SB Nation User Blog: War Eagle Atlanta

What Really Happened in Tuscaloosa Last Weekend

War Eagle Atlanta — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:40:19 -0000

Three Tennessee Freshmen Arrested For Attempted Armed Robbery

War Eagle Atlanta — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:00:44 -0000

Early this morning, three University of Tennessee freshmen, Janzen Jackson, Mike Edwardsand Nu'Keese Richardson, were charged with the attempted armed robbery of three individuals at a gas station in Knoxville. They were arrested along with the female driver of their car, Marie Montmarquet, who was also charged with posession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Three men were sitting in a car outside the gas station convenience store waiting for a friend when two individuals wearing black hoodies opened the car door, brandished a pistol and told them "give us everything you got". When the victims showed their empty wallets, another man approached the would be robbers and told them,"we've got to go". The three then got into a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by the woman and left.

The call went out to police and they promptly stopped the car on Neyland avenue, near the campus. A search of the car found an air pellet pistol under a seat, two black hoodies within plain view, and a marijuana grinder and marijuana on the driver, Montmarquet. She admitted that the drugs belonged to her. Police then drove the suspects back to the gas station where the victims identified Edwards and Richardson as the two who attempted the robbery. Edwards and Richardson are being held on $19,500 bond while Jackson is being held on $15,000 bond.

Richardson was a standout recruit from Pohokee high school in Florida, and was the impetus for Lane Kiffin getting in trouble for accusing Urban Meyer of recruiting violations. Richardson had verbally committed to Florida, but switched to the Vols on national signing day. After the fact, Kiffin accused Meyer of wrong doing when he learned that Meyer had called Richardson while he was on an official visit to Knoxville. No such rule exists barring that.

Richardson's high school, Pohokee, also blasted Kiffin for remarks he made about the schooland barred him from stepping foot on campus until he apologized. Said Kiffin about the school:

"Someone at the school was going to screw it up. The fax machine wouldn't work, or they would have changed the signatures - all the things that go on in Pahokee. For those of you who haven't been to Pahokee, there ain't much going on. You take that hour drive up from South Florida, there ain't a gas station that works. Nobody's got enough money to even have shoes or a shirt on."

Kiffin eventually apologized, but one must wonder now if this incident, the first involving the arrest of any Vol players, is simply karma catching up with the outspoken coach. Reminiscent of the remarks earlier this year that he made to a South Carolina player who committed to Columbia, that he might wind up "pumping gas for the rest of his life like all the other players from that state who had gone to South Carolina", you gotta think that it's not a half bad alternative to working on a chain gang.

"We've had zero arrests in now eleven months here."
Lane Kiffen's teleconference on 11/11/09

Amen Corner: Par Two (Part One)

War Eagle Atlanta — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:43 -0000

Quick-- how many times this decade have we eagled both holes of our own Amen Corner? Quick--when was the last time we lost four in a row to Georgia? For the former, if you count 2000 as the first year of the season decade, we've won both games three times. For the latter, you have to look all the way back to 1948, the tail end of a five-game long losing streak to the Dawgs (but game five in a 9-game non-winning streak). What are the prospects of this young team trying on the Green Jacket after both these games? Let's check out our upcoming date in Athens first.

If you're an Auburn fan, Amen Corner is the equivalent of Christmas for Santa Claus and UPS, April 15th for the IRS, and Black Friday for shopping malls. It's your season--boiled down to two sequential games. No team in the nation has as big a tandem of games to conclude their season as we do. How long have they been the last two games on our schedule? You'd think forever, but actually, the streak (excepting a make-up game with LSU in 2001) only goes back to 1964--right after the time we started playing Georgia in a home and home.

Back in the 1950s, we liked to throw in a OOC game between the two, like Florida State or Clemson, or maybe a conference foe like the Gators. If you go back too far, don't forget that we didn't pick the series back up with Alabama until 1948, so really we've only had our two biggest historic rivals on the schedule for the last 60 seasons. So how many times during this interval have we won both of these games? Eighteen times--almost one third. Not bad, considering the competition--the number one and number three teams in the conference, all-time.

What kind of impact can winning both have on your season? Shug had eight of those, Dye had four, and Bowden and Tuberville each had three. All four of Dye's correspond with the four split SEC titles he won in the 1980s. How fitting for the man who applied the apt Augusta phrase to our season climax. For Bowden and Tubs, most of those Amen Corner championships resulted in a trip to Atlanta--we were on probation in '93, missed in '95, went in '97, went in '00, went in '04, and missed in '05. As you can see, birdying the last two holes gets you in with the conference elite in a given year.

So how does an Auburn fan approach the first hole of Amen Corner? Generally, a little softer than you do the last one. MOST fans of both schools will tell you that it's a respectable rivalry. It's civil, but that in no way should belie how intense it is. A shared history of over 200 games with both Georgia and Georgia Tech make Auburn a combination 3rd rail or 5th Beatle of Peach State football, especially considering that those are the only two FBS teams in the whole state--the 10th largest in population in the country. Seems that there's plenty of room for another team, and that team has always been us. Growing up in the Columbus, GA area, both Jay Coulter and I can attest to the fact that THE definitive CFB team in west Georgia is the Tigers. Hell, maybe the loveliest village on the Plains should have been in Georgia, had the Hooch made about a 25-mile bend further west. Actual or honorary, we Auburn folk will take our lofty status in the east, as we have sown, plowed and reaped the fertile recruiting soil there for decades.

And don't think that the Georgia folk have forgotten that, especially this week, as the Dawgs have moved on from their most bitter out of state rival (Florida) to their most familiar one. Country cousins or not, they're going to look to stuff us hard and extend their winning streak to four in a row--someone that I haven't seen in my lifetime. It's hard to say how the average Georgia fan would rank their top 3 rivals: Auburn, Georgia Tech and Florida. I guess it depends on the decade. Since they've been losing to the Gators so much the last two decades, they're probably the biggest rival for the Dawgs, especially considering their dominance of Tech since Mark Richt's arrival.

So where does that leave us with them? Still stuck in the middle, perhaps. Although I'm not sure when Auburn was Georgia's biggest rival, there can be no doubt that they are firmly implanted as our number two, especially now that our rivalry with Tech has been dormant for so many years. There was a time, in the 40 and 50s, when conference foe Georgia Tech was our biggest rival, back when the Alabama series was just reestablished and growing in intensity. And of course, Georgia would have been our second biggest again, too. Always there. Always vigilant.

So keep that in mind this Saturday, for our old foes the Bulldogs, our original partner in being the harbingers of football in the deep south. For most Auburn fans, they're our vice-rival. For for loyal Tiger fans trapped behind enemy lines, they're probably the arch-foe!

Coming later this week: Last year, I talked about the top 5 most significant Auburn-Georgia games in the last 20 years. This turn, I'll talk about the top 5 best that I have personally seen in the stadiums!

Week Ten Pick Em Contest Results

War Eagle Atlanta — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:24:50 -0000

A Dec-Week (made-up word) of picks have come as we slowly cruise down the back stretch of this CFB season. Turning into Amen Corner, who would have thought that neither we nor Georgia would be ranked in the AP Top 25 to warrant being a selection in week eleven's pick em? I looked today and the line is UGA -4.5. You can make your funsies pick with the line in the comment section if you like.

Week ten had reesedw winning with 14 games, while five people tied for second with 12. And with tiebreakers now in effect, we finally have our first week where the top 10 are separated out! And your current standings are as follows:

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total Points	Dropped Points	W-L
1	AUTexan	95	16	95-64
2	Bowling Thunder	94	15	94-63
3	reesedw	93	17	93-64
4	auburn tigers	93	12	93-66
5	That Girl	91	14	91-68
6	SignalMtnTiger	91	17	91-68
7	burah	91	16	91-63
8	revwhitten	91	17	91-59
9	pmikler	90	7	90-67
10	SeasonofJosie	90	7	90-69

Week Eleven College Football Polls

War Eagle Atlanta — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:24 -0000

Associated Press Media Poll

Rank School Votes Prev Rank

1. Florida (39) 9-0 1,467 1
2. Texas (10) 9-0 1,430 2
3. Alabama (11) 9-0 1,422 3
4. TCU 9-0 1,271 6
5. Cincinnati 9-0 1,263 4
6. Boise St. 9-0 1,228 5
7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1,127 10
8. Pittsburgh 8-1 945 14
9. LSU 7-2 904 9
10. Ohio St. 8-2 898 15
11. Southern Cal 7-2 834 12
12. Miami 7-2 805 16
13. Houston 8-1 783 13
14. Oregon 7-2 752 7
15. Iowa 9-1 741 8
16. Utah 8-1 706 17
17. Oklahoma St. 7-2 492 18
18. Arizona 6-2 476 21
19. Penn St. 8-2 467 11
20. Virginia Tech 6-3 275 22
21. Wisconsin 7-2 274 24
22. BYU 7-2 219 25
23. South Florida 6-2 167 --
24. Clemson 6-3 149 --
25. Stanford 6-3 107 --

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 95, Auburn 54, West Virginia 54, Texas Tech 24, Navy 19, Tennessee 12, Rutgers 11, Nebraska 9, Temple 7, Kansas St. 5, Notre Dame 3, Fresno St. 2, Mississippi 2, Troy 1.

USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank School Votes Prev Rank
1 Florida 9-0 1460 (48) 1
2 Texas 9-0 1399 (4) 2
3 Alabama 9-0 1389 (7) 3
4 TCU 9-0 1262 4
5 Cincinnati 9-0 1224 7
6 Boise State 9-0 1200 5
7 Georgia Tech 9-1 1118 11
8 Ohio State 8-2 944 12
9 Pittsburgh 8-1 940 14
10 USC 7-2 847 13
11 LSU 7-2 838 9
12 Houston 8-1 766 15
13 Iowa 9-1 757 6
14 Utah 8-1 688 16
15 Miami (FL) 7-2 685 17
16 Oregon 7-2 665 8
17 Penn State 8-2 552 10
18 Oklahoma State 7-2 530 18
19 Arizona 6-2 472 19
20 Wisconsin 7-2 341 22
21 Virginia Tech 6-3 268 24
22 Brigham Young 7-2 216 25
23 West Virginia 7-2 121 NR
24 South Florida 6-2 106 NR
25 Auburn 7-3 80 NR

Others: Clemson (71) , Stanford (54) , Oregon State (39) , Texas Tech (36) , Nebraska (31) , Navy (28) , Temple (8) , Central Michigan (8) , North Carolina (7) , Boston College (7) , Oklahoma (6) , Rutgers (3) , Tennessee (3) , Mississippi (2) , Troy (2) , Kansas State (1) , Fresno State (1)

We're #27, #25!!!!!

Auburn-Furman Box Score

War Eagle Atlanta — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:19:59 -0000

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				FUR	AUB
	TD	13:03	Darvin Adams 6 Yd Pass From Chris Todd (Wes Byrum Kick)	0	7
	FG	07:00	Matthew Cesari 23 Yd	3	7
	TD	04:08	Ben Tate 9 Yd Run (Wes Byrum Kick)	3	14
	TD	01:10	Mario Fannin 24 Yd Pass From Chris Todd (Wes Byrum Kick)	3	21
SECOND QUARTER				FUR	AUB
	TD	12:03	Darvin Adams 23 Yd Pass From Chris Todd (Wes Byrum Kick)	3	28
	TD	07:53	Darvin Adams 41 Yd Pass From Chris Todd (Wes Byrum Kick)	3	35
	TD	00:41	Ben Tate 5 Yd Run (Wes Byrum Kick)	3	42
THIRD QUARTER				FUR	AUB
	TD	12:51	Jerodis Williams 6 Yd Run (Matthew Cesari Kick)	10	42
	TD	10:33	Tersoo Uhaa 19 Yd Run (Matthew Cesari Kick)	17	42
	TD	01:18	Eric Smith 2 Yd Run (Wes Byrum Kick)	17	49
FOURTH QUARTER				FUR	AUB
	TD	09:50	Anthony Gulley 13 Yd Run (Wes Byrum Kick)	17	56
	TD	06:33	Jerodis Williams 1 Yd Run (Matthew Cesari Kick)	24	56
	TD	05:03	Anthony Gulley 50 Yd Run (Wes Byrum Kick)	24	63
	TD	00:21	R.J. Webb 17 Yd Pass From Chris Forcier (Matthew Cesari Kick)	31	63

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs	15	30
3rd down efficiency	1-12	6-8
4th down efficiency	1-1	0-0
Total Yards	266	655
Passing	179	373
Comp-Att	14-28	27-30
Yards per pass	6.4	12.4
Rushing	87	282
Rushing Attempts	31	39
Yards per rush	2.8	7.2
Penalties	3-21	7-55
Turnovers	1	2
Fumbles lost	0	2
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Possession	28:12	31:48

Furman Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
C. Forcier	4/4	96	24.0	1	0
J. Sorrells	10/24	83	3.5	0	1
Team	14/28	179	6.4	1	1

Auburn Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
C. Todd	17/18	256	14.2	4	0
N. Caudle	10/12	117	9.8	0	0
Team	27/30	373	12.4	4	0

Furman Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
T. Uhaa	10	40	4.0	1	19
C. Forcier	9	33	3.7	0	16
J. Williams	9	24	2.7	2	19
A. Mims	1	5	5.0	0	5
J. Sorrells	2	-15	-7.5	0	0
Team	31	87	2.8	3	19

Auburn Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Gulley	5	77	15.4	2	50
B. Tate	12	75	6.3	2	19
M. Fannin	6	60	10.0	0	30
E. Smith	10	44	4.4	1	16
T. Stallworth	1	16	16.0	0	16
C. Todd	2	8	4.0	0	12
D. Hooper	1	2	2.0	0	2
N. Caudle	1	1	1.0	0	1
-. Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	39	282	7.2	5	50

Furman Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
R. Webb	2	58	29.0	1	41
J. Williams	4	42	10.5	0	24
A. Mims	5	27	5.4	0	14
T. Maples	1	26	26.0	0	26
C. Anderson	1	14	14.0	0	14
T. McCray	1	12	12.0	0	12
Team	14	179	12.8	1	41

Auburn Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
D. Adams	6	115	19.2	3	41
D. Benton	6	88	14.7	0	26
M. Fannin	2	38	19.0	1	24
E. Smith	4	34	8.5	0	18
E. Blake	5	32	6.4	0	11
T. Trott	1	26	26.0	0	26
P. Lutzenkirchen	1	21	21.0	0	21
D. Winter	1	16	16.0	0	16
T. Hawthorne	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	27	373	13.8	4	41

Furman Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Team	0	0	0

Auburn Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
D. Ford	1	3	0
Team	1	3	0

Furman Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
R. Webb	9	195	21.7	31
Team	9	195	21.7	31

Auburn Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
P. Pierre-Louis	3	63	21.0	34
M. Fannin	1	35	35.0	35
Team	4	98	24.5	35

Furman Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Team	0	0	0.0	0

Auburn Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
P. Pierre-Louis	5	24	4.8	16
Team	5	24	4.8	16

Furman Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
M. Cesari	1/1	100.0	23	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	23	4/4	7

Auburn Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
W. Byrum	0/0	0.0	--	9/9	9
Team	0/0	0.0	--	9/9	9

Furman Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
T. Hawk	8	385	48.1	0	3	60
Team	8	385	48.1	0	3	60

Auburn Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
C. Durst	2	91	45.5	1	1	49
Team	2	91	45.5	1	1	49

ATTENDANCE: 81,506

Urban Meyer to be Example Under New SEC No-Whining Mandate?

War Eagle Atlanta — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:47:48 -0000

That spotlight IS mighty hot, coach...

Channeling Saddam Hussein and the Security Council mandates and current-day Iran and the nuclear proliferation warnings, Florida coach Urban Meyer may have already crossed the proverbial line in the SEC sand by criticizing officiating before the ink was dry on last week's decree of 1st offense suspension for that very infraction.

Talking about a late hit on Tim Tebow by Georgia linebacker Nick Williams after Tebow had handed off the ball, Meyer said, "That should have been a penalty, in my opinion. You've got to protect quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the referee."

Meyer disclosed that that play was one of several that he refered to the SEC office, and confirmed that he did hear back from them, but declined comment.

I'm not sure I'm allowed to give you that, what they said. I don't want to get out of line."

Don't want to step out of line? What about that first comment? Rewind that, please!

SEC Bylaw 10.5.4.is the one that specifically addresses the criticizing of officials and now ups the ante for a first offense to a suspension, with reprimands being virtually useless with this bunch. But does the league have the stones to stick it to a coach who's currently ranked number one AND is the defending national champion, especially when compared through the prism of Kiffin-like infractions? THAT's a tough one.

Have no doubt that Meyer is currently at his leisure this week, basking in a beatdown of Georgia AND severly disiplining Brandon Spikes for dirty play two days ago. Memo to SEC commish Mike Slive: Why not suspend him for the second half of the Vanderbilt game this weekend.

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Getting tired of all the stories in CFB being about Florida? Me too, but there's seemingly nothing else going on outside the Gator universe. But in case we start to run out of Gator threads, here are some other ones that we can probably look forward to soon:

From the home office in Atlanta, GA, tonight's TOP 10 Possible Stories Coming Out of Gainesville Before the End of the Year:

10) Tebow calls recruits from NFL draft combine...

9) Brandon Spikes arrested for gouging glass out of YouTube TV sets...

8) Gators to wear Halloween-inspired uniforms like Georgia and Tennessee for SEC championship Game in Atlanta...

7) UF President Bernie Machen nixes another possible Corrine Brown gratulation speech following BCS CG in Pasadena...

6) Gator Snuggie outsells Bama Shama-Wow as top Christmas gag gift...

5) Vanderbilt scores 48 in first half explosion to seal upset against weakened Gator D...

4) Gators give Bobby Bowden Retirement Gift...

3) Tebow again takes separate plane from team, this time out to Pasadena, then to the P.I...

2) Triple trade. Charlie Weiss goes to Illinois, Meyer goes to Notre Dame. Zook back to Gainesville...

1) Florida interviews alumnus Gene Chizik for opening one month into recruiting season...

Poll

What's the verdict?

Week Nine Pick Em Contest Results

War Eagle Atlanta — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:48:38 -0000

Week nine saw scores elevated for the second straight week. The winners for the week were War Damn Zach with 14, Gene Who with 13, and seven tied for third with 12 each--including Acid Reign. All but one of us succesfully rode Georgia Tech over Vandy, and all but two won with Cincinnatti over Syracuse.

So, going into week 10, it's still real tight, with only 6 points separating 1st from 10th place. Our leaderboard is as follows:

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total Points	Dropped Points	W-L
1	auburn tigers	85	12	85-52
2	Bowling Thunder	84	15	84-51
3	AUTexan	83	16	83-54
4	burah	82	16	82-55
5	revwhitten	82	17	82-53
6	SignalMtnTiger	81	17	81-56
7	SeasonofJosie	81	7	81-56
8	auburnhillrya	80	14	80-57
9	Gene who ?	79	18	79-58
10	War Eagle Atlanta	79	15	79-52

Stats at a Glance

War Eagle Atlanta — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:27:31 -0000

SEC rushing leaders, through this past weekend. Remember that the rushing crown is based on per game average, not total yards, as a team bound for Atlanta would have two more games over a team that doesn't qualify for a bowl.

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg/G

1. Mark Ingram-UA SO 8 153 1004 6.6 8 54 125.5

2. Anthony Dixon-MS SR 8 182 1001 5.5 9 57 125.1

3. Ben Tate-AU SR 9 193 1067 5.5 6 60 118.6

4. M. Hardesty-UT SR 8 166 841 5.1 8 43 105.1

5. Derrick Locke-UK JR 8 125 597 4.8 4 31 74.6

6. T. Tebow-UF SR 8 139 551 4.0 8 30 68.9

7. Warren Norman-VU FR 9 104 593 5.7 3 58 65.9

8. J. Demps-UF SO 8 63 488 7.7 5 41 61.0

9. Michael Smith-AR SR 6 56 360 6.4 2 33 60.0

10. D. McCluster-UM SR 8 82 473 5.8 2 79 59.1

RUSHING	Cl	G	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TD	Long	Avg/G
1.	Mark Ingram-UA	SO	8	153	1004	6.6	8	54	125.5
2.	Anthony Dixon-MS	SR	8	182	1001	5.5	9	57	125.1
3.	Ben Tate-AU	SR	9	193	1067	5.5	6	60	118.6
4.	M. Hardesty-UT	SR	8	166	841	5.1	8	43	105.1
5.	Derrick Locke-UK	JR	8	125	597	4.8	4	31	74.6
6.	T. Tebow-UF	SR	8	139	551	4.0	8	30	68.9
7.	Warren Norman-VU	FR	9	104	593	5.7	3	58	65.9
8.	J. Demps-UF	SO	8	63	488	7.7	5	41	61.0
9.	Michael Smith-AR	SR	6	56	360	6.4	2	33	60.0
10.	D. McCluster-UM	SR	8	82	473	5.8	2	79	59.1

On Saturday, I was commenting to a friend that Auburn can't return a punt more than three yards. Although I thought I was exaggerating, it's eerie how true that statement really was--dead last in the conference with a 3.4 yard average.

PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Avg.

1. LSU 8 19 329 1 17.3

2. Alabama 8 26 414 0 15.9

3. Kentucky 8 17 262 1 15.4

4. Georgia 8 14 166 0 11.9

5. Ole Miss 8 16 175 0 10.9

6. Miss. State 9 11 115 1 10.5

7. Tennessee 8 9 90 0 10.0

8. South Carolina 9 15 147 0 9.8

9. Florida 8 21 127 1 6.0

10. Arkansas 8 12 70 1 5.8

11. Vanderbilt 9 24 94 0 3.9

12. Auburn 9 15 51 0 3.4

PUNT RETURN AVG	G	No.	Yards	TD	Avg.
1.	LSU	8	19	329	1	17.3
2.	Alabama	8	26	414	0	15.9
3.	Kentucky	8	17	262	1	15.4
4.	Georgia	8	14	166	0	11.9
5.	Ole Miss	8	16	175	0	10.9
6.	Miss. State	9	11	115	1	10.5
7.	Tennessee	8	9	90	0	10.0
8.	South Carolina	9	15	147	0	9.8
9.	Florida	8	21	127	1	6.0
10.	Arkansas	8	12	70	1	5.8
11.	Vanderbilt	9	24	94	0	3.9
12.	Auburn	9	15	51	0	3.4

Week Ten College Football Polls

War Eagle Atlanta — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:41:12 -0000

Alabama gets jumped by Texas during their bye week. Is it fair? As a SEC and CFB loyalist, the answer is no. Is it a surprise? No, either. With Texas winning big in Stillwater and Alabama's offense struggling of late, it's to be expected. Alabama, as well as Texas and Florida for that matter, all control their destinies by winning out, even if only two out of three can survive. We'll see how the BCS treats the Tide tomorrow.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Florida (38)	8-0	1448
2	Texas (13)	8-0	1408
3	Alabama (8)	8-0	1390
4	Cincinnati	8-0	1212
5	Boise State	8-0	1211
6	TCU	8-0	1147
7	Oregon	7-1	1130
8	Iowa	9-0	1127
9	LSU	7-1	1036
10	Georgia Tech	8-1	949
11	Penn State	8-1	886
12	USC	6-2	741
13	Houston	7-1	707
14	Pittsburgh	7-1	690
15	Ohio State	7-2	636
16	Miami (FL)	6-2	602
17	Utah	7-1	552
18	Oklahoma State	6-2	361
19	Notre Dame	6-2	352
20	Oklahoma	5-3	348
21	Arizona	5-2	322
22	Virginia Tech	5-3	185
23	California	6-2	181
24	Wisconsin	6-2	172
25	Brigham Young	6-2	130

Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, South Carolina 21, Mississippi 24

USA Today Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Florida (50)	8-0	1463
2	Texas (4)	8-0	1395
3	Alabama (5)	8-0	1390
4	TCU	8-0	1182
5	Boise State	8-0	1176
6	Iowa	9-0	1161
7	Cincinnati	8-0	1150
8	Oregon	7-1	1079
9	LSU	7-1	1062
10	Penn State	8-1	966
11	Georgia Tech	8-1	934
12	Ohio State	7-2	730
13	USC	6-2	729
14	Pittsburgh	7-1	694
15	Houston	7-1	672
16	Utah	7-1	567
17	Miami (FL)	6-2	549
18	Oklahoma State	6-2	371
19	Arizona	5-2	320
20	Oklahoma	5-3	313
21	Notre Dame	6-2	281
22	Wisconsin	6-2	204
23	California	6-2	197
24	Virginia Tech	5-3	193
25	Brigham Young	6-2	106

Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, South Carolina 21, Mississippi 22

BCS polls come out tomorrow!!!

We're # 28/29!!!!