The College Football Thread 2006

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Florida State, Miami... lose. Great weekend!

Only way it could have been better would have been the Vols hanging on against Florida, completeing the Sunshine State Trifecta. Oh well.


Small comfort, Drake, but 18 points was only a fraction of the margin of victory I expected for USC.

[Guynemer]

Thanks, Dan. And...

Originally posted by DanS
We have no real rivalry with MSU, but the school deserves several beatdowns for its abhorrent behavior last year, being disrespectful of the hosts (who try hard to be good hosts).

Michigan-MSU is a complicated relationship. We tend to regard them as our little brothers; we want them to do well, except against us. (They, of course, hate our guts.)

But, regardless of that, you are 100% correct and I hope the Irish run them off the field next week for what happened last year. Get to Stanton early, because it doesn't look like your DBs will not be up to the task of controlling the passing game.

[DanS]

I crossedited you with regard to respect v. hate.

[Drake Tungsten]

Small comfort, Drake, but 18 points was only a fraction of the margin of victory I expected for USC.

18 points was pretty close to what I (and the bookies) was expecting.

[Drake Tungsten]

The Cornhuskers have endured a drought since their last national title in 1995.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=262590030

WTF! Someone at the AP needs to get fired...

[Guynemer]

No comment.

[Drake Tungsten]

Well, in the writer's defense, it's easy to make that mistake with Nebraska. Listing "1995" instead of "1997" as the Husker's last national title is less noticeable than listing "1948" instead of "1997" as Michigan's last national title, for example...

[Guynemer]

Touche.


Latest AP poll is out:

1. Ohio State
2. Auburn
3. USC
4. West Virginia
5. Florida
6. Michigan
7. Texas
8. Louisville
9. Georgia
10. LSU
11. Virginia Tech
12. Notre Dame
13. Oregon
14. Iowa
15. Tennessee
16. TCU
17. Oklahoma
18. Florida State
19. Clemson
20. Arizona State
20. Boston College
22. Cal
23. Nebraska
24. Penn State
25. Boise State


Couple of comments:

--How in God's name is Florida State still ranked at all, let alone AHEAD of Clemson?

--How can the Ducks jump 5 spots in a game they were handed on a silver platter by the refs at home?

--I'm still not altogether sold on the Big East's big two, though I'm a bigger believer in Louisville, injuries or no, than WVU.

[SlowwHand]

Texas won big, but they might as well have been playing St. Mary's School For Girls.

[Guynemer]

Neat--you can look at each AP pollster's ballot at associatedpress.com. I didn't know Kirk Herbstreit was a voter.

[Drake Tungsten]

Did he really move Michigan up to #3 like he said he was going to?

[Guynemer]

He did indeed. I was a bit surprised when I saw that. Michigan did look pretty good, but ND made a lot of unforced errors as well.

I missed all the late night college postgame shows unfortunately, I wanted to see what people were saying.

[Guynemer]

Here's an odd list.

The following teams are the only Big 12 members who remain undefeated: Missouri, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M. No Texas, no Oklahoma, no Nebraska, no Colorado, no Texas Tech...

The ACC has a similar rogue's gallery: Virginia Tech (fair enough), Boston College, and Wake Forest.

[Drake Tungsten]

It's not that odd. Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska have all played tough opponents. Colorado just sucks. And Texas Tech may indeed suck, but TCU may also be legitimately good.

At any rate, I expect things to go back to normal quickly once conference-play begins.

[Guynemer]

Oh, I agree with you. It's just that you generally wouldn't expect a list of undefeated teams to look like that, traditionally.

I know it'll never happen, but I'd love to see almost every conference spit out at least one undefeated team, just for the wailing and gnashing of teeth.