Official College Football Thread

[THEWOOD]

I am still looking for a ticket. Nice stadium and areas for great tailgating.

Where are you staying at? If I could make a recommendation on golfing go to the Wigwam close to the stadium and all the stars go there. Wigwam is the best course in the valley.

 

 

Im not sure exactly where I am staying. My buddy who is originally from Scottsdale made the hotel reservations.

 

As for golf I think we may be playing at Desert Mountain on Sunday. A bunch of the guys that I am going out there with played golf at OSU and one of them is a member there, so hopefully thats where we will be playing on Sunday.

[THEWOOD]

Florida is 2nd in the Harris poll, they even got 1 first place vote.

 

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/news..._Dec_3_2006.pdf

[THEWOOD]

Final Standings

 

Rank TEAM Harris Votes % of 2825 USA Today / ESPN Votes % of 1550 Computer % of 100 points BCS Average

1 Ohio State 2824 0.9996 1550 1.0000 1.000 1.000

2 Florida 2670 0.9451 1470 0.9484 0.940 0.945

3 Michigan 2632 0.9317 1444 0.9316 0.940 0.934

4 LSU 2372 0.8396 1299 0.8381 0.820 0.833

5 USC 2173 0.7692 1173 0.7568 0.860 0.795

6 Louisville 2272 0.8042 1223 0.7890 0.790 0.794

7 Wisconsin 2229 0.7890 1263 0.8148 0.640 0.748

8 Boise State 1950 0.6903 1053 0.6794 0.760 0.710

9 Auburn 1725 0.6106 1000 0.6452 0.690 0.649

10 Oklahoma 1977 0.6998 1115 0.7194 0.470 0.630

11 Notre Dame 1725 0.6106 923 0.5955 0.680 0.629

12 Arkansas 1483 0.5250 798 0.5148 0.510 0.517

13 West Virginia 1485 0.5257 800 0.5161 0.480 0.507

14 Wake Forest 1366 0.4835 745 0.4806 0.330 0.431

15 Virginia Tech 1358 0.4807 781 0.5039 0.300 0.428

16 Rutgers 1083 0.3834 567 0.3658 0.480 0.410

17 Tennessee 940 0.3327 500 0.3226 0.500 0.385

18 California 736 0.2605 436 0.2813 0.540 0.361

19 Texas 952 0.3370 582 0.3755 0.150 0.287

20 BYU 838 0.2966 369 0.2381 0.090 0.208

21 Texas A&M 551 0.1950 303 0.1955 0.050 0.147

22 Oregon State 127 0.0450 72 0.0465 0.340 0.144

23 Nebraska 352 0.1246 242 0.1561 0.000 0.094

24 Boston Coll 318 0.1126 175 0.1129 0.040 0.088

25 UCLA 10 0.0035 0 0.0000 0.190 0.065

[WilliamTell]

The person who voted them for first obviously didn't want a rematch.

[Brian]

OSU will kill Florida and than the BCS and the voters will realize that they did not get the 2 best teams in the title game.

I would of accepted USC getting the shot over Michigan, but not Florida.

[Rowand44]

OSU will kill Florida and than the BCS and the voters will realize that they did not get the 2 best teams in the title game.

I would of accepted USC getting the shot over Michigan, but not Florida.

Florida is going to win that game.

[Brian]

Florida is going to win that game.

 

I'm gonna start calling you out. YOu keep getting these out on a limb gut feelings, they never happen, and nobody mentions them. I got my eye on you, sir.

 

I have a feeling SIU will win the whole NCAA tourney in April.

[whitesoxfan99]

Florida is 2nd in the Harris poll, they even got 1 first place vote.

 

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/news..._Dec_3_2006.pdf

 

That person should have their voting rights revoked.

[Rowand44]

I'm gonna start calling you out. YOu keep getting these out on a limb gut feelings, they never happen, and nobody mentions them. I got my eye on you, sir.

LOL, like what? Cause I said once in the college basketball thread that I thought Depaul was going to beat Kentucky? Ohio State turned me off a lot during their game against Michigan. Florida will win that game, just watch.

[danman31]

What's stupid about this is that the voters had Michigan ahead of Florida before the SEC title game. There is no way the win over Arkansas made the voters all of a sudden think Florida was better than Michigan, they just didn't want to see a rematch. It's as if they know Michigan is the better team, but don't want to see a rematch.

[Brian]

Does this give Illinois fans hope that Ron Zook can recruit national title type talent?

[THEWOOD]

That person should have their voting rights revoked.

 

 

Jim Walden

 

1. Florida

2. OSU

3. UM

4. Oklahoma

5. Boise St.

[Balta1701]

What's stupid about this is that the voters had Michigan ahead of Florida before the SEC title game. There is no way the win over Arkansas made the voters all of a sudden think Florida was better than Michigan, they just didn't want to see a rematch. It's as if they know Michigan is the better team, but don't want to see a rematch.

At this point though, what sane solution is there? It's a broken system and the voters are trying to put a band-aid on it by making their best decision.

 

Michigan did not win its conference championship. Florida did. Ohio State did. What happens if there is a rematch, Florida wins its bowl game, and Michigan wins the final game? Now Michigan loses the Big 10, and wins the national championship over another 1 loss team that did win its conference championship? That's freaking moronic.

[Brian]

What's stupid about this is that the voters had Michigan ahead of Florida before the SEC title game. There is no way the win over Arkansas made the voters all of a sudden think Florida was better than Michigan, they just didn't want to see a rematch. It's as if they know Michigan is the better team, but don't want to see a rematch.

 

Michigan lost to the best team in the nation by 3 points on the road, dropped one week later without playing and than got leap frogged by a team whose only loss was by 11 to Auburn.

Florida got to play for the national title because they got to play an extra game and the fact that someone voted for Florida OVER Ohio State tells me that it is BS, not BCS.

I'm not gonna argue or reflect on it, that is just my feelings. I would of accepted USC over Michigan even with the loss to Oregon State, but won't accept Florida.

[WHarris1]

Congrats LSU, Sugar Bowl champions.

[He_Gawn]

Congrats LSU, Sugar Bowl champions.

[Rowand44]

I would of accepted USC over Michigan even with the loss to Oregon State, but won't accept Florida.

Why? Florida has the number 1 strength of schedule in college football and won the best conference in football while only losing one game. I have no clue why you oppose Florida so much more than you would USC.

[WilliamTell]

I have a great idea for college football, I don't think anyone has ever mentioned it but as crazy as it might sound, I actually think a playoff format might be the best way to go. Edited December 4, 2006 by WilliamTell

[IlliniKrush]

You look at the body of work, so yes it's perfectly reasonable for Florida (or any team) to leapfrog Michigan. If this weren't possible at all, you'd have an advantage for playing your games earlier in the season and not having a championship game. This whole "how can Michigan go down if they didn't play" sentiment is stupid. Other teams have a right to play out their schedule, and then you compare resumes.

 

Michigan already played OSU, and lost. And their resume certainly isn't better than Florida's.

[danman31]

Notre Dame can thank the 2 per conference max rule for getting them in.

[IlliniKrush]

Florida is going to win that game.

You always try to call every upset ever.

 

Won't happen this time.

[Rowand44]

You always try to call every upset ever.

 

Won't happen this time.

This is going to happen. And what upsets are you talking about? I do go with a lot of upsets in my bracket every year during March Madness, but everything I call at least is usually semi close, guess everyone hates me now cause I'm making an unpopular pick.

[Felix]

I'm picking against every team thats favored. Hell, I gotta be right at least once

[Rowand44]

I'm picking against every team thats favored. Hell, I gotta be right at least once

Don't mind Krush, he's just mad at me cause I won his March Madness pool this year.

[greasywheels121]

This is going to happen. And what upsets are you talking about? I do go with a lot of upsets in my bracket every year during March Madness, but everything I call at least is usually semi close, guess everyone hates me now cause I'm making an unpopular pick.

 

Where's the Tigers playoffs thread?