Is the Big 12 overrated this season?

With Texas being the only team that is undefeated left in the Big 12, people are starting to talk about how the Big 12 is overrated this season.  Oklahoma has dropped out of the Top 25 for the first time since 2005.  They barely stayed in the AP poll only because they only lost my three points to Texas this past weekend.   The real question here is whether or not the Big 12 is overrated.  I say its not for a lot of reasons.  First reason is that Oklahoma has three losses.  If you disect those losses Bradford got hurt in the BYU game, did not play at all in the Miami game, and got hurt 8 plays into the Texas game.  So you tell me that Oklahoma is horrible having shut out two other teams without Bradford.  They might not be able to step up against the likes of Miami and Texas, but they are still no pushover, they will be in a highly anticipated bowl game (more than likely either the Cotton Bowl, Alamo Bowl or Holiday Bowl).  Yes sir, when it comes down to it, I dont think I would like to face any of the top 6 teams in the Big 12.  I don’t think any team could call it an automatic win.

Secondly, even though the Big 12 only has 3 teams in the top 25, they have three teams just outside the top 25 and next week, if all those teams win, they will more than likely be right back up in the top 25.  There are two teams with one loss and 3 teams with two losses.  In fact, there is only one team in the Big 12 that has a losing record at this point and thats Colorado.  They are coming off a huge win against a top 25 opponent and long time rival Kansas handing them their first loss.  My point is that even Texas A&M (which in the past few years has kind of been a joke in the Big 12) is putting up huge numbers against teams.   They started out great with three huge wins against some decent teams, but has hit a rough patch going 0-3 in the past three games and being outscored 145-64 in those games.  Thats a crazy stat considering they outscored their opponents 135-54 for the first three games of the season.  Wake up boys, thats all I have to say.  You need to step it up and make the Big 12 proud.  I look forward to the Texas-Texas A&M game at the end o the season because both teams have the potential to put up some crazy numbers.  All in all I would have to say that the SEC wont look as pretty as they do at the end of the season either because they are all going to have to beat up on each other.  We might have lost one of our giants in Oklahoma, but to be honest with you, I am pretty sure most of the Big 12 teams could hold their own against SEC opponents.  I look forward to the Cotton Bowl this season as I plan to attend and watch the Big 12 battle the SEC in a high profile bowl game.  The Big 12 is not going away people.  They are here to stay.

Week 1 College Football Rankings Top 50

So the first week of college football has already seen its plethora of upsets.   I am so excited for this college football season because Sam Bradford is already out of the Heisman watch and it looks like after Week 1 we already have it down to two candidates.  Tim Tebow and Colt Mccoy are both front runners for the Heisman Trophy this year with Tim Tebow leading slightly.  Jahvid Best is a somewhat close 3rd with Max Hall of BYU getting a huge boost after dismantling the Oklahoma Sooner defense.  Dez Bryant made the cover of the next Sports Illustrated but has not see much boost in the Heisman Watch.  Oklahoma State put a beat down on Georgia this past weekend which was personally my favorite game even though Oklahoma did lose to BYU.  With week 2 having some more important games I am excited to see what the rankings will be after this weekend.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma State
4. USC
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Penn State
8. Ohio State
9. LSU
10. BYU
11. Cal
12. Boise State
13. Oklahoma
14. Virginia Tech
15. Georgia Tech
16. TCU
17. Utah
18. North Carolina
19. Miami (FL)
20. Notre Dame
21. Nebraska
22. Cincinnati
23. Kansas
24. Missouri
25. Texas Tech
26. Oregon State
27. Georgia
28. Michigan State
29. Pittsburgh
30. Oregon
31. Clemson
32. Florida State
33. West Virginia
34. Tennessee
35. Iowa
36. Michigan
37. UCLA
38. Baylor
39. Boston College
40. Arizona
41. East Carolina
42. Air Force
43. Auburn
44. Colorado State
45. Arkansas
46. South Carolina
47. South Florida
48. Southern Miss
49. Tulsa
50. Houston

Preseason College Football Rankings

Thank you god!  College Football season is just around the corner now.  I was seriously going crazy having to watch Baseball 24/7 in order to fill my sports time in my life.  I am pretty much through with baseball because of all the steroids issues.  I feel like the time I found out that wrestling wasnt real.  Thank you oh football gods for making this time go faster than I thought though, because I am so ready for this season to start.  There are so many awesome teams out there to choose from.  Personally I am hoping for a Longhorn national championship again (but I am not holding my breathe).  The only thing I truly care about is that they do not hype the SEC up more than they are worth this season.  The Big 12 is where its at and the ACC, SEC, Big Ten and PAC-10 are pretty weak this season.  I will also be interested in finding out where Utah, Boise State, and TCU will be ending up as well as how June Jones does at SMU.  Anyways, I know what you guys are looking for so here it is.  This past week USA Today did their annual preseason rankings for this next season.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. USC
5. Alabama
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Penn State
9. LSU
10. Mississippi
11. Oklahoma State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Oregon
15. Georgia Tech
16. Boise State
17. TCU
18. Utah
19. Florida State
20. North Carolina
21. Iowa
22. Nebraska
23. Notre Dame
24. Brigham Young
25. Oregon State
26. Kansas
27. Michigan State
28. Texas Tech
29. Cincinnati
30. Pittsburgh
31. West Virginia
32. Rutgers
33. Miami (FL)
34. Missouri
35. Illinois
36. Clemson
37. South Carolina
38. UCLA
39. Auburn
40. South Florida
41. Nevada
42. Kentucky
43. North Carolina State
44. Wisconsin
45. Arkansas
46. Northwestern
47. Southern Miss
48. Wake Forest
49. Arizona
50. Boston College
51. Central Michigan
52. East Carolina
53. Colorado
54. Maryland
55. Navy
56. Tennessee
57. Troy
58. Minnesota
59. Michigan
60. Houston

I personally cannot believe how Notre Dame was ranked so high.  The Big 12 has 8 teams ranked in the top 60 which theorectically means that the Big 12 could have 8 + teams in college bowl games by the end of the season.  I can only hope that they take care of business before the conference games start.  Anyways, this is exciting for me because I just watched an NFL game on TV for the first time this season.  The Hall of Fame Game was on and it has made my life a lot better and hope it will yours too!

Top Reasons Bowl Games Suck

So I have pretty much watched every single bowl game so far.  In fact I even took the effort to go to the Alamo Bowl which will probably go down as one of the best bowl games of this season.  The problem I have is the number of bowl games is rediculous.  More than half the teams in Division 1 make a bowl game.   As of this season, there are only 119 schools that are in the Division 1 FBS league.  There are 34 bowl games with 68 schools participating.   This does not make sense to me only because I thought bowl games we supposed to mean something.  If you make it to a bowl game these days, it just meant that you had above a .500 record.  I mean seriously?  Is that what this world has come to?  Do we really have to deal with this?  I want to know how many of these bowl games were sold out because the Alamo Bowl (which is supposed to be a second tier bowl to the actual BCS games) was most definately sold out and I paid 19 dollars for a ticket 34 rows up…not a bad deal eh?

Too bad I was wearing a yellow shirt in a sea of purple.  I was given pretty dirty looks the whole time.  I just couldnt believe the game was not sold out.  Especially since it went into overtime (even though people couldnt possibly know that) it was probably the best game so far in the Bowl series.  I thought Utah and Alabama would be a better game but Utah took care of that.  The problem I have is now they are asking the question whether or not Utah deserves a share of the national championship.  Thats not the worst part though.  The worst part is that 65 percent of the United States belives that they should.  Come on people, they dont play near the schedule any other team does.  Yes, they went undefeated and I congradulate them on that great accomplishment, and maybe they deserve to be in the top 5, but they most certainly do not deserve the number 1 spot.  To even be considered is rediculous.  The sad part is that the AP poll will more than likely give them a share if Florida loses to Oklahoma.   The point is that the Texas Longhorns got screwed out of a national championship.  Oklahoma has a chance to redeem that for the Big 12.  The problem is that I doubt Oklahoma is going to be able to play with Florida and if they can, then great I am excited for them, but if they cant…the Big 12 loses all respect because Texas Tech just lost to Ole Miss.  Good luck to all those still in this thing.

Texas Tech Red Raiders offically suck!

I am tired of watching the Big 12 lose.  I am tired of watching the SEC win.  Ole Miss is a great team, they have a great quarterback in Jevan Snead (last years Texas Longhorn backup) but I still do not think they compare to half the Big 12 teams.  What I watched today was so pathetic I stopped enjoying football for about 3 hours today.  I feel like its 3 hours of my life that I will never get back.   Graham Harrell played like complete dog doodoo.  I cannot believe I seriously went 0-3 today for bowl games.  Today was a low day for me.  Alabama is going to lose to Utah 31-17 ??? What is this world coming to?   I dont know whether to stop watching college football all together or start pushing for a playoff.  Obviously Texas Tech is not effective enough to even participate in the Cotton Bowl.  I have stood up to the SEC A-holes long enough and listened to them whine about how the BIg 12 is so overrated and they have no defense.

On top of everything else that has happened today, now I have to ask the question, “Is Utah the best team in the nation?”  Why am I asking this question?  Because Utah not only beat Alabama tonight, they walloped them.  Which just goes to show you that the SEC is not as strong as one would have you believe.  OOOO, low blow right?  Well the Big 12 isnt looking so hot either.   To be honest with you I think that Texas Tech and Alabama were both heavily disappointed in where they ended up.  I think that the total lack of preperation proves that point.  Neither team won and Alabama started the game down 21-3.  Texas Tech went up 14-0 and still lost.  Graham Harrell was most definately to blame for most of the Texas Tech woes today with 2 interceptions.  He had just thrown 7 all season coming into the game.  The moral of this story is don’t put all your trust into a team soley based on a passing offense.

Sam Bradford looks hungover in ESPN Interview

This looks great for the Big 12 as far as National Champions go.  Sam Bradford, coming off his big Heisman Trophy win, goes into ESPN First Take for an interview where he has obviously not gone to sleep yet, looks like he has been hammering beers and shots all night, and it looks like at any moment he could hurl all over the camera dude and the note cards.  Colt would probably just have had some strippers over or something, I dont think he is a big drinker.  Anyways, I hope that everything works out in the end, but I have a feeling that Florida is going to make Oklahoma look stupid.  Sam Bradford could pretty much make the Big 12 look worthless if Florida is able to go out and slaughter them.  He seriously looks like I look when I get up in the morning after a long night of partying.  Its how I feel right before I walk into my bathroom and hurl into the toilet.

Gene Chizik named Auburn Head Coach

Is the Auburn job really that bad?  When Gene Chizik was defensive coordinator there, they were undefeated, but came up short in the national championship.  After starting the season 2-0 his Iowa State Cyclones went 0-10 to finish the season 2-10 this past 2008 season.  One would wonder why he is being given the chance to coach a powerhouse SEC school, especially in these times where minority coaches are not being given the chance to coach at the College level.  As a head coach, he has only been able to muster 5 wins in two seasons with Iowa State.  The only reason I can think of is that he was the defensive coordinator for Auburn the year they were undefeated, but like I said, they were not able to play for the National Championship.  He went to Texas for the 2005-2006 season as a defensive coordinator and they were undefeated and won the National Championship that year.  After that though, just 5-19 as a head coach which would put him towards the bottom of my list of available head coaches.  Where is Turner Gill when  you need him.

Muschamp Screws Texas???

Rumors that Will Muschamp would be going to another school were silented on November 18, 2008 when DeLoss Dodds came out and stated that Will Muschamp will succeed Mack Brown when he decides to move on.  Theory was that Muschamp would move to Head Coach, Mack Brown would move to Athletic Director (Dodds would retire), Major Applewhite would move to offensive coordinator (Greg Davis would retire).  This all changed though for me when I went to the bathroom this morning and turned my radio on.  I have three emails in my inbox waiting for me (two of which are from guys who write for Alabama papers) that say Will Muschamp is the next head coach of the Auburn Tigers.  This cannot be happening.  I hope that this isnt true and its just the blogosphere gossip.  This would probably be the worst possible scenerio that the Texas Longhorns could see right now because you know he is going to want to bring Major Applewhite with him as offensive coordinator or whatever.

2008-2009 College Football Bowl Schedule

I thought I would get a list of bowl games for you since I know you will be watching at least a couple of them.  I am going to be watching a lot of them.  I will put the team I expect to win in bold blue. All times are Central Standard Time.

December 20th, 2008

EagleBank Bowl 10:00AM ESPN
Washington DC, RFK Stadium
Wake Forest vs. Navy

New Mexico Bowl 1:30PM ESPN
Albuquerque, University Stadium
Colorado State vs. Fresno State

magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl 3:30PM ESPN2
St. Petersburg, Florida Tropicana Field
Memphis vs. South Florida

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl 7:00PM ESPN
Las Vegas, Sam Boyd Stadium
BYU vs. Arizona

December 21st, 2008

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 7:15PM ESPN
New Orleans Superdome
Southern Miss vs. Troy

December 23rd, 2008

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl 7:00PM ESPN
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium
Boise State vs. TCU

December 24th, 2008

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 8:00PM ESPN
Honolulu, Aloha Stadium
Hawaii vs. Notre Dame

December 26th, 2008

Motor City Bowl 8:00PM ESPN
Detroit, Ford Field
Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan

December 27th, 2008

Meineke Car Care Bowl 12:00PM ESPN
Charlotte, Bank of America Stadium
West Virginia vs. North Carolina

Champs Sports Bowl 3:30PM ESPN
Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl
Wisconsin vs. Florida State

Emerald Bowl 8:00PM ESPN
San Francisco, AT&T Park
Miami (FL) vs. California

December 28th, 2008

Independence Bowl 7:15PM ESPN
Shreveport, Independence Stadium
Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech

December 29th, 2008

Papajohns.com Bowl 2:00PM ESPN
Birmingham, Legion Field
N.C. State vs. Rutgers

Valero Alamo 8:00PM ESPN
San Antonio Alamodome
Missouri vs. Northwestern

December 30th, 2008

Roady’s Humanitarian 4:30PM ESPN
Boise, Bronco Stadium
Maryland vs. Nevada

Texas Bowl 8:00PM NFL Network
Houston Reliant Stadium
Rice vs. Western Michigan

Pacific Holiday Bowl 7:00PM ESPN
San Diego, Qualcomm Stadium
Oklahoma State vs. Oregon

December 31rst, 2008

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl 11:00AM ESPN
Fort Worth, Amon G. Carter Stadium
Houston vs. Air Force

Brut Sun Bowl 1:00PM CBS
El Paso, Sun Bowl
Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl 2:30PM ESPN
Nashville, LP Field
Boston College vs. Vanderbilt

Insight Bowl 4:30PM NFL Network
Tempe, Sun Devil Stadium
Kansas vs. Minnesota

Chick-fil-A Bowl 6:30PM ESPN
Atlanta, Georgia Dome
LSU vs. Georgia Tech

January 1rst, 2009

Outback Bowl 10:00AM ESPN
Tampa, Raymond James Stadium
South Carlina vs. Iowa

Capital One Bowl 12:00PM ABC
Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl
Georgia vs. Michigan State

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl 12:00PM CBS
Jacksonville, Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
Nebraska vs. Clemson

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi 3:30PM ABC
Pasadena, Rose Bowl
Penn State vs. USC

FedEx Orange Bowl 7:30PM FOX
Miami Dolphin Stadium
Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech

January 2nd, 2009

AT&T Cotton Bowl 1:00PM FOX
Dallas, Cotton Bowl
Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech

AutoZone Liberty Bowl 4:00PM ESPN
Memphis, Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Kentucky vs. East Carolina

Allstate Sugar Bowl 7:00PM FOX
New Orleans, Superdome
Utah vs. Alabama

January 3rd, 2009

International Bowl 11:00AM ESPN2
Toronto, Rogers Centre
Buffalo vs. Connecticut

January 5th, 2009

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 7:00PM FOX
Glendale, University of Phoenix Stadium
Ohio State vs. Texas

January 6th, 2009

GMAC Bowl 7:00PM ESPN
Mobile, Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Ball State vs. Toledo

January 8th, 2009

FedEx BCS National Championship Game 7:00PM FOX
Miami, Dolphin Stadium
Florida vs. Oklahoma

Why you shouldnt believe the AP Poll

I was browsing the Internet today and I was trying to figure out how many weeks Texas was ranked #1 this season and I stumbled upon the Preseason Top 25 that the AP swore would hold true because of their experts…boy I don’t think they could have been more wrong at this point.  To explain my list the rankings are the actual rankings the AP set at the beginning of the season.  The numbers in parenthesis are their actual rank as of the end of regular season.  The teams in bold are teams which are not eligible for any bowl games (aka they have a sub .500 record).

1. Georgia (19)
2. Ohio State (10)
3. USC (5)
4. Oklahoma (2)
5. Florida (4)
6. Missouri (20)
7. LSU (NR)
8. West Virginia (NR)
9. Clemson (NR)
10. Auburn (NR)
11. Texas (3)
12. Texas Tech (7)
13. Wisconsin (NR)
14. Kansas (NR)
15. Arizona State (NR)
16. Brigham Young (18)
17. Virginia Tech (25)
18. Tennessee (NR)
19. South Florida (NR)
20. Illinois (NR)
21. Oregon (19)
22. Penn State (8)
23. Wake Forest (NR)
24. Alabama (1)
25. Pittsburgh (23)

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