2009 College Football Thread

[Saul Goodman]

Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

[thehawk]

Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

I had no problem with the QB run there, as it was somewhat disguised, and it did run 40+ seconds of the clock, at a time where there would otherwise been 1:30 left in the game had a ball been dropped.  Northwestern has really stepped it up at the end of the season (unlike Michigan, ND and the Bears)

[Saul Goodman]

Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

I had no problem with the QB run there, as it was somewhat disguised, and it did run 40+ seconds of the clock, at a time where there would otherwise been 1:30 left in the game had a ball been dropped.  Northwestern has really stepped it up at the end of the season (unlike Michigan, ND and the Bears)

Yeah, admittedly it could go either way, but I would rather trust the QB with the highest completion percentage in the conference to get that one first down you need to win the game with a short pass, which is all NU does according to most commentators ("dink and dunk").  I'm assuming you were there, how was it?

[thehawk]

Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

I had no problem with the QB run there, as it was somewhat disguised, and it did run 40+ seconds of the clock, at a time where there would otherwise been 1:30 left in the game had a ball been dropped.  Northwestern has really stepped it up at the end of the season (unlike Michigan, ND and the Bears)

Yeah, admittedly it could go either way, but I would rather trust the QB with the highest completion percentage in the conference to get that one first down you need to win the game with a short pass, which is all NU does according to most commentators ("dink and dunk").  I'm assuming you were there, how was it?

I was there, and it was awesome.  Great atmosphere, with loads of folks in both purple and red, and the crowd rocked, and the students rushed the field when it was over  .

Funny you should mention the dinking and dunking, as Kafka had several long strikes, and the Cats pulled off a 40+ yard halfback option as well.

One reason why they may have decided not to throw on that 3rd down was that Wisconsin started playing the receivers very close (and the refs were not calling PI), so the call made sense to all of us who were there.

[JD]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

[MAD]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

Your old coach from Fayeteville did his damndest to piss away an upset of LSU by going for two early in the third quarter.  I was kind of hoping LSU woulda pulled that game out just because of it.

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

Your old coach from Fayeteville did his damndest to piss away an upset of LSU by going for two early in the third quarter.  I was kind of hoping LSU woulda pulled that game out just because of it.

But since they didn't we can all point and laugh at *IAN.

[JD]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

Your old coach from Fayeteville did his damndest to piss away an upset of LSU by going for two early in the third quarter.  I was kind of hoping LSU woulda pulled that game out just because of it.

That guy...that guy is not a very good coach.  I don't think he'll make it to the end of next season in Oxford. 

[SKO]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

They have Ryan Mallet. He has what one would call "a fucking cannon" for an arm. He's only a redshirt sophomore but he's thrown 28 tds and 5 ints. If he aint the first pick in the 2011 or 2012 draft, I'll be shocked.

[Internet Apex]

TJ Brown should start a soccer thread.






Cuz that's the only sport IU can beat Purdue in.





HA HA HA HA HAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

[CBStew]

Cal beat Stanfoo.  Cal is 8 and 3 on the season.   But I wouldn't care if they were 1 and 10 if that one was Stanfoo.  At the start of the season I was bragging about Jahvid Best, who suffered his second concussion this season in a spectacular wipeout  two weeks ago while scoring a touchdown.  The second string back, Shane Vereen, carried the ball 42 times last night for 193 yards, outshining Stanfoo's Toby Gerhart, who is an outstanding football player and will have a very good professional career, if he doesn't decide to play baseball instead.   (Forgive the "wipeout" comment, dude, I am a Californian now.)

[CT III]

Yeah, well, my high school's football team stomped the living shit out of RV's (and possibly Morph's?) alma mater on Saturday, so I got that.


PEORIA CLASS, indeed.

[JD]

What the crap?  Arkansas has looked pretty good lately.

They have Ryan Mallet. He has what one would call "a fucking cannon" for an arm. He's only a redshirt sophomore but he's thrown 28 tds and 5 ints. If he aint the first pick in the 2011 or 2012 draft, I'll be shocked.

If he plays well against LSU and then the bowl game, then he's gone after THIS season.

[R-V]

Yeah, well, my high school's football team stomped the living shit out of RV's (and possibly Morph's?) alma mater on Saturday, so I got that.

PEORIA CLASS, indeed.

They were indeed abused like a handsome altar boy. Five turnovers in the first half, seven for the game. Stupid Joliet Catholic and their neverending powerhouse.

[PenFoe]

Cal beat Stanfoo.  Cal is 8 and 3 on the season.   But I wouldn't care if they were 1 and 10 if that one was Stanfoo.  At the start of the season I was bragging about Jahvid Best, who suffered his second concussion this season in a spectacular wipeout  two weeks ago while scoring a touchdown.  The second string back, Shane Vereen, carried the ball 42 times last night for 193 yards, outshining Stanfoo's Toby Gerhart, who is an outstanding football player and will have a very good professional career, if he doesn't decide to play baseball instead.   (Forgive the "wipeout" comment, dude, I am a Californian now.)

Yet another in a long line of successful white NFL Running Backs.