College Gameday Thread: Week 3

[bearsfan_51]

It's going to be hard to find a 10th BCS team anyway. It would likely come down to a Big Ten or ACC at-large, which would require Florida State and Clemson to each run the table and only lose to each other. I have a hard time seeing two 10-win teams from the Big Ten, especially with Ohio State ineligible.

[bearsfan_51]

New AP Top 25:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

Teams that are too high:

-Georgia
-Clemson
-Michigan
-Louisville
-Mississippi State (wtf? Did they have to have another SEC team after dropping Tennessee?)

Teams that are too low:
-Arizona

[bearsfan_51]

My BCS predictions:

National Championship: Alabama vs. Florida State (by far the easiest route to undefeated)

Rose Bowl: Stanford vs. Nebraska (honestly, I have no idea who wins the Big Ten)

Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. USC

Sugar Bowl: LSU vs. Texas

Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Notre Dame (forgot about them)

[tjsunstein]

WVU needs to start conference play, making us wait a month is torture. Baylor has UL-Monroe before we square off, that should be interesting.

[Babylon]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

That Stanford defense looked plenty athletic to me...

Agree. I think you could make the argument that the Stanford defense is more athletic than the SC defense. Losing Khaled Holmes (Trojan center) was huge.

[Brent]

Alabama is so good; it's sickening.

[Cigaro]

If Florida State can beat up on Clemson, I won't talk any more **** about them. Admittedly it would probably be a case of one overrated team beating another overrated team, but I hate Clemson so the quicker they deflate the better.

[sbh15]

Florida is overrated at #14, if you ask me, but Driskell is showing HUGE potential. some of the throws he made make me think we have a chance against LSU. if the team can get off to a better start than they have been so far, I will be very optimistic for this season

[niel89]

I was very surprised to see Stanford in the top 10 there. I love it, but I was shocked when I found out. The defense is legit though.

[JoeJoeBrown]

CFB is full of garbage teams this season. Lots of bad football being played.

[tjsunstein]

Originally Posted by Cigaro

If Florida State can beat up on Clemson, I won't talk any more **** about them. Admittedly it would probably be a case of one overrated team beating another overrated team, but I hate Clemson so the quicker they deflate the better.

This is my thought process as well, neither team finishes higher than they are now.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by JoeJoeBrown

CFB is full of garbage teams this season. Lots of bad football being played.

College football has been exceptionally good for years now. Think of how many rookies have made an instant impact in the NFL. This seems to be more of a revert to the norm.

[mqtirishfan]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Notre Dame (forgot about them)

Don't know that I can buy it yet. ND still has Michigan, Oklahoma, Stanford and USC left on their schedule. If it weren't for the fact USC is their last game, I could see them getting in by splitting those games, but that seems like the best case scenario. I reserve the right to change my mind and predict them for the title game if they win next week, though.

[M.O.T.H.]

I love being ranked 7th right now. Not that SCAR has any business being ranked so high, imo. But whatever. We'll see what happens when we play a real team...but I just dont see us being THAT good.