Noon Games Open Thread
Although the main focus obviously has to be on Rutgers/Kansas, here is your thread for all of the other games that are getting this day started.
From M-Dog's schedule:
SATURDAY, SEP 15, 2018
GAME TIME TV
Ball St. at Indiana 12:00 PM BTN+
Florida St. at Syracuse 12:00 PM ESPN
Ga. Southern at Clemson 12:00 PM ESPU
Hawaii at Army 12:00 PM CBSS
Kent St. at Penn St. 12:00 PM FS1
Miami (Fla.) at Toledo 12:00 PM ESP2
Middle Tenn. at Georgia 12:00 PM ESNN
Murray St. at Kentucky 12:00 PM SECN
Oklahoma at Iowa St. 12:00 PM ABC
Rhode Island at Connecticut 12:00 PM ESP3
Rutgers at Kansas 12:00 PM
Temple at Maryland 12:00 PM BTN+
Troy at Nebraska 12:00 PM BTN+
UCF at North Carolina Cancelled ESPU
UTEP at Tennessee 12:00 PM SECN
East Carolina at Virginia Tech Cancelled
Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh 12:30 PM
Tulane at UAB 1:00 PM FCBK
UC-Davis at Stanford 2:00 PM PACN
September 15th, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
I assume Scott Frost will just talk about how his team out-hit Troy, and will follow it up by declaring Nebraska National Champions because they didn't lose to Akron or something.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
I always love how Troy would basically be a solid AAC team at least for 50 minutes, but the last 10 you can see those big Southern fellas huffin and puffin. It's one of their endearing traits really because you know the ending is going to be interesting.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
Culture change....patience...
I'm positive that Nebraska fans don't want to here that.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
Culture change is such an empty buzzword. Love how every incoming coach seems to act like the previous guy didn't know anything and didn't want to win enough. It's like a new defensive coordinator vowing they'll be 'aggressive'. Fast forward a few years and they'll be the old guy who apparently didn't want to win enough.
Most likely the problem with coaching changes is that staff, and that is even more true of college kids, responds extremely poorly to management turnover. Especially if the new management uses a clean slate approach and starts bringing in new systems everywhere. Even the ones who are motivated by the change will struggle to adjust for a good while, the ones who liked the old way will just tune it out. Rotate through managers quickly and whatever mess you're hoping to clean up will probably get worse. Leadership change needs to be rare and well-considered..that's what all the guys who want to fire coaches every 3-4 years don't get.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
Nebraska isn't even good enough to be called hot garbage. Frosty Garbage is more accurate.
Should be a beatdown even if their QB is back.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:23 PM ^
BTN guys wait about three seconds before blaming the Nebraska loss on the injury to Martinez.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:26 PM ^
Troy coach throwing some shade saying, "we didn't play that well...". LOL!
September 15th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
A tweet about Kansas from Patrick Stevens: "Elsewhere ... Kansas is up 41-14 on Rutgers. First time Kansas has scored 40 against an FBS team since Sept. 10, 2011 (45-42 vs. Northern Illinois). Also was the last time Kansas won back-to-back games."
September 15th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
Man, Doug Flutie is terrible.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
Listening to FSU fans talk about their team must have been like listening to UM fans round 2006/2007. That's a team that apparently can't recruit a QB or tackle to save their lives.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
I wonder if Akron is furiously trying to clear their schedule to make up their game with Nebraska. Akron could use a win.
September 15th, 2018 at 3:33 PM ^
James Franklin reminds me of Dantonio, who would run up the score after his team struggled for half of the game so that people wouldn't notice it. Like, PSU should be trouncing Pitt and Kent St., but it's telling that playing even a semi-competent defense seems to really disrupt what they want to do.