Mr. College Football

By tim

November 13, 2006 04:33 PM | Link to this

where’s the love for UGA, Tony? A huge upset from a team left for dead, and no mention at all? Not even any mention of Tech clinching their division> We ARE in Atlanta, Georgia, you know.

By billgt

November 13, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

Why Stallings and Dooley? They are two if not the worst ever at recruiting, academic, and eligibility scandals and corruption. They can be bought too easily.

By Steve Barton

November 13, 2006 05:13 PM | Link to this

Well, I liked your blog post Tony.

All the best from your reader, Steve Barton, Dunwoody, Georgia

By george

November 13, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

show how stupid you are billgt

By famous_bt8

November 13, 2006 05:40 PM | Link to this

Lets put George O’ Leary on the board! Now theres a man of character!

By GaDawg1

November 13, 2006 05:52 PM | Link to this

It was a great weekend Tony and just when you think you have it figured out you just don’t. The comment by billgt shows just how ignorant and stupid some of the Georgia Tech fans are. Probably just jealous of UGA’s program. One guy called in to a Nashville radio station and said that Georgia took Auburn to the 50 yard line and pulled their pants down for all of college football to see. Couldn’t have put it better myself!

By Max Sizemore

November 13, 2006 05:59 PM | Link to this

I agree completely about Jim Grobe. Not only is Wake Forest the best-coached team I have ever seen at any level, it is the best-coached team I have ever seen IN ANY SPORT.

By roll tide

November 13, 2006 06:21 PM | Link to this

bama hit a grand slam of coaches with character: stallings, then dubose, then two faced fran, and then finally “it’s rolling” price. shula seems to have decent character but of course that mean nothing because he ain’t a good coach, does not win enough, and will probably lose to auburn this weekend, and be fired by this time next week

By 89 Bulldog

November 13, 2006 06:54 PM | Link to this

Get rid of the computers, bring back the strength of schedule component, and add another poll: The Masters Coaches Survey. This panel of former coaches, including Pat Dye, Vince Dooley, Gene Stallings, and Bo Schembechler, are studying games on Monday and Tuesday and then meeting each Wednesday to make their picks. Their expertise is an element that is currently lacking in the process.

Tony, I’m just an occasional blogger, but you’ve got national clout. Please keep repeating this early and often so that the BCS process isn’t held hostage to some computer programmers that think PAC 10 football is the best conference.

By Dave

November 13, 2006 08:25 PM | Link to this

The Big East really is a tough, deep conference. Rutgers is ranked higher in the computers than Ohio State because the computers, which don’t care about tradition, think Louisville is better than Texas, and that the Big East is better than the Big Ten this year. If the computers were allowed to use margin of victory, they’d rate Ohio State above Rutgers.

Also, the computers think the Pac 10 is the best conference because they play the toughest schedules. Now, they don’t have much choice about this (they play 9 conference games, and playing games against Sun Belt teams is really inconvenient if you’re on the west coast), but it’s still true.

By john

November 13, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

Everybody is throwing there raves and cheers at Wake Forest and Rutgers. And deservingly so. And of course bring up mighty Ohio State and a great Michigan team, also. And the one-loss teams such as Florida, Texas, Louisville, USC, and Notre Dame..But how come nobody ever mentions Georgia Tech? Hey, they’ve had a pretty damn good year. Also, has anybody noticed Wisconsin is 10-1? Another team nobody gives respect too.

By SECrules

November 13, 2006 10:50 PM | Link to this

ok, UGA decides to play for once, Arkansas dominates, and S.Carolina outcoached Florida, but came up 1 point short. This tells me the following: Arkansas will win the SEC title and have a shot at the national championship if S.Cal loses and the loser of the Mich. O.State loses by a fair margin…..UGA is not a good team, but sometimes they decide to show up and play very well, not a sign of a well coached team…..Florida is a very very talented team with a good coach, but no Spurrier. S.Carolina will be very good next year, losing barely to 4 top ten teams only cause they are missing a couple of plays or playmakers that Spurrier will correct in recruiting. My prediction next year in the SEC is Arkansas again the lead in the west, providing McFadden returns.. The east is up for grabs, as Florida again returns the most talent, but still a learning qb, Tenn. and UGA will be about equal, and S.Carolina will probably end up in 2nd place,or tied for 3rd as they continue to improve with their recruiting. S.Carolina will be very good next year, but Arkansas will end up the winner of the SEC, providing McFadden returns.

By john

November 13, 2006 11:30 PM | Link to this

I’m probably wrong but I got a hunch Ohio State beats up Michigan pretty good. Eddie George was on TV (he’s a former Buckeye) and he claims OSU has only ran 1/2 of there plays this year. That they play only as hard as they have had too. I have a feeling that its Ohio State’s year.

By Brian In NC

November 13, 2006 11:43 PM | Link to this

Hey billgt your an idiot!!! Its not surprising that youor a turd oooops tech fan. When your team becomes something other than a a* whooping for the dawgs then speak til then shut it.

By Eric

November 14, 2006 09:02 AM | Link to this

Dear Brian In NC, please don’t refer to someone as an idiot if you use the word “your” when what you mean is you’re. When you do stupid things like that it makes you look like Dubya, the top idiot. And calling someone a turd? What would your mother say?

By Eric

November 14, 2006 09:03 AM | Link to this

Dear Brian In NC, please don’t refer to someone as an idiot if you use the word “your” when what you mean is you’re. When you do stupid things like that it makes you look like Dubya, the top idiot. And calling someone a turd? What would your mother say?

By GT

November 14, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this

Arkansas not having their running back against USC is similar to Walker not being available to Georgia, yet I am constantly reminding people he did not play in that game. McFadden is this years Reggie Bush and I am shocked at how few people know about him or how little pub he gets. There is an agenda in college football and that messes up a man’s picks each week if he falls for it.

By GT80

November 14, 2006 12:01 PM | Link to this

Why not a playoff that takes the winners of each of the 6 power conferences and 2 at-large teams. That way nobody can complain that their conference doesn’t get the respect it deserves and you still have room for a 2nd place team that deserves it. Of course Notre Dame will probably always say they deserve to be one at-large team since they aren’t in a conference and have a schedule that will allow them to go 10-1 every other year. And I think the ACC is just as tough as the SEC. Just because Miami and FSU stink doesn’t mean the rest of the conference is no good. Watch what happens in the Bowl games…again. Check the records, the ACC has the best W/L record in bowl games in the last 5 years.

By GT

November 14, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this

Good comment GT80. I love the Mississippi/Wake game. Assumption was made that Wake coming from the ACC and being not of the Miami or FSU cut would be killed by this common SEC team. Auburn was put on a suicide watch after losing to Arkansas only to find that was not a bad lost and they would have probably played better if they had known how good they were. One of the assumption that will kill you when betting on football is assuming somebody is not good simply because of the name on their uniform. In the day that was true, but now most colleges try to run programs that benefit the college and alumni, leveling the playing field for the ones that had been having some law and order all along. It ain’t Ronald Reagan but it ain’t the “Longest Yard” either and instead of giving the SEC an automatic pass each week you have to actually do some homework to figure who is going to win.

By Chris

November 14, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this

Let me explain the computer thing to you Tony. Up to this point, Ohio St’s two biggest games have been against Texas and Penn State. Texas lost to an unranked team and Penn State couldn’t beat a ranked team. The Big Ten is pathetic this year. Rutgers crushed a Louisville team (still highly ranked) that crushed West Virginia (still highly ranked). Rutgers is undefeated just like Ohio State. Computers don’t take into account the history of a program. It only counts what the team has done this year. If Rutgers wins out, they deserve a chance to prove themselves against the Ohio St/Michigan winner. And before you respond, the SEC is weak this year…everyone outside of the SEC’s little bubble agrees.

By brewerfaninATL

November 14, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this

The problem with your theory that the ACC has the best bowl record in the past 5 years is that many of your teams played wimps, like Fresno St, Utah (oops, not last year!), Boise State, etc. Talk to me when you guys win a bowl that actually means something! Funny, last year, FSU lost to Penn State, Miami got rocked by LSU, Tech got b***-slapped by UTAH, etc. I wouldn’t be pounding on my chest for beating Boise State, a ho-hum Colorado, and a mediocre Minnesota. Just food for thought!

By JZNole

November 14, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this

Jeff Bowden RESIGNED!!!!!!!! http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2661718

About 6 years too late, but thanks Jeff!!!!

We may not be going to a bowl game this year, but there’s hope for next year now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Biggerthanbiddawg

November 14, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this

Rutgers will be 10-2 when the seasons ends and will see their coach leave to go chop wood at a “The U” next.
So sayeth the prognasticator!!!!

By gdawginkalamazoo

November 14, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this

This panel of former coaches, including Pat Dye, Vince Dooley, Gene Stallings, and Bo Schembechler, are studying games……

And Tony, rename it the OFCBS (Old Farts Championship Bowl Series) brought to you by Depends and Viagra. These old guys (God bless them) have forgotten more football than they have remembered. Why didn’t you add Woody Hayes and Bear Bryant to that list?

By GT

November 14, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this

Because they were dead like your brain gdawginnorthofthemasondixon.

By Tex Noel

November 14, 2006 08:34 PM | Link to this

Using the Master Coaches Poll does make sense—more so than the Harris Interactive Poll.

I think some of the computer polls would be worthy of use—Billingsley, Seattle Times, any that are from football people.

Get rid of areospace techs, anyone who is not directly involved with college football.

Just cause you “the non-football” related people have a PC program and could be football fans, they are unaware of all that goes on relating to ranking a football team.

When ranking a team, how can so many formulas have different variables when trying to rate/rank the same team?

Meaning how can a team have different ratings for home-field advantage in one “Tech” for PC “A” and an entirely different one for PC “B”?

I am all for using actual on-field and actual oppponents statistical accounts to rate teams, but make it how a team performs and who they play.