[anabolicrhino]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL RELEASED: Coaches vote Michigan fifth in Top 25

Rutgers #16 and climbing !!!

[jmh80]

In case anyone doesn't want to click a link:

USA Today Poll
1. USC (45) 0-0 1,481
2. LSU (4) 0-0 1,372
3. Florida (9) 0-0 1,278
4. Texas 0-0 1,231
5. Michigan (2) 0-0 1,218
6. West Virginia 0-0 1,205
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,114
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,026
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,005
10. Ohio State 0-0 919
11. Louisville 0-0 836
12. California 0-0 763
13. Georgia 0-0 604
14. Auburn 0-0 595
15. Tennessee 0-0 583
16. Rutgers 0-0 466
17. UCLA 0-0 454
18. Penn State 0-0 440
19. Nebraska 0-0 388
20. Arkansas 0-0 360
21. Florida State 0-0 301
22. TCU 0-0 233
23. Boise State 0-0 222
24. Hawaii 0-0 214
25. Texas A&M 0-0 209
Others Recieving Votes
Boston College 150, Georgia Tech 150, Miami (FL) 91, Notre Dame 90, South Carolina 90, Wake Forest 71, Missouri 58, Oregon State 52, Brigham Young 47, Clemson 30, Oregon 30, South Florida 26, Texas Tech 20, Alabama 16, Oklahoma State 15, Southern Miss 14, Iowa 12, Kansas State 8, Memphis 5, Houston 4, Arizona 1, Duke 1, Kentucky 1, Washington State 1.

[jmh80]

My thoughts:
Florida will NOT end up in the top 10. I'm not sure even about the top 15, honestly.
Nothing to do with my personal feeling towards the Gators. They just lost too much on D and have a new QB coming in. I don't care what Teebow did last year. What will he do with real pass rushes facing him every down - where he'll be forced to throw the ball to win. (And can run every down like he could in '06. He won't last if he does that in '07.)


I think Wisconsin should be the top ranked Big 10 team.


Virginia Tech is getting more respect than deserved as far as the team they'll put on the field. BAD QB.


I think Cal should be in the top 10 honestly.


Lastly - Miami doesn't deserve to be ranked.
I'm not worried about it either.
Just win games.
Our schedule has 4 teams in the pre-season top 25 - with BC and GaTech coming thisclose to being ranked also.
If we win - we'll move up quickly.

[BabyHulk]

I agree about ND as well 80. All I care about this year is seeing even the slightest bit of improvement on defense. Our weakest spot in 3 years.

[musclemilk40]

Florida probably has a good chance to win the SEC again. LSU you should win, but Teebow is awesome. CAL?? Wisconsin? Wow!!!!!!!!! I guess West Virginia is overrated to uh?

[Iron Warrior]

Originally Posted by jmh80

I think Cal should be in the top 10 honestly.

I'm surprised that Justin Forsett isn't getting much respect because he was 190 lbs last year. He bulked up to 205 now so they're naturally questioning if he lost his blazing speed and cat-like quickness. The thing that concerns me about Cal is the defense. They have a tendency to gamble more then they need to and get burned for big plays as a consequence.

I think Nate Longshore is better than what most people give him credit for. He did seem to have a tendency to play down to his competition early in the year but I'm sure Coach Tedford will work on it.

D'Sean Jackson is the big playmaker on offense and special teams. He is sort of like our Ted Ginn, Jr. but I hope he's a little tougher than that pretty boy because I thought he should have kept playing against the Gators.

[Iron Warrior]

Originally Posted by musclemilk40

Florida probably has a good chance to win the SEC again. LSU you should win, but Teebow is awesome. CAL?? Wisconsin? Wow!!!!!!!!! I guess West Virginia is overrated to uh?

Cal is goo bro, don't sleep on the big bad Bears I seriously think we have a shot at beating USC this year. The Bears have played them real tough even in the recent losses vs. USC and they had that upset over the Trojans 34-31 the year that the Trojans shared the Title with Auburn.

Tebow had mostly big plays with his feet in various games but Chris Leak led that team. I personally think the Gators have lost too much on that D-Line plus the loss of Reggie Nelson. I don't doubt they have great athletes but you need to have the best team to win, not necessarily the most athletically gifted team. Tebow may eventually be awesome but I think they have a rough schedule within their conference. South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee are tough games. There's also Florida St., LSU, and Auburn on your schedule in case that's not enough.

BTW, I can't freaking wait for some football ! ! !

[jmh80]

Originally Posted by musclemilk40

Florida probably has a good chance to win the SEC again. LSU you should win, but Teebow is awesome. CAL?? Wisconsin? Wow!!!!!!!!! I guess West Virginia is overrated to uh?

I've been doing CFB threads on here for 3 years.

You, sir, are crazy.

FLA lost 9 starters on D. Their best goal line RB is now the QB. They lost veteran receivers. (Don't give me Deonte.)

'07 won't be your year.
See you in '08 at the Swamp. I'll be there.

Cal - yes. Cal. I watched them at UT last year. I know what they have coming back.
I don't buy USC has a cake walk to the BCS (Pac 10 title).

Wisky - yes. They return everyone but 3 starters on both sides of the ball. Darn good D. Helluva RB. Good TE.
Helluva head coach.
They've got OSU's number the last 5 years (won 3 out of 4). They've got Michigan at home (who is still coached by Lloyd Carr).

WVU isn't overrated.
Their schedule is piss-azz poor this year. They'll have a darn good O. But a god awful D.
It won't hurt them in the regular season.
I think if they make it to the BCS title game, they'll get light the f*ck up by a real D and special teams.

[size]

My prediction: Hawaii goes undefeated on a 60+ Td season from Colt Brennan. Hawaii goes to a BCS.

[Iron Warrior]

Originally Posted by size

My prediction: Hawaii goes undefeated on a 60+ Td season from Colt Brennan. Hawaii goes to a BCS.

Good to see you again size Baseball is about to become irrelevant once football kicks off

[jmh80]

AP poll out:

1. USC (62) 0-0 1622 4
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1511 3
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1396 10
4. Texas 0-0 1375 13
5. Michigan 0-0 1371 8
6. Florida 0-0 1276 1
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1192 7
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1166 11
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1148 19
10. Louisville 0-0 1031 6
11. Ohio State 0-0 876 2
12. California 0-0 790 14
13. Georgia 0-0 782 23
14. UCLA 0-0 605 NR
15. Tennessee 0-0 571 25
16. Rutgers 0-0 560 12
17. Penn State 0-0 542 24
18. Auburn 0-0 519 9
19. Florida State 0-0 392 NR
20. Nebraska 0-0 377 NR
21. Arkansas 0-0 376 15
22. TCU 0-0 283 22
23. Hawaii 0-0 256 NR
24. Boise State 0-0 187 5
25. Texas A&M 0-0 162 NR
Others Recieving Votes
Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 68, Alabama 66, Oregon State 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona State 17, Brigham Young 14, Southern Miss 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2, Purdue 1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, North Carolina State 1.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

[size]

Originally Posted by Iron Warrior

Good to see you again size Baseball is about to become irrelevant once football kicks off

I was on a hiatus but I am returning for college football.

[jmh80]

Size,
Your thoughts on the BCS championship participants?

[Iron Warrior]

I noticed West Virginia is #3 but I just don't see them as a top 10 team. Their defense would have me worried if I was a Mountaineers fan.

[BUCKNUTS]

My beloved Buckeyes # 10 and #11 respectively, probably overrated at this point with all we lost on the offensive side of the ball but I think we have a God given right to be top 10 to start each and every season. Football is our child we gave birth to it and it belongs to us, everyone else has a bastardized version. I don't like our chances this year so I'm just going to spew this kind of rhetoric all season long.

[BingeAndPurge]

Well, Bucknuts, you may be doing it for both of us this year. We should head into Wisconsin undefeated, and into Michigan with that one lose to Whisky or none at all. Our D and schedule will be enough to have a good season with, but JT and company haven't even named a starting QB yet. I'm sure it will be Boeckman, but the other two will strive to throw their kinks into it, especially spew-talking Henton. Dude needs to take a Big-10 snap before he thinks of talking Heisman again.

Anyway, with the schedule we may be a 1-loss team without a BCS bid. I'm just glad to be in Ohio with the ability to go to the games and enjoy Lane Ave. again. It's looking like Akron will be my return to the Shoe and my boy's first game.