# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/41 "2005-09-10T19:45:08Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > The QB is a freshman. You gotta expect some growing pains. Actually he’s a sophomore and he started every game last year as a true freshman. ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/42 "2005-09-10T19:48:05Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Check back in November when they play. What? You mean Brown/Yale isn’t the first game of the Ivy season anymore? Great God, what is happening to our HALLOWED TRADITIONS? Smithers, tear up that check…this year, we’re giving the gymnasium to Slippery Rock College. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/43 "2005-09-10T19:52:56Z")
Where do you guys think Notre Dame and Michigan are going to be ranked in the next week’s poll? Does this push Notre Dame into the top 10? What about Michigan falling out of the top 10? ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/44 "2005-09-10T19:54:13Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Actually he’s a sophomore and he started every game last year as a true freshman. Oh. I thought the guy said he was a Freshman. In any case, by the time he plays the Gophers, I’m sure he’ll look like Joe Montana. ---
**Author:** ![loctanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@loctanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loctanster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/45 "2005-09-10T19:54:22Z")
> [@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 Northern Illinois was ranked in the top 15 at one point the year before last so they aren’t that far out there. ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/46 "2005-09-10T19:55:56Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Where do you guys think Notre Dame and Michigan are going to be ranked in the next week’s poll? Does this push Notre Dame into the top 10? What about Michigan falling out of the top 10? Good question. I’ll have an answer for you by Wednesday. ---
**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, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/47 "2005-09-10T20:03:15Z")
Actually the more I think about it Henne played like crap. More bad passes than good, horrible decision and missing a wide open guy on the interception, No situational awareness on the fourth-down out of end-zone throw, a pass with no chance to work on the last play of the game. And most importantly he needs to learn how to throw a damn screen. It’s a major part of Michs offense, and every time they had one set up he threw it right into the D line. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/48 "2005-09-10T23:05:27Z")
When it comes to college football, I don’t pay much attetnion unless (A) ASU or another PAC-10 team is playing, or (B) someone–_anyone_–is beating the snot out of Notre Dame. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/49 "2005-09-10T23:46:59Z")
It seems like there’s been an unusually high number of upsets so far – Oklahoma, Miami (ouch!), Michigan, Iowa – or is it often thus? Anticipating the Texas/Ohio State game at 8:00… ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/50 "2005-09-12T19:50:26Z")
Loyal Buckeye here. Wow, what a game that was against Texas. As typical, the OSU offense failed to take advantage of the defense/special teams’ efforts. I’m disappointed, but a loss this early in the season versus a highly ranked team isn’t a disaster. This will be a game that a lot of other teams will be studying the tapes of. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/51 "2005-09-12T20:01:28Z")
Oh goody, I can be the first to say that I don’t give two shits about college football; never did, never will. It’s minor-league football people. I don’t care that the teams are competitive, you don’t see people going ape shit over Triple A baseball. I feel the same way about college basketball too. As far as I’m concerned, not being glued to the tube all weekend gives me that much more time to actually do things. But hey, it takes all kinds, so RAH-RAH “INSERT ALMA MATER HERE”. ---
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/52 "2005-09-12T21:35:15Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Oh goody, I can be the first to say that I don’t give two shits about college football; never did, never will. It’s minor-league football people. I don’t care that the teams are competitive, you don’t see people going ape shit over Triple A baseball. I feel the same way about college basketball too. > > As far as I’m concerned, not being glued to the tube all weekend gives me that much more time to actually do things. > > But hey, it takes all kinds, so RAH-RAH “INSERT ALMA MATER HERE”. but I guess after your weekend of doing things, Monday is still slow enough to post in a thread you care nothing about… 😃 Big shake up in the top 25. Looks like UT might be looking forward to playing OU for a change this season. Any guesses how much they’ll run the score up on OU after the drubbings they’ve received in the past? After ND beat MI, I’m amazed the national media doesn’t have them ranked #2 already. Oh well, just another year of ND on every single Saturday. The golden domers are back. For my .02, I’m a Buff fan (CU), I look forward every year to trying to figure out why Barnett thinks he can run a power running game mixed with a west coast passing game. Next week… Miami. Ouch. CU is going to get killed–even with Miami’s new QB. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/53 "2005-09-13T14:48:43Z")
Wait a second, the title of the thread is How I \*\*love/hate \*\*… I happen to hate it. I thought the thread was to express your love or hatred of college football. I’ll leave now. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651/54 "2005-09-14T04:33:38Z")
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, folks. Loyal Texas grad and Longhorn fan here, giving props to OSU for showing class and figuring out a way to slow down Vince Young. But see, he has an arm on him as well, so that didn’t work out that great. OU should catch a beating from us this year but it won’t be on a par of the 65-14 beatings we caught from them back in the day. Texas always struggles against a team it should beat (usually Texas Tech) and I am a little worried about the Mizzou game, and a&m at the end of the year. Vince Young seems to be able to overcome any aspect of bad coaching pitched by Greg Davis, so I think those are wins. Iowa State might be a worthy opponent in the Big XII champ game after beating Iowa, too. Big 10? Not so big last week. OSU at least kept it close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-love-hate-the-first-week-of-college-football/319651.md?page=2)