And the College Football season begins!!!

[Dungannon]

Just watched the end of a very big win for LSU. Wish I could've seen the whole game.

 

[Crothian]

Wow, what a game. I'm pissed we lost, but it was a good game. Lots of scoring, sloppy turn overs, stupid penalties....the offense was not good, the defense was not good...special teams was the only really good part of the game. And scoring a TD instead of 5 field goals would not be out of line

Go Purdue!!!!

 

[Nightfall]

Go WVU!

 

[fett527]

...the defense was not good...

Are you kidding me? The OSU defense was SUPERB! They held arguably the best player in college football to 2 TDs. Both passing. And the last one I blame Tressell for not having Huston boot the ball to the endzone and instead giving up great field position. They did not let Young beat them with his running ability which was the goal. The defense forced at least 3 turnovers and sacked Young twice I believe (sorry I don't have time to look up the exact numbers). AJ Hawk, Bobby Carpenter and Donte Whitner were all over this and they did a stupendous job. The most telling stat will be OSU's average starting field position which OSU's offense could not take adavantage of. The defense almost won this game for the Bucks.

The offense did not want it enough.

Tressel did not want it enough.

The defense wanted it.

 

[Crothian]

the first quarter the defesne did nothing. THen it came about, but it failed again.

 

[Dimwhit]

This Texas-Ohio State game is a PERFECT example of the major, major flaw with the polling system. The #4 team loses by 3 points to the #2 team (using AP poll info). The #4 team should remain #4, or maybe drop to #5. That's it. But Ohio could conceivable drop out of the Top 10 with that loss. We'll see.

 

[drothgery]

Go WVU!

And don't come back

Okay, I'm still bitter after West Virginia pretty much shut down the best player my high school has ever produced (SU RB Damien Rhodes) back in the opener...

At least the Orange beat a I-A team this week, even it was Buffalo.

Also worth noting...

Dungannon seems to be running away with the pick-em; I've moved into second place, but my lead there is pretty tenuous.

 

[Nightfall]

Drogy,

Don't hate the player. Hate the game. Fact is WVU's D has improved dramatically this season and it shows. Admittedly it's only been two games but the fact they've kept the opposition to only a touchdown, really speaks about the D's ability this season. We'll see though if it holds up as the games go on.

 

[Crothian]

Big East is wide open, WVU has had some good teams but could never break through maybe this is their year.....

 

[Nightfall]

Well it would be nice to be #1 in the Big East this year. We'll see if it plays out. Still have Pittsburgh (home town rivals), VA Tech, (ALWAYS rivals), and of course Louisville. Then there's always Rutgers, Maryland (big game there), and Cinny. We'll see how it plays out. But I'm liking the fact, unlike last season, TACKLING has improved.