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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

BCS Rankings 2010: BCS Standings 2010 vs. College Football Rankings Week 8

BCS Rankings 2010: BCS Standings 2010 vs. College Football Rankings Week 8 - Alabama and South Carolina both

slipped further into the rankings as the latest BCS Rankings and College Football Rankings Week 8 had been released. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings was just released October 17 after the final results of the Week 7 games. The new number 1 on the BCS Rankings 2010 was Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, for the NCAA College Football Rankings Week 8, Oregon remains at number 1 while the number 1 ranked Oklahoma at the BCS Standings 2010 is at number 3. As you can notice, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Boise State are the top three teams in both BCS Rankings 2010 and College Football Rankings Week 8. They just differ in rankings. However, quality wise and statistically wise, the BCS standings will hold the greater weight since this is the official ranking from BCS organizers.
Wihout further delay, here are the official BCS Rankings 2010 which includes the BCS Standings and College Football Rankings Week 8. Compare and contrast and see the difference:
BCS Rankings 2010 (released October 17, 2010)

RK	TEAM	RECORD
1	Oklahoma	6-0
2	Oregon	6-0
3	Boise State	6-0
4	Auburn	7-0
5	TCU	7-0
6	LSU	7-0
7	Michigan State	7-0
8	Alabama	6-1
9	Utah	6-0
10	Ohio State	6-1
11	Missouri	6-0
12	Stanford	5-1
13	Wisconsin	6-1
14	Oklahoma State	6-0
15	Iowa	5-1
16	Nebraska	5-1
17	Florida State	6-1
18	Arizona	5-1
19	Texas	4-2
20	West Virginia	5-1
21	South Carolina	4-2
22	Kansas State	5-1
23	Arkansas	4-2
24	Mississippi State	5-2
25	Virginia Tech	5-2

NCAA College Football Rankings Week 8

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oregon (39)	6-0	1471
2	Boise State (15)	6-0	1433
3	Oklahoma (3)	6-0	1355
4	TCU (3)	7-0	1340
5	Auburn	7-0	1279
6	LSU	7-0	1132
7	Alabama	6-1	1121
8	Michigan State	7-0	1062
9	Utah	6-0	1019
10	Wisconsin	6-1	920
11	Ohio State	6-1	895
12	Stanford	5-1	828
13	Iowa	5-1	768
14	Nebraska	5-1	684
15	Arizona	5-1	619
16	Florida State	6-1	615
17	Oklahoma State	6-0	575
18	Missouri	6-0	552
19	South Carolina	4-2	372
20	West Virginia	5-1	346
21	Arkansas	4-2	343
22	Texas	4-2	267
23	Virginia Tech	5-2	122
24	Mississippi State	5-2	111
25	Miami (FL)	4-2	85

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Earl Thomas' Texas two-step is football and music

Safety Earl Thomas does a lot for the Texas football team. He has eight interceptions, which is second in the nation, and 71 tackles, which is second on the team.

He even puts points on the scoreboard, having returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns.

Yes, Thomas does just about everything except play in the band.

And even that could be arranged.

Thomas, a sophomore, has little down time between practice with the Longhorns and practice with Bad Bones, a jazz group based in Austin, Texas. He plays piano in the group, but can also play the organ, saxophone and drums.

At West Orange (Texas) Stark High, Thomas read both offensive schemes and music sheets on Friday nights, playing football before shedding his pads and joining the band for the halftime show.

"It was kind of embarrassing," Thomas said. "We were a small school, so there were maybe 30-35 people in the band. I'd take off my shoulder pads and helmet and march in my cleats."

Thomas' musical abilities are well known around the Texas team.

"Last year, there was a piano in our dining hall. He'd sit down and start playing. It was pretty amazing," defensive end Sam Acho said.

Other times he has "volunteered" when the team has gone on bonding excursions.

"Any time we go somewhere, you can get pushed up there," Thomas said, pointing out that defensive end Sergio Kindle was sent up to rap when the Longhorns went to a comedy club Sunday night. When called upon, Thomas said, "I sit down, get in the groove, and go from there."

Thomas' start in music began when he was 12. His church needed a piano player and his grandfather, the church's pastor, nudged him into the spotlight.

"My uncle went to college and we didn't have a piano player," Thomas said. "My grandfather told me to go up there and try to make some music."

It led to a backup career. Thomas knew someone who knew someone in Bad Bones, "so I got an audition." It led to a permanent spot in the band, which plays clubs in the lively Austin music scene.

Thomas occasionally teams up with Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley, who plays guitar and has written and recorded his own music.

"We played at the [Fiesta] Bowl last season," Thomas said. "I was on drums."

Said Acho: "Earl is excellent. You should hear him."

Or maybe the Texas marching band should.

"He was in the band in high school?" Acho said, smiling. "That, I didn't know. Now I got something on him."

Friday, January 8, 2010

Tim Tebow: Can College Football Stand To Lose This Player?

I know what you are thinking. Yeah, just another story about Tim Tebow.

I am a lifelong, through and through, Alabama fan who has tremendous respect for this young man. I don't plan on boring you with stats, because if I started listing stats and records, this article would turn into a short novel, so I am just going to give a few points or recollections and give Tebow the respect he deserves.

I do remember his recruiting when Coach Mike Shula seemed to have somewhat of a chance of getting Tebow to come to Alabama. I watched a high school game on ESPN, thinking that it was Hoover High School vs Nease High School, and remember thinking to myself, “What a talented young Quarterback."

Soon after, he chose to play at Florida, and the time since has been nothing short of incredible.

Tebow is a player who seems to make everyone around him better. He can plug energy into a whole team, and he can also put the team on his back and carry it if need be.

In my lifetime, I remember some great athletes like Bo Jackson, one of the best if not the best running backs to play the college game, Herschel Walker, another phenomenal running back, and Derrick Thomas, a great linebacker. I am sure there are plenty of others who you and I both can recall, but giving all these great players the respect they deserve, none of these, in my opinion, had the same impact on College Football as Tim Tebow.

He is without a doubt one of the best all around College Football players to ever play the game, if for nothing else than through the way in which he plays the game, not to mention the way he lives his life off the field, since he is as good of a person as you can find anywhere. His name is known immediately in any town and in any state in this great nation without a pause.

Not only is Florida losing the greatest to probably ever wear that uniform, but College Football is also losing one of the greatest to ever play the game.

You hear other teams fans in the SEC say, “We are glad he’s gone." From a competition standpoint, most likely they are right. Teams know when you line up against him, your outcome is not usually the way you like it.

But is College Football ready for this exit? Well, it looks that it has no choice. Bama fan or not, when the dust settles, I for one will miss watching him.

I am sure this will not reach Tim’s ear, but I for one, being a College Football fan, want to say Thank You Tim…. And God Bless.