# I'm ready for College Football. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 14, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938 "2009-07-14T03:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/301 "2009-09-27T14:43:03Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > [ol] > [li]That was a bullshit call to end the Indiana-Michigan game. One of these days, Michigan’s luck is going to run out.[/li][li]What was the deal with Purdue calling that timeout? And how do you not blitz on the 4th down? Yeesh. Still, one of these days, Notre Dame’s luck is going to run out (er, again).[/li][li]How big of an idiot would you feel if you had doused yourself in monsoon-proof white paint for the Penn State game, only to see your team get embarrassed? (Iowa “reverse covered” the 10-point spread, hehe.) Couldn’t happen to a nicer set of 100,000+ jagoffs.[/li][li]Do you think Joe Paterno is going to catch pneumonia after being out for three hours in a steady downpour? Didn’t seem too bright of a move, but I think JoePa has been a few cards short of a full deck for the greater part of this decade.[/li][li]Has anyone yet requested the college football season to be called off, because the Golden One got a concussion?[/li][li]How much blame does Urban Meyer deserve for leaving Tebow in? I know it was the third quarter, but still, Kentucky couldn’t do dick in that game. You could have put in Ryan Leaf and the outcome wouldn’t have been any different. Or is it Tebow’s fault for wanting that second Heisman sooooo bad that he refused to be taken out in what was, for all intents and purposes, garbage time? (Come to think of it, Colt McCoy was in awfully late in his game, too. What the hell?)[/li][li]What’s the over/under on the number of times announcers say “What a fierce competitor!” when Tebow comes back in two weeks after getting his bell rung and has an 8-18, 130 yds, 1 TD, 12 rushes, 70 yds, 1 TD sort of performance? I’ll put it at an even dozen, but I reserve the right to adjust the number if it turns out that The Golden One performs any miracle healings during his hospital stay.[/li][li]What does the concussion test look like for Tebow? Trainer: “Who are you?” TT: “Your lord and savior Jesus Christ.” Trainer: “That’s an acceptable answer. He’s fine. Put him back in; he’s such a fierce competitor.”[/li][/ol] Tebow is this years god. The announcers will back him no matter what he does. Calling him a fierce competitor implies the rest of the players are not . It is a bit of an insult to the rest of them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/302 "2009-09-27T15:13:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Tebow is this years god. The announcers will back him no matter what he does. Calling him a fierce competitor implies the rest of the players are not . It is a bit of an insult to the rest of them. The only quibble with your statement is limiting it to “this year”. Miami’s role as media darling was certainly short-lived. Good god did my Bears ever lay an egg against the Ducks. The worst loss of The Tedford Era. Absolutely inept on both O and D. Bears fans had big questions before the season, and we (and the media – lots of culpability to go around) thought they’d been answered, just because Cal rolled over a horrible Maryland team and a Div II team. Turns out we actually do have serious problems in the O Line, at QB, and (surprisingly) in the secondary. We were incredibly pumped to have ESPN come to town next week for the first time, for the monumental matchup with USC. A lot of bloom has gone off that rose. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/303 "2009-09-27T15:32:16Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > How do you define long time? They’ve been pretty consistent over the past 10 or 15 years, but nobody knew who they were before that. 10-15 yrs fits my definition of a long time. Sure they don’t have the history of PSU or Notre Dame, but the game of the day (on paper) was in Blacksburg and Game Day should have been at Blacksburg. Since gameday had already been in Atlanta for the Va Tech/Bama game a few weeks ago may have impacted the decision to go to Happy Valley. It was satisfying seeing a team (PSU) who fatten their record (3-0) by beating cupcakes (Akron, Temple, Syracuse) get some comeuppance yesterday evening. And just how bad is Notre Dame? They are very lucky to be 3-1 (1) yes they blew out Nevada, BFD. (2) Lost to Michigan and nearly lost at home to perennial Big 10 doormat Indiana. (3) Beat MSU at South Bend. MSU quarterback goes completely braindead at end of game. MSU had already to a MAC team. (4) Barely beats Purdue at Purdue. Barely. Defense goes braindead calling a Timeout. WTF? at 3 and goal, time running down when the clock is ticking? Purdue had also already lost to MAC team. Next week they play UWash. Which UWash team shows up? the one that beats USC or the one that get blown out by Stanford? that got beat by Wake Forest? Its been a wacky CFB season thus far, and I expect more of the same for the rest of the year. How people think they can make money betting on these games is something I will never understand. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/304 "2009-09-27T15:49:30Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > (4) Barely beats Purdue at Purdue. Barely. Defense goes braindead calling a Timeout. WTF? at 3 and goal, time running down when the clock is ticking? Purdue had also already lost to MAC team. Yep. Their go-to play didn’t work, but the most moronic timeout in the history of college football gave them a second chance to score. The victory was a direct result of Purdue’s stupidity. If their fans aren’t raising hell this morning, they should be. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/305 "2009-09-27T15:53:13Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Its been a wacky CFB season thus far, and I expect more of the same for the rest of the year. How people think they can make money betting on these games is something I will never understand. CFB is always wacky – that’s one reason I love it. But it _appears_ wacky largely for one reason: pre-season polls. If one didn’t have totally fantasy-based expectations for what was supposed to happen, one wouldn’t be so surprised. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/306 "2009-09-27T16:07:41Z")
Really stoked that my Houston Cougars beat the Red Raiders of Texas Tech (where I also got a degree)! And what a nail biter. I have been a long suffering Cougar fan for 16 years. It feels good to get in the rankings and then DEFEND it. GO COOGS! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/307 "2009-09-27T16:30:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > CFB is always wacky – that’s one reason I love it. But it _appears_ wacky largely for one reason: pre-season polls. If one didn’t have totally fantasy-based expectations for what was supposed to happen, one wouldn’t be so surprised. Maybe the polls are somewhat responsible, but perennial BCS contender USC getting beat by UWash (an 0-12 team) and then the same UWash team gets beat by Stanford in the next week is wackiness that is not a result of the polls ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/308 "2009-09-27T16:44:58Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Maybe the polls are somewhat responsible, but perennial BCS contender USC getting beat by UWash (an 0-12 team) and then the same UWash team gets beat by Stanford in the next week is wackiness that is not a result of the polls Agreed. The alternate explanation is the USC is _really_ bad, and Stanfurd is _really_ good. And the thought of both of those being true makes my head hurt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/309 "2009-09-27T16:56:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Agreed. > > The alternate explanation is the USC is _really_ bad, and Stanfurd is _really_ good. And the thought of both of those being true makes my head hurt. IANAD, but I don’t think there is any need to take a tylenol. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/310 "2009-09-28T05:45:05Z")
Roll Tide. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/311 "2009-09-28T09:27:06Z")
urm…GO BLUE!! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/312 "2009-09-28T12:32:31Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > And just how bad is Notre Dame? They are very lucky to be 3-1 > > (1) yes they blew out Nevada, BFD. > (2) Lost to Michigan and nearly lost at home to perennial Big 10 doormat Indiana. > (3) Beat MSU at South Bend. MSU quarterback goes completely braindead at end of game. MSU had already to a MAC team. > (4) Barely beats Purdue at Purdue. Barely. Defense goes braindead calling a Timeout. WTF? at 3 and goal, time running down when the clock is ticking? Purdue had also already lost to MAC team. 1. There were plenty of experts and pundits that did not think the Nevada game would be an easy match for the Irish. 2. I think you meant “who” instead of “and”. But are we really going to play the “X beat Y, who lost to Z, who’s cousins with Q” game? Really? I could play the “if the refs weren’t horrible” game, which few disagree with for that match, but I won’t. Michigan’s a good team, and they earned that win. 3. A win’s a win, and MSU plays about as hard as anyone in Notre Dame Stadium. 4. We learned two things about Notre Dame at this game: a) their defense is atrocious and b) their offense can (even hobbled by injuries) work absolute miracles. I’ve never seen worse tackling in my life. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/313 "2009-09-28T17:58:10Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Yep. Their go-to play didn’t work, but the most moronic timeout in the history of college football gave them a second chance to score. The victory was a direct result of Purdue’s stupidity. If their fans aren’t raising hell this morning, they should be. There was absolutely nothing wrong with calling that time out. There was 36 seconds left on the clock and it was 3rd down. ND had plenty of time to call a play and would have had no problem getting a 4th down play off. Calling a time out to get your defense organized isn’t a prima facie poor decision. It may have benefited ND more by giving them time to dial up a play they wanted, but it isn’t like the time out allowed them to call another play. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/314 "2009-09-28T18:01:00Z")
By the way, the most overrated team in football is LSU. They were played close by Washington and Miss State, two not very good teams. LSU is more like a 15-25 team, if that. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/315 "2009-09-28T18:22:16Z")
[quote=“quixotic78, post:298, topic:502938”] [li]Come to think of it, Colt McCoy was in awfully late in his game, too. What the hell?[/li][/QUOTE] You are way off base here. McCoy was taken out after the first drive in the third quarter. When exactly do you think they should have taken him out? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/316 "2009-09-28T18:22:38Z")
> [@treis](#): > > There was absolutely nothing wrong with calling that time out. There was 36 seconds left on the clock and it was 3rd down. ND had plenty of time to call a play and would have had no problem getting a 4th down play off. Calling a time out to get your defense organized isn’t a prima facie poor decision. It may have benefited ND more by giving them time to dial up a play they wanted, but it isn’t like the time out allowed them to call another play. Yup. I have no idea why the announcers were so excited about how little time was left. “They’re going to have to run up there and spike the ball!” Uh, it’s second down - they’re not going to burn a play when running an actual one isn’t going to run the clock out. Jimmy runs a pretty good no huddle. Kudos to West Lafayette for almost selling out their biggest game of the year. You’d think a late September 8:00pm game featured on ESPN against an opponent you get excited about every year would bring out at least 62,500 people. Guess not. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/317 "2009-09-28T18:23:22Z")
A satisfying second half for UMass, after some serious sloppiness against Stony Brook (and why the hell is a Long Island team in the Big South?). Some very sharp-looking passing from Kyle Havens to a good stable of WR’s, behind a solid line. The D has trouble wrapping up, and even in catching guys, so far, though. And I thought this would be a rebuilding year. The Minutemen are looking good so far, but nonconference games are over and they haven’t played the meat of the schedule yet. After Delaware and New Hampshire, we’ll have a better idea if the guys in maroon are for real, and who’s in the playoffs and who’s not. And will this be the year the NCAA puts 6 teams from the same conference in the postseason? The Colonial is so dominant this year it isn’t funny - 5 of the top 7 in both 1-AA polls? Can the SEC say that about 1-A? Band Day was as fun as always - picture 50 high school bands joining a big college band on the field, can’t see a single blade of FieldTurf through all the uniforms, no room to march but so what, all blasting Elton John at the stands. The UMass band show is better each week, too - more moves, crisper marching, more flourishes from the pit musicians and vocalists, even the cannoneers are stepping it up a notch. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/318 "2009-09-28T19:30:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > more moves, crisper marching, more flourishes from the pit musicians and vocalists, even the \*\*cannoneers \*\*are stepping it up a notch. Excuse me? You have cannons in your marching band? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/319 "2009-09-28T19:44:00Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Excuse me? You have cannons in your marching band? Yep. They usually stay in the end zone and fire 'em off for touchdowns only. But this year’s show is “Pirates of the Caribbean” and they come on the field for the “Black Pearl” scene. The color guard with the Kraken-tentacle flags manages to take hold of the ship every time anyway - the cannons are useless. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938/320 "2009-09-28T21:15:45Z")
> [@LonghornDave](#): > > You are way off base here. McCoy was taken out after the first drive in the third quarter. When exactly do you think they should have taken him out? My bad. I only flipped to the (boring) game very occasionally. At one point, I saw McCoy in and the score was a jillion to zero, so that surprised me. If he was taken out at an appropriate time, then fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-for-college-football/502938.md?page=17)