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Yeah, that schedule looks pretty weak, and adding Nebraska would not help this year. The end of the regular season usually has a few surprises, it should get interesting next week.
BT

 

See Bennett I said something nice about Alabama , well kinda . I'm just glad I didn'y have to shipp King Cakes to you and Tommy this year

 

OMG I forgot about this! - PM me an address one more time and the name of a good source. Seriously, I pay my debts like a man.

 

You can slide this year . I'm up in Halifax, NS until May so I won't be able to eat a whole King Cake by my self. ( at least not without gaining 20 lbs) But for next year Haydel's Bakery is one of the best.

 

It's not bad, so no reason to be sorry. There are 3 Big XII teams in the top 5, for example.

Of the teams I have seen play this year, OU, Kansas, LSU, Oregon and Ohio State looked the best. Only Kansas has a perfect record. LSU's defense looks the best. OUs offense is damn good with a freshman QB. Kansas looks good all around. Oregon and tOSU both lost at home to unranked opponents. Oregon lost early in the season, tOSU last week. LSU and OU both lost early, road games. That's how I see things.

 

Lets take a look at this tough undefeated Kansas Team

Date Game Stadium TV Time
Sat., Sep. 1 Kansas 52, C. Michigan 7
Sat., Sep. 8 Kansas 62, Se Louisiana 0
Sat., Sep. 15 Kansas 45, Toledo 13
Sat., Sep. 22 Kansas 55, FIU 3 MS
Sat., Oct. 6 Kansas 30, Kansas State 24*
Sat., Oct. 13 Kansas 58, Baylor 10*
Sat., Oct. 20 Kansas 19, Colorado 14*
Sat., Oct. 27 Kansas 19, Texas A&M 11*
Sat., Nov. 3 Kansas 76, Nebraska 39*
Sat., Nov. 10 Kansas 43, Oklahoma State 28
Sat., Nov. 17 Iowa State at Kansas* MS ABC 2:30 p.m.
Gametracker
Sat., Nov. 24 Missouri vs. Kansas* AS

The combined record of their opponents is 42-60. Only 2 thats right 2 of their wins were against teams with a winning record. And those were A&M and Central Michigan. They would have to be 30 and 0 playing a schedule like that before they should get top 10 credibility.

 

Kansas will have problems when they face Mizzou.

If they do beat Mizzou, I'll be surprised if they can beat Oklahoma for the Big 12 Championship.

my $.02

 

No, no, no, it's bad. Kansas hasn't played anyone and has been fortunate to avoid a good OU team and a streaky UT team (UT hasn't been that good this year imo). Mizzou has a pretty good offense, but I'm still not sold on them either given that OU has already beaten them. FWIW, I think Boise State can beat OU this year.

 

THe 2 teams with winning records that Kansas has played are each 6-5 on game above .500 The haven't faced a decent team all year.

 

I was following your thinking until you spouted this line. Ridiculous!

I'd like to see a home and home series with OU and Boise State, BTW.

 

The Boise State / OU game was great because OU was uninspried, much like tOSU in the championship game. But that uninspired effort resulted in a very even match with some of the most entertaining football ever!
BT

 

OSU wasn't uninspired. They were just slow. That's why they also go by the name slOwSU. They got exposed again this season for being an old slow team. Running the same offense and defense that's been done for decades and once a spread offense comes in (Illinois last week), smashed.

 

If Miles loses one more game there will be a Uhaul circling his house and people helping pack the dishes. If LSU wins the SEC this year and the National Championship I think Miles would be a fool to leave a school coming off of a National Championship year that can recruit anyone they want. But the pull of his alma mater will be strong and I can understand that , You are right about the fans turning on him with one more loss. remember how fast firelsucoaches.com came up after the TN loss in 05. Even though he has only lost 5 games in 3 seasons people believe that the reason for those losses was Les Miles getting out coached. That was the case in the 05 TN loss when LSU dominated TN in the first half and Miles backed off in the second half . I also feel it is true of the KY game this year. I still think Steve Spurrier will get the LSU job if it is open.

 

Michigan move could be expensive for Miles

With speculation high that Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr will announce his retirement as early as Monday, the spotlight could shift to LSU’s Les Miles, who is considered the most likely successor. Miles played and coached at Michigan, and his success at LSU (he is 31-5 in two-plus seasons) puts him at the top of the list of potential new coaches for the Wolverines. Prying Miles from his current job will be expensive, however. Miles has a “termination by coach” section of his contract, which requires him to pay LSU $1.25 million if he leaves for the Wolverines. Michigan is the only school to which the clause applies. LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe, meanwhile, told Louisiana Gannett News that he is not concerned about Miles leaving the Tigers for Michigan. "From what he's expressed to me recently, Les is very happy at LSU and not interested in Michigan," O'Keefe said. "He's extremely pleased with his contract and with the support from the university he has received." Miles’ contract also calls for him to become one of the three highest-paid college coaches in the country if he wins the national championship.

link: http://www.businessreport.com/archives/daily-report/2007/nov/14/353/

 

I have not heard about this at all and I really can't see it happening.

 

Word is he already interviewed for the job when SC played LSU this year.

 

I was under the impression the only school the buy out did not apply to was Michigan.

 

I think Spurrier would be great at LSU but what do I know I was pleased when Ditka was hired as the Saints head coach.

 

Spurrier's problem right now is recruiting talent. Pretty hard to do given his location and status of his school. You got Florida, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Tennessee, surrounding your school. In-state, you have Clemson which always gets national attention and high pre-season rankings.

If he goes to LSU where the talent is incredible, I could easily see him doing what he did at Florida all over again. He's still the best gameday coach that is currently coaching. They've lost their games mainly because of talent issues imo (especially at QB). If Tebow was on the other team this past Saturday, Gators would've lost.