**** OFFICIAL College Football Week 11 Game Thread ****

[DaKCMan AP]

All times EST.

Tuesday
8:00 Ball State at #25 Toledo - ESPN2

Wednesday
8:00 Bowling Green at Ohio - ESPN2

Thursday
7:00 Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State - ESPNU
7:30 #10 Florida State at Virginia Tech - ESPN

Friday
8:00 Pittsburgh at Connecticut - ESPN2

Saturday
12:00 Arkansas at #8 South Carolina - CBS
12:00 #9 Louisville at Syracuse - ABC
12:00 Iowa State at #17 Texas - LHN
12:00 Kansas at #22 Texas Tech
12:00 Army at #23 Rutgers - ESPNU
12:00 #24 Northwestern at Michigan - ESPN
12:00 Wisconsin at Indiana - ESPN2
12:00 Cincinnati at Temple - BigEN
12:00 Miami at Virginia - ABC
12:00 Purdue at Iowa - Big10N
12:21 Louisiana-Lafayette at #6 Florida - SECN
12:21 Missouri at Tennessee - SECN
12:30 Georgia Tech at North Carolina - ACCN
1:00 Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky - ESPN3
1:00 Kent State at Miami (OH) - ESPN3
1:00 Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan
1:30 colorado at Arizona - FX
2:00 Massachusetts at Akron
3:00 #11 Oregon State at #14 Stanford - FOX
3:00 Arizona State at #19 USC - PAC12N
3:00 Wake Forest at NC State
3:30 #15 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama - CBS
3:30 Baylor at #12 Oklahoma
3:30 Maryland at #13 Clemson - ESPNU
3:30 Penn State at #16 Nebraska - ABC/ESPN2
3:30 Air Force at San Diego State - NBCSN
3:30 San Jose State at New Mexico State
3:30 Wyoming at New Mexico
3:30 West Virginia at Oklahoma State - ABC/ESPN2
3:30 Minnesota at Illinois - Big10N
3:30 Western Michigan at Buffalo
3:30 Navy at Troy - ESPN3
5:00 Tulsa at Houston - CBSSN
7:00 #2 Kansas State at TCU - FOX
7:00 #5 Georgia at Auburn - ESPN2
7:00 #21 Mississippi State at #7 LSU - ESPN
7:00 #20 Louisiana Tech at Texas State - LHN
7:00 UNLV at Colorado State
7:00 Boise State at Hawaii - NBCSN
7:00 Vanderbilt at Ole Miss - ESPNU
7:00 Tulane at Memphis
7:00 UCF at UTEP
8:00 #4 Notre Dame at Boston College - ABC
10:15 Idaho at BYU - ESPNU
10:30 #3 Oregon at California - ESPN
10:30 #18 UCLA at Washington State - ESPN2
10:30 Utah at Washington - PAC12N
10:35 Fresno State at Nevada - NBCSN


Enjoy the games!

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

It's going to be a shame if the SEC champion isn't in the NC game and teams that struggle against the likes of Boston College and Cal are.

How is allowing two field goals to a team on the road struggling?

Florida needed a miracle to beat Podunk State today and they beat LSU earlier this season. Does that mean that LSU isn't very good?

If any two of the three remaining undefeated teams finish the season undefeated, then the SEC champion will not deserve to be in the NC game. Period.

[KC_Conniption]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

How is allowing two field goals to a team on the road struggling?

If you're playing a competitive football game against a team as bad as Boston College (and that game was very competitive for most of it...they only outgained them by 90 yards), it suggests your team might have a few issues. Boston College isn't even one of the top 100 programs in the country this year. They're worse than Kansas.

Florida needed a miracle to beat Podunk State today and they beat LSU earlier this season. Does that mean that LSU isn't very good?

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt12.htm

While they may not be familiar to you, LA Lafayette rates significantly better than BC this season. A loss to them, while bad, wouldn't have been completely awful as such a loss would have been to BC. Florida, too, hasn't made a habit of playing down to their competition as Notre Dame has all year.

If any two of the three remaining undefeated teams finish the season undefeated, then the SEC champion will not deserve to be in the NC game. Period.

Any team that wins the best conference in the country should be in the NC game over teams that won in inferior conferences and with inferior schedules. It's exactly the same principle that has kept teams like Utah and Boise State out over the years (and I never heard particularly good arguments for putting them in).

[suzzer99]

Cal gonna shock the world.

[ClevelandBronco]

This number 40 dude from Cal is just a bit amped. Every time I glance at the screen he seems to be in the middle of something good.

[Raiderhater]

So if Oregon pulls it out but wins by 5 points or less, does KSU take some of their votes in the human polls?

[ArrowheadHawk]

Oregon offense is nasty.

[KC_Conniption]

Cal isn't a good football team, either, this game shouldn't be this close.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Oregon, WOW!

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

So if Oregon pulls it out but wins by 5 points or less, does KSU take some of their votes in the human polls?

Never mind. I retract the question.

[LoneWolf]

Any team that wins the best conference in the country should be in the NC game over teams that won in inferior conferences and with inferior schedules. It's exactly the same principle that has kept teams like Utah and Boise State out over the years (and I never heard particularly good arguments for putting them in).[/QUOTE]

So if Georgia loses to Georgia Southern and then beats either Alabama or Texas a&m in the SEC championship game, then they will deserve to be in the NC game?

The rest of your post was typical SEC elitist bullshit. LSU struggled to beat a horrible LSU team. Does that point to their team having issues? The fact that you had to stoop to defend Louisiana Lafayette speaks volumes about your SEC blinders. I thought you were finally starting to understand, but I guess it was just an act.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Any team that wins the best conference in the country should be in the NC game over teams that won in inferior conferences and with inferior schedules. It's exactly the same principle that has kept teams like Utah and Boise State out over the years (and I never heard particularly good arguments for putting them in).

So if Georgia loses to Georgia Southern and then beats either Alabama or Texas a&m in the SEC championship game, then they will deserve to be in the NC game?

The rest of your post was typical SEC elitist bullshit. LSU struggled to beat a horrible LSU team. Does that point to their team having issues? The fact that you had to stoop to defend Louisiana Lafayette speaks volumes about your SEC blinders. I thought you were finally starting to understand, but I guess it was just an act.

I'm so glad we won't have to worry about this shit in a couple of years. Playoffs need to start this year.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

Never mind. I retract the question.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

Never mind. I retract the question.

It seemed legit at the time.

[KC_Conniption]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

So if Georgia loses to Georgia Southern and then beats either Alabama or Texas a&m in the SEC championship game, then they will deserve to be in the NC game?

Let's keep our arguments within reason here. Obviously we can't deal in complete absolutes (due to exceptions like the one there), but as a general rule, the SEC champ should be there. They're the ones coming out on top of a schedule that is far more difficult than the schedule of any lesser conference and they shouldn't be penalized for it.

The rest of your post was typical SEC elitist bullshit. LSU struggled to beat a horrible LSU team. Does that point to their team having issues? The fact that you had to stoop to defend Louisiana Lafayette speaks volumes about your SEC blinders.

I'm only defending them to the extent that their team is statistically far superior than the garbage Boston College team that Notre Dame struggled with today.

I thought you were finally starting to understand, but I guess it was just an act.

What am I supposed to understand? That we should ignore major differences in strengths of schedule and conference when deciding who should play for the NC? I'm going to have to disagree there. Record should not be the only factor.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by tk13

If Notre Dame goes on the road and takes care of USC, there'll be a push for them, you can almost put money on it.

That's fine, considering that Texas could be ranked #15 or better by December 1st.

If USC loses against UCLA, then that takes away the luster of the ND/USC game.