Click 'Em Up: Arizona Morning Gameday - The Citadel Week
by Smooty on Sep 11, 2010 9:19 AM PDT
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PrintGood morning Arizona fans. The first Saturday gameday of the Cats' season is upon us. Here is a couple quick links for you as you sip on your coffee/bloody mary/bourbon/stale beer.
An inside look at the production of ESPN's College Gameday by SB Nation, and Every Day Should Be Saturday's Spencer Hall. Gameday is a sacred program around ADS. Saturdays would not be the same without it. And, if you aren't reading Every Day Should Be Saturday, you are missing out. Even if they over-value the SEC. /Pac-10homerism
Bryson Beirne may be called on today in what would be a rare occurrence. Beirne has been nothing but a loyal soldier to the Arizona program. It would be great to see the Cats starters out of the game early giving Beirne the opportunity to log some serious time.
Who is on upset watch today? Florida certainly is if they cannot clean up the center-quarterback exchange. That seems to easy though. Under the radar upset watch: Iowa State over Iowa. The last ten years, the Cyclones are 5-5 against their supposed "big brother." Everyone dismisses Iowa State (Iowa included), but they historically play their in-state rivals tough -- last year excluded. [Apparently this year as well. Yikes]
Lee Corso College Gameday head-gear selection: Alabama's Big Al
Full slate of college football today. Enjoy, and Bear Down.
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RE: your Iowa State upset watch
you need to watch Iowa play more often. We were a 15 point favorite…not 2 or 3 points. We beat them by 32 last year and they had gone 17 quarters without scoring a TD unil they scored in the final 4 minutes against our 4th string. Hardly the kind of stats that suggested an upset alert was in order. Iowa is much better this year than they were last year. Last year we had no running game. Last year we had no kicker for kickoffs or depth on our D-line and our O-line was underachieving (even though we had a top pick in the NFL draft and a low pick in the draft). So yeah, we are much better this year. Iowa is something like 12-1 against teams that play the spread offense in the past three years.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Under the radar
being the key words. I realize Iowa was a 15 point favorite. I also realize that Iowa, even after Saturday is only 6-5 against Iowa State the last 11 meetings. And, in a few of those losses to the Cyclones, Iowa was the superior team.
Iowa is a great team this season. The defensive line is strong, fast, and extremely well coached. The offensive line is massive, and is built for a bruising running attack. The running backs are talented, and the safety play may be the best in the Big Ten. They are an excellent team, that thus far, is well deserved of their top 10 ranking.
So far this year, James Madison and Jacksonville State have notched huge upsets over far superior opponents. It happens. Yet, prior to last weekend, I would have been (correctly) told to “watch Virginia Tech play more often” if I had mentioned James Madison as an upset candidate.
Mentioning Iowa State as an under the radar upset candidate, against their in-state rival, is hardly cause to get so defensive. Saturday’s game is played 100 times, and Iowa would likely win the lion’s share of the games. But, they wouldn’t win all of them. Their record the last 11 seasons is an indication of that.
The Hawkeyes played a great game on Saturday. Iowa State did not. I still wouldn’t easily dismiss an in-state rival, who had played Iowa to a .500 record the last 10 meetings.
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