General 2013 NCAA Football Season Thread

J-Mezzy · Post #681 » by **J-Mezzy** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 11:02 pm

So glad Ohio state won't be in the national championship game

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Hope Auburn pulls it off

Post #682 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 12:51 am

Projections are showing Wisconsin will either be going to the Outback or Capital One Bowl. Both in Florida.

I might have to drop everything and make the trip north to see them.

Post #683 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 1:41 am

Rose Bowl: Stanford vs. Michigan State
Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl: UCF vs. Baylor
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Alabama
BCS National Championship: Auburn vs. Florida State

The monetary call to put Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl over Oregon is so lame. It's the last year of the BCS, give the people what they want: Ducks/Tide.

Post #684 » by **studcrackers** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 1:58 am

bcs matchups look pretty good. much better than last year

and although it sucks sh*t to lose out on that bcs money, id rather ok state prove themselves against a team like mizzou than play ucf anyways. maybe i'll even go to the game

El Turco · Post #685 » by **El Turco** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:11 am

oklahoma has no business in a bcs bowl, although serves oregon right after they claimed to be too good for rose bowl and went on to crap the bed next 3 games.

i like both big ten teams chances, really like stanford program but they are too one dimensional on offense and msu should shut down their running game. clemson and osu have similar teams but i like miller better than boyd.

Post #686 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:16 am

If I had to make quick picks right now, I'd go:

Sparty
Baylor
Ohio State
Bama
FSU

I will say that I think this is the perfect game for UCF to win. Baylor has shown that they can start slow, so if UCF can find a way to score early, they've got a shot. All that said, I really think Baylor drops 70 on em.

Mamba Mentality · Post #687 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:19 am

The Fiesta Bowl has potential to be an extremely one sided affair. UCF made incredible strides near the end of the season, but I'm not sure they have enough offense to stick with Baylor. But then again, not many teams do.

Also there's a pretty good chance Bama mops Oklahoma. I was really hoping that the Ducks would get matched up with the Tide, but whatever they deserve to drop out after pulling a Houdini act.

I'm really looking forward to the Rose Bowl and the National Championship game.

hermes · Post #688 » by **hermes** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:44 am

Schwabby wrote:Projections are showing Wisconsin will either be going to the Outback or Capital One Bowl. Both in Florida.

I might have to drop everything and make the trip north to see them.

i saw some that had iowa over wisconsin for the capital one bowl, but i don't know why that would be since wisconsin beat iowa

should be badgers in capital one and hawkeyes in outback i'd think

Post #689 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:47 am

hermes wrote:
Schwabby wrote:Projections are showing Wisconsin will either be going to the Outback or Capital One Bowl. Both in Florida.

I might have to drop everything and make the trip north to see them.

i saw some that had iowa over wisconsin for the capital one bowl, but i don't know why that would be since wisconsin beat iowa

should be badgers in capital one and hawkeyes in outback i'd think

It's is. Wisconsin vs. South Carolina on New Year's Day.

Tix start at $35 and I've got a bunch of friends in Orlando. I might just go.

hermes · Post #690 » by **hermes** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:48 am

and i see now that the schedule is in fact out and the badgers did get in the capital one

iowa-lsu in the outback, that should be good

here's the whole schedule
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... l-schedule

Post #691 » by **craig01** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 3:27 am

Cooter wrote:The Fiesta Bowl has potential to be an extremely one sided affair. UCF made incredible strides near the end of the season, but I'm not sure they have enough offense to stick with Baylor. But then again, not many teams do.

Having been a Ucf season ticket holder for 15 years, I like the comments........

Yes, Baylor could blow this team out, no question about it.

Baylor should blow this team out, that's why Vegas has established a 15 pt spread.

Will Baylor blow out Ucf? IDK

But can Baylor stop Ucf?

Ucf has played very conservatively for weeks being the target week after week, however, Ucf has a great group of WR's, that are very underrated and probably 3 of them will find homes on NFL rosters down the road.

The WR's are as much of Bortles success as the QB himself. Ucf has a lot of weapons, so we will see how all of this pans out.

El Turco · Post #692 » by **El Turco** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 6:12 am

baylor secondary and defense overall is one of the best in the nation despite playing some high octane offenses, i don't see how ucf can keep it close who looked rather uninspiring against weak aac competition. baylor won't take it easy either, playing in their first bcs bowl i expect them to be focused.

Post #693 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 8:49 am

hermes wrote:and i see now that the schedule is in fact out and the badgers did get in the capital one

iowa-lsu in the outback, that should be good

here's the whole schedule
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... l-schedule

happy new year. That Boston College/Arizona Game needs to be all runs. Two of the best backs in the country.

Post #694 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 7:34 pm

Just looking at the non-BCS bowls, there's some real intriguing matchups:

Wisconsin vs. South Carolina
Duke vs. Texas A&M
Miami vs. Louisville
Oregon vs. Texas
OK St. vs. Mizzou
Iowa vs. LSU
VaTech vs. UCLA
Fresno St. vs. USC
Arizona vs. Boston College
Boise St. vs. Oregon St.

Could be a classic bowl season to go along with the crazy regular season.

Mamba Mentality · Post #695 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 9:14 pm

Can't wait for Manziel to torch that Duke secondary and finish his collegiate career with a bang.I wonder what the opening line on that game is going to be though. I'd figure A&M would be favored by more than a td.

Post #696 » by **Da Schwab** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 10:46 pm

Cooter wrote:Can't wait for Manziel to torch that Duke secondary and finish his collegiate career with a bang.I wonder what the opening line on that game is going to be though. I'd figure A&M would be favored by more than a td.

Most place I've seen have it somewhere between 10-12.

El Turco · Post #697 » by **El Turco** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 6:57 am

like manziel really values his college career

LoboGuerrero · Post #698 » by **LoboGuerrero** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:09 pm

I know that every team has games decided by questionable calls, but wow, MSU could be in the National Championship if it weren't for a few of them in that Notre Dame game.

Should be a great bowl season though, the BCS bowls look like great match-ups, and there are some nice non-BCS games too.

Mamba Mentality · Post #699 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 6:34 pm

El MyLittlePony wrote:like manziel really values his college career

He probably doesn't as much as he should. But from a draft stock perspective you know he's going to come out sharp and look to quiet his critics.

Post #700 » by **Icness** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:26 pm

Schwabby wrote:Just looking at the non-BCS bowls, there's some real intriguing matchups:

Wisconsin vs. South Carolina
Duke vs. Texas A&M
Miami vs. Louisville
Oregon vs. Texas
OK St. vs. Mizzou
Iowa vs. LSU
VaTech vs. UCLA
Fresno St. vs. USC
Arizona vs. Boston College
Boise St. vs. Oregon St.

Could be a classic bowl season to go along with the crazy regular season.

Some of those look really promising.
Mizzou/OK State will be a real barnburner
Boise without Peterson against an OSU team which plays to level of competition.
Oregon/Texas, so much speed on the field.

It's not a sexy game but Arkansas State/Ball State figures to be entertaining. Both are quality teams.