Football Thursday Night: A Stream of Consciousness Review.

by MaconDawg on Aug 31, 2007 9:47 AM EDT in Football

If you're like me, you have an awful lot of things to do to get ready for the first bona fide football weekend of the year. Ergo, you don't have a lot of time to review the happenings of the football Thursday that was. So I present to you a brief stream of consciousness romp through the night that was in college football . . .

LSU 45, Miss. St. 0: Maybe things were better when Sly Croom didn't even try to throw the football. . .There's at least a 20% chance that Sly drunk-dialed Jerious Norwood after the game . . . Michael Henig staying upright long enough to throw 6 interceptions may actually be progress over last season. But if I were him, I would sleep with my door locked for a while. Defensive players can be vengeful when they get blamed for giving up 45 points, and don't think it's their fault. . .If you sit still long enough in the cafeteria in Baton Rouge, Glenn Dorsey may chase you down and eat you. Whole. . .

Louisville 73, Murray State 10: So that's what bringing a knife to a gunfight looks like. . .I'm counting down the days until the Falcons select Brian Brohm in the NFL Draft, assuming Joey Harrington doesn't screw things up by, you know, winning football games. . .Every time I see Harry Douglas catch 5 passes for 151 yards, I wince at the fact that we couldn't keep him in state. . .

Boise State 56, Weber St.7: 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. That's akin to a baby seal clubbing which occurred during a gunfight in which one participant is armed only with a knife . . .Ian Johnson is sorta fast . . .Did you hear that he proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend after the Oklahoma game and that they actually got married? Yeah, me too. Over and over and over again . . .

Rutgers 38, Buffalo 3: Ray Rice is Ian Johnson, only single (at least so far as I know). . .Tiquan Underwood had 248 yards receiving in one night. As our leading wide receiver, MoMass had 366 all of last season. . .Rutgers averaged 8.8 yards per snap on offense. Understatement of the Night honors go to Buffalo Coach Turner Gill who sagely noted after the game that "We had a few busts in our coverage." Ya think?

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Murray State

Last year, they went 1-10 in Div I-AA. Including giving up 49 points to Jax State, 51 to East Kentucky, and 42 to UT-Martin.

In their win over Indiana State, they still gave up 40 points. That was a really, really bad team.

Not sure if you saw any of the highlights, but there were two long TDs to Douglas where there wasn't a defender within 20-30 yards of him when he caught it.

There are Div II teams that could put up 30 or 40 on the Commonwealth of Murray.

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by Paulwesterdawg on Aug 31, 2007 10:56 AM EDT reply actions

Good point PWD . . .

Frankly I was surprised they scored 10. Actually I was flipping back and forth between that game on ESPNU and LSU/Missy St.on the main channel. Obviously the latter was far more compelling, at least to start.

And the score was somewhat misleading. Murray State's players appeared to give up very early. I suppose that's how you go 1-10 at any level of football.

by MaconDawg on Aug 31, 2007 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Other Games

Two other games of note. Utah lost to Oregon State, and also lost their QB and RB to injury (Sean over at BlockU is going crazy.)

Also, the Gene Chizek era got off with a dud as Iowa State fell to Kent State.

by AdamN on Aug 31, 2007 12:48 PM EDT reply actions

Two things about L.S.U.-M.S.U.:

That was the most competitive game you will ever see that ends with a final score of 45-0. As MaconDawg noted, Michael Henig threw six interceptions in a performance reminiscent of Quincy Carter against South Carolina in 2000. Mississippi State played a good game defensively and Henig got sloppier as the evening wore along. Had the six drives that ended in Henig turnovers instead produced a touchdown, a field goal, and four punts, the Bulldogs might well have won the game.
"The Narrative" was on full display with the diminutive Louisiana State kid---I believe it was Holliday, No. 8---who is "the fastest player in college football." Every time he got the ball it was, "Man, he's fast . . . but he didn't have any blocking on that play. Boy, he's speedy . . . but he didn't have time to showcase his speed." On play after busted play, Chris Fowler insisted upon telling me how great this kid was, in spite of repeated unproductive plays. Just call the game, guys. Leave the editorializing to us amateurs.

by T Kyle King on Aug 31, 2007 7:21 PM EDT reply actions

Three things about Syracuse-Washington:

Could this be the worst booth crew ever? Chris Spielman, who occasionally has his moments, has been in full dufus mode tonight. Colin Cowherd's increasingly tired schtick simply doesn't play well during an actual game (although, admittedly, it is fun to watch him desperately attempt to expand his skill set in order to prolong his broadcast career in the face of his fading relevance in the era of the blogosphere). Sean McDonough is quite simply the surliest member of a profession that includes Mike Gottfried and listening to McDonough carp and moan his way through a game is as pleasurable as sitting next to that guy in the stadium who has disagreed with every play call since 1987. This is a terrible combination.
When ESPN kept cutting away to the guy going after the perfect game, I found myself actively rooting for each successive batter to park one in the cheap seats so we could get back to the dadgum football game. If you want to give me batter-by-batter updates, fine. I tuned in to see college football. Don't show me anything that's not college football.
The question is, "Is Washington better than we thought or is Syracuse worse than we thought?" The answer is, "Yes."

by T Kyle King on Aug 31, 2007 10:39 PM EDT reply actions