Week 8: Game Threads

A.J. · Post #1 » by **A.J.** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:09 am

Week 8 starts up Thursday with Florida St. vs NC State on ESPN. Alot of great games will be on Saturday.

Post #2 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:50 am

What a boring Thursday night game. I'd rather bleach my pupils than watch two offensively challenged teams like this.

I must apologize herein to fans of the Big XII, who so obviously have the nation's best conference right now. Sorry SEC, it's not you; Baylor probably knocks out a third of the SEC at this point, and even Nebraska's worth one or two wins.

Post #3 » by **craig01** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:51 am

FSU vs NC ST....bleh

Post #4 » by **Icness** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:02 pm

Two good reasons to watch FSU/NCSU:
Wolfpack RB Andre Brown, steadily climbing draft boards, and FSU DE Everette Brown, who might be the 1st DE taken in the upcoming draft. Brown is drawing favorable comparisons to Kam Wimbley, and I'll be watching to see if I believe that.

I'll be at WMU/CMU watching Londen Fryar and Dan Lefevour on Sat.

Post #5 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:12 pm

PhilipNelsonFan wrote:What a boring Thursday night game. I'd rather bleach my pupils than watch two offensively challenged teams like this.

I must apologize herein to fans of the Big XII, who so obviously have the nation's best conference right now. Sorry SEC, it's not you; Baylor probably knocks out a third of the SEC at this point, and even Nebraska's worth one or two wins.

The SEC would still take a dump on any other conference in college football. Probably 2-3 dumps.

Post #6 » by **Icness** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:34 pm

I think the SEC teams are more flawed this year than in past years. LSU has QB issues, Georgia has OL issues, Florida just ain't right, Auburn can't score, South Carolina can't do anything on offense, Kentucky's luck is running out, Tennessee, well, they still have Phil "John Cooper of the South" Fullmer as their coach. Not one of those teams is as good this year as they were last year (Vandy and Bama are better, maybe Ole Miss too). By contrast, Mizzou is better, Oklahoma is better, Texas is better, OK St finally won a meaningful game over someone besides Oklahoma, Kansas is still dangerous, Colorado has improved quite a bit, KSU is better, Baylor actually looks like it could beat most MAC teams for the first time in years. I would agree the Big XII is the best overall conference this year.

Post #7 » by **studcrackers** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:23 am

god i wish i had versus, if not for this then the nhl playoffs, i hate not seeing the byu/tcu game

A.J. · Post #8 » by **A.J.** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:27 am

FSU and NC is turning out to be a great game. Even though FSU's offensive line has been playing sucky all game, they played well on that last drive where they scored.

LAKESHOW · Post #9 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:12 am

the big 12 and sec is weak. we would spank those teams. they are like any other conference, maybe some solid and then drop off to bologny levels.. oklahoma and that phony "fast break" offense. along with floridas all runningback offense aint goin nowhere. bring them to the coliseum and we drop 50 on 'em.

High 5 · Post #10 » by **High 5** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:16 pm

Florida is like Oregon State x 25. USC would be down 49-0 at the half.

Post #11 » by **craig01** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:12 pm

Icness wrote:I think the SEC teams are more flawed this year than in past years. LSU has QB issues, Georgia has OL issues, Florida just ain't right, Auburn can't score, South Carolina can't do anything on offense, Kentucky's luck is running out, Tennessee, well, they still have Phil "John Cooper of the South" Fullmer as their coach. Not one of those teams is as good this year as they were last year (Vandy and Bama are better, maybe Ole Miss too). By contrast, Mizzou is better, Oklahoma is better, Texas is better, OK St finally won a meaningful game over someone besides Oklahoma, Kansas is still dangerous, Colorado has improved quite a bit, KSU is better, Baylor actually looks like it could beat most MAC teams for the first time in years. I would agree the Big XII is the best overall conference this year.

Definitely a down year for the SEC.

GA has had a ton of injuries.
LSU has the QB and secondary issues
Alabama lacks depth
Auburn lacks an OC and QB
Tenn is a mess, and lack talent
Fla is a "?", they don't seem to be elite as of yet
SC is one dimensional
Vandy is coming back to earth
Kentucky/Ole Miss/Miss St/Arkansas just ain't got much.

Only Alabama and UF really have any realistic chance of playing for the big one, but I doubt either survives the season.

El Turco · Post #12 » by **El Turco** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:45 pm

OSU- Michigan State will be the best matchup in big ten this season. yes, even better than OSU-PSU. mark dantonio is a damn good defensive coach and ringer is a beast, lets hope pryor can bounce back.

High 5 · Post #13 » by **High 5** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:27 pm

craig01 wrote:
Icness wrote:I think the SEC teams are more flawed this year than in past years. LSU has QB issues, Georgia has OL issues, Florida just ain't right, Auburn can't score, South Carolina can't do anything on offense, Kentucky's luck is running out, Tennessee, well, they still have Phil "John Cooper of the South" Fullmer as their coach. Not one of those teams is as good this year as they were last year (Vandy and Bama are better, maybe Ole Miss too). By contrast, Mizzou is better, Oklahoma is better, Texas is better, OK St finally won a meaningful game over someone besides Oklahoma, Kansas is still dangerous, Colorado has improved quite a bit, KSU is better, Baylor actually looks like it could beat most MAC teams for the first time in years. I would agree the Big XII is the best overall conference this year.

Definitely a down year for the SEC.

GA has had a ton of injuries.
LSU has the QB and secondary issues
Alabama lacks depth
Auburn lacks an OC and QB
Tenn is a mess, and lack talent
Fla is a "?", they don't seem to be elite as of yet
SC is one dimensional
Vandy is coming back to earth
Kentucky/Ole Miss/Miss St/Arkansas just ain't got much.

Only Alabama and UF really have any realistic chance of playing for the big one, but I doubt either survives the season.

I wouldn't count LSU and UGA out just yet.

El Turco · Post #14 » by **El Turco** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:22 am

UGA is like a convict in deathrow, they may not be dead right now but the result is inevitable. same thing can be said for LSU.

High 5 · Post #15 » by **High 5** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:51 am

ElTurco wrote:UGA is like a convict in deathrow, they may not be dead right now but the result is inevitable. same thing can be said for LSU.

Maybe, but Georgia has overcome disappointment and finished strong each of the last two seasons. If they can get a little healthier and cut down on the mistakes they're talented enough to beat anyone. Unfortunately Georgia lost another great lineman for the season in the Tennessee game.

On a related note, the Georgia OL is going to be BEAST next year if the football gods treat them a little better. Not a single senior in the rotation.

Post #16 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:17 am

and LSU is still the king of the miracle BS comeback.

Post #17 » by **craig01** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:52 pm

I am a diehard LSU supporter.

Before the season, I was going to be happy with a 9-3 record.

The years high ranking was deserved, but I knew it couldn't be maintained.

A freshman QB will kill 2-3 games by himself, and Lee still has a couple of more in him.

I will still be happy with 9-3.

As for GA, they've taken on too many injuries....what's this, the 4th LT this year? And a schedule that's going to give them at least one more loss, maybe two.

GO TO HELL ALABAMA.

A.J. · Post #18 » by **A.J.** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:31 pm

NO-KG-AI wrote:and LSU is still the king of the miracle BS comeback.

Yo NO-KG-AI,

What college did you go to? I was just wondering?

hermes · Post #19 » by **hermes** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:13 pm

ouch badgers 0-3 in the Big Ten

GO HAWKEYES

MadCityBucky · Post #20 » by **MadCityBucky** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:06 pm

The Badgers are AWFUL

0-4 in the Big Ten and with Illinois and MSU could be 0-6