College Football - Week of 11/24

[SouthSideRyan]

% of 1500 Computer % of 100 points BCS Average

1 LSU 2804 0.9926 1483 0.9887 0.990 0.9904

2 Kansas 2700 0.9558 1441 0.9607 0.930 0.9488

3 West Va 2505 0.8867 1345 0.8967 0.880 0.8878

4 Missouri 2505 0.8867 1328 0.8853 0.840 0.8707

5 Ohio State 2401 0.8499 1276 0.8507 0.880 0.8602

6 Arizona St 2129 0.7536 1158 0.7720 0.880 0.8019

7 Georgia 2076 0.7349 1105 0.7367 0.760 0.7438

8 Va Tech 1863 0.6595 1019 0.6793 0.700 0.6796

9 Oregon 1799 0.6368 890 0.5933 0.650 0.6267

10 Oklahoma 1820 0.6442 931 0.6207 0.480 0.5816

11 USC 1626 0.5756 879 0.5860 0.540 0.5672

12 Florida 1438 0.5090 736 0.4907 0.630 0.5432

13 Texas 1674 0.5926 883 0.5887 0.360 0.5137

14 Boston Coll 1135 0.4018 619 0.4127 0.640 0.4848

15 Hawaii 1590 0.5628 828 0.5520 0.160 0.4249

16 Virginia 1092 0.3865 626 0.4173 0.470 0.4246

17 Illinois 873 0.3090 485 0.3233 0.330 0.3208

18 Tennessee 802 0.2839 430 0.2867 0.370 0.3135

19 Boise St 1187 0.4202 593 0.3953 0.030 0.2818

20 Connecticut 565 0.2000 264 0.1760 0.380 0.2520

21 Wisconsin 648 0.2294 343 0.2287 0.110 0.1893

22 Clemson 424 0.1501 225 0.1500 0.200 0.1667

23 South Fla 108 0.0382 32 0.0213 0.310 0.1232

24 Cincinnati 178 0.0630 63 0.0420 0.190 0.0983

25 BYU 253 0.0896 161 0.1073 0.060 0.0856

26 Auburn 161 0.0570 65 0.0433 0.060 0.0534

27 Texas Tech 87 0.0308 80 0.0533 0.000 0.0280

28 Kentucky 76 0.0269 36 0.0240 0.020 0.0236

29 Air Force 89 0.0315 51 0.0340 0.000 0.0218

30 Michigan 56 0.0198 38 0.0253 0.000 0.0151

31 Penn State 22 0.0078 22 0.0147 0.000 0.0075

32 Florida St 7 0.0025 12 0.0080 0.010 0.0068

33 Arkansas 10 0.0035 25 0.0167 0.000 0.0067

34 UCF 6 0.0021 11 0.0073 0.000 0.0032

35 Rutgers 2 0.0007 7 0.0047 0.000 0.0018

36 Michigan St 4 0.0014 2 0.0013 0.000 0.0009

37 Oregon St 3 0.0011 1 0.0007 0.000 0.0006

38 Troy 0 0.0000 2 0.0013 0.000 0.0004

39 Okla St 0 0.0000 2 0.0013 0.000 0.0004

40 Utah 3 0.0011 0 0.0000 0.000 0.0004

41 California 3 0.0011 0 0.0000 0.000 0.0004

42 Houston 0 0.0000 1 0.0007 0.000 0.0002

43 Indiana 0 0.0000 1 0.0007 0.000 0.0002

44 Fresno St 0 0.0000 1 0.0007 0.000 0.0002

45 Tulsa 1 0.0004 0 0.0000 0.000 0.0001

[Butterscup1679666578]

Dumb.

[dew1679666265]

Do you really want Illinois to face the best offense in the entire country? Number 1.

 

 

Yup I do. Do you really want Floridas D to face 1 of the top rushing teams in the country? We can keep your offense off the field.

 

You arent ranked number 1 in points scored, rushing yards, or passing yards. Please put your magical numbers out there that show Florida is the best offense in the nation. Cause the stats disagree

 

The stupid stats disagree.

 

Points Per Game - Schedule Rank - Team

1. 48.0 - 153 - Hawaii

2. 45.8 - 101 - Kansas

3. 44.2 - 122 - Boise State

4. 43.4 - 69 - Oklahoma

5. 42.9 - 9 - Florida

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

Running up the score heavily affects PPG.

 

Can you just admit you hate Florida and the SEC.

 

Margin of victory this year:

 

Hawaii: 24.5

Kansas: 31.6

Boise State: 25.9

Oklahoma: 25

Florida: 17.6

 

And you're accusing Florida of running up the score.

 

I don't know if Florida runs up the score or not, but those stats prove nothing. Florida plays in the SEC, and, thereby, won't get the opportunity to run up the score many times. They'll play close games and lower their margin of victory. Heck, they have three losses to lower their margin of victory. You can only run up the score when you're up big, and, generally, you're not up big against fellow SEC teams.

 

florida dropped 59 on tennessee and 51 on south carolina

 

Tennessee's secondary was absolutely horrid then and still isn't that great. There are very good athletes in it, but two of them are true freshmen and one has no past experience in Division IA (JUCO transfer).

 

Putting up 59 on us at the time wasn't that special. South Carolina, though, is very impressive.

[Derwood]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

[cubweiser03]

As if you probably already knew but Carr announced to the team today that he is retiring.

[da bears]

Dumb.

 

Eh, if Mizzou beats ku and OU, theyll jump West Virginia.

[Guest]

Do you really want Illinois to face the best offense in the entire country? Number 1.

 

 

Yup I do. Do you really want Floridas D to face 1 of the top rushing teams in the country? We can keep your offense off the field.

 

You arent ranked number 1 in points scored, rushing yards, or passing yards. Please put your magical numbers out there that show Florida is the best offense in the nation. Cause the stats disagree

 

The stupid stats disagree.

 

Points Per Game - Schedule Rank - Team

1. 48.0 - 153 - Hawaii

2. 45.8 - 101 - Kansas

3. 44.2 - 122 - Boise State

4. 43.4 - 69 - Oklahoma

5. 42.9 - 9 - Florida

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

Running up the score heavily affects PPG.

 

Can you just admit you hate Florida and the SEC.

 

Margin of victory this year:

 

Hawaii: 24.5

Kansas: 31.6

Boise State: 25.9

Oklahoma: 25

Florida: 17.6

 

And you're accusing Florida of running up the score.

 

 

Ive never had a problem with Florida or the SEC until I read this thread every week and see the bashing of the Big Ten no matter what happens, and the ass kissing of everything Florida Gators and SEC.

 

can you admit you hate the Big Ten?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

[Mephistopheles]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

[Derwood]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

 

no, i said i would fully expect Florida to destroy Penn State, but that matchup isn't happening unless Florida loses again

[Flames24Rulz]

So I heard that Illinois can make the BCS as long as they finish 14th in the BCS rankings because of the rule where only 2 teams from a conference can make a BCS game. It still might be a longshot, but there's a chance that Illinois could be in a BCS game.

 

SIU got the #4 overall seed in the I-AA playoffs meaning that we'll have home field advantage for at least the first two rounds. Our first round game is against Eastern Illinois on Saturday afternoon.

[Mephistopheles]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

 

no, i said i would fully expect Florida to destroy Penn State, but that matchup isn't happening unless Florida loses again

 

Ahh, that is correct. Florida would beat Illinois three fourth of the time. If the Illini beat the gators in a close game it wouldnt prove the Illini were better than the Gators. The converse is also true.

[cubweiser03]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

 

Cmom guys Any?

Meph your latest rankings has Ohio State #5. How is that not good.

 

Now, I'm not in the mood to defend OSU but they are a good team.

[Mephistopheles]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

 

Cmom guys Any?

Meph your latest rankings has Ohio State #5. How is that not good.

 

Now, I'm not in the mood to defend OSU but they are a good team.

 

Eh, I meant exactly as in exactly.....i dont hate the big ten, i just dont think its very good this year.

 

as for OSU. Ive got my doubts on whether theyd finish with less than 4 losses running through say, Floridas schedule.

[jaydee]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

 

Cmom guys Any?

Meph your latest rankings has Ohio State #5. How is that not good.

 

Now, I'm not in the mood to defend OSU but they are a good team.

 

Eh, I meant exactly as in exactly.....i dont hate the big ten, i just dont think its very good this year.

 

as for OSU. Ive got my doubts on whether theyd finish with less than 4 losses running through say, Floridas schedule.

 

 

well since they are a superior team to florida they would probably lose less games than florida did.

[cubweiser03]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

 

Cmom guys Any?

Meph your latest rankings has Ohio State #5. How is that not good.

 

Now, I'm not in the mood to defend OSU but they are a good team.

 

Eh, I meant exactly as in exactly.....i dont hate the big ten, i just dont think its very good this year.

 

as for OSU. Ive got my doubts on whether theyd finish with less than 4 losses running through say, Floridas schedule.

 

Well Im not going to defend the B10 either, its definelty the weakest its been in a while but at the same time its not as big turd people make it out to be.

[Mephistopheles]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

I don't hate the Big 10. I just think it's devoid of any good teams.

 

Exactly.

 

Cmom guys Any?

Meph your latest rankings has Ohio State #5. How is that not good.

 

Now, I'm not in the mood to defend OSU but they are a good team.

 

Eh, I meant exactly as in exactly.....i dont hate the big ten, i just dont think its very good this year.

 

as for OSU. Ive got my doubts on whether theyd finish with less than 4 losses running through say, Floridas schedule.

 

 

well since they are a superior team to florida they would probably lose less games than florida did.

 

Right...06 OSU lost more than 06 Florida...and 07 Florida had 3 Ls...

[Guest]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida but Meph's computer tells us it doesn't matter because Illinois played Northwestern instead of Vanderbilt

 

Didn't you say last week you fully expected Florida to destroy the Illini?

 

 

no, i said i would fully expect Florida to destroy Penn State, but that matchup isn't happening unless Florida loses again

 

Ahh, that is correct. Florida would beat Illinois three fourth of the time. If the Illini beat the gators in a close game it wouldnt prove the Illini were better than the Gators. The converse is also true.

 

I would go further to say that half of Florida's wins would be blowouts too. Illinois has a good young team but I don't think they have dominated the clock quite the way some of you think they have. I could see them falling apart if they get behind early. Either way, I think this would be a great experience for the team.

[Chocolate Milk]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida

You are going to be waiting a long time.

[jaydee]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida

You are going to be waiting a long time.

not more than a month and half or so

[Guest]

i can't wait until Illinois beats Florida

You are going to be waiting a long time.

not more than a month and half or so

 

Wow.

[Derwood]

local paper is unhappy with JoePa

[Guest]

Despite UCLA having the weekend off, Coaches Hot Seat moved Dorrell to #1 on their list of coaches on the hot seat:

 

Coach's Hot Seat Blog[/url]"]1. Karl Dorrell – There was a very troubling development in Los Angeles this past week when a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, Kurt Streeter, sat down with Karl Dorrell and they decided together that Dorrell is not being treated fairly by the people who calling for Dorrell’s ouster. In the article Dorrell went as far to say, “I don’t feel I have gotten a fair shake.” Shame on Streeter and Dorrell for playing the race card at this moment, because to imply that Dorrell is being held to a higher standard or is not coaching on a “level playing field” because he is black is an outrageous allegation! By any standard Karl Dorrell has done a mediocre job at UCLA, and if you compare him to the coach that preceded him in Westwood and was also fired, Bob Toledo, Dorrell’s record is worse. After coaching 60 games at UCLA, Dorrell is 34-26 (.567) and Toledo after 60 games was 37-23 (.617). Dorrell has two games remaining on the ’07 schedule, Oregon and at USC, and after 62 games at UCLA Toledo’s record was 39-23 (.629). In all Toledo spent 8 years at UCLA and his winning percentage was .605 and he was fired for doing a very mediocre job, and Dorrell should be fired as well if he cannot win his last two games of ’07. Getting back to Kurt Streeter’s article on Dorrell not getting a “fair shake” I hope that both of these men realize that playing the race card every time a black coach does a poor and mediocre job only jeopardizes the opportunity for more black men to get head coaching jobs. If an athletic director or president might be worried that he will have a difficult time firing a black coach because he has done a poor job (see Jerry Baldwin case), then that will lead directly to black coaches getting passed over for head coaching jobs in the future. A few of us here at Coaches Hot Seat have run into Karl Dorrell on numerous occasions and we have defended Karl as something more than just a football coach, but no longer. This is OUTRAGEOUS and UNACCEPTABLE for Streeter to infer that people are racist because they think Dorrell has done a mediocre job at UCLA (he has) and that he should be held accountable for that mediocre job. If Streeter somehow believes that people are scared because of "political-correctness" to send Dorrell packing for the job he has done in Westwood, then he is sadly wrong. Dorrell, like any other man, white, black, yellow, green, blue, orange, or whatever race you want to dream up to divide people with, can end this speculation on his job by winning his last two games. It is just very sad that Dorrell has decided that he cannot stand up like a man and get his team ready to play Oregon and USC, but rather play the race card in a pitiful effort to save his own hide. Shame on you Karl Dorrell, because you should know better. As far as Streeter goes, we fully expect things like this…

[cubweiser03]

Sorry fellas, if Florida doesnt make the Citrus Bowl its looks like they aint gonna play Illinois.

 

Now Michigan's most likely destination appears to be the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio or Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando.

 

"At best, they'd be looking at the Alamo Bowl,'' said Frank Frana, an official with the Capital One Bowl. "At best.''

 

"There are at least four teams ahead of them: Ohio State, Illinois, Penn State and Wisconsin,'' Frana said. "Their bowl opportunities are going to be tough.''

 

Frana all but ruled Michigan out of the conversation for the Capital One Bowl ("It's just the matter of the pecking order. We try to get the best teams.'').

 

Mitch Schriber, part of the Outback Bowl's selection committee, was lukewarm about Michigan. And it wasn't just the cold, raw day in Ann Arbor.

 

"They're certainly going to be part of the conversation when you look at the teams with eight or nine wins,'' Schriber said. "I think it's something where we have to meet as a committee and make a recommendation to our board and see what happens.''

 

Farna expects Illinois or Wisconsin - which both finished 9-3 - to land in the Capital One Bowl.

 

The team that isn't picked would be the heavy favorite for the Outback Bowl.

 

That would leave Michigan and Penn State competing for the Alamo Bowl and Champs Sports Bowl. Michigan beat Penn State during the season and finished with a better conference record (6-2 vs. 4-4) than the Nittany Lions.

[bukie]

Sorry fellas, if Florida doesnt make the Citrus Bowl its looks like they aint gonna play Illinois.

 

The speculation is the Capital One bowl against Florida. The article you posted supports that speculation, it doesn't refute it.

 

EDIT: At this point, the only things that would prevent an Illinois/Florida matchup would be if either of them makes a BCS bowl (not out of the question if, say, Georgia makes the SEC title and and loses), or if the Capital One bowl would somehow prefer Tennessee to Florida or Wisconsin to Illinois.

[Mephistopheles]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/11/19/bowl.projections/index.html

 

oh man would michigan be able to force a single punt against the tebow spread offense? without carr that game would be an embarrassment. even if the illini dont make a bcs bowl, the capital one bowl could take michigan over illinois: they travel better. although the zook uf matchup is appealing for a bowl in florida

Edited November 19, 2007 by Mephistopheles