College Football 2011 Season

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It was a heck of a game to watch. Houston seems like it has a fun atmosphere to play in, although I'm not sure it can measure up to ECU. One thing we are consistent in (I just had a really self-pitying laugh at that..) is fan base. I'm so pumped to hear the standing room only crowd when I get to the stadium on Saturday :).
 
They need to end this West Virginia game, ESPN just reported that a fan got struck by lightning.

Hope whoever it was is OK.:nervous:
 
Yeah, your ECU Pirates have a date with my Cougars on October 8 here in H-Town. I was going to say that if you play Rice, you can do whatever you want with the Owls because I'm a UH fan. A lot of people here are saying that Houston can run the table this season with this win over UCLA. I'm not so sure. I'm stoked Case Keenum has one last season to prove his worth, but I'm not really sold we'll go undefeated. Maybe a key for my Cougars is that we don't play UCF this season. Central Florida is a heck of a team in Conference USA. Who knows, though? The C-USA championship could be Houston vs. UCF. THEN what?

There's still Miami vs. Maryland to cap off the Labor Day weekend of college football. Mother Nature... PLEASE be kind and not affect this game too!
 
I really wish UCF played someone other than Our Mother of Eternal Sorrow in the opener. I think we showed more in a loss to South Carolina than they did beating up on some weaker team. I would like Houston to go undefeated, unless of course we win the East. Sorry ;). Maybe we can pull some Pirate magic this year and exceed expectations. I didn't know we played Houston, that will be a heck of a game (unless our center snaps the ball into the ground again. Go Polochak! 👎).
 
Miami at Maryland TONIGHT!

It's Monday Night Football- COLLEGE style! It's a battle of two U. of M teams tonight- University of Miami and University of Maryland. I think Miami will have their stuff straight playing at Maryland, but we'll see for sure if the Hurricanes can take down the Terrapins in College Park. Let's just hope Mother Nature doesn't screw this game up like countless games in the Midwest this past weekend.


Who you got- the 'Canes or the Terps?
 
I want Maryland to win. I also really like their uniforms, very original and I've always liked their flag.
 
It was 32-24 in favor of Maryland. Great job by the Terps to pull this one off. I will surely admit that the use of the Maryland flag in their uniforms surely makes their outfits unique. It also gives them some swagger in being THE team of Maryland.

So that concludes the first full week of college football. NO MORE BAD WEATHER (to disrupt games), please!? More football; less lightning delays... Mother Nature!
 
Congratulations to Cameron Chism for Maryland last night on the game-winning pick. I'm saying this because the game-winning pick wouldn't have been needed if the referees wouldn't have given the 'Canes a first down after Chism "held" a receiver on 3rd and 17. It was an absolutely terrible call, and the game would have been as good as over if that penalty wasn't called. I'm glad he got to finish the game off.
 
CAM
I want Maryland to win. I also really like their uniforms, very original and I've always liked their flag.
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CRABCAKES AND FOOTBALL BABY!


Seriously though, those uniforms and helmets were hot. My plan today is to see if that version of the jersey is being sold anywhere.
 
I hate florida teams they always so cocky
 
I really like ECU's Jolly Roger helmet design, but so far when we wear them we are 0-2. Tough choice.. Maybe it's because both times when we wore them we played top 15 teams :lol:.
 
On ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption," Tony Kornheiser loved the Maryland uniforms; Michael Wilbon (and I quote) called them "brilliantly ugly." Love them or loathe them, those uniforms (I will admit) are definitely unique. Even funny that PTI debated the uniforms... and where is PTI filmed? Right- Washington, D.C., which is not far from the University of Maryland.

People already seem to panic over losses for Notre Dame and Georgia. When Robert Smith was on Sportscenter a few days ago, he put the Panic Meter at 6 for Notre Dame and 9 for Georgia. I think more pressure seems to be on Notre Dame this season because Notre Dame is more hyped than Georgia. However, the Georgia Bulldogs may be (for lack of a better term) at the end of their leash with their current coach. Notre Dame at Michigan on Saturday night. Unless Michigan just doesn't show up, I think Notre Dame will almost certainly be out of the National Championship picture, more than they are now.


Most of the cupcake games from Week 1 are over. It's now time to see how these teams do against tougher opposition this weekend.
 
<-- Ahem, just popped in to show my colors and say we won. Went to the game on Sunday and Kyle Field was epic as usual. :D That is all.
 
Time to get walked on by Alabama this weekend.
 
dchPSUone
Time to get walked on by Alabama this weekend.
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If it makes you feel better, I'll be hoping PSU comes out ahead when the score updates show at the stadium.
 
+2 I hope Alabama loses just to knock them out of the top 10 so my Aggies move up even further. :D
 
Go alabama!! Thats my second favorite team
 
JCE
+2 I hope Alabama loses just to knock them out of the top 10 so my Aggies move up even further. :D
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I really want A&M to do well. Now that ECU is out of the BCS picture (we would have had a legit shot if we won our non-conference schedule) I really want some of the BCS squads that haven't been so fortunate recently to excel. But first, Boise needs to get into the title game so we can lose the whole system soon enough. 👍
 
Texas A&M is SEC bound. They will join the conference next season. Here was an interesting stat I saw watching ESPN's "College Football Live." Every current SEC team TAMU played against, they have LOSING records against all-time except against Mississippi State. They've also never played against South Carolina or Vanderbilt. It always confounds me that some long-standing college football teams have NEVER played against certain teams before. Only positive for TAMU's move is perhaps some better recruiting. Then again, this is Texas, which is a hotbed of football talent.

People have now questioned the possibility of a "PAC-16." Basically, this would make the football equivalent of Big East basketball. That's especially hearing how Texas and Oklahoma have been targeted should there be this expanded 16-team conference. Pac-12 newbies, Utah, will play at USCal on Saturday night. Utah had long been one of the best non-BCS schools. Now, they're in a major conference. USCal really has nothing to lose when the Utes come calling.


Some other notable games this weekend:
&#8226; BYU at #24 Texas
&#8226; #12 South Carolina at Georgia
&#8226; #3 Alabama at #22 Penn State (could be an upset)
&#8226; #6 Stanford at Duke (remember- this is FOOTBALL, not basketball!)
&#8226; #16 Mississippi State at Auburn
&#8226; #21 Missouri at Arizona State
&#8226; Arizona at #9 Oklahoma State

Meanwhile... my Houston Cougars will try and entertain North Texas in Denton, TX. Purdue comes to H-Town to take on Rice.

Enjoy this weekend's games!
 
JohnBM01
o #6 Stanford at Duke (remember- this is FOOTBALL, not basketball!)
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Really? Ack, we are going to get the brains beat out of us..

This also means the SEC needs a fourteenth team soon to even out. According to a Wall Street journal report (we all know money is all that matters to conference bigwigs), ECU is fourth in line to gain a spot in the SEC :D.
 
JohnBM01
It always confounds me that some long-standing college football teams have NEVER played against certain teams before.
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It does seem a little unusual, especially when college football is quite professionally-maintained over the past 30 years or so, if you will. But consider a few things...

Go back further, and the seasons were shorter (10-11 game seasons), the conferences were (and most still are) based geographic divisions to make rivalries more heated, the road trips less arduous, and control costs. Go back even further (50-60) years, and there's no interstate network to easily link city to city, so the trips took some time by bus. No national, let alone regional TV broadcasts, either. Multiply that by the years and years of tradition based on mostly intra-state rivals and those in your division, and really the only way you played anyone completely out of your area of the country was in a bowl game.

Even then, the major bowls were (and mostly still are) opponents of this-conference versus that-conference. Most of that is to make sure fans show up for those events; I don't think many people would care if University of Miami was playing Vanderbilt in the Rose Bowl (even if they both won their conference titles), unless it was for the National Championship. But put them in a big regional bowl game, and it matters more in terms of attendance.

The other point to consider is the vast number of teams (120) in NCAA's Bowl Division; figure in the two major rivalries, the 6 or 7 conference opponents, and there's not many more games to squeeze in. The concept of a west coast team playing an east coast team (that is, if they were actually formidable opponents for one another, not some pay-to-play-in-our-house cupcake) is fairly recent, only about 15 years ago, and only very recently with some SEC teams squaring off against the Pac10/12 and Mountain West, et al.
 
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JohnBM01
&#8226; #3 Alabama at #22 Penn State (could be an upset)
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Maybe if our coaches could pick a starting quarterback before the 5th week of the season every year.
 
Thursday night football in college is like Monday night in the pros. It's Arizona at #9 Oklahoma State. Time to see if the Cowboys can tame some Wildcats. This would be a pretty good men's basketball matchup since both have pretty good teams. Here, we're talking about the boys who play their home games at lovely Boone-Pickens Stadium. It would be interesting if the Wildcats stun OK State. However, I don't think it will happen.

Good luck to both teams tonight.
 
 
Home kickoff tomorrow! I can't wait to check out the new modifications to the stadium, hear the Boneyard and cannon blast after a touchdown, and see that Purple Haze engulf the Pirates in purple goodness. Maybe we can pull a positive result.

@Villiain, I wish he wouldn't have left us with so many interpretations. "Cats" could mean they maybe have some of those odd players that feel the need to fix their hair under their helmets and wear layered socks to match team colors (people do it, it's just beyond me), or it could mean that they were wimpy. I thought good ol' Ruffin (ECU's coach) was the worst public speaker in the land, but it seems he has been eclipsed :lol:.

CAM's on upset patrol again! Currently 21-3, Florida International up on Louisville. T.Y. Hilton has 2 catches for 150+ yards (like a boss) and 2 touchdowns (like a boss). Pretty darn efficient, if you ask me. :lol:

Upset Alert! FIU up on Louisville 24-10, heading into the 4th. This Hilton kid is a stunner!

FIU pulled it off, 24-17. Louisville's onside kick effort was pretty weak, and Louisville turned to crap late. Congratulations, go Non-AQ schools!
 
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See, this is why I don't like college football so much. FSU looks like they're going to walk over CSU. :lol: It looks like a NFL vs High school match-up.

You can watch the game for free on ESPN3.
 
Why can't we catch wide open touchdown passes.. We had a ton of chances to win that game, I'm just totally spent inside. Sad, hoarse (if I yell, it sounds like a faint whisper) and wishing we had one mark in the win column. We better beat UAB in two weeks. I'm still proud of you, Pirates, I'm happy to be hoarse if you guys do your best.
 
This game is so close, it's not even funny:

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Maybe they'll get more than 8 yards of total offense in a half when they play Charleston Northern (or whatever their rivalry game is :lol:).
 
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