2023 Watch Party: WEEK TWELVE

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Boston College

@ Pittsburgh

6:00 PM

Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Friday, November 17, 2023

South Florida	@ UTSA	8:00 PM		Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Colorado	@ Washington State	9:30 PM	FS1	Gesa Field, Pullman, WA

For Tuesday and Wednesday MACtion please see the MACtion thread: For MACtion Discussion Thread

Nobody here is likely to be ranked, and there isn't much earth shattering stuff here. We'll get started.

- BC is bowl eligible, Pitt is 2-8. The hardcore of hardcore college football neutral intends on watching this.

- USF needs a win to be bowl eligible, UTSA is still unbeaten in the conference. Tulane and SMU are also unbeaten, and none of the three play one another. UTSA and SMU have dominated conference play, Tulane has won a lot of close games. My guess is most of this board would take the OC of any of the three by hiring first and asking questions later. UTSA HC Jeff Traylor is 55 years of age, 37-13 at UTSA. Is a P5 gig in the near future for him?

- CU and Wazzu are both 4-6. Prime haters are loving life right now. A Wazzu win probably knocks CU out of the bowl picture for this season. CU wins, everyone is going to be loving on Utah in Week 13. Do these little old white ladies like Coach Prime? I'm gonna say yes.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Saturday, November 18, 2023

3 Michigan	@ Maryland	11:00 AM	FOX
10 Louisville	@ Miami	11:00 AM
Rutgers	@ 12 Penn State	11:00 AM	FS1
14 Oklahoma	@ BYU	11:00 AM
24 Tulane	@ Florida Atlantic	11:00 AM
Purdue	@ Northwestern	11:00 AM	BTN
SMU	@ Memphis	11:00 AM

- Happy Saturday Before Thanksgiving SEC Cupcake Game Week.

- Michigan plays at Maryland. Not America's Team vs Also Not America's Team

- It would be very college football of Miami to knock off Louisville.

- SMU at Memphis is probably the best bet here in terms of a meaningful game that could be competitive.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Massachusetts	@ Liberty	12:00 PM		Williams Stadium (VA), Lynchburg, VA
Louisiana Tech	@ Jacksonville State	1:00 PM		Burgess-Snow Field, Jacksonville, AL
UTEP	@ Middle Tennessee	1:00 PM		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN
Rice	@ Charlotte	1:00 PM		Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Appalachian State	@ James Madison	1:00 PM		Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field, Harrisonburg, VA
Hawai'i	@ Wyoming	1:00 PM		Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY
22Utah	@ 17Arizona	1:30 PM	PAC12	Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
Cincinnati	@ West Virginia	1:30 PM	BIG12|ESPN+	Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV

- Congratulations to anyone who has the bandwidth in their lives to watch any of this.

- Utah at Arizona. Should be a great game. Why is this conference dissolving again?

- Liberty is still unbeaten. Their coach may have tweeted as such from Mississippi earlier this week.

- James Madison is unbeaten. They are not bowl eligible. Welcome to the G5.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

North Texas	@ Tulsa	2:00 PM		Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
Temple	@ UAB	2:00 PM		Protective Stadium, Birmingham, AL
Texas State	@ Arkansas State	2:00 PM		Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, AR
Nevada	@ Colorado State	2:00 PM		Canvas Stadium, Fort Collins, CO

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

1 Georgia	@ 18 Tennessee	2:30 PM	CBS	Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN
Illinois	@ 16 Iowa	2:30 PM	FS1	Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
Wake Forest	@ 19 Notre Dame	2:30 PM	NBC	Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
20 North Carolina	@ Clemson	2:30 PM		Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, SC
UCLA	@ USC	2:30 PM		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
NC State	@ Virginia Tech	2:30 PM		Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
Baylor	@ TCU	2:30 PM	BIG12|ESPN+	Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
UNLV	@ Air Force	2:30 PM	CBSSN	Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, CO

Ok, this is better.

- UGA is number one again. I'd like to think that Tennessee could maybe inflict some chaos into the situation, but I'm doubtful.

- I've lived in Illinois my entire life. I don't like University of Illinois, but I like Iowa even less and have a very irrational desire for Illinois to win this football game. Somehow I doubt they will and I also doubt this game will be entertaining because Iowa is involved.

- Buy stock in Clemson, everyone, because only Deeblo is allowed to make any money.

- I might flip over from Sam Hartman Bowl and check out SC v UCLA. Mostly in the hopes that Lynn's UCLA defense is trashing Lincoln Riley back to the fracking fields of Oklahoma.

 

[Lberry]

Holy cow has Maryland tanked lately. They got off to a hot start, was hoping they could stretch out the game with UM but they're playing as bad as anyone lately

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Minnesota	@ 2 Ohio State	3:00 PM	BTN	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
6 Oregon	@ Arizona State	3:00 PM	FOX	Mountain America Stadium, Tempe, AZ
23 Oklahoma State	@ Houston	3:00 PM		TDECU Stadium, Houston, TX
UCF	@ Texas Tech	4:00 PM	FS2	Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Marshall	@ South Alabama	4:00 PM		Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL
Old Dominion	@ Georgia Southern	5:00 PM		Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
California	@ Stanford	5:30 PM	PAC12	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
21 Kansas State	@ 25 Kansas	6:00 PM	FS1	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS
Boise State	@ Utah State	6:00 PM	CBSSN	Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

- Ohio State should not have any issues here. Sets up a big showdown between the two teams we'd all want to see both lose.

- Arizona State beating Oregon is good for Texas and Alabama, good for chaos.

- The Kansas schools both being ranked in football seems pretty cool and with basketball season having started, there should still be some interest here. I like both coaches and hope they stay put.

- Boise State and Utah State are both 5-5. Bowl Eligibility goes to the winner.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

5Washington	@ 11 Oregon State	6:30 PM		Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR
Florida	@ 9 Missouri	6:30 PM		Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field, Columbia, MO
Kentucky	@ South Carolina	6:30 PM		Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC
Nebraska	@ Wisconsin	6:30 PM	NBC	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
7 Texas	@ Iowa State	7:00 PM	FOX	Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA
Syracuse	@ Georgia Tech	7:00 PM		Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA
New Mexico	@ Fresno State	9:30 PM	FS1	Bulldog Stadium (CA), Fresno, CA
San Diego State	@ San José State	9:30 PM	CBSSN	CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, CA

- I'm taking Oregon State to win. And if Arizona State can beat Oregon, things get interesting.

- If Florida loses, and they will, does Napier get canned?

- Nebraska and Wisconsin are both 5-5 with first year HC. Nebraska has lost their last 2, Wisconsin their last 3.

- Matt Campbell probably has no idea how many Crimson Tide fans he has backing him this weekend.

- The Brady Hoke Farewell Tour heads to San Jose. A sentence that somehow just seems totally right.

 

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[Jiggafini19Deux]

Pat Narduzzi is just a meathead. Can't stand the guy.

 

[T-Boone]

Lame round on paper.
Even the ND v Wake Forrest game does not seem too interesting.
Reasons to watch: Maybe a backup QB gets in early, new o-line players to track, can Watts keep his run of picks going? Anything else?

 

[FWIrish4]

Cannot find my weekly ND opponent QB longest pass prop that I’ve been hammering all year. Our secondary hasn’t allowed a pass more than 43 yards all year (I believe based on my research) and the books have been completely clueless. Was getting Jack Plummer, Pitt QB, etc at 40 yard under longest completions!

 

[dublinirish]

Colorado defense looks eh disinterested


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[calvegas04]

lol Sanders has been sacked 50 times this season

 

[Bluto]

Man…Colorado stinks.

 

[Bluto]

Refs bailed out Michigan. Tight End straight up James Harden flopped on the ground after pushing off and the refs called PI on the defense.

 

[tko]

The refs always bail out Michigan. They’ve made a lot of money off them.

 

[Giddyup]

Pretty impressive what Michigan players are doing. If we lost MF not sure we could get up for the games.

 

[tko]

They certainly have blinders on, but these opponents are terrible.

 

[Bluto]

Marylands defense is doing alright. Kept this game from getting completely out of hand so far.

 

[notredomer23]

Maryland is gonna win

 

[Bluto]

BYU taking it to Oklahoma with the read option.

 

[notredomer23]

I’d take every team in the top 8 over Michigan

 

[PigtownIrish]

Time for big 10 refs to do their job and help Maryland.

 

[Giddyup]

Time for big 10 refs to do their job and help Maryland.

That’s corruption. You’re no better than Harbaugh

 

[Irish du Nord]

Bad punt there

 

[ab2cmiller]

Generational QB

 

[notredomer23]

Generational QB

Careful, that’s a Heisman contender and sure fire first round pick you’re talking about!

 

[arrowryan]

This Michigan team is 2018/2020 Notre Dame. McCarthy is the weak link.

 

[notredomer23]

Very firmly against Taulia as a grad transfer option. Guy makes some great throws but is a turnover machine