NCAA Battlezone

Florida State is the new Notre Dame. And no, that's not a compliment.


For years, sports writers have falsely forecasted Notre Dame's return to football glory, giving the Fighting Irish preseason hype that they ultimately don't live up to. The true national champion of this phenomenon, though, is Florida State.



Since 2001, the Seminoles have been overrated more than any other major program based on the change between how many votes they get in the preseason Associated Press poll and the final one (including this season). Over this span, the Seminoles have finished with 60.4% fewer points in the poll than they began with. That's the largest decline of any team with at least five preseason-poll appearances over this span.


California has the second-biggest drop-off (-47.7%), which is owed to the Golden Bears' repeated failures in the mid-2000s.



Tennessee (-40.1%) and Nebraska (-33.0%) are next-worst. Notre Dame is "only" at -30.5%. The Irish have finished each of the past five seasons with fewer poll points than they started, but they haven't been getting many votes to begin with lately. (Notre Dame was ranked 16th before this season; the Irish are currently unranked.)


The Seminoles have had several disappointing seasons in recent years as they've tried to rejoin the sport's elite, but this season is truly a masterpiece. Ranked No. 6 by the AP before the season, Florida State (2-3) has fallen out of the polls by losing to Oklahoma (understandable), Clemson (forgivable) and Wake Forest (ouch).



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Don't you know that Steve feels like doing this to Garcia after Garcia got suspended for drugs! Argh!

Fire Charlie Weis! He's sitting on his fat butt on the sideline. He is the offensive coordinator, for heaven's sake.

At the end of the game, Charlie is sitting down. Unacceptable.

Not sure who your honey badger is but he is likely to be suspended before Saturday.

Are you a freaking prophet?
Wrong week, but closer than almost anything Nostradamus 'predicted'
You feeling good about any particular lottery numbers this week?

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2011/10/lsu_tigers_trio_said_to_be_sus.html

LSU football trio said to be suspended for Auburn game after testing positive for synthetic marijuana

See, that is what happens when you replace the artificial turf on a field with real "grass" so the coach can graze on it during a game. They had to do something with the old turf, might as well smoke it...

Are you a freaking prophet?
Wrong week, but closer than almost anything Nostradamus 'predicted'
You feeling good about any particular lottery numbers this week?

I predict a loss to Alabama.

Synthetic marijuana?

Synthetic marijuana?

aka artificial turf....

Is that some sort of drug lingo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2BAfhUHX0&sns=fb


ROLL TIDE ROLL!

I predict a loss to Alabama.

I was concerned until I reviewed your pickem's standing.

I am comfortable leading from the middle.

One more reason to love the hat! Finishing behind Vandy is winning, in my opinion

Baton Rouge - The LSU football team had the second highest graduation rate in the SEC and well above the national average, according to NCAA data.

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2011/10/lsu_football_claims_second-hig.html

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Mean and sacrilegious website. I believe in the power of prayer.

Slightly funny though. No harm done, Arkiehawg.

Appears to be a tad frigid in black rebel bear country...

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NPR talks college football this morning. They don't give a sh@t if it took away three minutes from a morning otherwise devoted to demolishing Herman Cain

"I will say this, the X factor might be "the Honey Badger," who is a cornerback for LSU named Tyrann Mathieu," Pesca says. "Just the fact that he's nicknamed "the honey badger," I think, comes into play."

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/04/142001983/lsu-alabama-preview-the-honey-badger-as-x-factor

Geaux Tigers and Beat Bama.....

ESPN is really talking up LSU. I almost changed my pick, but every time I do that, I regret it.

Both teams are great. Too bad one of them has to lose (with regard to SEC power in the BCS).

Roll tide roll!!!!!

This game is a

No offense. OT. Neither team deserves a national championship in my opinion because a defense can't win if there is no offense.

Congrats Skunky!

Classic game. Great defense.

Ahahahahahaha bye bye crimson tide! Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey goodbye!!! Lmao!!! This is the greatest saturday ever!!! Geaux LSU Tigers, congratulations on your victory at Tuscaloosa.

BR is right, not exactly an offensive explosion, but I don't think anyone expected that. Some people hate defensive struggles, just like some people hate 1-0 baseball games that featured great pitching. Both teams will have plenty of offense next week-keep in mind there were multiple NFL first round defensive picks on the field at any given time last night.