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Raiders up early

7-3 over aggy. 10:01 left in first. Harrell to Crabtree. How long till TexAgs meltdown?

Aggies are giving Tekkies a run. Tied 13-13. Crabtree’s having a pretty solid game so far.

Harrell INT

Terrible pass jumping backwards—picked by the Farmers. 13-13 2nd Quarter

K Heard

pressured him. Crabtree ankle questionable?

Kellen Heard with another cheap shot, this time on Harrell.

If there’s a college football player I actually DO want to get injured, he’s the guy. I don’t wish injuries on people, but this guy has karma pointed right as his ACL.

JaPorkskie's

gonna cry now, just not for the same reason.

Aggy

Face Masks, Late Hits. Good to see they are still are playing with class.

Crabtree’s been out with an injury since the first quarter. This doesn’t look positive for them, although they should still be able to take care of business.

Tech

Watching this team against Nebraska and Fake Army, they don’t look like anything special. Our offense should have a field day. Missouri and Okie State scare me WAY more.

Crabtree's

back in. Hoo ray.

Oof

70 yard TD nullified by holding penalty. Silly Agro.

harrel looks like a complete douche...

…jawing withe the aggie fans after throwing such an ugly pic and then going up only 4 points. he’s the perfect QB for the tech fanbase: clueless and classless.

not the only one

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fairly certain the aggros won't lead again in this game nt
phantom block in the back call. nt
cwofford

Much like Chase Daniel acted like complete baby at home last week against okie state. I can’t stand either of them. At least when Kingsbury was there he had some class

I wonder if Warren Buffett approves of Daniel's faux-hawk
Looks like Agro Stripped the Ball
no possession, no catch, therefore no fumble. nt
i sit corrected. wow, johnson's long ball looks great today. nt
Nah. Zebras just got it right
Hah! Take that tech.

Tannehill looks like what Martellus Bennett was supposed to be but never was.

Where's FatBoy? er... Lane
probably on the sideline, sobbing into a bag of Cheetos
i love that they only bring him in on goaline plays as a decoy, if at all. nt
Maybe he's grazing at the Kettle Buffet
Is it sad

if I can’t tell if Tech is playing bad or A&M is playing good?

so much for the "aggros won't lead again" thing.
defense

really that bad?

Johnson already with 225 yards. Colt must be salivating!

Whoa, slow down. He needs some of that drool for the busted coverage Mizzou’s going to leave for him tonight.

Coach Boom must be salivating too

Harrell has been forced into several stupid plays today. RAK is going to reinact the shower scene in American History X with him.

I hope you guys aren’t pulling for Aggy today. I want TT to be as highly-ranked as possible when they face the ’Horns.

sure, but Tech losing certainly helps UT in terms of conference standings

Hey, it’s irrelevant as long as Texas beats ’em…and everyone else.

of course, but

the schedule being what it is, I’ll take Tech going down to give Texas more of an advantage – after all, if the Ags win it’s not like they’re back in contention all of a sudden. By contrast, Tech losing takes a bit of the pressure off us.

Not rooting for either team

Just gloating cuz Tech looks nothing like a top 10 team.

Better for us if Agro Wins

1. Tech will play with their head down against us.
2. Agro will be overconfident.
3. We’re already #1, so we don’t need “strength of schedule” wins. If we win out, we play for the NC

both teams

will play their little hearts out against us no matter the outcome

What's the score?

I’m stuck at the museum with no access to the game beyond this.

23-20 Farmers at Halftime
Good Point

But wouldn’t you rather see our beloved horns take down #1 OU #11 Missou #8 OSU and # 6 TT 4 weeks in a row? and then just blast the aggs to finish?

I wanted us to take down two #1 in consecutive weeks

But we don’t always get what we want.

In other news

GTech’s punter just had a sweet fake to pick up a first down.

As in faking to get the penalty...
that's the advantage of pulling punters off the school's soccer team - acting ability to spare
HT, the barkers and the ditch

'Gotta love El Arroyo.

I miss driving downtown and El Arroyo’s signs.

these announcers

are the biggest aggie homers ever. it’s like having craig way call a Texas game on TV.

overrated

Tech has been overrated all year: They aren’t as good as Leach’s hype. I’m surprised A&M has stayed in the game, but they are always up for this game. There is no love for Tech.

with aggy giving them the game they have, they dont deserve the love...
How many times will....

1. Texas D sack Harrell
2. Texas D intercept Harrell
3. Texas D allow forward progress on a rushing play?

1. 4-6
2. 3
3. i would venture a guess and think that Tech wont get more than 25 total yds rushing

Tech has never deserved love...

Awful fanbase, horrible city, lousy school…

I think you guys are underrating Tech here

their red zone defense has been great as has their third down defense. They’re not an elite defensive team, but they’re way better than they have been in past years. on offense, they’re passing as well as they have in previous years, and also have a decent rushing attack to complement it this year.

in this game, their problem has been turnovers. they’re moving the ball like crazy against a&m and when a&m gets into the red zone, they’re holding them to field goals, but they keep turning the ball over.

also, you’re discounting the unbelievable home field advantage they will have against Texas in lubbock.

Tech

…they’re way better than they have been in past years…

That is true, but that doesn’t say all that much.

they've been a top 25 team for the most part

for the last 4 years or so, with a terrible defense and no running game. Add a running game and a decent defense and I think that makes them a potential top 10 team at the end of the year.

I’ll give you the running game, but I’m still not convinced about their defense. Reprise the old refrain, but they really haven’t played a team that makes me sit up and take notice. When (if) they beat a team with a strong offensive line, then I’ll start to believe.

This is a circus
Unfortunately...

like most A&M games this year.

Did they just say "upset minded Washington State"???
looking to upset the bookies in vegas

and cover the 43 point spread.

aggy will

tie this thing up then lose in triple-overtime?

if they cant complete passes for gains then they wont even get that far.
Tech may not win another game this season

@ KU
Texas
OSU
@OU
Baylor

Well ok, I’ll give you the Bears in Lubbock. But if they play like this they at least lose the next four.

I’d ideally see KU beat OU today, then beat TT by a nose next week. I want KU to run the table until the conference championship game.

So we can give Mangino a coronary...

… when we beat the Jayhawks 70-3?

that'd be awesome

but I don’t imagine they have much of a chance against a mad OU team in Norman.

Crabtree needs to go pro after the season

Get his millions before he gets seriously injured.

He's good as gone

I’d be disappointed. I want this kid to legitimately re-write the record books.

Man Harrell is a tool

Laughing it up on the sidelines while a player’s down? Classy.

I love how after every incompletion he throws he seems to blame the receiver..

Matthew Stafford is a stiff. I still don’t get what people see in him. He’s just a raw talent who can’t get his shit together.

I don’t have that game. What’s going on?

Oops, see my reply below.

You mean Mel Kiper was wrong? No way!!

He had Stafford as the #1 QB in the nation. And, he had Cullen Harper as the next best…

Not just Kiper. Most other major outlets had him #1 among QBs eligible for the 2009 draft as well. I ridiculed it then, and I’m hurting my triceps patting myself on the back about it now. Rivals and Scout had him as the #1 QB recruit in the nation, too. He’s a stiff.

Oh, but to be fair, I should say that there’s a reason Stafford and Harper are so high on the lists: the list of eligible QBs prior to the season was very, very lackluster. I mean, there are people talking about Bradford as a very early pick at this point, for crying out loud.

Is Bradford eligible? Has be been out of high school three years?
Yup

He redshirted his first year and that apparently counts if you want to go into the draft.

I don't see him leaving, but in this weak class he might be tempted
not a great start for Dabo Swinney over Clemson

Even though he ran more trick plays than a New Orleans callgirl on Mardi Gras.

Vandy’s down a touchdown, but Stafford’s throwing short of his receivers all over the place, can’t convert to save his life, and has thrown two picks. He’s been pretty weak, just like all season and career.

The good news for Stafford is that his completion percentage is up. He’s completed an amazing 12 of 21 (57.1%).

You don't see a "blocked extra point turn into 2 pointer for the defense" play everyday.
i was wondering how that two points showed up there...
Score now on Tech/aTm? nt
36-25 Tech on top
My favorite Gameday Sign: "Chase Daniel's Girlfriend Fakes It."

Every game Morris looks more and more like Welker II.

And Leach

looks more and more like Vince Gill.

I don' think he has Welker talent. I think he can be "Amendola II"

Welker doesn’t have talent. He has something else. Moxie, maybe? Not sure what else to call it. He’s not fast, not strong, not big, and only average in agility. He plays above his level like Rod Smith always did.

Does anyone else here think Leach is better suited as

nothing more than an Off. Coordinator? He just doesn’t seem too good a head coach. But I’m biased and I hate Tech so….

Maybe he’ll take an NFL OC job.

Put leach in a place where he can recruit and he could compete at a national level
Looks like the Agros are done with 2:55 left. nt whills
anybody think OSU gets upset by Baylor today?

Not a chance. I think it’s a blowout, and they vault over Tech in the polls.

Agree wtih this. nt whills
I wanna see Leach nail the coffin shut with one more TD
Knowing Leach, the pirates will. nt whills
Gotta love leach challengind a TD here.
Cannot believe king of the pirates challenged this. nt.whills
Wow, gotta love how classless Tech is right now.

Game in hand with 30 seconds left. All they have to do is kneel and they are still trying to score the TD. D-bags.

you ever read that NYT Magazine article on Leach?

That’s just the way he is. It’s not about showing anyone up. To him, it’s about getting everything out of every second in a game that you can.

I hate you, please die.
7-0 Baylor

Robert Griffin takes Baylor 65 yards on 10 plays for the early lead over Okie State.

extra point missed, no? According to the gamecast, anyway
Is this on TV? nt.whills
Negative

Gamecast

I hope we thump them bad in lubbock.

Not that I like our little brothers in B-CS, but this is BS.

Classless? He’s letting the offense finish what they started, and of course it’s also saving face for when the poll voters look at the scores to determine their rankings.

Im taking Michigan State over Ohio State
Same here.

But next week (I think) Ohio State needs to learn how to play football and beat a Penn-State team that has no more challenges left on their schedule past Ohio State.

I’m on the other side of this. I want PSU to win out, because I’d rather face PSU than an unpredictable ’Bama.

C’mon, vandy, convert on 4th!

Okie State converts 4th and 1 from own 48

Robinson gets 2 yards.

Freaky, did that run look a little VY to you guys??
Sorry, meant Pryor in the tOSU - MSU game
the potential is definitely there
6-6

Touchdown Pokes. Extra point pending

7-6

Xtra point good.

Snead and Ole Miss playing Bama on CBS(in H-Town anyway)

Blech. Georgia wins because of defense, so the Stafford hype will continue.

On to the KU-OU game. Time for some Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

"the truth" Stafford did put up some pretty big numbers :)
Manuel Johnson hurt his leg.

I didn’t see it though.

It looks like a legit injury, but not long-term.

Crap, Ole Miss needs to tackle better than this.

Manuel Johnson injured...

that looked bad – arm injured. Looked like it might be broken…

Damn 44 yd yac for Bama
OU misses a FG on their first drive off the game

good red zone D by KU.

OU fg miss..... nt
lotsa interesting games on right now...
Too many!

I’ve got like 4 gamecasts on and am switching between 3 different games on TV. It’s madness!

unfortunately all I'
ve got on ESPN360 is Michigan State - Ohio State
Already tired of hearing SEC defense this and SEC defense that
Yeah, a few words about the awful SEC offensive play would be nice...nt whills
Lets go Snead

I think Ole Miss will cover at the least.

Can't believe Baylor-OSU is not on
perhaps they haven't heard of Robert Griffin yet...
LOL from Texags...

“This is the difference between tceh and A&M -- total classless move. I HATE tceh.”

LOL. I guess “Cart McCry” never happened.

Clown announcer just said that SEC defense is reason SEC QB's stats not good
yeah, I caught that....

maybe they’ll say the reason the SEC defenses are so good is they only face suck QBs….. yeah, I’ll be waiting on that comment…

"SEC is closest league to NFL"-assclown
Baylor goes for it 4th and 6 on OSU 38

Incomplete

Pryor scores.... sure looks good
It's really hard to keep my lunch listening to SEC announcers
Zoom

62 yard rush for Ole Miss

Houston Nutt is crazier than a sack of rabid weasels
that's 'cause he fries up and eats a sack of rabid weasels before every big game
Nothin like an Oxford, MS tailgate

Blah blah blah, SEC defense. Suck nails, announcers.

C’mon, Ole Miss, let’s punch in after the nice long run.

Robinson to Dez Bryant

37 yards, TD

msu has no chance if they can't secure the ball better
Will USC score 75+ on Washington State?

14-0 8 minutes in.

About to get the ball back as well.
Go Bears...

I will enjoy watching Griffin the next few years; He is so impressive. Baylor needs to bring their program back where it used to be, when you had to worry about a trip to Waco.

I tuned into Gameday this morning

just in time to catch Lee Corso grab the little Texas Horns hat and say “What the hell is this?” before putting on the big mascot head.

I love Lee Corso; I think he’s a cartoon character, but I can’t help but laugh. He clowns.

OSU moving/scoring at will

9 yard TD pass to Dez Bryant caps 12 play, 81 yard drive.

Pokes now have 195 total yards, 13 first downs. Lead 21-6 with 5:41 left in 2nd Quarter.

Impressive.

Terrelle Pryor looking very impressive

5-5 for 86 yards and 1 TD with 4 rushes for 62 yards and another TD

Think USC is in for a little payback in the Shoe next year?
I pray for that.

USC should play 1 challenging game a year. This year is miserable in turns of talent for USC opponents.

Another 3 and out for Baylor

OSU asserting itself

KU playing well

just scored a TD to tie it up against OU.

Ohio State is starting to grow on me

With Beanie back and Pryor playing way too good for a freshman. They are putting Michigan State back in their place.

Even with their mediocre conference Ohio State vs Penn State next week is going to be a monster game.

Agreed.

My mancrush on Terrelle Pryor is equal or greater than my Robert Griffin bromance.

I can’t believe I said mancrush and bromance in the same sentence…

Have we ever played PSU?
Yea

It was either in 1996 or 1997…pretty sure it was a bowl game in Arizona somewhere. We got beat by double digits.

And before that...

1989, I believe. We played at PU.

Handful of times

last time in the Fiesta Bowl 96 I think

We are 2 - 3 against them.

Could have played them in the 69 MNC year but tehy would not come down and play in the Cotton

Complete history

Here

We’ve played 5 times, only won twice.

Touchdown OSU

27-6, extra point pending. 19 seconds before half.

Boo
I think this is good

Should Texas win tonight, we’ll want OSU to be undefeated and highly regarded.

Which they are going to be. And should be.

Good football team.

Good point

It sets up the heavyweight bout that it should be with us. Everything I wanted the Mizzou game to be before they lost last weekend.

Terrance Cody does a good Roy Miller impersonation

Holy crap, dude. USC is kinda good, and Wazzu is terrible. 34-0 so far, less than halfway through the second quarter.

It's not that USC is that dominating

It’s that WSU is that miserable this year.

Badass, Duke’s leading My Ammy. That’s good to see, especially if it lasts.

Not for me

I put some money on the U.

Duke beating Miami (Fl)? Who would’ve thought that could’ve EVER happened?

Don't look now but Michigan takes the early lead on PSU.

7-0

41-0 USC

playing their “ridiculously tough schedule”~pete carrol

Don't you get it?

It shows just how amazing that USC team is…. blowing through their ridiculously tough schedule!

Snead no McCoy

and Alabama looks pretty good

No McCoy, but he's a good QB for the SEC
Reesing makes a very bad decision

Throws on a scramble right into the hands of a defender when KU was about to score.

He’s no McCoy either.

Maybe last year's McCoy
Head's up Pacific Life

Animals on the endangered species list don’t make me want to invest money in the market.

Touchy-feely hand in your pocket. nt
10-0 Michigan

Go Blue

10-7 Michigan

Penn State scores

Land Thieves score again. 21-10
Thanks guys for earlier scores.

Was stuck where I couldn’t do anything but grab a quick look. Now gotta go out again. Later.

Wow what a D breakdown by OU
KU answers a la UT
Kansas is reminding me of UT from last week.
i'm surprised.

they’re fairing much better than i expected.

Demarco Murray looks good today
agreed

stuffed twice in a row, however.

OU misses Johnson
did someone mention this already but is the game counting down clock off by one hr?

I thought the game was at 7 pm CT

Yeah it's a kink in the clock

It’s set for Eastern Time zone; I thought it adjusted for where readers are. It does not. Game is at 7

thnx
Went ahead and fixed it

Meant to anyway

34-6 OSU

Comfortably dispatching Baylor

OSU

Of all the teams left to play after Missouri, OSU is most worrisome.

sooners FG to close half.

24-17. Really good game here.

mark mangino is so effing big!!!

how does his heart get the blood around that continent around his waist?

It's 4:36 p.m.

AND OU STILL SUCKS! BIG!

GO HORNS!

TEXAS! FIGHT!

Rich Rodriguez looks like

the swat guy in Die Hard who says, “Send in the car…send in the car.”

Sorry folks

But OU needs to win this one to keep our victory shiny.

i'm with ya

but rooting for them is kinda like eating tamarind.

while that may be the case, if they drop it, that means we have one less team to worry about as far as winning the south conference goes.
aye.

let’s just win out and not bother with any of it.

Duke beating Miami (Fl) 24-14
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it here..

But Bradford has already thrown 36 passes in the first half for 313 yards…

they’ve already got 60 plays under their belt, looks like they’re devoting more to the rushing game.

yet they're in a dogfight.

the Reynolds loss is huge.

Not so much any more

KU is sputtering, and OU seems to have rediscovered the running game.

Was our run defense that good, or does KU’s defense just really really suck?

Penn State scores before half

17-13 Michigan, XP pending

TD ou

that was fast

Bradford is really impressive
yep.

and Murray looks like a new man. very glad to have that lot in the rear-view mirror.

huge stop on 4th down for BAMA

Absolutely horrid playcall on 4th and inches by Ole Miss

The OU faithful continue to make the horns down sign.
They're confused.
At the beginning of the game the camera panned the crowd and a bunch were putting up the #1 sign.

I guess they missed last week’s game.

I don't think so

I’ve noticed that they have two hand signs: Horns down and #1 – no matter what the rank or where they are…

How much would it suck to be a Washington State fan right now?

Assuming they still have fans...
KU creating HUGE rushing lanes
TD

Right through one of them

What has happened to that vaunted OU D-Line? I thought they were supposed to be one of the best in the country, certainly the best in the Big XII.

the new MLB is lost

converted safety isn’t he?

not sure.

looks like a converted punter.

OMG

Wow. Sharp smoking the Thieves.

I'm not sure OU's defense was on the field for that series
I'm tired of hearing about the SEC.

The Big 12 isn’t given enough credit for the teams that we do have. Maybe Kansas is a good defense, not great, but good. And they are smart enough to take advantage of some inexperience. OU is going to miss Reynolds badly.

Not as worried about OSU now

Nice game today, but it was a one man show. I think Gideon and Thomas can handle Bryant if he gets past the corners, and our line will take care of the 3-headed monster on the ground.

Nice TD Snead
Big TD for Ole Miss

Alabama falling apart again in the second half.. 31-24

Bad conditioning. They’re wearing down. Go Rebs!

scratch that.

24-17

I wonder how many calories Mangino lost in his bitchfest

beautiful throw by snead, i’m glad he’s having success at ole miss.

Wow, great games happening right now.

Miami beating Duke just 28-24 in the 3rd
Michigan beating PSU 17-14 at the half
OU up 31-24 over KU
UNC over UVA 7-3
’Bama up only 24-17 over Ole Miss

I could happily watch any of these games right now, but I have to go buy a few things for my costume. Crap!

Appropriate

USC up 69-0

Does anybody else

Dislike Nick Saban as much as I?

I do

Shady recruiting + jackass mentality = Bad Guy.

"One of those guys"

for me..He just appears to think he’s better than everyone else

Snead leading a great drive

Miss should get at least a FG on this drive

LOL in off the pole

Could be a sign of things

Seems to happen to Ole Miss in big games

Can’t exactly remember but i feel like something tiny happened like that against Florida..also a road game for the Rebs

Getting the first tinges of anxiety...

huge ball-game tonight.

It's okay

You’ve got Orakpo, Kindle, Miller Gideon, Thomas McCoy Ogbonnaya, Shipley, Cosby-should be a great game. Hook Em Horns!

Our defense is your friend
yards in the second half

Ole Miss 220 Bama-92. Wow.

UVA in front of Tar Heels

10-7 with 0:47 remaining.

Tar Heels are going to drop off of the radar starting this week

They lost Brandon Tate who was their major playmaker and in a lot of ways their only playmaker.

It's 10-10

Yahoo! says they’re in OT

Last second FG by Tar Heels = OT .nt whills
Huge droped pass by Bama

Wow… everything is going wrong. Bama fans are nervous as hell.

Beautiful run by Snead to escape the pressure
What a run by Snead!

He is not going down.

Ole Miss at mid-field 1st down

1:50 left in the game. Down by 4, they’re obviously going for the TD, and that should be the GW since Bama can’t do anything on offense.

Time for the no-huddle offense

Down to about 1:19

4th and 4, 1:08 left

Might as well call the QB draw.

Excellent decision on 3rd and long

Get more than half of it and go for the rest on 4th and 5

CRAP

INC pass, looks like Bama will survive again.

Bama blitzed, so Snead couldn’t run.

This just in

Total yards of offense in the OU-Kansas game – 30,000. Not really, but it sure looked like it, didn’t it?

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