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bull**** B1G refs trying so hard to eject BG Falcons.

Illini have their hands full with Ball St. Ball st now inside 5, down 14-16 late 3rd qtr. 1st & goal. They just took it in to go up 21-16

Sorry but...... Kent State, Bowling Green, and Akron are flat-out awful. None of these teams can tackle worth a damn. Jury still out (barely) on CMU. Testicle Tech looks very competitive!

Ball st going to lose after the fumble would have been a nice win for thr mac.

And Ball State chokes it away just like most MAC schools do when faced with a close game vs. a P5 opponent.

Other interesting scores from week 1

Idaho - 28
Sacramento State - 6
Star QB Linehan went 14/19, 163 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs.

Maryland - 51
#23 Texas - 41

James Madison - 34
East Carolina - 14
JMU would be a great addition to the MAC

Liberty - 48
Baylor - 45
Baylor is the biggest mess in FBS right now

Howard - 43
UNLV - 40
Record setting game. UNLV were 45 point favorites and lost. Biggest upset in Vegas CFB betting history.

One SC fan on their forums complained about their D line being pushed around. I flashed back to a play in the second half where Bogan was hit and the O line congealed around him and the whole mass of bodies started moving downfield, with Bogan's legs still churning under the pile. The USC radio announcers likened it to a rugby scrum and it moved almost 10 yards!

Quite a number of USC fans on their forums were battling the perception from other fans that this should have been a practice scrimmage. They insisted that, unlike most of their PAC-12 rivals, USC actually played a good team. They feel that WMU exposed their weaknesses (even when Lester had said all week what we were going to do; run) and will help them to work on those before facing a really tough Stanford team, who had a laugher against Rice. Several posters said that our running game might be the best they see this season, given our strength on the OL and our RBs.

(09-03-2017 12:25 PM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  Howard - 43
UNLV - 40
Record setting game. UNLV were 45 point favorites and lost. Biggest upset in Vegas CFB betting history.

One caveat with this one: not many books post lines for FBS vs. FCS matchups, and those that do won't take anything resembling a large bet on them.

A monumental upset nonetheless.

The biggest upset from a point spread perspective in a game with a widely available line, ironically, was Stanford 24-23 over #1 USC in the Coliseum on October 6, 2007. I believe that was Jim Harbaugh's first year there.

Stanford's starting quarterback had suffered a seizure in practice the week before, and the backup who started that game had never thrown a collegiate pass.

The consensus closer: USC -41

Top 5 MACtion plays from week 1. Guess which plays were #3 & #1? https://twitter.com/MACSports/status/904...36/video/1

Personally I thought Beal's INT should've been up there. Considering he picked the Heisman candidate at a time when the game was in reach. Clutch grab with barely a toe on the ground