BCC College Football Edition: Week 1 Open Thread

by Jonathan Loesche on Sep 5, 2009 8:12 AM EDT

College Football is finally upon us. This weekend will provide us a great opening round of action that will set the race towards the Mythical National Championship and hopefully provide us glimpses of future greats in Teal. First, let get some picks out of the way

Conference Champions

ACC-Florida State

The Noles are the most talented team in the ACC, but their season rests on getting consistent QB play out of either Christian Ponder or highly touted EJ Manuel. If either one of them can take control of the offense, then the Noles should regain their position as the ACC's top program.

Big 10-Ohio State

Terrell Pryor was a freshmen phenom that lived up to the hype, and with a year under his belt, will look to lead the Buckeyes to redemption after spending the last few year's as national whipping boys. The Buckeyes in essence play a two game schedule against USC and then @ Penn State.

Big 12-Texas

Colt McCoy returns to lead Texas' most talented team since it's 2005 National Championship season. However, the game that concerns me most for them isn't their annual date with Oklahoma in Dallas. The Longhorns travel to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State on Halloween.

Big East-West Virginia

A conference with no clear #1, the Mountaineers ride Noel Devine and what remains of Rich Rodriguez's recruits to one another conference title.

PAC-10- USC

USC fields easily their weakest team since Pete Carroll's first year as head coach. The Trojans will be having a true freshmen under center for the first time in school history, which will be troublesome. They'll lose early in Columbus, but bounce back against the PAC 10.

SEC-Alabama

Alabama finally comes into it's own under Nick Saban. The Tide were major over achievers last year, but now with another year under their belts, will be a major force in the SEC. In a modern classic, the Tide up end the Gators 28-24 in the SEC Championship game.

Bowl Predictions

BCS National Title: Ohio State vs Texas

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs Penn St

Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs West Virginia

Fiesta: Oklahoma vs Florida

Rose: USC vs Boise St (Remember, under the new BCS rules, the Rose has to take a mid major if it loses a team to the national championship game)

Weekly Predictions

Oklahoma 41 BYU 23

Alabama 21 Virginia Tech 13

Oklahoma State 34 Georgia 23

Florida State 31 Miami 20

Use this as an open thread for any and all thoughts on the opening weekend in college football.

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As a Texan

I can certainly guarantee that UT will choke. OU, still loaded, is still pissed about their loss to UF and the loss to UT in the Red River Shootout. I will guarantee that UT will lose to OU and possibly OSU. Gig ’em.

Ignore the hype; look at the results.

by harperslaw on Sep 5, 2009 8:36 AM EDT reply actions

As a Floridian

I can almost certainly say Alabama will not be SEC champ, maybe not be in the SEC game. Florida will be fighting LSU and Ole Miss mainly. for ACC, my guess would be either Wake Forest or FSU. I’ll also say we got a good chance to go to the National championship ( and possibly win), over USC/Ohio State/Texas.

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by TheTealDeal on Sep 5, 2009 10:05 AM EDT reply actions

College Football is unbearable to watch.

No parity.
No playoffs.
No Florida traveling to play in the cold.
Same teams always in the top ten.

Anyway I’m interested in that Boise State program. Wow!

by Slvrgun on Sep 5, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

You're like a ray of sunshine

All negative, all the time. Have you ever smiled. You should change your moniker to Eeyore.

Vae Victis!

by viator on Sep 5, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Negative Nelly

by TheTealDeal on Sep 5, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Your predictions

Gator fans are gonna freak when they see this. I just hope the Noles win on Monday. Worried about that one.

by jimbrophoto on Sep 5, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions

As a Californian

Your dreaming if you think the Trojans aren’t going to dismantle the Buckeyes…again.

by jstnblke41 on Sep 5, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions

Freshmen QB going into Columbus, not to mention all the guys on defense USC has to replace?

"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."-Bill Hicks

by Jonathan Loesche on Sep 5, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know man

It could be a possibility. Navy came damn close to beating Ohio State about 30 minutes ago. Great game to watch, Navy really is a quality team. They can play with anybody outside of the top 5.

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by Bestjagfan on Sep 5, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I was thinking "Figures OSU chokes 3 hours after I pick them to go to the NC"

I think OSU was in look ahead mode, not to mention no one can defend Navy’s offense

"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."-Bill Hicks

by Jonathan Loesche on Sep 5, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Georgia Tech

If no one can defend Navy’s offense, then surely no one can defend Tech’s. Georgia Tech has a better shot at the ACC title than FSU.

by acedarney on Sep 5, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Tech

And a potential Heisman candidate in Jonathan Dwyer.

If hip hop is dead, then it happened the day that Dilla died.
-Akrobatik

by Bestjagfan on Sep 5, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Very true

experience is not on their side, although I think everyone that watches Ohio State might agree that they look like they are stuck in quicksand in big games. For as much NFL talent as the Bucks produce it baffles me how teams like Florida or USC could always look so much faster and more sophisticated in what they do. I’ll stick with USC until they hit their conference schedule.

by jstnblke41 on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions