Anyone else looking forward to college football?

Originally posted by uclamatt2007

Fresno State is the trendy BCS Buster pick... they should run their out of conference slate and I think they beat Boise this year, but the road game at San Diego St. could be the one that trips them up.

Originally posted by JoshR



I think you are underestimating BSU. We're returning our QB (he was our biggest problem early in the year last year but finally started to figure it out by the end of the season) and Jay Ajayi is going to be a stud. Our defense is always good.

Originally posted by DanielG

I've already got tickets and parking pass for the Ga dome for Alabama vs Virginia Tech and tickets for AL vs KY.

Yeah, you could say I'm looking forward to it a bit

I'm thinking Alabama might look pretty good this year, for some reason. After DuBose, Franchoine, Price and Schula, it's about time we got back above .500

Originally posted by uclamatt2007



The biggest advantage Boise has over Fresno is the mental one. They are absolutely in their heads. I think the talent gap between the 2 is the closest it has been since Boise started their dominant run though, so it should make for an interesting season. In all likelihood, the early season game between the 2 is for homefield advantage in the MWC championship.

If Fresno can find anyone to run the ball, they have a chance to have a scary good offense. They have the arm to throw the ball all over the field but just as with Texas Tech under Leach, they won't be successful without some balance. The defensive line was their biggest need last season and they returned all of their starters and with the 2nd year of a defensive minded head coach, it will be itneresting to see the progress.

I'm think I may go to the Fresno/Boise game this year and my brother is trying to find out if its possible to get tickets to the MWC championship game if its in Fresno. They would both be good ones.

Originally posted by DanielG

I've already got tickets and parking pass for the Ga dome for Alabama vs Virginia Tech and tickets for AL vs KY.

Yeah, you could say I'm looking forward to it a bit

I'm thinking Alabama might look pretty good this year, for some reason. After DuBose, Franchoine, Price and Schula, it's about time we got back above .500

Originally posted by uclamatt2007



AL/KY? Isn't that like buying tickets to a public sacrifice?

Originally posted by DanielG



My aunt lives near UKY so it's an excuse to see her mostly

Then again, the tickets WERE affordable!

Originally posted by uclamatt2007



That's quite the gift Bama has gotten lately getting to play KY every year while LSU gets FLA as the opposite division "rival." The 6-1-1 conference scheduling formula that the SEC is terrible.

Bama will certainly be in the conversation at the end of the season though. As will OSU with its slightly better than mid major schedule and likely the winner of Stanford/Oregon. Louisville will be on the outside looking in save for carnage in other conferences, then we will all be disappointed by the BCS matchups, as usual.

Originally posted by uclamatt2007

That's quite the gift Bama has gotten lately getting to play KY every year while LSU gets FLA as the opposite division "rival." The 6-1-1 conference scheduling formula that the SEC is terrible.

Bama will certainly be in the conversation at the end of the season though. As will OSU with its slightly better than mid major schedule and likely the winner of Stanford/Oregon. Louisville will be on the outside looking in save for carnage in other conferences, then we will all be disappointed by the BCS matchups, as usual.

Originally posted by DanielG


To tell the truth, I'm not really much a sport's fan. I've watched Alabama since the early '70s when my grandfather started in on "That's Vanderbilt, you don't like them. Roll Tide"

I know enough of general college football to at least know what the heck's going on with the BCS but that's about it.

I do know the SEC schedule is done some years prior to the current year and sometimes you get cupcakes and sometimes you get USCe, FL, LSU, and GA all in a row or something stupid like that.

Originally posted by uclamatt2007



While the SEC is done years ahead of time, Bama can never draw a schedule like that. Here's why: The SEC uses 6-1-1 format. 6 games are played against your 6 divisional opponents, 1 game is your cross divisional "rival" and 1 game rotates among the other 6 teams. 3 of the 4 teams. Bama plays Kentucky as the rivalry game, A&M gets Mizzou and LSU gets FLA. While I usually look for any chance to bash on Les Miles, he has a point here, there is no way that system is fair. The 3 teams that compete for the West title play a drastically different level of competition in their required rivalry game.

That said, the SEC member schools overwhelmingly appoved the schedule because it helps the league on the whole. Playing 8 games in coference instead of 9 keeps the teams from beating up on each other and giving the league losses. By only playing 2 games against the other division, it also makes it less likely that you will play someone in the SEC championship that you have already beaten. Beating a team for a second time is less help to your BCS ranking than beating them for the first. Why change things when you are king?

Originally posted by DanielG



Only problem with that is TN is AL's cross division rival. Third Weekend in October. TN has been a decent team and beat the snot out of AL for the late 90's and early 00's. Shame that Dooley didn't keep that level going.



They play KY every third/fourth year.

Originally posted by uclamatt2007 Should be a good year here in California. UCLA is the favorite in the Pac-12 south and Stanford should compete with Oregon in the north. Fresno State is the trendy BCS Buster pick... they should run their out of conference slate and I think they beat Boise this year, but the road game at San Diego St. could be the one that trips them up. Nebraska UCLA is the early season match up that I am really looking forward to. What does everyone else think about the season?

Originally posted by uclamatt2007



That's quite the gift Bama has gotten lately getting to play KY every year while LSU gets FLA as the opposite division "rival." The 6-1-1 conference scheduling formula that the SEC is terrible.

Bama will certainly be in the conversation at the end of the season though. As will OSU with its slightly better than mid major schedule and likely the winner of Stanford/Oregon. Louisville will be on the outside looking in save for carnage in other conferences, then we will all be disappointed by the BCS matchups, as usual.

Originally posted by DanielG

1 Alabama (58) 0-0 1498
2 Ohio State (1) 0-0 1365
3 Oregon 0-0 1335
4 Stanford 0-0 1294
5 Georgia (1) 0-0 1249
6 South Carolina 0-0 1154
7 Texas A&M 0-0 1104
8 Clemson 0-0 1083
9 Louisville 0-0 1042
10 Florida 0-0 894
11 Florida State 0-0 845
12 LSU 0-0 802
13 Oklahoma State 0-0 755
14 Notre Dame 0-0 748
15 Texas 0-0 677
16 Oklahoma 0-0 579
17 Michigan 0-0 531
18 Nebraska 0-0 382
19 Boise State 0-0 328
20 TCU 0-0 323
21 UCLA 0-0 286
22 Northwestern 0-0 199
23 Wisconsin 0-0 185
24 USC 0-0 134
25 Oregon State 0-0 129

Originally posted by austhokie

As much as I would love a VT hokie win over Alabama, i'm being realistic and hoping that it won't be a shut-out