**THE FR COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE THREAD Week 5: At The Polls**

[RaiderRose]

I guess we’re both having a painful season. lol At least we lost to two ranked (if over-ranked) teams.

side note—a lot of my family went to nmsu (el paso people), and i didn’t even know they HAD a football team.

[panthermom]

I’ll be there!!! Goooo Dawgs!!!

[Man50D]

He replied, "I think at this point in the year, people are just guessing. With everything that goes on during a season, your guess is as good as mine."

That's exactly correct! it is all guessing until they actually play!

There is also the school of thought that I happen to agree with that this should be the week to start off the AP and Coaches Polls and simply go through the first month of the season without polls at all.

Bingo!

But, leave it to ESPN analyst (and AP Voter) Kirk Herbstreit to mention something concerning that topic. His comment in ESPN's postgame commentary last Saturday went something like this: "you have to have something to base all of this from. If we didn't have polls for the first month of the year, who would we rank?"

No one Herbie until they play!

I want to thank everyone for the kind remarks about last weeks FWIW Top Ten. It's inspired me to carry on! Texas still holds the top spot and the Big 12 with three in the top ten. Followed by the Big Ten and SEC with two.

1.Texas
2.LSU
3.Oregon
4.Iowa
5.Michigan
6.Virginia Tech
7.Kansas
8.Florida
9.Cincinnati
10.Nebraska

[Michael.SF.]

the Trojans might climb back into the national title hunt if they keep winning

As a Trojan fan, as well as one looking forward to attending the game, three things would have to happen for USC to have any consideration for the national title:

1) Losses by Florida and Texas.
2) No further losses by USC.
3) No further losses by Washington.

Bottom line is, it ain't gonna happen.

Best USC can do this year is Pac-10 Champ, which may be a tough nut to crack with Cal coming off of a humiliation, they will be out for blood.

Right now USC may be ranked higher then they should be, but that may be because people are assuming that Washington is better then they thought, which they probably are, but another loss by them and it makes USC look worse for losing to them.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

An interesting story about Ohio State & Indiana in football (I hope my facts are right here). In Woody Hayes first season he lost to Indiana and he was so mad that he swore he would never lose to Indiana ever again. And he never did. Then I believe it was 1987 that Indiana beat Ohio State in Columbus and OSU coach Earle Bruce declared it to be the "darkest day in Ohio State football history". Of course the next year in 1988 OSU lost again to IU in Bloomington and some IU fans had a sign that said Darkest Day Part 2.

I think Washington plays Notre Dame either this weekend or next and some think this will be a battle to see who will be the first QB to be picked in the 2010 NFL draft.

[Hurricane Andrew]

I still remember how you have to add FSU and UF National Championships together to equal what Miami has accomplished all by its lonesome...

[cleveland gop]

I remember the Earle Bruce stories like they just happened....

OK folks, time to put yer brains to work....

Out of the 120 schools that comprise the Football Bowl Sub-Division(FBS or Div.1)only 5 DO NOT use the word “university” in their school name. Name thems........

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Would Notre Dame be one. Georgia Tech.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Boston College.

[cleveland gop]

I’ll give you my best Ben Bailey imitation from Cash Cab....

GOT 2, NEED 3 MORE......

Boston College
Georgia Institute of Technology

Not, The University of Notre Dame....

[GOP_Raider]

I believe Va Tech is the Virginia Polytechnic Institute as well.

[Roccus]

LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS !!!

(....but right now, I'm goin' fishin'.)

[sweet_diane]

I’ll be in Cozumel on Saturday and doubt I’ll find the game on anywhere! Roll Tide Roll!!

[cleveland gop]

Nope, tis Virginia Tech University....

[GOP_Raider]

The service academies!
The United States Military Academy
The United States Naval Academy
The United States Air Force Academy!

[cleveland gop]

DING, DING , DING.....WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

Good question, isn’t it?

So how was the trip to the SLC?

[GOP_Raider]

Trip went pretty well. Homecoming game was sold out (the funny thing was that the byU game going on in Provo that night wasn’t sold out, so tell all your friends). Got the W against Louisville, but we lost RB Matt Asiata for the entire season with a torn ACL, his 2nd ACL tear in 3 years. Coming back home it dawned on me that I have been in attendance for both of Asiata’s ACL tears. I was in Corvallis back in ‘07 when he tore his ACL on the second carry of the season in a loss to Oregon State and now the Louisville game this year. So maybe I’m just bad luck?

[bamafour]

I loathe Brent Musberger! If he's calling a game the mute is ON! His bias literally drips from the screen!

[fkabuckeyesrule]

You’re looking live from.....

[GOP_Raider]

Oh believe you me, you are not in the minority. I still don’t understand what the networks have been thinking keeping this guy employed.