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2006 College Football Season
The 2006 College Football season is going to be starting soon, so I'm going to start the thread devoted to it. Here are the two big rankings for college football the AP and the USA Today (both are for week one of the 2006 season):
Week 1 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (35) 0-0 1,558 2. Notre Dame (10) 0-0 1,470 3. Texas (8) 0-0 1,411 4. Auburn (3) 0-0 1,395 5. West Virginia (6) 0-0 1,354 6. USC (3) 0-0 1,345 7. Florida 0-0 1,178 8. LSU 0-0 1,144 9. California 0-0 975 10. Oklahoma 0-0 960 11. Florida State 0-0 949 12. Miami (FL) 0-0 893 13. Louisville 0-0 844 14. Michigan 0-0 824 15. Georgia 0-0 743 16. Iowa 0-0 720 17. Virginia Tech 0-0 614 18. Clemson 0-0 479 19. Penn State 0-0 386 20. Nebraska 0-0 332 21. Oregon 0-0 324 22. TCU 0-0 257 23. Tennessee 0-0 215 24. Arizona State 0-0 182 25. Texas Tech 0-0 181 Week 1 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (28) 0-0 1,487 2. Texas (11) 0-0 1,378 3. USC (1) 0-0 1,348 3. Notre Dame (9) 0-0 1,348 5. Oklahoma (13) 0-0 1,320 6. Auburn (1) 0-0 1,206 7. West Virginia 0-0 1,202 8. Florida 0-0 1,054 9. LSU 0-0 1,037 10. Florida State 0-0 874 11. Miami (FL) 0-0 839 12. California 0-0 798 13. Louisville 0-0 785 14. Georgia 0-0 784 15. Michigan 0-0 778 16. Virginia Tech 0-0 591 17. Iowa 0-0 519 18. Clemson 0-0 493 19. Penn State 0-0 406 20. Oregon 0-0 373 21. TCU 0-0 270 22. Nebraska 0-0 261 23. Tennessee 0-0 216 24. Alabama 0-0 210 25. Texas Tech 0-0 198 ------------ I like how Notre Dame is so high on both polls. #2 on the AP and tied for #3 on the USA Today poll. I'm sure people are going to say that Notre Dame is overrated and that they are that high because of who they are and not how good they are. But, I figure wait until the games start being played before criticizing Notre Dame and how high they have been ranked. xman25 |
My team, Auburn, is ranked 4 and 6, which is nice and all. A lot of people around here, Alabama and Auburn fans alike, are speculating that they will be playing in the National Championship game this year. Unfortunately I think these people are going to be disappointed. I expect that this is going to be a fun season once it gets started, and once players stop getting forcibly removed from teams due to various violations. Totally looking forward to it.
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OH NO!!!!! Auburn fans know how to use a computer??? lol... just kidding dude. i'm a UGA fan. I have family members who went there. i ususally go to 2-3 games/yesr "between the hedges".
Yes, i did go to the damn AU/UGA game last year. what a game! i can't believe Cox throw the bomb to the receiver. how the hell he'd get so open?? f-n dawg defense. I predict a 9-2 season. We'll lose to Florida (again) and Auburn (again). Kenny Irons will run all over us. But Quentoin Moses will make Cox pay for not handing the ball off. |
I wonder how USC will do this season. We lost two Heisman that are not easily replaced. Many key players have left.
Arkansas Razorbacks will show how versatile USC. Or not. But I have faith in my team and Pete Caroll. Fight on! And fuck the Razorbacks. |
It seems like Arkansas is being vastly overrated right now just because people want to see them upset USC. Arkansas is going to come out looking very bad: I think USC is gonna walk all over them.
Good game on ESPN right now between Michigan and Vanderbilt. Michigan is up 7-0, but Vanderbilt doesn't look like it's just gonna roll over. Other than my team's opener today (Arizona, BYU visiting), I'm quite excited about the Cal/Tennessee game. I want to see how Cal's back does at a place like Neyland. |
IT'S GAME DAY MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Finally! Last year, we (Trojans) beat Arkansaw 70-17. Totally ass fucked. Most of Arkansaw's starting line ups are verterans. Our offense and defense are pretty much of new players. Also with a new quarterback, Booty, though he did play some games. But we will beat them again. Fight on! You guys should also watch the Notre Dame game. I'm curious if they can live up to the hype. |
There is not a single team I hate more than Notre Dame. I don't even hate any other teams (other than our rival, ASU). Their situation is so absolutely ridiculous. I hope Georgia Tech beats the crap out of them (and I think they can, Notre Dame is always overrated by about 5-15 positions to start the season).
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UT won big today over North Texas 56-7. It was expected it would be a blow out.
xman25 Double Post: At least Notre Dame scored a touchdown at the end of the first half. They are looking really rusty right now. I hope the touchdown gives them some momentum for the second half. Notre Dame doesn't look like the number 2 team in the country right now. xman25 |
Brady Quinn's awareness has been really terrible so far. He's taking far to long to find an open receiver. Once he does find them, though, he isn't even very accurate. I really don't see him as being the top Heisman candidate this year.
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Yeah, I guess Brady doesn't have his "A-game" today. Notre Dame just scored a touchdown. I hope their defense doesn't screw up enough to blow the game. So far it doesn't look like there has been much of an improvment from last year. Georgia Tech hasn't scored more yet because of them stoping themselves more than Notre Dame is stoping them.
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Based on the game played so far against Georgia Tech, can we start criticizing Notre Dame, saying that they're overrated and that they don't deserve to be ranked #2 and #3 now?
In other college football news, Colorado still sucks. |
GT took out Auburn in the opener last season; I wouldn't mind seeing them upset ND today. It's looking possible right now, with 10 minutes left in the game, ND up 14-10 and GT having the ball right now. Last year I got tired of hearing this announcer saying Reggie Ball this and Reggie Ball that. I think tonight I want to hear his name called a few more times.
If Tech can pull out the upset, and Auburn can beat Mississippi State next week {lol}, then Auburn would be ranked number 2 after next week's games, since Ohio State and Texas, both ranked ahead of Auburn, are playing each other. Auburn looked pretty decent today, though slightly inconsistent. They settled for 4 straight field goals to open, then finally put one into the end zone and basically rolled. Double Post: Well it's basically over now. ND just has to kneel a time or two and head home. |
Yes, Notre Dame won!!!! 14-10. Gutsy call to go for it on fourth and one at mid-field with 1:10, but they made it. Even though I love Notre Dame, they really did NOT look like the number 2 team in the country. I think they'll be lucky to stay in the top 5. I think the announcers of the game are right, Notre Dame survived this game. The better get it's shit together if they want to stay in championship contention.
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It was nice to know that everyone overrated the crap out of Notre Dame.
It is not nice to know that the media and the fans will never learn. I was glad to see USC blow out Arkansas. Slow start, but Booty looked terrific. USC's QB, who never played a meaningful down, looked quite a bit better than ol' Heisman hopeful Quinn. Marshaun Lynch also looked very average against Tennessee. Interesting how many questions were answered so early on this season. My team (Arizona) looks like crap against BYU right now. Sigh. I'm really gearing up now for that Ohio State/Texas game next week. This ABC Saturday Night Football is programming genius. I'll start planning my Saturday's around it like people used to play their Monday's around the NFL. Great games every week. |
Go Trojans!
Too bad it wasn't like last year where we beat them by over 50 points. Oh well. We scored 50 points so it's all good. I was actually a bit nervous on how our team would do. Good to see we have yet again another solid team. |
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R I Z O N A Stoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooops. Nick Folk hits a game winning, 48-yard field goal with 1 second left! Arizona 1-0! This is refreshing after two 3-8 seasons. Great start for my 'Cats. BRING IT ON, LSU |
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You sure about that? you might want to turn the other way when you play the Tigers. No other conference has the speed the SEC has!! for example, look how overrated Cal was going into Tennessee. they got their asses handed to them. i despise the Vols, but damn, they were clicking on all cylinders last night. |
While I am basically ambivalent towards Tennessee, and all of the other SEC teams besides Auburn, I absolutely love seeing SEC teams beat up on non-SEC teams, especially when it is a higher ranked non-SEC team. Sorry Cal, but you can't compete with the SEC powerhouses like the Tennessees, Floridas, Auburns, Georgias, and LSUs. With Texas and Ohio State playing next weekend, that will open the door for an SEC team to step up and make a run at the national title game.
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I'm a Michigan State fan. They beat Idaho, but it wasn't a convincing victory by any means. Hopefully they can get things together better, otherwise I don't see them having a great year. =(
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Amen brotha! Realistically, I don't think UGA can make a title run, but they can certainly make it back to the SEC championship game. As i said before , they'll lose to FLA and maybe Auburn this year. |
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I lost 4 hours of my life and I want it back. |
New rankings:
Week 2 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (39) 1-0 1,568 2. Texas (7) 1-0 1,453 3. USC (3) 1-0 1,410 4. Notre Dame (8) 1-0 1,408 4. Auburn (3) 1-0 1,408 6. West Virginia (5) 1-0 1,356 7. Florida 1-0 1,191 8. LSU 1-0 1,185 9. Florida State 1-0 1,130 10. Michigan 1-0 841 11. Tennessee 1-0 839 12. Georgia 1-0 836 13. Louisville 1-0 820 14. Iowa 1-0 800 15. Oklahoma 1-0 725 16. Virginia Tech 1-0 673 17. Miami (FL) 0-1 624 18. Clemson 1-0 564 19. Penn State 1-0 467 20. Oregon 1-0 436 21. Nebraska 1-0 358 22. California 0-1 212 23. TCU 1-0 198 24. Texas Tech 1-0 196 25. Arizona State 1-0 134 Week 2 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (41) 1-0 1,534 2. Texas (14) 1-0 1,475 3. USC (4) 1-0 1,436 4. Auburn (2) 1-0 1,272 5. Notre Dame (2) 1-0 1,248 5. West Virginia 1-0 1,248 7. Florida 1-0 1,112 8. LSU 1-0 1,096 9. Florida State 1-0 1,074 10. Oklahoma 1-0 1,019 11. Georgia 1-0 899 12. Louisville 1-0 820 13. Michigan 1-0 786 14. Virginia Tech 1-0 700 15. Iowa 1-0 647 16. Miami (FL) 0-1 605 17. Tennessee 1-0 579 18. Clemson 1-0 570 19. Penn State 1-0 459 20. Oregon 1-0 458 21. Nebraska 1-0 313 22. TCU 1-0 265 23. California 0-1 194 24. Texas Tech 1-0 178 25. Alabama 1-0 156 ---------- Big game this Saturday, #1 Ohio State vs. #2 Texas. Should be a great game. I'm surprised Notre Dame is still in the top 5. xman25 |
I'm not too surprised to see Notre Dame still there, overrated pricks.
Notre Dame got 5 more 1st place votes in the AP poll than USC, who also went on the road to the deep south and completely blew out the team they were playing. How did anyone put Notre Dame as #1 over Ohio State or Texas? Are they fucking insane? This also shows what's wrong with the polls: Florida State only got a 1 or 2 place bonus for beating Miami. How can the coaches say that Florida State's performance (beating a Top 15 team on the road) was only 1 spot better than Oklahoma's (barely squeaking out a win over UAB)? And West Virginia. I mean, they're good, and with Louisville's RB out for the rest of the year, they'll walk over the Big East. But getting first place votes is laughable. They'll be in the BCS, they may even be undefeated, but they don't have a murder's row of a schedule to go through like Florida and Auburn. Ohio State or Texas will knock out one of those from the possibility of the top spot next week, USC and Notre Dame will do the same later. Usually I don't get all worked up over this until bowl season. I hate how the NCAA ruins what could be the best sport over an entire season by giving it such a weak finale. |
Welp, here we go, week #2.
The big game, of course, is Ohio State/Texas. I'm liking Texas in this game, mostly because it's in Austin. I think it's going to be nice and close, though, should be a really great game. Penn State at Notre Dame...I think ND will win, even though I really, really hope PSU knocks them off. ND is overrated, but I never go into a season believing in Penn State anymore. All of us here in Tucson are hoping for the upset over LSU but...eh, wah. We'll lose by 3 TDs probably. |
Auburn has shut out Mississippi State 34 to nothing, and while Auburn played well, they didn't play like a team that I can expect to contend for the championship this year. On a positive note, however, their kicker hit a 55 yard field goal today.
I expect OSU/Texas to end 42-28 OSU; and I am hoping for a Penn State win over Notre Dame. And yeah, don't hold your breath on Arizona upsetting LSU, it's going to be uglier than the Cal/Tennessee game. |
SEC game of the week: UGA vs USC (South Carolina). yes, spurrier's coaching, but he doesn't have the quality of players at SC that he did at UF. However, given the home field advantage and the fact that it's a night game, SC will keep it close. keep an eye on SC receiver Sidney Rice (#4). he's a top tier WR and a definite game breaker. Look for Paul Oliver to cover him. UGA's All-American DE Quentin Moses will have a field day against SC's O-line.
Georgia 21 - SC 17 (Game at 7:45 ESPN) |
Man, Notre Dame looks good today. Brady Quinn looks like the real deal. Their defense is as good as it was last week.
I hate this. :\ |
If you're watching the Arizona-LSU game you might want to change the channel.
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Yeah this is rough.
I actually stopped watching it for a while to see the end of that Iowa/Syracuse game. Holy cow! Syracuse had 6 golden chances to tie the game from the 1-yard line and Iowa stopped them. Amazing. It sounded like the end of the Clemson/BC game was good too, but stupid ABC went to their dumb post-game show rather than showing the other OT game still going on. |
Yeah, I was watching the BC game and talk about a clutch extra point block there, man that was awesome. I didn't get to see the Iowa game though. OSU-Texas time now. Also noticing that Troy State is leading Florida State in the third, and Air Force is tied with Tennessee at 10 in the second.
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I feel better about Notre Dame now. They beat number 19 Penn State 41-17. It sould have been 41-3 but Notre Dame's defense got lazy in the fourth quarter. After last week's game and the game today it looks like Notre Dame's defense is better than last year.
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OSU has looked really, really good in this game. Texas is obviously hampered by the suspensions and by having a completely new QB. Texas's performance is still good enough to play with 95% of teams in the NCAA, but it really shows you that Texas isn't a part of this year's national championship race.
It is unfortunate we don't have a playoff, because the way that the SEC has looked this year, there are a couple of teams who could win it all, but the tough conference means it will be almost impossible for everyone to escape without a loss. The Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and Big East don't really have more than one team that looks like a contender. |
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Week 3 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State 2-0 1,614 2. Notre Dame 2-0 1,468 3. Auburn 2-0 1,447 4. USC 1-0 1,446 5. West Virginia 2-0 1,380 6. LSU 2-0 1,287 7. Florida 2-0 1,249 8. Texas 1-1 1,150 9. Florida State 2-0 1,029 10. Georgia 2-0 944 11. Michigan 2-0 942 12. Louisville 2-0 911 13. Tennessee 2-0 782 14. Virginia Tech 2-0 763 15. Oklahoma 2-0 755 16. Iowa 2-0 690 17. Miami (FL) 1-1 625 18. Oregon 2-0 547 19. Nebraska 2-0 455 20. TCU 2-0 285 21. California 1-1 284 22. Arizona State 2-0 206 23. Boston College 2-0 193 24. Texas Tech 2-0 186 25. Penn State 1-1 95 Week 3 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (59) 2-0 1,571 2. USC (2) 1-0 1,471 3. Notre Dame (1) 2-0 1,391 4. Auburn (1) 2-0 1,369 5. West Virginia 2-0 1,293 6. Florida 2-0 1,177 7. LSU 2-0 1,159 8. Texas 1-1 1,107 9. Georgia 2-0 997 10. Florida State 2-0 977 11. Oklahoma 2-0 953 12. Louisville 2-0 905 13. Michigan 2-0 820 14. Virginia Tech 2-0 770 15. Miami (FL) 1-1 622 16. Iowa 2-0 603 17. Tennessee 2-0 600 18. Oregon 2-0 529 19. Nebraska 2-0 431 20. TCU 2-0 333 21. California 1-1 248 22. Texas Tech 2-0 231 23. Arizona State 2-0 159 24. Alabama 2-0 150 25. Boston College 2-0 146 ------- xman25 |
I'm kinda surprised with the USA Today poll. Penn State completely dropping out of the rankings and USC #2. Weird.
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It's almost like the BCS has screwed everything up so much that people don't even know what the hell they are voting for anymore.
Huge, huge games next week. Michigan visits Notre Dame, Miami goes to Louisville, LSU at Auburn, Oklahoma at Oregon, Clemson at Florida State (tough loss at BC vs. almost lost to TROY), Texas Tech and TCU, Nebraska and USC, Florida and Tennessee. I can't remember there ever being this many ranked teams playing each other this early in the year. |
TOP 10 BABY!!!!!!!! look out UAB!!!
how 'bout Stafford's performance?? not bad for a true feshman against a tough SEC defense. yeah, he had 3 INTs, but Georgia's D was a stough to crack as ever. looks like the #1 QB, Tereshinski is out 6 weeks w/a sprained ankle. He's got 3 games until the Vols come to town. by that time, his decision-making will improve and the QB of the future will finally arrive. |
IT'S GAME DAY!!!
Notre Dame is losing to Michigan 34-14! Hello hype! USC vs Nebraska! Here comes USC to rank #2! Hopefully to #1! |
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Good lord what an ending to the Auburn-LSU game. 7-3 Auburn victory, LSU gets the ball inside their own 20 with 1:18 left and they take it all the way down to the Auburn 3 as it ends. Number 3 Auburn defeats number 6 LSU. I don't really see how USC is supposed to hurdle Auburn, what with them playing a 19th ranked Nebraska.
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Auburn...
Horrible, horrible call. Pass interference all over the play. Still a fun game to watch though, definitely down to the wire and defensive throughout. |
Has been a fun day so far. That LSU/Auburn game was great (if not screwed up a bit by the refs), it's always fun to see Notre Dame get blown out, and we still have some great games tonight. Plus, how great would that be to be a fun of Boston College, going to two double OT games in a row?
LSU got screwed by the call at the end, and could have had a much easier time scoring had they been 15 yards closer. The refs definitely blew the call. It's unfortunate that the national championship race is set up in a way that LSU has basically no chance at all of getting into the championship game, even if they win out. With a playoff, a great team like LSU would have a chance. |
Man, Notre Dame played like shit today. They deserved to lose by as much as they did. I hope they pull themselves together for next week.
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Well the receiver got hit at about the same time as the ball was tipped AND the ball was tipped well ahead of where the receiver was, so it wasn't really that horrible a call. I think the logic of their decision on that play is that they are treating the deflection the same as a ball that is tipped at the line of scrimmage. Yeah, it sucks that a questionable call had to happen on such an important play, but that's the way it goes sometimes.
Also I am watching the Tennessee-Florida game and on two consecutive plays touchdowns were called back on penalties. First Florida has an 89 yard punt return called back on a tough block in the back call, and then Tennessee has an interception return called back on a tough roughing the passer call. Wow. |
Brady Quinn has to be the most overrated player in the entire NCAA. He holds the ball in the pocket for far too long, and he's not even very accurate when he does get rid of it. And Jeff Samardzija should stick to baseball. He may have had a good year last year, but he looked horrible today. For the season he only has something like 100 yards.
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Switching between ND and LSU, it was making me wonder the entire game why Brady Quinn gets so much attention when you have a guy like JaMarcus Russell who was completely tearing it up.
Anyone catch the end of that Oregon/OU game? Holy cow. Oregon got a TD, a recovered on-side (followed by a TD) and a blocked FG as time expired to win the game. Great, great stuff. Could go down as the finish of the year. |
How is Notre Dame still #2? I was expecting either Auburn or USC to be #2.
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Week 4 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (59) 3-0 1,617 2. Auburn (2) 3-0 1,507 3. USC (2) 2-0 1,494 4. West Virginia (2) 3-0 1,419 5. Florida 3-0 1,350 6. Michigan 3-0 1,297 7. Texas 2-1 1,180 8. Louisville 3-0 1,121 9. Georgia 3-0 1,105 10. LSU 2-1 1,085 11. Virginia Tech 3-0 931 12. Notre Dame 2-1 912 13. Oregon 3-0 833 14. Iowa 3-0 831 15. Tennessee 2-1 585 16. TCU 3-0 527 17. Oklahoma 2-1 510 18. Florida State 2-1 466 19. Clemson 2-1 399 20. Arizona State 3-0 384 20. Boston College 3-0 384 22. California 2-1 383 23. Nebraska 2-1 162 24. Penn State 2-1 143 25. Boise State 3-0 110 Week 4 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (60) 3-0 1,572 2. USC (2) 2-0 1,493 3. Auburn (1) 3-0 1,432 4. West Virginia 3-0 1,359 5. Florida 3-0 1,282 6. Michigan 3-0 1,181 7. Georgia 3-0 1,178 8. Texas 2-1 1,144 9. Louisville 3-0 1,106 10. Virginia Tech 3-0 964 11. LSU 2-1 911 12. Oregon 3-0 829 13. Notre Dame 2-1 814 14. Iowa 3-0 781 15. TCU 3-0 621 16. Oklahoma 2-1 508 17. Florida State 2-1 459 18. Arizona State 3-0 397 19. Tennessee 2-1 376 20. California 2-1 366 21. Boston College 3-0 348 22. Alabama 3-0 314 23. Clemson 2-1 283 24. Nebraska 2-1 167 25. Boise State 3-0 139 --------- xman25 |
Under the radar as usual, the Bulldogs are coming. Stupid f-n Vols can't stop the Gators??? thanks for the help Tenn!!!!! jackasses.....
Oh well, bring on the Colorado Buffs! Auburn did look good, almost scary good, but i do think that was pass interference. |
Well, now that we know Notre Dame isn't some unstoppable force in the world of college football, I'm looking forward to the matchup this weekend when Notre Dame comes here to play Michigan State. MSU beat Notre Dame last year, hopefully they can pull it off again this year.
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Not a lot of big matchups this week, but a couple of interesting games going. Georgia survived a scare against Colorado, scoring 14 in the fourth quarter after pulling the freshman starting quarterback Stafford. Penn State was keeping it close with Ohio State until throwing a pair of late interceptions that were returned for touchdowns. Auburn, playing lowly Buffalo, didn't play several of their better players and squeaked out the 38-7 win. And the end of the Alabama-Arkansas game was just amazing, in a pathetic sort of way. Choose your criticism on this one. Tie game in the fourth quarter and Alabama driving the ball down the field but once they get inside Arkansas' 30, they play it ultra-conservative, playing for the field goal instead of the touchdown. The get as close as a 1st and goal at the 10, but end up with a 14 play, 9 minute drive that ends with a missed field goal. Fast forward to overtime and after Arkansas throws an interception on the opening possession of the OT, Alabama plays it ultra-conservative AGAIN and plays for the field goal, which in this situation is not necessarily a bad idea, since a field goal would win the game. Well, surprise surprise, their kicker misses his 3rd field goal of the game, wide right each time. Time to go to the second overtime. Finally Alabama decides to try to put the ball in the end zone, and they are successful. But wait, they have to kick an extra point. The kicker misses the extra point, wide right. This sets up Arkansas to score a touchdown and kick the extra point to come away with the win. Their blue chipper freshman quarterback, Mitch Mustain, looked horrible late in the game. He had the deer in headlights look in his eyes, which is understandable considering this time last year he was a high school quarterback. Well, he actually stepped it up and put it in the end zone. Extra point good, Arkansas wins, Alabama's kicker is crying on the sideline.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame is playing Michigan State and gave up a quick 17 points before finding their way into the end zone. Florida just scored a touchdown at the end of the first half to go up 12-7 on Kentucky, who hasn't looked too bad today. Florida has had two extra points blocked tonight, which is never good. We'll see how it plays out. |
Notre Dame is playing bad again. I thought that they would get their shit together for this week's game, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
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Damn. Well, Arizona gave USC hell. Almost held Southern Cal under 20 points for the first time in 5 years. The tackling just fell apart at the end of the game and a big injury led to a very late TD (muffed punt by a backup returner) at a point where Arizona still had a fighting chance.
I'll take a 3-0 halftime against USC at this point. Arizona's gonna be good next year, I think. I think we're looking at a bowl game this year, too, if we keep playin' like this. Nothing else major today (so far). It looks like Boston College's magic finally ran out with a last minute TD from NC State. Double Post: Gah, and there goes Notre Dame. Poor Michigan State. |
Notre Dame has just scored three touchdowns in like 6 minutes to take the lead. Wow, just wow. Quinn looked a whole lot better the last two drives, and then the defense steps it up and returns a pick for a touchdown for the 3 point lead.
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You know, some weeks I really hate being an MSU fan.
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Like when ND comes up with a seriously ridiculous interception with 24 seconds left to end the game.
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Like when Michigan State throws away one or two 20 point leads each season. They blew it at Michigan and lost in overtime two years ago, they lost at Ohio State last year, and now they did it against Notre Dame this year. The one thing you can always count on them to do is throw away a huge lead when they're getting a big upset.
And what the hell at that Notre Dame interception. That shouldn't even happen. |
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!! Notre Dame won 40-37!!!! I thought they were done for. I prayed to God that Notre Dame would make a come back and they did. I'm serious. Thank God for miracles. This will probably be the only miracle Notre Dame gets all season.
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So much for hoping for a Notre Dame loss two weeks in a row ;__;
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Fucking John L. Smith. I'm just glad that I was across the field from him so that my urges to throw stuff at his head were thwarted by reality. He REALLY needs to get fired.
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No, seriously. I wouldn't be shocked at all to see Notre Dame back in the top 5 after needing a complete miracle against yet another Big-10 team that scored at least 37 points on them just to squeak by in the last few minutes. Hell, even Idaho was only down a touchdown to Michigan State on the road with 9 minutes left. |
If Notre Dame were to win the national championship would people still say that Notre Dame is overrated? I'll grant everyone that a number two ranking was a bit high, but I think that no matter how well Notre Dame does there will always be people who say that Notre Dame is overrated. There seems to be people who hate the fact that the school exists or that they have a football team. I have a deep hate for the Yankees, but that doesn't change the fact that they have done alright for themselves over the years.
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How would Notre Dame even get to the national championship? There is no way they are in the Top 2; there is no way they even deserve to be in the Top 10 after the last two weeks, but because they began soooooo overrated, they will likely sneak back in. See, if Notre Dame had begun the season around #15th (like they probably should be) they'd be ranked about #20th in this coming poll, which is pretty close to accurate after stinking up the joint two weeks in a row.
For example, Notre Dame will be ranked probably at least 4 places higher than Clemson. Clemson's one loss came to a team in the Top 25 (or just outside of it), on the road, in overtime, from a blocked extra point. Clemson also went on the road and completely blew out Florida State. Notre Dame, on the other hand, nearly got beat at Georgia Tech, at Michigan State, and completely got blown out at home by Michigan. Notre Dame's one good win, at home against Penn State, looked good until Penn State showed that they aren't any good at all and have no offense. The difference between Notre Dame and the Yankees is that the MLB championship isn't decided by votes or a crazy computer system, but wins and losses in a fair system followed by a playoff. Notre Dame gets special clauses written into the BCS system just for them that gives them a special advantage that no other team enjoys. Votes are a huge, huge portion of the national championship, and the fact that people who are voting have bias (and not just for ND, the coaches vote for their own teams and conferences, like when Mack Brown completely fucked over Cal), means that the system cannot be fair. I will stop hoping for Notre Dame to fail when they have to play by the same rules as everyone else. |
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Week 5 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (59) 4-0 1,617 2. Auburn (2) 4-0 1,513 3. USC (2) 3-0 1,491 4. West Virginia (2) 4-0 1,404 5. Florida 4-0 1,363 6. Michigan 4-0 1,318 7. Texas 3-1 1,196 8. Louisville 4-0 1,166 9. LSU 3-1 1,114 10. Georgia 4-0 972 11. Virginia Tech 4-0 945 12. Notre Dame 3-1 879 13. Iowa 4-0 864 14. Oregon 3-0 805 15. Tennessee 3-1 658 16. Oklahoma 3-1 613 17. TCU 3-0 563 18. Clemson 3-1 529 19. Florida State 3-1 510 20. California 3-1 508 21. Nebraska 3-1 327 22. Boise State 4-0 226 23. Rutgers 4-0 117 24. Georgia Tech 3-1 77 25. Missouri 4-0 70 Week 5 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (59) 4-0 1,570 2. USC (2) 3-0 1,489 3. Auburn (2) 4-0 1,441 4. West Virginia 4-0 1,357 5. Florida 4-0 1,294 6. Michigan 4-0 1,239 7. Texas 3-1 1,155 8. Louisville 4-0 1,105 9. Georgia 4-0 1,079 10. LSU 3-1 963 10. Virginia Tech 4-0 963 12. Oregon 3-0 854 13. Iowa 4-0 802 14. Notre Dame 3-1 758 15. TCU 3-0 647 16. Oklahoma 3-1 615 17. Florida State 3-1 509 18. Tennessee 3-1 504 19. Clemson 3-1 477 20. California 3-1 452 21. Nebraska 3-1 289 22. Boise State 4-0 257 23. Rutgers 4-0 124 24. Texas Tech 3-1 81 25. Boston College 3-1 78 ------------------ I would like to see those clauses. I won't believe them until I see them. The Yankees, how many times, by how many preseason publication, over the past few years were the Yankees picked to win the World Series? Answer: a lot. They were picked to win because they are the almighty Yankees. They had the most good players and the highest salery. 2001 through 2005 they have not won a single World Series and yet each year they are picked to win the World Series. I think it would be safe to say that the Yankees are sooo overrated at the start of each season, well at least the 2001 through 2005 seasons, I don't know how this year is going to turn out. xman25 |
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Well Notre Dame is "special" just like the Yankees. Anyway, the clause is another good reason to get rid of the BCS and the way college football decides who is the champion each season. Get rid of the bowl games and put in some kind of playoff system. Don't all (or most) of the other college sports have some kind of playoff system. One thing, if I am reading the article right, the clause only comes into play if Notre Dame wins nine games and/or if they are high enough in the BCS standings. If Notre Dame doesn't win enough, you people don't have anything to worry about. 2001 through 2006 Notre Dame has played in a BCS game twice, the Fiesta Bowl each time. 1/1/2001 against Oregon State and 1/2/2006 against Ohio State. They lost both. I'm wondering, can anyone complain about Notre Dame's schedule?
---------- A DIFFERENT KIND OF POLL (from USATODAY.com, dated 8/31/06) The USA TODAY coaches preseason poll reconfigured by strength of non-conference schedule. The Jeff Sagarin preseason rankings were used to find an average ranking for non-conference games. Teams play as few as three and as many as five non-conference opponents. Notre Dame's ranking is based on all 12 games since it is independent: Rank, team (poll spot) Avg. rating of opponents 1. Southern California (t-3) 30 2. Notre Dame (t-3) 41.75 3. Ohio State (1) 49.25 3. Oregon (20) 54.7 5. Tennessee (23) 58.5 6. California (12) 60.3 7. Iowa (17) 65.75 8. Georgia (14) 66.75 9. Oklahoma (5) 71.25 10. Louisville (13) 76.4 11. West Virginia (7) 80.6 12. Nebraska (22) 84.0 13. Florida (8) 85.25 14. Michigan (15) 85.75 15. Florida State (10) 87.0 15. TCU (21) 87.0 17. LSU (9) 90.75 18. Penn State (19) 97.75 19. Texas (2) 101.75 20. Texas Tech (25) 102.75 21. Virginia Tech (16) 104.75 22. Clemson (18) 107.25 23. Miami (Fla.) (11) 116.5 24. Auburn (6) 118.25 25. Alabama (24) 127.75 ---------- Notre Dame always seems to have a really tough schedule. I agree that the clause is stupid, but so is the BCS system and the bowl games. A playoff system is needed. About my Yankees statement, I wasn't saying that the opinions of writers helped the Yankees get into the playoffs, I was saying how overrated the Yankees have been the last few years. On paper the Yankees always look great, but on the field they havn't lived up to their potential during the past few years. xman25 |
Letter to the UGA football team:
Dear sirs, What the FUCK were you doing for 3 quarters on Saturday??? you want to make me shit my pants against COLORADO????? before saturday's game, they were ranked 115th OVERALL in OFFENSE!!!! where was the stingy "D" that i'm so used to????? Consider yourselves lucky!!!! thanks to Joe Cox coming off the bench, he single-handedly kept you undefeated headed to Oxford, Miss. PLEASE do not overlook any opponents no matter they have!!!! take NOTHING for granted. I do feel bad for Mississippi this weekend. Coach Richt will tear you a new one this week and all the anger and pain you'll build up will be felt by the Miss football team. Thanks for you time! PS Cox's 2nd TD was a beauty though!!! don't know if Stafford would have made that nice touch. (now we'll have a QB controversy.... shit.) |
Notre Dame's schedule strength right now, after Saturday's games, is #1, but, there are a few things we need to look at when arriving at that:
1) Schedule strength matters little until near the end of the season. The body of work is very small, so the accuracy of schedule strength is also very small. Only 16 teams are being taken into account when factoring it. And, as Sagarin says, the first few weeks are so unpredicable that starting ranks are taken into account as well. 2) 2-2 Penn State's computer ranking is flawed because of this same notion. They have the #4 schedule strength, but have looked awful and will be ranked in the computer top 30 until their body of work finally gets some influence over their schedule. Which inflates ND's rankings (this logic is part of the reason why Ken Pomeroy's own rankings are so much better than the RPI in college basketball). 3) This isn't something that is a knock against ND, but computer rankings and the BCS: Jeff Sagarin says that his best predictor cannot be used in the BCS because it takes into account score margin (as does his usual rankings, which aren't a predictor but a rating of past success). ND's ranking in the BCS formula is #7, ranking in the ratings is #14, and ranking in the predicted standings is #24. That's not much to say, but I'd say the closest ranking to how Notre Dame has ACTUALLY played is probaly the #24. It would be easy to pick out #23 teams that would have a better than even chance of beating Notre Dame on a neutral field. It speaks more to the unnatural inflation of Notre Dame by voters, which is another signal that the BCS is bad, ND's special treatment is bad, voters are bad, and computers are bad. Lock a committee in a room on Dec. 5th and have them add 2 teams to the 6 BCS conference winners and set seeds for a playoff. Works in basketball. And no special treatment for ND. If they want an automatic berth, they can join a conference and win it, just like everyone else. Quote:
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Notre Dame's clause trumps all other clauses after BCS champions. And Notre Dame's clause gives them an advantage: they can be lower than another team in the rankings and guaranteed the spot! The bowl wouldn't even have the option of taking the team that is ranked higher. You're telling us that it has to do with Notre Dame winning enough, but the "enough" part is the issue here. |
Well, Notre Dame beat Purdue 35-21. The final line for the game was Notre Dame to win by 14 and they did win by 14. The team looked better this week than they did last week. More consistent. Notre Dame has Stanford next week.
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New rankings:
Week 6 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (62) 5-0 1,622 2. Auburn (1) 5-0 1,498 3. USC 4-0 1,470 4. West Virginia (2) 4-0 1,395 5. Florida 5-0 1,393 6. Michigan 5-0 1,342 7. Texas 4-1 1,204 8. Louisville 4-0 1,165 9. LSU 4-1 1,157 10. Georgia 5-0 968 11. Oregon 4-0 946 12. Notre Dame 4-1 921 13. Tennessee 4-1 824 14. Oklahoma 3-1 735 15. Clemson 4-1 689 16. California 4-1 633 17. Florida State 3-1 548 18. Georgia Tech 4-1 539 19. Iowa 4-1 444 20. Boise State 5-0 353 21. Virginia Tech 4-1 339 22. Nebraska 4-1 325 23. Missouri 5-0 208 24. Rutgers 5-0 178 25. Boston College 4-1 52 Week 6 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (62) 5-0 1,574 2. USC 4-0 1,475 3. Auburn (1) 5-0 1,418 4. West Virginia 4-0 1,366 5. Florida 5-0 1,309 6. Michigan 5-0 1,277 7. Texas 4-1 1,178 8. Louisville 4-0 1,140 9. Georgia 5-0 1,039 10. LSU 4-1 1,038 11. Oregon 4-0 946 12. Notre Dame 4-1 851 13. Oklahoma 3-1 706 14. Tennessee 4-1 673 15. Clemson 4-1 657 16. Florida State 3-1 601 17. California 4-1 588 18. Virginia Tech 4-1 421 19. Iowa 4-1 418 20. Georgia Tech 4-1 347 21. Boise State 5-0 344 22. Nebraska 4-1 326 23. Rutgers 5-0 192 24. Texas Tech 4-1 141 25. Missouri 5-0 136 ---------- xman25 |
OK....... now i'm worried. Ole Miss isn't a bad team, but definitely not top tier. For Georgia to win 14-9 is a travesty. i'm going to the Tenn game this saturday night in Athens and i'm really worried now. if UGA plays the way they've played the past 2 weeks, they'll lose. the run defense stinks and the offense is inconsistant at best. Fortunately, Lumpkin is looking good at the right time, so i'm sure he'll get the start Saturday night (ESPN 7:45pm)
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When does the BCS ranking come out? I thought it was like the 5th week of the season or something.
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Hey! I made it onto Sports Illustrated's website in the college football section!
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Good for you man. I made it in the Houston Chronicle once, the letter section in X-MEN: Deadly Genesis #6, and a Halle Berry official fansite newsletter.
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Huge upset today with unranked Arkansas beat number two Auburn 27-10. Auburn was a 15 point favorite. Notre Dame won over Stanford 31-10.
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I didn't expect Auburn to go undefeated this year, I just haven't been nearly as impressed with them as so many other people seemed to have been, but I so didn't expect them to lose to Arkansas. I expected them to be able to rattle the freshman quarterback Mustain, but it really didn't matter since Arkansas ran the ball something like 30 out of their 32 last plays. McFadden, Felix Jones, and the Arkansas offensive line basically dominated the game.
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Wow. Auburn lost. And USC barely won. Nevertheless, this will probably mean USC will be #2 now.
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New polls:
Week 7 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (63) 6-0 1,623 2. Florida 6-0 1,516 3. USC 5-0 1,451 4. Michigan 6-0 1,429 5. West Virginia (2) 5-0 1,416 6. Texas 5-1 1,294 7. Louisville 5-0 1,247 8. Tennessee 5-1 1,159 9. Notre Dame 5-1 1,068 10. California 5-1 1,017 11. Auburn 5-1 943 12. Clemson 5-1 876 13. Georgia Tech 5-1 739 14. LSU 4-2 693 15. Iowa 5-1 661 16. Georgia 5-1 615 17. Arkansas 4-1 482 18. Oregon 4-1 474 19. Missouri 6-0 469 20. Boise State 6-0 449 21. Nebraska 5-1 431 22. Virginia Tech 4-1 360 23. Oklahoma 3-2 271 24. Rutgers 5-0 194 25. Wisconsin 5-1 86 Week 7 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (62) 6-0 1,574 2. USC 5-0 1,461 3. Florida (1) 6-0 1,412 4. West Virginia 5-0 1,398 5. Michigan 6-0 1,358 6. Texas 5-1 1,240 7. Louisville 5-0 1,207 8. Notre Dame 5-1 1,044 9. Tennessee 5-1 1,031 10. Auburn 5-1 958 11. California 5-1 911 12. Clemson 5-1 899 13. Iowa 5-1 672 14. Georgia 5-1 661 15. Georgia Tech 5-1 592 16. LSU 4-2 565 17. Virginia Tech 4-1 523 18. Oregon 4-1 510 19. Boise State 6-0 472 20. Nebraska 5-1 460 21. Missouri 6-0 387 22. Oklahoma 3-2 268 23. Arkansas 4-1 264 24. Rutgers 5-0 261 25. Boston College 4-1 108 ------------- xman25 |
Damn? USC is still #3? How did Florida jump from #5 to #2?
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Did you see the game UF had against LSU?? the second half, they pretty much dominated them. it doesn't hurt to ahve a few turnovers go your way as well. I watched the game while tailgating at the UGA/UT game. now, as a devoted UGA fan, i can't support Florida, but with their schedule the way it is, there is no doubt that they should be #2. USC??? come on man, look at the conference!!! hands down, and most analysts will say the same thing, the SEC is the best conference in football. UF still has to play Auburn saturday night in AU and UGA Halloween weekend. if they escape, which i hope they don't, they'll be #2 definitely and parhaps get a few #1 votes as well. I'll keep this short about the UGA game: I knew we were underdogs going into the game (2.5) and i even took that bet, so i did win money. however, it was very fun as always, above average first half (except for the UT td before half). it's funny b/c that game was the reciprocal of the way they've played all year. For the first games of the season, their D was stauch and tghe offense poor. it was the opposaite this time. it's the 2nd time EVER Georgia gave up 50+ points. YES, they're overrated so this defeat didn't surprise me, but it did disappoint me. The Punt return and Kickoff return were so exciting!! if any of you watched it, you know how loud it was. it was freakin crazy! i'm hoping for a 9-3 season. i expect us to lose to UF and Auburn. as long at we beat Geogia Tech, and get a good bowl, i'm happy. Overall, college football live is WAYYYYY better than NFl live and i've been to at leat 6 games of college and NFL. If you have the chance to see a Division I-A team live, don't hesitate. from the tailgating, the HOT babes (of the SEC), the non-stop alcohol, it doesn't get much better than that. |
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AUBURN BEAT FLORIDA. TIME TO WAVE THE BIG ORANGE AND BLUE AU FLAGS.
Where was this last week against Arkansas? Huge huge win for Auburn, and a huge loss for Florida. And what's up Georgia fans, Vandy stepping up today. |
Yeah, some big upsets today. Number 11 Aubern beat number 2 Florida 27-17. Unranked Indiana beat number 15 Iowa 31-28. Unranked Vanderbilt beat number 16 Georgia 24-22. And unranked Texas A&M beat number 19 Missouri 25-19.
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Whoo!! Auburn over Florida.
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Too bad my wish for an earthquake in Auburn didn't come true last night. kill 2 birds w/1 stone. f-k em both. |
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Speaking of rankings, with Florida losing, I have to wonder if the polls will finally move USC up to #2, or if they'll move Michigan past them. I personally think Michigan should get it, but enough of the voters may think differently. |
New rankings:
Week 8 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (63) 7-0 1,623 2. Michigan 7-0 1,528 3. USC 6-0 1,465 4. West Virginia (2) 6-0 1,459 5. Texas 6-1 1,355 6. Louisville 6-0 1,223 7. Tennessee 5-1 1,179 8. Auburn 6-1 1,176 9. Florida 6-1 1,143 10. Notre Dame 5-1 1,042 11. California 6-1 1,027 12. Clemson 6-1 885 13. Georgia Tech 5-1 772 14. LSU 5-2 751 15. Arkansas 5-1 734 16. Oregon 5-1 639 17. Nebraska 6-1 555 18. Boise State 6-0 519 19. Rutgers 6-0 400 20. Oklahoma 4-2 394 21. Wisconsin 6-1 366 22. Boston College 5-1 330 23. Texas A&M 6-1 127 24. Missouri 6-1 93 25. Wake Forest 6-1 83 Week 8 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 7-0 1,575 2. USC 6-0 1,476 3. Michigan 7-0 1,430 4. West Virginia 6-0 1,411 5. Texas 6-1 1,314 6. Louisville 6-0 1,205 7. Auburn 6-1 1,122 8. Notre Dame 5-1 1,068 9. Tennessee 5-1 1,060 10. Florida 6-1 1,045 11. California 6-1 981 12. Clemson 6-1 896 13. Georgia Tech 5-1 703 14. LSU 5-2 682 15. Oregon 5-1 660 16. Nebraska 6-1 596 17. Boise State 6-0 575 18. Arkansas 5-1 532 19. Rutgers 6-0 415 20. Oklahoma 4-2 354 21. Boston College 5-1 321 22. Wisconsin 6-1 288 23. Iowa 5-2 172 24. Georgia 5-2 139 25. Texas A&M 6-1 111 First BCS standings: BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. USC 3. Michigan 4. Auburn 5. West Virginia 6. Florida 7. Louisville 8. Notre Dame 9. Texas 10. California 11. Tennessee 12. Clemson 13. Arkansas 14. Oregon 15. Boise State 16. Rutgers 17. Nebraska 18. LSU 19. Georgia Tech 20. Boston College 21. Wisconsin 22. Oklahoma 23. Iowa 24. Missouri 25. Tulsa ------------ xman25 |
New polls:
Week 9 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (63) 8-0 1,623 2. Michigan 8-0 1,533 3. USC 6-0 1,468 4. West Virginia (2) 7-0 1,458 5. Texas 7-1 1,355 6. Louisville 7-0 1,215 7. Auburn 7-1 1,182 8. Tennessee 6-1 1,178 9. Florida 6-1 1,146 10. Clemson 7-1 989 11. Notre Dame 6-1 988 12. California 7-1 964 13. Arkansas 6-1 843 14. LSU 6-2 799 15. Boise State 8-0 608 16. Rutgers 7-0 579 17. Wisconsin 7-1 560 18. Boston College 6-1 526 19. Oklahoma 5-2 497 20. Nebraska 6-2 373 21. Georgia Tech 5-2 303 22. Texas A&M 7-1 288 23. Missouri 7-1 240 24. Wake Forest 6-1 164 25. Oregon 5-2 132 Week 9 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 8-0 1,575 2. USC 6-0 1,469 3. Michigan 8-0 1,454 4. West Virginia 7-0 1,394 5. Texas 7-1 1,308 6. Louisville 7-0 1,205 7. Auburn 7-1 1,178 8. Florida 6-1 1,051 9. Tennessee 6-1 1,046 10. Notre Dame 6-1 1,019 11. Clemson 7-1 962 12. California 7-1 923 13. LSU 6-2 923 14. Arkansas 6-1 700 15. Boise State 8-0 667 16. Rutgers 7-0 557 17. Boston College 6-1 530 18. Wisconsin 7-1 525 19. Oklahoma 5-2 450 20. Nebraska 6-2 328 21. Georgia Tech 5-2 264 22. Texas A&M 7-1 263 23. Missouri 7-1 229 24. Oregon 5-2 228 25. Georgia 6-2 163 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. West Virginia 5. Auburn 6. Florida 7. Texas 8. Louisville 9. Notre Dame 10. California 11. Tennessee 12. Clemson 13. Arkansas 14. Rutgers 15. Boise State 16. LSU 17. Boston College 18. Wisconsin 19. Oklahoma 20. Missouri 21. Texas A&M 22. Nebraska 23. Oregon 24. Georgia Tech 25. Washington State -------- xman25 |
Wow...Oregon just dropped in the polls..like hard
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Huge upset: unranked Oregon State beat #3 USC 33-31. Second big upset of the week, unranked Virginia Tech beat #10 Clemson 24-7 on Thursday. Notre Dame beat Navy 38-14 today.
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New polls:
Week 10 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (63) 9-0 1,623 2. Michigan 9-0 1,547 3. West Virginia (2) 7-0 1,494 4. Texas 8-1 1,397 5. Louisville 7-0 1,278 6. Auburn 8-1 1,250 7. Florida 7-1 1,243 8. Tennessee 7-1 1,232 9. USC 6-1 1,059 10. California 7-1 1,040 11. Notre Dame 7-1 1,037 12. Arkansas 7-1 935 13. LSU 6-2 842 14. Boise State 8-0 688 15. Rutgers 7-0 644 16. Boston College 7-1 624 17. Wisconsin 8-1 617 18. Oklahoma 6-2 589 19. Clemson 7-2 435 20. Georgia Tech 6-2 402 21. Texas A&M 8-1 353 22. Wake Forest 7-1 246 23. Virginia Tech 6-2 188 24. Oregon 6-2 167 25. Washington State 6-3 40 Week 10 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 9-0 1,575 2. Michigan 9-0 1,500 3. West Virginia 7-0 1,437 4. Texas 8-1 1,347 5. Louisville 7-0 1,271 6. Auburn 8-1 1,235 7. Florida 7-1 1,167 8. Tennessee 7-1 1,118 9. USC 6-1 1,049 10. Notre Dame 7-1 1,030 11. California 7-1 980 12. Arkansas 7-1 816 13. LSU 6-2 775 14. Boise State 8-0 694 15. Rutgers 7-0 662 16. Boston College 7-1 639 17. Wisconsin 8-1 584 18. Oklahoma 6-2 515 19. Clemson 7-2 458 20. Georgia Tech 6-2 363 21. Texas A&M 8-1 335 22. Oregon 6-2 262 23. Wake Forest 7-1 214 24. Virginia Tech 6-2 141 25. Missouri 7-2 64 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. West Virginia 4. Florida 5. Louisville 6. Auburn 7. Texas 8. USC 9. Notre Dame 10. California 11. Tennessee 12. Rutgers 13. Arkansas 14. Boise State 15. Boston College 16. Wisconsin 17. LSU 18. Oklahoma 19. Clemson 20. Georgia Tech 21. Texas A&M 22. Oregon 23. Washington State 24. Wake Forest 25. Virginia Tech ------------ xman25 |
Damn. 2 points. I can't believe this happened. Our team played great 4rth quarter. But we were down too many points to make a rally. I wasn't expecting USC to be undefeated, but to an unranked team?
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Week 11 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (65) 10-0 1,625 2. Michigan 10-0 1,554 3. Louisville 8-0 1,441 4. Texas 9-1 1,438 5. Auburn 9-1 1,320 6. Florida 8-1 1,314 7. USC 7-1 1,173 8. California 8-1 1,136 9. Notre Dame 8-1 1,096 10. West Virginia 7-1 1,024 11. Arkansas 8-1 1,020 12. LSU 7-2 996 13. Tennessee 7-2 744 14. Boise State 9-0 742 15. Rutgers 8-0 721 16. Wisconsin 9-1 689 17. Oklahoma 7-2 667 18. Wake Forest 8-1 509 19. Georgia Tech 7-2 493 20. Virginia Tech 7-2 333 21. Oregon 7-2 308 22. Boston College 7-2 230 23. Maryland 7-2 178 24. Texas A&M 8-2 137 25. Brigham Young 7-2 92 Week 11 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 10-0 1,575 2. Michigan 10-0 1,502 3. Texas 9-1 1,397 4. Louisville 8-0 1,382 5. Auburn 9-1 1,309 6. Florida 8-1 1,255 7. USC 7-1 1,148 8. Notre Dame 8-1 1,079 9. California 8-1 1,048 10. West Virginia 7-1 994 11. Arkansas 8-1 946 12. LSU 7-2 925 13. Boise State 9-0 769 14. Rutgers 8-0 742 15. Tennessee 7-2 710 16. Wisconsin 9-1 685 17. Oklahoma 7-2 685 18. Georgia Tech 7-2 480 19. Wake Forest 8-1 448 20. Oregon 7-2 400 21. Virginia Tech 7-2 306 22. Boston College 7-2 230 23. Texas A&M 8-2 121 24. Maryland 7-2 113 25. Nebraska 7-3 107 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Louisville 4. Florida 5. Texas 6. Auburn 7. USC 8. California 9. Notre Dame 10. West Virginia 11. Arkansas 12. LSU 13. Rutgers 14. Boise State 15. Wisconsin 16. Tennessee 17. Oklahoma 18. Georgia Tech 19. Wake Forest 20. Oregon 21. Virginia Tech 22. Boston College 23. Maryland 24. Oregon State 25. Texas A&M ---------- xman25 |
Some big upsets this week: on Thursday #15 Rutgers beat #3 Louisville 28-25, today unranked Georgia beat #5 Auburn 37-15, and unranked Arizona beat #8 California 24-20. This helps Notre Dame. They're ranked #9 in the BCS. The beat Air Force 39-17. Though, Notre Dame is lucky that Air Force didn't score more points, Notre Dame gave up 405 yards on defense. Notre Dame better step up its defense big time if it wants to have a chance to beat USC in the last game of the season. #6 Florida escaped defeat at the hands of South Carolina. They won 17-16 by blocking a last second field goal attempt by S. Carolina.
xman25 Double Post: Another upset, unranked Kansas State beat #4 Texas 45-42. Game just ended. This week four top eight teams lost, three of them to unranked teams. xman25 Double Post: New rankings: Week 12 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (64) 11-0 1,624 2. Michigan (1) 11-0 1,561 3. Florida 9-1 1,436 4. USC 8-1 1,433 5. Arkansas 9-1 1,331 6. Notre Dame 9-1 1,302 7. Rutgers 9-0 1,212 8. West Virginia 8-1 1,075 9. LSU 8-2 1,074 10. Louisville 8-1 1,028 11. Texas 9-2 965 12. Wisconsin 10-1 930 13. Boise State 10-0 805 14. Wake Forest 9-1 777 15. Auburn 9-2 751 16. Oklahoma 8-2 746 17. California 8-2 595 18. Georgia Tech 8-2 563 19. Virginia Tech 8-2 413 20. Boston College 8-2 350 21. Maryland 8-2 309 22. Tennessee 7-3 276 23. Brigham Young 8-2 216 24. Nebraska 8-3 197 25. Clemson 8-3 57 Week 12 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (62) 11-0 1,574 2. Michigan (1) 11-0 1,513 3. Florida 9-1 1,381 4. USC 8-1 1,373 5. Notre Dame 9-1 1,273 6. Arkansas 9-1 1,248 7. West Virginia 8-1 1,113 8. Rutgers 9-0 1,082 9. LSU 8-2 1,054 10. Wisconsin 10-1 928 11. Texas 9-2 927 12. Louisville 8-1 884 13. Boise State 10-0 830 14. Wake Forest 9-1 724 15. Auburn 9-2 721 16. Oklahoma 8-2 711 17. California 8-2 580 18. Georgia Tech 8-2 566 19. Virginia Tech 8-2 420 20. Boston College 8-2 384 21. Maryland 8-2 325 22. Nebraska 8-3 228 23. Tennessee 7-3 213 24. Brigham Young 8-2 116 25. Clemson 8-3 94 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. Florida 5. Notre Dame 6. Rutgers 7. Arkansas 8. West Virginia 9. Wisconsin 10. Louisville 11. LSU 12. Boise State 13. Texas 14. Auburn 15. California 16. Wake Forest 17. Oklahoma 18. Georgia Tech 19. Maryland 20. Boston College 21. Virginia Tech 22. Tennessee 23. Nebraska 24. Oregon 25. Brigham Young -------------------- xman25 |
So some crazy shit happened this week. Now we're (USC) ranked #3. An actual chance at the championship game. And this week is Ohio v Michigan game, meaning one of those teams is going to drop in ranking, which probably means it will push USC to #2. That is considering we beat Cal, which I'm confident since it's a home game.
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How come xman25 and I are the only ones responding in this thread?
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College Football is just boring. For me, anyway.
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It looks like Ohio and Michigan are having a rematch at the championship. Bah.
We're guaranteed the Rose Bowl now. Is there any chance that USC can be bumped up to #2? Or is it too late? |
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Week 13 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625 2. Michigan 11-1 1,502 3. USC 9-1 1,493 4. Florida 10-1 1,451 5. Arkansas 10-1 1,365 6. Notre Dame 10-1 1,307 7. West Virginia 9-1 1,144 8. Louisville 9-1 1,078 9. LSU 9-2 1,075 10. Wisconsin 11-1 1,049 11. Texas 9-2 1,028 12. Boise State 11-0 878 13. Oklahoma 9-2 856 14. Auburn 10-2 822 15. Rutgers 9-1 736 16. Georgia Tech 9-2 667 17. Virginia Tech 9-2 583 18. Boston College 9-2 516 19. Tennessee 8-3 404 20. Wake Forest 9-2 355 21. Brigham Young 9-2 325 22. California 8-3 302 23. Nebraska 8-3 258 24. Clemson 8-3 122 25. Hawaii 9-2 89 Week 13 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 12-0 1,575 2. USC 9-1 1,444 3. Michigan 11-1 1,428 4. Florida 10-1 1,407 5. Arkansas 10-1 1,302 6. Notre Dame 10-1 1,285 7. West Virginia 9-1 1,151 8. LSU 9-2 1,081 9. Wisconsin 11-1 1,053 10. Texas 9-2 994 11. Louisville 9-1 944 12. Boise State 11-0 862 13. Auburn 10-2 825 14. Oklahoma 9-2 795 15. Georgia Tech 9-2 655 16. Rutgers 9-1 641 17. Virginia Tech 9-2 561 18. Boston College 9-2 540 19. Nebraska 8-3 353 20. Wake Forest 9-2 343 21. Tennessee 8-3 326 22. California 8-3 265 23. Brigham Young 9-2 256 24. Clemson 8-3 174 25. Hawaii 9-2 97 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. Florida 5. Notre Dame 6. Arkansas 7. West Virginia 8. Wisconsin 9. Louisville 10. LSU 11. Boise State 12. Auburn 13. Texas 14. Rutgers 15. Oklahoma 16. Georgia Tech 17. Virginia Tech 18. Boston College 19. California 20. Tennessee 21. Wake Forest 22. Nebraska 23. Brigham Young 24. Clemson 25. Penn State ------------ xman25 |
I'd laugh if the National Championship game goes between Michigan and Ohio State, and Michigan pulls out a win in that game. Of course, I'd also love to see those two teams in the national championship game more than any others. It was a close game between the two of them anyways, so a rematch could go either way.
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It won't happen. USC is going to win their last two and that will get them the nod over Michigan.
In my opinion, if you don't win your conference you shouldn't be playing for a national championship. Tough for Michigan, but that's the way it should be. Good to see another Auburn fan on here, Russ. I felt the same way, this team was over-rated by the media because of Kenny Irons and what happened in 2004. We were an above average team that had to fight and scrape to get everything we got. Looking back, the wins over LSU and Florida are pretty amazing considering. The 2004 Auburn team would have beaten this team by 3-4 touchdowns. |
USC v Notre Dame! What a great game tomorrow will be! Tomorrow's game will determine whether or not we're going to the Pasadena or Glendale, AZ. One of college's greatest rivalries.
Fight on! And beat the Irish! I am going to get retarded now! |
USC just scored it's second touchdown of the first quarter. As much as I hate to say this, I think Notre Dame is going to lose. I just hope Notre Dame doesn't embarass itself.
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I'll give ya'll an update right now
USC - 44 ND - 24 USC Wins |
Notre Dame got fucked over~!
Goodbye Brady Quinn! Hello Glendale, Arizona! |
Is Trigunnerz really grating, or is it just me? I mean, it's not like I'm pissed Notre Dame lost or anything, he just annoys me. Weird.
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I'm leaning toward grating. Maybe 'sore winner' applies. I don't know how Notre Dame got "fucked over" as Trigunnerz so eloquently put it. Were there some bad calls by the officials that I missed? Anyway, I hope Notre Dame stays in the top eight in the BCS poll so that they can go to a BCS Bowl game. They were number five in the poll coming into the game, but losing by 20 points is going to hurt.
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My bad. It's a huge rivalry game you know. I think a little trash talking is allowed. =)
But ya, doesn't Notre Dame need to be in the top 8 to be guaranteed a bowl game? I guess Brady Quinn's Heisman candidacy got blown to pieces. You think Troy Smith will get it now? |
From what I understand if Notre Dame is in the top eight they are guaranteed a BCS game.
xman25 Double Post: New rankings: Week 14 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625 2. USC 10-1 1,540 3. Michigan 11-1 1,504 4. Florida 11-1 1,441 5. LSU 10-2 1,303 6. Louisville 10-1 1,241 7. Wisconsin 11-1 1,212 8. Oklahoma 10-2 1,095 8. Arkansas 10-2 1,095 10. Boise State 12-0 1,044 11. Auburn 10-2 966 12. Notre Dame 10-2 906 13. Rutgers 10-1 906 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 775 15. West Virginia 9-2 667 16. Wake Forest 10-2 621 17. Tennessee 9-3 542 17. Texas 9-3 542 19. Nebraska 9-3 405 20. Brigham Young 10-2 394 21. California 8-3 367 22. Texas A&M 9-3 318 23. Georgia Tech 9-3 210 24. Hawaii 10-2 174 25. Boston College 9-3 91 Week 14 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (63) 12-0 1,575 2. USC 10-1 1,491 3. Michigan 11-1 1,445 4. Florida 11-1 1,405 5. LSU 10-2 1,255 6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,221 7. Louisville 10-1 1,169 8. Arkansas 10-2 1,042 9. Boise State 12-0 1,018 10. Oklahoma 10-2 994 11. Auburn 10-2 985 12. Notre Dame 10-2 928 13. Rutgers 10-1 777 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 744 15. West Virginia 9-2 668 16. Wake Forest 10-2 607 17. Texas 9-3 596 18. Nebraska 9-3 523 19. Tennessee 9-3 434 20. California 8-3 343 21. Brigham Young 10-2 339 22. Georgia Tech 9-3 259 23. Hawaii 10-2 203 24. Texas A&M 9-3 202 25. Boston College 9-3 138 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. USC 3. Michigan 4. Florida 5. LSU 6. Louisville 7. Wisconsin 8. Boise State 9. Arkansas 10. Notre Dame 11. Auburn 12. Oklahoma 13. Rutgers 14. Virginia Tech 15. West Virginia 16. Tennessee 17. Wake Forest 18. California 19. Texas 20. Nebraska 21. Brigham Young 22. Georgia Tech 23. Texas A&M 24. Oregon State 25. Hawaii -------------- xman25 |
I'm hoping Notre Dame gets a BCS nod anyway, despite not having it by default. They're good enough with their 2 or 3 amazing theatrical plays per game to make a real spectacle. Don't know if it'll happen, though - there'll probably have to be some shaking up at the top of the pile again next week if they're gonna have much of a chance.
In other news, I think BYU got shafted in the rankings again. Not by much - our schedule hasn't warranted too much in terms of rankings, but we've done pretty well, we're running on an 8 or 9 game winning streak (I can't remember which), and John Beck is one of the highest ranked quarterbacks in the nation. We swept our conference (not too horribly hard, but TCU and Utah have both had decent seasons), and yet we play the 4th or 5th ranked PAC-10 team in the Las Vegas Bowl. Oh, well. The end of the BYU-Utah game was beyond classic, at least. Can't beat an ending like that. |
UPSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unranked UCLA beat #2 USC 13-9. Goodbye championship game!!!!!!! It was a great game. UCLA played their hearts out. I'm very happy. HA!!! Am I grating Trigunnerz?
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Crossing my fingers for a Michigan - OSU rematch!
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BEST Scenario: Wolverines get to go to the championship game, but their plane crashes, killing all aboard.
Second Best Scenario: The BCS Computers bump Florida up to #2. |
Florida convinced me tonight that they belong in the championship. Michigan may be better, but they couldn't win their conference, Florida did. If Michigan was a lot better, sure, but Florida is just behind, if at all.
Big East championship going to overtime, should be a fun finish. Haha, ESPN was panning the crowd and they showed for a few seconds a kid wearing a shirt that said "West Fuckin' Virginia" pretty prominently. |
BlueMikey, they couldn't win their conference because the National Champ is in their conference. And they only lost to them by 3 points. On the road.
Wait, why am I defending the school that I hate with all my soul? |
Yeah, but that's the thing. They did lose to them. In their last game even. If we already know that Michigan can't beat OSU, then we don't need to see it again.
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Possibly. But let's say the game was at Michigan and Michigan won by 3. Would OSU deserve another shot then? I mean, we can guess at a lot of things in college football, but, at the end of the day, if you don't win your conference, you shouldn't get to play in the championship (or you should have to go through a playoff system like we should have).
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FUCK! I can't believe we lost to UCLA. ;AKDSJ;ALDKFJA;LKJE Our defense did well, but our offense just sucked. We turned over the ball way too many times.
At least we're going to the Rose Bowl. Off to Pasadena again. Our team did extremely well this season considering we lost two Heisman trophy winners and a lot of our veterans went off to the NFL. And xman25, at least we beat the living shit out of Notre Dame. :biggrin: :edgartpg: |
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LOL. Touché. But UCLA was a rivalry game, and all rivalry games end up crazy. It hurts to lose to them. I have no idea what happened at Oregon though.
Both of us can go on forever, so we should probably stop. =) So who the hell is rank #2 now? Michigan? Florida? WVU? |
We'll find out tomorrow. Just as Notre Dame will find out if it gets to go to a BCS bowl tomorrow.
USC doesn't need to worry about that, though. |
Beat the Wolverines at the Rose Bowl!
OSU and Florida. Hmmm. I have a feeling OSU is going to rape Florida. |
Okay, so look at this.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/new...Dec_3_2006.pdf It's the final rankings for the BCS. Robert Lawless ranked the Top 5 in this way: 1) OSU 2) Michigan 3) Wisconsin 4) Louisville 5) Florida Ray Melick 1) OSU 2) Florida 3) Louisville 4) Michigan 5) LSU Tim Neverett 1) OSU 2) Florida 3) USC 4) Michigan ... 9) BYU Ed Podolak 9) Rutgers Jim Walden 1) Florida 2) OSU ... 7) Wake Forest 11) LSU Frank Weedon Unranked: Tennessee Paul Ziese 1) OSU 2) Louisville How the fuck are these people deciding the fate of college football?! |
New rankings:
Week 15 AP Top 25 1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625 2. Florida 12-1 1,529 3. Michigan 11-1 1,526 4. LSU 10-2 1,365 5. Louisville 11-1 1,333 6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,255 7. Oklahoma 11-2 1,232 8. USC 10-2 1,182 9. Boise State 12-0 1,097 10. Auburn 10-2 1,020 11. Notre Dame 10-2 939 12. Arkansas 10-3 867 13. West Virginia 10-2 865 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 798 15. Wake Forest 11-2 766 16. Rutgers 10-2 631 17. Tennessee 9-3 576 18. Texas 9-3 564 19. Brigham Young 10-2 436 20. California 9-3 390 21. Texas A&M 9-3 379 22. Nebraska 9-4 193 23. Boston College 9-3 179 24. Oregon State 9-4 112 25. TCU 10-2 80 Week 15 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (62) 12-0 1,550 2. Florida 12-1 1,470 3. Michigan 11-1 1,444 4. LSU 10-2 1,299 5. Wisconsin 11-1 1,263 6. Louisville 11-1 1,223 7. USC 10-2 1,173 8. Oklahoma 11-2 1,115 9. Boise State 12-0 1,053 10. Auburn 10-2 1,000 11. Notre Dame 10-2 923 12. West Virginia 10-2 800 13. Arkansas 10-3 798 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 781 15. Wake Forest 11-2 745 16. Texas 9-3 582 17. Rutgers 10-2 567 18. Tennessee 9-3 500 19. California 9-3 436 20. Brigham Young 10-2 369 21. Texas A&M 9-3 303 22. Nebraska 9-4 242 23. Boston College 9-3 175 24. TCU 10-2 95 25. Oregon State 9-4 72 25. Georgia Tech 9-4 72 BCS Standings 1. Ohio State 2. Florida 3. Michigan 4. LSU 5. USC 6. Louisville 7. Wisconsin 8. Boise State 9. Auburn 10. Oklahoma 11. Notre Dame 12. Arkansas 13. West Virginia 14. Wake Forest 15. Virginia Tech 16. Rutgers 17. Tennessee 18. California 19. Texas 20. Brigham Young 21. Texas A&M 22. Oregon State 23. Nebraska 24. Boston College 25. UCLA Bowl Games: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia TCU vs. Northern Illinois Dec. 19, 8 p.m. San Diego ESPN2 HD Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas BYU vs. Oregon Dec. 21, 8 p.m. Las Vegas ESPN HD R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Rice vs. Troy Dec. 22, 8 p.m. New Orleans ESPN2 HD Buy Tickets Papajohns.com Bowl South Florida vs. East Carolina Dec. 23, 1 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2 HD New Mexico New Mexico vs. San Jose State Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN HD Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Tulsa vs. Utah Dec. 23, 8 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas ESPN HD Sheraton Hawaii Arizona State vs. Hawaii Dec. 24, 8 p.m. Honolulu ESPN HD Motor City Middle Tennessee vs. Central Michigan Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. Detroit ESPN HD Emerald Florida State vs. UCLA Dec. 27, 8 p.m. San Francisco ESPN HD PetroSun Independence Oklahoma State vs. Alabama Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m. Shreveport, La. ESPN HD Pacific Life Holiday California vs. Texas A&M Dec. 28, 8 p.m. San Diego ESPN HD Buy Tickes Texas Rutgers vs. Kansas State Dec. 28, 8 p.m. Houston NFL Network Gaylord Hotels Music City Clemson vs. Kentucky Dec. 29, 1 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ESPN HD Brut Sun Oregon State vs. Missouri Dec. 29, 2 p.m. El Paso, Texas CBS AutoZone Liberty Houston vs. South Carolina Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. ESPN HD Insight Texas Tech vs. Minnesota Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. NFL Network Champs Sports Purdue vs. Maryland Dec. 29, 8 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ESPN HD Meineke Car Care Navy vs. Boston College Dec. 30, 1 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ESPN HD Alamo Texas vs. Iowa Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio Chick-fil-A Georgia vs. Virginia Tech Dec. 30, 8 p.m. Atlanta ESPN HD MPC Computers Miami, Fla. vs. Nevada Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho ESPN HD Outback Tennessee vs. Penn State Jan. 1, 11 a.m. Tampa, Fla. ESPN HD AT&T Cotton Auburn vs. Nebraska Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. Dallas FOX Toyota Gator West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech Jan. 1, 1 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. CBS Capital One Arkansas vs. Wisconsin Jan. 1, 1 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ABC HD Rose Bowl presented by Citi USC vs. Michigan Jan. 1, 5 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. ABC HD Tostitos Fiesta Boise State vs. Oklahoma Jan. 1, 8 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. FOX FedEx Orange Louisville vs. Wake Forest Jan. 2, 8 p.m. Miami FOX Allstate Sugar Notre Dame vs. LSU Jan. 3, 8 p.m. New Orleans FOX International Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan Jan. 6, Noon Toronto ESPN2 HD GMAC Ohio vs. Southern Miss Jan. 7, 8 p.m. Mobile, Ala. ESPN HD Tostitos BCS Championship Game Florida vs. Ohio State Jan. 8, 8 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. FOX ----------------------- YES!!!! Notre Dame got a BCS game. The Sugar Bowl against LSU. xman25 |
I know you're an Irish fan and all, but have you watched LSU at all? LSU is going to absolutely destroy Notre Dame. ND would have been much better off if Michigan had gotten in, forcing LSU to play in the Rose Bowl and setting up Notre Dame with a team it has a chance against, like Boise State or Oklahoma.
LSU destroying Notre Dame isn't going to make people happy that Notre Dame got picked over Auburn and Wisconsin. If anything, it could hurt ND the next time talks come up about ND's role in the entire system. |
Out of the BCS matchups USC v Michigan seems to the most interesting to me. The rest of them look to be fairly one sided, although I could be wrong.
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I'm mad they picked Florida because I think the game will be a snooze fest and as a fan I want to watch the best game possible. Florida will get killed.
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At least Urban Meyer is mildly revolutionary in how he runs things. He might be able to pull some fast ones on OSU before getting his butt kicked. I would honestly be very surprised if Florida put up very much of a fight.
Personally, I think half the rankings are a joke - everyone at the top of the pile is based on their last few weeks' performance, while everyone in the rankings but after, say, 9 or 10 is based on overall performance. Pick one and be consistent. On the plus side, many of the BCS matchups should be interesting. Notre Dame might be outmatched against LSU, but they should at least put up a fight, as they always do. Michigan-USC should be an ace game. I'm definitely hunkering down with chips and popcorn for that one. |
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Well, like I said - I would be surprised. It's not that it's not possible for Florida to put up a fight - they're a very good team with some incredible coaching, and they've put down a lot of good teams and silenced a lot of critics. It's just that at last appearance, Ohio State was firing so well on all cylinders and generally just dominating in most areas of the game, if they're up to their par performance I think Florida would be hard-pressed to stop them. It would surprise me.
Obviously there're a lot of things at work going into a national championship game (or any bowl game, really) that could affect - adversely or otherwise - either team. A long period of time away from real gameplay, possible sicknesses or injuries, simple psyching out, new strategies and plays, intense scrutiny of recordings of the opposing team, etc. We might see two completely different teams on the field in January. |
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As an Auburn fan, I hate that we "disappointed" this year at 10-2. However, we did beat #2 and #4 in the final BCS standings, so that stands for something.:kitsune: |
Oh yeah, I always forget about that rule. That means the next team down in the rankings would be West Virginia (Arkansas would be ineligible too), and it could be a toss up between them and ND.
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BUT, even if that rule didn't exist, I'd bet money that ND would still get in over Auburn and Wisconsin just do to interest and fan support.
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Yay for TCU dismantling Northern Illinois and BYU destroying Oregon! The commentary and anything spoken by the referees were fantastically awful. I don't know how many times the referee said that a penalty applied to the wrong team, or announced the wrong down. And the announcers weren't much better, calling the Oregon quarterback Brady Quinn and slipping up all over the place. It kinda fit the game at the time, though, because the first quarter was patchy at best. Cleared up right nice by the beginning of the second quarter, though.
I find it offensive that an undefeated-in-conference, 9-game winning streak, 10-2 BYU team got put up with the number 5 Pac-10, 4-game losing streak, 7-5 Oregon team. It didn't really let BYU shine (or fall on its face), but it did make us look good when we picked Oregon apart most of the game. Feel kinda sorry for Gary Crowton, though. We made a fool out of him. |
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(24 or 25) Oregon State defeats MIZZ 39-38. OSU had probably one of the most amazing and unbelievable comebacks ever. At the start of the 4th Missouri was ahead 38 to 24 and at 7 mins, OSU strikes with a touchdown. then in the last 2 mins or so, OSU gets another touchdown then a 2 point conversion. I swear, Missouri was all energetic and bouncing up and down before the touchdown and afterwards...they were like dead. |
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USC - 19 MICH - 3 USC with two huge touchdowns in the third quarter and a field goal. |
Holy Boise State! Big score for the underdogs, huge statement for the introduction of a playoff system to division I football. I'm so glad I stayed up and watched the whole thing, because the last few minutes and the overtime were incredible. They'll be showing those highlights for a while.
Was very disappointed by the USC-Mich game. I expected more out of Michigan, but they never were able to figure USC out. USC kept running the same basic defense, and they just never adjusted. |
Hell yeah! Just got back from the Rose Bowl! W00t! The UCLA game was just a fluke. I think this game proves that USC still has it and will probably mean we'll be #1 when the season begins again.
And Boise State! Oh shit man. I wished I could have watched that game. The last play was some crazy trick play conversion. |
I have no doubt in my mind that USC will deserve to be atop the preseason rankings, yeah.
We thought for sure the last BSU play in regulation (the pass-lateral-run in) would be the play of the day on ESPN, but the fake play option with the quarterback running weak side and having his teammate (I can't remember who it was who took the snap) passing into the endzone was brilliant, and then the pass fake and handing off the ball behind the back with the left hand for the 2-point conversion...after playing straight-up football for the first 59 minutes, it was fantastic. On each play, you really had to see the replays to catch just how well put-together they were. |
The Fiesta Bowl is the best game I have ever seen. I mean, it isn't even close. There were like 15 spectacular moments within about 20 minutes. I just saw the highlights again on SportsCenter and I couldn't help but laugh, it was just great.
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I just read the recap; 22 points in the final 86 seconds of regulation? Preposterous.
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Needs more playoffs. Boise State deserves a shot at the championship, even if Ohio State wins.
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For all the Bowl Games I've seen these are how im ranking them
Fiesta Bowl Sun Bowl Rose Bowl |
Fiesta Bowl. Yes, one of the most amazing spectacles in sports I have ever witnessed. I didn't get to see if from the start though. A friend IM'd me and told me to watch that shit, so I watched that shit and was amazed.
I haven't got the chance to check video highlights though. Gotta check that when I get home. |
The Fiesta Bowl was the sickest set of plays I've ever seen.
Now the sun bowl, OSU did great with two strong drives in the last 7 minutes of the game to gain 15 points and ultimately the win, but with BSU's behind the back left hand pass to get the two point conversion in OT was incredible. |
Doesn't pay to watch the Sugar Bowl. :blowout:
Come on, NOTRE DAME? |
Just in case anyone missed it or wants to relive it:
I still can't stop getting a chuckle or a smile on half these plays, I'm still amazed at what I saw. |
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I'm currently downloading (very slowly) a torrent of the Fiesta Bowl. It's 2GB so hopefully it's a good quality.
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ND: 14
LSU: 41 duh |
I hope Charlie Weis is happy with his career move.
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That was a very disappointing game of football. I gave up shortly after the 3rd quarter started and went back to playing FFXII. To think I gave up a road trip to watch it. :(
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Being an Auburn fan, I don't really care for Florida too much. HOWEVER, when it comes to choosing between rooting for an SEC team that I don't like and rooting for a non-SEC team in the National Championship game, it is a really easy choice: SEC all the way. Talking about the game this afternoon with a coworker, I mentioned a couple of reasons why I thought Florida had a legitimate shot at winning this game, 1) with all the time between games, the coaching staff would be able to put together a solid game plan to combat OSU, and 2) OSU doesn't get to see defenses with the kind of speed all over the field that Florida features.
This is why SEC football is the best football in the nation. |
Another college football season over, another situation arises where the BCS looks stupid for its rankings and selection process. How much longer will college football be without a playoff? Boise State must be bullshit, thanks to Florida slaughtering the Buckeyes tonight.
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Man, it wasn't even close. The start was quite exciting though. But then THE Ohio State University couldn't do shit. I was kinda cheering for Florida anyway, but I didn't really care. College football done.
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Um, go Florida. The entire city got tanked. ...And this is probably the only post I will ever make in the sports forums. :)
(But man, winning the basketball championship and the football championship, one right after the other? It's a shame the school is being wasted on non-spirited students like me.) |
Of course the SEC is the best conference, duh.
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It's interesting how annoyingly unifying sports is. I never cared much for football, but mid-season (and thanks to one of my new roommates), I found myself caught in the excitement that built up in the city throughout the season and even watching a few games. Football, to me, is still an uninteresting sport, but I felt the slightest twinge of school pride for the first time ever last night when UF won. It'll go away soon enough. Go Gators for the time being and all. whee... |
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New and I think final rankings:
Week 17 AP Top 25 1. Florida (64) 13-1 1,624 2. Ohio State 12-1 1,492 3. LSU 11-2 1,452 4. USC 11-2 1,389 5. Boise State (1) 13-0 1,383 6. Louisville 12-1 1,338 7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,288 8. Michigan 11-2 1,145 9. Auburn 11-2 1,112 10. West Virginia 11-2 1,035 11. Oklahoma 11-3 933 12. Rutgers 11-2 884 13. Texas 10-3 772 14. California 10-3 697 15. Arkansas 10-4 677 16. Brigham Young 11-2 673 17. Notre Dame 10-3 553 18. Wake Forest 11-3 551 19. Virginia Tech 10-3 407 20. Boston College 10-3 353 21. Oregon State 10-4 291 22. TCU 11-2 279 23. Georgia 9-4 204 24. Penn State 9-4 183 25. Tennessee 9-4 181 Week 17 USA Today Poll 1. Florida (63) 13-1 1,575 2. Ohio State 12-1 1,435 3. LSU 11-2 1,418 4. USC 11-2 1,345 5. Wisconsin 12-1 1,328 6. Boise State 13-0 1,275 7. Louisville 12-1 1,270 8. Auburn 11-2 1,119 9. Michigan 11-2 1,092 10. West Virginia 11-2 1,012 11. Oklahoma 11-3 849 12. Rutgers 11-2 841 13. Texas 10-3 791 14. California 10-3 716 15. Brigham Young 11-2 615 16. Arkansas 10-4 592 17. Wake Forest 11-3 535 18. Virginia Tech 10-3 494 19. Notre Dame 10-3 485 20. Boston College 10-3 388 21. TCU 11-2 339 22. Oregon State 10-4 206 23. Tennessee 9-4 202 24. Hawaii 11-3 152 25. Penn State 9-4 142 ----------------- xman25 |
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Pretty nice how Auburn beat two of the top three teams in the nation this year, including the National Champs, but wilted against Georgia.
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That was worse football than the Notre Dame game. What a letdown. I was watching with a die-hard Ohio State fan, too, so that was even better. Plus Urban Meyer is not well-loved in my neck of the woods, having coached the University of Utah over us for a while. Oh, well. Now that the season's over I can start turning to college basketball again.
Oh and go BYU! ^_^ |
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