NCAA GDT: 2018 Season Week 1... Showdown in South Bend

[Gene Parmesan]

I see Bowling Green has come back down to earth.

Was it ever in doubt?

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Arm punt.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Chip Kelly with a horrible decision. Down 2 and on Fourth and 1 from their own 36 with six minutes to go and they went for it and threw a pass and was incomplete terrible call

 

[Captain Bowie]

Was it ever in doubt?

I dunno, would have been interesting.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Luke Fickell bypasses two short field goals to go for it twice on fourth down and they make it both times and punch it in, they are gonna beat UCLA out right. And I'm two for two

 

[Canes]

McCaffrey already looking as good if not better than savior Patterson

 

[Tony Romo]

Mccaffrey should look to transfer to texas IMO

 

[Gene Parmesan]

McCaffrey already looking as good if not better than savior Patterson

Michigan's offense is so painful to watch.

 

[HisIceness]

K-State just got screwed in a PI call. South Dakota receiver clearly swung the Wildcat defender down by his neck.

Edit, nevermind it looks like the officials nixed the call. Now SD going to attempt FG to tie, 1 second left.

Kick is no good, hit the crossbar. K-State wins!

 

[Captain Bowie]

At least it's a little more interesting now.

 

[Captain Bowie]

I have absolutely no problem with the idea of reducing kickoff returns to reduce full speed collisions and their consequences. However the increased touchbacks and new fair catch thing still don't fully address the issue. Players are still slamming into each other with 20-30 yard head starts while the ball is in the air and before it is determined to be a touchback or fair catch.

I like Jon Bois' wacky idea (was an actual college coach's idea, forget who) that after a score, a team starts on their own 25 with a 4th and 15. They can either punt (the normal thing to do, essentially a kickoff but without the 20-30 yard head starts) or go for it if they need to (essentially the new "onside kick"),

What do you guys think?

 

[Captain Bowie]

Patterson moving the ball for Michigan. Could be a very good finish.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Well so much for that. Game over. Bleh.

Just a little too careless with the ball while scrambling.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Game.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hawaii might be back to being a decent non-power five team. The Mountain West in general is a little bit better this year I think.

 

[Elvis P]

It's not good being a MI fan.

 

[c9777666]

Was it ever in doubt?

Oregon if anything avoids these type of WTF Week 1 upsets

 

[StreetHawk]

Mccaffrey should look to transfer to texas IMO

Kind of late for that now. He has to sit out 2019 if he transfers. He has not red shirted so he has 2 years of eligibility left after this year.

Might get the job if Patterson continues to look that bad.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

I don't think Patterson looked that bad. Michigan just has nothing around him.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Tate is not looking very good in Arizona so far

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Michigan honestly looked like the same team they were last year tonight & the QB didn’t even play that bad.

Patterson tried to make some plays but it seemed like they were coaching as if John O’Korn was still in there.

 

[c9777666]

College football will be better off when Alabama is just another team.

 

[GKJ]

I have absolutely no problem with the idea of reducing kickoff returns to reduce full speed collisions and their consequences. However the increased touchbacks and new fair catch thing still don't fully address the issue. Players are still slamming into each other with 20-30 yard head starts while the ball is in the air and before it is determined to be a touchback or fair catch.

I like Jon Bois' wacky idea (was an actual college coach's idea, forget who) that after a score, a team starts on their own 25 with a 4th and 15. They can either punt (the normal thing to do, essentially a kickoff but without the 20-30 yard head starts) or go for it if they need to (essentially the new "onside kick"),

What do you guys think?

I think I’d make a rule that you can’t rush the punter (and thus you can’t run a fake punt either)

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Tate is not looking very good in Arizona so far

He's been fine. No idea why they don't turn him loose.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Michigan honestly looked like the same team they were last year tonight & the QB didn’t even play that bad.

Patterson tried to make some plays but it seemed like they were coaching as if John O’Korn was still in there.

The playcalling was so safe. The only time they looked good is when they went up tempo or Patterson moved around.