2012 College Football Thread

[GPhiBLtColonel]

....be national champ and Matt Barkley will win the Heisman - FIGHT ON MY TROJANS!

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

This is the only game that matters right now:



Sadly, it sold out before I could purchase tickets. It's in my alma mater's town, so I'll likely head to a local bar during the game.

I am afraid. I am very afraid. I'm always complaining about teams starting off the season with lame, out-of-conference teams so they can rack up some sure-fire wins. I am never going to complain about this again.

GO BLUE! I believe in you!

Also, Denard Robinson for the Heisman.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

GO BLUE! I believe in you!

Also, Denard Robinson for the Heisman.

(I also agree with the first part of your post)

[pshsx1]

I will third these statements!

[Sciencewoman]

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

61 days till the first Duck football game!

Let's get Ducky!!!

[lovespink88]

I'm just hoping we don't win 6 straight then lose 6 straight again.

[carnation]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTue...e=related&hd=1

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I'll still go with Washington State versus BYU though because a) I think it's the first game of the season and b) I'm just dying to see the return of Mike Leach.

Me, too! Leach will make it interesting, that's for sure.

[AXOmom]

^^^Yeah, I'm not sure what he'll do for the quality of Pac-12 football, but our entertainment value just went up about 1000%. We needed someone to replace Mike Stoops in that regard.

[tinydancer]

Love him or hate him, Mike Leach is definitely entertaining. My Texas Tech cousin wants him back. BTW, I like him and I went to Texas.

[wareagle93]

Originally Posted by tinydancer

Love him or hate him, Mike Leach is definitely entertaining. My Texas Tech cousin wants him back. BTW, I like him and I went to Texas.

From everything I've read, it seems like he got the short end of the stick. I may be in the minority, but I think that Craig James had it out for Leach, and he and various board members/booster worked together to get Leach out of Lubbock.

[knight_shadow]

And they're up...

USA Today

USA Today Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 LSU (18) 0-0 1403
2 Alabama (20) 0-0 1399
3 USC (19) 0-0 1388
4 Oklahoma 0-0 1276
5 Oregon 0-0 1258
6 Georgia 0-0 1061
7 Florida State 0-0 1055
8 Michigan 0-0 1023
9 South Carolina 0-0 981
10 Arkansas 0-0 948
11 West Virginia 0-0 833
12 Wisconsin 0-0 743
13 Michigan State 0-0 717
14 Clemson 0-0 598
15 Texas 0-0 549
16 Nebraska 0-0 501
17 TCU 0-0 499
18 Stanford 0-0 497
19 Oklahoma State 0-0 476
20 Virginia Tech 0-0 461
21 Kansas State 0-0 398
22 Boise State 0-0 271
23 Florida 0-0 250
24 Notre Dame 0-0 166
25 Auburn 0-0 66


Others receiving votes: Washington 64, Louisville 46, Georgia Tech 35, Cincinnati 32, Texas A&M 28, Baylor 23, Utah 22, Mississippi State 21, SOUFLA 12, NCSTATE 11, Louisiana Tech 10, Brigham Young 10, Virginia 9, Houston 7, Southern Miss 6, Rutgers 5, UCF 5, Tennessee 3, Missouri 3, FLAINTL 3, Northern Illinois 2, TEXASTECH 1

ESPN.com Power Rankings

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 USC 0-0 483
2 LSU 0-0 482
3 Alabama 0-0 463
4 Oklahoma 0-0 423
5 Oregon 0-0 422
6 Georgia 0-0 382
7 Florida State 0-0 373
8 Michigan 0-0 326
9 West Virginia 0-0 320
10 South Carolina 0-0 312
11 Arkansas 0-0 286
12 Michigan State 0-0 281
13 Stanford 0-0 217
14 Ohio State 0-0 200
15 Wisconsin 0-0 185
16 Clemson 0-0 167
17 Texas 0-0 163
18 TCU 0-0 163
19 Virginia Tech 0-0 142
20 Kansas State 0-0 141
21 Nebraska 0-0 135
22 Oklahoma State 0-0 116
23 Florida 0-0 92
24 Boise State 0-0 72
25 Notre Dame 0-0 36


Others receiving votes: Louisville, Washington, Auburn, North Carolina State, Tennessee, South Florida, Utah, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Cincinnati, Brigham Young, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Rutgers

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

[AXOmom]

I'd heard about where we were ranked - hadn't seen them yet (Thank you Knight Shadow for the post)....I'm good with it. If I was going to be really persnickity I'd fuss about coming in behind Oklahoma, but we will have a new QB and no LaMike, so I can see how that could go either way.

Overall, I don't see anything that makes me go AACK! Are these pollsters all on meth!

I don't get putting Notre Dame (again) in the top 25 since they haven't done much in the last what...15 years to justify that ranking in my opinion, but it seems inevitable. I think Georgia is ranked too high, but I'd put them in the top 25 still. FSU....mmm, I think it's too high...not sure where I would put them. I think Nebraska and Oklahoma State have a complaint and are too low. Now if the BCS would just call me to get it all straight, there'd be no problems and we'd have a completely fair system....at least fair from my perspective. LOL.

EA: I think LSU is still top 5, but these rankings came out, I believe, before the whole Honey Badger fiasco, so that might change things slightly for them.

[WCsweet<3]

Yeah, I'm fine with being where we are. I also wonder if LSU would have been ranked lower had the rankings come out after the fact. Lastly, Boise State at number 24? Damn straight!