A & E College Football 2007

Papa T · Post by **Papa T** » July 12, 2007 2:22 pm

It's only about 40 or so days away! I've been ready since January. Most of the magazines like USC vs LSU in the Championship. West Virginia is a very close 3rd to LSU. Does Florida repeat this year like they did in basketball? I highly doubt it, but they'll be good. I wish the season would hurry up!

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » July 12, 2007 2:39 pm

GOOOO TIGERS!!!

I can't wait to be here on Labor Day!!

PJ · Post by PJ » July 12, 2007 4:05 pm

I don't see Florida repeating, but I could be wrong. I just don't see Tebow being able to handl e that offense every snap as well as Leak did. I think LSU will be the team to reckon with in the SEC, I think most of their big games are in Baton Rouge this year. UGA has the potential to bame a run not only for the east, but for the overall crown if Stafford plays as well as he closed the 2006 season.

As much as it pains me to say it, Bama will be better, but they won't be 14-0 national champs like some of the more delusional fans believe. Auburn will be good, better talent, but a killer schedule (trips to Athens, Baton Rouge and The Swamp) will give a better team a worse record than in 2006.

On the national picture, I think FSU will surprise a few pepole and end up in the NC mix before all is said and done. If they aren't playing for it, they are spoiling a trip for either Florida or the ACC champ.

Big Red Parrothead · Post by **Big Red Parrothead** » July 12, 2007 4:34 pm

I'm already ready already! Nebraska finished 9-5 last year and, although the talent level should be better, they have a tough schedule this year (including USC and @Texas), and I think they'll probably finish about the same this year. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong and surprise some people.

I think USC slips up somewhere along the way (Hopefully in Lincoln.

). Just for a completely uneducated national championship game picture, I'll saaaaaaaaay . . . LSU over West Virginia, with Arkansas as my dark horse this year.

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » July 13, 2007 11:31 am

This season's looking fairly wide open. Everybody says USC's got tons of talent but if they win their trips to Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon & Cal then they deserve it big time.

Louisville & West Virginia p*** me off cause their out of conference schedules are weak!

Florida will be lucky to win the SEC East.

LSU & my Wolverines both have only 1 real tough game on the road but nonetheless play plenty of potential spoilers at home. After opening weekend Michigan has Oregon, Notre Dame & Penn State back to back to back, then at Wisconsin and home for OSU to end the season.

Both Texas & Oklahoma have excellent schedules with the winner of the Red River Shootout looking to go unbeaten. We'll have to see if Janice's Aggies have something to say about it. Speaking of that, making the trip to South Beach J.? Miami Canes making a trip to Norman should be interesting as well.

My call is for West Virginia to go unbeaten and meet unbeaten Texas, but once closely beaten USC and LSU will sqawk (and rightly so) about WVU's poor out of conference schedule!!

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » July 13, 2007 11:37 am

looking forward the first game of the season... sept. 1 against montana state.

we play most of the tougher teams on the schedule (tech, oklahoma, nebraska) on the road this year... maybe we can pull off some upsets.

the t.u. game is at home.... whoop!

and if we make it to a bowl game this year, maybe the team will show up

seminolegrl06 · Post by **seminolegrl06** » July 13, 2007 11:49 am

CUparrot

we are trying to go up to the game!!!!!! I will let you know if we are coming up!

I was half a clemson fan last year because I knew one of the prominent players well, but he is gone now.

WE LOVE BOBBY!

Papa T · Post by **Papa T** » July 13, 2007 12:30 pm

I'm eager to see what my Vols can do this year. Ainge is good, but I don't know what to expect from our wide recieving core. They're talented but inexperienced. We lost Robert Meachem, Jayson Swain, and Bret Smith last year. Ouch. We do have a couple tight ends that can catch, though. That will help. Go Vols!

RAYRO · Post by **RAYRO** » July 13, 2007 1:00 pm

Love college football!

War Eagle!!!

Go Tigers!

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » July 13, 2007 1:23 pm

Papa T wrote:I'm eager to see what my Vols can do this year. Ainge is good, but I don't know what to expect from our wide recieving core. They're talented but inexperienced. We lost Robert Meachem, Jayson Swain, and Bret Smith last year. Ouch. We do have a couple tight ends that can catch, though. That will help. Go Vols!

In the preseason mags the Vols seem to flying under the radar this year. In my mind this has been a postive for most teams lately. And I believe the Vols are gonna bounce back using the running game and defense as its backbone. Ainge has to keep from trying to win the game himself. If they open 3-0 they'll get plenty of BCS hype....course I know that's a BIG IF with trips to California & Gainesville included in those 3 games.

Fu Corleone · Post by **Fu Corleone** » July 13, 2007 1:29 pm

RRRR!

UUUU!

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 13, 2007 1:35 pm

Big Red Parrothead wrote:
I think USC slips up somewhere along the way (Hopefully in Lincoln. )

Dem's fightin' words my friend!

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » July 13, 2007 1:52 pm

seminolegrl06 wrote:CUparrot

we are trying to go up to the game!!!!!! I will let you know if we are coming up!

I was half a clemson fan last year because I knew one of the prominent players well, but he is gone now.

WE LOVE BOBBY!

Awesome!! Have you ever been here for a game before? It's gonna be a good one, I think!

Who was the player you knew?

Big Red Parrothead · Post by **Big Red Parrothead** » July 13, 2007 2:10 pm

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
Big Red Parrothead wrote:
I think USC slips up somewhere along the way (Hopefully in Lincoln. )
Dem's fightin' words my friend!

C'mon, USC's run of luck has to end sooner or later.

With road games at Nebraska, Notre Dame and Cal, plus games against improving teams like UCLA and Oregon St., their schedule, while not exactly murderer's row, is formidable. If they run the table, they will have definitely earned their spot in the title game this year.

seminolegrl06 · Post by **seminolegrl06** » July 13, 2007 2:23 pm

they wont run the table and if they do that schedule is still nothing compared to FSUs schedule, if FSU runs the table and doesn't get in because some punkass school like USC im gonna be ssoooo p***.

Check out the schedule:

2007-2008 SCHEDULE
( Click on an event for complete event information )

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

09/03/07 at Clemson Clemson, SC 8:00 p.m. ET
09/08/07 vs. UAB Tallahassee, Fla. 5:00 p.m. ET
09/15/07 at Colorado Boulder, CO 10:00 p.m. ET
09/29/07 vs. Alabama Jacksonville, FL TBA
10/06/07 vs. North Carolina State Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
10/11/07 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC 7:30 p.m. ET
10/20/07 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
10/27/07 vs. Duke Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
11/03/07 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA TBA
11/10/07 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA TBA
11/17/07 vs. Maryland Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
11/24/07 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. TBA

Yes that is clemson at clemson, alabama away, boston college away, virginia tech away, and florida away. Not to metion the sleeper schools like UAB and Wake forest. Also playing at colorado with a bunch of florida boys who aren't used to the altitude. UUUMMM yeah.

If we run the table we will have quality out of conference wins as well as quality in conference wins.

seminolegrl06 · Post by **seminolegrl06** » July 13, 2007 2:25 pm

CUparrot wrote:
seminolegrl06 wrote:CUparrot

we are trying to go up to the game!!!!!! I will let you know if we are coming up!

I was half a clemson fan last year because I knew one of the prominent players well, but he is gone now.

WE LOVE BOBBY!
Awesome!! Have you ever been here for a game before? It's gonna be a good one, I think!

Who was the player you knew?

nope never been wanted to go in 2005 but didn't.

I am hesitant on saying his name, as he was a polorizing figure. But he was very very important on offense. We went to high school together. (I am from orlando if that narrows it down)

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 13, 2007 2:37 pm

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 13, 2007 2:41 pm

Big Red Parrothead wrote:
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
Big Red Parrothead wrote:
I think USC slips up somewhere along the way (Hopefully in Lincoln. )
Dem's fightin' words my friend!
C'mon, USC's run of luck has to end sooner or later.

With road games at Nebraska, Notre Dame and Cal, plus games against improving teams like UCLA and Oregon St., their schedule, while not exactly murderer's row, is formidable. If they run the table, they will have definitely earned their spot in the title game this year.

You're a class act, Big Red....I look forward to friendly sparring with you. It'll be a great game, wish I could go! We'll have to toast each other with a beverage via the 'net come game day.

PJ · Post by PJ » July 13, 2007 3:08 pm

seminolegrl06 wrote:they wont run the table and if they do that schedule is still nothing compared to FSUs schedule, if FSU runs the table and doesn't get in because some punkass school like USC im gonna be ssoooo p***.

Check out the schedule:

2007-2008 SCHEDULE
( Click on an event for complete event information )

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

09/03/07 at Clemson Clemson, SC 8:00 p.m. ET
09/08/07 vs. UAB Tallahassee, Fla. 5:00 p.m. ET
09/15/07 at Colorado Boulder, CO 10:00 p.m. ET
09/29/07 vs. Alabama Jacksonville, FL TBA
10/06/07 vs. North Carolina State Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
10/11/07 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC 7:30 p.m. ET
10/20/07 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
10/27/07 vs. Duke Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
11/03/07 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA TBA
11/10/07 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA TBA
11/17/07 vs. Maryland Tallahassee, Fla. TBA
11/24/07 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. TBA

Yes that is clemson at clemson, alabama away, boston college away, virginia tech away, and florida away. Not to metion the sleeper schools like UAB and Wake forest. Also playing at colorado with a bunch of florida boys who aren't used to the altitude. UUUMMM yeah.

If we run the table we will have quality out of conference wins as well as quality in conference wins.

How are they doing tickets for the Bama/FSU game in Jax? Will it be split 50/50 between the two schools, and if so, is it a one time deal between the two?

Within the last couple of weeks Auburn has announced a home and home series with Clemson, I'm really looking forward to that.

Big Red Parrothead · Post by **Big Red Parrothead** » July 13, 2007 3:08 pm

seminolegrl06 wrote:they wont run the table and if they do that schedule is still nothing compared to FSUs schedule, if FSU runs the table and doesn't get in because some punkass school like USC im gonna be ssoooo p***.

Dr.Corona wrote:Louisville & West Virginia p*** me off cause their out of conference schedules are weak!

Let the strength-of-schedule arguments begin!

While we should always take preseason rankings with a grain of salt, here is a little bit of ammo if you want to get into the debate. This website has compiled the rankings from several of the various preseason magazines and other publications.

http://www.stassen.com/preseason/consensus/2007.html

Just for comparison on the FSU/USC debate between Seminole Girl and Brown Eyed Girl (girl fight!!!

), USC plays three teams this year listed in the preseason top 25 (#12 UCLA, #13 Cal and #19 Nebraska). FSU plays only two, but they are top ten (#6 Florida and #7 Virginia Tech).

USC would certainly buck the trend (according to this website's composite rankings), as the consensus preseason #1 has only gone on to win the national title three times since 1993. Although the last team to do it? USC in 2004.

YEAR PRESEASON #1 FINAL RANK

2006 Notre Dame #17
2005 USC #2
2004 USC #1
2003 Oklahoma #3
2002 Oklahoma #5
2001 Florida #3
2000 Nebraska #8
1999 Florida St. #1
1998 Ohio St. #2
1997 Florida #4
1996 Nebraska #6
1995 Florida St. #4
1994 Florida St. #4
1993 Florida St. #1