Well, this bowl season absolutely sucked.

 

I thought the Capitol One Bowl was great!

Absolutely but Todd Boeckman simply should not be the QB of a team in the NC game. He holds the ball way too long and makes awful decisions under pressure. Haven't been impressed with him at all regardless of what his numbers were.

 

Another comment after watching tonights game, in this day an age your QB absolutely has to be mobile with the speed of a lot of these defenses (unless you just have overwhelming talent surrounding him like USC with Leinart).

He played like a typical 1st year QB. Not great. They were here a year early, and I believe he is a platoon next season with Henton.

Final polls are out. AP Poll and Coaches' Poll

 

Very pleased to see Mizzou top 5 in both polls. Surprised to see Florida a few spots ahead of Michigan considering they have the same record and Michigan won head to head. Weird to see Texas finish in the top 10 after the way they played this year. Hard to argue with it though, maybe BC. I think I already put too much thought into the postseason poll. Let's get next year started.

TTU finished #22, #23, which is decent, but I expected a little higher. Still, not bad being the 2nd youngest team in college behind Temple. Next year should be a lot of fun.

 

I like Stewart Mandel's vote, :-)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writ...rankings/1.html

Edited January 8, 200818 yr by Palehosefan

I could care less where Kansas ended up, im just pumped to be ranked preseason and have most of the games be on tv next year.

 

what a cool year!!

I thought the Capitol One Bowl was great!

That was a great game.

 

 

For the most part I would agree with the majority that this bowl season was kind of watered down with all the lopsided matchups.

 

The only games I really enjoyed were the Gator Bowl, Motor City, Orange Bowl, Champs Sports, Chick Fil A, Outback.

 

Thats about it though.

 

 

I would have to imagine USC and Georgia are pretty big favorites next year to reach the NTL Championship game both teams are returning a number of players for next year, I suppose WVU if Pat White and Slaton return.

Edited January 8, 200818 yr by ChWRoCk2

Yeah, here are some of the early preseason rankings I've found. Rivals has USC #1, Georgia #2. Stewart Mandel of SI has Georgia 1, OSU 2.

Yeah, here are some of the early preseason rankings I've found. Rivals has USC #1, Georgia #2. Stewart Mandel of SI has Georgia 1, OSU 2.

OSU should be right up there regardless of all of the "beatdown" articles writers are putting on the internet for attention today. They have only 3 seniors on the roster, and one of the top classes in the country coming in next year. If some of the juniors stay, they will be right on schedule to contend in 2008 like they were supposed to, if not there are replacements waiting in the wings, I actually think fr Sabino is going to end up being better than JL, Mike Adams should take Kirk Barton's spot on the line, and Posey should bring another WR to the mix.

Edited January 8, 200818 yr by RockRaines

The first coaches poll is out today, and we're less than a month away from the first kickoff.

    Top 25 Coaches' Poll
 

    1. Southern California (45) 11-2 1,481

    2. LSU (4) 11-2 1,372

    3. Florida (9) 13-1 1,278

    4. Texas 10-3 1,231

    5. Michigan (2) 11-2 1,218

    6. West Virginia 11-2 1,205

    7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,114

    8. Oklahoma 11-3 1,026

    9. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,005

    10. Ohio State 12-1 919

    11. Louisville 12-1 836

    12. California 10-3 763

    13. Georgia 9-4 604

    14. Auburn 11-2 595

    15. Tennessee 9-4 583

    16. Rutgers 11-2 466

    17. UCLA 7-6 454

    18. Penn State 9-4 440

    19. Nebraska 9-5 388

    20. Arkansas 10-4 360

    21. Florida State 7-6 301

    22. TCU 11-2 233

    23. Boise State 13-0 222

    24. Hawaii 11-3 214

    25. Texas A&M 9-4 209
 

    Others receiving votes (with 2006) records:
 

    Boston College (10-3) 150; Georgia Tech (9-5) 150; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 91; Notre Dame (10-3) 90; 

    South Carolina (8-5) 90; Wake Forest (11-3) 71; Missouri (8-5) 58; Oregon State (10-4) 52; 

    Brigham Young (11-2) 47; Clemson (8-5) 30; Oregon (7-6) 30; South Florida (9-4) 26; 

    Texas Tech (8-5) 20; Alabama (6-7) 16; Oklahoma State (7-6) 15; Southern Mississippi (9-5) 14; 

    Iowa (6-7) 12; Kansas State (7-6) 8; Memphis (2-10) 5; Houston (10-4) 4; Arizona (6-6) 1; 

    Duke (0-12) 1; Kentucky (8-5) 1; Washington State (6-6) 1. 

Final bump for this season, check out the under and overachievers. I also liked my post in the middle about how overrated OSU was, prophetic I know.

Others receiving votes (with 2006) records:

 

Boston College (10-3) 150; Georgia Tech (9-5) 150; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 91; Notre Dame (10-3) 90;

South Carolina (8-5) 90; Wake Forest (11-3) 71; Missouri (8-5) 58; Oregon State (10-4) 52;

Brigham Young (11-2) 47; Clemson (8-5) 30; Oregon (7-6) 30; South Florida (9-4) 26;

Texas Tech (8-5) 20; Alabama (6-7) 16; Oklahoma State (7-6) 15; Southern Mississippi (9-5) 14;

Iowa (6-7) 12; Kansas State (7-6) 8; Memphis (2-10) 5; Houston (10-4) 4; Arizona (6-6) 1;

Duke (0-12) 1; Kentucky (8-5) 1; Washington State (6-6) 1.

Who the hell voted for Memphis to be in the Top 25? I'm from there, and I'm not sure the hugely "homer" beat writers would have even agreed with that.

FYI, if the Plus 1 system was in place this year, the matchups would have been as follows:

 

1. Ohio State vs. 4. Oklahoma

 

2. LSU vs. 3. VA Tech

 

USC and Georgia should all just shut the f*** up. I know they were playing well at the end of the year, but they didn't do enough to belong, even in the Plus 1 model. It's easy crowing from the outside.

Georgia should just go f*** itself.

 

Im so sick of their bulls***, they didnt even win their own conference.

 

HOW ARE YOU MORE DESERVING THAN LSU WHO WON YOUR CONFERENCE?

 

Why dont you go b**** at the SEC.

FYI, if the Plus 1 system was in place this year, the matchups would have been as follows:

 

1. Ohio State vs. 4. Oklahoma

 

2. LSU vs. 3. VA Tech

 

USC and Georgia should all just shut the f*** up. I know they were playing well at the end of the year, but they didn't do enough to belong, even in the Plus 1 model. It's easy crowing from the outside.

Correct, and I agree, because they had their chances. The one thing that SEC teams in general can 'b****' about is the fact that their conference is the best conference in the nation, pretty much year in and year out. Almost every game is a 'losable' one. And when it comes to bowl season and championships, they've really shown that they are elite.

 

I'm in favor of a final four, but they need to fix the conference championship/no conference championship issue.

I give up on the formatting. Here is a word document of the rankings.

 

rankings.doc

Edited January 9, 200818 yr by Palehosefan

FYI, if the Plus 1 system was in place this year, the matchups would have been as follows:

 

1. Ohio State vs. 4. Oklahoma

 

2. LSU vs. 3. VA Tech

 

USC and Georgia should all just shut the f*** up. I know they were playing well at the end of the year, but they didn't do enough to belong, even in the Plus 1 model. It's easy crowing from the outside.

 

I hope that if we do get a playoff they go all the way and make it at least 8 teams. Have all 6 major conference champions and use the BCS formula to pick the two at large teams.

FYI, if the Plus 1 system was in place this year, the matchups would have been as follows:

 

1. Ohio State vs. 4. Oklahoma

 

2. LSU vs. 3. VA Tech

 

USC and Georgia should all just shut the f*** up. I know they were playing well at the end of the year, but they didn't do enough to belong, even in the Plus 1 model. It's easy crowing from the outside.

 

 

???? USC had some key injuries or else they would've whooped LSU's arse in the natinol champion chip game.

???? USC had some key injuries or else they would've whooped LSU's arse in the natinol champion chip game.

 

umm, excuse me, LSU had the same damn injuries! Hell, LSU won their conference championship game with their backup QB. USC couldn't beat Stanford with their backup.

 

LSU had their best WR miss several games, their QB injured a couple of times, completely missing the SEC Championship, their All-American DT out and ineffective while playing with a bad knee from a cheap chop block, and others as well. LSU's injuries were equal to that of USC's so that crap doesn't fly.

 

Wanna whine about injuries, see Michigan! The only game they were completely healthy all year was their bowl game.

Radio in Indy is saying that Joe Tiller is resigning from Purdue, and they have a replacement ready.

umm, excuse me, LSU had the same damn injuries! Hell, LSU won their conference championship game with their backup QB. USC couldn't beat Stanford with their backup.

 

LSU had their best WR miss several games, their QB injured a couple of times, completely missing the SEC Championship, their All-American DT out and ineffective while playing with a bad knee from a cheap chop block, and others as well. LSU's injuries were equal to that of USC's so that crap doesn't fly.

 

Wanna whine about injuries, see Michigan! The only game they were completely healthy all year was their bowl game.

 

 

LOL we'll see when the men of troy roll your team next season. Mark sanchez had never had any real PT and the garbag QB's efrom LSU have.

 

USC would have rolled michigan as well

LOL we'll see when the men of troy roll your team next season. Mark sanchez had never had any real PT and the garbag QB's efrom LSU have.

 

USC would have rolled michigan as well

Ah jesus, I like the fake screen name and profile, but NY guidos cant like USC and the A's as well.

I hope that if we do get a playoff they go all the way and make it at least 8 teams. Have all 6 major conference champions and use the BCS formula to pick the two at large teams.

Thats basically what they should do, but a 4 team is good enough for the beginning. It still may have ended up OSU v LSU though.

 

One of the reasons that I like the playoff is that it gives teams at least one game to warm back up after the layoff.

Ah jesus, I like the fake screen name and profile, but NY guidos cant like USC and the A's as well.

 

 

excuse me? whats fake about it? I'm an Italian,Agrentinan from the bay area who now lives in NY with family in NY as well. Nothing is fake about me sir.

excuse me? whats fake about it? I'm an Italian,Agrentinan from the bay area who now lives in NY with family in NY as well. Nothing is fake about me sir.

 

lol excuse Rock, he just upset his team has lot 3 straight championships ;p

Iowa State reportedly will get a transfer from Florida RB Bo Williams...he was the #16 RB nationally coming out of high school. It makes for a decent backfield class for Chizik, between Williams, a 4 star who will have 3 years left, and Jeremiah Schwartz, the nation's #3 FB.

 

http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=49336

 

Iowa State reportedly will get a transfer from Florida RB Bo Williams...he was the #16 RB nationally coming out of high school. It makes for a decent backfield class for Chizik, between Williams, a 4 star who will have 3 years left, and Jeremiah Schwartz, the nation's #3 FB.

 

http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=49336

 

Youre getting a good RB right there. I guess Urban promising freshman playing time didn't come through. Well, if you're a RB not named Percy Harvin (I know he's not a true RB but still), it may never come.