It’s the final game of the year!
Oregon versus Auburn for the National Championship.
And this is an open thread!
AND….It’s The Puti’s Birthday!
Posts Tagged ‘ncaa football’
NCAA Championship Open Thread
by coldwarrior ( 223 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread, Sports at January 10th, 2011 - 8:30 pm
NCAA Football Open Thread
by coldwarrior ( 78 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread, Sports at January 1st, 2011 - 11:30 am
Bowl season is upon us. Although I would prefer a playoff for the top 8 or 10 teams and the national championship to be sooner…but oh well.
Today we have these games form ESPN:
| 12:00 PM ET | Northwestern vs. Texas Tech* TICKETCITY BOWL |
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| 1:00 PM ET | No. 16 Alabama vs. No. 9 Michigan State* CAPITAL ONE BOWL |
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| 1:00 PM ET | Florida vs. Penn State* OUTBACK BOWL |
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| 1:30 PM ET | No. 21 Mississippi State vs. Michigan* PROGRESSIVE GATOR BOWL |
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| 4:30 PM ET | No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 TCU* ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY VIZIO |
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| 8:30 PM ET | Connecticut vs. No. 7 Oklahoma* TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL |
‘Bama and MSU looks like a good match up. ANd that Wisconsin v TCU game is going to be HUGE for TCU’s program as they enter Big East play next season. Wisconsin is no slouch, a win for TCU here shuts up the critics permanently.
UPDAT WITH SOME BREAKING PICS
GIANT STORM ON SATURN: Got a telescope for Christmas? Point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s cloudtops. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says veteran planetary photographer Anthony Wesley. “It’s possible that this is the biggest storm on Saturn in many decades.” Here it is recorded by Wesley’s 16-inch telescope on Dec. 22nd:
Instruments on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are picking up strong bursts of radio static. Apparently, lightning is being generated in multiple cells across the storm front. Cassini’s cameras are also beaming back fantastic images of the tempest.
“At it’s current size and brightness, the storm should be visible to anyone with a mid-size scope under steady seeing,” continues Wesley. “This is a great time to be a planetary photographer.” [Sky maps: Dec. 29, 30, 31]
more images: from Fredy Willems of Waipahu, Hawaii; from Glenn Jolly of Gilbert, Arizona; from Christopher Go of Cebu City, Philippines; from Sadegh Ghomizadeh of Tehran, Iran; from Vincent Lao of Pasig City, Philippines
NCAA Football and Saturday Open Thread
by coldwarrior ( 77 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread, Sports at December 18th, 2010 - 11:30 am
Let the Bowl Games Begin…a playoff system would be a lot nicer to have for Christmas…And its an open thread so play nice!
From ESPN
| 2:00 PM ET | Brigham Young vs. UTEP* NEW MEXICO BOWL |
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| 5:30 PM ET | Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State* uDROVE HUMANITARIAN BOWL |
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| 9:00 PM ET | Ohio vs. Troy* R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL |
| 1 | Auburn | 13-0 |
| 2 | Oregon | 12-0 |
| 3 | TCU | 12-0 |
| 4 | Stanford | 11-1 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 11-1 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 11-1 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 11-2 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 10-2 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 11-1 |
| 10 | Boise State | 11-1 |
| 11 | LSU | 10-2 |
| 12 | Missouri | 10-2 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 11-2 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 10-2 |
| 15 | Nevada | 12-1 |
| 16 | Alabama | 9-3 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 9-3 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 10-3 |
| 19 | Utah | 10-2 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 9-4 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 8-4 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 9-3 |
| 23 | Florida State | 9-4 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 10-3 |
| 25 | UCF | 10-3 |
Alabama surprised me with 3 losses. This is why I don’t bet on football.
College Football Thread: GO ARMY BEAT NAVY!
by coldwarrior ( 81 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread, Sports at December 11th, 2010 - 11:30 am
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GO ARMY, BEAT NAVY!!!
That is all.
ESPN is carrying the Division I-AA Playoffs. Doesnt that sound nice, NCAA playoffs…I have an idea, how about the top 8 teams in Division I go to a playoff that would take 3 weeks to find the real winner, and the rest of the teams can go to bowl games? Throw some revenue sharing in there and hey bingo…playoffs! I am sure it would also make oodles of cash as well. What are your ideas?
Oh, and there is small trophy getting handed out today in NYC, The Heisman, i think its called. 🙂
Aaaaannnd….I have been calling for the firing of Coach Wannstedt at Pitt since day one, I got my wish, here is an excellent summary of why:
Cook: Wannstedt’s departure for the best
(its the open thread/ sports thread/ for saturday, no reason to wreck all the serious threads with sporting news and trash talk.)
