And the College Football season begins!!!

[Dimwhit]

(I'm glad I only put two points here, but I took Oregon State as part of my "never go against a BCS team playing a minor conference team at home, unless the BCS team is a perenial doormat and the minor conference team is really good" policy)

I know after last week few believe me, but Boise is a really good team. The blowout happened for one reason last week. Boise's QB handed them the game singlehandedly. I've never seen a game before where one player could be completely blamed for a loss--last week was one of those games. Georgia was the better team, of course, but it should have been a closer game.

I'm still a little bummed about that game...

 

[Dungannon]

Heh, I picked Boise State but only put 1 point on the game. So far I missed on Michigan (3 pts.) and Iowa (4 pts.).

 

[Dungannon]

He'll fix them, but yeah, probably not this year. Watching the game, it doesn't really seem to be as close as the score shows. Washington has had a few lucky breaks that have kept them in the game. But I am impressed with the Huskies this year. They are vastly improved. They just need another year to really click.

Doesn't help that the Pac-10 is very competitive.

The offense looks ok, but the defense is just atrocious. They won't be really competitive until he can recruit some talent and depth on that side of the ball.

 

[drothgery]

I know after last week few believe me, but Boise is a really good team.

Maybe, but Oregon State isn't a bad team, and they were at home, and, well, they came back to win.

 

[Dungannon]

Oooh, Crothian can't be too happy right now. Texas just took the lead, 23-22, with 2:37 left in the 4th quarter.

 

[drothgery]

I can't believe a coach as good as Tresssell so badly mismanaged the endgame (of course, the game-winning TD pass was clearly incomplete, but that's another story).

First, they should have run the ball to the center of the field before the last field goal attempt (and in a lot of 3rd and 3 situations, they passed instead of running, while ahead).

Then, after the fumble, they should have just let Texas score on the next play; they needed a touchdown whether Texas got a TD or a field goal, and keeps Texas from doing the smart thing (which they did by accident) of moving the ball as close to the goal line as possible, taking as much time as possible, and then downing the ball at the 1 or so. If they let Texas score, they're down by 8 (assuming no two-point attempts or missed extra points), and have to return a kickoff to set up a tying drive with two minutes. A lot easier than taking a team the length of the field with 30 seconds to go.

 

[fett527]

What the talking heads will discuss about OSU:

Ginn was underutilized

Why two quarterbacks? (Both played well, and both should have had TDs but still)

Why we lost: Hamby dropping the pass in the endzone, Tressel not just running the ball to get the missed field goal closer than 50 yards. Huston is good, but he is not Nugent.

The defense was awesome. The offense couldn't convert TDs

And I'm going to bed.

 

[Dungannon]

And somewhere, Crothian is kicking a puppy on his way out of the 'Shoe...

 

[romp]

And somewhere, Crothian is kicking a puppy on his way out of the 'Shoe...

slashing the tires on a Texas fans car is more likely, 1460AM will be exploding with comments about the offensive struggles, yeesh, Hambry dropping that pass really hurt ...

that Tx band is like really really annoying, almost as annoying as Michigans'

 

[Dimwhit]

Well crap. We're 0-2 and have to play Bowling Green. Close one against Oregon State, but still disappointing.

About all Boise has left that they can accomplish this year is winning the WAC. But if they don't win a game soon...