2010 NCAA Football Thread

[scott a]

LSU gettin in on the action:

[jt09]

cheating in the sec? shocking!

it's going to be awesome watching les f*ck that program up the next couple of years.

[weatherford]

Worse coach in the SEC...& whats better is they have 3rd and Chavis now, Good-bye LES.

[churchy]

[wakeboarderdave1]

One of Notre Dame's biggest recruits from last year, OL Matt James, died after falling from a balcony on spring break in Florida.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5051968

[JV]

Who the F lets their 17 year old kid go to a spring break destination?

[wakeboarderdave1]

[jt09]

[JV]

I would guess most of the high school kids in padre live in Texas though. They go there throughout the year, not just spring break. Technically, that doesn't make them any more safe or anything; but I just hate the idea of buying plane tickets for your high school son or daughter to go to the MTV-approved spring break locales...cancun, panama city, cabo, etc. I understand wanting to get out of Cincinnati and find a beach, but send him to California or some tourist resort in Mexico...basically anywhere where it's not just a clusterf*** of drunks where there's no challenge whatsoever to get copious amounts of alcohol and they're trying to keep up with college kids. You can't keep kids from drinking, but sending them to SPRING BREAK!!! is just plain dumb.

You should ask those parents what they really think their kids are doing in Cancun. I'd be curious to know how many were able to trick their parents into thinking they're going to get a tan and learn how to surf, or how many parent's know the truth and let them go anyway.

[jt09]

just for funsies

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollindex&pollId=84738

[jt09]

something to look at.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/370321-2010-college-football-preseason-top-25-rankings-the-spring-edition#page/1

1. Alabama
2. Boise State
3. tOSU
4. Texas
5. Oregon
6. Iowa
7. Va Tech
8. TCU
9. Florida
10. Nebraska
11. Oklahoma
12. Miami
13. Wisconsin
14. Georgia Tech
15. UNC
16. USC
17. Arkansas
18. Houston
19. South Carolina
20. Connecticut
21. Penn State
22. West Virginia
23. Florida State
24. Navy
25. Oregon State

[weatherford]

South Carolina is RANKED??? WTF

On a side note, I will say I believe this is someone else's year to win the NC other than the SEC...JT, I truely believe your longhorns will be favored all year & should* win it!

[weatherford]

TN is going to have a bad year I feel, but we will see stranger things have happened.
The show-down with Oregon may give us some momentum into the Florida game. ( I hope )

[jt09]

[LFADAM]

Preseason #7 again...hopefully we can start on a win this time, got another ridiculous top 5 opponent (last year was #5 alabama but we know how good they turned out to be...) in #2 Boise State. That would be huge. Dont feel too good about that game with Boise Returning 23/24.

This is our year offensively, we are unbelievably stacked, but its going to be interesting to see if 8 new starters will be able to hold down traditional Bud Foster defense. We gotta win a championship sometime, Beamer has been producing way too many good teams for way too long to not have a ring.

[goofyboy]

Texas is ranked too high. They should be 10 or so. sophomore QB, no RB, no idea of what our OL will look like. We may lose one to one of the North schools.

Oregon is 5. Is that before or after all jail terms are up?

[Rocko]

[churchy]

I cannot wait for football season..

[jryoung]

UW President Mark Emmert leaving to head NCAA

...Emmert has been considered a rainmaker during his tenure in Seattle. One of his biggest achievements was leading an enormously successful fundraising effort that had brought in $2.68 billion by the time it ended in 2008.

He's also been credited with recruiting top faculty, overseeing the continued success of the UW's medical school and, most important to many alumni, helping turn around a beleaguered football program...

Not sure how this is going to pan out for the UW football team, it sucks to lose him. The quote above is spot on, he was a rainmaker and very pro sports. Hopefully, we continue his legacy or replace him with someone similar.

This is probably good news for the NCAA overall, especially if he continue to be able to fundraise.

[jryoung]

Oh and I'm pretty stoked about this, the Thursday night atmosphere can be awesome. Corporate and I (wives too) are headed up for the game, hopefully the stage will be set for an epic finish to Jake's roller coaster career at Husky Stadium.

The University of Washington will host UCLA in a nationally-televised ESPN Thursday night contest on November 18, 2010 in Husky Stadium, UW and ESPN officials announced at a press conference today.

"This Thursday night game is a great opportunity for our football program and our community," said Steve Sarkisian, UW's second-year head football coach. "We've always said that Husky Stadium provides one of the best home field advantages in college football and our players and coaches are really looking forward to feeling the electricity on such a special night. It will be the final home game for our seniors and what a great way for them to be honored. We certainly appreciate ESPN and the Pac-10 for selecting Washington for this game and we will do our best to make it exciting."

[eeven73]

It is scientific fact Oregon Cheerleaders 2x as hot as Texas Cheerleaders

http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=77934d6c-2264-428a-8396-dc862605ec65

I am fairly certain this study was "Peer-Reviewed"

[jt09]

eeven73,

[Chad H]

[Wakebrad]

This may be a bit premature

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=5143606

25. Texas A&M Aggies It might be a leap of faith, but the Aggies could be one of the country's most improved teams this coming season. The offense will again be very explosive with quarterback Jerrod Johnson and running backs Christine Michael and Cyrus Gray coming back. Nine starters return on defense, including end Von Miller, who led the country in sacks with 17 last season. New defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter installed an aggressive 3-4 scheme during the spring as he tries to improve a defense that surrendered too many big plays last season. Improving A&M's special teams also was a priority during the spring.

[jt09]

Chad H, if by "post season" you mean a bowl no one cares about, i agree. if you mean a bcs bowl, i think you are freaking high.

[JV]

Wakebrad, that's more depressing than anything. With all the turnover on the good teams this year, Texas A&M has a returning senior QB, elite RB's, a deep WR corp, finally some OL help, and potentially the best defense we've had this millenium (not that that's saying much), and we're still no better than some random journalists fringe top 25 pick. Everything is set up for a decent year (how's that for optimism ); if we don't end the year ranked, the future could be bleak. I still don't trust Johnson for a damn as a consistent QB, so we'll see.

[Wakebrad]

JV, yeah, we do have a lot of reasons to be excited about next season. But I think we have enough trouble areas to question it also. Until it's proven on the field everyone is going to be skeptical. Generally teams in their first year of a new defense aren't polished. And when you're in the Big XII south you're going to get blown up.

We start off 3-0 with a win against what should be a pathetic OSU team and we'll start getting a lot of attention coming into the Arkansas game. That game is going to be as difficult as the OU or tu game and will determine the ceiling for our season.

[wakeboarderdave1]

Chad H, you think they will be ahead of Bama or Florida at the end of the season?

[Porterwake]

I wouldn't worry about South Carolina, they'll fall out before long.

I do like Boise State running the table this year and possibly getting into the BCS championship game. They have the chops no doubt.

Other than that, the other big BCS contenders include:
Alabama: Ingram and a solid D
Texas: Some ? marks on the offensive side.
Ohio State: Will have to convince people they will not flop, Pryor is good, but will the players around him respond?

I will go out on a limb and say Boise State is the most complete team in the nation. If they get past Virginia Tech and Oregon State, they will trample through their conference play.

[Corporate]

[LFADAM]

Corporate, Unless two other teams with a crazy hard schedule go undefeated, I think if Boise beats us (VT) and oregon state thatll be more than enough to get them in, especially with what they did last year (and in their bowl). That got them started with that high pre season ranking. And beating VT and OreSU would be two HUGE wins, not just solid wins. I have a funny feeling BSU could beat us in the first game of the season and go on undefeated to win the national championship...exactly like Alabama did last year.

The VT/BSU game is so huge. For us, it could make our season and give us a shot at the NC, for BSU its a must win. They are tired of going undefeated and not getting into the NC, and they wont get in without going undefeated.

[Porterwake]

I agree there should be a playoff and I agree Boise State wouldn't have as great of a chance if they played in let's say the Pac-10. But where they are, they are going to make the best of it. They have one of the best coaches in the NCAA who has built a solid program. I'd say if they go undefeated, why not give them a shot?

So here is the situation I think. If two of the big four conferences go undefeated, they play the national championship. I'm sorry, but at this point I consider the ACC and Big East as inferior to the B12, B10, P10 and SEC. I would actually say the Mountain West is superior to the ACC and Big East.

But if Boise goes undefeated and there are not two other big time programs undefeated, game on for the Broncos.

Anyway, I would go with a 16 team playoff. 11 conference bids, 5 at large bids. Why not? Oh yeah, NCAA football is a sell-out.

[LFADAM]

Just going to point out the ACC has 5 teams in the ESPN preseason top 25 poll.


carry on...

[Chad H]

jt09,
I think its ridiculous playing the guessing game this early, but the way things can go in the sec during the season, we could have a shot at a BCS game. I'm not saying it is going to happen, but it could. We have some good players coming through right now. And I'm an door knob who always has hope for his team

[goofyboy]