Same with Florida finishing 10-1.  So of the SEC, one will go to the NC and UGA, UF & LSU should go to major bowls.  Wouldn't be surprised to see So. Carolina, TAMU, and Miss. State playing in a New Year's Day bowl either.

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Only 2 teams from a conference can go to the BCS. So the winner of Alabama-Georgia will go and Florida will go. The loser of Alabama-Georgia, LSU, TAMU and SCAR will all get lower bowls
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 29, 2012, 06:48:39 PM
Louisville (9-2) and Rutgers (9-2) now underway, Thursday evening.

Louisville 0, Rutgers 7, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 29, 2012, 07:37:28 PM
Louisville 3, Rutgers 14, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: Rebel on November 29, 2012, 08:51:07 PM
Louisville 3, Rutgers 14, second quarter.

 :yawn:
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 02:44:37 AM
:yawn:

Louisville 20, Rutgers 17, final.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 06:33:12 PM
Northern Illinois 0, Kent State 7, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 06:33:50 PM
Northern Illinois 0, Kent State 10, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 06:46:00 PM
Northern Illinois 3, Kent State 10, first quarter.

One wonders why the odd starting time of the Nebraska-Wisconsin game tomorrow (Saturday); it's at 7:17 p.m.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 06:58:51 PM
Northern Illinois 10, Kent State 10, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 07:16:30 PM
Northern Illinois 17, Kent State 10, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 07:32:40 PM
UCLA 7, Stanford 0, first quarter.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 07:44:37 PM
UCLA 7, Stanford 7, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 07:54:42 PM
UCLA 14, Stanford 7, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:02:38 PM
Northern Illinois 17, Kent State 13, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:10:10 PM
Northern Illinois 24, Kent State 13, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:13:07 PM
UCLA 14, Stanford 13, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:13:45 PM
UCLA 14, Stanford 14, second quarter.

<<wants UCLA to win.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:24:44 PM
Northern Illinois 27, Kent State 13, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:38:19 PM
Well, Hell, that's been there all the time, but I just discovered it.

"GameCast."

It's almost as good as seeing it on television.

Damn.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:47:15 PM
Damn, that is just awesome, that "GameCast."

What's nice is it just gives the straight facts on what's happening without the stupid commentary by the television talking faces.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:51:47 PM
UCLA 14, Stanford 17, now at half-time.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 08:54:24 PM
Northern Illinois 27, Kent State 20, fourth quarter.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:00:43 PM
Northern Illinois 27, Kent State 27, fourth quarter.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:06:15 PM
Northern Illinois 34, Kent State 27, fourth quarter.

Damn, that "GameCast" is good.

It gives and shows all the details without the talking faces blabbering.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:19:59 PM
Northern Illinois 34, Kent State 34, looks like it's going into overtime.

Damn, this "nothing" game got exciting once I discovered "GameCast."

Thank you, ESPN!
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:26:30 PM
UCLA 17, Stanford 17, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:36:43 PM
Northern Illinois 37, Kent State 37, now into the second overtime.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:40:11 PM
Northern Illinois 43, Kent State 37, second overtime.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:40:45 PM
Oops, now Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37, second overtime.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:48:08 PM
Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37, apparently the final after two overtimes.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on November 30, 2012, 09:48:43 PM
UCLA 24, Stanford 17, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 04:36:21 AM
UCLA 24, Stanford 27, final.

Lots of good games on tap for today, Saturday.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:05:38 PM
Central Florida 7, Tulsa 7, second quarter.

Oklahoma State 3, Baylor 24, second quarter.*

Oklahoma 7, Texas Christian 0, second quarter.


*not an error; that's the real score.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:07:54 PM
Oklahoma State 10, Baylor 24, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:12:50 PM
Oklahoma 7, Texas Christian 7, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:27:58 PM
Central Florida 14, Tulsa 14, second quarter.

Oklahoma State 17, Baylor 24, second quarter.

Oklahoma 14, Texas Christian 7, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:39:33 PM
Oklahoma State 17, Baylor 31, second quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:40:25 PM
Central Florida 14, Tulsa 21, half-time.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 12:54:37 PM
Oklahoma 21, Texas Christian 7, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 01:11:44 PM
Oklahoma 21, Texas Christian 14, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 01:18:45 PM
Oklahoma State 20, Baylor 31, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 03:16:02 PM
<<was gone until about 3:00 p.m.

Central Florida 27, Tulsa 33, final.

Oklahoma State 34, Baylor 41, final.*

Oklahoma 24, Texas Christian 17, final.


*not an error.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 03:20:27 PM
Nicholls State 0, Oregon State 35, third quarter.

<<thinks Oregon and Oregon State belong in the same league as Nicholls State, until they've played football for a while.

Kansas 7, West Virginia 35, halftime.

Middle Tennessee State 0, Arkansas State 28, second quarter.

Louisiana-Lafayette 21, Florida Atlantic 14, halftime.

Cincinnati 7, Connecticut 0, second quarter.

Since when has Connecticut been playing football?

Boise State 14, Nevada 0, second quarter.

New Mexico State 7, Texas State 7, first quarter.

Alabama 0, Georgia 0, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 03:21:49 PM
Nicholls State 0, Oregon State 42, third quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 03:29:40 PM
Middle Tennessee State 0, Arkansas State 35, halftime.

Cincinnati 14, Connecticut 0, second quarter.

New Mexico State 14, Texas State 14, first quarter.


Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on December 01, 2012, 03:40:28 PM
Cincinnati 7, Connecticut 0, second quarter.

Since when has Connecticut been playing football?

1896 but they didnt become a d-1 football school til around 2000
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 05:10:08 PM
1896 but they didnt become a d-1 football school til around 2000

I figured as much, but they should've stayed in the lesser leagues.

It'd be like Nebraska getting a rowing team.

Anyway.  I've been in and out, here and there.

Nicholls State 3, Oregon State 77, final.

Kansas 10, West Virginia 59, final.

Middle Tennessee State 0, Arkansas State 45, final.

Louisiana-Lafayette 35, Florida Atlantic 21, final.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 05:12:23 PM
Cincinnati 21, Connecticut 17, fourth quarter.

Boise State 24, Nevada 14, fourth quarter.

Alabama 10, Georgia 7, half-time.

New Mexico State 28, Texas State 52, third quarter.

The Alabama-Georgia game's got to be a barn-burner.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:01:22 PM
Cincinnati 34, Connecticut 17, fourth quarter.

Boise State 27, Nevada 21, final.

Alabama 18, Georgia 21, fourth quarter.

New Mexico State 28, Texas State 65, fourth quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: ChuckJ on December 01, 2012, 06:02:31 PM
Unless Ga closes up some of the holes in the defense I think Alabama is going to pull away.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: Mike220 on December 01, 2012, 06:08:02 PM
Nicholls State 0, Oregon State 35, third quarter.

<<thinks Oregon and Oregon State belong in the same league as Nicholls State, until they've played football for a while.

Early 1890s not long enough?  :fuelfire:
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:09:49 PM
Early 1890s not long enough?  :fuelfire:

Well, both Oregons diddled around for about a hundred years, and then decided they could buy "instant" tradition.

It's not like they played any big-time football those first hundred years.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:12:23 PM
Cincinnati 34, Connecticut 17, final.

I think Connecticut should go back to Division II football and work on upgrading their rowing team instead.

Alabama 25, Georgia 21, fourth quarter.

New Mexico State 28, Texas State 66, final.

Pittsburgh 0, South Florida 0, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:13:04 PM
Alabama 25, Georgia 28, fourth quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:17:51 PM
Pittsburgh 7, South Florida 0, first quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:26:50 PM
Alabama is 36-25-4 against Georgia, or Georgia is 25-36-4 against Alabama.

<<trying to be impartial here.

I didn't know this:

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The Auburn–Georgia football rivalry is between the Auburn University Tigers and the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The two teams first played each other in 1892 and have met nearly every year since, for a total of 116 games as of 2012. Because of its longevity, the series is sometimes known as the "Deep South's oldest rivalry".

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In 1942, Georgia won the national championship with an 11-1 record, beating UCLA in the 1943 Rose Bowl. But Georgia didn't beat Auburn, falling 27-13.

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On November 14, 1959, at Sanford Stadium in Athens, as time ran short, Georgia player and future Auburn head-coach Pat Dye recovered a fumble by Auburn quarterback Bryant Harvard. Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton's touchdown pass in the final seconds gave Georgia a 14-13 victory and cost Auburn a Southeastern Conference championship. Georgia went on to claim the 1959 SEC Championship and the 1960 Orange Bowl Championship with a victory over Missouri in Miami.

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The AU-UGA game has been held in many different cities - Atlanta, Athens, Macon, Columbus, Savannah, Montgomery - but on November 12, 1960, the Bulldogs made their first trip to the Loveliest Village on the Plains; a game which the Tigers won 9-6. This marked a huge change for the Tigers, as Auburn's biggest rivals - Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Alabama and Georgia - previously would not travel to Auburn. Georgia Tech's first visit came in 1970, while Tennessee eventually came in 1974. It would take Auburn's biggest rival, Alabama, almost 30 years after UGA to make the trip.

^^^one wonders why these other teams didn't want to go play on Auburn's home turf.

Anyway, that's Georgia-Auburn; I can't find anything on Alabama-Georgia.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 01, 2012, 06:34:55 PM
Alabama 32, Georgia 28, fourth quarter.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on December 01, 2012, 06:53:06 PM
What a bonehead play from Georgia to lose the game
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: USA4ME on December 01, 2012, 07:02:07 PM
What a game!!  Those two just stood toe to toe and slugged it out.

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Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: Rebel on December 01, 2012, 07:21:41 PM
What a bonehead play from Georgia to lose the game

That didn't lose them the game. Not being able to stop the rush lost them the game. He was throwing to Malcolm Mitchell. It got deflected. There wasn't a guarantee that he was going to catch it anyway as he was well-covered. Should he have spiked it? Most definitely. He'd have been able to get his line lined up properly. The goal is not to put yourself in that position to begin with. They all but had the pass locked down. They just couldn't stop the run. Most of the time, yeah. When it counted? No.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on December 01, 2012, 07:28:17 PM
That didn't lose them the game. Not being able to stop the rush lost them the game. He was throwing to Malcolm Mitchell. It got deflected. There wasn't a guarantee that he was going to catch it anyway as he was well-covered. Should he have spiked it? Most definitely. He'd have been able to get his line lined up properly. The goal is not to put yourself in that position to begin with. They all but had the pass locked down. They just couldn't stop the run. Most of the time, yeah. When it counted? No.

If you told Georgia at the beginning of the game that they could have the ball inside the 10 with 10 seconds left and down by 4 they would probably have taken that situation. Sure in the long run their lack of defense lost them the game but they were in a great position to win and blew it.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 02, 2012, 05:05:56 AM
I left about half an hour before that one game in Indianapolis, and ended up seeing some of the game on television in town.

Nebraska 31, Wisconsin 70, final.

Oh well.  There's always next year.....

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: franksolich on December 02, 2012, 05:20:54 PM
Well, I see Nebraska's to play Georgia in the Tangerine Bowl down in Orlando.

I think it's an insult to Georgia, giving them us as an opponent.
Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: USA4ME on December 02, 2012, 08:32:26 PM
A few bowls look good:

Chick-fil-A Bowl - Clemson vs. LSU
Cotton Bowl - TAMU vs. OU
Fiesta Bowl - Oregon vs. K State
Nat'l Champ - Bama vs ND

There's a few others that could be interesting like So. Carolina vs. Michigan, No. Illinois vs. FSU, Florida vs. Louisville, and Wisconson vs. Stanford.

Title: Re: penultimate week of college football
Post by: BigTex on December 10, 2012, 11:44:51 AM
Texas v Oregon State should be a pretty good one. The Big 12 and Pac 12 are fighting for 2nd best conference