2007 College Football Week No. 8 (week of 10/20/07)

[Timbalaned]

Minnesota is getting beat by North Dakota State...lotta time left but geez.

And Indiana is beating up on Penn State...

[KnoxVegas]

If Fulmer survives this year, I will become a Florida fan. You read that, Hogan?

[Jay Wisnieski]

Personally, I'm rooting for there to be no undefeated teams reamining after Dec. 1st...

I'm right there with you, Dan.

I'll spare everyone my usual complaining about how bad Nebraska's playing and just say this, and please understand no offense is intended to any family member of Nebraska's coaches:

As a fan, I am very dissatisfied with how it appears that the coaches never make adjustments to anything their opponents are doing. To me, it looks like they just stick to one game plan, even if it's not working. To those that say I'm way off base, Steve Pederson would have never been fired and Tom Osborne wouldn't've been asked to come back if the administration thought the coaches were doing the best job they could do.

Thanks for reading my rant about a team that is irrelevant on a national scene. I just needed somewhere to vent.

[Dan Wishengrad]

It's just so hard for a Husky partisan to admit it, but Oregon's offense is absolutely phenomenal -- almost 700 yards of offense, about 40 first downs behind an incredible QB in Dixon and a Junior running back, Jonathan Stewart, who is as good at this level as I have seen ever. UW played tough today, at least for the first three quarters, and the game was tied at 31 heading into the 4th. But the Ducks' offense was simply unstoppable. Consider that the Ducks fumbled going into the end zone at Cal with the apparent winning touchdown and Oregon would be undefeated and right there in the national title picture. If they win out, UO may still get the chance to play for it yet, with tough conference games remaining against USC and ASU.

[KnoxVegas]

The current state of Tennessee football:

Years without SEC title: 8
Years without BCS bowl: 7
Years without top 10 ranking: 5
Years without AP Top 25 ranking: 2000, 2002, 2005, (2006-25th)
Years with 3 or more losses: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (6 straight years and 8 out of 9 )
Years with multiple losses to unranked teams: 2003, 2005
Years with loss in last 2 games of season: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (EIGHT straight years and counting)
4-8 (.333) vs. Spurrier: (2-3 since 1998 )
3-4 (.429) vs. Richt
1-3 (.250) vs. Tuberville
1-3 (.250) vs. Saban
0-3 (.000) vs. Meyer
10-17 (.370) 1999 - present vs. FL, GA, LSU, AUB (thank God for Zook!)
8-16 (.333 ) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA, LSU, AUB
6-15 (.286) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA, LSU, AUB excluding games vs. Zook
6-13 (.316) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA, AUB
4-12 (.250) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA, AUB excluding games vs. Zook
6-10 (.375) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA
4-9 (.308) 2000 - present vs. FL, GA excluding games vs. Zook
3-5 (.375) 2000 - present vs. GA
8-16 (.333) vs. Top 10 teams 1999 - present
1-6 (.142) vs. Top 10 teams at home 2000 - present
6-14 (.300) vs. Top 10 teams 2000 - present
18-21 (.462) vs. Ranked Teams 1999 - present
2-5 (.285) Bowl games since 1998 (all double digit losses)
2-7 (.222) Postseason record since 1998 including SECCG (all double digit losses)

[Madlax16]

Personally, I'm rooting for there to be no undefeated teams reamining after Dec. 1st...

I'm right there with you, Dan.

I'll spare everyone my usual complaining about how bad Nebraska's playing and just say this, and please understand no offense is intended to any family member of Nebraska's coaches:

As a fan, I am very dissatisfied with how it appears that the coaches never make adjustments to anything their opponents are doing. To me, it looks like they just stick to one game plan, even if it's not working. To those that say I'm way off base, Steve Pederson would have never been fired and Tom Osborne wouldn't have been asked to come back if the administration thought the coaches were doing the best job they could do.

Thanks for reading my rant about a team that is irrelevant on a national scene. I just needed somewhere to vent.

Agreed. I dont mind callahan, i think he's a good coach. I just think Cosgrove our D coordinator needs to go.

[Danny Hogan]

If Fulmer survives this year, I will become a Florida fan. You read that, Hogan?

i got a nice pair of Jeanshorts waiting for you! come on over big guy.

[Vols2]

Thanks for that awful reminder Ethan.

[KnoxVegas]

Brad, I am just keepin' it real.

Rooting for Philip to lose is rooting for us to win in the future, or at least have a chance to win.

[bste_lax]

Iowa Football makes me sad.

We are slowly becoming a Women's Field Hockey school.

[Vols2]

Very true...the sad thing is I think he bought himself a 1 year insurance policy when he donated $1M to the school this year. I thought he should have been canned after the embarassing UF loss...and this embarassing Bama loss furthers that belief.

I've never seen a team play prevent defense in the 1st half like the Vols did. Always 10 yards off their reciever.

Atleast travel won't be far to their bowl this year (if they have a winning record)...music city here we come!