NFL/NCAA (American Football)

[James.]

I'm definitely giving College Football a proper look this year, especially since my beloved Big East seems to have been decimated due to it!

[Calvin]

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An occasionally amusing and accurate Seattle pre-season analysis here...

http://m.nfl.com/news/0ap10000000531...cinating-team/

An interesting and probably accurate read. However, if the third pre-season game is the important one (and I know you can't read much into pre-season) it is difficult not to be very excited about the Seahawks this year.

[Haymaker]

Mr. Story so far, how much do uconn charge for football and can you go when you aren't a student/ex student?

[Haymaker]

Actually just checked! Hopefully see the huskies play the minutemen next Thursday or my boys at NC state a week next Saturday.

[NOLA]

lots of nfl teams wishing they had no more pre season games to fulfill lol folks seem to be getting injured an awful lot more these days or maybe i never paid much notice before

[Calvin]

TO cut from the Seahawks. No great surprise.

[hibsbollah]

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TO cut from the Seahawks. No great surprise.

Tarvaris traded to Buffalo, Russell Wilson named as starter for week one. Wow.

[NOLA]

how kickers feel in the locker room

[DH1875]

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I'm definitely giving College Football a proper look this year, especially since my beloved Big East seems to have been decimated due to it!

Going the opposite way this year. For some daft reason I bought a ST for ER this season so will miss a lot of games and have to play catch up when it comes to the Buckeyes. I'm agreeing with everyone else though, The Alabama game on Saturday should be a good one so give it a watch if you can .

[Gatecrasher]

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I'm definitely giving College Football a proper look this year, especially since my beloved Big East seems to have been decimated due to it!

I dont actually "have" a college team and love it as much as the NFL, the atmospheres and rivalry is on another level.

[Gatecrasher]

[Sylar]

Delighted to see we (NE) have secured both Hernandez and Gronkowski to long term deals this week - I believe we have easily the best TEs in the NFL and to have the security of them being there on long contracts is good for the future.

We've also released Gaffney and Stallworth, the first of which comes as a bit of a surprise after a very impressive year with Washington last season.

Clearly we're continuing to turn over our roster and it's great to see so many young players coming through and stepping up. Something not a lot of other NFL teams do with the success we've seen in recent years.

However, I would like to see us secure a prospect QB in one of the drafts in the next few years, giving Brady enough time to develop them into a fine replacement for when he retires.

[DH1875]

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Delighted to see we (NE) have secured both Hernandez and Gronkowski to long term deals this week - I believe we have easily the best TEs in the NFL and to have the security of them being there on long contracts is good for the future.

We've also released Gaffney and Stallworth, the first of which comes as a bit of a surprise after a very impressive year with Washington last season.

Clearly we're continuing to turn over our roster and it's great to see so many young players coming through and stepping up. Something not a lot of other NFL teams do with the success we've seen in recent years.

However, I would like to see us secure a prospect QB in one of the drafts in the next few years, giving Brady enough time to develop them into a fine replacement for when he retires.

Is Welker going to the Colts or is that just a load of P? I've heard it could be on the cards but can't believe it.

[Sylar]

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Is Welker going to the Colts or is that just a load of P? I've heard it could be on the cards but can't believe it.

There's certainly chat that this could be his last season and the fact that they haven't offered him a longer term deal yet suggests he could move on soon.

End of this season and it wouldn't surprise me if the Patriots traded him for a first round draft pick.

[DH1875]

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There's certainly chat that this could be his last season and the fact that they haven't offered him a longer term deal yet suggests he could move on soon.

End of this season and it wouldn't surprise me if the Patriots traded him for a first round draft pick.

End of the season maybe, but I'm hearing it could happen now. Think about it all that baffels me is its the Colts.

[DH1875]

Wayne Hunter . Thank duck for that.

[James.]

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Wayne Hunter . Thank duck for that.

Can't believe another team was willing to take him - guess Smith has been just as big a headache for the Rams. Hopefully he can be the next Maybin for us. Oh and now we have the 2nd, 5th, 11th picks from that 2009 draft.

[Sylar]

Here we go!

The NCAA 2012 season for the University of Connecticut Huskies gets underway in half an hour against Massachusetts

Going to watch the #9 ranked South Carolina against Vanderbilt in the half hour leading up to that though.

[Sylar]

Having been up since 6am yesterday, I knew I'd crumble but glad I got to see the first Huskies TD of the year, up 7-0 on UMass. Will catch the rest of the game in the morning.

Zzzz...

[Haymaker]

FOOTBALL!

UCONN are destroying right now.

[Sylar]

Brilliant start Huskies!

UConn 37-0 UMass

UMass aren't a brilliant team, but you can only beat who's in front of you and it happened comfortably! Not sure what I make of the constant QB rotation mind you...it's either genius or stupid.

[Sylar]

#9 South Carolina 17-13 Vanderbilt
UConn 37-0 UMass

I doubt the rest will be of interest

Final games of the NFL pre-season last night too (some over the course of the week...) and not many of us on here can have much cause to feel great if we take the pre-season scores seriously. Personally, I'm not overly concerned, as we've rested most of our starters more often than not, which is probably the case for most, though I do know a lot of teams have run at least one full game with their entire starting roster. That's not something we've done, which is both encouraging and worrying, as we've not been blown away by anyone but by the same token, we've not had a full game together yet.

New England 3-6 NY Giants
Tampa Bay 3-30 Washington
Miami 13-30 Dallas
Atlanta 14-24 Jacksonville
NY Jets 10-28 Philadelphia
Buffalo 32-38 Detroit
Kansas City 3-24 Green Bay
New Orleans 6-10 Tennessee
Cincinnati 16-20 Indianapolis
Baltimore 17-31 St Louis
Carolina 16-17 Pittsburgh
Minnesota 24-28 Houston
Chicago 28-20 Cleveland
San Diego 3-35 San Francisco*
Oakland 3-21 Seattle
Denver 16-13 Arizona

*I am heartened by my decision to take the San Francisco defense for my fantasy side as they've consistently looked solid in pre-season, keeping scores against low

[DH1875]

Not really been focused on pre-season. What's happening with the strike? Are the games being refereed by NFL officials or NCAA. Should be interesting first couple of weeks once the season starts.

[James.]

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Not really been focused on pre-season. What's happening with the strike? Are the games being refereed by NFL officials or NCAA. Should be interesting first couple of weeks once the season starts.

So you won't have heard that Greg McElroy is our new starting QB No idea where these 'replacement officials' are coming from.

[Sylar]

#13 Michigan State 17-13 #24 Boise State
San Jose State 17-20 #21 Stanford

[Gatecrasher]

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#13 Michigan State 17-13 #24 Boise State
San Jose State 17-20 #21 Stanford

i have to admit after Kellen Moore left Boise i didnt expect anything from them against Michigan State.

The live action starts at 1400 today with Notre Dame V Navy in Ireland with the big one Michigan v Alabama after midnight

[DarrenSQH]

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Delighted to see we (NE) have secured both Hernandez and Gronkowski to long term deals this week - I believe we have easily the best TEs in the NFL and to have the security of them being there on long contracts is good for the future.

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After Jimmy Graham of course.

[Sylar]

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i have to admit after Kellen Moore left Boise i didnt expect anything from them against Michigan State.

The live action starts at 1400 today with Notre Dame V Navy in Ireland with the big one Michigan v Alabama after midnight

I actually got rid of ESPN a few months ago as a cost cutting exercise. Was quite happy to see it's being offered as free for the next 3 months!

Notre Dame go in front against Navy.

ND 6-0 Navy

TD and a missed FG.

[Sylar]

Second TD for Notre Dame. Far too easy

ND 13-0 Navy

[Sylar]

End of the first and it's ND 13-0 Navy...

I just actually remembered Hibs are playing today about 5 minutes ago. Completely go off football when the NCAA/NFL is on!