Open Thread for Saturday Afternoon
by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:05 PM EDT
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PrintLooks like a couple of potential upsets out of the gate. Texas is having trouble with Iowa State, and Northwestern is up on Michigan State early. By the time the game kicks off, we may be facing the transitive football Big Ten Eleven Rust Belt runner-up.
I'm pretending to take notes in a Philadelphia master's classroom as I post this, so I'm relying on posters here and elsewhere around SBN to help me follow the action.
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Class on Saturday?
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:12 PM EDT reply actions
Unfortunately, yes
My program of study has class from 8:30 am to 5:00 one Saturday a month. It cuts a full year off the program, but it sucks during the fall.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Just discovered that the university's internet gets ESPN3
I really want to check it out, but I’m worried that both the sound will not be muted, and that I will not be able to even fake paying attention to the prof in a relatively small classroom.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:12 PM EDT reply actions
It's my birthday today, BTW.
Win one for your favorite blogger, Gamecocks.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
But I'M my favorite blogger
Happy Birthday!
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy birthday!
How old are you turning? And don’t forget to multiply it by 3 for all the years the Gamecocks have take off your life!
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 23, 2025 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
It seems like Arkansas actually plays defense at home.
I can relate.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
And...
apparently, run punts back 97 yards.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Syracuse 16: West Virginia 14, 2:00 left in 1st half
How long can the Big East hold on to a BCS bid?
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
The box score for that game looks frightful. Lots of WVU turnovers on their own side of the field...
Followed by Syracuse not being able to punch it into the endzone. ’Cuse kicked four FGs in the first half.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Navy v Notre Dame
Looks like a spring game with their uni’s. If it weren’t for ‘Navy’ on the front, it would have taken me the first half to figure out which team was which.
by SetYourBodyAblaze on Oct 23, 2025 1:34 PM EDT reply actions
You could always look for the team that knows what they're doing
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
To that point, it's now Navy 35-10
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Good heavens.
I guess we’ll have to wait another year for the return to glory. It’s looking like another trip to the Hawai’i Bowl for ND.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Arkansas's offense hasn't looked quite as dominant today as I thought it would.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 2:37 PM EDT reply actions
I've tried to explain to friends who are not Carolina fans
that whatever our stats and the opponents’ ability, at Florida is a much tougher game for us than home vs. Arkansas. It’s like a different team steps off the plane fur us than the one that boarded for departure in Columbia.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that's probably right.
The team that usually seems to show up at home will beat Arkansas, while the road team will likely get crushed by Florida.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like...
Mich. St. will escape, while ’Cuse preserves its win with a late defensive stand. ISU still up on Texas.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
Texas is inconsistent this year,
Dominate one week, get manhandled the next.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I haven't watched, but they must be playing like crap.
ISU got slaughtered by Oklahoma last week. They’re not a very good team.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Texas is pulling a Gamecock kinda year.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh.
Yep. Beat a national title contender one week, then lose to an also-ran the next.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The difference...
is that Texas is doing it because they’re young. They’ll finish in the top five next year. We do it every year.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
So will Florida when Burton starts next year.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Cant run a Spread-Option
with a pocket gunslinger.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Urban and Addazzio sure are trying, though.
Urban has never been very good at fitting his offensive approach to his talent.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Florida loses more from their two deep than we do
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
There's a weather delay in Fayetteville.
What happens if they don’t end up finishing the game?
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:28 PM EDT reply actions
Announcers said be it back in 15 minutes
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Time to watch
Georgia Tech. get that option rolling.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 3:33 PM EDT reply actions
Hate to say it...
But I don’t see Tech winning that game. They don’t have a defense and the option doesn’t have the punch it did last year. We’ll see.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't put it past Dabo to find a way.
But Clemson has a significant talent edge in this one.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is GT trying to pass against Clemson?
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
And what is Dabo doing?
Ellington runs for 55 yards and gets taken out of the game. If I were Dabo, I’d run Ellington as much as the Gamecocks have been running Lattimore.
Looks like CU is about to score again, though.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Clemson coaches don't believe he can hold up for 20 carries
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Even Harper can run against GT's defense, so maybe swapping is fine.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ole Miss making things tight for Arky in Fayetteville.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 4:06 PM EDT reply actions
Damn.
Ole miss has 19 players over 6’4. Including a 6’11 OT.
Gamecocks have 9.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
Last time they beat us,
their average OL was about 5’11". Players were smaller back then.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 23, 2025 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
You know...
Ark.’s backup QB looks to be about as good as Mallett.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
Did last week to..
till those 2-3 interceptions.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess that's typical of a good-but-young QB.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
What happend to Mallet?
I just switched back to that game.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know. I watched the end and he wasn't in the game anymore.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
About 1000 yards of total offense in that game.
Sheesh.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Injured his throwing shoulder before the delay.
Or so say the TV commentators.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 23, 2025 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Did they say how badly he's hurt?
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't catch that.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 23, 2025 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday Gamecock Man
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by Flounder on Oct 23, 2025 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
If Auburn ends up winning today...
This performance may win Newton the Heisman. He’s unstoppable.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:50 PM EDT reply actions
Honestly, I think he's better than Tebow.
He’s faster and he’s by far the better passer.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 23, 2025 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the Vikings might take a chance on him.
They like athletic QBs.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
And Brett Favre's nether regions may finally force him to retire this year.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 23, 2025 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Madden has
have him retire every year since 07 after the 1st season.
by RjTheMetalhead on Oct 23, 2025 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Should have been a safety.
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 23, 2025 6:13 PM EDT reply actions
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