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[witnesskb24]

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[5am6oody72]

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I legit am pretty sure we haven't had eight 4* wide receivers combined in all of our recruiting classes since I started at VT (2006).

 

[imlive365]

Chris Fowler is terrible at play by play

 

[nako xl]

Pac12: Oregon
Sec: Alabama
ACC: FSU
B1G: tO$U
BigXII: Baylor


Final 4: Oregon, Bama, tO$U, Baylor

Heisman: JT Barrett

Final answer.

 

[District of Columbia]

Chris Fowler is terrible at play by play

Vern Lundquist can hardly remember where he is when he announces ..it's time for him to go

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Keith Gavin decommitted from the good guys. Welp. Bama looks to be the clubhouse leader @ this point. UGA in the picture as well.

Josh Sweat apparently will play in FSU's opening game. Not quite a year after tearing his ACL & dislocating his kneecap.

"Miraculous" recovery for that kid.

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Not good when going against that VT defense.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Reverse Engineering a Champion: Five Traits That the Last 10 College Football Kings Have Shared — And What That Tells Us About This Year’s Favorites

Last weekend brought the release of the preseason Associated Press poll, the last and most official of the deluge of August college football rankings, and the one that best reflects the national consensus as opening kickoff looms. Like every other poll that preceded it this summer, the AP enshrined Ohio State as the preseason no. 1, in its case unanimously, making the defending champs the first team to ever receive every first-place vote in an initial AP ballot. The only drama was who would come in second (that would be TCU) and how dumb voters will look in three months for overrating Notre Dame.

The Buckeyes’ appeal is obvious enough, and their unchallenged place atop the preseason pecking order was preordained months in advance. With virtually the entire two-deep back from the team that ripped off 13 straight wins en route to the 2014 title, finishing off that run with a physical flourish in playoff wins over Alabama and Oregon, there’s little doubt the 2015 edition looks like a repeat champion in the making, at least on paper.

Which brings us to the question of the day: Just what does a modern college football champion look like, exactly? What common threads bind the teams that have won on the biggest stage to set themselves apart from everyone else? Which aspiring contenders are most likely to exhibit those traits in 2015? Least likely? And does Ohio State really fit the template as snugly as its lofty preseason status suggests?

To answer those questions, I looked at the past 10 national champions from the BCS and playoff eras (Texas in 2005, Florida in 2006, LSU in 2007, Florida in 2008, Alabama in 2009, Auburn in 2010, Alabama in 2011 and 2012, Florida State in 2013, and Ohio State last year)3 to isolate a handful of common characteristics beyond “they’re all, you know, really good.” I then applied those traits to the ostensible 2015 front-runners, loosely defined as the 15 teams with the best odds to go all the way according to Vegas Insider, a list that corresponds almost exactly to the top 15 in both the AP and Coaches polls. Some of the trends are more ubiquitous than others, but they should all help clarify what really matters when separating the wheat from the chaff.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2...e-engineering-a-champion-ohio-state-tcu-ucla/

Pretty good read.

 

[quise2024]

They talked about that somewhat on sportscenter yesterday morning .. one thing they said was the QBs were mainly in their first year. Tebow was the only repeat QB right?

 

[spacedoodoo]

Idk if I would consider tebow a true repeat champion, his role was limited his freshman year behind leak. But I suppose technically he's the only one. 

 

[quise2024]

Idk if I would consider tebow a true repeat champion, his role was limited his freshman year behind leak. But I suppose technically he's the only one. 

Yeah thats true.

 

[10508 cardo jr ln]

Malcolm Mitchell wrote a children's book that releases tomorrow, NCAA letting him profit from it too

#PioneerDawgs

 

[Chester McFloppy]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

 

[MVP]

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[dacomeup]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

 

[mr marcus]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

wow 

 

[D StaXX]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

 

[quise2024]

Whats suppose to be so funny about that?

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

 

[witnesskb24]

Illinois football coach just got fired, telling players not to report injuries

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Illinois football coach just got fired, telling players not to report injuries

Damn lol

 

[10508 cardo jr ln]

If anyone is looking to buy a copy on Amazon, it's called "All Dawgs Go 9-3"

I saw the edit scumbag

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[ThaxbyChamblis]

I saw the edit scumbag

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The edit was re: the tebow topic not you blood

And you know our players don't even make it to central booking, remember?

 

[hometownhero]

down to 8?! how many do they need?

humble brag

ncaa shouldn't be able to stop him from profiting from a book he wrote. that should be like a side job. 

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

You need a lot, those WR's get tired running 3 & 4 verts all game

 

[hometownhero]

should just have them run wind sprints for practice then.