The Fun Starts Again! College Football at the Top Colleges

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<p>Are you ready for some good times!! College football is back. Set up the tailgates, cue the marching bands, turn on ESPN, grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the pageantry, the parties, the spirit, the passion, the games, and the FUN.</p>

<p>College football is a major part of collegiate social life at many of America’s top colleges. While the “football scene” may not appeal to all, I believe strongly that a good time can be had by fan and non-fan alike. And for those students who enjoy the sporting scene or are willing to give it a look, this aspect of the undergraduate experience can be an important differentiating factor in choosing a college. </p>

<p>Here are this weekend’s match-ups for the USWNR Top 30 National Universities:</p>

<p>BOWL DIVISION </p>

<p>Stanford , @ Arizona St
Duke , Northwestern
Northwestern , @ Duke
Rice , @ Memphis
Vanderbilt , U South Carolina
Notre Dame , San Diego St
UC Berkeley , @ Washington State
U Virginia , U Richmond
UCLA , No game
U Michigan , Miami OH
USC , No game
Wake Forest , Ole Miss
U North Carolina , No game</p>

<p>CHAMPIONSHIP SUB-DIVISION & DIVISION III </p>

<p>Harvard , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Princeton , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Yale , Regular Season Not Yet Started
MIT , Regular Season Not Yet Started
U Penn , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Columbia , Regular Season Not Yet Started
U Chicago , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Dartmouth , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Wash U , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Cornell , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Johns Hopkins , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Brown , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Carnegie Mellon , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Georgetown , Regular Season Not Yet Started
Tufts , Regular Season Not Yet Started</p>

<p>Caltech , No Team
Emory , No Team</p>

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<p>For those DIII fans (like me), you can check D3football.com:</a> The best source for Division III football information for scores and reporting.</p>

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<p>Hawkette, we're about to butt heads again!</p>

<p>I have just one question for you: Are you feeling lucky, punk?</p>

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<p>Well, those matches are all good and all, but Florida-Miami is really the game this weekend.</p>

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<p>Also playing this weekend are:</p>

<p>MIT, @ Maine Maritime</p>

<p>Wash U, Greenville</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins, St. Lawrence</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon, @ Ohio Wesleyan</p>

<p>Georgetown, @ Howard</p>

<p>arbiter,
I think that Duke football (team and scene) aren't very good. For you and for the sake of Northwestern, you better win today. :)</p>

<p>Good luck to the Wildcats.</p>

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<p>Dude, Chicago's playing its homecoming game against Oberlin this year. A school that's half our size (if that) including all of the conservatory students who have probably never touched a football. Oberlin is probably the only school with a football team that we have any remote chance of beating. Consider our track record:</p>

<p>My first year, we tried to revamp the traditional Chicago/WashU rivalry, but WashU creamed us at our own homecoming. Also, I would say the attendance at the game was 3:1 WashU fans: Chicago fans. </p>

<p>Last year, we decided to pick on a school we hoped was nerdier than ours, so we chose CMU. CMU beat us by a score I won't mention, and I would say the attendance was 2:1 CMU Fans: Chicago fans. Consider that Pittsburgh is pretty darn far away, too, for people to come out to a game. That fan ratio probably increased after I left the game during halftime.</p>

<p>So I think it's fair to say that this thread might be misleading, at least to the extent of how much time, money, effort, etc. people put into supporting their own teams. Though we do have a booster club, most U of C students who like sports end up rooting for the <em>other</em> sports teams in Chicago instead of our own.</p>

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<p>Sadly, U of C had one of the best records in the Big Ten before it dropped out and paved the gridiron to put up a parking lo... err, Library.</p>

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<p>wow MIT at Maine Maritime, what a game. Two powerhouse teams. haha</p>

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<p>I saw Navy vs. Ball State University on ESPN (also known as Everyone can Score Points on Navy) lol I thought that sign was pretty witty and surprisingly concocted by a student from BSU.</p>

<p>Navy got murdered. :(</p>

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<p>"I thought that sign was pretty witty and surprisingly concocted by a student from BSU."</p>

<p>Typical elitist attitude. It saddens me that I have to read stuff like that on here.</p>

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<p>Final Score:
Cal Bears 66, Wazzu Cougs 3</p>

<p>Biggest loss in Wazzu history.
Biggest win for Cal since 1925 (Cal 127, St. Mary's 0)</p>

<p>The trees are coming down and Cal's gonna start building its new gym:
Campus</a> Begins Cutting Trees at Site of Future Student-Athlete Center :: <blank>
BearInsider.com</a> - Oak Grove Destruction</blank></p>

<p>Ahhhh!...It's a great day to be a Bear! :D</p>

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<p>
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Ahhhh!...It's a great day to be a Bear!

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<p>You can cry on my shoulder on Nov. 22nd.</p>

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<p>^ Not a chance.</p>

<p>How are your trees doing against the Scum Devils?</p>

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<p>We're having technical difficulties.</p>

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<p>i blame everything on the crappy pac-10 officials. and the weather.</p>

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<p>See? A kindred soul.</p>

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<p>This is a week late, but here are the attendance numbers and results from the first week of the season (games on 8/30). I'll try to keep this updated throughout the season so folks can get a sense of the impact that the football scene has at various colleges (although attendance for both home and away games is provided). </p>

<pre><code> BOWL DIVISION 8/30

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<p>With 30,223 in attendance STANFORD defeated Oregon State by 36-28
With 32,571 in attendance DUKE defeated James Madison by 31-7
With 20,015 in attendance NORTHWESTERN defeated Syracuse by 30-10
With 23,164 in attendance RICE defeated SMU by 56-27
With 18,398 in attendance VANDERBILT defeated @ Miami OH by 34-13
NOTRE DAME , No game<br>
With 62,956 in attendance UC BERKELEY defeated Michigan State by 38-31
With 64,947 in attendance U VIRGINIA lost to USC by 7-52
With 68,546 in attendance UCLA defeated U Tennessee by 27-24
With 108,421 in attendance U MICHIGAN lost to Utah by 23-25
With 64,947 in attendance USC defeated @ U Virginia by 52-7
With 30,633 in attendance WAKE FOREST defeated @ Baylor by 41-13
With 58,000 in attendance U NORTH CAROLINA defeated McNeese State by 35-27</p>

<pre><code> CHAMPIONSHIP SUB-DIVISION & DIVISION III 8/30 

    HARVARD ,   No game     
    PRINCETON   ,   No game     
    YALE    ,   No game     
    MIT ,   No game     
    U PENN  ,   No game     
    COLUMBIA    ,   No game     
    U CHICAGO   ,   No game     
    DARTMOUTH   ,   No game     
    WASH U  ,   No game     
    CORNELL ,   No game     
    JOHNS HOPKINS   ,   No game     
    BROWN   ,   No game     
    CARNEGIE MELLON ,   No game     
    GEORGETOWN  ,   No game     
    TUFTS   ,   No game     


    NO TEAM             

    CALTECH             
    EMORY

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<p>The winner of last week’s SAT Bowl was the Northwestern Wildcats with a 24-20 victory over Duke. Congrats to the ‘Cats and good luck this week against Southern Illinois. </p>

<p>This week’s SAT bowl matches Rice and Vanderbilt. Both teams are undefeated (no, that is not a misprint!). </p>

<p>Here are the attendance and results from last weekend’s games:</p>

<pre><code> BOWL DIVISION , 9/6

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<p>With 59,441 in attendance STANFORD lost to @ Arizona St by 17-41
With 23,614 in attendance DUKE lost to Northwestern by 20-24
With 23,614 in attendance NORTHWESTERN defeated @ Duke by 24-20
With 28,351 in attendance RICE defeated @ Memphis by 42-35
With 36,850 in attendance VANDERBILT defeated U South Carolina by 24-17
With 80,795 in attendance NOTRE DAME defeated San Diego St by 21-13
With 27,906 in attendance UC BERKELEY defeated @ Washington State by 66-3
With 51,007 in attendance U VIRGINIA defeated U Richmond by 16-0
UCLA , No game<br>
With 106,724 in attendance U MICHIGAN defeated Miami OH by 16-6
USC , No game<br>
With 31,986 in attendance WAKE FOREST defeated Ole Miss by 30-28
U NORTH CAROLINA , No game </p>

<pre><code> CHAMPIONSHIP SUB-DIVISION & DIVISION III , 9/6 

    HARVARD ,   No game     
    PRINCETON   ,   No game     
    YALE    ,   No game

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<p>With na in attendance MIT defeated @ Maine Maritime by 42-39
U PENN , No game<br>
COLUMBIA , No game<br>
U CHICAGO , No game<br>
DARTMOUTH , No game<br>
With 1,214 in attendance WASH U defeated Greenville by 22-0
CORNELL , No game<br>
With 400 in attendance JOHNS HOPKINS defeated St Lawrence by 34-3
BROWN , No game<br>
With 1,890 in attendance CARNEGIE MELLON defeated @ Ohio Wesleyan by 35-7
With 6,085 in attendance GEORGETOWN defeated @ Howard by 12-7
TUFTS , No game </p>

<pre><code> NO TEAM 

    CALTECH             
    EMORY

</code></pre>

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<p>This is really, really nerdy...</p>

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<p>Hawkette, you might enjoy the blog Lake</a> The Posts - Northwestern Football Blog, written by a Northwestern Wildcat fan who, uh, gets a little upset that the rest of the campus doesn't always seem to share his enthusiasm ...</p>

<p>Here's a sample: "The low point in NU Fandom - 9/13/08 - 11:05 am CT - KICKOFF! (showing a stadium with many empty seats - keep in mind the city had non-stop rain the entire weekend with much flooding)
Considering I personally spoke with all of you who attended the game and were not wearing maroon, you know I'm on to you. The attendance at Saturday's game was a complete an utter embarassment to the program and the kids who pour their guts out to entertain us all fall. Yes, it rained 7 inches in 24 hours in Chicago leading into the game. Yes, many streets were flooded and sections of I-94 were closed. But I drove through several flooded towns and was forbidden from using 94, but still made it to the game in plenty of time."</p>

<p>He's pretty hard core, lol.</p>