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mrslackalack 06-09-2007 03:20 PM

College Football 2007 Thread
 
Yeah I know the season is still a few months away, but magazines are coming out, and its starting to become a big disscussion on ESPN and the rosters are set. I will give you my preseason top 15 and my 5 Heisman finalists.

RP 06-09-2007 03:38 PM

PURDUE BOILERMAKERS!

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 03:46 PM

1. USC

Strengths: VERY deep and loaded on all sides of the ball.

Weaknesses: Losing Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith means new WR's have to step up (which they will)

2. Michigan

Strengths: The Big Three are all back (Henne, Hart, Manningham) great OL

Weaknesses: Lost a lot of guys on defense to the NFL so it will inexpirenced

3. LSU

Strengths: Might have the Nations best defense

Weaknesses: QB Matt Flynn has been a backup for several years and has big shoes to fill replacing Jamarcus Russell

4. West Virginia

Strengths: 2 Deadly Heisman Contenders Pat White and Steve Slaton

Weaknesses The defense gives up a lot of points

5. Louisville

Strengths: My Heisman Winner (QB Brian Brohm) Great WRs and RBs

Weaknesses: Lost sev key defensive players, defense is unproven and a New Head Coach they have

6. Florida

Strengths: Tebow is finally full time starter, lots of great young talent, great recruiting class

Weaknesses: lost a lot of defensive guys to the NFL like Michigan

7. UCLA

Strengths: Great momentum heading into season, return many key players

Weaknesses: QB battle has emerged between veteran starter Ben Olsen and Pat Cowan

8. Wisconsin

Strengths: Return many key players back

Weaknesses: lost Joe Thomas at OL, havent named a starting QB yet

9. Virginia Tech

Strengths: Great LB and CB crew, Brandon Ore is the best RB that the nation dont know about, the casual fans will be rooting for them

Weaknesses: Might be out of the title picture early with a Giant road game at LSU

10. Texas

Strengths: Limas Sweed the best WR in the country in my opinion, McCoy should be better

Weaknesses: With all the talent the secondary they were 99th in Pass Def now that their 3 best pass defenders are gone to the NFL the Pass Def might be one of the worst in the country

11. Oklahoma

Strengths: Great defense, Allen Patrick did well in AP's absence last year, have a great RB coming in as well thats compared to Reggie Bush

Weaknesses: No expirence at QB

12. Auburn

Strengths: Great Defense, Cox is a veteran QB

Weaknesses: Lost Irons at RB

13. Rutgers

Strengths: Many players return including Ray Rice, great recruiting class

Weaknesses: Lost leader Brian Leonard

14. Ohio State

Strengths: Lots of key guys on defense are back, RB Chris Wells might be better than Pittman

Weaknesses: lots of youth and inexpirence on the offensive side of the ball

15. Arkansas

Strengths: RUN-DMC is the best RB in the country, great offense.

Weaknesses: many top players from last season either went to the NFL or trnasferred

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 03:47 PM

5 Heisman Finalists

Brian Brohm QB Louisville (winner)
Darren McFadden Arkansas
Steve Slaton RB West Virginia
John David Booty QB USC
Colt Brennan QB Hawaii

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 03:49 PM

5 Sleeper Teams that could become National Title contenders

Tenn
Tex A & M
Penn State
Cal
TCU

Jesus Shuttlesworth 06-09-2007 07:38 PM

Michigan SHOULD do work this season, I mean look at all the talent they have coming back. They lost their best corner, but he got burned against all the top guys anyway so they should be able to replace him. Losing Woodley is gonna hurt them though, as well as Branch. It is Michigan though, I am sure they will reload.

Florida's offense should be fine, only thing is who is gonna be the sparkplug off the bench now that Tebow is running the show? Hopefully Tebow gets his shit kicked in though because he was homeschooled and I think home schooling is the most retard thing on the face of the Earth lol I dunno how their D will be, I assuming it will be reoaded but they did lose a lot. I don't see them winning the SEC again tho

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 09:48 PM

I am going to rank Confrences as well. The first is the SEC, which looks WIDE open and its the deepest its ever in. As several anylists have said, there is 10 out of the 12 teams in this league could make the SEC Title game. The sad part is only 8 teams of the 12 get bowl bids

My SEC Preseason Rankings

1. LSU
2. Florida
3. Auburn
4. Arkansas
5. Tenn
6. UGA
7. South Carolina
8. Kentucky
9. Alabama
10. Ole Miss
11. Vandy
12. Miss St.

Nervous Ferret 06-09-2007 09:59 PM

RAY RICE nigga

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 10:06 PM

My Big Ten Preseason Rankings

1. Michigan
2. Wisconsin
3. Ohio St.
4. Penn St.
5. Iowa
6. Purdue
7. Illinois
8. Mich St.
9. Indiana
10. Minnesota
11. Northwestern

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 10:15 PM

My Big 12 Preseason Rankings

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Ok St.
4. Missouri
5. Nebraska
6. Texas A & M
7. Texas Tech
8. Kansas State
9. Colorado
10. Iowa State
11. Kansas
12. Baylor

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 10:20 PM

My ACC Preseason Rankings

1. Virginia Tech
2. Florida State
3. Clemson
4. Boston College
5. Miami
6. Wake Forest
7. Maryland
8. Virginia
9. NC St.
10. Georgia Tech
11. North Carolina
12. Duke

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 10:23 PM

My Pac 10 Preseason Rankings

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Cal
4. Oregon St.
5. Oregon
6. Arizona St.
7. Washington St.
8. Arizona
9. Washington
10. Stanford

mrslackalack 06-09-2007 10:25 PM

My Big East Preseason Rankings

1. West Virginia
2. Louisville
3. Rutgers
4. Cincinnati
5. South Florida
6. Pitt
7. Uconn
8. Syracuse

Jesus Shuttlesworth 06-10-2007 02:19 PM

I am hoping since Boston College has a new coach now they'll stop underachieving and actaully make it to the ACC Title game

mrslackalack 06-10-2007 10:25 PM

One preseason publication I read actually had BC as the ACC Champ.

BCWWF 06-10-2007 10:52 PM

I am most familiar with the Big 12 and overall I like your picks. Oklahoma and Texas are going to be the best two teams again but right now it's hard to say which one is the best. Oklahoma State has some awesome offensive players coming back and Missouri should easily have a top-5 national offense this year, but both are prone to slip ups. Barring a breakdown they could easily be in those positions though. OSU might have a harder time being third, since it will play head to head with Texas and Oklahoma, but while MU has Nebraska at home, they also have Oklahoma in Norman and Texas A&M at home, but a 9-3 season or even 10-2 is very possible.

mrslackalack 06-14-2007 11:13 PM

What is everybodys take on Notre Dame this season? I see them as a 9-4 8-5 type of year as they lost lots of players and no way should Darius Walker have went pro. Klausen could be something special for ND and he has a lot of hype but he might not start early on.

James Steele 06-18-2007 06:31 AM

Whoever wins the Red River Shootout will be in the National Championship game.

James Steele 06-18-2007 06:31 AM

Which means my SOONERS will break bitchboy McCoy in half.

James Steele 06-18-2007 06:35 AM

BAYLOR IS GOING ALL THE WAY!

VonErichLives 06-18-2007 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34
I am hoping since Boston College has a new coach now they'll stop underachieving and actaully make it to the ACC Title game

I wouldn't be suprised if they do this year.

They got a lot of key personal back, for the first time since Bucknell they have a good coach (yes, I know what O'brien did for the school and how everyone loved coughlin)

Also, the new strength coach is from Auburn, his nick name there was Satin and he's already told the players he doesn't care if they hate him. Right now, they're just doing strength and conditioning and he's really pushing them.

Now, yes there is a chance it could case them to wear out early, I disagree, typically the teams in this great shape win the close games at the end of the season, something BC has always had trouble with.

Going to be a fun home season... Florida State, Miami, NC State.

Plus I think next year or the year after they start up with Notre Dame again and they have a pending deal for like 2010 and 2011 with USC.

mrslackalack 06-18-2007 10:07 PM

Which is HUGE for BC in national exposure and the BCS

BCWWF 06-18-2007 11:32 PM

Winner of the Red River Shootout could lose in the national championship, but I don't see either team winning it.

mrslackalack 06-18-2007 11:37 PM

I believe the National Title game will be USC vs 1 loss SEC/Big 10 Champ or a Undefeated BE team (WV, UL)

VonErichLives 06-19-2007 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrslackalack
Which is HUGE for BC in national exposure and the BCS

BC's has 2 major problems

1) is O'brien would have a brain fart and forget to look at the clock late in the game and blow a game they should win.

2) BC fans don't "travel well" this is why 2yrs ago BC had a better record then Clemson but Clemson got a better bowl game. Clemson fans travel huge and spend a lot of money, BC fans simply don't. For BC to have a shot at a big time bowl it's the ACC championship, otherwise they'll be at some little bowl we've never heard of, no matter how good they do.

Jesus Shuttlesworth 06-19-2007 05:13 PM

I know a kid on the BC team and his summer "break" was about 5 days. I guess you where right about the new strength coach lol

mrslackalack 06-19-2007 09:49 PM

lol

mrslackalack 06-19-2007 09:50 PM

RIP Indiana Coach Hep.

mrslackalack 06-19-2007 09:52 PM

It looked like he was turning Indiana around as last season they had a big win over Iowa and a impressive blowout over Mich St. that made them fire John L. Smith. a friend of mine thats a trainer at IU told me Coach Hep was an incredible person and that she thinks hes changed IU fb for the better.

mrslackalack 06-19-2007 09:54 PM

Its tragic that the Big Ten has had 2 head football coaches pass away in the past year.

VonErichLives 06-19-2007 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34
I know a kid on the BC team and his summer "break" was about 5 days. I guess you where right about the new strength coach lol

That's actually pretty normal, they're doing strength and classes now, I don't think they're allowed to put on Pads until sometime in July and they I think get a break late July or Early August.

But yeah, they all say the new guy is working them a lot harder, I think it will turn out to be a good thing but we'll see.

RP 06-20-2007 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrslackalack
It looked like he was turning Indiana around as last season they had a big win over Iowa and a impressive blowout over Mich St. that made them fire John L. Smith. a friend of mine thats a trainer at IU told me Coach Hep was an incredible person and that she thinks hes changed IU fb for the better.


He was amazing. So sad that he died. He's really turn this IU program face up and headed in the right direction. He's recruited some really good players this year. I really think this team is gunna make a bowl game this season and alot has to do with coach hoeppner

mrslackalack 06-20-2007 10:15 PM

Yeah I believe so RP because the only time UK played IU under Coach Hep he destroyed us. Indiana is def a sleeper team in the Big Ten considering their best players are young and they have a lot of motavation now. I see them possibly making a bowl and def pulling off an upset or 2.

mrslackalack 07-29-2007 11:34 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2947988

Interesting rankings on the CFB teams on what they have done this decade thus far.

MTH15 08-03-2007 08:22 AM

VT is my favorate college. We Takin Over this year.

mrslackalack 08-03-2007 08:49 AM

They are my preseason ACC Champ and a legit National Title Threat if they can beat LSU in Baton Rouge early in the season.

Supreme Olajuwon 08-03-2007 11:36 PM

first rankings came out today

Boise State is 23rd. They're not even the highest ranked non-BCS team.

mrslackalack 08-04-2007 12:22 PM

I thought USC would be a uninamous selection for #1 but they werent at all.

Kris P Lettus 08-04-2007 12:32 PM

SEC is gonna be sick this year..

LSU and Arkansas are already in the top five in the coaches polls.. Bama should be good with Saban.. Urban Myers is a great coach and weill def take Florida back to a bowl game.. Soth Carolina should be good with Spurrier.. Kenntucky is supposedly gonna be decent this year..

SEC>*

Kris P Lettus 08-04-2007 12:32 PM

USC would be shit if they had any comp in their confrence..

Pac 10 is a f'n joke..


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