2017 College Football Game Thread - Week Zero

Ale Xander

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 (All times ET)
Afternoon
3:00 PM Portland State @ BYU ESPN
3:00 PM Oregon State @ Colorado State CBSSN

Evening
6:00 PM Hawaii@Umass
7:30 PM USF @ San Jose State CBSSN
10:00 PM Stanford vs Rice in Sydney (Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, NSW) ESPN

Can't really call it week one with so few games. Will edit if consensus to change.
 
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Senator Donut

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Coke Zero really missing out on a sponsorship opportunity

Hawaii - UMass is at 6pm on NESN
The Sox are playing at 4pm, so it'll be on NESN Plus. It'll also be on 11 Sports, if you have it. Here are some good online schedule links:
http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm
http://mattsarzsports.com/Schedule/Weekly/football2017
http://506sports.com/ncaaf.php (this site is making the same UMass at noon error)

Edit: I just let JP know about the error and he has made the correction on his site.
 
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KW!!!!!!!!

Awesome to see you. Sincerely hope life is treating you alright, you've been mossed my friend.
This. Glad to see you back KW

Also, here's hoping Quentin Flowers can pull a Teddy Bridgewater and cover up for Strong's weaknesses, and Strong can improve our D (which was like 115th last year)
 
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Let's not get carried away. He was bad at Texas but he went 37-15 at Louisville, winning 11 and 12 games his last two seasons, and won a Sugar Bowl. Also won two rings as a DC at Florida.
The thing with Strong is that he is bad at game prep and Xs and Os. He is a great recruiter and a great motivator. His players love him. They play hard for him and will bleed for his program. But on game day he has no plan. All he does is try to out-physical you. The Kansas game last year is a perfect example. He had no game plan. Give the ball to Foreman and hope for the best because Texas was bigger and stronger. So ultimately his success will be limited by his ability to get the best athletes who can simply beat the other guys up. Any good game planner with good talent can beat him consistently.
 

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The thing with Strong is that he is bad at game prep and Xs and Os. He is a great recruiter and a great motivator. His players love him. They play hard for him and will bleed for his program. But on game day he has no plan. All he does is try to out-physical you. The Kansas game last year is a perfect example. He had no game plan. Give the ball to Foreman and hope for the best because Texas was bigger and stronger. So ultimately his success will be limited by his ability to get the best athletes who can simply beat the other guys up. Any good game planner with good talent can beat him consistently.
That's certainly true at Texas, and I'd add having had a merry-go-round at OC hurt him as well. 3 OCs in 3 years is insane. Looking back, I'm not sure why he didn't just put Shawn Watson at OC, who was good at Louisville, instead of moving him to QB coach (which is just weird). If you can't get your coordinators settled, forget about winning anywhere. But at Louisville he beat more talented teams like WVU, Miami, and Florida, basically because the D was good and he had TBW. I don't put it passed him to learn from his mistakes at Texas. He already fixed one error by keeping Gilbert at OC instead of hiring someone else.

Edit: In any event, I was responding to the claim that he sucked everywhere which is incorrect.
 
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That's certainly true at Texas, and I'd add having had a merry-go-round at OC hurt him as well. 3 OCs in 3 years is insane. Looking back, I'm not sure why he didn't just put Shawn Watson at OC, who was good at Louisville, instead of moving him to QB coach (which is just weird). If you can't get your coordinators settled, forget about winning anywhere. But at Louisville he beat more talented teams like WVU, Miami, and Florida, basically because the D was good and he had TBW. I don't put it passed him to learn from his mistakes at Texas. He already fixed one error by keeping Gilbert at OC instead of hiring someone else.

Edit: In any event, I was responding to the claim that he sucked everywhere which is incorrect.
To be accurate, he did hire Watson as OC his first year at Texas. Watson just couldn't figure out how to use Swoopes. When the offense crashed hard, Charlie moved Watson to QB coach. But he gave Shawn a chance. Just didn't work out.