Posted on 07/18/2006 1:20:39 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Notre Dame
Texas
USC
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Florida
West Virginia
Florida St.
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True, but there are so many college teams that nobody gets to see all of them play, so a lot of the rankings go as much by reputation as performance, especially once you get out of a sportswriter's geographic area of interest and the top five. If a guy normally covers the Pac 10, for example, he'll vote in the national poll, but may not see five SEC teams play all year, and then against PAC 10 opponents. So when he comes to vote, he may not know the difference between the Gators and the Seminoles, but he knows one of them Flurida teams wuz good.
I'm not sure there are that many thinking Texas fans. There were calls to fire Mack Brown after the 2004 season when the Horns went 12-1 and beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl. I kept asking people, "If we're gonna fire a guy for going 12-1, who's going to be smart enough to win and stupid enough to take the job?" Interestingly enough, we could have gone 2-12 and the job would be safe, as long was he beat A&M and Oklahoma. We had a lot of people who, like the Alabama folk, thought a national title was our birthright. Alabama folks keep thinking Bear Bryant will come back, UT folks kept thinking Royal would come back. It's awfully tough for the coach that follows a legend, and sometimes for the next three or four coaches.
Since when does Texas throw the ball?
"One of the other sports rags had Tennessee ranked higher than Florida or Georgia in its pre-season poll (can't remember which one, I've got a stack of em at home)...However, in their projection of how the SEC East pans out, they predict Tennessee to come in 3rd BEHIND the Gators and Dawgs....Don't these mags have proofreaders?"
But they're right! What always happens is Tennessee loses to those teams, then creeps up the polls the rest of the season until Georgia and Florida lose to ranked opponents, when Tennessee slides ahead of them by playing Vandy and Kentucky. Masterful scheduling on Tn's part. Unfortunately, it's also indicative of the hole in the BCS--it's biased towards end-of-season games as more important than early games.
The Texas-Ohio State game in Austin is a BIG ONE. I'm really hoping one of Texas' young (no pun intended) QB's can step up to the plate. Brown's coaching will make the diffence.
HOOK UM HORNS!!!!!!!!
"Notre Dame at USC to end the season at the Coliseum...I hope it's for all the marbles"
I don't think it will be since USC may have a couple of losses before (Cal and Oregon).
Hence, "hope". It's always nice to deny the Irish.
nope.
I don't think Notre DAme will make it.
I'm going with Florida State - Ohio State right now.
why?
The Seminole's ground game better improve.
Because it is just another meddling bunch of politically correct whiners. It has repeatedly gone after programs for doing such things as flying players home for a funeral. I can't remember the last time it did something of value to sports.
ummmm ok....
the NCAA doesn't have nearly the stroke in football has it does in basketball.
It might.
It might also be Oklahoma, but I can't honestly pick between Oklahoma and Texas this far out right now.
I think Ohio State will beat Texas in Texas this year, simply because I don't think that whoever the QB in Texas will be ready to face a defense like the one Ohio State is bringing. They lost their stars, and they were all replaced by guys who can mostly run faster and get to the ball quicker.
I think Notre Dame will lose at least 2 games, maybe 3, if Michigan finds a way to win that game.
as a Longhorn, I totally agree with you. many of my fellow students at UT were calling for Mack Brown's head after he'd turned the program completely around and had a 12-1 season. someone even started a website www.firemackbrown.com. not sure if its still up...ha! anyway, HOOK EM HORNS!
Oklahoma is a real question mark.
I just don't have much faith in Michigan right now.
Adrian Peterson (OU RB) played at a 3A school in Texas (Palestine). He's doing OK at the college level.
I wouldn't either.
I don't think the players that are currently playing for them have the heart to finish the job.
That's not to say that they won't or haven't developed it, but I think the problem is deeper than that. In all honesty, I think it's a coaching problem and I think it's the head coach that IS the problem.
I hope, as an OSU fan, they keep him around for a few more decades :)
If they keep making trips to the Alamo Bowl there will be a new one very soon.
yeah....and losing the way they did....
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