"The only way for Minnesota to win this game today is for their offense to match Florida Atlantic's offense touchdown for touchdown"

Another gem from Gerry DiNardo on the Big Ten preview show...he needs his own special category he's so bad

I mean...is there some other way to win a game that does not involve outscoring the other team?

Hahaha good catch Matt.

After an update of The Citadel-Wisconsin game, Dave Pasch said "Robert Parish must be proud"
Didn't Robert Parish go to Centenary?

Anonymous- yes, The Chief did go to Centenary.

Jim Donnan, on the UK-Louisville game- "You can't punt in this game. The first team to punt will lose the game."

this is awesome. i wish i had been keeping track of these the first three weeks. i'm sure i've had tons.

Ugh. ESPN just switched off the Purdue game for "Bonus coverage" of MS State's game. This causes three sorts of pain for me:

1. No more Pam Ward
2. MS State game is in HD
3. More Jesse Palmer analysis

Bring back the Boilers.

i don't know who the color guy is for pitt-msu, but he's been terrible all day. msu is considering going for it on fourth and 1, and his rationale for why they should go for it was this:

"pitt doesn't have a lot of depth (on the d-line). they've been sending guys in and out all game."

if you're sending guys in and out all game, doesn't that mean you have depth?

he's also spent the game saying pitt's back is like reggie bush, which is insane. why does he keep making that comparison? i'll bet all three of my balls it's because the are both no. 25.

The Purdue game is back and Pam Ward and just informed everyone that she wants to walk on the moon someday just like Purdue alum Neil Armstrong. Really touching stuff.

Nice all on the Andre Ware comments...he should've been wearing a Pitt jersey in the both for all the apologizing he was doing for them

Anyone catch the cold open of the ND/UM game....they had more announcers on the field than Sunday NFL countdown

Yeah that was weird....I was so hoping for Brad Nessler to get run over by the Wolverines.

Mike Golic giving the starting line up for Notre Dame: "I've got to give the nose tackles some love. They're like a fire hydrant at a dog show."

Did he really say that JW??? Ha.

Gary Danielson - "If you're trying to run it without running inside, it's like having nip/tuck surgery without anesthetic."

I don't know why, but it made me giggle.

[After Riley Cooper touchdown in 1st quarter]

"I love deep balls in college football. You must throw the ball deep. You're guaranteed one-on-one and you're guy is way better . . . way better than the defender." - Gary Danielson

[After John Thompson interception of Jimmy Clausen pass in ND vs. Mich]

"Intercepted by John Thompson. The machete with another slice of defense for Michigan." - Brad Nessler

AA: I had to rewind my TiVo because I couldn't believe it. Its like Jim Ross is calling games.

"The safest part of a shovel pass is the fact that once it hits the ground....incomplete pass"
- Ron Franklin

Thanks Ron....so much I could say about this

"We want to welcome those of you watching Notre Dame-Michigan." - Verne Lundquist, after CBS runs some high...er...lowlights on the Irish's part.

Can they stop sucking Clausen's dick? He completed a 10 yard pass on 3rd and 25, by listening to the announcers you would think he just won the Super Bowl with that pass.

Phil I'm with you. He isn't getting much time, but he looks like crap.

This is baseball, but I just had to share this gem while flipping through NY-Bos:

"I'm from Arlington, Massachusetts so I am steeped in the Fenway Nation."
- Dane Cook to Tim McCarver

FENWAY nation????????????

[After Tebow 7 yard touchdown run.]

"Tim Tebow." - Verne Lundquist
"He's something to watch. Really don't need a lot of words. Pretty self evident. Guy is a 400lb bench presser." - Gary Danielson
"But he can't sing." - Verne Lundquist
"We'll see." - Gary Danielson

OK, this isn't an announcer quote, but Notre Dame BLOWS.

"The lead team for the 2nd year of Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson isn't all that bad"

- Awful Announcing
September 14, 2007

Easily the weirdest conversation of the today so far . . .

"Tim Tebow and Tony Joiner are roommates now. The African American senior and Tim Tebow the white sophomore. They have become fast friends." - Verne Lundquist

[Roommates kiss each other on the
cheek in passing."

"Yeah. One guy is the face of Florida . . . does everything right. The other guy got thrown off the time once. Guys are learning from each other." - Gary Danielson

"Tony Joiner said Tebow has to have some quirks. He says "You can't belief how much cereal he eats." - Verne Lundquist

"Milk or cereal?" - Gary Danielson

"The milk I believe." - Verne Lundquist

[After a promo for 'Dancing with the Stars.']

"You really thought Griese was going to get invited?" - Paul Maguire
"Yeah." - Brad Nessler
"He has a hard time walking. Let alone dance." - Paul Maguire
"Well, Emmitt won it a few years ago." - Brad Nessler
"Yes. Emmitt won it. And then . . . Yoko Ono won it last year or whatever the ice skater was named." - Bob Griese

Lundquist gave EDSBS a shoutout and was about to explain, I believe, why they call Ron Zook [NAME REDACTED] and got interrupted by a Tebow-Ingram TD.

Sadly, he never got back to his train of thought.

Lou Holtz is completely shaken...I seriously think this ND collapse is his personal 9/11

Jack Arute (after catching a Pike St Market fish): "yeah, the fish is going back to the market, i'm not sure where my jacket is going"
Ed Cunningham (i think?): "you got it at goodwill, you could just take it back"

Arkansas has two players with the last name Dick, so their starting QB, Casey, has "C. DICK" on the back of his jersey.

Ed Cunningham and crew are so pro-Ohio State. UW didn't help.

Doug Flutie: "Florida, they really took it to them...I can't remember who they are right now..."
John Saunders: "Tennessee."
Doug Flutie: "Right." (laughs)

"The one thing that puzzles me here..."

- Brent Musberger
(just one thing?)

USC 42 - Nebraska 10 [14:42 left in 4th Quarter]

"14:42 left in the game. Number 1 is going to stay Number 1, folks." - Brent Musbruger

"The safest part of a shovel pass is the fact that once it hits the ground....incomplete pass"- Ron Franklin (Via Matt)

I think what he meant there was that it is not a lateral pass, though it is a sort of pitch or backfield pass, so that an incompletion does not equal a fumble.

"Florida HAS to win this game if they're going to run the table."

Wow. Just...wow.