College Football 2010: So it begins

[Guynemer]

First down, 46 yards to go...

[Guynemer]

No timeouts left. 1:29, 40 yards...

First down, plus a late hit! They'll have it on the 12 it looks like...

[Guynemer]

Incomplete. 2nd and 10 from the 13, 1:14 remaining.

TOUCHDOWN BRONCOS!

[Guynemer]

Wow, that missed XP looms large now. 33-30, Boise State, 1:09 remaining.

Hokies still have two timeouts, not over yet, not by a longshot.

[Guynemer]

Incidentally, not real pleased with the Broncos' new uniforms.

[Guynemer]

Hokies will start on their 35. At least 30-35 yards to get into FG range (~50yds), although their kicked missed a 34 yarder earlier.


Incomplete on the bomb on 1st down, terrific coverage downfield.

[Guynemer]

Sacked for a loss of one. Timeout Hokies.

3rd and 11 with 0:46 left, one timeout remaining.

[Guynemer]

Incomplete; couldn't tell if that was a bad throw, or if the LB tipped it. 4th and 11.


Desperation--incomplete down the sideline. There was contact, but no flag. Good no-call, I think, but could've gone either way.



Final score:

Boise State 33
Virginia Tech 30



Wow. I didn't think they'd be able to pull it off.

[H Tower]

I'm afraid it does.

The PAC10 isn't that bad. Just because USC isn't a NT contender this year doesn't mean there are some very good teams in the conference.

[Guynemer]

Lots to look forward to in Week 2; in no particular order:

Miami at Ohio State
Penn State at Alabama
Michigan at Notre Dame
Florida State at Oklahoma

Those are the main courses, but there are a number of intriguing appetizers:

Georgia at South Carolina
Auburn at Mississippi State
Georgia Tech at Kansas (are the Jayhawks really that bad?)
South Florida at Florida
Iowa State at Iowa
Colorado at Cal
BYU at Air Force
Oregon at Tennessee
Stanford at UCLA


I might get bedsores next Saturday.




Just at a glance, I'm taking all the home teams with the exception of Tennessee, Kansas, Air Force, and UCLA. I'm very iffy on those last two, though.

[SlowwHand]

I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

It's going to be a long day for Penn State.

[Guynemer]

The PAC10 isn't that bad. Just because USC isn't a NT contender this year doesn't mean there are some very good teams in the conference.

Agreed. Not sure what Tex is talking about, honestly. Oregon and USC will both be very good-to-excellent, Oregon State is consistently good, and there are usually at least one or two surprise teams to watch out for--possibly Stanford or Cal or Arizona. And one team that is just absolutely laughably awful.

Really, no worse than the Big 12, with three good-to-excellent teams (Horns, Sooners, Huskers), a smattering of who knows teams, and two or three god-awful teams.

[Guynemer]

I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

It's going to be a long day for Penn State.

Almost certainly, but you never know. Especially if Ingram isn't ready to go, and it sounds like he won't, the Lions have a chance. I think the Tide has one or two guys getting suspended, too.

I still fully expect the Tide to roll by double digits at least, but I give Penn State a 10-15% chance of pulling off the upset.

[Guynemer]

Stat of the night:

Virginia Tech is now 1-26 all-time against teams ranked in the top five.

Christ, and I thought Michigan was the definition of anti-clutch.

[SlowwHand]

More positive press for USC.

Sources: Bush to be stripped of Heisman
Reggie Bush is expected to become the first ever to lose the prestigious award, Yahoo! Sports has learned.

The Heisman Trophy Trust is expected to strip former University of Southern California star running back Reggie Bush of college football’s top honor by the end of September, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Bush would become the first player in the 75-year history of the award to have the trophy taken away. The NCAA found major violations in the Trojans’ football program in June and levied serious sanctions against the school.

Two sources close to the Heisman trust said the body’s investigation is coming to a close, and will ultimately concur with the NCAA’s determination that Bush was ineligible during his Heisman-winning season in 2005. Because of that independent conclusion, sources said the trust will relieve Bush of the award and leave the honor for that season vacant. The sources said Bush met with Heisman representatives last month at the New York law offices of Emmet, Marvin & Martin. The sources would not reveal details of that meeting.