College Football - Week of 9/1

[SouthSideRyan]

sorry..one more...Tennessee will beat Cal tomorrow and thus cover the spread.

 

Nate Longshore ftw.

 

Derwood, I counted 10 I-AA for SEC, 6 for Big Ten

 

And you missed South Florida as a BCS team.

 

Big East?

 

Don't quite know if you're questioning whether the Big East is worthy of a BCS bid(You included West VA), but yes USF is in the Big East.

[Derwood]

sorry..one more...Tennessee will beat Cal tomorrow and thus cover the spread.

 

Nate Longshore ftw.

 

Derwood, I counted 10 I-AA for SEC, 6 for Big Ten

 

And you missed South Florida as a BCS team.

 

Big East?

 

Don't quite know if you're questioning whether the Big East is worthy of a BCS bid(You included West VA), but yes USF is in the Big East.

 

no, no, just checking that S.FLorida was in the Big East. didn't remember

[Derwood]

so apparently the free tickets my dad scored for the PSU game today are in the Highmark Suite.....free buffet, free parking, skybox view. oh yeah

[Exile on Waveland]

Good for them. Here in lies the problem. The SEC has annually used this "guantlet" as an excuse not to schedule decent non-conference games. A lot of their bowl games are "quasi" home games. Yet the Big Ten still took 2 out of 3 last year against the SEC. Also I wouldnt have a problem lining Purdue and Iowa up against SC and Alabama. When the SEC starts to prove how great they are by consistently scheduling good non-conference game, then I will believe the hype. So good for LSU and Tennessee for starting to improve their non-conference schedule. I guess If the SEC is so superior they should have no problems with Cal and Va Tech. If the SEC is so darn superior, maybe the SEC title game should just be the National title game and everyone else should just play for "Rest of the Nation Title"

 

Tennessee beat the crap out of Cal last year.

 

Also, sure the Big Ten took 2 of 3 against the SEC last year but their top 2 teams got absolutely waxed in their bowl games. Last year, and probably again this year, it's the top four (OSU, Wisc, UM, PSU) and then the rest is crap. Purdue and Minnesota were 5 and 6 in the Big 10 last year - do you really they would stand a chance against any of Tennessee/Georgia/Auburn/LSU/Arkansas (depending on who you consider to be #5 and #6 in the SEC in 06)? Of course not.

 

Oh, and the Big 10 went 2-5 in the bowls last year. Overrated.

 

I think the SEC is the best conference year-in and year-out, though the Big Ten is generally close. So, you know where I'm coming from. However, I'd like to note a few things:

 

First, Michigan lost to USC by 14. USC is a completely different ballgame. Last three times USC has played an SEC team: won at Arkansas 50-14 last season, beat Arkansas 70-17 in 2005, won at Auburn 23-0 in 2003. No, Michigan wasn't terribly competitive with the Trojans last season, but the SEC has actually faired much worse (and two of the above three games featured good SEC teams).

 

Second, while Iowa was "crap" last year -- though they nearly knocked off Texas in their bowl -- until proven incorrect, that must be considered a hiccup. They're a solid team that has gone 2-1 against the SEC in bowls the last for years (beating Florida and LSU, while dropping one to Florida).

 

 

The Rose Bowl is also a "Home" game for USC. I think if USC played a game in Chicago against Michigan in late November the outcome would be a lot different. I would venture to say the same for Florida against OSU, even though last years game was probably closer to OSU than Florida.

 

Also soccer I did say in a later post that the SEC is probably the best conference year in and year out. I just dont think they are as superior as they think they are. In a later post I also said that as long as the NCAA is going to keep this crap BCS, then they need to take more control of scheduling to help eliminate the crap scheduling that a lot of big time schools do. In my post I never say that the SEC isnt the best conference. I just have heard several SEC coaches use this Superior conference excuse for not scheduling good teams. So your whole counter arguement wasnt even directed at anything I wrote. I didnt say the Big Ten, Pac 10 or anyone was better.

 

 

Lastly if we are going to use Bowl games as a judge of whos the better conference the Big Ten and SEC are 11-11 since 1999 against each other. Most of these games of course being in SEC territory. I havent checked the SEC's record against other conferences in bowl games since then. I would use this to show that maybe just maybe the SEC isnt quite as superior as their coaches, their fans and ESPN would have everyone believe.

 

I wasn't arguing with you. My counter argument WASN'T directed at anything you wrote, that's why I quoted soccer. I guess I should've deleted your post that soccer quoted, but I was not commenting on anything you said at all. I was just trying to shed some light on some things soccer posted -- like the fact that USC has dominated the Big Ten and the SEC.

[Andy]

The Demetrius Jones era begins in five hours.

 

I'm pumped to see him take the snaps.

[Jon]

so apparently the free tickets my dad scored for the PSU game today are in the Highmark Suite.....free buffet, free parking, skybox view. oh yeah

Free Willy?

 

I'm heading out to the Northwestern opener in about 30 minutes. I cannot wait. Couldn't sleep much at all last night.

[fiver]

East Carolina over VT 7-3 early....The concensus seemed to be that VT would score early and often, but East Carolina hasn't been a slouch for several years.

[fiver]

How is Washington State this year, guys? Wisconsin is favored by two touchdowns, but I'm thinking it may not be that close.

[NCCubFan]

East Carolina over VT 7-3 early....The concensus seemed to be that VT would score early and often, but East Carolina hasn't been a slouch for several years.

Actually they HAVE been a slouch for several years, but Skip Holtz got them back on track (bowl game) last year.

[Mephistopheles]

Typical opening drives for the gators.

 

Drive 1

 

Kestahn Moore rushes for 5 yards

Tim Tebow rushes for 18 yards

Tebow passes to Andre Caldwell for 48 yards

Jarred Fayson rushes for 8 yards

Percy Harvin rushes for 10 yards

Tebow rams in for a 1 yard TD run.

 

Drive 2

 

Moore rushes for 5 yards

Harvin rushes for 1 yard

Tebow passes to Caldwell for 12 yards

Tebow passes to Riley Cooper for a 60 yard TD

 

The Gators rushed for 48 yards, 38 of which came from wide receivers or quarterbacks.

[Keener98]

Go Illini!

[reggiemiller rules]

Michigan is down 21-14 to Appalachine State in the first half. I know its the first game and Michigan will comeback and win this game. But I think that they are very overrated.

[Mephistopheles]

lol 28-14

[Flames24Rulz]

Michigan is down 21-14 to Appalachine State in the first half. I know its the first game and Michigan will comeback and win this game. But I think that they are very overrated.

 

Appy State is one hell of a team, but there's no excuse for a top 5 team to be losing at home to a I-AA team, no matter what.

 

That being said, go Appy!

[shnsajax]

Michigan is down 21-14 to Appalachine State in the first half. I know its the first game and Michigan will comeback and win this game. But I think that they are very overrated.

 

Appy State is one hell of a team, but there's no excuse for a top 5 team to be losing at home to a I-AA team, no matter what.

 

That being said, go Appy!

 

Michigan seems to do this a lot in their opener.

Edited September 1, 2007 by shnsajax

[jjgman21]

Michigan is down 21-14 to Appalachine State in the first half. I know its the first game and Michigan will comeback and win this game. But I think that they are very overrated.

 

28-17 at the half. year after year after year after year they are overrated. they haven't been a top 5 team in a decade, yet always are ranked there in the preseason.

[jjgman21]

just a prediction on how this Michigan game will pan out. Arrington or Manningham with a late touchdown grab after blatantly pushing off on the defender.

[Jon]

Geeeez. I thought I overheard a final of 31-28. I didn't know it was still going on. Bah.

 

Nice resounding win by the 'Cats.

[Jon]

1st and 10 at the 40!!

[Jon]

Wow. 1st and 10 at the 30 now.

 

AND NOW FIRST AND GOAL!!!

[Jon]

IT'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

 

But they kicked it with 30 seconds left. I have no idea why.

[Jon]

Oh you've got to be kidding me...

 

Appalachian State could have run another 15 seconds or so off easily before kicking that FG. Very little risk.

[Jon]

OH MY GOODNESS WHAT A FINISH!!!

[Flames24Rulz]

YEAH!!!!!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Looks like Michigan has moved it close enough to try a game winner....