Week 7 College Football Game Thread

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I think the most impressive part of that TCU/Baylor score (fyi, it was the highest scoring game in the history of the NCAA between two top 10 teams) is that there were field goals of 20, 20, 22, 29, 39, 28 and 37 yards.  If you turn just the field goals from inside the 12 yard line into touchdowns, the teams would have had an additional 16 points.  It's insane how they went up and down the field against each other.
 

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Ultimately, the difference in the Auburn-Mississippi State game is that MSU took Auburn's first two fuckups and turned them into 14 points, while Auburn took MSU's first two fuckups and turned them into 3 points.  Lack of red zone offense in the 1st half doomed Auburn, but I was glad to see how they kept playing hard on both sides of the ball late in the game.  Auburn played like they'd never played a big game before in the 1st half, and you can't beat good teams on the road if you do that.  
 

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Completely fucked.  Penn State executes the onside kick perfectly with about 2 minutes to go, and down by 5, and the ref calls offsides on one of the Penn State guys.  Replay made it clear that nobody on the kickoff team was offisides.  Cost them any chance they had to win the game, and probably kept Hoke his job for at least another week.
 

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Wow.  LSU has already given up a punt return td to Florida's, Andre Dubose, and with a 20-17 lead, they punt it to him again the middle of the field and he returns it about 60 yards inside the LSU 10. 
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
Completely fucked.  Penn State executes the onside kick perfectly with about 2 minutes to go, and down by 5, and the ref calls offsides on one of the Penn State guys.  Replay made it clear that nobody on the kickoff team was offisides.  Cost them any chance they had to win the game, and probably kept Hoke his job for at least another week.
They still had to drive 65 yards in less than two minutes with no timeouts and a porous offensive line to win.

I thought it was a lousy call too, but you're wrong that no one was offsides. James (18) looked like he was offsides. I just think it was waaaay too close to call.
 

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If you think he was offsides, then the call was right.  I didn't think he was offsides.  There isn't really a middle ground.  It's either a terrible call or not.  If the guy was offsides, it's the right call, but I didn't think he was.
 

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HOLY SHIT.  Florida receiver just dropped one of the most wide open touchdowns you will ever see on third and goal, down by 3 with under 2 minutes to go.  Now, they go for the field goal to tie it up.  LSU has a ton of time to come back down a kick a field goal.
 

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And now after a 3 and out, Florida throws a pick, and LSU returns it inside the Florida 40.  Probably going to come down to a field goal attempt by LSU from 40+.  Pretty much the exact kind of game that Les Miles' teams win.
 

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I don't think you can blame Driskel there.  It's a basic 5-10 yard slant over the middle.  The receiver had about 3 steps to protect himself, and he put his head down, which is about the worst thing he could have done.  That pass happens 10-20 times over the course of almost every football game, and with the rules in place to protect receivers, it almost never results in that.
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
And now after a 3 and out, Florida throws a pick, and LSU returns it inside the Florida 40.  Probably going to come down to a field goal attempt by LSU from 40+.  Pretty much the exact kind of game that Les Miles' teams win.
 
From 50 even. Relatively down year for those two but still an entertaining game.
 
Aggie finally on the board against Ole Miss, 21-7 halfway through the 3rd. Excellent day of football rolls on.
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
I don't think you can blame Driskel there.  It's a basic 5-10 yard slant over the middle.  The receiver had about 3 steps to protect himself, and he put his head down, which is about the worst thing he could have done.  That pass happens 10-20 times over the course of almost every football game, and with the rules in place to protect receivers, it almost never results in that.
Are we talk neck injury here? Didn't see it but saw online that the game was delayed for a while
 

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Yeah, neck injury.  As they were leaving the field, the receiver gave the thumbs up sign, so hopefully, he's ok, but I'm not sure I ever saw his legs move.
 

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Crazy ending in Arizona. It seems the Wildcats only play the fourth quarter. The kicker tried to pull a euro with the fake injury after the final kick missed, but didn't get the call and USC held on. Steve Sarkisian is that guy who plays Al Capone on Boardwalk Empire, right down to the constant sniffling.
 

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So we're looking at an inaugural playoff field of Baylor, Arizona, Minnesota, and Mississippi State. Just how they drew it up.
The story of both Mississippi schools is special, and in the same year no less.

It's still early but If they continue to play very well, a fuck ton of scrutiny will be on the committee and rightly so. In the past, one maybe both of these schools would get hosed.

I really don't want to hear about ND at 6 and Ala at 7. Not this year.
 

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Problem is the Miss schools play each other and then someone has a loss and that gives the committee the excuse that a 1 loss ND or Bama is better. Im assuming ND loses to FSU, but FSU has hardly looked dominant.

In that vein, does Miss St sniff #1? They handily beat LSU (8) TAMU (6) and Auburn (2) in consecutive weeks. FSU needed OT vs Clem and escaped OKST in their opener.

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I was making the same argument yesterday.  Based solely on strength of schedule,  I don't know how Miss. State wouldn't be the number 1 team in the country.  I think head's up, they would have beaten FSU by double digits over the past few weeks.  It's always tough to leap frog the #1 team, and rightfully so, without the #1 losing, but if it doesn't happen this week after these wins by Miss. State, then I don't know that it ever will.
 

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They still had to drive 65 yards in less than two minutes with no timeouts and a porous offensive line to win.

I thought it was a lousy call too, but you're wrong that no one was offsides. James (18) looked like he was offsides. I just think it was waaaay too close to call.
 
The 1st sentence is valid, but he wasn't offsides.
 
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
I was making the same argument yesterday.  Based solely on strength of schedule,  I don't know how Miss. State wouldn't be the number 1 team in the country.  I think head's up, they would have beaten FSU by double digits over the past few weeks.  It's always tough to leap frog the #1 team, and rightfully so, without the #1 losing, but if it doesn't happen this week after these wins by Miss. State, then I don't know that it ever will.
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