Got a few good match ups this week.. for BCS bowl contention. Three of the top four are on bye. Notable games: Georgia St.-Alabama- ESPNU 6:30 PM CST (THURS) UCLA-Washington- ESPN 7 PM CST (THURS) Fresno St.-Boise St.- ESPN2 8:30 PM CST (FRI) Wisconsin-Michigan- ESPN 11 AM CST Oklahoma St.- Kansas- 11 AM CST Purdue-Michigan St.- 11 AM CST Penn St.-Indiana- Big Ten Network 11 AM CST Ole Miss-LSU- CBS 2:30 PM CST Stanford-Cal- 3:30 PM CST Ohio St.-Iowa- ABC 2:30 PM CST Virginia Tech-Miami(FL)- ESPN 2:30 PM CST Arkansas-Mississippi St.- ESPN 6 PM CST Missouri-Iowa St.- 6 PM CST Army-Notre Dame- NBC 6 PM CST Nebraska-Texas A&M- ABC 7 PM CST Oklahoma-Balyor- ESPN2 7 PM CST Florida St.- Maryland- ABC 7 PM CST USC-Oregon St.- ABC 7 PM CST Probably won't be watching any of the early games except the Big Ten matchup between Iowa and Ohio St. I'll probably switch back and forth for the two Big 12 games later in the evening. Seems like last week, not too many big match ups... I think next week will be a bigger week for CFB before the championship games start for each conference.
Oregon beat Arizona last year , you are thinking of a different year with Dennis Dixon breaking his ankle and losing #2 ranking .
Yes, I remember that, but I'm referring to UA fans prematurely rushing the field and Masoli proceeding to enter beast mode, leading to the Oregon win. I also heard reports of some students throwing water bottles in the direction of the field. That's what I was hinting at when I wrote "how they were treated last year in Tucson."
Go Hawkeyes! Beat Ohio State! Also: Big SNAFU at Wrigley this weekend. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=5824661 One end zone for offense at Wrigley ESPNChicago.com Only one end zone will be used for offense Saturday at Wrigley Field for the Illinois-Northwestern game because of safety concerns, the Big Ten announced Friday. Whichever team is on offense Saturday will head toward the west end zone. The east end zone is just feet away from the right-field wall, and although there is padding, there still were concerns that players could be injured there. Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald had said this week that he would have different game plans for each end zone to avoid the possibility of injury. When a team is on offense Saturday, it will be positioned to head to the west end zone. "Though it's not ideal, it's the right thing," Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "We've been planning for this for a while, there were no surprises. The field came out the way we thought, it ended up maybe being a little closer with some of the padding. "As we looked at it -- the visual aspect of it -- this week, we just felt there was a low probability that something would happen. But had we taken every step that we could to ensure that the safety was maximized, and that we did everything we possibly could under our purview to make it as safe as possible? And the more we thought about it, the more we talked about it, we looked at it, we just felt like this was something we needed to do. And it was complete uniformity between the Big Ten conference, and Northwestern and Illinois. At the heart of it was to make sure we had done everything we could to make it safe." In a statement issued by the Big Ten, the following changes will be made: • All offensive plays will head toward the west end zone, including all extra points and all overtime possessions. • All kickoffs will be kicked toward the east end zone. • After every change of possession, the ball will be repositioned for the offense to head toward the west end zone. • As a result of a coin toss held by the conference office Friday morning, Illinois will occupy the west team bench in the first half and Northwestern will occupy the west team bench in the second half and for all overtime periods. "The health and safety of our student-athletes is of the utmost importance," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in the statement. "Both Illinois and Northwestern did significant due diligence over the past 18 months, but after seeing the actual layout of the field, all parties felt that it was appropriate to adjust the rules to further enhance the safety of our student-athletes. Wrigley Field is one of the most historic venues in the country, and playing the Illinois-Northwestern game at this facility will provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience for student-athletes, coaches and fans
I am so freaking pumped. 31,005 student tickets have been sold. That's larger than the total enrollment of all big 12 schools except for Texas. Sherman took out a column in the Battalion asking for fanatical effort from the 12th man, Dat Nugyen has a quote on the front page talking about that too, and finally right at the top there's Bo Pelini's foolish quote "our fans are better than aggie fans". Our total attendance will top 90,000, they're giving out 20,000 12th man towels, selling another 10,000 at the gates, it's maroon out game. Oh and we have Von Miller. Did I mention Von Miller? he will be chopping d!ck$ all day long tomorrow. I have 2 tests on Monday and I can't study a freaking word. Stupid, stupid professors. RE: Wrigley field. What a joke. What's next? is it going to be touch football? Are they going to use the same QB for both teams? backyard football for the win. What an embarrassment. They passed up a sold out Kyle field for this?
If we lose to Nebraska and OSU beats OU that could be better for the Ags than a 3-way tie in the Big 12 South... it's like when TAMU lost to UT a few years ago and went to the Cotton Bowl. Had we beat UT then UT would have gone to the Cotton Bowl and we would have been bumped. The BCS made it so TAMU stood to benefit from throwing a game!!! ****ING BCS
Okay how did that happen? I'm pretty sure dimensions of a football field havent changed in 70 years. Has wrigley changed at all? Or did they just play like that back in the 40's I'm suprised nobody got killed if they did
