College Football - Week of 10/11

[TruffleShuffle]

wow, so bama is #1 and penn st is #3. i don't think anyone could have seen that coming back in august.

 

also, oklahoma state's plastic cowboy is stupid.

[Mephistopheles]

The entire Tower is going to be lit tonight Meph. Should be a fun time on 6th street.

 

it already is

[Mephistopheles]

demps is fast....real fast. my god floridas got a running game.

[Derwood]

ballgame

[hawkeyecub]

Why did OSU punt there instead of running around and taking the safety? Why didn't Maclin just dive ahead and give them a chance at the hail mary from the 45?

[TruffleShuffle]

Yeah, that should have been incomplete but I'm guessing they didn't have enough evidence to overturn.

 

yeah you could see that the ball probably hit the ground but not for certain, so the call on the field had to stand.

 

oklahoma st is gonna be top 10, we need them to lose a big game so mike gundy melts down in a press conference.

[Derwood]

Why did OSU punt there instead of running around and taking the safety? Why didn't Maclin just dive ahead and give them a chance at the hail mary from the 45?

 

too close to their own endzone to burn 10 seconds

[Mephistopheles]

florida just hung 50 on lsu

[Derwood]

So....

 

1. Alabama

2. Texas

3. Penn State

4. Oklahoma

5. Florida

 

?????

[TruffleShuffle]

So....

 

1. Alabama

2. Texas

3. Penn State

4. Oklahoma

5. Florida

 

??????

 

1 and 2 are easy, in whatever order you want to put them. psu will be number 3. i'd put ou at 4 because they lost to a #1 team. florida lost to an average ole miss team at home; i'd put texas tech at #5, lousy performance today notwithstanding.

[Andy]

I'm honestly really shocked Mizzou lost. I thought they'd steamroller everyone until Oklahoma in any case. Credit to OSU, I didn't realize how good they are.

[Mephistopheles]

UT and Bama were tough. OU, Penn State and USC were tough to choose between. UF and Mizzou were tough to choose between.

 

Top 25 after todays events

 

1. 6-0 Texas

2. 6-0 Alabama

3. 5-1 Oklahoma

4. 6-0 Penn State

5. 4-1 Southern Cal

6. 5-1 Florida

7. 5-1 Missouri

8. 6-0 Brigham Young

9. 5-1 Georgia

10. 6-0 Texas Tech

11. 4-1 Louisiana State

12. 6-0 Oklahoma State

13. 6-1 Ohio State

14. 7-0 Utah

15. 5-0 Boise State

16. 5-1 Kansas

17. 5-1 Virginia Tech

18. 5-1 South Florida

19. 5-1 Wake Forest

20. 5-1 North Carolina

21. 6-1 Michigan State

22. 5-1 Vanderbilt

23. 4-1 California

24. 7-0 Ball State

25. 6-1 Texas Christian

[Mephistopheles]

lol theyre reshowing the mccoy interview on espn saying mizzou will probably be number one when they come here next week...not no more.

[Guest]

UCLA's offense is impotent.

[Derwood]

Meph, I assume that's your personal top 25, right?

[TruffleShuffle]

Meph, I assume that's your personal top 25, right?

 

can't be; florida isn't #2 or #1a

[Derwood]

Meph, I assume that's your personal top 25, right?

 

can't be; florida isn't #2 or #1a

 

I asked because there's little chance TT gets dropped 4 spots after winning

[Post Count Padder]

Solid win

[Mephistopheles]

Florida ran the ball for 265 yards on LSU. LSU gave up 276 rushing yards their first four games. Jeff Demps has 17 carries the last two games, 234 yards. He has 23 carries on the season for 309 yards. Rainey has 17 carries the last two games, 168 yards. That's 402 yards on 34 carries. That's 12 ypc. Edited October 12, 2008 by Mephistopheles

[Mephistopheles]

Meph, I assume that's your personal top 25, right?

 

can't be; florida isn't #2 or #1a

 

I asked because there's little chance TT gets dropped 4 spots after winning

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm

 

going into this week

 

1. usc

2. uf

3. ou

4. ut

5. psu

6. bama

 

im jes saying...

[Derwood]

Meph, I assume that's your personal top 25, right?

 

can't be; florida isn't #2 or #1a

 

I asked because there's little chance TT gets dropped 4 spots after winning

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm

 

going into this week

 

1. usc

2. uf

3. ou

4. ut

5. psu

6. bama

 

im jes saying...

 

that's fine and all, but is the Sagarin one of the computer polls that goes into the BCS formula?

[Mephistopheles]

yes and no. yes it is, but the *correct* column does not.

 

the one that goes into the BCS had this:

 

1. bama

2. n'western

3. mizzou

4. vandy

5. utah

 

that's what happens when you only look at wins and losses....

[Mephistopheles]

This is your top ten going into the week based on the computers for the BCS

 

  1  Alabama                  2    1    1    1         1    1.00    1.00
 2  Missouri                 3    3    6    2         3    3.00    0.92
 3  Vanderbilt               1    4   23    3         2    3.00    0.92
 4  Utah                     4    5    9    6         5    5.33    0.83
 5  Oklahoma                 5    6    2    7         6    5.67    0.81
 6  Texas                    8   10    5    4         4    5.67    0.81
 7  Northwestern             6    2   52    8         8    7.33    0.75
 8  Penn State               7    8   11    9         7    8.00    0.72
 9  Boise St                12   14   12    5        11   11.67    0.57
 10  Virginia Tech           9   11   14   18        10   11.67    0.57

 

Florida was one spot ahead of Duke.

Edited October 12, 2008 by Mephistopheles

[Derwood]

yes and no. yes it is, but the *correct* column does not.

 

the one that goes into the BCS had this:

 

1. bama

2. n'western

3. mizzou

4. vandy

5. utah

 

that's what happens when you only look at wins and losses....

 

interesting that you cling to a scoring system that, while probably statistically most complex, has little to no bearing on the actual rankings or BCS results.

[Mephistopheles]

yes and no. yes it is, but the *correct* column does not.

 

the one that goes into the BCS had this:

 

1. bama

2. n'western

3. mizzou

4. vandy

5. utah

 

that's what happens when you only look at wins and losses....

 

interesting that you cling to a scoring system that, while probably statistically most complex, has little to no bearing on the actual rankings or BCS results.

 

interesting that I also cling to the scoring system that, while not politically correct, has the most predicative power. which is what rankings should be...you rank the best teams top to bottom.