ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach has been assigned the task of predicting the ’08 season—during the winter of 2008, as opposed to the customary summer. First, he gave America this the morning after LSU defeated Ohio State in that fake title game.
5. USC
The Trojans played like the best team in the country in their final four games [...]
Posted in Arizona State, Arkansas, Cal, Illinois, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, Recruiting, USC, Virginia | No Comments »Apparently, Notre Dame really wants to keep their schedule as easy as possible for the next decade.* Looks like USC and Michigan till 2018, a few Catholic school battles with BC, and eight or nine guaranteed wins (Just like this past season, right?), which puts them in the middle of the BCS money grab.
Speaking of [...]
The Wizard of Odds breaks it down. The 2007 data show that either Florida and FSU were big for TV or Kentucky and Michigan fans didn’t travel.
Posted in BCS, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan | No Comments »Turns out the folks behind the Kansas City Star’s playoff bracket have done a little simulation of their own, which they call December Madness. Currently they’ve settled on the Final Four: OSU vs. OU and Va Tech vs. SC (who beat LSU to get there, by the way).
Also, they’ve predicted each of the bowl games. [...]
Here is the bottom line:
Chuck Casserly made a smart move for the Texans, who play in the Peyton Manning division; they needed a pass-rush presence and in two years he has figured it out.
The Saints made a good pick based on the fact that they had Deuce: Reggie works well in space and can catch [...]
Cue another round of “The Texans made the right choice, Reggie Bush is a bust” hype. And you know what? It’s getting harder and harder to argue with that.
Posted in North Carolina State, The Bigs, USC | No Comments »December 1, 2007 has come and gone, which means that this wild and crazy season is over. No one was great, everyone claimed to be good, and we are left with a system that is designed to give us a 1 vs. 2 game—based on the opinions of 167 people who don’t watch every game [...]
Posted in Appalachian State, BCS, Big 12, Big Eleven, Boston College, Coaches, Georgia, Hawaii, I-AA (we refuse to call it "FCS"), Kansas, LSU, Michigan, Mizzou, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pac-10, Polls, Stanford, Student Body Right, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia | 4 Comments »As always we thank Awful Announcing for this week’s listing.
Ok I am sorry to everyone for not posting in the past 12 days. After my visit to LA for the yawnfest that was the Homecoming win, I had a business trip then family in town so yeah I forgot to post about week 11. Ohio [...]
From, as always, Awful Announcing:
Tonight: The Battle of the Techs, with the lovely Erin Andrews on the sidelines. I might watch, since there’s nothing else sports-related on television, but these two teams are seriously dull.
Saturday:
Early Games: Wisconsin at Ohio State on the Big Ten Network (noon Eastern). For those of you without DirecTV enjoy not [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona State, Boston College, Coaches, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Heisman Watch, Kansas, LSU, Navy, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Va Tech, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Fanblogs brings us StubHub’s list of 2007’s Top 25 College Football Rivalries, and, wouldn’t you know it, USC shows up twice in the top five.
1 USC at Notre Dame 20-Oct $409 [...]
Posted in Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Army, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, The Other USC, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, Virginia, West Virginia | No Comments »