Posted on 09/13/2006 5:43:31 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Week Three – College Football
Week Two gave everyone the earliest #1 vs. #2 showdown in modern college football history. The game, however, turned out to not really live up to the hype. This week we are treated to SEVERAL big games, some of which are in conference in the SEC, and a historically significant rivalry renews in South Bend.
As always, all rankings are from the ESPN.com Scoreboard page. I will also list any games of interest (FReepmail me if you want your team included and I will include them from here on out) and any other games listed in my Yahoo league.
GAME of the WEEK
Saturday, September 16th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on CBS
(6) LSU at (3) Auburn (-3.5)
This is going to be a fun game to watch I think. We have Auburn which has been the odds-on favorite to win the SEC this year against a very good and very fast LSU team that is looking to spoil the Auburn season AND put itself into the national spotlight. Both teams feature strong defenses, good running games and good coaching. Fewest mistakes wins this game. I’m going with the home team.
Auburn 16 – LSU 13
Thursday September 14th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)
Maryland at (5) West Virginia (-17)
West Virginia gets one of their rivalry games out of the way early. This should be a decent test for a team that hasn’t beaten a BCS School yet.
It’s not in the pick’em league, but I’ll give a pick anyway.
WVU 42 – Maryland 13
Saturday September 16th 2006 (in ranking order)
Cincinnati at (1) Ohio State (-30)
Ohio State 45 – Cincinnati 7
(11) Michigan at (2) Notre Dame (-6)
Notre Dame 27 – Michigan 20
(19) Nebraska at (4) USC (-19)
USC 42 – Nebraska 20
(7) Florida (-3.5) at (13) Tennessee
Florida 17 – Tennessee 9
(8) Texas (-31) at Rice
Texas 55 – Rice 6
Clemson at (9) Florida State (-4.5)
FSU 24 – Clemson 16
UAB at (10) UGA (-17)
UGA 35 – UAB 10
(17) Miami at (12) Louisville (-4.5)
Miami 22 – Louisville 20****UPSET ALERT
Duke at (14) Virginia Tech (-35)
VT 45 – Duke 3
(15) Oklahoma at (18) Oregon (-4.5)
Oregon 28 – Oklahoma 20
Iowa State at (16) Iowa (-13.5)
Iowa 32 – Iowa St. 10
(24) Texas Tech (-1) at (20) TCU
Texas Tech 45 – TCU 39
Portland St. at (21) California (NL)
Cal 58 – Portland St. 10
(22) Arizona St. (-10) at Colorado
ASU 38 – Colorado 7
BYU at (23) Boston College(-7)
BC 21 – BYU 19 ****UPSET ALERT
Youngstown St. at (25) Penn State (NL)
Penn State 52 – Y’Town St 6
38-4 Straight UP
32-10 Against the Spread
I FEEL THEIR PAIN.
My understanding, at least in the pro game, is that if it's touched before 10 yds, it's a penalty and a rekick if the kicking team recovers.
The booth was wrong in saying that it should have been Oklahoma's ball.
It was a Big 12 crew....including replay official.
The Pac 10 didn't have much to do with the blown calls.
Actually, LSU got royally screwed. Not only on the non-call on interference, but at least two or three late hits by Auburn, out of bounds, went uncalled. All would have affected LSU drives that were moving into AU territory. Still, Russell made a horrible decision by trying to run with the ball when he should have just gotten rid of it on that last drive.
"I hope your Huskers win tonight, but luck and really crappy review teams favor the PAC 10."
That is exactly what I was thinking. I don't watch much PAC, because the PAC is (to crib from Charles Barkley) a wuss conference--but if the PAC gets calls like this for the entire season against their extra-conference games, no wonder they manage to coast a team into the top ten every year.
Oklahoma was ROBBED. I would be ashamed to be an Oregon fan/team member/coach and accept this win, I would be ashamed to be part of the officiating crew, and I would be mortified to work for the NCAA. Unfortunately, evidently the only person in that list who would be ashamed of such a travesty is me, because the oafs are celebrating and
...worst of all...
...ESPN and the halftime reviews of the game MAKE NO MENTION of the ROBBERY! They pretend OU screwed up!
Calm down Dan Fouts!!!
That was a Big 12 officiating crew.
Well then they SUCK, and I am a CornHusker fan, Go 'Skers.
They were not! The rest of America and I saw the Duck bat the fricking ball forwards to make it past the 10-yd line to CHEAT and make it a legal onside kick.
The refs claimed that it was OU who touched it - yeah, way after the 10-yd line. No, sirreee, the booth was right. It *should* have been our ball - but refs hate OU and never never do anything that will give us a break - EVER.
Right after that, the pass interference call - once again, they side with Ducks. Can't say I saw that one, I had my eyes covered after that sickness they called reffing.
GRRRR!!! Boomer Sooner!
Go Big Red!!!! Make a respectable showing tonight!!!(after the officiating of the OU game its all I can hope for now, lol)
"Got Jesse Jacksons phone number?"
If I did I'd be prank calling him pretending to be one of his bastard kids.
I wouldn't put this in the same category as Jackson's injustices, either, because Jackson personally benefits from the 'racism,' while I receive no benefit from OU or LSU winning. I actually started rooting for Auburn and then saw that thievery...and I root against overrated PAC teams reflexively but jeez, even a blind man could see that was a $#!# call on the onside kick and a tip on the pass interference call!
The NCAA should be ashamed.
Larry Coker is toast
It's not your ball unless you recover. You didn't. I think it should have been a penalty against Oregon, but it wasn't your ball.
Oh, like Big 12 means they like OU? Bull. I don't know why you hate the Sooners so much - we have no rivalry at all with your beloved Buckeyes.
We're even with them. I don't go around hating Ohio State or flaming them every time they're mentioned - I don't do it at all. Yet you have to say something mean every single time OU is mentioned - and usually to me. Why?
Knowing the crew doesn't explain how they seemed to have missed the call. Does the NCAA have some sort of review process like the NFL does on the week after games?
I'm no OU fan, but I am an LSU fan. If I were Bob Stoops or Les Miles, I'd be on the phone to the Big 12 or SEC office right now, raising pure hell.
What is really annoying is that any long shot OU had at playing for the national title was demolished by a bad call. I am done with college football.
Didn't watch the entire LSU game, and I know that you can expect homer refs to deliver at least a touchdown's worth of advantage in the SEC, but I saw enough to know the officials screwed LSU hard. Not by making easy holding calls or evading late hit calls--the officials were overt about it. This is simply injustice, and nobody on ESPN seems to have the guts to even voice a complaint about it. What a joke.
Donna Shalala is handing Coker a severance check RIGHT NOW, I bet.
When I first saw that play I didn't understand the need for the flag. When it was reversed I was pleased because I didn't think a flag should decide the game. But after seeing the replays I have to admit that guy got mugged.
It was an illegal kick. They purposely tried to make it "look" ok by batting it forward and hoping they could get away with it. Guess what? They did.
It should have been kicked again. *Then* we would have had the *opportunity* for it to be our ball. The way we had been playing, it would have been.
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