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[Imran Siddiqui]

how can you *not* put Alabama #1

While I will put them at #1, I can see a good argument for putting them #2:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=201

[Imran Siddiqui]

1) Alabama
2) Oklahoma
3) Penn State
4) Louisiana State
5) Missouri
6) Southern Cal
7) Texas
8) South Florida
9) Florida
10) Brigham Young

[reismark]

1. Alabama
2. Penn State
3. Louisiana State
4. South Florida
5. Oklahoma
6. Missouri
7. Brigham Young
8. Texas
9. Georgia
10. Florida

[SlowwHand]

You're on drugs.

[Naked Gents Rut]

Alabama is nowhere near the best team in the country. Georgia was just grossly overrated.

[Guynemer]

1. Louisiana State
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Georgia
6. Penn State
7. Missouri
8. Southern Cal
9. South Florida
10. Texas Tech

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Naked Gents Rut
Alabama is nowhere near the best team in the country. Georgia was just grossly overrated.

That actually could be true. We'll find out when the season is over, I guess, but Georgia almost (and should have) lost to South Carolina.

[DanS]

And what was it that Pellini said that got him a personal foul?

[Naked Gents Rut]

I wouldn't know. We had to watch Alabama-Georgia in NYC. Worst game ever...

[Donegeal]

On Wisconsin!

Silent fifth quarter: UW Band suspended

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin marching band has been suspended indefinitely while allegations of hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct are investigated.

The band won’t play Saturday during a nationally televised football game between the No. 18 Badgers and No. 14 Ohio State at Camp Randall Stadium.

The university made the announcement at a hastily called news conference Friday night, saying the behavior is consistent with conduct that put the band on probation in 2006.

Mike Leckrone, band director since 1969, said he made the decision and it was the first time in his tenure the entire band has ever been suspended and prevented from playing at a game.

Leckrone said he informed the 300 band members at 4:30 p.m. Friday. “My feeling was I hit them between the eyes with a sledgehammer,” he said. No details were immediately released about the behavior, only that it involved inappropriate alcohol use, hazing and sexualized behavior. Leckrone said it involved only a small number of band members, but it was significant enough to warrant the suspension.

He and Dean of Students Lori Berquam refused to discuss any details while the investigation by Berquam’s office is ongoing.

The band will practice again starting Tuesday with the understanding that it will not perform again until the investigation is done, Leckrone said.

Penalties for students who violate the university’s code of conduct range from a reprimand to expulsion, Berquam said.

It’s the latest in a series of high profile problems for the band.

In 2000 the university established a written code of conduct for the band.

In February 2007 the marching band’s assistant director Michael Lorenz resigned after an internal report criticized his treatment of a female colleague during a rowdy band trip to Michigan in 2006.

Reports of band members’ hazing, alcohol use and inappropriate sexual behavior prompted the university to put the band on probation after the trip.

Then-Chancellor John Wiley threatened band members with losing performance and travel privileges. Wiley, in an October 2006 letter to Leckrone, called band members’ behavior “boorish to patently dangerous and unlawful.”

At that time, seminude band members were alleged to have danced suggestively and there were reports of women being forced to kiss other women to be allowed to enter bathrooms on a bus.

The university said in a statement that the latest allegations were consistent with the 2006 troublesome behavior.

The award-winning band has a storied tradition on campus and a special place in the hearts of Badgers fans.

Leckrone said he believed the latest allegations breached the band’s code of conduct and warranted a swift and significant response.

“I don’t think it would be appropriate for me just to ignore it,” he said. ——— On the Net: UW Marching Band: http://www.badgerband.com/

For those that don't know about the Badgers Fifth Quarter, this is HUGE. No it won't effect the team, but DAMN!!

[Guynemer]

If the Badgers couldn't beat my Wolverines, they have absolutely no shot against the Buckeyes, especially now that Wells is back, Pryor is settling in, and UW won't have the band to keep the student section fired up.

Expect a blowout tonight, but at least 17 points.

[asleepathewheel]

That band sounds a lot more fun than mine was

[Boris Godunov]

That's a pretty hardcore band, yeah. Given how they did against Michigan, maybe they should recruit some band members to the football team.

Buckeyes will win.

And Tennessee will lose... again...

And maybe the Oregon Ducks can be the second OR team to humiliate USC this season

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
And Tennessee will lose... again...

My beloved, though hapless, Vols will debut a new quarterback in tonight's contest with Northern Illinois. Jon Crompton has been absolutely pitiful in games (although he seems to be very good in practice...go figure). Nick Stephens takes the helm tonight. He is a redshirt sophmore from Flower Mound Texas. He is being reported in the papers to be a "gunslinger". The word on him has been lots of talent but inconsistency in game management issues...that has been said to have improved in recent weeks in practice.

If he can get the offense moving, then he will be the starter against Georgia next week. If he can't, then your prediction of Tennessee going down may well be correct. Tonight's game is Pay per View. Just not worth shelling out $25 to see it.

[SlowwHand]

At halftime, it's 38-14 Texas Tech (4-0) over Kansas St. (3-1).

Passing: Harrell (TTU) 316 yds