And the College Football season begins!!!

[Dimwhit]

those double A teams cirlcle those games though, beat ing a 1A team is huge for any of them

Boise's coach, Dan Hawkins, said in an interview quite a while back that the Portland State game was the one he feared most this season (more so that even Georgia). He called it a land mine game. He's a smart guy. And he's right. Those AA teams are dangerous because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Stanford learned that the hard way.

 

[drothgery]

Rundown of remaining unbeatens

ACC (only one unbeaten possible at the end of the season)

Florida State
Biggest obstacles left: at Florida, potential ACC title game vs. Virginia Tech or Miami
Comments: Despite the hype around Virginia Tech, FSU probably has the best chance of going unbeaten in the ACC; only one tough game left before the ACC title game.

Virginia Tech
Biggest obstacles left: BC, Miami, potential ACC title game vs. Florida State
Comments: BC and Miami have caused problems for VT before, and no one should overlook FSU in the ACC title game

Big 12 (only one unbeaten possible at the end of the season)

Texas
Biggest obstacles left: Texas Tech, potential Big 12 title game vs. Colorado
Comments: Should go undefeated, but has a history of losing to lesser teams, and upsets are the norm in Big 12 title game

Texas Tech
Biggest obstacles left: Texas, potential Big 12 title game vs. Colorado
Comments: Probably can't get past Texas

Big 10 (only one unbeaten possible at the end of the season)

Penn State
Biggest obstacles left: at Michigan, Wisconsin, at Michigan State
Comments: Michigan State's probably who PSU should be most worried about; a good passing game can hurt PSU, as Northwestern proved.

Pac 10 (only one unbeaten possible at the end of the season)

USC
Biggest obstacles left: at Notre Dame, at Cal, UCLA
Comments: I'd figure anyone except USC would lose one of these.

UCLA
Biggest obstacles left: Arizona State, at USC
Comments: UCLA's a lot better, but they're going to lose both of these.

SEC (only one unbeaten possible at the end of the season)

Georgia
Biggest obstacles left: Florida, Auburn, SEC title game vs. Alabama, LSU, or Auburn
Comments: I still don't think they're good enough to run the table in the SEC.

Alabama
Biggest obstacles left: Tennessee, LSU, Aubun, SEC title game vs. Georgia or Florida
Comments: Heck, I don't think anyone in the SEC is good enough to run the table in the SEC.

My expectation: FSU and USC are the teams left standing at the end of the year. Texas will find a way to lose a game (they always do); PSU's won three games they shouldn't have already, and karmic balance will catch up to them; and the SEC's too deep (and lacks a signle dominant team) for either Alabama or Georgia to escape unscathed.

 

[The Shaman]

But it isn't going to matter, Penn State I am declaring as the best team in the nation

O - H - oh-oh...

Sorry, dude...

 

[Crothian]

They beat Thee Ohio State University. They have a great coach and players and fans that want it. The Big Ten has no dominate team this year, just a lot of good ones.

 

[Dungannon]

So, can we now rename the Michigan-Ohio State game the "Irrelevant Bowl"?

 

[drothgery]

So, can we now rename the Michigan-Ohio State game the "Irrelevant Bowl"?

Not yet. Suppose Penn State loses to Michigan and Michigan State (quite possible), Wisconsin loses another Big 10 game, and both Michigan and Ohio State win all their remaining games until the last one. Michigan-Ohio State is for a share of the Big 10 title and probably a BCS spot.

 

[Crothian]

So, can we now rename the Michigan-Ohio State game the "Irrelevant Bowl"?

Never, the game is so important that the schools records are not that much of a big deal. And you actually know its not a bowl game right?

 

[fett527]

So, can we now rename the Michigan-Ohio State game the "Irrelevant Bowl"?

Sorry. Doesn't work that way. It is and always has been The Game. Bigger than Texas, bigger than Penn State. There are 3 seasons for OSU and M. Non-conference, BIG 10 and each other.

 

[Dungannon]

I meant irrelevant to those of us who aren't Michigan or Ohio State fans.

And I'd also like to point out that Washington didn't lose this weekend!!!

Okay, okay, so they didn't play, but it's the thought that counts...

 

[Crothian]

I meant irrelevant to those of us who aren't Michigan or Ohio State fans.

I don't see why it would if you are a college football fan. Rivalry games are one of the great thinks about college football. Let us tale Washhington verse Washington State. I don't really care about either tean but I will watch them play each other becasue it is a rilvary game and those games are usually really good. They might not be playing for something like a championship, but both teams are playing for pride and that is true in all rilvary games.