2007-08 College Football

[Bullitt]

BCS Coordinator considers playoff system. "If the Rose Bowl wants to do this, we'll make it work."

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;...vrYF?slug=ap-bcscoordinator&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[Bullitt]

AP Final Rankings
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. USC
4. Missouri
5. Ohio State
6. WVU
7. Kansas
8. Oklahoma
9. VT
10. BC

USA Today placed USC #2 and Ohio State #4. WVU really shot themselves in the foot with that loss to Dave Wannstedt. All in all, I think the final rankings are in line. GGal, all's well that end's well.

 

[GGal]

24-10 at Halftime, Tigers!

 

[GGal]

Split Title????

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/SPORTS0202/801040330

 

[Bullitt]

SEC posts the best bowl record so far followed by Pac 10 and Big 12.
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=757645

 

[GGal]

Well I hope you are right. We wouldn't want Richt to have to hire a hit man.
Which could happen if they somehow saw fit to leave GA at # 4.

GGAL

 

[Bullitt]

It's possible. They needed to blow out Hawaii to move up in position and they did 41-10.

 

[GGal]

I'm looking forward to seeing the end of the year AP polls. USC #3, or maybe it could be WV. I had a feeling WV would give OU a run, but not the 48-28 beating they dished out. I was about as surprised with that one as I was when I Pitt beat WV in the final week. I love bowl season.

So you think GA will be # 2

GGAL

 

[Bullitt]

I'm looking forward to seeing the end of the year AP polls. USC #3, or maybe it could be WV. I had a feeling WV would give OU a run, but not the 48-28 beating they dished out. I was about as surprised with that one as I was when I Pitt beat WV in the final week. I love bowl season.

 

[GGal]

I have to ask:

How 'Bout Them DAWGS????

 

[tmc1045]

I vote for a post season playoff system. In my opinion, there are too many problems/issues with the BCS.

 

[Bullitt]

And Christmas... No more Blue/Gray game.

 

[Minnow]

Anybody else miss the fact that New Year's used to be more ... what's the word I'm searching for.... MEANINGFUL to College Football?

 

[Idaho Dave]

First Try at a picture, I guess it says all I have to say to you that can't stand the fans.

 

[GGal]

Wuff, Wuff......6'3" and 229 pounds of handsome Double T, and I don't mean Tiny Tim.....

GGAL

 

[Bullitt]

Tebow has already won 2 awards. Premier QB and Player of the Year. This link shows the winners so far. Not too many surprises.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=747034

Did you know that of the past 50 Heisman winners, only 4 have gone on to be an NFL MVP?

Those 4 are: OJ Simpson, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, and Marcus Allen. Great trivia question for your friends come saturday.

 

[Minnow]

My rods and cones are gonna be screwed up after this bowl season...

GT gets to play on that blue field in Idaho again -- thanks Chan Gailey.

HMMMM... the food network is so popular now maybe they will sponsor a bowl ... with full coverage of all the tailgating recipes. Had a great shrimp skewer once out of the back of someone's van at the Georgia/Florida Cocktail Party (don't ask what a Jacket fan was doing there, please) and I wish I could duplicate that recipe and that blend of meats (hope it wasn't possum).

 

[Bullitt]

Good analysis on what the bowls would've been. I just noticed today that the Insight Bowl, which is Indiana vs. Oklahoma State, is being broadcast on the NFL Network New Year's Eve. Won't be able to watch that one, our local cable operator dropped it a few months ago. At least I'll get to watch Auburn vs. Clemson instead.

Can I trade Food Network, Lifetime Channel and Oxygen Network for the NFL Network?

 

[Minnow]

Minnow, I went with Tebow. As of my vote there was something like 35% for Tebow with second place being McFadden at around 30%. I'll never forget when Defensive Back Charles Woodson won the Heisman in 1996 over Marshall's Randy Moss and Tennesee's Peyton Manning. One of the biggest misjustices in ever in College Football. How incredible is it that Colt Brennan isn't even a candidate in a fan voting site?

I agree with you on '96 as well. Woodson was a tremendous college player but ... the Heisman???? His whole year was dedicated to a campaign (think Desmond Howard strangely enough from UM as well) rather than on the field performance (although he wasn't too shabby on either side of the ball). I forgot about Moss but Moss's school was too small (cuz he had one heck of a year ) and Manning had some Anti-Peyton campaigning going on. I would hate to ever take a vol side of an argument cuz I can't stand their fans but Peyton had a Heisman year that year and got jipped.

Brennan will get invited to New York hopefully if nothing more than as a reward for his stellar career played largely in obscurity. If he isn't in the top five then something is definitely wrong with the system.

Food for thought today in college football: If we were still under the bowl system, Ohio State would be playing in the Rose, LSU would be playing in the Sugar, and Oklahoma would be playing in the Orange. But, LSU would probably be playing Missouri or VT (Again) and Oklahoma would probably be playing UGA. Much better bowl games than we have on tap now. We would still be arguing about who's #1. Ain't progress great? Gimme a playoff system that involves the bowls.

 

[weatherweenie]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-12-04-coaches-pay_N.htm

Four coaches — Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, Alabama's Nick Saban, Florida's Urban Meyer and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz — already have cracked the $3 million mark, leading a spiral that shows no sign of slowing. This year, for the first time, the average earnings of the 120 major-college football coaches hit $1 million, a USA TODAY analysis finds. That's not counting the benefits, perks and myriad bonuses in their contracts.