The season has started and what a start!!!!!!!!!

Post your pregame highlights!   Post your predictions!!!  Post shots of your tail gate party!!!   

Post your rants, raves, complaints!! Post your results...will your team make it to the champs?  Root for your team here, but let's keep it professional, same SimV rules apply as always gents.  Keep it fun and keep it professional.   

My team won handily, which is to be expected.  Amazed that Oklahoma lost, and Colorado losing to Colorado State, well, that's just funny

Florida (my team) had a tough one against Charleston Southern...

Not really. 62-3

Only 13 more wins to go!

Also if anyone wants to play College Pick em on ESPN..sign up!

I already have a private group- simviation group password- simv
http://games.espn.go.com/cpickem/en/group?entryID=229705&groupID=13983&message=g...

specter177 wrote on Sep 8^th, 2009 at 10:39am:

Thanks! I never knew they had one of those, I joined and have my team started...let me know if anyone wants a group in that one.  Im doing Pac-10 Conference, All Conferences is to many players.

Dissapointed that the WSU Cougars lost to Standford, 39-13

specter177 wrote on Sep 8^th, 2009 at 10:50am:

Joined the group and it made me switch to All Conferences. Got my team set up  .

Looks like you've already started in both of the fantasy groups.

Roll Tide baby!!!.

Although with Florida St as my second team, I was rather dissapointed with staying up late last night lol.

tcco94 wrote on Sep 11^th, 2009 at 7:36pm:


Understatement 

Well my team crushed...again...
Cal won 59-7...

and hopefully that will move us up 2 or maybe even 3 spots
I think there was 2 upsets in the top 10?

Ohio State was SO CLOSE to winning. 

specter177 wrote on Sep 13^th, 2009 at 3:17pm:

Well I didnt mean that was an upset I could have remembered another top 10 team lossing but they might have just been lossing and I didnt see the final score. 
My mistake..


Although the new rankings are up http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings
Cal moved up two..not bad #8 

BigTruck wrote on Sep 13^th, 2009 at 11:49pm:

I think Florida will stay #1, I dought that Texas will stay #2, no way USC is gunna hold #3 they will drop this year so Alabama might even have a chance for the National Championship this year if they can win all of 'em

Hopefully Cal can keep there season good, and this year is the year to BEAT USC! 

BigTruck wrote on Sep 14^th, 2009 at 12:02am:

No one that plays Florida has a chance at the championship.

Well...I cant really judge how Florida and Texas are going to do this year because there first two games were to easy teams....

As the weeks go on, we are going to see some bigger and better games! 

BigTruck wrote on Sep 15^th, 2009 at 1:01am:

Thank you!

I didnt even know they were ranked #2 ....
These BCS standings....whata joke ....

Although I cant complain Cal went for #12 to #8 in 2 weeks.

Bama had a big win for all you Bama fans  ...


The Cal game was a joy to watch! I was getting nervous as the game was 21-21.  ....but of course our Hiesman Canidate RB rushed for 5 TDS!

Cal won 35-21

USC
A poor game from Texas later and I could see Bama jumping to number 1. Florida looked poor against Tennessee. And Bama dominated (as they should). So I would find it hard to see why they dont get the 1 spot.

Craig. wrote on Sep 19^th, 2009 at 6:53pm:

Be patient.  Alabama and Florida will go head to head on December 5.

Then I will fart in your general direction.

WebbPA wrote on Sep 19^th, 2009 at 7:08pm:

And have you given up on Florida st. already???

WebbPA wrote on Sep 19^th, 2009 at 7:21pm:

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

More upsets in the making.

FSU is looking very strong at BYU.  30-14 at the half.

Arkansas over #23 Georgia 21-10 after one quarter.

West Virginia/Auburn is still stuck in some sort of weather delay and hasn't even started yet.

Rankings are out - Link

1 Florida (SEC)
2 Texas
3 Alabama (SEC)
4 Mississippi (SEC)
5 Penn State
6 California
7 LSU (SEC)
8 Boise State
9 Miami
10 Oklahoma
18 Florida State

A terrific weekend of football!!!  I was on guard duty so I missed most games, but I did enjoy watching USC lose    Bama, a terrific football team this year, we'll see if they can hold it together, Saban needs to keep their heads out of their butts. 

We hit #3 this week, not bad, things will change when top ten teams start playing other top ten teams (ahem TEXAS) 

Michigan finally made the power rankings, tying their winning record from last year (LMAO in disgust)  Hope they can at least pull a bowl game this year.  I'll let you link an image if they win the Champs 

You non-SEC people just don't get it.

The SEC is the most awesome conference in college football.

The SEC has 4 teams in the the top 7 in the country.

The only team that can beat a good SEC team is another SEC team.

It is unfortunate that LSU, Mississippi and Alabama will lose at least one game.  But they will lose to other SEC teams.  They will not lose to non-SEC teams.

At the end of the year undefeated Florida will play for the national championship against some lame Big-8 or Big-12 team.  Florida will win by 14 points.

Alabama will play in a bowl game against another lame Big-8 or Big-12 team, its only loss being against Florida in the SEC Championship game.  Alabama will win by 21 points.

As a Penn State student and fan, I think I can safely say that we are overrated.

Our football schedule is usually pathetic up until the final few games, with the only usual challenges being Ohio State and possibly either of the Michigans depending on whether or not it is home or away. (Having the largest student section in the nation does affect the gameplay.)

And going along with Webb's comment, we would get our butts handed to us vs an SEC team even with home field advantage.

Not really sure how Penn State could fix this problem, but at least we'll get a little bit more good out of conference experience next year and in the following years. ('Bama away game next year, followed by home game year after. more exposure to Nebraska, etc.)

Cal...they a college team?

tcco94 wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2009 at 12:27am:


As usual...(red wings...tide...braves...i can't win)

Bad day for some Florida teams.

South Florida 17
#18 Florida State 7

#9 Miami 7
#11 Virginia Tech 31

Good day for others.

#1 Florida 31
Kentucky 0
at the start of the second quarter.

Horrible game today...
twice I saw Cal get turnovers then right after that turn it back over. Kevin Riley overthrew the WR's to many times and Jahvid Best wasnt having such a good rushing game because our Offensive Line was doing absolutely nothing. Kevin Riley could barely stay in the pocket so when we rushed it went nowhere.

Next week is a must win. Cal has very tough times on the road as you can tell we almost lost to Minnesota last week but came back and this week we got smashed by Oregon at one of the loudest stadiums in college.

Next week at Cal, so im a little bit more confident about that but I think Cal might have been more focused on next week than this week. Its not over yet, but I hope Cal wont bump down to far in the BCS since Oregon isnt that bad.

WebbPA wrote on Sep 26^th, 2009 at 9:55pm:

Sad news, doesnt seem like he has been having a good week I was reading on ESPN that him and some other teammates got ill from an airplane ride or something like that and that he was still gunna play today even with his illness.

BigTruck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2009 at 11:03pm:

You must have immensely enjoyed watching Dale Earnhardt die.

Ugh...that Penn State game was rough. I think everyone here has aching throats just from yelling at our own team. Our defense performed fine (most Iowa points were scored against our offense unfortunately), but all aspects of our offensive line just were not with it yesterday. Multiple interceptions, too much QB pressure, etc. 

Needless to say, there were quite a few thousand angry (and violent) Penn State fans leaving in the rain yesterday.

Alabama without question are the best team in Football. The most balanced without a doubt. They've faced a highly ranked team to start. a tough conference foe and despatched them with ease, and they are still 3rd in the rankings behind a team who rely far to much on one player to win, and a team who've faced no-one yet.
Texas have an easy schedule the whole way so unless they suffer a meltdown they should be in the National title game, and it would appear once again Florida and Bama will have to fight it out for the 2nd spot despite both being a whole level better.
I am slightly nervous about LSU, they are definitly a sleeper and could throw a spanner in the works.
This should be the definitive year for showing why a playoff system is needed. How many top 10 ranked teams have now been knocked down because of losses to less ranked/unranked teams?

I'm going to miss next weeks games, I'll be in the field training my reservists, but here's hoping for another Michigan win, and we already know the Tide will roll 

Well some of these top teams for the first few weeks arent playing big teams yet so the season is just starting with the great games to come.

Game of the week this week SHOULD have been Cal v.s. USC but now with Cals drop Coach Tedford better get my Bears this win or you wont be seeing alot of posts from me anymore...only for Jahvid Best.

WebbPA wrote on Sep 26^th, 2009 at 11:15pm:


  That wasn't meant to sound the way it came out.  Best wishes to him and I hope he does great in his career, it's the sports announcers that drive me nuts as they worship the ground he walks on    I can't watch a game of GOLF without hearing his name come up    Sorry if I offended, it wasn't meant to be a bash on his injury 

tcco94 wrote on Sep 29^th, 2009 at 11:35pm:


I was referencing Tim Tebow, no matter what sport you are watching these days on ESPN, you will hear his name 

And yet, I'm sure every team in America wishes he was on their team.

specter177 wrote on Sep 30^th, 2009 at 11:00am:


He isn't that good, he can't pass, he runs 75% of his plays, that won't cut it in the pros, that's why he is still in college football.  His team works well with him, making him look terrific, and he can lead, which is a huge part of the game, but still, he's lacking a big quality, and that's his passing game.  He's successful, but commentators are making him into a legend...

TCCO, you are right sir, but give them a few weeks, you will hear them compare Tebow to Crosby *GAG*

On Tebow.
Just look at other QB's coming from the college game with simmilar styles.
Jamarcus russel. Couldn't hit a barn door at 10 feet.
Michael Vick. Couldn't hit a barn at 10 feet.
Marcus Vick, had to be moved to completely different position, then blew it.
Donovan Mcnabb, had to work very hard to get out of the run first mentality, and now seems to pay for it with injuries.
Vince Young. Well we all know how thats worked out.

Far too many big college's still produce the option QB without at least teaching the basic fundamentals of getting ready for a pro career. The big talk was Tebow would stay in college so he could spend this year learning to be a more productive passer. Learn the skills for being a pro QB. I haven't seen it yet. It still takes him half a qtr to go through the throwing motion. He still runs when there are receivers open, and he still couldn't hit a tower block if he was stood inside the thing.
The big new craze of the Wildcat in the NFL is over almost already because unlike college. The Pro's are just to smart and to quick to let it beat them once they are ready for it.
New England last year weren't, but now its become part of a defenses game plan, its going no where.

I love what our newspapers put yesterday like to give us hope?

Woo hoo!

#17 Miami 21
#8 Oklahoma 20

Cal=another throw away year 

WebbPA wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2009 at 11:55pm:

Yeah well once you lose to Oregon and get kicked down 18 spots I can see why Cal didnt play how they were when they started. All I can look forwarrd to is a bowl game now ?
Jahvid Best is practically out of the heisman now and we are 3-2 out of the top 25 with no hope for the pac-10 at this rate.

Just a big bummer. I mean this makes me not want to watch college as much I mean I barely watch NFL because im a huge huge Rams fan and look at them they are the joke of the NFL now being called the new Lions. 

I heard ESPN say that the 49ers-Rams game this week is going to be a practice session for the 49ers. 

Crimson Tide rolled again!!    

Michigan lost  but I can deal with losing to Michigan State since they are a family team.

Week 6 upsets (so far).

#17 Auburn 23
Arkansas 44

Anything can happen in the SEC.

Auburn=Overrated 

I think Cal is bye this week but hell why does it matter this season doesn't even matter we cant win the pac-10 and we've blown our top 25 spot. 

Omg Tim Tebow played.

Didnt they tell him to not play?  I was looking forward to that. ESPN sure did cover there homepage with the big new of him playing.

Life is easy when you're #14.

You will get a bowl game but not a tough bowl game because we need to make sure that Joe Pa adds one more win to his resume.

Bama have finally Jumped Texas for the number 2 spot. About time.
In all fairness Florida have finally earned their place at number 1. I still think Bama are the better team, but beating LSU at least makes Florida a legit #1 now.