College football week 8 thread - Austin Powers: The Horn Who Hooked Me

[dixiehack]

Here is this week’s college football schedule. All times Central.

Friday
No. 2 Oregon at Purdue 7 pm Fox
Oklahoma State at No. 13 BYU 9:15 pm ESPN

Saturday
No. 6 Miami (Fla.) at Louisville 11 am ABC
Virginia at No. 10 Clemson 11 am ACC Network
Nebraska at No. 16 Indiana 11 am Fox
Auburn at No. 19 Missouri 11 am ESPN
East Carolina at No. 23 Army 11 am ESPN2
No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee 2:30 pm ABC
No. 12 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech 2:30 pm ESPN
No. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois 2:30 pm CBS
Charlotte at No. 25 Navy 2:30 pm CBSSN
No. 14 Texas A&M at Mississippi State 3:15 pm SEC Network
No. 8 LSU at Arkansas 6 pm ESPN
No. 5 Georgia at No. 1 Texas 6:30 pm ABC
UCF at No. 9 Iowa State 6:30 pm FS1
No. 17 Kansas State at West Virginia 6:30 pm Fox
No. 21 SMU at Stanford 7 pm ACC Network

 

[SixToe]

Ah, it’s good to see Auburn and Missouri paying homage to the Jefferson Pilot “Game of the Week” slot.

Yes, I’ll have a lukewarm Milwaukee’s Best and cold pizza to start the morning.

 

[dixiehack]

I think this is the first time I remember SEC Shorts actually leaning into a thick Southern accent.

 

[TigerVols]

Here is this week’s college football schedule. All times Central.

Friday
No. 2 Oregon at Purdue 7 pm Fox
Oklahoma State at No. 13 BYU 9:15 pm ESPN

Saturday
No. 6 Miami (Fla.) at Louisville 11 am ABC
Virginia at No. 10 Clemson 11 am ACC Network
Nebraska at No. 16 Indiana 11 am Fox
Auburn at No. 19 Missouri 11 am ESPN
East Carolina at No. 23 Army 11 am ESPN2
No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee 2:30 pm ABC
No. 12 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech 2:30 pm ESPN
No. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois 2:30 pm CBS
Charlotte at No. 25 Navy 2:30 pm CBSSN
No. 14 Texas A&M at Mississippi State 3:15 pm SEC Network
No. 8 LSU at Arkansas 6 pm ESPN
No. 5 Georgia at No. 1 Texas 6:30 pm ABC
UCF at No. 9 Iowa State 6:30 pm FS1
No. 17 Kansas State at West Virginia 6:30 pm Fox
No. 21 SMU at Stanford 7 pm ACC Network

No third Saturday reference in the title? How far the mighty have fallen.

 

[dixiehack]

If it hadn’t been Tejas, it would have been an Army/Navy combo reference.

But since you asked nicely!

 

[TigerVols]

If it hadn’t been Tejas, it would have been an Army/Navy combo reference.

But since you asked nicely!

Poor guy had to move to New Jersey just to find a state where he could pursue his career in pumping gas.

 

[Cosmo]

I think this is the week Miami pays its penance to the refereeing gods.

 

[maumann]

Alabama-Tennessee is a game where two top 10 teams with 5-1 records could easily be coming into Saturday on two-game losing streaks if not for some terrible decision-making by their opponents a week ago.

Call this the Escape Clause game.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I think this is the first time I remember SEC Shorts actually leaning into a thick Southern accent.

It is possible that they were attempting to make the point that the SEC home offices are in Birmingham. Or is that "Buhmminhayam"?

 

[BTExpress]

I like the new cast member, Lauren Cantrell. Hope they use her more.

And although college football fans disagree on a lot, I think 99.8% would agree that Vandy pimp guy is the star of the season, no matter what happens the rest of the way.

 

[Neutral Corner]

That's a character they'll be bringing back for years.

 

[DanOregon]

I'll take Purdue to cover, but even with a hangover and travelling on a short week I don't think Oregon will muck it up. Nebraska over Indy? GTech over ND? And Texas gets exposed this week.

 

[SixToe]

Nice story (few years old) about Mr. It’s That Throw-Up Orange guy:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/it...nnessee-rant-is-now-a-crimson-tide-tradition/

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Pitt is off.
Having won the dumbest football game I have ever watched.
I don't care what these people do.

 

[dixiehack]

Nice story (few years old) about Mr. It’s That Throw-Up Orange guy:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/it...nnessee-rant-is-now-a-crimson-tide-tradition/

He became a data engineer in Cincinnati. Even better, the journalism major interviewing him wound up being a priest. Guess he needed a field that paid more.

 

[maumann]

Nice story (few years old) about Mr. It’s That Throw-Up Orange guy:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/it...nnessee-rant-is-now-a-crimson-tide-tradition/

I'm always interested in the "whatever happened to" stories. The kid is a data engineer with his own kids. The interviewer is a priest? Shows how life comes at you quick.

 

[BTExpress]

Carney still gets recognized for his Tennessee rant, often when the video is reshared by football fans leading up to the Alabama-Tennessee game every October.

“What happens is people usually name-drop me to their friends,” he said. “Some want to take pictures.”

This always surprises me. Two things I am terrrrrrible at are understanding lyrics when they are sang, and recognizing someone years after their brief moment of fame. John F. Barmon Jr., the actor who played Spaulding Smails, says people are always going up to him and yelling "Spaulding!!" I wouldn't recognize today's John Barmon as Spaulding if I sat next to him at work every day.

 

[MileHigh]

Going off the AP poll, how the playoffs would look this week:

12. Boise State (Mountain West champion) at 5. Penn State
11. Tennessee at 6. Ohio State
10. Clemson at 7. Georgia
9. LSU at 8. Alabama

1. Texas (SEC champion) vs. LSU-Alabama
2. Oregon (Big Ten champion) vs. Clemson-Georgia
3. Miami (ACC champion vs. Tennessee-Ohio State
4. Iowa State (Big 12 champion) vs. Boise State-Penn State

 

[dixiehack]

I like the new cast member, Lauren Cantrell. Hope they use her more.

As long as the glasses come too.

 

[BTExpress]

She has great comedic timing.

Any time I hear Bizet's "Habanera" all I can think of is Gilligan singing, "I ask to be, or not to be . . . "