2004-2005 NCAA football Preview

[DeltAlum]

So, my brother-in-law, Ohio State and Ohio State Law grad gave his OSU/Michigan tickets to his sister (Also OSU BA and MA) -- probably because he thought it would be a big Michigan win.

Oh ye of little faith.

[blueGBI]

Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
Nice to see Penn State pull one out for JoePa.

Where was this scoring the past 7 weeks? They haven't scored this many points since their september game against UCF.

What i'd really like to see is JoePa step down the PSU job go to either the D-Coord. or see if they can wrestle Urban Meyer away from Utah. Meyer's got Big 11 ties, he's from that part of the country and could kick ass in recruiting.

KS 361

JoePa will be back next season but Tim Curley, the d-coordinator, already does most of the recruiting (he's the major reason why the 2004 class was so good and he's already got the #1 CB in the nation to come here) and everyone on campus pretty much thinks that he'll be the next head coach of the Nittany Lions. However, I wouldn't be surprised if we went out the program; I know Ferentz of Iowa has been interested. I'm just happy that JoePa finally talked about succession and retiring!

[DeltaSigStan]

They made a point on ATH that Happy valley has basiclaly turned into Pleasantville. Football has progressed so much the last ten years, and Penn State hasn't. They feel if they keep it in-house that nothing will change, and Penn State will never be what they once were.

I remember first getting into football in 1994 and how I wished Penn State could play Nebraska to determine a true national champion.

Well, it's Thankgiving, and that means we're 24 hours from A&M - t.u.

And, just like old times, a Cotton Bowl bid is on the line. Id say i'd like to be there, but it's in Austin, and those people rank just behind Texas Tech and Detroit fans as the most classless venues in sport.

I think we actually have a good shot this year, unlike the past few of the Mack Brown era and i'm hoping that this game will be a rehash of the 1984 contest which was an upset in Austin by the Good Guys and we went on an 11-3 winnin streak against the 'Horns. That was also the year that we last lost to Baylor

So break out the Cotton, my boys are gonna pull out a close one against the nutless bovines.

KS 361

[amycat412]

USC 41
ND 10

Leinart, 401 yards, 5 tds, 0 int - hello Heisman.

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by amycat412
USC 41
ND 10

Leinart, 401 yards, 5 tds, 0 int - hello Heisman.

Amycat for President..

Hey Auburn, remember last years game?

[amycat412]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
Amycat for President..

Hey Auburn, remember last years game?

heh heh

2003:
USC 23
Auburn 0

2002:
USC 24
Auburn 17

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
Amycat for President..

Hey Auburn, remember last years game?

The first part I agree with

As for the second part...I think our record this year shows that we are doing pretty darn good

[The1calledTKE]

The Wisconsin Badgers are going down on January 1st. They play the Dawgs in the Outback Bowl. It should be a good game.

Georgia: The Bulldogs accepted an invitation Tuesday to meet Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl, Georgia's third straight appearance in a New Year's Day game.


Considered a national championship contender at the beginning of the season, Georgia (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) fell short with losses to Southeastern Conference rivals Tennessee and Auburn and is 9-2.


Still, the Tampa, Fla., bowl is a good consolation prize, following appearances in the Sugar and Capital One the last two years.


"I'm really happy for our team and especially our seniors," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "We have the opportunity to play on New Year's Day, to play a quality opponent in Wisconsin, to finish the season with 10 wins and in the top 10 in the final rankings."


Georgia will be playing in the Outback Bowl for the third time in eight seasons. The Bulldogs routed Wisconsin 33-6 in 1998 and rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat Purdue 28-25 in overtime two years later.

for full article....
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1935855

[BobbyTheDon]

from CNNSI writer John Walters (11/29/04):

The loveliest village on The Plains truth

Auburn fans, I know you don't want to hear this, but these six words explain why the Tigers are unlikely to play in the Orange Bowl come January: Louisiana-Monroe, The Citadel, Louisiana Tech.

Those three schools represent 1) Auburn's non-conference schedule this season and 2) nothing out of the ordinary. Look, it's not the players' fault. But the athletic administration at Auburn consistently schedules a trio of weak, non-BCS conference schools who agree to play at Jordan-Hare each year in order to pad both the Tigers' record and the athletic department's budget.

I crunched numbers. Actual chomping of data. Beginning with the 1993 squad that finished 11-0 while on probation (Terry Bowden's first season as Tigers coach), here is Auburn's out-of-conference combat record:
• 38 games overall
• 34 games played at Jordan-Hare, only four on the road
• Only two of those 38 opponents were ranked (Southern Cal both times) and the Tigers were 0-2 versus the Trojans in this period.
• Only seven of those 38 opponents are BCS schools (USC twice, Virginia twice, Syracuse twice, Georgia Tech) and in those games Auburn's record was 2-5.

Earlier this month Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville made a comment to the effect that he'd find it hard to believe a school from the SEC could finish undefeated and not be invited to play in the national championship game. Believe it, coach.

No school can control the quality of its in-conference opponents. You hope that they are tough enough to challenge you, but not so strong as to beat you. Oklahoma and Southern Cal were both fortunate in that they beat two schools, Texas and Cal, respectively, who have gone 10-1 and are in everyone's top eight.

Auburn, although it does play in the SEC, has beaten its in-conference competition, but no opponent this season has been as good as Cal or Texas. SEC folk -- I lived in Alabama and covered the conference exclusively for a year, and have returned many times since -- are usually correct when they argue that theirs is the best conference in the nation. However, the stifling parochialism displayed by Auburn (just one trip west of the Mississippi in the past 20 seasons) and its SEC kin has at last come back to bite the Tigers.

Not to mention -- although I'm about to -- that Auburn played seven home games (and four road) this season, which is about its average. Southern Cal, meanwhile will have played six and six; Oklahoma six home, five away (not including the Big 12 Championship game).

Auburn can control its non-conference slate, and year-in and year-out chooses to tackle patsies. A partial list of its non-SEC opponents from the past 11 seasons: Samford, Northeast Louisiana (three times), East Tennessee State, UT-Chattanooga, Appalachian State and Louisiana-Monroe (twice). Auburn, listen: Homecoming should only happen once a year.

Don't blame the players. And don't blame the system. But, if you agree that Auburn, Oklahoma and Southern Cal are the only three schools deserving of a bid for the Orange Bowl, well, then you have to play musical chairs with that trio. And you can't blame any one school for the quality of its in-conference foes. But while Southern Cal was scheduling Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, BYU and Colorado State (two of those games on the road) and Oklahoma was taking on Bowling Green, Houston and Oregon in Norman (at least one of those was a BCS program), Auburn stayed home, played three lambs and counted the gate receipts. And that, most likely, will make it the first undefeated SEC school not to play for a national title since ... the '93 Auburn Tigers.

[AUDeltaGam]

Congratulations to the 2004 Southeastern Conference Champions, AUBURN!

Now, go get Virginia Tech!

[amycat412]

USC's perfect 12-0 season, Pac-10 champs and trip to Orange Bowl. FIGHT ON TROY!

[kstar]

USC is going to find out what I said last year and what I've been saying about them this year is true:

O-ver-ra-ted!

[amycat412]

Originally posted by kstar
USC is going to find out what I said last year and what I've been saying about them this year is true:

O-ver-ra-ted!

HA HA HA that's funny.

I think OU will find out the REVERSE is true.

And Cal got robbed.

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by kstar
USC is going to find out what I said last year and what I've been saying about them this year is true:

O-ver-ra-ted!

dammit. I was gonna say the same post about Oklahoma.

anyways, this will be a GREAT game.