USA Today Coaches preseason poll

[samikeyp]

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. USC
5. Alabama
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Penn State
9. LSU
10. Mississippi
11. Oklahoma State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Oregon
15. Georgia Tech
16. Boise State
17. TCU
18. Utah
19. Florida State
20. North Carolina
21. Iowa
22. Nebraska
23. Notre Dame
24. BYU
25. Oregon State

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4382938

[mookie2001]

reading some soonerscoop

OU is so good they only lost to the number 1 and 2 teams last year!

[rjv]

tcu and texas are the only 2 texas teams.

[Girasuck]

Oregon should be higher, at least in the top 7 or 8. I'm picking them to win the Pac-10 this year. I'll take being ranked at 18. Pretty good considering we lost our 2 best defensive players and our 3 best offensive players.

[redraiderinfiji]

Tech will be in the top 25 after week one

[Texas Chili Dog]

I have to say I'm surprised Georgia came in as high as #13. I'm expecting a down year, but we'll see. With the Hall of Famer, Matthew Stafford, and the All-Pro Knowshon Moreno off to bigger things, I'm a little scared. But go Dawgs!!! UGA!!!!!!!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bGF3wjihSm8/SLkmJHnU5II/AAAAAAAAAws/xf53z4ehSrE/s400/UGA+VII.jpg

[Cant_Be_Faded]

wha-whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt


Tebow vs Colt will finally reveal to us who is truly God's chosen one.

[mookie2001]

i told you 2 seasons ago 09 was the Christian Fellowship National Championship

[tlongII]

Beavs

[Dr Cox]

if not week one week 2....



#27 texas tech!!

[SpuronyourFace]

Glad Texas is ranked above OU. That way it wont matter as much when Bob Stoops runs up the scores against inferior teams and tries to look more favorable to voters like he did last year.


And fuck Bradford and his inflated stats last year. Colt is a better QB and thats it.

[Holmes_Fans]

tcu and texas are the only 2 texas teams.
OU might as well be considered a Texas team since they have to get all of their players from here.

[tonylongoriafan]

isn't penn state at #8 sitting in a good spot?

[starboy]

Tech will be in the top 25 after week one

And out after week 3.

[Thunder Dan]

preseason rankings are the reason college football sucks. Forget the BCS, it's the preseason rankings that fuck everything up. I think the first rankings should come out in October when each team has played 4 games and you can get an idea. All preseason rankings do is handicap teams.

[gaKNOW!blee]

isn't penn state at #8 sitting in a good spot?

Yeah, considering they have the easiest schedule of all time and their biggest game is at home.

[samikeyp]

preseason rankings are the reason college football sucks. Forget the BCS, it's the preseason rankings that fuck everything up. I think the first rankings should come out in October when each team has played 4 games and you can get an idea. All preseason rankings do is handicap teams.

Not the first time that has been mentioned here and still a great idea. :toast

[scott]

preseason rankings are the reason college football sucks. Forget the bcs, it's the preseason rankings that fuck everything up. I think the first rankings should come out in october when each team has played 4 games and you can get an idea. All preseason rankings do is handicap teams.

+1

[Thunder Dan]

I think it's funny that the media rile up the fans every year about how the BCS sucks, yet they still have their polls and rankings to sell magazines each August which is an even bigger sham than the BCS.

I mean the BCS is bullshit, but if you just started ranking teams in October, you would get a better judge as to who should be the top 2 teams than if you start ranking in August before teams even play. But the media won't tell you about this because it doesn't benefit them

[Spursfan092120]

Tech will be in the top 25 after week one


if not week one week 2....



#27 texas tech!!
They just had a bit of a setback

Sources: Batch out 3-6 weeks


Texas Tech Red Raiders (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2641)Texas Tech Red starting running back Baron Batch (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=184839) is expected to miss three to six weeks after sustaining an arm injury in practice, two people familiar with the injury said Thursday.
Big 12 blog

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/columnists/griffin_tim_m.jpg
ESPN.com's Tim Griffin writes about all things Big 12 in his conference blog (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12).

Batch most likely will miss one month, one source said, which would put his target date for a possible return Sept. 19 in Week 3 against Texas.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that Batch was hit by defensive tackle Chris Perry during an inside running drill and landed awkwardly on his arm. Batch later was taken from the Tech football facility in a private vehicle, accompanied by Tech medical personnel.
The specific nature of the injury is not known. Texas Tech does not comment on player injuries.
Batch, a junior, led the Red Raiders in rushing last season with 758 yards and seven touchdowns, with a Big 12-leading 6.7 yards per carry. He also ranked second among all Big 12 running backs with 45 receptions for 449 yards last season.
The loss would be especially significant because of the expired eligibility of Shannon Woods (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=160444). Woods and Batch shared the Red Raiders' featured back role during their 11-2 season in 2008.
Aaron Crawford (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=240565) and Harrison Jeffers (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=380639) are candidates to replace him. The Red Raiders open Sept. 5 against North Dakota.
Crawford rushed for 26 yards and a touchdown last season, but has been hampered by a shoulder injury he suffered in spring practice.
Joe Schad is a college football reporter for ESPN. Information from ESPN.com Big 12 blogger Tim Griffin was included in this report.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4396480

[word]

Tech will be in the top 25 after week one..if not then week two.

You play Texas early this year, and travel to Austin for your second game.

[johngateswhiteley]

USC will be as good as anyone...should be a fun year.

[rjv]

USC will be deep as always that is for sure

[redraiderinfiji]

And out after week 3.

What kind of name is "starboy"? I mean seriously LOL.....

You might as well stick a "f-me in the ass" sticker on your ass while walking through the utsa campus.....

[redraiderinfiji]

LOL starboy.....

at least be f-ing starMAN....not boy!

LOL

[MajorMike]

Yeah that is stupid; why don't you throw a battery at him or something?

[Blake]

Yeah that is stupid; why don't you throw a battery at him or something? we throw tortillas, dumbass. I think captmike is a lamer name than starboy . It sounds like a breakfast cereal

[MajorMike]

we throw tortillas, dumbass. I think captmike is a lamer name than starboy . It sounds like a breakfast cereal



"In 1999, after a Tech football victory, Red Raiders fans pelted Aggies players with batteries and taunts."

[Blake]

"In 1999, after a Tech football victory, Red Raiders fans pelted Aggies players with batteries and taunts."

:lol

you're stuck on an incident from a few stupid fans from 10 years ago?

you're an idiot

[mookie2001]

10 years ago like that before jonas brothers or what? before your time?

[Blake]

10 years ago like that before jonas brothers or what? before your time?

not sure where you are going with jonas. are you drunk?

one incident 10 years ago as opposed to this has been going on for the last 10 years

[redraiderinfiji]

I was at that game.......

The aggie fans did embelish the facts, but the Tech fans were obnoxious. I was one of them, however.

[MajorMike]

You are right, we should not judge the maturity and overall class of a fanbase by one event.

You stay classy, ttek fans.

http://www.mrisports.com/images/VickEm.jpg

[Blake]

You stay classy, ttek fans.



Are you going to disappear after Georgia beats down Okie St the way you did after Tech humiliated and debased your team last year?

you stay stupid, idiot.

[MajorMike]

You stay classy, ttek fans.

you stay stupid, idiot.

Nothing is more satisfying than having your point made for you, and its not even an aggy; bravo.

[Blake]

Nothing is more satisfying than having your point made for you, and its not even an aggy; bravo. nobody is throwing a battery at you or making a tshirt about you. keep on trashing lubbock and misspelling tech though because that is classy. you are a hypocrite and an idiot.

[lebomb]

My gosh............yall are so mean towards one another. Can we all just get along.......hold hands and sing Cumbayah or something of that nature?

[MajorMike]

nobody is throwing a battery at you or making a tshirt about you. keep on trashing lubbock and misspelling tech though because that is classy. you are a hypocrite and an idiot.

Everyone.. look over there... nothing to see here; pardon me while I throw up a smokescreen.

Wrong is wrong no matter how you try to weasel out of it. So you don't throw batteries; oh but then you did but that was just one time and the only unclassy thing. Oh but then you did very the very low brow Vick Em thing, but I can't call that classless because it wasn't towards my school. Stupid is as stupid does. You are the one getting all snippy, I just state facts.

That and you don't use capital letters.

[Blake]

Everyone.. look over there... nothing to see here; pardon me while I throw up a smokescreen.

Wrong is wrong no matter how you try to weasel out of it. So you don't throw batteries; oh but then you did but that was just one time and the only unclassy thing. Oh but then you did very the very low brow Vick Em thing, but I can't call that classless because it wasn't towards my school. Stupid is as stupid does. You are the one getting all snippy, I just state facts.

That and you don't use capital letters. i didnt throw batteries or make a tshirt about vick and i dont endorse those things. You are now a liar to go along with being a hypocrite. you stay stupid, idiot.

[MajorMike]

Yeah, I know, I can't win arguements with my five year old when they are being brats, either. Just got to shrug your shoulders and chalk it up to immaturity.