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[Akiyama]

Utah about to kick a FG with 1 second left. What a come back.

And the Beavers blow it. They played well though. Good win for Utah.

[Plow]

God, lol. USF seems to always fight into the Top 10 a ton, then come up the next week as the rankings are out and completely blow it.

Seriously, the main reason I was concerned about KU losing to USF was exactly this.

[Plow]

gogo 150 point game, tech @k-state on abc at 2:30 central

[Akiyama]

Picked Tech to win, but I'm sure they'll lose because that's what they always do. They get overhyped and then fail. D:

I'm looking forward to the Rice/Tulsa game. That's got 100+ points written all over it.

[Plow]

Kind of a tough spot for me, as Tech and KU are the only teams I can really cheer for other than KSU without feeling like a douche.

A win for K-State would be huuuuuuuuge here, but if I got to pick an undefeated team to stay undefeated all the way, it would be tech.


It's all good though, this K-State team is utterly hopeless against that offense, so I can cheer em on all the way and not worry about it cuz in the end they're not going to win heh.

[Akiyama]

I dunno. Tech should've beaten Oklahoma State last year, and well.. we saw what happened there. Also, the big ol' I'M A MAN! I'M FORTY!

[Kirin]

Hmm, some rumors starting to circle around here in bulldog country that Richt might be considering playing Logan Gray at QB for some quick mixes between him and Stafford, help mix up the playcalling.

Hopefully thats just that, rumors. While we do need more originality in our playcalling, I don't think its for lack of options...Bobo just needs to get a bit more confidant and call something we don't normally use. And our O and D lines need some strength before we worry about running dual QB's.

Anyways, whats this about Wisconsins entire band being suspended for sexual misconduct?

Also, I think Vandy might knock off Auburn today. Vandy is this years Kentucky in the SEC i think.

[Akiyama]

Thing I don't trust about Vandy is they are dead last in offense and defense. That's bound to catch up with them some time.

[Plow]

Hmm, some rumors starting to circle around here in bulldog country that Richt might be considering playing Logan Gray at QB for some quick mixes between him and Stafford, help mix up the playcalling.

Hopefully thats just that, rumors. While we do need more originality in our playcalling, I don't think its for lack of options...Bobo just needs to get a bit more confidant and call something we don't normally use. And our O and D lines need some strength before we worry about running dual QB's.

Yeah, people really need to get it through their heads that the "if you have more than 1 quarterback you have no quarterback" thing is all to true.


And, yeah, I remember when Baylor got through their scrubs without losing one time, too...

[Arvin]

PLEASE DONT CHOKE SPARTANS

[Mizango]

Fucking Purdue man GAHHHHHHH! Im glad they benched Curtis Painter, Tiller is in his last season and that bum cant complete a damn pass to save his life.

[Kirin]

And this might just be a landmark game for Dantonio and his spartan club...for once they stay tight and together and win a game on DEFENSE. Sparty On! Though that last injury from MSU's cornerback looked nasty...dudes arm was as limp as wet noodles.

Penn State was just showed to be just eye level above a decent Perdue team. Looking at today, Penn State is gonna have to claw and be flawless to go undefeated in the Big 10. Even an undefeated PSU club prolly doesn't stand a shot at anything above the Rose Bowl right now. But in all chances, theyll drop one.

Back to the SEC, wow. Florida looks absolutely abysmal. Tebows got more carries than any other rusher, but only 2.8 YPC. Hes only passing at around 50% with an interception too. Theyre trying to do WAY too much on offense with WAY too many people and then when they could prolly get a good passing rhythm going...Tebow starts running. Still a large and talented team, but theyre biting off way too much by spreading their offense too thin. As weird as it is to say, Vandy and UGA seem to be in solid control of the SEC East.

And of course I type this as Florida gets another TD, but my comments still stand. This should be a 35-0 effort by Florida after a home loss. Instead its a 24-7 ballgame when Florida is getting just enough to edge ahead when they need to.

[Tyche]

And this might just be a landmark game for Dantonio and his spartan club...for once they stay tight and together and win a game on DEFENSE. Sparty On! Though that last injury from MSU's cornerback looked nasty...dudes arm was as limp as wet noodles.

Penn State was just showed to be just eye level above a decent Perdue team. Looking at today, Penn State is gonna have to claw and be flawless to go undefeated in the Big 10. Even an undefeated PSU club prolly doesn't stand a shot at anything above the Rose Bowl right now. But in all chances, theyll drop one.

Back to the SEC, wow. Florida looks absolutely abysmal. Tebows got more carries than any other rusher, but only 2.8 YPC. Hes only passing at around 50% with an interception too. Theyre trying to do WAY too much on offense with WAY too many people and then when they could prolly get a good passing rhythm going...Tebow starts running. Still a large and talented team, but theyre biting off way too much by spreading their offense too thin. As weird as it is to say, Vandy and UGA seem to be in solid control of the SEC East.

And of course I type this as Florida gets another TD, but my comments still stand. This should be a 35-0 effort by Florida after a home loss. Instead its a 24-7 ballgame when Florida is getting just enough to edge ahead when they need to.

I mean, I just watched the three quarters of the Penn state game before taking my kid to the park, but Penn was rolling them. Going to ESPN, Purdue did end up putting up 6 in the 4th, but I can't comprehend how you can say they are just "eye level" above them, unless I'm misunderstanding your interpretation. If they go undefeated and go through Wisconsin and OSU ON THE ROAD, they stand a very very real chance of going to the national championship. Oklahoma stands a real chance of losing at least one in the next four. If they don't that will be damn impressive. TExas's next four are even more brutal than Oklahoma's. Mizzou has Nebraska on the road coming up, then Oklahoma state, texas, and colorado...they finish the season with Kansas. Either LSU or Bama are assured at least 1 loss. I think your crazy to think an undefeated PSU can't get a national championship bid.

[Kirin]

Eh, in my opinion Penn State should have put 30 or 40 on Purdue. You're right, no doubt PSU outplayed them all over, but rolled them? Only scoring 20 with what has been shown of PSU's offensive prowess isnt rolling to me, but opinions obviously differ. If Penn State was only able to put up 20 on Purdue, you have to think theyll have some harder issues against OSU, Wisconsin, and even Michigan State.

I think the press will give an undefeated Penn State their due, but strength of schedule and not being higher pre-season will hurt them in the computers come the instance between a 1 loss Big XII/SEC champs and a undefeated Penn. Maybe i was just expecting more since PSU has laid 30-40+ on everyone so far, and they do look good...think im going in circles now, so ill stop. Hope that made more sense.

[Plow]

Well after 2 drives per team, Harrel is 10-14 for 129 and 2 td, Freeman is 5-6 for 78 and 1 td.

At this point, if one of the big 12 teams manages to go undefeated, I feel sorry for whoever they play in the NC, because no matter who it is the big 12 team will have an extremely good offense and have faced, and beat better offenses themselves week in and week out, again and again.

[Tyche]

Well, if it's Oklahoma, I don't think their opponent has much to worry about, as they have the worst big game coach over the last 5 years.

[Kirin]

Kentucky needs to start paying attention. Theyre having Alabama on lockdown on defense spare that one tiny sliver of a half second that theyre not getting to Wilson, or one lone missed block when Alabama runs. So aggravating.

THANK YOU KENTUCKY. Finally hold onto a fumble.

[Plow]

8 minutes left in the 2nd and harrel has 225 yards and 3 td

[Kirin]

Alabama starting to show they can get flustered, and lose focus. Kentucky O-line starting to step things up and get into Alabamas head.

Also, i hope LSU and UGA are watching this game. Alabama has some large gaping holes the size of a hallway in the dead center of the field. Thats dangerous stuff for any potent passers in Stafford and an emerging Lee to get notice of.

[Plow]

Ron Prince's halftime speech:

"Well, it was nice coaching here for a couple years. Wish me luck finding a decent school that needs a receivers coach."