Originally Posted by billyrox WOW texas stays in big 12... did not see that coming

How could you not? What would they get by moving? Money? They already have tons of it. Better recruiting? They already get good recruits. TV airtime? They already get that since they are the big dog in the big 12... err.. 10.

Just as I predicted... nothing major was happening this offseason. I guess the only thing worthwhile was Boise St joining a decent conference. Boy does the Pac 10...err.. 12 (pending Utah) look dumb for taking Colorado

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I'm disappointed was really hoping for mega conferences to get closer to a playoff and get WVU out of the Big Least.

As is, I'll probably just start scaling back how closely I follow college football. Have been losing interest ever since the Big East fell apart in 2004. Lack of a playoff and WVU dropping off to only winning 8/9 games on pathetic schedule is putting the final nail in coffin for me.

Originally Posted by lordopus99 How could you not? What would they get by moving? Money? They already have tons of it. Better recruiting? They already get good recruits. TV airtime? They already get that since they are the big dog in the big 12... err.. 10. Just as I predicted... nothing major was happening this offseason. I guess the only thing worthwhile was Boise St joining a decent conference. Boy does the Pac 10...err.. 12 (pending Utah) look dumb for taking Colorado

They would get all 3....by being the first super-conference, teams like USC, Oregon, Texas, and Oklahoma would get even more attention. You say they have all these things, which is right, that's not the point though. The point is they would've gotten MORE of these things, which is what every school wants. They want to improve, get more money, and be get on TV more when they can.

It sounds like they got more of these things with the new Big-12 deal...but as much as they could've gotten in Pac-16? We'll never know that, but I personally would predict not.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 I'm disappointed was really hoping for mega conferences to get closer to a playoff and get WVU out of the Big Least. As is, I'll probably just start scaling back how closely I follow college football. Have been losing interest ever since the Big East fell apart in 2004. Lack of a playoff and WVU dropping off to only winning 8/9 games on pathetic schedule is putting the final nail in coffin for me.

Don't get me wrong, I think WVU has had some pretty good teams. But why would you want out of the Big East at this point? Where would you go? I mean, WVU should be in contention for a BCS bid every year. That's almost guaranteed, or was before Pat White left. It's an easy conference.

Originally Posted by munch Don't get me wrong, I think WVU has had some pretty good teams. But why would you want out of the Big East at this point? Where would you go? I mean, WVU should be in contention for a BCS bid every year. That's almost guaranteed, or was before Pat White left. It's an easy conference.

It's just a boring conference. The only conference game I get excited for is Pitt. I'd rather win 7-8 games a year in say the SEC that compete for the BCS on a schedule of nobodies.

My hope was to end up in the ACC if they went to 16 and/or lost some teams to the SEC.

But anyway, it. I'm just not going to follow college football very closely anymore. If they start a playoff and/or WVU starts playing non-snooze fest schedules I'll get back into it more.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5293329

Season started tonight, so time for a bump!

Not much going on tonight worth watching. Only good game at the moment is Pitt-Utah. Utah is up 14-7 early in the 3rd, threatening score again.

Yeah Utah looks really good. I was verry happy with Miami's performance.

Whats everyone think of the new BIG 10 (12) allignment? some rivalries are going to not play every season.

Originally Posted by dkreegz515 Whats everyone think of the new BIG 10 (12) allignment? some rivalries are going to not play every season.

I hate the new big 10, always have.

Props to Utah

Always puts a on my face to see Pitt lose. Especially in heartbreaking fashion!

lol

Preseason rankings


1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Boise State
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. TCU
7. Oklahoma
8. Nebraska
9. Iowa
10. Virginia Tech
11. Oregon
12. Wisconsin
13. Miami (FL)
14. USC
15. Pitt
16. Georgia Tech
17. Arkansas
18. North Carolina
19. Penn State
20. Florida State
21. LSU
22. Auburn
23. Georgia
24. Oregon State
25. West Virginia

Ohio State took care of business and I can't wait for next Saturday vs Miami! Monday night's VA Tech vs Boise State game should be interesting, though I think Tech will take care of them.

LETS GO TROJANS!!

Not a bad showing last night. Matt Barkley had that offense rolling. He looked really good leading. 5 touchdown passes - ties school record.

Defense on the other hand looked shaky at times. Let Hawaii take hold of momentum.

Kiffin saying after game that he was disappointed in the execution. But not a bad start when your whole football organization gets a reboot.

Shaky at times? Hawaii put 588 total yards on SC, 459 coming by air. They also had >50% 3rd down completion.

I'd say it was shaky all game. Barkley's stellar play won the game for them.

Florida doesn't look to good so far. This has to be the most boring game ever, every play has been a screen and there hasn't been a play over 15 yards. Also Go Louisville!

Originally Posted by gbpackers94 Florida doesn't look to good so far. This has to be the most boring game ever, every play has been a screen and there hasn't been a play over 15 yards. Also Go Louisville!

Yeah, Flordia does not look like the number 4 team in the nation.

WVU took care of Coastal Carolina 31-0.

Defense and special teams were lights out. Offense has a good bit of improving to do. Especially the offensive line. They got beat way to much against a pretty poor team.

Louisville lost by 7 to Kentucky. I'll take this as a victory, seeing how we have all new coaches and a new qb, and Kentucky is a pretty solid sec team. Also Powell had 149 yards and a td.

Bama looked strong, nice seeing 2nd string getting plenty of play time early on.