# How I love/hate the first week of college football **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651 "2005-09-01T23:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/21 "2005-09-04T05:08:31Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadger! I kind of got a kick out of the helmets. Old school. On Wisconsin! I don’t know I’d be that stoked for a defense that gave up 40+ points to Bowling Green. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/22 "2005-09-04T12:00:56Z")
WAY TO GO, BIG TEN. 10-0 SATURDAY!!! Looks like Alvarez will have some adjustments to make on defense. Even sad-sack Illinois showed some heart in a comeback against Rutgers. But I’m happiest that my Spartans looked very good in a rout of an admittedly bad foe, Kent State. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/23 "2005-09-05T00:13:11Z")
To the Big 10 refereeing crew at the Louisville-UK game: how exactly did Andre Woodson fumble that ball over to Louisville? Explain it to me. We would have tied that game. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/24 "2005-09-10T02:51:50Z")
Week 2. Michigan vs. Notre Dame. Now we’re talking. Sure, it’s a mismatch. But it’s a _storied_ mismatch. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/25 "2005-09-10T04:18:41Z")
**cricetus** , college football drools and the NFL rules. It sounds like you’ve seen the light. Come join the big game! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/26 "2005-09-10T04:57:54Z")
Well, even if nobody else cared, I will just note that my FSU Noles finally broke Miami’s win streak! 😃 Yes, it was ugly. Yes, lots of mistakes on both sides. Yes, it was almost all defense. But the Noles beat the Canes! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/27 "2005-09-10T10:15:03Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Biggest shocks so far: > > #2: TCU over Oklahoma > > #1: Wisconsin’s butt-ugly helmets. What were they thinking? They did a major renovation of the stadium, brought back over 400 players, including one guy from the 1930’s. He was great, came out in a wheelchair with his brown leather helmet on, had the happiest face. It was throwback day, I hated the helmets, but loved the maroon uni’s. The 2nd week isn’t much better. We had to reschedule a game and could only come up wtih Temple, and now Wis is favored by 5 touchdowns last I heard. Another reason they schedule the patises is because the little schools will come in and make more money in 1 game than they will all year long. Bowling Green played to over 80,000 people in Madison, and collected, I think 1/3 of the gate money and that’s a shitload to them, and maybe to some of the other schools that go on the road to Big 10/11 schools and the other conferences. The little ones don’t mind, and can pull an upset like in OK. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/28 "2005-09-10T13:13:11Z")
I agree with the OP. I was pleased to see that Iowa State beat the living snot out of Northwest South Carolina State Useta-Be-A-Teachers’-College last weekend, but honestly, now. Maybe they ought to have Divisions or Classes or something. Like in high school. I know, I know. This ain’t high school. I guess that makes it all ok. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/29 "2005-09-10T14:50:02Z")
They do have divisions. There’s division IA, IAA, II, and III. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/30 "2005-09-10T14:58:34Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Week 2. Michigan vs. Notre Dame. Now we’re talking. > > Sure, it’s a mismatch. But it’s a _storied_ mismatch. It’s not clear to me that it is much of a mismatch after our defense gave up 400+ yards to Northern Illinois (who??) last week, and the punks we taught how to play football dismantled Pitt quite methodically. Signed, Nervous Michigan fan ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/31 "2005-09-10T15:02:57Z")
I’m predicting this is the year we get the jug back, Gorsnack. 10/8 is marked on my calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/32 "2005-09-10T15:07:27Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I’m predicting this is the year we get the jug back, Gorsnack. 10/8 is marked on my calendar. What, you’re hiring the Trojans to come impersonate the Gophers for the game? Well, I guess they’ve got similarly ugly colours. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/33 "2005-09-10T19:30:09Z")
told you it would be a mismatch ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/34 "2005-09-10T19:32:44Z")
For that crack, we won’t let you guys win back the jug till 2037. Good god that was an ugly effort on the part of the offense. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/35 "2005-09-10T19:34:25Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > It’s not clear to me that it is much of a mismatch after our defense gave up 400+ yards to Northern Illinois (who??) last week, and the punks we taught how to play football dismantled Pitt quite methodically. > > Signed, > Nervous Michigan fan Too bad, so sad. I can’t wait to see the look on the face of SSgt Miller. He’s been talking shit all week about how Michigan would spank ND. Yeah, that’s how it went down, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/36 "2005-09-10T19:35:55Z")
Let’s get to the SERIOUS games. Who won today, Brown or Yale? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/37 "2005-09-10T19:38:09Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Let’s get to the SERIOUS games. > > Who won today, Brown or Yale? Check back in November when they play. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/38 "2005-09-10T19:39:14Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > For that crack, we won’t let you guys win back the jug till 2037. > > Good god that was an ugly effort on the part of the offense. The QB is a freshman. You gotta expect some growing pains. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/39 "2005-09-10T19:39:32Z")
Well at least the defense looked much better. Other than two drives they shut em down pretty well. The O didn’t look all that bad to me either. Just a lack of focus when it mattered, and a whole bunch of 'almost but not quite’s. They had no sense of purpose for the whole game, and that I put on the coaching staff. Just another typical Michigan loss to a team they should have beat. I’m still fucking amazed they actually got it together for a whole season in 97. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/40 "2005-09-10T19:41:03Z")
I don’t know if it’ll be any solace to fans of the Blue, but that was a very entertaining game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651.md?page=3)