Huh, I wasn't even looking at it like that, but when your 2 worst teams are playing top 10 fcs teams I think it's safe to put them on upset watch.
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College Football 2015 Week One Thread: One True Champion(TM)
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StrikerObi
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That dilly bar gif is the most Minnesota thing ever.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - NO COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan MOV TIE BREAKER - Michigan State by 40
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) - NO COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) - COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) - COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - NO COVER
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - NO COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan MOV TIE BREAKER - Michigan State by 40
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) - NO COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) - COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) - COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - NO COVER
My understanding is that Fritz still runs a triple option offense, exclusively. Is that incorrect?
zyxwvu4321
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Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan - MSU BY 21
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) - NO COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) - COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) - NO COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - NO COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - COVER
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan - MSU BY 21
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) - NO COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) - COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) - NO COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - NO COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - COVER
Fritz calls it a triple option to keep the fanbase happy. Reality is we'll look a lot more like Auburn than Georgia Tech.
Mac the KNife
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You're saying Tech and Iowa State are both worse than Kansas?
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Changed the post from what Gondo quoted as I had Kansas' and ISU's opponents mixed up when I posted that. Kansas is the only one of the 3 not playing a top 10 FCS team.
They did only beat ISU by 3 last year. (Edited because I'm dumb)
Although they should be comfortably better than ISU or KU this year.
My Big 12 tiers:
1st Tier:
Baylor
TCU
2nd Tier:
OSU
OU
3rd Tier:
WVU
Texas
KSU
4th Tier:
TTU
ISU
Shit Tier:
KU
bucknuticus
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Have a feeling Urbz names the starter today in his Presser
No, Kansas and ISU are the worst. I guess S. Dakota St. isn't in the top 10. Still a good team and #15.
I'd put money on each of the FBS teams to win though.
My bad. I was looking at ISU's schedule and misread it.
You would think I'd have a firm handle on who lost to Iowa State. Now that's something you can't take credit for inventing.
FloydtheFathead
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When is that?
bucknuticus
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15 min or so
FloydtheFathead
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Televised or no?
bucknuticus
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no idea, i stream them on the fan usaully
BertramCooper
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I think they usually stream it on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
EDIT: Unless they've stuck it behind a pay wall.
bucknuticus
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Fox Sports Go to have 5 separate feeds for its CFB opener, Michigan vs Utah, including a "khaki cam" focused on Harbaugh entire game
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also no OSU depth chart at all on the site anymore, so maybe we dont get a starter today?
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also no OSU depth chart at all on the site anymore, so maybe we dont get a starter today?
I think general consensus seems to be:
1st Tier:
Baylor
TCU
2nd Tier:
OSU
OU
WVU
UT
KSU
3rd Tier:
TTU
4th Tier:
ISU
KU
Maybe OU by themselves in the 2nd tier and shift everybody else down one.
Personally I think the only thing putting KSU above Tech is that Snyder is a sorceror and everyone's tired of the constant annual predictions that "this'll be the year that they finally fall off." Don't expect much from them this season at all, personally. They are replacing a lot of playmakers from last season.
:jnc at the video, little bit shocked at the first link.
Ace 8095 said:
Interesting. Either way, I like playing Georgia Southern. No problems with that program.
OH MY
Gibbs is our 8th DC since 2007. Only one DC since 2010 has lasted longer than a single season and that guy only lasted 1.25 seasons before being let go 3 games into 2014.
We've been hearing that our new DC will fix our defensive woes every season for a while now and we've basically done nothing but get worse. I like the Gibbs hire as well but honestly I won't believe anything is remotely fixed until I see it happen.
That's fair.
KSU will be well-coached and dangerous as always, but a good performance from the top 5 teams should pretty easily beat them this year.
Texas is the real enigma. I'm not getting strong vibes coming from Austin. Them against ND and OU vs. Tennessee will say a lot about both of those teams (although the Texas-ND game will probably be horribly boring).
Also, I think KU will likely be historically bad. Decent chance that they go winless.
bucknuticus
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Urban says we'll know the start when they take the first snap at Va Tech
FloydtheFathead
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He is doing it to dick with VT because of the film thing with them last year.
BertramCooper
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That's what I assumed he'd do.
I wouldn't consider Tennessee a known quantity at this time. They have talent coupled with inexperience and some serious depth issues on the O-line.
Remember last season when he was supposed to redshirt behind Walsh and Garman? Good times.
Incidentally, Tech's 3rd string QB, a guy that transferred from Iowa and walked on a year ago, earned a scholarship a few weeks back. This means that Tech has 3 scholarship QBs on the roster at the same time for the first time since 2012.
bucknuticus
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Should have just named Braxton the starter made him take an option play the. Put the real starter in.
Tress did it vs Texas in the fiesta bowl with tp/beockman
Yeah, it's really too bad he wasn't able to redshirt. Walsh was clearly the QB they wanted to go with, but circumstances forced Gundy's hand. At least it worked out about as well as possible. Hung around with Baylor in the rain in Waco, beat OU in Norman and then Washington in the bowl game.
I'm excited to see what he can do this year with an actual OL and running game.
BTW, I'm not sure if you saw but Garman was just named the third-stringer at Maryland. That's how bleak things were last season.
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Battlezone
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Ah, fresh new thread smell. Also +1 to using mre's pick 'em instead of Yahoo, because resetting my Yahoo password for the Bowl Pick 'Em because I've forgotten it again is a long standing Battlezone family tradition. Also, I'm slowly becoming a degenerate gambler anyway, so this will hasten my slide down that slope.
Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota NO COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan MOV TIE BREAKER MSU by 35
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) NO COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) NO COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) NO COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech NO COVER
Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota NO COVER
Friday
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan MOV TIE BREAKER MSU by 35
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) NO COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) NO COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) NO COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech NO COVER
Frustrated_Grunt
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I'm on it.
They have depth issues across the entire team, but you're right, they've recruited well the past couple years and have a much better first string than they've had for a while now. That OL could be their Achilles heal this year.
#NotMyAlbert
perfectchaos007
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Saban's Not a Depth Chart Depth Chart!
I've never seen a 3 QB system
Everyone rushing to adopt the tOSU scheme.
I feel pretty much the same way. I am anticipating a loss to MSU, but think they will pick up steam as the season goes on. Time will tell, I guess. I've been hurt before.
Alec Morris gonna run wild come postseason. 3rd? string and all.
the cutoff on the left side is making me confused on the DB positions. Maybe it's the 2 CB's, then the 2 Safeties, then the nickelback? Marlon Humphrey moving into #2 over Tony Brown is interesting. Fitzpatrick, too.
Chris Black is the perennial "almost ready" WR. Past up by the transfer from OSUw.
the cutoff on the left side is making me confused on the DB positions. Maybe it's the 2 CB's, then the 2 Safeties, then the nickelback? Marlon Humphrey moving into #2 over Tony Brown is interesting. Fitzpatrick, too.
Chris Black is the perennial "almost ready" WR. Past up by the transfer from OSUw.
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