West Virginia looked like sh*t for 35 minutes Ohio State tried to pull a Michigan for 3 quarters OU throttled Miami Nebraska survived the trip to Winstom-Salem (only because Skinner was hurt) The Tide rolls in Nashville So far “Measuring Stick Saturday” is not that exciting, with the exception of Minnesota/Miami Ohio in a 3rd [...]
Posted in Alabama, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, The U, Vanderbilt, West Virginia | No Comments »SI predicts the conference champions (my thoughts in brackets): ACC: Virgina Tech over BC in the money-grab title game. [Agreed.] Big 12: Texas over Nebraska in the money-grab title game. [I'm thinking OU instead.] Big Eleven: Michigan. [Wisconsin.] Big East: West Virginia. [L'ville.] Pac-10: USC, (12-0) and off to the BcS title game. [Agreed, in [...]
Posted in ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Boston College, Coaches, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pac-10, SEC, Texas, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | No Comments »The ESPN Championship Series continues with the weekend of October 27th. Penn State travels to Columbus and West Virginia goes to Rutgers. While the Nittany Lions are Kirk Herbstreit’s preseason favorite, apparently they are not Lou and Mark’s; they like the Buckeyes this week. The honeymoon is over for America’s 2006 darling, as both Mark [...]
Posted in Big East, Big Eleven, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, West Virginia | No Comments »Okay, this is getting ridiculous. All 12 “experts” from ESPN pick USC to win the national title. Three experts like the Trojans over Texas, three more take SC over LSU, two pick USC over Michigan (nice rematch), two more like SC over West Virginia, and the unique picks are SC over OU and SC over Virginia [...]
Posted in LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »2007: The Year of the Running Back. That is the theme of the Sports Illustrated college football previews. Also, it’s USC and everyone else in the Top 20.
Posted in Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, USC, West Virginia | No Comments »Last year ESPN had its first mock season with a PLAYOFF, played out on the 6pm Sportscenter each night going week by week through the season. This year’s version (ESPNU Championship Series) kicked off last night, with Rece Davis, Mark May and Lou Holtz (who said, and we were shocked by this, that Notre Dame was going [...]
Posted in Florida, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, The Biz, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 1 Comment »Here is their version; here is our version: #16- Tennessee at California September 1st #18- Florida St at Clemson September 3rd #4- Virginia Tech at LSU September 8th #14- TCU at Texas September 8th #19- Miami at Oklahoma September 8th #20- Notre Dame at Penn State September 8th #8- USC at Nebraska September 15th #9- [...]
Posted in Alabama, Boise State, Cal, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Texas, The U, UCLA, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 2 Comments »In hopes of supporting the gambling habits of our readers and friends, here are the odds to win the BCS title. Selected highlights: The Favorite: USC 5/2 (Pac-10 2nd Choice: Cal 45/1) SEC Favorite: Florida 8/1 (SEC 2nd Choice: LSU 10/1 [sorry, Les]) Big-10 Favorite: Michigan 7/1 (Big-10 2nd Choice: Ohio St 20/1) ACC Favorite: [...]
Posted in ACC, BCS, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Cal, Florida, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pac-10, SEC, Texas, The U, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia | 2 Comments »The Sporting News’s Tom Dienhart is already catching flak for his ranking of the nation’s best BCS coaches. He’s got Pete Carroll ranked first, followed by Jim SweaterVest-sel and Rich Rodriguez. Urban Meyer is ranked 12th, but just imagine if the Gators had gone undefeated this past season: he might have even cracked the top [...]
Posted in Auburn, Coaches, Florida, Iowa State, Ohio State, Stanford, Texas, USC, West Virginia | No Comments »The defending champ at #3 and the UCLA chokers at #1.
Posted in Florida, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, USC, Va Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin | No Comments »