Sweet mother pancakes. LSU and Cal both drop off.
If you aren't convinced that a playoff system is sorely needed in college football yet, something is deeply wrong with you. Let the BCS keep their if-this-were-a-"real"-business-it'd-be-an-illegal-cartel bowl system, just don't use it to determine the national champion. Let the national champion determine the national champion. NCAA 1a football is the only sport in college that doesn't do it. Play out the bowls, take the top 8 teams, and have yourself a few more ball games.
USF throttled, and I mean, throttled UCF yesterday. We've said it all year long around these parts, stop Kevin Smith and you've stopped the 1 dimensional knights. After the 64-12 whooping, someone asked me what I feel about the series -- I feel the exact same way I felt the other day. I'll take my medicine year in and year out, I thoroughly believe that its a good thing for "Orlampa." Heck, look at the UF/FSU series -- Florida dominates it 30-19. Most of FSU's wins probably come in the last 10-15 games. It takes awhile.
And I'll go ahead and attack this now. USF fan's are rightfully upset with so many people questioning their top 5 ranking. Let me explain why people are having trouble with it though.. USF is filled with 2 and 3 star talent. A few four stars, and a five star in Alabama-drop-out Mike Ford. Teams like LSU? All four and five stars. I'm not sure there is a legit blue chip anywhere on the sidelines for USF. A team like Oklahoma is bigger, stronger and maybe faster than USF. At least, on paper. The argument is either Leavitt is just that awesome, the Big East is just that lame, or the stars are just aligning perfectly for the Bulls. Or PCP. I mean.. It worked in Miami. Also, you can't under estimate Matt "Don't Poke Me, Bro" Grothe... Who knows though, and with the way this season is going... anything seems possible.
Ohio State is on a roll. Looking at the Big10, I don't see anything in their way. Then again, every time I try to predict who will run the table, they lose. Sooo.. Whatever. This season is getting ridiculous. Go bucks?
Anyone else watch the Hawaii shootout friday night? I'm not sure beating San Jose in overtime qualifies someone for a Top 20 ranking, but man.. that kid can throw.
Louisville drops Cincy. The Cincy vs. USF game should be an interesting one.
Auburn beats Arkansas 9-7. Nine to Seven. 3+0+0+6 = 9, 0+0+0+7 = 7. I'm bored just typing it.
East Carolina beat UTEP to screw UCF out of any CUSA consolation prize. Meanwhile, Marshall's working on a perfect losing season. We are... Horrible. Middle Tennessee, a powerhouse in the south, demolished Memphis. Man, CUSA football sure is impressive... :\
Oh my god! Stanford lost!!! .....Wait.


Comments...
(Page 1)1. Can we all agree to wipe the UCF/USF game from our collective memory? I'm wondering how much longer O'Leary has around these parts, but it's obviously not 100% his fault. Too many good, tradition-bound schools in Florida to make recruiting an easy task for anyone who takes on the UCF job.
Ohio State will be number 1, but do they have any quality wins? Washington? Does that even count at this point? I mean, I'm from Ohio and OSU is honestly my favorite team, but even I am not yet convinced they have what it takes to go all the way in this insanity season.
11:59AM on Oct 14th 2007 by Justin Delabar
2. Justin,
I'm with you 100%. At the start of the season, my thought was that OSU would finish a nice comfortable #7. Then Michigan lost and all hell broke lose throughout college football.
Regarding O'leary, we have no choice but to give him a few more years with that buyout of his. At the start of the season, I wanted us to be bowl eligible. I still hold that as his benchmark for the year. With games against Marshall, SMU and UAB left on the schedule, it's safe to say we'll get there. Those three programs are all in ESPN's bottom ten rankings currently.
That'd put us at 6 wins. UTEP and Tulsa are winnable, but difficult games. Split the difference, and we're at 7-4 on the year and heading to I donno, the tire bowl or something. It'd be an improvement though.
6:01PM on Oct 14th 2007 by Alex Rudloff