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Yup. He's now second on the depth chart. Think he will make an appearance in the game?

Does anyone know if Grossman will be available to come in on Sunday if/when Orton does terrible.

I just saw it. Thank you. I am sure this has already been said 1000's of times on here, but that is incredibly good news. Made my day.

So it should be Oregon and TCU? Exactly. Just because a team has 1 loss doesn't mean it should be a higher ranked team. Especially with Ohio State, you can make a strong case. Ohio State's strength of schedule is the 3rd toughest in the nation compared to 49th in the nation by Oregon and 69th by TCU. With Notre Dame at the 39th for SOS you might have a legit beef. Ohio State, with a much tougher schedule than Oregon beat their opponents by an average of 17.73 points per game while Oregon with a schedule that is much weaker beat their opponents by an average of 12.63. (I used Points For Per game and Points Against Per game to come up with that). Couple that with OSU's two losses to the number 2 and 3 BCS team (both very close games) and Oregon getting embarassed on their home turf by USC, its hardly an outrage. If Oregon plays USC like OSU played Texas, they would have that spot in the Fiesta. Agreed. Is everyone forgetting that OSU and ND got automatic bids. They weren't picked over Oregon, they got AUTOMATIC bids.

Young, Bush, and Leinart only three invited to Heisman presentation! Makes sense since they are really the only three in the race, but I always thought they invited five people to the presentation, and getting invited was quite an honor. link

Anything that keeps Neifi out of the top is OK with me.

That prediction made me wonder, so I checked and I was surprised. OSU has given up more than 25 points just once this year, 31 at Minnesota. Other highs were 25 v. Texas, 24 v. Michigan St., and 21 at Michigan. They gave up 10 or fewer points 5 times(N'western, SDSU, @Indiana, Iowa, Illinois). Not trying to make anything of your prediction, just seeing it got me thinking, and what I found I thought was interesting. I agree with you completely. If Texas, who scores 50.9 PPG and get on average 522 yards per game can't put up 27 against OSU, I don't see Notre Dame, who scores 38.2 PPG and gets on average 505.4 YPG, putting up 27. Also wasn't Texas/OSU at the very beginning of the season? There is about 10 more games to evaluate OSU, and find their tendencies. Something that Texas probably had a hard time doing for the first game of the season. I think ND will lose, but I don't think it will be because they don't score a lot. They will just be outscored. Tennessee only allowed one team score over 28 points, and that was ND who hung 41 on them. I have said it before, but UT and OSU are very similiar in D. The difference is OSU has an offense, which will kill ND. They don't have trouble exploiting good D's, just trouble stopping good offenses. There are also 10 more games to evaluate the tendencies of the Notre Dame offense. It works both ways. Except for the fact ND and OSU never played this season. Texas was used as an example, and I was pointing out that Texas did not know as much about OSU as can be known now. Yes it does work both ways, but my whole point was that using Texas as an example may not be the most telling, since it was the second game of the season. Who has a better chance at putting together a winning offensive formula Weis with a whole seaon of tape and a month to prepare or Brown with a week of tape and a week (of the current team) to prepare? Nothing against Brown, he is a great coach, but I give the advantage to Weis.

Another thing is USC didn't have to contend with FA and salary caps. Sure they lost players, but they had someone just as good to plug into their spot.

That prediction made me wonder, so I checked and I was surprised. OSU has given up more than 25 points just once this year, 31 at Minnesota. Other highs were 25 v. Texas, 24 v. Michigan St., and 21 at Michigan. They gave up 10 or fewer points 5 times(N'western, SDSU, @Indiana, Iowa, Illinois). Not trying to make anything of your prediction, just seeing it got me thinking, and what I found I thought was interesting. I agree with you completely. If Texas, who scores 50.9 PPG and get on average 522 yards per game can't put up 27 against OSU, I don't see Notre Dame, who scores 38.2 PPG and gets on average 505.4 YPG, putting up 27. Also wasn't Texas/OSU at the very beginning of the season? There is about 10 more games to evaluate OSU, and find their tendencies. Something that Texas probably had a hard time doing for the first game of the season. I think ND will lose, but I don't think it will be because they don't score a lot. They will just be outscored. Tennessee only allowed one team score over 28 points, and that was ND who hung 41 on them. I have said it before, but UT and OSU are very similiar in D. The difference is OSU has an offense, which will kill ND. They don't have trouble exploiting good D's, just trouble stopping good offenses.

I really hope Walker stays with the Cubs. From all accounts I have heard, Hendry wants to trade him, but the more I think about it, the more I just hear his name in trade rumors. Has Hendry definately said he wants to move him, or is it all speculation? Best case scenario, IMO, is Walker is the starting 2B next season. I have yet to hear of one trade involving him that I like more than that.

Gary Barnett gone? Apparently he doesn't think so

So it should be Oregon and TCU?

I will refrain from making comment$. I'm all for making fun of O$U, but I think any college student and roomate's laptops plus their DVD collection would run at least $1400, and a PS2($200) + 11 games at $50 each = $750. However, a $500 watch plus 3 grand in cash? I agree. My video games, DVDs, and computer stuff would be worth at least that. But like you said 3k? Maybe it was loan disbursement day? Can athletes on scholarship even get loans from the gov't?

I saw this on ESPN and thought I would post it to see what the opinion is here. I begrudgingly would have to say the Colts going undefeated would be more impressive.

It would have to be Non-Cubs non-MLB, as all the baseball news can fit in baseball discussions, rivalries, or transactions. Isn't Social our non-Cubs sports discussion forum? That is what I thought.

Sorry, I had to post this I will refrain from making comment$.

Chase Coffman got shafted. So did Fasano :D Just kidding, congrats to Lewis. Heck of a year.

Actually it was a bit of both. A lot of AP employees were not allowed to vote in the AP poll due to the implications it had on millions of dollars going to schools that got voted into the BCS. Many people also thought that the AP was voting in a way that would help them create stories. It also affected the AP sales, oddly enough. With the extra scrutiny the AP Polls recieved it put a negative light on the BCS in some markets. Over all it just became bad business for the AP to be associated with the BCS. Here is a quote for the AP concerning the issue.

I agree with you here (strangly enough) With everything a coach does during the season, I would be willing to bet that one of the last things on their mind is filling out the poll. Many coaches have acknowledged they just look at scores and vote, and many more have said they have their assistants fill them out. Are they biased? Sure they are. How could they not be? They are a joke, the whole system is a joke, and I hate the coaches poll counts towards the BCS instead of the AP (even though it was the APs choice).

I think that OSU's D is very similar to the Tennesse D that ND did quite well against. Fast, lots of blitzs, etc. ND does have the height advantage that they have exploited all year, and if Carpenter is out for the game, I expect Fassano to have a HUGE day. However OSU has so much speed on offense that it will be hard for ND to keep up. If Tressel is smart he will do what every team should have done all year long, abuse the secondary. I think this game may be a classic example of good D triumphing good offense. While ND is a great team, I just don't think their D is good enough to handle the speed that OSU has. Of course I thought that against USC and turned out pretty close. Should be a great game either way. EDIT: Interesting note, AJ Hawk is dating Quinns sister. You also forgot the most important point (as did I, to be fair). Ohio State is the BEST two loss team in the country. Agreed. But there is a reason they play the game, anything can happen :D

Who appoints the manager? Exactly, you can't blame Dusty for the way things have gone, without looking at why is there. If Hendry had fired Dusty after the season, I would not have the same feeling I have towards in right now. I'm NOT getting into this argument, but I will say that while Baker was hardly impressive last year - his main problem was just pitching management. Losing Prior and Wood to injuries, and Corey imploding upon himself like the sun - that's what made us lose. He got signed to a three year deal, let him finish it. If we suck this year, can him. Hard to blame him for last year though. Bobby Cox himself couldn't help Hollandsworth either if you noticed. Funny you mention Bobby Cox, he seemed to do pretty well with some young players this year.

Who appoints the manager? Exactly, you can't blame Dusty for the way things have gone, without looking at why is there. If Hendry had fired Dusty after the season, I would not have the same feeling I have towards in right now.

Would that be that bad?

Just a note, and it may not be my place to say anything, but I don't think posting whole articles is allowed. I had one removed in the past for doing the same thing. EDIT: Perhaps you changed that while I was typing. Or I am going crazy, which is quite possible as well.

I think that OSU's D is very similar to the Tennesse D that ND did quite well against. Fast, lots of blitzs, etc. ND does have the height advantage that they have exploited all year, and if Carpenter is out for the game, I expect Fassano to have a HUGE day. However OSU has so much speed on offense that it will be hard for ND to keep up. If Tressel is smart he will do what every team should have done all year long, abuse the secondary. I think this game may be a classic example of good D triumphing good offense. While ND is a great team, I just don't think their D is good enough to handle the speed that OSU has. Of course I thought that against USC and turned out pretty close. Should be a great game either way. EDIT: Interesting note, AJ Hawk is dating Quinns sister.