Since the first of the football seasons games start in 6 days I am getting an early jump on predictions. In the process I am going to pick the teams that I think will win their respective conferences. Here are those picks.
BCS Conference Champs:
ACC - Virginia Tech
Big 10 - Ohio State
Big 12 - Texas
Big East - Rutgers
Pac 10 - USC
SEC - Florida
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Thursday Sept. 3:
#16 Oregon @ #14 Boise State - Oregon wins
Utah St. @ #19 Utah - Utah wins
Saturday Sept. 5:
C Southern @ #1 Florida - Florida wins
Louisiana-Monroe @ #2 Texas - Texas wins
#20 BYU @ #3 Oklahoma - Oklahoma wins
San Jose State @ #4 USC - USC wins
#5 Alabama Vs. #7 Virginia Tech - Alabama wins
Navy @ #6 Ohio State - Ohio State wins
Akron @ #9 Penn State - PSU wins
#13 Georgia @ #9 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State wins
#11 LSU @ Washington - LSU wins
Maryland @ #12 California - California wins
Jacksonville State @ #15 Georgia Tech - GT wins
Citadel @ #21 North Carolina - UNC wins
Northern Iowa @ #22 Iowa - Iowa wins
Nevada @ #23 Notre Dame - Nevada wins
Florida Atlantic @ #24 Nebraska - Nebraska wins
Northern Colorado @ #25 Kansas - Kansas wins
CFB Week 1 (2009)
I like college football boxing !Roody wrote:Since the first of the football seasons games start in 6 days I am getting an early jump on predictions. In the process I am going to pick the teams that I think will win their respective conferences. Here are those picks.
BCS Conference Champs:
ACC - Virginia Tech
Big 10 - Ohio State
Big 12 - Texas
Big East - Rutgers
Pac 10 - USC
SEC - Florida
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Thursday Sept. 3:
#16 Oregon @ #14 Boise State - Oregon wins
Utah St. @ #19 Utah - Utah wins
Saturday Sept. 5:
C Southern @ #1 Florida - Florida wins
Louisiana-Monroe @ #2 Texas - Texas wins
#20 BYU @ #3 Oklahoma - Oklahoma wins
San Jose State @ #4 USC - USC wins
#5 Alabama Vs. #7 Virginia Tech - Alabama wins
Navy @ #6 Ohio State - Ohio State wins
Akron @ #9 Penn State - PSU wins
#13 Georgia @ #9 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State wins
#11 LSU @ Washington - LSU wins
Maryland @ #12 California - California wins
Jacksonville State @ #15 Georgia Tech - GT wins
Citadel @ #21 North Carolina - UNC wins
Northern Iowa @ #22 Iowa - Iowa wins
Nevada @ #23 Notre Dame - Nevada wins
Florida Atlantic @ #24 Nebraska - Nebraska wins
Northern Colorado @ #25 Kansas - Kansas wins
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and boxing day is great too !
and just plain old boxing babes is good too
and yer right gixxer! only a few 3 or 4 beers ! and I can't type worth a pigs a$$
cant help but wonder that sams injury changed the whole thing. brought ou down and sent byu soaring.
That was a tough break last night, but I think you guys will be okay. Playing for the title is unlikely, but a BCS game is still possible.tr87526 wrote:My SoonersBased of the offense performance, I pray we win 50% of our games.
Thanks for the boxing pics, it took my mind of the game for a few seconds
I disagree, VATech may have lost the game but lost to a great team regardless of pre-season ranking numbers. VATech stands up there with the rest of the teams that some may call elite, some may call great etc and I'm not just saying that cause I'm a fan... UVA and Duke well, they have their own problems that can't be helped till some certain people get shoved out and I'm not talking about players. I can tell ya one thing.. VATech is no Clemson either.Roody wrote:Not sure any conferences rep took a bigger hit yesterday then the ACC. Va. Tech played admirably, but showed they aren't quite elite level yet and Virginia and Duke both lost to Div 2 teams.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=292480259Virginia Tech came into this season hoping to do more than just repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference champions -- the Hokies think this might be the group that can contend for its first national title.
One loss doesn't doom those chances, especially this early in the season. But Virginia Tech clearly has some work to do on offense. And its defense took an uncharacteristic beating, too.
Obviously others are seeing more to the team this year.... The O-line has some awesome potential with the freshmen they had to bring in due to injuries and the Defense got a smack in the mouth to get them going for the rest of the year.
I see this loss as the only loss of the rest of the year and on their way to a great BCS Bowl game. You can pretty much look at the top 15 right now and say that none of them will go undefeated this year and Bama was VATech's 1 loss.
In the words of Stewart Mandel. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ime/1.html Regardless the ACC did have the worst first week of the BCS conferences. That can't even be realistically disputed. Although it's not embarassing to lose to Alabama facts are your conference had 2 teams lost to Div. 2 schools. That's beyond sad.Sava700 wrote:I disagree, VATech may have lost the game but lost to a great team regardless of pre-season ranking numbers. VATech stands up there with the rest of the teams that some may call elite, some may call great etc and I'm not just saying that cause I'm a fan... UVA and Duke well, they have their own problems that can't be helped till some certain people get shoved out and I'm not talking about players. I can tell ya one thing.. VATech is no Clemson either.
..and another point he makes.Virginia Tech has now dropped four straight games against SEC foes, but the two most recent -- Saturday's 34-24 defeat to Alabama and a 48-7 loss to LSU in 2007 -- have been particularly disturbing. The Hokies' normally stingy defense allowed a combined 1,106 yards to the Tigers and Tide. It's one thing to stifle the primarily mediocre offenses that have littered the ACC in recent years, but the Hokies have been outclassed when facing more physical, dynamic attacks. And that's on their strong side of the ball.
No major conference endured a more humiliating opening weekend than the ACC, which went 4-6 in non-conference play despite the fact six of those games came against I-AA opponents. The league lost all four of its BCS-conference matchups (NC State fell to South Carolina, Virginia Tech to Alabama, Wake Forest to Baylor and Maryland to Cal), while Virginia (to William and Mary) and Duke (to Richmond) fell to I-AA foes. Mind you, many of the victims were picked near the bottom of the conference anyway, but it doesn't make the idiot who said the league could be "poised for prominence" look very smart.
ahh you can say that, but you also said Va. Tech would beat 'Bama. I however think there is going to be a couple unbeatens at the end. Who that will be remains to be seen.You can pretty much look at the top 15 right now and say that none of them will go undefeated this year and Bama was VATech's 1 loss.
Texas and Florida hold the greatest likelihood I would agree. Florida in particular who has a very weak schedule this year which is odd for an SEC school.Gixxer wrote:i am guessing florida, and texas will be unbeaten. i would say usc, but the qb is a true frosh and untested. having said that, they have a good chance for the rest of the team to maybe make up for where he will falter and possibly go unbeaten.
can't argue with the sadness of poor UVA and Duke..Duke has been beyond sad for years and UVA...well just like one of my t-shirts says" Beating UVA.. so easy a caveman can do it"Roody wrote:In the words of Stewart Mandel. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ime/1.html Regardless the ACC did have the worst first week of the BCS conferences. That can't even be realistically disputed. Although it's not embarassing to lose to Alabama facts are your conference had 2 teams lost to Div. 2 schools. That's beyond sad.
ahh you can say that, but you also said Va. Tech would beat 'Bama. I however think there is going to be a couple unbeatens at the end. Who that will be remains to be seen.
On a conference note..I'd love to see VATech in another Conference but I can't control that but since they have been in it they have won the ACC Championship each year cept for 1 and that was when Florida St upset them back in 05.
I still stick with your view that Va. Tech is the best in the ACC and I think the ACC is a good conference. One bad week doesn't make it a lousy conference. All I was stating is they had the worst first week of the BCS conferences and that's true. At some point through the season other conferences will have bad weeks also.Sava700 wrote:can't argue with the sadness of poor UVA and Duke..Duke has been beyond sad for years and UVA...well just like one of my t-shirts says" Beating UVA.. so easy a caveman can do it"
On a conference note..I'd love to see VATech in another Conference but I can't control that but since they have been in it they have won the ACC Championship each year cept for 1 and that was when Florida St upset them back in 05.
If VATech is going to lose a game this season then I would much rather them lose it to Alabama #5 than to say Marshall or ECU like last year...at least this keeps them high on the numbers and still gives them many chances on a schedule that is just itchin to cause problems. I've got my tailgating gear all ready for this weekend and even more for next when Nebraska comes to town.Roody wrote:I still stick with your view that Va. Tech is the best in the ACC and I think the ACC is a good conference. One bad week doesn't make it a lousy conference. All I was stating is they had the worst first week of the BCS conferences and that's true. At some point through the season other conferences will have bad weeks also.
Did you go to the Alabama game last week? I know at one time you mentioned you were going too.Sava700 wrote:If VATech is going to lose a game this season then I would much rather them lose it to Alabama #5 than to say Marshall or ECU like last year...at least this keeps them high on the numbers and still gives them many chances on a schedule that is just itchin to cause problems. I've got my tailgating gear all ready for this weekend and even more for next when Nebraska comes to town.
Well I'm pretty much against the last two opening games VATech has had to do..nothing against that dome but Last year a Neutral site was pretty much ECU's home turf as was this Dome was only 100miles away from Bama's home turf and this year should have had the opening game at Blacksburg but the sponsors and ABC seemed to have won out on that Georgia Dome idea... don't get me wrong I like the idea of a neutral field but it needs to be equal distance for each team and not force out a teams opening game from home field.Roody wrote:The Georgia Dome is a great place to watch games. Been there many, many times.
Sure I agree with this, however when the home game setup before hand is re-set to a neutral "on the road" game for the sake of TV Ratings I disagree...you can be a champ on any field.Roody wrote:You have to win on the road to be a champion.
As for your little USC jab..well we both know the outcome of that game..but we should also both know why the outcome was the way it was... little refresher of a call that never should have been...
He wasn't in no way interfering with that pass on a offensive stand point..and Beamer won't argue bad calls.. shame too...that game could have gone much farther the other direction had that ref not made a bad call but we have seen bad calls before and its also a shame that teams suffer due to them.Virginia Tech, which joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in the
offseason, held a 10-7 third-quarter lead when receiver Josh
Hyman was called for offensive pass interference after an
apparent 32-yard reception to the USC 12. The Hokies (0-1) were
forced to punt four plays later,
Sava you are paranoid man. I wasn't taking a jab at you. It was the first game that came to mind where a team crossed the country to play a game and still won on the road against a very good team. As for that game I'm not going to argue with you about 1 or 2 questionable calls in a game where both teams combined run roughly 100 plays. If you want to make the argument that your team lost the game because of that play you go right ahead. It doesn't change the final result regardless.Sava700 wrote:Sure I agree with this, however when the home game setup before hand is re-set to a neutral "on the road" game for the sake of TV Ratings I disagree...you can be a champ on any field.
As for your little USC jab..well we both know the outcome of that game..but we should also both know why the outcome was the way it was... little refresher of a call that never should have been...
He wasn't in no way interfering with that pass on a offensive stand point..and Beamer won't argue bad calls.. shame too...that game could have gone much farther the other direction had that ref not made a bad call but we have seen bad calls before and its also a shame that teams suffer due to them.
Seriously though it was not a jab.
naw not a "jab" I think it was meant more as a "USC plug" hows that? and thats fine.. but yes I already said that the final result wasn't going to change...I haven't mastered the mind power to change the past yet....yet!Roody wrote:Sava you are paranoid man. I wasn't taking a jab at you. It was the first game that came to mind where a team crossed the country to play a game and still won on the road against a very good team. As for that game I'm not going to argue with you about 1 or 2 questionable calls in a game where both teams combined run roughly 100 plays. If you want to make the argument that your team lost the game because of that play you go right ahead. It doesn't change the final result regardless.
Seriously though it was not a jab.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/ ... -acc_N.htmComing up empty: ACC can't fill bowl slots
One year after sending a record 10 football teams to bowl games, only seven Atlantic Coast Conference schools will meet the standard of six victories needed for bowl eligibility. That leaves the ACC two teams short of filling its nine bowl affiliations and has made the selection process even more convoluted for the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, D.C.
BCS OFFICIALS: 20 teams still in running for spots in bowls
Now in its second year, the EagleBank planned to pit Army against the ninth team from the ACC. But Army (5-6) must beat Navy (8-3) on Dec. 12 to be eligible. The ACC won't be able to uphold its end of the matchup.
"There are still so many unknowns out there," said EagleBank executive director Steve Beck, who might be tasked with finding two alternate teams. "I'm going to be watching three, four, five games this weekend, and it's like I have no control over anything."
Creating matchups for some of the 34 bowls can be chaotic, but the move of the Army-Navy game to a week after the rest of major college football has completed its season has made this year even crazier. If Army loses to Navy, the EagleBank has arranged to take a team from Conference USA to fill the spot. Still, a C-USA school will spend a week in limbo.
"I think it's problematic for a lot of reasons. All the other bowls will be decided the week before," said C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. "But we feel pretty good about our situation because there are enough bowls for all of our eligible teams."
Banowsky and Beck said if Army qualifies, a C-USA team would be at the head of the list to fill the ACC half of the matchup. Heading into this weekend, 69 teams are bowl-eligible, eight need one more victory, and Hawaii must win both remaining games.