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College Football Open Thread

by John Cole|  October 17, 20093:08 pm| 30 Comments

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Have at it.

Vote Bitsy, also too.

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  1. 1.

    Comrade Mary

    October 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    My vote put her at 3194. Aren’t we shooting for at least 4000 this week?

    Vote Bitsy!

  2. 2.

    licensed to kill time

    October 17, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Voted already, I did. Is anybody else getting the text “reply to this comment” instead of the little gray arrow? It mucks up the handles. Started yesterday for me. (on FF 3.5.3 w/NoScript, AdBlock Plus. btw, edit/delete buttons show up fine.)

  3. 3.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    October 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Huskers take on Texas Tech … Go Huskers!

    Tonight Yankees take on LA/OC/CA/Anaheim Angels. Go Yankees! (All the haters can bite me.)

  4. 4.

    Steve

    October 17, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Just lit a candle at the Grotto in my mind.

  5. 5.

    Martin

    October 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Tonight Yankees take on LA/OC/CA/Anaheim Angels. Go Yankees! (All the haters can bite me.)

    FTFY

    If there is justice in the world, plastic cups of Dom in $1250 seats will find themselves under a deep layer of tears today.

  6. 6.

    PaulW

    October 17, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Go Gators.

    My hopes for a Bulls/Gators national title game went up in smoke Thursday night… so I gotta root for a Boise St./UF title game instead… >:-)

  7. 7.

    Common Sense

    October 17, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    @PaulW:

    pulling for a UT/UF game myself. Yes I am a Longhorn.

    People chitter about McCoy and Shipley, but UT has a heckuva defense to contend with as well. Will Muschamp has built a phenomenal and aggresive unit in Austin. He’s the anti Jumbo Fisher.

  8. 8.

    arguingwithsignposts

    October 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    @Common Sense:

    pulling for a UT/UF game myself. Yes I am a Longhorn.

    The longhorns look like they’re going to escape this week.

    Personally, I’m rooting for every team to have one loss, because I despise the BCS.

  9. 9.

    geg6

    October 17, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Got my college football last night. Pitt Panther FTW. Pens tonight. Stillers v Mistake on the Lake tomorrow. I love how this weekend sports thing worked out for me this week.

  10. 10.

    ChrisB

    October 17, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: I hate the BCS too and always hope for the worst combination of circumstances to expose its flaws.

    I’m wondering how much Colt McCoy hurt his draft position today.

  11. 11.

    Cat Lady

    October 17, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    OT but sports related, this must be seen to be believed.

  12. 12.

    Common Sense

    October 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    @ChrisB:

    I think it pretty much only matters what he does in the last game. If he explodes for 450 yards in the BCS Championship he may want to look at real estate in STL. See Jamarcus Russell.

  13. 13.

    El Tiburon

    October 17, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Horns won, so there.

  14. 14.

    asiangrrlMN

    October 17, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Moi, aussi. As to your comment about hating the BCS, that is.

    You know what else I hate? Matt Millen as the color guy for the Gopher/Penn St. game. Matt Millen? Seriously? Why the fuck would I want to listen to anything that clown has to say?

  15. 15.

    Violet

    October 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Voted for Bitsy already. She’s doing well, but last week the winner had over 6000 votes. :o She’s got over 3,000 votes this week, but she needs more help! Vote Bitsy!

  16. 16.

    licensed to kill time

    October 17, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Balloon Juice is #42 in this list of top 50 U.S. political blogs .

    Of course, we all know BJ is NUMBAH ONE!

  17. 17.

    smiley

    October 17, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    pulling for a UT/UF game myself.

    Me too but the Gators better have a much better second half. They’re down 7-3 to Arkansas at the half. Three fumbles so far for the Gators. This year’s Ole Miss?

  18. 18.

    smiley

    October 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    @smiley: Sorry, make that 10-3 Arkansas at the half.

  19. 19.

    tess

    October 17, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Yay! The Dawgs didn’t totally suck today, and Tebow just got sacked (again).

    Not a terrible day.

  20. 20.

    waynski

    October 17, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    I thought college football was racism? Go Yanks.

  21. 21.

    D-Chance.

    October 17, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    ‘Horns wins a game by 3 that they should have won by 30.

    But… heck. A very profitable day. And the NFL looks even more promising tomorrow.

  22. 22.

    Kit Smith

    October 17, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    I spent $40 on a ticket to the OSU/Purdue game so I could see some friends I don’t see much (I’m a Purdue alum, they’re Ohio State grad students). I figured the price was worth it to see some friends I rarely can coordinate with, and I could deal with the inevitable blowout and requisite “Your team made a good effort!” condescension I would encounter from the Ohio State fans (and my friends).

    Instead, I managed to see a ridiculous upset as Purdue decided to show up and play some football (not necessarily good football, but football none the less) while Ohio State was content to screw up constantly. BOILER UP!

  23. 23.

    Thlayli

    October 17, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    Always a good day when Notre Dame loses. Arrogant pricks.

  24. 24.

    MBL

    October 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Purdue clobbers OSU AND Notre Dame loses? If IU can hold onto this twenty-point lead for another nine minutes and forty-one seconds this will be the best day of college football ever.

  25. 25.

    Kit Smith

    October 17, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    @Thlayli: You went with Notre Dame as the arrogant ones in that matchup? Against any other team I’d be in full concurrence, but it was USC they played. That’s a team that needs to learn humility by losing a few lot of games.

  26. 26.

    MBL

    October 17, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Hoosiers win! Hoosiers win!

    Perfect football day.

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    October 17, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    @Kit Smith: Agreed. We didn’t call them the University of Spoiled Children when I was in college for nothing. Possible dream game: USC-Boise State with the Broncos breaking the Trojans wide open. Yeah, I went there.

  28. 28.

    Rekster

    October 17, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    The University of Alabama should move up to Number 1 and Mark Ingram should be the leader in the Heisman Race.

  29. 29.

    Yutsano

    October 18, 2009 at 12:40 am

    @Rekster: At the very least Florida should lose their top spot. They looked HORRIBLE today. If it weren’t for Tebow somehow pulling it out of his ass AGAIN they would be 5-1.

  30. 30.

    ricky

    October 18, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    After his team won and his Heisman hopes swirled further down the drain, uber Christian QB Colt McCoy of Texas said he was praying for his injured rival, Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford. True God fearing Texans should demand McCoy’s deportation. If God wanted that Bradford boy to stay healthy he would have given Oklahoma a better crop of Texans to man the OU offensive line.

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