18-09-2005 00:07									#181
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No big surprises early, Michigan blanking EMU, Louisville slaughtering Oregon State, Georgia toying with ULM...

Virginia going for it on 4th and inches with the game tied with 1:12 left!

	18-09-2005 00:12									#182
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And he got it!

#25 Virginia 27
Syracuse 24

	18-09-2005 00:17									#183
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And suddenly, Georgia is struggling... ULM has cut it to 17-7, and they are driving again, at the UGA 35...

EDIT--brainfart, ESPN GameCast was halfway mixed up, it was actually UGA driving, no need to panic...

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	18-09-2005 03:55									#184
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Damn, I'm gonna have a heart attack...

	18-09-2005 04:23									#185
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They Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	18-09-2005 04:35									#186
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OT. Ugghh.

	18-09-2005 04:47									#187
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Man, those Spartans got lucky, that's all I'll say.

	18-09-2005 04:49									#188
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Oh well. It was a good game! ND had a lot of fight.

	18-09-2005 07:41									#189
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Guys!

USC - AR 7 - 7

This game will be BIG...I'll be away watching on TV

	18-09-2005 10:19									#190
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell Guys! USC - AR 7 - 7 This game will be BIG...I'll be away watching on TV

Need I say more?

63-17 USC 12 minutes to go....



ACK!

	18-09-2005 10:27									#191
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Yeah, where is mrmitchell now?

Hogs are roadkill!

	18-09-2005 10:28									#192
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quote: Originally posted by reismark Man, those Spartans got lucky, that's all I'll say.

Actually Notre Dame got lucky to come back . Spartans won what they should have put away far earlier.

	18-09-2005 11:18									#193
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Oh, and USC 70 - Arkansas 14.

OUCH! It was over 5 minutes into the game .

	18-09-2005 11:32									#194
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Since 2002, USC is tied with Mississippi State for number of SEC wins.

	18-09-2005 17:50									#195
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Cal still on with a lot of starters out. Looks like they have some depth.

	18-09-2005 19:15									#196
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I am in mourning


So much talent...so little offense....

	18-09-2005 19:35									#197
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quote: Originally posted by Solomwi Since 2002, USC is tied with Mississippi State for number of SEC wins.

however, I can't laugh too much, as I join in mrmitchell's sentiments of last week.

	18-09-2005 22:43									#198
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Recap of the big games:

#6 Florida 16
#5 Tennessee 7

#8 Florida State 28
#17 Boston College 17

Michigan State 44
#10 Notre Dame 41 (OT)

#13 Miami 36
#20 Clemson 30 (3OT)

UCLA 41
#21 Oklahoma 24

Oregon 37
#23 Fresno State 34


A number of sorta-surprises in there, but nothing terribly shocking.

	19-09-2005 00:10									#199
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quote: Originally posted by asleepathewheel however, I can't laugh too much, as I join in mrmitchell's sentiments of last week.

I thought you'd enjoy that.

As the season progresses, it may become clear that the "lost to Vandy" stigma is a little less shameful this year. It's always shameful, of course, but they actually look to have an all right little team this year.

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quote: Originally posted by Solomwi I thought you'd enjoy that. As the season progresses, it may become clear that the "lost to Vandy" stigma is a little less shameful this year. It's always shameful, of course, but they actually look to have an all right little team this year.

Yeah, I'm in rationalization mode.

I did see in person on Saturday Indiana demolish Kentucky, which was extremely unexpected. Not that that makes up for anything, as they are at best my #3 team...

	19-09-2005 04:19									#201
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The new AP poll (without Oklahoma for the first time since Genesis!):

#1 USC (57)
#2 Texas (8)
#3 LSU
#4 Virginia Tech
#5 Florida
#6 Florida State
#7 Georgia
#8 Ohio State
#9 Louisville
#10 Tennessee
#11 Purdue
#12 Miami
#13 California
#14 Michigan
#15 Georgia Tech
#16 Notre Dame
#17 Michigan State
#18 Arizona State
#19 Texas Tech
#20 Alabama
#21 Iowa
#22 Iowa State
#23 Virginia
#24 Oregon
#25 UCLA

Notre Dame beats Michigan on the road; Michigan State beats Notre Dame on the road; and Michigan is ahead of Notre Dame who is ahead of Michigan State.




Anyway, a look ahead to a big weekend...

The Main Event

#10 Tennessee at #3 LSU
Can the Vols rebound? Short answer: no. Long answer: nooooooooooooooooooooooo. (Apologies to John Stewart.) ESPN, 7:45 PM Eastern.


The Undercard

#1 USC at #24 Oregon
The unstoppable Trojans travel to Autzen, the most hostile stadium in the country. 7PM Eastern, ABC.

#15 Georgia Tech at #4 Virginia Tech
An ACC BCS elimination game, 2:30 Eastern, ABC.

#22 Iowa at #8 Ohio State
A Big Ten BCS elimination game, noon Eastern, ABC.

#14 Michigan at Wisconsin
Michigan's always-perilous first road game of the year is under the lights in Madison, 6PM Eastern, ESPN2.

	19-09-2005 09:11									#202
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quote: Notre Dame beats Michigan on the road; Michigan State beats Notre Dame on the road; and Michigan is ahead of Notre Dame who is ahead of Michigan State.

To analogize it to the NFL, just because San Francisco beat St. Louis last week doesn't mean they are the better team. A head to head matchup doesn't always tell you who is better. One team may have had an off game for instance.

I'd probably put Michigan State over Notre Dame, but it was a barely won game. I'm sure if ND didn't come back on Michigan State, State would be ahead of ND.

	19-09-2005 09:20									#203
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The polls are there to promote interest in the matchups. They want the USC-ND and ND-Purdue games to be big, so they rank ND higher than they might otherwise. More interesting to write about highly-ranked teams, no?

	21-09-2005 20:33									#204
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You know, I've been reading the transcripts of Charlie Weis' press conferences and it's clear that ND has one of the best football coaches at any level. He's surprisingly forthcoming about the methods to his madness.

One of the toughest things to do in life is to prepare for a situation, make a plan, and execute the plan -- and have it work all the time. I get the sense that Weis is prepared for every situation himself and has a plan that he knows will work. Even though I've played football, I didn't realize before now that the game has a finite number of situations. If you can teach your team in the classroom about those situations, and they buy in and execute the plan, then that's a team that is incredibly tough to beat. The playbook might be large in order to address all of the permutations, but it's not several volumes large. It's something that can be taught like any other college course of study.

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