The College Football Thread 2006

[MRT144]

Originally posted by DanS


I don't blame you for being skeptical. You're not a Notre Dame or USC fan. You probably haven't followed the program closely. Besides, he was 4-2 when they extended the contract. And next year's team is going to be full of freshman and sophomore starters.

But try to look at it from ND's perspective. They have an excellent coach who is getting all sorts of overtures from pro teams. They have watched his every move for 8 months. ND knows they'll want to exercise the option for 5 add'l years of his services after the first 5, so why not take him off the table while they can?

They also believe that they have the best football coach in the nation (and they are in a good position to opine on such things), but let's leave that stuff aside for the moment.

OSU has the best coach in the nation

[MRT144]

Oregon is getting F'd in the A

[DanS]

Originally posted by MRT144

OSU has the best coach in the nation

From what I've seen, Professor McSweatervest is among the best.

[DanS]

Wow, the Bulldogs just collapsed. Whaaaat the hell?

[MRT144]

he draws his power from the sweatervest!

[MRT144]

furthermore i googled "professor mcsweatervest" and your first use of that on poly was the first result

[SlowwHand]

[SlowwHand]

Georgia Passing

Joe Tereshinski III
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT
12/20 165 8.3 1 2

Imran. This guy, this senior, is who you think should be starting over freshman Matthew Stafford? If they weren't going to redshirt Stafford, he needs to be playing.

51-33 Tennessee over Georgia.

[Guynemer]

Remaining unbeatens (9):

Big East (3): West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers
Big Ten (2): Ohio State, Michigan
SEC (1): Florida
Pac Ten (1): USC
Big 12 (1): Missouri
WAC (1): Boise State


My new, shaken up Top Ten:

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


I just noticed, but didn't really plan it like this: no team in my Top 10 has lost to a team outside of my Top 10.

[asleepathewheel]

My Mizzou Tigers are 6-0 after a very nice when at Texas Tech. A game they probably would have given away in previous years.
Looking good, at TAMu next....

[reismark]

Lots of movement in my rankings this week.

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

Dropped: Louisiana State, Georgia, Oregon

One week to go until the BCS comes out...

[Eroberer]

Originally posted by Eroberer
My top 10, based solely only games that I've actually seen:

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)

Notes: 1) Oregon lost to Oklahoma, why vote them top 10? 2) Texas lost big to the only "somebody" they've played, and they've beaten "nobody," so I give their spot to Clemson since the ACC beats the Big 12 anyway. 3) I obviously watch more Eastern/SE sports than anything.

Alright, I think I did pretty well with my Top 10, but my picks for this week were lousy. I was all ready to drop Florida from my top 10, but LSU just absolutely gave them the game. I'm ready and willing to put Texas in the top 10 now. New top 10:

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!)

[Imran Siddiqui]

I did tell you all that Tennessee was better than you thought . And yes, Sloww, I think Joe T deserves to start over Stafford. It was unfortunate that his first game back from injury was against Tennessee, but it happens. And this year he's a better option than Stafford. Hell, Stafford had 5 attempts and 1 int in those.

Cal is looking really nice... well their play. Those uniforms against Oregon were UGH! It seemed like the teams were reveresed and Cal were the ugly uniform school and Oregon were the classy uniform school. Strange.

Though I will say USC is not looking all that great. I think Cal has a great chance to knock them off.

Florida looked very nice against LSU and, with Tennessee (who they beat by 1), look like the class of the SEC.

[Imran Siddiqui]

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

[Eroberer]

Right now, I can definitely say that I want Tennessee to play OSU for the championship. I think they're the team that has the best chance to beat them. OSU isn't going to go for any of that sissy flea-flicking Florida stuff, and they'll score all over USC and Cal. I think Ten just has the best mix of offense and defense to have a shot at beating OSU.