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Meriweather seemed to do little else than catch interceptions which, while useful, is not all he had to do. Still alot of them were awesome interceptions.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Story So Far...
I am more suprised that Brandon Tate has gone, always liked him... luckily I didnt get my new Jersey with Tate on the back! ha!
Tavon Austin just scored a sensational 100 yard return in the Marshall @ West Virginia game. Great return!
Warnings about weather on the scoreboard though, so looking a bit sketchy as to whether it will finish tonight or not!
Sure enough, play suspended. Quite an impressive looking storm though :greengrin
What did you all think about the first weekend back for College Football then?
I thought it was quite good, I thought ESPN could have shown better Live games in the evening though.
I managed to watch Baylor win, Ohio St. the first half of the USC game, Boise St and the Oregon game (on the sunday afternoon).
Bring on the NFL :thumbsup:
Quietly impressed, though no real upsets to speak of (other than Baylor beating TCU).
Was disappointed that I didn't get to see 4 quarters of Michigan football, but I was delighted to note that we're an evening game vs Notre Dame next week - 8pm KO (Eastern Time) and live nationally on ESPN. We arrive in Orlando at around 4pm, so plenty of time to get settled in and organised to watch it.
From a personal pov pretty gutted to have lost to unranked opponents at home having outgained them 2 yards to 1 on offense. Failure to execute at critical moments ie picks in the redzone is what cost us. Might get a hiding in Ann Arbour next week sad to say
Hard to say really - didn't see enough of us to say for certain, though our weakest aspect was our D last year and they looked pretty tight, but then again, the quality of opposition wasn't quite on a par with Notre Dame.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFC
I have a wee confidence, as we're at home and have a decent record against you in recent years, but "optimism" and "Michigan Football" aren't words I use in sequence too often :wink:
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...gland-patriots
God, I hope not...
If we got the 2007 Randy Moss then I would love it...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Story So Far...
... And I could wear my old Jersey again...
I watched the Miami @ Maryland game last night and 2 things stuck in my head.
1. How mad is Marylands kit
2. That RB for Miami is really fast (See his TD)
One Day to go. Friday off work. Can't wait for some saints football. Looks like a hard game for us but beating green bay would set us up for a good season.
Green Bay Packers hosting the New Orleans Saints in the new season opener :thumbsup: a mouthwatering match up between the last 2 super bowl victors, really looking forward to this game, just thought i would get in there first :wink:
Definite all nighter tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lupo
Good coverage on the TV actually. Saints @ Packers tomorrow night on SS2, and Steelers @ Ravens and Giants @ Redskins on SS3 on Sunday night followed by Cowboys @ Jets on Channel 4. Last televised game I can see is Patriots @ Dolphins on ESPN on Monday night. Anything shown on British TV that I have missed out?
Sunday is gonna be a decent day, the Hibs game followed by three NFL matches. Nothing like a birthday night out in front of the TV!
Can't wait to the start tonight. Although it's never easy to do it 2 years in a row I think the packers may just pull it off. They had 10 players on the injured reserve list last year when they won it so will be looking much stronger this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lupo
Can't rule out the 'dream team' though :greengrin
Go Pack!
i'm working tomorrow, so i will be avoiding this thread and the score until i have watched the game :thumbsup:
I'll be recording it and watching it tomorrow morning - as excited as I am about the new season getting underway, I don't especially want to suffer from jetlag BEFORE leaving for the USA on Saturday morning.
Fancy the Packers tonight in what should be a good game.
Also just noticed that the Superbowl is to be honest in Indianapolis this year, so the extra incentive for the Pats to get there :greengrin
As the season is about to go, maybe a good time to get the predictions in...
NFC East Winners: Philadelphia Eagles
NFC North Winners: Green Bay Packers
NFC West Winners: St Louis Rams
NFC South Winners: Atlanta Falcons
NFC Wild Card 1: Dallas Cowboys
NFC Wild Card 2: New Orleans Saints
NFC Championship Winners: Green Bay (over Philadelphia)
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AFC East Winners: New York Jets
AFC North Winners: Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC West Winners: San Diego Chargers
AFC South Winners: Houston Texans
AFC Wild Card 1: New England Patriots
AFC Wild Card 2: Baltimore Ravens
AFC Championship Winners: Baltimore (over Houston)
Superbowl Champions: Green Bay
MVP: Aaron Rodgers
NFC
East: Philly
North: Green Bay
South: Atlanta
West: St Louis
Wildcard: NY Giants & Chicago
Eagles over the Packers
AFC
East: New England
North: Pittsburgh
South: Houston
West: San Diego
Wildcard: Baltimore & NY Jets
Steelers over the Jets (again)
Superbowl: Eagles
MVP: Michael Vick
Following this Texas A&M story with interest as it could have a big effect on all of the NCAA (Basketball included)
:I'm waiti:wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Story So Far...
With the amount of new additions we've made, I can't see us launching out of the traps - our off-season is somewhat confirming that we're not a fully settled team yet. I don't know why, I just fancy that we won't win the conference, though I can see us coming good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
I'd love to be wrong, obviously :greengrin
This should be an awsome match - i recon that the packers will win but it will definately not be an easy game for them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lupo
i have been lost at the weekends without my weekly NFL fix :greengrin
YES! IT IS HERE! FINALLY! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::aok::aok::aok::thum bsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Ya Beauty!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
Good start, Rogers picking up where he left off!
Mason Crosby is my fantasy team kicker so I'll take a few FGs for the Pack tonight!
Didnt we have the same "problem" last season with the amount of Rookies..? :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Story So Far...
Awesome opening drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by S.mouse
Great start to this for GB. Saints looking a bit shaky.
EDIT!!! Touchdown Saints. 14-7 pack.
Sproles is playing brilliantly! 17-21 to the Pack.
28-17 to the pack at half time.
38yd FG 28-20 to the pack.
108 yard kick return, despite being flipped upside down! Debut game for the rookie Rando Cobb! Unreal!
35-20 to the packers!
Apparently Cobb is the first player born in the 90's to play in the NFL?
35-27 to the pack.
Another TD, Wells, to make it 42-27. Rodgers over 300 passing yards late into the 3rd.
42-34 to the pack, brilliant score from brees.
Thoroughly enjoyable first game. Has certainly set a high benchmark for the season! Fantastic ending too!
Great game!
Cobb looks as though he will be an awsome player! - cant believe that he ran the ball when he was 8 yards in his own endzone - he is a brave ladd http://www.hibs.net/images/smilies/not%20worthy.gif from now on - the kickers will be doing their best to keep it away from himQuote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
Great defensive stop by the packers in the last seconds of play as well. It was an exciting game - lets hope it continues through out the season
The kick off return TD from Green Bay was sensational and the game itself was a superb opener.
Looking forward to watching more on Sunday, hopefully in Orlando, travel issues pending...
Just watched it, well my sky+ cut off with 5 mins left lol
Good game, what a kick off return!!
saints were good though and Ingram and sproles are going to be big players for them.
The pack just slotted right back in where they left off!
if anyone missed it http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/amer...l/14861832.stm :wink:
Is anyone else having problems loogging in? Half the time I can't get in and the other I'm just getting the top of the threads and can't read them :confused:.
Who's watching football and what games you watching? Been watching the Buckeyes game as usual and I got to say that Toledo really look quite good. Our O is having a mare though and Bauserman is killing us, he's playing proper kite. Miller hasn't had a sniff all game :confused:.
Jesus, this really is some squeaky bum time stuff.
OH, OH. This is some scary stuff. We might actually lose this.
OH my, that was some scary stuff. We got out of jail there. Shocking display from our O and I'd be really surprised if we see Bauserman start next week. Still a wins a win but all credit to Toledo. They really surprised me and they look a real good team. Any how I'm off cause the forum is doing my head in, still can't read the threads. Can't even read what I'm posting :greengrin.
Ohio St. Held on in the end :greengrin
I'm just going to watch the Penn St game. I wanted to see the Michigan game but i'll be in my kip for the football tomorrow and i'll be on my way to the Hibs game when the replay is on..... aw well.
Go Irish, up by 7 and on the ball :aok:.
Ha Ha their in again. 14-0 to the Irish.
I'm still not working, anyone any ideas.
Half time. Notre Dame up 17-7.
Time for bed.
Michigan Win lol
WTF!!!
Ravens routing the Steelers and Colts getting stuffed as well!
can someone PM me a link where to watch games, my usual ones dont seem to be working...
Apologies for the thread hijack. I know very little about college football.
I'm in North Carolina for 10 days in October.
Would it be worth going to see Miami @ The Tar Heels ? They play at Chapel Hill while I'm there. I'm not sure if either of them are any good.
Cheers :aok:
That sounds like a good game TBH. Neither are currently considered top teams at the moment but both are capable of some good Football and a good atmosphere.Quote:
Originally Posted by thekaratekid
The Colts are nothing without Peyton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Look at The Bills today - absolutely killing the Chiefs.
The Bills have totally ducked my fantasy team this week.
Are you guys all working OK? I'm still proper ducked and can't read the threads. Means I'm totally restricted in what I can see or do so for the moment I'm only using this thread on here. If any of you are computer minded can you private message me how I can get back to being able to read the threads.
Time for the big boys to come out and play :greengrin. The season starts here. Let's go Gang Green :thumbsup:.
J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS :flag:
Dez Bryant is ripping us a new one.
I have to say I was not expecting the Bills score... Cant wait for the highlights on that bad boy!
The best score this game day? It has to be the Colts. :greengrin
DH, I had the problem a couple days ago, I had to keep signing in and it kept saying I had my password wrong or signing me out. It stopped after 2 or 3 days?
Sanchez struggling as usual :rolleyes:.
I'm more worried about Cromartie on Austin. Jets are notorious for starting slowly.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Half time, 10-7 Cowboys :grr:
Half time, 10-7 Cowboys :grr:
What a game, what a game. That's why you gota love football. 14 down in 4th we score a 50 yard field goal with 27secs to go TO WIN 27-24 :thumbsup:. I need to go to my bed. Amazing.
Thought Romo had a cracking game though.
I'm far too wound up to go to bed now after that! Must admit that I'm liking the new pass happy Jets, the only way Sanchez is going to work out his accuracy issues is by letting him throw! Plus I'm still not sold on Greene at RB.
Revis was the standout tonight, Bryant wasn't in the game after his TD.
Special mention for LT too for some clutch third down plays!!
That 99 yarder from Welker has just cost me my Fantasy NFL fixture :grr:
Pats looking pretty decent though.
Was it good? i watched all the build up then it was bed for me :dummytit:Quote:
Originally Posted by S.mouse
The Redskins beating the Giants was a pretty major surprise. Could the most unfancied team in the NFL actually challenge the NFC East hierarchy?
Another predictable start from Seattle, losing to the powderpuff 49ers in the useless West. The Seahawks have decided not to bother with the quarterback position this year. I mean, who is this guy and what has he done to earn a starting jersey in the NFL?
http://www.seahawks.com/team/roster/...-54317e15816a/
Watched the highlights and we look really poor this year. Five sacks was just cringeworthy, the offensive line may as well not have turned up at times. The problem is we don't even have strength in the other areas of the team to compensate for not having a top quality QB.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
You know you've had a nightmare of a result when people are saying Alex Smith has had a decent game against you!Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Aye, that fella is rubbish!Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
Good result against Miami for the Pats last night, good start to the season and Brady setting another team record for yards passed, 517 I think? What is the league record? Favre probably has it.
Still laughing at the Indiannapolis Mannings result! :greengrin
Soz mate, haven't been able to read the threads last couple of days so just noticed this. Hope you got sorted, will post you links once i've ate me dinner for future ref.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Dam, wish I knew you were on the other night. Would have got you to join me on the game forum on NFLUK. Place was full of Cowboys but we had some good crack and talked some good football. Got to agree with you about Greene. Hopefully he will come good but on the plus side we've got LT so all isn't lost. Thought he was one of our better players again on Sunday. My main concerne is Sanchez, I just can't see it. Fair does, for him to work on it he has to throw the ball but the Cowboys didn't have any fit corner backs on the field and he was still dodgy at times. He's gonna struggle against better teams so think we need to go back to the running game, which again brings up the Greene issue. Not happy with Revis either. I realize QB try to avoid him but think he has to do more than he has since he signed his contract. In saying that, I can't believe Cro is on $32 million. Bryant was injured by the way so god nows what would have happened if he was fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
Make no mistake about it, although it was a cracking game to watch we got lucky but in Rex we trust and I just love it that under him we never know when we are beat. Our previous teams would have lost that game :agree:.
...and we have the Steelers next week, who we wont be able to run the ball against either:rolleyes: Maybe we should just go old skool on them and let the halfback take the snap and play without a QB.Quote:
Originally Posted by S.mouse
I see the same referee from the infamous Seattle-Pittsburgh Superbowl is doing the same game next week. Hopefully he'll try and even things out...maybe give us some non-existent pass interference calls this time:grr: I can see the Steelers winning pretty heftily though.
Pats-Packers Superbowl. Its obvious already.
TSSF whenever u read this well done to the Wolverines beating the Irish ill put the michigan logo on my avy when ur back on
I liked what I saw from Sanchez on Sunday, especially the plays leading up to the Keller TD - I'm not too concerned at this stage. The Dallas D threw everything at him, especially with the way Turner played, and he coped pretty well. Reading Rex's comments it looks like we'll be using the running game a lot more against Jacksonville so let's see Greene step up then. I just can't see any fault with Revis, he's a shut down corner and got us the interception which won us the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
A cracking 100 points for my Alex Smith-led fantasy team and I still lost my match up!
Not a great start for ND!! Hopefully your school underperform like this when the Big East starts back up! One of my favourite games last year was our match up against your lot at the Garden! Sheer dominance!Quote:
Originally Posted by CFC
2 close defeats, just arent making our own luck. Yeah not looking like a good year for the hoops team either losing ben hansborough to graduation and one of our best recruits lost his sight in one eye in a game this summer by accident so won't play for us (good thing is nd will honour the scholarship).Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
All hopes on pat connaughton!
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0802/bos_patcts_200.jpg
From reading a few match reports there were a lot of positives to take from the game, but our weak areas are gonna cost big point concessions.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
2006 was before my time as a football fan but from reading about that match it sounds like we'll need refereeing equally as dodgy to do something on Sunday afternoon.
NFLUK Fantasy football starts this week. Each weekly winner goes into a draw to win a trip to the superbowl :thumbsup:. The weekly winner also wins a copy of Madden 12 and a jersey of your choice. Very easy to play and a good way of starting to get into fantasy football.
You can still start a team?Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
It's weekly mate. Real easy to play. Basically you have $18 million each week to fill your team. I say team, it's the QB, 2X WR's, 2X RB's a TE, Kicker and a D. As long as you stay in budget you can change the whole team every week to suit the match ups and if everyone picks the same players it's cool (No draft). Have a look. Worth signing up cause it only takes one good week and your in with a chance of winning a trip to the superbowl :aok:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
I will do mate, are you on there?Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
There's a few of us on there, Ayrshire being one. Don't know if he plays though. The beauty of the game is that even if you didn't sign up to the last week of the regular season and won that week your in the draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
Forgot to say, there's 100s of Patsies on there so you will feel right at home .:na na:
That was my next question :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
How do folk rate LSU?
They were getting a lot of praise regarding the defense but rely a bit too much on the running game on offense.
I thought they looked good against oregon but I don't know if they will be able to stop more physical teams.
Did you get signed up? Rem it's weekly so if you miss out this week there's still another 14 chances to win :greengrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
I had a look but didnt sign up yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Pitt and syracuse have just applied to join the ACC. The consolidation of college into the ACC, SEC, Pac12+ more and BigTen+more is afoot.
Bad news for the Big East - I wonder if they'll try and get a few mid-west schools, the likes of Kansaa and Kentucky to join. What chances Notre Dame deciding to join that football conference? Is it more profitable for them to be an independent?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFC
Yeah I'm not happy about it, I love the Big East basketball league. Kentucky won't leave the SEC and Kansas would be a long shot..............this conference realignment is really like a domino effect when colleges start to leave conferences it triggers others to do likewise in a "run to the lifeboats" type way. Everyone is scared of being stuck in a declining, weak and therefore less lucrative conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by AyrshireHibs
I think it is more profitable for Notre Dame to remain independent cos they get have their own TV contract which they don't have to share with anybody. More than likely I can see Notre Dame ending up in the Big 10 though, geographically it just makes sense.
so, why is everyone leaving the Big East?
Its not really a powerhouse football conference (only 9 teams from the Big East field a football team) and football is by far the bigger of the 2 college sports (more than basketball). Then, there is a precedent for this: Miami and Virginia Tech defected to the ACC in the mid 2000's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Like I said its like a domino effect, once one college looks like leaving the others start to worry about what moves they will have to make lest they end up in a declining or weak conference. We've seen that this summer with Colorado and Nebraska leaving the Big 12 whcih caused Texas AM to apply to join the SEC.
If I were a betting man I'd say that the Big East and Big 12 are living on borrowed time.
So what do you think the future holds then? I have heard super conferences mentioned. Some presenters on ESPN have also mentioned NFL style play offs in the near future
Agree re: super conferences, they will be ACC, SEC, Big10 and Pac12.
Michigan now 3-0, I know TSSF is happy.
on my game day picks i thought i picked Clemson, i went back to the facebook app to see how i was doing and realised i picked Auburn :rolleyes:
Mon the Irish, need to beat the Spartans, also mon Tennessee, beat the Gators!
is there a .net prediction league? Also, how do you access the picks on facebook? ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
http://www.facebook.com/collegegamedayQuote:
Originally Posted by CFC
like the page, then click on Saturday Selections down the left. Its too late for this week though.
no there is no .net prediction league
We don't kick off till 12.30 :boo hoo:. Gonna be a long night.
thanks gatecrasher will do that for next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
:aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by CFC
I thought Tennessee would give the Gators more of a game than this. TBF Florida look decent
And with that tennsessee throw an interception
Their opening 5 games are a given and they should go 5-0 easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFC
Jets are kicking ***. Already 9 points up. Playing in the old Titans jersey's as well which is nice :thumbsup:.
Cam Newton is killing us :rolleyes: