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Post by kchoya on Oct 2, 2012 12:09:37 GMT -5
Week 5 Results for Games That Mattered: Iowa defeated Minnesota for Floyd of Rosedale West Virginia defeated Baylor Texas A&M defeated Arkansas in the Southwest Classic Air Force defeated Colorado State for the Ram-Falcon Trophy Ohio State defeated Michigan State Clemson defeated BC in the Battle for the Leather Helmet for the O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy Houston defeated Rice for the Bayou Bucket TCU defeated SMU for the Iron Skillet Week 6 Picks for Games That Matter: Utah State over BYU for the Old Wagon Wheel; Aggies clinch the Beehive Boot outright for the first time since 1982 (Friday) Air Force over Navy in a Commander-in-Chief Trophy game Michigan State over Indiana for the Old Brass Spittoon K-State over Kansas in the Sunflower Showdown for the Governor's Cup N. Illinois over Ball State for the Bronze Stalk Trophy LSU over Florida Cincinnati over Miami-OH in the Battle for the Bell for the Victory Bell Texas over W. Virginia S. Carolina over UGA Nebraska over Ohio State UCLA over Cal Oregon over Washington in the Border War _________________________________________________ To expand on my comments above, both the K-State and Washington coaching staffs watched film carefully, and devised game plans that allowed their teams to defeat teams with greater talent. K-State saw that OU's defensive line had trouble stopping the run against UTEP. Solution: run the ball, particularly in the first half. The Wildcats ran the ball 42 times against OU (vs. 21 passing plays) and won the time of possession battle. Great game plan, but the 'Cats still needed Oklahoma to make mistakes in order to win. The Sooners obliged: Landry Jones missed an easy TD pass early, threw a terrible interception late, and Blake Bell fumbled on K-State's 2-yard line. Similar story for Washington against Stanford: the Huskies knew Stanford could beat their offensive line up front and planned to get the ball out of the pocket early as a result. Good plan that kept the football moving forward and in Washington's possession. The Washington defense did a great job of disrupting Stanford's offense, but the Cardinal nonetheless had chances to put the game away in the second half. Just like K-State, Washington needed the better team to make mistakes in order to have an opportunity to win the football game. If Troy Nunes connects with his receivers in the second half, Stanford is still a Top 10 football team. It's a story of two lesser (but good) football teams sticking around in a football game by exploiting a better team's weaknesses and taking advantage of mistakes. Just goes to show how difficult it is to win 10 games in a season of college football. In other news, Texas has a quarterback now (finally). There are still major issues to fix on the defensive side of the ball, but I still think all those problems are correctable. Like the 'Horns to give Geno and the Mountaineers their first loss in a high-scoring game in Austin this weekend. My main point of disagreement is your statement that "It's a story of two lesser (but good) football teams sticking around[.]" I'm no KSU fan, but I think the Wildcats and Sooners are much more equal than the Dawgs and the Tree. It's a minor quibble.
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 2, 2012 12:26:57 GMT -5
WVU, traitors that they are, play exciting offensive football. I hate to root against Geno, but traitors are traitors, and while I do not like the power that Texas wields, I do like Mack. Go UT. This. Hook 'em, 'horns.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Oct 2, 2012 14:39:38 GMT -5
Austin, Would you do me a favor and pick against ND again this week? It's been lucky for the Irish so far. I don't like to change up what's working. Thanks, Former I picked the Irish to beat Purdue, hombre. Lucky for you, Miami isn't good enough for this week's game to be on the list, or you'd be denied your lucky charm.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Oct 6, 2012 16:46:57 GMT -5
ACC FOOTBALL!!!!!1
Army 34, Boston College 31 SUNY Stony Brook 23, Army 3
Looks like Gene DeFilippo got out just in time.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Oct 6, 2012 18:15:28 GMT -5
That Stanford win was exciting! ;D That first WVU score was easy. This just in: LSU's offense sucks! Actually, they've sucked for a while, now.
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Post by jgalt on Oct 7, 2012 17:30:50 GMT -5
Someone voted for Cal, who is 2-4, in the Harris poll...
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Post by DanMcQ on Oct 8, 2012 11:30:46 GMT -5
ACC FOOTBALL!!!!!1 Army 34, Boston College 31 SUNY Stony Brook 23, Army 3 Looks like Gene DeFilippo got out just in time. Giving up 516 rushing yards to Army is indeed pretty impressive.
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Post by jgalt on Oct 8, 2012 12:53:34 GMT -5
ACC football is so bad, the new practice facility being built at UVA set its self on fire so it wouldnt have to be a part of it
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Oct 10, 2012 15:58:19 GMT -5
Week 7 Picks for Games That Matter:
K-State over Iowa State in Farmageddon Texas over Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout Rivalry for the Golden Hat* Nevada over UNLV in the Battle for Nevada for the Fremont Cannon Stanford over Notre Dame for the Legends Trophy (you're welcome, FormerHoya) Boise State over Fresno State in the Battle for the Milk Can for the Milk Can S. Carolina over LSU Louisiana Tech over TAMU
*Trophies are also exchanged between the student bodies of UT and OU and the governors of both states, because some people were too damn greedy to be satisfied with a single trophy.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Oct 10, 2012 22:43:30 GMT -5
I really hope Stanford beats Notre Dame.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Oct 11, 2012 11:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by DFW HOYA on Oct 11, 2012 11:31:07 GMT -5
Just one day removed from the passing of Bill Jauss, a legendary Chicago sports reporter and columnist. He was one of the panelists on "Sportswriters On TV", which predated anything ESPN ever did in the genre. Cook was a college football historian, and never failed to include the 1940 Georgetown-BC game among his list of the 10 greatest games ever played, even if it predated today's sports media world, where nothing of significance happened in college football before 1971 or so.
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Post by SirSaxa on Oct 11, 2012 15:15:11 GMT -5
I really hope Stanford beats Notre Dame. You and me both!
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 13, 2012 14:06:10 GMT -5
You okay, Austin?
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Post by kghoya on Oct 13, 2012 23:14:49 GMT -5
What in the world happened in Lubbock today? WOW.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Oct 13, 2012 23:24:14 GMT -5
What in the world happened in Lubbock today? WOW. The Sand Aggies (an old SWC term) are always good for one stinging upset a year in Lubbock. Nothing in the Big East prepared WVU for that kind of environment. In other news, Mack Brown's contract runs through 2020.
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Post by kchoya on Oct 14, 2012 5:32:25 GMT -5
What in the world happened in Lubbock today? WOW. The Sand Aggies (an old SWC term) are always good for one stinging upset a year in Lubbock. Nothing in the Big East prepared WVU for that kind of environment. In other news, Mack Brown's contract runs through 2020. What's with the sudden focus (across the media) with Mack Brown's buyout?
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Oct 15, 2012 15:04:26 GMT -5
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 15, 2012 16:21:56 GMT -5
Good to hear. Interesting the see the perception of WVU take an immediate 180.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Oct 15, 2012 19:49:49 GMT -5
Interesting the see the perception of WVU take an immediate 180. I noted that precipitous drop in the polls, also. Surprised they fell so far.
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