College Football - Week of 10/21

[Andy]

Matchups between Top 25 teams

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(5) Texas at (17) Nebraska (12 pm, ABC)

(13) Georgia Tech at (12) Clemson (7:45 pm, ESPN)

 

Good Top 25 games

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Alabama at (7) Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS)

(19) Rutgers at Pittsburgh (5:45 pm, ESPN2)

(21) Wisconsin at Purdue (12 pm, ESPN)

(22) Boston College at Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC)*

(23) Texas A&M at Oklahoma State (7 pm)

 

Top 25 mismatches

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Indiana at (1) Ohio State (12 pm, ESPNU)

Iowa at (2) Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC)*

(4) West Virginia at Connecticut (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

(6) Louisville at Syracuse (12 pm)*

Tulane at (8) Auburn (2:30 pm)

UCLA at (10) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC)

Washington at (11) California (3:30 pm)

Fresno State at (14) LSU (9 pm, ESPN2)

Ole Miss at (15) Arkansas (12:30 pm)*

(16) Oregon at Washington State (5 pm)

(18) Boise State at Idaho (5 pm)*

Colorado at (20) Oklahoma (7 pm)

Kansas State at (24) Missouri (1 pm)

 

Other games of interest

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Michigan State at Northwestern (12 pm)*

Illinois at Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2)

W. Michigan at Ball State (2 pm)

S. Carolina at Vanderbilt (3 pm)*

Kansas at Baylor (3 pm)

Temple at N. Illinois (3 pm)

Tulsa at Memphis (8 pm, CSTV)

 

 

S. Utah at UC Davis (4 pm)

W. Kentucky at S. Illinois (7 pm)

Edited October 21, 2006 by Andy

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm hoping for a big time smackdown of K-State this weekend, and all the pieces are there for it. Angry coming off a close loss, home game, homecoming at that, playing against a subpar KSU team that Mizzou hasn't beaten in 13 years.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Top 25 mismatches

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UCLA at (10) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC)

 

Boo.

[Derwood]

Penn State can beat the Illini, even with their 3rd string QB (no word on how healthy Morelli or Clark are yet).

 

Can I just state for the record that a little part of me dies every time JoePa calls a "run up the middle" play. Guess what, it didn't work the first 20 times, so when you're down by 14, maybe try mixing it up a little, mkay?

[da bears]

I'm hoping for a big time smackdown of K-State this weekend, and all the pieces are there for it. Angry coming off a close loss, home game, homecoming at that, playing against a subpar KSU team that Mizzou hasn't beaten in 13 years.

 

Hopefully they take out 13 years of frustration on them. What do you think attendance will be? I'm hoping mid-60,000.

[Flames24Rulz]

Nothing better for NIU than to face Temple after a craptacular performance against WMU yesterday. If Wolfe played the whole game, he probably could get 400 yards against Temple. Who knows, he may get to play the whole game as long as Horvath is throwing INT's left and right like he did yesterday.

 

SIU with a big game against Western Kentucky on Saturday night. A win against a solid top 25 team would be nice and would definitely ease the pain of the loss against Illinois State. I think we should finish the season 9-2, definitely giving us a berth to the I-AA playoffs.

[Derwood]

I think we should finish the season 9-2, definitely giving us a berth to the I-AA playoffs.

 

What? No way! I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WOULDN'T WORK. STOP LYING!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I think we should finish the season 9-2, definitely giving us a berth to the I-AA playoffs.

 

What? No way! I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WOULDN'T WORK. STOP LYING!

 

=; Only 1-AA and lower students athletes can handle the extra games along with their studies.

[Jazz]

Top 25 mismatches

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UCLA at (10) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC)

 

Boo.

 

I will be so happy if UCLA can knock Brady Quinn on his candy ass next week.

[UMFan83]

Iowa @ Michigan is proably the last major hurdle keeping OSU and Michigan from meeting as undefeated teams. Iowa always plays UM tough.

[Andy]

Would you guys prefer me do the Top 25 matchups based on the AP rankings (like now) or the BCS rankings?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Whichever one has my team ranked better.

[Andy]

Whichever one has my team ranked better.

They're both the same. :D

[Andy]

These, BTW, are the top 25 in the first BCS ranking.

 

1. Ohio State

2. USC

3. Michigan

4. Auburn

5. West Virginia

6. Florida

7. Louisville

8. Notre Dame

9. Texas

10. California

11. Tennessee

12. Clemson

13. Arkansas

14. Oregon

15. Boise State

16. Rutgers

17. Nebraska

18. LSU

19. Georgia Tech

20. Boston College

21. Wisconsin

22. Oklahoma

23. Iowa

24. Missouri

25. Tulsa

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Whichever one has my team ranked better.

They're both the same. :D

 

Well then I have no idea.

 

And what in the wide world of sports is Tulsa doing at number 25? And ranked in the top 20 in over half the computer polls?

[Derwood]

These, BTW, are the top 25 in the first BCS ranking.

 

1. Ohio State

2. USC

3. Michigan

4. Auburn

5. West Virginia

6. Florida

7. Louisville

8. Notre Dame

9. Texas

10. California

11. Tennessee

12. Clemson

13. Arkansas

14. Oregon

15. Boise State

16. Rutgers

17. Nebraska

18. LSU

19. Georgia Tech

20. Boston College

21. Wisconsin

22. Oklahoma

23. Iowa

24. Missouri

25. Tulsa

 

Only the Top 8 or 10 matter as far as BCS games go.

[Derwood]

I think we should finish the season 9-2, definitely giving us a berth to the I-AA playoffs.

 

What? No way! I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WOULDN'T WORK. STOP LYING!

 

=; Only 1-AA and lower students athletes can handle the extra games along with their studies.

 

That's right. It has nothing to do with the fact that no one would pay $150 a ticket to see New Hampsire vs. Youngstown St. in the Orange Bowl or anything

[UMFan83]

I think we should finish the season 9-2, definitely giving us a berth to the I-AA playoffs.

 

What? No way! I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WOULDN'T WORK. STOP LYING!

 

=; Only 1-AA and lower students athletes can handle the extra games along with their studies.

 

That's right. It has nothing to do with the fact that no one would pay $150 a ticket to see New Hampsire vs. Youngstown St. in the Orange Bowl or anything

 

Bah, UNH lost to James Madison yesterday, they haven't looked nearly as impressive as they did against Northwestern for the last 3-4 weeks.

[NewUserName]

Auburn and Florida fans should be happy.

 

Texas fans. Not so much. I will say this about Texas, except for OSU and OU they really havent played anyone though.

[cubweiser03]

Iowa @ Michigan is proably the last major hurdle keeping OSU and Michigan from meeting as undefeated teams. Iowa always plays UM tough.

 

Oh it is, no probably about that. And im not going to classify the Iowa/UM game a mismatch, Iowa does play UM very tough.

[shnsajax]

The BCS rankings are already a joke because of the computer rankings. USC #1, O$U #3, Rutgers #9, Texas #15.

[NewUserName]

I thought that Michigans last chance to lose was last night(I mean before the OSU game). Iowa just doesnt have the talent to play with Michigan and Michigan doesnt seem to be dumbing there way down to opponents this year. I have watched Michigan play 3 times this year now and noticed that they never seem to let an opponent break a tackle. Is this poor perception on my part? I am sure that they have had some broken tackles but this was a problem with Michigan in the past and they seem to really have cleaned it up this year. If they can tackle Troy Smith without letting him get out I think they will handle OSU pretty easily. The last couple of years against OSU Troy Smiths moving out of the pocket and running ability has beaten Michigan more than anything else.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Texas fans. Not so much. I will say this about Texas, except for OSU and OU they really havent played anyone though.

 

Aside from a couple SEC teams, there's no team in the country that has really played anyone if you take away their 2 toughest games, especially with nearly half the season to go.

[CubColtPacer]

Texas fans. Not so much. I will say this about Texas, except for OSU and OU they really havent played anyone though.

 

Aside from a couple SEC teams, there's no team in the country that has really played anyone if you take away their 2 toughest games, especially with nearly half the season to go.

 

There's a big difference between the rest of the teams for Texas and other teams rest of the teams. Let's take 2 non SEC teams that are the closest to Texas (ND and California)

 

ND: 2 toughest games: Georgia Tech, Michigan

Rest of Games: Penn State, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford

Texas: 2 toughest games: OSU, Oklahoma

Rest of Games: North Texas, Rice, Iowa State, Sam Houston State, Baylor

California: 2 toughest games: Tennessee, Oregon

Rest of Games: Minnesota, Portland State, Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State

 

Texas has had 4 teams so far that are terrible-North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston State, Baylor

ND has one: Stanford (Michigan State still gets rewarded in the computers since 3 of their 4 losses were to top 10 teams)

California has one-Portland State

 

That's the difference-Texas's terrible games really drive down their SOS at this point in the season.

[NCCubFan]

I don't think IU has a chance to beat O$U, but I wouldn't classify it as a mismatch, either. They just beat a ranked (at the time) team and have some offensive firepower. It may be closer than people expect.