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to a big game. Miami @OU. fly out thursday, going to the players lunch friday adn we got club seats.

should be a big time watching the sooners hand miami their asses! damn i can't wait.

Go Sooners!

Boomer Sooner!!!!

will be weird, wearing an OU jersey adn UF visor instead of visa versa to a game.

good seeing you sat josh. we didn't do anything sunday, apparently, drinking for 15 hours saturday really kicks your ass. but we still found energy to go to burns for steak sandwiches and a few bottles of wine.

what's your affiliation with ou urap?

bro-in-law from oklahoma, started following them back in the 90's and got more into the sooners as they were on tv more often.

Boomer Sooner!!!!

will be weird, wearing an OU jersey adn UF visor instead of visa versa to a game.

good seeing you sat josh. we didn't do anything sunday, apparently, drinking for 15 hours saturday really kicks your ass. but we still found energy to go to burns for steak sandwiches and a few bottles of wine.

Definitely good hanging out and meeting Queenie and the rest. I ended up Sunday heading down to a waterside bar in Treasure Island, so I would have been too whipped to go out that night as it was.

New polls out now: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/polls?pol ... 2007-09-02

Michigan dropped like a rock, right on out of the poll.

a1, I can't access the polls here at work - can you copy and paste it? thanks.

USA Today Poll
1. USC (49) 1-0 1,486
2. LSU (4) 1-0 1,417
3. Florida (7) 1-0 1,341
4. West Virginia 1-0 1,275
5. Wisconsin 1-0 1,183
6. Oklahoma 1-0 1,146
7. Texas 1-0 1,136
8. Louisville 1-0 995
9. Virginia Tech 1-0 988
10. California 1-0 985
11. Ohio State 1-0 977
12. Georgia 1-0 796
13. Auburn 1-0 644
14. UCLA 1-0 607
15. Penn State 1-0 585
16. Rutgers 1-0 576
17. Nebraska 1-0 512
18. Arkansas 1-0 455
19. TCU 1-0 351
20. Boise State 1-0 315
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 311
22. Hawaii 1-0 269
23. Texas A&M 1-0 214
24. Tennessee 0-1 162
25. Boston College 1-0 153
Others Receiving Votes
Clemson 145, Michigan 132, Miami (FL) 61, Brigham Young 49, Oregon 41, South Carolina 34, Missouri 29, TEXASTECH 25, Oregon State 24, Alabama 21, South Florida 20, Southern Miss 16, Florida State 14, Kentucky 4, Arizona State 3, Iowa 1, Wake Forest 1, Washington 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 21.

wow...so according to the coaches, FSU is 38th...one ahead of Kentucky. Ouch.

we jumped to 4 in the ap. some jackasses still have wvu in the top 5.

AP Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. USC (59) 1-0 1619 1
2. LSU (5) 1-0 1542 2
3. West Virginia (1) 1-0 1449 3
4. Florida 1-0 1346 6
5. Oklahoma 1-0 1275 8
5. Wisconsin 1-0 1275 7
7. Texas 1-0 1221 4
8. Louisville 1-0 1152 10
9. Virginia Tech 1-0 1085 9
10. California 1-0 1080 12
11. Georgia 1-0 959 13
12. Ohio State 1-0 940 11
13. UCLA 1-0 736 14
14. Penn State 1-0 662 17
15. Rutgers 1-0 659 16
16. Nebraska 1-0 541 20
17. Auburn 1-0 519 18
18. Arkansas 1-0 450 21
19. TCU 1-0 384 22
20. Hawaii 1-0 335 23
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 278 NR
22. Boise State 1-0 267 24
23. Texas A&M 1-0 217 25
24. Tennessee 0-1 210 15
25. Clemson 1-0 195 NR
Others Receiving Votes
Boston College 126, Missouri 116, Miami (FL) 91, Oregon 90, Alabama 74, Oregon State 41, South Carolina 39, Michigan 39, Brigham Young 27, South Florida 27, Florida State 22, Arizona State 19, Southern Miss 9, Wake Forest 7, Washington 1, Kansas 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Michigan 5, Florida State 19.

no mention of notre dame.

some knuckle-head domer in the office shouted that he thinks he'll STILL be in a bowl with a 7-5 record...i asked him if he'd be happy if they finish .500 - lol

that's when he said 100 bucks says they finish .500 - i smacked him so hard on that bet that others wanted to do more...he did 2 other people than said he'd had enough...lmao, there were at least 3 others more that wanted action and claim to have even given odds... lmao!!!

Shoot, can I get in on that bet too? Here's Notre Dame's schedule:

Sat, Sep 1 Georgia Tech L 3-33 --
Sat, Sep 8 at (17) Penn State 6:00 pm --
Sat, Sep 15 at (5) Michigan 3:30 pm --
Sat, Sep 22 Michigan State 3:30 pm --
Sat, Sep 29 at Purdue TBA --
Sat, Oct 6 at (14) UCLA 8:00 pm --
Sat, Oct 13 Boston College 3:30 pm --
Sat, Oct 20 (1) USC 3:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 3 Navy 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 10 Air Force 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 17 Duke 2:30 pm --
Sat, Nov 24 at Stanford 3:30 pm

Looking at that, I'd say the only sure wins they have are Navy, Air Force, Duke, and maybe Stanford. And some of those losses could be ugly. I think Michigan is going to want to destroy them to get over the App State hang over in two weeks.

.500 is wholy possible for the domers this season. their schedule is loaded with cake sprinkled with marginal teams and then a few automatic losses.

Notre Dame will lose to GT (obviously), Penn State, Michigan, Mich. St, UCLA, BC, and USC...that's already 7 losses.

They could lose to purdue, though doubtful and I do think they lose to Navy.

I think the domers go 4-8 this year. They go .500 if they're lucky.

Screw the AP, at least the Big Blue got some votes with the coaches. I guess we are going to go out and beat Louisville to get some respect

They just announce today that they're going with true freshman Clausen at QB.

c'mon Joe...you want a team that hasn't had a decent team lately to get respect based on hype and a win over Eastern Kentucky???

You're right, if you want respect, you MUST beat Louisville.

Also I would think UK would get some respect based on the 8-5 record last year, bowl game win and the fact that 17 out of 22 starters came back. UK was 3rd in the East last year. I mean TCU and Hawaii? If you want to talk first game cupcake and easy schedule in general look at June Jones team out there on the island

Oh I certainly agree that Hawaii is incredibly overrated, especially becuase they play nobody.

Hawaii is always fun to watch but I would like to see how they would do against a top tier Pac 10 school or an SEC school. I think it would be interesting to see the Run N Shoot against a decent defense.

Hawaii is always fun to watch but I would like to see how they would do against a top tier Pac 10 school or an SEC school. I think it would be interesting to see the Run N Shoot against a decent defense.

We've got them on the schedule in some year coming up. Might even be next year.

it is next year, a1...season opener...our corners better be ready.

Also I would think UK would get some respect based on the 8-5 record last year, bowl game win and the fact that 17 out of 22 starters came back. UK was 3rd in the East last year. I mean TCU and Hawaii? If you want to talk first game cupcake and easy schedule in general look at June Jones team out there on the island

june jones WILL go undefeated....book it.

no one wants to play hawaii is the god honest truth...

hawaii has a thing with the sec every other year...we get em next year.