CURIOUS INDEX: 9/19/07

Here are 3 OLines. Which one do you want.

Tackle- 5 star recruit, 2 year starter Jr.
Tackle-#60 ranked tackle 3 star recruit 5th yr. Senior

1. ranked tackle. Sophmore, 3 star
2. ranked guard, 4 star jr.
   4 star junior top 40 OL sophmore

1. tackle 3 star Jr.
   5 star Tackle Sophmore, returning starter
2. tackle Jr. 3 star
   Sophmore 4 star #3 center
   Sr. 3 year starter AA candidate

Sr. 4 star rated Defensive tackle
Sr. 2 star
Sr. Not rated
Jr. 3 star, #19 Tackle
Jr. Not Rated.

All ranking according to Rivals. Top to bottom, OSU, Notre Dame, Penn State. Who is 0-3?

Best 25,000 Kentucky will ever spend. Not only does Little Brother take the loss, we wreck Brian Brohm’s Heisman, boost Woodson’s Heisman stock, and announce to the world that UK football is back. Infinite cocktails to all!!

You mean recruiting rankings are inaccurate? I’m dumbfounded.

I’ll say this about Mr Fat, for a bigger guy, he looks dead sexy soaking wet. He looks like he’s covered in peanut oil. Yum.

Temple looks like a 4 win team this year possibly. Except for the stomping given by Buffalo. Hmm maybe not.

re: 3

It stretches credulity to believe that three guys rated at the top three at their positions coming out of HS could all turn out to be naturally awful. It does not stretch credulity quite so far to believe that coaching has turned marginally over-rated prospects into awful players.

I guess PSU coaches ’em up right.

It looked like Sonny had called martial law in Athens this weekend as no less than 125 security guards, policemen, state troopers and GBI officers secured the field with 3 minutes left to go in a blowout win against… Western Carolina? (Not to mention that most of the 92,000 had left by the start of the 4th quarter).

The Clemson solution is elegant, but those goalposts are expensive. For a lower-tech solution, you can try the method Bowling Green used before they hosted a Gameday game a couple of years ago — they sent a guy out with a ladder and greased down the goalposts with copius amounts of store-brand shortening from Meijer’s.

Then again, it’s easy to see why the Duke administration thought their goalposts were in no foreseeable danger.

I’m hardly disinterested, but think I have an ability to look at things rationally when it comes to Notre Dame. The answer is that both a talent and coaching issue at the O-line. So BGS, even though they’re homers, are partially right, and Brian, even though he’s a colossal prick, is also partially right.

The talent issue is obvious, and the BGS guys do a pretty good job summing it up. That said, it is true that there are other teams out there doing more with even less, and that comes down to coaching. The O-line looks incredibly weak on fundamentals, (“soft” as some of the GTech defenders said afterwards) and that is a function of coaching, primarily the position coaching. In particular, observers have noted that the o-line practices don’t seem to be very physical, are mostly drills against pads, instead of d-line, and generally seem to lack intensity. Many ND fans were of the opinion that Latina, the o-line coach should have been right behind Minter when he was shown the door last year, noting some issues on fundamentals even with the more experienced lines of the last couple years. But that didn’t happen, and Latina is squarely in the crosshairs; if nothing improves, then he needs to go, and if Weis doesn’t act there will be repercussions.

edsall IS god, everyone here knows that

And somewhere in Connecticut, Jerry Seinfeld finds $50 in a pants pocket after losing $50 in the park.

BTW, did Orson just drop a “wodi” on us?

If you’re a UConn defensive player, how little of a shit do you have to give to nearly allow the worst team in the country to beat you on a play that complicated?

Huh? Dept:

ProfKid93: Comment No. 9:

Interesting comment. You, like other Domies are quick to ask for the firing of assistant coaches that are not “doing the job”, such as Minter last year and Latina-Bunda this year, and leave the saintly Weis without an ounce of responsibility or fault. (Why not ask for the noggin of the Offensive Coordinator, the worst perp of all? Oooops, that would be CW.) But, how many of you clowns gave Ty Willingham the same treatment and asked for his assistants, such as his main recruiters, to go, before going for the noggin of Ty? This duplicitious type of behaviour reeks of you know what….the famous “R”-word…..And for a school needing these types of players….that is not very schmaaart, pardner!!!!

1. - I wasn’t gonna bring that up because i didn’t think anyone would get it. Huzzah!

And to think Edsall is God was mad at Auburn after this weekend. Clearly, his rage was misdirected after discovering that his religion is false.

The saddest part of that Temple clip is how little protest Al Golden makes at the end. He seems like a classy guy, but appears to be literally demoralized at this point in his tenure at Temple.

You forgot 1st in punts also Orson. Bad research.

Ty recruited 5 O Linemen in the 3 years he was there….Seriously 5.

Is it possible that some bullshit security dude that got in the way of that camera angle cost Temple a win? Methinks so.

#13, but then wouldn’t they want the DC fired?

To the extent that a Michigan fan is allowed to critique any team aside of his own, from the stands at UM, while ND’s OL problems are well documented, it didn’t look like ND’s receivers were performing well either. ND tried a number of 3-step drop routes that are meant to neutralize a pass rush, and time after time Clausen still ended up on his back. Given how horrible Michigan’s DB’s have been this year – one starter (Brown) has been benched and a second (Sears) has been kicked of the team (marijuana related) – it seems inconceivable that a team would not have a single wideout who could get open.

Looking at the Rivals rankings for ND, there are no receivers in the 2004 class. 2005 includes 4-star D.J. Hord (#11 at his position) and 3-star David Grimes (#64). The 2006 class includes “possession receiver” 3-star Barry Gallup (#74), 4-star Richard Jackson (#25), and “possession receiver” 3-star Robby Parris (#64). The 2007 class, this year’s true freshmen, only has 4-star Duval Kamara (#6). There are some other guys listed as athletes who might be WRs now that they are on campus.

Again, the poor OL play appears to the primary cause of ND’s woes, but maybe a couple of those sacks are because this group is not getting open.

Jebus, I’m thinking The Lambshank Redemption.

By the way, is Weis’ headset directly frequencied to the Wendy’s drive-thru? Baconator?

#11

the state of alabama = even steven.

I guess PSU coaches ‘em up right.

Since PSU has played FIU, Notre Dame, and Buffalo this is still a matter of some debate, especially given the fire drill last year’s OL was.

SKLM -

Please know about a situation before shooting off your cakehole. ND fans did indeed ask for Willingham to replace assistants before going after his head, primarily (but not exclusively) the incompetent “Wild Bill” Diedrick. Willingham’s utter refusal to make any staff adjustments was part of the reason he was shown the door.

My point was that the primary responsibility to impart fundamentals rests on position coaches. Latina is not doing that. Of course, its ultimately on Weis to ensure his staff is getting the job done, and if they’re not to remedy the situation. The OC position, in the sense of playcalling, is low down on the list of issues for now – as Swindle noted when he went to the ND game last year, Weis knows how to call a game, and that didn’t mysteriously disappear over one summer. What’s in question right now is his ability to shape a team that can run his plays, and if he can’t, then he’ll get the same treatment as Ty.

So take your bullshit racism innuendo and stuff it where the sun don’t shine, sparky.

#8
When i was a student at AU I worked in the Sports info dept, and someone sent me to wal-mart before the Georgia game (2002) to buy a big box of rubber gloves and all the Vaseline they had… I should have bought a box of wine to add to the ambience of it all.

We lost on a 4th and 15 pass by David Greene btw.

One point to make about the Temple play. None of the replays show a good angle of the ball in the receivers’ hands. According to people that know (oh I know people that know), the receiver bobbled it for a second and that’s why the ref ruled it incomplete on the field.

As for the game itself, I don’t want to think about it anymore. All I know is that we won and I’ll take it. UConn doesn’t need style points. The PapaJohns.com Bowl doesn’t care about BCS rankings and that’s fine.

To 15, Edsall is still God. UConn is 3-0 for the first time in a decade. BRING ON PITTSBURGH!!!!!!!!

(I love delusional fandom and the fact UConn got play on this Verne Lundquist-approved website)

maskedavenger -

That’s a good insight. WR is also a weak position right now for ND. There’s some young talent (Kamara), and but it’s still a weakness.

#13

That was actually one of the things that most frustrated people about Ty: instead of replacing obviously ineffective assistant coaches, he held onto them. There were plenty of people at the time who were calling for new coordinators. In fact, that was the final catalyst for his firing. Kevin White called Ty in and told him outright to replace several assistants, and Ty refused.

But yeah, ND = racist. So much easier to say that than to look up a few pesky facts.

No. 2,

If Louisville were truly “little brother,” UK fans wouldn’t have had a collective freakout after the (well-earned) win. The UK fans acted like seven year olds on Christmas morning, then had the nerve to revert to the same dismissive b.s. that went on during the Ron Cooper era. Either embrace the win and pay your respects or keep up the same blueblood UK crap and act like you’ve been there before.

Welcome back, UK…it’s obvious you haven’t been here in a while.

#25:
The way Auburn’s season is going, I hope you saved some of that Vaseline.

Tokenism Dept:

Herb – #19: Of course the Defensive Coordinator should go…he is awful….no experience in the college game…seems to me like a token hire…pandering to the minorities…..but, at least that token is outscoring the genius Weis after THREE games….

Profkid93: Weis knows how to call a game? Did you see the spread offense in game 1? How about the those two last fiascos? Seems Weis called a good game when he had that noted Cheater – Bellichick – giving him the defensive signals in adavance….

I will continue stick my innuendo where the sun don’t shine, which is in your infamous ND football future(follow soccer or something else that ND is good at).

13

i was at ND for ty’s tenure, and i can assure you that the heads of asst coaches were demanded – not handing them over was a major cause of his canning

and ya know, i never understood how a university whose most famous president (and library nameseek) wrote the civil rights act of 1964 and was close friends with MLK could be called racist – just proves that the only people more irrational than diehard ND fans are diehard ND haters

okiedomer,

ever heard of Paul Hornung?

I kid, I kid…

That’ll learn UK to not follow the SEC rules. I mean the one that requires all fields to be defended by an encircling of thorny shrubbery.

and in case you’re wondering, “nameseek” is dumb okie for “namesake” – just wanted to clarify that for everyone

Profkid, re #9 you forgot to add “gutless” to “colossal prick”. A blogger with a backbone wouldn’t have put up pictures of kitten and locked his site.

Having played OLine in my brilliantly undistiguished HS career, I knew form the get go that when 4 guys were on their knees turning around to watch clausen get killed, that it was not a good sign and indicated bad fundamentals. I do not mind at all if the onyl thing ND’s oline does this week is run gassers and do full contact drills every second of the day.

SKLM -

I’m sorry. I mistook you as someone who would respond to reason and argument. You know – a rational adult. Instead, you’re clearly someone who’s just interested in irrational hate and the latest ESPNism of the day. I really should have known better.

Clemson’s solution is one of the best in college football. Few fans get the chance to walk around on a college field with their team and celebrate like that. It really is quite nice. I’m looking forward to my next trip to Clemson in the coming weeks.

SKLM, so, was Notre Dame already racist when they hired Ty Willingham? Or did the racism magically materialize on-campus sometime between 2002 and 2005? And did it disappear sometime before Corwin Brown got hired? Just wondering…

Anyone who wants to replace their current team’s head coach with Ty Willingham, raise your hand.

Anyone?

Bueller?

39 – if i was a fan of auburn or tenn, my hand would be in the air

39

Nah, they’d NEVER hire Ty. They’re southern, and Ty is black. And all South’ners are racists, doncha know. Just like Notre Dame.

Whee! Tossing around unfounded accusations of racism is fun! Now I see why SKLM loves to do this so much.

Rationality?

Prof Kid: Rational adult? Actually, I see myself as someone who is full of humor, and not irrational hate. If you were wise, instead of crying in your beer, you would laugh with everyone else at the Yakety Sax music inspired team of yours.

Novus:

1. & #41: That was pretty funny stuff, but not as good as my material! Keep working at it….work on the turning a phrase bit…., good effort….made me laugh!

well, it has been a while since we have had a SKLM vs. ND thing here…
flame!
flame!
flame!

Wooderson – If you actually read Mgoblog, the kitten thing is from last year. Instead of putting up a preview, he posted a kitten before the Ball State game. Let it go, man, let it go.

SKLM, nice question-dodge. :)

Would you replace your favorite team’s head coach with Ty Willingham right now?

No?

RACIST.

45, the kitten-thing on mgoblog goes back even further, actually, to 2 years ago. He temporarily renamed his blog the “happy kitten love blog” after the latest in a series of embarrassing Michigan losses, and later referred to Michigan’s offense as “kittens with sniper rifles.” And the theme stuck.

I thought it was pretty funny, actually.

So he took the blog down for a day. Wah. Like the world really needed those extra 300 “HAHAHA LLLLLLLLOYD SUCKS YOU LOST TO APPY STATE HAHAHA” posts in the comments section anyway.

You guys are still talking about Ty? Last time I checked, he was at U-Dub. The reason people play the race card is because ND made it incredibly easy. This is Charlie’s mess and he needs to own it! Geez, I’m going to lunch…

48, Orson mentioned Ty in the original post. Pardon us for responding to it. I kinda thought that’s what this whole Comments thing was for.

Artful Dodger Dept:

#46: I would love it if Ty would coach Harvard – one of my favorite teams. So there!

Novus, that is true. But did you even make it past the first paragraph?

And before you ask, no, I wouldn’t want Ty to coach my team.

[sigh] – look, there is enough blame to go around in South Bend. The lack of upperclass talent is primarily Ty’s fault, but not exclusively – the coach isn’t the only factor in recruiting. The lack of underclass ability to get in there and play immediately is primarily CW’s fault, but not exclusively – the coach isn’t the only factor in player development.

I, for one, am ready to retire the discussion of Ty at ND, because ND haters will always argue it was racism, and ND lovers will always overblow his faults. I wish him well at U-dub, and hope to never think of him again.

Meanwhile, I want CW to commit the remainder of this stinker of a season to giving PT to his own recruits and developing their experience. I honestly don’t care what happens the rest of this season – I want to use this season to develop the talent that will still be around. And if this team is just as bad next year as it is this year, then we buy him out at the end of year 4.

Um … dick joke.

Man this shit is great!
It’s like a Good Times episode when James is bitching about gettled hassled by the Man; Bookman says he’s in control of things even though the heat’s out, the water pressure is low, and the elevator shaft is wide open letting the neighbor’s blind kid fall down the shaft; and JJ thinks he understands the situation and can fix it so that everything will be DYN-A-MITE!

1. -
   But what about the “obligation to my seniors to win this year?” that Weis proclaimed when someone used the term “rebuilding”?

To take a side step from all this racism talk, one of the best and then saddest moments of my life was sitting in the stands at the 1997 UF-FSU game.

FSU scores with just over 2 mintues left. Janikowski gator chomps the student section. That bastard.

Gator ball on the 20. Quezzie catches that sideline pass, scoots across the field. Two Fred Taylor runs and we score to go up 32-29.

FSU ball with a buck and change to play, and we intercepted the ball on second or third down. Game over.

Complete and utter mayhem.

Me and ab few thousand fans flood the aisles, wanting to walk on the field and share the celebration of the best game that I had ever seen.

2 or 3 guys make it over the fence. They get clobbered down by the GPD and handcuffed, and then..

then nothing.. 90 thousand screaming fans orderly exit from the stands and go home to drunken orgies.

WHY CANT YOU LET US ON THE FIELD DAMMIT!!

just had to get that out..

29…

If you guys were unranked and beat a Top 10 team, I would expect a celebration. I seem to remember that when you guys beat Miami or Florida State a couple years ago.

Regardless, it was a big win for the program, the fact that UL is still ranked higher is laughable, and the fact remains that Louisville is AT BEST 5th or 6th in the SEC. At best.

tedford and carroll would find a way to win with the irish’s “talent”

57…

And no one would care.

I hardly agree with SKLM, but I have to say that the argument that no one wants to take Ty Willingham right now is flawed since we are comparing Ty to Charlie Weis, neither of whom are very popular.

Is there anyone here (outside of ND fans) who would LOVE to have Charlie Weis coach their team right now? Especially after 5 consecutive losses of 20 points or more?

Anyone?

Wait a minute, you can’t place the last two games of last year on Weis, I thought the anti-ND community had already announced their blame upon Brady Quinn and his alleged suckitude. Or maybe the idea of placing the blame of individual losses on one man is irrational. Hmm… but the internet is no place for irrational behavior, is it?

@59

hell 2 da naw

No. 56,

I think UK is a third or fourth-place team in the Big East, at best. Be glad you don’t have to play Cincinnati.

When UofL beat Florida State or Miami, everyone here recognized it was a great win over a traditional power. UK fans want to celebrate a “program-changing win” and then act like Louisville is some kind of Sun Belt program. Be honest with yourself – after last year’s total meltdown against LSU you thought Brooks was awful, and a lot of Cat fans here seriously talked about the advantages of joining the MAC in football.

Actions speak louder than words, and UK’s jubilation on Saturday was proof positive that UofL has developed into the leading athletic program in the Commonwealth.

its amazing to me fans, the media, and coaches can play the ‘youth/inexperience’ card to rationalize Notre Dame losses when USC, West Virginia, Florida, and a host of other schools all consistently win playing freshmen and sophomores all over the field.

freshmen Steve Slaton and Pat White tore up the Sugar Bowl to the tune of 386 rushing yards combined…. true sophomore Matt Leinart in his first start destroyed Auburn… true sophomore Ray Rice has already set all time marks for one of the worst programs since the football was shaped that way…. yet young guys cant contribute at the holy grail of collegiate programs… PLEASE!

1. The “nobody want’s Ty Willingham” arguement seems pretty stupid considering he was still being paid off by the domers when he landed a plum job at Washington. That isn’t on the top level of jobs(USC/Michigan/Oklahoma, etc.) but it is not that far below.

And the point I’ve made (and SKLM too for the most part) is not that the institution of ND is racist, but that the ferocity of the scapegoating and hatred directed towards Ty seems to be, at least partially, due to that factor.

I was wondering where this post went. Are the magic gnomes on strike or something?

Hey, uh, Orson, why are yesterday’s comments attached to today’s post?

why is the ol ball coach wearing what appears to be a ’bama shirt?

I’m not sure if I’m more confused by the blackface or what’s going on with the comments

Amazing. A gigantic picture of Bugeater Fan in blackface, and Notre Dame racism is the topic du jour.

Check out SC fan behind hit checking out Mammy’s caboose. BoiFromTroy, was that you, and if so, when did you get into bears?

yes very peculiar.

Arrr, it’s talk like a pirate day! Make with the Captain Leach article, matey.

Fix your Flux Capacitor, Capt’n Yarrrson Swindle.

hey i have a tattoo that looks just like that nebraska fan.

does phil steele have biff’s sports almanac from the future???

I sent that Nebraska picture to my fellow reporter here who went there. She responded, “That makes me nostalgic for home.”

The guy who I think is in the catbird seat and will have a lot of big schools going after him is George O’Leary.

I have a sneaking suspicion that we’ve been sold a Used Thread.

Don’t make us report you to the BBB, Orson.

Skynet is obviously displeased, and has wrecked the commenting structure.

Though, I did find it interesting that Phil Steele has a neuro-net processor. A learning computer.

George O’Leary, M.D., J.D.

click-clack

Steele has Bama going undefeated until they play LSU. By that time, both Bama and LSU would be in the top 10 playing for the SEC West Championship, not to mention “Saban Bowl 1”….But I’m sure gameday will be at the Red River Shootout trying to revive the Big 8/12

Even more interesting than the comments is that picture of the Ol’ BC. Tan face Photoshopped onto what looks like the pasty-armed body of Dennis Franchione. Scary.

I’l bet them idiots at Notre Shame wish they would have kept O’Leary after all.

Dave, they don’t play the same week. The Red River Shootout is the same week as UF v. LSU. OU plays TAMU the week Bama plays LSU, and Texas plays the Pokes.

Mr. & Mrs. USC Fan on the right are questioning the structural integrity of those overall straps.

79, or whatever number comment once things get fixed:

Was thinking the same thing. There has to be something blasphemous about a photoshopped picture of OBC’s head on Franchione’s body, after what looks like our last victory over AU, on a blog run by Florida fans, no less. I think that picture is Fran “raising the roof” in Jordan-Hare.

Victory on the Plains!!! hahaha

It reminds me of that scene in JFK where Costner is examining the photos of Lee Harvey Oswald holding the rifle in his front yard.

“notice the shadow on his nose indicate the sun is directly above him, while his body shadow would suggest late afternoon”

Coach Fran needs to go to a tanning salon

81 – i just realized that as well. Thanks for the heads up though.

I’m sure the SEC will get shafted anyways

Umm, when did Nebraska lose to the Nebraska Fans? Who was the home team? Who was favored?

Fred Thompson was at the Gators – Vols game on Saturday, but he left the stadium before halftime, while the Vols were still in the game.

Steele has us losing to FSU as of today, DIDN’T HAPPEN. He has UVa losing to Carolina, DIDN’T HAPPEN.

How about keeping up. Or not. Whatever…

He can change the date every day, but that forecast appears to be eerily similar to the same predictions from August.

-63

I haven’t looked, but I’ll bet good money that the O-line for every one of those teams you mentioned weren’t led by paduans…ND could have Heisman candidates in all of their skill positions and no one would have a clue because every time Clausen snaps the ball he’s facing a damn jailbreak. I just hope it continues for one more week.

Phil Steele has detailed files.

His ACC standings look pretty good on the whole though.

Bill and Ted want their time machine back. But seriously….Spurrier the best. Everything that guy says is gold.

Now where is my mustache MF??!!

Bill and Ted want their time machine back Rufus. Seriously…everything Spurrier says is pure gold. He’s the best.

Now where is my mustache MF????

What’s up with Steele’s Big T(w)eleven predictions? Damn…[TEAM REDACTED] is improving and getting better and better, but 6-2 in the conference good? I think I’m going to have to call bullshit on that one.

I don’t want to take the Lord’s name in vane, but Phil Steele has Auburn and Mrs State losing to each other last weekend…

Thor, don’t question your God. Or else you’ll spend your eternity in football hell…on the sidelines of Syracuse!

That’s because there are no true winners when a man gets Croomed

I call shenanigans. Everyone knows there are no black(faced) people at Husker games.

His face is painted black so you can tell the difference between a Husker fan and an Arkansas fan. Or another explanation would be that he decided, since Eye Black works so well under your eyes, it would be 10 times better all over your face, you would never get any glare, you could see the game, well like in HD….LIVE! No glare from anything, you could have someone with a magnifying glass shoot sunlight directly in your eyes, and since your face is totally blacked out, it would deflect and burn a hole in the guy seated directly in front of you.

I think Notre Dame should adopt the Monty Python and the Flying Circus style offense.
Simply snap the ball……. And Run AWAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!
I still think the best case for Notre Dame defense is to go all insurgent and have IED’s on the opponents walkway from the bus to the locker room, then in the opponents locker room. Once half the players are injured, they can simply blitz them before they get to the field. Even in wheelchairs and half their legs missing, I still think ND loses by 25 for not knowing how to tackle someone in a wheelchair.

Phil (God bless him) has SC losing to UGA (didn;t happen) and us playing at the Swamp this year even though the game is officially in Columbia this year. Something big is about to happen.

Regarding Fred Thompson – a local county (Spartanburg, SC) GOP chairman called Fred’s wife a “Trophy wife” and Fred took offense earlier this week. Fred should stick with making sure Jack Ryan gets on the Dallas and leave politics to others.

I think Phil Steele’s a genius, but he phoned that bullshit in.

As a Cal alum, I’ve got to give him credit. It is true that the Tedford Bears have never won a game at Oregon or at UCLA. It is also true that November at ASU is a definitive “upset special”. It is also true that USC is… USC. Those are the four losses that are predicted for Cal. But when you look at the facts…

- ASU has NEVER beat Cal with Tedford at the helm.
- The last two games at Oregon were night games (Eugene is dangerous at night with crowd noise and fog) and were decided by less than 10 points – this game takes place at noon.
- The last two UCLA games in Pasadena have been decided in the fourth quarter and were lost due to special teams blunders that have been so far non-existant in Cal games.

When you couple that with the fact that ASU is dramatically overhyped and Oregon is getting credit for dismantling a Michigan team that is, well, awful, it just doesn’t make sense.

There are other HUGE discrepancies, including a projected Michigan victory over Penn State in the Big 10/11, Boston College going undefeated, Alabama finishing out 7-1 in conference play, and an unheard of amount of symmetry in the conference rankings that just makes little to no sense.

Maybe this is Phil Steele’s mid-season joke report.

those ut players look like they’re doing the african anteater ritual.

Wooooo….Morehead!

#103
Man, me and you are telepathic. I was thinking about “Can’t Buy Me Love” scene after I watched the vid. The only thing missing was the dance move where they are shaking their hands in their hair, or, er , dreads. Why are dreaklocks making a comeback? Is there that much weed available that you have to become Rastafarian to smoke it? Oooo do dat Rasta Boy…

There’s no way it will happen, but I really hope Steele’s predictions come true.

1 undefeated team from every BCS conference? There would be immediate unanimous support for a playoff in ’08.

You almost had me on that Texas video. Kudos to who ever put together the photo shop or whatever media used to fake up that video…

What?!!?!…
No way…
Seriously?!?!..
That shit is real?

I am… Well.. I am fuckin speechless. Perhaps if the UT D, put as much time into their football practice as they did to Crank dat soulja boy!… Well, you know…

1. & #106: I think is is clear that the methodology is to take Steele’s pre—season rankings for the conference and then just assume that there are never any deviations from them. Then he corrects for the games that have been played to this point in the season. That will make the table look less orderly later in the season, since obviously in the real world upsets are going to happen.

Cal was the team that I disagreed with most. I could see them losing to ASU or Oregon or UCLA (before last weekend at least) but not all 3. There are a whole lot of plausible scenarios for the Pac 10 though. I’m hoping for an unbeaten USC and one loss Cal to both make BCS bowls.