2010 College Football

[Nebu]

Let's also send some love to LMU.  Not many defensive coordinators have the stones to use a 3-3-5 defense.  It really messed with Arkansas for 3 quarters. 

[Ingmar]

I prefer the coaches' poll. 

1   Alabama (55)   2-0   1470
2   Ohio State (4)   2-0   1410
3   Boise State   1-0   1278
4   Texas   2-0   1262
5   TCU   2-0   1168
6   Oregon   2-0   1122
7   Florida   2-0   1108
8   Nebraska   2-0   1095
9   Oklahoma   2-0   1062
10   Iowa   2-0   1050
11   Wisconsin   2-0   889
12   LSU   2-0   740
13   Arkansas   2-0   738
14   Utah   2-0   625
15   Auburn   2-0   618
16   South Carolina   2-0   527
17   Miami (FL)   1-1   417
18   Arizona   2-0   410
19   Stanford   2-0   338
20   Penn State   1-1   296
21   West Virginia   2-0   264
22   Michigan   2-0   254
23   Houston   2-0   220
24   California   2-0   131
25   Missouri   2-0   82

[Rasix]

 

This isn't good.  Lower the goddamn expectations, we can't take being ranked.

[SnakeCharmer]

Let's also send some love to LMU.  Not many defensive coordinators have the stones to use a 3-3-5 defense.  It really messed with Arkansas for 3 quarters. 

That's a good defense for the spread, or any offense that likes to throw the ball in 3 or 4 WR sets with a decent threat to run it.  It's especially good if you have a free safety / Will LB hybrid that can shadow the RB or the QB (if he has the wheels to take off).

[Paelos]

3-5 in the picks so far. Florida State and Miami cost me last week by being totally shitty. I won't make that mistake again. Only a few games jump out at me this week, because there aren't a lot of big ones. I'll keep this short and simple:

Nebraska @ Washington, -3.5 Nebraska : PICK - Nebraska. I'm backing solid defense over good offense in this match.
Texas @ Texas Tech, -3.5 Texas: PICK - Texas. I have to believe Texas remembers and wants revenage for the 2008 meeting that cost them a title shot.
Utah @ New Mexico, -23.5 Utah: PICK - Utah. New Mexico is 0-2 ATS and given up 124 points in two games. Gotta go with the fav here.

[ghost]

That number for Nebraska-Washington looks low.  I expect Nebraska to destroy UW. 

[WayAbvPar]

UW has a chance with their offense and homefield advantage, but a comfortable Nebraska win is definitely the most likely outcome. I am gonna guess 37-21.

[Abagadro]

Only thing to worry about on the Utah line is that we are already starting our 2nd string in a few key places because of injury and will likely have in 3rd stringers by the second half so they might give up some garbage scores.

[Ingmar]

This road game at Nevada on Friday night is extremely lose-able.

 

[Hoax]

This road game at Nevada on Friday night is extremely lose-able.

 

I saw this and figured Cal blew them out. Just watched the recap, I am sad now.

[Abagadro]

Gives me hope for them beating up BYU next week.

[SnakeCharmer]

It's upset weekend...

5 picks for the day:
Texas Tech beats Texas
Arizona beats Iowa
Georgia beats Arkansas
Miss State beats LSU
Nebraska beats Washington

[ghost]

It's upset weekend...

Nebraska beats Washington

This can't possibly be an upset. 

[Triforcer]

OSU is blowing out OU, BUT

(1)  99 yard kickoff return by OU (that was called back for block in the back),

(2) OU blocked a punt.

They've given up a punt TD, kickoff TD, and blocked FG TD already in the first two games. 


When OSU actually plays someone good (that doesn't throw four INTS per game) they are going to be majorly boned if they don't fix this shit.

[ghost]

On the other hand, Michigan is looking pretty weak against UMass.

[Abagadro]

This is quite a collapse by Arkansas going on right now.

EDIT: Wow, what a turnaround. Great game.

[SnakeCharmer]

And a great big fuck you, Georgia, for blowing it in the last 30 seconds of the game...

[ghost]

Ingram with 150 plus yards on 8 carries........

Edit:  And Nebraska is beating the shit out of Washington.   

[Paelos]

And a great big fuck you, Georgia, for blowing it in the last 30 seconds of the game...

I hate our team.

[SnakeCharmer]

Clemson / Auburn game was one of the hardest hitting games I've seen in a looong time. 

[Paelos]

Clemson / Auburn game was one of the hardest hitting games I've seen in a looong time. 

It felt cheap that it came down to a shanked kick after a made kick that was called back by a stupid penalty. Not to mention the blown wide-open receiver on 3rd down. Clemson really had a complete meltdown to lose.

[Abagadro]

Holy crap does Dantonio have giant brass balls.

[Paelos]

Holy crap does Dantonio have giant brass balls.

AHAHAHA! That was the best up-yours call he could have made against ND.

[Nevermore]

Clemson really had a complete meltdown to lose.

That was a really tough loss for Arizona State, too.  Missed out on a TD to end the first half by inches and then had that extra point near the end blocked.

[ghost]

This is goddamn funny.


The Quotable Les Miles

Edit:  A little savory snippet for you-  "I couldn't be happier with the style of men that took the field for LSU last Saturday. - LSUSports.net, Nov 14, 2005"

Also, any predictions on the Arkie/Bama game, Snakecharmer?  I'm going with 31-17, Alabama.

[SnakeCharmer]

I really don't know.  Honestly?  All that has to happen is for Bama's offense to have an off day, because the defense just isn't there yet.  Which is an odd thing to say about a team that has given up a total of 22 points through 3 games or some such.  The opposing defense doesn't have to be that good, the O just has to get out of kilter, and they're going to be in trouble.  This is an O that went into the tank for the better part of 3 games last year, and relied on the D and special teams play to pull their ass out of the fire.  Who is to say they won't do it again, but without that other world defense and special teams to pick up the slack?

The D spent alot of time on the field against Duke because the offense scored so damn quick.  They got tired early.  If Vlachos (center) is back full speed, I look for Bama to grind it out on the ground using three, possibly four running backs.  And that depends on how far into the doghouse Eddie Lacy is in.  They may put Jalston Fowler ahead of him because he's a huge, brusing running back.  And special teams is actually looking pretty good - coverage has been great, and the punter has a leg on him.  The jury is still out on the place kicking by committee thing they have going on.

If the offense plays the way it's capable of playing and if the defense continues to play the way they have, Bama wins - 35ish-40ish to 17ish-20ish.
If the offense has an off day and the defense plays like they have, Arkansas wins in a tight one...

[Paelos]

You'd have to play like shit to lose the game outright, honestly. Not saying that you can't or that your defense is superior to all comers, but Arkansas' D is one step shy of flat-lining. Georgia stormed back on them with a rookie QB, no running game, and no star receivers.

I'm still debating the spread atm.

[Muffled]

I love Mallett, but I'd still have to take Alabama in that game by 10 points or so.

[Paelos]

Jacory Harris needs to lock it up. He's going to set a record for interceptions at this rate. If Pitt had any kind of functioning team, they should be kicking Miami's ass.

[Paelos]

I'm now starting to believe that we will have 3 BCS conferences this year that are a complete joke.

The ACC's only top 25 team is Miami, and they look extremely suspect at the QB spot.

The Big East looks dreadful, and only has West Virginia as their "shining light"

The Pac-10 still has to prove that it can beat a down, broken, and ineligible USC team. If they don't, picking a "winner" will be a national punchline for the Rose Bowl. I'm still not sold on Oregon or Arizona, and Stanford needs to prove it's mettle against ND this weekend.

[Slayerik]

Holy crap does Dantonio have giant brass balls.

Unfortunately, it almost killed him.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100919/SPORTS07/100919016/Full-MSU-statement-on-Mark-Dantonio-heart-attack

[Paelos]

Damn, coaches shouldn't be having heart attacks at his age.

[Nevermore]

It was a heart stopping play!

 

[Nebu]

I love Mallett, but I'd still have to take Alabama in that game by 10 points or so.

I agree with you 100%.

Inconsistency of the Arkansas defense and their WR's overshadows a good performance by Mallett. 

[01101010]

I get a bad feeling Bama is going to blow Ar-Kansas right out of the water in a laffer. However, I think the LSU-WVU is going to be a close one, especially given how Les Miles likes to fuck things up.

(odd note, Les Miles is actually from my hometown. Being an LSU fan for better than a decade, I am shocked I am just finding this out.)