And the College Football season begins!!!

[drothgery]

The Gameday guys are actually picking Penn vs ND in the Fiesta. That would be a great game.

The at-large bids are going to ND and Ohio State or Oregon. No one else is really in the mix unless USC loses a close game to UCLA (a Texas loss or a USC loss to Fresno would knock them down too far in the rankings to be considered; Ohio State and ND are by far the most attractive two-loss teams), at which point USC is in the at-large pool.

 

[The Shaman]

And just like that, the Dawgs are up by one!

 

[drothgery]

And just like that, the Dawgs are up by one!

Make that Trojans up by 5.

 

[Dimwhit]

I cannot believe how well Fresno played against USC. Just amazing.

 

[The Shaman]

I cannot believe how well Fresno played against USC. Just amazing.

This turned out to be a heckuva recruiting video for Fresno State, but I think Pat Hill's going to have an even harder time getting games against major conference opponents in the future.

One of the announcers was describing how Hill offered to fly the 'dogs to Louisiana when it turned out that LSU had a hole in its schedule - instead the Bayou Bengals scheduled Appalachia State.... After seeing this game, you can kinda understand why LSU didn't want to risk sticking its fingers in the buzzsaw.

I hope Fresno State doesn't take too big a drop in the polls - I think they should still be a top-twenty team.

 

[Dimwhit]

Looks like the coach's poll kept Fresno at 16th, which is a good thing.

Fresno is a BCS killer. I can understand why LSU didn't want to play them. Pat Hill is an awesome coach. In a weird way, I'm glad they beat Boise State this year. BSU-Fresno is going to be a great rivalry in the future, but Fresno needed to win one before it could really be considered a rivalry.

In a similar (but not as severe way) as Fresno, Boise has a hard time getting teams to come to Boise, because they're so tough at home. On the road, not so much, so they aren't nearly the threat as Fresno. But on the blue, Boise's tought to beat.

Man, Boise and Fresno sure would be fun in a newly-formed Pac-12. I can dream, can't I...?

 

[Dungannon]

That was a monster game by Bush, one that could vault him above Vince Young for the Heisman. If I were voting, Bush would be #1, Young #2 and Jerome Harrison #3.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, that probably won him the Heisman

 

[The Shaman]

Looks like the coach's poll kept Fresno at 16th, which is a good thing.

They held steady in the AP poll as well.

It's hard to justify moving team up even in a tough loss, but I certainly didn't want to see the 'dogs move backwards after playing a mostly-great game.

Fresno State has some hard hitters on both sides of the ball - if Pat Hill can recruit a bit more team speed, they'll really do some damage.

 

[fett527]

So, what's your prediction on the other at-large bid? ND and who else? Assuming VTech wins the ACC, LSU wins the SEC.

My pick is obviously the Buckeyes a 2-loss whose losses were both close games to top 5 teams.