Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

Last year, Appalachian State was ranked in the mid 40s to the mid 50s in several computer rankings.

That makes them better opponents than 8 of the other 9 top 10 teams played (USC, LSU, West Virginia, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, and Louisville, and arguably better then Wisconsin's opponent WSU).

Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

I'm going to echo Cory's point here. Mack brown lost 5 games to OU in a row, majority was not even close.
2000 65-14
2001 14-3
2002 35-24
2003 65-13
2002 12-0 (vince youngs freshman year, and texas' first shutout in decades)

After that vince young became inhumanely good, little to do with coaching. OU meanwhile lost their Heisman QB Jason White, Lost to TCU in its season opener, that same year going overtime to Baylor.

This year, texas had to cheat to beat Arkansas state, and are looking marginally better than UCF. Mack Brown is the best thing to ever happen to the Sooners.

As for the Big ten, Iowa lost to Iowa state, arguably the worst team in the big XII.

And as for Michigan, Les Miles, current coach of LSU, has been quoted the only job he has ever wanted was to be head coach at Michigan.

My Next question... So how bad must Notre Dame be this year? They have yet to score an offensive touchdown.

Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

I can't even put into words how much joy I'm taking in ND's haplessness this year. Gotta love schadenfreude. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people :rolleyes: Anyone else notice Charlie's thousand yard stare? He looks like he's got no idea what's going on, nor what to do to fix it.

I think he's too used to the NFL where he didn't have to develop or motivate his players. Now that he has to do both, he seems like he's got no idea where to start.

I could easily see 1-11 or 2-10 for them this year. 0-12 is entirely plausible as well, unless they get a lot better.

They only started this year with 4 'gimmes'--Navy, Air Force, Duke, and Stanford. At this point, I think the only one they'd be favored to beat is Duke.

Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

For those of you who don't follow CFB, another (and potentially even greater) upset occurred last night. Stanford beat USC 24-23, with the backup QB starting his first collegiate game ever, on the road.

Statistically, I believe it's the biggest upset in CFB history following the point spread (between 39 and 40.5 depending on the sportsbook). Previous high was Oregon at +38 over Washington sometime in the 80's?

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And with the resulting drop in the AP poll, my USC (#7) have now passed their USC (#10) on the way to what I recall being the first top-10 ranking in my entire time as a student. Does this mean they'll finally quit referring to us as "South Carolina"?

(I'll leave alone the fact that Clemson has dropped from the polls entirely; as a Gamecock, I also have to root for whoever's playing them.)

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After USCe (SCar) plays Tennesse, they'll be irrelevant. Always be South Carolina.

:D

Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

At the rate top 10 teams are going down this year, if I were Jim Tressel (Ohio State) or Jim Leavitt (South Florida) I would be a bit queasy right now.

Re: Appalachian State!!!!
 

But what about when MSU beats OSU next week?
will that be a bigger upset?