Schlabach: Revised early Top 25 for 2008

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Texas Tech Saturday Morning Football Notes - Big Sleeper Edition
Published 5/10/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
Texas Tech Football: ESPN's Mark Schlabach updates his Top 25, and your Red Raiders check in at #11: The Red Raiders bring back record-setting quarterback Graham Harrell and receiver Michael Crabtree, but coach Mike Leach is most excited about his team's improved defense. Texas Tech is deeper and bigger up front on defense and the addition of a few ...

Sooners Ranked Third in ESPN.com Preseason Ranking
Published 5/11/2008 by Gilbert Sam, Jr. (noreply@blogger.com) at Oklahoma Sooners Football Blog
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes Oklahoma ranked third in ESPN.com college football ranking: ESPN.com writer Mark Schlabach, ranks Oklahoma only behind Ohio State and Georgia in his 2008 preseason CFB ranking. 3. Oklahoma Sooners It's all about what's up front for the Sooners. Oklahoma has the country's top offensive line, led by Duke Robinson and Phil Loadholt, and one of the better defensive lines in the Big 12. With coach Bob Stoops switching to a no-huddle offense, the Sooners could be even more explosive than last season, when they led Division I-A with 80 touchdowns. Oklahoma doesn't have to play ...

Another Arbitrary Preseason Poll To Fill The Void
Published 5/11/2008 by Run Up The Score! at Run Up The Score
This one, from ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach, has Penn State at #25. 25. Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State suffered a big blow during spring practice when All-America candidate Sean Lee tore the ACL in his right knee, but 16 other starters are expected back. Quarterback Daryll Clark should be more ...

Mark Schlabach, Gag Reflex: Disengage. The ESPN Top 25
Published 5/12/2008 by Jai Eugene at Loser with Socks
[image] (Double click to enlarge) Jenna Jameson would be envious of Espn’s Mark Schlabach’s gag reflex technique [ ESPN ] as he fluffs the tOSU Failboats as his top team. My question is: has he watched any football in the last two years? Why in the blue hell would he rank tOSU at #1? And then rank Black Jersey wearing, Hippity Hop Hawaii slaying UGA at #2? You got to be shitting me….Let’s focus on the Failboats, thUGA your assessment is coming later…. I guess he assumed all those returning Ohio State Cupcake starters from last year got soooo much better after the last two years of beatdowns? I think that if they sucked over the last two years, one more year is not going to help ...

2008 Post Spring Aggregate College Football Poll
Published 5/15/2008 by moneyline at The Money Line Journal
I created this list by combining the post spring pre-season rankings of Mark Schlabach, Dennis Dodd, Gary Lloyd , Matt Hayes , The Star Telegram, and David Gladow into one poll. Points were distributed in the same fashion that they are awarded for the actual AP and Coaches polls, which is 25 for a 1st place vote, 24 for a 2nd, and so on down the line. If you are curious as to how each individual journalist voted then click the links above. The idea here isn’t to come back and bash these opinions 8 months from now. I put this together to give myself an idea of what the general consensus is as to who the best teams are heading into 2008. I ...

Dose Of Reality: Projecting Expectations For 2008-09 Football Season
Published 6/12/2008 by Nestor at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
It is that time of the year again.  Menelaus’ post re Phil Steele's preview spurred a pretty good discussion wrt to expectations for next season.  This is a discussion we have had every year here on BN around this time during the off season (See 2007 and 2006).  And every time the discussions have centered on the difference between expectation and ...