Sports Illustrated's Preseason Top 20

[ThEgReAtOnE]

SI puts Texas at #8 and OU at #9... while Boise State (who lost 14-5th Year Starters, last year) is ranked at #15... ahead of Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, Cal and Nebraska. Huh??

Sports Illustrated’s Preseason Top 20

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. West Virginia
5. Louisville
6. Michigan
7. Virginia Tech
8. Texas
9. Oklahoma
10. Wisconsin
11. Ohio State
12. Rutgers
13. Arkansas
14. Penn State
15. Boise State
16. Auburn
17. Tennessee
18. Nebraska
19. Georgia
20. Cal

[Favpack]

Louisville - WV and Rutgers in the top 11 -

THE BIG EAST BEAST!!

That is just plain stupid.

SI needs to step up the research - Dave Campbell can do better than that.

[yankee]

a usf fan at band camp today said that usf is ranked 25 in the si poll...make that the big 4! :eek: :rolleyes:

[cajun]

Do not worry about #15 Boise State...

http://images.athlonsports.com/d/5142-2/ZachChampion.jpg

When Louisiana Tech get done with Boise State this year Boise gonna drop to #29.....:D

If everything works out right I will be in Ruston for that one..

La Tech got a new coach and basically new staff this year...Derek Dooley(Vince Dooley's son) taking over and he's got some talent there...

I see improvement this year...I predict La Tech gonna upset 2 teams this year off a tough schedule...Boise is one of them....

[slorch]

I'll bet they're ready to forfeit already. don't they know La football is the best in the land?

I heard a rumor that the Big Televen's courtship of the Vols is only a coverrup of the SEC pushing them out to make a place for LaTech. True. I saw it on the net...

[cajun]

I'll bet they're ready to forfeit already. don't they know La football is the best in the land?

I heard a rumor that the Big Televen's courtship of the Vols is only a coverrup of the SEC pushing them out to make a place for LaTech. True. I saw it on the net...

I saw the same thing...

I also saw where Oklahomer was trying to join the SEC...SEC voted them down from what I hear...

Oklahoma failed the Boise State test.. SEC Officials said Oklahoma could try again in 5 years...

I saw it...

[ThEgReAtOnE]

I saw the same thing...

I also saw where Oklahomer was trying to join the SEC...SEC voted them down from what I hear...

Oklahoma failed the Boise State test.. SEC Officials said Oklahoma could try again in 5 years...

I saw it...

Failed the Boise State test, eh?? Well, in 2000, L-SUck failed the UAB test?? At least OU lost to an undefeated Top 25 team (Top 10, to be exact). You guys got your cheeks slapped by a (7-4) team, of the equivalent of Sam Houston State.

Now, which loss is worst??;) :D :cry

[cajun]

Failed the test, eh?? Well, in 2000, L-SUck failed the UAB test?? At least OU lost to an undefeated Top 25 team (Top 10, to be exact). You guys got your cheeks slapped by a (7-4) team, of the equivalent of Sam Houston State.

Now, which loss is worst??;) :D :cry

Yeah, SEC Officials took that into consideration from what I hear......

Oklahoma not only failed the Boise State test last year, but they almost failed the UAB(3-9) test as well last year in Norman-opening day with 85,000 homers and homettes in the stands...UAB held ALL WORLD Adrian Peterson to 139 yards .....The UAB loss was a trap game for LSU sandwiched between Auburn and Tennessee.....SEC just couldn't take the chance with Oklahomer....

TEAM STATISTICS UAB 17, OU 24
UAB OU
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 14
Rushing..................... 8 5
Passing..................... 6 9
Penalty..................... 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............135 143
Rushing Attempts............ 40 29
Average Per Rush............ 3.4 4.9
Yards Gained Rushing........ 152 155
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 17 12
NET YARDS PASSING.............169 227
Completions-Attempts-Int....11-17-0 14-24-2
Average Per Attempt......... 9.9 9.5
Average Per Completion...... 15.4 16.2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........304 370

[dada]

The love fest with W.Virginia continues....how many times does SI have to be burned by Big East teams to get the hint? I recall someone picking West.Va. to win the BCS last year.

[ThEgReAtOnE]

Yeah, SEC Officials took that into consideration from what I hear......

Oklahoma not only failed the Boise State test last year, but they almost failed the UAB(3-9) test as well last year in Norman-opening day with 85,000 homers and homettes in the stands...UAB held ALL WORLD Adrian Peterson to 139 yards .....The UAB loss was a trap game for LSU sandwiched between Auburn and Tennessee.....SEC just couldn't take the chance with Oklahomer....

TEAM STATISTICS UAB 17, OU 24
UAB OU
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 14
Rushing..................... 8 5
Passing..................... 6 9
Penalty..................... 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............135 143
Rushing Attempts............ 40 29
Average Per Rush............ 3.4 4.9
Yards Gained Rushing........ 152 155
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 17 12
NET YARDS PASSING.............169 227
Completions-Attempts-Int....11-17-0 14-24-2
Average Per Attempt......... 9.9 9.5
Average Per Completion...... 15.4 16.2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........304 370


Back to trying to prove your points, via near-losses, eh?? LOL!!

Lets see...
Yup, OU struggled against a 3-9 team, in 2006. It almost reminded me of the 2005 season, in which (11-2) LSU struggled to beat (4-7) Arkansas...

TEAM STATISTICS LSU 19, ARK 17

AR LSU
FIRST DOWNS................... 12 16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 34-35 37-108
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 206 194
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 30-14-1 29-13-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 64-241 66-302
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-118 3-70
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-0 1-20
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 7-40.9 7-40.6
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards............... 6-48 8-66
Possession Time............... 28:22 31:38
Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 17 4 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 3 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-3 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-14 4-20

.. the same Arkansas team that could only manage to beat Louisiana-Monroe (5-6), D-IAA Missouri State (4-6), Ole Miss (3-8) and Mississippi State (3-8). The same Arkansas that was beaten 70-17, by USC.:D

According to your logic... LSU beat Arkansas by 2 pts and USC beat Arkansas by 53 pts!! I guess that makes USC 26 times better than LSU!!!:rolleyes: :D

P.S. Texas beat that USC team, by 3 pts! Does that make Texas 78 times better than LSU??