Big 10 Is A Joke

[James]

Any given Saturday in the SEC, Kentucky beats #9 Louisville, LSU is making every team they play look stupid. Unranked Alabama takes down #16 Arkansas in an amazing game that went down to the last play. Florida destroys UT. Miss St. beats Auburn.

On another note, the Big 12 is looking pretty stellar.

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

I'm just saying,their offense is awesome...just watch out for Purdue.

 

[DDJ7777]

James, who is your team? Or are you waiting to see which team makes it to the BCS National Title Game before saying?

I'm an Akron alum, for the record. I cheer for OSU because they're the "school" of our state but I wanted Akron to beat them. I'd much rather see the Browns win on Sunday than the Buckeyes on Saturday. But that's just me.

I would agree that the SEC is the best conference right now. I also like the Big12 as I lived in Texas for a few years and got to see a huge portion of their games played a few years back. The Pac10 is okay, but I think the Big10 overall is a better conference. As you can now see, both Michigan and UCLA were over-ranked. Cal is a good school, but I wouldn't put money on them against Wisconsin or Penn State, depending on where they played.

Call Big10 and Pac10 3a. and 3b. until bowl season.

 

[James]

DDJ, i pull for Virginia Tech since they are the "School of the state" and i got into the school. I like SEC Football because of the tradition and history and most of my friends go to schools down there and i have a few friends who play on UK, so i follow the SEC more then any other confrence. I will either be attending Miss. or U of A next year pending a few things, so i guess we will see where it goes from there. I just like watching good football.

 

[James]

This has to be one of the years the SEC is at its strongest, Kentucky is all the way up at #15, they were unranked at the start of the year, good to see them making a name for themselves in football.

ole miss kept it close against UF showing that there is really no easy game in the SEC.

LSU is also closing the points gap between #1 and #2.

2 weeks for probably the best game in college football this year between UF and LSU, cant wait for that one.

 

[chiefwahoo]

Nothing can match the domination of the Big East, where a 37-point underdog (Syracuse) can win outright over Louisville. What a joke. For one day I'm glad I don't bet on sports.

 

[Dungong]

Its a weird year in the SEC, traditional powerhouses Auburn and Tennessee are probably going to finish unranked. Its LSU and UF on top for now, but South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia all look good. Kentucky I don't quite believe in yet.

Pac-10 admittedly looks good too, but I'm not sure if Cal and Oregon are going to finish strong, I'd say one of the 2 can end up as a top 10 team.

Penn St. just lose to Michigan, so I'm going to say the Big 10 is down to a 2 dog race, OSU should win it this year, possibly run the table if they can make it past Wisconsin and avoid a Michigan let down. Basically, I don't see more than 2 undefeated teams this year, so OSU should be a contender.

Oklahoma looks like it could go undefeated too if they get by Texas, and saying those guys almost lost to UCF I think its going to happen.

I think its going to be the 2 undefeated teams that end up in the BCS Championship, with Oklahoma and OSU having the easiest routes to undefeated seasons. One of LSU or Florida will have to lose. USC could very well lose to Cal, Oregon, or UCLA. The Big East and ACC teams will probably cancel each other out, I don't think any of them is going to dominate their conference.

 

[James]

^there is no way 2 undefeated teams will go to the BCS, LSU has WAY to strong of a schedule, so even if they lose 1 game, they will be in. Right now, its gotta be USC vs LSU.

 

[Style]

^there is no way 2 undefeated teams will go to the BCS, LSU has WAY to strong of a schedule, so even if they lose 1 game, they will be in. Right now, its gotta be USC vs LSU.

History doesn't support this statement. Since the BCS started in 98, the only time a 1 loss team has made the title game over an undefeated team is if the undefeated team is from a non-BCS conference.

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[James]

Didnt Florida go last year with one Loss?

Are you really that big of a homer to think OSU will be in the BCS game this years style....

 

[crazedcav333]

HAHA. Before you go all anti-Buckeye again, let's take a look at this years team.

1. New starting QB, who is improving with each game.
2. Strong, powerful, north/south, young RB leading the way for Tressel ball.
3. Solid, brick-wall defense - soul of the team.
4. Clear-cut defensive leader leading the whole team - Laurinaitis.

HMMMMM, OSU fans, what team does that sound like the most from recent years? Sounds like 2002 to me. And if memory serves me right, the entire nation had Miami to win the national title all year long, with upstart Ohio State the huge underdogs. And if memory serves me right again, I believe the Buckeyes became national champions that year.

Defense wins championships.

 

[James]

Nobody cares about 2002, you guys arent getting to a damn NCG, your defense? **** outta here, who has your defense stopped that has a team with a high powered offense? northwestern? they lost to duke, nobody cares about them, Akron? yea....right....Washington? thats cool and all but they were ranked #29 and put up 14 on you, if you play a team thats actually worth mentioning, id give you credit but so far, a defense that has stopped lower tier schools....isnt worth talking about.

LSU shutout Miss St. and before you say "Miss St. sucks" they beat Auburn who was ranked very high, LSU stopped VT and held them to 7 points, i wont even bring up Middle Tenn. because they do indeed suck. USC put up 16 on them which was the highest point total all year, LSU is making teams take out there QBs, ending peoples careers, Glennon got benched after LSU, Blake got benched after the USC game.

id go through and name more, but whats the prupose? best ranked defense against shitty teams with no offense isnt anything special.

the fact that some of you are idiotic enough to think you are going to the NCG is hilarious....is it really NCG or bust? Aim for a BCS game, because thats where youll end up.

 

[crazedcav333]

Well if this thread had been made in September of 2002, you'd be wrong, because no one thought that team was championship caliber either.

If you'd watch the games, you'd know.

How many points did Akron and Northwestern score in non-garbage minutes on our defense? 0. Zero. Akron got a safety and NW scored on a kick-return with scrubs in, that's it. And the only touchdown Washington got in real minutes was a 2 minute drill TD in the 2nd quarter. The only other great drive they had, ended up with a (King) Laurinaitis INT.

And Washington? Do you know who Locker is? (Ask Herb, or Lee, or anyone, they kept repeating how Locker might be just as good as Vince Young once Locker gets some real playing time in, and Lock is faster than him). Look back, most of the "experts" had Washington winning that game.

And in 2002, Miami was a 2 touchdown pick to win the national title game...in week 1, and 17 point favorites against us. What do you think about that? Did anyone give us a chance? No. Look at our final 3 games. Purdue (Last minute hail-mary TD win), ILL (Overtime win), and UM, (Went down to the final play). So all those close games against sub-par teams - would you have said then that we didn't even have a chance? Because we won.

And then theres Vernon Gholston, James Laurinaitis, and Malcolm Jenkins - 3 of the top players at their respected positions.

So are you saying just because a team isn't ranked in the preseason top 8 (Michigan), that means they CAN'T get to the national title game...it's over.

You must be right. The only teams who even have a CHANCE are LSU and USC. Because those rankings are always right, and they might as well just rank them in the preseason, and play the top 2 in week 1 for the National Title.

Thinking that this team doesn't even have a chance to make some noise is just ignoring the facts.

 

[James]

You keep bringing up 2002 like it somehow matters, nobody is on that team anymore, your point is irrelevant. Its like me saying "the Red Sox are playing like the 2004 team that won the World Series" yea....makes sense right? um no.

How teams have you shut out? 0.

In order for OSU to get there, there would have to be a HUGE HUGE let down with not only USC but LSU, OU, WVU, UF, UT, thats a lot of teams that would have to fold down the stretch....and i dont know how anyone, aside from a homer could think they could get through all that, im not saying they arent going to play in a big bowl game, but you wont be playing in THE game.

 

[crazedcav333]

Let Down? 2001. NE needed 4 teams to lose in 2 weeks, and they all went down. Nebraska got there.

It proves teams that aren't in the top 2 ranking in the preseason can make the national title game.

That's my point. End of story. You can call fans of teams that you don't like homers all day, because maybe that deters them from the facts for a second, but history is still there, and this team is well capable of doing it.

Will they? Dunno, probably not. Can they? Yes.

By the way, you just posted "History repeats itself my friend," in the Vick thread.