The College Football Thread 2006

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[Guynemer]

Michigan survives; USC does as well.

My new, shaken up Top 10:

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. Arkansas
8. Auburn
9. Florida
10. Notre Dame

[reismark]

Mind retitling this thread with a "Part 2" and linking back to the first one?

Look who's moving back up the rankings this week... I believe that would be AUBURN! *whistles innocently*

[Drake Tungsten]

Why should Auburn move up after beating another overrated SEC team (and being lucky to do so, at home)? That'd be as silly as ranking Michigan #2 when they play a weak Big Ten schedule and their biggest win was against an average ND team...

[reismark]

If USC is #2 in the AP tomorrow, I'm going to commit hara-kiri on some pollsters. They proved with another anemic, just-escaping performance tonight against Arizona State that they're just not among the elite. Someone's going to expose them, be it Oregon, Cal or Notre Dame.

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. West Virginia (+1)
4. Louisville (+1)
5. Notre Dame (+2)
6. Southern Cal
7. Texas (+1)
8. Auburn (+2)
9. Tennessee
10. California (+1)
11. Florida (-8)
12. Clemson
13. Georgia Tech
14. Boise State (+1)
15. Arkansas **
16. Oregon **

Dropped: Missouri, Iowa

I'm this close to putting Rutgers on the list. I'll probably do it if they can beat Pittsburgh next week.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I agree with Drake, aside from the beating of an 'overrated SEC team'. Florida is a good team that got robbed by a 'fumble' call that was obviously an incomplete pass.

1. Ohio State
2. West Virginia
3. Michigan
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Texas
7. Louisville
8. USC (Southern Cal)
9. California
10. Clemson

[DanS]

The brawl in question...

[DanS]

Miami's #19 should be prosecuted.

[SlowwHand]

That commentator needs to be fired.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
That commentator needs to be fired.

Yep. That was shameful.

[reismark]

I have a feeling that between the NCAA and the Miami AD, there's going to be enough suspensions and team dismissals to derail any chance Miami had of doing anything this season (and even if they qualify for a bowl, I suspect the AD will decline it as punishment for this).

The one guy who'll be smiling under the angry rhetoric? Larry Coker. This literally bails him out of any chance of being fired after the season.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What? Why would it? It would show that he can't keep a handle on his team. After Butch Davis rehabilitated Miami's image somewhat, Coker drives it right back down.

[SlowwHand]

That may be the largest, most violent, brawl I've ever seen on a football field.

[Eroberer]

I caught far fewer games this week than any past week. I hate it when I have to rank based on scores alone.

My Week 7 rankings:

1) OSU
2) Michigan (I TOLD you all they were #2! =)
3) West Virginia
4) Tennessee
5) Cal
6) Texas
7) Louisville (I didn't know their QB was going to be back)
8) Clemson (might break into the "real" top 10 this week.)
9) USC (ESPN and ABC refused to switch over to this game late)
10) Florida

I picked Florida over Auburn, because I feel like if they played 10 times, Florida would win 7 of those. Florida really convinced me today. Chris Leak did NOT fumble that ball, but oh well.

Week 6 Rankings:
1) OSU
2) Michigan (still impressive)
3) West Virginia
4) Florida (I'm still skeptical, but they keep winning)
5) Tennessee
6) Cal (helluva game today; they'll beat USC)
7) Texas (OU would've gotten this spot if they'd won)
8) Clemson (gotta give some love to the ACC)
9) Louisville (till they lose to WVU and Rutgers in a row)
10) USC (and falling fast!)

Week 5 Rankings:
1) Ohio State (even though they pay their players)
2) Michigan
3) West Virginia (I think they squeak past Louisville later in the year)
4) Florida
5) Auburn
6) Tennesee
7) USC (not impressive, why are they #1 - 3?)
8) Clemson
9) Cal
10) LSU (I like their QB)

[DanS]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
That commentator needs to be fired.

Miami running back Lamar Thomas during the 80s.

[SlowwHand]

That figures. Still a thug, raised in the system

[DanS]

The video panned out after a while. Who knows what stuff went down during the remaining couple of mintues of the fight?

[Tuberski]

I think it's pretty sad that you guys keep dropping USC even though they are winning their games.

Texas, Notre Dame, Clemson, Tennessee, California all ranked ahead of them?

Say what you want about the close games, but they have found ways to win every one of them.

Yes the commentator for Miami should be axed quickly.

Thug commentators.

ACK!

[Drake Tungsten]

I think it's pretty sad that you guys keep dropping USC even though they are winning their games.

If they're doing a power ranking, then it's justifiable. USC certainly hasn't looked too impressive over their last three games.

If they're trying to do an AP-style ranking, however, then they're full of ****. An undefeated team that has played USC's schedule fully deserves to be in the top 3 at the moment.

[Eroberer]

My rankings already count a Cal win over USC. I don't remember looking at their schedule, but I think I counted a couple losses. Also, I just plain think that all the teams I have ranked ahead of USC, could beat USC.

[Guynemer]

Everyone has different styles of ranking. Some try to predict what it'll look like at the end, some who would beat who, and some just base it on what has transpired so far. I think that in any of those systems, one could justify putting a one-loss team ahead of an undefeated team.

[Donegeal]

Holy CRAP! I just watched that fight. I hope they stopped the game.

I hope Miami forfits the rest of their games this season.

Do it is one thing, but then celebrating it in another. This was the most disgusting football fight I have ever seen. NCAA should come down hard.

[SlowwHand]

In the case of Texas and Clemson, which I've already criticized, I would rate them higher if they played 2nd and 3rd strings and still won. I don't get real excited about a bully syndrome and running up the score. That doesn't prove much to me.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Donegeal
Holy CRAP! I just watched that fight. I hope they stopped the game.

I hope Miami forfits the rest of their games this season.

Do it is one thing, but then celebrating it in another. This was the most disgusting football fight I have ever seen. NCAA should come down hard.

The celebrating afterwards is why I'd ask for Coker's head now rather than at the end of the season ... if Miami wants any progress at all in eliminating their thuggish reputation ...

[Donegeal]

The announcer should be fired and banned from announcing ANY NCAA events for the rest of his life.

The players that were caught on TV swinging helmets and attempting to stomp on opposing players (on either team, although I only saw Miami doing it) should loose their scholarships and be banned from NCAA football.

Miami should face a possible bowl eligibility ban for at least 5 years.

Hell, perhaps Maimi should loose a few scholarships for a few seasons...

[SlowwHand]

If SMU, and others, can get a "Death Penalty" for recruiting violations, well Hell, this was as bad.

At least as far back as Jimmy Johnson, Miami has always fielded a team of criminals. Why I dreaded him coming here.

[Donegeal]

Yeah, back during shoegate at wisconsin, 11 players faces suspensions of almost 30 games because they received unadvertised discounts on shoes at a discount shoe store. Not sure about you, there are ALOT of times there are unadvertised discounts at stores.

Hang these guys and this team by the balls.

[SlowwHand]

Very little consequences outside the team. They're still Independants, aren't they?

[asleepathewheel]

I went to perhaps the most hilarious game I've ever been to, the Indiana-Iowa game this weekend. My wife is an Indiana Grad student, my step-father is a huge Iowa fan. I was expecting a bloodbath, just not of the Iowa fans jumping off the stadium. college football is great

[SlowwHand]

Only thing better is high school.