The OFFICIAL 2017 College Football Talking Smack Thread!

[tripplej]

Latest rankings from sportingnews,

College football rankings: Top 25 AP Poll
Rank Team
No. 1 Alabama
No. 2 Miami (FL)
No. 3 Oklahoma
No. 4 Clemson
No. 5 Wisconsin
No. 6 Auburn
No. 7 Georgia
No. 8 Ohio State
No. 9 Notre Dame
No. 10 Oklahoma State
No. 11 TCU
No. 12 USC
No. 13 Penn State
No. 14 Central Florida
No. 15 Washinton State
No. 16 Washington
No. 17 Mississippi State
No. 18 Memphis
No. 19 Michigan
No. 20 Stanford
No. 21 LSU
No. 22 Michigan State
No. 23 South Florida
No. 24 West Virginia
No. 25 N.C. State

 

[Todd Anderson]

Sonnie - that Alabama v Miss St game was insane. State completely blew it at the end... why they kept trying to run the ball is beyond me (especially once Bama had tied it up).

Alabama looks so calm under pressure. Very impressive two touchdowns to tie and win that game. They are GOOD.

 

[tripplej]

College Football Playoff Rankings are out.

from sbnation,

 

[Todd Anderson]

Not quite sure how ND is still ranked ahead of OSU. OSU has been on a roll!

 

[tripplej]

Latest ranking.
From espn,

 

[Sonnie Parker]

Sonnie - that Alabama v Miss St game was insane. State completely blew it at the end... why they kept trying to run the ball is beyond me (especially once Bama had tied it up).

Alabama looks so calm under pressure. Very impressive two touchdowns to tie and win that game. They are GOOD.

That was no doubt a superb come-back, but boy did State expose our weakness with our 4 hurt backers.

Auburn has a far better team than State and I think we may be more exposed this coming weekend in the Iron Bowl. I am not optimistic about it at all. Of course we can't necessarily win every year, and I think we'll be much improved next year.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

Welp... my Tide got toppled tonight. Congrats to the Auburn team and fans... you deserve it, and by far played the best ball today.

I think it should be the end of the season for the Tide, short of a respectable bowl bid. I just don't see us having the team to be in the playoffs this year. We'll get beat the first round with the way we have been playing.

Auburn looked really good... not sure how they lost to Clemson or LSU, not as good as they have been playing these last few games. I think Oklahoma might be the best team, with Auburn being a close second. It would sure be an interesting title game between those two teams.

 

[tripplej]

Here is the latest.

Top 25 from Bleacherreport,

"Here is a look at the latest Top 25:

1. Clemson

2. Oklahoma

3. Wisconsin

4. Auburn

5. Alabama

6. Georgia

7. Miami

8. Ohio State

9. Penn State

10. TCU

11. USC

12. UCF

13. Washington

14. Stanford

15. Notre Dame

16. Memphis

17. LSU

18. Oklahoma State

19. Michigan State

20. Northwestern

21. Washington State

22. Virginia Tech

23. South Florida

24. Mississippi State

25. Fresno State"

 

[Tonto]

Boy, how long has it been since FSU was not even in the top 25! At least we beat Florida! And in the swamp! That makes 5 years in a row for Jimbo, a new record.

Who is Bama playing next weekend?

 

[Todd Anderson]

The last few weeks in CF have been insane.

Wow... Auburn is playing great ball right now. I'd love to see them lock horns with Clemson in a National Championship game.

 

[Tonto]

That would be a great/must see game to watch!

 

[JBrax]

Is Jimbo really going to Texas A&M? WOW, if he is and IMO would be a huge loss for Florida St.

 

[Tonto]

Yeah, he's gone...7. something million/year!!! Can't blame a guy for that. It will be interesting who wants to come to FSU. Such a good place to play football. We have spent upwards of $400,000,000.00 on football things since Jimbo started. He really pushed for all the fixin's that the other powers had. Texas A&M already has them & what a salary offer! He should do a great job over there.

 

[JBrax]

Big news for Mizzou with Terry Beckner Jr. coming back for his senior year. He most likely would have been a low 1st or high 2nd round pick so somewhat surprising. Now if we can somehow get Drew Lock to come back we might be a pretty formidable team next year. Barry Odom did a nice job righting the ship when it looked very bleak.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

Jimbo got 75 million on a 10 year contract. With him at A&M, Dan Mullins at Florida, Gus Malzahn at Arkansas, a new coach at Tennessee, a new coach at Auburn, and you know both of those coaches are going to be pretty good coaches, then Kirby getting all of his guys back at Georgia next year... the SEC is going to be brutal over the next few years.

 

[JBrax]

Jimbo got 75 million on a 10 year contract. With him at A&M, Dan Mullins at Florida, Gus Malzahn at Arkansas, a new coach at Tennessee, a new coach at Auburn, and you know both of those coaches are going to be pretty good coaches, then Kirby getting all of his guys back at Georgia next year... the SEC is going to be brutal over the next few years.

Did I miss something? Did Gus leave Auburn?

 

[Sonnie Parker]

It is rumored he is heading that way.

 

[JBrax]

That would be surprising but heck after Jimbo leaving nothing would shock me at this point.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I believe they have offered him 50 million.

 

[tripplej]

latest ranking.

from espn,

 

[JBrax]

I believe they have offered him 50 million.

I may have chosen the wrong profession. Sheesh, the money the coaches are raking in is ridiculous! Some even have clauses that state they must be among the top paid coaches. So coaches like Saban get a raise every time a new benchmark is set and don’t have to pack up and move.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

Malzahn got a 7 year extension with Auburn, so I suppose they are happy with him. They should be really good again next year.

 

[tripplej]

Florida State hires Oregon's Willie Taggart to replace Jimbo Fisher

from yahoo

 

[Tonto]

Taggert has always improved every team he has coached. Is he in the top 10 of coaches? Time will tell. He is a great recruiter for sure so he has that going for him (that is a must in this day and age). I was skeptical about Jimbo when he came...so I'm very willing to give him a shot.

 

[tripplej]

per yahoo, Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield wins Heisman Trophy