The Official 2013 College Football Thread

[Pope Sazae]

Jeff Driskel is the Mark Sanchez of college football

 

[Michael Yagami]

WVU's defense was much improved from last week's game against William and Mary. They generated a ton of turnovers and gave the offense a lot of chances to win the game. Too bad we don't have a quarterback. We had some impressive running plays, but the passing game is abysmal.

The only thing that kept the score as close as it was was the fact that OU's offense couldn't really get the job done either.

We desperately need a quarterback. It's time to put in Childress so we can see what he can do.

 

[Arcademan]

Top 25: Week of 9-8-13

AP Top 25 Ranking

1.Alabama (57) 1-0
2.Oregon (1) 2-0
3.Clemson (1) 2-0
4.Ohio St. (1) 2-0
5.Stanford 1-1
6.Texas A&M 2-0
7.Louisville 2-0
8.LSU 2-0
9.Georgia 1-1
10.Florida St. 2-0
11.Michigan 2-0
12.Oklahoma St. 2-0
13.South Carolina 1-1
14.Oklahoma 2-0
15.Miami (FL) 2-0
16.UCLA 1-0
17.Northwestern 2-0
18.Florida 1-1
19.Washington 1-0
20.Wisconsin 2-0
21.Notre Dame 1-1
22.Baylor 2-0
23.Nebraska 2-0
24.TCU 1-1
25.Mississippi 2-0

USA Today Ranking

1. Alabama (58) 1-0
2. Oregon (1) 2-0
3. Ohio St. (2) 2-0
4. Stanford 1-0
5. Clemson 2-0
6. Texas A&M (1) 2-0
7. Louisville 2-0
8. LSU 2-0
9. Florida St. 1-0
10. Georgia 1-1
11. Oklahoma St. 2-0
12. Michigan 2-0
13. Oklahoma 2-0
14. South Carolina 1-1
15. Nebraska 2-0
16. Northwestern 2-0
17. UCLA 1-0
18. Miami (FL) 2-0
18. Wisconsin 2-0
20. Florida 1-1
21. Notre Dame 1-1
22. Baylor 2-0
23. Washington 1-0
24. TCU 1-1
25. Mississippi 2-0

 

[Arcademan]

Top 25: Week of 9-15-13

AP Top 25 Ranking

1. Alabama (59) 2-0
2. Oregon (1) 3-0
3. Clemson 2-0
4. Ohio St. 3-0
5. Stanford 2-0
6. LSU 3-0
7. Louisville 3-0
8. Florida St. 3-0
9. Georgia 1-1
10.Texas A&M 2-1
11.Oklahoma St. 3-0
12.South Carolina 2-1
13.UCLA 2-0
14.Oklahoma 3-0
15.Michigan 3-0
16.Miami (FL) 2-0
17.Washington 2-0
18.Northwestern 3-0
19.Florida 1-1
20.Baylor 2-0
21.Mississippi 3-0
22.Notre Dame 2-1
23.Arizona St. 2-0
24.Wisconsin 2-1
25.Texas Tech 3-0

USA Today Ranking

1. Alabama (61) 2-0
2. Oregon (1) 3-0
3. Ohio St. 3-0
4. Clemson 2-0
5. Stanford 2-0
6. Louisville 3-0
7. LSU 3-0
8. Florida St. 2-0
9. Texas A&M 2-1
10.Georgia 1-1
11.Oklahoma St. 3-0
12.Oklahoma 3-0
13.South Carolina 2-1
14.Michigan 3-0
15.UCLA 2-0
16.Northwestern 3-0
17.Miami (FL) 2-0
18.Florida 1-1
19.Baylor 2-0
20.Washington 2-0
21.Notre Dame 2-1
22.Mississippi 3-0
23.Arizona St. 2-0
24.Michigan St. 3-0
25.Fresno St. 2-0

 

[Pope Sazae]

After such a good showing they put on against Bama I don't think A&M should have dropped all the way to 10. Maybe go down one spot and I would pick them any day over Louisville, FSU, or Ohio State.

 

[lithy]

This is pretty big news that crosses the real world, with the college athletics world, with the video game world.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...a-sports-stop-producing-college-football-game

 

[Pope Sazae]

lol Lane Kiffin fired in most unsurprising move ever...

The USC Trojans have fired coach Lane Kiffin not six hours after dropping to 3-2 after a blowout loss to Arizona State.

Trojans athletic director Pat Haden broke the news to Kiffin after the team's charter-flight arrival back in Los Angeles early Sunday morning after the 62-41 loss at Tempe, Ariz., the school said in a statement on its website.

USC has lost seven of their past 11 games dating to last year and both of their first two in Pac-12 play this season.

Kiffin's overall record in four years at USC was 28-15.

Haden will hold a news conference at USC on Sunday afternoon, the school said. The specific time and location of the event was unknown.

Kiffin had been retained for 2013 despite the Trojans' three-game skid to end last season while losing five of their last six. That included a 38-28 loss to crosstown rival UCLA, a 22-13 defeat to then-No. 1 Notre Dame and a Hyundai Sun Bowl setback to Georgia Tech, 21-7, on New Year's Eve to cap the season.

The Trojans debuted at No. 24 this preseason before dropping out of The Associated Press Top 25 in the third week.

They had entered the 2012 season No. 1 but finished unranked -- the first team in nearly a half-century to accomplish the ignominious feat.

Kiffin's stay at USC -- like many of his other jobs -- came with a quick, tumult-laden exit.

Kiffin was an NFL head coach at 31, a head coach in the SEC at 33 and became USC's head coach at 34.

If there was a consistent trend to those stops with the Oakland Raiders, then the Tennessee Volunteers and finally the Trojans, it was turmoil.

With Oakland, he lasted only 20 games and his departure became a messy, public feud between he and Al Davis, the former owner who died in 2011.

His arrival in Tennessee was not warmly received by all Vols fans, given the loyalties many had to the former coach there, Phillip Fulmer.

And then came the USC era. The Trojans were hit with severe NCAA sanctions a few months after Kiffin arrived -- he had nothing to do with the wrongdoing that wound up costing the school 30 scholarships over three years and the right to go to the postseason twice -- but it set the tone for another bumpy ride.

Between the ongoing issue with the sanctions and injuries, the Trojans played at Arizona State on Saturday night with 56 recruited scholarship players. The lack of depth was evident at times in that game, and in the end, Kiffin was held ultimately responsible.

USC next plays on Oct. 10 against Arizona, so the Trojans have a bye week to try to settle down the coaching situation and get some players healthy. USC may have lost wide receiver Marqise Lee to a left knee injury, one that Kiffin said on Saturday night after the game may be serious. Lee is expected to have his knee evaluated later Sunday in Los Angeles.

"It didn't look very good," Kiffin said. "It didn't sound very good or look very good, so that's all I got for you."

Hours later, Lee's health took a backseat among the problems facing USC's storied program.

Kiffin addressed his spot on the proverbial "hot seat" after Saturday's loss, saying he's fine with it and that his own job security is "the last thing I'm worried about."

"We have to find a way to coach better," Kiffin said.

Instead, USC and Haden now have to find a different coach.

"I think the guys on this team that really do care and can turn this thing around," USC quarterback Cody Kessler said Saturday night, a few hours before the firing decision was announced, "It's going to be hard -- I'm not going to lie -- but with the character and leadership that we have we can do it."

 

[Arcademan]

Sun Devils put up 62 points on USC, which was the second time in as many years as Oregon did as well last year, tying the most points scored against the Trojans.

Devils get a bye week before heading to Dallas to take on Notre Dame.

 

[Pope Sazae]

Why must Bobak be on his vacation during such a fun time for USC

 

[lithy]

I have to say that while Tennessee fans do not have much to delight in this season, their day just got a little brighter.

 

[Pope Sazae]

I thought it would be a long time for me, as a die-hard Bama fan, to dislike a coach more than Phil Fulmer but Kiffin easily takes it. I'm just scared he is going to cry to daddy and use that name for some deluded team to hire him on. Hopefully if somebody tries to the fanbase will revolt enough to prevent it, not even an Akron or Georgia State would look at this guy.

 

[68k]

Bobaaaaaak where are yooouuuu

 

[68k]

And the bogus targeting calls continue to mount week after week.

 

[Arcademan]

Top 25: Week of 9-29-13

AP Top 25

1. Alabama (55) 4-0
2. Oregon (5) 4-0
3. Clemson 4-0
4. Ohio St. 5-0
5. Stanford 4-0
6. Georgia 3-1
7. Louisville 4-0
8. Florida St. 4-0
9. Texas A&M 4-1
10.LSU 4-1
11.Oklahoma 4-0
12.UCLA 3-0
13.South Carolina 3-1
14.Miami (FL) 4-0
15.Washington 4-0
16.Northwestern 4-0
17.Baylor 3-0
18.Florida 3-1
19.Michigan 4-0
20.Texas Tech 4-0
21.Oklahoma St. 3-1
22.Arizona St. 3-1
23.Fresno St. 4-0
24.Mississippi 3-1
25.Maryland 4-0

USA Today

1. Alabama (59)
2. Oregon (2)
3. Ohio St.
4. Clemson (1)
5. Stanford
6. Georgia
7. Louisville
8. Florida St.
9. Texas A&M
10.Oklahoma
11.LSU
12.South Carolina
13.UCLA
14.Miami (FL)
15.Northwestern
16.Baylor
17.Michigan
18.Washington
19.Florida
20.Oklahoma St.
21.Fresno St.
22.Texas Tech
23.Northern Illinois
24.Arizona St.
25.Nebraska

 

[lithy]

FINALLY! A win in October.

 

[Arcademan]

Arizona State trounced Washington and from the looks of things, there were quite a few losses from ranked teams today like UCLA, Georgia and Texas A&M.

 

[lithy]

Is there anyone that still thinks Ohio St. could even make a competitive game with Bama? lol struggling against Iowa.

 

[Arcademan]

Top 25: Week of 10-27-13

BCS Rankings

1. Alabama 8-0
2. Oregon 8-0
3. Florida St. 7-0
4. Ohio St. 8-0
5. Stanford 7-1
6. Baylor 7-0
7. Miami (FL) 7-0
8. Clemson 7-1
9. Missouri 7-1
10.Oklahoma 7-1
11.Auburn 7-1
12.Texas A&M 6-2
13.LSU 7-2
14.South Carolina 6-2
15.Texas Tech 7-1
16.Fresno St. 7-0
17.Northern Illinois 8-0
18.Oklahoma St. 6-1
19.Louisville 7-1
20.UCLA 5-2
21.Michigan 6-1
22.Michigan St. 7-1
23.UCF 6-1
24.Wisconsin 5-2
25.Notre Dame 6-2

AP Top 25 Rankings

1. Alabama (55)
2. Oregon (3)
3. Florida St. (2)
4. Ohio St.
5. Baylor
6. Stanford
7. Miami (FL)
8. Auburn
9. Clemson
10.Missouri
11.LSU
12.Texas A&M
13.Oklahoma
14.South Carolina
15.Texas Tech
16.Fresno St.
17.UCLA
18.Oklahoma St.
19.UCF
20.Louisville
21.Northern Illinois
22.Wisconsin
23.Michigan
24.Michigan St.
25.Arizona St.

USA Today Rankings

1. Alabama (56)
2. Oregon (6)
3. Florida St.
4. Ohio St.
5. Baylor
6. Miami (FL)
7. Stanford
8. Clemson
9. Oklahoma
10.Missouri
11.Auburn
12.Oklahoma St.
13.LSU
14.Texas A&M
15.Texas Tech
16.South Carolina
17.Louisville
18.Fresno St.
19.UCLA
20.Northern Illinois
21.Michigan
22.UCF
23.Wisconsin
24.Michigan St.
25.Notre Dame

 

[Opethian]

lol mizzou
S. Carolina might have a chance to win the SEC east now hah!

 

[famicommander]

My CSU Rams clawed their way back to .500 after giving away games to Colorado, Tulsa, and SJSU earlier in the year.

Three more wins for a bowl game.

 

[Pope Sazae]

lol mizzou
S. Carolina might have a chance to win the SEC east now hah!

Laces out! Doesn't the holder for Mizzou know anything?

 

[Opethian]

I think Ray Finkle kicked through his TV watching that game

 

[Loopz]

DUCKS LOSE. Baby Jesus giggles!

 

[Pope Sazae]

lol Oregon

 

[lithy]

Neo Mike still MIA.