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Real Name Grover: Feb 13, 2002; Like corn on the cob; Fan of Britches

Bunch of scores you could've looked up elsewhere:

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Thursday, August 28
No. 21 Texas A&M 52, No. 9 South Carolina 28	
Louisiana-Monroe 17, Wake Forest 10	
Minnesota 42, Eastern Illinois 20	
Akron 41, Howard 0	
Northern Illinois 55, Presbyterian 3	
Central Michigan 20, Chattanooga 16	
Utah 56, Idaho State 14	
No. 18 Ole Miss 35, Boise State 13	
New Mexico State 28, Cal Poly 10	
Tulsa 38, Tulane 31 (2OT)	
Rutgers 41, Washington State 38	
San Jose State 42, North Dakota 10	
No. 19 Arizona State 45, Weber State 14	
Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7

Friday, August 29
BYU 35, Connecticut 10	
No. 8 Michigan State 45, Jacksonville State 7	
Syracuse 27, Villanova 26 (2OT)
Western Kentucky 59, Bowling Green 31	
Colorado State 31, Colorado 17	
UTSA 27, Houston 7	
Arizona 58, UNLV 13	

Saturday, August 30
Penn State 26, UCF 24	
No. 5 Ohio State 34, Navy 17	
No. 7 UCLA 28, Virginia 20
Pittsburgh 62, Delaware 0	
Michigan 52, Appalachian State 14	
North Dakota State 34, Iowa State 14	
Illinois 28, Youngstown State 17	
Indiana 28, Indiana State 10	
Iowa 31, Northern Iowa 23	
Purdue 43, Western Michigan 34	  
UAB 48, Troy 10	
Kentucky 59, Tennessee-Martin 14	
Georgia Tech 38, Wofford 19	
North Carolina State 24, Georgia Southern 23	
Ball State 30, Colgate 10	
Air Force 44, Nicholls State 16	
Nevada 28, Southern Utah 19	
Boston College 30, Massachusetts 7	
No. 2 Alabama 33, West Virginia 23	
No. 17 Notre Dame 48, Rice 17	
No. 22 Nebraska 55, Florida Atlantic 7	
No. 24 Missouri 38, South Dakota State 18	
Maryland 52, James Madison 7	
California 31, Northwestern 24	
Buffalo 38, Duquesne 28	
Old Dominion 41, Hampton 28	
Marshall 42, Miami (OH) 27	
No. 6 Auburn 45, Arkansas 21	
No. 11 Stanford 45, UC Davis 0	
Wyoming 17, Montana 12	
Oregon State 29, Portland State 14	
Virginia Tech 34, William & Mary 9	
No. 12 Georgia 45, No. 16 Clemson 21	
No. 23 North Carolina 56, Liberty 29	
Duke 52, Elon 13	
Ohio 17, Kent State 14	
Eastern Michigan 31, Morgan State 28	
No. 4 Oklahoma 48, Louisiana Tech 16	
Toledo 54, New Hampshire 20	
Middle Tennessee 61, Savannah State 7	
Bethune-Cookman 14, Florida International 12	
San Diego State 38, Northern Arizona 7	
Memphis 63, Austin Peay 0	
South Florida 36, Western Carolina 31	
TCU 48, Samford 14	
Texas Tech 42, Central Arkansas 35	
Arkansas State 37, Montana State 10	
Louisiana-Lafayette 45, Southern University 6	
Texas State 65, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0	
No. 20 Kansas State 55, Stephen F. Austin 16	
No. 15 USC 52, Fresno State 13	
Mississippi State 49, Southern Miss 0	
No. 1 Florida State 37, Oklahoma State 31	
UTEP 31, New Mexico 24	
Texas 38, North Texas 7	
East Carolina 52, NC Central 7	
No. 13 LSU 28, No. 14 Wisconsin 24	
No. 3 Oregon 62, South Dakota 13	
No. 25 Washington 17, Hawaii 16
Idaho at Florida PPD

Sunday, August 31
Utah State at Tennessee
SMU at No. 10 Baylor

Monday, September 1
Miami (FL) at Louisville

What did we learn yesterday? For one, college football is back.

Speaking for myself, Nebraska set the Big 10 single-game record for yards gained (784), although it's only the fifth-highest in school history.

And Jordan Westerkamp did this loving thing: Butt catch

# ? Aug 31, 2014 15:48

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 07:50

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

Holy gently caress fsu don't do that again

# ? Aug 31, 2014 15:51

Roasted Donut: Aug 24, 2007; NWA WHITE POWERRR!!!!

Penn State/UCF was a really intense and entertaining game. PSU's run defense looked phenomenal and they got good pressure on the QB (Anthony Zettel is a grown rear end man). O'Leary is dumb as hell for sticking with DiNovo as long as he did, if the other guy started the game we would have lost. The secondary is still definitely shaky.

Hackenberg had a few poor decisions on throws but overall looked pretty fantastic on his way to breaking PSU's single game passing record. I can't say enough about Dashean Hamilton and Geno Lewis either, they really made it look like we're not going to miss Allen Robinson near as much as I though. Jesse James looked great as well. Offensive line is definitely going to use some work though, couldn't open up running lanes at all and shaky in pass protection. The guards got their lunch eaten all over the field all day yesterday, which I guess makes sense since they're both DTs by nature.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 15:55

a neat cape: Feb 22, 2007; Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!

I posted this in the tail end of the other thread, but I'll put it here because I still can't understand it:

quote:

Before the 13:19 mark in the second quarter on Saturday, SDSU hadn't successfully kicked a field goal since September 28 of last year

# ? Aug 31, 2014 15:56

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Texas looked pretty good but against North Texas so not really the best indicator of just how good they may (or may not be). Everything more or less looked positive and the defense is playing very aggressively especially looking good in the secondary.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 15:59

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

gently caress mother nature.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:02

RumbleFish: Dec 20, 2007

I'd never seen South Carolina lose an opener and I hadn't personally witnessed us lose a home game in five years, so Thursday was not an enjoyable way for me to start the season.

Not sure what else I can say that hasn't already been discussed, but A&M is clearly better than expected and we're clearly worse. I wasn't drinking the kool-aid about this team being a potential SEC champ and/or fringe playoff team, but I certainly expected us to look like we'd played football before. Fortunately the season is young, the offense should be fine, and if we nail down tackling alone our defense will improve quite a bit. It's nothing new for us to look rough in an opener -- we're just usually playing a team that can't make us pay for screwing around.

Please, dear god, beat ECU.

RumbleFish fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Aug 31, 2014

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:02

Kim Jong Il: Aug 16, 2003

Roasted Donut posted:

Penn State/UCF was a really intense and entertaining game. PSU's run defense looked phenomenal and they got good pressure on the QB (Anthony Zettel is a grown rear end man). O'Leary is dumb as hell for sticking with DiNovo as long as he did, if the other guy started the game we would have lost. The secondary is still definitely shaky.

Hackenberg had a few poor decisions on throws but overall looked pretty fantastic on his way to breaking PSU's single game passing record. I can't say enough about Dashean Hamilton and Geno Lewis either, they really made it look like we're not going to miss Allen Robinson near as much as I though. Jesse James looked great as well. Offensive line is definitely going to use some work though, couldn't open up running lanes at all and shaky in pass protection. The guards got their lunch eaten all over the field all day yesterday, which I guess makes sense since they're both DTs by nature.

A lot of OL do tend to be former DTs.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:07

Ben Has Tiny Weenus: Feb 17, 2007; MSU Will Not Be National Champions

So I really should learn to shut the hole under my nose.

Quick rundown of Mississippi State's 49-0 romp of Southern Miss:

The good:
1. DAK PRESCOTT. You have until this weekend to get on the hype train before I call you a poser.
2. Chris Jones will be a top 5 draft pick in two years
3. We had our first shut out (in our favor) since 1999. We had the number 1 defense in the country that year and that was also the last time we beat LSU *fingers crossed*
4. We don't have a first string defense. We seriously alternate two whole units every series, and both were FANTASTIC.
5. We have WR threats for the first time...ever.
6. Josh Robinson will continue the long tradition of great MSU RBs.

The bad:
1. O Line needs some work. Were quite inconsistent for the first 1.5 quarters
2. Still need a field goal kicker
3. That goal line series after the fat guy interception was embarrassing.

Overall, I loved it. I know that USM is really bad, but we could have hung a hundred on them if we wanted to.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:09

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Northwestern is not going to make it to a bowl game

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:09

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Football is dumb and I don't know why I watch it.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:11

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

The very first game of this season between two basically unknown teams loving owned, and I really think it's going to set the tone for this season. Other than that, the most fun I had this weekend was the LSU game. Time after time, it's just amazing to watch Les Miles Les Miles all over everyone.

Also UK actually won a blowout they were supposed to! You laugh, but it's a step forward. For a while, there's been no guarantees on anything. :stonk:

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:12

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

Clemson's defense kept us in the game against Georgia for 3 quarters, but in the end it came down to strength and conditioning and there's just only so much you can do against a dynamic back like Gurley. I was somewhat disappointed in our offense, but not surprised. It'll get a good bit better in this season alone, but I don't see us hanging 30+ points on people like the last few years.

Props to Georgia, please go on to win the SEC East, the SEC, and hell, get yourself a national title this year. That'll take some of the sting out.

In the meantime, this brought a smile to my face today :unsmith:

Winkie01 posted:

A little Les conversation, a lot more MACtion
^^^ Every thread should be titled this from here on out.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:12

KKKLIP ART: Sep 3, 2004

We held Clemson to 15 yards of offense in the second half. There are feelings inside me that I haven't felt in quite some time. I hope there isn't a single UGA fan in the country that feels like picking up Pruitt was a dumb move and we should have thrown more money at Grantham to keep him. First half offense was a bit odd, Gurley only had a few touches and we were tossing in our freshmen backs. A few times we had 2 or 3 tailbacks in at the same time which was silly and fun. My thought, retrospectively speaking, was we wanted a fresh Gurley for the second half and that is what we got. Nick Chubb really reminds me of Gurley in how he moves and just plows people. It is beautiful. Our special teams was actually on point last night, in the second half keeping Clemson mostly behind their 20. Punt returns were way better with a majority of them in the 20 or so yard range which beats out the school average last season by a huge margin. Oh also these:

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:13

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

Scarf posted:

A little Les conversation, a lot more MACtion
^^^ Every thread should be titled this from here on out.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:14

Morby: Sep 6, 2007

On the whole, I am pretty pleased with Auburn's performance. The defense looked godawful the first half, but Arkansas is a schematic mismatch for the type of defense Auburn runs, so I am not surprised that they got their yards and points. Second half, Johnson made great adjustments and it was a shutout. On offense, I have no real complaints. The line was inconsistent at times and gave up false starts more than I would have liked, but I think some of that might have been due to them not being used to Johnson's cadence/snap count. When Marshall leaves for the NFL or other pastures, Auburn is in very capable hands at QB. The passing game was very sharp and DUUUUUUUUKE owns. The running game was inconsistent in the first half, but got much better in the second. Partly due, I imagine, to Marshall being a legit running threat whereas Johnson is more of a pocket passer.

Side note, Bret Bielema is still a loving douche. Last year, he complained that the swinging gate formation was left out of his game film. This year he says his assistants got stuck on the elevator at halftime.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/08/arkansas_bret_bielema_says_ass.html

I just can't with this guy. Please let him never win an SEC game.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:21

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

I've said it before, but my only response to yesterday is:

LeeMajors posted:

Even God doesn't want to watch Gator football.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:21

CrumFUNist!: Nov 27, 2005

Oregon's defense is still having problems making easy tackles on runners. They will lose to Michigan State because of this.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:28

Scarf: Jun 24, 2005; On sight

LeeMajors posted:

I've said it before, but my only response to yesterday is:

Oh poo poo I didn't even realize that game got suspended... Rain, I take it?

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:29

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

UGA is going to sleepwalk to the SECCG

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:30

Frinkahedron: Jul 26, 2006; Gobble Gobble

Virginia Tech came out and had a relatively boring win over William and Mary yesterday. However, a pile of new players and freshmen did pretty well overall, and it was good to get some of the first game poo poo (false starts) out against William and Mary before going to Columbus next week to play motherfucking Ohio State.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:31

Ron Pauls Friend: Jul 3, 2004

Houston's gonna win a game next week...

...and then lose the rest

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:32

Captain von Trapp: Jan 23, 2006; I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

LSU continues to be LSU. Play a wildly incompetent three quarters, spot the opponent 17 points, and come back to win in hilariously improbable fashion.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:34

pillsburysoldier: Feb 11, 2008; Yo, peep that shit

Lou Holtz now predicts the playoffs to be:

FSU - Notre Dame
Auburn - Oklahoma

Mark May now predicts:

UGA - Oklahoma
FSU - Aggie

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:35

Nissin Cup Nudist: Sep 3, 2011; Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land

Roasted Donut posted:

Penn State/UCF was a really intense and entertaining game. PSU's run defense looked phenomenal and they got good pressure on the QB (Anthony Zettel is a grown rear end man). O'Leary is dumb as hell for sticking with DiNovo as long as he did, if the other guy started the game we would have lost. The secondary is still definitely shaky.

Hackenberg had a few poor decisions on throws but overall looked pretty fantastic on his way to breaking PSU's single game passing record. I can't say enough about Dashean Hamilton and Geno Lewis either, they really made it look like we're not going to miss Allen Robinson near as much as I though. Jesse James looked great as well. Offensive line is definitely going to use some work though, couldn't open up running lanes at all and shaky in pass protection. The guards got their lunch eaten all over the field all day yesterday, which I guess makes sense since they're both DTs by nature.

Seems about right

Hackenberg is pretty cool

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:37

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Now lets cut to the action on the sidelines...

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:43

facebook jihad: Dec 18, 2007; by R. Guyovich

I'm all in. Prescott winning the heisman and we're dark horses to win the SEC west.

No but for real, our schedule is tailored to be 3-0 and a potential ranking before we see our first real test in LSU.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:44

facebook jihad: Dec 18, 2007; by R. Guyovich

pillsburysoldier posted:

Lou Holtz now predicts the playoffs to be:

FSU - Notre Dame
Auburn - Oklahoma

Mark May now predicts:

UGA - Oklahoma
FSU - Aggie

gently caress Lou Holtz. It's really not funny.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:45

pillsburysoldier: Feb 11, 2008; Yo, peep that shit

http://gifsound.com/?gif=giant.gfycat.com/PastValuableArthropods.gif&v=pD_imYhNoQ4&s=9

:effort:

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:47

buddychrist10: Nov 4, 2009; Obtuse.....even hokey.

Les Miles is a magician. It took a while, but we definitely got it together at the end. Guess that's to be expected with such a young team. Also our secondary is really good.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:47

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

I'm glad Michigan managed to beat Appalachian State the second time around and now we can get on with the rest of the season. We'll still lose a bunch of games, but at least not that one.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:53

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

Mizzou's WRs need work.

This was a cool play:

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:55

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

So, A&M did pretty well. I was worried about how the offense would fare but it seems like Sumlin has it under control. The number of WRs we have is amazing and I can see his strategy now. Our defense still needs some work but I think basically all of them are freshmen and the one dude that wasn't was responsible for those two quick touchdowns by SCAR.

It's going to be really scary (in a good way) watching this team in a year or two.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:57

Ben Has Tiny Weenus: Feb 17, 2007; MSU Will Not Be National Champions

So I really should learn to shut the hole under my nose.

facebook jihad posted:

I'm all in. Prescott winning the heisman and we're dark horses to win the SEC west.

No but for real, our schedule is tailored to be 3-0 and a potential ranking before we see our first real test in LSU.

I am so glad that there is another State fan on here.

I am less happy with the pony avatar.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:58

FeedingHam2Cats: Nov 10, 2009

Maryland beat JMU 52-7 in the most boring fashion possible

Run left. Run right. First down. Throw a deep incompletion. Run middle. First down. Bubble screen. First down. Run right. Run left. Touchdown. Repeat.

of course Maryland's toughest looking opponent from yesterday looks like WVU so nothing means anything

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:58

Farking Bastage: Sep 22, 2007; Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengos!

I could not be happier with the way Georgia played. The entire team as a whole appears to be a hell of a lot more disciplined since Pruitt showed up. I'll deal with the low Gurley touches in the first half if it means he trucks everyone in the second. Nick Chubb is a goddamned bulldozer and has crazy breakaway speed.

As a senior in high school he benched 390, squatted 640, and cleaned 395, and he's fast.

Marshall, I hate to say it, just doesn't look the same. I hope he heals up and makes himself a nice living one day, but he really looked a step or two off after that ACL.

For the first time since Brian VanGorder was the DC, we actually appear to have a defense. :gizz:

Farking Bastage fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Aug 31, 2014

# ? Aug 31, 2014 16:58

Farking Bastage: Sep 22, 2007; Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengos!

Ben Has Tiny Weenus posted:

I am so glad that there is another State fan on here.

I am less happy with the pony avatar.

My wife and I have a MSU (cow major)student staying with us for a semester to take a class from FAMU that MSU didn't offer. There are several cowbells in my house now. I don't know how to feel about that. We share a mutual gently caress Auburn sentiment so that's alright, I guess.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:02

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Holy poo poo BG managed to regress back to the Gregg Brandon days in very short order. Nobody can tackle at loving all. Defensive adjustments? What are those? Also getting physically dominated at the line by a loving Sun Belt (yeah yeah they're CUSA now shut up) team. What the poo poo.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:02

Basil Hayden: Oct 9, 2012; 1921!

Kentucky won a football game, convincingly!

I mean, yes, it was against Tennessee-Martin, but.

Also WKU opened their season by hanging 59 on Bowling Green so that's neat. Maybe they'll get to play in a bowl game that isn't being held in a blizzard this year.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:02

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 07:50

facebook jihad: Dec 18, 2007; by R. Guyovich

Ben Has Tiny Weenus posted:

I am so glad that there is another State fan on here.

I am less happy with the pony avatar.

I'm crankdatbatman with a new name.

This is a Toxx avatar that will change when the NFL season starts next week (thank god)

facebook jihad fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Aug 31, 2014

# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:03

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