CFB open thread #2: Okla St. v. Georgia

I can’t get into this 2nd wave of games until Minnesota caps off an OT victory against Syracuse….

Oklahoma St. is going to have to stop teams like Georgia if they’re going to get anything done this year. Yeah, they’ve got tons of offense, but you can’t outscore everyone. Tough start for OSU.

I wonder how intimidated OSU is with all the hype behind the program and the stadium…

I really think he’s being undervalued at the NFL level. I think he could swing higher or lower than any other QB besides Tebow.

I’ll be switching back and forth. Some interesting names there.

With Perrish Cox (OSU CB) covering A.J. Green (Georgia WR). Cox just made two great plays

Instead of taking the fair catch, he let it bounce…down to the 2. Georgia’s DT duo will be hungry for a safety here.

Just play and let your talent guide your decisions. Gundy is being too scientific. Georgia will get the ball back with a 7 point lead and solid field position.

Looking solid against the Illini. If anyone’s watching, let me know how Arrelious Benn looks

Can’t give those kinds of easy yards over the middle, no matter how good AJ Green is

Carlton Thomas with some nice acceleration on the hook

He looks very Boller-ish today. Not good for OSU

playaction from their own 9 good for about 25. Someone was going to have to start looking past the 5 and open up the game.

3rd and 1, didn’t get it. 4th and 1, didn’t get it. Mizzou has the momentum now and should add points.

Dez Bryant with a great route picks up 20. Now at the 50 and picking up the tempo.

just let me know. We’ll make this a roll call. No need for questions, but let me know if this is getting any hits.

He’s too good to keep bottled up. 45 yd rec TD. Definitely an option if the Rams WR corps doesn’t offer anything around Donnie Avery.

Forces the fumble; OSU should be able to punch this one in for the 14-7 lead.

And it could be a big one. Russell Okung just went down and took a minute before walking off on his own. Okung is regarded as one of the best OT prospects for the 2010 draft and is pretty much a 1st round lock. I’ll update as soon as I hear what happened.

Mizzou just snagged a fumble from Illinois while OSU was able to pound in their 2nd TD.

17-7 OSU over Georgia
23-3 Missouri over Illinois

Now it’s Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia’s young OT. He was highly touted out of high school, but missed all of last year with a knee injury. Well, he just went down again after what looked like a hyperextension of his knee and had to be helped off of the field. Let’s hope that’s the last injury update I have to type.

The idea of saying farewell to Chase Daniel didn’t fill many observers with optimism in relation to Missouri’s offense, but sophomore Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert has been incredible today. As I type this with 2 min remaining in the 3rd quarter, he’s 22/31, with 287 yards and 3 TDs. He reminds me of another former Tiger QB…

A couple games we haven’t talked about:

Baylor-Wake Forest, 24-14 (12:08, 4th)
Blake Griffin is a stud. If they can finish this off, Baylor immediately furthers the reality that they are no longer the joke of the Big XII.

Notre Dame-Nevada, 35-0 (14:50, 4th)
How good is Jimmy Clausen? Time will tell. If he sticks around for his senior year, he’s got a shot at being the first QB off the board in the 2011 draft.

Michigan-W. Michigan, 31-0 (0:47, 3rd)
Michigan is still working to bring themselves back into the role they occupied for decades with Ohio St. at the top of the Big 10. They’ve got a great DE prospect in Brandon Graham; they’ll have much more talent coming along for the 2011 and 2012 drafts.

Dez Bryant let’s it roll again, this time down to the 5. That’s twice he’s elected not to make the fair catch and both times it has resulted in horrible field position for OSU. Does he lack confidence in his hands?

leads to a fumble from Georgia QB Joe Cox. OSU needs to capitalize on the short field.

after an unfortunate call on Georgia. I understand the rule, and I understand the intent. But the fact that a defender gets a flag for laying out a WR who didn’t get hurt and didn’t go helmet to helmet is ridiculous. Your subsidizing QBs’ shitty throws deep over the middle.

If he and Julio Jones come out for the same draft, teams are going to have a tough time choosing between them.

If they don’t get points, they don’t have a chance at pulling this one out. First pressure of the Cox season.

They persevered and denied Georgia any sense of hope after that first score. On to OU-BYU

and start cooking, but I’ll post a third game thread in about 45 minutes for the ’Bama-Va Tech matchup

So far, amazingly, BYU looks the better in Dallas. Of course, there’s a heavy anti-OU crowd anywhere in Texas, so they may be fighting a pro-BYU sentiment. Although while I was writing this, BYU dropped the punt return and handed incredible field position to OU. If they can’t get points out of this, they shouldn’t be ranked 3rd.

Some great games going on with a TON of great NFL prospects. I’ll be sparse; got a Labor Day weekend pork loin to make…