The Rest of College Football

[Cody_Russell]

I like that ranking better than the AP ranking, but the writer uses the adverb "pretty" too much.

[Cody_Russell]

Oregon plays at Colorado this weekend.
People shouldn't overlook the possibility of Oregon losing that game and going to 2-3.

Right now, I'm guessing Oregon's moral is low after being embarrassed by Utah. If Helfrich is a good coach, he'll avoid the upset... BUT I think he is overrated.

Watch for that game.

[The Oracle]

Oregon will win by 3 tds

[Hannibal]

I think that Oregon might be seeing the initial stages of their demise. When the announcers described Mark Helfrich the other night, they made him sound an awful lot like Rick Neuheisel, and ultimately Helfrich inherited a system and got the job by default. It's year 3 and that seems to be when a guy who inherits a great program usually starts to lose it. The seniors who grew up under the previous guy are gone and now the program is his. Oregon just doesn't look the same. The defense is RichRod-like and the same devotion to fundamentals doesn't appear to be there on offense.

[Mike]

I think that Oregon might be seeing the initial stages of their demise. When the announcers described Mark Helfrich the other night, they made him sound an awful lot like Rick Neuheisel, and ultimately Helfrich inherited a system and got the job by default. It's year 3 and that seems to be when a guy who inherits a great program usually starts to lose it. The seniors who grew up under the previous guy are gone and now the program is his. Oregon just doesn't look the same. The defense is RichRod-like and the same devotion to fundamentals doesn't appear to be there on offense.

Agree 100%. He had Mariotta for two years which covered up any cracks in the foundation but now it could be crumbling. About fucking time.

[Pasadena Blue]

kind of thought the same thing was going to happen to Stanford with Shaw ... despite their shellacking of Oregon, I think it still will ... just a slower decay then the implosion at Oregon.
We can revisit this in a couple of years and see if we're right.

[Pasadena Blue]

BYU didn't come out great against UConn but pulled away late. They statistically dominated UConn though, 539 yards vs 230 yards.
Overall, good bounce back game for them, though UConn absolutely sucks.

[froot loops]

The Stronghorns are awful.

[klondike]

One thing for sure, the Big Ten will be a defensive league this year

[Pasadena Blue]

not sure about that ... MICHIGAN and NW will be defensive this year, but there are some pretty good O's in MSU and O-state

[Jeff Buchanan]

I won't even go out on a limb with this statement but osu and MSU are not the number 1 & 2 teams in the country. Not even close.

I don't know the math well enough in the BCS calculations and I think those come out at the conclusion of week 8 but it seems to me neither of these two teams should be in those two spots.

No brainer if osu looses to IU, they'll drop out of the top 10 (go Hoosiers!) and MSU just does not look solid in all phases to be a #2. They may both drop even with an MSU win and an osu win and damn well they both should drop.

[Mike]

OSU's struggles are mind-boggling to me.

I love the way Kevin Wilson is coaching this game for the Hoosier.

[Mike]

Collectively, through 6 quarters of football, the #1 and #2 teams in the country are being outscored by Purdue and Indiana. Add to that, suddenly the number one and number two teams in the country don't look like the number one and the number two teams in the country

[lineygoblue]

You beat me to it, Mike. :-)

[lineygoblue]

Sorry Mike, I was trying to edit my own post.