Do we have any ACC fans on here? I am an NC state fan and student and we are looking weak as hell... in fact the whole conference with the exception of BC looks pretty awful

I attend a Conference USA school, but realize we're a weak conference and boring to watch, so being from the southeast, I watch SEC football lol. I attended Ole Miss for awhile, and my father graduated from there, so naturally, I love watching their games. Ole Miss may rarely beat a big team, but they often make them nervous lol

-Will

Finally a bears fan! All I have to say, is be prepared for a USC upset from Cal come November. Home game, I might even sneak away to berkeley and watch on the hill with all the poor students who couldn't afford Stanford. Cal upset USC at Memorial Stadium a few years back-history is bound to repeat itself.

as a kentucky wildcat fan living in austin, tx... i've had to put up with A LOT of shit about college football. hell, being a wildcat fan.... you have to put up with a lot of shit during football season ANYWHERE.

...usually, we've got basketball to lean back on, but these past few years, the longhorns have been ranked ahead of the wildcats on the hardwood. don't get me wrong, i love me some horns, but i bleed blue.

sweet, sweet redemption when this week's polls came out.
how much money could you have made if you'd bet that the 'cats would be ranked higher than the 'horns?

now thursday night's game vs. the gamecocks... i hope the offense can keep clicking. woodson is fun to watch. for anyone who hasn't seen him play - tune in. he's a 1st round draft pick.

Who would've thought that South Carolina vs. Kentucky would me a marquee game? I'm hoping Kentucky pulls it out myself, they've been a surprise team, that you can't help but route for!!!!

And I'm not a Spurrier fan ;)

-Will

Blasphemy!

Miami crushed A&M, FSU beat Alabama and Maryland beat Rutgers. That's three wins over ranked opponents from the Big 12, the SEC and the Big East. Pretty good considering all three of those ACC teams were/are unranked going into those games.

LSU managed to hold it out over Florid tonight....if things keep going this way, Cal catches a loss, OSU takes a defeat, and the planets align right....we may actually get to see how USF holds up against LSU in the championship...

Long shot, but it'd be cool

-Will

I am a Florida State Alum, and a huge fan of FSU football.

I was lucky enough to go there in the early to mid 90's...and for the first time since Chris Weinke left, I finally have some hope they may have a good season. I am not convinced we are going to be 12-1 or anything like that, but 10-3 is a real possibility.

Hah i wouldn't hold your breath on that one....BC, VA Tech, Florida are definite losses and Miami and Wake Forest are likely losses...time for grandpa Bowden to retire for sure.

Somehow I suspect LSU won't go undefeated this season. This next game looks deceptive, but I think Kentucky has a good shot of the upset.

Anyhow, I'm still gunning for BCS Bears game. #2!-is a place I'd never thought we'd be.

Boomer Sooner here. LOL at the Miami predictions. :)

God, USC just sucks right now. They escape Arizona and get the win today.

But, I have to believe their suckage lately has mainly been just bad luck with regards to many injuries, including injuries to two of their top RB's, including their best RB and biggest gainer this year, Stefon Johnson. Offensive line is decimated. Maleuga got injured today too. JD Booty has not been good and now has a minor finger injury that gave Carroll an excuse to start Sanchez today at QB. Adding to all this is an inexperienced WR corps, and the Trojans are just not a top 10 team right now.

In the meantime, I'm watching a great LSU-Kentucky game which is tied with 1:30 to play. Maybe Cal at #1 by tomorrow?

Nice prediction... that game was intense!! I thought KU might be able to pull the upset if they didn't let it go to overtime... I never dreamed they'd be able to score enough and stop LSU's offense enough to outlast them in OT, let alone 3 OTs.

At this point you have to wonder if there will be any unbeaten teams left at the end of the season, which will likely cause the biggest, most controversial traffic-jam in the history of the BCS. If that happens, you'd think that it would unite enough people in favor of a playoff to finally inspire the demolition of the BCS system.

OUCH!!

That must hurt for all you Cal fans... could've pulled off the comeback, but then one bonehead mistake and it's all over. What a crazy season.

Go Cocks!!!!

How many of you were screaming at your TV, "Throw the ball away!!!!!"

I know I was.

I don't see how Hawaii (being undefeated) and USF being undefeated are ranked this far apart...

And I hated to see LSU fall, but it was a great game!!

-Will

Strength of schedule.

Boise State 69 Nevada 67, no it's not a basketball score. One of the best games I've ever attended was BSU's Fiesta Bowl win over OU, and now I can add this one to my list. Ya gotta love the WAC! They do play exciting football.

I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

Interesting about Cal
 

Here is a blurb from collegefootballadvisor.com about Cal

RANT- I have to put the entire California loss on head coach Jeff Tedford. I know QB Kevin Riley freaked out and cost his team the game, but for all intents and purposes he should not have been put in that situation. For anybody that doesn't know what happened, Cal had the ball on the Oregon State 12 yard line with about 14 seconds left to go in the game. Cal's starting QB Nate Longshore was injured and had not played in the game. Riley, a redshirt freshman, was playing a good game, but on this particular play really made a bonehead decision. With 14 seconds left he took the snap and was flushed out of the pocket by the Beaver pass rush. Instead of throwing the ball out of bounds the young QB decided to scramble and was tackled in the middle of the field with about 6 seconds left on the clock. He got up and ran to the sideline with the ball as time expired. Tedford needed to really look at the total situation. First off, Riley had never been in this situation and probably had very little practice on what to do. Second, did Tedford really think he was going to get a TD in this situation? More things could have gone wrong than right and he should have realized that. Finally, when you're at home there is nothing wrong with going into overtime. My philosophy is that you never force things when you're at home that have a chance at costing you the game. Overtime is a risk, but not as big a risk as trying to throw a pass with 14 seconds left without any time outs and with a green QB.

Adios USF. They called it right when they predicted they'd fall to Rutgers. My Buckeyes and BC now seemingly hold their own fates.

GO BUCKEYES!

The future looks pretty scary for the Bucks. I would be shocked if they win out.

There goes my ultimate fantasy game of a National Championship game of USF vs. Kentucky. It might have killed the BCS, but nooooo! USF has to go and fucking lose to Rutgers.

In other news, one of the most exciting rivalries in college football is this weekend - Tennessee vs. Alabama. Should be a good one!

All of these upsets make me nervous. OU has Iowa State in Aimes. Wouldn't that be an upset. I wouldn't come out of my house.

I think the trick is to lose early. The voters tend to forget. If you start losing now, you are screwed.

PSU is their big test, and even a moderate scoring effort in Happy Valley by the Bucks will be enough to seal the deal in that game. They have a MORE than capable defense, its a matter of Wells staying healthy and whether or not Boeckman matures enough. Tressel is definitely opening this offense up as of late, showing that they aren't afraid to pass the ball, even without the likes of Holmes, Ginn, and Gonzalez.

Well, I have to give BC credit for pulling out the win last night... I thought the game was over well before the 4th quarter. Ryan did not look good all night except when it really mattered.

#1 OSU at #25 Penn State tomorrow... at night... in the rain most likely... should be intense. I have no doubt that both teams will be ready to play, so I think it will come down to who makes fewer mistakes. Hopefully Boeckman stops trying to throw deep to Robiskie in double coverage... you'd think after 3-4 interceptions from the same scenario, he would learn his lesson.

Other big games this weekend include:

#7 West Virginia @ Rutgers -- 12:00pm
#12 USC @ #5 Oregon -- 3:00pm
#10 South Florida @ #23 Connecticut -- 3:30pm
#11 Florida vs #18 Georgia -- 3:30pm
#9 Kansas @ Texas A&M -- 7:00pm
#16 South Carolina @ Tennessee -- 7:45pm
#21 California @ #4 Arizona State -- 10:15pm

My fearless predictions (Winners underlined):
#7 West Virginia @ Rutgers -- 12:00pm
#12 USC @ #5 Oregon -- 3:00pm
#10 South Florida @ #23 Connecticut -- 3:30pm
#11 Florida vs #18 Georgia -- 3:30pm
#9 Kansas @ Texas A&M -- 7:00pm
#16 South Carolina @ Tennessee -- 7:45pm
#21 California @ #4 Arizona State -- 10:15pm

Bonus: Penn State over Ohio State.

While I want Tennessee to beat South Carolina, I doubt it will happen. We can't play the fourth quarter this year. At all. Against anyone.

jazz: have you been unfortunate enough to see the bullshit from south carolina these past two games? maybe they mentioned it on sportscenter in a sentence that also contained 'suck,' 'pussies,' 'refusal to score points,' 'makes my blood pressure go through the fucking roof,' and 'assholes,'...and 'pussies' again for good measure. if you missed it, we took our pom-poms out against vandy and they whipped our candy asses. i'd say the vols look ok for tomorrow night. now, i really hope not. i hope we whip your worthless assess all over the place.

first the braves go ass up, then the cocks follow right afterwards. fuck these people.

Isn't that a Robert E. Lee quote? :D

In all seriousness, this is two pigs fighting over a turnip. Neither of us has a chance to go to the Chick-Fil-A/Peach Bowl. Perhaps one will get the Hawaii Bowl or the opportunity to lose to a WAC team.

Which is more powerful, your refusal to score or our refusal to play defense? We'll find out Sunday I suppose.

As much as I hate your fucking coach (sorry, I'm contractually obligated to phrase it that way) and that smartass smirk (again, the contract) underneath that goddamn visor (ok, that one was all me), I think that we can both agree to hate Florida with every fiber of our beings and hope for lots of ambulances leaving the Cocktail Party on Saturday. And that's what makes the SEC such a great conference.

well, our problem is that you can't run a hook and fucking ladder 8 times in a row on third down and think that you're not going to get your ass nailed. or try the old throw it to the receiver, let him throw it down field move.

honestly, i don't give a shit about steve spurrier just yet, but i do think that if he can get things going here i'll be his #1 fan. i'll certainly take him over phil 'back your bags baldy' fulmer, but then again i find that orange shit to be nauseating. tennessee...clemson...icky.

i wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments regarding the upcoming florida/ga game. fuck them all. i still get mildly irritated when thinking that the school in the land of relocated yankees has both football and national championships. they need an asswhipping. i was hoping we might give to them. it looks unlikely at this point. hopefully we can pay some romanian kid enough money, or maybe hold his family ransom, to force him to come here and play quarterback for us. our senior qb is dumber than dogshit, and our redshirt freshman either is ineffective or doesn't recognize double and triple coverage.

so we're pretty fucked. it's not like vandy is some sort of powerhouse. neither is unc. we haven't scored a godfuckingdamn touchdown in 6 quarters. against those two teams.

so we're kind of pretty much fucked.

Ok, so I was a bit premature on my praise of FSU...looks like another 6-6 year. And no, grampa Bowden doesn't need to retire...yet. They just need to get a QB that can keep his head out of his ass. An offensive line wouldn't hurt either. The Defense is still great, but when the offense has more three and outs than anything else. They are going to get tired, and holes will open up.

I am interested to see if the return of Chuck Amato as a recruiter will fix the recruiting situation over the next two years. If so, watch out!

37-17.

STATEMENT!

Hellz yea!

All the people around here (the school I'm at currently is a PSU affiliate) are giving me the death stare today, but they have to admit, I called it on the button friday afternoon. I called for a quick opening set of drives, both slow down a bit, Robiske catching some bombs, and ultimately Morelli panicking on a blitz and turning it over. Sure as shit, voila! The fumble recovery was just an added bonus :thumbsup:


Another plus is that some of the newscasters are finally giving them some credit, saying they're a better team than they thought. They took everything PSU was capable of in the first half, and still went into halftime with the lead.

I was pretty shocked to read Pat Forde's article today where he was actually saying positive things about OSU. Usually all he mentions is 41-14 in one form or another, though of course he still had to add that into the article at some point.

Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, it is TOUGH going undefeated for an entire season, regardless of what your schedule looks like... and no season has proven that more than this one with all of the unranked teams winning against top-10 teams. It's good to see Kansas and Arizona State finally getting some props as well.

As much as I enjoyed the OSU/Penn State game, the game of the week had to be the Florida/Georgia showdown. The outcome of that game had all to do with the fact that Georgia flat-out wanted it more. Pretty impressive win... and I really dislike Georgia.

Okay, has anyone ever seen anything like this before?

^Yes. All day on ESPN lol

I absolutely LOATHE Florida (you can imagine why), and I LOVED seeing Urban Meyer flip a shit when Georgia's coach told EVERY player to go out and celebrate after that touchdown. The guy's got balls, and it was the spark they needed.

The SEC is killing itself, BC has a nasty schedule ahead of em, and tOSU looks like they've god a *good* chance at winning out....damn, I was hoping for some interesting teams in the big game this year

-Will

Well, we won the turnip I guess. That was a godawful game to watch.