2006 College Football

shinerbock · #1 10-01-2006, 07:32 PM

Anyone watch that USC-WSU game? I think WSU outplayed them, really. It was a good one.

OSU has a great schedule...they get to play top 25 and top 15 teams in Penn State and Iowa, neither of which have shown themselves to be very good. But it looks good on paper.

Also, UGA scraped by again, with some help from the officiating crew in Oxford.

DeltAlum · #2 10-01-2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

OSU has a great schedule...they get to play top 25 and top 15 teams in Penn State and Iowa, neither of which have shown themselves to be very good. But it looks good on paper.

Oh, and they beat one other highly ranked team.

Texas, wasn't it?

shinerbock · #3 10-01-2006, 08:49 PM

They did indeed, but I didn't think that was a "great" aspect of their schedule...granted the jury is still out on how good Texas is/was when OSU beat them, but a dangerous game nonetheless. I think any team can win on any given day to a degree, but playing Iowa while they're top 15 and very mediocre is a good gig. Its similar to UT getting a shot at UGA next week...UGA is far from playing like a top 10 team at this point. Like Iowa, UGA is one of those teams that you would wanna play early, because while the talent may be there to make them a top team by season's end, they're def not playing like it at this point in the season.

macallan25 · #4 10-01-2006, 09:37 PM

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Oh, and they beat one other highly ranked team.

Texas, wasn't it?

Yeah, they beat us......and i'm not a sore loser by any mean (I think Ohio State is a damn good team).....but we were without the best CB in the country and we had two turnovers that cost us the game. I'd say on paper we outplayed them in many aspects.

I agree with Shiner though. OSU's schedule really is a masterpiece. None of the ranked teams besides us that they have played are that good. Michigan...I think is another story, I still think they are gong to pull off an upset.

.........and Georgia is not good. At all.

DeltAlum · #5 10-01-2006, 09:47 PM

I grew up in Columbus but I'm not an Ohio State fan. But, it seems like they're the Rodney Dangerfield of college football on GC this year.

In terms of missing personnel, the same thing was said about a missing player (was it the OSU QB? I don't remember) in last years win by Texas in Columbus. Nobody will ever know if either if those things would really have made a difference.

The fact is that they've beaten all of the teams that were supposed to give them an early on run for their money fairly decisively -- with this past weekend at Iowa being anticipated as their big test. Playing, and beating, three nationally ranked teams in the first four or five weeks is pretty impressive. Say that the other teams are weak if you will, but there has to be some reason for their standings.

Ohio State may not run the table -- and the Michigan game is always a toss up -- but I think the Buckeyes are for real and could end up national champions.

AGDee · #6 10-01-2006, 10:41 PM

This could be the best Michigan v. Ohio State game in years. We're looking forward to it!

DeltAlum · #7 11-20-2006, 01:33 AM

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This could be the best Michigan v. Ohio State game in years. We're looking forward to it!

Absolutely on the mark. One of the best games in one of the biggest rivalry in college football history.

AGDee · #8 11-20-2006, 07:58 AM

Perhaps it's my female perspective (not being as competitive in general), but I'm not sure I see why college teams have to have a national champion. Why can't there just be conference champions for each conference? Even the pro sports have "wildcards" in their playoffs and sometimes those wildcards win, even though they didn't have the best record. I'm not convinced that's a perfect system either (even though it allowed the Tigers to go to the World Series this year). Why does there have to be one national champ? Why can't the champs of each conference just be recognized as being excellent?

ETA: I thought the BCS standings were based on a statistical analysis of performance and wins and losses, so it's more objective and less subjective than Coach and AP ratings. Therefore, I don't see how "opinion" should affect the BCS championship game. If the two teams with the highest scores are in the same conference, then so be it.

macallan25 · #9 10-01-2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

I grew up in Columbus but I'm not an Ohio State fan. But, it seems like they're the Rodney Dangerfield of college football on GC this year.

In terms of missing personnel, the same thing was said about a missing player (was it the OSU QB? I don't remember) in last years win by Texas in Columbus. Nobody will ever know if either if those things would really have made a difference.

The fact is that they've beaten all of the teams that were supposed to give them an early on run for their money fairly decisively -- with this past weekend at Iowa being anticipated as their big test. Playing, and beating, three nationally ranked teams in the first four or five weeks is pretty impressive. Say that the other teams are weak if you will, but there has to be some reason for their standings.

Ohio State may not run the table -- and the Michigan game is always a toss up -- but I think the Buckeyes are for real and could end up national champions.

Oh yeah, I totally agree........and I really don't know why they didn't play Troy Smith the entire game last year.....really odd to me as well.

macallan25 · #10 10-02-2006, 12:19 PM

"Kind of like running from the cops......"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...5398-2004Sep12

CUGreekgirl · #11 10-08-2006, 04:18 PM

i would just like to say

GO TIGERS!

Ok, now for a stupid footlball question, can someone explain to me how teams are choosen for bowl games and how early you can begin to narrow down what Bowl game your team will be playing in. I'd like to start saving money to go see my Tigers, if they have a chance in playing in one of the Bowl games near me.

amycat412 · #12 10-01-2006, 09:00 PM

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Anyone watch that USC-WSU game? I think WSU outplayed them, really. It was a good one.

Yes. WOW what a nail biter. My Trojans didn't look so hot and WSU played tough! good for them, they will become a great pac 10 team soon!

blueGBI · #13 10-02-2006, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

Anyone watch that USC-WSU game? I think WSU outplayed them, really. It was a good one.

OSU has a great schedule...they get to play top 25 and top 15 teams in Penn State and Iowa, neither of which have shown themselves to be very good. But it looks good on paper.

Also, UGA scraped by again, with some help from the officiating crew in Oxford.

PSU isn't as good as we were in 2005 but we kept the OSU offense to 14 points. FOURTEEN POINTS!! It doesn't count but it's a nice moral victory to have.

PSU plays Minnesota next week before Michigan week begins. If we can go 5-1 over our next games, we'll be 8-4 and headed to the Outback Bowl this year. If Morelli would get his head straight, we'd be in much better shape but no one expected BCS this year. 2007 is a different story.

sdbeta1 · #14 10-02-2006, 03:25 PM

Michigan-Ohio State last week of the season is going to be huge. Iowa can still pull a three way tie, win @ Michigan, Michigan wins @ Ohio State, but maybe that's too much wishful thinking after Ohio State rolled through town.

shinerbock · #15 10-02-2006, 04:45 PM

I think Ohio State deserves to be no. 1, obviously. I'm just saying their schedule is much tougher on paper than in reality. Now, I do think by Jan. there may be teams who could beat OSU. The only team I could see beating OSU right now is LSU, they're nasty.