2015 NCAA football discussion thread

[mccoyrj]

Jaw-ja not doing so well.

 

[meathead76]

Ole Miss lays an egg at Florida

 

[Jimbo]

Ole Miss lays an egg at Florida

This one REALLY surprised me.

 

[mccoyrj]

This one REALLY surprised me.

Not me. Early season college football rankings are based on nothing more than history. No way Ole Miss should've vaulted as high as they did after that sloppy win over Alabama, who's ranking was suspect at the time as well. Georgia, UCLA, and Notre Dame were also overrated. No surprises there either. A lot of teams will be exposed as frauds over the next few weeks, including LSU I'm afraid, whose defense seems as soft as a baby's butt right now.

 

[Jimbo]

Not me. Early season college football rankings are based on nothing more than history. No way Ole Miss should've vaulted as high as they did after that sloppy win over Alabama, who's ranking was suspect at the time as well. Georgia, UCLA, and Notre Dame were also overrated. No surprises there either. A lot of teams will be exposed as frauds over the next few weeks, including LSU I'm afraid, whose defense seems as soft as a baby's butt right now.

You are right, I think I mentioned that Ole Miss jumped way too far a few weeks ago, from 15 to 3, that was ridiculous ...
The other sweet heart of the sec last year (outside of the usual suspects) was Miss. St. .... I haven't looked to see what they are up to yet this year, how are they doing so far ?

 

[mccoyrj]

...The other sweet heart of the sec last year (outside of the usual suspects) was Miss. St. .... I haven't looked to see what they are up to yet this year, how are they doing so far ?

They are 3-2 I believe, 1-2 in the conference. A&M handled them fairly easy at College Station last night, at least I thought they did. They lost several key players from last season except for Dak Prescott, who can't do it alone. LSU squeaked by them in Starksville without playing a warmup game, and I think Southern Mississippi gave them a pretty hard time the first game of the season. Mississippi State just seems to be the same team they were before last year.

 

[Ronnie-]

I actually agreed with ole miss being where they are. Without the benefit of two weeks hind sight they at that point had the strongest claim to be rated highly imo.

They still have the inside track on the west, one loss does nothing to derail them. Much as it did not to bama or a few others.

Be curious as to the rankings later. I figure bama will be right back in the top five. Or right at it anyway.


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[Ronnie-]

As to state, they are not the team they were last season (before the wheels came loose). And THAT team had the benefit of a very soft starting schedule.


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[Derwin0]

AP Top 25
RK TEAM REC PTS TREND
1 Ohio State(38) 5-0 1444 —
2 TCU(5) 5-0 1371 2
3 Baylor(10) 4-0 1364 2
4 Michigan State 5-0 1291 2
5 Utah(7) 4-0 1254 5
6 Clemson 4-0 1217 6
7 LSU 4-0 1212 2
8 Alabama 4-1 1026 5
9 Texas A&M(1) 5-0 1009 5
10 Oklahoma 4-0 976 5
11 Florida 5-0 935 14
12 Florida State 4-0 922 1
13 Northwestern 5-0 753 3
14 Ole Miss 4-1 731 11
15 Notre Dame 4-1 721 9
16 Stanford 4-1 617 2
17 USC 3-1 498 —
18 Michigan 4-1 452 4
19 Georgia 4-1 441 11
20 UCLA 4-1 415 13
21 Oklahoma State 5-0 332 1
22 Iowa 5-0 254 —
23 California 5-0 233 1
24 Toledo 4-0 87 —
25 Boise State 4-1 65 —
Complete Rankings
Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 19, Mississippi State 21, West Virginia 23

Others receiving votes: Oregon 39, Duke 31, Houston 31, Temple 23, Memphis 19, Navy 19, Arizona State 15, Mississippi State 11, West Virginia 8, Texas Tech 4, BYU 3, Kansas State 1, Missouri 1

 

[Derwin0]

Coaches Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS TREND
1 Ohio State(50) 5-0 1523 —
2 TCU(4) 5-0 1435 1
3 Michigan State(1) 5-0 1409 1
4 Baylor(5) 4-0 1408 —
5 LSU(1) 4-0 1257 3
6 Clemson 4-0 1196 5
7 Utah(1) 4-0 1118 5
8 Florida State 4-0 1067 1
9 Oklahoma 4-0 1009 5
10 Alabama 4-1 990 3
11 Texas A&M 5-0 983 4
12 Florida 5-0 755 11
13 Ole Miss 4-1 727 8
14 Northwestern 5-0 707 3
15 Notre Dame 4-1 674 8
16 Georgia 4-1 562 10
17 USC 3-1 540 1
18 Stanford 4-1 535 2
19 Oklahoma State 5-0 519 —
20 UCLA 4-1 401 10
21 Michigan 4-1 322 —
22 California 5-0 311 2
23 Iowa 5-0 243 —
24 Boise State 4-1 100 —
25 Memphis 5-0 68 —
Complete Rankings
Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 18, West Virginia 21, Mississippi State 22, Oregon 24

Others receiving votes: Oregon 64, Duke 59, West Virginia 31, Toledo 24, Kansas State 17, Temple 16, Arizona State 16, Mississippi State 14, Navy 12, Houston 11, Kentucky 6, Arizona 5, Missouri 4, Wisconsin 4, North Carolina 4, Indiana 2, Illinois 2

 

[mccoyrj]

Teams going up and down these polls like they're in highrise elevators. It will be interesting to see how the playoff committee uses them, if they do at all.

 

[Jimbo]

YEAH !!!
Toledo Rockets crack the Top 25 !

As I type this, they go out and lose the next game ... I hope not.

 

[Derwin0]

some of these are so on the mark... especially the last one

 

[vurbano]

an oldie but a goody

 

[mccoyrj]

some of these are so on the mark... especially the last one

They were ALL on the mark.

 

[meathead76]

The LSU/ South Carolina game has been moved to Baton Rouge due to flooding in Columbia

 

[vurbano]

The LSU/ South Carolina game has been moved to Baton Rouge due to flooding in Columbia

As if LSU needs anymore help stomping a mudhole in a god awful team.

 

[Ronnie-]

Have they announced how they are handling tickets for that game?

 

[Ronnie-]

Have they announced how they are handling tickets for that game?

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/...-decision-to-move-the-lsu-south-carolina-game

LSU’s season-ticket holders have until 5 p.m. CT Thursday to purchase print-at-home tickets -- priced from $40 to $100, with student tickets costing $5 -- and then tickets will go on sale to the general public starting at 6 p.m.

“Obviously copies can be made [of print-at-home tickets] so we would advise fans not to buy tickets on the street,” assistant athletic director Brian Broussard said. “As of right now, there’s a lot of tickets available, so we prefer if you use some sense and buy them from us and just be done.”

LSU had sold approximately 10,000 tickets as of Wednesday afternoon, and Broussard said he expects South Carolina to bring between 1,000 and 2,000 fans.

For now, LSU plans to close the East Upper Deck and South Upper Deck seating to ticket sales, but will open those areas if demand requires such a move.

South Carolina will keep the gate since this is still officially a Gamecocks home game and LSU will pocket only enough to cover expenses, approximately a half-million dollars.

 

[vurbano]

Poor South Carolina. As If LSU needed any help beating them. Now they get to go to Death Valley for their execution.