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...this is one week after leaving Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Ok, 3 and 0. Another slow first half. But a win on the road in the SEC. I'll take it.

And now AU is 3 and 0. But what a game!

I have no voice. That third quarter was something to write home about. I take back anything I've ever said negative about SEC officiating... the ACC crew last night was ATROCIOUS! Hell of a game. Slightly nervous about this week's matchup against USCe, though... :-/

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Just have to point out...

This week in the AP Poll:

Big Ten + Nebraska - 7 ranked teams

SEC - 5 ranked teams



Oh - Nebraska is also 3-0, and Jake Locker ain't in the Heisman running any longer!

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Jan. 4
New Orleans, La.
SEC Champ vs. BCS
Comment: With Alabama going to the title game, the Sugar Bowl will take an SEC replacement and select Auburn. The Tigers have a favorable schedule and might end the season with only one loss. The Sugar Bowl gets the first pick of all the at-large teams and takes Nebraska. The Sugar Bowl could also take a one-loss Big Ten team.

From CBS Sports' Bowl Predictions.

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Hilarious, from the Big 12 to the Big Ten + Nebraska. I guess if Nebraska went to the WAC that would be the strongest conference.

Once again I will state I hate polls in the beginning of the season. Does anyone really care what the polls say until the BCS is released?

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

...and even then...

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Hilarious indeed! History is irrelevant! Well, unless it suits your purpose to quote history as jibi did earlier this week when its favorable to the SEC. Polls are irrelevant! Well, unless it suits your purpose to quote polls as you've done often in the past when favorable to the SEC.

I'm just posting news/facts of current events, that's all. Right now, today, this very minute The Big Ten including Nebraska has 7 ranked teams. Right now, today, this very minute the SEC has 5 ranked teams. That is all, carry on.

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Well at least you are finally quoting facts from this century.

The Big Ten including Nebraska does not exist at this time. If you want to say that the Big Ten has six ranked teams and the SEC has five ranked teams, then that is fine.

But typically speaking, the polls are fun to make fun of Nebraska's current conference. That's all.

YouTube - Auburn vs. Clemson - Band Intro

Watch the entire video, but focus in when the fans join in with the pregame fanfare/war eagle around 2:03. Quite chilling.

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By the way, according to Sagarin:

CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%

1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.40 80.46 ( 1) 12 80.46 ( 1)
2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.43 77.72 ( 2) 10 78.00 ( 2)
3 BIG 12 (A) = 77.46 77.71 ( 3) 12 77.65 ( 3)
4 BIG TEN (A) = 76.40 75.94 ( 5) 11 75.97 ( 5)
5 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 76.30 75.95 ( 4) 12 75.98 ( 4)
6 BIG EAST (A) = 71.63 72.09 ( 6) 8 72.04 ( 6)

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From one of the Husker boards - figured it would be of interest here due to Cam Newton from Auburn.

Dual-Threat Quarterbacks are special. Here we try to sort out the top-end of that group.

I. The Problem: Rank the top "Dual-Threat Quarterbacks" in the country.


II. The Method:


Of the NCAA's current Top 100 Rushers, eleven are Quarterbacks. Six of those are from BCS Conferences---they will be the ones examined here.

For those six we'll look at five categories:

-- Rushing yards per game
-- Rushing yards per carry
-- Pass Completion Percentage
-- Pass Efficiency Rating
-- Interception Rate


Rank the QB's on a "Dual-Threat Index."

Each player will receive 1-to-6 points for his rank in each of the above categories. (1 for highest rank; 6 for lowest rank.)

-- Best possible score: 5 points (1 pt in each of the five categories)

-- Worst possible score: 30 points (6 pts in each of the five categories).


III. The Results:


The six to be examined:

-- Taylor Martinez, *Fr, Nebraska
-- Joshua Nesbit, Sr, Georgia Tech
-- Camero Newton, Jr, Auburn
-- Denard Robinson, So, Michigan
-- Nathan Scheelhaase, *'Fr, Illinois
-- Tyrod Taylor, Sr, Virginia Tech


A) Rushing Yards per Game: (3 games)

-- 186: Robinson, Michigan.
-- 140: Martinez, Nebraska
-- 103: Newton, Auburn
-- 89: Nesbit, Georgia Tech
-- 68: Scheelhaase, Illinois
-- 64: Taylor, Virginia Tech


B) Rushing Yards per Carry: (3 g)

-- 10.5: Martinez, Nebraska
-- 7.6: Robinson, Michigan
-- 6.2: Newton, Auburn
-- 5.1: Scheelhaase, Illinois
-- 5.0: Taylor, Virginia Tech
-- 4.7: Nesbit, Georgia Tech


C) Pass Completion Percentage: (3 g)

-- 70%: Robinson, Michigan (53/76)
-- 65%: Martinez, Nebraska (28/43)
-- 61%: Taylor, Virginia Tech (33/54)
-- 57%: Newton, Auburn (27/47)
-- 54%: Scheelhaase, Illinois (31/57)
-- 36%: Nesbit, Georgia Tech (9/25)


D) Pass Efficiency Rating: (3 g)

-- 188: Newton, Auburn
-- 167: Taylor, Virginia Tech
-- 159: Robinson, Michigan
-- 145: Martinez, Nebraska
-- 122: Nesbit, Georgia Tech
-- 117: Scheelhaase, Illinois


E) Interception Rate: Number of Pass Attempts per Interception (3g)

-- 76: Robinson, Michigan (76/1)
-- 54: Taylor, Virignia Tech (54/1)
-- 43: Martinez, Nebraska (43/1)
-- 25: Nesbit, Georgia Tech (25/1)
-- 19: Scheelhaase, Illinois ((57/3)
-- 16: Newton, Auburn (47/3)


The Bottom Line:


Dual-Threat Index Rankings:

1) Robinson, So, Michigan: (1+2+1+3+1) = 8 pts
2) Martinez, *Fr, Nebraska: (2+1+2+4+3) = 12 pts
3) Newton, Jr, Auburn: (3+3+4+1+6) = 17 pts
4) Taylor, Sr, Virginia Tech: (6+5+3+2+2) = 18 pts
5) Nesbit, Sr, Georgia Tech: (4+6+6+5+4) = 25 pts
6) Scheelhaase, *Fr, Illinois: (5+4+5+6+5) = 25 pts

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

Looking at that first picture, looks almost like she's ready to try out for center.

But I'm thinking that would be WAY too distracting for the Gator QB!

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I don't know. The way we have been snapping this season it may actually help. I know if she was my center it would be the longest snap count in the history of football.

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- Two national titles in the last 3 years.
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- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

Week 4 Schedules

Big Ten + Nebraska
Bowling Green at Michigan
Northern Colorado at Michigan State
Central Michigan at Northwestern
Austin Peay at Wisconsin
Ball State at Iowa
Toledo at Purdue
Eastern Michigan at Ohio State
Temple at Penn State
Akron at Indiana
Northern Illinois at Minnesota
South Dakota State at Nebraska
Illinois: Bye

Southeastern Conference
UAB at Tennessee
Alabama at Arkansas
Kentucky at Florida
Georgia at Mississippi State
Fresno State at Ole Miss
South Carolina at Auburn
West Virginia at LSU
Vanderbilt: Bye

I guess the strength of comparison resides with Illinois and Vanderbilt.

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So, exactly what point were you trying to make here? That most conferences like the Big 10 and Big 12 play all their out-of-conference cupcake-ish games early in the season, while the SEC starts conference play early so they can save cupcake games for during the meat of the season in November - when Florida plays Appalachian State and Auburn plays Chattanooga (while all the other conferences are playing their tough conference games?)

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Hell of a game for Auburn tonight. Alabama showed they weren't completely unbeatable. Texas.. wow... embarrassed by UCLA in Austin. Florida finally showed up for a game. Oregon State has lost for the 2nd time this season against a BCS buster team. Nebraska... hmm. Oklahoma nearly upset by Cincy. Denard and Forcier both injured against Bowling Green. Stanford gets it done in South Bend.

Good weekend of football.

By the way, Cam finished the game with 176 yards rushing and 3 TDs against the nation's 6th ranked rush defense (the team finished with 334 rushing yards). He threw for another 158 yards and 2 TDs. Not bad.

Also, in the #1 versus #2 freshman RBs (Lattimore versus Dyer), Auburn's Dyer rushed for 100 yards on 23 carriers while Lattimore only had 33 yards on 14 carries. Score one for Dyer.

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Coaches Poll

No.	School	Record	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (57)	4-0	1472	1
2	Ohio State (2)	4-0	1412	2
3	Boise State	3-0	1312	3
4	Oregon	4-0	1243	6
5	TCU	4-0	1221	5
6	Nebraska	4-0	1164	7
7	Florida	4-0	1155	8
8	Oklahoma	4-0	1083	9
9	Wisconsin	4-0	989	10
10	LSU	4-0	896	12
11	Auburn	4-0	828	14
12	Utah	4-0	790	13
13	Stanford	4-0	744	17
14	Arizona	4-0	689	16
15	Arkansas	3-1	576	11
16	Texas	3-1	563	4
17	Miami (Fla.)	2-1	517	19
18	Iowa	3-1	509	18
19	Michigan	4-0	375	22
20	Penn State	3-1	347	20
21	Michigan State	4-0	278	23
22	South Carolina	3-1	272	15
23	Missouri	4-0	182	24
24	Oklahoma State	3-0	146	25
25	Nevada	4-0	102	26

Others Receiving Votes: Florida State(3-1) 84; North Carolina State(4-0) 80; West Virginia(3-1) 45; Air Force(3-1) 22; Northwestern(4-0) 21; Kansas State(4-0) 17; Clemson(2-1) 16; Houston(3-1) 10; Mississippi State(2-2) 7; Texas Tech(2-1) 5; Virginia Tech(2-2) 2; UCLA(2-2) 1

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AP Top 25

No.	School	Record	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (57)	4-0	1496	1
2	Ohio State (2)	4-0	1431	2
3	Boise State (1)	3-0	1356	3
4	Oregon	4-0	1276	5
5	TCU	4-0	1269	4
6	Nebraska	4-0	1158	6
7	Florida	4-0	1132	9
8	Oklahoma	4-0	1095	8
9	Stanford	4-0	891	16
10	Auburn	4-0	858	17
11	Wisconsin	4-0	852	11
12	LSU	4-0	804	15
13	Utah	4-0	790	13
14	Arizona	4-0	722	14
15	Arkansas	3-1	721	10
16	Miami (Fla.)	2-1	597	19
17	Iowa	3-1	503	18
18	Southern California	4-0	466	20
19	South Carolina	3-1	406	12
20	Michigan	4-0	396	21
21	Texas	3-1	374	7
22	Penn State	3-1	199	23
23	North Carolina State	4-0	163	33
24	Michigan State	4-0	146	25
25	Nevada	4-0	120	27

Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia(3-1) 62; Florida State(3-1) 51; Missouri(4-0) 51; Air Force(3-1) 32; Kansas State(4-0) 27; Oklahoma State(3-0) 24; Clemson(2-1) 9; UCLA(2-2) 9; Oregon State(1-2) 7; Northwestern(4-0) 4; Houston(3-1) 3

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Some good family fun, according to the AP Poll... just for DF.

SEC:
Top 10: 3
Top 15: 5
Top 25: 6

Big Ten + Nebraska:
Top 10: 2
Top 15: 3
Top 25: 7

Who has the best conference? The one with the most in the Top 25 or the one with the most in the Top 10 and Top 15 (and Top 20, if you want to get technical)? We can dissect the list, but I'm not really sure it is a comparison at this point. Nebraska, who struggled with South Dakota State this week, and Ohio State are the only real competitors in the Big Ten at this point (a liberal inclusion of the Cornhuskers in this discussion). Michigan looks good, but they're still struggling to win against inferior talent ... they have no defense and will eventually lose a couple games because of it.

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I'll chime in here if only to say that it is effin embarrassing to be up here right now. Jeez -- they'd better schedule the Little Sisters of the Poor.

No doubt Nebraska didn't look very good yesterday. I think they were looking past this game towards Kansas State and then Texas, and didn't show up to play. On the other hand, looking at Oklahoma barely winning by 2 against an unranked team, and Texas losing badly to another, I'm happy that if we had an off week, we won. Hopefully this will teach the players a little - take each game one at a time, don't overlook anyone, especially as we move into conference play now.

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So true. I think Nebraska is still the easy front runner of the conference at this point. Won't that be a coup for the Huskers to win the title and take it with them to the Big Ten. That's one huge middle finger, if you ask me.

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Florida players are downright dirty.. gosh!

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Am I sick because I laughed my ass off??

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is 18-5 against the top 25.

One of the Big XII beat writers - I think from Texas - has already mentioned that as having the potential for being the most awkward and embarrassing moment ever for the conference - Dan Beebe being forced to present - in front of a national TV audience - the final Big XII Conference Championship Game trophy to Bo Pelini and Tom Osborne. I sure hope we can get it done!

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This is absolutely hilarious! The ULTIMATE threat to misbehaving kids from 'Bama parents!

YouTube - I'm Gonna Put You In The Auburn Store!

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Yeah yeah. The kid was afraid of the stuffed tigers in the window. Go figure the Bama rednecks would try to suggest otherwise.

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YouTube - Newton Runs Wild In Auburn's 35-27 Win

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From the AU forums:

"The record for the most jean shorts inside one stadium may be set in Tuscaloosa this Saturday."

LMAO!

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Looks like Bama is a 10 point favorite Saturday.. Wow. That is the highest point spread for the Gators in a long time. Going to be a rough one for us..

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- Two national titles in the last 3 years.
- Ranked in 67 consecutive polls, including 48 weeks in the top 10
- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

No way, maybe during the Auburn/Alabama game.. lol

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- Two national titles in the last 3 years.
- Ranked in 67 consecutive polls, including 48 weeks in the top 10
- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

I don't care what he is afraid of still funny as hell.

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The Florida Gators
- Two national titles in the last 3 years.
- Ranked in 67 consecutive polls, including 48 weeks in the top 10
- More wins in the last 3 years than any other team in the nation.
- Urban Meyer holds a 7-1 record at UF against top-five teams, a 11-2 mark against top-10 opponents and
is 18-5 against the top 25.

Its admittedly going to feel pretty strange, but I'll be rooting for the Gators Saturday. IF (and I'm certainly not claiming that's a certainty) Nebraska can run the table, we may be able to jump Boise State and/or TCU to get into the NC game; but there's no way we'll jump an undefeated Alabama or Ohio State. My wife is an Ohio State alum, which means its definitely not politically correct for me to root for an Ohio State loss - so that means I want someone to beat 'Bama, and I figure the Gators have one of the best shots.

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Lets see, jibi, today as the Big 12 and Big Ten moved into full conference play, with a number of ranked vs. ranked games - who is Auburn playing? Oh yeah, University of Louisiana-Monroe.

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And they kicked their ass too! Bout time AU had an easier game.

Considering we play 11 straight weeks, ULM definitely came at a good time. I see what you're saying, though. The SEC can still boast Florida-Alabama and LSU-Tennessee and Georgia-Colorado and a few others today, though. Michigan State-Wisconsin was about the only Big Ten game worth a damn (and it did nothing more than show that Wisconsin was extremely overrated, as I mentioned the other day).

ULM was still better than Nebraska's opponent today...

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