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Gosh, came back from watching Conclave and the announcers at ULL - Texas State sound like they're at a funeral. Hope that kid is ok.

College football boards being erratic and prone to recency bias? Well I never.

Hah, it cut off the post it was replying to in the embed. FIU's old mascot - they're doing throwback uniforms: https://news.fiu.edu/2018/hey-fiu-are-you-ready-to-bring-back-the-sunblazer

FIU going with Sunblazers throwbacks - they really should have kept that name https://news.fiu.edu/2018/hey-fiu-are-you-ready-to-bring-back-the-sunblazer

Welcome to Bye Week 2. So. Many. Midweek. Conference. USA. games. and a decent but not incredible Saturday slate. All lines are Circa opening lines. Tuesday games New Mexico State @ Florida International (-8) (7/6 CBSSN): They're both 1-3 in CUSA play. The most "it's football I guess" matchup I've ever seen. Louisiana Lafayette @ Texas State (-3) (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): Midweek Fun Belt action! ULaLa is leading the SBC West. Texas State sees bowl eligibility as a real possibility. Should be a solid one. Louisiana Tech @ Sam Houston State (-9) (8/7 ESPNU): The less interesting Louisiana at Texas matchup. Both teams, especially SHSU, are still alive for the conference title game hunt. Wednesday games Jacksonville State @ Liberty (-2) (7/6 CBSSN): CUSA's #2 travels to #3. Let's hope Liberty is still shellshocked from their shocking loss to winless Kennesaw State. Kennesaw State @ Western Kentucky (-24) (7:30/6:30 ESPN2): Speaking of the Owls, they head to Bowling Green, Kentucky, home of Corvettes and Mammoth Cave, to face the league-leading Hilltoppers. Good luck. Thursday game Tulane (-15) @ Charlotte (7:30 / 6:30 ESPN): The Green Wave travel to the (other) Queen City to face Biff Poggi's boys. Tulane is 4-0 in conference, Charlotte is 2-2. Friday games Georgia State @ UConn (-7) (7/6 CBSSN): Georgia State beat Vanderbilt, so they must be good, right? Yale @ Columbia (7/6 ESPNU): Take a peek at Columbia's beautiful field on the banks of the Harlem River on the northern tip of Manhattan. South Florida (-4) @ Florida Atlantic (7:30 / 6:30 ESPN2): Tom Herman hosts an in-state rivalry in Boca Raton. These teams are not good. San Diego State @ #15 Boise State (-24) (8/7 FS1): Ashton Jeanty at a reasonable hour! Saturday games #4 Ohio State (-3) @ #3 Penn State (11/12 FOX): The obvious pick of the litter, and finally a great Big Noon Saturday game (joined by College Gameday). Can James Franklin finally win a big game against a blueblood? Tough battle, especially with Drew Allar hurt. Duke @ #5 Miami (-20) (11/12 ABC): Another day, another chance for the ACC refs to hand Miami a game they try desperately to lose. #19 Ole Miss (-4) @ Arkansas (11/12 ESPN): Ole Miss is beloved by the statistical models but has found ways to lose games. Arkansas has been a fun chaos team, and has historically had the Rebs' number. Should be a wild one. Also on - Minnesota @ #24 Illinois (-3) (11/12 FS1) is reasonably tricky bounceback draw for the Illini after Oregon blew them away, Air Force at Army (-23) (11/12 CBS) because America, and Vanderbilt @ Auburn (-6) (12:45 / 11:45 SECN) will be a fun watch - can Diego Pavia go 3 for 3 against Hugh Freeze? - Florida vs. #2 Georgia (-16.5) @ Jacksonville (3:30 / 2:30 ABC): The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is a historically great tailgate and terrible rivalry game, and this year's edition looks like it'll keep that going. Hopefully Florida has spent the past month only scouting UGA and still loses in an incredibly deflating way. #1 Oregon (-15) @ Michigan (3:30 / 2:30 CBS): Oregon has looked ferocious since their early season hiccups. The Big House is a large stadium. They're probably going to win by 30. Texas Tech @ #t11 Iowa State (-12) (3:30 / 2:30 CBS): Some media types are eying this as a spot where Matt Campbell chokes away the Big XII championship slot. Tech is 3-2 in conference and is desperately trying to stay in the hunt. Also on - #13 Indiana (-6) @ Michigan State (3:30 / 2:30 Peacock) - let's see if Curt Cignetti will ever trail in a game / North Carolina (-3) @ Florida State (3:30 / 2:30 ACCN) - Mack's team showed a lot of life blowing UVA out of the water, while Florida State is officially out of the postseason / UCLA @ Nebraska (-9) (3:30 / 2:30 BTN) If Nebraska beats the second-worst team in the B1G at home, they'll be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2016! - #10 Texas A&M (-4) @ South Carolina (7:30 / 6:30 ABC): It's a trap! The most obvious trap game in history. South Carolina is unranked but does some things very well, like pressuring the QB. Can Marcel Reed escape the Gamecock edges? Louisville @ #t11 Clemson (-12) (7:30 / 6:30 ESPN): Clemson is doing their usual bland run through the ACC en route to a boring Playoff blowout. I don't think it gets tripped up here. #18 Pittsburgh @ #20 Southern Methodist (-7) (8 / 7 ACCN): Huge game in determining who'll play Clemson in the ACC Championship. Gritty, hard-nosed Rust Belt murderball against Dallas flash. Also on - Kentucky @ #7 Tennessee (-16) (7:45 / 6:45 SECN) the former Battle for the Barrel could be alright depending on which version of UK shows up / Wisconsin @ Iowa (-4) (7:30 / 6:30 NBC) and USC @ Washington (pick 'em) (7:30 / 6:30 BTN) are good helmet games / TCU @ Baylor (-2) (8 / 7 ESPN2) The "Bluebonnet Battle" features two coaches battling to cool their seats down. - No Big XII After Dark and Hawaii plays on the mainland

Might want to check the thread

I thought watching it on TV that Broughton had time to register that Pavia had thrown the ball, and wanted to pop him anyway, then dropped his helmet to do it. I had no problem with the call.

...and Vernon Broughton causing a 14 point swing all by himself

...he's hyping up his starting QB. Pretty normal press conference stuff.

You simply don't have to reply to futureman and 6th Street. It makes your life better, I promise.

Did you watch UGA - Kentucky, Oregon - Idaho State, or Ohio State - Nebraska?

For a guy who had a really waffle-y recruiting process, it's fun to see he's the alpha of the room personality-wise.

Everything else was pretty fucking great though.

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

...maybe check that link again

Mike Brown is a fun one because this is his dad: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Brown_(linebacker)

I have an Ivan Aivazovsky print on my wall, so this post hits close to home

It's pretty much openly said in the IT article from today. The coaches noticed it and worked on it this week.