Early Rivals.com 2009 Preseason Top 25
Roll 'Bama Roll —
Early Rivals.com 2009 Preseason Top 25
Way too early for this sort of thing, but Alabama is a pre-season top ten (#8). It's nice being back in the spotlight, isn't it?
CU Gaining Consideration For Top 25 Next Year? Rivals Thinks So
The Ralphie Report —
CU Gaining Consideration For Top 25 Next Year? Rivals Thinks So
Monday Dump…gonna be a long one
Sports —
... squeezed out in incredibly difficult divisional races. See you in 2010!
Pat Bowlen took a chance with Mike Shannahan once upon a time, and Josh McDaniels is a great hire. Give him some time to find a defense and look out. Cutler will benefit greatly from his tutelage next season, and we know they have weapons on offense (if they can keep their RB’s healthy). The AFC West is full of young, talented teams-it’s going to get interesting out there.
Why not? Early look at next year’s Top 25 in College Football.
What in the hell is ...
Corn Flakes Has Fallen Into A Funk
Corn Nation —
... Because they can’t help themselves... some sites put out early pre-season 2009 rankings. Rivals.com doesn’t rank Nebraska - apparently they don’t think we’ll contend for the Big 12 North, that’ll go to Kansas instead. ...
2009 Meme Watch: Buckle up now for the Florida-Texas 'collision course'
Dr. Saturday —
Predicting the offseason consensus.
There's no database for these things yet -- to the relief of the people who construct them, no doubt -- but a quick search reveals the following "Way-Too-Early Top 25" polls for 2009, in no particular order:
• Mark Schlabach (ESPN)
• Bruce Feldman (ESPN)
• Tony Barnhart (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Rivals.com
• NationalChamps.net
• Pat Dooley (Gainesville Sun)
• Stewart Mandel ...
Who will be the 2009-2010 BCS National Champion?
Fanblogs.com —
While memories of Tebow hoisting the trophy may still be dancing through your head, the pundits can't help but look ahead to the 2009-2010 BCS National Championship.
With more returning starters than USC or Oklahoma, the early favorites of the talking heads are the Florida Gators and Texas Longhorns.
Here's a breakdown of the pundit pre-pre-preseason projections, with click-through links to their full lists.
Rivals.com
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. USC
4. Oklahoma
5. LSU
Highest Projected non-BCS: #9 - Boise State ...
Nitt Picks Is Making Its Own News
Black Shoe Diaries —
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Tony Barnhart (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
21
3
4
Rivals.com
13
2
3
NationalChamps.net
12 ...
2009 Meme Watch: Raiders, outsiders again
Dr. Saturday —
... for Mike Leach," or, more coldly, "No Graham Harrell. No Michael Crabtree. A rebuilt offensive line. A tougher schedule. And the same old defense." That is, Texas Tech is just Texas Tech again. ...
2009 Meme Watch: Even tempered, Irish optimism rides again
Dr. Saturday —
... to the favorable schedule. This is the same old song: Four of the six teams that beat ND in '08 are back on the slate in '09, with Michigan bound to be veering back toward competence and UConn replacing Syracuse (I'll back off speculation about the relative merits of Purdue and Stanford, for now). Given that ND has ...
2009 Meme Watch: Even temepered, Irish optimism rides again
Dr. Saturday —
... to the favorable schedule. This is the same old song: Four of the six teams that beat ND in '08 are back on the slate in '09, with Michigan bound to be veering back toward competence and UConn replacing Syracuse (I'll back off speculation about the relative merits of Purdue and Stanford, for now). Given that ND has ...
The NEXT: SEC Football Champion?
ESPNtheMag.com - MagDaily —
... We know: all the dudes LSU landed on Signing Day '09 won't necessarily see big minutes next year. We know: Florida has a boatload of people coming back, including a two-time national champion at QB. We know: this 2009 projection has four SEC teams in the Top 15. But will you look at ...
