A Lil Football Survey

With the college football season winding down, and I can't express to you how sad I am about this, I couldn't really think of anything fun to write about. Players are complaining about their coaches saying "hurtful" things, Tennessee is proud of eleven "strong" months when no player got in trouble(maybe their goal should be a year next time), and the inevitable college coaching carousel has begun. I could write about whether Charlie Weis and Rich Rodriguez will remain at their respective schools, but I think one will stay and one will go, so enough said(plus ESPN needs something to talk about Tuesday through Friday). Instead I decided to take a little survey from what has happened over this past year in college football. It is all about this year- last year and past years just don't matter when you think about answering these questions. Let's see what you think....

Who would you rather run on 4th and 2?
-Tim Tebow or Mark Ingram

Who would you rather pass the ball on 3rd and 25? And to which receiver?
-Ryan Mallett or Jimmy Clausen
-Jordan Shipley or AJ Green

Who would you rather take over your struggling football team?
-Gary Patterson(TCU) or Chris Peterson(Boise St)

Which conference would you rather play in?
-ACC or Big East

Which player would you want to return kicks, rush every down, and receive all passes?
-Jahvid Best or Noel Devine

Who would you rather block a kick?
-Mount Cody or Mount Cody

Who would you rather have as a real mascot?
-UGA or Ralphi the buffalo

Who would you rather have guarding your best receiver?
-Joe Haden or Eric Berry

If you think of better questions or better options, let me know!!

On with the picks- It's hard to beat last week but I was 12-6, so not too bad

Ohio St vs Michigan- Ohio State
Maryland vs Florida State- FSU
UNC vs Boston College- Go HEELS
Miss St vs Arkansas- Ark
Florida International vs Florida- Go GATORS
UConn vs ND- UConn
LSU vs Ole Miss- Ole Miss
UVA vs Clemson- Clemson
Penn St vs Mich St- Mich St
Cal vs Stanford- Stanford
Kentucky vs UGA- Go DAWGS
Kansas vs Texas- Texas
Oregon vs Arizona- Oregon

BCS-Bowl CATalog Series

It's now that time of year when the season is starting to heat up and teams are jockeying for spots in the all-important BCS standings. No it's not the money driven Bowl Championship Series laugher of a poll that has been robbing college football of pure, unbridled competition for years with no end in sight. That's right sports fans, its time for the Bowl CATalog Series where I, in my infinite wisdom, elucidate the top ten teams in the country that is sure to alter the college football landscape for the remainder of the season. I have yet to have my rankings included in the BCS computer formula but with your help maybe one day I will. I mean does anyone really know what goes into that formula anyways? They might as well put my standings in there along with which team's punter has the largest shoe size and whose marching band trumpet section can reach the loudest decibel. In fact, thats not a bad idea. Then we might see Texas recruiting a 7-1 punter just to get that size 25 shoe and the extra 0.001 points they need to get into the title game. Or just picture Pete Carroll walking into some high school trumpeteer's room and promising him a date with a Song Girl if he commits to USC. Anywho, without further ado I bring you the inaguaral BCS standings. Enjoy.

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Cincinnati
5. Boise State
6. TCU
7. Georgia Tech
8. LSU
9. Pittsburgh
10. Iowa
11. Miami
12. Oregon
13. USC
14. Houston
15. Utah

Here's the question of the week- Who has the better accessory to his attire?
Jim Tressel's vest versus Steve Spurrier's visor


On to the picks of the week- My best week ever was last week! 14-2!

South Fla vs Rutgers- Rutgers
West Va vs Cincy- Cincy
Michigan vs Wisconsin- Wisconsin
Tennessee vs Ole Miss- Tennessee
Clemson vs NC State- Clemson
Florida State vs Wake Forest- Wake
Va Tech vs Maryland- Va Tech
Florida vs South Carolina- Go GATORS
Stanford vs USC- USC
Iowa vs Ohio State- Ohio State
Miami vs UNC- Go HEELS
BC vs Virginia- BC
Alabama vs Miss St- Bama
Auburn vs UGA- Go DAWGS
Utah vs TCU- TCU
Notre Dame vs Pitt- Pitt
Texas Tech vs Oklahoma St- Texas Tech
Arizona vs Cal- Arizona

Dook vs UNC

When you look at the schedule for the upcoming weekend, only two games really stick out as major head to head battles. I have to admit, I am extremely excited about watching the Alabama/LSU game as the winner of this game will most likely be the opponent to Florida in the SEC championship. I might even switch over to watch the Penn State/Ohio State game as two ranked teams face off in a Big Ten clash. With all that said, the funny thing about this weekend, is that the UNC/Duke game is being played at the same time as these other two games and it is the first one I am going to turn to.

You are probably thinking to yourself right now, 'well of course she is going to turn to the UNC game as she is a Tar Heel.' Of course that is one reason it will be the first game I watch. But the main reason I am going to switch to ESPNU is not because I am going to be on there the very next day doing the SEC soccer championship, but because Duke is actually pretty good. It is frightening for all of us tar heels to admit it, but we are all a little nervous that Duke could come into Kenan stadium and beat us on homecoming. Normally I would watch the first quarter and then turn it because we would have the game pretty secure. Now, I don't even know what is going to happen. Duke is on a three game ACC winning streak, tied for first in our ACC division(and we are last), and coach Cutcliffe comes from the SEC and obviously knows how to win. It's obvious that the UNC/Duke rivalry in basketball is one of the best rivalries in all of sports, but the football rivalry is so bad that we don't even wait until the end of the season anymore. I just have one thing to say...The TAR HEELS better WIN!!

On a completely different note, I thoroughly enjoyed making fantasy matchups(even though no one refuted them), so I am going to give you some more throughout the last few weeks. Again, I stay in a comfort zone of the SEC, so please feel free to get me out of it!

Best coaches fight- Lane Kiffin vs Nick Saban or
Mark Mangino vs Charlie Weis

Here are my picks for the week. 6-4 last week.

Va Tech vs ECU- Va Tech
Northwestern vs Iowa- Iowa
UVA vs Miami- Miami
South Carolina vs Arkansas- Arkansas
Tennessee Tech vs UGA- Go DAWGS
Maryland vs NC State- NC State
Furman vs Auburn- Auburn
LSU vs Alabama- Bama
Wake vs GT- GT
Ohio State vs Penn State- Ohio State
Duke vs UNC- Go HEELS
Oregon State vs Cal- Oregon State
Vandy vs UF- Go GATORS
USC vs Arizona State- USC
Okla vs Nebraska- Okla
FSU vs Clemson- Clemson