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2008 BCS Champions Odds

courtesy of Sportsbook.com (comments are mine, please share yours below)...

USC 5-2

Michigan 9-1

Florida 9-1

LSU 10-1

Texas 10-1

West Virginia 10-1

Louisville 20-1

Penn St 25-1

Oklahoma 25-1 (if they get the QB situation settled, look out)

Ohio St 25-1 (seems low, but lost many stars to NFL)

Virginia Tech 30-1

Nebraska 30-1

Georgia 30-1

Arkansas 30-1

Wisconsin 30-1

Florida St 30-1 (I love how Booby has retooled the coaching staff with former players and Jimbo)

Tennessee 50-1

Rutgers 50-1

California 50-1

Miami FL 50-1

zx Field (Any Other Team) 50-1

Notre Dame 50-1

UCLA 60-1

Texas A&M 60-1

Auburn 60-1

Clemson 75-1

Alabama 75-1

Iowa 75-1

South Carolina 75-1

Colorado 100-1

BYU 100-1

TCU 100-1

Arizona St 100-1

Boise St 100-1

Boston College 100-1

Missouri 100-1

Texas Tech 100-1

Oregon 100-1

Arizona 150-1

Wake Forest 150-1

Maryland 150-1

North Carolina St 200-1

Georgia Tech 200-1 (No CJ, but no Reggie Ball either)

Hawaii 200-1 (BrennanForHeisman.com coming soon)

Oklahoma St 200-1 (I have a sneaky suspicion this is worth a five-spot with only Texas and Missouri returning a lot of players)

Oregon St 200-1

Kansas St 200-1

Pittsburgh 200-1

South Florida 300-1

Purdue 300-1

Fantasy College Football All-Americans

Over at Fantasy College Blitz, we just posted the first of our articles highlighting the best statistical performers at each position, starting with the quarterbacks. During the past two seasons we provided our analysis for subscibers only but we want to make our All-Fantasy team available for all to enjoy and debate.

Here I will list the top three teams, but the full positional breakdowns will appear at FCB throughout the next two weeks. While total fantasy points were a big consideration, we also gave extra attention to week-to-week consistency.

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2007 Fantasy College Blitz
All-Fantasy Teams

First Team
*Unanimous selection

QB - Colt Brennan (right), Hawaii*
RB - Steve Slaton, West Virginia
RB - Ian Johnson, Boise State
WR - Jarett Dillard - Rice*
WR - Chris Williams, New Mexico State
TE - Jonny Harline, BYU
K - Arthur Carmody, Louisville*
D - Virginia Tech Hokies*

Second Team

QB - Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State
RB - Garrett Wolfe (right), Northern Illinois
RB - Raymell Rice, Rutgers
WR - Johnie Lee Higgins, UTEP
WR - Davone Bess, Hawaii
TE - Darius Hill, Ball State*
K - Alexis Serna, Oregon State*
D - Boston College Eagles

Third Team

QB - Brady Quinn (right), Notre Dame
RB - Ahmad Bradshaw, Marshall
RB - Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii
WR - Robert Meachem, Tennessee
WR - Rhema McKnight, Notre Dame
TE - Chase Coffman, Missouri
K - Justin Medlock, UCLA
D - Georgia Bulldogs

Honorable Mention

QB - Chase Daniel - Missouri, Graham Harrell - Texas Tech, Pat White - West Virginia, John Beck - BYU
RB - Darren McFadden - Arkansas, PJ Hill - Wisconsin
WR - Ryne Robinson - Miami (OH), Calvin Johnson - GT, Joel Filani - Texas Tech, Adarius Bowman - Oklahoma State
TE - Travis Beckum - Wisconsin, Scott Chandler - Iowa
K - Anthony Montgomery - Boise State, Garrett Hartley - Oklahoma
D - Nevada Wolfpack, Western Michigan Broncos

Inside the BCS with Wesley Colley of Colley Matrix

I have been chatting with Wesley Colley all season long because I have great respect for the work he does on his college rankings (basketball too). So when I saw that this week he was the lone computer poll to have USC at #1, we had to keep our conversation going...

Vince Mullins: Wesley, you are the only system that has USC as the overall #1 - tell me about what your work likes about the Trojans this year over Ohio State. Also, what are the other polls missing in your opinion?

Wesley Colley: First, some of the other systems have USC VERY close to OSU in their internal ratings, so I'm not really much of an outlier. I suspect some of the systems may join me if USC beats UCLA. What my system likes about the Trojans is that they've won their conference outright, beat SECW champ Arkansas, Big XII-North champ Nebraska, and by far the best indy in Notre Dame - all while, they've played zero creampuffs.

VM: Florida fans are killing me with questions - is there any chance that the Gators can leap above USC and get to the Championship Game with a win over Arkansas and a USC loss to UCLA? What about in your work? The big BCS score gap makes it look difficult to me....

WC: The short answer is yes. UF can absolutely get into my top 2 if USC loses.

VM: Also, I quickly scanned the computer "index" and the biggest variance to the pollsters is Wisconsin (computers average 12, voters agree on 6)...how would you explain the gap in the pollsters opinion and the bias-free nature of the computers?

WC: Wisconsin lost early and has percolated up the human polls, but hasn't beaten a ranked team. Wisconsin is essentially the OTHER beneficiary to the lack of Badger-Buckeye matchup this season, while Ohio State's SOS suffers because of it.

VM: Are there any other issues you want to highlight with your system or the polls?

WC: It'll be a lot more interesting if the Bruins pull off the miracle.

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An eponymous ESPN poll for college sports fans

props to the "four-letter network" (thanks, TW) for a great poll, with some unusual results with one-fifth of a million respondents (obviously most of them in the 404 area code...)

ESPN asks What are best things about College Sports?

Why there is no links to mp3's or .wav's for the school songs nor .jpg's of the mascots (way to embrace the power of the internet, Bristol), most are well known to all of you who read this site (all 3 of you).

Bold below are my responses, I encourage you to play along.

1) What is the best school song?
25.4%	Michigan's ''Hail to the Victors''
24.7%	Notre Dame's ''Victory March''
15.5%	Tennessee's ''Rocky Top''
9.3%	Ohio State fight song
7.6%	Maine's ''Stein Song''
5.5%	USC's ''Fight On''
4.1%	Oklahoma's ''Boomer Sooner''
3.0%	Michigan State fight song
2.8%	Wisconsin's ''On Wisconsin''
2.3%	Iowa fight song
2) What is the best college tradition?
30.4%	Army-Navy (post-game songs)
27.1%	Texas A&M (12th Man)
19.5%	Ohio State (dotting the ''I'')
12.9%	Texas (Hook 'em Horns)
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3) What is the best college logo?
20.9%	Texas
18.3%	Notre Dame
12.9%	Florida
11.7%	Alabama
6.8%	Appalachian State
6.5%	Clemson
6.3%	North Carolina
5.0%	Wichita State
3.3%	San Diego State
3.0%	Kansas
2.8%	East Carolina
2.5%	Old Dominion
4) Which school has the best fans? (no Nebraska? - vm)
14.3%	LSU
12.7%	Ohio State
10.5%	Texas A&M
8.8%	Texas
8.3%	Michigan
6.9%	Alabama
6.9%	Florida
6.4%	Tennessee
6.1%	South Carolina
4.7%	Navy
4.5%	Wisconsin
2.9%	Duke
2.7%	Virginia Tech
2.2%	Oregon
2.0%	Army
5) Which school has the best live mascot?
30.6%	Georgia's ''Uga'' (bulldog)
12.6%	LSU's ''Mike'' (tiger)
12.5%	Colorado's ''Ralphie'' (buffalo)
10.0%	Texas' ''Bevo'' (longhorn)
7.5%	Auburn's ''War Eagle'' (eagle)
6.5%	Texas A&M's ''Reveille'' (collie)
4.9%	Tennessee's ''Smokey'' (hound)
4.8%	Florida State's ''Renegade'' (horse)
3.5%	Oklahoma's ''Sooner Schooner''
3.2%	USC's ''Traveler'' (horse)
2.8%	Yale's ''Handsome Dan'' (bulldog)
1.1%	Baylor's ''Joy and Lady'' (bears)
6) Which school has the best costumed mascot?
16.7%	Notre Dame's ''Leprechaun''
15.4%	Georgia's ''Hairy Dawg''
12.6%	Ohio State's ''Brutus Buckeye''
12.0%	Florida's ''Albert the Gator''
7.8%	Michigan State's ''Sparty the Spartan''
7.3%	Stanford's ''Tree''
6.9%	Alabama's ''Big Al''
6.7%	Nebraska's ''Herbie the Husker''
5.3%	Virginia Tech's ''HokieBird''
4.7%	Miami's ''Sebastian the Ibis''
2.7%	Idaho's ''Joe Vandal''
2.1%	St. Joseph's ''Wings''
7) Which school has the best nickname?
23.0%	Louisiana Lafayette Ragin Cajuns
18.7%	UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
12.3%	Alabama Crimson Tide
8.3%	Texas Longhorns
5.5%	Marshall Thundering Herd
5.3%	TCU Horned Frogs
5.1%	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
4.8%	Southern Arkansas Mule Riders
4.8%	North Carolina Tar Heels
4.7%	Arkansas Razorbacks
3.1%	Oklahoma Sooners
3.0%	Purdue Boilermakers
1.5%	Tulane Green Wave
8) What is the best college town?
17.7%	Athens, Ga.
12.8%	Austin, Texas
10.3%	College Station, Texas
9.9%	Columbus, Ohio
8.8%	Gainesville, Fla.
8.8%	Ann Arbor, Mich.
6.5%	Madison, Wisc.
5.4%	Knoxville, Tenn.
4.8%	Columbia, S.C.
3.3%	Boulder, Colo.
2.7%	Charlottesville, Va.
2.7%	Eugene, Ore.
2.3%	Boston
1.7%	Bloomington, Ind.
1.1%	Syracuse, N.Y.
1.1%	Atlanta
9) What is the best college rivalry?
21.2%	Michigan-Ohio State
11.9%	Florida-Georgia
11.5%	Auburn-Alabama
9.6%	Army-Navy
8.9%	Oklahoma-Texas
7.1%	Texas-Texas A&M
6.7%	South Carolina-Clemson
6.5%	Notre Dame-everyone
4.1%	Duke-North Carolina
3.4%	Florida-Florida State
2.9%	Miami-Florida State
1.9%	UCLA-USC
1.4%	Stanford-Cal
1.4%	Oregon-Oregon State
1.4%	Harvard-Yale
Total Votes: 200,719 (7/8/06)

A new era in fantasy sports...

a shameless plug for my COLLEGE fantasy football website's first podcast of 2006...

That is right, a 30-minute breakdown of the impact of the college football coaching changes for 2006. Enjoy, and feel free to tear down Daniel's and my ego without retribution...