College Football - Live Thread - Week EIGHT

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[aft_lizard]

The best rivalry was destroyed with the creation of the Big 12 conference,OU-NU.

[MikefromOhio]

Just to throw some gas on the fire...

If OU-NU was such a big rivalry, they could've put it in the rules that they HAD to play each other every year.

They did it for Miami/FSU.....you can't tell me that the Big XII wouldn't have done it for NU/OU

:)

[Yossarian]

We get Mario back (?), run some plays for the other receivers, spread out the offense, stay tight on D, play a good solid game and have a nice, comfortable win at home, cementing our hold on AP #2.

I vote we let Super Mario heal up for the next few weeks. (And I'm sure my vote counts....)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

The Big 12 should have followed what the SEC eventually did: have two rotating, and one permanent inter-divisional opponent. There was no way the SEC was going to ruin Tennessee-Alabama, Auburn-Georgia, or LSU-Florida because those are always guaranteed to get TV ratings.

[Man50D]

It isn't out of the realm of possibility UConn beating West Virginia given Indiana beat Iowa and UConn beat Indiana. I'm going to the UConn/West Virginia game tomorrow night. Either I'll be leaving the game by the third quarter or I'll have witnessed one of the biggest upsets of the season.

[aft_lizard]

I don't know why it stopped, I am sure at the time that the OU AD was looking at the break as a way to get OU back on its feet.

[aft_lizard]

I dont know who screwed the pooch on that, I know Dr. Osborne was against it. The game was a thanksgiving tradition and used to be for who would be next to play for the National Title(or at least it seemed that way), anyways the Big 12, NU and OU all have lost money because of the loss of this game. Perhaps the Big 12 decided they only wanted one marquee rivalry per school.

[MikefromOhio]

I don't see UCONN slowing down that running game....

[MikefromOhio]

Maybe, but I think they needed a Conference common sense guy.

The ACC needs one too. They schedule FSU - Miami too early in the season.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I think the problem was that while Nebraska was probably the biggest powerhouse in the nation, OU was down in the early to mid-90s. Simarlarly, Nebraska kind of slid while Stoops was turning the Sooners around.

I think the Big XII would be nuts if they didn't bring the game back annually, but outside those two schools their aren't any real rivalries outside of the divisions. Part of it is, IMHO, the fact that all the old SWC schools are concentrated in the southern division and most of the Big 8 schools are in the north. If they had setup games like the SEC did in the beginning, these rivalries would already be interesting.

[GOP_Raider]

Utah should win this game and get closer to being bowl eligible. New Mexico can pull the upset, but I don’t see it.

Thankfully our games aren't seen outside of a 150 mile radius of my house otherwise you wouldn't have been able to see just how bad we looked against Wyoming last week. Yikes.

Anywho...GO UTES!

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Perhaps the Big 12 decided they only wanted one marquee rivalry per school.

That's pure dumb if that's what happened. All sports, but especially college sports, live and breath on rivalries. Even if it doesn't make geographic sense, I'd split up the Big XII into two divisions based simply on old rivalries from the Big 8 and SWC. You'd keep OU-Nebraska, but keep a few other rivalries alive instead of dead like they are now.

[Man50D]

I don't see UCONN slowing down that running game....

That is hard to imagine. I can only hope WV continues to rack up the penalties. They rank 109 for fewest penalties per game. Their pass defense is mediocre but that probably won't be an issue as I suspect both teams will keep it on the ground given strong winds are fore casted during the game.

[rogue yam]

I vote we let Super Mario heal up for the next few weeks.

That works for me too.

[Man50D]

So what's with the blinking trash cans?

It seems you're asked this question every week.

[scott says]

I think Yale/Harvard is the best rivalry ;0

Michigan/Ohio State
Texas/Nebraska
Alabama/Auburn are all right up there too.:)

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[MikefromOhio]

yeah, althought I hadn't heard them called land mines before :)

Assuming I don't catch a zot before next season, I'm going to try to make the icon a bit smaller, and maybe more like a cartoon landmine...

[elc]

3 wins between them, right?

Must be an exciting game! /sarcasm

[Lakeshark]

Hopefully Mich can give the Bucks a more competitive game than Texas did

Just so you know....Joe Paterno and the Penn State team think your team will lose......and so far, they're the only team to play both.