BeachSaints83

I'm going to be a little optimistic and say 10-6. At this point the one game I want us to win the most is against San Diego. Please guys, I don't want my one visit to the Dome this year to be a loss!

Scoob that is a good point, Arkansas definitely helped last year. I also think it will depend on how close the LSU - Bama game in Baton Rouge is. If it's a blowout either way then no rematch, but if it's close like last year I could still see it. I think it also depends on what happens in the USC/Oregon game. If one team in that game blows out the other (say Oregon beats USC 52 - 21) then that eliminates that team even if the other team loses another game in my opinion. Like always it'll be about style points.

West Virginia hahaha thanks for the good laugh. West Virginia loses at least 3 games in the Big 12 this year. They won't beat Oklahoma, Texas, or Oklahoma State. West Virginia is too used to the soft Big East schedule, it will take them a few years to adapt to a real conference.

Yep after week 2 I'll be the first to bring it up, are we looking at another potential LSU/Bama NC game? With Arkansas having their epic collapse I think the likelihood just became a lot better. Obviously it's still insanely early in the season but let me explain why I think it could very well happen.

Lets look at some of the other conferences right now. First lets look at the Big 10, that conference is in ruins right now. Ohio State and Penn State are ineligible to compete for the NC (With Penn State they won't compete for an NC for a very long time), Michigan got embarrassed by Bama and looks highly overrated. Wisconsin and Iowa have both already lost. The only legitimate chance left for the Big 10 is Michigan State and I just don't see them going undefeated with a new QB. Obviously the Big East without WVU is no threat, even if a Big East team like Louisville were to go undefeated a 1 loss SEC team would be ranked higher. So we have already eliminated the Big Ten and Big East.

Looking at the ACC, at this point they still have 3 undefeated teams but that shows nothing at this point. FSU hasn't been tested at all yet, Clemson looked very beatable against a bad Auburn team, and VT looked very beatable against a very mediocre GT team. The only ACC team I could see running the table would be FSU but I still believe they slip up at some point. I'm not convinced yet they are truly back to the old FSU. So that eliminates the ACC.

The only 2 conferences that I believe have a legitimate shot to prevent a LSU/Bama rematch would be the Big 12 and Pac-12. In the Big 12 Oklahoma has not looked that impressive and no one outside Texas has seen what the Longhorns look like so far. With that said from some of score updates with Texas I don't think they are elite yet. I think Oklahoma beats Texas but then slips up as they normally do. Oklahoma State won't be the same team without Blackmon. The Pac-12 is by far the biggest threat, either USC or Oregon could go undefeated. With that said, USC looked very beatable against Syracuse today and I could see a situation like last year where USC beats Oregon but then slips up. If Oregon beats USC I don't see very many teams standing in their way. But of course remember it's likely the USC and Oregon play twice this season. Stanford isn't the same team without Luck so they aren't a factor.

I think the biggest thing is simply the lack of overall talent in college football this year. College football lost a lot of great talent last year and this is really a building year for all of college football. Never mind we all know the media would love a LSU/Bama NC game. All the story lines about LSU possibly being able to get revenge on Bama in the best way, especially if Bama were to win the regular season game in Baton Rouge. ESPN would hardly be able to contain themselves. Plus lets just look at the first 2 weeks, LSU just dismantled what is expected to be a decent Washington team and Bama dismantled Michigan last week. LSU and Bama in my opinion are on a different level than the rest of college football and the only team that can beat those teams are each other.

Of course the likelihood is still low of this happening, plus there will be some media that will try to stop it. My main point of this is it's starting to look like the LSU and Bama show again this year, and I think it's closer than a lot of us even realize. I'd personally love to see an all SEC NC Game again, of course this time with LSU on top. :)

TigersforEver I am definitely conflicted on PSU this year. Part of me wants to see them burn to the ground and go 0 - 12 for the next 10 years and never return to the college football elite. It's going to take a long time for me not to look at them as a school that protected a pedophile for the sake of image.

With that said, part of me also believes that PSU was unfairly punished and that the NCAA was out of control in their dealing with the situation. I am worried that the NCAA has set a very dangerous precedent. I mean what if a Coach distorts money from the university, or kills someone? Does the university and the football team get punished for that now? Part of me does want to see PSU succeed because of what those players have gone through this off season, not unlike what has happened to the Saints.

I think once the season starts and I watch part of a PSU game I'll probably be able to figure out which way I'll lean.

On the lighter topic of sports, I will say with Tom Benson being involved in the Hornets now I see myself cheering more for them. Living in Orlando the last few years I've gone back and forth with whether I wanted to see the Hornets or Magic do better, but at this point I'm leaning towards the Hornets. It's funny because with football I prefer the NFL over college but in terms of basketball I prefer college over the NBA. Really I would say football is the only sport that I prefer professional over collegiate. With that said, I'm a sports nut in general, if I'm bored and it's on I'll watch it. :)

Yeah at this point I can't see them playing the game Saturday. The biggest reason won't be the storm, it'll be long gone, but the state of Louisiana is not going to want over 90,000 people attending a game and possibly impeding emergency response and creating a possible gas shortage. Plus since it's Labor Day Weekend and there is no NFL to compete with LSU has more flexibility than on any other weekend during the season. My guess is the game is postponed until Sunday at 7. Gives LSU enough time to check Tiger Stadium, clean up any debris, and allows ESPN to set up their cameras and get their game crew in safely. It could even be Monday night as well like in 2005 but I'm guessing Les Miles is not going to want only 5 days to prepare for Washington. It would be too disruptive to the regular game week schedule and honestly unless there is significant damage to LSU and/or Baton Rouge Sunday should be fine.

Well my family is not originally from the region and I didn't go to LSU so I'm not necessarily a diehard LSU fan. I do cheer for them casually though and was definitely disappointed when they lost in the NC game in January. My family is originally from Kentucky and my dad, sister, and I went to Louisville so they are actually my primary college sports team. All in all if LSU loses it doesn't ruin my weekend.

It is a totally different situation with the Saints. Being from Kentucky we have no pro sports teams at all so we are free to choose who we want to cheer for. I didn't really have an NFL team growing up. When we moved to Mississippi though I picked up the Saints very quickly, my mom bought me a few Saints stuff and I started watching the games as much as possible. Eventually I even got to attend a few games. This was during the Jim Mora days in New Orleans and the Saints were pretty decent overall (of course then the Ditka years happened. :yack:). The Saints are my obsession though and I am the same way, if the Saints lose I can't watch football the rest of the weekend. I still have never re-watched the Saints - 49ers game and have never even seen the box score. I couldn't watch the NFC Championship Game and only watched parts of the Super Bowl, it was simply too painful. I honestly have no other team I even remotely cheer for in the NFL, I cheer for the Saints and whoever is playing the Falcons, Bucs, and Panthers. :whodat:

I echo the sentiments of others, be safe. It might be a longer drive but I would go up to Birmingham and then go over through Memphis and Little Rock to get to the game. On your way back (if you are going back to Panama City) you should be able to go through Louisiana and Mississippi.

Hahaha oops I just realized there was a forum specifically for this,, ignore this thread. Nothing to see here. :lol:

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Yeah, people hate greatness. Tom Brady = 3 rings. Almost there every year.

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Too bad for Tom Brady they are all tainted because of the cheating scandal. Obviously Brady was not directly involved with all that but it still taints his titles.

I was torn on whether I wanted the Giants or 49ers to win the game yesterday, but what I can say is that I smiled when the 49ers lost, couldn't happen to a better (or should I say worse) group of fans.

Unfortunately I was hoping the Ravens would beat the Patriots but unfortunate that didn't happen and now I'm in a bind. I really do not want to see the Patriots win but if the Giants win a friend of mine will let me know about it for months (I guess I could also talk about how we beat them badly in the regular season but that seems petty). This is probably one of the worst Super Bowl matchups for me, either way I'm going to lose, lol.