College Football 2012-13 Season Thread
 

Well, historically I haven't been a massive college football fan but I'm going for it this year. I know I'm going to at least one Cal game this year with my brothers boss, as he's alumni and a big Cal fan. Let the fun begin.

lol Honey Badger got kicked off LSU

what a douche

Not as jazzed for this as I am for the NFL season but I've been getting College Football cravings all week long.

Several predictions from ESPN favoring no SEC teams in the title game although Oklahoma seems to be the only one that was agreed by the experts to be in it assuming no shock upsets.

Megadouche Herbstreit says the National Title game will be USC vs Florida State. As a Sooner fan, I would love for OU to make it to the title game (and win this time).

Kirk Herbstreit is a puppy dog. How can you hate that man?

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SO PUMPED

GO VOLS

SPARTANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!!!!?!?!?!?

Season starts tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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:lol: Towson coach yelling at his return team for tackling the guy going the wrong way.

Also :lol: at some of them realizing that and blocking the other team from tackling their own guy.

Anyone have a stream?

I know this is usually reserved for PPV's and such, but I need my Buckeye fix, and don't have Big Ten Network. Also, pretty much the places I have appear to be British in nature, so there's the whole thing about "football" actually being soccer, and them not giving a flying fornication about U.S. collegic gridiron competition. :'(

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<font color=goldenrod>Must suck for Boise State fans to realize that their season is already over one game into the season.</font>

Looking forward to Shoelace vs the Bama D tonight..

Vandy looked pretty good last night with little Rodgers in their loss to SC.. Lattimore is a beast and will be a beast in the NFL..

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OH

muthafuckin' I - O!

ThanQ, RoX!

SPARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTANS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suck my dick blue turf!

And yeah, that's terrible. All those years of getting no respect for running the table when a team in the SEC is automatically considered "better" with two late season losses. Boise loses close and in heartbreaking fashion in the season opener and they'll be tossed into the sub-basement of the top 25 just from name alone and unable to climb out unless EVERYONE else above them loses big.

One more stone to build the wall of an actual top 25 playoff system. 4 teams is a great start, but still isn't a big enough bracket to take the argument away for someone who gets shafted with "strength of schedule" leapfrogs.

At least you're not a fan of Blue. Good job.

<font color=goldenrod>Penn State: still no wins since 1997</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Ryan Nassib has a fucking ridiculous statline today.</font>

Besides the ranked vs ranked matchups, never bother to watch that much college football during the 1st week or so since majority of the time its just blowouts for ranked teams.

Michigan vs Bama should be a great one unless Bama's D just flat out dominates the 1st Q. Denard Robinson easily becomes the front runner for the Hesiman if he plays well and Michiagn wins or keeps it very close.

Bowling Green up on Florida right now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Fuck the Gators.

Colorado's O-line is just abysmal.

I do love the CU-CSU game every year, even though both teams generally suck, it usually turns out to be a pretty good game.

Southern got murked by Nebraska..

:(

This 25 yard touchback shit is weird..

Thoroughly enjoyed the Tennessee game last night. And the SC/Vandy game on Thursday.

Now let's go Michigan!

Nebraska game was a bit boring.

<font color=goldenrod>The Michigan/Alabama game has been a flop.</font> :(

ROLL TIDE!

Florida State will not be in the BCS Title game.

Yawn Alabama. So predictable. Clemson/Auburn is much more fun.

I'm honestly surprised Clemson isn't doing more damage, good for AU I guess.

Hate to be Floyd Mayweather right now considering he supposedly bet $3 million on Michigan to beat the spread.

Only way he will cover is if Sabban has Bama play more relaxed in the 2nd half or some sort of potential shenanigans occurs.

Oh Denard Robinson, that was cute.

Yeah, I ended up watching more of that game than Bama/Shoelace..

The announcers pissed me off though acting like it's the fall of the mighty SEC because a ranked team who won the ACC last year beat an unranked team who haven't won shit (8-5) since Cam Newton left.. Andf it was a close game that came down to the final possession..

p.s. Floyd Mayweather wipes his ass with $3 mill..

I'm sick and tired of the SEC circle jerk. It isn't the conference that wins all those titles, it is those top tier teams that dominate that won those titles. It is a deep conference, but so is the Big XII. I hate the SEC chants and shit because it enables every fan of one of the shitty/subpar/underachieving SEC schools to act like they are hot shit.

:lol: @ the thought of Vanderbilt thinking they're hot shit.

Franklin is going to make Vandy more relevant than they perhaps have ever been if he stays long enough, but I don't think Franklin will be in Nashville very long. The top of the SEC is no doubt the best football teams in the country, but the quality of depth in the SEC isn't want people say it is. Just like every other major conference, the SEC has 2-3 elite teams always in the mix for the National Championship, 3-4 good teams that can upset a big dog at any time and then 3-4 shit teams.

I turned in to va tech/ga tech in time to see the yellow jackets hand wrap the game over to the hokies in ot

I've notice ESPN and others are bashing Oklahoma State for their 84-0 beat down against Savannah State calling it an ultimate cupcake and money-grab game but they barely say the same when other big name schools or conferences do the same.

ESPN even had an article that basically teased nothing should count towards the Heisman race from that game even though a few of the other supposed Heisman candidates had great Week 1 stats from "cupcake"-level opponents.

The difference is Savannah State sucks at the FCS level. At least when you play an App State, Georgia Southern, etc - they are good football teams at the FCS level. Savannah State is fucking stupid for doing this. Their AD should be fired because getting beat 84-0 will do more harm that that money will do good. It will be a few years before recruits forget this game.

They have Aarron Rodgers little brother playing QB for them and they looked good against SC..

Franklin has Vandy on the upswing, but if they have the season they are projected to - James Franklin is leaving for a bigger/better job.

Wow Penn State kicker Sam Ficken.

2/7

I think I can get you 3/7 if you put me in.

Maybe.

MSU playing CMU in Mt. Pleasant for the first time ever. All the other games played between them were in East Lansing.

Ugh, still have memories of Dan LeFevour beating MSU in 2009

<font color=goldenrod>Fortunately Sam Ficken is a student at a campus that has rediscovered the value of perspective rather than an undying devotion to football. He'll be fine.</font>

I'mma steal that and tweet it

Yeah, that fucking sucked soooooooooooooooooooooo hard.

Ouch at the news from the Tulsa-Tulane game on ESPN's website.

Tulane teammates crash into each other during a head-to-head hit against Tulsa with one player suffering a broken neck and collapsed lung.

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<font color=goldenrod>This "Service" guy playing for Navy is incredible. He's been all over the field today.</font>

UGA/Mizzou is sloppy as pigshit, but its a hell of a game.

<font color=goldenrod>Holy shit. What an ending in the UL-Monroe/Arkansas game.</font>

lol this shirt is fantastic

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Pretty gutted Mizzou got smashed at the end. Was a hell of an intense game.

That Air Force vs Michigan game was surprisingly great too. Would have been brilliant to have seen them pull that off.

Arkansas are gonna get slammed. Tennessee/Florida should be pretty class.

Where's that piece of shit, Narcissississus? Our favorite amateur sports teams are battling today.

Michigan State better not be getting big heads just because they beat Boise and a "little guy" team so far...ND is VERY dangerous, and they are going to be hungry to be able to say they took down a top 10 team, and not only that, a Big Ten team who's right now the favorite for a Rose Bowl bid.

do u have a high school team as your avatar

Yes. Lansing Everett, no real notable football stars, but OBVI you've heard of our local basketball product, Magic Johnson. He and his sister were actually inducted into the citywide sports hall of fame about 3 weeks - a month ago.

P.S. GO VIKINGS!

(and no, I will not wait 20 seconds between posts. Fuck you, Triple A!)

Pitt who lost to Youngstown St 2 weeks ago might upset VA Tech today. The hell lol

<font color=goldenrod>Suck it, Edsall.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>It's week 3 and I already think Bama can be safely penciled in to the title game.</font> :-\

USC got upset last night so according to the new poll, its back to Bama and LSU as the #1 and #2 seeds with Georgia (#5) as the backup SEC team in case the BCS and polls set up another SEC vs SEC title game.

Oregon (#3) and Florida State (#4) are the closest non-SEC teams ranked.

Pleased so far with Jeff Driskel's play this season, especially yesterday against Tennessee. Still not quite sold on Will Muschamp as coach though, dunno why.

Oklahoma dropped 1 spot to #6 on their bye this week. OU will work their way back up there as they play Kansas State this week. They play Texas in 3 weeks, and they should be highly ranked. 2 weeks after that they get Notre Dame. 2 weeks after that they have WVU, Oklahoma St, and TCU to close out the season. If OU goes undefeated with that schedule, I can't see them getting left out of the BCS title game unless Oregon goes undefeated.

I could see Stanford getting ahead of OU should they beat Oregon near the end of the season and stay undefeated considering Stanford's resume would have wins over a #2 seed at the time and whatever seed Oregon is when they play.

If Florida State can keep winning by large margins they probably have a better shot leapfrogging a #2 ranked SEC team. Provided they get by Clemson and don't get rattled by playing in one of the most underrated tough places to play (Blacksburg) against one of the most consistently overrated teams (VA Tech), they should end undefeated with the ACC Title.

But JS is right. If OU goes undefeated, they should be a shoe in for the BCS title game. And I would much rather see Oregon somehow play West Virginia in a BCS bowl than see them play another SEC team in the Championship game.

I like Stanford as PAC-12 champion, especially if their defense is as disruptive against Oregon as it was USC. But I don't know if they'll be good enough to make it to number 2. Probably a Rose Bowl berth.

Even as an OU fan, I will be the first to admit that the BCS has given OU plenty of love but this is the potential year where I worry that not having a Big XII Championship game might hurt us. The Pac 12 and Big 10 will both get a boost from the game as they will play a ranked team in the title game. I'm wondering if Nick Saban can keep Alabama focused with all the knob-slobbering that will be going on until/if they lose. They were pretty damn hot in 2010 and beat Penn State in Week 3 and then hammered Florida (who was #7 at the time) before falling to South Carolina. They then lost to LSU and Auburn (who came back from a crazy deficit at half). If OU does go to the BCS Title Game, I want them to beat an SEC team so they can get every monkey off their back (can't win the big game, SEC dominance, etc.)

I don't think you have to worry about a Big 10 team stealing OU's spot this year.

I dunno. If Michigan can beat Notre Dame this week, then I think they will roll through the Big 10 with the only real challenged being Ohio State and maybe Northwestern. What better storyline could there be than "The Resurrection of Michigan Football" especially coming back from the thrashing Alabama gave them in Week 1?

I still think Florida State and Notre Dame are overhyped and will drop a couple games each. The SEC East will probably end up being a clusterfuck. The SEC West (and more than likely the SEC Championship) looks like it will be decided in Baton Rouge on November 3rd. I don't think a repeat of last year's LSU/Bama II match-up is even a possibility this year because of the ensuing shitstorm. LSU hasn't played anybody yet and won't play anybody until they start their muderer's row in October thru November when they have @Florida, vs S Car, @ Texas A&M, vs Alabama, and vs Mississippi State. They end with Arkansas, who looks like dogshit, but that game is always a toss up.

Stanford/Oregon will be the marquee game in the Pac 12, but there are always a couple of random upsets in the Pac 12 every year that fuck the whole thing up BCS wise. Oregon hasn't played anybody and it's hard to tell if they are just better than everybody or just really damn good.

Big 12 wise, it looks like it will come down to Kansas State, West Virginia, Texas, and OU. I think KSU is too one-dimensional and Texas hasn't looked like they are still a year away from being back to being "TEXAS". OU likes to look like shit against average teams and Texas isn't going to get beat like a rented mule this year again. West Virginia looks legit and they can fucking score some points. OU goes to WVU so WVU will have a slight edge going into that game. TCU could sneak into the mix of things, but their last 4 games of the season are @WVU, vs KSU, @ Texas, and vs OU. Hell of a stretch for a team to go through unscathed. OU also plays Notre Dame in Norman on Oct. 27 (tickets are projected to be insanely expensive once it gets closer) and that will be an electric game that both teams will be up for and Notre Dame will be looking to get its biggest win in ages that night. If the Sooners can't establish a running game and play better run defense, the National Title hopes might die against Kansas State on Saturday.

Kind of boring this year because there no non-BCS schools that have a shot this year. A lot of big time football games though with all sorts of names teasing potential runs at Conference Championships and BCS Bowls.

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="4">AP Top 25</td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td title="Rank" align="left">RK</td><td title="" align="left">TEAM</td><td title="" align="center">RECORD</td><td title="Points" align="center">PTS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-333"><td>1</td><td>Alabama (58)</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1498</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-99"><td>2</td><td>LSU (2)</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1433</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2483"><td>3</td><td>Oregon</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1356</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-52"><td>4</td><td>Florida State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1275</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-61"><td>5</td><td>Georgia</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1203</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-201"><td>6</td><td>Oklahoma</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">1181</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2579"><td>7</td><td>South Carolina</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1081</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-277"><td>8</td><td>West Virginia</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">1051</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-24"><td>9</td><td>Stanford</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1009</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-228"><td>10</td><td>Clemson</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">899</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-87"><td>11</td><td>Notre Dame</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">854</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-251"><td>12</td><td>Texas</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">816</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-30"><td>13</td><td>USC</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">776</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-57"><td>14</td><td>Florida</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">743</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2306"><td>15</td><td>Kansas State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">683</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-194"><td>16</td><td>Ohio State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">680</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2628"><td>17</td><td>TCU</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">535</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-130"><td>18</td><td>Michigan</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">448</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-26"><td>19</td><td>UCLA</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">429</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-97"><td>20</td><td>Louisville</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">366</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-127"><td>21</td><td>Michigan State</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">318</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-12"><td>22</td><td>Arizona</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">296</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-344"><td>23</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">106</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-68"><td>24</td><td>Boise State</td><td align="center">1-1</td><td align="center">95</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-158"><td>25</td><td>Nebraska</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">80</td></tr></tbody></table>

• Dropped from rankings: Virginia Tech 13, Tennessee 23, Brigham Young 25

• Others receiving votes: OREGONST 68, Baylor 55, NORTHWSTRN 41, Ohio 20, Oklahoma State 19, Rutgers 19, IOWAST 15, Virginia Tech 13, Cincinnati 9, Tennessee 6, Wisconsin 5, Texas Tech 5, Texas A&M 4, Missouri 4, Georgia Tech 3, FRESNOST 2, Utah 1

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<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="4">USA Today Poll</td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td title="Rank" align="left">RK</td><td title="" align="left">TEAM</td><td title="" align="center">RECORD</td><td title="Points" align="center">PTS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-333"><td>1</td><td>Alabama (54)</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1470</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-99"><td>2</td><td>LSU (5)</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1411</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2483"><td>3</td><td>Oregon</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1339</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-52"><td>4</td><td>Florida State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1240</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-201"><td>5</td><td>Oklahoma</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">1201</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-61"><td>6</td><td>Georgia</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1150</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-277"><td>7</td><td>West Virginia</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">1114</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-2579"><td>8</td><td>South Carolina</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">1071</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-228"><td>9</td><td>Clemson</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">955</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-251"><td>10</td><td>Texas</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">869</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-24"><td>11</td><td>Stanford</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">868</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-30"><td>12</td><td>USC</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">779</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-2306"><td>13</td><td>Kansas State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">767</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-57"><td>14</td><td>Florida</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">689</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-87"><td>15</td><td>Notre Dame</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">681</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-2628"><td>16</td><td>TCU</td><td align="center">2-0</td><td align="center">675</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-130"><td>17</td><td>Michigan</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">507</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-97"><td>18</td><td>Louisville</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">434</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-26"><td>19</td><td>UCLA</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">375</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-127"><td>20</td><td>Michigan State</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">354</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-12"><td>21</td><td>Arizona</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">296</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-158"><td>22</td><td>Nebraska</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">194</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-344"><td>23</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td align="center">3-0</td><td align="center">99</td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-23-275"><td>24</td><td>Wisconsin</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">97</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-23-197"><td>25</td><td>Oklahoma State</td><td align="center">2-1</td><td align="center">73</td></tr></tbody></table>

• Dropped from rankings: Virginia Tech 13, Arkansas 21

• Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 71, Boise State 70, Baylor 54, Cincinnati 39, NORTHWSTRN 33, Rutgers 29, IOWAST 29, OREGONST 24, Georgia Tech 20, Louisiana Tech 18, Missouri 18, Texas Tech 15, Brigham Young 8, Texas A&M 7, Utah 6, Tennessee 6, Ohio 5, ARIZONAST 5, ULMONROE 4, WESTERNKY 3, Washington 2, SANJOSEST 1

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<font color=goldenrod>Anybody not voting for Alabama as #1 has got to be doing it out of spite at this point.</font>

My teams keep winnin' while OU loses. Good week.

I still don't buy into Florida State being a National Championship caliber team. They will coast through the ACC and probably sneak into the National Championship Game. I can't see Oregon going undefeated.

That's if they beat the Gators.

Agree with both. I'm hoping my Gators smash FSU but I don't know if our offense is enough to keep up with them. FSU also has to play at VTech, which is a tough place to play, regardless of Tech's ranking .

Can't believe OU lost to K State. Did not see that coming.

I can't believe they played like utter dogshit. They need to go ahead and make Blake Bell the full-time starter and move on. Landry has proven time and time again that he is the Tony Romo of college football.

Wait, there is another Gator fan on TPWW? :eek:

Go Gators .

As weird as it is for me to type, I believe WVU is now favorite to win the Big 12. I don't it's K State's time yet, and OU has issues, which you just detailed. Haven't seen Texas at all this year though, so I don't have anything to form a credible opinion on them.

West Virginia is absolutely the favorite. K-State is too one dimensional to win the Big XII because not every opponent will turn the ball over and refuse to run the football like OU. Texas' defense is good, but I think it is overrated and UT hasn't been tested yet.

Wow what a horrible final play call by Stanford. The fade to the sidelines barely worked all game to that side and they still went with it on 4th down.

Washington just took out #8 seed Stanford.

Also occurred on the same field which had the "Inaccurate Reception" from Monday Night Football.

Kinda don’t know whether or not to be worried about OSU or not. They had no team whatsoever last year and we only ended up beating them (in Columbus, no less) by a score of 10-7.

This year, they seem at first glance to have a slightly stronger team, and they’re in our house where they’ve beaten us more times in recent years than I’d care to admit. I really hope they pull this off though, because if they don’t the Big 10 Championship may already become out of reach after just one week of in-conference play.

Lol West Virginia and Baylor. WTF.

I had the under

Hey guys and gals...University of Georgia is absolutely loaded. Two 18 year old running backs and their passing game is the Bitches Tits.

This Tennessee/Georgia game is heading the same way. Jesus. GO VOLS GO!

I love Mark Richt. If anything ever happens to Bob Stoops, I'd like for him to go to Oklahoma.

Towson is beating lsu haha..

Unless LSU really destroys Towson in the 2nd half, FSU should jump over LSU in the next poll considering the points different is really small and LSU played someone outside of the Bowl division this week unlike FSU.

<font color=goldenrod>LOL BC loses to Army</font>

I'm going to have to follow Miami next year for..RL3 lol