By Phil Steele
GAMES NOTES:
Akron gave Toledo a game. In fact, leading 3-0 they brought in backup QB Pole on the 3rd series and Pole led them 81/14pl and UA took a 10-0 lead with 14:03 left in the 2Q. The drive began when UT was SOD on 4&2 at their 19. UT went 75/6pl and 85/8pl. Austin Dantin hit a 55 yd td pass to Pasquale and finished 29-35-327 yds. UA answered with an 81/7pl drive for a td with 5:44 left, 17-14. UT punted on their next poss but then took the momentum going 77/5pl for a td with 1:37 left in the half. At the half UT had a 295
-257 yd edge. The 3Q opened with 3 punts. UA then went 46/17pl but were SOD on 4&gl from the 16. UT went 51/7pl but was int’d at the UA19 but UT went 62/12pl for a td, 28-17 (9:56) then after an int drove 25/3pl for a td with 8:19 left to go up 18 pts, 35-17. UT fmbl’d a punt with 5:59 left and UA went 45/7pl for a td with 3:30 left but UT rec’d the onside kick, got a FD to the UA36 and took a knee.
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By Phil Steele
GAMES NOTES:
Ball St solidified its bowl standing and Ohio’s banged up team kept sliding. The Bobcats missed as many as 10 players due to injury but did only trail 21-17 at the half. Ball St lost their starting QB Keith Wenning who hit 16-20-172. Veteran Kelly Page came in and ran 7 yards for a td on his only play of the 1H and OU did get to the BSU12 with :12 left in the half but was sacked on the final play and did not score. OU got a 58 yd td run by Blankenship on the first drive of the 2H to take a 24-21 lead but Ball got a 68 yd Edwards run keying a 71/2pl drive for a td and OU missed a 27 yd FG. After 2 punts, BSU went 59/10pl for a 38 yd FG and OU went on an 11pl drive for a 34 yd FG, 31-27. Ball, after a 46 yard KR and a 15 yd penalty on a personal foul, drove 38/1pl for a td then after a punt went 65/6pl for a td and after OU went 3&out again, went 77/8pl for a td and turned it into a 52-27 rout with 2:18 left. Page hit just 5-7-41 rushing 4x’s for 34 yards.
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By Phil Steele
Ka’Deem Carey had 366 yards and had 5 td’s. The old Pac-12 record was set by Washington St’s Rueben Mayes on Oct 27, 1984. Arizona was without QB Matt Scott and QB BJ Denker hit 12-14-136 and rushed for 44 on 9 carries vs Colorado. Decker fumbled the snap on the first play at his own 7 and CU got a td on the next play, 7-0. UA went 80/9pl and 64/8pl, 49/2pl for td’s on the next 3 poss with CU settling for an 18 yd FG, 21-10. CU still got a 73/13pl drive for a td with 2:44 left 1H to get to 21-17 and then Denker hit a 21 yd td pass with 1:11 left capping a 79/6pl drive. UA led 28-17 at the half with a 272-228 yd edge and UA again went 73/6pl, 49/7pl, 81/2pl for 3 td’s on 3 straight drives, 49-17. CU, trailing 56-31, was SOD on 4&gl at the UA9 with 2:54 left.
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GAMES NOTES:
Ohio was coming off its first loss of the year and rolled up Eastern Michigan with a 555-305 yard edge. It was just 17-14 when OU took over with :55 left in the half and went 65/7pl and on 2&10 got a 19 yd td pass with :11 left to lead 24-14. EMU in the 3Q went on a 14pl drive but punted and OU got a 3&5, def pass interference for a FD and on the next play a 79 yd td pass, 31-14. OU drove 44/5 for a td after a 38 yd PR with 5:03 left and got a 29 yd td run with 1:33 left.
Middle Tennessee and WKU played on a Thursday and MT pulled the first upset of the weekend. MT settled for a 19 yd FG on a 73/13pl drive to open and after a punt the teams would score td’s on 4 straight poss. WKU settled for a 29 yd FG, MT on 4&1 was SOD at the WKU32 with :32 left in the half and WKU missed a 47 yd FG on the final play of the half and it was 17-17. The game was tied 27-27 after a 27 yd WKU FG with 6:17 left but MT had a 96 yd KR for a 7 pt lead. WKU went 57/10pl but from the 21 yard line on FD was int’d at the 2. MT on 4&9 ran the ball into the back of the EZ for a safety on the last play of the game. WKU finished with a 438-342 yd edge.
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Every week I will post my forecasts of all the games involving Top 25 teams. As usual, it includes my computer’s projected box score for each game.
Last week the Top 25 forecasts went 15-3 83% and on the year they are 118-21 85%!! On the bottom of the forecasts, I have also listed some Upset Specials for this week which are 5-1 the last 4 weeks!! To get projected box scores for theses Top 25 games, click here.
#1 Alabama at Tennessee
Finally this game returns to The Third Sat in October. It may surprise some to know that from ‘95-’06 UT was 10-2 in this series. Since Bama lost at UT 16-13 in ‘06, they are 5-0 and have won their last 2 trips here 29-9 in ‘08 (+193 yards) and 41-10 in ‘10 (+221 yards). Last year’s game was surprisingly tied 6-6 at the half with Bama only having a 157-114 yard edge but Saban let them know about his unhappiness and Bama did not allow a FD in the 2H and had a 280-41 yard edge winning 37-6. The #1 Tide again have the nation’s #1 D and last week the only td allowed came on a 98 yard KR as they rolled Mizzou 42-10 racking up a 355-37 rush yard edge! Bama is on its second straight away which didn’t occur last year. After last week’s loss to Miss St 41-31, UT has lost 14 straight vs ranked opponents with the avg loss by 19 points per game. Despite huge improvements in the run game (avg 185 ypg), the Vols are 3-3 and Dooley is on one of the hottest seats in America. While Bama is well rested off a bye and blowout, they may be peeking ahead to games against Mississippi St and LSU on deck.
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SECOND HIGHEST SCORING WEEKEND IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY
This past weekend was the 2nd highest scoring weekend in college football history, with the teams combining to average 60.8 points. West Virginia and Baylor set a ton of records as WV had an 807-700 yd edge. Stedman Bailey would have set the Big 12 record with 303 yds receiving but he was actually topped by BU WR Terrance Williams who had 314. BU’s 9 game win streak came to an end as the teams combined for 1,507 yds offense and 6 rec’s had 100+ rec’s in WV’s first Big 12 game. The most previous points in a game involving a team in the AP poll was 124 set back in 1980 when Oklahoma beat Colorado 82-42. The 19 td’s combined just tied an NCAA mark which was set when Navy beat NT 74-62 in 2007. BU led 21-14 but trailed 70-56 when they got the last td with 3:08 left. WV got to the KO deep and WV got 2 FD and was able to run off the clock
Naturally a couple of SEC defenses like Tennessee and Georgia wouldn’t have had that type of game but they did. UGA had a 560-478 yd edge and Tenn a 26-20 FD edge. Tenn had a few missed opportunities as at the end of the 3Q they missed a 28 yd FG and with 5:55 left, UT at midfield was int’d at the UGA26. UT’s next poss got them to the UGA27 trailing by 7 pts but Bray was sk’d and fumbled with 1:22 left and UT’s final play was an int’d pass at the UGA48. UGA has topped over 40 pts in each of its first 5 games for the first time in school history
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In the past several blogs I have been breaking down each factor that goes into my New and Improved Experience Chart and today I conclude the series by combining the five factors into my final ranking.
For more than 7 years I have listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In ’09 I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.
We still do the exact same chart but now I just list the Senior starters, the rest of the seniors in the two deep and the points accumulated by using the system I used from 2002-‘08. In the chart listed below I have now included 4 other factors. The 2nd factor listed in the chart below is the % of lettermen returning. I devised a point system for this and explain it in depth on page 319 of this year’s magazine. Also added was the % of returning offensive yards. I took the total yards passing, rushing and receiving for each team and divided out the yardage of the returning players and the yards returning % listed below is that figure. I did the same with the total tackles from last year and the % of tackles returning. This gives us an idea of the defense’s experience. The final factor is the career starts returning for the offensive line. These players are not included in the stats but are a vital part of the offense.
I then devised a formula that factors all 5 into the total points equation and then turned the point total into a number from 100 to 0. A 100 would be a team with 25 seniors (NCAA scholarship limit) in the two deep and every yard and tackle returning and 120+ career starts on the offensive line. A 0 would be a team with no experience and 0 seniors in the two deep. Just as in years past the first number is where each team ranks in the NCAA.
If you have been following the past couple of experience blogs, it should come as no surprise that UTSA has the most experience points for 2012 with 81.1 as they have the most returning starters and finished among the tops in % of Lettermen returning and % of tackles returning. Tennessee also is one of the most experienced teams with 78.8 pts as they return at least 75% of their lettermen, yds and tackles while also boasting 105 career OL starts.
At the bottom of the chart is Colorado and Miami, Fl who both feature 2nd-Year HC’s who certainly have their work cut out for them. Remember though two years ago Oklahoma St was #120 in this chart and surprised EVERYONE.
Here is the complete New and Improved Experience Chart which is featured on page 321 in this year’s magazine.
2012 Combined Experience Chart
|
|
Total |
Senior |
Senior |
Senior |
% LTR |
% YDS |
% TKL |
OL CAR |
|
Rank
|
Team |
Exp Pts |
Strs |
2 Deep |
Exp Pts |
Return |
Return |
Return |
STRS |
|
1
|
UTSA |
81.1 |
3 |
1 |
51 |
85.5% |
91.0% |
89.0% |
48 |
|
2
|
Tennessee |
78.8 |
5 |
5 |
66 |
76.6% |
79.5% |
75.8% |
105 |
|
3
|
Central Michigan |
76.6 |
11 |
3 |
69 |
77.6% |
86.4% |
73.2% |
94 |
|
4
|
Oklahoma |
75.6 |
12 |
3 |
73 |
70.0% |
83.9% |
68.0% |
102 |
|
5
|
Kent St |
75.4 |
13 |
1 |
70 |
69.1% |
71.2% |
81.9% |
101 |
|
6
|
Eastern Michigan |
73.7 |
11 |
3 |
64 |
72.6% |
95.3% |
66.0% |
95 |
|
7
|
West Virginia |
73.2 |
10 |
6 |
66 |
66.7% |
92.3% |
60.2% |
105 |
|
8
|
Duke |
72.4 |
9 |
2 |
61 |
66.7% |
81.5% |
74.2% |
90 |
|
9
|
Miami, Oh |
72.2 |
13 |
1 |
70 |
73.1% |
88.3% |
55.5% |
88 |
|
10
|
Rutgers |
72.1 |
10 |
3 |
67 |
75.4% |
78.0% |
80.3% |
76 |
|
11
|
Louisiana Tech |
71.8 |
13 |
8 |
79 |
76.7% |
82.2% |
53.7% |
92 |
|
12
|
Ohio |
71.6 |
11 |
4 |
71 |
75.4% |
63.2% |
74.4% |
98 |
|
13
|
NC State |
71.6 |
11 |
3 |
72 |
59.6% |
75.0% |
65.3% |
112 |
|
14
|
Utah |
71.2 |
11 |
4 |
69 |
78.4% |
95.8% |
58.3% |
65 |
|
15
|
Ball St |
71.1 |
9 |
4 |
63 |
63.8% |
83.7% |
60.2% |
115 |
|
16
|
WKU |
70.8 |
9 |
3 |
64 |
82.8% |
66.0% |
71.4% |
88 |
|
17
|
Texas Tech |
70.8 |
12 |
1 |
61 |
67.1% |
87.0% |
76.6% |
69 |
|
18
|
FIU |
70.6 |
11 |
5 |
73 |
78.7% |
42.6% |
88.2% |
103 |
|
19
|
Boston College |
70.5 |
6 |
2 |
55 |
72.7% |
98.4% |
69.5% |
66 |
|
20
|
Mississippi |
70.3 |
6 |
5 |
67 |
78.9% |
84.1% |
74.0% |
57 |
|
21
|
Army |
70.3 |
9 |
4 |
75 |
71.3% |
91.6% |
74.8% |
45 |
|
22
|
South Alabama |
69.9 |
5 |
4 |
66 |
73.4% |
89.9% |
96.0% |
30 |
|
23
|
Florida St |
69.8 |
8 |
3 |
63 |
77.3% |
87.8% |
75.6% |
50 |
|
24
|
Troy |
69.6 |
13 |
4 |
78 |
67.1% |
95.2% |
58.2% |
56 |
|
25
|
UCLA |
69.3 |
11 |
3 |
62 |
73.9% |
69.1% |
84.6% |
74 |
|
26
|
Kansas St |
69.0 |
13 |
8 |
86 |
66.7% |
95.8% |
58.8% |
43 |
|
27
|
USF |
68.8 |
12 |
4 |
72 |
70.3% |
85.5% |
77.3% |
46 |
|
28
|
Oregon St |
68.8 |
9 |
4 |
68 |
70.3% |
87.1% |
77.6% |
50 |
|
29
|
Texas St |
68.7 |
8 |
3 |
64 |
72.7% |
89.8% |
79.5% |
43 |
|
30
|
Georgia Tech |
68.6 |
7 |
2 |
66 |
76.8% |
65.7% |
77.5% |
83 |
|
31
|
Georgia |
68.4 |
10 |
1 |
63 |
73.0% |
89.4% |
88.5% |
31 |
|
32
|
Bowling Green |
68.1 |
4 |
2 |
49 |
72.4% |
66.6% |
87.9% |
78 |
|
33
|
UCF |
67.5 |
10 |
6 |
64 |
66.7% |
55.0% |
76.8% |
89 |
|
34
|
Michigan |
66.8 |
10 |
3 |
63 |
67.6% |
81.8% |
77.4% |
64 |
|
35
|
Tulane |
66.5 |
8 |
1 |
48 |
77.8% |
90.6% |
86.0% |
50 |
|
36
|
Louisville |
66.5 |
5 |
3 |
53 |
77.0% |
77.7% |
70.8% |
74 |
|
37
|
Purdue |
66.4 |
10 |
4 |
71 |
65.8% |
86.3% |
66.7% |
49 |
|
38
|
Iowa St |
66.4 |
11 |
7 |
79 |
66.7% |
84.9% |
65.1% |
53 |
|
39
|
BYU |
66.3 |
9 |
8 |
70 |
73.0% |
64.1% |
66.4% |
77 |
|
40
|
North Carolina |
66.2 |
9 |
4 |
62 |
65.0% |
77.3% |
55.8% |
93 |
|
41
|
Nebraska |
66.0 |
9 |
7 |
74 |
66.7% |
92.0% |
62.1% |
44 |
|
42
|
FAU |
65.7 |
5 |
5 |
70 |
74.2% |
63.3% |
74.9% |
57 |
|
43
|
Fresno St |
65.6 |
10 |
6 |
73 |
66.0% |
79.4% |
68.9% |
51 |
|
44
|
Missouri |
65.1 |
10 |
3 |
66 |
62.7% |
83.3% |
67.8% |
68 |
|
45
|
UMass |
65.1 |
11 |
4 |
69 |
71.2% |
42.1% |
74.8% |
85 |
|
46
|
Vanderbilt |
64.6 |
11 |
2 |
62 |
67.2% |
83.1% |
62.8% |
60 |
|
47
|
Wyoming |
64.6 |
11 |
4 |
68 |
72.9% |
77.5% |
64.2% |
64 |
|
48
|
Connecticut |
64.3 |
11 |
3 |
66 |
63.3% |
79.1% |
75.9% |
48 |
|
49
|
ULM |
63.9 |
7 |
3 |
62 |
68.3% |
94.6% |
47.0% |
69 |
|
50
|
Ohio St |
63.7 |
9 |
2 |
60 |
66.7% |
75.9% |
81.9% |
42 |
|
51
|
Florida |
63.6 |
8 |
2 |
63 |
84.6% |
36.5% |
86.3% |
79 |
|
52
|
Arkansas |
63.6 |
9 |
6 |
71 |
71.0% |
73.3% |
56.4% |
65 |
|
53
|
Clemson |
63.2 |
8 |
2 |
51 |
66.7% |
94.0% |
71.7% |
48 |
|
54
|
Texas |
63.1 |
3 |
3 |
57 |
68.3% |
83.9% |
57.6% |
63 |
|
55
|
USC |
63.0 |
8 |
1 |
50 |
56.3% |
85.3% |
71.8% |
60 |
|
56
|
Pittsburgh |
62.4 |
10 |
0 |
61 |
74.6% |
92.9% |
47.7% |
52 |
|
57
|
Illinois |
61.8 |
10 |
4 |
57 |
71.9% |
63.7% |
68.2% |
68 |
|
58
|
Indiana |
61.5 |
3 |
1 |
51 |
69.4% |
79.0% |
64.8% |
58 |
|
59
|
Virginia |
61.4 |
7 |
4 |
57 |
62.7% |
81.4% |
56.0% |
76 |
|
60
|
East Carolina |
61.1 |
7 |
3 |
73 |
70.6% |
46.8% |
76.9% |
68 |
|
61
|
UNLV |
61.1 |
5 |
4 |
56 |
64.8% |
76.7% |
54.6% |
82 |
|
62
|
Washington St |
61.1 |
8 |
5 |
68 |
71.0% |
55.5% |
68.0% |
57 |
|
63
|
Louisiana |
61.0 |
11 |
0 |
58 |
70.0% |
84.9% |
42.9% |
73 |
|
64
|
Colorado St |
60.8 |
7 |
2 |
50 |
63.5% |
79.1% |
83.0% |
56 |
|
65
|
Notre Dame |
60.5 |
7 |
3 |
53 |
56.9% |
75.4% |
64.8% |
65 |
|
66
|
Baylor |
60.4 |
9 |
6 |
73 |
77.1% |
30.9% |
81.2% |
77 |
|
67
|
Western Michigan |
60.3 |
8 |
4 |
62 |
64.2% |
63.3% |
60.3% |
68 |
|
68
|
UTEP |
60.1 |
12 |
5 |
71 |
66.2% |
63.8% |
61.1% |
53 |
|
69
|
Syracuse |
59.9 |
7 |
5 |
60 |
65.6% |
65.9% |
68.4% |
63 |
|
70
|
New Mexico |
59.8 |
12 |
5 |
74 |
65.7% |
51.5% |
55.6% |
65 |
|
71
|
South Carolina |
59.4 |
10 |
5 |
61 |
69.8% |
73.5% |
59.3% |
61 |
|
72
|
Kansas |
59.4 |
12 |
3 |
76 |
69.9% |
49.5% |
60.6% |
75 |
|
73
|
LSU |
58.9 |
4 |
5 |
59 |
63.2% |
52.3% |
62.8% |
104 |
|
74
|
Maryland |
58.9 |
10 |
2 |
55 |
65.6% |
71.3% |
84.8% |
46 |
|
75
|
Utah St |
58.8 |
11 |
3 |
70 |
64.9% |
54.4% |
60.0% |
66 |
|
76
|
Alabama |
58.5 |
7 |
1 |
60 |
64.1% |
56.7% |
50.6% |
95 |
|
77
|
Washington |
58.1 |
3 |
6 |
54 |
64.6% |
60.6% |
70.3% |
62 |
|
78
|
Memphis |
58.0 |
7 |
2 |
63 |
74.5% |
71.3% |
70.4% |
42 |
|
79
|
Tulsa |
57.9 |
12 |
5 |
74 |
68.3% |
52.3% |
61.5% |
70 |
|
80
|
Buffalo |
57.7 |
7 |
3 |
64 |
73.3% |
42.1% |
70.7% |
72 |
|
81
|
Akron |
57.5 |
7 |
4 |
57 |
65.1% |
87.9% |
57.2% |
34 |
|
82
|
California |
57.1 |
8 |
4 |
56 |
67.6% |
81.7% |
45.8% |
63 |
|
83
|
Marshall |
56.9 |
4 |
1 |
53 |
72.7% |
90.8% |
43.3% |
44 |
|
84
|
Middle Tennessee |
56.7 |
7 |
3 |
61 |
61.2% |
79.1% |
57.4% |
37 |
|
85
|
Navy |
56.3 |
11 |
7 |
86 |
51.4% |
59.2% |
71.6% |
34 |
|
86
|
Arkansas St |
56.3 |
11 |
7 |
79 |
66.7% |
77.9% |
44.1% |
33 |
|
87
|
North Texas |
55.4 |
7 |
3 |
58 |
56.5% |
64.0% |
46.4% |
67 |
|
88
|
Texas A&M |
55.3 |
11 |
4 |
60 |
66.3% |
39.3% |
61.3% |
95 |
|
89
|
Oklahoma St |
54.9 |
10 |
2 |
67 |
71.4% |
35.7% |
78.7% |
63 |
|
90
|
Kentucky |
54.1 |
8 |
4 |
53 |
67.1% |
84.7% |
42.1% |
50 |
|
91
|
Minnesota |
54.0 |
7 |
1 |
57 |
71.2% |
69.1% |
53.5% |
40 |
|
92
|
Michigan St |
54.0 |
5 |
5 |
59 |
71.4% |
21.0% |
86.8% |
74 |
|
93
|
TCU |
53.7 |
7 |
2 |
51 |
65.6% |
91.9% |
53.7% |
28 |
|
94
|
Auburn |
53.7 |
8 |
1 |
51 |
70.6% |
58.0% |
81.8% |
35 |
|
95
|
Southern Miss |
53.3 |
11 |
3 |
74 |
64.6% |
45.4% |
50.9% |
80 |
|
96
|
Wisconsin |
52.8 |
7 |
1 |
65 |
64.1% |
51.8% |
74.3% |
49 |
|
97
|
Oregon |
52.1 |
9 |
1 |
57 |
79.2% |
36.5% |
72.8% |
65 |
|
98
|
Penn St |
52.1 |
9 |
4 |
71 |
60.3% |
79.5% |
52.1% |
17 |
|
99
|
Mississippi St |
52.0 |
7 |
7 |
65 |
76.1% |
54.2% |
60.4% |
43 |
|
100
|
Iowa |
51.9 |
6 |
5 |
58 |
64.5% |
59.9% |
55.2% |
45 |
|
101
|
San Diego St |
51.6 |
6 |
6 |
67 |
63.5% |
38.9% |
55.3% |
75 |
|
102
|
Nevada |
51.5 |
11 |
3 |
58 |
57.4% |
38.6% |
52.6% |
75 |
|
103
|
Virginia Tech |
51.4 |
8 |
3 |
58 |
65.2% |
53.8% |
76.5% |
17 |
|
104
|
Houston |
51.2 |
8 |
5 |
69 |
74.6% |
16.5% |
68.4% |
71 |
|
105
|
San Jose St |
51.2 |
6 |
6 |
66 |
62.3% |
44.2% |
60.9% |
66 |
|
106
|
Wake Forest |
50.4 |
6 |
2 |
50 |
72.4% |
63.4% |
68.8% |
19 |
|
107
|
UAB |
49.8 |
8 |
3 |
55 |
66.7% |
78.8% |
49.7% |
17 |
|
108
|
Toledo |
49.3 |
9 |
6 |
72 |
69.6% |
59.2% |
47.1% |
26 |
|
109
|
Stanford |
48.8 |
5 |
4 |
56 |
79.2% |
41.1% |
67.7% |
37 |
|
110
|
Rice |
47.9 |
6 |
1 |
58 |
64.7% |
61.8% |
60.0% |
15 |
|
111
|
Northwestern |
47.5 |
8 |
3 |
57 |
69.0% |
41.7% |
49.4% |
73 |
|
112
|
Arizona |
47.4 |
6 |
8 |
67 |
75.3% |
22.7% |
52.7% |
61 |
|
113
|
Northern Illinois |
46.5 |
11 |
2 |
65 |
71.6% |
33.2% |
71.8% |
24 |
|
114
|
Idaho |
46.1 |
14 |
3 |
81 |
68.3% |
34.8% |
52.3% |
31 |
|
115
|
Cincinnati |
45.7 |
8 |
6 |
69 |
67.2% |
41.8% |
57.7% |
28 |
|
116
|
SMU |
45.2 |
11 |
5 |
65 |
63.6% |
39.8% |
71.7% |
24 |
|
117
|
Temple |
44.7 |
11 |
1 |
71 |
70.0% |
37.9% |
44.2% |
29 |
|
118
|
Boise St |
43.6 |
9 |
7 |
67 |
70.6% |
36.0% |
39.9% |
64 |
|
119
|
New Mexico St |
43.5 |
9 |
6 |
73 |
64.2% |
35.1% |
41.1% |
59 |
|
120
|
Arizona St |
42.5 |
9 |
3 |
71 |
66.7% |
30.2% |
47.6% |
47 |
|
121
|
Air Force |
42.1 |
11 |
8 |
73 |
68.0% |
37.4% |
48.2% |
39 |
|
122
|
Hawaii |
41.4 |
7 |
3 |
61 |
69.2% |
51.1% |
45.6% |
20 |
|
123
|
Miami, Fl |
38.1 |
6 |
3 |
59 |
63.1% |
23.7% |
50.8% |
36 |
|
124
|
Colorado |
37.8 |
6 |
0 |
43 |
58.7% |
22.3% |
62.3% |
51 |
A lot of people ask me if I have a favorite team. I was born and raised and still live in Cleveland, Ohio. I was a fan of many teams as a child but now that I put out a National magazine, I cannot afford to be a fan of any team. I have to pick the teams where I think they will finish each year. I was doing a radio show last week and I was asked if I have a favorite team or teams. My response was a strong YES! The interviewer was surprised by that answer and also eager to hear which team I would pick. My answer was my favorite team each year is the team I pick #1 in the magazine and my favorite teams are the ones I have picked higher than all the other major magazines out there. I then said that each year I establish a list of my favorite teams for that year. I then give this list to my wife. I wear a shirt and tie to work every day during the week and my tie is always a college team. I wear polo shirts during the weekend and when not at work and they are always different college teams. The list I give my wife is the ones to buy that I will be wearing for the upcoming year as these are the teams I will be the biggest fan of for the upcoming season. I was then asked “What teams will your wife be buying ties and shirts of this year? That was a great question and I thought I would answer it in a blog. Read more…
Categories: Offseason Notes Tags: Arizona, Auburn, Ball St, Baylor, blog, California, college football, Colorado, Favorite Teams, Fresno St, Kent St, Maryland, Miami Fl, Michigan, North Texas, Oklahoma, Penn St, phil steele, San Diego St, UAB, USF, West Virginia, Western Michigan
For the next two weeks, I will be taking a look at the conference teams of the decade for 2000-2009. Factored into my analysis will be conference win %, conference and division titles, bowl games and bowl wins. I will also include BCS bowl wins, final AP rankings and number of national championships for the major conferences. There have been several teams who have changed conferences during that time and I will include them in the analysis for any season(s) they were affiliated with that certain conference. I will also be doing a breakdown of how the conference did in bowl games during the decade and I will emphasis the overall win/loss record, the number of BCS bowl wins, and the records against Non-BCS and ranked bowl teams. Read more…
Categories: Team of the Decade Tags: big 12, blog, Cal Poly, college football, Colorado, Kansas St, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, phil steele, Team of the Decade, Texas, Texas Tech
When it comes to college football, I am a traditionalist. The one thing I love about college football is of all the sports, college or pro, the regular season in college football is the one that means the most. I also love the rivalries and the tradition of the bowls. While I have been calling for a system that pits the #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3 teams in the Jan 1 bowls for nearly a decade, I am vehemently against an 8 or 16 team playoff which would destroy the bowls and make the regular season meaningless.
In 1995 I was actually sad to see the SWC fold as I really enjoyed the great tradition and history of that conference.
From the recent news of Nebraska joining the Big Ten and Colorado heading to the Pac-10, it looks like college football re-alignment and expansion is going forward and I think it will move quickly. However, unlike some of the past radical changes to college football, I actually look forward to seeing which programs end up where and I salivate at the possibility of there being multiple super conferences. Read more…
Categories: News & Notes Tags: acc, big 12, big ten, Boise St, Clemson, college football, Colorado, Expansion, florida, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Miami Fl, Missouri, mountain west, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, pac 10, phil steele, Pittsburgh, Probation, rutgers, Sanctions, SEC, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USC, Virginia Tech
By Phil Steele
