College Football 2007-2008

[Dimwhit]

Amazing collapse of a supposed top 5 team...

Michigan was way overrated going into this season. As was Notre Dame, as usual. The collapse, while surprising in severity, isn't too shocking.

 

[Crothian]

It's easy to say that now.

 

[Crothian]

Big Ten went 10-1, not too bad for a conference that's not too good this year. I wonder when the last time was that Michigan had the sole possession of last place in the conference.

 

[drothgery]

Big Ten went 10-1, not too bad for a conference that's not too good this year. I wonder when the last time was that Michigan had the sole possession of last place in the conference.

Just nitpickery, but no Big Ten games have been played; Michigan has the worst record in among Big Ten teams, but everyone's 0-0 in conference.

Of course, given the state of the Orange, when does basketball season start?

 

[LightPhoenix]

Of course, given the state of the Orange, when does basketball season start?

Not soon enough.

I was hoping that they would at least get one TD, or at least hold Iowa off to a couple. No such luck. It wouldn't have been so bad if they had won last week, but such is life.

The problem is, and this is an endemic college sports problem IMO, is that once a team goes through really awful patch, like SU, it's extremely difficult to build back up a team. Conversely, you get teams like USC which are almost guaranteed good players because they have good seasons. It's a viscious cycle.

For the record, I don't think that's Syracuse's problem, but it's certainly not helping.

 

[drothgery]

The problem is, and this is an endemic college sports problem IMO, is that once a team goes through really awful patch, like SU, it's extremely difficult to build back up a team. Conversely, you get teams like USC which are almost guaranteed good players because they have good seasons. It's a viscious cycle.

Err... prior to Pete Carroll's second year at USC, the Trojans were in a rather protracted patch of mediocrity where UCLA was the dominant football team in SoCal (and by the late 1990s the center of power in the Pac 10 was clearly in the Pacific Northwest). Not as bad the Greg Robinson-era Orange, but easily as bad as Pasqualoni's post-McNabb teams.

 

[Krug]

I'm just waiting for Cal (#10) to break my heart again...

 

[Ranger REG]

Well...

That was a close one for UH Warriors (vs. La Tech Bulldogs), 45-44 OT. That team gave UH quite a thrilling game down to the last overtime seconds. Still, UH should have steamrolled La Tech. Then again, this is good road game experience for them.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Err... prior to Pete Carroll's second year at USC, the Trojans were in a rather protracted patch of mediocrity where UCLA was the dominant football team in SoCal (and by the late 1990s the center of power in the Pac 10 was clearly in the Pacific Northwest). Not as bad the Greg Robinson-era Orange, but easily as bad as Pasqualoni's post-McNabb teams.

I think Carroll's tenure (which is shorter than I thought, only 2001, wow) showed that what was wrong with USC wasn't players (or recruiting), but coaching. Once they got a decent coach in there, the team took off.

 

[diaglo]

TERPS... undefeated. 2-0