2018 NCAA Football Thread

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

The most significant Apple Cup in 20 years goes tonight -- #16 Washington (8-3) at #8 Washington State (10-1). Pullman is going to be rocking!

At least that one is on TV.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Ole miss vs miss st just got ugly. Nearly a brawl in the end zone. Punches thrown.

Benches cleared. EVERY single player on each team received an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty - 158 UC penalties in total.

[Senator Clay Davis]

McKenzie Milton's knee injury was gross to say the least. Avoid if possible.

[Drake]

3rd and 18 and WVU has a WR just run directly down the middle of the field for a long gain. Its legit 7 on 7 against Oklahoma’s defense. Such trash.

[Drake]

On every third and long West Virginia sends WR #12 deep down the seam and Oklahoma ... just doesn’t cover him?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

The big 12 knows defence is allowed right?

[ResAlien]

Second strip sack returned for a TD in this game. Grier needs to learn to take a sack sometimes.

[Drake]

Curtis Bolton and Caleb Kelly sure pick the right times to score defensive TDs

[Lubicon]

59-56 final. good grief. It’s pretty much last possession wins.

[ResAlien]

Michigan completely out of their element and they look like it. This could get really ugly really quickly for them if they don’t put a ball in the end zone before the half at the very least.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

59-56 final. good grief. It’s pretty much last possession wins.

The game stats are simply astounding.

Combined for 903 yards passing.

Combined for 469 yards rushing.

Combined for 1372 yards total.

Combined for 58 first downs.

Combined for 120 yards of penalties on 11 flags.

Combined for 4 turnovers.

Each team has a receiver over 200 yards and 2 TD's.

West Va had 2 receivers over 130 yds

OK had 2 RB's over 110 yds.

There was a combined 3 punts in the entire game.

Simply absurd numbers.

[transplant99]

Ohio St. just lambasting Michigan 62-39 at the moment.

Wonder if this puts pressure on Harbaugh. He has now lost 4 straight to Urban Meyer which will make the Michigan fans very unhappy on top of 7 straight losses to the Buckeyes overall.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Ohio St. just lambasting Michigan 62-39 at the moment.

Wonder if this puts pressure on Harbaugh. He has now lost 4 straight to Urban Meyer which will make the Michigan fans very unhappy on top of 7 straight losses to the Buckeyes overall.

It was enough to cost Cooper his job but I don’t think Harbaugh is going anywhere. Restart the clock and maybe we won’t be an unorganized, undisciplined, overmatched, underwhelming team in 20 hours and 364 days.

But you and I both know we will be.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by transplant99

The game stats are simply astounding.

Combined for 903 yards passing.

Combined for 469 yards rushing.

Combined for 1372 yards total.

Combined for 58 first downs.

Combined for 120 yards of penalties on 11 flags.

Combined for 4 turnovers.

Each team has a receiver over 200 yards and 2 TD's.

West Va had 2 receivers over 130 yds

OK had 2 RB's over 110 yds.

There was a combined 3 punts in the entire game.

Simply absurd numbers.

On the "Against All Odds" podcast, Cousin Sal took the Oklahoma/West Virginia over 80 as his pick of the week.

I thought it sounded insane...

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

McKenzie Milton's knee injury was gross to say the least. Avoid if possible.

outlets say it's probably a career ending injury. In fact I think it could be even worse than that, as it’s the type of injury that could result in permanent disability. Now my rant: Milton’s injury is really a stark illustration of the immorality of the NCAA’s system of “amateurism” for big money sports. Milton undoubtedly generated a ton of revenue for UCF and it’s conference over the last two years with his stellar play. And not only was he unable to share in that windfall, he also suffered a potentially life-altering injury.

[nfotiu]

Texas A&M vs LSU has got to be the craziest football game I've ever watched.

LSU thought they won on an interception, they gave the coach a gatorade bath, and then before victory formation they reviewed the play on caught the QB's knee was down when he bobbled the snap before he threw.

They had 30 seconds left on their side of field got it down to the 20, and the clock went to 0. Then they reviewed it, but another second on the clock and they throw a touchdown to tie.

7 overtimes later, and about 10 plays that could have ended the game, and the Aggies win!

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

On the "Against All Odds" podcast, Cousin Sal took the Oklahoma/West Virginia over 80 as his pick of the week.

I thought it sounded insane...



outlets say it's probably a career ending injury. In fact I think it could be even worse than that, as it’s the type of injury that could result in permanent disability. Now my rant: Milton’s injury is really a stark illustration of the immorality of the NCAA’s system of “amateurism” for big money sports. Milton undoubtedly generated a ton of revenue for UCF and it’s conference over the last two years with his stellar play. And not only was he unable to share in that windfall, he also suffered a potentially life-altering injury.

The UCF football program's expenses are equal to their revenue. The AAC conference teams generally lose money. Where is the money going to come from? Most football programs lose money, and only a handful are significantly profitable.

I feel bad for Milton, but he wasn't going to be a starting NFL QB. And there are plenty of other players in plenty of other sports who've had their dreams crushed by injury.

[CofR]

Aggies and the over =$$$

[Drake]

If there’s already a deal in place with Mack Brown to come back to UNC. Man, that's a diaster hire.

[Lubicon]

This weekend went about as well as I had hoped other than it would have been nice to see Washington State win. Actually and USC too but can't be too upset with Notre Dame this season.

Still more 'what if' scenarios that are possible before we can figure out who will be in the final four but there are some interesting possibilities.

1. PAC12 is now eliminated from the playoff.
2. Both OU and OSU need to win their game this weekend to have a chance at consideration. Lose and they (and their conference) are done. If both teams win it will set up a very interesting decision for the comittee
3. If Georgia wins it will really make things messy - if USU and/or OU also win. A Georgia loss and they will also be eliminated
4. UCF needs a miracle to make it into the playoff. Likely their best shot is an OU , Georgia, and OSU loss. Plus they would probably need to blow Memphis away in their game.

One more weekend to watch before football season goes on hiatus for awhile until bowl time.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

This weekend went about as well as I had hoped other than it would have been nice to see Washington State win. Actually and USC too but can't be too upset with Notre Dame this season.

Still more 'what if' scenarios that are possible before we can figure out who will be in the final four but there are some interesting possibilities.

1. PAC12 is now eliminated from the playoff.
2. Both OU and OSU need to win their game this weekend to have a chance at consideration. Lose and they (and their conference) are done. If both teams win it will set up a very interesting decision for the comittee
3. If Georgia wins it will really make things messy - if USU and/or OU also win. A Georgia loss and they will also be eliminated
4. UCF needs a miracle to make it into the playoff. Likely their best shot is an OU , Georgia, and OSU loss. Plus they would probably need to blow Memphis away in their game.

One more weekend to watch before football season goes on hiatus for awhile until bowl time.

I think any real UCF talk is done with Milton done. They would only seriously consider putting them in the playoff if they were sure they'd be competitive, and no way anyone is going to think that without him.

Michigan looking terrible against Ohio State makes Notre Dame's schedule look even worse. If Ohio State wins and Georgia wins, Notre Dame could easily be left out. Georgia winning would probably lead to playoff expansion, because someone is going to be pissed. Even if all the favorites win this weekend, one of OU or OSU is going to be pretty outraged.