Compelling high calibre college football games on broadcast TV today???

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Muse

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I don't follow college football enough to know the rankings etc. Of the games on CBS, ABC, whatever, which are apt to be great games?
 
Ns1

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Dunno but TCU is murdering TX right now - surprised the Longhorns suck so bad this year.
 
GagHalfrunt

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Ns1 said:
Dunno but TCU is murdering TX right now - surprised the Longhorns suck so bad this year.
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Shocking that Texas could suck any year. Given their money and recruiting potential there's no excuse for them to not be top 20 every year.


On paper the games of the day are Alabama at Georgia, Ole Miss at Florida and Notre Dame at Clemson

Bama/Georgia is CBS at 3:30 and ND/Clemson is ABC at 8:00. Not sure about the other one.
 
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GagHalfrunt said:
Shocking that Texas could suck any year. Given their money and recruiting potential there's no excuse for them to not be top 20 every year.


On paper the games of the day are Alabama at Georgia, Ole Miss at Florida and Notre Dame at Clemson

Bama/Georgia is CBS at 3:30 and ND/Clemson is ABC at 8:00. Not sure about the other one.
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Think I heard that Texas had a lot of crazy personnel difficulties recently, not the players but the other people, coaches, athletic director maybe, threw the program into turmoil.

Thanks for the tips, I'll timeshift the Bama/Georgia game. Maybe pick up on the Notre Dame/Clemson game. My DVR software records while I timeshift so I can watch the second game later (even though I'm watching the first game while the second is going on)!
Childs said:
Today we find out if Notre Dame is real.
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Can't say I'm a fan, but what I saw when I tuned in convinced me that they are definitely for real.
 
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GagHalfrunt said:
Or we find out if Clemson is yet another in the endless line of weak, over-rated ACC teams that can't win games against ranked opponents.
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Yeah, Clemson has a tendency to lose the early, high profile statement game. And Notre Dame tends to win early and get ranked too high and lose bad in the bowls. But I think Clemson is better than GT, and Texas is kinda bad now, so this is Notre Dames first real test. If they win at night in Clemson they are probably good enough to deserve their ranking.
 
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Childs said:
Yeah, Clemson has a tendency to lose the early, high profile statement game. And Notre Dame tends to win early and get ranked too high and lose bad in the bowls. But I think Clemson is better than GT, and Texas is kinda bad now, so this is Notre Dames first real test. If they win at night in Clemson they are probably good enough to deserve their ranking.
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Far from excellent but it was the best game I checked out (3 of them): Bama crushed, Indiana failed in the end to upend O State(to be expected), Clemson hung on.
 
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Muse said:
Think I heard that Texas had a lot of crazy personnel difficulties recently, not the players but the other people, coaches, athletic director maybe, threw the program into turmoil.

Thanks for the tips, I'll timeshift the Bama/Georgia game. Maybe pick up on the Notre Dame/Clemson game. My DVR software records while I timeshift so I can watch the second game later (even though I'm watching the first game while the second is going on)!Can't say I'm a fan, but what I saw when I tuned in convinced me that they are definitely for real.
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It stemmed from their hiring of Steve Patterson as their new AD a couple years ago. He is a fiscal-minded AD and immediately changed the financial culture at the school, to the dismay of fans, boosters and players. Nothing elicit, mind you, but raising prices, charging players for meals, ignoring large boosters attention, etc.

Now, throw in ex-coach Mack Browns' laissez-faire attitude with recruiting, particularly at QB, PLUS TCU and Baylor's rise in Texas, and you have what you currently see - a team without a QB leader, with parts that don't fit Charlie Strong's vision, and a fan-base that, while is Texas true, is disengaged due to Patterson's approach and the losing.

Patterson was recently released, but there's still a lot of damage to repair.

I'm not a UT fan, but living in Texas the story seems to be front page every day. Plus, it's just an interesting story to follow.
 
dainthomas

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I'd love to see Navy beat ND next weekend, if for no other reason that to see Keenan Reynolds start to make it into the Heisman conversation.
 
slag

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Anything Notre Dame. Even when they lose, they are a premier team that draws throngs of followers.

Navy won't win.
 
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I'd love to see Navy beat ND next weekend, if for no other reason that to see Keenan Reynolds start to make it into the Heisman conversation.
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that's going to be a great game, however the way ND handled Georgia Tech's offense, I fear that they will be able to bottle up the Midshipmen. That said, Reynold is a better athlete than GT's Thomas, so maybe he can give the Irish more problems than Thomas was able to.
 
dainthomas

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CPA said:
that's going to be a great game, however the way ND handled Georgia Tech's offense, I fear that they will be able to bottle up the Midshipmen. That said, Reynold is a better athlete than GT's Thomas, so maybe he can give the Irish more problems than Thomas was able to.
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More than likely, but one can always hope. One thing about Reynolds I've noticed compared to previous years is that his arm has gotten quite a bit better. Maybe he'll be able to keep ND's defense honest with his arm and break a couple big runs for scores. He had a couple long runs versus Air Force that resulted in scores. Watching him play he kinda reminds me of Wilson.
 
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Lifer
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How about today? A slew of games are on broadcast TV. What's apt to be great?
 
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