# College Football 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603 "2008-08-11T14:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/21 "2008-08-27T13:49:46Z")
When\* Central Michigan beats Georgia and Purdue where would you put them in the top 25? - Ok Ok …IF. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/22 "2008-08-27T15:24:44Z")
THE Ohio State University will go for its third BCS championship game appearance against either Florida or a hard fought Gerogia. Third time is a charm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/23 "2008-08-27T16:42:39Z")
[QUOTE=Death of Rats] THE Ohio State University will go for its third BCS championship game appearance against either Florida or a hard fought Gerogia. Third time is a charm. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Your third time vs. the SEC was last year. I seem to remember a certain NCAA basketball game… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/24 "2008-08-27T18:50:52Z")
Again to Michigan With Grady out, it does now seem like a clean slate for Rod. The whole offense is his to shape in his own image, even though it was not his recruiting for the most part, time will tell, but I still got a lot of nerves ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/25 "2008-08-27T19:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] Again to Michigan With Grady out, it does now seem like a clean slate for Rod. The whole offense is his to shape in his own image, even though it was not his recruiting for the most part, time will tell, but I still got a lot of nerves [/QUOTE] The guy got excellent players at West Virginia, ferchrissakes. Why would you be worried about whose recruiting he’s dealing with at this point? ETA: Wait, you might be saying that he’ll be handicapped with players recruited for a different system. If so, then I retract my statements. I initially read them as a variation on the “He won with someone else’s players” theme. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/26 "2008-08-28T14:31:44Z")
Is anyone interested in a pick’em pool with point spread on Yahoo? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/27 "2008-08-28T14:51:20Z")
The pre season pundits are always wrong. They waste ink because every team is a question mark to some degree. College football has at least a 25 percent turnover every year. No one can really gage the way teams will solve their needs. Who predicted the fun of Notre Dame going down the rathole? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/28 "2008-08-28T18:18:06Z")
I’m looking forward to Big XII ball! My half assed predictions: North: Missouri Colorado Kansas Nebraska Kansas State Iowa State South: Oklahoma Texas Oklahoma State Texas Tech Texas A&M Baylor Missouri over Oklahoma as the Sooners come off an embarrassing Bedlam loss. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/29 "2008-08-28T22:40:09Z")
Nebraska is a big mystery. They got a new AD (Osborne) and new coach (LSU DC Pelini). This has certainly generated a lot of excitement, as opposed to the now-forgotten Callahan years. However, were I to sum it all up: 1. Bo Pelini is a tough coach with take-no-crap attitude 2. ??? 3. Profit! Somehow this will lead to us back over Mizzou and Kansas’ 1-year-wonders and restoring NU’s rightful place competing with Texas and OU for the Big XII. I just don’t see it. Our game vs Virginia Tech on 9/26 will tell me a lot. My other team Hawaii? New coach, new QB, new WRs, and open at The Swamp. That’s gonna leave a mark… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/30 "2008-09-07T01:47:16Z")
I can quite clearly hear the band, the PA system and the fans at Bright House Networks Stadium right now. It’s the 4th quarter and we’re losing by two touchdowns, and I can hear everything. My house is _4 miles away_. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/31 "2008-09-07T02:19:15Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Here’s a thread to discuss college football this year. > > 1. Georgia will not be #1 at the end of the year. In fact, I think they’ll lose one or two SEC games as well as at Arizona State. > > 2. Ohio State needs to beat USC to get back to the BCS championship. In fact, they’ll probably need a perfect season. The two losses in the last 2 BCS games have really hurt the national perception of OSU. In fact, this year’s OSU team is their best team since the national championship team, but they’ll need the perfect season to get back into another BCS championship. > > 3. Florida is my preseason #1. > > 4. Notre Dame will continue to disappoint. This will make me very happy! > > 5. Tyrone Willingham will be fired at UW. He’s the most overrated coach in college football. > > 6. This should also be the last year for Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno. Paterno has lost control of his program and Penn State will have another so so year. Florida State needs to move on as well. A return to greatness for Miami and Florida State would be good for college football as well as showing that the ACC deserves to be a BCS conference. With the benefit of two week’s perspective, here is my analysis of the OP. 1. No, Georgia will not be #1. Yes, they will probably lose at least two SEC games, but it is unlikely they will lose to ASU. 2. OSU will not play for the title if they lose to USC. There are quite a few teams that have the potential for 1 or 0 losses. The only advantage OSU would have, assuming USC was their only loss, is that it happened early in the season. Their recent reputation for performing poorly in the title game…as you said…plus 5-6 0-1 loss teams will prevent them from participating in the Fiesta Bowl…if they lose to USC. They travel to USC who has had a week off; and OSU had to score two fourth quarter touchdowns to beat Ohio U. at home. Doesn’t look good. 3. Not a bad pick. They could likely be in Miami on 1/08/09. 4. Notre Dame is not disappointing anymore. They proved last year they can be just as bad as the lower-tier teams. There isn’t much expectation for Notre Dame this year, so if they continue losing, it won’t necessarily be “disappointing.” 5. That’s a strong statement. Though I don’t believe he is a very good football coach, I don’t think he is the most overrated in college football and he should hang on for a few more years at UW. 6. I don’t think Bowden or Paterno will quit. Even if they both were utterly tired of coaching, the first one to retire gives the other coach the lifetime victory title. Ego, if nothing else, will keep both of them coaching for awhile. FSU and Miami’s return to greatness might be good for college football, but bad for those who hate those programs. Either way, the ACC doesn’t deserve to be a BCS conference, based on early season performance. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/32 "2008-09-07T02:32:44Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The pre season pundits are always wrong. They waste ink because every team is a question mark to some degree. College football has at least a 25 percent turnover every year. No one can really gage the way teams will solve their needs. Who predicted the fun of Notre Dame going down the rathole? I did, I predicted they would have a miserable year last year. 🙂 [sub] on the otherhand I predict that every year so my hatred can fidduse through the cosmos[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/33 "2008-09-07T05:46:12Z")
[We SUCK!](http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282500265&confId=9) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/34 "2008-09-07T15:09:47Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > [We SUCK!](http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282500265&confId=9) ☹ with no intent to gloat (Cal fan here)…yeah. From our point of view that was the ugliest, least-satisfying total beatdown I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/35 "2008-09-07T20:50:58Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > From our point of view that was the ugliest, least-satisfying total beatdown I’ve ever seen. Poetry! 😃 I predict (and hope) USC stays #1 the rest of the season, and takes another championship. I predict Notre Dame gets handed unearned wins (like yesterday and like every season every year since I can remember) to a 50% win season and somehow, some way get into a crappy bowl and make it crappier. I hope they don’t ever win another game again, and cancel the whole football program in favor of curling. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603/36 "2008-09-08T01:11:31Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > I’m looking forward to Big XII ball! > > My half assed predictions: > > North: > Missouri > Colorado > Kansas > Nebraska > Kansas State > Iowa State > > South: > Oklahoma > Texas > Oklahoma State > Texas Tech > Texas A&M > Baylor > > Missouri over Oklahoma as the Sooners come off an embarrassing Bedlam loss. Those predictions seem on the mark for me mostly. I can’t predict mizzou as a winner until they actually can beat Oklahoma. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2008/459603.md?page=1)