Welcome back! Coaches poll is out today with many of the usual suspects in the Top 25. #6 Washington starts the season #10 Auburn. Miami also plays LSU at AT & T Stadium in Texas. Who knows what will happen with Ohio State; they also have TCU in Week 3. Wisconsin probably will be hanging out at #5 come October, but then it gets a little difficult. Northwestern has just about the best home schedule I've ever seen a Big Ten team have.


1. Alabama (61 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (3)
3. Ohio State (1)
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. Washington
7. Wisconsin
8. Miami
9. Penn State
10. Auburn
11. Notre Dame
12. Michigan State
13. Stanford
14. Michigan
15. USC
16. TCU
17. Virginia Tech
18. Mississippi State
19. Florida State
20. West Virginia
21. Texas
22. Boise State
23. UCF
24. LSU
25. Oklahoma State

Well, shit.. I had a reply here. Might be headed into Northwestern vs Nebraska this year. Have a friend bugging me about it, I don’t think I’ve been to a game in Evanston since 95.

I know there are a bunch of bad guys involved but damn, I love college football Saturdays.

I'm trying to get a ticket for NU/ND this year. If not, any home game would be fine.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I know. I am really conflicted. But damnit.

I am guessing Illinois is 26?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Oh you son of a....

I originally wrote them in as 26, but deleted it so I wouldn't dash anyone's Hope's.

Eh Tommy, I try not to think about it. Pretty much all entertainment is filled with flawed people. Just like life so what’s thereto do. I won’t beat myself up over it.

Cheap tickets for the Ball State game. I was actually thinking about going.

if mich had its QB last year they are playoff contenders. this year even with the playoffs with that schedule, they go 10-2 and come in 3rd in big ten east.

i think its penn st/bama in the champ game.

Get that out of here.

Bama very well, but Penn St will not be in the champ game

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

No,but NU got some votes. They had one of their best seasons ever last year and I think some star QB transferred there in the off season.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Yeah a kid that waa the 3rd ranked HS QB in 2017, I believe.

Don't get the Sparty love though.

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He sits this year. Thorson is a senior and being projected in the top two rounds of the NFL draft (I would not project him there) so they are good at the position this year. The only thing preventing the cats from a top 20 finish is a tough schedule.

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I think they have 18 starters returning. They also have everyone at home except Penn State. No Notre Dame. Apparently, they circled the game with Ohio State--OSU beat them by like 50 last year.

Personally, I'm hoping it is Georgia vs. Big Ten. I assume Alabama will be in it, though, even if they lose their last game and don't even make their conference championship, like last year.

Alabama has a QB controversy. Jalen Hurts isn't real happy. He's just not that good throwing the ball, though. It was front-page news on the little Alabama paper I was reading this morning. In any case, I don't think Saban cares.

Will Maryland beat Texas once again?
Will Illinois run the table in early September?
Will West Virginia start strong and then fold?
Will Jim Harbaugh continue to be a *yawn* as a football coach?
Will Auburn luck out of another intersectional opening game for the third year in a row?

(Yes; no; no; yeah; no)

What a drive by Washington. Two amazing catches.

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Heard on the Illinois game today that on a kickoff, any fair catch inside the 25 will be considered a touchback. What an odd rule.

Illini, of course, caught two kicks and ran out of bounds inside their own 10.

When you get backed up on a kickoff due to a penalty to your own 20, if you kick it out of bounds, does the other team get it at their 35 still? Seems like a good call if I'm kicking.

Happened today and the Illini caught it at about the 25 and took it to midfield.

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Louisville should be suspended by he NCAA for these uniforms. The ruby slippers helmet and design of the numbers is bad enough, but on top of that the numbers are also glittery/shiny? Christ...

Petrino’s new GF designed them. She’s a freshman design major!

Holy shit they are bad

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Might work for a militant Broadway version of The Scarlet Letter.

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You know me like that.

South Carolina players can't catch a pass to save their fuckin life. They should just never throw to anybody but Samuel

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Chip Kelly is now 3-18 in his last 21 games as a head coach. At least UCLA covered the +29.5, 49-21.

This Kellen Mond kid for A&M is hanging tough against Clemson's defense.

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I really hate the end zone fumble rule.

And I'm rooting for Clemson

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How in the hell did Monds get that in????

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That dude could be really good going forward.

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And that's the first loss from the SEC West?

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