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1 posted on 10/23/2008 1:06:48 AM PDT by GOP_Raider
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2 posted on 10/23/2008 1:11:53 AM PDT by GOP_Raider ("I had no idea he was a Democrat because he seemed so adult." Belasarius)
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The Big 12, Big 10 and SEC dominate this week's FWIW Top 10 with Utah, TCU and Pittsburgh also looking strong.

1.Texas
2.Ohio State
3.Alabama
4.Michigan State
5.Oklahoma State
6.Penn State
7.Utah
8.TCU
9.Pittsburgh
10. Oklahoma
4 posted on 10/23/2008 2:30:46 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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Bumping and Marking!


6 posted on 10/23/2008 3:16:00 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Another note on Georgia Tech... only one loss so far (to Va Tech). A win against UVa would be great.

GO RAMBLIN' WRECK!!!!

7 posted on 10/23/2008 3:25:24 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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I am simply happy that UConn is home after the last two embaressing losses on the road. Since it is going to be ‘Homecoming Day” for UConn, I can only hope that with the team returning to the “Rent” it will give them incentive to win this next game against Cinncy.


8 posted on 10/23/2008 3:36:03 AM PDT by Biggirl (Throw The Bums OUT!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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Today is my birthday and all I want is a Longhorn win.

Hookum!


11 posted on 10/23/2008 4:12:08 AM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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if you are not a “gator” then you are just GATOR bait. Everybody knows the SEC rules college football!
12 posted on 10/23/2008 4:13:12 AM PDT by XtreMarine
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>>>is this enough of a litmus test for the Nittany Lions to move to the #2 spot? <<
I say yes; This is the Super Bowl for them.
13 posted on 10/23/2008 4:39:11 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (All things shall be well; You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well)
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Auburn at WVU tonight

LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!

14 posted on 10/23/2008 4:42:17 AM PDT by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................A four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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For anybody that follows Div IAA ball there is a great game out on the Philadelphia Main Line. Villanova hosts #1 James Madison. This will be the Wildcats chance to knock off a #1 team for the second time this year.


15 posted on 10/23/2008 4:48:17 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (All things shall be well; You shall see for yourself that all manner of things shall be well)
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You guys want to see the sleeper team of the year this is your big chance to watch Tulsa on Sunday nite.

Tulsa has a tradition of being a well-coached and overachieving team.

16 posted on 10/23/2008 5:17:10 AM PDT by OKSooner
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Mind you, Southern Cal is playing a lot better and I think they’ll play better as the season goes along, but is the Rose Bowl the best they can hope for right now?

Probably, albeit a likely rematch with Ohio State, so at least an easy win for them.

If Penn State beats tOSU this week, they're going to sail into January undefeated, and will be in the BCS title game. I know the Big 12 is tough, but I don't think anyone else can challenge Texas as well as Oklahoma did, and they don't face off again in the B12 championship, because they're the same division, right?

Of course, should 'bama go undefeated, it'd be hard to exclude them, but I just don't see it happening. There are simply too many hard games left for them.

It's looking very much like Texas/PSU to me.

17 posted on 10/23/2008 5:40:21 AM PDT by kevkrom (If Obama promises to tax your neighbor to give to you, what's he promising your neighbor?)
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ROLL TIDE!
18 posted on 10/23/2008 5:43:14 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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(for kevkrom) #24 Minnesota vs. Purdue (High Noon, ESPN Classic) Outgoing Purdue head coach Joe Tiller made the comment recently that one of his main reasons for leaving was he just can’t coach kids anymore. I do understand what he’s saying about “kids these days”. You hate to have to look towards either basketball season or next football season, but have the Boilermakers already looked toward the future at this point?

What I really want to know is, what happened to the %#@!ing offense? Against tOSU and PSU, the defense only gave up 16 ppg (actually less, because PSU didn't even get an offensive touchdown), but they only managed a total of 9 points in two games on the other side of the ball.

Honestly, I don't blame the defense for the let-down against NW, considering that the offense stopped playing football this year somewhere during the second half of the Oregon game.

Oh well, as long as we beat Indiana next month... besides, the hoops team looks pretty good this year.

19 posted on 10/23/2008 5:44:10 AM PDT by kevkrom (If Obama promises to tax your neighbor to give to you, what's he promising your neighbor?)
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Texas Tech over Kansas in a tight one......45-41

I will NOT be surprised if OSU knocks off Texas.

20 posted on 10/23/2008 5:44:31 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Be bold. Be brave. You're an American.)
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"(though I don’t believe that the time honored profession of trash collecting should have been brought into the discussion)."

Well, if they didn't wear road-worker/prisoner orange no one would mention it! lol

I hear the reason the Vols picked that orange is so they could get bailed out on Fri, go to the game on Sat, go hunting on Sun and pick up trash on Monday. :)

Looking forward to Saturdays game... I hear Fat Phil's job depends on the game (hey, they call OUR coach satan). He and Tubby have spent so many years working to bring down the Tide, they lost their focus on coaching, so we'll see.(that's what a barner told me anyway)

We're going out today to purchase cigars! Roll TIDE ROLL!

21 posted on 10/23/2008 7:04:00 AM PDT by sweet_diane (Will all Americans who asks 0bama a non pre-approved question be smeared?)
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Hey that’s about what I thought you’d look like. LOL! Seriously, tonights Auburn-West Virginia game looked alot better before the season started then it does now. I geuss we could say if you’re having trouble getting to sleep you can always watch the Auburn offense.


39 posted on 10/23/2008 4:27:02 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (If McCain loses I'm moving to Alaska!!!!)
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Come on Cowboys. I really hope they get this monkey off their back in relation to Texas.


155 posted on 10/25/2008 12:32:53 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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Even the Iraqi's know that Michigan sucks:

Go Bucks! Michigan Sucks!

Sorry, couldn't wait until Nov. 22 :)

171 posted on 10/25/2008 1:30:34 PM PDT by Nasher (When I say Obama, you say Ayers. OBAMA-AYERS! OBAMA-AYERS!)
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On any given weekend in any given year, there are tons of very tough football teams out there. Many of them can and do beat teams from the SEC in bowl games.

HOWEVER, the overall level of play in some patsy conference like the big 10 or (giggle) the PAC 10 simply cannot stay in the sme room with the SEC. A team who plays the tougher teams in the SEC (LSU, GA, Alabama, Florida) and then a few of the other giant killers (Ole Miss, Auburn, Kentucky) and has a 8-2 record is equivalent to a 10 - 0 record in the two conferences listed above, walking away.

Have you noticed that many of the SEC teams deliberately do NOT load up with conference teams anymore? The reason is that you are so busted up by season end. By way of example by contrast, let’s look at the schecule of mighty Penn State, technically an “independent” but one who functioally plays in the big 10/East for most of their scheduled games:

Coastal Carolina -— always a powerhouse. honest to goodness I did not even know they were a COLLEGE and I live in North Carolina.

Oregon State — well, they did beat USC

Syracuse — managed to win one game this season. lost by at least 20 to any team rated in the top 20

Temple — the mighty owls have managed to beat Army, Ohio (not Ohio State) and Miami (not that Miami, Miami of Ohio) They were beaten by Cleveland (*CLEVELAND????), Western Michigan, Central Michigan, and the Lolapalooza High School JV team.

Illinois — How a team can be 4-3 when they don’t play anybody, and lose to the teams they DO play and still be in the top 25 is amazing to me..... oh yeah, they are in the Big 10. Sorry, Is there still a statute on the books against blasphemy? Anyway, Illois is one of only TWO teams in the top 25 that Penn State has on the roster this year.

Purdue — 2 and 6. as Mark Twain said “let us draw a curtain of charity over the rest of the scene.”

Wisconsin — 3 and 4

Michigan — another team (with Notre Dame) destined to be rated in the top 10 if they can win 2 games a year. 2-5 this year, so it looks like a major bowl is coming again. I hear they are just itching for revenge against Appalachian State this year and are trying to work out a bowl game rematch.

Ohio State — THRASHED each time they go outside the mighty big 10 —by TROY, no less! Troy -aka Troy State- is a midlevel State university in Alabama which takes the rejects from Alabama and Auburn. Kicked O State back to Columbus by 18 points.... wait, they were IN Columbus! Nevermind. Anyway another patsy schedule loved by the sportswriters. Supposedly the “big test” for PSU.

Iowa — I am tired of being surly and mean so I just won’t say anything about the team or the schedule.

They close out with Michigan State and Indiana, whose schedules are equally anemic, and again, just don’t play real football.

Now with all that surly sarcastic snooty speech, let me say that I lived in big 10 country for a while. Visited a few games, and really enjoyed them. I also have to say that Joe Paterno is one of the CLASSIEST coaches around, and if his team demonstrates they deserve to be highly rated, there are few people in the coaching profession who would deserve it more.

I am just tired of seeing teams who run up a 9-1 record by playing Apalachicola State U or Bumpkinville Junior college be wowed and awed while teams not on the sportswriters fave list be dropped out of the top 25 for losing 10-7 against an equally powerful rival in the SEC.

Let Penn State really PLAY someone, and I think they should be rated #3.

I will now retreat to my bomb shelter to protect myself against incoming.


183 posted on 10/25/2008 1:45:41 PM PDT by slnk_rules
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