How is your college team doing?

[Intoxiklown]

Got to love NCAA football.

Hail State to all!

I am a Mississippi State fan, and it has been a dream season for us. Finally have us a solid coach who not only can recruit well, but can do things with the spread offense that makes defenses cry. Of course, to be honest, it helps having a freak named Dak Prescott playing QB for you.

People knock our pass defense, but forget we rotate an entire secondary defense (1A and 1B) in and out through pretty much the first 3 quarters. When the 1A group is playing, they are a solid pass defense. Our front seven is pretty much NFL level talent across the board though. We have Alabama and Ole Miss left on our schedule who are our ranked, and our real remaining hurdles to an undefeated regular season. Not to downplay Arkansas, those boys are running the rock like like nobodies business, and are definitely on the rebuild. Honestly, if Miss State gets past the SEC championship undefeated, then unless they somehow get paired up against another SEC school in the playoffs, I don't see anyone beating them.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Yeah, MSU is pretty good. Not sure if anybody in the conference will go undefeated though. It's like the NFL any more.

Glad to see a 4 team playoff. I'd go all out though. Make it an 8-9 game season with a 32 team playoff. Number one versus number 32 is still better than Alabama playing Troy. The champion would still play no more than 14 games.

Can you imagine the excitement AND the big, BIG, money? Imagine having to go into Ann Arbor or Madison in December. Let's see those warm weather boys play up north. I don't even like Michigan and I'm saying that. Imagine the limitless enthusiasm everywhere. You could still play the last few games at the major bowl venues. I'd go with the Rose, Orange, and Sugar. If you add a fourth, then make it the Cotton. That Fiesta Bowl was crap from day one.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Fresno State is 3-5. Never should've fired Pat Hill.

 

[Intoxiklown]

Yeah, MSU is pretty good. Not sure if anybody in the conference will go undefeated though. It's like the NFL any more.

Glad to see a 4 team playoff. I'd go all out though. Make it an 8-9 game season with a 32 team playoff. Number one versus number 32 is still better than Alabama playing Troy. The champion would still play no more than 14 games.

Can you imagine the excitement AND the big, BIG, money? Imagine having to go into Ann Arbor or Madison in December. Let's see those warm weather boys play up north. I don't even like Michigan and I'm saying that. Imagine the limitless enthusiasm everywhere. You could still play the last few games at the major bowl venues. I'd go with the Rose, Orange, and Sugar. If you add a fourth, then make it the Cotton. That Fiesta Bowl was crap from day one.

That could work, but only if they eliminated pre-season rankings.

I think it would be interesting to see schools making "climate" trips like that, but only if those northern schools had to come play in the southern heat as well...=). Course, with the current status of the Big 10, I don't think they'd like having a lot of SEC schools on their schedule right now. Not that I am an SEC fan boy, mind you. I will say I think the SEC is a more dominant conference right now, but I also see it coming in spurts. I think the PAC 12 is closing ground, and I really think the Big 10 has the potential to be a dominant conference again. How soon comes down to how determined they are to hire the coaches it takes to build national competitive programs. Lower tier SEC coaches still make a couple of million easy, and people would crap to know what people like Miles and Saban are paid. It is rumored that Michigan is talking to Les Miles very quietly behind the scenes, but that would be a major bidding war with LSU.

But I think an established SEC coach (with strong ties to southern high schools) could pull from talent pools the northern schools have been missing out on lately. It's hard recruiting against Alabama, Auburn, LSU, ect being in the same region. I can't imagine trying to pitch a kid on helping rebuild a traditional power over 1,000 miles from home. I think Ohio State made a good move getting Urban Meyer to rethink his retirement decision after his 2 national championship stint at Florida, and feel he'll have that program back to it's glory days within 3 more years, provided they give him the time it'll take.

Fresno State is 3-5. Never should've fired Pat Hill.

Man, I FEEL your pain. I am 40 years old, and have been a Miss State fan ever since I could walk. I have seen many a season where we'd be proud to be 3-5. But that's why (at least for me) the draw is always there year after year.....hoping this is the year your school starts to show people like you / us why we support them. I joke that Miss State is the working man's team, even though I can't really do that anymore since the SEC network deal has done tons to level out the financial field for the conference schools.

But I think that is good, as it will level out the talent conference wide, instead of having three or four power houses, with a lot of national middle tier teams.

I will say I think Waller is HIGHLY underrated. Would love to have him at MSU.When you average over 6 yards a carry, you can play ball. Period.

 

[oyarde]

Fresno State is 3-5. Never should've fired Pat Hill.

No , they should not have .

 

[oyarde]

My team , not so good .Might have a chance to finish 6 - 6 .

 

[JK/SEA]

The Washington Husky's have put up a classic 'token' team for all the elite's to destroy.....nothing new here on my end...

Oregon looks typical this year...again...

 

[Zippyjuan]

The Washington Husky's have put up a classic 'token' team for all the elite's to destroy.....nothing new here on my end...

Oregon looks typical this year...again...

Hopefully Washington can live up to that this week against my Colorado. We have been getting better (were setting records in pathetic just three years ago) but can't get over the "hump" in terms of wins in the Pac-12 yet. So close a few times. Lost in double OT to both Cal and UCLA. Were keeping up with ASU until the end of that one as well. Still looking for first conference win of the season. USC had 28 points up on us in just the first quarter of that one. Washington is the only unranked team we have left on the schedule (at Arizona, at Oregon, and Utah home left).

 

[seyferjm]

Mizzou's offense has been pathetic, but we're still 6-2 as of now.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Congrats to Washington. I checked the score during my lunch and we were up 17- 7. Good start. Sounds like it went downhill from there (final 38- 23 so we were outscored 31-6 the rest of the way). We are missing our top two tacklers on defense (and D wasn't that outstanding to begin with- the Pac 12 isn't a big D conference anyways). Looks like we are going to be winless in conference play. Still have the Denver Broncos to cheer for.

 

[euphemia]

MSU is a very good team. I'm enjoying them quite a bit this season. My hometown team is Vanderbilt, which is a team in a growth mode. New coach seems to be honing and refining aspects of their game. While they aren't winning, much, I really like they way they are developing an interesting offense around their tight ends.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Hmm, well, wouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of one loss teams at the end of the year. Would probably mean two SEC teams are automatic. Networks would need to add some geography to the mix for ratings. Teams like TCU and K State would obvioulsy have no chance, regardless of how they finish. They'd like Notre Dame in there. Oregon would be the best TV draw for the west coast audience. If Oregon racks up a lot of points in their final games, then I don't see how they'd be left out.

Who knows.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

TCU leaps past Alabama? I missed that one for sure. Oregon passes up FSU in the polls?

MSU at Alabama this weekend. Sounds like a good one.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Hmm, well, wouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of one loss teams at the end of the year. Would probably mean two SEC teams are automatic. Networks would need to add some geography to the mix for ratings. Teams like TCU and K State would obvioulsy have no chance, regardless of how they finish. They'd like Notre Dame in there. Oregon would be the best TV draw for the west coast audience. If Oregon racks up a lot of points in their final games, then I don't see how they'd be left out.

Who knows.

Oregon will be beating my team this week. We travel up there Saturday. Though I think we must be perhaps the best two win team in the country- #1 in first downs in NCAA. #7 passer (total yards- only a sophomore) , #6 receiver. Six straight games over 400 yards in offense. Turnovers have been our problem. Lead the conference in interceptions thrown. We score a lot of points but also give up a lot so Oregon probably will get a lot of points this week.

 

[Suzanimal]

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I follow college judo sometimes. (the international scene is better, though) All the other sports are snoozefests to me.

 

[CPUd]

FSU has a chance to take back #1 tonight. I would have liked to see Miss State win, but Alabama deserved that one.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

ESPN poll: 8-team playoff favored

Of the coaches who voted in ESPN's weekly poll, 44 percent want an eight-team playoff, compared with 29 percent for the current four-team playoff. Some 17 percent want a 16-team playoff.

CFP executive director Bill Hancock said his group is committed to only four teams for the next 12 years, and "there has been no discussion of expanding."

http://espn.go.com/college-football...hes-prefer-eight-team-playoff-espn-poll-shows

 

[Zippyjuan]

A frustratingly close season ended. Ugh! How close? If only four plays in the entire season had gone differently, Colorado could be bowl eligible. Instead we are winless in conference and only two wins overall. Colorado lost at Utah today due to a 20 yd TD interception return. Lost to Cal in two overtimes. Lost to UCLA in two overtimes. Other "almost" was at Oregon State. A much improved team but nothing to show for it in terms of wins. OK- it takes seven to be eligible.

 

[euphemia]

Things aren't looking that good for MSU right now. We really like Dak Prescott and would like to see the Bulldogs a little less frustrated this afternoon. Please don't spoil this. We have DVRed the game so I can take husband to his weekend job in a little while.