College Football Cafeteria

Change your 2010 preseason picks…

Sloppy Joe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:06:29 +0000

Some of you may have seen my post about the 2010 preseason college football rankings and noticed Oregon ranked pretty high. Well it was pretty consensus to say they would be top 5 in the preseason polls. But tragedy has struck. Oregon’s big time quarterback, Jeremiah Masoli, was suspended the entire year for stealing laptops and a computer.

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2010 Preseason College Football Rankings

Sloppy Joe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:59:11 +0000

It is that time of year again, where everyone is speculating about the 2010 preseason college football rankings. Just like we did for the 2009 preseason rankings, we are doing again this year for the college football preseason rankings 2010. I found nine different places posting what they think the rankings should be this year, and have once again added them up to get a good sense for what they will be this year when they are released in August by the AP Poll and USA Today Poll.

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Should the government force a college football playoff?

Sloppy Joe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:15:16 +0000

it is a tough question. We all want a playoff. We all know we should have a playoff. But should it be the government’s responsibility to make it happen? Should they force the NCAA to create a postseason playoff in its highest division of college football? The answer is a resounding yes. A little background- perhaps you should all read section 2 of the Sherman Anti Trust Act:

“Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony.”

That is what it says. But what does it mean? Well, that is the big debate.

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What do recruiting, preseason rankings and the NFL draft have in common?

Sloppy Joe — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:50:50 +0000

Yes, they are all very, very connected to the idiocy that is the system of college football. Rivals.com is probably one of the big players in recruiting. They rank players, give them stars, all that junk. Well, we know that a lot of how programs are ranked is by how they recruit, right? How can you rank someone in the preseason? Base it on last year’s performance, how many players left, and the caliber of players recruited. Well, the NFL draft tells us what kind of players these guys really are. Who is at the top? Not the same faces as 4 years ago.

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Olympic Hockey- Proof That College Football Needs a Playoff

Sloppy Joe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:51:02 +0000

You might be wondering what Olympic hockey and college football have in common. Not much really, but one should be a lot more like the other. For those of you who may have watched these winter Olympics, you saw some great hockey games. You also saw it culminate into a very exciting playoff. Now let us suppose the BCS was running Olympic hockey. Here is what would have happened with the men.

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Texas Says No to the Big Ten

Sloppy Joe — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:34:32 +0000

Not that the Big Ten has even approached Texas yet, but it is no secret the Big Ten is looking to expand. It is also no secret that any conference would love to have Texas. Good academics, strong athletics, great following, huge TV market…great for any conference. But the Athletic Director at Texas has said they like the Big 12 and are just fine. So even if the Big Ten does come knocking, they already know the answer. There’s probably only one Big 12 school the Big Ten would consider, and that’s Missouri.

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Alabama as the Preseason Number One?

Sloppy Joe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:03:39 +0000

Many pundits are already praising Alabama as the preseason number one favorite. While I admit this is likely going to happen, should it? They did win the BCS championship, although controversially, and they do return a bunch of those same players. I’m sure their recent success has seen an increase in Alabama merchandise sales, but should it see an increase in their preseason ranking? I think not.

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Contenders in the Pac-10 Expansion

Sloppy Joe — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:05:20 +0000

A lot of fuss has been made about conference realignment recently, especially by me. The Big Ten said they are looking into it, and we already know what that means- welcome Missouri or Syracuse into the Big Ten. Add the Pac-10 to the conferences looking to expand. Their new commissioner has said it is something they are looking in to. Granted, they have in the past, but with all the money of a conference championship, and having the famed Rose Bowl in your conference, it only makes sense to expand and compete with the other big conferences. So who are the contenders to join the conference? Let’s take a look.

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Introducing the College Football Playoff Alliance

Sloppy Joe — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:05:15 +0000

A little side project that I’ve been working on with others who share my disdain of the BCS…it is called College Football Playoff Alliance. It is a little site about how much we hate the BCS and what we are going to do about it. I suggest you all go there, it is www.CollegeFootballPlayoffAlliance.org.

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A Look at the Top Recruiting Classes of 2010

Sloppy Joe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:03:40 +0000

Signing day is over, so there is nothing left to talk about with college football now for 6 months except speculate about preseason rankings and complain about the BCS. So how did recruiting go? We already saw how BYU did, probably the biggest surprise in this recruiting season. But Florida and Texas top the charts once again. These two always seem to recruit well, but this was an exception year for both. They got nearly a dozen five star recruits between the two of them. Not far behind were Oklahoma, Alabama and Auburn as well. USC got great talent, but not a lot in terms of quantity.

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