College Football Week Zero Thread: Give Ireland Back to the Irish

[three_bags_full]

I love that feeling. Late at night with a glass of whisky or good cab. Just a peacefulness that really can't be replicated, in my opinion.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Our long wait is over. Sort of...

When was the last time an FCS program was more than touchdown favorite over an FBS program?

Saturday
Florida State (-11.5) vs. Georgia Tech (in Dublin, Ireland), 12 p.m. ET, ESPN
McNeese at Tarleton State, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Montana State (-9) vs. New Mexico, 4 p.m. ET, FS1
North Alabama vs. Southeast Missouri State, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Norfolk State vs. Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
SMU (-27.5) vs. Nevada, 8 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
Delaware State vs. Hawai'i (-38), 11:59 p.m. ET, Spectrum Sports PPV

Go Jackets.

 

[UPChip]

I love that feeling. Late at night with a glass of whisky or good cab. Just a peacefulness that really can't be replicated, in my opinion.

At a previous shop with later deadlines, I used to be able to find Aussie Rules football when I got off the desk on a Friday night. I typically limit myself to a beer or two a night, but I can tell you that AFL would be a fantastic sport to watch drunk, as it looks like a three-hour long fumble.

Speaking of three-hour long fumbles, I am seriously concerned about a world post #Pac12AfterDark. I assume the western Big XII schools will try to replicate it, but it may never be the same. heck, Pac 12 After Dark as we know it probably died with Mike Leach, that brilliant and crazy biscuit.

 

[UPChip]

Taking a moment to salute @dixiehack. "My Morning Yellowjacket" was a quality thread title. Not like, rolling on the floor funny, but sublime and a great effort coming off the eight-month layoff.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

At a previous shop with later deadlines, I used to be able to find Aussie Rules football when I got off the desk on a Friday night. I typically limit myself to a beer or two a night, but I can tell you that AFL would be a fantastic sport to watch drunk, as it looks like a three-hour long fumble.

Speaking of three-hour long fumbles, I am seriously concerned about a world post #Pac12AfterDark. I assume the western Big XII schools will try to replicate it, but it may never be the same. heck, Pac 12 After Dark as we know it probably died with Mike Leach, that brilliant and crazy biscuit.

#MountainWestAfterDark is queueing itself up, but I suspect that if you want something really bonkers you're going to have to drop down one level for #BigSkyAfterDark.

 

[poindexter]

Is Hawaii still playing in that high school stadium?

 

[LanceyHoward]

I always enjoyed coming home from work on the copy desk relatively early on Christmas Eve and turning on the Hawaii Bowl, which frequently had Hawaii playing in it.

Something about everyone being asleep, nothing else on TV and the lit-up tree in the living room just made me feel like I was the only one in America watching the Hawaii Bowl.

You probably were the only person watching.

 

[UPChip]

Is Hawaii still playing in that high school stadium?

Yes. Aloha Stadium was condemned, and I don't believe they've even fought through the red tape to start building its replacement yet.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[tapintoamerica]

Would love to know who these allegedly wronged people are. Stars? Starters? Fourth-stringers who have no real market value but are getting full cost of attendance scholarships plus stipends anyway?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Would love to know who these allegedly wronged people are. Stars? Starters? Fourth-stringers who have no real market value but are getting full cost of attendance scholarships plus stipends anyway?

If you were promised something and then the school didn't come up with it, the courts won't care if you were a fourth-stringer or a long-lost illegitimate Manning child.

 

[tapintoamerica]

If you were promised something and then the school didn't come up with it, the courts won't care if you were a fourth-stringer or a long-lost illegitimate Manning child.

True. Still curious.