[2012] College Football Week 7

Our defense is ridiculously bad

 

You believed he was serious?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>West Virginia has allowed 1,080 yards of total offense in its past two games. Alabama has given up 1,087 all season.</p>&mdash; Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mengus22/status/257501973639749632" data-datetime="2012-10-14T15:23:49+00:00">October 14, 2012</a></blockquote>
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First BCS rankings come out tonight. Until then...

Coaches Poll
1. Alabama(59)
2. Oregon
3. Kansas State
4. Florida
5. Notre Dame
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma
8. South Carolina
9. USC
10. Florida State
11. Oregon State
12. Georgia
13. Clemson
14. Louisville
15. West Virginia
16. Mississippi State
17. Rutgers
18. Cincinnati
19. Texas A&M
20. Texas Tech
21. TCU
22. Boise State
23. Stanford
24. Arizona State
25. Michigan

Schools Dropped Out
No. 15 Texas (4-2), No. 24 Louisiana Tech (5-1), No. 25 Iowa State (4-2).

Others Receiving Votes
Northwestern (6-1) 77; Ohio (7-0) 54; Texas (4-2) 54; Louisiana Tech (5-1) 24; Wisconsin (5-2) 16; Nebraska (4-2) 10; Nevada (6-1) 7; Oklahoma State (3-2) 6; Western Kentucky (5-1) 6; Iowa State (4-2) 5; Louisiana-Monroe (4-2) 2; Northern Illinois (6-1) 2; Toledo (6-1) 2; Tulsa (6-1) 1; UCLA (5-2) 1.

AP Top 25
1. Alabama(60)
2. Oregon
3. Florida
4. Kansas State
5. Notre Dame
6. LSU
7. Ohio State
8. Oregon State
9. South Carolina
10. Oklahoma
11. USC
12. Florida State
13. Georgia
14. Clemson
15. Mississippi State
16. Louisville
17. West Virginia
18. Texas Tech
19. Rutgers
20. Texas A&M
21. Cincinnati
22. Stanford
23. Michigan
24. Boise State
25. Ohio

Schools Dropped Out
15. Texas, 23. Louisiana Tech

Others Receiving Votes
Arizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, N.C. State 11, Northwestern 6, Wisconsin 6, Washington 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Iowa State 1, Penn State 1, Arizona 1

 

Oregon State's stay in the top-10 will be very short-lived... check that, I meant top-25.

They'll lose 5 of their last 7.

 

BCS Standings
25. Texas
24. Iowa State
23. TCU
22. Boise State
21. Cincinnati
20. Stanford
19. Clemson
18. Texas A&M
17. Texas Tech
16. Louisville
15. Rutgers
14. Florida State
13. West Virginia
12. Mississippi State
11. Georgia
10. USC
9. Oklahoma
8. Oregon State
7. South Carolina
6. LSU
5. Notre Dame
4. Kansas State
3. Oregon
2. Florida
1. Alabama

 

Lulz. The Gators were 23rd in the preseason polls, and there I was thinking breaking the top 10 would be my highest hopes this season. Especially after a very substandard first game.

I'm shocked, but love to see them at #2. Don't worry, I don't think many Gator fans, including myself, are under the illusion that we're a definitive #2. I think spots 2-10 (or even more) are up in the air considering how crazy this season has been. Basically we've taken care of business - plus one upset over LSU - while other teams haven't.

Is there more parity this season? Seems like the perfect storm for another super controversial championship game.

Most of all I'm just glad to see the program back at the top tier and in contention after the past few seasons.

 

The Gators have to face South Carolina, Georgia, Florida State and then beat Alabama in the SEC championship game in order to make the BCS championship game. That is a tall order. It will be tough just to make a BCS bowl with that brutal schedule. Regardless, your team is on the right track.

 

1. Alabama. A win at LSU basically pencils them into the BCS title game.
   
2. Florida. No way they will make it with that schedule.
   
3. Oregon. A decent chance to run the table if they don't fall asleep along the way.
   
4. Kansas State. A win next week at WVU and they might finish 12-0.
   
5. Notre Dame. Doubtful they win both at OU and at USC.
   
6. LSU. If they somehow win at home against Bama, they probably make the BCS title game.
   
7. South Carolina. They won't win at Florida, at Clemson AND beat Bama in the SEC title game.
   
8. Oregon State. Yeah right.
   
9. Oklahoma. Very good chance to run the table but they need too much help.
   
10. USC. They will not beat Oregon twice.

 

most overrated team i have ever seen in my life

Florida isnt that good.. smh, are you guys watching the same football team im watching every week

 

Yeah, so overrated. Not like West Virginia was!

Seriously dude, four SEC teams in the top 10. Give it up.

 

the difference is everybody knew it was a matter of time before WVU's bad defense caught up to them


people actually believe Florida is the 2nd best team in the country... laughable

 

Coming from the guy who admitted he does not watch SEC football. Talk about laughable.

 

You must watch a LOT of college football. That is apparent. So your thinking process is understandable, it plagues 85% of college football viewers...

So... that thing you see Florida playing 50+% of the time - that's called "defense" - I realize you don't see it often in the Big 12, Pac 12, or Big 10 but a few teams out there do actually play it. More often than not the teams with a good defense win the title in college. They might not be as "fun" to watch as your beloved spread offense teams (which explains why everyone cries when LSU plays Bama in the title game) but they win titles...

 

What's the SEC's signature non-conference win this year? Alabama over Michigan?

 

I'm not trying to slurp the SEC here, I'm trying to slurp defense. If someone like WVU or Oregon beat an SEC team that would be their signature non-conference win - I do know that. For an SEC team or any other genuinely elite team, a win like that, just another game. LSU knocks off fabled offensive juggernauts like WVU and Oregon by 20+ last year, all that mattered were the in-conference games against the teams that played defense and could actually challenge LSU.

If you don't bring it on defense and you don't have talent and/or a once-every-five-year QB you only have a 6% shot at winning a title. But we'll never learn and we'll keep seeing this merry go-round of crying at night when UH or Boise don't get a BCS bid.

 

I'm just asking - maybe the SEC is the best conference by far, but my point is more along the lines of they almost never have to prove it (other than against Sunbelt and I-AA schools that make up a lot of their non-con schedule and the whole logic of the thing becomes ridiculously circular.)....which is why the overall conf. computer rankings don't show the kind of separation that national perception tends to.

With respect to LSU blowing up a spread team/no huddle team on occasion, fair enough, but having to do it 6-7 times a year rather than 1 or 2x is going to show up in your defensive numbers and there's going to be days when you don't get it done.