FBC Week 7 running thread

[dooley_womack1]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

 

[AgatePage]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

If Wake hangs onto the ball, i agree.
Texas seems to play better in this game as an underdog. Gimme some Horns.
Reality should hit. Is there enough Juice left after last week?
The fraud is Michigan State. Always has been. Always will be.
A trip to Chapel Hill is not necessary to realize Notre Dame's a fraud.
Tulsa will score at least 70 on SMU.
I agree.
I disagree. Mightily. Tiggers by 2 touchdowns.
I think you're right.

 

[doubledown68]

Okie State-Mizzou smells an awful lot like Texas Tech-Mizzou last year.

Okie State comes in red hot, albeit they haven't really played anybody. Everybody expects a shootout, but Mizzou's defense comes to play.

Just has that same sort of feel to it. To me at least.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

--I think Clemson is a huge disappointment. Wake is Wake. They are overachievers. I don't think this game proves anyone is a fraud. Wake lost to Navy. Clemson should be a top 10 team, but they won't be. I respect Wake, because they do what they can with what they have. Have trouble respecting Clemson.
--Agree with you. Oklahoma's offensive line and running game are the difference. Colt McCoy leads UT in rushing. He takes a beating. It will show the toll it has taken.
--Minnesota @ Illinois. I really don't care.
--Mich. State at Northwestern. Northwestern has no defense. Decent offense. Mich. State has a similar team, but has played a better schedule. I think Mich. State is the better team. I did try to convince a few people before the season that Northwestern was better than they thought. Not great. Not top 25. But better than they were getting credit for.
--No idea what will happen with N. Carolina/Notre Dame. Carolina is raw, but very well coached. Notre Dame is talented and getting better and actually not that well coached. Anything can happen. I am rooting for Carolina.
--Tulsa/SMU. Agree. The o/u might be 90 in this one. SMU can't stop anyone. And June Jones has a crappy team but is still trying to fling the ball all over the place, so they do score some points when they get into shootouts.
--I am not sure about this. LSU is the most reliable thing in college football, year after year. I'll call this a pick em.
--OK. State -- Missouri is going to be a great game. I think Missouri is for real. A legit Top 5 team. I expect them to win, and I think Ok. State is a quality team.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern Wrong
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

And I feel sorry for all those on deadline if SMU-Tulsa is a night game.

 

[deskslave]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern Wrong
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

And I feel sorry for all those on deadline if SMU-Tulsa is a night game.

It is, but unless you work for the Tulsa World, are you really worrying about getting it in?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern Wrong
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

And I feel sorry for all those on deadline if SMU-Tulsa is a night game.

It is, but unless you work for the Tulsa World, are you really worrying about getting it in?

Well no. But you still have to stay til the game is over.

 

[mustangj17]

I am by no means a State fan, but yeah they will win Saturday. And so much for the home field advantage. There are so many MSU transplants in Chicago the place will be crawling with Spartans. My tailgate group is with 270 people. Six bus loads full. I'm just hoping for a good game; and lots of free booze.

 

[slappy4428]

Sparty is not a fraud. Sparty doesn't know how to win with any kind of consistency... And Sparty chokes in games it shouldn't. A fraud fails to win big games.

 

[Freelance Hack]

What's the over on OSU-Mizzou? 80?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Michigan State's record in games before/after Oct. 15 since 2000:

2007 — 5-2/2-4
2006 — 3-4/1-4
2005 — 4-2/1-4
2004 — 3-3/2-4
2003 — 6-1/2-4
2002 — 3-3/1-5
2001 — 3-1/4-4
2000 — 3-3/2-3

At least they're consistent ...

 

[slappy4428]

Tis the charm that is Sparty football

 

[Freelance Hack]

Michigan State's record in games before/after Oct. 15 since 2000:

2007 — 5-2/2-4
2006 — 3-4/1-4
2005 — 4-2/1-4
2004 — 3-3/2-4
2003 — 6-1/2-4
2002 — 3-3/1-5
2001 — 3-1/4-4
2000 — 3-3/2-3

At least they're consistent ...

And John L. gives a great explanation for that...

http://www.faniq.com/video/John-L-Smith-halftime-meltdown-YouTube-4261,1,327/team_recent

 

[Songbird]

Starts with that Sun Belt showdown between Troy and Florida Atlantic tomorrow and goes from there. Some story lines:

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.
--Winner of Texas-OU will go to Big 12 title game. Sooners are just too loaded for the Longhorns.
--Minnesota at Illinois: Reality hits. Sorry, Zeke.
--Michigan State at Northwestern: The Who's the Fraud? Bowl. Answer will be Northwestern
--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.
--Tulsa will score at least 63 against SMU
--I think Wisconsin beats Penn State
--I think Florida beats LSU
--I think take the over on Oklahoma State-Missouri

Clemson v. Wake: Great game. Clemson could wallop them.
Okie v. Texas: Take the over.
Minnesota v. Illinois: Last-second field goal.
Michigan State-Brainiac U.: Sparty wins by 14.
Notre Dame won't score a point on Carolina.
Tulsa might score 85 vs. SMU
Penn State scores 40-plus on Wiscy
Florida-LSU ... eh, who cares.
Okie State v. Mizzou: Could be 63-62.

 

[prezclinton]

Penn State all the way. Wisky can't score, or stop running QBs.

 

[jps]

--North Carolina is the host in what will be the Notre Dame's a Fraud Bowl.

dools, please don't make it a bowl game. the Irish can't win one of those, no matter what color their uniforms are. I'm still hoping here.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

--On Thursday, Clemson has a chance to show it's not total fraud when it goes to Wake Forest. Seeing a close one here.

--I think Clemson is a huge disappointment. Wake is Wake. They are overachievers. I don't think this game proves anyone is a fraud. Wake lost to Navy. Clemson should be a top 10 team, but they won't be. I respect Wake, because they do what they can with what they have. Have trouble respecting Clemson.

Yet Clemson, at least the arrogant fanbase, has no trouble refusing to respect Wake Forest. Arrogant ... and baseless arrogance at that.

Hoping Wake Forest runs the Tigers into the FieldTurf in Winston-Salem ...

 

[TrooperBari]

Texas Tech will hang 70 on Nebraska ... again.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Texas Tech will hang 70 on Nebraska ... again.

Yup. Mike Leach might really have some fun this week. And if some people thought Graham Harrell's stats against K-State looked like something from a video game ...

 

[TrooperBari]

Texas Tech will hang 70 on Nebraska ... again.

Yup. Mike Leach might really have some fun this week. And if some people thought Graham Harrell's stats against K-State looked like something from a video game ...

'Fun' is the key word, I think. I don't think Leach is malicious or has anything particular against Nebraska. Putting up huge numbers is just fun.