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Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - ChicagoCard - 09-10-2016

Question: What was Noor Davis' injury? Was it also an Achilles injury?

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - CompSci87 - 09-10-2016

Nevada gives UND a safety in a horrible kickoff receiving blunder. The return man stepped out of the end zone with the ball, then stepped back in and took a knee.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - Spiny_Norman - 09-10-2016

(09-10-2016, 01:49 PM)CompSci87 link Wrote:Nevada gives UND a safety in a horrible kickoff receiving blunder. The return man stepped out of the end zone with the ball, then stepped back in and took a knee.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - Nan3cy - 09-10-2016

(09-10-2016, 03:42 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=15606.msg170650#msg170650 date=1473540558]
Nevada gives UND a safety in a horrible kickoff receiving blunder. The return man stepped out of the end zone with the ball, then stepped back in and took a knee.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - Extra Point - 09-10-2016

(09-10-2016, 03:42 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=15606.msg170650#msg170650 date=1473540558]
Nevada gives UND a safety in a horrible kickoff receiving blunder. The return man stepped out of the end zone with the ball, then stepped back in and took a knee.

In 1979, Stanford lost a game to the woeful Oregon State Beavers when Rick Gervais did the same thing in the 4th quarter.Â The safety represented the margin of defeat, 33-31.Â It was OSU's only win that season.
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Actually, Gervais caught the ball just over the goal line and the catch carried him into the end zone, where he then he took a knee. Because of this play, the NCAA made a rule change the following year that makes these occurrences a touch back. When this happened again to Stanford at WSU in 95, this is how it was ruled. I was there.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - washingtonismoney - 09-10-2016

Haven't watched a second, but apparently UNLV is within a touchdown of UCLA in the third quarter?

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - 81alum - 09-10-2016

(09-10-2016, 03:42 PM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote:[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=15606.msg170650#msg170650 date=1473540558]
Nevada gives UND a safety in a horrible kickoff receiving blunder. The return man stepped out of the end zone with the ball, then stepped back in and took a knee.

In 1979, Stanford lost a game to the woeful Oregon State Beavers when Rick Gervais did the same thing in the 4th quarter.Â The safety represented the margin of defeat, 33-31.Â It was OSU's only win that season.
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That is a very painful memory.Â I remember listening to the game on the radio in my dorm room and feeling sick.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - French Rage - 09-10-2016

Give how the late slate of games is going, maybe it's good all of the media is already asleep.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - 82 Card - 09-11-2016

Looks like ASU and Texas Tech both forgot to suit up their D. Texas Tech gained over 600 yards, scored 55 points and lost by 13 points.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - JohnR34231 - 09-11-2016

(09-10-2016, 12:54 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:Took a peek at the Alabama game, to see Jalen Hurts just unleash a 50-yard pass and then scramble for 7 yards. Just what they needed, an elite QB. I could see him costing them a game or two this year because he's a true freshmen but just crown them 2017 and 2018 national champions already.

Yeah, and if he falters they got this kid from Hawaii coming in who is supposed to be the second coming of Marcus Mariota (although there are rumors he may jump ship for, you guessed it, the Ducks).

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - Hurlburt88 - 09-11-2016

So how does Northwestern start 0-2 to opponents outside the power 5 after beating us last year?Â Still frustrated!Â

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - stupac2 - 09-11-2016

Cal lost to SDSU but beat the spread so go bears!

WSU lost to Boise State, because they're clearly a dark horse contender.

ASU scored literally all of the points in the "no defense" bowl.

Oregon let Virginia score more than Richmond, at least they won.

Arizona beat Grambling, a school I'm only moderately aware of, by 10 points, at least they won.

UCLA, Washington, ND, Colorado, and USC all ended up with convincing wins, though some of them struggled early, so that's something.

Unfortunately KSU was off as well, so we don't have any more evidence of whether they're any good or not.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - washingtonismoney - 09-11-2016

SC only managed 5.21 yards per play against Utah State. (They dominated on the defensive end, 3.89 yards per play surrendered. Perhaps biased, but the USU QB looked less than competent -- I remember a pass of his wobbling over, like, ten yards.). Unless Utah State's secretly a defensive juggernaut, that seems less than optimal.

I wonder whether Helton's gearing up for a QB switch. Browne mustered only 6.1 yards per attempt; Darnold apparently got some spot time. Only seven attempts, but at 8.9 ypa was much more substantial. SC fans on the internet seem less than enamored of Browne, though that might be solely typical fan agitation. Guess Shaw evaluated correctly between Burns and Browne (TODAY IN SMALL SAMPLE SIZE THEATER).

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - JohnR34231 - 09-11-2016

(09-11-2016, 08:56 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:I wonder whether Helton's gearing up for a QB switch. Browne mustered only 6.1 yards per attempt; Darnold apparently got some spot time. Only seven attempts, but at 8.9 ypa was much more substantial. SC fans on the internet seem less than enamored of Browne, though that might be solely typical fan agitation. Guess Shaw evaluated correctly between Burns and Browne (TODAY IN SMALL SAMPLE SIZE THEATER).

You could be right, because apparently there was some locker room grumbling when Browne was selected to start, as many players thought Darnold had outperformed him in practice.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - washingtonismoney - 09-11-2016

FWIW Pro Football Focus says Virginia's OL dominated: https://www.profootballfocus.com/college-football-oregon-virginia-grades-prukop-nearly-flawless-in-ducks-win/

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - pcgoode - 09-11-2016

I watched part of the Oregon game, and the Virginia O Line was opening brobdingnagian holes up the middle of the Duck defence for their backs. If they are as ineffective against us, McCaffrey will rush for over 250 yards in the first three quarters.Â

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - JohnR34231 - 09-11-2016

Yeah, maybe the strategy of running the ball, eating up the clock, and keeping the Duck offense off the field will work for us the way it did in 2013. Take away the sacks, and Virginia averaged over 7 yards a carry.

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - stupac2 - 09-11-2016

(09-11-2016, 10:55 AM)JPRI link Wrote:Yeah, maybe the strategy of running the ball, eating up the clock, and keeping the Duck offense off the field will work for us the way it did in 2013. Take away the sacks, and Virginia averaged over 7 yards a carry.

If Virginia is getting 7 YPC against Oregon after getting ~2 against Richmond, then that might not keep Oregon's offense off the field for very long...

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - pcgoode - 09-11-2016

Helfrich and Hoke seem to be on the same page - the Ducks run defense is awful.

http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/103538/oregon-needs-to-fill-gaps-in-its-run-defense

Re: Week 2 Games of Interest - JJJ - 09-11-2016

Here's Pat Forde's current top 4:

*we were "also considered"

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/fordes-fab-four-heres-who-looks-good-early-for-the-college-football-playoff-230812207.html