College Football Kickoff!

[Colorado700R]

We have 11 championship rings MD(more than any other team).  I wear them on all ten fingers, if you can guess where I wear the eleventh you can kiss it 


ND stuggled today, but hey, after last season I'll take any win.


Aaron

Yep you have 11, too bad the latest was 20 years ago and only 3 are in the last 50 years.

In the past 50 years the following teams have been more successful in terms of national championships:
bama 4
usc 5
okla 4
miami 5
nebraska 5

Your legacy is just that, memories of the past.

How many does Mich State have?   Now, get back to your co, co, cooler water boy er.er.eeeer

Even the waterboy won a bowl game...


BTW, you may want to re-check that "most championships" claim.  Looks like you owe Princeton and Yale an apology.

http://www.ncaa.com/history/default.aspx?id=91434

I have the NCAA history book , the ND championships are considered the most Consensus in the modern era. that's a good bar bet with someone though, no-one ever gets Yale right 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football

Yale, Princton, and Harvard played two or three games a year, and the best record was the champ. 

and like I said, how many does Michigan state have in the last century??

[Flynbyu]

Sooners have another breezy schedule.  Brian's going to be increasingly unbearable this year I can tell, so I'll keep my involvement in this thread to a minimum.  OU will be in the BCS if Mizzou doesn't squash them in the Big 12 title game.

Rich Rodriguez bailed on WVU and they have fallen on their face, despite reasonable talent levels.  Michigan isn't a top tier team this year, but one would have thought they were good enough to keep their head above water outside of the BCS conferences.  It will be a disappointing year for Rich, probably 7 wins and certainly no more than 8.

OSU didn't look good today, but I still think Sanchez is over-rated and if Beanie is back next week it'll be a good game.  OSU CAN win, they have the talent and capability but it's dependent on their execution and IMO that's been a problem.  Even if they lose it wouldn't keep them from rolling the big 10 and getting another shot at a big name team in a BCS bowl, or perhaps even more satisfying an OSU vs OU BCS matchup (not the title game of course) and shut Brian up once and for all.

My spartans lost that game against Cal and didn't look organized today in their blowout of EMU.  I'm looking forward to Notre Dame.  Newsflash, Charlie sucks and ND's legacy is going to be just as famous for continued failure.  The Spartans won't be big 10 champs this year but I'm still going to have a good time watching. 

Plus Sparty is a way cooler mascot than some pansy ass land speculator vying for a hunk of barren wasteland in the middle of nowhere.  GO SPARTANS!!!

Breezy schedule?

The Luckeyes are going to need all the luck they can get to even make it to a BCS game this year because a four loss tema usually doesn't play in a BCS Bowl. Judging them by that performance yesterday, I'm willing to bet Ohio State gets RAILED at USC next week.

Kudos to Ohio State for nearly getting beat by such a tough team. 

Mizzwho got dealt with twice last year convincingly, and if the Sooners work on D like they did in the last Big 12 Championship, I wouldn't be worried.

First game jitters are over, it's time to tune the engine for everyone.

See you next week,

~Brian

[Mad Dog]

Good, then none of this will be new information.  I had to look up 2/3 of it but luckily most of it supports my point

"Modern Era" is a little arbitrary, to get those 11 you're still counting 4 championships from before WW II, the same time when the Model T Ford was in showrooms and the TV was first demonstrated to the nation.  What's so "modern" about those times? 

Yale didn't play in 1869, the first recognized game was between Princeton and Rutgers and Princeton won.  In 1899 there were as many teams as there were in 1901, so what makes 1901 so special?  There were 10 teams in 1881, we call that enough for a conference now so why isn't it enough for a national championship?  OK, NM and AZ all had teams playing football before 1900 and before they became states.  So what's the justification for the 1901 cutoff?

MSU has 3 officially recognized and claims another 3, all post WW II.  Only 3 of ND's championships have come since MSU's last championship, not counting the game of the century (which left us with a better record than ND but resulted in a shared ND/MSU title).

[Mad Dog]

Yeah, breezy.  There are more top 25 schools on OSU's schedule than there are on Oklahoma's, although I know you guys are still worried about TCU


Only if OSU lost every game to a ranked opponent would they get 4 losses, and as I'm sure you'll mention endlessly throughout the season the big 10 isn't exactly feared for the strength of it's mid-level teams, (or top level in some cases).  Only 1 of the games against top 25 teams is going to be against a non big 10 opponent.  IMO they would have to really screw up to end the season with more than 2 losses.

OSU had a bad day, and at no point did they "nearly get beat" by Ohio.  I watched the game, don't pull assessments out of your arse.  Things like trailing to a MAC team can happen when you lose your star running back and spend the whole week looking forward to a team you believe has the ability to slap you silly.  In expectation of such an opponent it's not hard to shrug off Ohio and simply fail to show up to play.  I'm not worried, neither is Lee Corso

[Flynbyu]

Corso?



"Not so fast my friend"

Actually, even Ohio State's players even said Ohio deserved to win based on their terrible performance. Every sports writer with a vote in the AP poll also saw things the same way, with the exception of the douche bag that still gave them one vote as the nations top team (He's gotta be from Ohio). Ohio State dropped in the poll two spots this week. Ohio was a 33.5 point underdog. Ohio State even without a star player should have at least beat them by 20-25. If Ohio State was so good, they should be 2-3 deep at each position. Besides, there is no "i" in team. Wells doesn't keep the ball the whole game. One thing is for sure, it's going to get ugly at USC.


~Brian

[Flynbyu]

AP Top 25
1.USC (33)
2.Georgia (23)
3.Oklahoma (2)
4.Florida(4)
5.Ohio St. (1)
6.Missouri (6)
7.LSU (1)
8.Texas
9.Auburn
10.Wisconsin
11.Alabama
12.Texas Tech
13.Kansas
14.East Carolina
15.Arizona St.
16.Oregon
17.Penn St.
18.BYU
19.South Florida
20.Wake Forest
21.Fresno St.
22.Utah
23.California
24.Illinois
25.West Virginia

I think Georgia is the top team in the land, and has the best chance of winning it all.

~Brian

[darkside94]

go gators! 
they played like shiznit at miami tho 

[Krandall]

http://www.rivals.com/video.asp?section=football&pkey=&vidtype=publisher&vidid=6066

[socalrappy700]

That was a kick ass move.  Too bad people didn't get to see it.

[Flynbyu]

http://www.rivals.com/video.asp?section=football&pkey=&vidtype=publisher&vidid=6066

Like I said....Georgia is the shiz this year.
~Brian

[Krandall]

   SCORE!!!!

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1829508

[Flynbyu]

Blocked by the internet Nazis.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Vid of a guy gettin a Hand Job live on ESPN

[SUB454]

PAC-10 RULES...

Go DUCKS.

[Colorado700R]

PAC-10 RULES...

Go DUCKS.

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