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not an endorsement by any means, but some interesting stuff (at least until games start):

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/8820391

while i don't see the line of thinking too outrageous at all, OU 27 UAB 13--is gonna raise the dander on some OU homer boards.

Utah-UCLA should be an interesting game, insofar as at least one major mag (prolly huffing paint thinner under the innerstate bridge) picked Utah into the BCS.

a couple Big XII comments: did KU score 36 points all last year? no love for the "new, improved" Baylor. and a Chuck Long "W" in his debut.....


where's yo team/conf at?


for entertainment purposes only:

Games for the weekend of Sept. 2
*Arizona State49Northern Arizona10
Army19*Arkansas State17*
Alabama26Hawaii25*
Auburn27Washington State13
Brigham Young28*Arizona13*
Boise State48Sacramento State7
Boston College24*Central Michigan20*
Buffalo17Temple16
California26*Tennessee23*
Central Florida32Villanova6*
Cincinnati30Eastern Kentucky7*
Clemson34Florida Atlantic7*
Colorado41Montana State3*
Colorado State39Weber State7*
Connecticut36Rhode Island6
*Duke28Richmond6
Eastern Michigan27*Ball State25*
Florida30Southern Mississippi17
Florida International23*Middle Tennessee20*
Fresno State34Nevada31*
Georgia44Western Kentucky7
Houston33*Rice17
*Illinois37Eastern Illinois13
*Indiana23Western Michigan19
*Iowa35Montana10
*Iowa State26Toledo21
*Kansas36Northwestern State3
*Kansas State47Illinois State3
*Louisiana-Monroe31Alcorn State13
*Louisville35Kentucky21
*LSU31Louisiana-Lafayette14
*Maryland33William & Mary7*
Miami (Fla.)19Florida State17
*Michigan31Vanderbilt10
*Michigan State37Idaho13
Minnesota31*Kent State14
*Missouri48Murray State9
Memphis23*Mississippi20
*Navy23East Carolina20
*Nebraska27Louisiana Tech10*
New Mexico31Portland State3*
New Mexico State26Southeastern Louisiana9
Northwestern34*Miami (Ohio)31*
North Carolina State28Appalachian State3
Notre Dame27*Georgia Tech20*
Ohio28Tennessee-Martin9
*Ohio State27Northern Illinois17*
Oklahoma27UAB13*
Oklahoma State44Missouri State8*
Oregon State42Eastern Washington7
*Penn State27Akron10*
Pittsburgh23Virginia20
Rutgers23*North Carolina20*
San Diego State30Texas-El Paso28
South Carolina24*Mississippi State14
*South Florida28McNeese State8
Southern California26*Arkansas17
*Texas47North Texas14*
Texas A&M35The Citadel6
TCU26*Baylor7
*Tulsa38Stephen F. Austin10
*UCLA35Utah31*
UNLV31Idaho State3*
Virginia Tech49Northeastern6
*Washington23San Jose State21
*Wake Forest19Syracuse13
*West Virginia34Marshall14
Wisconsin23*Bowling Green19
*Wyoming26Utah State23

King Crimson wrote: Iowa35 Montana10

Along with no serious injuries, I'll take it.

California 26 *Tennessee 23

In Knoxville? Yeah, right.


Err, I mean ... The start of our national championship run. Rack that prediction!

-- You know who

I hate to say it, but as shitty as Tennessee was last year, I don't think that the Cal 26 - Tenn 23 is that bad a prediction.

Maybe if they were playing in California ... maybe.

I'll be interested to see what the Vegas odds are once we get closer to the game. In any event, I'm taking UT unless they are favored by more than 10.

Notre Dame27*Georgia Tech20*

I'd take it. A W is a W, and you're bound to have at least one ugly one in any year. But this would cause a meltdown among ND's fanbase, or at least the small but vocal minority who post on ND homer boards.

If ND wins its first four games by a combined total of four points, that should make any Irish fan happy.

L45B wrote:If ND wins its first four games by a combined total of four points, that should make any Irish fan happy.

Wurd. If they do that, the chances of walking into Compton in November undefeated are very good.

That having been said, I would be a little concerned if ND only scored 27 against GaTech. Yes, their DC is very good and loves to bring pressure to try and confuse QB's, but he doesn't have the DB's to bring too much pressure. Kenny Scott is a nice player who could possibly keep McKnight or Samardzija somewhat in check, but the other one will have a field day against single coverage and little safety help.

If ND contains Choice and doesn't let Ball run, this could be similar to the Pitt game last year.

I take back my original post, Miami/FSU will be worth watching.

[quote="King Crimson"]not an endorsement by any means, but some interesting stuff (at least until games start):

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/8820391

while i don't see the line of thinking too outrageous at all, OU 27 UAB 13--is gonna raise the dander on some OU homer boards.

Utah-UCLA should be an interesting game, insofar as at least one major mag (prolly huffing paint thinner under the innerstate bridge) picked Utah into the BCS. a couple Big XII comments: did KU score 36 points all last year? no love for the "new, improved" Baylor. and a Chuck Long "W" in his debut.....


I gotta disagree about Utah. They should be dangerous this year and with the extra BCS-game the chances of a non-BCS school sneaking in have gotten considerably better. From what I understand if they can make it into the top12 they have an excellent shot at getting-in to a major bowl.

Georgia Tech is no pushover. ND should be happy with a win.

The OU prediction doesn't surprise me. They will win games this year but in a workmanlike, not gawdy, way.

King Crimson wrote:Utah-UCLA should be an interesting game

Damn, it doesn't look like it's being televised on any of the national networks.

Danimall wrote:I gotta disagree about Utah. They should be dangerous this year and with the extra BCS-game the chances of a non-BCS school sneaking in have gotten considerably better. From what I understand if they can make it into the top12 they have an excellent shot at getting-in to a major bowl.

Actually, they're guaranteed a BCS bowl with a Top 12 finish. They're also guaranteed a BCS bowl with a 13-16 finish if one of the teams with an automatic bid finishes lower than they do.

Georgia Tech is no pushover. ND should be happy with a win.

Agreed, although there's a small but vocal segment of ND's fanbase who probably thinks that this should be as easy a win as the Navy game probably will be.