CFB 2023 Week 5: A thread focused on football games but also basketball recruiting

[Awesome Fossum]

All times ET. Not all games listed. Lines from ESPN.

Thursday, September 28
7:30 PM Temple at Tulsa (-3.5), ESPN
7:30 PM Middle Tennessee at WKU (-5.5), CBSSN
8:00 PM Jacksonville State (-6.5) at Sam Houston, ESPNU

Friday, September 29
7:00 PM Louisville (-3) at NC State, ESPN
7:00 PM Columbia at Princeton, ESPNU
9:00 PM #10 Utah at #19 Oregon State (-3), FS1
9:00 PM Louisiana Tech at UTEP (-1), CBSSN
10:15 PM Cincinnati at BYU (-2.5), ESPN

Saturday, September 30
12:00 PM #8 USC (-21.5) at Colorado, FOX
12:00 PM Clemson (-7) at Syracuse, ABC
12:00 PM #22 Florida at Kentucky (-2.5), ESPN
12:00 PM UAB at Tulane (-21.5), ESPN2
12:00 PM Utah State (-5) at UConn, CBSSN
12:00 PM #6 Penn State (-27) at Northwestern, BTN
12:00 PM Texas A&M (-6.5) vs Arkansas in Arlington, SECN

2:00 PM Virginia at Boston College (-3), The CW

3:30 PM #24 Kansas at #3 Texas (-17), ABC
3:30 PM #1 Georgia (-14.5) at Auburn, CBS
3:30 PM #2 Michigan (-18) at Nebraska, FOX
3:30 PM Baylor at UCF (-11.5), FS1
3:30 PM Indiana at Maryland (-14), BTN
3:30 PM Arkansas State at UMass (-1), ESPN+

4:00 PM Boise State at Memphis (-3.5), ESPN2
4:00 PM #23 Missouri (-13.5) at Vanderbilt, SECN
6:00 PM #13 LSU (-3) at #20 Ole Miss, ESPN
6:30 PM #9 Oregon (-27) at Stanford, P12N

7:00 PM Iowa State at #14 Oklahoma (-20), FS1
7:30 PM #11 Notre Dame (-5.5) at #17 Duke, ABC
7:30 PM Michigan State at Iowa (-11.5), NBC
7:30 PM South Carolina at #21 Tennessee (-12.5), SECN
8:00 PM West Virginia at TCU (-11), ESPN2
8:00 PM San Diego State at Air Force (-10.5), CBSSN

9:00 PM #12 Alabama (-14.5) at Mississippi State, ESPN
10:00 PM #7 Washington (-18) at Arizona, P12N
10:30 PM Nevada at #25 Fresno State (-24.5), FS1

 

[sgfeer]

Isn't BB recruiting these days just a pay window in the portal?

 

[Ale Xander]

USC playing at 9am pt 10am local yikes

 

[Awesome Fossum]

I wish one game started at 9am ET. Play a game in Dublin every week!

Also, Friday night is kind of loaded.

 

[canderson]

I"ll be at a concert in Philly Friday so miss Utah v Oregon State, which is a bummer. Should be a good one.

 

[wonderland]

USC playing at 9am pt 10am local yikes

I’d much prefer that to the 10:15pm start that Cincinnati fans have to deal with on Friday night.

 

[SLC Sox]

I"ll be at a concert in Philly Friday so miss Utah v Oregon State, which is a bummer. Should be a good one.

Fingers crossed Rising is finally back from his injury so we can see what this Utah offense can actually do. The defense has been carrying them admirably well but they need to start moving the ball much better.

 

[Ale Xander]

With Duke finally hosting College GameDay this week, that brings the list down to 6, of P5 schools that have never hosted. Lot of orange in there

UVA
Syracuse
Illinois
Maryland
Rutgers
Cal

 

[BaseballJones]

This would have been a good week for it with Clemson coming to the Dome and SU undefeated. But Duke-ND is much better.

 

[Ale Xander]

This would have been a good week for it with Clemson coming to the Dome and SU undefeated. But Duke-ND is much better.

You guys need to tear down that crap venue (Sherman Douglas got me into college basketball so I have a soft spot for it but it’s time) and build 3 new ones. One for basketball and one for football and one for lacrosse.

 

[BaseballJones]

You guys need to tear down that crap venue (Sherman Douglas got me into college basketball so I have a soft spot for it but it’s time) and build 2 ones. One for basketball and one for football.

No way. The Dome is great. Not super pretty, but great. It’s called the loud house for a reason - when the fans really show, that’s as loud a place for a football game you’ll ever find as the dome (which is smaller than most) traps the sound and it’s amazing.

And for basketball it’s helpful for home court advantage and recruiting. Not that they get all the top guys (or any of them!) but it does help in that you can say look you’re going to be playing against Duke and North Carolina in front of 35,000 people. Nobody in the country can match that. There are other reasons why top recruits don’t come to SU but hopefully some of those are changing with Autry. Some things can’t be changed - like the winter weather.

 

[Joe D Reid]

I'll be at the UT-Kansas game with a group of friends--first-ever P5 CFB game in person for me. If you'd told me when we bought the tickets we'd be looking at a game between ranked undefeateds I'd have fallen over laughing.

 

[canderson]

I'll be at the UT-Kansas game with a group of friends--first-ever P5 CFB game in person for me. If you'd told me when we bought the tickets we'd be looking at a game between ranked undefeateds I'd have fallen over laughing.

Enjoy DRK, it'll be hot. Be cautious of that.

Bevo Blvd is pretty great before the game, too.

 

[Awesome Fossum]

I'll be at the UT-Kansas game with a group of friends--first-ever P5 CFB game in person for me. If you'd told me when we bought the tickets we'd be looking at a game between ranked undefeateds I'd have fallen over laughing.

I was just thinking about you/this -- that's awesome how it's worked out. Send us live updates!

 

[Joe D Reid]

Enjoy DRK, it'll be hot. Be cautious of that.

Bevo Blvd is pretty great before the game, too.

Yup, staying in a place about a 30 minutes walk from that area. Plan is Schotz's, up Bevo, then the game. If it were forecast to be 10 degrees cooler it would be perfect.

 

[Awesome Fossum]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38512510/colorado-travis-hunter-goes-bowling-henry-blackburn

Honestly, a pretty classy move by Hunter. Blackburn is from Boulder -- that's going to be a tough thing to be locally famous for.

 

[Ale Xander]

Ken Jeong as celebrity picker? WTF, couldn't get anyone better?

View: https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1707487651635372329

 

[Ale Xander]

I wish one game started at 9am ET. Play a game in Dublin every week!

Also, Friday night is kind of loaded.

Sons of Robert Kraft v. Sons of Wyc Grousbeck is the headliner!

 

[Ale Xander]

Is Clemson in the top half of the ACC?

I got FSU Duke UNC NC state, Syracuse and Louisville as possibly better
Is there a 7th team?

 

[Ale Xander]

Interesting last 3 plays for Louisville

 

[Ale Xander]

Someone caught that but incomplete call stands
(Simultaneous catch it looked like)

 

[Ale Xander]

Great fingertip and belly catch by the Princeton TE

 

[Ale Xander]

Princeton going for it on 4th and 2
On the Lions 17 yard line down 3
Must not have fg kicker

First down!

 

[Ale Xander]

4th and goal from the 1 coming up

 

[Ale Xander]

Tigers take the lead on a shotgun FB draw gaining 4 feet

 

[Ale Xander]

Bakari Edwards for Princeton has 4 sacks this game

 

[Ale Xander]

Lions convert 4th and 10
40 seconds left they run for some reason
Then sacked and 25 seconds left
They’re down 3 and on around the 40

 

[Ale Xander]

Strip sack and a flag holding offense

Tigers recover ball and they’ll win

 

[Ale Xander]

For some reason Princeton’s victory formation is in the shotgun

Weird

 

[Ale Xander]

NC State throws a total duck and Louisville
Picks it off

Up 3 with 1:33 left
Game over as Nc state is out of time outs

 

[AMS25]

Oregon State, important stop.

 

[AMS25]

Utes defense, what happened.

 

[ernieshore]

Go Beavs!

 

[Joe D Reid]

Ken Jeong as celebrity picker? WTF, couldn't get anyone better?

View: https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1707487651635372329

Belle Knox was busy.

 

[The Napkin]

For some reason Princeton’s victory formation is in the shotgun

Weird

I'm surprised more teams don't. How many snaps did he take under center during the game? Probably none? And now you want him to get in there with guys on either side of you and the defense breathing on you and get a clean snap? Heck, just 2 weeks ago Tua fumbled a kneel down (at least the second fumbled snap of the game) and if the Pats had been paying attention would have had a decent chance at recovering. Why do something you basically never do when all you care about is getting a play off? Hell worst case a bad snap is still probably more likely to be recovered in shotgun than from under center. Especially with 2 (or more) guys flanking you.

 

[Rook05]

Special guests for today’s show episode of As the Buffalo Turns: Will Ferrell, Jay Z, Matthew McConaghey, Lil Wayne, DJ Khalid, LeBron James, and…..Paul Pierce and KG.

 

[Ale Xander]

Is that NESN’s Gary Streiwski on ESPN?

 

[Ale Xander]

Love these signs (apart from the UNC focused one)

 

[Ale Xander]

Why is loud Pat in the middle and not Rece?

 

[The Social Chair]

Super Bowl level celebrity turnout for Caleb vs Shedeur today.

• LeBron James
• Jay Z
• Snoop Dogg
• Lil Wayne
• Matthew McConaughey
• Will Ferrell
• Kevin Garrett & Paul Pierce

 

[Just a bit outside]

A picture from my son.

 

[Just a bit outside]

CU’s defense doesn’t seem improved from last week.

 

[AMS25]

USC defense seems shaky.

 

[The Social Chair]

USC defense seems shaky.

Wasting the Caleb era with this defense

 

[Just a bit outside]

USC will be fine today. CU has a bad defense and their offense reminds me of the Patriots. No confidence in the oline so every play is quick and designed to get 3-5 yards. Tough to sustain drives when one negative play or penalty is almost impossible to overcome.

 

[The Social Chair]

USC will be fine today.

For sure, but Oregon and Washington are going to put up huge numbers on this defense.

 

[jon abbey]

USC will be fine today. CU has a bad defense and their offense reminds me of the Patriots. No confidence in the oline so every play is quick and designed to get 3-5 yards. Tough to sustain drives when one negative play or penalty is almost impossible to overcome.

Sanders was 8-8 for 19 yards at one point in this game, I'm no mathematician but that doesn't seem like a winning approach.

 

[canderson]

USC defense seems shaky.

It’s a Lincoln Riley team.

 

[Just a bit outside]

Why does USC run a 3rd down give up draw against this defense? Did they need to give Williams a play to recover after the sack?

 

[The Social Chair]

Why does USC run a 3rd down give up draw against this defense? Did they need to give Williams a play to recover after the sack?

Had the same thought. 10 NFL teams had a heart attack watching that sack.