The Troy Aikman Memorial Week 8 NCAA Football Running Thread

In honor of the man good enough to suck at two major D1 schools.

Some really good games this week;

Wednesday, October 21

8:00 PM ET Tulsa at UTEP

Thursday, October 22

8:00 PM ET Florida State at North Carolina

Friday, October 23

8:00 PM ET Rutgers at Army

Saturday, October 24

12:00 PM ET No. 12 Georgia Tech at Virginia
12:00 PM ET Minnesota at No. 19 Ohio State

12:00 PM ET South Florida at No. 20 Pittsburgh
12:00 PM ET Connecticut at No. 23 West Virginia
12:00 PM ET Indiana at Northwestern
12:00 PM ET Central Michigan at Bowling Green
12:00 PM ET UAB at Marshall
12:00 PM ET Illinois at Purdue
12:21 PM ET Arkansas at Mississippi
12:30 PM ET No. 15 Oklahoma State at Baylor
12:30 PM ET Iowa State at Nebraska
12:30 PM ET Colorado at Kansas State
1:00 PM ET Northern Illinois at Miami (OH)
1:00 PM ET Ball State at Eastern Michigan
1:30 PM ET Maryland at Duke
2:00 PM ET Kent State at Ohio
2:00 PM ET Buffalo at Western Michigan
3:00 PM ET Louisiana Tech at Utah State
3:30 PM ET Tennessee at No. 2 Alabama CBS
3:30 PM ET Louisville at No. 5 Cincinnati
3:30 PM ET Clemson at No. 10 Miami (FL)
3:30 PM ET No. 11 Oregon at Washington
3:30 PM ET No. 13 Penn State at Michigan
3:30 PM ET Oklahoma at No. 25 Kansas
3:30 PM ET Boston College at Notre Dame
3:30 PM ET Akron at Syracuse
3:30 PM ET UCF at Rice
3:30 PM ET Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee State
3:30 PM ET Wake Forest at Navy
3:30 PM ET North Texas at Troy
4:00 PM ET Air Force at No. 18 Utah
4:00 PM ET San Diego State at Colorado State
4:05 PM ET Idaho at Nevada
4:30 PM ET Washington State at California
5:00 PM ET Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette
6:30 PM ET UCLA at No. 22 Arizona
7:00 PM ET No. 6 Iowa at Michigan State
7:00 PM ET Vanderbilt at No. 24 South Carolina
7:00 PM ET Louisiana-Monroe at Kentucky
7:00 PM ET Florida International at Arkansas State
7:00 PM ET Tulane at Southern Miss
7:00 PM ET Texas A&M at Texas Tech
7:00 PM ET Temple at Toledo
7:30 PM ET No. 1 Florida at Mississippi State
7:30 PM ET No. 8 TCU at No. 16 Brigham Young
7:30 PM ET Auburn at No. 9 LSU
7:30 PM ET Southern Methodist at No. 17 Houston
8:00 PM ET No. 3 Texas at Missouri
8:00 PM ET Oregon State at No. 7 USC
8:00 PM ET UNLV at New Mexico
10:15 PM ET Arizona State at Stanford
10:15 PM ET Fresno State at New Mexico State
11:05 PM ET No. 4 Boise State at Hawaii

 

Building on last week's stellar record (39-12), I'll attempt to kick more ass ...

Wednesday, October 21
8:00 PM ET Tulsa at UTEP .................................. UTEP

Thursday, October 22
8:00 PM ET Florida State at North Carolina...............North Carolina

Friday, October 23
8:00 PM ET Rutgers at Army.................................Army

Saturday, October 24
12:00 PM ET No. 12 Georgia Tech at Virginia ...........Virginia
12:00 PM ET Minnesota at No. 19 Ohio State...........Ohio State

12:00 PM ET South Florida at No. 20 Pittsburgh .......Pittsburgh
12:00 PM ET Connecticut at No. 23 West Virginia......Connecticut
12:00 PM ET Indiana at Northwestern.....................Northwestern
12:00 PM ET Central Michigan at Bowling Green........Central Michigan
12:00 PM ET UAB at Marshall ...............................Marshall
12:00 PM ET Illinois at Purdue...............................Purdue
12:21 PM ET Arkansas at Mississippi......................Arkansas
12:30 PM ET No. 15 Oklahoma State at Baylor.........Oklahoma State
12:30 PM ET Iowa State at Nebraska ...................Nebraska
12:30 PM ET Colorado at Kansas State.................Kansas State
1:00 PM ET Northern Illinois at Miami (OH) ............Miami
1:00 PM ET Ball State at Eastern Michigan ............Eastern Michigan
1:30 PM ET Maryland at Duke .............................Duke
2:00 PM ET Kent State at Ohio............................Kent State
2:00 PM ET Buffalo at Western Michigan...............Western Michigan
3:00 PM ET Louisiana Tech at Utah State..............Utah State
3:30 PM ET Tennessee at No. 2 Alabama ..............Alabama
3:30 PM ET Louisville at No. 5 Cincinnati ...............Louisville
3:30 PM ET Clemson at No. 10 Miami (FL)...............Clemson
3:30 PM ET No. 11 Oregon at Washington .............Washington
3:30 PM ET No. 13 Penn State at Michigan ............Michigan
3:30 PM ET Oklahoma at No. 25 Kansas.................Kansas
3:30 PM ET Boston College at Notre Dame.............Notre Dame
3:30 PM ET Akron at Syracuse...........................Syracuse
3:30 PM ET UCF at Rice ...................................Rice
3:30 PM ET W.Kentucky at Middle Tenn. State......MTSU
3:30 PM ET Wake Forest at Navy ......................Good game. Navy.
3:30 PM ET North Texas at Troy........................Troy
4:00 PM ET Air Force at No. 18 Utah...................Utah
4:00 PM ET San Diego State at Colorado State ......Colorado State
4:05 PM ET Idaho at Nevada ..............................Good game. Nevada
4:30 PM ET Washington State at California..............Cal
5:00 PM ET Florida Atlantic at La.-Lafayette ..........La.-La
6:30 PM ET UCLA at No. 22 Arizona.......................Arizona
7:00 PM ET No. 6 Iowa at Michigan State...............Michigan State
7:00 PM ET Vanderbilt at No. 24 South Carolina.......South Cackalackee
7:00 PM ET Louisiana-Monroe at Kentucky ..............Kentucky
7:00 PM ET Florida Int. at Arkansas State...............Arky State
7:00 PM ET Tulane at Southern Miss......................Southern Miss
7:00 PM ET Texas A&M at Texas Tech....................Texas Tech
7:00 PM ET Temple at Toledo ...............................Toledo


7:30 PM ET No. 1 Florida at Mississippi State............ Mississippi State


7:30 PM ET No. 8 TCU at No. 16 Brigham Young...........BYU


7:30 PM ET Auburn at No. 9 LSU..............................LSU
7:30 PM ET SMU at No. 17 Houston.........................SMU
8:00 PM ET No. 3 Texas at Missouri.........................Texas
8:00 PM ET Oregon State at No. 7 USC ...................USC
8:00 PM ET UNLV at New Mexico............................New Mexico
10:15 PM ET Arizona State at Stanford ..................Stanford
10:15 PM ET Fresno State at New Mexico State ........Fresno State
11:05 PM ET No. 4 Boise State at Hawaii.................Boise State

 

Clemson-Miami may be the best of the bunch, followed closely by TCU-BYU and Wake-Navy.

I will be keeping an eye on Texas-Mizzou. That has ambush written all over it.

 

I'm thinking we could be losing Texas, TCU and Iowa from the ranks of the unbeaten and Boise State is at Hawaii so anything could happen there, too.

 

The Missouri offense, with Gabbert hobbling, is too fubar right now to even think of an upset. And I think Michigan State can take Iowa.

 

Hawaii is terrible this year. They were within 1 minute and 12 seconds of losing to a team that's not even a full member of Division 1-AA/FCS yet.

 

Oh, I didn't realize that. But they are tough at home, right?

 

If it's a close game, look for some questionable laundry on the field, the kind that would make SEC refs blush.

 

If two non-BCS teams crashed the party, the BCS powers would put them against each other anyway in the Fiesta so as not to spoil the orgy and no way in hell do they make the championship. So win on, Smurfs and Frogs. Destiny beckons.

 

Hawaii is awful. They haven't won since they lost Greg Alexander for the season.

The offense did play surprisingly well last week with the backup Moniz maybe getting his feet under him (he threw for 360 yards last week), but they aren't stopping anybody.

They've given up 36 points a game the last four weeks to UNLV, La. Tech, Fresno State and Idaho.

 

Can't do that, unless the Big 12 champion makes the championship game. And even if Texas does run the table, there's a better than 50 percent chance the Fiesta would take a second Big 12 team, such as Oklahoma State, or perhaps the second team from the Pac-10 (assuming USC is in the Rose Bowl).

No, if Boise and TCU end up 12-0, one will go to the Fiesta and one to the Sugar or Orange.

 

They won't take two non-BCS teams. They will do everything in their power to not take two non-BCS teams. That's what happened last year when Boise State and Utah were undefeated. Utah got a BCS berth and Boise got to go to San Diego.