College Football - Bowl Games

[Ryne Ween]

Oregon is a top 5 team, no doubt about it. I agree that South Carolina will be a great next year.

 

I dont know about oregon. They lost to stanford, got blown out by Arizona, and then won a miracle in the civil war. They kinda limped in. Now they will be two years removed from Chip Kelly. The PAC is more balanced now, with 6 maybe 7 good teams.

 

Granted Oregon will probably torch MSU at home early in the year and be #1 before conference play starts.

[NOLA]

James Franklin is a great hire.

As for the SEC next year I see BAMA, South Carolina, Auburn and maybe Ole Miss being the class of the conference with LSU, Georgia and maybe Tennessee in the top 25.

[OleMissCub]

James Franklin is a great hire.

As for the SEC next year I see BAMA, South Carolina, Auburn and maybe Ole Miss being the class of the conference with LSU, Georgia and maybe Tennessee in the top 25.

 

Pretty strange to look up and see that Bo Wallace will be the most seasoned QB in the SEC next year. On a side note, Wallace broke Eli Manning's Ole Miss record this year with 3,701 yards.

 

And yes, Franklin is a terrific hire for Penn St. I'm glad he is leaving the conference. Great coach.

[jersey cubs fan]

James Franklin is a great hire.

As for the SEC next year I see BAMA, South Carolina, Auburn and maybe Ole Miss being the class of the conference with LSU, Georgia and maybe Tennessee in the top 25.

 

Pretty strange to look up and see that Bo Wallace will be the most seasoned QB in the SEC next year. On a side note, Wallace broke Eli Manning's Ole Miss record this year with 3,701 yards.

 

And yes, Franklin is a terrific hire for Penn St. I'm glad he is leaving the conference. Great coach.

 

How could it possibly be strange to see a returning 2-year starter is going to be the most seasoned QB in his college conference?

[Ryne Ween]

Auburn vs USC in late Oct will be great. Both teams have manageable schedules to that point. It couldn be two top #3-#4 teams.

 

For the SEC here are each teams tough OOC games.

Bama - WVU

Ark - @ TTU, NIU

Auburn - @ KSU

UF - @ FSU

UGA - Clemson, GT

Kentucky - @ Louisville

LSU - Wisc

Miss St - nobody

Mizzou - UCF

Ole Miss - Boise

USC - @ Clemson

UTENN - Utah State, @ OK

A&M - Nobody

Vandy - Nobody

 

Based on this, I would guess between the top teams in the SEC, down year or no down year, they will still send 2 teams to the playoff.

 

FYI A&M has the most punishing conference schedule imaginable and im sure JM sees that and knows he cant do anythign with it.

[OleMissCub]

James Franklin is a great hire.

As for the SEC next year I see BAMA, South Carolina, Auburn and maybe Ole Miss being the class of the conference with LSU, Georgia and maybe Tennessee in the top 25.

 

Pretty strange to look up and see that Bo Wallace will be the most seasoned QB in the SEC next year. On a side note, Wallace broke Eli Manning's Ole Miss record this year with 3,701 yards.

 

And yes, Franklin is a terrific hire for Penn St. I'm glad he is leaving the conference. Great coach.

 

How could it possibly be strange to see a returning 2-year starter is going to be the most seasoned QB in his college conference?

 

Because there aren't any others of the 14 teams. There is a mass exodus this year of QB's from the conference who have been around for seemingly forever like McTat, Murray, or Shaw. Then you've got Manziel and Mettenberger leaving as well as Franklin from Mizzou. So it's just surprising to look up and see that your guy is going to be preseason All-SEC basically by default.

[Ryne Ween]

This playoff thing has me thinking they need to immediately force the Big 12 to play a championship game (eliminating the 12 team rule). Its not really fair that those teams wont have to play an extra tough game.

 

Also, I love Wisconsin to make the playoff. They need to beat LSU (with all new players) at a neutral field and then potentially miss MSU in the big 10 championship game. Winsconsin has an incredibly easy road to this playoff. They play Neb at home and @ Iowa. Both winnable.

[Tracer Bullet]

this is the best article ever

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10257706/booster-red-mccombs-bashes-texas-longhorns-charlie-strong-hire

 

McCombs: "[strong] would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator." Thankfully, the writer didn't include his comment just before that quote: "I mean, I have position coach friends, and..."

[UK1679666180]

Franklin is going back to his roots, great hire by Penn State. Glad he's out of the division. Similar can be said about Strong leaving the Commonwealth.

[Ryne Ween]

this is the best article ever

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10257706/booster-red-mccombs-bashes-texas-longhorns-charlie-strong-hire

 

McCombs: "[strong] would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator." Thankfully, the writer didn't include his comment just before that quote: "I mean, I have position coach friends, and..."

 

I can see both sides on Strong (assuming the one side isnt purely hate). Though Red Mccomb owned the Vikings and they had a really quick trigger on Denny Green but who knows.

 

Strong did a good job restoring Louisville's program and deserves creedit for bringing in and coaching a future #1 choice. But I can see being unsatisfied with the hire iff you are texas and you expected Jim Harbaugh or Saban to take the job. As unrealistic as that was, you'd consider Strong a huge dissapointment in that company.

[Guest]

This playoff thing has me thinking they need to immediately force the Big 12 to play a championship game (eliminating the 12 team rule). Its not really fair that those teams wont have to play an extra tough game.

 

They also have to play all the other good teams in the league instead of just some of them like the other conferences do. The Big 10 needs a title game because of schedules where OSU and MSU don't play in the regular season. Same for the SEC - Missouri didn't play either Bama or Auburn.

[Formerly Snayke]

But I can see being unsatisfied with the hire iff you are texas and you expected Jim Harbaugh or Saban to take the job. As unrealistic as that was, you'd consider Strong a huge dissapointment in that company.

 

Texas fans should probably stop smelling their own farts.

[Tracer Bullet]

this is the best article ever

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10257706/booster-red-mccombs-bashes-texas-longhorns-charlie-strong-hire

 

McCombs: "[strong] would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator." Thankfully, the writer didn't include his comment just before that quote: "I mean, I have position coach friends, and..."

 

I can see both sides on Strong (assuming the one side isnt purely hate). Though Red Mccomb owned the Vikings and they had a really quick trigger on Denny Green but who knows.

 

Strong did a good job restoring Louisville's program and deserves creedit for bringing in and coaching a future #1 choice. But I can see being unsatisfied with the hire iff you are texas and you expected Jim Harbaugh or Saban to take the job. As unrealistic as that was, you'd consider Strong a huge dissapointment in that company.

 

He thought a black head coach whose down awesome at Louisville would make a good position coach.

 

He thought Texas could literally hire anyone that wanted to.

 

He's both delusional and racist. His is not a side I can see.

[stuy119]

Just realized Mizzou wasn't on that list, they should be on any preseason top 15. That's easily the most glaring omission. But please, make sure a 4-8 Florida gets on there.

 

Florida has a LONG way to go, which is inexcusable in that state. They just don't have the players on that squad that they used to have.

 

When Urban Meyer left, they had serious issues. I might be mistaken, but they only had 65-70 scholarship players during his final season. Muschamp hasn't been able to re-stock, and losing Cook and (most likely) Lane and JC Jackson will drain their talent pool even further.

[stuy119]

Stanford and Oregon at 3/4 is a joke. They love keeping the west coast interested i guess.

 

South Carolina finishes at #4 and opens at #13? Injustice. Every good team loses great players every year. Losing two DL to the NFL is huge (esp with one being clowney) but Thompson won @ clemson and at one point played himself into a QB controvesy with shaw. Ellington leaving early doesnt really mean anything to me. Maybe Alshon's brother shows some family talent next year. The ball coach has turned in better team rankings than recruiting rankings every year and I feel like USC should be considered the favorite for the SEC East this year.

 

They also lost Connor Shaw. Those are very big losses.

[shnsajax]

this is the best article ever

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10257706/booster-red-mccombs-bashes-texas-longhorns-charlie-strong-hire

 

McCombs: "[strong] would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator." Thankfully, the writer didn't include his comment just before that quote: "I mean, I have position coach friends, and..."

 

I can see both sides on Strong (assuming the one side isnt purely hate). Though Red Mccomb owned the Vikings and they had a really quick trigger on Denny Green but who knows.

 

Strong did a good job restoring Louisville's program and deserves creedit for bringing in and coaching a future #1 choice. But I can see being unsatisfied with the hire iff you are texas and you expected Jim Harbaugh or Saban to take the job. As unrealistic as that was, you'd consider Strong a huge dissapointment in that company.

 

He thought a black head coach whose down awesome at Louisville would make a good position coach.

 

He thought Texas could literally hire anyone that wanted to.

 

He's both delusional and racist. His is not a side I can see.

 

He's an idiot along with Joe Jamail, most UT fans are sick of them. Mccomb also stated he thought Gruden would win 5 NC in 15 years if the head coach. They got used to being able to control things when Brown was the coach and now pissed they lost that control.

[Derwood]

Not finding any confirmed reports on Franklin to PSU. Everything is "he'd take the job if offered" and "the decision is still days away"

[stuy119]

It sounds like Bobby Petrino is going back to Louisville, with Pat Narduzzi the backup choice if some things fall through.

[Ryne Ween]

It's not like Bobby Petrino nailed a bipolar woman on the floor of a restaurant during business hours, forced her to have an abortion and paid the team equipment manager to marry her to keep her quiet.

[Outshined_One]

It's not like Bobby Petrino nailed a bipolar woman on the floor of a restaurant during business hours, forced her to have an abortion and paid the team equipment manager to marry her to keep her quiet.

 

Don't forget this gem:

 

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17iperla2x9k4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

[Ryne Ween]

In all honesty I think bobby Petrino fell in love with that girl. The heart wants what it wants. Didnt the report come out and say they texted each other like a billion times. He must have felt so god damn free on his hog riding through the Arkansas country.

[OleMissCub]

In all honesty I think bobby Petrino fell in love with that girl. The heart wants what it wants. Didnt the report come out and say they texted each other like a billion times. He must have felt so [expletive] free on his hog riding through the Arkansas country.

 

I thought that was Houston Nutt who texted a girl a billion times.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

It's not like Bobby Petrino nailed a bipolar woman on the floor of a restaurant during business hours, forced her to have an abortion and paid the team equipment manager to marry her to keep her quiet.

 

Don't forget this gem:

 

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17iperla2x9k4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1037911/Pork_Chop.gif

[NOLA]

As big an ass as Petrino was, Houston Nutt was a bigger slimeball. There was infidelity, blackballing Gus Malzahn, having his wife trash 18 year olds all over the internet, ruining a Parade All-American QB's career out of spite, calling NFL coaches to trash former players going into the draft, throwing his coordinators under the bus, then leaving a trail of slime all the way out the door to Ole Miss with his millions in tow. He's worse than Petrino, he just comes across as more of a huckster and less of an [expletive].

[OleMissCub]

As big an ass as Petrino was, Houston Nutt was a bigger slimeball. There was infidelity, blackballing Gus Malzahn, having his wife trash 18 year olds all over the internet, ruining a Parade All-American QB's career out of spite, calling NFL coaches to trash former players going into the draft, throwing his coordinators under the bus, then leaving a trail of slime all the way out the door to Ole Miss with his millions in tow. He's worse than Petrino, he just comes across as more of a huckster and less of an [expletive].

 

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/1042136/houston-nutt-lol-laugh-o.gif

 

Yes, he was the ULTIMATE slimeball and the state in which he left the Ole Miss football program when he was fired is almost criminal. It was a true disaster when Freeze came in, which is why so many people in the know really praise Freeze for bringing the football program back to something resembling an SEC program in just two years. The only reason Nutt won AT ALL, back to back Cotton Bowl victories, at Ole Miss was because of some great talent that Ed Orgeron brought in before he was fired.