College football week 13 thread: Yale is For Children

[kickoff-time]

I'm sure it will be at Michigan the following weekend unless they opted to do a Friday show with A&M at Texas but highly doubtful.

 

[dixiehack]

There was some talk of them going to Henderson State-Ouachita Baptist, whose stadiums are a 15-minute walk from one another in Arkadelphia, Ark.

 

[kickoff-time]

There was some talk of them going to Henderson State-Ouachita Baptist, whose stadiums are a 15-minute walk from one another in Arkadelphia, Ark.

That would have been lovely. They could have gotten Billy Bob Thornton as guest picker, or if he was unavailable, any number of Billy Bobs.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The founding fathers of Idaho must have hated education. Hard to imagine anyplace with the state university and the state land-grant college in more inaccessible locations to the bulk of the state's population than Idaho.

 

[HanSenSE]

Games that should also be in here, all times Montana Standard Time:

The Brawl​

(3) Montana State at (2) Montana, noon

The Battle Of The Bands (and also a football game)​

Bethune-Cookman at Florida A&M, 1:30 p.m.

The Battle Of The Domes​

Idaho State at Idaho, 2 p.m.

The Game!​

Harvard at Yale, 10 a.m. (The U)

Also: The Big Game, Cal at Stanford, 4:30 PST.

EDIT: h/t @IShouldCoco

 

[dixiehack]

SEC Shorts let Bama off light so I knew the bill was coming due on Roll Call.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

There was some talk of them going to Henderson State-Ouachita Baptist, whose stadiums are a 15-minute walk from one another in Arkadelphia, Ark.

They are 1,273 feet apart as the crow flies. If you stick to sidewalks, you can do it in about 9 minutes. Source: Personal experience.

 

[I Should Coco]

The founding fathers of Idaho must have hated education. Hard to imagine anyplace with the state university and the state land-grant college in more inaccessible locations to the bulk of the state's population than Idaho.

At one point (as a territory) Lewiston was the state capital. Then those bastards in Boise stole it!

Idaho’s Territorial Capital Dispute | Intermountain Histories

 

[dixiehack]

At one point (as a territory) Lewiston was the state capital. Then those bastards in Boise stole it!

Idaho’s Territorial Capital Dispute | Intermountain Histories

This was discussed at some length by the Louisiana Tech radio crew as they tried to distract themselves from the crummy showing by their team on the Palouse.

 

[maumann2]

Also this weekend; The Big Game, Cal at Stanford. It can viewed on the ACC Network.

Ugh.

What a bonanza!

 

[tapintoamerica]

I'm here once again to encourage you to make some easy money and bet against Kirby and the giant spread. With Tech and a potential SEC championship game coming up, he'll be pulling his starters as quickly as possible.

Excellent point. He'll definitely empty the bench. But UNCC may not be able to stay within that margin.

 

[Della9250]

 

[Neutral Corner]

No line on Samford at aTm. Deservedly so.

And it’s still bizarre seeing North Texas in the AP poll. Not even Hayden Fry could get them there. That carcass will be polished clean in the transfer window.

NT had the #2 scoring offense in FBS going into last week's UAB game - against the #131 scoring defense. They're #1 this week.

So yeah, the sharks will be circling.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Well they want to be the Georgia of the ACC. Good place to start.

 

[dixiehack]

But how many ECU Pirates were cited for violating no wake zones?

 

[Chef2]

Washington/UCLA on big NBC at 10:30 est.

 

[Cosmo]

Will be curious to see the placement of the G5 teams in tonight's rankings. If JMU is sitting ahead of the AAC leader, it'll have a decent shot of getting in, though the Dukes should be rooting hard for Southern Miss to finish on top in the Sun Belt West as USM is JMU's best chance at a "good" win the rest of the way.

The four AAC one-loss teams are done playing each other. The aggregate:
* Navy went 0-1 against the other three, losing at North Texas
* Tulane went 1-0, beating East Carolina at home
* North Texas went 1-0, beating Navy at home
* ECU went 0-1, losing at Tulane

Navy finishes at Memphis (8-3). Army is not a conference game.

Tulane finishes at Temple (5-5) and vs. Charlotte (1-9)

North Texas gets Rice (5-5) away and Temple (5-5) at home

ECU gets UTSA (5-5) and FAU (4-6), both away. Should be noted that UTSA's current head coach has not lost a home conference game in 24 tries.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I don't spend much time watching College Gameday anyway, but I would carve out more of my Saturday morning for it if they went to games like Harvard-Yale instead of going to Oregon for a second time this season.

To me, the formula should be the biggest game at a location we haven't been to this season. I thought they did it right last week by skipping Athens and Tuscaloosa for a new place. The goal should be 14 different locations during the season.

I'm biased but having the skyline of Pittsburgh is one of the best backgrounds they've had. I know Pitt people were bitching that it should have been on the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning but that would have been a logistical hell.

 

[Meat Slapping Sound]

I'm biased but having the skyline of Pittsburgh is one of the best backgrounds they've had. I know Pitt people were bitching that it should have been on the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning but that would have been a logistical hell.

It definitely looked more appealing than Lubbock the week before, but that is a low bar.

It's just always cool when they go to a place they haven't been before, since I'll likely never go to a game in Pittsburgh or JMU or wherever.

 

[kickoff-time]

FBS vs. FCS lines typically don't come out until Thursday or Friday.

Bill Connelly's SP+ has A&M winning 75-0 and his ratings have A&M as a 73-point favorite. Most sportsbooks will probably set it in the 50s.