2017 College Football Game Thread - Week 9

Senator Donut · Oct 27, 2017

It must be a big game in Chestnut Hill tonight; there are only 15,000 empty seats at kickoff.

Senator Donut · Oct 27, 2017

Is there a precedent for a team coming back from a 28-3 deficit in the third quarter?

tims4wins · Oct 28, 2017

Why pray tell are the 2 biggest games - NCSU-ND and OSU-PSU - at 3:30 and neither are prime time? World Series?

zoolight.space · Oct 28, 2017

I was about to ask the last time college football had a 3:30 like this.

Georgia/Florida ---- Georgia is undefeated and this is a huge rivalry. Except, George can not seem to win at Florida and the last three times they've been there Florida has ruined Georgia's season, including last year.

NCSU-ND - The winner stays in the playoff race. For folks who have not seen Bradley Chubb play for NC State, this is going to be a total treat. ND is coming off their best game of the season. Both of these teams are a bit under the radar which is expected for the former and surprising for the latter. May actually be the best game of the three.

OSU-PSU - top five match-up, revenge game, winner is probably in the playoff. Loser probably out.

There's even another top 25 matchup during this slot. It's just so crazy. The evening games suck. Throw any one of these games in the evening slot and you get all of the eyeballs.

Rudy's Curve · Oct 28, 2017

zoolight.space said:
Georgia/Florida ---- Georgia is undefeated and this is a huge rivalry. Except, George can not seem to win at Florida and the last three times they've been there Florida has ruined Georgia's season, including last year.

It's a neutral site game.

shawnrbu · Oct 28, 2017

tims4wins said:
Why pray tell are the 2 biggest games - NCSU-ND and OSU-PSU - at 3:30 and neither are prime time? World Series?

NC State/ND wasn't supposed to be a big game when the season started. OSU/PSU is on FOX, so the World Series is the reason there.

Senator Donut · Oct 28, 2017

NCSU @ ND: Notre Dame sets its start times before the season and doesn't allow TV to change them

PSU @ OSU: Fox has first selection this week in the Big Ten and is showing the World Series tonight

Florida vs. Georgia: CBS has first selection and can only show games at 3:30 (with two exceptions, I think it has to be determined before the season)

TCU @ ISU: No idea why this wasn't selected for 8:00

Senator Donut · Oct 28, 2017

I'm watching Rutgers in the Big House on BTN for schadenfreude purposes.

MuzzyField · Oct 28, 2017

Happy Cocktail Party Day to all!

I expect to be dressing my Dawg bites with Jell-O shots for dinner.

Gator rumors have Mac out. I hope so. Too many people crushing the cell towers to follow.

Senator Donut · Oct 28, 2017

There are a surprising number of good games on right now: a ranked game at WVU, Miami and Wisconsin on upset alert, the wheels falling off Michigan, even Leipzig at Bayern if you're into that.

Kremlin Watcher · Oct 28, 2017

JFC this is just painful to watch at times. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

NC is 1-7, so sure, but their defense is doing everything they can and the offense just handing the ball away.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Just an abysmal play by NC there. What a stupid penalty.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

And then on the next play, Miami crushes a slant and now it's first and goal on the 5. What a turnaround.

Infield Infidel · Oct 28, 2017

Saw this on ESPN's reporter feed, at halftime

David M Hale, ESPN Staff writer
Blame it on a lookahead game, but Miami's scoring woes have been a season-long affair outside the fourth quarter.
Season totals: 1Q - 33 points, 2Q - 51 points, 3Q - 48 points, 4Q - 75 points

( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) · Oct 28, 2017

I hope Ohio State loses by 40 for wearing these stupid uniforms

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Great start for OSU. Idiots.

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

Wow. 97 yards for Barkley on opening kickoff.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

Just give him the Heisman now. No point voting

loshjott · Oct 28, 2017

The Georgia kicker has Clark Kent type glasses.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Ohio State, 7 point favorites, playing like a Division III team.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

0-14 Ohio State losing. Bleh. Not the start the Buckeyes were looking for.

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

Long way to go but this is a perfect start for the Nits.

Deathofthebambino · Oct 28, 2017

NC State blocks ND's punt and recovers for a the TD.

MuzzyField · Oct 28, 2017

Mac has the Gators ready to die. His BS on Monday means he wants out, or he enjoys torching his own program.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Sequon looked like he didn't get the first there. That was a weird finish to his run.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

That 3&10 defense was Charmin soft

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Those OSU uniforms are really bad but that 3rd down call was nifty. They are trying to run a hurry up offense but too many false starts.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

What was that 4th down call? A FG makes it a one score game.

Brohamer of the Gods · Oct 28, 2017

Huge gamble comes up short for an Ohio State university

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

Buckeyes gaining 7 yards per run and 3 per pass attempt but they keep throwing the ball. Meanwhile, Nits are doing nothing on offense. 33 yards total in first quarter.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

Urban is gonna have some more medical issues by halftime at this rate

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

This is atrocious by OSU. Just being overwhelmed. That KO return certainly set the tone.

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

Amazing that one guy can make such a difference.

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Kickoff returns are killing Ohio State. This is really hard to watch.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

OSU should just kick it out of bounds. This is unreal

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

Offsides on the previous kickoff, where they were tackled on the 25, was utterly idiotic.

Brand Name · Oct 28, 2017

PSU has to consider the fake return at some point, given how much OSU loads their ST coverage unit to one side, right?

...that is a weak call. What more do you want for your defender to (not) do there?

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

That is a VERY VERY VERY bad call.

Ed Hillel · Oct 28, 2017

Game changing call

johnmd20 · Oct 28, 2017

That call only handed Penn State a touchdown. No biggie, do what you do refs. Do what you do.

heavyde050 · Oct 28, 2017

That was definitely one of the worst calls I can remember seeing this year. The refs just gave PSU a touchdown.

Fred in Lynn · Oct 28, 2017

That’s how I felt in 2014 when the refs gifted 10 points to OSU on a blown interception call and missed expiration of the game clock on a long FG.

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

Plenty of time for tOSU to come back.

Nits usually have an experience advantage at QB but Barrett has been around since 2014.

JCizzle · Oct 28, 2017

terrynever said:
Plenty of time for tOSU to come back.

Nits usually have an experience advantage at QB but Barrett has been around since 2014.

Yep. They just need to fix their special teams and get it 28-17 before the half

terrynever · Oct 28, 2017

JCizzle said:
Yep. They just need to fix their special teams and get it 28-17 before the half

Well, they only have to kick off one more time before halftime, assuming they score on this drive.

Brand Name · Oct 28, 2017

OSU is becoming a bit predictable with their running schemes. As someone who knows SEC considerably more by playbooks/style, do they ever run bootleg? Seems it'd help them considerably.

terrynever said:
Well, they only have to kick off one more time before halftime, assuming they score on this drive.

But now the Buckeye D needs to make a stop. 5 minutes is plenty of time for the Nit offense, though I think OSU's defense has been solid in stopping X/Z/slot plays. Then again, I get the feeling Moorhead has been saving some clever additional Saquon plays for the second half.

heavyde050 · Oct 28, 2017

Good thing that was called DPI....after the earlier call, I wasn't sure if the refs knew what DPI was.

heavyde050 · Oct 28, 2017

That is definitely a face mask. OSU is just committing error after error.

Smart play by PSU on 2nd down.

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