NCAA Football Season Discussion

nerd69 · 31-08-2013 10:23pm

Heffo001 wrote: »

Troy? He's an absolute monster, nickname is Hercules.

Go to 7 mins of this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLNUHfDhqaI

holy **** what age is he

Heffo001 · 31-08-2013 10:27pm

nerd69 wrote: »

holy **** what age is he

He's a Junior so I'd say around 20 or 21.

Played OLB as a Freshman. Moved to TE last spring.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 10:35pm

Slow start from the Hokies. Would like to see them give Bama a game or not as the case may be!!

polaris68 · 31-08-2013 10:39pm

Need a big improvement from the D in the 2nd half. Notre Dame is travelling to Michigan next Saturday.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 10:43pm

Badly need completion for Thomas

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 10:45pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

noob question

NFL QB's and middle linebackers have a microphone to their playcallers.

How do college players get their plays from the sidelines?

I've googled and all I can find are pics and links of Oregon holding up a display from the sidelines.

Is that what all teams do?

I'm no expert but alot of them seem to use hand signals

JaMarcus Hustle · 31-08-2013 11:17pm

Damn, not often you see a TD run that distance against Alabama. 77 yards, impressive.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:19pm

AJ McCarron under more pressure in the 1st quarter tonight than all of last year. This is shaping up to be a contest

taidghbaby · 31-08-2013 11:20pm

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Damn, not often you see a TD run that distance against Alabama. 77 yards, impressive.

Off hand I can't remember anything even remotely similar in the last two years!

Justin10 · 31-08-2013 11:23pm

Surely Alabama cant do 3 in a row? Especially with so much quality leaving the team and Oline.
I dont want to sound like a know it all, especially since I know so little about college football and because their having a bit of trouble with Virgina Tech.

Really enjoyed Ohio State earlier and Notre Dame, they seemed to really struggle getting pressure on the QB, but really good play calling by Temple, just couldnt get it done in the redzone.

Paully D · 31-08-2013 11:23pm

Any thoughts on Georgia @ Clemson, lads? I don't really like backing anything on the first week but think there's value in Clemson at +2.5 and over 69.5 points.

Edit - over, not under.

Heffo001 · 31-08-2013 11:25pm

HigginsJ wrote: »

AJ McCarron under more pressure in the 1st quarter tonight than all of last year. This is shaping up to be a contest

I wonder how the loss of Warmack, Jones and Fluker will affect them as the year goes on.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:27pm

Heffo001 wrote: »

I wonder how the loss of Warmack, Jones and Fluker will affect them as the year goes on.

Hard to know but it's up to McCarron to show he is more than a "game manager" now.

Poor interception from Logan Thomas

Heffo001 · 31-08-2013 11:30pm

HigginsJ wrote: »

Hard to know but it's up to McCarron to show he is more than a "game manager" now.

Poor interception from Logan Thomas

McCarron has always had the play action to work from. If the running game isn't as strong as previous years I can see McCarron really struggling.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:32pm

Heffo001 wrote: »

McCarron has always had the play action to work from. If the running game isn't as strong as previous years I can see McCarron really struggling.

Personally I think he is very underrated & will carry the offense this year but we will see

Justin10 · 31-08-2013 11:34pm

McCarron is a bit of a mystery. Never seen a player to divide opinion so much. Some think he is terrible and some think he is fantastic. Im sure we will find out either way this coming year.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:35pm

Jeez Bama going nowhere in the run game

jonnygiles · 31-08-2013 11:37pm

Tennessee Vols piling it on against Austin Peay already, looking forward to see what Justin Worley can do at QB for us this year

polaris68 · 31-08-2013 11:46pm

Notre Dame - Temple game gone to ****e. At least we are getting a look at the freshman RB, Greg Bryant.

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:47pm

Christian Hackenbeg having an excellent debut for Penn St. Vs Syracuse. 20 of 27 for 248 yards, 2td & 1int. Hope he keeps this up as cant wait to see him in Dublin next year.

AJ oh dear, throwing off the back foot

HigginsJ · 31-08-2013 11:50pm

Derek Carr started the season with a bang vs Rutgers

Fresno State Passing
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
D. Carr 52/73 456 6.2 5 1 82.2

Yes that is 73 passes attempted

manafana · 31-08-2013 11:56pm

Paully D wrote: »

Any thoughts on Georgia @ Clemson, lads? I don't really like backing anything on the first week but think there's value in Clemson at +2.5 and over 69.5 points.

Edit - over, not under.

i went clemson as dogs at home on opening night, lou holtz seemed think it would be prettytight

polaris68 · 01-09-2013 12:15am

After bigging him up last year, looks like ESPN have turned on Johnny Football.

JaMarcus Hustle · 01-09-2013 12:19am

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

Going for the following this weekend:

South Carolina -11
Cincinnati -10.5
Texas Tech -4
Northern Illinois +3

Not a bad start to the season, shopping paid for this week

Might stick a few quid now on Florida State (-10.5) and Northwestern (-6).

Also, likely the play of the weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMXMHY8DfPE

polaris68 · 01-09-2013 1:05am

Was hoping the Hokies would score next but that TD by Christian Jones means it's game over so time for Georgia-Clemson.

polaris68 · 01-09-2013 1:17am

Hope they have reduced Brent Musburger's viagra dosage this season!

Hammar · 01-09-2013 1:18am

I never knew about this Clemson "busride" tradition, Awesome stuff.

polaris68 · 01-09-2013 1:45am

Shootout in death valley?

7-7 already.

polaris68 · 01-09-2013 1:47am

polaris68 wrote: »

Shootout in death valley?

7-7 already.

Make that 14-7.

Paully D · 01-09-2013 1:53am

College football is so fun to watch

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