college-football
By Sean Quinn
Someone should tell ESPN, CBS and the like, that rivalry weekend isn’t over. The greatest and fiercest rivalry in all the land hasn’t even been played yet, Texas-Texas A&M.
Yes, we know that Michigan already played Ohio State. Compared to the battle for the state of Texas, however, the showdown between the Buckeyes and the Wolverines is a second rate rivalry.
As shocking as Spurrier’s abrupt walking away from Florida was, I was not as surprised as to when I heard that he would not make a return to his alma mater next season. With the expected but all too soon firing of Florida’s coach Ron Zook, Spurrier was asked to make a quick decision to be part of a quick fix in Gator Country.
I have always had two ratings: a power rating and a poll-style rating. I rate all 119 teams for both.
Now you ask what the difference is, and I answer it by telling you that the power ratings is the analysis of the team as a whole with a slight emphasis on winning/losing, while the poll is how I think the team really is.
I’ve tried to match wits on the chess board, but my wits are wilting, left withered by years wasting away with a baseball game and a beer.
Spurrier turns down Florida. If Florida has any common sense, they’ll turn down Foley.
The BCS Standings have been released and it is time to break it down and make some bold predictions………
Auburn president William Walker and members of his staff, including athletic director David Housel, used a booster’s plane to secretly go to Louisville to interview Petrino after a 4-3 start. They interviewed him and were set to fire Tuberville after the season, but word of this got out.
The Gators hopes of salvaging the lost season go through Jacksonville and their showdown with the Bulldogs, but that is only the beginning of the start.
Defending the BCS to the best of my ability.
Yes, you read the title correctly. No, I am not high (I think). My goal is to defend the BCS, a crime so serious that if I lived in Texas I would get lethal injection. In California, I’d get mobbed and beaten and bruised up by all the USC fans. Even West Virginia and Louisiana hold their grudges for Marshall and Tulane, both of whom ran the table, and played in the Motor City Bowl and Liberty Bowl respectively.
Over the last few decades, the best young and innovative head coaches have migrated from the consistency of the college ranks to the unpredictability of professional football.