Week Eight

[TripletDaddy]

This game is having a Bush Push feel to it.

Except there is no Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Lendale white, Dwayne Jarret, or anyone else this time.

[woot]

Wisconsin punts the ball from MSU's 36 yard line. The ball of course sails into the end zone. 16 yard shift in field position.

I'll never understand why teams do this.

It's maddening. With coaches working such long hours trying to find any advantage, I don't get why none of them have ever thought to look up the stats about when it's better to go for it.

A blog I follow has a feature on the dumbest punt of the week. That one by Wiscy will be a contender.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

On a 4th and about 5, no less.

Go for it or kick a field goal unless your kicker is terrible. Don't they spot the ball on the line of scrimmage in college if you miss it?

[TripletDaddy]

Oh yeah! Chris Gallippo pounces on the lateral pass.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Clearly a lateral. Stupid domers.

[woot]

Go for it or kick a field goal unless your kicker is terrible. Don't they spot the ball on the line of scrimmage in college if you miss it?

Not anymore, and it would have been a 53 or 54 yarder. The right decision was to go for it on 4th and 8.

[TripletDaddy]

Robert Woods is 7.

[smokymountainrain]

Go for it or kick a field goal unless your kicker is terrible. Don't they spot the ball on the line of scrimmage in college if you miss it?

I couldn't agree more with you. You have to go for it. Your chances of making it on 4th and 5 with a good QB like Wisconsin has are so much better than most college kickers making a 53 yard FG. And a punt is, as you've pointed out, basically useless.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Not anymore, and it would have been a 53 or 54 yarder. The right decision was to go for it on 4th and 8.

They spot it where the ball is kicked from in the nfl but that's a fairly recent rule change. Are you sure college has adopted that rule?

[TripletDaddy]

Robey jumps the route.

Adios, domers.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

SC's in trouble here

Nope. SC's not in trouble at all.

[BoylenOver]

Stanford just had their 5th 3-and-out of the season.

They're also the first team since 1936 to win 10 straight games by 20+ points.

[USUC]

This is when the season starts to get really good. The undefeated start to go down. The big picture starts to come together. Wisconsin on its way to a loss. The B1G is out of the national championship picture once again. Clemson has got to go down at some point. Stanford and Oregon will be epic. Oklahoma looks like it can get knocked off at some point. LSU and Bama are clear favorites at this point. Who is going to be the other team?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

This is when the season starts to get really good. The undefeated start to go down. The big picture starts to come together. Wisconsin on its way to a loss. The B1G is out of the national championship picture once again. Clemson has got to go down at some point. Stanford and Oregon will be epic. Oklahoma looks like it can get knocked off at some point. LSU and Bama are clear favorites at this point. Who is going to be the other team?

Stanford

[smokymountainrain]

What a great and impressive win for SC. Plus, it has to put a smile on one's face to watch ND go down at home.