So Most of the games are blowouts, Texas is losing...anything good goin on atm?

Wisky and Iowa is a tight, low-scoring affair.

Scarlet Knights! So you're saying there's a chance.

Texas ..with 4:30min to go down 10..in Kan St. territory...on 3rd down fumbles the snap. Attempts FG on 4th..and misses. Texas Football lol. Monty Python was a longhorn.

Texas down by 3 pts with 46 seconds left, terrible onside kick attempt, way too hard.

Yep..Charlie Strong will be somewhere else.

MinotStateBeav;842748864 said:

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Yep..Charlie Strong will be somewhere else.

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Hopefully as our DC.

In years past I would have gone to this Stanford game (since it doesn't clash with the Cal game) to cheer their opponent. As recently as maybe two or three years ago end zone tickets were $15, and I could get them on Stubhub for $6 to $12, and of course with their attendance I could just go sit on the 40 yard line. But now end zone tickets cost $50 (for Pac games, $35 for Rice) and when I checked Stubhub last night, the cheapest tickets (including fees) were $33. Attendance for furdie games is no better these days, the prices are just much higher. From what I can see on TV and in an IG pic I saw posted in the 2nd Qtr, the stadium is at best a bit over half full (fans are scattered but lots of empty seats between groups, so maybe 30-32k, announced attendance will be 50K). I guess with TV revenue there's no point in pricing tickets to fill the stadium. Or maybe they realized no matter how cheap they made the tickets they weren't going to fill the stadium anyway.

Charlie Strong going down in flames, meanwhile we run 118 plays in one game with no turnovers, ain't that something.

Just hiking it 118 statistically would lead to a fumble from sheer volume.

MoragaBear;842748948 said:

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Give it up for Ooms.

How many times has everyone moaned about snapping in prior years? Seems to be a complete non-factor this season.

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Props given. When you're not noticed at center, you're probably doing your job.

Furd is getting our muscled. It's quite pleasurable.

Takk McKinley is an absolute beast. Woulda, coulda, shoulda... 😢

Colorado's kicking game in pictures..

burritos;842748943 said:

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Just hiking it 118 statistically would lead to a fumble from sheer volume.

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There were 118 official snaps, but lots of penalties... Those don't always count as official plays.

You guys will get a kick outta this article lol, about the "UCONN/UCF ...uhh Rivalry"...
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/22/ucf-still-has-no-use-for-faux-rivalry-with-uconn-walks-off-field-without-civil-conflict-trophy/

Somehow UCLA and Utah looks like its going to be a shootout. Wow.

MinotStateBeav;842748963 said:

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Colorado's kicking game in pictures...

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Everyone understands why it's hard to find good QBs, because it's such a complicated and demanding position (both mentally and physically). But kicking a field goal has no variations, it's one play that takes technique and practice but no complicated decision making or variations. There are 14,000 high school football teams (I just looked it up), which means there are at least 14,000 high school place kickers every year, and they can't find 65 excellent kickers (65 P5 teams).

TouchedTheAxeIn82;842748996 said:

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Everyone understands why it's hard to find good QBs, because it's such a complicated and demanding position (both mentally and physically). But kicking a field goal has no variations, it's one play that takes technique and practice but no complicated decision making or variations. There are 14,000 high school football teams (I just looked it up), which means there are at least 14,000 high school place kickers every year, and they can't find 65 excellent kickers (65 P5 teams).

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To be fair to Colorado, they were down to their third string kicker. I wouldn't spend that many scholarships on a kicker.

Ucla has given up more points to Utah in the first half than we did all game. Each game is so different

Strykur;842748929 said:

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Charlie Strong going down in flames, meanwhile we run 118 plays in one game with no turnovers, ain't that something.

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I was waiting for our turnover to happen after 100+ plays and the way Webb was threading his passes in the 4th Q and OT. Thankfully it didn't happen.

packawana;842749003 said:

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To be fair to Colorado, they were down to their third string kicker. I wouldn't spend that many scholarships on a kicker.

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OK I didn't realize that, but I think in general it's true, not every P5 team has an decent kicker, whereas it seems to me that there should be plenty of good kickers, but I guess too few high school players think of place kicking as a path to glory, so not enough take it seriously—possibly because there aren't that many scholarships offered to kickers.

Furdies lose, Cal wins. Good weekend.

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Ucla has given up more points to Utah in the first half than we did all game. Each game is so different

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I hope Utah helps send 'em on a downward spiral so they're mailing it in by the time they get to Berkeley.

packawana;842748981 said:

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Somehow UCLA and Utah looks like its going to be a shootout. Wow.

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Wow you were right. A Cal - (name any opponent) style high scoring affair.

Why is Utah letting a QB named Falafel beat them? I mean..a NY Falafel..sure...but an LA one? that's just wrong.

Watching how good tak McKinley is makes me sick to my stomach.

tim94501;842749095 said:

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Watching how good tak McKinley is makes me sick to my stomach.

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Reading the Oregon board might help you feel better.

UCLA ...tee hee.

Apparently before the season Stewart Mandel expressed his doubts about Oregon, Notre Dame, and Michigan State.

He spent this morning savaging Oregon, ND, and MSU fans by retweeting their responses to his preseason comments. I put together just the Oregon retweets, although they were all entertaining. (as always, read Twitter from the bottom up, although not that important with retweets)

Also, Mandel lives in Mountain View. Look at these tweets:



Two interesting things about this. First, he is in a sports bar literally 10-15 minutes from Stanford, and they don't bother to have the Pac-12 Network (let's not use DTV as an excuse, if there was demand they would find a way to get it), and second, he is in Mountain View today and he didn't even bother to go to the game.

What happened to defense in the Utah Ucla game. These are suppose to be 2 of the 3 best defenses in the conference