September 2, 2010

The Return of the College Football Open Thread

College football is finally back. And thank God. Enough talk about violations, sanctions, transfers, and conference realignment. Time to watch some football. I was going to live blog today's games, but I'll be in and out the entire day. I'm hoping to live blog all of Saturday's games, but I might be going to the Sac State-Stanford game so I don't know about that yet. I'll let everyone know on Friday. Until then enjoy tonight's games, leave comments and don't be a troll.

Announcing schedule courtesy of the506. Also here's this week's Must List.

Presbyterian @ Wake Forest, 6:30- ESPN3.com: Ryan Rose, Warrick Dunn
Rhode Island @ Buffalo, 7:00- Time Warner-Buffalo: Howard Simon, Ruben Brown
Southern Mississippi @ South Carolina, 7:30- ESPN: Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer, Jenn Brown
Minnesota @ Middle Tennessee, 7:30- ESPNU: Anish Shroff, Jay Walker
Marshall @ 2 Ohio State, 7:30- BTN: Eric Collins, Chris Martin, Charissa Thompson
Towson @ Indiana, 7:30- BTN: Matt Devlin, Derek Rackley, Stacey Paetz
Florida A&M @ 13 Miami, 7;30- ESPN3.com: Dave Weekley, Jeremy Bloom
Norfolk State @ Rutgers, 7:30- ESPN3.com: Dave Popkin, Drew Henson
Northern Illinois @ Iowa State, 8:00- FSN Regional: Steve Physioc, Joel Klatt, Jim Knox
15 Pittsburgh @ 24 Utah, 8:30- VS: Joe Beninati, Kelly Stouffer, Lindsay Soto
North Dakota @ Idaho, 9:00- Altitude: Doug Anderson, Brant Boyer
USC @ Hawaii, 11:00- ESPN: Mark Jones, Bob Davie, Robert Smith

108 comments:

  1. Knowing you Keith. You'll probably watch Presbyterian at Wake Forest on ESPN3.

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  2. I'm a sucker for college football.

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  3. Presbyterian sucks. Wake is already up on them 21-0 and there's still five minutes left in the 1st quarter.

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  4. I pity the Golden Gophers fans stuck with Ani-sh Sh-roff & Jay Walker on The U.

    Nice opening drive for the Fighting Favres.

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  5. @RJBO: What about us folks watching South Carolina vs. Southern Miss? We have Craig "Don't put my kid in the wood shed" James calling the game.

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  6. Keith, I wa-sh just talking about the way Ani-sh tal-ksh. Thankfully he's never done a Mets home game.

    Pitt-Utah can't start fast enough because anOSU is stomping The Herd.

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  7. @RJBO: No kidding. This South Carolina-Southern Miss game is already brutal.

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  8. Oh, Dear God........Palmer just said a 2nd and 8 is better than a 2nd and 18.

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  9. Rece on Marshall getting stomped early: "Take your check, take your whupping."

    Michigan tried that with a 1-AA school three years ago, with limited results.

    /still bitter

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  10. @RJBO: I hope you didn't watch PTI yesterday. They mentioned that game because it was the anniversary of that game.

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  11. Heh, that's why I brought it up, Keith.

    The BTN now uses the Fox theme to go to break. I guess they have to remind people who produces the channel...

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  12. I'm glad Davis didn't compare Garcia to Tebow.

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  13. Chris Fowler was perfect on the Thursday Night games.

    For some reason, I set my DVR to record the 2010 Lions NFL Yearbook on WWJ (?) on the 2nd HD channel. What was I thinking?

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  14. Rece: "Rolling double nickels for 55 yards." Was Rece watching the replay of Lithuania-Spain and that screaming British guy?

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  15. Haha...tOSU had a field goal blocked and returned for a touchdown.

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  16. Eric Collins: "Marshall with their first points of the year." Really?

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  17. It's a beautiful world when the Northern Illinois-Iowa State is in HD.

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  18. Comcast here better get there act together. No ESPNU-HD. I can't watch Pammy butcher a game in SD!

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  19. "UCONN is the worst opponent for Michigan to start with."-Craig James

    App State thinks differently.

    /Sorry RJBO

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  20. Ric Flair in South Carolina! WOOOOOOOO!

    No offense taken, Jay.

    Rece: "Our Don Draper look-alike isn't the only one here stylin' and profilin'."

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  21. WOOOOO! Ric Flair at the USC-Southern Miss game.

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  22. Rece: "You guys are making me uncomfortable with this mutual admiration society," as all three laugh themselves to break.

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  23. Quite impressive the Utah student section is so wild without alcohol.

    /Insert Mormon joke

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  24. Loved the video of how Marcus Lattimore punked Stephen Davis right next to him by going to South Carolina instead of Auburn.

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  25. "Kyle Whittingham the pit boss of Utah."-Beninati

    Um, Whittingham doesn't work for a Vegas casino.

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  26. Stouffer: "Dion Lewis is getting up inside of his backside."

    /out of context'd

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  27. Eric Collins: "The QB the last time OSU played Marshall was Justin Zwick. Last in your phone book, first in your heart." Bleh.

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  28. Who knew the Pitt-Utah game would be the boring game?

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  29. Pitt in any incarnation is capable of a clunker.

    /3-0 2008 Sun Bowl

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  30. @RJBO: I along with Oregon State fans are trying to forget about that game.

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  31. Shaky Smithson living up to his name on that punt.

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  32. Beninati: "Two boo-boos (for Shaky Smithson) in this first half."

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  33. Beninati should stick to torturing Capitals fans.

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  34. Why is John Saunders laughing so much because of the Shaky Smithson muffed punt?

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  35. What RJBO? Not a fan of Hitler mustaches?

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  36. Minnesota fans must be thinking, "Thank God for the Twins" right now.

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  37. Keith, Jay Mohr spent a good 20 minutes on that commercial when he filled in for Rome. I haven't laughed at a fill-in host in a long time.

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  38. Camera on the crowd fail after the Utah TD.

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  39. Dr. Mushmouth is back.

    /changes channel

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  40. Frank Beamer would not approve of the special teams in the Pitt-Utah game.

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  41. Wanny graduated first in the class at the Les Miles Clock Management School.

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  42. Eric Crouch in the Versus studio? HA!

    /Roland Williams isn't much better

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  43. Jay Walker: "At times, Kilgore shows that Brett Favre mentality." Bleh.

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  45. Jay Walker should never try to rap. Again. EVER: "My name is Jay Walker and I'm a quarterback. I always go deep, never take the sack. I hit you with the 1st down. I hit you with the end around. At the end of the day, I'm throwin' down. Throwin' down, 'cause that's what I do and oh yeah--"

    Dude should've opened up for Eminem & Jay-Z at Comerica tonight.

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  46. There goes my Big East pick. Pittsburgh already down 10 to Utah.

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  47. @ 49er16: I am sure you enjoyed the Phillies 9-run inning against the Rockies this evening. ;-)

    /Hopes the Phillies bullpen can hold on for the win.

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  48. Wow! I know this 4th preseason game means nothing, but the Raiders are taking the Seahawks to the woodshed. I hope this is a sign of things to come for Week 1.

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  49. Oddly enough, the MINN-MTSU has been the most competitive game of the night. Gophers now lead 24-17, and now they got the ball after a fumbled kickoff return.

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  50. Oy ve. What the heck is South Carolina doing to Southern Mississippi?

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  51. JFein, it's payback for all of the Brett Favre talk on ESPN this summer.

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  52. Beninati: "It's dizzyingly loud in Rice-Eccles Stadium." Que?

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  53. Beninati: "Coaches affectionately refer to Chapman as a chihuahua."

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  54. I am getting ready to burst through my TV screen and kill Brad Lidge.

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  55. Pittsburgh's offensive line is comical.

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  56. Meant to ask, but yea or nea on the new open/transitions for ESPN College Football?

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  57. Awkward fist pound/high five attempt for Mark Jones & Bob Davie!

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  58. @ 49er16: You can go to Purple Row and laugh all you want now. That crazy game is finally over.

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  59. @RJBO: Sorry to say this, but I didn't watch the open/transitions on ESPN. I'm watching that hot mess in Salt Lake City.

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  60. You'll see them in the next few days, Keith. Not a big deal right now.

    /Fuck USC

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  61. I get home, watch 5 minutes of Pitt/Utah and already am sick of Joe Beninati.

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  62. "The Lane Kiffin era is under way!" - Mark Jones

    Also known as The Era USC Lost All Respect As A College Football Program.

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  63. @kt1000: I bet you are bumped for Capitals season! ;-)

    /Beninati'd

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  64. @Kris: Try watching Beninati the entire game.

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  65. I love Versus' tagline: "We Know College Football." Then Beninati & Stouffer are involved.

    /plus Eric Crouch as a studio analyst

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  66. that was some excellent coverage by the Utes...not

    @JFein please don't tell me Joe B screwed up the word pumped?

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  67. The Fighting Staches aren't out of this game yet.

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  68. Oh please Stouffer. Never compare a Wannstache team play to the 49ers and Jerry Rice.

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  69. Of course a dickhead like Kiffin try's a trick play on the first extra point of the season.

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  70. Beninati: "If this were the NHL on Versus, there would be a parade to the penalty box."

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  71. "If this were the NHL, this would be a parade to the penalty box tonight"--Joe Beninati

    Seriously, does he incriminating photos of Chelsea Handler or something?

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  72. Do we really need all the shots of the Pitt campus Versus? It's the opener, not the BCS championship

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  73. The Gus Johnson Buffalo Wild Wings Commercial! Ha-HA!

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  74. Beninati: "In and out of (Baldwin's) hands as he was fencing with Brandon Burton."

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  75. There will be a lot of spilled milk in Utah tonight if the Utes lose.

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  76. ESPN shouldn't be showing shirtless kids in the crowd in Honolulu.

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  77. Geez, Pittsburgh. Illegal Shift to negate a TD.

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  78. Classic 'Stache play...go for the OT

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  79. Draw play to Lewis on 3rd & 10 = playing for the tie

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  80. Typical Wannstache. Playing for the tie instead of the win. Watch the kicker miss the field goal now.

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  82. Great Job Versus to fall asleep on a Utah TO

    MISSED, BUT ANOTHER UTAH TO!

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  83. LOLOLOLOL Utah iced him again after he missed.

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  84. You should only be able to do that once. Went to grab a beer and saw another kick. Thanks Versus!

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  85. GOOD!! NOW WE HAVE OT IN THE SLC!!

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  86. NOW we have OT in the SLC!

    Pitt Campus Shot!

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  87. Joe, I think you're explaining the OT rules for your own benefit, not the audience's.

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  88. Beninati: "Who'll get the first crack in sudden victory." I had to rewind that. REALLY????

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  89. +1 RJBO

    and this is probably what SNF is going to look like in a couple of years after Comcrap takes over NBC

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  90. Lane Kiffin's dichheadiness knows no boundaries.

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  91. Stunned Versus doesn't have a 1st Down line. It was either a 1st Down Line or Eric Crouch in the studio for their budget.

    Seriously, DID JOE BENINATI NOT KNOW THE OT RULES DURING THE G-DAMN COIN TOSS???

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  92. Only Wannstache could lose a game like that.

    GOOD NIGHT NOW

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  93. See ya, Keith. I'm gonna at least check out part of USC-Hawaii to get more of that fetching Shelley Smith on the sidelines.

    /sarcasm
    //Al'd

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  94. @RJBO

    Beninati barely knows the hockey OT rules, you expect him to know the ones for College Football?

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  95. "This was the best game in college football tonight, and it was only on Versus tonight." The douchy Versus studio guy

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  96. Hahaha, kt. Agreed.

    Dude should get a Pammy for that, though.

    /still bitter that Pam Ward isn't on the new AA's Mt. Rushmore

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  97. Jones: "That rainbow looks like it has a few USC colors in it."

    Stanley Havili better punch someone after this game is over to make it worth watching.

    /LeGarrette Blount in Boise'd

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  98. Sign from a Hawaii fan: "U Suck Cheaters"

    HA!

    20-13 U$C (Keith'd™) and this game is either getting more interesting or I'm getting more drunk.

    /24 oz cans of Labatt Blue for $1 might do the latter

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