College Football Bragging Rights Thread

[loseyourname]

What a giant mess ! LYN, have you ever been this wrong before ? Who'da thunk ??! LSU losing is one thing, but Va Tech (not to say anything about Fresno's continued woes) !

I don't know what happened to Fresno State. This really looked like the year they'd turned the corner, finally beating Boise and nearly beating SC and Oregon. I wasn't actually that surprised by Virginia Tech losing. FSU's losing streak coincided with them losing a lot of their offensive line for a few games and Weatherford getting pressured out of his mind. When their offense is intact, it isn't nearly that bad, and when they're not turning the ball over, their defense is elite.

Georgia winning wasn't really all that surprising, either, although I didn't expect them to win that easily. LSU has been winning close and ugly all year, often because the other team just chokes (Auburn not being able to hit a field goal, ASU having two consecutive blocked kicks returned for touchdowns). Georgia doesn't have quite the overall talent, but they execute much better, especially on the offensive side. LSU's receivers drop a ton of passes.

I actually did say that I thought Georgia could easily beat LSU (but I made my bowl predictions based on who was currently leading), but there was no way I would have called the FSU win, even if I knew they were better than they had looked the last couple weeks. I honestly thought Va Tech was an elite team that simply hiccuped against Miami. Heck, I thought they'd go undefeated and eventually jump Texas on the virtue of a better schedule. So much for that one!

On the plus side, Ohio State will get an automatic BCS bid now, as they'll move up to #4 in the rankings. They were #6, but they'll undoubtedly jump both Va Tech and LSU. On the minus side, a 4-loss FSU trumps last year's 3-loss Pittsburgh debacle. FSU will likely draw Penn State in the Orange Bowl, which should be one hell of a defensive battle.

 

[Moonbear]

Insight Bowl: Arizona State v. South Florida

That'll be Arizona State vs. Rutgers! RU had really turned around their team (it also has helped that most of the Big East teams that were way out of their league when they joined have moved out of the Big East conference). It's been 27 years since RU was last in a bowl game.

 

[russ_watters]

Go Navy, beat Army!

And VaTech - screwing Penn State. Now they get a big-name bowl and a no-win situation: Beat FSU and ehh, they lost to East Cupcake anyway. Lose, and they drop out of the top 10. Darn them to heck.

 

[Gokul43201]

Go Navy, beat Army!

Finally Russ can cheer. The Navy runing backs, led by Ballard, easily took the game away.

And - pardon the OT, but - what about them Bengals, eh ?

 

[Gokul43201]

For Ohio State, it's all about the Tostitos again ! We've been to the Fiesta bowl twice in 3 years and won both. Let's see what the Irish can do this time...

The official Bowl Schedule :

Tostitos Fiesta
Notre Dame (9-2) vs. Ohio State (9-2)
Tempe, Ariz. Jan. 2
4:30 p.m. ABC

Nokia Sugar
West Virginia (10-1) vs. Georgia (10-2)
Atlanta Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ABC

FedEx Orange
Penn State (10-1) vs. Florida State (8-4)
Miami, Fla. Jan. 3
8 p.m. ABC

The Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi
USC (12-0) vs. Texas (12-0)

 

[SpaceTiger]

Not such a great game...

Yeah, the two winningest coaches of all time went head-to-head. Yeah, triple overtime. Yeah, my heart skipped several beats. Fine. Very exciting.

But come on. 19 total penalties? Four missed field goals and one missed extra point? Something like five players down on each team, with one NFL hopeful (Posluszny) possibly seriously injured? The coaches did an excellent job with play-calling, but that was some ugly football. Let's hope the Rose Bowl doesn't play itself out like that.

 

[Pengwuino]

But come on. 19 total penalties?

Fresno State seems to do that on a regular basis

 

[SpaceTiger]

Fresno State seems to do that on a regular basis

Seriously? Only 8 were ours and it was still a season high.

 

[Pengwuino]

Pfff, 8 is probably a season low for us

 

[SpaceTiger]

Pfff, 8 is probably a season low for us

It looks to be around your http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=278".

I just checked out FSU, though, 11 penalties doesn't seem to be so unusual for them...

 

[BobG]

How many people picking Texas to win tonight?

USC may have one of the greatest three year dynasties going, but I'm kind of surprised by the talk of this year's team being one of the greatest of all time. Texas has been more dominant over the course of the year and would probably be the favorite if not for USC's 2003 & 2004 seasons.

As for dynasties, I'd still put Osborne's 93-97 teams above USC. Spanning five years, it took more than just one group of great athletes to reach 3 National Championships and 4 championship games in five years.

 

[Theelectricchild]

Way to go Texas... I remember the one point where they put up yardage comparisons:

USC-190
Vince Young-159

that's right kids, not USC vs. UT just shows that he deserved the trophy more than Bush. Stupid USC...

Alright on to the 2006 Draft.

A sure-fire bet that Reggie Bush will be the #1 pick, because let's face it, Leinhardt shouldn't have returned for his Senior year at USC because he DEFINETELY woulda been picked in the 2005 Draft as the first choice... now he is probably going to have to play for the New Orleans Saints because they get the 2nd pick and are in desperate need of a QB. Then followed by Vince Young I bet at #3... but he said he's returning for senior year so he's prolly going to be in the 07 draft--- well CRAP! (At least the titans won't get him!).