Georgia was back in form crushing Auburn. That rivalry is so back and forth, though. Some years it’s a brutal, tight matchup, and others it’s a blowout one way or the other. This year’s Auburn team doesn’t seem nearly as strong as some inn the past.
orald
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If you had Michigan State and 27, you lose! While I would never bet against my alma mater I find it impossible to bet on them this season
rshetts
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I had them losing by 35 so in my book they are winners! Yeah, not so much. This is going to be a terrible year. I doubt they will be bowl qualified. I just hope that this year does not ruin our recruiting efforts going forward. Once you slip down that slope it is very hard to get back up.
The sentiment going around Husker world this weekend:
Yeah, we’ve gotten to the point where being 3-3 is a pleasant surprise. Already equaled the win total from last season, everything else is gravy at this point!
Leading the B1G West too!
Well, yes, technically. In the sense that being 2-1 in league play means being in a three-way tie for division lead with two quite-likely better teams. Honestly at this point the local fans will just be delighted by bowl eligibility. Mickey Joseph may well secure himself a full-time head coach job if that happens.
And that always works out well for the school.
That’s a really valid concern. I’ve seen plenty of situations in college football where an interim coach inherits a team and does better than the fired coach with the same team. But that doesn’t mean they are better coach necessarily, just a person who could recognize and fix the old coach’s most glaring mistakes. But they might not be as good a schemer, or recruiter, or whatever. So over time as they have to build their own team they end up never doing quite as well as they did when inheriting someone else’s team.
Apparently the Husker coaching curse is real. Not only did Nebraska jettison a couple coaches (head coach, defensive coordinator) early in the season but now that we are decent-ish and rattled off back-to-back conference wins for the first time since 2017 (sad trombone) we are getting opposing coaches fired. Indiana and Rutgers both fired coaches in the last few days. For Indiana it was the offensive line coach and for Rutgers it was the OC.
Watch out Purdue coaches!
Eh, while certainly possible, I wouldn’t discount the idea of more Bryce Young heroics to match Ewers. That dude is a baller.
West Virginia beat Baylor last night in a pretty thrilling game
And then…
Big 12 is prob the strongest overall conference in terms of quality with only OU (LOLOLOLOL) being horrible so far and Texas is a hurt Ewers away from being just as bad. But they don’t have a top 5 or 6 team really so won’t make the playoffs. TCU has a chance and maybe OSU, but I don’t think either are there yet. Still, nice to see the conference I’m most closely aligned with having so many good fun teams.
They do that after any home win - or was there something especially weird about last night’s version?
A blocked extra point returned for 2 points which was the difference in the game? ;)
That was a fun game, and a great way to kickoff what should be a glorious weekend of CFB.
OK. I didn’t see the game, just the linked video of singing Country Roads - which they do after every home win.
I was more commenting on what a great game it was (in contrast to the WTF’s win v Chicago ;) ).
The Country Roads thing is fun, though at UCLA we sing Dead Dog Rover after wins:
We’re looking over a dead dog, Rover,
That we overran tonight (all right!)
One leg is broken, the other is bent,
And in his head, there’s a great big dent.
No need explaining the parts remaining
Are scattered all over the court[field].
We’re looking over a dead dog, Rover,
That we overran tonight!
With all 7 of the fans in the Rose Bowl? :)
We had a different version of those lyrics:
I’m looking over
My dead dog Rover
Who died on the kitchen floor
One leg was broken, the other was gone,
half of his ass is on the neighbor’s front lawn.
No use explaining the parts remaining
that are scattered from here to yon.
I’m looking over my dead dog Rover
who was hit by the neighbor’s mower.
Game delayed for 15 minutes
Sheesh, Alabama and Tennessee are playing a classic game of last one with the ball wins. 49-49 with about 3+ minutes left.
