2013 NCAA Football Thread

[ummmm........]

I didn't know who to pull for at the end there. I would have liked to see the state of Alabama win five straight, and I liked the worst-to-first storyline for Auburn, but OTOH, they are Auburn. So now I don't have to listen to all the Auburn fans talk . . .

I'm glad it was a good game too. I think the bowl season overall saw the rest of the country close the gap a bit on the SEC . . .

 

[emzie]

Oh I woulda loved to see him go down at the one there. Burn more time. Kick a FG if you fail first three times. I don't like giving Winston a chance to win the game with 79 seconds and 2 timeouts.

 

[Archbob]

And Winston does win it.

 

[ummmm........]

So now I don't have to listen to all the Auburn fans talk . . .

Now that I think of it, FSU fans are pretty obnoxious. At least there are fewer of them . . .

 

[Azale]

s-e-c

s-e-c

s-e-c

 

[ummmm........]

Hey, we still had the best bowl season at 7-3 . . .

 

[mrt144]

Long national nightmare over. Can finally start watching college football in earnest again.

 

[emzie]

Long national nightmare over. Can finally start watching college football in earnest again.

SEC gets 2 teams into the playoff next year. Both win their first game.

You know it's gonna happen.

edit; sorta feel bad for that Auburn fan with the 500-to-1 ticket for a BCS championship.... 50,000 grand lost. Shoulda taken everyone's advice and hedged it.

 

[ummmm........]

I don't know. Do you think we would have gotten two teams in this year? The selection committee would have had to pass over either Michigan State or Stanford, and conference championships is a stated point of emphasis . . .

Oh, here are your XvX bowl results, spoilered for size:

Spoiler :

AAC (2-3)

1. UCF 52 vs. Big XII 1. Baylor 42
2. Louisville 36 vs. ACC 5. Miami 9
3. Cincinnati 17 vs. ACC 7. UNC 39
4. Houston 24 vs. SEC 8. Vandy 41
7. Rutgers 16 vs. Indy Notre Dame 29

ACC (5-6)

1. FSU 34 vs. SEC 1. Auburn 31
2. Clemson 40 vs. Big Ten 2. Ohio State 35
3. Duke 48 vs. SEC 7. A&M 52
4. VaTech 12 vs. Pac-12 4. UCLA 42
5. Miami 9 vs. AAC 2. Louisville 36
6. Georgia Tech 17 vs. SEC 10. Ole Miss 25
7. UNC 39 vs. AAC 3. Cincinnati 17
8. Syracuse 21 vs. Big Ten 6. Minnesota 17
9. Boston College 19 vs. Pac-12 9. Arizona 42
10. Maryland 20 vs. CUSA 2. Marshall 31
11. Pittsburgh 30 vs. MAC 1. Bowling Green 27

Big XII (3-3)

1. Baylor 42 vs. AAC 1. UCF 52
2. Oklahoma State 31 vs. SEC 3. Missouri 41
3. Texas 7 vs. Pac-12 3. Oregon 30
4. Oklahoma 45 vs. SEC 2. Alabama 31
5. KState 31 vs. Big Ten 8. Michigan 14
6. TT 37 vs. Pac-12 2. Arizona State 23

Big Ten (2-6)

1. Michigan State 24 vs. Pac-12 1. Stanford 20
2. Ohio State 35 vs. ACC 2. Clemson 40
3. Wisconsin 24 vs. SEC 4. South Carolina 34
4. Iowa 14 vs. SEC 6. LSU 21
5. Nebraska 24 vs. SEC 5. Georgia 19
6. Minnesota 17 vs. ACC 8. Syracuse 21
8. Michigan 14 vs. Big XII 5. KState 31

CUSA (3-3)

1. Rice 7 vs. SEC 9. Miss State 44
2. Marshall 31 vs. ACC 10. Maryland 20
3. UTSA left out
4. ECU 37 vs. MAC 7. Ohio 20
5. North Texas 36 vs. MWC 6. UNLV 14
6. MTSU 6 vs. Indy Navy 24
7. Tulane 21 vs. Sunbelt 1. La-Lafayette 24
8. FAU left out

MAC (0-5)

1. Bowling Green 27 vs. ACC 11. Pittsburgh 30
2. NIU 14 vs. MWC 2. Utah State 21
3. Ball State 20 vs. Sunbelt 2. Arkansas State 23
4. Buffalo 24 vs. MWC 3. SDSU 49
5. Toledo left out
6. Central Michigan left out
7. Ohio 20 vs. CUSA 4. ECU 37

MWC (3-3)

1. Fresno State 20 vs. Pac-12 5. USC 45
2. Utah State 21 vs. MAC 2. NIU 14
3. SDSU 49 vs. MAC 4. Buffalo 24
4. Boise 23 vs. Pac-12 7. Oregon State 38
5. SJSU left out
6. UNLV 14 vs. CUSA 5. North Texas 36
7. CSU 48 vs. Pac-12 8. Washington State 45

Pac-12 (6-3)

1. Stanford 20 vs. Big Ten 1. Michigan State 24
2. ASU 23 vs. Big XII 6. TT 37
3. Oregon 30 vs. Big XII 3. Texas 7
4. UCLA 42 vs. ACC 4. VaTech 12
5. USC 45 vs. MWC 1. Fresno State 20
6. Washington 31 vs. Indy BYU 16
7. Oregon State 38 vs. MWC 4. Boise 23
8. Washington State 45 vs. MWC 7. Colorado State 48
9. Arizona 42 vs. ACC 9. Boston College 19

SEC (7-3)

1. Auburn 31 vs. ACC 1. FSU 34
2. Alabama 31 vs. Big XII 4. Oklahoma 45
3. Missouri 41 vs. Big XII 2. Oklahoma State 31
4. South Carolina 34 vs. Big Ten 3. Wisconsin 24
5. Georgia 19 vs. Big Ten 5. Nebraska 24
6. LSU 21 vs. Big Ten 4. Iowa 14
7. A&M 52 vs. ACC 3. Duke 48
8. Vandy 41 vs. AAC 4. Houston 24
9. Miss State 44 vs. CUSA 1. Rice 7
10. Ole Miss 25 vs. ACC 6. Georgia Tech 17

Sunbelt (2-0)

1. La-Lafayette 24 vs. CUSA 7. Tulane 21
2. Arky State 23 vs. MAC 3. Ball State 20
3. Troy left out
4. USA left out
5. WKU left out
6. La-Monroe left out
7. Texas State left out

 

[emzie]

MSU woulda been hard to ignore. Without knowing how the Alabama / Oklahoma game would turn out, I'd've not had a problem putting 'Bama in over Stanford.

Well, I woulda had a huge problem with it. But it'd make sense.

 

[ummmm........]

I don't know. I think if Alabama made it in it would have been on reputation not performance. But yeah, it's hard to say what I would have thought pre-Sugar. My opinion of Michigan State was a lot lower before the Rose bowl also . . .

EDIT: See what I mean? ESPN's first way too early top 25 for 2014 has us at #2 despite losing both McCarron and Mosley . . .

Attendance for the Rose bowl was greater than the BCS title by about 1,000. A lot of folks had trouble with cancelled flights due to weather . . .

Other than the 2-0 Sunbelt, the SEC and Pac-12 were the only two conferences to finish with winning bowl records, and the top two teams in both of those conferences lost their bowl games . . .

Polls are out! Even in this down year, the SEC still manages three in the top five, four in the top ten . . .

FSU was 2-12 on third down. That's just silly . . .

South Carolina, Alabama and Oregon are the only three teams to finish in the AP top ten the past three years. South Carolina seems out of place there. I question their ranking this year even . . .

 

[ummmm........]

SEC gets 2 teams into the playoff next year. Both win their first game.

Here's another thing I just thought of: Would that be so bad . . ?

Which is worse, an SEC champion or an FSU repeat? Curious as to what the rest of the country thinks . . .

 

[MacAttack]

I am sure that all of us here knew right out of the gate last September, that the Sunbelt conference would go undefeated in the Bowl Season.

Spot on.

 

[ummmm........]

Well, technically they were 2-0-5, once you count the bowl eligible teams that couldn't find a spot in one of the 35 available bowls . . .

 

[MacAttack]

Well, technically they were 2-0-5, once you count the bowl eligible teams that couldn't find a spot in one of the 35 available bowls . . .

Even then those teams didn't lose. (Well maybe their bowl eligible smiles)

So technically, still undefeated.

 

[ummmm........]

Oh, absolutely. Arkansas State owns the godaddy bowl . . .

 

[MacAttack]

Good bye Johnny Football! thank you for the memories!

See you at the College Football Hall of Fame ceremony in a few years!

 

[ummmm........]

So who's next? That Speedy Noils guy . . ?

 

[downtown]

I wouldn't be shocked if Kyle Allen started as a freshman. He's not mobile though, so A&M would need to change a lot of their offense.

 

[Azale]

I wouldn't be shocked if Kyle Allen started as a freshman. He's not mobile though, so A&M would need to change a lot of their offense.

Case Keenum did ok in the Sumlin offense. Our WR's are gonna be amazing and the o-line shouldn't drop off too much even without Matthews.