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College Football Week 13 - Rivalry Week!

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My Pac-12 bowl projections:

Rose: Stanford/UCLA winner
Fiesta (or other BCS): Oregon
Alamo: Stanford/UCLA loser
Holiday: USC
Sun: Oregon State
Vegas: UW
Fight Hunger: ASU
New Mexico: Zona


Sets up well for the conference to be honest. I think USC could swap to the Sun although it's very possible that doesn't happen. The team in the Sun Bowl probably gets to play a 6-7 Georgia Tech - what a reward!
 
Sets up well for the conference to be honest. I think USC could swap to the Sun although it's very possible that doesn't happen. The team in the Sun Bowl probably gets to play a 6-7 Georgia Tech - what a reward!

Yeah, that was my only pick that I wasn't sure about. On one hand, OSU deserves a higher bowl than USC, but USC will make the Holiday a lot more money.
 
Probably ASU. I hope that Will Sutton can disrupt the triple option or whatever that crazy offense is that they run.

Based on what I posted Friday:

me said:
Let us assume 2 teams (say Oregon and Stanford for simplicity sake) get BCS Bids, that leaves 6 spots for the remaining Pac 12 teams which would shake out something like:

Alamo Bowl: Oregon State vs Big 12 #3
Holiday Bowl: ucla vs Big 12 #5
Sun Bowl: USC vs ACC #4
Maaco Bowl: Washington vs Boise State
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Arizona State vs Navy
New Mexico Bowl: Arizona vs Nevada

I could also see the Alamo Bowl taking ucla and then the Holiday Bowl skipping Oregon State to take USC. In pretty much every possible scenario I think the Holiday Bowl will take the best possible California based team it can because of the easier travel, but maybe I'm wrong on this.

Navy is locked into the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. So yeah ASU seems the most likely candidate to take them on.
 
Anyone know of the rumors that Jimbo's leaving for Arkansas/Tennessee/Auburn/SEC?

Please please please, someone give me some good news that he is.
 
Anyone know of the rumors that Jimbo's leaving for Arkansas/Tennessee/Auburn/SEC?

Please please please, someone give me some good news that he is.

I don't know why Jimbo would leave FSU for any of those schools. It would have to be a Bama/LSU/Florida-tier school.

At FSU he gets to roll through an ACC schedule and get prime recruits with only one real competitor (Gata).
 
Anyone know of the rumors that Jimbo's leaving for Arkansas/Tennessee/Auburn/SEC?

Please please please, someone give me some good news that he is.

Jimbo Fisher? Why in the fuck would he take any of those jobs? He's got a plum position as it is, and I'm not sure any of those is even a lateral move.
 
haha, nah, probably not from everyone. I guess that was quite a bit of hyperbole. I doubt most Ohio State fans really even care that much.

I think most of us are over the bowl ban cuz were all fine with beig fake good. And I know all of us really don't give a shit about the Mac. :p

I do though cuz I have been to a few kent st games.
 
There are....6 ACC bowl eligible teams?

1. FSU
2. Clemson
3. GT
4.NCSU
5. VT
6. Duke.

UNC and Miami are bowl banned. BC, UMD, WF and UVA didn't qualify. W're fucked. No chance we play anyone we have a prayer of beating. If the invite is to the independence bowl, I think we should decline. We won't, but we should.
 
There are....6 ACC bowl eligible teams?

1. FSU
2. Clemson
3. GT
4.NCSU
5. VT
6. Duke.

UNC and Miami are bowl banned. BC, UMD, WF and UVA didn't qualify. W're fucked. No chance we play anyone we have a prayer of beating. If the invite is to the independence bowl, I think we should decline. We won't, but we should.

You get to play an SEC team!
 
I don't really care where we go, I just don't want to play SDSU (because we already played them this year) or Boise (because we play them in game 1 next year).
 
San Jose State is 10-2 , and it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't get a bowl invite. Its kinda sad.

70 slots, 70 eligible teams so far. There might be as many as two more eligible, Ga Tech (if they can beat FSU or whoever in the CCG) and UConn (if they can beat Cincy).

It's possible that SJSU will be left out, but there are other, more leave-outable teams (see: the Sun Belt).
 
I don't know why Jimbo would leave FSU for any of those schools. It would have to be a Bama/LSU/Florida-tier school.

At FSU he gets to roll through an ACC schedule and get prime recruits with only one real competitor (Gata).

I saw that. Filed under wishful thinking by some FSU fans

Jimbo Fisher? Why in the fuck would he take any of those jobs? He's got a plum position as it is, and I'm not sure any of those is even a lateral move.

Many FSU fans (including myself) want him out. He's a terrible play caller, makes extremely questionable game decisions, and clearly can't handle the duel-role of being a head coach and an offensive coordinator simultaneously (that's my two cents, anyways).

Jimbo's an SEC guy. He started at Auburn in the late 90s, then went to LSU (after a brief stint at Cincy) for nearly a decade, where he brought home a ring under Father Saban. He's been mentioned (although nothing but complete dirtsheet rumors at this point) in connections with the Tennessee and Auburn openings. His agent is Jimmy Sexton, who's notorious for using job openings for leveraging wages (Houston Nutt, anyone?), not to mention he's very SEC-oriented as well.

Either way, I hope Jimbo leaves. If it's not this season, I'll give him maybe another two here at FSU before he splits. He just signed a contract extension earlier this year to coach until 2017, so the buyout would be disgustingly large ($11 million, I think). He doesn't have any reason to leave FSU, however, and the coaching jobs that are opening in the SEC aren't nearly as nice as what's happening at FSU. Not to mention there's really no indication that he's unhappy here. Ideally, I'd love for Jimbo to step down to offensive coordinator and Stoops step up to head coach. Jimbo's a quality QB coach and recruiter, but not head coach material. Not to mention it's only a mater of time before Stoops gets a head coaching job somewhere. He has it great at FSU already, so why not here?
 
70 slots, 70 eligible teams so far. There might be as many as two more eligible, Ga Tech (if they can beat FSU or whoever in the CCG) and UConn (if they can beat Cincy).

It's possible that SJSU will be left out, but there are other, more leave-outable teams (see: the Sun Belt).

Wouldn't someone have to take SJSU over one of the 6-6 teams with an FCS win?
 
Thing with Jimbo and FSU, is, geez the ACC is in trouble.

Nevermind turmoil over who is staying or going, but it's getting to the point that an undefeated ACC team might be overlooked by 1 loss teams from 2-4 other conferences. That a 1 loss ACC team is barely hanging around the top 10, with multiple 2 loss teams in front of them. That for as good as FSU's pedigree has been, it's being negated by the conference.


Also, how is the coach of Colorado given another year????
 
Thing with Jimbo and FSU, is, geez the ACC is in trouble.

Nevermind turmoil over who is staying or going, but it's getting to the point that an undefeated ACC team might be overlooked by 1 loss teams from 2-4 other conferences. That a 1 loss ACC team is barely hanging around the top 10, with multiple 2 loss teams in front of them. That for as good as FSU's pedigree has been, it's being negated by the conference.


Also, how is the coach of Colorado given another year????

If he stops losing to NC State he won't have to worry about that. Playoffs are coming anyway. Undefeated FSU doesn't get left out unless the other four conferences also have undefeated champs.
 
Also, how is the coach of Colorado given another year????

Presumably the same reason they hired the guy to begin with: money problems.

Though I would think they'll spend some of their Pac12bux on an upgrade, after next season.

Wouldn't someone have to take SJSU over one of the 6-6 teams with an FCS win?

That used to be the case, but apparently they've removed that rule.
 
http://www.footballperspective.com/week-13-college-football-srs-ratings/

As a result of how stratified the conference was, it’s hard not to recognize how much the schedule impacts the results. Only two teams in the conference played just two games against First Class teams. It is not a coincidence, in my opinion, that those two teams happen to be the ones that landed in Atlanta.

Just now catching up on the thread, but South Carolina played both Georgia and Florida.
 
My very late BCS projections based on the actual votes and my guesstimate at the computer rankings...

With the losses of 11 of the 25 BCS teams, particularly from 10-25, it's really hard to know who will move up ahead of those guys, but I stay to the top 17-18 anyway...

Again, completely my guesstimate, but the top is pretty stable with maybe a couple of teams swapping spots, with the most likely ones being Florida overtaking Georgia and maybe more of a longshot, Stanford overtakings LSU for #7. I think one of the really big questions is how high will Boise go, and as of last week, they were only 30th in the computers. Also, if Oregon can make it to #4, which looks guaranteed based on next weeks SEC CCG, the Pac-12 would be guaranteed a 2nd BCS team.

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RankTeam        PrevCoach  C-BCS Harris   H-BCS Comp Comp-BCS BCS Tot
1   Notre Dame     1 1,469 0.9959   2869  0.9979    1        1  0.9979
2   Alabama        2  1398 0.9478   2740  0.9530    3     0.92  0.9403
3   Florida        4  1265 0.8576   2435  0.8470    2     0.96  0.8882
4   Georgia        3  1341 0.9092   2599  0.9040    6      0.8  0.8711
5   Oregon         5  1277 0.8658   2507  0.8720    7     0.76  0.8326
6   Kansas State   6  1114 0.7553   2229  0.7753    4     0.88  0.8035
7   Stanford       8  1008 0.6834   2059  0.7162    5     0.84  0.7465
8   LSU            7  1124 0.7620   2142  0.7450    8     0.72  0.7424
9   Texas A&M      9  1076 0.7295   2038  0.7089   10     0.64  0.6928
10  South Caroli  12   972 0.6590   1862  0.6477   11      0.6  0.6355
11  Oklahoma      13   878 0.5953   1706  0.5934    9     0.68  0.6229
12  Nebraska      14   765 0.5186   1493  0.5193   12     0.56  0.5326
13  Florida Stat  10   829 0.5620   1614  0.5614   18     0.32  0.4811
14  Clemson       11   720 0.4881   1446  0.5030   15     0.44  0.4770
15  Oregon State  15   410 0.2780    975  0.3391   13     0.52  0.3790
16  UCLA          17   445 0.3017    919  0.3197   17     0.36  0.3271
17  Texas         16   312 0.2115    564  0.1962   16      0.4  0.2692
18  Boise State   22   479 0.3247    817  0.2842   25     0.04  0.2163

Again, these are NOT the official rankings which will come out in less than 20 minutes anyway... I was at an amusement park with the family, so just got home and whipped this up.
 
25. San Jose State
24. Utah State
23. Oklahoma State
22. Northwestern
21. Northern Illinois
20. Boise State
19. Michigan
18. Texas
17. Kent State
16. ucla
15. Oregon State
14. Clemson
13. Florida State
12. Nebraska
11. Oklahoma
10. SCAROLINA
9. aTm
8. Stanford
7. LSU
6. KSU
5. Oregon
4. Florida
3. Georgia
2. Alabama
1. Notre Dame

SJSU, Utah State and Northern Illinois all gonna have their coaches poached.
 
Just now catching up on the thread, but South Carolina played both Georgia and Florida.

Here's a rundown of how the top 6 teams played each other in the SEC plus their toughest non conference opponent.

Florida played SCAR, UGA, LSU, TA&M + FSU
S. Carolina played UGA, FLA, LSU + Clemson
Georgia played FLA, SCAR + GaTech
Texas A&M played LSU, BAMA, FLA + La Tech
LSU played BAMA, TA&M, FLA, SCAR + Washington
Alabama played TA&M, LSU + Michigan

As you can see, Florida and LSU played 4 of the other 5 top SEC teams. South Carolina, and Texas A&M played 3 of the other top 5, and Bama and Georgia played only 2 of the other top 5 SEC teams. Is it coincidence that Bama and Georgia are in the SEC championship game?
 
The Colorado Buffaloes have fired second-year head coach Jon Embree, Bruce Feldman reports.

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Now, let's cough up some money for a decent coach.
 
Dear Troy Calhoun,

Please move 90 miles north.

Me.
 
Also, if Oregon can make it to #4, which looks guaranteed based on next weeks SEC CCG, the Pac-12 would be guaranteed a 2nd BCS team.

Number 4 is only guaranteed if #3 already has an auto bid. #3 will likely be Florida, who will then get the auto so Oregon won't get it.

Not that it matters, Oregon will get selected easily as the first at large
 
Tank Carridine's injury towards the end of the game was indeed a torn ACL. :( Poor guy, he'll be a very good pro but that probably cost him millions... certainly would have been a first rounder and probably a top 10-15 type guy.
 
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