To make it easier to keep up with each week’s games, I want to try and post a weekly recap thread on Sundays. My main goal for this was to help those who may not have watched every game (looking at myself here) to make sure they fill out the weekly /c/CFB poll with accurate game results. I will highlight ranked teams who lost their games to make it easier to see at a glance before filling out the poll. FCS opponents will be italicized.

This week we had three ranked teams drop their games: 11Tennessee, 16Kansas State, and 24Arkansas. All of these teams were favored but couldn’t manage to win in the end. We had several ranked teams surprisingly struggle at some point during their games this week, including all of the Top 4 teams, 10Alabama, and 21Colorado.

Please let me know what other info you might want to see or if you think that this weekly thread will not be helpful.

Thursday September 14 Fanaticus
20 Miami defeated Bethune-Cookman 48-7
Memphis defeated Navy 28-24
Friday September 15 Fanaticus
Army defeated UT San Antonio 37-29
Maryland defeated Virginia 42-14
Air Force defeated Utah State 39-21
Saturday September 16 Fanaticus
Wisconsin defeated Georgia Southern 35-14
4 Florida State defeated Boston College 31-29
Wake Forest defeated Old Dominion 27-24
Liberty defeated Buffalo 55-27
Missouri defeated 16 Kansas State 30-27
Ohio defeated Iowa State 10-7
Baylor defeated Long Island University 30-7
Kent State defeated Central Connecticut 38-10
Boise State defeated North Dakota 42-18
17 LSU defeated Mississippi State 41-14
Louisville defeated Indiana 21-14
6 Penn State defeated Illinois 30-13
Temple defeated Norfolk State 41-9
12 Utah defeated Weber State 31-7
Eastern Michigan defeated UMass 19-17
Ball State defeated Indiana State 45-7
NC State defeated VMI 45-7
9 Notre Dame defeated Central Michigan 41-17
10 Alabama defeated South Florida 17-3
19 Oregon State defeated San Diego State 26-9
Appalachian State defeated East Carolina 43-28
Rutgers defeated Virginia Tech 35-16
25 Iowa defeated Western Michigan 41-10
15 Oklahoma defeated Tulsa 66-17
22 Duke defeated Northwestern 38-14
Florida International defeated Connecticut 24-17
1 Georgia defeated South Carolina 24-14
18 North Carolina defeated Minnesota 31-13
Tulane defeated Southern Mississippi 21-3
California defeated Idaho 31-17
Texas A&M defeated Louisiana Monroe 47-3
5 Ohio State defeated Western Kentucky 63-10
23 Washington State defeated Northern Colorado 64-21
UCLA defeated North Carolina Central 59-7
7 Washington defeated Michigan State 41-7
Georgia State defeated Charlotte 41-25
UCF defeated Villanova 48-14
Auburn defeated Samford 45-13
Florida defeated 11 Tennessee 29-16
UNLV defeated Vanderbilt 40-37
Miami (OH) defeated Cincinnati 31-24
Nebraska defeated Northern Illinois 35-11
Toledo defeated San José State 21-17
Middle Tennessee defeated Murray State 35-14
Texas Tech defeated Tarleton State 41-3
James Madison defeated Troy 16-14
South Alabama defeated Oklahoma State 33-7
Louisiana defeated UAB 41-21
SMU defeated Prairie View 69-0
Rice defeated Texas Southern 59-7
Arkansas State defeated Stony Brook 31-7
Coastal Carolina defeated Duquesne 66-7
North Texas defeated Louisiana Tech 40-37
West Virginia defeated Pittsburgh 17-6
14 Ole Miss defeated Georgia Tech 48-23
Syracuse defeated Purdue 35-20
BYU defeated 24 Arkansas 38-31
2 Michigan defeated Bowling Green 31-6
Kentucky defeated Akron 35-3
13 Oregon defeated Hawai’i 55-10
Sacramento State defeated Stanford 30-23
3 Texas defeated Wyoming 31-10
TCU defeated Houston 36-13
Clemson defeated Florida Atlantic 48-14
New Mexico State defeated New Mexico 27-17
Texas State defeated Jackson State 77-34
21 Colorado defeated Colorado State 43-35
Fresno State defeated Arizona State 29-0
Kansas defeated Nevada 31-24
Arizona defeated UTEP 31-10
  • SatouKazuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I like this a ton. I’d suggest also adding a quick recap for ranked vs. ranked games, as well, since those could potentially have big implications for the playoff.

      • SatouKazuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I was thinking of even boiling it down to game-by-game blurbs for those, just because of the implications.

      • ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.socialMEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Sounds like a fun thing to do on Sundays – I can take a stab at it next week. I’m writing up a quick recap of the Big XII which I’ll post as a comment here in just a bit.

        The thing that takes time with writing up recaps is that before conference play there are more games to sift through as each school tries to pad their schedule with easy wins. Fortunately, that ends this week! Really looking forward to Ole Miss @ Bama and tOSU @ Notre Dame (even though I’ll probably mostly be watching the Roadrunners and Longhorns, respectively).

  • g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I see this thread as a great place to have weekly discussions on games and the implications. I’d love to be able to foster that kind of discussion as it helps in the case where you say, didn’t watch an overtime thriller because of… well… Game threads have honestly been great so far (sparse but what did we expect) but there isn’t often a comment recapping the game for those that weren’t in them to begin with.

  • ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.socialMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I love this idea! I was thinking of dropping my weekly Big XII discussion thread and moving to more of a basic recap, but was worried it wouldn’t warrant its own post anymore if it was just one conference. I hope the community can use this thread to comment their thoughts on any of the past week’s games.

    When I update my poll on Sunday, I kind of skim through all the results without thinking, and my spreadsheet is all chopped up by team. So it’s refreshing to have everything in one spot to actually reflect on the weekend’s action. The only extra data point that I might suggest including is if the win was at home or on the road.

    • Manibusan@fanaticus.socialOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      When I update my poll on Sunday, I kind of skim through all the results without thinking, and my spreadsheet is all chopped up by team.

      Yeah I’ve been using ESPN to try and recap when doing the poll but I think this makes it a little bit easier for me to process at a glance. I also like paying special attention to the teams we have ranked instead of the AP-ranked teams.

      The only extra data point that I might suggest including is if the win was at home or on the road.

      I thought about something like this but couldn’t quite figure out what it is that I wanted to capture. Using your suggestion, I can simply add a quick column that states Home Win/Road Win. Thanks!

  • ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.socialMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    My Big XII Week 3 Recap. Probably too late to foster any discussion, but I still wanted to get it in.

    We are driving the struggle bus this week! The conference went 9-5 but that doesn’t doesn’t tell the whole picture.

    Tier 1

    Texas (3-0), 0U (3-0)

    Well well well, if it isn’t Yormark’s favorite pair of teams leading the conference in their last Big XII rodeo.

    Texas really struggled against Wyoming, but I don’t think anyone expected an easy win after what they did to Tech in week 1. Offense looked rough for 3 quarters and Ewers especially (fewer passing yards in this game than Wyoming’s backup QB). Turns out Texas plays to the level of competition still (and it doesn’t help that Alabama looks very mediocre).

    0U beat up the 3rd worst FBS team per my rankings going into week 3. We still don’t know anything about this squad but you can’t deny they can score points (5 TD passes from Gabriel, fits the mould of an 0U QB). The Sooners move up a tier.

    Tier 2

    K-State (2-1), TCU (2-1)

    What can a say about K-State other than ooof. Hard to imagine a rougher way to lose to an old conference foe than by a walk-off conference-record (tying) field goal. This was a gritty game, and kudos to Mizzou for stifling K-State’s offense and outperforming Will Howard. I still think the Wildcats are a force to be reckoned with so I’m keeping them in the upper ranks.

    Moving back up a tier is TCU for throttling their old (and new again) conference foe, Houston. Although much of TCU’s natty-run team is gone, remember that Chandler Morris once beat out Max Duggan for the starting QB job. He looks good and appears to be surrounded with some talented receivers. And the defense had themselves a game (but I might also chalk this up to Houston having a roughshod O-line).

    Tier 3

    Baylor (1-2), BYU (3-0), KU (3-0), Texas Tech (1-2), UCF (3-0)

    Baylor finally wins a game, lol. Against FCS competition, we don’t really learn much, but I think they’ve got enough talent to move up to this very crowded mid-tier. Although it may (hopefully) be short-lived as they face c/cfb’s top-ranked Texas squad next week… Not only is Baylor’s identity very defensive, they are very much establishing themselves as a running team this year (only 1 touchdown came through the air).

    Congrats to BYU for their come-from-behind road win against the Razorbacks! Home and homes where the home team loses – was BYU taking notes from Texas in week 2? This is a good win and I wanted to move BYU up more, but they did struggle a bit and needed Slovis to play hero ball. I’m not sure where they fit in the Big XII picture so we will learn a lot when they face KU next week.

    Speaking of, Kansas drops a tier despite winning. Why? They struggled against a bad Nevada team. (How bad? My rankings had them last in the FBS.) This was the late game so I didn’t watch all of it, but Nevada played better than Kansas in the first half which shouldn’t be possible. Daniels looked surprisingly average and KU had to resort to running the ball (which is good to know that they can play different styles of offense).

    And the other BUTT school finally wins a game as well. Texas Tech and Baylor have had eerily similar seasons thus far: being stunned by a G5, going toe-to-toe but falling short with a highly ranked team, and settling for a mediocre win against FCS competition. And when I say mediocre, Shough is not the guy. He wasn’t back then and still isn’t now (not with a QBR of 16.2 against Tarleton State). He was pulled early and it’s too bad the backup doesn’t look any better. Tech’s defense had a great game though, keeping them in this tier.

    UCF seems to be okay without Plumlee, although we can’t say for sure against FCS play. Timmy McClain stepped up, even running when he needs to. With exactly 600 yards of total offense, I think the Knights could do very well in the Big XII this year but I am expecting them to run into a buzzsaw next week with K-State playing angry after their upset.

    Tier 4

    Cinci (2-1), Houston (1-2), WVU (2-1)

    Well Cinci went ahead and lost to a MAC school in overtime so I need to drop them a tier. Although congrats to Miami (OH) from bouncing back after being beat down by Miami (FL) 2 weeks ago in the CONFUSION BOWL! Quick, someone teach Cinci how to cash in in the red zone. Continuously settling for field goal after field goal allowed Miami to stay in this one. Very concerning for Cinci, who will need to play their best to avoid being destroyed at home next week by Oklahoma.

    Houston rises out of the basement despite losing again, but only just. Think of them as being somewhere on the steps into the basement. And frankly, with 0 offensive TDs scored, I don’t know if they belong in the Big XII. Maybe they’re tanking to get Holgo fired?

    Congrats on the big win in the Backyard Brawl, West Virginia! I didn’t get to watch much of this one but I heard it was a gritty, ugly contest, which is exactly what you want from this game. It brings you up a tier, but unfortunately it may seal your fate of being saddled with Neal Brown for another year. And how much of the team got injured in this game?

    Tier 5

    Iowa State (1-2), Oklahoma State (2-1)

    We have an all new bottom tier this week!

    Iowa State, what are we doing? Losing to Ohio seems to be playing into the pre-season narrative of ISU being trash this year and Ohio being the G5 to watch, which I foolishly didn’t buy into. Cyclones, if you want to play defensive slug-fests, maybe join the B1G or learn how to make your kicks. Of note (at least to me) is that ISU is now led by QB Rocco Becht, the son of XFL star HC Anthony Becht. (And shameless plug for !xfl@fanaticus.social if you’re enough of a weirdo to follow that league)

    And the truly worst for last, Oklahoma State. I get that USA is good, but what is going on?! Getting blown out at home? Ooooooof (size large). They are still playing a committee of QBs and, spoiler alert (if you didn’t read my recap last week), it’s not working. Maybe all those transfers in the off-season was the early warning alarm for this dumpster fire that is now in full blaze.