and Alabama's vaunted sec defense was so awesome it gave up 42pts. maybe they were taking lessons from Florida's Sugar Bowl defense
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and Alabama's vaunted sec defense was so awesome it gave up 42pts. maybe they were taking lessons from Florida's Sugar Bowl defense
You've got me there. All three sucked, that's for sure (but one team's fans will say that the offense they played against was just too good to stopand Alabama's vaunted sec defense was so awesome it gave up 42pts. maybe they were taking lessons from Florida's Sugar Bowl defense
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This early in, no way to tell how good Bamas defense will be. I think they will be among the best in college football, although they certainly struggled yesterday.
That said, the A&M offense is designed to put up a lot of points. They have to to win games. Yes other teams run similar offenses, but other teams do not have Manziel, like him or not (I don't), the kid can sure play football
That said, the A&M offense is designed to put up a lot of points. They have to to win games. Yes other teams run similar offenses, but other teams do not have Manziel, like him or not (I don't), the kid can sure play football
Maybe the Longhorn Network is a blessing in disguise, because only a few people nationally got to see them get their butt kicked last night.
Too late, I think most people that cared saw BYU embarrass Texas last week on ESPN2
AP Poll is out.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Alabama (59) | 2-0 | 1499 |
| 2 | Oregon (1) | 3-0 | 1413 |
| 3 | Clemson | 2-0 | 1347 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 1330 |
| 5 | Stanford | 2-0 | 1241 |
| 6 | LSU | 3-0 | 1134 |
| 7 | Louisville | 3-0 | 1092 |
| 8 | Florida State | 2-0 | 1058 |
| 9 | Georgia | 1-1 | 1051 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 2-1 | 1001 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 848 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 2-1 | 821 |
| 13 | UCLA | 2-0 | 757 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 3-0 | 692 |
| 15 | Michigan | 3-0 | 672 |
| 16 | Miami (FL) | 2-0 | 641 |
| 17 | Washington | 2-0 | 496 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 3-0 | 487 |
| 19 | Florida | 1-1 | 412 |
| 20 | Baylor | 2-0 | 355 |
| 21 | Ole Miss | 3-0 | 300 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 2-1 | 277 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 229 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 2-1 | 87 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 3-0 | 60 |
- Dropped from rankings: Nebraska 23, TCU 24
- Others receiving votes: Michigan State 59, Fresno State 27, UCF 25, Northern Illinois 24, Georgia Tech 17, Nebraska 15, Arizona 11, Auburn 9, Boise State 4, TCU 3, Virginia Tech 3, Arkansas 2, Navy 1
Coaches Poll is out:
| USA Today Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Alabama (61) | 2-0 | 1549 |
| 2 | Oregon (1) | 3-0 | 1477 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 3-0 | 1398 |
| 4 | Clemson | 2-0 | 1331 |
| 5 | Stanford | 2-0 | 1314 |
| 6 | Louisville | 3-0 | 1128 |
| 7 | LSU | 3-0 | 1121 |
| 8 | Florida State | 2-0 | 1113 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 2-1 | 1033 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1-1 | 1022 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 3-0 | 908 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 3-0 | 839 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 2-1 | 811 |
| 14 | Michigan | 3-0 | 743 |
| 15 | UCLA | 2-0 | 699 |
| 16 | Northwestern | 3-0 | 582 |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 2-0 | 559 |
| 18 | Florida | 1-1 | 398 |
| 19 | Baylor | 2-0 | 375 |
| 20 | Washington | 2-0 | 361 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 2-1 | 331 |
| 22 | Ole Miss | 3-0 | 303 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 176 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 3-0 | 131 |
| 25 | Fresno State | 2-0 | 75 |
- Dropped from rankings: Nebraska 15, Wisconsin 18, TCU 24
- Others receiving votes: Nebraska 55, Wisconsin 53, Texas Tech 49, Georgia Tech 37, Arkansas 34, UCF 33, Arizona 29, Northern Illinois 26, Auburn 15, Virginia Tech 9, Brigham Young 8, USC 7, Kansas State 6, Boise State 5, Utah State 5, Rutgers 2
Luck of the schedule. When it was made, some of the teams might have been better.
Look at Ohio St., same thing. Back when their schedule was made, probably didn't think there's would look so weak. If Michigan hadn't lucked up at the end, none of their opponents would be ranked (yes, Northwestern is ranked, but does anyone expect that to last?).
Alabama's schedule is uncharacteristically weak, no one expected Tennessee, Auburn, & Arkansas to all have collapsed so spectacularly at the same time.
Reasons like this I hate polls to determine a championship, and is why we need a real playoff with 16 teams (like every other division in NCAA football).
Derwin, normally I would agree with that argument, however I do not in this case.
There isnt a team on that schedule that has really "dropped off" in the last say five years that would have made it respectable whenever it was put together. Its bad.
There isnt a team on that schedule that has really "dropped off" in the last say five years that would have made it respectable whenever it was put together. Its bad.
South Florida & Cincinnati both enjoyed rankings during that time (5 years). Plus Louisville didn't expect Syracuse to leave the schedule. In their defense they are rectifying that by moving to the ACC next year.
I didn't say the schedule wasn't bad, I just said that any good teams they had cycled to bad now, and/or left the conference. Happens to everyone, Georgia had a particularly weak schedule a few years back, they cycled both Ole' Miss & Miss St in from the West, coinciding with the collapse of Tennessee. I made no excuses for that.
Oregon & Stanford, with the exception of playing each other had really bad schedules. Ohio St.'s has been mentioned here quite a bit. Not to mention Alabama (except for A&M and LSU, there's is particularly weak). Did Alabama expect Penn St. & VPI to be bad teams when they scheduled them? Nope, just happened to be really down years for them.
Even after all that, games still have to be played. Louisville showed how good they were last year in the Sugar Bowl (as did Utah a few years back
). That's why we play the games, and need a playoff to show who's really best.
What did everyone think of the way the Wisconsin game ended? Looked like a major screw job by the officials.
Watching the replay available at:
Looks like the Quarterback layed the ball down and called for a time out. Problem is, his knee didn't look to hit the ground, so as a defender (and viewer), I'd think it was a live ball.
Also, Wisconsin had no time outs left, which makes the time out called by the quarterback a penalty that in itself that results in loss of yardage and time (10 sec runoff).
So basically Wisconsin themselves screwed themselves.
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I saw a view from the back field and he does kneel the ball. The camera view in the video makes it hard to see but he does kneel it and then sets the ball down quick so they can get the next play off to spike the ball.
I don't believe he's trying to call a time out either, I think he's just doing hand signals to his teammates to spike the ball.
I don't believe he's trying to call a time out either, I think he's just doing hand signals to his teammates to spike the ball.
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