NCAA FOOTBALL THREAD

[kempenstein]

okay, so here's the preseason top 25. I'm predicting another BCS nightmare this year. ESPN ran through the stats and predicted USC and LSU playing for the national title out of 5 unbeaten teams. COmments and opinons more than welcome!

AP Top 25
1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396
4. Texas 0-0 1,375
5. Michigan 0-0 1,371
6. Florida 0-0 1,276
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,192
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,166
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,148
10. Louisville 0-0 1,031
11. Ohio State 0-0 876
12. California 0-0 790
13. Georgia 0-0 782
14. UCLA 0-0 605
15. Tennessee 0-0 571
16. Rutgers 0-0 560
17. Penn State 0-0 542
18. Auburn 0-0 519
19. Florida State 0-0 392
20. Nebraska 0-0 377
21. Arkansas 0-0 376
22. TCU 0-0 283
23. Hawaii 0-0 256
24. Boise State 0-0 187
25. Texas A&M 0-0 162
Others Receiving Votes
Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 68, Alabama 66, Oregon State 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona State 17, Brigham Young 14, Southern Miss 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2, Purdue 1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, North Carolina State 1.

[ProTender]

I really hope USC can pull off another stellar year without Kiffen

[Deeznuts]

They will, SC won't disappoint, I'd give u more details but just got off work, time to sleep.

[RavenNeverMore]

I'm hoping for Va Tech to have a good year and at least live up to their top ten ranking. I haven't really been too impressed with them since they joined the ACC though. The ACC is a basketball conference, they have never been all that much competition in football *sigh*

[Luck_e]

we got embarrassed pretty much against unknown Boise State last year..we may not have Adrian Peterson but i'm still hoping Oklahoma State can win big.

[Davey]

Fighting Irish baby!!



Or Rutgers... :lurker

[Donut]

Fighting Irish or Rutgers?? well nice sleeper picks... just not gonna happen

ND might lose 7 games this year or even start 0-8 and people wouldn't be THAT shocked.

Big Blue's looking for a NC this year Lloyd better open up the playbook fans are getting too restless seeing the talent being misused as it has been lately.

[Davey]

But I dont go by stats.. I go by team logos... :lurker

[Malikot]

Well its a long shot but I have to go with the school I attend... UMD! Go terps!

[Davey]

Rutgers whooped ass tonight againts Buffalo..

[kolpaz]

great game against buffalo, and a smart decision to sit rice late...... going to be an exciting year

[Donut]

Oh.. My.. God.. we just lost... against app St.... how in the blue hell...*depressed forever until Lloyd Carr is fired*

[kempenstein]

Woo-hoo! what a day! Looks like the Wolverines are out of the top 25! My Sooners are taking care of business, 49 - 0 at the half. Bradford is great, looks like he's the QB we've been needing for quite a while.

[kempenstein]

OU 79 North Texas 10, that my friends, is how you handle your non-conference season opener! Bring on the Trojans! The Sooners are LOADED this year!

[Sara]

woo hoo how bout them sooners!!! Great game indeed!!!:clap::clap::clap:

[Davey]

Im in shock over Michigan losing to Appalachian St.. Thats got to be one of the biggest upsets of all time.. Blocked field goal at the end to win..

[kempenstein]

Im in shock over Michigan losing to Appalachian St.. Thats got to be one of the biggest upsets of all time.. Blocked field goal at the end to win..

I believe it is THE biggest upset of all-time! A Division I-AA team has never beat a beat a ranked I-A team. Until yesterday anyway! I personally believe there is a HUGE bias towards the big 10 and pac 10 as far NCAA football rankings go. Even if Michigan would have got the win, it still shows they were greatly over-rated. You shouldn't struggle like that against a non-conference, unranked opponent. USC didn't impress me at all in their opener either. I'm hoping the Huskers will take them out in 2 weeks.

[CerealKiller]

GO SOONERS!!!!!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/JRCATCHER/sooners.jpg

[Donut]

I wouldn't say Michigan is overrated with that loss.. i'd say that they were severely unprepared and horribly coached AS USUAL by Lloyd and his staff of goons. Great recruiter... horrible gameday coach.. horrible adjuster.... horrible game manager. UM's teams and fans deserve better.

[kempenstein]

Carr will be out after this season, unless they manage to run the table from here on out.They have to beat Ohio State. No doubt his seat is the hottest in the land! Michigan is a great program with some great players. But what I saw on Saturday was not a top 5 team, and I agree with you, the blame falls on Carr, the team was unprepared and poorly coached.

[kempenstein]

GO SOONERS!!!!!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/JRCATCHER/sooners.jpg

:grin61:

[Cinjun]

1st week of College Football in the books and 3 teams are already out of the National Championship hunt!

Michigan
Florida State
Notre Dame

[kempenstein]

Top 25 week 2 - Michigan dropped completely off!

NCAAF Rankings
Rankings: Week 2
Week: 1 2

Bowl Subdivision Polls

AP Top 25

1. USC (59)

2. LSU (5)

3. West Virginia (1)

4. Florida

5. Oklahoma

5. Wisconsin

7. Texas

8. Louisville

9. Virginia Tech

10. California

11. Georgia

12. Ohio State

13. UCLA

14. Penn State

15. Rutgers

16. Nebraska

17. Auburn

18. Arkansas

19. TCU

20. Hawaii

21. Georgia Tech

22. Boise State

23. Texas A&M

24. Tennessee

25. Clemson

[Davey]

You cant understand how nice it is to see Rutgers up there after all these years of sucking.

[Sara]

Woo hoo its Sooner Saturday!!! Miami vs #5 Oklahoma Sooners!!!

[kempenstein]

Final scores so far for today:

Saturday, Sep 8West Virginia vs Marshall 3 W Virginia 48
Marshall 23
Final Box Score
Nebraska vs Wake Forest 16 Nebraska 20
Wake Forest 17
Final Box Score
Miami (FL) vs Oklahoma Miami (FL) 13
5 Oklahoma 51
Final Box Score
Akron vs Ohio St. Akron 2
12 Ohio St 20
Final Box Score
LA Monroe vs Clemson LA Monroe 26
25 Clemson 49
Final Box Score
Samford vs Georgia Tech Samford 14
21 GA Tech 69
Final Box Score
California vs Colorado St. 10 California 34
Colorado St 28
Final Box Score
Fresno St. vs Texas A&M Fresno St 45
23 Texas A&M 47
Final 3OT Box Score
Boise St. vs Washington 22 Boise St 10
Washington 24
Final Box Score
South Carolina vs Georgia S Carolina 16
11 Georgia 12
0:39 4th GameChannel
Notre Dame vs Penn St. Notre Dame 10
14 Penn St 31
Final Box Score


I'll update later, several games in progress at the moment.

[kempenstein]

Oh, and for Davey: Rutgers 41, Navy 24

[Sara]

woo hoo another beautiful defeat!! great game

[Davey]

Oh, and for Davey: Rutgers 41, Navy 24

Wooohaaa! Yeah watched the game at the bar .. :yahoo:

[kempenstein]

here's week 3 rankings!

AP Top 25

1. USC (40)

2. LSU (25)

3. Oklahoma

4. West Virginia

5. Florida

6. Texas

7. Wisconsin

8. California

9. Louisville

10. Ohio State

11. UCLA

12. Penn State

13. Rutgers

14. Nebraska

15. Georgia Tech

16. Arkansas

17. South Carolina

18. Virginia Tech

19. Oregon

20. Clemson

21. Boston College

22. Tennessee

23. Georgia

24. Hawaii

25. Texas A&M

[Davey]

Moving on upppp

[Donut]

Carr.. fired... now!.. How in the hell do you have 8 years to prepare for a spread offense and still fail??? I didn't think it was possible... I really didn't Hell fire the whole team all but a few players. This isn't Michigan football. They gave up and quit on plays, didn't play hard, didn't make on field adjustments. Adjustments are just as big of the players faults as the coaches. They're on the field, they see whats going on and who's lining up where and who's being burnt and who's missing tackles. Hell show some MICHIGAN pride!!! I'm done with THIS team until they can show that they DESERVE to wear the Maize and Blue colors. This....this isn't Michigan. Imposters wearing similar colors at best.

[kempenstein]

The Michigan - Apalachian State game is on ESPN classic right now - classic college football upsets!

[RavenNeverMore]

Carr.. fired... now!.. How in the hell do you have 8 years to prepare for a spread offense and still fail??? I didn't think it was possible... I really didn't Hell fire the whole team all but a few players. This isn't Michigan football. They gave up and quit on plays, didn't play hard, didn't make on field adjustments. Adjustments are just as big of the players faults as the coaches. They're on the field, they see whats going on and who's lining up where and who's being burnt and who's missing tackles. Hell show some MICHIGAN pride!!! I'm done with THIS team until they can show that they DESERVE to wear the Maize and Blue colors. This....this isn't Michigan. Imposters wearing similar colors at best.

If the maize and blue boys lose to Notre Dame this weekend, I swear I will open a major vein! However, if Va Tech loses to Ohio this week; not only will I open a vein, but I will...I will... I will... well, hopefully, I won't have to worry about Va Tech. Who in the hell hired Lloyd Carr anyway? PLEASE tell me it wasn't Bo!!

I have to tell y'all, I am in a living hell living in Clemson territory! I HATE CLEMSON!! You would think they were playing for the stinkin national championship this week by the way everyone is talking around here! All I want to know is: when are those dickheads actually going to play a REAL football team?? Let's see, Fla State, Univ. of Louisiana (Monroe), and this week...... Furman University!!! (Now there's a real powerhouse)

[RavenNeverMore]

Whew! Thank God the REAL Wolverines came to play today! THAT is what I call a MAJOR ASS WHOOPIN'!! My Hokies finally woke up on offense during the second half of their game today too!

[kempenstein]

Some pretty good games this week! Michigan actually woke up and played ball, Texas survived a scare at UCF, the Gators showed Tennesee why they are the defending national champs, and UCLA got buried by Utah! USC finaly got a quality win, hoping to hang on to the no. 1 spot. LSU took care of business. Oklahoma came out and dominated again this week. OU is averaging 61 points per game!

[HomeTeam790]

Bama won in a thriller against Arkansas. Shouldn't have been as close as it was, but hey, a win's a win!

And Kentucky with the upset over Louisville! Wow!

[Davey]

Rutgers won 59-0 woot woot!!:thumbup:

[Sara]

i didnt even get to see the OU game had to listen on radio and it wasnt as exciting but they won!! woot!!

[RavenNeverMore]

Rutgers won 59-0 woot woot!!:thumbup:

um, all I can say is...... Norfolk State????lol a win is a win is a win

[Donut]

Michigan may have awaken but that depantsing of ND doesn't get them out of Hot water just yet. ND's a bad bad team.. but true UM stepped it up. I'm just sick of them thinking they can take off games and still come up with a win, just because they are Michigan. The day's of talent winning games over all opponents is over, they don't seem to have gotten that memmo yet. I do believe Bo hired Lloyd as an assistant quite some time ago.

Bo was great, but he's not the end all to college football. Michigan should let Bo's legacy live in the past and run an offensive scheme to keep up with modern defenses. Bowling over people is only gonna get you so far. If you draft speed at WR, use it!... Love Joe Pa and what PSU brings to the Big Ten but...

Go Blue... c'mon boys!!! Beat PSU!

[kempenstein]

Damn, what a day! 3 top ten teams got their first loss today. OU upset by Colorado, Texas upset by Kansas State, and Rutgers upset by Maryland! Oh, and Notre Dame lost again(yawn).

EDIT: Florida went down too.

[Davey]

Damn Rutgers looked like crap.

[kempenstein]

Week 6 top 25

LSU takes the top spot and South Florida makes the top ten?!?!

1. LSU (33)

2. USC (32)

3. California

4. Ohio State

5. Wisconsin

6. South Florida

7. Boston College

8. Kentucky

9. Florida

10. Oklahoma

11. South Carolina

12. Georgia

13. West Virginia

14. Oregon

15. Virginia Tech

16. Hawaii

17. Missouri

18. Arizona State

19. Texas

20. Cincinnati

21. Rutgers

22. Clemson

23. Purdue

24. Kansas State

25. Nebraska

[Sara]

Go Sooners!!!! Beat TEXAS!!!! WOOT!!

[CerealKiller]

Go Sooners!!!! Beat TEXAS!!!! WOOT!!

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, O-K-U!

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, O-K-U!

I'm a Sooner born and a Sooner bred
and when I die I'll be Sooner dead

Rah, Oklahoma! Rah, Oklahoma! Rah, Oklahoma! O-K-U!

University of Oklahoma - OU Sooners

[kempenstein]

WOOHOO!!! The horns went down! BOOMER SOONER!:yahoo:

[SunsetKid]

I haven't checked in on college football today, but the way I see it- I don't see anyone beating LSU this season. Not even my USC Trojans. (And yes- USC don't deserve the #1 ranking.) If only UCLA could get their act together.

[Luck_e]

OU beat texas but give them credit, it was a close game.

[kempenstein]

WOOFUCKINGHOO!!! USC went down!!! And LSU is losing to Florida!!! Wisconsin went down today too, can't wait to see the poll tomorrow!!!

[Sara]

woo hoo!!! todays game was great!!!! Go sooners!!!!!

[kempenstein]

yet another wild Saturday in NCAA football! LSU and Cal went down. This will more than likely mean that Ohio State will be in the top spot. I'll post the BCS standings later today when they come out.

[tideroll24]

Is it me or is anyone else kinda of wanting South Florida to play for the National Championship. lol that change things up wouldnt it. I would just like to know when we are going to get rid of this damn BCS crap and go to a playoff or something.

[Donut]

I think it's only you tideroll lol... only you. I want a playoff badly but I don't wanna see USF in the NC game lol Unless they play Michigan.. then we'll have another NC lol.

I never thought I'd say this, this season but... Congrats tOSU for making it back to number 1.... wow lol. No preseason top ten team is undefeated... and it's only October.

OSU has a few losses if not just 1 loss to go (Nov 17th) BC will lose USF will lose... OU can easily win out *shakes head*... OU vs Oregon for NC (if Oregon gets by USC). Things can get very interesting soon... Playoff anyone???

[Davey]

Woot Go Rutgers! Back on track.

[kempenstein]

Here's the BCS top 25.

Rk Points % Rk Points % Prev Avg
1 Ohio State 7-0 1 2845 .9982 1 1495 .9967 .8300 0 .942
2 South Florida 6-0 3 2508 .8800 3 1320 .8800 1.0000 0 .920
3 Boston College 7-0 2 2650 .9298 2 1383 .9220 .8200 0 .891
4 LSU 6-1 5 2303 .8081 5 1173 .7820 .9300 0 .840
5 Oklahoma 6-1 4 2503 .8782 4 1288 .8587 .5500 0 .762
6 South Carolina 6-1 6 2009 .7049 8 997 .6647 .8600 0 .743
7 Kentucky 6-1 11 1759 .6172 13 874 .5827 .8500 0 .683
8 Arizona State 7-0 12 1697 .5954 12 936 .6240 .8300 0 .683
9 West Virginia 5-1 8 1926 .6758 7 1007 .6713 .6400 0 .662
10 Oregon 5-1 7 1974 .6926 6 1077 .7180 .5000 0 .637
11 Virginia Tech 6-1 13 1638 .5747 11 982 .6547 .6600 0 .630
12 California 5-1 10 1894 .6646 9 983 .6553 .4800 0 .600
13 Kansas 6-0 15 1200 .4211 15 705 .4700 .6600 0 .517
14 USC 5-1 9 1915 .6719 9 983 .6553 .0900 0 .472
15 Florida 4-2 14 1458 .5116 14 726 .4840 .3100 0 .435
16 Missouri 5-1 17 1053 .3695 17 519 .3460 .4300 0 .382
17 Auburn 5-2 19 667 .2340 19 372 .2480 .5300 0 .337
18 Hawaii 7-0 16 1198 .4204 16 558 .3720 .0600 0 .284
19 Virginia 6-1 24 240 .0842 24 184 .1227 .4800 0 .229
20 Georgia 5-2 20 528 .1853 20 282 .1880 .3000 0 .224
21 Tennessee 4-2 22 420 .1474 22 193 .1287 .3100 0 .195
22 Texas 5-2 18 786 .2758 18 396 .2640 .0000 0 .180
23 Cincinnati 6-1 23 369 .1295 23 192 .1280 .1000 0 .119
24 Texas Tech 6-1 21 459 .1611 21 232 .1547 .0000 0 .105
25 Michigan

[CerealKiller]

YEAH SOONERS #5!!!! Just wait they'll be #1 before season's end.

[SunsetKid]

I don't want to sound like a whiner, but...

In week one, Michigan loses to non-Division 1 team, Appalachia State (or however it's spelled), and drops to #7.

Two weeks ago, #1 USC loses to Stanford and drops way down to #10, and this week survives against Arizona and drops to #14?

This week, #2 Cal loses to Oregon State and drops out of the Top 10?

Meanwhile, #1 LSU loses to Kentucky and only drops to #4?

I know over 70% of the voters are from the east coast, but c'mon. This is ridiculous.

Just me though...

[tideroll24]

Im telling you South Florida. Everyone wants to go with the big name programs but just think. They have just been moving up and up every week. College football is not what we are used too. Never will as long as he BCS is in charge.

[kempenstein]

Ohio State doesn't deserve the top spot, Who have they played? Who will they play? nobody! Right now I'd rather see South Florida at number one. I'm keeping my eye on Arizona State. Have you seen their schedule? They have USC, Cal, and Oregon coming up. If they win out and don't play for the title something is wrong! Obviously, I'd love to see OU in the big game, they'd probably be number 1 now if they hadn't lost at Colorado!

[Donut]

I don't want to sound like a whiner, but...

In week one, Michigan loses to non-Division 1 team, Appalachia State (or however it's spelled), and drops to #7.

Two weeks ago, #1 USC loses to Stanford and drops way down to #10, and this week survives against Arizona and drops to #14?

This week, #2 Cal loses to Oregon State and drops out of the Top 10?

Meanwhile, #1 LSU loses to Kentucky and only drops to #4?

I know over 70% of the voters are from the east coast, but c'mon. This is ridiculous.

Just me though...

Actually when Michigan lost to App St they dropped out of the polls completely from number 5. USC loses to an unranked stanford team.. they drop to 10.. from 2... Wisconsin loses to Penn St they drop 14 spots... Cal loses to Az st and they drop like they should have... KY is a good team and beat themselves in their only loss.. plus they were a ranked opponent with significant wins over other top teams. Plus LSU lost on a 4th down play in triple OT... big difference.

[Davey]

Woohoo Rutgers Wins!!!!

[Sara]

lets go sooners lets go!!! OU/Iowa tomorrow! woot!

[Donut]

Just beat the Buckeyes and it's Rose Bowl we go!!! Woohoo!!! So how many of you said Michigan's season would be in the tank after the 0-2 start? haha GO BLUE BABY!!!!

PS... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ Notre Dame!

[Davey]

I think this whole season is screwed.

[CerealKiller]

Aight so i need a sooners update.

[kempenstein]

Aight so i need a sooners update.

Oklahoma AP rank 3 BCS rank 4

Sat, Sep 1 North Texas W 79-10 --
Sat, Sep 8 Miami (FL) W 51-13 --
Sat, Sep 15 Utah State W 54-3 --
Fri, Sep 21 at Tulsa W 62-21 --
Sat, Sep 29 at Colorado L 24-27 --
Sat, Oct 6 at (19) Texas W 28-21 --
Sat, Oct 13 (11) Missouri W 41-31 --
Sat, Oct 20 at Iowa State W 17-7 --
Sat, Nov 3 Texas A&M W 42-14 --
Sat, Nov 10 Baylor W 52-21 --
Sat, Nov 17 at Texas Tech 8:00 pm --
Sat, Nov 24 Oklahoma State TBA

[Luck_e]

Actually when Michigan lost to App St they dropped out of the polls completely from number 5. USC loses to an unranked stanford team.. they drop to 10.. from 2... Wisconsin loses to Penn St they drop 14 spots... Cal loses to Az st and they drop like they should have... KY is a good team and beat themselves in their only loss.. plus they were a ranked opponent with significant wins over other top teams. Plus LSU lost on a 4th down play in triple OT... big difference.

the whole east coast west coast thing is crap i've ALWAYS believed the polls were rigged and/or bought.your examples are documented proof of my beliefs...and the Bowl rankings?? a 12-2 teams gets a national championship shot and and undefeated team has to settle for a menial bowl game??

[kempenstein]

Number 1 LSU dropped one to Arkansas in triple OT, one of the best games I've seen this year! Of course I was cheering for teh Razorbacks, I can't stand Les Miles, he looks like a penis with ears! And the horns lost to A&M! :yahoo:

[Luck_e]

a penis with ears???

[Sara]

Go SOONERS Beat OSU!!!!!!!! Your going down pokes!!!!

[Luck_e]

were gonna poke the pokes into submission...woohooo.

[kempenstein]

LMAO!!! OSU went down in flames! Sooners take the big 12 south division!

[Luck_e]

was there any doubt??

[duritz76]

How about MU? It's been like 50 years since we've had a season this good

[Jhicks]

Finally a chance for WVU to actually control their own destiny to play in for the National Title instead of getting left out in the cold when they are the 3rd undefeated team in the polls! Now lets just hope they don't blow it against Pitt! 66-21 over UCONN, Can You say making a statement! WooHoo Go 'EERS!!!

[Davey]

I think rutgers is going to a 2nd or 3rd tier bowl. Better then going home I guess.