***2010-2011 College Football Thread***

[FRPLG]

Just got back from greeting the JMU team coming back from the Tech game. Words cannot describe how pumped us Dukes are. J...M...U....DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKES!!!!!!!

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Just got back from greeting the JMU team coming back from the Tech game. Words cannot describe how pumped us Dukes are. J...M...U....DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKES!!!!!!!

Who???????

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Who???????

who what?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

who what?

I don't know you were going on about some JMU Dukes? I never heard of them

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I don't know you were going on about some JMU Dukes? I never heard of them

What a disaster for Boise State. Va Tech was obviously WAY over-ranked. Losing in Blacksburg to a subdivision team? Wowwwy.

Boise State went from, "hey, we beat a top 10 team on the road" to "wow, we only beat a team by 3 that got handled by a subdivision team at home."

I wonder if Chico2321 still thinks Boise State could "whoop" the SEC....

[FRPLG]

you have now

[FRPLG]

Oh and the other thing. The top teams in the FCS (JMU, Montana, Richmond, Villanova, etc...) would compete in the ACC. They certainly would be bottom feeders but they'd be 2-3 win teams. Last year I believe both Richmond and W&M beat ACC teams and JMU imploded late in the game to lose to Maryland. The ACC was almost 0-3 against CAA teams in one day.

Why teams would schedule top level FCS teams is beyond me. It is too risky.

[Big C]

tech has been losing recruiting battles to unc lately especially on the lines. the tech o-line coach likes quicker guys rather than heavy guys on the o-line. same with the d-line. our lines will always be smaller and quicker as long as he is there and bud foster is on d. not a fan of the o-line strategy, we have been weak there for a while.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Big C

tech has been losing recruiting battles to unc lately especially on the lines. the tech o-line coach likes quicker guys rather than heavy guys on the o-line. same with the d-line. our lines will always be smaller and quicker as long as he is there and bud foster is on d. not a fan of the o-line strategy, we have been weak there for a while.

They lost out on on a top caliber kid from my area (2 hours north of Tech) to UNC. Tech supposedly never had a chance. UVA consistently beats them on o-line guys. UVA blows. I don't get it. It's like they don't even try.

[KLHJ2]

Hold on, so we are going to write VT off because they went into a gome over confident and played down to a lesser opponent. The season isn't over yet and VT will be playing an SEC team in the Orange Bowl.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Angry

Hold on, so we are going to write VT off because they went into a gome over confident and played down to a lesser opponent. The season isn't over yet and VT will be playing an SEC team in the Orange Bowl.

I never thought VT was that good in the 1st place. They wont win the ACC and wont play in the Orange Bowl.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I never thought VT was that good in the 1st place. They wont win the ACC and wont play in the Orange Bowl.

Who is going to beat them? I know that you are not thinking that NC stands a chance. We'll see.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Angry

Who is going to beat them? I know that you are not thinking that NC stands a chance. We'll see.

If UNC gets their players back yes they will beat them as will Miami and just wondering do they play FSU this year??

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Angry

Who is going to beat them? I know that you are not thinking that NC stands a chance. We'll see.

Well, they're 0-2 so far, and they got punked in their house by a 1AA team. So I'd say anyone including UNC has a chance.

[Dirtbag59]

I knew the SEC was overrated. Little doubt that they're the best conference with their top teams, however the idea that their bottom feeders could easily beat other conferences is a bit of an overstatement.

Anyway, there were no SEC - Big Ten match ups this year during the regular season. Coming into the Bowl season, over the past five years, the Big Ten had an 8-7 lead over the SEC (after going 2-1 against the SEC in the 2006-2007 bowls).

The SEC leads the Pac-10 62-39-5 (.608). However, over the past 12 years (1998 - 2009), the Pac-10 actually leads the SEC 11-9 (.550).

VS Big XII: Over the past 12 years ('98 -'08) the SEC holds a 24-17-0 (.585) advantage.

VS ACC: Over the past 12 years ('98 -'08) the SEC holds a 24-17-0 (.585) advantage.

So there you have it. The SEC has dominated the ACC and Big XII in recent years but has had problems against the Pac-10 and Big 10. They're the best conference in college football but I'm tired of the idea that the SEC is the only conference that has a tough conference schedule. This argument becomes more prominent when an SEC team isn't selected for the National Championship game.