2009 NCAA Football

[BJB]

Well another season of NCAA football has started.... Well it's 3 weeks in.... sorry been busy....

Some good games in the opening weeks. Was in Vegas for the USC/OSU game.... and of course Michigan beating ND Great atmosphere though around Vegas for these games!! All big school represented!!!

Biggest upset so far, as Regs reported in another thread, Washington over USC.... not bad for a school that didn't win a game last year.

Here is the top 25 as of today:

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 Florida (55) 3-0 1488
2 Texas (2) 3-0 1428
3 Alabama (3) 3-0 1390
4 Mississippi 2-0 1213
5 Penn State 3-0 1212
6 California 3-0 1169
7 LSU 3-0 1120
8 Boise State 3-0 1038
9 Miami (FL) 2-0 920
10 Oklahoma 2-1 862
11 Virginia Tech 2-1 852
12 USC 2-1 825
13 Ohio State 2-1 810
14 Cincinnati 3-0 739
15 TCU 2-0 674
16 Oklahoma State 2-1 478
17 Houston 2-0 455
18 Florida State 2-1 363
19 Brigham Young 2-1 349
20 Kansas 3-0 347
21 Georgia 2-1 318
22 North Carolina 3-0 271
23 Michigan 3-0 247
24 Washington 2-1 194 WOW!!
25 Nebraska 2-1 132

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Miami, Florida working their way up QUICKLY>

Let's go Boise State.

 

[johnnybluenose]

Looks like the Irish are in tough again this year.

Clausen has been hit and miss (That shocking incompletion at the end of the Michigan game that handed the Wolverines the drive with enough time to come from behind to win and see the Irish fall out of the top 25 )

Beat Michigan State, as they should have more easily done, now they have to go to Purdue and then host USC and U-Dub at home the two weeks after, could easily be 3-3 or 2-4, with a bit of luck may only lose 1 of those games...

I'm still not sold on Coach Weis. How are you feeling about the Irish BJB?

 

[Polska]

Miami, Florida working their way up QUICKLY>

Let's go Boise State.

nice jump huskies...

sorry but Boise State aint going no where with that schedule, or that god awful field that screws up my tv

 

[BJB]

I'm still not sold on Coach Weis. How are you feeling about the Irish BJB?

I thought this might be a decent season for them.... This is Weiss's first recruiting class and with weiss taking over the Offensive Coordinator roll as well, i thought this could be a decent year and get into a good bowl game, not a Top 5 bowl game, but top 10 atleast. But the michigan game summed it up. Bad play calling on Weiss's behalf at the end there... why wouldn't you run the ball....oh well..... Defence still ain't strong enough... Still lots of work to do..... This may be Weiss's last season as Head Coach.... The alumni are getting pissed and wanting a change.... again....

On another note.... Will Ty Willingham ever get a job again???

 

[johnnybluenose]

I thought last year was Weis' first recruiting class (Clausen's freshman year)

regardless, they seem to be able to push the ball on the ground through the middle more effectively than the sweeps and the plays they attempt to go around the tackles.

Clausen has a bomb of an arm, but his accuracy seems to really stink between 20-30 yards... He seems to air them in hard and too high.

IIRC this is the last year of his 6 year contract, so... it may be adios...

The fact that he is supposed to be a scheme genius and has ranked in the top 20 or so teams since 2006 in recruiting, and they still get these inconsistencies drives me up the wall...

The trouble is that he is the only coach they have had in a long long time that has been able to recruit really well based on his life in the NFL and his promise to develop kids. They seem to finally be leveraging that with the NBC Deal as far as recruiting kids... but that doesn't mean a damn thing if they can't get into a bowl game.

I'll say they beat a crap Purdue team narrowly in West Lafayette, lose to USC at home and beat U-Dub at home to end that part of the sched off 4-2.

After that is gets a bit easier before toughening up again at the end.
BC, then the Cougars (In Texas of all places), Navy, @ Pittsburgh, Conneticut, and @ Stanford.

They will be lucky to end up 8-4, probably more like 7-5.

 

[BJB]

ND vs Washington......

Even though I am a huge ND Fan, I felt that Washington should have won this game.... They looked really good, other than 8 tries from the one yard line and only got a field goal, but to be honest they shouldn't have got those 8 tries as i think the RB was in on the original TD as the ball crossed the line and then knee hit. Oh well. Clausen played an unreal game with 400+ in passing.... This year is shot, but if ND's defence can pickup a bit for next year, should be a top contender.

As for washington, looks like the rebuilding is starting to show....

 

[italian_stallion21]

ND vs Washington......

Even though I am a huge ND Fan, I felt that Washington should have won this game.... They looked really good, other than 8 tries from the one yard line and only got a field goal, but to be honest they shouldn't have got those 8 tries as i think the RB was in on the original TD as the ball crossed the line and then knee hit. Oh well. Clausen played an unreal game with 400+ in passing.... This year is shot, but if ND's defence can pickup a bit for next year, should be a top contender.

As for washington, looks like the rebuilding is starting to show....

I thought it was an awesome game to watch (not a fan of either team) but Washington looked the better team. But then again, when you get stopped 3 seperate series on the 1 yard line do you really deserve to win?

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Good old fashioned shootout right now...........

Boise State 15 Tulsa 14 6 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter.


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Go Broncos!

 

[Captain Shamrock]

nice jump huskies...

sorry but Boise State aint going no where with that schedule, or that god awful field that screws up my tv

They're ranked 5th at the moment but need to pump a few more touchdowns in against Tulsa to maintain that.........but it's not looking good at the moment.

Go Broncos!

 

[Regs]

What are the latest rankings?

 

[Polska]

What are the latest rankings?

2009 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 7 - ESPN

 

[BJB]

Captain's team stays Undefeated!! With a narrow 7 point victory.... What was the spread on that game??

As to the updated rankings.... ND back in the top 25??? Wow! Imagine where they be, if they beat Michigan that weeekend.... Fkcu!!!

 

[Bronco]

Imagine where they'll be when they get trounced by USC this weekend!

 

[BJB]

Imagine where they'll be when they get trounced by USC this weekend!

Bronco,

You always think negatively. Look at it this way......

Washington beat USC, ND beat Washington so.....

it's either giong to be a tie.... or a ND victory....

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Captain's team stays Undefeated!! With a narrow 7 point victory.... What was the spread on that game??

As to the updated rankings.... ND back in the top 25??? Wow! Imagine where they be, if they beat Michigan that weeekend.... Fkcu!!!

BJB, they didn't cover the spread.....it was 9.5 points.......****s. But I still like the Broncos.

 

[BJB]

BJB, they didn't cover the spread.....it was 9.5 points.......****s. But I still like the Broncos.

What are your thoughts on BRONCO??

 

[BJB]

ND vs USC........

Not sure what to think about this game..... At times it looked like USC was going to destroy the fcku out of ND, especially their first drive 3 plays - 80 yards of passing TD!! Toooo easy...... ND kept in there.... and actually played well. Offence played well, but the defence just looked weak.... ND with the chance to tie and go to OT in the last 40 sec.... but really bad play clock management by Claussen and Coaching staff... not sure why they didn't call time out when they had first and goal on the 1, with 30 or so seconds left..... They should have tied and this game should have gone to O/T.... That's 8 wins in a row for USC now.... maybe next year??

As for other news and Rankings.... A new number 1?? Wow.... Florida with a 3pt win over unranked Arkansa, see's them drop to #2 in the AP..... Captain's team still undefeated but drops to #6.....

AP Top 25

1.Alabama (39)
2.Florida (20)
3.Texas
4.USC
5.Cincinnati
6.Boise St.
7.Iowa
8.Miami (FL)
9.LSU
10.TCU
11.Georgia Tech
12.Oregon
13.Penn St.
14.Oklahoma St.
15.Virginia Tech
16.BYU
17.Houston
18.Ohio St.
19.Utah
20.Pittsburgh
21.Texas Tech
22.West Virginia
23.South Carolina
24.Kansas
25.Oklahoma

 

[BJB]

Another season over.... time for Bowls!!

Alabama vs Texas in the BCS Championship game!!

AP Top 25

1.Alabama (58)
2.Texas (2)
3.TCU
4.Cincinnati
5.Florida
6.Boise St.
7.Oregon
8.Ohio St.
9.Georgia Tech
10.Iowa
11.Penn St.
12.Virginia Tech
13.LSU
14.Miami (FL)
15.BYU
16.Oregon St.
17.Pittsburgh
18.West Virginia
19.Stanford
20.Nebraska
21.Oklahoma St.
22.Arizona
23.Utah
24.Wisconsin
25.Cent. Michigan

Captains' Boise finishes #6!!!

Weiss is gone from ND!! Who will be next coach of ND??

Come on bama!!! (Need to cheer for the Croat!!)

 

[Sir M]

Two pretty will pedigreed schools in the final. Here are a few former notable players/coaches from each school. There are several NFL Hall of Famers, and Heisman trophy winners here:

Alabama:

Don Hutson
Bart Starr
Joe Namath
John Hannah
Dwight Stephenson
Bear Bryant
Ozzie Newsome
Derrick Thomas

Texas:

Earl Campbell
Ricky Williams
Bill Bradley
Tom Landry
Tex Schramm
Bobby Layne
Vince Young

If I was to pick the best ever from each, I would say John Hannah from Alabama and Earl Campbell from Texas, who by the way was the best College back I have ever seen, Williams being not too far behind.