And the College Football season begins!!!

[fett527]

What the heck are the people that vote in the coaches poll smoking? I know I'm biased, but to still have Tennessee, VaTech and LSU in front of OSU is absurd. I know it's early, but the Vols struggled with UAB and Tech looked horrible. Just absurd.

Oh well, when the Bucks beat Texas they'll leapfrog them all.

How many number one votes should the winner (read:Buckeyes) of the Texas/OSU game receive, assuming USC soundly defeats Arkansas?

 

[Dimwhit]

What the heck are the people that vote in the coaches poll smoking? I know I'm biased, but to still have Tennessee, VaTech and LSU in front of OSU is absurd. I know it's early, but the Vols struggled with UAB and Tech looked horrible. Just absurd.

Oh well, when the Bucks beat Texas they'll leapfrog them all.

How many number one votes should the winner (read:Buckeyes) of the Texas/OSU game receive, assuming USC soundly defeats Arkansas?

The polls are a fairly significant joke. I agree with Trev Albert--they should be no polls whatsoever until the sixth week of the season. None. Zip. Nada.

 

[fett527]

The polls are a fairly significant joke. I agree with Trev Albert--they should be no polls whatsoever until the sixth week of the season. None. Zip. Nada.

Oh I know all this and agree wholeheartedly of course. (Although I still want Trev Alberts singing the OSU fight song with his face painted like Brutus on my doorstep for my birthday)

But as long as they have them I am going to point out when I feel the voting is completely out of whack.

 

[fett527]

Trev Alberts Fired!!!!!!!

Wow, as soon as I mention my hat for Trev Alberts my brother alerts me too this:

Trev fired?
Trev bashers, your wish has come true. Trev Alberts has reportedly been fired from ESPN after not showing up on Sunday claiming he wasn't happy with his role. That's why you might have noticed Mark May going solo with Rece Davis for most of the weekend

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/

Oh how sweet!

EDIT: Confirmation here: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...06sep07,1,4036782.story?coll=cs-college-print

 

[fett527]

Obviously thinking a lot about this weekend, big game you know.

Talking with my brother through e-mail and something I thought of is that I don't think Texas knows what it's getting into by coming to The Shoe. When was the last time Texas played a game, any game, in a hostile stadium environment? Let alone a game as big as this one.

But what about Oklahoma you say? Well, they play in the Red River shootout in neutral territory. Who else is a big rival? A&M maybe, but still in Texas and there is a lot of orange in the stadium still. Texas has won 21 of their last 22 road games (I don't know if that includes the shootout, but I assume it does) but none of them has prepared them for what they will walk into on Saturday.

 

[Crothian]

Oh I know all this and agree wholeheartedly of course. (Although I still want Trev Alberts singing the OSU fight song with his face painted like Brutus on my doorstep for my birthday)

Wow......I'd have gone with some else, notible a female but hey, whatever works...

 

[fett527]

Wow......I'd have gone with some else, notible a female but hey, whatever works...

Well, now I don't have to listen to him hate on the Buckeyes anymore.

 

[nakia]

Obviously thinking a lot about this weekend, big game you know.

Talking with my brother through e-mail and something I thought of is that I don't think Texas knows what it's getting into by coming to The Shoe. When was the last time Texas played a game, any game, in a hostile stadium environment? Let alone a game as big as this one.

But what about Oklahoma you say? Well, they play in the Red River shootout in neutral territory. Who else is a big rival? A&M maybe, but still in Texas and there is a lot of orange in the stadium still. Texas has won 21 of their last 22 road games (I don't know if that includes the shootout, but I assume it does) but none of them has prepared them for what they will walk into on Saturday.

Having been to games at Kyle Field at A&M, I can say that's a pretty hostile place, especially for Texas. A&M really kicks it up a notch when in front of it's home crowd. I watched at #3 Nebraska team get stomped by the unranked Aggies. And I'm not sure that 21/22 number counts the Red River Shootout, because hasn't Texas lost to Oklahoma three times in a row?

But your point is taken. Ohio is pretty far from Texas and I'm sure the horseshoe will be rockin. I'm rooting for the Buckeyes!

 

[Crothian]

Well, now I don't have to listen to him hate on the Buckeyes anymore.

Like it matters. There is always going to be someoine hating on the Buckeyes, been that way for over a hundred years......

 

[fett527]

Having been to games at Kyle Field at A&M, I can say that's a pretty hostile place, especially for Texas. A&M really kicks it up a notch when in front of it's home crowd. I watched at #3 Nebraska team get stomped by the unranked Aggies. And I'm not sure that 21/22 number counts the Red River Shootout, because hasn't Texas lost to Oklahoma three times in a row?

But your point is taken. Ohio is pretty far from Texas and I'm sure the horseshoe will be rockin. I'm rooting for the Buckeyes!

Thanks, I was looking for someone who might have a little different perspective. You would be correct that the 21/22 stat would not include the Red River due to the roadblock Oklahoma is for the Longhorns. Brain fart on that one.