New Year's Day Games Open Thread
Kinda surprised there wasnt one already as there is always good discussion going on about the games on tv
Auburn 14, NW End of First
NW taking it to them. have had little trouble moving the football. But, 2 INTs....including a that went back 100 yards for a score the other way put them in a hole. They responded, forced a three and out and are the move when the quarter ended.
I have NW +9, so I am pulling for the Purple
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NW certailny isn't doing the Big Ten any favors so far. I hope you win your bet; if nothing else, it would certainly look better for the BT.
Misdemeanor State University: dominating instate recruiting one criminal at a time.
I feel like Northwestern is hanging with them and maybe even outplaying them a little bit, but not enough to overcome the whole that the two picks have put them in.
Pat Fitzgerald's team will not lay down, we know that. If they manage to punch a score in before the half here I think we could have an interesting second half. Really anxious for the other 2 B10 games today, I think they'll be good.
The announcers came to the agreement that Kafka is the best QB in the big ten. I haven't seen much of NW this year but that seems off.
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with the short routes that are NU's bread and butter, and he can run as well as anyone in the conference not named Denard. It's not an outrageous idea, but today he looks confused. The backup, Persa, is talented and may earn a shot today.
as he's been killing the cats. (cue rim shot) I like watching this team, though. Today's just not the Cats' day.
You got to like a QB you can nickname K, or The Castle, The Trial, The Metamorphasis ... I wish the back-up was named Chekov or Doestoevsky or some such. Does Junior Hemingway have a brother who could play on the outside for NU? The all lit team!
EDIT: Maybe is the Cats' day? TD Cats!
DOUBLE EDIT: Tie game. Whoo-wee!
TRIPLE EDIT: Fumbled return! Cats' ball!
Terrible throw to end the half on such a nice drive.
following in the footsteps of Minnesota last night and just finding ways to self-implode.
On a more positive note, how about Mike Leach flat calling out Craig James. Classic.
I have been sick, so this was the first time I heard Leach's comments. All I can say is "Wow." Nice.
Kafka is killing me, a NW win would go a long ways towards winning my bowl pool.
throwing down the flaming spear -
packed house in the gator bowl.
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are wearing home colors - me likey.
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66 yarder...I don't like Northwestern much.
But I hate the S EEEEE Ceeee
Editorial: Heh! to S EEEEEEEEEE Ceeee speed there.
"Those who stay will be Champions" - Bo
aaaand.. we've got a tied game..
I'm rooting for all big ten teams today.. even ohio state.. f- it...
Wow....
"I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet"
NW tied it!?
What happens when two snails get into a fight? They slug it out...
Somehow NU is keeping it close with 5 interceptions
lol Auburn sucks.. how can you be tied after the other team throws 5 picks? and one of them went for a score too!
Auburn back up a TD, as NW keeps letting them convert 3rd and longs into big plays (sounds eerily familiar, don't it?)
When you're on, you're really fucking on.
bah.. it's over..
those 5 picks did end up costing NW a lot..
Lol at those penalties on LSU...
Les Miles' teams aren't known for their discipline.
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70 times?
I thought the arena league was defunct.
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HPLY CRAP tied game! faked end around to Brewer, throws to a free guy for the tying two point conversion!
EDIT: AND AUBURN FUMBLES ON THE KO RETURN!
GO NW!
When you're on, you're really fucking on.
Best 2 pt conversion play.....EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
Wildcats! I think that conversion was probably more complicated than it needed to be, but as long as it works.
Now don't flipping squib kickoff
omfgomfg I've never cheered that hard for a non-Michigan school..
I'm a N'western fan whenever they don't play us now
OMFG AND THEY FOLLOW THAT WITH A FORCED FUMBLE
DIVINE INTERVENTION
and he fumbles it - what a game!
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This game is getting insane
or at least you can't overturn it.
I wish ESPN weren't spoiling this fantastic game with their incessant pimping of the WVU-Purdue basketball game
Agreed about the WVU-Purdue game
Where'd you get that spread? I got 7.5 (and it's gone down to 7). So neddless to say, the missed extra point was...annoying. But looking pretty good right now. :-)
...I have shown him...a man without hope...is a man without fear...
it was 8.5 last night. that was the line i used for the bowl chronicles post.
but, it was 9 this morning about an hour before kickoff when I went to be it. I am really glad the +7.5 didnt come back to bite you. Here's to NW!!!
the LSU/PSU line was also goofy.....what line do you have that one at?
Again.....at sportsbook.com, I am sitting on PSU +1.5
It was PSU favored by a couple the whole way. But, then -1 last night....but all morning action came in on LSU. I got PSU +1.5 when i bet it during halftime of the Aub/NW game, so really just a few minutes before kick. More money still came in on LSU, since it actually closed at LSU -2.
Looking at the score of the game, whoa. bizarre
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Aw, you gotta make your picks before the bowl season starts... ;-)
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overtime.
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jesus.. there's no way they get this far and then lose in overtime..
Northwesty Noooooooooo!
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- Vince Lombardi
instead of getting more yardage for a shorter field goal, that suggests to me a little lack of faith in your kicker.
Which lack of faith appears to be justified.
At least NW's punter will no longer be involved in this game
wide...
fcuk.
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We wouldn't even be at this juncture if that retarded DLineman hadn't grabbed the QB's facemask..
ess eee cee players.. loads of speed.. no brains..
way to hold them. Now comes Kafka's redemption to finish the story....or pick 6 (and I don't mean returned for a TD)
I love the way he plays. He's one of my favorite non-Michigan players.
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- Jack Handey
he was clearly down.
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illegal bat of the ball - you don't see that one every day.
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Illegal bat? I've always wondered why offensive players don't just bat the ball out of bounds instead of trying to jump on it.
I also don't think that was a catch, he didn't even take a step before it starts getting stripped.
Game over.
Edit: Looks like his elbow was down and the call should be reversed. That would make it a sack and 2nd down.
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you gotta be kidding me. This had better be overturned - the ground can't cause a fumble anyways - are these sunbelt refs?
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blindly, albeit. But let's see, he cocks his arm behind his head, brings his upper arm forward in a throwing motion, and then extends his forearm and wrist in a throwing motion.
Blatant intentional grounding (had he not been down before he threw it), but I can't believe that no one noticed that it was an (ill-advised) attempted throw.
I'm pretty sure I've never seen that penalty before, didn't even know it existed.