College Football

[Ranger REG]

So did anyone else watch the royal butt-kicking tonight? Boise State beat the living daylights out of Hawaii, who normally has a very good passing game. Man, what a game. Boise was firing perfectly on both sides of the ball. Fun game. Except for Hawaii fans.

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It's damn embarrassing. Unfortunately, they stayed true to their pattern. They suck at road trip games.

I really don't care if QB Tim Chang can break Ty Detmer's passing record. I just want UH qualify for a bowl game.

 

[Crothian]

Big 10 question: Who are those guys wearing Gophers and Boilermakers uniforms, and what did they do with the Minnesota and Purdue teams that looked so good early this year?

Minnesota does this a lot though. They have an easy schedule, they kill their oppoents and then lose in Big Ten Play. Purdue on the other hand....NW is better then people think, but IO don't think they are that good. So, Purdue just can't get over the Badger lose and NW is just playing pretty good ball.

Its the Florida teams I'm shocked at. I went to a party and just heard the finals on these games. What suprises me the most is the teams they lost too. Georgia is an okay lose, they are damn good. But North Carolina nad Maryland??
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[Dimwhit]

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It's damn embarrassing. Unfortunately, they stayed true to their pattern. They suck at road trip games.

I really don't care if QB Tim Chang can break Ty Detmer's passing record. I just want UH qualify for a bowl game.

Hawaii should be able to be bowl eligible, though it won't be easy. La Tech is a good team, but Fresno is beatable. Idaho is a given. But with Northwestern and Michigan state to end the season, they have their work cut out. I think they'll do it, though.

That game had to have been embarassing, though. It's a good thing Chang didn't get the record during that game. Wouldn't have been as sweet. But man, it just seemed like Hawaii completely threw in the towel a little ways into the third quarter. You can't even accuse Boise of running up the score. It didn't matter what they did, they still got into the endzone. I think they threw maybe a half-dozen passes in the second half.

 

[fett527]

Buckeyes won as they have been- defense and special teams. Yeah!

I am ecstatic that Miami and Florida State lost. I watched Miami v UNC and I savored every play.

OSU fans know Northwestern is pretty good this year (too many veteran guys not to be). NW beating Purdue makes it sting a little less. Orton seems to have self destructed.

Minnesota losing to Indiana is inexcusable. Too much talent there to lose to the basement of the Big 10.

I was really pulling for Oklahoma State, that would have been another great upset.

 

[fett527]

...You can't even accuse Boise of running up the score. It didn't matter what they did, they still got into the endzone. I think they threw maybe a half-dozen passes in the second half.

That struck me as funny since OSU threw only about a half-dozen passes the entire game.

 

[resscane]

Florida schools losing

Earlier this year I said going on the road w/ Miami's offense will make every game exciting. Little did I realize it would be because our defense couldnt stop anything. Wow that was terrible. North Carolina (North Carolina.., cmon) totally exploited Miami's defense. Our Dline got no pressure, even when we blitzed. Linebackers totally out of position on most plays and Dbacks 2 steps behind on every play.

It looked like miami played its normal man d w/ 2 safteys over the top about 85-90% of the time and it worked about 20-25% of the time. Now I'm not a mathematical genius, but those odds would cause me to mix it up a little more. Gotta give credit to North Carolina's coach for watching tape on Miami and really coming up w/ a great game plan. I'm sure every team we play from here on out will try to duplicate North Carolina's game plan.., so I hope that Randy Shannon (UM's Defensive coordinator) also watches the game film and makes the appropriate changes, but I doubt he will because in the past, he has been very hesitant to make changes to our scheme, even when their warrented.

I know the whole country rejoices when the florida schools lose, but I wouldn't get to excited.., because it doesnt happen very often.., but that is the beauty of college football, you can lose a game anytime anywhere, and to win consistently for years is very difficult. You need a lot of luck.

 

[diaglo]

Go Terps.

 

[Xath]

Terps Beat Seminoles!!!! Terps Beat Seminoles!!!

Its the Florida teams I'm shocked at. I went to a party and just heard the finals on these games. What suprises me the most is the teams they lost too. Georgia is an okay lose, they are damn good. But North Carolina nad Maryland??
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Dude, Crothian...did you just dis my team??

I mean, Statham has had a bit of a shaky season, but he threw 333 yds and scored 2 touchdowns in this game. Can't "eek" that. Terps have gone to bowl games for 3 years running, and we're not about to break that streak now.

 

[diaglo]

Georgia is an okay lose, they are damn good. But North Carolina nad Maryland??

d00d.... Maryland is da Bomb.

we won a National Championship in Football and Basketball.

 

[Crothian]

Dude, Crothian...did you just dis my team??

um...ya, I guess I did

I mean, Statham has had a bit of a shaky season, but he threw 333 yds and scored 2 touchdowns in this game. Can't "eek" that. Terps have gone to bowl games for 3 years running, and we're not about to break that streak now.

They have improved nicely but FSU has been an elite team, Maryland has not. It was a great win for Maryland, just an unexpected one.