(03-01-2011 09:50 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(03-01-2011 09:34 AM)chris4rockets Wrote:  Ohio State, Boise St, and Syracuse...now that is a real mans schedule.

Yet somehow the Rockettes managed to achieve it!

touche'

I just saw that our first game is on a Thurs night, at home against New Hampshire? Hope it gets put on ESPN...I don't understand the logic because attendance may not be that great on a weeknight

so the students will attend before they leave for home for the Labor Day weekend.

(03-05-2011 02:58 AM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  I just saw that our first game is on a Thurs night, at home against New Hampshire? Hope it gets put on ESPN...I don't understand the logic because attendance may not be that great on a weeknight

The logic has to be that the team gets a few extra days to prepare for Ohio State. Instead of taking Sunday off and having 4 days to prep before travel, they take Friday off and have 6 days to prep before travel.

Terry makes a good point too.

Forgot about Labor weekend...good point

it wont get moved to espn. every year i would say about 20%(maybe less?) of the games are on that opening thursday, and theres usually about 3 on tv

(03-05-2011 11:24 AM)Time4Church8 Wrote:  it wont get moved to espn. every year i would say about 20%(maybe less?) of the games are on that opening thursday, and theres usually about 3 on tv

Especially the fact that it is a FBS team playing a FCS team, don't think those games usually get televised.

Didn't want to start a new thread or clutter up the game thread with non-game related stuff. Some early scores from games featuring UT opponents also playing on Thursday night:


First quarter - Wake Forest 3 Syracuse 0

2nd quarter - Central Michigan 14 South Carolina State 0

Edit: Either I need my glasses checked or they just corrected the score on cbssportsline.com. Either way, it's 14-6 Chippewas.

Halftime - Temple 21 Villanova 0

3-0 Wake Forest after the first quarter.

According to the stats from Gametracker, an ugly first quarter for the Orange. No first downs and -6 yards of offense. Committed four penalties that cost them 45 yards.

Starting the second quarter, Demon Deacons have the ball 3rd and eight on the SU 25.

Wake 13 SU 7 in the second quarter

Temple 35 Villanova 0 going to the fourth

Central Michigan 21 South Carolina State 6 in the third

Idaho with an early score out west against BG. 7-0 Vandals in the first.

20-7 Wake Forest over Syracuse at halftime.

BG and Idaho tied at 7 in the first.

Temple leads Villanova 42-0 in the fourth.

Chips lead South Carolina State 21-6 going to the fourth.

Temple beats Villanova 42-7.

BG leads Idaho 20-7 in the second.

Chips lead S.C. State 21-6 with about 3 minutes left.

Wake leads SU 20-7 early in the third. Syracuse got the ball to start the second half and had to punt.

30-7 BG at the half. Nearly 400 yards of offense!

Syracuse plays one good quarter but that turns out to be enough. SU wins in overtime.

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangefootball/...llies.html

Chips, Falcons and Owls also win.

CMU 21 S.C. State 6

BG 32 Idaho 15

Temple 42 Villanova 7

Ball State leads Indiana by seven in the fourth quarter.

Edit: Either GameTracker isn't working or the weather is so bad out in the midwest that it's delayed a game in a stadium with a roof (the IU-BSU game is is Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis). GameTracker has been stuck at the 14:57 mark of the fourth quarter for the last 10-15 minutes.

And of course the Bulls aren't on the UT schedule this season, but I thought I'd mention this anyway. Buffalo lost to Pittsburgh 35-16.

Northern is KILLING Army. 49-12 with 12:35 left in the 4th.
EDIT: Final 49-26

Kinda like us against.......1AA New Hampshire........

BTW, Miami (OH) lost to #21 Mizzou. But.....only 17-6.

GameTracker working now. Ball St. leads IU 27-17 with about two minutes left.

OMG I so wish it was us playing IN....in the GB.

It would be fugly....

In a fbeautiful way........

Ball State went up 10 with a little over two minutes left; after the Cards kicked off, Hoosiers had a drive that got them to the BSU five. A penalty moved them back to the ten and they settled for a 27-yard field goal. Up 7 with 59 seconds left, Ball State ran out the clock and won 27-20.

(09-03-2011 09:05 PM)cnyrocketfan Wrote:  Ball State went up 10 with a little over two minutes left; after the Cards kicked off, Hoosiers had a drive that got them to the BSU five. A penalty moved them back to the ten and they settled for a 27-yard field goal. Up 7 with 59 seconds left, Ball State ran out the clock and won 27-20.

GOOD.

If Indiana cannot compete for a national championship they should not be in the BCS.

They should be in the MAC.

And we should be in the Big.....somethin'.....