2012 NCAA Football Thread
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TheMulattoMaker
Dictator of RF
I wasn't actually expecting Michigan to win yesterday, but I was certainly hoping for a better showing than that. However, some of my Bama friends were telling me that 41-14 was actually closer than they thought it was gonna be.
It was too much to hope for, to have a rebuilding team beat the champs, but man. The Wolverines got a lot of tightening up to do before conference play starts.
It was too much to hope for, to have a rebuilding team beat the champs, but man. The Wolverines got a lot of tightening up to do before conference play starts.
Kraznaya
Princeps
Well it's certainly not the first time an overhyped Michigan team got humiliated on Week 1.
TheMulattoMaker
Dictator of RF
...and the year after that...
Really, the following 3 years are something I'm willing to ignore. It was pretty awful.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
No comments about how the Big Ten is so superior compared to the SEC? At least Michigan gets some credit for playing Bama for its very first game of the season instead of the wrong Miami.
You're not even trying now are you?
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
I think he may have been referring to my lols for the Big Ten and Pac-12.
Big Ten:
Minnesota needs 3OTs for a field goal win over UNLV
#13 Michigan State gets a 4th quarter TD to sneak past Mooreless Boise 17-13
#12 Wisconsin beats FCS Northern Iowa by 5
Iowa beats NIU by 1
Indiana beats FCS Indiana State by 7, with a scoreless 4th
Pac-12
Stanford needs 4th qtr field goal to get past SJSU 20-17
Cal loses to Nevada
Colorado loses to CSU (go McElwain!)
But that evidence aside, my lols were just an offhand remark at the scoreboards, not to be taken as gospel. It was week one. I don't care much about the rest of the country until I figure out who counts locally, so I only really watched SEC games this week (Alabama, Auburn, SCAR/Vandy, Tennessee & Florida)
I wouldn't count Michigan or Penn State as lols. Michigan did better than I expected in some areas, worse in others. They could be competitive in the Big Ten. Penn State, I agree, gets credit for playing.
I also noted Texas State over Houston as a significant result, but was unsurprised by UCF. I agree that OSU will give us more information about UCF. Not sure if UCF will give us more information about OSU . . .
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
VT gets the INT in OT for the W over GT . . .
So no upsets in the top 25 in week one, despite lots and lots of close shaves to some really bad teams . . .
So no upsets in the top 25 in week one, despite lots and lots of close shaves to some really bad teams . . .
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
LSU drops from 1 to 3 in the coaches' poll. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along . . .
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Wonder what changed from thinking USC #1... after just one week.
Dang... Alabama's OL is fierce!
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
Polls are pretty meaningless at this point in the season, and I actually thought our O-line underperformed this week.
It wasn't really surprising to see Alabama move from 2 to 1 in both polls since we won the only game vs. a top ten opponent in week one, but it was interesting to me that the 'coaches' felt USC's 49-10 victory over Hawai'i merited jumping LSU after their 41-14 victory over North Texas . . .
It wasn't really surprising to see Alabama move from 2 to 1 in both polls since we won the only game vs. a top ten opponent in week one, but it was interesting to me that the 'coaches' felt USC's 49-10 victory over Hawai'i merited jumping LSU after their 41-14 victory over North Texas . . .
) say it was the best college OL he had ever seen ummmm........
Extremely normal.
Yeah, there've been a lot of opposing coaches pumping Alabama up this year, so you've got to take anything you read with a grain of salt. Now, the reality is that we've got one Outland trophy winner who we moved from LT to C because the underclassmen we have at tackle were just too good to keep off the field, so that's pretty good. Everybody but maybe Anthony Steen is an NFL first-rounder, and it's probably true that you don't see a lot of NFL lines built of first rounders. So yeah, the O-line is doubtless the best in the country and certainly the strength of the team.
HOWEVER, that strength gave up two very bad sacks to a very green Michigan defensive front this past Saturday, and considering that Alabama's Achilles heel is lack of depth at QB, that was two sacks too many. There were also 'equipment malfunctions' and uncharacteristic penalties. So, basically, it was a first game. There's no real reason to think that that kind of performance will continue into conference play as the line gels through the season, but if it does we'll be in trouble.
HOWEVER, that strength gave up two very bad sacks to a very green Michigan defensive front this past Saturday, and considering that Alabama's Achilles heel is lack of depth at QB, that was two sacks too many. There were also 'equipment malfunctions' and uncharacteristic penalties. So, basically, it was a first game. There's no real reason to think that that kind of performance will continue into conference play as the line gels through the season, but if it does we'll be in trouble.
Rashiminos
Fool Prophet
How would you describe the level of embarrassment after losing 13-52?
madviking
north american scum
Wow. The PSU kicker missed 13 pts of kicks.
This has been a pretty rough day for the Big Ten. Michigan looked like crap, PSU and Purdue choked, and Wisconsin looks AWFUL...they're going to get shut out by an Oregon State team that might not win 6 games. Also, Iowa lost an abortion of a game.
As bad a showing as that was, perhaps not having to settle for 5 field goals in the first place would have helped.
