College Football 2005
So we are a week away from the most exciting time of year. How does your team look going in to the season? My Wolverines are back this year with a strong squad. They have some holes to fill, but being the machine that Michigan football is, holes are replaced with top quality talent. I am thinking Michigan will go 9-2, with possible losses at Wisconsin and Iowa.
Anyway, lets hear about your team...
Anyway, lets hear about your team...
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i just got my season tickets, so the first kickoff can't come soon enough. as far as my sooners are concerned, most everyone has us pegged for a down year with all the talent we lost to the nfl, but strangely enough, i'm not all that concerned. in fact, i'm kind of glad the spotlight is off of us at the moment, especially after that nightmare that was the orange bowl. i think we could be better over all than last years team.
Paul Thompson will add a lot more run threat from the QB spot than Jason White and, unfortunately, Adrian Peterson is still alive and breathing. You poor unfortunate Sooners with your nationally-heralded coaches and your top-flight recruiting classes.
OU will beat UT, win the BigXII and get raped by USC again in the Rose Bowl (last year's raping is the ONLY reason anyone has anything negative to say about OU, whether they admit it or not).
UT, meanwhile, will finish second the BigXII and beat Iowa (Big 10/11 champ) in the Fiesta Bowl.
I'll be happy with another BCS win for UT. We just have to keep everything up and hope OU shows weakness early in the season.
We have beaucoup talent, but it could all fall apart with a flash if Vince goes down. We have a 5th-year senior with very little playing time and a true freshman behind him and that's it.
Also, we lost the #4 pick in the draft at RB (Benson) and, in my opinion, the best college football player of last year (Derrick Johnson). You don't just move on from that like nothing has happened.
On the optimistic side, Vince Young is a freak of nature and both our offensive and defensive lines are stacked with talent, depth and experience.
We'll see, but I'm not one of the UT fans who thinks we're a shoo-in to the BCS. I think we'll get there, but it will probably be ugly.
Don't send my boy to MIT
The dying mother said,
Don't send my boy to Emory
I'd rather see him dead,
But send my boy to Georgia Tech
'Tis better than Cornell.
And as for the University of Georgia
I'd rather see him in hell!
chorus
To Hell, to Hell, to Hell with Georgia,
To Hell, to Hell, to Hell with Georgia,
To Hell, to Hell, to Hell with Georgia,
The cesspool of the South!
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the stomping of the Dogs
We will teach the poor dumb farmboys
They should stick to sloppin' hogs
When the Jackets are triumphant
There will be a mighty cheer
We'll do the same next year!
On the Field between the hedges
There arose a mighty stench,
In the Dogs' machine the engineers
Had thrown a monkey wrench.
When the Jackets are triumphant
We will raise a mighty yell,
Them Dogs can GO TO HELL!!
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the N.C. Double-A
They're investigating GA players
To see how much they're paid
After counting all the cars
And the loans Alumni made,
They out pay F.S.U. SUCKS!!!!
I FREAKING LOVE GOING TO GAMES!!!!! There is nothing better than 55,000 fans singing this as the opposing band tries to play their fight song.
TED GINN JR FOR HEISMAN
UT coasted in week 1 versus ULaLa. We'll see what happens next week against Ohio State.
Oklahoma drops to #18.
Texas A&M drops out of the Top 25.
Things are setting up nicely for a #2 Texas @ #4 Ohio State this Saturday.
GO HOKIES!!!!! Ready to rock another year in the ACC. God I love that school.
But the ISU CYCLONES beat the Hawkeyes 23-3.
how 'bout them hawkeyes
This is to celebrate the Cy-hawk trophy being handed back over to the Cyclones of Iowa State University.
Michigan looked like total shit. Notre Dame looked OK but really that one was on M for an uninspired mistaken ridden performance. I knew they were overrated at #3 but they looked more like a #25 team than a #12 team which is what I htought that they were.
Didn't see the game but I have to imagine that Iowa looked like shit as well given that they lost to a mediocre ISU team which seems to own them. Doesn't help that they lost their QB.
Big 10 is debateably the best conference top to bottom as there are perhaps 7 or so top 25 teams, early to tell but possible. But doesn't look to have a true top 5 team unless OSU's QB play improves.
If Oklahoma can't complete a forward pass then they are at risk for a really bad season, like 7-5 instead of the 10-2/9-3 that I thought they could be headed for. I really can't figure out how Texas could possibly lose to them (aside from Young getting hurt) after watching both teams but given recent history you still have to wonder until it happens.
Rush Yards 104 - 114
Pass Yards 140 - 223
Total Offense 244 - 337
Michigan's defense dominated this game, particularly in the second half allowing only a field goal. When your offense goes 0-3 in the red zone, coming out with only 3 points its nearly impossible to win. Chad Henne made some of the worst decisions I've ever seen him make, and Terry Malone some of the worst play calls. The defense gave the offense every opportunity to win that game and they let it slip like a touchdown pass through Steve Breaston's fingers. It seems the offense may be our biggest fear this season after all.
Notre Dame fans would have been insufferable if they'd come back to win that one.
Ahhh, Notre Dame, always a pleasure to watch them loose
Originally posted by Flounder
Ahhh, Notre Dame, always a pleasure to watch them loose
That's one thing we can agree on (misspelling aside).