What do you want? It says 11 right there. So it’s ten and eleven at once. Sort of like Jesus being 100% human and 100% divine. When you’re the premier conference, academically and athletically, you get to think past the limitations of conventional logic.
It’s gameday. Finally.
My life has meaning again.
The OSU/ Toledo game isn’t really in Toledo, it is at a supposedly neutral field in Cleveland. Ninety percent of the crowd will be Buckeye fans. My brother in law in Cleveland is a Toledo grad who refused to buy tickets, saying, “Why should I pay $65 to see the Rockets get killed?”
A disappointing start. SCar and NC State was a snoozefest, and Oregon just looks awful against Boise.
I have to say, I like the interconference matchups, but no way they should be the first game of the season. These teams aren’t anywhere close to top form. Everyone bashes cupcake scheduling, but they basically act as preseason for college teams.
The last thing the Pac-10 needs is to stink up the joint on national TV against a mid-major opponent. Thanks, Ducks.
Why didn’t that Oregon team show up to the Holiday Bowl? Hmmph
No one, huh? I’ll say it - if the Irish finish 11-1, they’ll have to be ranked in the top 10. If they make the top 8, they get a BCS bid.
The prognosticators (like SI, who put Oregon on their cover) seemed to think it didn’t matter that Oregon turned over both lines since the Holiday Bowl. “But…Masoli ran over that safety!..They gotta be ranked!!” Whatever.
(emphasis mine)
I think you forgot about the SEC there.
And the Big 12. And the Big East, ACC, Pac 10, and the WAC too…
So is anyone going to any games tomorrow? Got any big tailgating or other traditional plans? I’ll be driving up to South Bend tonight with a group of friends. I’m pretty excited for the day. The weather is going to be perfect (76 degrees at kickoff, partly cloudy), I’m meeting up with quite a few old classmates, and the game should be a good one. Will be a very interesting matchup. ND’s run defense was extremely poor last year, and Nevada’s pass defense was atrocious. Nevada’s running game is downright scary, and ND is returning all 11 offensive starters. Will Nevada burn the clock long enough to keep Clausen, Tate, Floyd and Armando out of the endzone?
In football, the Big East has no business in that conversation. (To be honest, neither does the ACC.) I’m fairly confident Vandy could win the Big East title most years, and my Kentucky Wildcats would be an ACC championship contender.
Speaking of the Wildcats, I think a fourth-straight bowl appearance is possible. We should win Saturday in Cincy against Miami (OH), then beat Loserville, EKU, UL-Monroe, Mississippi State and Vandy, with a decent shot to take at least one of these three: Tennessee, Auburn or South Carolina. I’d prefer knocking off the Vols for the first time in my lifetime, but beating The Visor would also be nice.
I’ll be in Berkeley for Cal - Maryland (7 PM…nobody on the East Coast will be awake). No big plans, other than the usual first-game restocking of logowear.
As of year 2001:
Pac 10 National Championships (all sports): 311
Nearest other conference: Big 10 with 185
No, he said academically.
Hey, I’m not saying Auburn’s “coloring inside the lines 101” classes don’t bring the average down, but Vandy’s actually a difficult school, and speaking as a UK grad, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows in Lexington.
I think we can stipulate that every conference has at least one decent academic school, and every conference has an Arizona State.
I’m sure that’s very impressive for people that give a damn about field hockey. The important stat to consider is:
BCS Championships since 2006:
SEC = 3
Everybody else = 0
Woohoo less than 24 hours till I get my real fix. Thursdays games were only like finding an old baggie and scraping a bit together for a little hitter but only makes you jones more. The new full stash shows up tomorrow. 
College Gameday is starting!
Can’t believe they picked a neutral site game though.