2011 NCAA Football Thread

JJLehto wrote: Ugh....why just because of their conference? Yeah, they play in a weak weak conference but they have proven they have a good team year in and year out and remember when they beat Oklahoma a few years back? I wouldn't say the Sooners are a slouch. It depends who they play of course....but I think Boise could roll with a good amount of big schools.

Boise is not a bad team. They just aren't a great team. They go undefeated by playing Tallulah High School 10 games per season. Were they in the SEC, they may go 8-4 or 9-3 -- not great, really, but not bad. They're certainly too good for the WAC, and that's why they're leaving it next year (going to the MWC). Who knows, maybe the MWC will emerge as a legitimate contender -- they're already arguably better than the Big East. Still, it will be nice when Boise gets to play Utah, TCU, and Air Force every year and then has to pick at least one good out-of-conference game. Nevada is their only competition in the WAC, and Nevada isn't particularly good -- though Nevada is also joining the MWC in 2012!

Garion81 wrote: ^ They beat Oregon last year and Oregon State and Virgina this year.

Virginia Tech, you mean. Who turned around and lost to a Div I-AA team the next week. And Oregon State, who is all of 4-3. Oh, and if you take away the first quarter of the game against VT, they were soundly beaten. I daresay that were they to play VT again, they'd lose by three touchdowns, and I don't even think VT is a great team.

Garion81 wrote: People outside the West don't realize there are some pretty good players and programs out here.  It cracks me up how the SEC gets all the hype when most them schedule 4 D1-AA and lower non BCS conference teams for their OCC and claim its because they play 8 of the toughest games in the country in their conference.  Yeah?  Prove it.

There have been 12 BCS championship games. 6 of them have included SEC teams. Every single time an SEC team was allowed to play in the National Championship game, they won. The SEC is 6-0, you see, and because of this, no other conference has a winning record. In fact, if the BCS vacates USC's win (Reggie Bush was ineligible for that blowout), then every other conference would have a losing record.

Garion81 wrote: Start playing 3 OCC games against BCS conferences and lets see how you do.  No one knows how good you are outside of your own conference.  IT doesn't help the reputation when Auburn and Georgia just canceled home and home with UCLA and Oregon respectively.  Guess they saw what happened to Tennessee the last three years playing those teams and decided to play NE Louisiana Tech instead.

Funny that you mention that when Boise just played LATech on Tuesday...

Garion81 wrote: Every BCS conference schedule is tough.  You have to play and win on the road.  I don't see the SEC having that monopoly anymore.  As for the Boise's and Utah's of the world sure there lower conference games are pretty easy but I have noticed these teams don't shy aways from playing anyone anywhere. Right now a Boise Oregon Championship game sounds like a whole lot of fun.

I still don't trust Oregon. They win on offense, and if there's anything we know about football, it's the old adage: offense wins games, defense wins championships. Reminds me of the Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss bowl game. You wouldn't believe how many bets I won on that game.

And it is done!
Congrats to Evan Royster. Penn States all time rushing leader, and accomplished in prime time.




Edit: Wow! PSU is a young team, and hopefully this game will be the motivation to get them going.
Havn't ran it this well all year. Hell, the last few years they've been so finesse, can't believe they're using power running finally!

We're back in 2002!


Edited by JJLehto - October 30 2010 at 20:48

Indeed.

Also not sure if I asked but did you go to Penn State/have some connection?

timothy leary wrote: No I never did but I cut timber in the pennsylvania woods for many years and grew fond of their no nonsense brand of football.

Fair enough.
And can't disagree with that at all.
I was glad to see them running with some power today.

Exactly.

They could play with many "major" schools I am sure.

CORNHUSKERS!

how`s Miami doing these days?

I've given up on my team

Damn, Big Ten is just beating up on each other this year...

Also if Michigan can ever get a defense they'd be unstoppable
They'll put 40 on ya almost no question, but will probably allow you to put 40 on them.
These games are exciting though I guess

My God, Michigan's defense absolutely sucks.