College Football - 2014 (1 Viewer)

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Forbes Magazine published this seasons average ticket prices. I suppose
scalpers would push the price higher for some games. I wonder how many
sell out.

Students evidently are not going to the games according to Time Magazine.Things have changed
since I was a undergrad student. Well, tickets were included in the tuition then. Not much television
coverage then either.

The top five schools with the most expensive average ticket prices are as follows: Notre Dame ($294), Ohio State ($246),
Michigan ($230), Nebraska ($210) and Texas A&M ($204).

The full Top 25:
1.Notre Dame ($294)
2.Ohio State ($246)
3.Michigan ($230)
4.Nebraska ($210)
5.Texas A&M ($204)
6.Georgia ($188)
7.LSU ($181)
8.Alabama ($179)
9.Iowa ($166)
10.Oklahoma ($161)
11.Oregon ($160)
12.Florida ($159)
13.Washington ($151)
14.Texas ($150)
15.Mississippi State ($146)
16.South Carolina ($146)
17.Tennessee ($134)
18.Penn State ($133)
19.USC ($130)
20.Boise State ($125)
21.Oklahoma State ($122)
22.NC State ($118)
23.West Virginia ($116)
24.Syracuse ($114)
25.Kansas State ($114)

To even be allowed to purchase the best tickets from many top ranked programs, you have to "contribute" thousands or tens of thousands to the schools. I can't wait until the young folks wise up and stop paying tens of thousands to attend these schools and end up with no job while the online schools are catching on. The end is near for traditional elitist universities. They are as corrupt and greedy as it gets.

 

[Combat]

The picks for this week:

Alabama 100 Florida Atlantic 3 - I'm going out on a limb here and picking the Tide in the Cupcake Bowl. My favorite part of Bama games this year is to watch Saban glare at Lame Kiffin on the sideline. That makes even a game like this one worth watching.

Oregon 38 Mich. St. 20 - The PAC may be the best conference this season. Oregon is tough at home.

USC 30 Stanford 27 - The game of the week. SC only has about 57 scholarship athletes on the team. Many are true freshman. Sark is running a hurry up offense that relies on skill players. Looked good last week, but Stanford is no Fresno St. They could dominate the line and wear out SC. This one could go either way.

Notre Dame 27 Michigan 20 - the loser is toast.

 

[Panzer ace]

Am I missing something or is Georgia v South Carolina the only Top 25 match-up of the week?

 

[lancer]

UMd absolutely crushed powerhouse James Madison 52-7 to kick off it's Big 10 championship run to the National Title. Forget the Florida's and Alabama's, it's UMd for all the marbles. Bring on OSU, Big Blue, PSU, and MSU as UMd will steamroller them all. {eek3}^&grin:wink2::rolleyes2: -- Al

UMd managed to squeak by South Florida by 7 points to run it's record to 2-0. Unfortunately, the feel-good part of the schedule is now over and there is a very good chance UMd has seen it's last victory of the 2014 season. Next up is West Virginia... -- Al

 

[Combat]

Am I missing something or is Georgia v South Carolina the only Top 25 match-up of the week?

I was still savoring USC's bizarre win over Stanford. Stanford got inside the SC 35-yard line 9 times and only scored 10 points. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that. Next week looks like a dud.

 

[Combat]

Coming off my Nostradamus-like picks from last week. There are hardly any games worth picking this week but here goes:

South Carolina 27 Georgia 24 - I suppose this is the game of the week. South Carolina has been as bad as bad can be as Jiminy Glick might say. But at home they might pull the upset.

USC 40 Boston College 20 - the mighty Trojans make a rare Beantown appearance. A dangerous road game coming off a tough win at Stanford. SC has too many athletes though and wins easily.

Oklahoma 47 Tennessee 14 -the Vols got the Lame Kiffin treatment. His one year there was enough to set the program back a decade. They get crushed.

UCLA 57 Texas 30 - The Bruins have underperformed but Texas got Alamo'ed last week. Not a happy time in Austin which could make this an interesting game. I wouldn't be surprised if the Horns make a game of it.

 

[lancer]

Got a terrific barn-burner in progress between the UMd Terps and WVa. UMd fell behind 28-6 in the 2nd quarter and looked DOA. To my shock, they found their offensive stride and have just tied the score 37-37 in the 4th quarter on a 70 yard punt return. The last 9 minutes should be worth watching. ^&grin -- Al

 

[lancer]

Got a terrific barn-burner in progress between the UMd Terps and WVa. UMd fell behind 28-6 in the 2nd quarter and looked DOA. To my shock, they found their offensive stride and have just tied the score 37-37 in the 4th quarter on a 70 yard punt return. The last 9 minutes should be worth watching. ^&grin -- Al

Bummer! WVa kicks the game winner at the gun to win 40-37. Too bad but at least UMd didn't quit and fought hard to the final gun. That said, UMd's pass defense is bad. Gave up something like 500 yards through the air. -- Al

 

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Bummer! WVa kicks the game winner at the gun to win 40-37. Too bad but at least UMd didn't quit and fought hard to the final gun. That said, UMd's pass defense is bad. Gave up something like 500 yards through the air. -- Al

Good game. WVA played well against Bama so I wouldn't be too discouraged.

 

[Combat]

Georgia and USC played awful D this week. BC only ran one basic play against USC and they could make no adjustments to stop it. It was like watching a Monte Kiffin coached team. The NCAA did a job on SC. Only 53 scholorship players on the roster last night while Penn St gets a waiver from covering up for a child molestor. I hate to say it but UCLA and Notre Dame both played hard. The Bruins lose their Heisman candidate QB early and still tough out a road win in Texas. It wasn't pretty but it goes up as a win.

 

[sammy719]

My wife and I had great seats at the Nevada/Arizona game last nite!! my Az. Wildcats won a a shootout 35-28!! (3-0) freshman quarterback looks like he is going to be a good one for the Cats...Sammy

 

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My favorite stat of the weekend was from the BC game. They had five (count'em) completions but over 500 total yards of offense. Incredible. They ran the same read option play where the QB has the option to hand off or run about 50 times and SC never stopped it once.

 

[Panzer ace]

My favorite stat of the weekend was from the BC game. They had five (count'em) completions but over 500 total yards of offense. Incredible. They ran the same read option play where the QB has the option to hand off or run about 50 times and SC never stopped it once.

I watched that game and it seemed like SC forgot how to tackle too.

 

[Panzer ace]

I guess FSU v. Clemson is the game of the week?

 

[Combat]

I see FSU has suspended their QB for offensive language. He's no doubt a numbskull, but it seems like the PC is getting a bit out of hand. I'm guessing his prior track record of alleged sexual assault and desire for crab legs did not help him though.

 

[Combat]

Not many great games this week.

Alabama 49 Florida 10 - even Lame Kiffin calling plays can't stop Bama. Florida is a broken program. They get steamrolled and Sabin might not call off the dogs like he does against Div II teams. Maybe the Tide will play a road game sometime this year.

Oklahoma 34 WVA 24 - dangerous road game. WVA comes out pumped and makes a game of it but the Okie's wear them out.

Clemson 38 Florida St. 30 - weird game with "Crab Legs" Winston sitting out in the first half. We are due for a big upset.

Oregon 63 Wash St. 14 - a perfect beatdown game for the Ducks.

 

[Panzer ace]

I think Maryland v. Syracuse might be worth watching.

 

[lancer]

I think Maryland v. Syracuse might be worth watching.

I hope we Terps can give the Orange a battle. I still remember watching Larry Csonka run over the Terps in '66. It was his first year as the main RB after Floyd Little. Csonka rushed for over 200 yards and Syracuse won easily. As a rule, UMD hasn't done too badly against the Orange, trailing 14-18-2 in the all-time series. Maybe we can get a game closer.:wink2: -- Al

 

[Panzer ace]

I hope we Terps can give the Orange a battle. I still remember watching Larry Csonka run over the Terps in '66. It was his first year as the main RB after Floyd Little. Csonka rushed for over 200 yards and Syracuse won easily. As a rule, UMD hasn't done too badly against the Orange, trailing 14-18-2 in the all-time series. Maybe we can get a game closer.:wink2: -- Al

Good Ol'Csonka. I think he is one of my all-time favorites simply based on his smash-mouth style of running. Not a lot of dancing but plenty of bulldozing.

 

[lancer]

Just realized that there are only 84 days until the Army-Navy game. The countdown begins...^&grin -- Al