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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: franksolich on October 22, 2011, 08:02:29 AM
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The action starts at 11:00 a.m. central time, 10:00 a.m. mountain time.
Today's big games:
Indiana-Iowa
Illinois-Purdue
Nebraska-Minnesota
some obscure state college in Pennsylvania-Northwestern
Wisconsin-Michigan State
Oklahoma State-Missouri
Kansas State-Kansas
Texas A & M-Iowa State
Texas Tech-Oklahoma
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Kickoff in Columbia in about 15 minutes.
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Okay, I'm a little late to the party; a couple of hunters were here asking directions, and being the perfect host, I made sure to pour them some coffee too.
Anyway.
A few games now underway.
Indiana 0, Iowa 7, first quarter.
Illinois 0, Purdue 0, first quarter.
Oklahoma State 0, Missouri 0, first quarter.
Kansas State 0, Kansas 0, first quarter.
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By the way, in case one isn't aware--but most seem to be--because I can't hear radio and don't do television, the internet scoreboards are the only way I know how a game's going.
Unless I'm in the presence of someone who's listening or watching, who tells me.
Which isn't the case this morning.
I have to wait to read the Sunday morning newspapers to learn what happened; in "real time," the internet scoreboards are the best I can do, for personal illumination.
And so if anyone has any details they think worth noting--and not only with the big games--feel free to comment.
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OSU just "missed" a FG. It looked like it was just to the left of the right upright to me, though.
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Whoa.
I'm glancing at the handy-dandy "Our Family" (an obscure grocery store brand) Guide to the Big 10, and it says the football coach at Iowa's the highest paid state employee in Iowa.
He's been there nine years, but hasn't exactly built a stellar record.
2006 6-7, 2-6 in the Big Ten
2007 6-6, 4-4 in the Big Ten
2008 9-4, 5-3 in the Big Ten
2009 11-2. 6-2 in the Big Ten
2010 8-5, 4-4 in the Big Ten
It's okay, but is it worth $3.65 million a year (not including bonuses)?
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Indiana 7, Iowa 7, first quarter.
Illinois 0, Purdue 6, first quarter.
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Illinois 0, Purdue 7, first quarter.
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Kansas State 6, Kansas 0, first quarter.
Come on, Kansas!
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Kansas State 7, Kansas 0, first quarter.
Kansas is a lot like Nebraska; not a "comeback" team.
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TD OSU: 7-0.
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Just saw that.
Time for Missouri to get into character.
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Indiana 7, Iowa 14, first quarter.
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Hmmmm.
Does one suppose "gun repair" is a big business?
"Carl Jarl" of Omaha's the main advertisement here.
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In the Associated Press Top 25:
(11) West Virginia 23, Syracuse 49, Friday.
One wonders what happened there.
North Carolina 7, (8) Clemson 10, first quarter.
(10) Arkansas 0, Mississippi 0, first quarter.
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Oklahoma State 7, Missouri 3, first quarter.
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Illinois 0, Purdue 14, second quarter.
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Kansas State 14, Kansas 0, second quarter.
Not looking good for Kansas.
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Oklahoma State 13, Missouri 3, second quarter.
Indiana 14, Iowa 14, second quarter.
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Hmmmm.
Does one suppose "gun repair" is a big business?
"Carl Jarl" of Omaha's the main advertisement here.
Oh yeah, competent gunsmiths can make big bucks.
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Correction: Oklahoma State-Missouri still in first quarter.
<<was getting too excited about score in Indiana-Iowa game, and went too fast.
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Oklahoma State 14, Missouri 3, first quarter.
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There is no one on the field for Mizzou's defense that can cover Justin Blackmon. It is going to be a long day for them.
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There is no one on the field for Mizzou's defense that can cover Justin Blackmon. It is going to be a long day for them.
Ooops for Missouri, because Blackmon's pretty good.
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Illinois 0, Purdue 21, second quarter.
One wonders how Illinois got ranked in the first place.
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Indiana 14, Iowa 21, second quarter.
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Indiana 14, Iowa 21, second quarter.
I'll bet the condom primitive from Iowa is sort of happy.
The condom primitive's a professional student; he even started college before franksolich did.....and he's still in college.
Iowa might beat Nebraska this year, given that this whole Big 10 thing is new to us, but after that, nah.
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The effete eastern establishment elites in the Big 10 are trying to push Iowa to be Nebraska's "rival."
No way.
This, from wikipedia, their article about Iowa football:
The Hawkeyes play three annual rivalry trophy games. Iowa's oldest rivalry trophy is Floyd of Rosedale, which has been awarded to the winner of the Iowa-Minnesota game every season since 1935.
Iowa plays Iowa State for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, which was created when the Iowa-Iowa State series resumed in 1977.
Iowa has played Wisconsin for the Heartland Trophy since 2004. Starting in 2011, the Hawkeyes and Badgers will no longer compete every year since they are in opposite divisions.
Although many erroneously say Iowa's new rival is the Nebraska Cornhuskers, most self-respecting Iowa fans would acknowledge that Iowa must first win a couple, three or four national titles before they can even start calling Nebraska a "rival."
These two teams will compete in the Heroes game which is the final regular-season game each season on the Friday after Thanksgiving, yet most knowledgable college football fans would inform readers that Nebraska now stoops to Iowa's level, having for decades played Oklahoma the day after Thanksgiving, the way College Football Was Meant To Be.
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Kansas State 21, Kansas 0, second quarter.
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Indiana 14, Iowa 28, second quarter.
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Mizzou finally put one in the end zone. 21-10 OSU up.
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Mizzou finally put one in the end zone. 21-10 OSU up.
Saw that; nine minutes to go in second quarter.
Anything can still happen in this game, but Kansas has obviously already lost.
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Ooops, maybe I shot off the mouth too quickly.
Kansas State 21, Kansas 7, second quarter.
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Okay, it's halftime in the two games going on in the Big 10 at the moment.
I'm low on cigarettes and need to get some dinner, so I'm headed to town for a bit.
<<will be back.
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Oklahoma State 24, Missouri 17, halftime.
Kansas State 31, Kansas 14, halftime.
Indiana 14, Iowa 35, halftime.
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Yeah, Mizzou came back a bit. OSU offensive coordinator just got outcoached in the 2nd quarter. Was dialing up calls right to the defensive positioning.
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Yeah, Mizzou came back a bit. OSU offensive coordinator just got outcoached in the 2nd quarter. Was dialing up calls right to the defensive positioning.
Anything can happen there; that's the most exciting game going on at the moment.
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Whoops.
Kansas State 37, Kansas 14, right at the beginning of the third quarter.
Kansas State must've done something impressive that first split-second of the second half.
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Kansas State 38, Kansas 14, third quarter.
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Indiana 17, Iowa 35, third quarter.
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Kansas State 45, Kansas 14, third quarter.
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At 2:30 p.m. central time, 1:30 p.m. mountain time, we got Nebraska-Minnesota and Texas A & M-Iowa State coming up, and then a long hiatus until the evening games.
Probably all four of these games going on right now will be over by 2:30, or close to it.
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Indiana 17, Iowa 38, third quarter.
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Oklahoma State 31, Missouri 17, third quarter.
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Kansas State 52, Kansas 14, third quarter.
I'll bet whatever Kansas State did the first second of the second half broke Kansas's back, destroyed their hopes.
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You know, I wonder why Illinois isn't coming anywhere near hopes and expectations pre-season and early-season.
This getting clobbered by Purdue surely has to be embarrassing.
Somebody probably pissed off the Machine.
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Illinois 7, Purdue 21, fourth quarter.
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OSU just recovered a fumble by Mizzou. MU was about to score a TD, too.
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OSU just recovered a fumble by Mizzou. MU was about to score a TD, too.
Ouch.
By the way, do you know what Kansas State did the first second of the second half in their game against Kansas?
Did they take a kick-off and run it back unimpeded for a touchdown?
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Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 17, end of third quarter.
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Kansas State 58, Kansas 14, fourth quarter.
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Kansas State 59, Kansas 14, fourth quarter.
Alas for Kansas.
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Indiana 17, Iowa 44, fourth quarter.
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Ouch.
By the way, do you know what Kansas State did the first second of the second half in their game against Kansas?
Did they take a kick-off and run it back unimpeded for a touchdown?
Yep, 97-yard kickoff return.
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Indiana 17, Iowa 45, fourth quarter.
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Yep, 97-yard kickoff return.
I thought it might be something like that.
And it very quickly became obvious that's what destroyed any hopes Kansas had, with a whole half of the game still to go.
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Illinois 14, Purdue 21, fourth quarter.
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Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 24, fourth quarter.
But unless Missouri pulls an Oklahoma, game's pretty much over.
<<doesn't think Missouri can pull an Oklahoma this afternoon.
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With just eight minutes to go in the Oklahoma State-Missouri game, Missouri needs at least two touchdowns.
Oklahoma, at least the Oklahoma of old, could do that, no problem, but I don't think it's in Missouri to do that today.
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Illinois 14, Purdue 21, final.
Indiana 24, Iowa 45, fourth quarter.
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Indiana 24, Iowa 45, final.
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Kansas State 59, Kansas 20, fourth quarter.
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Kansas State 59, Kansas 21, final.
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Nebraska-Minnesota now underway.
Texas A & M-Iowa State now underway.
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Oklahoma State 45, Missouri 24, final.
franksolich is now 0-2 against the primitives, but oh well; one can't win 'em all.
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Texas A & M 3, Iowa State 0, first quarter.
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LSU up on Auburn 7-0.
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Hmmmmm.
Nebraska appears to be having some problems against Minnesota.
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LSU up on Auburn 7-0.
The Tigers versus the Tigers.
Auburn (19), Louisiana State (01) in the polls.
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Nebraska 3, Minnesota 0, first quarter.
This may be a long afternoon.....
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Texas A & M 3, Iowa State 6, first quarter.
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Nebraska 10, Minnesota 0, first quarter.
That's better, but still nowhere good enough for Nebraska to beat Michigan State next week.
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Texas A & M 3, Iowa State 7, first quarter.
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Well, if Nebraska can be ahead of Minnesota by only ten points at the end of the first quarter, there might be some problems for us next week.
I expected it to be 24-0 or something like that, after the first fifteen minutes.
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Nebraska 17, Minnesota 0, second quarter.
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Nebraska appears stalled again.
Not good.
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Nebraska 20, Minnesota 0, second quarter.
Come on, come on.
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Texas A & M 6, Iowa State 7, second quarter.
Nebraska 27, Minnesota 0, second quarter.
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Well, given that both Nebraska and Texas A & M seem stalled, some scores from the Top 25:
Air Force 7, (05) Boise State 13, second quarter.
(09) Oregon 35, Colorado 0, second quarter.
Too bad for Colorado.
(19) Auburn 3, (01) Louisiana State 7, second quarter.
(20) Georgia Tech 0, Miasma 14, second quarter.
Marshall 0, (21) Houston 7, first quarter.
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I dunno what the problems are, but both Texas A & M and Nebraska seem stalled, stuck, at the moment, in their games, about halfway through the second quarters.
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Texas A & M 13, Iowa State 7, second quarter.
As for the other game, it appears Minnesota's a much much much better team than they've been made out to be, with Nebraska leading by only 27, near the end of the first half.
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Nebraska 33, Minnesota 0, second quarter.
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Nebraska 34, Minnesota 0, second quarter.
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That's now the score at halftime, Nebraska 34, Minnesota 0.
One yearns for the glory days when Nebraska pounded Minnesota 84-13 (mid-1980s, I think).
Not going to happen this time, alas.
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Texas A & M 20, Iowa State 7, halftime.
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Nebraska-Minnesota underway again, after halftime, but it looks as if Nebraska's still stalled.
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Nebraska 34, Minnesota 6, third quarter.
Damn.
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Nebraska 34, Minnesota 7, third quarter.
If this is the way we're playing Minnesota, we got no chance against Michigan State next week.
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Texas A & M 23, Iowa State 7, third quarter.
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An obscure state college in Pennsylvania-Northwestern coming up in about an hour.
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Texas A & M 30, Iowa State 7, third quarter.
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Nebraska 41, Minnesota 7, third quarter.
Halfway there, but too late.
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Texas A & M 30, Iowa State 14, third quarter.
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Texas A & M 30, Iowa State 17, third quarter.
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Less than four minutes to go in the game, and it's still Nebraska 41, Minnesota 7.
This DOES NOT look good for us up against Michigan State next week; we HAD to pound Minnesota hard, and didn't.
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Damn.
Nebraska 41, Minnesota 14, fourth quarter.
I'll have to wait until the Sunday newspapers come out, to find out what went wrong.
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Nebraska 41, Minnesota 14, final.
Don't get me wrong; I'm of course very grateful we eked out a victory here, but if this was the best we could do against Minnesota, we're pretty much sunk in the remaining games.
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<<back.
Texas A & M 33, Iowa State 17, final.
an obscure state college in Pennsylvania 20, Northwestern 24, second quarter.
Wisconsin 7, Michigan State 0, first quarter.
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Wisconsin 13, Michigan State 0, first quarter.
One wonders why the Texas Tech-Oklahoma game hasn't started yet.
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Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 0, first quarter.
I'm starting to wonder if it isn't in fact correct our very first Big 10 game was with the toughest team.
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Now, this is ridiculous.
It's obvious that the guy who sits in a cubicle somewhere and punches in the numbers on the scoreboard as they change is away from his desk, drunk, stoned, or making nice-nice with a woman co-worker, because he's not punching in those numbers.
It still shows Texas Tech-Oklahoma as not having started,
And it made a big leap here, as if it hadn't been changed for fifteen or so minutes:
an obscure state college in Pennsylvania 27, Northwestern 24, halftime.
I mean, how hard of a job can that be, sitting there punching in a number once every two or three minutes?
And one probably gets to eat and watch television while at it too.
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Wisconsin 13, Michigan State 0, first quarter.
One wonders why the Texas Tech-Oklahoma game hasn't started yet.
Weather delay. Supposed to kickoff around 8:15.
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Weather delay. Supposed to kickoff around 8:15.
Thanks, sir.
What sort of weather?
I was thinking the guy in the cubicle was just goofing off, or asleep.
Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 2, second quarter.
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By the way, that did happen last year, with the Army-Navy game.
The Army-Navy game was the last game of that particular day, and as the games preceding it wound down, the posting of updates on the scoreboard got slower and slower.
By halftime, it was obvious the guy in the cubicle had gone home for the day.
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an obscure state college in Pennsylvania 34, Northwestern 24, third quarter.
Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 9, second quarter.
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Thanks, sir.
What sort of weather?
I was thinking the guy in the cubicle was just goofing off, or asleep.
Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 2, second quarter.
Lightning...heavy thunderstorms moving through.
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Lightning...heavy thunderstorms moving through.
Thanks.
It's about time Oklahoma got some rain, but it's probably way too late.
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You know, that must be a nice job; I wonder what it pays.
All one has to do is sit in a cubicle watching a game on television and punching in the numbers as they happen.
An air-conditioned or heated--whichever's needed--place, comfortable chair.
Probably can eat, sip, and smoke while there. And smooch with a co-worker too.
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Well, the guy in charge of the Southeastern Conference is on his toes, getting the numbers in.
Jacksonville State 14, Kentucky 38, final.
Arkansas 29, Mississippi 24, final.
Auburn 10, Louisiana State 45, final.
Army 6, Vanderbilt 37, third quarter.
Tennessee 6, Alabama 13, third quarter.
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Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 16, second quarter.
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Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 23, second quarter.
This is bad....for Nebraska, next week.
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Whoa.
Wait.
What?
Now it says Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 17.
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NOW it says Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 16.
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Okay, now we're back to Wisconsin 14, Michigan State 23, halftime.
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Well, the guy in the cubicle slipped away; probably left the building to go to a naughty-house for a while, thinking nobody cares any more about the numbers.
So.....I'll call it on this live thread, and go have some fun myself.
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Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Texas Tech 24, Oklahoma 7, halftime.
The guy in the cubicle must have punched in the wrong numbers. Or at least I hope.
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And another one.
Wisconsin 31, Michigan State 37, final.
Damn.
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Texas Tech 31, Oklahoma 17, end of third quarter.
This is surely going to screw up my own enjoyment of the season, what with Wisconsin losing to Michigan State, Nebraska barely winning over Minnesota, and a possibility Oklahoma might lose this game.
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From Tuesday's Omaha World-Herald:
Apparently West Virginia is the leader in the clubhouse to replace Missouri in the Big 12. Bob Huggins back in the Big 12, I get. But I can't wait for those West Virginia-Texas Tech trips.
How does Wisconsin fall nine spots in the BCS with a Hail Mary loss on the road and Oklahoma stays in the Top 10 after losing to Texas Tech at home? How is Nebraska ranked ahead of Wisconsin? Don't ask. It's college football.
For the record, the replay of the Hail Mary touchdown looked good, but certainly not 100 percent conclusive. I thought that it was a gutsy call to end a game that big with a play like that. Maybe not quite as gutsy, since the home team got the call.
I thought that it was somewhat funny that the official who announced the touchdown made a mad dash for the exit as soon as he signaled touchdown. What's the hurry? There were thousands of people in green who wanted to buy him a drink.
The above of course referring to the Michigan-Michigan State game.
A lot of armchair psychiatrists are getting paid overtime this week wondering which Sparty will show up in Lincoln on Saturday.
A Michigan State team on an emotional roll?
Or the Spartans about to hit the wall after last week's finish?
You hear a lot about the latter. But here's something to consider: Michigan State should show up, fired up, because it's playing Nebraska. This is still a big deal to Big Ten teams who want to show the new kid what they've got.
The Spartans also have a chance to essentially lock down the first division title at Nebraska — a team many picked to win it.
There's more history to achieve. The Spartans have also never beaten NU.
One has to disagree with the part in bold, above.
It's up to us to show the eastern establishment elites what we've got, and so far we haven't shown them a damned thing.