American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

Colts rout the hapless Rams, 42-6. :applaud:

Colts won their 15th straight regular season game and the Rams lost their 17 straight regular season game. :mrgreen:



Bret Favre fumbles for a TD returns and throws a pick for another TD and the Vikes lose to the Steelers, 27-17. :shakehead:


Niners have gone into full reverse, losing their third straight, 24-21, to the Texans. :shakehead:


Raiders getting smashed by the Jets, 31-0, in the 3rd quarter... How they beat the Eagles, I'll never know/understand.

BMW

Niners have gone into full reverse, losing their third straight, 24-21, to the Texans.

Maybe not FULL reverse.

The Niners were down 21 to 0 at half time.

Alex Smith came in to play QB in the second half, and played better than I've ever seen him play. Better than I ever expected he could play. 3 TDs in the second half and the defense which had been something of a sieve in the first half held Houston to a field Goal in the second.

Something might be stirring in Ninerland.

Or maybe Houston's just a lousy second half team.

Next week's game againt the Colts just became a bit more interesting.

bmwracer wrote:Colts rout the hapless Rams, 42-6. :applaud:

"Hapless" could be used a lot this weekend:

Packers 31 Browns 3

'Bolts 37 K.C. 7

Pats 35 Tampa Bay 7

Cincy 45 Bears 10

whatever happened to "on any given Sunday, , ," :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:whatever happened to "on any given Sunday, , ," :shakehead:

Well it did happen to the Eagles last week. :mrgreen:

Cardinals beat the Giants, 24-17. :victory:

Geezer

So, the Niners might have their first QB controversy since, , , Brodie/Kilmer? :headscratch:

Edit:Smith steps in as 49ers QB

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)—Alex Smith is the San Francisco 49ersf new starting quarterback.

Coach Mike Singletary made the announcement Monday after sitting down with Shaun Hill(notes), who was benched at halftime of the Ninersf 24-21 loss at Houston on Sunday. Smith, who hadnft played in nearly two years, completed his first six passes and finished 15 of 22 for 206 yards and three touchdown passes to tight end Vernon Davis(notes)—and he nearly led the 49ers back from a 21-0 deficit.

Smith, the No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah in 2005, missed last season after reinjuring his surgically repaired throwing shoulder three days before the season opener.

Singletary said he doesnft plan to change quarterbacks every week, saying this is not a gflavor of the monthh situation.

gaijinmark wrote: So, the Niners might have their first QB controversy since, , , Brodie/Kilmer? :headscratch:

Montana/Young was a huge deal.

Big college game on Halloween: USC at Oregon.

Go Ducks!!! :victory:

Montana / Young still leaves a bad taste in Niner fan's mouths. And the camps are still pretty clearly divided, all these years later.

A Smith / Hill controversy? Not so much. Hill didn't have a chance to build much fan loyalty. And Smith... well, the Niners have looked pretty bad offensively. And Smith is... somebody else.

So throw him in and see what happens this time.

Do I have to get a passport to be a New Orleans fan?

I'm sort of surprised that A. Smith was able to put the Niners into a position where they could've made a comeback.
I am glad to see that V. Davis is getting more action :woot: They just need to make their running game more effective :sweat:

I don't know who they're playing next, but I'll still be rooting on the Niners.


Oh as for the Saints, I'm definitely rooting for them :woot: :woot: Fun to watch. Also, what is up with Reggie Bush? Is he starting to be used less? I also don't see him running back kick off or punt returns.

shin2 wrote:

Montana/Young was a huge deal.

Guess I wasn't paying attention. Besides, to use a Don Meredith cliche, "You dance with the one what brung you." And to me that was Montana. The year Young went down (92?, 93?) they plugged in Bono and didn't miss a beat. [/list:u]

K.T.Tran wrote:Oh as for the Saints, I'm definitely rooting for them :woot: :woot: Fun to watch.

Not me... Though I still lament over the Chargers letting Brees go. :shakehead:

I never liked and still don't like Phillip Rivers.

Also, what is up with Reggie Bush? Is he starting to be used less? I also don't see him running back kick off or punt returns.

The Saints are more pass-oriented, thus their typically high-scoring games.

To quote several sports critics in SoCal, "Reggie Bush is a fraud." :hehe:

USC is getting smashed by Oregon, 41-20, in the 4th quarter. :woot:

EDIT: Final score: 47-20. :mrgreen:

Niners make the Colts work hard for their 7th win of the season, 18-14.

Broncos lose their first game of the season to the Ravens, 30-7.

Though not their best game, Pats defeat Miami 27-17. Did big-mouth Porter play? :headscratch:

Next week, a tough one against Peyton and his big forehead. :hehe:

Jav_sol wrote:Though not their best game, Pats defeat Miami 27-17. Did big-mouth Porter play? :headscratch:

He got shut out.

Next week, a tough one against Peyton and his big forehead. :hehe:

Versus unshaven womanizer Tom and that crater in his chin. :P

Dang, Plowboys beat the Eagles, 20-16... :shakehead:

This past weekend was a great if you're a college football fan. Lots of close games which came down to the wire, upsets galore, three top 10 teams going down to defeat, and a host of important games to come in the next several weeks.

Georgia Tech continues to play exciting, entertaining winning football. Paul Johnson continues to be a gutsy playcaller, and the triple option offense is just a joy to watch.

Speaking of the triple option, Navy's upset of Notre Dame was great. That's twice in the last three years. If the University of Hawaii admin were smart, they'd put a plan together wikiwiki to lure local boy Ken Nuimatalolo back to Manoa; it's time to chuck the run & shoot and go back to the triple option (which the aforementioned Paul Johnson directed back in the 80's when he was UH's OC) which is really more conducive to the type of athletes playing at the islands' high schools.

Ironically, Notre Dame's loss to Navy could turn out to benefit the Irish. It's one more reason for the powers-that-be at ND to justify letting Charlie Weis go at the end of the season. With two more tough games to go against Stanford and Pitt, ND could be looking at a potential 5-loss season, this after expectations were high for a 10 or 11-win year. You don't think influential alums and administrators are looking to see what kind of financial package they could put together to get someone like, say Cincinnati's Brian Kelly to come out to South Bend?

Speaking of Kelly, he continues to keep his Bearcats undefeated, and he's doing it with his back-up QB who, in reality, is playing better than his starting QB. However, he's got three tough games coming up; if Cincy runs the table, this will be one of the best coaching jobs done in the last 10 years.

I'm not surprised Stanford beat Oregon since I figured the Ducks would have a letdown after their big win over USC on Halloween; I am surprised that the Cardinal put up over 50 points against the mallards.

Speaking of Stanford, isn't it curious how the only good white collegiate RBs in the last 20 years or so all matriculated at the Farm. Muster, Volpe, Vardell, and now Gerhart, who's proving to be the best of the bunch.

Speaking of RBs, the Pac 10 has the best corps of RBs of any conference in the country.

Hey, remember when Oklahoma versus Nebraska used to the THE game of the year every year. This past weekend it was virtually ignored by the media. BTW, Nebraska won, and the Sooners dropped out of the top 25 for the first time in a long time.

With the season winding down, there are no great teams out there, but there are a bunch of good teams who are comparatively equal which will make for some excellent competitive games the rest of the season and post-season.

shin2 wrote:I'm not surprised Stanford beat Oregon since I figured the Ducks would have a letdown after their big win over USC on Halloween; I am surprised that the Cardinal put up over 50 points against the mallards.

I'm not surprised, either... Gerhardt has been a handful for most teams.

Wonder how 'SC will fare against him... I don't think they've faced an RB like him in recent memory.

bmwracer wrote:
Wonder how 'SC will fare against him... I don't think they've faced an RB like him in recent memory.

Vince Young. Thanks to the Trojans' defense, he became a college football legend.

OK OK, a guy who actually plays RB instead of a QB who in reality was a RB masquerading as a QB . . .

Two years ago Jonathan Stewart had, I believe, over 100 yards rushing in Oregon's victory over SC.

Last year Jacquizz Rogers of Oregon State must have had close to 200 yards rushing in leading the Beavers to their upset win over SC (he also had over 100 yards rushing this year against SC).

This year tailback LaMichael James had almost 200 yards rushing, and teammate Jeremiah Masoli (another virtual RB playing QB) had over 150 yards on the ground in Oregon's Halloween beatdown of the Trojans.

Out of curiosity, I looked up how Toby Gerhart has fared against USC in previous years: last year, he rushed for 101 yards in a game which the Trojans won handily; the year before when Stanford upset USC, he didn't play; and in 2006 he had just six carries for five yards.

Gerhart has had a great year and, based upon USC's struggles to stop potent Pac 10 running attacks in recent years, you'd expect him to have a quality game against the Trojans, especially if QB Andrew Luck plays like he did against Oregon last week.

Gerhart reminds me a lot of John Riggins: big and fast, powerful yet pretty nimble for a back that size. He and Alabama's Mark Ingram have been the most impressive RBs this year, a season that has featured a number of really good running backs (and some QBs who also have been productive ball carriers)