UCF (!!) is #23 ... TCU jumps Boise .. Pitt #38 (others receiving votes)

1) oregon
2) auburn
3) tcu
4) boise
5) wisconsin
6) LSU
7) tOSU
8) UNL
9) Stanford
10) MSU
11) OKST
12) Bama
13) Iowa
14) ARK
15) Utes
16) OK
17) VT
18) Miss ST
19) AZ
20) Missou
21) Nevada
22) USC-east
23) UCF
24) UF
25) Texas AM

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/f...atpoll.htm

UCF vs. Florida would certainly be an interesting Liberty Bowl this year.

(11-07-2010 01:27 PM)st932253 Wrote:  UCF vs. Florida would certainly be an interesting Liberty Bowl this year.

Not to slam on UCF, but I'm guessing UF would try to do anything in its power to avoid that situation. I would hope not, though.

Congrats on your season so far

UCF is having a good season. If they win out they will finish ranked but one slip and theyll be out. I dont think UF would go for that in the Liberty Bowl but who knows

Congrats on finally getting the monkey off their back and getting ranked but its hard to tell how good a season UCF is having since CUSA is so terrible. UCF is winning the games it "should" as the combined record of the 7 teams they have beaten is 24-40. Without making a prediction about their upcoming game against SoMiss, they "should" beat Tulane (3-6) and Memphis (1-8) to finish the season with no less than 9 wins. That's a good season but we won't know how "good" they really are until they play SEC #8 in the Liberty Bowl.

Florida is getting better again. I see them winning the SEC East and going to the Outback bowl. They won't come anywhere near Memphis, LOL.

(11-07-2010 02:03 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Florida is getting better again. I see them winning the SEC East and going to the Outback bowl. They won't come anywhere near Memphis, LOL.

Remarkably Florida has an opportunity to play in a BCS bowl game. They play for outright first place next week against South Carolina and then have Appy State and fading FSU. Regardless of what happens against FSU they could easily win the east and have a very good shot at beating the winner of the SEC West. Auburn is good....but has also been very, very lucky.

What would be interesting to see is how the national media would react to a three loss SEC BCS team.

Cyber, that Florida State team you say is fading still has a chance to play for a BCS bowl too...

(11-07-2010 01:27 PM)st932253 Wrote:  UCF vs. Florida would certainly be an interesting Liberty Bowl this year.

Too bad that the SEC's deal with the Liberty Bowl prevents the following matchups

1) Repeats of regular season games
2) Games between two teams from the same state

Teams like Ole Miss, Tennessee, 'Bama and Auburn wanted to prevent themselves from playing Memphis, UAB and getting beat. Includes UCF-Florida.

http://www.fanblogs.com/conference_usa/005796.php

(11-07-2010 02:33 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Cyber, that Florida State team you say is fading still has a chance to play for a BCS bowl too...

True, and theoretically so does USF....

F$U has not looked good the last two weeks.

You can point to a lot of teams and say they didn't look good during a 2 game stretch. Virginia Tech is a prime example...

(11-07-2010 02:38 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  Too bad that the SEC's deal with the Liberty Bowl prevents the following matchups

1) Repeats of regular season games
2) Games between two teams from the same state

That rule is no longer in effect.

(11-07-2010 04:52 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You can point to a lot of teams and say they didn't look good during a 2 game stretch. Virginia Tech is a prime example...

Yes, but Virginia Tech lost in the beginning of the season and would be considered "on the rise"

(11-07-2010 04:57 PM)st932253 Wrote:  

(11-07-2010 02:38 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  Too bad that the SEC's deal with the Liberty Bowl prevents the following matchups

1) Repeats of regular season games
2) Games between two teams from the same state

That rule is no longer in effect.

Can you point me to something that shows that? I'm curious and saw nothing in my search to show that the rule is no longer in effect.

Edit: In the meantime, I have an email out to Steve Erhardt, the bowl's executive director.

(11-07-2010 05:26 PM)CyberBull Wrote:  

(11-07-2010 04:52 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You can point to a lot of teams and say they didn't look good during a 2 game stretch. Virginia Tech is a prime example...

Yes, but Virginia Tech lost in the beginning of the season and would be considered "on the rise"

The key word in your sentence is "considered", which means it's all subjective. Virginia Tech could be in for a fall, and Florida State may have just weathered the storm that formed their mettle. You just never know...

(11-07-2010 02:00 PM)CyberBull Wrote:  Congrats on finally getting the monkey off their back and getting ranked but its hard to tell how good a season UCF is having since CUSA is so terrible. UCF is winning the games it "should" as the combined record of the 7 teams they have beaten is 24-40. Without making a prediction about their upcoming game against SoMiss, they "should" beat Tulane (3-6) and Memphis (1-8) to finish the season with no less than 9 wins. That's a good season but we won't know how "good" they really are until they play SEC #8 in the Liberty Bowl.

WOW, UCiF seems to be the best of a bad lot. Really hard to tell how good they really are......

Orlando Sentinel

"And to answer the question many of you have already asked, Liberty Bowl Executive Director Steve Ehrhart told Bianchi there no longer is any clause in bowl agreements preventing two teams from the same home state from play in the bowl game."

UCF is no Boise or anything close - but similarly to Boise, we can only play the teams that are on our schedule and are handling them like we should.

Bad teams are being blown out.
Good teams are being handled (Houston by 7 despite leaving 10 pts on field, ECU by 14)
Top 25 caliber teams have gone down to the wire...We'd love another shot at NC State and Kansas State but we lost fair and square. Both were fantastic games.

I expect us to beat Southern Miss by 2-3 scores and put Tulane and Memphis away by halfway through the 2nd quarter.

(11-07-2010 09:44 PM)st932253 Wrote:  UCF is no Boise or anything close - but similarly to Boise, we can only play the teams that are on our schedule and are handling them like we should.

Bad teams are being blown out.
Good teams are being handled (Houston by 7 despite leaving 10 pts on field, ECU by 14)
Top 25 caliber teams have gone down to the wire...We'd love another shot at NC State and Kansas State but we lost fair and square. Both were fantastic games.

I expect us to beat Southern Miss by 2-3 scores and put Tulane and Memphis away by halfway through the 2nd quarter.

where did you get that picture she has bodacious ta tas..

Google Shanna Mclaughlin if you'd like to see them in full - she was the July playmate and has a series of UCF photos that a local magazine shot for the fall preview issue. Caused a bit stir locally because they actually shot them in the locker room...well, it caused a stir because the news has nothing better to talk about.