College Football 2008

Here is a link to the Harris Poll rankings. A bit different from the AP.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/bcsnews/BCS_Oct_12_2008.pdf

 

Now this was an interesting weekend.

 

Clemson fired Bowden today and named as interim coach, assistant Dabo Swinney

 

It now appears that Bowden offered to walk away and Clemson accepted. He was not fired.
ESPN - Bowden out at Clemson; coach 'deserved' fate, QB says - College Football

 

The best team right now is PSU. Texas has a lot of tough games left.

 

the best team - Portland State Uni. ??? nonsense ..........

 

So what upsets are on tap this weekend? I think Maryland will beat Wake Forest, Kansas over Oklahoma and Michigan State over Ohio State. Of course, I will also pray that BC defeats Va Tech!

 

Maryland is possible. Thursday games seem to be a good day for upsets so watch for TCU to take out Brigham Young. Other than those I feel it should be a quiet week

 

If Maryland had not been blown out by Virginia, I would have made a Maryland victory my stone cold lock but I agree that it is the most likely. I would like to see BYU lose but I do not believe that this is the week for it.

And I want BC to crush the Hokies . . . . have I mentioned that???

 

Another top 10 team lost this week already. TCU blew out BYU last night 32-7

 

And as I recall, you called it!

 

Maryland is really taking it to Wake! Quite a blow out!

 

I believe you called that one

Right now I'm furious. Penn St is being manhandled by Michigan. They came out flat, with no intensity. The defense isn't making tackles. they seem more interested in holding up the ball carrier and trying to strip it. I know that they're better than this. So far it looks like they were looking ahead to playing Ohio St, and not worried about Michigan.

 

Penn State will come back. They are not out yet and Michigan just does not have it this year. The players do not like Rodriguez, or so I am told.

 

It's never a good thing to see someone leave the feild with an injury. I hope it's not to bad. Alabama held on. Oklahoma had a test but also won. Penn St. got going with about two minutes left in the first half. In the end they won 46-17. Wheew glad that is over. Ended a nine game losing streak* with Michigan. Looking forward to Missouri- Texas starting in just a few minutes


* Penn State won the game in Ann Arbor in 2005 but some dumb ref put 3 seconds back on the clock after the game was over and gave Michigan a chance to win, which they did. That was Penn States only loss that year and put them out of the Championship Game.

 

Either Texas looked like a number 1 last night or Mizzou looked like a number 120. Maybe both.

My BC Eagles handled Va Tech. There are a lot of ACC teams that look like they belong in the top 25 -- BC, Georgia Tech especially. I hope BC gets some votes this week.

 

The AP Top 25 following 8 weeks of play

1. Texas (65) 7-0 1,625
2. Alabama 7-0 1,543
3. Penn State 8-0 1,506
4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,358
5. Florida 5-1 1,307
6. USC 5-1 1,292
7. Oklahoma State 7-0 1,252
8. Texas Tech 7-0 1,194
9. Georgia 6-1 1,117
10. Ohio State 7-1 1,053
11. LSU 5-1 987
12. Utah 8-0 943
13. Boise State 6-0 849
14. South Florida 6-1 674
15. TCU 7-1 643
16. Missouri 5-2 568
17. Pittsburgh 5-1 540
18. Brigham Young 6-1 412
19. Kansas 5-2 364
20. Ball State 7-0 357
21. Georgia Tech 6-1 338
22. Tulsa 7-0 321
23. Boston College 5-1 281
24. Florida State 5-1 190
25. Minnesota 6-1 149