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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Manibusan@fanaticus.social to c/cfb@fanaticus.social
 
 

Rankings per the community poll. All times Eastern.

Tuesday, October 10

Home Away Time Game Thread
Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech 7:00 PM
Jacksonville State Liberty 7:30 PM
Appalachian State Coastal Carolina 7:30 PM

Wednesday, October 11

Home Away Time Game Thread
Florida International UTEP 7:30 PM
New Mexico State Sam Houston State 9:00 PM

Thursday, October 12

Home Away Time Game Thread
Houston West Virginia 7:00 PM Game Thread
East Carolina SMU 7:30 PM

Friday, October 13

Home Away Time Game Thread
Memphis Tulane 7:00 PM Game Thread
Utah State Fresno State 8:00 PM
Colorado Stanford 10:00 PM

Saturday, October 14

Home Away Time Game Thread
Vanderbilt ^3^ Georgia 12:00 PM Game Thread
^10^ Alabama Arkansas 12:00 PM Game Thread
Eastern Michigan Kent State 12:00 PM
Cincinnati Iowa State 12:00 PM Game Thread
^8^ Florida State Syracuse 12:00 PM Game Thread
Purdue ^4^ Ohio State 12:00 PM Game Thread
Rutgers Michigan State 12:00 PM Game Thread
^1^ Michigan Indiana 12:00 PM Game Thread
North Texas Temple 12:00 PM
James Madison Georgia Southern 12:00 PM
Charlotte Navy 2:00 PM
Ball State Toledo 2:00 PM
^17^ Utah California 3:00 PM Game Thread
Army Troy 3:30 PM
TCU BYU 3:30 PM Game Thread
South Florida Florida Atlantic 3:30 PM
Maryland Illinois 3:30 PM Game Thread
^5^ Penn State UMass 3:30 PM Game Thread
Virginia Tech Wake Forest 3:30 PM Game Thread
Central Michigan Akron 3:30 PM
^6^ Washington ^9^ Oregon 3:30 PM Game Thread
South Carolina Florida 3:30 PM Game Thread
Western Michigan Miami (OH) 3:30 PM
Oklahoma State ^23^ Kansas 3:30 PM Game Thread
Buffalo Bowling Green 3:30 PM
^21^ Tennessee Texas A&M 3:30 PM Game Thread
Northern Illinois Ohio 4:00 PM
^24^ Wisconsin Iowa 4:00 PM Game Thread
Nevada UNLV 5:00 PM
New Mexico San José State 6:00 PM
Pittsburgh ^12^ Louisville 6:30 PM Game Thread
Air Force ^25^ Wyoming 7:00 PM Game Thread
Georgia State Marshall 7:00 PM
^16^ Washington State Arizona 7:00 PM Game Thread
^22^ LSU Auburn 7:00 PM Game Thread
Texas Tech Kansas State 7:00 PM Game Thread
Texas State Louisiana Monroe 7:00 PM
Kentucky Missouri 7:30 PM Game Thread
^13^ North Carolina Miami 7:30 PM Game Thread
^20^ Notre Dame ^11^ USC 7:30 PM Game Thread
^18^ Duke NC State 8:00 PM Game Thread
^15^ Oregon State ^19^ UCLA 8:00 PM Game Thread
UT San Antonio UAB 8:00 PM Game Thread
Colorado State Boise State 9:45 PM Game Thread
Hawai'i San Diego State 10:00 PM
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Stanford erased a 29-point halftime deficit, scoring on every possession after the half and hitting a game-tying field goal on the final play of regulation before stunning CU in a wild 46-43 double-overtime win at Folsom Field.

It was the biggest blown lead in Colorado football history and the largest since a Nov. 6, 2010 loss to Kansas, when the Buffs led 28-3 before losing 52-45.

It's okay, CU, everyone has inexplicably embarrassing losses to KU

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A little piece about today's exciting UO-UW matchup plus a lot of realignment stuff we already know. But I like Ross Delinger's writing style, and the article includes a few realignment details I found interesting:

Within the Big Ten office last summer, then-commissioner Kevin Warren led an expansion exploration that spanned more than a dozen schools, many of whom reached out to the league about an acquisition after the Los Angeles schools joined. Conference office administrators created a list of desired programs thought to be attainable, according to multiple sources who have seen the list.

They included Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia and, of course, Oregon and Washington. In fact, outside counsel for UO and UW met with Big Ten administrators twice last year — once in Chicago and another in New York.

“We had this list of schools and went through it with the chancellors and presidents,” said a conference official who wished to remain anonymous. “Kevin wanted them [Oregon and Washington] to come in with USC and UCLA, but for whatever reason, the L.A. schools didn’t want to create a West Coast pod. He wasn’t able to convince them.”

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A day later, Pac-12 leaders held a meeting where Kliavkoff assured the room that the Buffaloes’ departure would not impact any impending deal. He even previewed the television contract options, multiple administrators who were in the room recall.

Officials would have two options to consider: (1) a more traditional TV package, with partners like ESPN, Fox, CBS and a streamer; and (2) a predominantly streaming package with subscription-based incentives.

They’d get more details at a meeting Aug. 1. The league had given networks a July 31 deadline to submit bids.

By midnight on July 31, the Pac-12 received one bid: the Apple package. It was the first official offer from a media partner since the conference turned down a bid from ESPN the previous fall (ESPN offered $30 million per school).

During that Aug. 1 meeting, athletic directors and presidents learned of the details of the Apple deal, all of which failed to live up to expectations.

One Pac-12 administrator described it thusly: “It was sh**.”

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The league entered deep enough negotiations that NBC and USA Network were presented as legitimate places for the Pac-12’s A-package of football games. And then, during a meeting in late spring or early summer, the bad news arrived.

“Hey, guys, NBC is out,” one person says describing the meeting.

“Poof, it was gone,” says a person who had knowledge of the call. “The presidents had to be leaving these meetings going, ‘What the f*** is going on?’ The league lost all credibility. Schools lost faith.”

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“On that Wednesday, it was shared with us that Fox was in the mix offering more money,” a Big Ten source said. “It would not be dilutive. It was new money. We’d already studied the demographics and realities [on UW and UO] last year, so it moved quickly.”

That doesn’t mean all schools agreed. Ohio State, Michigan and especially Penn State were at first against more expansion. Though they eventually voted for the move, leaders in State College expressed disappointment to the point that one administrator described their feelings on adding Oregon and Washington as “no f****** way.”

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RB Trevor Etienne and LT Austin Barber. who sat out against Vanderbilt, are set to return for UF football's next game at South Carolina

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE IF IT WILL MATTER. Seriously you guys, this Florida team is very confusing.

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Place Team Points #1 Votes Movement
1 Michigan 184 2 +1
2 Oklahoma 182 4 +7
3 Georgia 175 2 +4
4 Ohio State 165 0 -
5 Penn State 156 0 -2
6 Washington 151 0 -
7 Texas 150 0 -6
8 Florida State 150 0 -3
9 Oregon 140 0 -1
10 Alabama 128 0 +1
11 USC 124 0 -1
12 Louisville 117 0 +10
13 North Carolina 109 0 +2
14 Ole Miss 94 0 -
15 Oregon State 79 0 +2
16 Washington State 55 0 -3
17 Utah 52 0 +7
18 Duke 47 0 +2
19 UCLA 44 0 NR
20 Notre Dame 42 0 -7
21 Tennessee 42 0 -1
22 LSU 34 0 NR
23 Kansas 28 0 NR
24 Wisconsin 22 0 NR
25 Wyoming 19 0 NR

Others receiving votes: Maryland (18), Kentucky (17), Texas A&M (17), Iowa (16), James Madison (8), Fresno State (7), Miami (FL) (7), Texas Tech (6), Florida (4), Liberty (4), Air Force (3), West Virginia (2), Colorado (1), Missouri (1)

Link to check out the spreadsheet of responses here

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Games this week with over 1M viewers:

  • Red River Shootout: 7.87M
  • Bama @ TAMU: 7.23M
  • ND @ Louisville: 5.12M
  • Maryland @ tOSU: 4.51M
  • Kentucky @ UGA: 3.19M
  • Battle for the Little Brown Jug: 3.06M
  • Virginia Tech @ FSU: 3.02M
  • Arizona @ USC: 2.55M
  • LSU @ Missouri: 2.34M
  • K-State @ OK State: 2.27M
  • UCF @ KU: 1.45M
  • Nebraska @ Illinois: 1.36M
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If you're attending you can check which color to wear here: https://www.checkerneyland.com/

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Upsets, overtimes and embarrassing performances, oh my! Who goes up, who goes down and who just goes?

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  1. Georgia
  2. Michigan
  3. Ohio State
  4. Florida State
  5. oklahoma
  6. Penn State
  7. Washington
  8. Oregon
  9. Texas
  10. USC
  11. Alabama
  12. North Carolina
  13. Ole Miss
  14. Louisville
  15. Oregon State
  16. Utah
  17. Duke
  18. UCLA
  19. (T) Washington State
  20. (T) Tennessee
  21. Notre Dame
  22. LSU
  23. Kansas
  24. Kentucky
  25. Miami (FL)

Others receiving votes: Missouri, Wyoming, Air Force, Wisconsin, Tulane, West Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, Iowa, James Madison, TAMU

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2023 Week 6 Game Results (fanaticus.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Manibusan@fanaticus.social to c/cfb@fanaticus.social
 
 

We are officially past the halfway point of the regular season. Several /c/CFB-ranked teams fell this week, most notably our longest-consecutive #1 team this year, ^1^ Texas.

Fallen teams this week:

  • ^1^ Texas
  • ^12^ Notre Dame
  • ^13^ Washington State
  • ^16^ Miami
  • ^18^ Kentucky
  • ^21^ Missouri
  • ^23^ Texas A&M
  • ^25^ Fresno State

Ranked teams that won their games by one score or less:

  • ^9^ Oklahoma, which defeated ^1^ Texas in an absolute thriller which went down to the wire. These teams were tied 27-27 late in the fourth quarter until Texas got a field goal with just over a minute left to go to lead 30-27. This field goal seemed to be enough to win it but Oklahoma managed to drive down the field (with the help of a Texas DPI penalty) in just over a minute and score what would be the game-winning touchdown. I'm sure @ToasterOverlord will type up an overview for this game at some point but this year's Red River Rivalry is already considered by many at /c/CFB to be the Game of the Year.
  • ^10^ USC, edging out Arizona in 3OT. I did not watch this game at all but USC appears to be lucky to escape this game undefeated. Arizona having dominated time of possession with 35 minutes compared to USC's 24 minutes and gaining 506 total yards compared to USC's 365 total yards. Arizona led USC 17-0 in the second quarter before giving up a pair of touchdowns before halftime. The Wildcats tied up the game in the fourth quarter and forced three overtimes before failing their 2-point try in the third overtime.
  • ^11^ Alabama, defeating ^23^ Texas A&M. This game was not as close as the final score indicates, as A&M got their last points off of a field goal with only 2:11 left in the fourth quarter and would have needed to both recover their onside kick and then drive it halfway downfield for a touchdown. A holding penalty cost A&M a touchdown in their final drive that would have made it easier for them to win the game but in the end the Tide got away with yet another one-score win.
  • ^14^ Ole Miss, defeating Arkansas. Despite leading at halftime 17-7, Ole Miss let Arkansas score 13 unanswered points in the second half to go down 20-17 before scoring a touchdown and a field goal in the fourth quarter to win 27-20. Arkansas got the ball back with just over two minutes to go in the fourth but an interception by Ole Miss sealed the game for the Rebels.

Ranked teams that struggled or kept it close in the first half but brought it back in the second to win by multiple scores: ^4^ Ohio State, ^17^ Oregon State, ^22^ Louisville (against ^12^ Notre Dame).

Ranked teams that handled their opponents easily: ^2^ Michigan, ^5^ Florida State, ^7^ Georgia (against ^18^ Kentucky), and ^15^ North Carolina.

Ranked teams on a bye: ^3^ Penn State, ^6^ Washington, ^8^ Oregon, ^19^ Tennessee, ^20^ Duke, ^24^ Utah

Wednesday October 4 Fanaticus
Jacksonville State defeated Middle Tennessee 45-30 Away
New Mexico State defeated Florida International 34-17 Home
Thursday October 5 Fanaticus
Liberty defeated Sam Houston State 21-16 Home
Western Kentucky defeated Louisiana Tech 35-28 Away
Friday October 6 Fanaticus
Oklahoma State defeated Kansas State 29-21 Home
Nebraska defeated Illinois 20-7 Away
Saturday October 7 Fanaticus
^9^ Oklahoma defeated ^1^ Texas 34-30 Away
Toledo defeated UMass 41-24 Away
^4^ Ohio State defeated Maryland 37-17 Home
Wisconsin defeated Rutgers 24-13 Home
Mississippi State defeated Western Michigan 41-28 Home
Boston College defeated Army 27-24 Away
LSU defeated ^21^ Missouri 49-39 Away
Virginia defeated William & Mary 27-13 Home
NC State defeated Marshall 48-41 Home
Buffalo defeated Central Michigan 37-13 Home
UT San Antonio defeated Temple 49-34 Away
UCLA defeated ^13^ Washington State 25-17 Home
Northwestern defeated Howard 23-20 Home
Ohio defeated Kent State 42-17 Home
^11^ Alabama defeated ^23^ Texas A&M 26-20 Away
Eastern Michigan defeated Ball State 24-10 Home
Northern Illinois defeated Akron 55-14 Away
Clemson defeated Wake Forest 17-12 Home
^5^ Florida State defeated Virginia Tech 39-17 Home
Miami (OH) defeated Bowling Green 24-0 Home
^15^ North Carolina defeated Syracuse 40-7 Home
Iowa defeated Purdue 20-14 Home
Louisiana defeated Texas State 34-30 Home
Navy defeated North Texas 27-24 Home
Troy defeated Arkansas State 37-3 Home
Florida defeated Vanderbilt 38-14 Home
Kansas defeated UCF 51-22 Home
UAB defeated South Florida 56-35 Home
Connecticut defeated Rice 38-31 Away
Florida Atlantic defeated Tulsa 20-17 Home
Colorado defeated Arizona State 27-24 Away
South Alabama defeated Louisiana Monroe 55-7 Away
Old Dominion defeated Southern Mississippi 17-13 Away
^7^ Georgia defeated ^18^ Kentucky 51-13 Home
^14^ Ole Miss defeated Arkansas 27-20 Home
^2^ Michigan defeated Minnesota 52-10 Away
^22^ Louisville defeated ^12^ Notre Dame 33-20 Home
Wyoming defeated ^25^ Fresno State 24-19 Home
Boise State defeated San José State 35-27 Home
Utah State defeated Colorado State 44-24 Home
Georgia Tech defeated ^16^ Miami 23-20 Away
Texas Tech defeated Baylor 39-14 Away
Iowa State defeated TCU 27-14 Home
^17^ Oregon State defeated California 52-40 Away
^10^ USC defeated Arizona 43-41 Home

Edit: forgot to add several ranked teams to updates

Edit 2: added home/away column

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On this day in 1921, Oberlin College accomplished something that no other Ohio school has accomplished in 102 years—they defeated The Ohio State University by a score of 7-6. As you can imagine if we’re talking about this over a century later, it’s one of the few things ever accomplished by my alma mater in football, so take a moment, sit back, and enjoy.

You may have never heard of Oberlin College. Oberlin is a liberal arts college which is about 45 minutes southwest of Cleveland. We have several famous alumni in the media: Lena Dunham went here (and HBO’s “Girls” is basically every Obie’s post-college experience) and we have countless public radio personalities as alumni (RadioLab’s Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich, Gimlet Media’s and This American Life’s Alex Blumberg, This American Life’s Ben Calhoun & Alix Spiegel, 99% Invisible’s Roman Mars, NPR’s Jon Hamilton, and the BBC’s Aleks Krotoski).

Perhaps you also know us for our history: we are the first college to admit women, the first college to admit students “irregardless of color.” Co-ed dorms? You have us to thank for that, as one of the first colleges to have them, and the college to best represent that cause, with a cover article in Life Magazine about the subject in 1970. We also have the second oldest conservatory of music and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States.

But what we’re not known for is football—or, perhaps, I should correct that statement. We’re not known for good football. The Oberlin Yeoman lost more games from 1990-2001 than any other team in college football. Any other team. From 1990-2000, we won 3 games. 3. Games. In. 10. Years. For a record of 3-105. During that time we nursed two—count ‘em, two—40+ game losing streams.

Perhaps the most ignoble part of this is that Oberlin once was a shining light of college football. On campus stands the John W. Heisman Club Field House, named after, yes, that John Heisman. We were the first school he ever coached and he lead us to an undefeated season in 1892. In that year we defeated both The Ohio State University and Michigan (although that Michigan game itself is controversial—after our final score, going up 24-22 with 1 minute left, the ref declared time had expired on the game since the team captains had agreed to a 4:50 PM end time. Apparently in those years each team brought their own refs, and the Oberlin ref declared 4:50 had been reached and the game was over. Oberlin left the field. Then the Michigan ref declared that the game wasn’t over and Michigan walked the ball down the field and scored. Both teams count it as a win).

Basically from the inception of the program until 1929 we were good. We had winning records, beat The Ohio State University more than once, had a couple of undefeated seasons—although that, itself, was not without misery, like in 1916 when The Ohio State University dealt us a shutout of 128 - 0.

But let’s return to 102 years ago today, when we accomplished the greatest thing that we have accomplished on the football field, becoming the last in-state team to defeat The Ohio State University.

The Oberlin Review’s full page headline announcing the win was “Oberlin Invasion Topples State 7 to 6.” Newspaper accounts of the day indicate that the night before brought a soaking rain, leaving the field sloppy and wet. Ohio State scored once in that game, when sometime in the first quarter a special teamer named Huffman blocked Oberlin’s punt and returned it for a touchdown. But—in what turned out to be a decisive moment in the game—their kicker, Pixley, missed the field goal leaving The Ohio State University up 6-0.

It was apparently a defensive struggle. The stats of the game give only 5 first downs to Ohio State, with The Review stating that “too much praise cannot be given the Oberlin element for its gallant stand in the first half and its irresistible rush in that great third quarter. State was outclassed at every point, finding it almost impossible to penetrate the Oberlin line for any appreciable gain.” State only saw 1 completed pass (to Oberlin’s 2—although apparently Ohio State got 14 yards on that one pass), and, as was more the case in these days, 76 yards in rushing (to Oberlin’s 136).

“The Crimson and Gold linemen,” The Oberlin Review writes, “plunged through again and again, hurling back State’s runners for losses…Bowen, Withrow, Parkhill, and McPhee also repeatedly got behind the line and drove State’s backfield stars back for for big retrogressions.”

Oberlin’s points came at the beginning of the second half. Showing “plenty of pep and confidence” and “urged on by ‘Mickey’s’ war whoop, ‘They aren’t invisible,’” Oberlin received the ball off of a punt at their 16 yard line. They then “started a march down the field, the like of which had not been seen by state fans for five years.” First play after the punt was from Oberlin’s right half Wood, who made an impressive 28 yard gain. After a few short runs, the quarterback broke free for 10 yards, putting the ball on Ohio State’s 42 yard line. Oberlin used “plunges, sneaks, passes, and end runs,” finally ending up on Ohio State’s 7 yard line.

With the Oberlin War Cry of “the bigger they are, the harder they fall” ringing out from the supporters in the stadium, Oberlin’s quarterback, Wheeler, dropped back and hit a 20 yarder to the fullback Parkhill in the end zone for 6. Parkhill—apparently also serving as Oberlin’s placekicker—then put the ball through the uprights, sending Oberlin ahead 7-6. “The 10,000 state rooters were left dazed and silent by this unbelievable drive, which culminated in their team’s defeat.”

At that point, the game was surprisingly out of hand. The Oberlin defense intercepted 2 passes in the 4th quarter, stalling The Ohio State University in both of their possessions. Despite that, at the end of the game, Ohio State’s supporters gave their team “a great ovation” as it trotted off the field.

Oberlin went on to win every other game of that season, except for a tie with Case Tech. 2 Oberlin men were appointed to the All Ohio Team that year, and 4 were appointed to the second team. “The Championship Song” was sung at the Football Banquet on 11/21/1921:

“Oberlin, the champions of Ohio, Oberlin, the leaders of the state, Oberlin has good old Parkhill— Oberlin has good old Parkhill— Parkhill—Parkhill—O—ber—lin— O—Oberlin, the champions of Ohio.”

Alas the tune, as far as I can tell, is lost to memory.

And so that is the story of the last time an in-state team beat The Ohio State University.

This year, the Oberlin Albino Squirrels (our official unofficial mascot) sits 1-4, with one victory being 37-35 over Concordia University Chicago.

Hey, at least we aren’t nursing a 40 game losing streak.

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Home Away Time Venue Notes
^10^ USC Arizona Sat 10/7, 10:30 PM ET Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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California ^17^ Oregon State Sat 10/7, 10:00 PM ET California Memorial Stadium
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Iowa State TCU Sat 10/7, 8:00 PM ET Jack Trice Stadium
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Baylor Texas Tech Sat 10/7, 8:00 PM ET McLane Stadium
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Boise State San José State Sat 10/7, 8:00 PM ET Albertsons Stadium
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