Pre-thanksgiving CFB outlook
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:52 am
My Top 25
1.Auburn
2.Oregon
3.Stanford
4.Wisconsin
5.LSU
6.Ohio State
7.Boise State
8.TCU
9.Michigan State
10.Oklahoma State
11.Alabama
12.Arkansas
13.Nebraska
14.Missouri
15.Oklahoma
16.South Carolina
17.Virginia Tech
18.Nevada
19.Florida State
20.Arizona
21.North Carolina State
22.Iowa
23.Texas A&M
24.Utah????
25.Northern Illinois???
Conference Rankings:
1.SEC
2.Big-10
3.Pac-10
4.Big-12
5.Who cares?
My Heisman Ballot:
1.Cam Newton
2.LeMichael James
3.Andrew Luck
4.Kellen Moore
Coach of the Year:
1.Gene Chizik
2.Mark Dantonio
3.Mike Gundy
Coach that has to be on the hot seat:
Randy Shannon........is he? Does anyone know? Does anyone even care about Miami anymore? What a complete failure he has been since taking over for Larry Coker. The funny thing is Miami would probably be better off right now with Coker than Shannon. Very underachieving season.
Biggest surprises:
1.Oklahoma State
2.Michigan State
3.Texas A&M
4.Mississippi State
Biggest disappointments:
1.Iowa (a truly horrible coaching job this season. that's all there is to it.)
2.Texas (well, not really, I didn't think they would be any good preseason but most did)
3.Florida (disappointing somewhat. didn't think they would be this bad, but certainly felt they were overated preseason)
4.Miami (see above)
5.USC (Kiffen has not proven a god damn thing as a head coach yet he keeps getting the best jobs around. very unearned so far)
Most improved teams from beginning until now:
1.Wisconsin (sloppy early, but have really turned it on since the MSU loss)
2.Texas A&M (beat OU and Nebraska within a few weeks. very impressive)
3.Virginia Tech (I know they're in the ACC, but haven't lost since week 2 to James Madison)
Teams that have regressed since season start:
1.Texas (I know they didn't tear it up early on, but man they have become one of the worst BCS teams)
2.Nebraska (what happened to their offense?)
3.USC (they seem to be doing nothing but getting worse. maybe it's a lack of effort)
4.Utah (Getting blown out by ND and TCU back-to-back. Nice)
Biggest chokers:
1.Iowa (it's not even close. this is the least clutch team I have ever seen in my 20+ years of watching college football. In fact, I'd say this is the worst clutch team I have ever seen in any sport)
2.South Carolina (that 8-3 record would be better if Spurrier didn't fuck up the Kentucky game and they had a shot to beat Auburn)
Most clutch teams:
1.LSU (what more can be said about their late game heroics. it's insane, and I don't know how they do it, but they do)
2.Michigan State (a few nice late comebacks including this past weekend vs Purdue)
3.Auburn (Cam always comes through)
1.Auburn
2.Oregon
3.Stanford
4.Wisconsin
5.LSU
6.Ohio State
7.Boise State
8.TCU
9.Michigan State
10.Oklahoma State
11.Alabama
12.Arkansas
13.Nebraska
14.Missouri
15.Oklahoma
16.South Carolina
17.Virginia Tech
18.Nevada
19.Florida State
20.Arizona
21.North Carolina State
22.Iowa
23.Texas A&M
24.Utah????
25.Northern Illinois???
Conference Rankings:
1.SEC
2.Big-10
3.Pac-10
4.Big-12
5.Who cares?
My Heisman Ballot:
1.Cam Newton
2.LeMichael James
3.Andrew Luck
4.Kellen Moore
Coach of the Year:
1.Gene Chizik
2.Mark Dantonio
3.Mike Gundy
Coach that has to be on the hot seat:
Randy Shannon........is he? Does anyone know? Does anyone even care about Miami anymore? What a complete failure he has been since taking over for Larry Coker. The funny thing is Miami would probably be better off right now with Coker than Shannon. Very underachieving season.
Biggest surprises:
1.Oklahoma State
2.Michigan State
3.Texas A&M
4.Mississippi State
Biggest disappointments:
1.Iowa (a truly horrible coaching job this season. that's all there is to it.)
2.Texas (well, not really, I didn't think they would be any good preseason but most did)
3.Florida (disappointing somewhat. didn't think they would be this bad, but certainly felt they were overated preseason)
4.Miami (see above)
5.USC (Kiffen has not proven a god damn thing as a head coach yet he keeps getting the best jobs around. very unearned so far)
Most improved teams from beginning until now:
1.Wisconsin (sloppy early, but have really turned it on since the MSU loss)
2.Texas A&M (beat OU and Nebraska within a few weeks. very impressive)
3.Virginia Tech (I know they're in the ACC, but haven't lost since week 2 to James Madison)
Teams that have regressed since season start:
1.Texas (I know they didn't tear it up early on, but man they have become one of the worst BCS teams)
2.Nebraska (what happened to their offense?)
3.USC (they seem to be doing nothing but getting worse. maybe it's a lack of effort)
4.Utah (Getting blown out by ND and TCU back-to-back. Nice)
Biggest chokers:
1.Iowa (it's not even close. this is the least clutch team I have ever seen in my 20+ years of watching college football. In fact, I'd say this is the worst clutch team I have ever seen in any sport)
2.South Carolina (that 8-3 record would be better if Spurrier didn't fuck up the Kentucky game and they had a shot to beat Auburn)
Most clutch teams:
1.LSU (what more can be said about their late game heroics. it's insane, and I don't know how they do it, but they do)
2.Michigan State (a few nice late comebacks including this past weekend vs Purdue)
3.Auburn (Cam always comes through)