College football week 8 thread - Austin Powers: The Horn Who Hooked Me

The Midshipmen had two losses that season, both at the Cotton Bowl. They lost to SMU during the regular season before Texas.

On the way, they beat Maryland, Bill & Mary, VMI, Michigan in the Big House, No. 3 Pitt, a 2-7 Notre Dame in front of Touchdown Jesus, Maryland, Duke and Army. A stout schedule for the era.

Dallas wasn't too kind to guys who had served in the Navy that year. (Jackie asked that the Army-Navy game be played as planned after the assassination.)

 

https://footballscoop.com/news/head-butted-by-cow-mike-gundy-moves-press-conference-to-zoom

Anyone buying it?

 

The Longhorns left the Big 12 and they're still beating up on Oklahoma State.

 

This is the first time since Oct. 3, 1960, that Army and Navy have both been in the Top 25 poll.

AP rankings by conference

SEC: 1-5-7-8-11-14-18-19
Big Ten: 2-3-4-16-22-24
ACC: 6-10-20-21
Big 12: 9-13-17
Others: Indy (ND) at 12; Mountain West (Boise) at 15; AAC (Army-Navy) at 23-25.

 

I was thinking that was when Staubach was in Annapolis, but that predates him.

 

Damn cow must have been butting Gundy in the head back in 2007, too.

 

AP Poll did not come out after the bowls until 1965 and after that not again until making the change for good in 1968.

 

MTSU’s student section, such as it is, has someone with a sign proclaiming “We want Vandy.”

 

We were at the La. Tech-NMSU game tonight, leg 2 of Fall Football Trip II. Beautiful 75-degree night, calm winds, great game, Aggies win 33-30 in 2 OT. NMSU blocked a FG on the final play of regulation to preserve the tie.

NMSU has an outstanding band, and a nice stadium that's perfectly sized (28k) for their program. Probably 10-12K at the game, not bad for a 7 p.m. kickoff on a school night, and the crowd was into it all night long. Free parking, $30 for 40-yard line seats, only $8 for a 16-ounce Coors. It was simply an outstanding experience and it proves once again there's a place for G5 in college football. You can have great games that are a blast to watch and mean something to the players, coaches and fans even if the players aren't being paid hundreds of thousands in NIL money.

On to UTEP on Wednesday night, back home to Microville on Thursday. Definitely warmer than Michigan last year! And New Mexico has some great food and a lot of friendly people, especially in a smaller city like Las Cruces.

 

You’ll be getting your fill of great Mexican food between Las Cruces and El Paso.
You’ll get back home, yell “Hola, mi amigos!!!!”
People will look at you like you spent 4 years in Juarez.