First Football Saturday

[keln]

I know a lot of you hate Game Day, but I watched it any way just because.

I'm watching the Stanford-Northwestern game. I have Standford winning this one, but Northwestern is looking pretty good winning 10-3 right now (and just recovered a fumble in Stanford territory).

After Minny's performance against #2 TCU the other night, if Northwestern were to beat a ranked Stanford, that would look pretty good for the old B1G.

[mauricxe]

I love gameday. Not sure why the others don't.

Northwestern looking good. I forgot to gamble on them. They always play tough

[keln]

Sept 5, 2015 12:38:58 GMT -5 mauricxe said:

I love gameday. Not sure why the others don't.

Northwestern looking good. I forgot to gamble on them. They always play tough

I've liked Game Day ever since they came to Columbus for the USC game in 2009. Those guys really interact with the crowd and it was a lot of fun. And the signs are awesome. I think the reason why some people hate Game Day is because they've been loving on the SEC for a while now, they have Desmond Howard who was a scUM player and is a total scUM homer, and they have Kirk Herbstreit who is apparently not homer enough for some Buckeyes fans (some of his statements in the past were ridiculous admittedly).

I can see the arguments against Kirk and Desmond of course, but I also consider the fact that the two football players who anchor Game Day are from Ohio State and scUM, which I think is a nod to that being the biggest rivalry in sports. It's not like they replaced them with an Alabama and an Auburn player when they were swooning over the SEC.

Anyway, Northwestern is still holding their own in this game. Looks like this will be another loss on my Pick'Em. Even if Stanford wins, I don't think they'll cover. But I'd still like to see NW win and help continue this restoration of the B1G's reputation.

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I love Gameday as well. I missed it this morning as I was trying to kill myself trimming trees outside this morning.

NW is playing tough. They keep up the defensive intensity they have, they may just pull this win out.

[keln]

Wow. Northwestern did it. Well done to those guys. Now on to the Tennessee game! Go Vols!

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I had no idea how GAWD awful Hogan is. That long windup, side armed floating ducks.... He looked like the freshman to me.

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Go vols? How the hell are they ranked. Hope bgsu plays the tough

[keln]

Sept 5, 2015 14:15:48 GMT -5 @grumor said:

Go vols? How the hell are they ranked. Hope bgsu plays the tough

Even as a Vol fan, I don't know why they are ranked either. We're expecting a really good year, but expectations aren't enough to get ranked in my opinion. They still have a lot to prove.

[keln]

Well, I've played 4 Rocky Top's on my banjo so far which is great, but unfortunately the Vols' defense is looking weak. BGSU is keeping up. Tennessee better get that D ready before conference play or we can kiss goodbye any ideas about an SEC championship.

[keln]

That Wisky O-line looks horrible...

[socaljd3]

I thought the NU game was an easy one to pick...they're like 8-1 at home in their openers. Not that i thought they'd win and dominate outright like they did, but knew it'd at least be close.

[cwerph]

GameDay is fine as long as you understand what you are getting - and it isn't hard-hitting college football analysis.

Remember all the way back to last year when the B1G went in the crapper in week 2 and everyone lost? "Well, that eliminates the Big 10 from the playoffs."

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Laughing all the way to the trophy.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Listening to ESPN on the radio on my way in to work the rhetoric has already started. The SEC is being swooned over because of their beatdowns of various FCS and scrub FBS schools while the BIG and PAC XII are being criticized for some of the performances of their teams.

Here's my take...I'm not really impressed with any team or any conference right now. Well,maybe Northwestern simply because of the defensive effort they put up against Stanford (the same Stanford that Desmond Howard said would not only make the playoffs but win it). However, what did we learn from week one? MSU has major issues covering the pass. TCU will not hold up against the power game. Oregon has no defense. Alabama is still a question mark b/c that game against Wisky proved little as Wisky was young, banged up, and simply over matched. We'll see how good they are against a team that can fight back. Auburn QB isn't as great as previously advertised and their D apparently has issues too a they allowed Louisville to make a game of it late.
Bottom line, it's too early to be making judgements and "expert analysis". This is something I thought that humble pie from last year would have taught them.

[keln]

Sept 6, 2015 16:21:24 GMT -5 mikeytbuckeyes said:

Listening to ESPN on the radio on my way in to work the rhetoric has already started. The SEC is being swooned over because of their beatdowns of various FCS and scrub FBS schools while the BIG and PAC XII are being criticized for some of the performances of their teams.

Here's my take...I'm not really impressed with any team or any conference right now. Well,maybe Northwestern simply because of the defensive effort they put up against Stanford (the same Stanford that Desmond Howard said would not only make the playoffs but win it). However, what did we learn from week one? MSU has major issues covering the pass. TCU will not hold up against the power game. Oregon has no defense. Alabama is still a question mark b/c that game against Wisky proved little as Wisky was young, banged up, and simply over matched. We'll see how good they are against a team that can fight back. Auburn QB isn't as great as previously advertised and their D apparently has issues too a they allowed Louisville to make a game of it late.
Bottom line, it's too early to be making judgements and "expert analysis". This is something I thought that humble pie from last year would have taught them.

Yeah, they definitely have short memories.

Ohio State stomping VT might shut them up a bit though. We'll see.