2010 NCAA Football Season
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Hey, Hey, easy there !!!!
I'm sure not ALL SEC would have an easy time with the Bucks, after all they can't beat the Wolverines ....
I just thought of something. It must really chap your ass to have to live vicariously through your arch rival when it comes to success against the SEC. Again,
Why not, several SEC teams *cough*kentucky*cough* do the same thingI just thought of something. It must really chap your ass to have to live vicariously through your arch rival when it comes to success against the SEC. Again,
Ramy knows I'm kidding with him. But the SEC does have it's vicarious fans as well. No one can pretend they don't have bottom dwellers the same as all the other conferences. The only difference is that they tend to have 4 or 5 top tier teams, whereas most conferences are lucky to have 2 or 3.Fight fight fight! Go get em, Ramy!
I would have used Vandy as the example, but I'm not sure if they still play football there (they got rid of the Athletic Department a few years ago).
Hey, Hey, easy there !!!!
I'm sure not ALL SEC would have an easy time with the Bucks, after all they can't beat the Wolverines ....
Yeah, like Kentucky.
The difference is a few games or at least 1 prior to the big game, I'm getting freaking tired of VT setting up big games at the start of the season when the team isn't ready. All other big teams schedule "Creampuffs" to start out with so I think its time to do the same. If ESPN has its way they will try to push it up and I hope to God someone stands up and says no!!
I love to start the season out with a big game. Clemson and Va Tech made me look forward to the start even more. I wish Penn State would have been our first this year.
Playing a home and home in '13 and '14 and are discussing playing in Tampa every year after that. BTW, neither, you see that word "neither", meaning both, as in Florida and Miami, you know neither, wanted to lose a home date. Especially Florida whose games are always sold out.
Don't I remember Ohio State playing Texas and USC in opening games recently? Even starting the season with a "creampuff" doesn't always pan out. Ask Michigan, who lost to Appalachian St., but ended the season beating Florida (again) in the Orange Bowl.
ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE MICHIGAN STUFF!
Just remember this Michigan.. Who has 2 championships this last decade? Who has a handful of conference titles, and some BCS bowls this decade? Not you!
Here's an article from Birmingham News writer Doug Segrest.
Sometimes numbers lie: Recruiting doesn't always pan out as expected
Doug Segrest -- The Birmingham News
Posted:10/27/2010 11:54 AM
If you're a college football recruiting junkie, you know not only the 40-yard dash time of your team's No. 1 target, but his height, weight and girlfriend's college destination.
You're not alone. Football recruiting gets rabid interest. Which leads to this annual question: What would the BCS Top 10 look like if each and every blue-chipper lived up to the hype?
We did the figuring for you, taking Rivals. com's top 50 recruiting classes for the past five seasons and averaging them out.
Some of the winners on the recruiting trail are winners on the field, but there are some major programs (Boise State, anyone?) that always come out of nowhere:
> Top 10 recruiting classes during the past five years -- 1. USC; 2. Florida; 3. Ala bama; 4. LSU; 5. Texas; 6. Georgia; 7. Okla homa; 8. Florida State; 9. Notre Dame; 10. Ohio State.
> How the current BCS Top 10 falls in the same recruiting rankings -- 1. Auburn (11th in recruiting); 2. Oregon (22nd); 3. Boise State (not ranked); 4. TCU (59th); 5. Michigan State (33rd); 6. Missouri (32nd); 7. Alabama (third); 8. Utah (tied for 52nd); 9. Oklahoma (seventh); 10. Wisconsin (42nd).
> Remember these guys? -- Three perennial recruiting heavyweights have fallen and can't get up. At least not this year.
Despite the No. 1 crop of recruiting classes, USC is no better than 5-2 going into a national game with visiting Oregon on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Florida (ranked second in re cruiting) just endured a three-game losing streak and Texas (No. 5 in recruiting) lost back-to-back home games for the first time since 1997.
> Just another reason why Mark Richt's seat stays hot -- It's not just the off-the-field carousel of problems or the four-game losing streak this year that has Georgia fans upset.
Based on recruiting alone, Georgia should be an elite team. In fact, the past four recruiting classes were all ranked in Rivals' Top 10.
> What do Kentucky and Utah have in common? -- They both spread you out on offense and they have identical recruiting class averages. Kentucky and Utah are tied for 52nd. Would Utah fare better than Ken tucky playing an SEC schedule?
> It must be the Smurf Turf -- Once again, Boise is in the BCS conversation despite not having a single recruiting class ranked in the top 50 during the past five years.
This may be the best evidence that you can't buy everything you read about recruiting. Despite the less-than-stellar classes, Boise has had eight players selected in the NFL Draft in six seasons, including a pair of first-round picks.
> Cheers, cheers for old Notre Dame -- Like Charlie Weis before him, Brian Kelly has awakened the echoes on the recruiting trails. Notre Dame ranks ninth among recruiting classes, a success that hasn't paid off in the standings for the rookie coach yet.
> How the SEC West should look based on recruiting rankings alone -- 1. Alabama (third in recruiting), 2. LSU (fourth), 3. Auburn (11th), 4. Ole Miss (18th), 5. Arkansas (29th), 6, Mississippi State (37th).
> How the SEC East should look based on recruiting rankings alone -- 1. Florida (second), 2. Georgia (sixth), 3. Tennessee (14th), 4. South Carolina (15th), 5. Kentucky (tied for 52nd), 6. Vanderbilt (not ranked).
> Conferences with the most top-10 recruiting class averages -- 1. SEC (four), 2. Big 12 (two), 3. ACC, Big Ten, Pac-10 and independents (one each).
Top 25 recruiting classes, based on average annual Rivals.com rankings:
1. USC
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. LSU
5. Texas
6. Georgia
7. Oklahoma
8. FSU
9. Notre Dame
10. Ohio State
11. Auburn
12. Michigan
13. Miami
14. Tennessee
15. South Carolina
16. UCLA
17. Clemson
18. Ole Miss
19. Penn State
20. Nebraska
21. North Carolina
22. Oregon
23. Texas A&M
24. Va. Tech
25. Cal
Doug Segrest's SEC football column appears on Wednesdays. Follow him at al.com/ sports/birmingham. Write him at dse grest@bhamnews.com
Sometimes numbers lie: Recruiting doesn't always pan out as expected
Doug Segrest -- The Birmingham News
Posted:10/27/2010 11:54 AM
If you're a college football recruiting junkie, you know not only the 40-yard dash time of your team's No. 1 target, but his height, weight and girlfriend's college destination.
You're not alone. Football recruiting gets rabid interest. Which leads to this annual question: What would the BCS Top 10 look like if each and every blue-chipper lived up to the hype?
We did the figuring for you, taking Rivals. com's top 50 recruiting classes for the past five seasons and averaging them out.
Some of the winners on the recruiting trail are winners on the field, but there are some major programs (Boise State, anyone?) that always come out of nowhere:
> Top 10 recruiting classes during the past five years -- 1. USC; 2. Florida; 3. Ala bama; 4. LSU; 5. Texas; 6. Georgia; 7. Okla homa; 8. Florida State; 9. Notre Dame; 10. Ohio State.
> How the current BCS Top 10 falls in the same recruiting rankings -- 1. Auburn (11th in recruiting); 2. Oregon (22nd); 3. Boise State (not ranked); 4. TCU (59th); 5. Michigan State (33rd); 6. Missouri (32nd); 7. Alabama (third); 8. Utah (tied for 52nd); 9. Oklahoma (seventh); 10. Wisconsin (42nd).
> Remember these guys? -- Three perennial recruiting heavyweights have fallen and can't get up. At least not this year.
Despite the No. 1 crop of recruiting classes, USC is no better than 5-2 going into a national game with visiting Oregon on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Florida (ranked second in re cruiting) just endured a three-game losing streak and Texas (No. 5 in recruiting) lost back-to-back home games for the first time since 1997.
> Just another reason why Mark Richt's seat stays hot -- It's not just the off-the-field carousel of problems or the four-game losing streak this year that has Georgia fans upset.
Based on recruiting alone, Georgia should be an elite team. In fact, the past four recruiting classes were all ranked in Rivals' Top 10.
> What do Kentucky and Utah have in common? -- They both spread you out on offense and they have identical recruiting class averages. Kentucky and Utah are tied for 52nd. Would Utah fare better than Ken tucky playing an SEC schedule?
> It must be the Smurf Turf -- Once again, Boise is in the BCS conversation despite not having a single recruiting class ranked in the top 50 during the past five years.
This may be the best evidence that you can't buy everything you read about recruiting. Despite the less-than-stellar classes, Boise has had eight players selected in the NFL Draft in six seasons, including a pair of first-round picks.
> Cheers, cheers for old Notre Dame -- Like Charlie Weis before him, Brian Kelly has awakened the echoes on the recruiting trails. Notre Dame ranks ninth among recruiting classes, a success that hasn't paid off in the standings for the rookie coach yet.
> How the SEC West should look based on recruiting rankings alone -- 1. Alabama (third in recruiting), 2. LSU (fourth), 3. Auburn (11th), 4. Ole Miss (18th), 5. Arkansas (29th), 6, Mississippi State (37th).
> How the SEC East should look based on recruiting rankings alone -- 1. Florida (second), 2. Georgia (sixth), 3. Tennessee (14th), 4. South Carolina (15th), 5. Kentucky (tied for 52nd), 6. Vanderbilt (not ranked).
> Conferences with the most top-10 recruiting class averages -- 1. SEC (four), 2. Big 12 (two), 3. ACC, Big Ten, Pac-10 and independents (one each).
Top 25 recruiting classes, based on average annual Rivals.com rankings:
1. USC
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. LSU
5. Texas
6. Georgia
7. Oklahoma
8. FSU
9. Notre Dame
10. Ohio State
11. Auburn
12. Michigan
13. Miami
14. Tennessee
15. South Carolina
16. UCLA
17. Clemson
18. Ole Miss
19. Penn State
20. Nebraska
21. North Carolina
22. Oregon
23. Texas A&M
24. Va. Tech
25. Cal
Doug Segrest's SEC football column appears on Wednesdays. Follow him at al.com/ sports/birmingham. Write him at dse grest@bhamnews.com
Must have been chilly in Miami that year, after all Big Ten teams need the cold weather to win
The thing I like about that game though, the Florida fans didn't make excuses. They admitted they lost because Michigan outplayed them, plain and simple.
Doesn't mean a damn thing if you can't keep your highly recruited QB from signing for megabucks with a pro baseball team.
Or they keep getting arrested.Doesn't mean a damn thing if you can't keep your highly recruited QB from signing for megabucks with a pro baseball team.
