College Football Thread -- The Fun Never Ends

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


Right. Like USC and Washington St.

Did I say anything about USC?

[Donegeal]

That's 4-0!

On Wisconsin!!!

[PLATO]

Originally posted by snoopy369
At least Florida played a decent opponent

Ole Miss?

Surely you meant that in jest.

Ole Miss is the worst team in the SEC.

[Guynemer]

Well, since a couple people want to start it now, I'll go ahead and start the Poly Top Ten poll this week.

My ballot:

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Florida
4. West Virginia
5. Ohio State
6. Oklahoma
7. Oregon
8. Rutgers
9. Texas
10. California

On the brink: Wisconsin, Kentucky, Boston College, Clemson, South Florida.

[Guynemer]

Remaining undefeated teams:

ACC (2): Clemson, Boston College
Big 12 (4): Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Big East (5): Connecticut, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Rutgers, South Florida
Big Ten (4): Ohio State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State
Conference USA (0)
Independants (0)
MAC (0)
MWC (0)
Pac-10 (4): USC, California, Oregon, Arizona State
SEC (3): Florida, Kentucky, LSU
Sun Belt (0)
WAC (1): Hawai'i

Total = 23

Games between undefeated teams next week:
West Virginia at South Florida
California at Oregon
Michigan State at Wisconsin

Most likely to lose next week: South Florida, California, Michigan State, Clemson (at Georgia Tech). Everyone else has fairly easy matchups.

[DanS]

I was pretty impressed with Michigan State, actually. Not that they were particularly good in the ND game, but rather that they can put together and stick to a winning strategy. Doesn't look they'll crash and burn this year, like we are used to seeing.

[Guynemer]

Don't get ahead of yourself there. MSU almost always starts out hot, then ****s the bed once that start the Big Ten schedule. I'm withholding judgement until next week against Wisconsin. Beat them, and I'll take Sparty seriously.

[reismark]

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. West Virginia
6. California
7. Boston College
8. Oregon
9. Texas
10. Kentucky

On the brink: Ohio State, Rutgers, Clemson, Alabama, South Florida

Had to put Kentucky on there because they're the only other team (besides LSU) with what I would consider two quality wins so far this year (Louisville and Arkansas). (LSU's quality wins would be Virginia Tech and South Carolina). Alabama would probably have been just outside the top five if they had beaten Georgia last night.

The lack of a quality win (combined with a I-AA game) is also what's keeping Ohio State & Rutgers off my board.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Woohoo, top 10 rankings!

1) USC (Southern Cal)
2) LSU
3) Oklahoma
4) West Virginia
5) Florida
6) Oregon
7) Ohio State
8) Rutgers
9) Boston College
10) California

[DanS]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Don't get ahead of yourself there. MSU almost always starts out hot, then ****s the bed once that start the Big Ten schedule. I'm withholding judgement until next week against Wisconsin. Beat them, and I'll take Sparty seriously.

Thing is, they aren't hot right now, but are still winning games. Look, I'm not saying they're world-beaters. They're still the Sparty that we know and love. But it looks like they can produce when things aren't going their way. In this respect, they're much different than last year.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, who knows... maybe Dantonio won't fall into the same traps as previous Spartans' coachs .

[MRT144]

I love seeing Notre Dame lose over and over again.

[SlowwHand]

They lost the QB they've had for 5 years, for one thing. Kind of a shallow happy feeling.

[Tuberski]

MY top 10:

1) Oklahoma
2) USC
3) LSU
4) Florida
5) West Virginia
6) Ohio State
7) California
8) Oregon
9) Texas
10) Rutgers

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
They lost the QB they've had for 5 years, for one thing. Kind of a shallow happy feeling.

Uh... not really .

Quinn played for 4 years, but Leak at Florida played almost the same amount. David Greene of Georgia played for the same amount as Quinn and so did Peyton Manning when he was at Tennessee. None of those programs collapsed afterwards. It's Notre Dame's fault that they couldn't keep it going. So, it isn't a "shallow happy feeling".

Notre Dame just sucks this year. They lost their starting QB... it's college, that's what is supposed to happen.