The OFFICIAL 2017 College Football Talking Smack Thread!

[Todd Anderson]

 

[Sonnie]

What a weekend! 4 top team (3 of those undefeated) fall to teams who are unranked.

I never would have imagined any of those teams losing this weekend... truly remarkable.

ROLL TIDE!

 

[tripplej]

Yes, an incredible weekend of football (college).

Clemson lost at Syracuse, 27-24

Washington Huskies fell at Arizona State 13-7

Auburn blew a 20-0 lead and lost at LSU, 27-23

Cal beat Washington State, 37-3

 

[tripplej]

Here is the latest top 25 after this past weekend's wild games..

from sbnation,

AP Top 25
[1]Alabama
[2]Penn State
[3]Georgia
[4]TCU
[5]Wisconsin
[6]Ohio State
[7]Clemson
[8]Miami
[9]Oklahoma
[10]Oklahoma State
[11]USC
[12]Washington
[13]Notre Dame
[14]Virginia Tech
[15]Washington State
[16]USF
[17]NC State
[18]Michigan State
[19]Michigan
[20]UCF
[21]Auburn
[22]Stanford
[23]West Virginia
[24]LSU
[25]Memphis

 

[Sonnie]

Well... we know at least one more of the top 5 will have a loss if Bama and the Dawgs remain undefeated and play in the SEC Championship game.

Either Penn State will have a loss or Ohio State will have two, since they play each other.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Doesn't Penn State play Ohio State this coming weekend?

 

[Sonnie]

Yep... should be a good one, although we are not really sure if PSU has been tested yet. This will no doubt be a real test for them.

 

[Tonto]

What people have a hard time getting a grasp on it the Parity in College Football now days. These "no name" teams really do have some quality players. And most coaches are well paid and good at what they do. When you think you have a team that you can beat easy...you get snuck up on!

 

[tripplej]

And of course for those "no name" teams, if you have a great coach who turns around that sub-par team or average team by beating a big name school with lots of reputation and money, the big $$$ schools will grab him fast to help their schools the following season while leaving those sub-par teams in the dust, back to their sad state prior to that coach going there..

 

[Sonnie]

ANY GIVEN SATURDAY!

 

[tripplej]

from seccountry,

"AP Poll: 2017 college football Top 25
1 Alabama
2 Penn State
3 Georgia
4 TCU
5 Wisconsin
6 Ohio State
7 Clemson
8 Miami (FL)
9 Notre Dame
10 Oklahoma
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 Virginia Tech
14 North Carolina State
15 Washington State
16 Michigan State
17 South Florida
18 UCF
19 Auburn
20 Stanford
21 USC
22 West Virginia
23 LSU
24 Memphis
25 Iowa State"

 

[JBrax]

Oh boy....Penn St strikes quickly against Ohio St. This one should be a fun watch.

 

[Sonnie]

I think they were very lucky last year... but I am thinking Penn State is for real this year. Surely OSU is a worthy opponent for the test.

 

[JBrax]

Yep, I’d say they’re for real. Barkley is a rare talent and is going top 5 in the draft. That Penn St. defense is pretty good as well. We might be on a crash course of Alabama vs. Penn St. which would be exciting. I’m sure Saban would successfully remove Barkley and Bama would win.

 

[Sonnie]

I don't know... I think Bama may be in for a tough one against Auburn this year. I am just not sure we have really been tested yet. I know we beat FSU, and I have to believe they were a much better team early on than they are now, but still, since then, I don't know. LSU might be up for us too, never can tell. They look like they are getting it turned around too. If we can somehow make it all way, then yeah... PSU could easily be up for the challenge and beat Bama in what would likely be considered an upset, although I have heard quite a few analyst suggest PSU should be ranked number 1 ahead of Bama if they beat OSU.

 

[JBrax]

I think Bama will be there when all is said and done. The real question is who’ll remain standing to face them? Penn St. and Georgia look to be the closest to my eyes. Don’t sleep on Georgia.

 

[JBrax]

That was a great game! I can’t believe Ohio St. came back.

 

[tripplej]

from ncaa,

"RANK SCHOOL
1 Alabama
2 Georgia
3 Ohio State
4 Wisconsin
5 Notre Dame
6 Clemson
7 Penn State
8 Oklahoma
9 Miami (FL)
10 TCU
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 Virginia Tech
14 Iowa State
15 UCF
16 Auburn
17 Southern California
18 Stanford
19 LSU
20 NC State
21 Mississippi State
22 Memphis
23 Arizona
24 Michigan State
25 Washington State"

 

[Sonnie]

Tuesday could be very interesting, not that it really matters at this point. OSU jumped ahead of an undefeated Wisconsin? Hmmmmm.

Funny thing about the AP ranking right now... if the playoff committee left it like it is right now and all four teams win out the regular season, the top 4 teams will play a playoff game before the playoffs start... Bama vs GA and OSU vs Wisconsin for the respective conferences. The winner will in essence have to play 3 playoff games to win it all.

Looks like McElwain is out at Florida. I am somewhat surprised he got fired before Butch Jones. Seems a bit odd given he's had some really tough luck with injuries and with player discipline. I guess that's why I'm not their AD.

 

[JBrax]

Sheesh, what’s happened to Florida? I know they’ve had some injuries but Mizzou is throttling them! After the start MU had if they can somehow make a bowl game that would be pretty remarkable. Our coach is on the hot seat but he might just get another year?

 

[Todd Anderson]

Penn State.... wow. Done!

 

[tripplej]

from seccountry,

"AP Poll: 2017 college football Top 25
1 Alabama
2 Georgia
3 Notre Dame
4 Clemson
5 Oklahoma
6 Wisconsin
7 Miami (FL)
8 TCU
9 Washington
10 Auburn
11 Ohio State
12 Oklahoma State
13 Michigan State
14 UCF
15 USC
16 Penn State
17 Virginia Tech
18 Mississippi State
19 Washington State
20 Memphis
21 Michigan
22 South Florida
23 West Virginia
24 Iowa State
25 Iowa"

 

[JBrax]

Georgia’s in a dogfight with Auburn. They’re in danger of taking that L.

 

[JBrax]

Welp, not much of a dogfight anymore. Auburn is pulling away now. Looks like Alabama will be taking that #1 spot.

 

[JBrax]

So who’s #1 if Alabama loses? Could Miami make that big of a jump?