Nebraska becomes a member of the newly expanded Big Ten in 2011, and though they face Ohio State , Michigan State and Iowa … Source: Bleacher Report
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College Football 2011: 27 Teams That Will Go Undefeated at Home
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Now that Kansas (18-1, 3-1) has tumbled out of the ranks of the undefeated and some Big East brethren have taken some starch out of Syracuse , is there a team out there to challenge Ohio State as No. 1 in the land? Or do you stick with Kansas? Despite… Source: Cleveland.com
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New national polls will reflect national hoops parity: College Basketball Insider
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47, each are one win from a national championship, with only the other in the way. Chizik’s return to Auburn, where he had been defensive coordinator for the undefeated 2004 Tigers, was not — at first — triumphant. He had spent 19 years as an assistant,… Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Coaches at top of their game
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Lady Longhorns are now 2-2 with a 66-41 loss to Holbrook Roadrunners Dec. 7. The Lady Horns struggled against the Roadrunners’ press and half-court trap. Payson’s girls fell 66-41 and the boys team lost 59-44 to the undefeated Runners. With the loss,… Source: Payson Roundup
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Holbrook teams showcase talent against Longhorns
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Individual performances in a season Greatest margin of victory: 33.0 points per game (2005 Texas Longhorns) It’s hard to believe that this squad entered the 2008 season un-ranked. That changed after week one, a 25-23 victory in Michigan coach Rich… Source: Bleacher Report
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Where Do Cam’s Tigers Fall? Power Ranking The Top Undefeated Teams of The 2000s
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Can the Huskers regroup and tame the undefeated Cowboys in Stillwater? Something they have never done in Big 12 conference play? No other way to put it, the Huskers were handed their lunch by the Longhorns just last week. While there are cries that the… Source: Bleacher Report
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Nebraska-Oklahoma State Football : Analysis of No. 16 Huskers Vs. No. 14 Pokes
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The AP ranked No. 25 Michigan State Spartans are off to a surprising start with wins over Western Michigan , Florida Atlantic, and an amazing overtime win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish—but the honeymoon has got to stop somewhere. The Spartans earned Source: Bleacher Report
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College Football’s Undefeated: Predicting When All the Unbeaten Teams Will Lose
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Brown and Will Muschamp will most likely demolish Rick Neuheisel and Norm Chow. While the win against House was a nice baby step forward, the Bruins will have a mountain to climb this weekend against the undefeated and defending Big-12 champion Texas… Source: Bruins Nation :: A UCLA Bruins weblog
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Dreading Austin: Stocked Longhorns, Texas’ Monster Defense & Unkind History (Towards Bruins)
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Are Boise State and TCU gaining respect from coaches around the country? Texas coach Mack Brown became the latest coach to say he would not have a problem with a non-AQ team making it into the national championship game if they deserved to be there at the end of the year. When asked earlier this week whether he would be OK with that scenario, Brown said this, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “The way the [BCS] rules are, absolutely. If you don’t like it, change the rules.” Brown went on to add that he expects his team to be in the mix should it go undefeated, and believes it would finish higher than an undefeated Boise State or TCU. He is right there. But with the rules as they are currently configured, he seems to have a more inclusive approach should either or both of the non-AQ teams be the only ones to go undefeated. “I have not been a proponent of everything in the BCS,” Brown said. “I would think strength of schedule should be a bigger part of it than it is. And it’s not. And if that’s the case, then TCU and Boise have to be considered top teams. If somebody doesn’t like it, they need to go back and change the formula.” Last month, Florida coach Urban Meyer told The Sporting News, “If Boise State is the best team in America at the end of the season, you better believe I would vote them No. 1 . If they deserve to play in the BCS championship game, they should play in it.” Boise State and TCU inched up higher in the latest coaches’ poll this week, with the Broncos moving up two spots to No. 3 and TCU moving up two spots to No. 5. No non-AQ team has played for a national championship before, and it remains to be seen whether undefeated Boise State and/or TCU would be voted into the top two spots at the end of the season. That has been a big source of debate and contention in the past week, since both teams won their openers against schools from automatic qualifying conferences. It is easy for coaches to say today that Boise State and TCU would deserve a spot in the title game, but it is another thing to say it come December, with the actual championship on the line.
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Boise State, TCU gaining cred from coaches
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Boise State and TCU return most of the starters off their BCS teams from last season. So surely 2010 is the best chance yet for a non-AQ team to make history and bust into the BCS national championship game. As our good friend Lee Corso would say right about now – not so fast my friend. The Broncos and Horned Frogs do have specific advantages their past teams never had. For one, they are both ranked in the Top 10 in the preseason coaches’ poll, the first time two non-AQ teams have been ranked so high to start a season. Boise State starts No. 5; TCU at No. 7. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a non-automatic qualifier or a qualifying school — the higher you start, the better chance you have to play for a national championship,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said. Both programs made history last season, the first time two non-AQ teams made it into a BCS game. Both are on the lips of most every college football fan in America. Both have gained respect, and both are living in a world where fans increasingly want to see the current BCS system torn up, if for no other reason than to expedite a playoff. So yes, compared to 10 years ago, non-AQ teams are getting unprecedented consideration. But for the incremental movements up the poll, there still is a glass ceiling between them and a spot in the coveted BCS national championship game. The preseason poll already shows some of the favor power schools have with voters — Florida and Texas, with unproven quarterbacks, are ranked ahead of them. Undefeated TCU has been the closest to the title game in the BCS era, finishing with a No. 4 ranking in the BCS standings last season. Boise State was No. 6. But if history is any indication, it is going to be just as difficult for any non-AQ team to play for a national championship. For one, they must go undefeated. For another, going undefeated has meant nothing. Let us take a look back at the past six final BCS standings to 2004, when Utah became the first non-AQ team to make it into a BCS game. 2004: Undefeated Utah (AP preseason No. 20) finishes No. 6 in the BCS standings behind three unbeaten teams and two one-loss teams: Texas and California). The Utes beat Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. 2005: No non-AQ team in BCS bowls. 2006: Undefeated Boise St. (preseason unranked) finishes ranked No. 8 in final BCS standings – behind two 2-loss teams to boot (LSU and USC). The Broncos beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl in one of the greatest games in college football history. 2007: Undefeated Hawaii (AP preseason No. 23/coaches No. 24) finishes No. 10 in the BCS standings. 2008: Undefeated Utah (preseason unranked) finishes No. 6 in the BCS standings behind five one-loss teams (Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Alabama and USC).
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Crossroads: Could a non-AQ team crash title game?
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