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Are you playing in the Bowl Pickem Challenge we have going at FunOfficePools.com. Well, you are in luck! The ever entertaining and mostly right Adam Jones from JonesTopTen.com has released his Bowl Preview. With 35 bowls on the slate, this is a little long. That being said, grab a cup of coffee and sit back and read his preview for a few laughs and a little insight on the upcoming bowls.
The Bowl Championship Series is broken down into three components (Harris Poll, USA Today Poll, & the six computer polls) to determine the two teams playing for the national championship. If these are the components that breakdown the BCS, then the typical questions from the majority of college fans would be what are the six computer rankings, who are the people from the Harris Poll, & which coaches are from the USA Today Coaches Poll? Out of three components, the six computer polls is the only component that doesn’t play any bias factors, provides tons of math equations, no influence on opinions or assumptions, or margin of victory. Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Jeff Sagarin, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, & Dr. Peter Wolfe are the six computer polls who provide a major significance in determining the two teams playing for the national championship.
Face it, you thought I had an answer, but I don’t! The Ducks have been undeniably awesome this season on offense. They run a high octane, spread attack in which they step on the gas from the beginning of the game and hardly let up the rest of the way.
It doesn’t seem to matter who runs the offense at quarterback, the results are the same, lot’s of yardage and lots of points!
ESPN’s Todd McShay breaks it down . . . . well, some of it.
My question for you, today, is, how do you stop this offense?
That’s right, I’m asking you the question. How do you stop the Oregon Ducks’ spread offense?
The answer is up to you. Leave your thoughts below in the comments space.
The crystal ball is what they play for!
Editor Note: Well, the first BCS standings of 2010 came out last Sunday, and that begs the question, “What is this BCS thing anyways?” I know that you know about the controversy, and the chaos, and the debates, but do you know the specifics behind it? Well, writer Daniel Durany of DFW Football fills us in.
Inside the BCS
While the majority of this nation’s desires a playoff system for college football, we are unfortunately stuck with the best formula to determine the two teams in college football playing for a national championship known as the BCS. What is the BCS? The BCS stands for Bowl Championship Series and started to form in 1998 when the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10, Southeastern Conference, & University of Notre Dame contracted with Fiesta, Sugar, Rose, & Orange Bowl.
Today the BCS is managed by the commissioners of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivisions (“FBS”) conferences, Director of Athletics at the University of Notre Dame, and representatives of the bowl organizations. The 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) conferences are the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain-West Conference, Pac-10 Conference, Southeastern Conference, Sun Belt Conference, and Western Athletic Conference representing a total of 120 universities.
Yards that is.
685 all-purpose yards for Jeremy Kerley this year after four games. Jeremy Kerley has just begun. The Horned Frogs haven’t really cranked up the “wild frog” yet. When you take a look at his stats, only one of the four categories used for all-purpose stats have less than 100 yards meaning that Kerley does it for the Frogs from many different areas.
Kerley has 60 yard rushing, 167 yards receiving, 161 punt return yards, and 297 kickoff return yards for a total of total of four touchdowns. Kerley also tossed a pass for an 11 yard gain last night against SMU.
TCU will be starting the upcoming football season ranked #6 according to the Associated Press. The top 5 teams from the AP Polls are Alabama, Ohio State, Boise State, Florida and Texas. This is the highest pre-season ranking in school history. TCU’s previous pre-season high was #7 during the 1956 AP polls. Last year, the Horned Frogs became the Mountain West Conference champions as they finished 12-1 overall, 8-0 in the conference. Their only loss coming to hands of the Boise State Broncos in Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. They finished in top-10 for second straight season and third time in the last five years.
With all the accolades accomplished last year by the Horned Frogs, they still know there is unfinished business to get done. This year’s unfinished business is to win the national championship. The Horned Frogs average over 450 yards a game ranking them in top 10, while averaging nearly close to 240 rushing yards a game ranking them fifth nation, and averaging over 38 points a game. What scary about this offense is number of players returning for this year. TCU’s returns four lineman, three receivers, two running backs and quarterback. Balance is the key to the success on offense. They had four players who rushed for over 500 yards which includes quarterback, Andy Dalton rushing 512 yards. Dalton’s 29 wins ties Sammy Baugh for the most school wins in school history. He threw for 2,756 yards, completing nearly 62 percent of his passes with 23 touchdowns. [Read more...]
It’s that time of the year—when members of the media, annual publications and fans are all on the same page (or so they think): on who will be No.1 team in college football for the coming season.
Some selectors have been making choices for over 50 years; others as few as 10; all have a say-so and not all have been completely accurate with their choices for a given year.
Colin Kaepernick. The Pistol Offense has made him an exciting, prolific quarterback and star at Nevada for the Wolfpack. Two years ago, I listed him as one of the Top Returning quarterbacks, and he did not disappoint. In the past two years, Kaepernick has passed for 4,901 yards and rushed for 2,313 more. He passed for 42 touchdowns and rushed for 33, a mind-boggling 75 touchdowns in two years. Don’t forget the touchdown reception he had. . . make that 76 touchdowns.
What do we make of this offense? The Pistol is an offense where the quarterback lines up four yards behind the center, not as far as a shotgun, and the running back lines up behind the quarterback. It is the best of a shotgun and an I-formation. The results are quite extraordinary in terms of being prolific.
Kaepernick is the ultimate athlete to play the position. He stands at 6-foot-6 and is only 215 pounds and is as quick and fast as any QB in the country. He is also fairly accurate making him a good dual-threat quarterback.
However, the fact remains that the Pistol has become more than a fascination. The Chris Ault developed offense is now being used by other teams. As the influences spread, so will uses of the offense. For instance, former Wolfpack Offensive Coordinator Chris Klenakis moved to Arkansas to be the Offensive Line coach. In the Spring, Klenakis installed the Pistol formation for the Razorbacks.
