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hawaii (#1)
by cernig on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 10:35 AM EST

i think that would be great for college football if they made a run this year. if there ever was a year to do it, id have to think this would be the year.

and i think the bigger issue with penn state is morelli at qb. either he is going to play like he did last yr, very incosistent... or he is going to have a break out kerry collins type campaign. its either one or the other nothing in between, because hes got the tools, its just a matter of if he uses them. if he does, you are right.. "sleeper" although ill always believe they never get the media attention because of joepa, so i dont consider a big time school with top recruits like them a sleeper usually.

usc will be fun to watch as always im sure. but i heard west va is a pretty fun team to watch also.

finally, i cant remember what team but did you see a pac-10 team would leave if the +1 equation was used to determine a nation champion? i cant believe i forgot which team it was...

Hawaii (#2)
by Trevor on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 12:02 PM EST

Hawaii should make a run. Their schedule sets up to be very easy. Plus Colt Brennan is a future NFL starting quarterback. I think them and USC are the only conferences in Vegas where the o/u on win total is set at 11.

I actually think Morelli will have a big year. To me, I thought he was playing better at the end of the season and he does have great tools. I'm more concerned about the loss of Tony Hunt and the guys along the line. In the Big 10 you have to be able to run the football effectively.

The Pac 10 and the Big 10 hate the BCS because they have such close ties to the Rose Bowl. There are always whispers that the two conferences may pull out of the BCS. It doesn't surprise me that a team in the Pac 10 could be making a stink about the +1.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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nope (#3)
by bsd987 on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 12:16 PM EST

Hawaii never wins on the road. Look at the teams over the past decade that they've lost to on the road. I'm telling you to do it because my computer crashed and I'm missing all my links so I can't find their schedule history, but it isn't a great collection of teams. Hawaii cannot win consistently on the road and that will prevent them from running the table, no matter how good they are.
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That is true (#4)
by Trevor on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 1:14 PM EST

However, Hawaii only has one game on the road that they could possibly lose and that is Nevada. I would be really surprised if they lost to the Wolfpack though as they are probably 14 points better than them on a neutral field. The Rainbow Warriors only other two tough games are in Hawaii against Boise State and Washington.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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that reminds me (#13)
by bsd987 on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 9:44 PM EST

Please change the team's nickname. The football team is under no conditions known as the "Rainbow Warriors." That is 100% incorrect. About 8 years ago, the university changed its logo and nickname from Rainbows to Rainbow Warriors. Then about a year later, it allowed each individual team to select its own nickname within the Rainbow Warrior/Wahine family.

Because June Jones and his players are homophobic twits, they dropped the heritage and the positive aspects of the Rainbow nickname altogether and chose to be the Warriors. The basketball team selected Rainbow Warriors, as did almost every other men's team (I think that the Volleyball team is also the Warriors, but I'm not sure about that). The baseball team I believe is the only one still to be called the Rainbows. If I'm not mistaken every women's team is the Rainbow Wahine, although one or two could be just the Wahine.

But the football team is the Warriors. Please change this. To call the Rainbow Warriors is wrong and derogatory towards the hateful opinions of June Jones.
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: I know...... (#14)
by Trevor on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 9:49 PM EST

........but since other teams at Hawaii call themselves the Rainbow Warriors, I am bestowing it on the football team. It sounds cooler. So truth be damned.....on sportscolumn.com I dub thee the Rainbow Warriors.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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I agree (#9)
by cernig on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 4:48 PM EST

Morelli was obviously playing better towards the end of the year and had a stellar Outback Bowl vs a very "fast" (sec speed theory) Vols team.

And as far as Hunt, that man was a horse. Austin Scott was supposed to be the better of the two, obviously that hasn't happened so far. But hopefully he will have an LJ type senior season.

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As much as it pains me (#10)
by RJ Warner on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 5:21 PM EST

to say, Penn State should have a very good year. No less an authority than Jack Ham said that Dan Connor is one of the finest linebackers ever to play at Penn St.

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: Dan Connor (#11)
by Trevor on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 7:46 PM EST

I think if Penn State had a better year last season people would have been pimping him more as the best linebacker in the country. Him and James Laurinatis are both guys who will start in Pro Bowls.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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: Connor (#15)
by cernig on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 11:23 PM EST

has definetly shown unbelievable ability on the field.

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Penn State Running Backs (#12)
by Trevor on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 9:35 PM EST

Austin Scott has a lot of pressure on him. It wouldn't surprise me if Rodney Kinlaw got some snaps.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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: Agreed (#16)
by cernig on Wed Aug 08 2007 at 11:25 PM EST

Kinlaw got some action last year.. and I will be the first to admit, the first time Scott has a bad game vs a good team, everybody will be calling for Kinlaw to start. Kind of like how we wanted Morelli to start over Robinson in MRob's senior yr... sure glad that didn't happen...

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