COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2011

[DVINNY]

Hearing rumors of an Urban Meyer replacing a retiring Joe Paterno.

 

[Supe]

Man, I screwed myself on the pickems. I had no idea the league was set up using spreads. I would have completely changed my picks if that were the case.

 

[chaosiscash]

RW, October 29 is shaping up to be a big game.

 

[ALBin517]

Just made my picks for this week.
oh, and we have a revenge game against Iowa St. on saturday night. who has a nut for their school mascot anyway?

THE Ohio State University does.

I am adamant that the reason Ohio State lost against Miami was that I was not donning my Laurinaitis jersey. Therefore, I will be wearing it this Saturday, and every Saturday, through the end of the season. Michigan State ought to be a good litmus test for whether or not Ohio State has truly bounced back with Miller behind center.

That will force Miller to work it down the field... not sure he can put long strings of plays together like that yet.

I was right on the money with that.

But I didn't expect Cousins to nearly match Miller's ineptitude... ugly game.

 

[roadwreck]

RW, October 29 is shaping up to be a big game.

Yeah, although I still see no reason for Tech to be ranked as high as they are. Clemson has played some good opponents, Tech has really only played only one decent team (UNC). Other then being 5-0 I don't see why Tech should be ranked #13 right now. Our offense is good but our defense is a huuuuuuge liability.

 

[snickerd3]

Go Illini!

 

[chaosiscash]

Clemson has played some good opponents, Tech has really only played only one decent team (UNC). Other then being 5-0 I don't see why Tech should be ranked #13 right now.

Yeah, I'm actually not sure we've really played anyone that good yet. I watched us play both Auburn and FSU, and to be honest, neither one looked great (or at least as good as their rankings indicated). And I just saw VT on tv, but they have issues at QB.

I can see why GT is ranked fairly high, b/c even though the schedule has been a little light (UNC is decent), they are still 5-0, and at this point, there are a lot of one-loss teams.

 

[Supe]

Just made my picks for this week.
oh, and we have a revenge game against Iowa St. on saturday night. who has a nut for their school mascot anyway?

THE Ohio State University does.

I am adamant that the reason Ohio State lost against Miami was that I was not donning my Laurinaitis jersey. Therefore, I will be wearing it this Saturday, and every Saturday, through the end of the season. Michigan State ought to be a good litmus test for whether or not Ohio State has truly bounced back with Miller behind center.

That will force Miller to work it down the field... not sure he can put long strings of plays together like that yet.

I was right on the money with that.

But I didn't expect Cousins to nearly match Miller's ineptitude... ugly game.

He didn't even have a chance to go down field but on a handful of plays. He had been sacked 7 times by the time I shut the game off...

 

[knight1fox3]

Go BADGERS!!! Undefeated! :thumbs:

 

[DVINNY]

WISCONSIN is looking real good, IMO

 

[envirotex]

the aggies choked again. welcome to the sec. you were just skunked by a lower tier team...

 

[Supe]

WISCONSIN is looking real good, IMO

They should be #2 right now, IMO. I don't see them losing another game this year. They're going to crush everyone in the Big 10.

 

[DVINNY]

At least in the AP, they will have LSU and Bama #'s 1 and 2 until they play each other. Then, maybe they will start being serious about their rankings like the coaches.

I don't think coaches try to move teams up in rankings to make for more hype on a game. I'm convinced that reporters do.

It's early yet, all a team like Wisconsin needs to do right now is take care of business and not stumble. If they run the table, win the first Big10 championship, then they'll be in.

So far, I don't see anyone contending with them, unless they slip.

 

[chaosiscash]

I think Wisconsin is very good, but if Oklahoma runs the table, I don't see Wisconsin getting in the NCG over them due to their strength of schedule (assuming the Bama/LSU winner is also undefeated at the end of the year). But there is a long way to go, and a lot will happen b/t now and then to make my point moot, I'm sure.

 

[DVINNY]

OK, Agree. ^^

And it will add fuel to the PLUS 1 fire.

 

[envirotex]

...if Oklahoma runs the table...

Not sure that's going to happen...OU hasn't played anybody yet. OU still has Texas, Kansas State, Okie State...

 

[chaosiscash]

Hence the if.

Although beating FSU @ Tallahassee isn't "not playing anybody".

 

[ALBin517]

Just made my picks for this week.
oh, and we have a revenge game against Iowa St. on saturday night. who has a nut for their school mascot anyway?

THE Ohio State University does.

I am adamant that the reason Ohio State lost against Miami was that I was not donning my Laurinaitis jersey. Therefore, I will be wearing it this Saturday, and every Saturday, through the end of the season. Michigan State ought to be a good litmus test for whether or not Ohio State has truly bounced back with Miller behind center.

That will force Miller to work it down the field... not sure he can put long strings of plays together like that yet.

I was right on the money with that.

But I didn't expect Cousins to nearly match Miller's ineptitude... ugly game.

He didn't even have a chance to go down field but on a handful of plays. He had been sacked 7 times by the time I shut the game off...

I think the final total was 5 sacks for Bauserman and 4 for Miller.

(assuming the Bama/LSU winner is also undefeated at the end of the year).

That is a great assumption. SEC refs will make sure of it. Elite teams in the SEC get more favorable calls than LeBron and Kobe.

 

[envirotex]

Hence the if.
Although beating FSU @ Tallahassee isn't "not playing anybody".

FSU lost to Clemson too. I know Clemson is ranked #8, but, really, strength of schedule...They played Wofford and Troy. One could argue that they might be good because they beat Virginia Tech, but VT in turn hasn't played anyone either...Appalachian State, Marshall

It's a problem with whole system...play cream puff teams early in your schedule so you can boost your rankings, and hope you don't fall too far when you actually start playing real games. Then, get in a BCS bowl for the big $$$, and then get slaughtered by a school with a professional team...

 

[roadwreck]

It's a problem with whole system...play cream puff teams early in your schedule so you can boost your rankings, and hope you don't fall too far when you actually start playing real games. Then, get in a BCS bowl for the big $$$, and then get slaughtered by a school with a professional team...

Actually conventional wisdom used to be that if you were going to lose, lose early in the season so that you had time to recover. These days, thanks to conference automatic bids, when you lose doesn't matter so much as who you lose to. If you are in an automatic qualifying conference then it doesn't matter who you lose to out of conference so long as you win in conference. If you are not in an AQ conference then you pretty much have to win all your games to stand a chance of getting into the BCS picture.

And yes, everyone schedules creampuff games at the beginning of the season. It's college football's version of the preseason, but in college these games count towards your record.