http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3070430
Yikes! Close one for USC. Northern Indiana (and other parts of IN) got pounded last night.
Can you imagine if USC’s plane did go down?
It would have been the biggest sports story in the history of known civilization.
10-0 'Bama over Tennessee. Take that Fat Phil.
What’s up with those nasty ass orange Vols uniforms anyway?
30-17 'Bama…
ROLL TIDE!!!
Phil Fulmer is indeed hefty.
But he doesn’t compare to Maryland or Kansas:
^Rick Majerus gave those two a run for the money though. He had to retire because he was just too fat to coach. Hilarious.
Stevo
Yeah but isn’t he back somewhere coaching again?
Interesting matchup between BC and VT tonight.
#2 hasn’t fared so well recently.
And VT, historically, plays well on the Thursday night ESPN game.
I’ll be flipping back and forth between ESPN, FOX, and NBC.
Should be a good night for us couch potatoes!
What a game!
In a torrential downpour, no less.
Shades of Flutie.
BC’s National Championship and Ryan’s Heisman hopes still alive.
That game was ridiculous. I’m a bit of a VA Tech fan (I liked them as a kid for some reason) so I was nice and pleased with most of the game. The VA Tech defense was frickin AWESOME. Then I fell asleep with about 10minutes to go and when I woke up and it was over. Then I checked the sports ticker, was shocked and had to watch Sportscenter to see what happened. Holy crap. What a collapse by the Hokies. Of course, I knew they were in trouble when Taylor was injured and Glennon had to start…that dude is TERRIBLE at QB…I predicted they would lose if he started and they did. Even his one TD wasn’t a TD. VA Tech needs Taylor back fast.
Even worse, everyone seems to doubt BC and now they’ll still doubt them since they’ll see it’s a flukey win. I think BC is a lot better than people think (they really have no flaws) but all these biased voters can’t stand to have anyone other than USC, Texas, Oklahoma or LSU in the title game so they’re all looking for reasons to kick BC out. Keep winning, BC!!
Stevo
Boy is Stevo going to be irked.
Not only did MSU blow a big lead, they had a horrible last possession in the second OT.
What in god’s name - and I’ve seen this more than once - would make a QB throw short of the first down line on 4th down, especially in OT?
^^If you’ll notice they threw short of 1st at the end of regulation on 3rd down as well. I think it’s a “give Devin Thomas the ball cuz he’s good and could break a tackle kind of play.” I don’t mind it on 3rd down when we need a field goal…I HATE it on 4th in OT.
Seriously it shouldn’t have even come to the OT. We had that team and they realized that their QB sucked so they ran the ball on EVERY play and it took us two TD drives to figure it out. Stupid Stupid.
And that game was probably our best shot at a bowl game. Now we have Michigan, @Purdue and Penn State. Not good.
If we’re gonna do it, it’ll be against those damn Wolverines. CRUSH KILL DESTROY! DEATH TO WOLVIES!!!
-And I gotta say i was shocked that ASU beat Cal. Not bad for them. I thought they were a bit fraudulant and they showed me something in that game.
Stevo
GO BLUE!!!
OK, I’m sure a lot of us have seen that video of the 15-lateral play in the DIII game.
If not, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrI52_2GaZI
Anyway, am I the only one that thinks the whole play was tainted? I mean, 15 laterals is impressive…but look at the defense! A lot of them are just standing around like a bunch of dopes.
You can only throw the ball backwards…if you’re the defense why not form a huge wall and just stand there?
Crap…I was just about to post the same clip. And seriously…there’s lots of standing around but a lot of it is by the offense too. And besides, it’s Division III…what do you expect?? Either way the entire play is just frickin ridiculous…makes Cal/Stanford look like Child’s play.
Stevo
By the way, I’d be deliniquent in my duties as a Spartan if I didn’t put this:
LET’S GO SPARTANS!!! CRUSH THOSE GODDAMN WOLVERINES AT HOME!!
DEATH TO WOLVERINES!!!
CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!! CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!! CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!! CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!! CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!! CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!!
Stevo
It’d be nice to see MSU get a victory over their hated rivals, and at the same time have Purdue beat a solid Penn State team.
That would give both teams so momentum heading into next week’s game at Ross-Ade.
What the?
I thought this was a joke at first, but apparently not.
Duke actually travels to Notre Dame to play a “game” on 11/17.
NBC must be loving this.
As of right now, both teams are 1-8. So it is not unconceivable that the combined records of both teams - a game shown nationally on NBC, mind you - could be 2-18.
Wow, ESPN Gameday is heading to Williamstown, MA for the 150th meeting of Amherst vs. Williams College…the “Biggest Little Game in America.” (DIII, of course).
That’s kind of cool.
My hometown Wabash College in Crawfordsville is home to the oldest football rivalry west of the Alleghenies. Wabash v. Depauw will meet up for the 114th time since 1884. There’ll be a story on it during Gameday! The last Monon Bell Game I went to (2001) I saw a last second hail mary pass win the game for Wabash (at Depauw), and the previous one I went to (1998) ended up with a melee on the field that involved police and pepper spray.
Good times.
Fuck it, this is so exciting I have to share more.
2001 Hail Mary - http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=11760
Operation Frijoles
Prior to the 1965 meeting between the two teams, Wabash student Jim Shanks '67 scheduled a meeting with DePauw University President William H. Kerstetter, claiming to be representative from the US Information Service in Mexico City. During the meeting with Kerstetter, Shanks was able to convince the president to offer two full scholarships for Mexican students. To “seal the deal” Shanks asked to take photos of various points of interest on campus to show the “prospective” Mexican students more about DePauw University.
One item Shanks asked to photograph was the Monon Bell, in the Tigers’ possession after a 22-21 victory in 1964. The dean of the college was the only person on campus who knew the location of the Bell, but was reluctant to tell Shanks of its location. “I don’t know whether I should show this to you or not,” he said with laugh. “The last time I showed it to someone, they stole it.”
Taking Shanks to the second floor of a quonset hut near the football field, Shanks took careful notes that were provided to a group of Wabash students who entered the building and took the Bell back to Crawfordsville.
Shanks was on the Depauw campus at the time of the theft and was told by the Greencastle police to either find dates or leave the campus. Shanks and his friends proceeded to find dates for the evening while other Wabash students escorted their stolen treasure from its secret hiding place back to Crawfordsville. Greencastle police suspected Shanks, but his alibi was rock-solid thanks to the police themselves; he had been escorting DePauw co-eds all night. The Bell was eventually “found” by the Wabash administration and returned to DePauw the day before the 1965 game.
That Saturday afternoon the Little Giant football team made certain it was a short visit. Wabash defeated DePauw 16-6. At the conclusion of the game Wabash fans stormed the field, many wearing sombreros and ponchos, throwing taco shells onto the field and wielding posters congratulating President Kerstetter for the loss of the Bell and the two scholarship offers.
Welp, OSU and Michigan both lost. That’ll take some luster out of next week’s game. But the winner is still the Big Ten champ. It was going to be that way even if OSU had won on Saturday.
But Illinois shoved it up their ass! Yeah! That crazy water-skiing bastard Ron Zook!
It’s nice to see Purdue is back to their regular selves. I always say they’re the kind of team that wins the games they’re supposed to and loses the games they’re supposed to.
I really can’t remember the last time they won a game they were “supposed” to lose.