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Im just exited for kickoff tomorrow. But My predictions are

National Champions: Notre Dame

Heisman Trophy: Brady Quinn, without a doubt

Nat'l Championship game: ND vs. OSU

Discuss Predictions and such.

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I goofed on the topic title my bad.

This post has been edited by GamblingCat on 1st September 2006 23:30

It hurts to say as a Northwestern fan (R.I.P. Randy Walker,) but I think Ohio State is the best team in college football this year. I'll be rooting, as always, for at least three undefeated, deserving teams to get through and screw the BCS up (it would be REALLY awesome if Notre Dame was the odd team out. No one in Irish nation would stand for that.)

As for Northwestern, it would be nice to see them keep the improvement they made under Walker going. The Miami of Ohio game was a good start, I hope they can keep it up during the Big 10 season.

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Gators, y'all. But OSU looks like a contender for the championship, because they played
hard and well against #2 Texas last week and definitely showed whose retained talent
through the NFL Draft and a new college year. Good times to watch. But UrbanMeyer to
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And unfortuantly ND is now 2-1, do to being pummeled by Michigan 47-21 ><. Since OSU will be going against Mich this season, i feel OSU will Beat Michigan, and OSU will lose to some other team or something, ND just has to win it out, i wish them the best of luck.

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And unfortuantly ND is now 2-1, do to being pummeled by Michigan 47-21 ><. Since OSU will be going against Mich this season, i feel OSU will Beat Michigan, and OSU will lose to some other team or something, ND just has to win it out, i wish them the best of luck.

Nothing made me smile on Saturday like watching Notre Dame get drubbed and their national championship hopes rapidly start to wither.

Nothing made me smile on Sunday like finding out that the Gators pulled out a win against the Vols. The Gators won't even win the SEC championship, let alone the national title, but in another two years they will be back in the hunt, and any win against Tennessee is a good sign for the season.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 19th September 2006 21:01

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National champions: Ohio State. Without a doubt.
Heisman winner: Troy Smith or Ted Ginn Jr. (Sorry not sure how its spelled.)

As a side note, Texas should not have been #2. Everyone just wanted to say "OMG look how early in the season #1 is facing #2!!! I don't believe it!"

Oh, and Penn State is about to get OWNED on Saturday.

This post has been edited by ArcnightDelita on 20th September 2006 22:30

Yeah SPU is going to get owned, im not entirely sure about OSU being Nat'l champs, they got one rela tough game at the end of the season against Michigan, which they could lose.

I think that OSU has the best shot at being National Champs this year which of course being a Bucs fan is great. Troy Smith is like Vince Young was last year only he can throw the ball much better and has alot more weapons then Young had. The only thing that concerns me with the Bucs is their defense but they will get better by the time they play Mich, which I don't see as that tough of a game for the Bucs as Michigans win against ND was more of a showing how ND is not that good this year. I am more scared of Iowa who I think is the second best in the Big Ten.

As of right now I see the Championship being OSU vs USC and OSU winning. I don't think Auburn can stay at the number 2 spot.

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I don't think Auburn can stay at the number 2 spot.

Do you think Auburn will lose a game this year? I highly doubt Florida has what it takes to beat them.

Or are you implying that USC should take their spot even though they don't play a single top ten team this year?

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I don't think Auburn can stay at the number 2 spot.

Do you think Auburn will lose a game this year? I highly doubt Florida has what it takes to beat them.

Even though they're my team, I'm inclined to agree. Florida's D is pretty solid, but Chris Leak throws too many silly passes for a quarterback of his calibre, and unless they let Tebow start throwing, teams are going to know what's coming every time he steps on the field. Florida will win the SEC East but not the SEC. (If they do, however, all bets are off and OSU will have one helluva time with them in the BCS Championship.)

Won't matter either way, I think OSU is the clear favorite now.

I was impressed that Notre Dame came back to win. Disappointed beyond belief, but impressed. They still won't challenge for the national championship.

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I don't think Auburn can stay at the number 2 spot.

Do you think Auburn will lose a game this year? I highly doubt Florida has what it takes to beat them.

Auburn will stay at least at #2 if they go undefeated, but they'll have a tough time of it with their schedule. They'll probably lose one of the three games to either Florida, Georgia, or at Alabama. I'd love to see them get through undefeated (the more undefeated the better for getting a playoff in college football) but I think their schedule is too hard.

I have to go with West Virginia as the eventual sarificial lamb to Ohio State. If they get past Louisville, there are no more challenges for them. USC has too many tough games left, too.

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I cant See USC in the Nat'l Championship, WV can make it, but my faith still lies on ND if they win it out, and OSU loses to Michigan, and Michigan loses to another team, but the thing is with OSU is that they play alot of unranked teams this season as well, making them get an easy #1 spot.

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...which of course being a Bucs fan is great...

Must be a local thing versus local thing. As a Bucs fan (NFL), I was surprised to see chat
about being a Bucs (NCAA) fan in Ohio. Had a moogle moment there.

Two days later and no one commenting? Thursday night saw an irritatingly impressive
Auburn (#2) blast their competition, and Friday saw a great game of the local USF Bulls
versus to a surprisingly-ranked Rutgers. Right now, the Gators are toughing it out in
their first test in an SEC Triumvirate. Where'd all the fans go?

But thought that compelled me to log back in: GATORS FOR THE supOR-BOWL!!!

This post has been edited by A11smart on 30th September 2006 22:36

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Lots of Things Happened last Saturday, provided a few things go right ND is still in for the Natl Championship.

I hope to GOD Notre Lame doesn't make it. Especially because they proved when they play against the big boys they can't play well (as they proved agaisnt my beloved Michigan team).

And for everyone who thinks Notre Dame is really good: They're not. Look at their schedule. They had 2.5 legitimate good games against Georgia Tech, Michigan State, and Penn State. Michigan showed that the Irish don't deserve to be in the championship. And their schedule just gets easier. They have big games against teams with losing records and teams that generally aren't very good. They now play teams like Navy, Army, and Air Force, all of which aren't even close to being in the rankings (if the Coast Guard had a team Notre Dame would probably play them too).

Of all the teams who deserve their spot, I honestly think the Florida Gators who I really dislike deserves it. The SEC is always the most competative division, and it shows time and time again in that conference that one mistake can be deadly. Everyone overlooks this conference which is clearly the strongest in the nation. ESPN jumps on Notre Dame's bandwagon, and USC's (who also has a weak schedule outside ND, Oregon, and Cal), and I don't think either team deserves their spot.

As much as I hate OSU, they deserve their spot. Personally I think Michigan is the only team that can come close to ousting them. And if Michigan does so, they'll probably be in the national championship game. Notre Dame and USC always get so much bias in the polls, and I will shoot myself in the foot if Brady Quinn wins the Heisman. I want an SEC player to win it. -CSM

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Brady Still can win that Heisman, but just dont shoot yourself in the foot, also there a lot of michigan fans on this site to...(I just noticed).

If Notre Dame makes the championship game I'll be so pissed. Personally I hope they lose again and drop out of the top ten so they don't get a BCS bowl.

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They'll get a BCS Bowl no matter what, even if they don't deserve it (which they don't). Notre Dame, or ANY non-SEC team for that matter (even Michigan), has a weaker schedule than most SEC teams. Notice how hard SEC games are to win? That's why I have a lot of respect for that conference, and always prefer watching their games over Michigan's (thankfully CBS always has a quality matchup on every week).

Basically it's set up so that Notre Dame gets an automatic bid if they're ranked 12 or higher, where as for other teams it's 6 or higher.

However, as long as the unbeatens stay unbeaten, Notre Dame will not be in the title game.

Back when people thought USC won the 2003 championship (when it was clearly won by LSU), they basically made it so an SEC team will have next to no shot of getting a title bid.

I'm saddened that Mario Manningham is gone, but I still have faith in the Michigan runninig game (Mike Hart is definitely one of the top backs). -CSM

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Well at the midpoint of the season, there is still a slim chance ND can sneak into NC they just need ALOT of help from other teams that need to lose, but either way there more than likely to get a bowl game (maybe Louisville more tahn likey if they lose to WVU).

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Well at the midpoint of the season, there is still a slim chance ND can sneak into NC they just need ALOT of help from other teams that need to lose, but either way there more than likely to get a bowl game (maybe Louisville more tahn likey if they lose to WVU).

You only need a .500 record to get to a bowl game. If Notre Dame does not qualify for a bowl, something has gone haywire.

If you mean one of the big bowls, sorry to say that you are still delusional.

Right now, SEC championship is looking like it will probably be the best game of the season, possibly outstripping any bowl game at all.

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No mention in this thread of the Miami - FIU fiasco? I mean, I have always hated any Florida team that is lacking "University of" in front of the name of the state, but seriously, keep the criminals in prison and the football players on the field. The NCAA should have done more to step in there and spend less time whining about Native American mascots.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 19th October 2006 14:52

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Returned now to Florida, the general reaction from college football fans around my area
was the same I had: 'That's Miami for ya'. Of all the Florida schools, UM has always had a
penchant for unnecessary violence. A pugilist's university. While it made for an addictive
SportCenter highlight, I wasn't over surprised to see FIU and UM players devolve into an
all-out brawl. Now, if it had happened in say, the Gator-Nole game in the middle of urban,
relatively-quiet Jacksonville, I would've been surprised. But Cane madness? That's the UM
legacy.

Nice line regarding Florida schools without the 'University Of' prefix.

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If you mean one of the big bowls, sorry to say that you are still delusional.

Not the championship game, certainly, but in all likelihood Notre Dame will be in a BCS game. They only need nine wins and a top 8 BCS ranking. As long as they roll through the next 5 cream puffs and at least hang in there against USC, they'll probably meet the criteria.

My predictions for the BCS games (positions in bold, teams in parentheses):

National Championship Game:

Big Ten Winner vs. Big East Winner (Ohio State vs. West Virginia)

There's the lovely WV-Louisville mathup November 2nd and Ohio State-Michigan matchup November 18, but there's no reason for either of these conference champs to lose to anyone else. This game SHOULD involve one, possibly two SEC teams (if there was only a friggin PLAYOFF to determine it...) but it won't, since they'll beat up on each other too much. I don't think the SEC champ will even be a 1-loss team. So instead it will be the two conference champs who are head and shoulders above their conference competition. I put Ohio State and West Virginia in it, but it just as easily could be a Michigan-Louisville championship game.

Sugar Bowl:

Pac 10 Winner vs. SEC Winner (USC vs. Auburn)

I don't have USC above, since they have some close wins against questionable teams, I don't think they'll make it through the Oregon, Cali, Notre Dame part of their schedule unscathed. I think Auburn will win the SEC championship (although I can see any of 5 teams winning that game) and will have to at least get into the third place game.

Orange Bowl:

Big 12 winner vs. Big 10 second place (Texas vs. Michigan)

A nice Rose Bowl rematch from two years ago. The loser of the Ohio State-Michigan game will be strong enough to be ahead of the ACC winner.

Rose Bowl:

ACC winner vs. SEC second place (Georgia Tech vs. Florida)

Fiesta Bowl:

Big East second place vs. Notre Dame (Louisville vs. Notre Dame)

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In regards to the Miami-FIU melee, I think Miami should drop football all together. Just end it. There's no institutional control. All non-suspended athletes should be able to transfer without a year of eligibility lost, like they did with Baylor basketball.

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Forgot all about conference obligations (perhaps on purpose, because of hatred.) Thanks for reminding me, Neal, but I'm not changing them because I'm lazy, so I'll leave it as a fantasy instead of a prediction.

This post has been edited by Gears on 19th October 2006 23:53

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Those bowl choices have a lot of flaws. It isn't just a free-for-all in the selection committees to assign the best matchups. The winners of all of the power conferences except the Big East are contractually obligated to play in certain bowls so long as the winner isn't in the title game. Big Ten and Pac Ten play in the Rose Bowl, Big 12 plays in the Fiesta Bowl, SEC plays in the Sugar Bowl, and ACC plays in the Orange Bowl. If a bowl's conference champion is snatched up by the National Championship, that bowl gets first choice at selecting an alternative that isn't obligated. That said, my choices.

National Championship: Ohio State vs Florida
Ohio State wins out (after a very tough match against Michigan) to win the Big Ten. Florida wins out - their remaining difficult matchups will include Georgia (down and out), Florida State (past their prime), and Arkansas in the SEC championship (a good challenge, but not up to it). The teams currently ahead of them in the BCS standings will fall - USC to Cal, Michigan to Ohio State, West Virginia to one of Pitt/Rutgers/Louisville (I'm counting on all four of those teams having one loss by the end of the regular season), and Auburn, with its lousy end-of-season schedule and no trip to the SEC championship, will fall behind Florida in the rankings.

Rose Bowl: Cal vs Michigan
The Rose Bowl will definitely choose a one-loss Michigan team over any other potential BCS team to replace Ohio State to keep the traditional Big-10/Pac-10 matchup. After the shit-fit that was thrown after Texas made it in to face Michigan in years past, they will definitely keep the matchup that's presented to them. Cal wins out after taking out USC in this season's matchup to win the Pac-10 and play in the Rose Bowl.

Sugar Bowl: Auburn vs Notre Dame
Auburn will be the Sugar Bowl's replacement team after losing Florida to the National Championship. The way I have the season playing out, Auburn will finish 7-1 in the SEC, tied with Arkansas, and will miss the SEC championship. Their 1-loss season will more than qualify them for third or fourth (the other will be Michigan) in the BCS, making them an obvious choice for the Sugar Bowl. The Sugar has first priority beyond this in bowl selections, so of course they'll go for BCS-eligible Notre Dame, because everyone is always on top of that leprechaun's dick.

Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs West Virginia
Georgia Tech lands in the Orange Bowl as the ACC champion. The Orange Bowl has next priority in selecting a team and will pick Big East champion West Virginia, since they have to go in somewhere as a power conference winner. Louisville will end up tied in the Big East and WVU will grab the tiebreaker, having won the head-to-head.

Fiesta Bowl: Texas vs Boise State
Texas goes to the Fiesta Bowl as the winner of the Big 12. Boise State goes undefeated and will be high enough in the BCS standings to automatically qualify for a BCS bowl and will be forced into the last spot, as the Fiesta has last priority in the bowl selection committee.


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I think they should just cancel the BCS championship game and make the title game OSU vs. Michigan hehe. I would love to see a OSU/Mich national title game, the greatest rivalry in college football as the national championship would be unbelievable. Of course the only reason Michigan moved up to #2 was to increase ratings when they play OSU as they shouldn't be 2 right now like Texas shouldn't have been when they played OSU, although I am not sure if USC deserves it though since they have barely beaten 3 unranked teams.

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Gosh those were some good predicitions there, i see i am not the only one who thought of ND facing Auburn or Louisville in a BCS, well ND is now 6-1, is in a good position to win it out, they got to just seriously improve on thier rushing game, and not always just get the ball to Darius Walker in hopes of a 27yard rush down the field when he seems to do at most 12 yards or in the UCLA game case like 2 yards.

ND will very likely pwn USC this time, especially after the Bush Push Incident last year.

ND/USC is in my opinion the battle to see which team is more overrated. I have a feeling USC will win that, but the Trojans will lose to either Oregon or Cal.

ND just plain doesn't deserve its ranking. The fact is they needed miracle comebacks against mediocre unranked teams such as MSU and UCLA. ND can't compete with the big boys, and it was proven against Michigan. I bet if ND played OSU, Clemson, or [insert one loss SEC team here] they'd lose. Also, they have yet to win a BCS game, so if they are up against Auburn, they will get their butts kicked.

I've got Michigan/OSU on my calendar. That will no doubt be the game of the year. And I think Michigan can win!

But this weekend, it's all about Georgia/Florida. I'll be pulling for the Dawgs to upset the Gators (although it likely won't happen). -CSM

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CSM the Dawgs could beat the Gators (werent they ranked like 10 at one point?).

Clemson is beaten that is one obstacle, now for the WV and Louisville game, go WV for that one!

I honestly think (and hope) that second bid will go to Tennessee (with the first going to the Michigan/OSU winner). -CSM

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Booyah! Keep checking, GamblingCat... there might be enough Dawg left that didn't get
Chomp-Chomped up! Gators in the SupOR-Bowl!

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