Saturday College Football Discussion

Scott McKinney on Southern Sports Tonight asked a month ago why Noles fans are not sold that FSU is back after the two blow out wins against the St Mary's Mother of the Blind. Last week at USF should have been enough to convince everyone that FSU is not near back. This week PROVES it.


The ghost of Bobby Bowden looms large. It will be at least one more coach after Jimbo Fisher before we can shake those cobwebs off and then think about returning to prominence. It was the same for Bama after Coach Bryant retired.


EJ Manuel has not lived up to the hype. He has been overrated from day one. We've had two touchdowns in two games by the offense and national title contenders don't have that anemic of an offense.


I am glad that we lost now because it prevents us from playing juggernauts like Alabama at the end of the season and getting a tail whooping. Maybe we can get a soft opponent for a bowl game....or maybe this will be the onus that convinces the admin to move to the SEC so that we can start having to compete EVERY WEEK. We'll get it handed to us early on, but in the long run, leaving the ACC for the SEC will be a dose of medicine we truly must choke down.

Watched Ohio state have a pretty easy time with Nebraska.

The number 3, 4, and 5 AP rated teams all lost yesterday. The first BCS poll will be released next week and Alabama and Oregon should remain atop. With the remaining schedules for both teams, I do not see either of these teams losing, so the BCS Championship will most likely be between the Crimson Tide and the Ducks.

@Seaoat: The Buckeye - Husker game was a pretty good game until OSU decided to pull their heads out of their asses and play football. I heard one of the Game Day commentators yesterday say that Taylor Martinez is far better than Braxton Miller and is probably the best QB in the Big 10. After the way Martinez played yesterday and the way Miller played, I certainly have my doubts that Martinez is the better WQB.

The Tide still ranks at the top.... I don't think South Carolina has ever ranked so high--Steve Spurrier has them running like a fine machine....

Associated Press Top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (60) 5-0 1,500 1
2. Oregon 6-0 1,435 2
3. South Carolina 6-0 1,359 6
4. Florida 5-0 1,265 10
5. West Virginia 5-0 1,260 8
6. Kansas St. 5-0 1,217 7
7. Notre Dame 5-0 1,176 9
8. Ohio St. 6-0 1,053 12
9. LSU 5-1 938 4
10. Oregon St. 4-0 873 14
11. Southern Cal 4-1 812 13
12. Florida St. 5-1 800 3
13. Oklahoma 3-1 756 17
14. Georgia 5-1 733 5
15. Texas 4-1 711 11
16. Clemson 5-1 657 15
17. Stanford 4-1 587 18
18. Louisville 5-0 494 19
19. Mississippi St. 5-0 450 20
20. Rutgers 5-0 331 22
21. Cincinnati 4-0 205 NR
22. Texas A&M 4-1 153 NR
23. Louisiana Tech 5-0 129 NR
24. Boise St. 4-1 114 NR
25. Michigan 3-2 82 NR

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:The Tide still ranks at the top.... I don't think South Carolina has ever ranked so high--Steve Spurrier has them running like a fine machine....

Associated Press Top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (60) 5-0 1,500 1
2. Oregon 6-0 1,435 2
3. South Carolina 6-0 1,359 6
4. Florida 5-0 1,265 10
5. West Virginia 5-0 1,260 8
6. Kansas St. 5-0 1,217 7
7. Notre Dame 5-0 1,176 9
8. Ohio St. 6-0 1,053 12
9. LSU 5-1 938 4
10. Oregon St. 4-0 873 14
11. Southern Cal 4-1 812 13
12. Florida St. 5-1 800 3
13. Oklahoma 3-1 756 17
14. Georgia 5-1 733 5
15. Texas 4-1 711 11
16. Clemson 5-1 657 15
17. Stanford 4-1 587 18
18. Louisville 5-0 494 19
19. Mississippi St. 5-0 450 20
20. Rutgers 5-0 331 22
21. Cincinnati 4-0 205 NR
22. Texas A&M 4-1 153 NR
23. Louisiana Tech 5-0 129 NR
24. Boise St. 4-1 114 NR
25. Michigan 3-2 82 NR

I was reading on another forum earlier today and someone had posted that there is no way that Florida deserves to move agead of FSU. My reply was au contraire! Florida beat the #3 ranked team at the time while FSU lost to an unranked team and struggled the week before against an also unranked South Florida. FSUs problem is that they seem to give up once they get a lead and have a real problem in closing the deal.

What I'm not so sure of is that ND and OSU deserve the #7 and #8 ranking respectfully. I don't see any proof yet that they have played any worthy opponents.

I have not seen Kansas State play, but I am hearing people say they may be a team to watch. I have no belief that ND should be in the top 10, but my guess with the way the polls will work is that Ohio State will move up the polls pretty quickly. I hate this system. I want a playoff system.

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:The Tide still ranks at the top.... I don't think South Carolina has ever ranked so high--Steve Spurrier has them running like a fine machine....

Associated Press Top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (60) 5-0 1,500 1
2. Oregon 6-0 1,435 2
3. South Carolina 6-0 1,359 6
4. Florida 5-0 1,265 10
5. West Virginia 5-0 1,260 8
6. Kansas St. 5-0 1,217 7
7. Notre Dame 5-0 1,176 9
8. Ohio St. 6-0 1,053 12
9. LSU 5-1 938 4
10. Oregon St. 4-0 873 14
11. Southern Cal 4-1 812 13
12. Florida St. 5-1 800 3
13. Oklahoma 3-1 756 17
14. Georgia 5-1 733 5
15. Texas 4-1 711 11
16. Clemson 5-1 657 15
17. Stanford 4-1 587 18
18. Louisville 5-0 494 19
19. Mississippi St. 5-0 450 20
20. Rutgers 5-0 331 22
21. Cincinnati 4-0 205 NR
22. Texas A&M 4-1 153 NR
23. Louisiana Tech 5-0 129 NR
24. Boise St. 4-1 114 NR
25. Michigan 3-2 82 NR

I was reading on another forum earlier today and someone had posted that there is no way that Florida deserves to move agead of FSU. My reply was au contraire! Florida beat the #3 ranked team at the time while FSU lost to an unranked team and struggled the week before against an also unranked South Florida. FSUs problem is that they seem to give up once they get a lead and have a real problem in closing the deal.

What I'm not so sure of is that ND and OSU deserve the #7 and #8 ranking respectfully. I don't see any proof yet that they have played any worthy opponents.

FSU doesn't need to even be ranked after their performance. As a fan, I am disgusted with their play.

USC was once ranked #2, until they lost to Navy.

It's a weird year, Bama is not great. The East Winner could beat them.

We'll see......

October 20th will tell exactly how good Florida and South Carolina really are. They go head to head in the Swamp. Then the following week Florida has Georgia. That is brutal back to back games for the Gators.