Week Seven Saturday Open Thread

You know the drill.  Red River Rivalry Saturday and a ton of other great games.

CFR's Week Six Power Rankings

It's like hitting a moving target.  Duck Hunt, for college football fans.

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Missouri
5. Penn State
6. USC
7. Georgia
8. Texas
9. Ohio State
10. Texas Tech
11. BYU
12. Florida
    
13. Kansas
14. Utah
15. Illinois
16. USF
17. North Carolina
18. Georgia Tech
19. Miami
20. Boise State

Others: Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Oregon, California, Oklahoma State, Ball State, Tulsa, Wake Forest

Out: Maryland, Auburn, Fresno State

What makes this difficult is that a team like USC probably could be No. 3 or 4 on this list and likely destroy most of the solid foes on here, but it also gets throttled by Oregon State and similar teams.  I think USC would beat Penn State and probably handily, but there's a margin for punishing stupidity and for now I'm exercising it.

Also, I'm not liking where I put USF.

Missouri ... if they ever figure it out on defense that's a team that could be No. 1.  Or maybe it's the same Missouri from last year and the offense isn't really this much better.  We'll see when they play Texas, huh?

UPDATE: Aaaaaand I forgot Florida again this week.  I'm inserting them at No. 12.

Thursday Night Live Blog: Clemson at Wake Forest

Be sure to join me at the College Football FanHouse's Thursday Night college football live blog between Clemson and No. 21 Wake Forest.

ESPN's Thursday night game has been host to five consecutive upsets, and tonight could be a ridiculous sixth such event.

Week Five Saturday Open Thread

After last weekend we're now on upset alert at all times.  This is good and bad for college football but it certainly makes the more mundane games involving ranked teams more compelling, huh?

Anyway, feel free to leave comments and discuss things below.  Or, join myself and the College Football FanHouse crew at our weekly daylong Saturday live blog/chat.  Application below.  Happy Saturday!

CFR's Week Five Power Rankings

I stopped at 13.  It was that kind of week.

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Missouri
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Texas
8. USC
9. Texas Tech
10. Ohio State
11. USF
12. Kansas
13. BYU

Others: Illinois, Auburn, Wisconsin, Fresno State, Oregon, California, Utah, Georgia Tech, Boise State, Miami, Cincinnati, Maryland, North Carolina, Wake Forest

Out: ECU, Colorado

Update: Ummm, I forgot Florida.  Let's call them No. 7 or so, hm?

Thursday Night Live Blog: Pittsburgh @ USF

It'll be hosted at the College Football FanHouse but you're all welcome to join me there.  Oregon State also visits Utah which should be of some interest, no?

Live Blog kicks off at 7:30 Eastern.

Tony Barnhart: We've Already Got A Playoff

Duh.

The fact that a game like USC-Oregon State game can impact so many other schools has pushed television ratings higher and is keeping stadiums full. And as long as the TV ratings are high and the stadiums are full, there is no motivation (other than fan unrest) to go to a playoff of any kind.

And:

But if we had an eight-team playoff in place, that Oregon State victory would have barely created a ripple outside of the Pac-10.

Claiming a playoff won't dilute the regular season is an idiotic lie, and Barnhart accurately realizes it.

A Case of the Mondays Chat

It's back again, take a break from work (or studies) to talk a little college football at the College Football FanHouse.  Wrap up the week that was and look forward to week six and get in any last football talk that was drowned out by the monstrosity that is NFL football on Sundays (boo).

Festivities begin at 2:30 Eastern, chat application below.

Week Five Saturday Open Thread

As evidenced above, Georgia's playing host to the headline game between the 'Dawgs and resurgent Alabama.

Feel free to leave comments below, or join the College Football FanHouse Live Blog throughout the day.

CFR's Week Four Power Rankings

As always these are power rankings.

1. USC
2. Florida
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. Missouri
7. Alabama
8. Penn State
9. Texas
10. Texas Tech
11. Wake Forest
12. BYU
13. Ohio State
14. USF
15. Kansas

Others: Auburn, Wisconsin, Fresno State, East Carolina, Cal, Utah, Georgia Tech, Colorado, Oregon, Boise State, Miami, Cincinnati

Notes: Georgia, Florida and LSU are virtually indistinguishable right now.

Thursday Night Live Blog: USC at Oregon State

The College Football FanHouse will be Live Blogging tonight's game between USC and Oregon State.

Thursday Night games are always fun, and USC/Oregon State battles have been compelling of late.  Last year was a sack fiesta, but Oregon State did upset USC in 2006 in Corvallis and nearly did so in the famous fog game in 2004 as well.

Feel free to join us by venturing into the chat application below (chat starts at 9 p.m. Eastern).

A Case of the Mondays Chat

Join me for a (hopefully) regular Monday mid-day feature at FanHouse: A Case of the Mondays chat.

It's live right now (2 p.m. to ~ 3 p.m. Eastern), application below.

Week Four Saturday Open Thread

It's SEC Saturday, if you will.  LSU's trip to Auburn and Georgia's trip to Arizona State (its first regular season game outside the south in over 40 years) are grabbing the headlines but there's plenty more to discuss.

Be sure to leave comments below or join me at the College Football FanHouse and our daylong Live Blog.  Chat application below (starting at noon Eastern).

CFR's Week Three Power Rankings

As always, these are about relative positioning more than the generic process of swapping up and down on wins.  It's still early so I scratch my head at someone like Penn State who is doing great but remains unknown, and make others scratch their heads with my Oregon pick.  And I'm still not convinced Texas is truly a top 10 team but this is about the here and now, not what will happen later.

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida
4. LSU
5. Missouri
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Texas Tech
9. Texas
10. Penn State
11. Alabama
12. Wake Forest
13. Ohio State
14. BYU
15. USF

Others: Kansas, Auburn, Wisconsin, Fresno State, ECU, Cal, Utah, Georgia Tech, Colorado

Out: Rutgers West Virginia

Thursday Night Live Blog: Week Four

Trying something out tonight.  Feel free to join me in a Live Blog with the College Football FanHouse crew, keeping tabs on tonight's Thursday Night game between Colorado and visiting West Virginia.  The Live Blog should get going around 8:30 Eastern.

Update: Colorado wins 17-14 in overtime.  That was fun.

Week Three Saturday Open Entry

Comment away.  We all know the "Game of the Week" and lucky me, I'll be there so you're on your own here for the day so behave!

Feel free to leave comments, discuss, etc. or jump over to FanHouse or Heisman Pundit (who I'll be talking to in person throughout the afternoon) for ongoing college football Saturday discussion.

CFR's Week Two 2008 Power Rankings

Answering the question: how good are they right now?  The only way to do it if you ask me.

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. USC
4. LSU
5. Georgia
6. Ohio State
7. Kansas
8. Missouri
9. Oregon
10. California
11. USF
12. Wake Forest
13. Alabama
14. Texas Tech
15. Penn State

Other

East Carolina, West Virginia, Auburn, BYU, Fresno State, Texas, Wisconsin, Utah, Arizona State, Georgia Tech

Out

Colorado, Michigan, Rutgers

Anyone I'm missing?  Fire away.

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Week Two Saturday Open Entry

Comment away.  Here's the schedule, with GameDay visiting Gainesville for the millionth time to witness Florida/Miami.

As usual I'll be mostly occupied with FanHouse, feel free to stop by!

CFR's Week One Power Rankings

My apologies for the delay.  Quickly ...

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. LSU
4. USC
5. Ohio State
6. Georgia
7. Kansas
8. West Virginia
9. Missouri
10. Oregon
11. California
12. USF
13. Wake Forest
14. Alabama
15. Texas Tech

Others

Auburn, BYU, Fresno State, Colorado, Texas, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Michigan, Utah