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Alabama as the Preseason Number One?
Many pundits are already praising Alabama as the preseason number one favorite. While I admit this is likely going to happen, should it? They did win the BCS championship, although controversially, and they do return a bunch of those same players. I’m sure their recent success has seen an increase in Alabama merchandise sales, but should it see an increase in their preseason ranking? I think not.
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Contenders in the Pac-10 Expansion
A lot of fuss has been made about conference realignment recently, especially by me. The Big Ten said they are looking into it, and we already know what that means- welcome Missouri or Syracuse into the Big Ten. Add the Pac-10 to the conferences looking to expand. Their new commissioner has said it is something they are looking in to. Granted, they have in the past, but with all the money of a conference championship, and having the famed Rose Bowl in your conference, it only makes sense to expand and compete with the other big conferences. So who are the contenders to join the conference? Let’s take a look.
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Introducing the College Football Playoff Alliance
A little side project that I’ve been working on with others who share my disdain of the BCS…it is called College Football Playoff Alliance. It is a little site about how much we hate the BCS and what we are going to do about it. I suggest you all go there, it is www.CollegeFootballPlayoffAlliance.org.
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A Look at the Top Recruiting Classes of 2010
Signing day is over, so there is nothing left to talk about with college football now for 6 months except speculate about preseason rankings and complain about the BCS. So how did recruiting go? We already saw how BYU did, probably the biggest surprise in this recruiting season. But Florida and Texas top the charts once again. These two always seem to recruit well, but this was an exception year for both. They got nearly a dozen five star recruits between the two of them. Not far behind were Oklahoma, Alabama and Auburn as well. USC got great talent, but not a lot in terms of quantity.
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Biggest College Football Recruiting Surprise- BYU
If you’re into BYU football recruiting then you have been pleasantly surprised this recruiting season. With 1 five star recruit, the top QB in the country, 5 four star recruits and 16 three star recruits, Scouts.com puts BYU at number 14 in the country for recruiting classes. Why is that important? Because that puts them ahead of USC, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Ohio State and Clemson.
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College Football Computer Rankings and Strength of Schedule
So here is a conundrum…if college football teams make their schedules years in advance, how can they always ensure they have what the computers will call a “Strong schedule?” Answer: it is impossible. Fresno State beat Illinois this past year. Illinois went to the Rose Bowl very likely at the same time those two teams agreed to play. Turns out Fresno State did not get any boost in the strength of schedule column for that win. Oklahoma lost to Miami (FL) this year. When they made that schedule, Miami (FL) was headed nowhere and not playing very well. Probably looked like an easy game when they made it. So why does schedule strength mean anything to the computer rankings and in the minds of human voters? Good question.
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