OT: NCAA thread v4.0

[LegionOfDoom91]

The Michigan Men throwing stuff on the field.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Holy Temple.

 

[HammerTime44]

Why did I put 10 points on Texas.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

CHIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'm taking it on the chin with my picks. Just brutal. Thanks Texas, Iowa State, Arizona and Notre Dame.

Why did I put 10 points on Texas.

This was a brutal slate of games to pick. It was almost impossible to build in any contingencies, either.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

It's always a good day when Notre Dame loses, but it's conflicting that this is happening against Michigan.

This is the equivalent of a Pens-Leafs game for me in 2019, but significantly more important in a one game scenario.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Chipppppppppppp!

 

[Normand Lacombe]

Holy Temple.

This is the second straight week Temple has looked like crap. UCF just ran the ball right down Temple's throat tonight, especially in the 2nd half. Good thing Temple has a bye next week with the way they played against SMU and UCF.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Wazzu took the lead with a minute to go and pissed it away in a blink of an eye.

 

[Ruck Over]

nail biter for sure. Oregon keeping hope alive, by the skin of their teeth.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Everybody in the ACC Coastal vying for the right to get their ass kicked by Clemson for the ACC title.

 

[trostol]

It's always a good day when Notre Dame loses, but it's conflicting that this is happening against Michigan.

This is the equivalent of a Pens-Leafs game for me in 2019, but significantly more important in a one game scenario.

any time ND loses it is good

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Mikey Mush sent Penn State some good juju for yesterday.

 

[Asnito]

Tough week for everybody

Weekly Scores

1. @Captain Dave Poulin 37
2. Asnito 36
3. @renberg 33
4. @Hollywood Couturier 32
5. @HammerTime44 30
6. @Ruck Over 28
7. @Cody Webster 23
8. @Normand Lacombe 19
9. @LegionOfDoom91 8

 

[Asnito]

We have our first person to break 300 points

Total Scores

1. @Captain Dave Poulin 306
2. @HammerTime44 288
3. @Hollywood Couturier 284
4. @renberg 265
5. Asnito 253
6. @Normand Lacombe 248
7. @LegionOfDoom91 230
8. @Cody Webster 226
9. @Ruck Over 197

 

[Cody Webster]

Man, you hate to see those scores....

 

[Asnito]

Man, you hate to see those scores....

That missed week is hurting you

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Pretty wild. You got the Florida/Georgia game as the marquee game next weekend.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Man, you hate to see those scores....

Picking those was brutal - I'd guess that was as hard a week of games as we can have.

 

[Normand Lacombe]

My picks:

1. Alabama 10
2. LSU 10
3. Ohio St. 10
4. Clemson 10
5. Penn St. 10

 

[Asnito]

My picks:

1. Alabama 10
2. LSU 10
3. Ohio St. 10
4. Clemson 10
5. Penn St. 10

You'll still probably only go 3-2

 

[Normand Lacombe]

You'll still probably only go 3-2

And my score would somehow be a -7.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

How about Scott Frost? I thought the preseason hype for Nebraska was too crazy & he was getting way too much credit for what happened at UCF.

But even then he’s still been underwhelming to me.

 

[Normand Lacombe]

How about Scott Frost? I thought the preseason hype for Nebraska was too crazy & he was getting way too much credit for what happened at UCF.

But even then he’s still been underwhelming to me.

My take on Frost and Nebraska as an impartial observer who has lived here for a number of years.

The issues that plagued Nebraska when Frost arrived are still present, if not worse. Costly penalties on both sides of the ball, terrible special teams, a porous defense and an inconsistent offense that turns the ball over too much. The Huskers are also a mentally weak team with a defeatist attitude. Score the first TD on them and you win the game. Now there is dissension in the locker room with some offensive and defensive players taking swipes at each other in the media as the losses mount. Frost is responsible for his failure to rectify these issues.

Frost will continue to get a free pass in Nebraska with the local media treating Frost with kid gloves. Dave Spadaro himself would cringe at the way local reporters fawn all over Frost. As for the Husker fan base, they will never call for Frost's dismissal. For one, he is from Nebraska, which is huge with native Nebraskans. No outsiders like Saban are welcome. Second, Frost led Nebraska to a share of the National Championship in 1997. Third, and this is the most important, Frost has the endorsement of Tom Osborne, who is revered in this state.

Nebraska will never attain the heights they experienced from the 1960's through the 1990's for reasons that are too numerous to state on here. Nebraska's long term goal should be to become like Iowa, which is a bitter pill for Husker fans to swallow since they still view Iowa as an inferior program.