Archive for November, 2005
Bowl projections
Here are few of the early Bowl Predictions. We will make ours next week. ESPN.com Gazing into the crystal ball to see … SI Bowl Projections CBS Sportsline Bowl Predictions
Rivalry Week’s Top Picks
ESPN.com – COLUMNIST/FORDE – Forde-Yard Dash: “Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football” writes about his top 10 picks for rivalry week and outlines who is charging and who is retreating. LSU-Ole Miss is number 7th on the rivalry list. That’s my favorite. What is yours?
BCS Likely Participants
Who will take the eight spots, excuse me, six remaining spots in the 2005 BCS. USC and Texas will take care of business and meet in the Rose Bowl to decide with no dispute the 2005-2006 National Championship. Who will join them in the BCS? My picks are below. Here is an alternative view, BCS [...]
Week 5 of the BCS Standings
The BCS standings after Week 5, we find only two undefeated teams in the elite college ranks and the makings for the first undisputed Bowl Championship Series title game in three year. As both USC and Texas continue to hang big numbers on opponent after opponent, they remain in the top two spots they have [...]
ESPN.com – NCF – Top 25 Overview
ESPN.com – NCF – Top 25 Overview: “Top 25 Overview” While USC and Texas easily took care of business, the SEC, ACC and Big 12 had their fair share of upsets. LSU, Auburn and South Carolina win over Alabama, Georgia and Florida. South Carolina now has a difficult but realistic opportunity to play in the [...]
LSU Ends Alabama’s Streak
LSU survives battle of wills with Bama The Alabama Crimson Tide entered the game with many questions to answer. Could their vaunted defense carry them through another tough SEC matchup? Will another college football season end with an undefeated SEC team left out of the National Championship game? Can Alabama’s offense recover from the loss [...]
Can the Tide Ride Their Number 1 Defense to Pasadena?
Alabama Crimson Tide, NCAA Football – CBS SportsLine.com Not without Tyrone Prothro writes Dennis Dodd of CBS SportsLine. This week will tell a lot as they go against the Tigers of LSU. Ranked 7th in the BCS, the odds makers are giving the cats a 3 point advantage. The boys from Baton Rouge are not [...]
Predicting the BCS
SI.com – SI On Campus – The Vent – Tuesday November 8, 2005 “Predicting the BCS… SI.com’s Stewart Mandel says: Rose Bowl: USC (BCS. No.1) vs. Texas (BCS No.2) Orange: Miami (ACC Champ) vs. Notre Dame (At-large) Sugar: Alabama (SEC Champ) vs. West Virginia (Big East Champ) Fiesta: Penn State (Big Ten Champ) vs. Oregon [...]
Pre-season Top 25 Polls
Here are a few of the pre-season top 25 selections. Gregg Doyel, CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer selects Duke as number 1. ESPN.com 2005-06 preseason Top 10 and 11 through 25 AP Poll pre-season top 25
Week 4 of the BCS Standings
Week 4 of the BCS standings finds USC still on top of Texas with Alabama, Miami and Penn State rounding out the top 5. These 5 teams have combined for 33 National Championships (Alabama-12, USC-11, Miami-5, Texas-3, Penn State-2). Georgia Tech, Minnesota and Louisville are included in this weeks BCS Top 25. Boston College, California [...]
BCS Plus One
The Plus One Fomat. Will there be another undefeated team left at the alter in 2005? Could it be another SEC team from Alabama? With 3 unbeaten teams there is the possibility. So why can’t we have a 4 team playoff to resolve this issue? As this article explains it won’t solve all the issues, [...]
Week 3 of the BCS Standings
USC regains the number 1 spot in Week 3 of the 2005 BCS standings, the first time two teams have flip-flopped the top 2 spots in consecutive weeks. Virginia Tech, Alabama, UCLA and Miami round out the top 6. Why 6? Because no team below 6th at this point in the season ever made it [...]