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College Football 2015-16: The Big Ten Rises

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alfablue said:
huh go figure. BYU 33, Nebraska 28.

On a Hail Mary to end the game.

First time Nebraska has lost on opening day for 29 years. First loss for a first time coach since I think the 50's at Lincoln.
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Just when you think the game is yours, someone goes and posthumously baptizes it
 
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alfablue said:
huh go figure. BYU 33, Nebraska 28.

On a Hail Mary to end the game.

First time Nebraska has lost on opening day for 29 years. First loss for a first time coach since I think the 50's at Lincoln.
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Lincoln is gonna riot till they get a new coach :p
 
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alfablue said:
huh go figure. BYU 33, Nebraska 28.

On a Hail Mary to end the game.

First time Nebraska has lost on opening day for 29 years. First loss for a first time coach since I think the 50's at Lincoln.
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I don't know what the point spread was or the over/under, but shouldn't BYU have to try the PAT?
 
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BYU QB Taysom Hill is out for the year with a broken foot.
 
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alfablue said:
Some other interesting upsets.

Washington State does their best to make their neighbors at Idaho feel a whole lot better- by getting beat by FCS Portland State 24-17
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I'm not sure this is an upset. When WSU is waning they are TERRIBLE, and PSU is one of those programs that sometime forgets they aren't FBS.
 
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I like joe tessatore but not feeling this new college football final with him and joey galloway.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Man. This was an awful week for the Big Ten.
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The week isn't over yet. ;) If the Buckeyes can avenge last year's loss to VT, things will look a little better.

Yes, there were some disappointing losses. But Sparty did enough. Northwestern's win over Stanford was an unexpected pleasure. And as you said yourself:

dxmnkd316 said:
I really don't think Minnesota's offense was as bad as people are making it out to be. TCU has an incredible team put together. I think that the score wasn't deceivingly close. I think Minnesota has a really, really good defense and kept it close.
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The Gophers have generally been pretty good in the trenches. Coach Kill has made upgrading the secondary a top priority, and his efforts appear to be paying off. So yes, the MN defense is trending upward.

It's fashionable to say there's no such thing as a moral victory. But playing hard the whole 60 minutes, and keeping the #2 team nervous until the very end? Not a victory, but certainly not an awful performance.

OK, some brand name schools with new head coaches lost prominent games. But let's give the new guys more than 1 week to get things back on track.
 
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Kepler said:
I'm not sure this is an upset. When WSU is waning they are TERRIBLE, and PSU is one of those programs that sometime forgets they aren't FBS.
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But MIKE LEACH- he's brilliant- remember Texas Tech? Still, the air quality in the Palouse must be really killing football in the area. Gotta be the wild fires.

(from a Vandal point of view- getting beat by a MAC team is better than a projected bottom dweller Big Sky team. So there's suck, and really really suck. Then there's football in the Palouse.)
 
dxmnkd316 said:
I really don't think Minnesota's offense was as bad as people are making it out to be. TCU has an incredible team put together. I think that the score wasn't deceivingly close. I think Minnesota has a really, really good defense and kept it close.
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The issue is there was nothing shown to say Leidner improved as a passer, and without Cobb, to an extent, and especially Williams, that's a HUGE question mark the rest of the way. The defense will keep them in every game. Will they have someone who can make a play when they need it most in those games? It doesn't look to be Leidner right now. It's early though.
 
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Iowa looked like a refreshingly different and new team yesterday. Yes it was against FCS #2 Illinois State, but for a change the Hawkeyes dominated an opponent like a B1G team should in this game. CJ Beathard has such a strong arm and quick release, and Greg Davis used that extremely well calling plays yesterday. It was refreshing to see Kirk Ferentz's somewhat boring, seemingly historic schemes modernize a little bit. For example, on the 1st and goal from the 5 they ran trips left with a diamond look to the wideouts, and had CJB in shotgun. Finally running the ball from a spread look. Touchdown.

Oh, and we tried a fake FG. We didn't convert it and the fans gave a standing ovation.

These tweets from an Iowa beat writer say it all:

@marcmorehouse: Kinnick crowd cheers failed fake FG. This is like therapy.

@marcmorehouse: The Kinnick reaction to the failed fake FG was tremendous. Sideline reaction, too. Like KF taking first step off the high dive.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Oh, and we tried a fake FG. We didn't convert it and the fans gave a standing ovation.

These tweets from an Iowa beat writer say it all:

@marcmorehouse: Kinnick crowd cheers failed fake FG. This is like therapy.

@marcmorehouse: The Kinnick reaction to the failed fake FG was tremendous. Sideline reaction, too. Like KF taking first step off the high dive.
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Good stuff. Welcome to the 21st Century. ;)

Being slow to innovate has actually been an issue for the conference as a whole. Since... well, always.
 
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