College Football - Live Thread - Week Twelve

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[catholicfreeper]

Ugh Dallas I hope not

[DeaconBenjamin2]

Oct. 21 Arkansas 38 ... Ole Miss 3

Perhaps you were thinking of today's game, 28-14 against State?

[MikefromOhio]

I live about a block north of Wittenburg's campus :)

[catholicfreeper]

Who did ARk have a tough time with. I was thinking Bama and Ole Miss. I might be thinking Auburn had a tough tine for a while with Ole Miss

[MikefromOhio]

Wow!!

What a game and what an experience today!! I don't have a voice left and the wifey had to drive home, but I'm here :)

A couple things I noticed today (hopefully these won't ramble too much)

1) Chad Henne had a pretty good game.

2) Who would've thought that Mike Hart could've had 3 TDS and Michigan would have still lost the game?

3) Who would have thought that Troy Smith would have had 4 TDs throwing, yet the game more or less came down to the final play?

4) It figures that when the two of the best statistical defenses get together they take a day off and let the offenses dominate.

5) With USC pulling the game out against Cal today, I think the BCS NC game will be OHio State v. USC. Should be a classic old school Rose Bowl type game. Too bad it won't be played in Pasadena.

[Rosemont]

rematch

[MikefromOhio]

Won't happen unless USC, Florida and Arkansas all lose a game.

How I think the human polls will work out tomorrow:

1) Ohio State
2) USC
3) Florida
4) Michigan
5) Arkansas
6) ND

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I don't have a clue on how the Computers will view it. With Rutgers losing tonight, there goes the team that was rated 2nd best by the computers (Michigan was #1 and Ohio State was #3)....

[MikefromOhio]

Won't happen unless USC, Florida and Arkansas all lose a game.

How I think the human polls will work out tomorrow:

1) Ohio State
2) USC
3) Florida
4) Michigan
5) Arkansas
6) ND

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I don't have a clue on how the Computers will view it. With Rutgers losing tonight, there goes the team that was rated 2nd best by the computers (Michigan was #1 and Ohio State was #3)....

[scott says]

What a game and what an experience today!! I don't have a voice left and the wifey had to drive home, but I'm here :)

Wimp!! You should have drank enough to render yourself useless..thats what I always seem to do. :)

[MikefromOhio]

well it is nearly 4 hours after the game :)

I was damn near useless for much of the first two hours of that :)

[Rosemont]

Florida could lose to FSU, then beat Ark. That would leave me in the awful position of having to root for ND against USC. Today's OSU/UM game was awesome. BTW, the PAC 10 is overrated.

[MikefromOhio]

IF ND beats USC impressively, they might bump them past Michigan in the computers.

That said, I don't think Florida is losing to FSU. I think the FSU fans would agree with me too.

[Yossarian]

OK. Not a fraud. A good team, as they had to be to beat U of M by a whopping 3 points in front of a wild home crowd.

Perhaps there will be a rematch on neutral ground. I think that would be far more of a "championship" matchup than you guys having to play USC, or the DivAA-playing Florida. Your side gets to make sure they don't make turnovers, our side gets to make sure to not commit costly penalties and high tackles.

If not, see you next year. At the Big House.

[DeaconBenjamin2]

And then, if Michigan wins, we can have a third game to serve as the rubber match.

[Rosemont]

ND pass Mich? Come on. Michigan handed their a##es to them in SOUTH BEND by FOUR TDs. No way.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Troy Smith cemented the Heisman today. Colt McCoy does NOT deserve the Heisman, but it is amazing how similar their numbers are (and why Colt should be one of the Heisman frontrunners for next year):

RANK - NAME - CMP - ATT - YDS -- CMP% - YDS/A -- TD - INT -- SACKS - RATING

4. Colt McCoy --- 174 - 250 - 2102 ------ 69.6 -- 8.4 ------ 27 - 4 ------ 12 --- 172.67

6. Troy Smith ---- 170 - 256 - 2191 ------ 66.4 -- 8.6 ------ 26 - 4 ------ 12 --- 168.69

Note that Colt did it in 11 games vs. 12 for Troy. And if any Buckeye homer's start blabbing about how OSU had a tougher schedule, look again. The Big Can't Count Conference has 5 of their 11 teams over .500, the Big 12 has 9 of their 12 with winning records. The Big 10 (sic) has a max of 7 teams with a shot at bowl eligibility, the Big 12 has 9 potentially. So relax and take this for what it is, an interesting tidbit that the 2 QB's are so close statistically. Stats don't always tell the entire story.

But stats do make a compelling case why Hawaii's Colt Brennan should be invited to New York for the Heisman ceremony (invited, not win):

1. Colt Brennan -- 275 -380 - 3753 ------ 72.4 -- 9.9 ------ 43 - 7 ------ 13 --- 188.98


Brady Quinn has moved up, but still is only the 13th-rated passer. He has no business being invited to New York, but is going for one reason and one reason only: He plays for Notre Dame. What a steaming crock of ____.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/sortables?stat=pass&sort=rat&season=2&year=2006&group=80

[LisaMalia]

What a game!

I couldn't be more proud of our Buckeyes...

[Diddle E. Squat]

OBTW, Colt Brennan's numbers in post #236 are for just 10 games, they are only in the 2nd quarter right now (with 8-2 Hawaii leading 6-3 San Jose St. 20-7.)

[cleveland gop]

You forgot one: How could Ohio State have 3 turnovers and still win??????

Father, Senator, Gov. Tressel sure has that mojo working when he needs it!!!!

5-1-----NOTHING ELSE REALLY MATTERS!!!

[rogue yam]

Ohio State was the better team on the field today. Still, it was a great game and Michigan played well; worthy of all the buildup to be sure. We had our chances but the better team won. Congratulations to the stinkin' Buckeyes.

I don't even want to think about BCS rankings right now. Next weekend will be plenty soon enough for that.