College Football 2009

[OumaFan]

This may be my greatest thread

I dedicate it to the memory of Joe Kines (who's not dead), a great Defensive coordinator at Alabama who became interim head coach for the bowl game three or four years ago and gave the greatest halftime interview ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNT28g6YBU

[Wadeb_21]

Living in Florida all I hear about is the gators and I keep hearing that the gators are going to deploy a different more pass happy offense this year. I'm pretty sure its to work on Tebows throwing mechanics so he is more NFL ready and goes higher in the draft. If this is the case I'm curios to see how they do. I was in Gainesville this past weekend and I was talking to a bunch of UF students and even if they do change there offense up some there pretty confident they can make another run at the championship.

I'm more of an NFL guy but I do try to stay in the loop as far as college goes because I like to see who my Bills can draft.

[amat]

I saw Mel Kiper's top 5 Running backs heading to the season and I nearly spit my drink out. No Cal running backs, blasphemy. We have Jahvid Best who should be the guy everyone is talking about and Shane Vereen who everyone will talk about next year, he ran a 9.8 100 meter time once, which would have qualified him for the Olympic team had he gone out. And then Best's name says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQdhYCZIMRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvhknDF_3V4


It's going to be an uphill battle but we have the best 1,2 combo in the nation imo and also the best secondary in the Pac 10, seriously. Taylor Mays is awesome but he doesn't shut the corners down like Sydquan Thompson. Thompson is legit and has all the same qualities of Nnamdi Asumaugh. This will be an amazing season for the Bears who have the most complete team since...last year. If we can get some consistency at quarterback and some of the linebackers step up, we can challenge USC and Oregon for top spot in the Pac 10. I'm not sure this is the year but if there was ever a year where USC was venerable it's this year before Matt Barkley takes over the reigns and wins at least 1 Heisman at USC. I'm glad he's not starting as a freshman.

[OumaFan]

To be fair I thought about putting Cal where Oregon was but I don't really know much about them except for Best and I would have had to research them and I want to keep my top ten as uninformed as possible. I actually saw a few Oregon games last year which is amazing considering the Pac 10 seems to work as hard as possible not to be on TV. Maybe that's unfair, I don't know. It seems like the only time I see them is late an night on a Saturday night if I"m just sitting around.

I just put Ohio State there because well they'll be there whether they should or not.

[mrbig1]

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Bama has to have a good running attack. This would make the job at QB a little easier. I hate Floraduh. They are way overrated

[OumaFan]

That is a great post. World Class.

Florida's pretty great though, unfortunately. Far from unbeatable though, nobody is really.

[VictorCharlie]

Guess you aren't a fan of the Big12. My Aggies will be lucky to get 6-7 wins this year but I will be closely watching my Dad's alma mater, Okie State, to see if they can get over the hump this year. I don't think anyone comes out of the B12 w/o a loss this year. USC doesn't have to many challenges and I wouldn't be suprised if they found their way into the NC game. Florida is always a good bet. Their game with Ole Miss this year ought to be awesome. I could also see Penn State running the table in a weak B10. Can't rule out a Non BCS team finally crashing the party either. Can't wait till the season starts.