*** Official 2015 College Football Thread *** (1 Viewer)

[Slapdash]

2013 Top-25, per National Football Post:

4. Georgia

9. South Carolina

Week two, 9/7/13 South Carolina at Georgia

Isn't week 1 Bama @ TAMU?God it can't get here soon enough.

LSU has a pretty tough schedule next year:Aug. 31: #18 TCU (Arlington, Texas)

Sept. 7: Kent State (Baton Rouge)

Sept. 14: UAB (Baton Rouge)

Sept. 21: Auburn (Baton Rouge)

Sept. 28: at #4 Georgia (Athens, Ga.)

Oct. 5: at Mississippi State (Starkville, Miss.)

Oct. 12: #8 Florida (Baton Rouge)

Oct. 19: at #29 Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)

Oct. 26: Furman (Baton Rouge)

Nov. 2: Open

Nov. 9: at #1 Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Nov. 16: Open

Nov. 23: #7 Texas A&M (Baton Rouge)

Nov. 30: Arkansas (Baton Rouge)

A bye before and after Bama?

Why is that funny?

Because it is ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous? Please do tell.

You shouldn't need anyone to explain to you that it is silly a team would have a week off both before and after their biggest game of the year. Never seen anything quite like that.

I've already responded to the whiners with a great explanation. But keep coming up with excuses.

May y'all are just holding the spot open for Charlotte.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I think Saban set up this "relationship" between McCarron and Miss Alabama. See what happens when you come to Alabama, 16 year old highly rated QB's across the country?

Nick be pimping

 

[GeauxTigers]

The correct playoff would have been:1. Alabama2. Georgia3. Florida4. LSU

Oh please

He is correct. That was the top 4 BCS teams.

There are two more SEC teams more deserving than that turdfest LSU. And at least a dozen across the country. Get your head out of your own SEC ### for 2 minutes though.

You jealous bra?

 

[timschochet]

I think Saban set up this "relationship" between McCarron and Miss Alabama. See what happens when you come to Alabama, 16 year old highly rated QB's across the country?

They don't get a ton of these. With all due respect to Mssrs. Namath and Stabler, (neither of whom I'm old enough to have seen play in college), I think McCarron is probably the best QB you guys have ever had.

 

[Slapdash]

I think Saban set up this "relationship" between McCarron and Miss Alabama. See what happens when you come to Alabama, 16 year old highly rated QB's across the country?

Isn't this what on-campus visits are for?

 

[culdeus]

It's time for the SEC to abandon permanent rivals. LSU getting UF every year while Bama gets Tenn is a crock of ####. This year the rotation gives LSU Georgia on top while Bama gets Kentucky. If Bama needs to play Tenn every year, they can schedule them with one of their non-conference spots.

The practice is by no means locked in at this point. They are really waiting to see how it shakes out with any more additions.

 

[culdeus]

Who cares what Notre Dame would be in the SEC. Part of the problem for Notre Dame is that Saban is unstoppable when he has a month to prepare. If Saban only had a week, perhaps it's a different game.Heck last year Bama lost to LSU in-season. Then when he had a month to prepare for Miles it wasn't even close.I guarantee Saban will spend the summer working on Manziel.

Just copy what Miles did. He had the blueprint. Fake an edge rush with DE then spread to outside contain while mike stays home. It helps when your DE are 6-7 and can knock down a few passes here and there too.

 

[gump]

I think Saban set up this "relationship" between McCarron and Miss Alabama. See what happens when you come to Alabama, 16 year old highly rated QB's across the country?

They don't get a ton of these. With all due respect to Mssrs. Namath and Stabler, (neither of whom I'm old enough to have seen play in college), I think McCarron is probably the best QB you guys have ever had.

Agree...but it's changing some. The 5th ranked QB in the 13 class is signed. It also changing at WR. Signed the #2 two years in a row.

 

[GeauxTigers]

Probably should have just avoided facebook with all the SEC d-baggery going on.One asked if Bama was that good or ND was that bad.One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

ND WOULD lose a few games if they played in the SEC. Did you even watch that game last night? Bama crushed them. It wasn't even close. Even the announcers were saying how ND didn't have close to the athletes Bama does...and Bama could have lost to LSU, they did lose to A@M and almost to Georgia.

 

[The Commish]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Come on now.

You have LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas to choose from. I don't see two guaranteed wins there. If I had a gun to my head, LSU would be one, but I have NO IDEA who the other would be. And given the fact that we don't know which LSU team would show up, I have little confidence labeling that a guarantee either.

You are forgetting the Aggies.

You're right....that gives me one, but I'm still not sold on it being a guarantee, but it's much moreso than LSU.

OK, I get that LSU #### the bed during the last 4 minutes against Clemson, but they did beat A&M. That half time interview last night reminded me of Chip Kelly after the LSU game last year. They were both shocked, basically conceeding that they were playing a team at a whole different level.

I know I'll get the "a win's a win" argument, but they also struggled against Auburn, South Carolina, Townson, and Arkansas. IMO, LSU wasn't their typical selves this year. I don't know why people have such an issue with that.

 

[The Commish]

May y'all are just holding the spot open for Charlotte.

This absurd assertion/speculation will NEVER get old

 

[GeauxTigers]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Really? You must be fishing. LSU and A@M would crush them. Ole Miss would beat them too.

 

[sho nuff]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Really? You must be fishing. LSU and A@M would crush them. Ole Miss would beat them too.

Um...no.

 

[culdeus]

Ole Miss was a sneaky good team this year. No idea who they bring back but if they don't lose much and just add a little on D they could shock a ton of people next year.

 

[sho nuff]

Probably should have just avoided facebook with all the SEC d-baggery going on.One asked if Bama was that good or ND was that bad.One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

ND WOULD lose a few games if they played in the SEC. Did you even watch that game last night? Bama crushed them. It wasn't even close. Even the announcers were saying how ND didn't have close to the athletes Bama does...and Bama could have lost to LSU, they did lose to A@M and almost to Georgia.

Where did I say they wouldn't lose a few?

 

[The Commish]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Really? You must be fishing. LSU and A@M would crush them. Ole Miss would beat them too.

Of course they would...especially LSU, the team that struggled with Auburn and Arkansas...oh and don't forget the mightly Towson. Obviously they'd CRUSH ND.

 

[Joe T]

Does the playoff start next season or the season after?

Doesn't matter. The four team disaster everyone is so excited about would have excluded Texas A&M and a good chance of excluding Oregon too (Stanford won that conference).

Yeah everyone forgets that. Very possible Stanford gets in over Oregon. Depends on the "committee".

The correct playoff would have been:1. Alabama2. Georgia3. Florida4. LSU

Oh please

 

[Joe T]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Come on now.

You have LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas to choose from. I don't see two guaranteed wins there. If I had a gun to my head, LSU would be one, but I have NO IDEA who the other would be. And given the fact that we don't know which LSU team would show up, I have little confidence labeling that a guarantee either.

Johnny Football could probably beat them by himself.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

It's time for the SEC to abandon permanent rivals. LSU getting UF every year while Bama gets Tenn is a crock of ####. This year the rotation gives LSU Georgia on top while Bama gets Kentucky. If Bama needs to play Tenn every year, they can schedule them with one of their non-conference spots.

From 1995-2006 UT led the series 10-2. You don't dump a hundred year old rivalry because one team is having a good run. Get real.

No, you get rid of it because permanent rivals is screwing up scheduling for the whole conference. There's only actually two of them that are a big deal to the schools - Bama/Tenn and UGA/Auburn. The folks at USC aren't going to get upset about not facing Arkansas every year. Like I said, there's absolutely nothing to stop Tenn and Bama from still playing every year outside of the conference schedule.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Johnny Football could probably beat them by himself.

Johnny Football >>> Touchdown Jesus

 

[GeauxTigers]

Who cares what Notre Dame would be in the SEC. Part of the problem for Notre Dame is that Saban is unstoppable when he has a month to prepare. If Saban only had a week, perhaps it's a different game.Heck last year Bama lost to LSU in-season. Then when uhe had a month to prepare for Miles it wasn't even close.I guarantee Saban will spend the summer working on Manziel.

Can't wait for that game.

 

[GoFishTN]

It's time for the SEC to abandon permanent rivals. LSU getting UF every year while Bama gets Tenn is a crock of ####. This year the rotation gives LSU Georgia on top while Bama gets Kentucky. If Bama needs to play Tenn every year, they can schedule them with one of their non-conference spots.

From 1995-2006 UT led the series 10-2. You don't dump a hundred year old rivalry because one team is having a good run. Get real.

No, you get rid of it because permanent rivals is screwing up scheduling for the whole conference. There's only actually two of them that are a big deal to the schools - Bama/Tenn and UGA/Auburn. The folks at USC aren't going to get upset about not facing Arkansas every year. Like I said, there's absolutely nothing to stop Tenn and Bama from still playing every year outside of the conference schedule.

You don't play conference games outside of your conference schedule.

 

[gump]

Who cares what Notre Dame would be in the SEC. Part of the problem for Notre Dame is that Saban is unstoppable when he has a month to prepare. If Saban only had a week, perhaps it's a different game.Heck last year Bama lost to LSU in-season. Then when uhe had a month to prepare for Miles it wasn't even close.I guarantee Saban will spend the summer working on Manziel.

Can't wait for that game.

I hope to go....that's a stadium I'd like to experience.TAMU looks to be keeping one of their big junior OLs....they're gonna be good.

 

[GeauxTigers]

One of the replies was that ND would be lucky to go 6-6 in the SEC.Yeah...a team that went undefeated and played Stanford, Okalahoma, Michigan and Michigan State and USC (even if those last 3 were in down years)...but a team like that could only win 2 conference games apparently.

Depends on what their schedule was. If they were in the west, that'd be a guaranteed 3 losses right there.

I get Alabama....who are the other two "guaranteed"?

Come on now.

You have LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas to choose from. I don't see two guaranteed wins there. If I had a gun to my head, LSU would be one, but I have NO IDEA who the other would be. And given the fact that we don't know which LSU team would show up, I have little confidence labeling that a guarantee either.

Johnny Football could probably beat them by himself.

lol

 

[Moe.]

Next year as a handicap Saban shouldn't be able to communicate with the team at all from the end of the season through the rest of the calendar year. Just give him a week or so starting January 1.

 

[FDAS]

Rudy! Rudy! Ru...oh wait

 

[prefontaine]

Who cares what Notre Dame would be in the SEC. Part of the problem for Notre Dame is that Saban is unstoppable when he has a month to prepare. If Saban only had a week, perhaps it's a different game.

Heck last year Bama lost to LSU in-season. Then when uhe had a month to prepare for Miles it wasn't even close.

I guarantee Saban will spend the summer working on Manziel.

Can't wait for that game.

I hope to go....that's a stadium I'd like to experience.TAMU looks to be keeping one of their big junior OLs....they're gonna be good.

I think I'm going to try to go to that one as well assuming tickets aren't insane. Just around town I should have some good games to go to though (TCU-LSU, UT-TCU, RRS). Plus a buddy of mine in Seattle promised me tix to a game in renovated Husky Stadium. They don't even have a schedule yet though but hopefully the Oregon game is a convenient weekend.

 

[The Commish]

prefontaine....you have the #s on the game last night? I've run into more people than I thought I would who didn't watch.

 

[MAC_32]

All I saw were the highlights of the game while I was working out, but best I can tell ND completely forgot how to tackle. They had 3-4 clips of Te'o completely whiffing on tackles. I think he MIGHT have missed 5 tackles all year.

He's got a bad habit about lunging forward losing his leverage, but he's never done it as consistently as he did last night and on top of that it happened multiple times in very bad situations. His poor play effected the other LB's too, who were used to Te'o setting things up and them knocking 'em down, and when Te'o played poorly they froze. I thought the ND line played very well, but their LB play was so bad it was difficult to notice. Combine that with the Alabama passing game being more successful than I thought they would (not because of ND's secondary, which I have beaten to death as garbage all year, but because of Bama's passing game) and this thing was just plain fugly.I think this game had a lot more to do with that side of the ball than ND's offense, when the defense fell apart the offense waived the white flag because they just knew they wouldn't score 30+ on these guys. Could tell in their body language. Really sad game that wasn't indicative of ND's play throughout the year. Expected the honks to come out in full force today and it will continue until at least this time next year, but per usual they're dead wrong about ND vs. the rest of the SEC. A&M would torch them because of the passing game, but no one else would...if good Te'o shows up anyway.

 

[gump]

Miami – The new college football playoff will launch with semifinals January 1, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif., and New Orleans it was announced today by college football commissioners who met in Miami, making the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl the first sites to host the newly launched four-team playoff.

 

[Abraham]

Tennessee seems to think it has a real chance at Derrick green, who would start from day 1. Also landed a prior Clemson commit at receiver who is a legacy that Dooley didn't want for some reason.

 

[prefontaine]

prefontaine....you have the #s on the game last night? I've run into more people than I thought I would who didn't watch.

I don't yet. I only get a report on Mondays that runs the previous Mon-Sun. I saw some news article that the numbers were much lower than anticipated but that's not really surprising given the blowout. Ratings numbers are averages and they usually peak in the last quarter of football games. So a close game will always generated much higher ratings than a blowout.

 

[prefontaine]

in fact, here is a Sports Illustrated article discussing exactly that. Looks like the ratings were 15.1.

 

[gump]

Quote from an Unnamed SEC OC after the first TD last night:"This game is over right now. Alabama coaches know it and so do the Notre Dame coaches. Notre Dame had their safeties up on every running play and Alabama ran right through them ... and Notre Dame knew what Alabama was going to do on every play and couldn't do anything about it. This one is over and its going to get ugly."

 

[prefontaine]

I think anybody with 2 eyes saw that. I was impressed Bama even tried to run into that set but even more so that they were able to do so. You guys can talk about the linebackers or whatever, but when you put 8 and 9 in the box and the other team runs at will, you aren't ever going to win. The Cotton Bowl was the same way really. OU lacked the size up front to keep A&M from running at will without walking up the safeties. But they couldn't do that without leaving guys on an island in coverage. It's really hard to scheme against insanely good line talent.

 

[Christo]

I think anybody with 2 eyes saw that. I was impressed Bama even tried to run into that set but even more so that they were able to do so. You guys can talk about the linebackers or whatever, but when you put 8 and 9 in the box and the other team runs at will, you aren't ever going to win. The Cotton Bowl was the same way really. OU lacked the size up front to keep A&M from running at will without walking up the safeties. But they couldn't do that without leaving guys on an island in coverage. It's really hard to scheme against insanely good line talent.

A&M hardly ran the ball other than Manzeil scrambling. They ran 68 plays, 14 of which were runs by RBs. OU would have loved for A&M to just line up and run at them 40 times.

 

[prefontaine]

There were probably 5 pure scrambles by Manziel all day. Many of those are designed runs. The RBs averaged 7-8 yards a carry? As a team they had 31 rushes and averaged over 10 yards per carry. The A&M oline completely and totally dominated the OU front from start to finish. I know you are an OU homer but are you really denying that?

 

[Christo]

There were probably 5 pure scrambles by Manziel all day. Many of those are designed runs. The RBs averaged 7-8 yards a carry? As a team they had 31 rushes and averaged over 10 yards per carry. The A&M oline completely and totally dominated the OU front from start to finish. I know you are an OU homer but are you really denying that?

I'm denying your comparison between what A&M did to OU and Bama did to ND.

 

[prefontaine]

There were probably 5 pure scrambles by Manziel all day. Many of those are designed runs. The RBs averaged 7-8 yards a carry? As a team they had 31 rushes and averaged over 10 yards per carry. The A&M oline completely and totally dominated the OU front from start to finish. I know you are an OU homer but are you really denying that?

I'm denying your comparison between what A&M did to OU and Bama did to ND.

Hmmm....I'm just saying, I walked out of Jerryworld and thought that was probably the most impressive line play I'd seen all year. They simply owned that game more than Manziel or the A&M defense even. A&M could have run on any given play (and did quite often). Maybe you don't like the comparison because Bama is a running team and A&M spreads you out. But from a line play standpoint, those were easily the two most impressive performances I saw all bowl season. And when a line is able to do that, you can't out scheme it. Apologies if I wasn't clear.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Go Tigers = Clay Travis?

 

[Slapdash]

Go Tigers = Clay Travis?

Wheaux?

 

[The Commish]

Tennessee seems to think it has a real chance at Derrick green, who would start from day 1. Also landed a prior Clemson commit at receiver who is a legacy that Dooley didn't want for some reason.

Green's made his decision....making an announcement sometime this month. I wasn't aware he'd even visited Tenn. We'll find out soon enough where he's going. There are few places he wouldn't start.

 

[The Commish]

prefontaine....you have the #s on the game last night? I've run into more people than I thought I would who didn't watch.

I don't yet. I only get a report on Mondays that runs the previous Mon-Sun. I saw some news article that the numbers were much lower than anticipated but that's not really surprising given the blowout. Ratings numbers are averages and they usually peak in the last quarter of football games. So a close game will always generated much higher ratings than a blowout.

I've always wondered how the ratings work and "when" they take the numbers.

 

[prefontaine]

prefontaine....you have the #s on the game last night? I've run into more people than I thought I would who didn't watch.

I don't yet. I only get a report on Mondays that runs the previous Mon-Sun. I saw some news article that the numbers were much lower than anticipated but that's not really surprising given the blowout. Ratings numbers are averages and they usually peak in the last quarter of football games. So a close game will always generated much higher ratings than a blowout.

I've always wondered how the ratings work and "when" they take the numbers.

My understanding (and I'm probably not the best person to ask honestly) is that they check every 15 minutes. And there is some device that can tell how many people are in the room (or you have to click it or something). It may be that with more sophisticated technology they check more often and even monitor when you flip the channels. But that's how it used to work iircThere is someone around FBGs that mentioned he had a Neilson box in his house in some thread but I forget who. If he reads this maybe he'll chime in.

 

[Slapdash]

prefontaine....you have the #s on the game last night? I've run into more people than I thought I would who didn't watch.

I don't yet. I only get a report on Mondays that runs the previous Mon-Sun. I saw some news article that the numbers were much lower than anticipated but that's not really surprising given the blowout. Ratings numbers are averages and they usually peak in the last quarter of football games. So a close game will always generated much higher ratings than a blowout.

I've always wondered how the ratings work and "when" they take the numbers.

My understanding (and I'm probably not the best person to ask honestly) is that they check every 15 minutes. And there is some device that can tell how many people are in the room (or you have to click it or something). It may be that with more sophisticated technology they check more often and even monitor when you flip the channels. But that's how it used to work iircThere is someone around FBGs that mentioned he had a Neilson box in his house in some thread but I forget who. If he reads this maybe he'll chime in.

derek245583 from the footy thread.

 

[Raider Nation]

Last night, most hardcore Auburn fans were:

A) Watching the game, rooting for BAMA (SEC/state pride)

B) Watching the game, rooting their ass off for ND

C) Not watching the game at all

D) Delivering pizza

My guess would be "B"...

 

[BigJohn]

Johnny Football could probably beat them by himself.

Johnny Football >>> Touchdown Jesus

for when Johnny get hit by lightning and burns to the ground...

 

[gump]

Last night, most hardcore Auburn fans were:

A) Watching the game, rooting for BAMA (SEC/state pride)

B) Watching the game, rooting their ass off for ND

C) Not watching the game at all

D) Delivering pizza

My guess would be "B"...

Definitely B. There was an official logo for 'War Damn Irish':http://nocoastbias.com/auburn-students-create-war-irish-t-shirts-for-national-championship/

 

[sho nuff]

Go Tigers = Clay Travis?

IF Travis was an LSU fan sure.

 

[sho nuff]

Ole Miss was a sneaky good team this year. No idea who they bring back but if they don't lose much and just add a little on D they could shock a ton of people next year.

They were ok...but this the same Ole Miss that got waxed by Texas?