2007 College Football Week No. 2 (week of 09/08/07)

[Sonny]

Let's discuss each week's slate of games in one single thread to avoid message board clutter. Here is the upcoming week's list of major college football games on the television.

2007-08 College Football Schedule (all times Eastern)
** GamePlan DirectTV Channels in parentheses

09-06 Thu. Middle Tennnessee State @ Louisville 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
09-06 Thu. Oregon State @ Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ESPN
09-07 Fri. Navy @ Rutgers 7:00 p.m. ESPN
09-08 Sat. West Virginia @ Marshall 11:00 a.m. ESPN2
09-08 Sat. Miami, Fla. @ Oklahoma Noon ABC
09-08 Sat. Nebraska @ Wake Forest Noon ESPN
09-08 Sat. Duke @ Virginia Noon LFS/GP (Ch. 777)
09-08 Sat. Big Ten Regional Game Noon BigTen
09-08 Sat. Alabama @ Vanderbilt 12:30 p.m. LFS/GP (Ch. 778)
09-08 Sat. Rhode Island @ Army 1:00 p.m. ESPN Classic
09-08 Sat. Samford @ Georgia Tech 1:30 p.m. ESPNU
09-08 Sat. California @ Colorado State 2:00 p.m. CSTV
09-08 Sat. Utah State @ Wyoming 2:00 p.m. The Mtn
09-08 Sat. N.C. State @ Boston College 2:30 p.m. ESPN2
09-08 Sat. Oregon @ Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC
09-08 Sat. Fresno State @ Texas A&M 3:30 p.m. FSN
09-08 Sat. Boise State @ Washington 3:30 p.m. FSN Regional
09-08 Sat. UAB @ Florida State 5:00 p.m. ESPNU
09-08 Sat. South Carolina @ Georgia 5:45 p.m. ESPN2
09-08 Sat. Notre Dame @ Penn State 6:00 p.m. ESPN
09-08 Sat. North Carolina @ East Carolina 6:00 p.m. CSTV
09-08 Sat. Air Force @ Utah 6:00 p.m. The Mtn
09-08 Sat. Kent @ Kentucky 6:00 p.m. GP (Ch. TBA)
09-08 Sat. BYU @ UCLA 6:30 p.m. Versus
09-08 Sat. TCU @ Texas 7:00 p.m. FSN
09-08 Sat. Western Illinois @ Illinois (Regional) 7:00 p.m. BigTen
09-08 Sat. Hawaii @ Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. GP (Ch. 777)
09-08 Sat. Southern Miss @ Tennessee 7:00 p.m. GP (Ch. 778)
09-08 Sat. Indiana @ Western Michigan 8:00 p.m. ESPNU
09-08 Sat. Syracuse @ Iowa (Regional) 8:00 p.m. BigTen
09-08 Sat. USF @ Auburn 9:00 p.m. ESPN2
09-08 Sat. Virginia Tech @ LSU 9:15 p.m. ESPN
09-08 Sat. New Mexico State @ New Mexico 9:30 p.m. The Mtn
09-08 Sat. Wisconsin @ UNLV 10:00 p.m. Versus
09-08 Sat. Colorado @ Arizona State 10:15 p.m. FSN

Webcasts for week of 09-08:
09-08 Sat. Grambling @ Pittsburgh Noon ESPN360
09-08 Sat. Maryland @ FIU 7:00 p.m. ESPN360

[Jpm1987]

TCU@Texas is a very interesting game, TCU has a real shot at pulling off an upset

[Sonny]

USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 POLL
Sept. 4, 2007

Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Preseason rank
1. Southern California (49) 1-0 1,486 1
2. LSU (4) 1-0 1,417 2
3. Florida (7) 1-0 1,341 3
4. West Virginia 1-0 1,275 6
5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,183 7
6. Oklahoma 1-0 1,146 8
7. Texas 1-0 1,136 4
8. Louisville 1-0 995 11
9. Virginia Tech 1-0 988 9
10. California 1-0 985 12
11. Ohio State 1-0 977 10
12. Georgia 1-0 796 13
13. Auburn 1-0 644 14
14. UCLA 1-0 607 17
15. Penn State 1-0 585 18
16. Rutgers 1-0 576 16
17. Nebraska 1-0 512 19
18. Arkansas 1-0 455 20
19. TCU 1-0 351 22
20. Boise State 1-0 315 23
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 311 NR
22. Hawaii 1-0 269 24
23. Texas A&M 1-0 214 25
24. Tennessee 0-1 162 15
25. Boston College 1-0 153 NR

Dropped out: No. 5 Michigan (0-1, lost to Applachian State 34-32), No. 21 Florida State (0-1, lost to Clemson 24-18 ).

Others receiving votes: Clemson 145; Michigan 132; Miami (Fla.) 61; Brigham Young 49; Oregon 41; South Carolina 34; Missouri 29; Texas Tech 25; Oregon State 24; Alabama 21; South Florida 20; Southern Mississippi 16; Florida State 14; Kentucky 4; Arizona State 3; Iowa 1; Wake Forest 1; Washington 1.
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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 60 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Art Briles, Houston; Mack Brown, Texas; Bill Callahan, Nebraska; Neil Callaway, UAB; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Bill Cubit, Western Michigan; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Bill Doba, Washington State; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Doug Martin, Kent State; Les Miles, LSU; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Hal Mumme, New Mexico State; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mark Snyder, Marshall; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Tyrone Willingham, Washington; Ron Zook, Illinois.

The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.

[Ryan Hanavan]

Virginia Tech @ LSU should be good match up. LSU is tough at home. What if Oregon goes in to Michigan and comes out with a W?

[Beta]

VT looked terrible against ECU. LSU didn't look flawless but they should manhandle VT. I almost don't want to watch the game if the announcers continue to spend more time talking about the shooting than the game. The shooting is horrific indeed...but I don't think it should be brought up (literally) every 3 minutes...IMHO.

South Carolina @ UGA will be a good game.

I think MIA @ Oklahoma should end up being a fun game to watch. Oklahoma looked GOOD and the U may finally have some discipline.

[Vols2]

Vandy-Alabama should be interesting...Vandy is supposed to be good this year and we'll see if Saban actually has done something for his program.

[Jay Wisnieski]

Even with Wake Forest's QB being doubtful for the game, I'm still worried about Nebraska going to Winston-Salem. As a fan, I'm confident they can get the job done, but I'm also fairly sure it's not going to be a blowout. Wake Forest has a good team, and if my Huskers are too busy looking towards Southern Cal. next week, it could be disastrous.

[Hugh Nunn]

Vandy-Alabama should be interesting...Vandy is supposed to be good this year and we'll see if Saban actually has done something for his program.

IMO Saban is almost as good a "get" for the Tide as Urban Meyer was for UF. He is a PHENOMINAL motivator and his kids are always ready to play.

However, I'm still looking for Auburn to whoop up on 'Bama again. That is, if there's enough spirit left after the post Auburn/UF game "rape crisis" support meeting. War Damn Eagle!

[bste_lax]

Even with Wake Forest's QB being doubtful for the game, I'm still worried about Nebraska going to Winston-Salem. As a fan, I'm confident they can get the job done, but I'm also fairly sure it's not going to be a blowout. Wake Forest has a good team, and if my Huskers are too busy looking towards Southern Cal. next week, it could be disastrous.

Before laxative goes off on you, here is a excerpt from USC's game notes on page 2:

IT’S NOT SOUTHERN CAL—Note to the media: In editorial references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy, Trojans and (for women’s teams) Women of Troy. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal.

[Vols2]

I hope Auburn doesn't bring the game they brought against Kansas State to play Florida. I really REALLY want Auburn to beat UF

[dubbs11]

Notre Dame will be 0-2 after this weekend. Also, has Michigan ever lost back to back home games? Let alone the first two games of the season? I think there is a real possibility in their game vs. Oregon. Another good game, which I think Miami has a chance to win is their game vs. Oklahoma.

[StrykerFSU]

I might be the only one but I'm looking forward to the Navy-Rutgers matchup. Navy came very close to beating BC in their bowl game last year and this will be the first test to see if Rutgers can continue their success from last year.

[Danny Hogan]

Even with Wake Forest's QB being doubtful for the game, I'm still worried about Nebraska going to Winston-Salem.

WFU backup did a decent job @ BC in a very exciting game, engineered a few scoring drives if my memory serves.

gonna be a good one. Nebraska has a cool schedule this year.

[NELAX21]

Wake is not as scary as they were last year, mainly cause their D-line is undersized, and well Nebraskas O-line is absolutely huge. Should be a good game still but i see that being the big difference in the game

[laxative]

Before laxative goes off on you, here is a excerpt from USC's game notes on page 2:

IT’S NOT SOUTHERN CAL—Note to the media: In editorial references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy, Trojans and (for women’s teams) Women of Troy. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal.

I actually don't mind being called Southern Cal...but that's as far as I'll stray from the party line.

What happened to the College Football Pick 'em?