Support NeoGAF

[Lonestar]

Recapping last week:

This Week features the following primetime matchups

vs

vs

vs

Local Beat Writer's Poll of Indemnity

1. Alabama (60)
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan (1)
4. Clemson
5. Washington
6. Texas A&M
7. Louisville
8. Nebraska
9. Baylor
10. Wisconsin
11. Houston
12. West Virginia
13. Florida State
14. Boise State
15. Florida
16. Oklahoma
17. Arkansas
18. Tennessee
19. Utah
20. Western Michigan
21. Auburn
22. UNC
23. Ole Miss
24. Navy
25. LSU
​

University Bagmens Poll of Scruples

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Clemson
4 Michigan
5 Washington
6 Texas A&M
7 Louisville
8 Baylor
9 Nebraska
10 Wisconsin
11 Houston
12 Florida
13 West Virginia
14 Boise State
15 Florida State
16 Oklahoma
17 Arkansas
18 Utah
19 Tennessee
20 Western Michigan
21 North Carolina
22 Mississippi
23 Louisiana State
24 Auburn
25 Navy​

Schedule of Notable Games
In Glorious Central Time Format

Thursday, October 20

BYU @ #14 Boise State 9:15 PM ESPN
​

Saturday, October 22

#10 Wisconsin @ Iowa 11:00 AM ESPN
NC State @ #7 Louisville 11:00 AM ABC
#22 North Carolina @ Virginia 2:00 PM ACC Network
Memphis @ #24 Navy 2:30 PM CBSSN
Illinois @ #3 Michigan 2:30 PM BTN
Purdue @ #8 Nebraska 2:30 PM ABC/ESPN2
TCU @ #12 West Virginia 2:30 PM ABC/ESPN2
#6 Texas A&M @ #1 Alabama 2:30 PM CBS
Eastern Michigan @ #20 Western Michigan 2:30 PM ESPN3
#19 Utah @ UCLA 3:00 PM FOX
#17 Arkansas @ #21 Auburn 5:00 PM ESPN
Oregon State @ #5 Washington 5:30 PM PAC12
#11 Houston @ SMU 6:00 PM ESPN2
#2 Ohio State @ Penn State 7:00 PM ABC
#16 Oklahoma @ Texas Tech 7:00 PM FOX
#23 Ole Miss @ #25 LSU 8:00 PM ESPN​

Non-Notable Games of the Week
Thursday, October 20

Miami @ Virginia Tech 6:00 PM ESPN​

Saturday, October 22

Colorado @ Stanford 2:00 PM PAC12​

Pick 'em

https://goo.gl/forms/19rBLFtbgOP43bv02

UCF/UCONN
MIAMIOH/BGSU
IND/NW
WISC/IOWA
TEX/KSU
CUSE/BC
COLO/STAN
MEM/NAVY
TAMU/BAMA
ARK/AUB
MISS/LSU
WYOM/NEV

Top 20

60 jstevenson
58 sf2fanatic
57 MrJames
55 ag
53 zyxwvu4321
52 ErnieMcCracken
52 jfkgoblue
51 FloydtheFathead
50 BTM
50 Dsyndrome
49 felixorion
49 Lonestar
49 Mac the KNife
47 Affeinvasion
47 Bucknuticus
47 Karl2177
47 Subitai
46 bpfd
46 Chicko1983
46 Deacon​

The Decided Schematic Advantage - CFB GAF's very own podcast

Listen to Tom (Azwethinkweiz), Andy (Andycapps), Mike (Lonestar), and Andrew (bucknuticus) discuss the latest in college football news, a little bit about video games, and TV.

The link to subscribe to The Decided Schematic Advantage is here.

New Episodes on Thursday, or whenever Andy finds enough time at work to work on it.

How to Subscribe to this Thread

Web browser: click on the "Subscribe" button on the top right side of the screen. Next click "add subscription".


Mobile: Click on the "Tools" button, found by scrolling all the way to the bottom. Then click "Add Subscription".

 

[jfkgoblue]

Nice to have our third bye week in a row to prepare for Sparty

 

[Lunar15]

Mother of god.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Go Huskies

 

[Azwethinkweiz]

Came to see a missed field goal gif and enjoy the bye week.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Came to see a missed field goal gif and enjoy the bye week.

NC State Clempsoned that FG

 

[andycapps]

Sure hope my team doesn't screw up this bye week somehow.

 

[Monroeski]

Comments from Kingsbury after our loss to West Virginia last week -

“It’s the worst I’ve seen since I’ve been associated with Texas Tech. I’ve never seen a team play that poorly, coaches coach that poorly, and just get embarrassed. I’d like to apologize to the fans, student body, and the alumni. That was as bad as it gets.”

Keep in mind that we lost to TCU 82-27 a few years ago.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Me, 2 minutes into the 4th on Saturday:

Hoping Dantonio has the wherewithal to fire all of his buddies and hire on some competent coordinators. That'd be nice!

 

[Dreams-Visions]

GO BLUE.

 

[Subitai]

Season is already half over. =/

 

[Chris R]

Flying all day Saturday Gonna miss some awesome games it looks like.

 

[Ganhyun]

Sure hope my team doesn't screw up this bye week somehow.

With how the OL has been playing we very well could!

 

[Karl2177]

This is a good week for a bye. Hopefully the offense gets out of whatever funk it was in last week. I mean how do you only score 2 field goals on that terrible Texas defense?

 

[ag-my001]

I'd be okay losing by 10. I'd probably be more upset losing by 3/4, since that would mean we had a chance.

A win means all of my students are getting A's.

 

[Denali]

Came to see a missed field goal gif and enjoy the bye week.

Watching this game at the Caesar's Palace sportbook bar was an experience. Also quite possibly the most drunk I've ever been before noon. Place erupted when the field goal sailed right, there was a good group of Clemson fans there surprisingly.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Watching this game at the Caesar's Palace sportbook bar was an experience. Also quite possibly the most drunk I've ever been before noon. Place erupted when the field goal sailed right, there was a good group of Clemson fans there surprisingly.

I'm gonna be in Vegas for the Rose Bowl

Spoiler

hopefully watching the Huskies play

, would you recommend that as our viewing venue?

 

[perfectchaos007]

This is a good week for a bye. Hopefully the offense gets out of whatever funk it was in last week. I mean how do you only score 2 field goals on that terrible Texas defense?

Your QB had hair like a rockstar. And he played football like one too

 

[Denali]

I'm gonna be in Vegas for the Rose Bowl

Spoiler

hopefully watching the Huskies play

, would you recommend that as our viewing venue?

Not at all. It's cool to visit, but sucks for watching the game. You have to buy a seat for $100, and that gets you 3 drinks. Otherwise, you can sit at the bar and purchase drinks; or you sit at the bar and keep feeding money into the poker machine and getting drinks for that (there's a minimum amount you have to bet and keep betting in order to keep your "green light" on).

When I went two years ago we stayed at the MGM. I sat my ass down in a big lounge chair and didn't have to pay the $100 that Caesar's wanted. I don't know if that's changed, but I'd look there first. It's nice.

EDIT: If you're not as cheap as I am, then ignore what I said above! It was a costly viewing for me.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Not at all. It's cool to visit, but sucks for watching the game. You have to buy a seat for $100, and that gets you 3 drinks. Otherwise, you can sit at the bar and purchase drinks; or you sit at the bar and keep feeding money into the poker machine and getting drinks for that (there's a minimum amount you have to bet and keep betting in order to keep your "green light" on).

When I went two years ago we stayed at the MGM. I sat my ass down in a big lounge chair and didn't have to pay the $100 that Caesar's wanted. I don't know if that's changed, but I'd look there first. It's nice.

EDIT: If you're not as cheap as I am, then ignore what I said above! It was a costly viewing for me.

I'm cheap. That's going to be the end of the trip so I'll probably be broke already anyway :jnc

Thanks for the tip!

 

[HTupolev]

Oregon State @ #5 Washington 5:30 PM PAC12

Lies detected.

Go Huskies

Go Huskies!

 

[jstevenson]

I'm gonna be in Vegas for the Rose Bowl

Spoiler

hopefully watching the Huskies play

, would you recommend that as our viewing venue?

so you're not hoping for the playoff then? (I realize the whole playoff thing may be new to the Husky fans just waking from hibernation)

 

[cdyhybrid]

so you're not hoping for the playoff then? (I realize the whole playoff thing may be new to the Husky fans just waking from hibernation)

I hope we win our games, I suppose. Wherever that leaves us is fine.

Still a long way to go and some demons to exorcise.

 

[jstevenson]

I hope we win our games, I suppose. Wherever that leaves us is fine.

Still a long way to go and some demons to exorcise.

I'd guess you have a 20-30% chance of winning out at this tpoint.

Just gotta look out for Mike Leach and his band of Pirates at the end.

SC might be a little tricky too if they keep rolling.

 

[bucknuticus]

Me, 2 minutes into the 4th on Saturday:

Hoping Dantonio has the wherewithal to fire all of his buddies and hire on some competent coordinators. That'd be nice!

Dat tressel blood in him won't let him do it

 

[cdyhybrid]

I'd guess you have a 20-30% chance of winning out at this tpoint.

Just gotta look out for Mike Leach and his band of Pirates at the end.

SC might be a little tricky too if they keep rolling.

Utah and ASU worry me too.

 

[jstevenson]

Utah and ASU worry me too.

utah is decimated by injury.

sparky is terrible

 

[cdyhybrid]

utah is decimated by injury.

sparky is terrible

We've lost ten straight to ASU. I'm not taking them lightly.

Utah is still going to be tough at home. We're better on paper than both of them, but they still have to play the game!

 

[Lonestar]

Lies detected.


Go Huskies!

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869144

Schedule of Notable Games
In Glorious Central Time Format

Tell ESPN to update it if it's wrong, Sugarplum.

 

[Vanillalite]

Congrats on the new smell thread.

Sadly I'm basically busy from sun up to midnight on Saturday. I didn't plan this either. Just got lucky it's a bye week.

 

[HTupolev]

Tell ESPN to update it if it's wrong, Sugarplum.

Crap.

I saw "glorious" and my brain automatically read the subsequent words as "Pacific Time."

 

[Purple Cheeto]

utah is decimated by injury.

sparky is terrible

Sparky was okay until their QBs all got hurt . They finished the UCLA game direct snapping it to a WR. If Manny Wilkins gets healthy that offense is good enough to scare someone.

 

[jstevenson]

Sparky was okay until their QBs all got hurt . They finished the UCLA game direct snapping it to a WR. If Manny Wilkins gets healthy that offense is good enough to scare someone.

Someone, but not UW's defense. No way.

 

[Slo]

Hypothetical: If Minney and Illinois combined rosters, could they win the B1G West?

 

[Vanillalite]

Did y'all hear about how Harbaugh does Halloween? How he told the kids going door to door will get your candy, but sprinting house to house will get you more?

Oh and if you're fast enough you can make it back home and do a costume change to do it all over?

Like for real Jim?!?!?!

 

[ryseing]

Came to see a missed field goal gif and enjoy the bye week.

NC State Clempsoned that FG

STILL HURTS

And my pain won't be lessened by the spanking that Louisville is getting ready to give us this week.

Season is already half over. =/

Why you gotta bring me down like that? Between this and the weather changing... SAD is a PITA.

 

[jstevenson]

Hypothetical: If Minney and Illinois combined rosters, could they win the B1G West?

eh, I don't know those two rosters well enough.

but I wouldn't think so, I don't think they have the QB to do it.

Though Illinois DL is probably best in the conference, so I'd guess the defense would be division winning tier.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Happy to see WVU getting some love, though even I think they're over ranked. Hopefully it doesn't got to their heads as the schedule only gets tougher--if still favorable with TCU, Oklahoma and Baylor all at home.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Someone, but not UW's defense. No way.

You mean the same UW defense that got taken to over time by Arizona? And that was an Arizona offense sans its best QB.

 

[jstevenson]

You mean the same UW defense that got taken to over time by Arizona? And that was an Arizona offense sans its best QB.

you gave up 28 points... ONCE.

Even that game is misleading, your offense could've handled it.

Arizona's 4 touchdown drives
-15 play 75 yard drive to open the game (you held them to 5 yards a play, defense was just out there forever, AZ converted 1 4th down, and 2 3rd downs, lucky)
-2 play, 96 yard drive (keyed by a 79 yard run --- whoops!)
-5 play 66 yards drive (keyed by a 56 yard run--- whoops!)
-9 play 75 yard drive (keyed by a 54 yard pass --- whoops!)

Like, Washington gave up 3 big plays, and otherwise played relatively sound defense outside of the first two drives of the game. After the first drive you held Arizona to 4-of-13 on third down, 1 of 3 on fourth down. AZ only averaged 5.4 yards per pass attempt. You forced 3 turnovers.

It was really just giving up a few big plays, and not scoring enough on your own (leading to 28-all OT). Not gigantic structural issues with your defense. Growing pains, I say. Especially when you're only giving up on average 14 points a game.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

I'm not a UW fan!

Also, Baylor under Federal Investigation now for Title IX violations.

 

[cdyhybrid]

UW should win the rest of the games on their schedule comfortably if they bring their A-game every week.

But I've seen too much bad football to expect that.

 

[ryseing]

UW should win the rest of the games on their schedule comfortably if they bring their A-game every week.

But I've seen too much bad football to expect that.

I want you and Wazzu to win out in order for the Apple Cup to be the de facto P12 North championship game.

It'll be great!

 

[Affeinvasion]

Is this the week I finally fall out of the pick em top 20? Could be!

I'm like the West Virginia of our Pick 'em. You know I'll fail eventually...

 

[bucknuticus]

Questions/Topics for tonights podcast recording?

 

[Affeinvasion]

Questions/Topics for tonights podcast recording?

Why is life pain?

 

[bucknuticus]

Forgot to post it, this week poster

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

Questions/Topics for tonights podcast recording?

Current playoff picks? Dark horses? Worst loss for your team since you've been a fan?

 

[Karl2177]

The obvious topic is Big 12 expansion.

 

[Slo]

Questions/Topics for tonights podcast recording?

Khakis: Pleats or no pleats.