College Football 2006

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-10-31 02:41am

There isn't any chance of a Michigan-Ohio State rematch for the national championship; that's not how the BCS works. Losses at the end of the season weigh heavier to the BCS than losses in September. The loser will probably drop four or five spots below other one loss teams.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2006-10-31 10:21am

Oklahoma lost the Big 12 Title game in their very last game before heading to the National Title game and getting killed by USC. The system has been tweaked slightly but it could happen, especially if the game is close. Michigan may not drop so far in the rankings if they lose to Ohio State, and if OHio State loses to Michigan I don't see them dropping further than #2, which would set the stage for a potential rematch. You just know TV execs and bowl organizers and fans are furiously masturbating over that possibility.

I want to see Georgia and Miami play each other in a bowl, so that either Joe (I know he's busy, but its not the same without him yelling GO DAWGS) or Galvatron (tee-hee, Miami Hurrylames) will return to the thread at least for a post.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2006-10-31 04:07pm

I'll post anyway. I've been Cokerized.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-10-31 04:26pm

Wow.....if anyone is interested in following the meltdown in East Lansing, hop onto www.spartantailgate.com - it's a Michigan State forum, and those fans are going crazy about JLS. It's actually pretty funny to watch.

Wisconsin continues to roll along, even though they have a creampuff schedule. They could be one of the weakest 10 win teams in the country.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-11-01 11:56am

Michigan State has called a 1:30pm press conference this afternoon to discuss their coaching situation. I'm hearing a lot of rumors that John L Smith has been fired. It's not confirmed yet, but after last Saturday's pathetic showing against Indiana, I'm willing to believe that JLS has been canned.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-11-01 03:46pm

John is as good as gone. There are Mariucci rumors flying around like always, but I've also heard stuff about Brian Kelly out of CMU. He's already made them into a bowl team. When he coached at Grand Valley he made them the top team in their division. So he's definitely got some experience at turning programs around and being a winner in general. Not a bad pick for State if they can get him on board.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2006-11-01 04:17pm

John L. Smith is confirmed to be leaving Michigan State at the end of the season.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-11-01 06:53pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:John is as good as gone. There are Mariucci rumors flying around like always, but I've also heard stuff about Brian Kelly out of CMU. He's already made them into a bowl team. When he coached at Grand Valley he made them the top team in their division. So he's definitely got some experience at turning programs around and being a winner in general. Not a bad pick for State if they can get him on board.

I doubt MSU hires Brian Kelly. Some of those mickey mouse playcalls against BC were scary bad. After two disastrous hires, MSU needs a solid guy, and Kelly just doesn't have enough experience. A lot of people are on the Butch Davis bandwagon, and a local commentator said that he was the favorite candidate, but North Carolina has already offered him a job, from what I've heard. Hell, I've heard that Saban is in the mix, although I doubt he would leave a pro job at Miami for MSU.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-11-01 07:05pm

Yeah, I've heard Coker rumors too, which is pretty ghastly.

I don't really know anything about Pat Shurmur but his name has been in the mix a lot as well. Whoever comes in probably won't make State into a bowl team. Their lack of depth is frightening, and U-M will always get the best recruits. Their mid-season self destruction is a tradition that has been there longer than John L. I don't know what the plan is in East Lansing, but I think it's safe to say it'll be a long-term project.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-11-02 07:09pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Yeah, I've heard Coker rumors too, which is pretty ghastly.

I don't really know anything about Pat Shurmur but his name has been in the mix a lot as well. Whoever comes in probably won't make State into a bowl team. Their lack of depth is frightening, and U-M will always get the best recruits. Their mid-season self destruction is a tradition that has been there longer than John L. I don't know what the plan is in East Lansing, but I think it's safe to say it'll be a long-term project.

Coker would be a complete fiasco in East Lansing, and I suspect Shurmer would be as well. It looks like the Saban rumors are flying fast and furious, now. I never would have thought that Saban could ever return, but it looks like MSU is serious about giving him an offer. He's pretty unhappy in Miami, reportedly.

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2006-11-03 12:14am

Well, West Virginia's title hopes pretty much just went down in smoke. Turnovers kill. If Rutgers somehow manages to beat WVU and Louisville, I'll be very interested to see where they end up. If I had to take a stab at it, I'd say the new BCS standings would look like this (current):

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Florida
4. Louisville
5. Auburn
Take your pick on the rest

So let's say Florida and Louisville win out and OSU beats Michigan, and the title game ends up being OSU v. Florida. Does Louisville get left out and bitch up a storm like USC did a few years ago?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2006-11-03 12:31am

Raise your hand if you didn't see coming the complete exposure of the lack of quality of these two teams.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-11-03 08:38am

If you think there's a lack of quality, you need your eyes examined, Howedar.

And today's local paper revealed what Slaton's problem was: He'd banged his FUNNY BONE.

Both fumbles were because he had no feeling in that arm, and it took him most of the half to get feeling back.

Still... it was a good game, very close the first half. It could have been a lot better, but hey, better to lose to another Undefeated team than to the bottom of the barrel.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2006-11-03 02:17pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:I don't know what the plan is in East Lansing, but I think it's safe to say it'll be a long-term project.

It's gotta be, at this point I doubt you can save the program with a bunch of quick fixes. It'll probably be years before MSU football gets its act together. (Though it's always funny when people suggest Izzo start coaching the football team

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Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2006-11-03 02:29pm

Darth Quorthon wrote:
So let's say Florida and Louisville win out and OSU beats Michigan, and the title game ends up being OSU v. Florida. Does Louisville get left out and bitch up a storm like USC did a few years ago?

The difference between these two situations is that USC was ranked #1 in the country at the time in both polls. Louisville doesn't have that going for them.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2006-11-03 02:58pm

LadyTevar wrote:If you think there's a lack of quality, you need your eyes examined, Howedar.

The team that can't tackle beat the team that can't hold on to the ball.

This is, of course, all because of WVa's win over Georgia in the 06 Sugar Bowl. Everyone remembers WVa putting up 28 unanswered points on Georgia in the first quarter-and-a-minute.

Nobody remembers that WVa almost lost that game after Georgia decided it was time to start playing. And in retrospect, Georgia probably wasn't all that good.

Now WVa is exposed as the fifth-grade-bully who wails on first graders and I'm loving it. "Big" East my ass.

Lord MJ · Post by **Lord MJ** » 2006-11-04 04:28pm

With UGA looking so bad now, I have to worry about the usual Tech habit of not showing up for down opponents and getting whupped.

I hope it doesn't happen today at NC State..

Oh and Maryland is looking pretty good. I think we beat them again if we face them in the ACC Championships, but Clemson did not look good today at all...

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2006-11-04 06:56pm

Holy shit, the Spartans lost to Purdue, that was completely unexpected.

</sarcasm>

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2006-11-04 07:59pm

I wasn't expecting Iowa to lose to Northwestern but somehow my grandmother thought it might happen and that's what happened. It wasn't even that close from what I can tell.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-11-05 12:16am

#1 and #2 bend, don't break, en route to Armageddon.

All is well in college football.

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2006-11-05 02:20am

I'm going to be very interested to see the new BCS rankings tomorrow.

Darn, but I was hoping for some upsets today... LSU over Tennessee was only a minor one.

Over at Fox Sports, there's a poll that asks "As of Now, what team deserves to play the Ohio State/Michigan Winner in the BCS title game", and the top vote-getter at 31% is Louisville.

Until next week....

EDIT: New BCS standings are here:

1. OSU
2. Michigan
3. Louisville
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. Auburn
7. USC
8. Cal
9. Notre Dame
10. WVU

I honestly didn't expect Louisville to leapfrog Florida, and by a healthy margin too: .891 to .802. There's a ways to go, but if Louisville wins out, they just might find themselves playing on January 8th.

Also, get well soon, Joe Paterno.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2006-11-05 09:54pm

WooHoo Terps move into the top 25 while removing Clemson from the same, ahh sometimes life is excellent. Still I think the win should count as 2 (1 against Clemson and 1 against the refs) but I don't suspect it will happen.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-11-06 11:28am

Tsyroc wrote:I wasn't expecting Iowa to lose to Northwestern but somehow my grandmother thought it might happen and that's what happened. It wasn't even that close from what I can tell.

Nope. Iowa came out flat and got smoked. N'Western managed to keep their claws in Iowa's throat unlike their debacle against MSU a few weeks ago. If it were'nt for that meltdown, MSU would be facing it's first winless Big Ten campaign since it joined the Big Ten in the 50's.

Did anybody watch the PSU-Wisconsin game? Say what you will about Wisconsin's schedule, they just take care of business when they need to. Solid, well coached team.

JoPa is one tough dude - I can't think of too many eighty year olds who would take a shot to the knee like he did and try to walk it off.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2006-11-07 05:54am

The other shocking outcome on my NCAA football radar was Arziona defeating Washington State. I have no idea where Arizona pulled that one from but it's probably the same place they pulled last year's ass whoopin' of UCLA.

I do believe they play Cal next so I'm just hoping they take a respectable shelacking instead of a major league beating. If they do better than that then great.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2006-11-07 09:45am

Well, Bama is officially stinking it up this year with two looming losses at both LSU and Auburn. Oddly enough, they'll still be bowl-eligible but they should turn one down in principle IMO.

On the other hand my alma mater, North Alabama, is 9-0 and seemingly headed for their fourth Division II national championship. They've got one more season game at UWA, and then to the playoffs. GVSU and NWMSU both look awfully good, and UNA has had some close scrapes this season, but we'll see.

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