I suppose you're talking 10 now. We have four of the Rivals top 100 committed. Including Matt Elam, a Percy Harvin kind of talent.

Iron Bowl moved to Friday by CBS - al.com

Oh my.

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ESPN has put out a list of the top undefeated teams of all time, in all sports. #1 is 1970 Brazil World Cup Soccer, with #2 being a sarcastic reference to the 18-0 2007 Patriots, who of course went on to lose the Super Bowl. #3 and #4 are the 1995 and 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers. Other Big 12 teams on the list are 2005 Texas at #10 and 1974 Oklahoma at #33.

Oh, the SEC did manage to squeak in with one mention, 1961 Alabama at #16.

Page 2: Connecticut Huskies join list of perfect teams - ESPN Page 2

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I wonder if the results were based on anything?? How many people involved in the decision actually saw the 1961 Alabama team or the 1971 Nebraska team for that matter. In my opinion, a bunch of people at ESPN killing time and probably brain cells.

Hmm, somehow I'm betting you'd be saying something totally different if the Tide was holding down the first two spots instead of the Huskers.

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Maybe??

Maybe we should look at the Tide's record against the Huskers to make that determination.

Only if we were stat freaks.


Oh and Congrats to Georgias Gym Dogs. 10th National title

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Rivals.com Prospect Rankings

From Marcus Lattimore:


Looking at Scout or Rivals, these are the top two RBs in the nation and practically equal to one another. Both were at A-Day today, I believe (obviously ML was), and Seastrunk is very high on Auburn at this point. This would be HUGE!

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Yep, it would be HUGE if any program managed to sign all the prospects who show up at their spring game. Oh, and interviews WHILE they're there almost always result in positive comments - very few high school kids are going to dish on the school who's hosting them for a visit at the time of the interview.

I see Seastrunk has 13 schools on his current list and Lattimore has 16. Its a LONG time until National Signing Day next year. Heck, we have nearly half of the Rivals Top 10 including Nebraska on their list at the moment - about the same as Auburn - and neither school has a snowball's chance in hell of signing them all.

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Thought this was worth sharing.... nice piece and interesting perspective on the Huskers from the (Tide) folks at the Tuscaloosa News....
http://walsh.tuscaloosanews.com/defa...p?item=2365613

I did get a bit of a chuckle about the reference to the "thick Midwestern accent" since Omaha is the call-center capital of the country, precisely because of the LACK of accents in the midwest - as opposed to the deep south, known for its heavy accents.

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Congrats to Matthew Stafford on his 41 million dollar contract and the first first round pick.

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...that was just guaranteed money, right? i believe his contract was actually nearly double that amount. he could literally ride the pine for a season and retire and still live a pretty great life.

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His contract is for $72 million I believe. Otto is correct, over half is guaranteed.

I was going on what I was told I hadn't looked it up yet. Thats a nice check. What was Harvins and Morenos?

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I assume your question about Moreno and Harvin is about contracts. They were just drafted today and unless their teams work some crazy magic, they certainly haven't signed a contract yet. Probably not for several months.

The Buckeyes had 95,722 at their Spring Game today. That's what 80 degree weather in a city where they live Buckeye football will get ya.

FB: Gray Downs Scarlet, 23-3, in LiFE sports Spring Game - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

and Stafford was drafted today also and he has a 72 million contract, so why couldn't they?

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It has been a recent trend (2-3 years now) where the top draft pick will negotiate a contract prior to the draft. As that is the ONLY pick that can be guaranteed for the selecting team, they are usually the only player to be given this opportunity.

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What Otto said... most Rookies will participate in their team's NFL Rookie camp within the next week. It would be surprising to see any other 1st rounders signed by that time. A majority sign within a few weeks of Summer Training camp.

I dont follow the NFL so I am completely ignorant to how the draft even works. I turned it on this weekend only because there were so many Dawgs in it.

The SEC rocked the house followed closely not by the Big 12 as Dallas would hope but the ACC.

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No problem Dawg. I hate to say I do follow it since my favorite team is a total embarrassment. The draft was definitely interesting this year.

Seeing as how the Raiders picked the dude from Maryland over the more upsided Crabtree baffles me. I really don't keep up with the NFL, aside from former Auburn players, but that one left almost everyone scratching their heads. Good for San Fran, of course... but I'm sure Raiders fans can't be happy.

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Todd McShay of ESPN/Scouts has published an early "Mock Draft" for 2010, and projects 9 of the Top 10 draft picks to be from the Big 12, with the lone outsider being from USC.

Hmmm, what is happening to that dominant SEC?

QBs Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy are high in Todd McShay's early 2010 mock draft - ESPN

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Sure is funny how your talking about next years draft a when the draft that just happened wasnt good for the big 12 at all. Who was number one? Thats right the SEC. Where was the big 12 sure wasnt second. That belonged to the ACC.

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Well, we're talking about the players who are going to be playing this fall for our colleges, right? The draft that just happened is yesterday's news if you're a college football fan, vs. NFL. Projections for 2010 draft speak more to what we should be seeing this fall in college ball, don't you agree?

By the way, I'm thrilled for Stafford - he's a local Dallas area kid, glad to see him having such success!

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I put very little stock in anything that says mock. Especially this early in the season, Oh wait we havent even had a game yet.

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Hey, I wouldn't bet my life that the 10 in that list will end up being the 10 top draft picks by draft day either. Of course its way early in the year - but unless we're going to wait to discuss ANYTHING until opening weekend, then discussing the potential for this year's players and teams is about the most relevant thing to talk about, wouldn't you say? After all, the name of the thread is "2009 College Football."

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Scout.com just put out four interesting lists - Running Back U College Only, Running Back U College & Pro, QB U College Only and QB U College and Pro.

Scout.com: Running Back U. - The Best College RB Schools

Scout.com: Running Back U. - Top All-Around RB Schools

Scout.com: Quarterback U. - The Best College QB Schools

Scout.com: Quarterback U - The Top All-Around QB Schools

Only three schools appear on all four lists - Nebraska, USC and Miami.

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I think the USC-AUB debate will keep running for years to come with regards to RBU. The sad thing is that recently USC has loaded their program with blue chip RBs to the point that it's going to eventually be a turn-off to go there. As of last season, they had 11 RBs on the roster that were 4-star or higher coming out of HS over the course of 2-3 years.

Looking at just the past three decades, I don't think it's really a contest. But then again, you can't really argue with Marcus and Reggie and all of the others that have worn the cardinal and gold.

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so what do yall think about UT signinging the rapist

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Given the gross nature and details of the rape and Hood's involvement, I don't have the words to express what I felt about him being signed. Talented? Sure. Worth a scholarship? Perhaps he's changed. I'm typically a person who gives the benefit of the doubt and feels that people are worth second chances. For Hood, I don't feel this is the case.

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whats strange is the vicitim is coming out for him. Whats even funnier is that theyve lost 11 scholarship players since the orange white game.

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The "USC-AUB debate"??? Where did you get that? There's a whole lot more schools in the mix and in any debate other than just USC and Auburn.

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The way things are going in Knoxville, I wouldn't be surprised if that dumb ass Lane Kiffin is run out of town before the season even starts.

I'm ready to talk about the 09 season. UF is locked and loaded. The entire defense, both first and second string, is returning. We've got some talent to cover for Percy Harvin. And so far, the recruiting class for 10 is shaping up to be killer. About three and a half months to go?

With regards to RBU? It has really only been Auburn and USC for many, many years now. Throw in recent additions of Reggie and LenDale at USC and Carnell and Ronnie at Auburn and it makes the debate even more solid than a decade ago. Perhaps this debate is different out in the midwest, but it's been a long time since any other school has been mentioned in that particular debate, to be honest.

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Maybe its really only been Auburn and USC around Auburn fans and in Auburn country, but certainly not everywhere else, that's for sure! Those articles I linked above are pretty good proof of that - look at all the other schools talked about - and one of the two RB lists shows neither Auburn or USC in the top 2.

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Otto I have to agree you need to lay down that orange coolaid for a while. Its been a five years since AU was mentioned in anything real good.

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I have to admit that AU seems to get more than it's fair share of good running backs. And that may be even more true after we see the 2010 recruiting class.

But let's get off Auburn and just hate on Lane Kiffin. That's much easier.

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"more than its fair share" I wouldn't disagree with - but to claim that the only debate is Auburn vs. USC in that regard - is really slurping the kool-aid, as Dawg says!

As for UT and Lane Kiffin and antics, I confess I probably wouldn't know about it out here except for you guys - sure sounds bad there though, glad I'm not a UT fan!

On a side note - interesting that there are TWO major schools known as "UT", and both of them are orange - Tennessee and the one everyone out here means when they mention UT - Texas.

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