**** OFFICIAL College Football Week 14 Game Thread ****
 

Well.. the biggest week of the season is here along with the biggest and most important game of the year. For all intents and purposes, the 4PM EST game may as well be the National Championship (don't get so pissy UT, TCU, BSU and Cincinnati fans). ;)

All times EST.

Thursday
9:00 #16 Oregon State at #7 Oregon - ESPN

Friday
8:00 Ohio vs. Central Michigan - ESPN2

Saturday
12:00 #5 Cincinnati at #15 Pittsburgh - ABC
12:00 #21 Houston at East Carolina - ESPN2
12:00 #23 West Virginia at Rutgers - ESPN
12:30 Fresno State at Illinois
3:00 New Mexico State at #6 Boise State - ESPN360
3:30 Arizona at #18 USC - ABC
4:00 #1 Florida vs. #2 Alabama - CBS
6:30 #19 California at Washington
8:00 #3 Texas vs. #22 Nebraska - ABC
8:00 #10 Georgia Tech vs Clemson - ESPN
8:00 South Florida at Connecticut - ESPN2
11:30 Wisconsin at Hawaii - ESPN2


Enjoy the games!

**** the gators.

What is Ingram's status?

I didn't realize you were that high on Wisconsin/Hawaii.

He'll play.

Didn't know you were into bestiality. Gross.

Not to mention, dangerous.

Nebraska might as well take their best shot because they have nothing to lose.

I would love to see Tebow broken....

nice cliche deployment

I don't think there's any other way to describe it.

Tebow is a ****ing terrible QB.

I hope he gets concussed again. McClain is going to put his ass in a body bag

I would love to see Tejas upset.

Rollllll Tide.

having said that....Florida looks very good.
McElroy better get ready and play better than he's played the entire season.

Looking forward to watching Ingrham and McClain; maybe Areanas can tilt the game with a few big returns.

IMO, McElroy is the reason Florida is better than Alabama. Julio Jones is awesome, Ingram is a beast, the D is stout.. but IMO McElroy is garbage.

I think Florida will probably crush 'Bama. I will root against them though. If Alabama wins, I am going to slice my nipples and make a grilled Fritz Nipples ceaser salad with feta cheese in celebration.

Missing dunlap could hurt a little but knowing florida they just roll out another 4-5 star recruit sitting on the bench and he has a monster game.

Of course it hurts to not have Dunlap on the field, but thankfully we have a lot of depth. Hopefully Justin Trattou steps up on Saturday.

I hope Alabama kicks the shit out of Florida.

Have fun at the Insight Bowl :thumb:

Isn't it time for your manicure?

agree. I haven't liked him all season. He's average at best, with a few nice throws/games. But he didn't look good against Auburn, Miss St, or Ole Miss.

Honestly, I would love to see TCU in the NC game. So it doesn't bother me who (FLA or ALA) lose, since one of them will be.

I just hope that Texas will lose.

I hope so.

FYP. Looks like MU is getting the shaft again.

:cuss:

Let's go Huskers and Roll Tide!

You really have to hand it to Cincy going undefeated with their backup QB most of the year. If McCoy or Tebow went down, they aren't going undefeated.

I disagree, Floridas backup is probably more of an NFL QB and Florida would beat all those teams Cincy played.

Maybe, maybe not. Florida's backup QB, John Brantley, is outstanding and is a better pure QB than Tebow. The kid has an NFL arm with great accuracy and it's not like he's wet behind the ears being a RS sophomore.

Additionally, the level of competition Cincy plays is different from Florida's schedule.

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ROFLROFL The movie quotes that people around here remember...

Pac-10 Champs

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Gameday! Go Gators!

Are you ready for today's national championship game? Homer aside how do you see it playing out?

I think similar to last year. Both teams have outstanding defenses, best in the country. Both have strong special teams and run-oriented offenses. Bama has a premier WR but otherwise not many weapons in the passing game. I think the big difference is, IMO, Bama's QB is garbage. I see it staying close and Florida winning by 10-14 points, like last year (31-20).

Hopefully it will be closer than that. I see a big play on ST or D making a difference today. I'm primed to see a good game and to see what both coaches have for a gameplan. I'll be watching to see what each coach does for adjustments as well.

Enjoy what should be the National Championship game. I'll be at a wedding today so we'll be watching from the cocktail hour and then the reception (tons of Gator fans in attendance). Win or lose we'll be drunk, so that's a plus.

I already have airline tickets and hotel booked for Pasadena so I'll know later today whether I'll be there or somewhere else on vacation. I'm ready to find out!

Somebody booked a wedding on the day of the SEC championship game? I thought that was illegal south of the Mason-Dixon?
Have a good time. Pasadena is a nice place to hang if you guys make it there. I'll be watching tomorrow to see if I will need to leave Phoenix to see my Hawkeyes in their bowl game.

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. They originally booked it for next weekend but the hotel "double booked" and they moved it to SEC Championship weekend instead of moving the wedding to January! WTF! :cuss: Oh well, it'll bring good memories for them if Florida wins.

I believe you mentioned the key words "open bar". All will be good.

ROLL TIDE

My BCS predictions:

Assuming Texas wins:
BCS Championship Game: Florida/Bama winner vs. Texas
Rose Bowl: ohio state vs. Oregon
Sugar Bowl: Florida/Bama loser vs. TCU
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech/Clemson winner vs. Cincinnati/Pitt winner
Fiesta Bowl: Iowa vs Boise St

If Texas loses:
BCS Championship Game: Florida/Bama winner vs. TCU
Rose Bowl: ohio state vs. Oregon
Sugar Bowl: Florida/Bama loser vs. Cincinnati/Pitt winner
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech/Clemson winner vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska vs. Boise State

or

BCS Championship Game: Florida/Bama winner vs. Cincinnati
Rose Bowl: ohio state vs. Oregon
Sugar Bowl: Florida/Bama loser vs. TCU
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech/Clemson winner vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska vs. Boise St

Roll Tide

I am looking forward to catching as much of the Cincinnati/Pitt game as I can. I have been impressed with the Mardy Gilyard footage I have seen online, but have not had the chance of seeing him play live this year. From what I have seen I would be ecstatic if the Chiefs were able to land him in the third round.

Freshman Dion Lewis is looking very impressive for Pitt on their opening drive. I am not ready to compare him to Barry Sanders as Matt Millen is doing though.

Edit: Lewis touched the ball on all 12 plays of Pitt's opening scoring drive. The kid is impressive for a freshman.

I know Iowa needs Texas to win in order to be invited to a BCS game. Do the Hawkeyes also need Cincinnati to win? Or would Cincinnati fall out of the BCS altogether with a loss?

Chris Spielman is back announcing already, I don't know if I could do that if I was him.

I like Dunlap's athletic ability, but what has he done this season to make Florida fans really think he'll be missed?

He's been ridiculously overhyped this year. He should have put it all together and had a monster campaign.

Dunlap's college career looks a lot like Mario Williams, all the talent in the world, flashes of the huge talent yet heavily inconsistent.

Or Michael Johnson's.

That was a hell of a push off that wasn't called.

Cincinnati's defense is getting exposed big time right now. They can't stop the run or the pass at all up to this point.

Tackling the receiver must be legal now.

Bend over, no lube.

If Pitt keeps this up, I don't think Iowa gets affected. I don't think the Big East is going to get two teams in the BCS.

Yep, he hasn't done shit this year.

Pitt going to try to piss down their leg before halftime.

And Cincy QB just telegraphed a pass to the entire ****ing nation to give it away.

aaand the Pitt QB does the same thing.

2nd time a Cincy WR has been tackled with no flag.

What a great weekend for my large TV to stop working! AHhh

No QB change for Cincinnati, yet.

TD Cincinnati on an amazing catch and run.

A bomb for a TD for Cincy. 7-point game.

I can't believe the Big 10 could get two teams in again... and f***ing Iowa??? :shake:

What's wrong w/ Iowa? If anybody is deserving it's Iowa. Team would be 12-0 if they didn't try to run a bootleg in their own endzone up 10-0.

I'd rather see Iowa in the BCS than watch THE Ohio State get ass pounded by (insert team name here).

Horrible throw by Pike. Kelly has a "WTF is this shit?" look on his face.

I hope somehow Nebraska wins, and Iowa can be matched w/ Nebraska in the BCS. But no way that would happen. Nobody outside of two states would watch it, but god damn it we would enjoy it.

How do you drop that?

Yeah, f***ing Iowa.

Heh. Phobia vs. Bugeater in a steel cage match.

9/05 Northern Iowa 1-0 (0-0) W 17-16
9/26 @ No. 5 Penn State 4-0 (1-0) W 21-10
10/03 Arkansas State 5-0 (1-0) W 24-21
10/10 Michigan 6-0 (2-0) W 30-28
10/24 @ Michigan State 8-0 (4-0) W 15-13
11/07 Northwestern 9-1 (5-1) L 17-10
11/14 @ No. 11 Ohio State 9-2 (5-2) L 27-24 OT
11/21 Minnesota 10-2 (6-2) W 12-0

That is what's wrong with Iowa. Okay, so they don't blow out schools (not even Northern Iowa or Arkansas State!)... They jumped 20 spots in the polls because they beat PSU, who has 2 fairly impressive wins in the past 3 years (both last year against Big 10 schools) and has no reason being in the top 20.

Besides PSU, they're propped up because the media sees the Big 10 as a "tough, deep conference" as opposed to what it really is: incredibly mediocre.

And I don't get your 12-0 remark, since they have 2 losses?

Herm would be all over that... first team to 9 wins!

So who do you put in instead?

Touchdown, but missed the XP.

That could be huge.

Late hit?

Cincy ties it up, good stuff.

If this happens...

BCS Championship Game: Florida/Bama winner vs. Texas
Rose Bowl: ohio state vs. Oregon
Sugar Bowl: Florida/Bama loser vs. TCU
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech/Clemson winner vs. Cincinnati/Pitt winner
Fiesta Bowl: [someone] vs Boise St

If Pittsburgh wins, they'll have as many quality wins as Iowa (and I'm counting PSU as quality based on rankings, just like Cincy).
If Georgia Tech loses, they'll still have as many quality wins as Iowa (and the ACC sucks, but still... PSU).
VTech gave Bama a game, beat Nebraska, and beat Miami, but it would be a 2007 Kansas type of thing if they got a BCS spot.

After that, it obviously gets harder to justify a BCS spot, even if it's over Iowa, and unfortunately a team like LSU can't get in... not that they're great, but still.