tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:28:29 +0000The iTwentyFive College Football Poll Voters stand up and explain why...http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/pollstory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-59326198200858071Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +00002008-11-30T17:28:29.990-08:00footballbowlalabamarosetexasfiestabcscollegesugaroklahomatexas techfloridauscorangeThe math isn't simple - but the implications are: the Florida Gators are not going to the National Championship game this season. Let's start with basic BCS math. The three components: Harris and Coaches polls and the computer rankings each count for one-third. Sounds easy and fair (if you like the BCS). The problem is the hidden, extra, weight given the computers. For those math majors in http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2008/11/why-florida-cant-win-nationalnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-453843852479418702Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:32:00 +00002008-11-29T21:37:22.846-08:00It's funny, you get to this point and it should be obvious or at least almost obvious. The scenarios are usually numerous, but cut and dry. Not so this year. We have given the people double the input into the BCS rankings as the computers and this year, it may make a huge difference. This year - we could have four teams separated by less than .0100 points. That is Mack Brown putting the http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2008/11/bcs-mumblingsnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-191765119319805641Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:17:00 +00002008-11-10T19:56:30.864-08:00So we have heard all of the terrible predictions of what would happen if no one was undefeated and last year we had a two loss team win the BCS championship. It was bound to happen and it's probably good for the sport. Today however, we talk about the ultimate in BCS black-eyes: Two teams from the same conference end up being ranked number one and two. This is a distinct possibility this year. http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2008/11/bcs-doomsday-scenarionoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-3591925015815359997Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:17:00 +00002008-11-09T22:19:03.703-08:00So you leave for a year and half and LSU wins a national championship and Saban is knocking again. We have a doozy of a post coming up tomorrow that may knock the BCS back into oblivion like it should be... Just wait...http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2008/11/back-to-grindnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-8605875880050202061Tue, 29 May 2007 19:53:00 +00002007-05-29T13:04:04.360-07:00Finally, a college football president will come to the table with a plan for a college football playoff. There are things that Machen must remember as he puts his plan together: 1. You must include part of the current bowl system. Schools will not leave their financial partners out in the cold. 2. You must include all six of the BCS conference champions. 3. You must include an opportuniy http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2007/05/florida-president-ready-to-pushnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-8545963600847527304Mon, 28 May 2007 02:05:00 +00002007-05-27T19:17:47.803-07:00We are now three months from the first game. Three months from finding out if Tim Tebow is for real. Three months from finding out if USC can now step it up with John David Booty in his second year as a starter. Three months to find out if anyone can challenge Oklahoma and Texas in the Big XII. Three months to find out if West Virginia can ride two superstars to a national championship. We starthttp://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2007/05/2007-season-calm-before-stormnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-116513089743511141Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:12:00 +00002006-12-03T00:13:13.930-08:00Now that the season is truly over, let's go back and look at who the best teams are. There are some close calls of course, but the truth has come out and think we have some clear cut winners. What follows are the matchups for the iTwentyFive playoff. I wrote about this on e-sports.com about six years ago. I think it would be an awesome system for a playoff. The way it would work is that http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2006/12/real-top-sixteen-playoff-previewnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-115969243472001248Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:45:00 +00002006-10-01T01:52:47.483-07:00The CyFair Devil Rays are looking for your help. Next season we would like to get our own name and our own uniforms. The problem is the coaches won't let our parents buy them... we must earn the money ourselves. We found this great way to raise money where we don't have to do door to door selling and we get 40% of all of the sales. All we ask you to do is renew a subscription or two of magazines http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2006/10/cy-fair-devil-rays-need-your-helpnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-113634719944776370Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:18:00 +00002006-01-03T19:59:59.483-08:00The question is running around all the blogs and sportswriters... who will win the big game, who will prevail as college football's national champion on Wednesday? It's really an easy question. Southern Cal should dominate like they always do when it's all on the line. We all have heard of teams willing themselves to a win, but this incarnation of the Trojans have done it time and time again.http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2006/01/why-usc-will-beat-texas-tomorrownoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112769511755163701Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:38:00 +00002005-09-25T17:38:37.566-07:00Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis showed his team Saturday that there is more to life than football by making a play call that very few other coaches in college football would make. People like Coach Weis make defending the game to the naysayers so much easier. It's easy see where he may not only be building a winning team, he is building winning people. http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/09/weis-puts-football-in-its-place-withnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112676107516537153Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:11:00 +00002005-09-14T22:12:00.710-07:00The Southern Cal Trojans start off the year as the number one team in the land in the initial iTwentyFive poll for the 2005 season. They are followed in the poll by Texas and Virginia Tech. The top five is closed out by SEC rivals Tennessee and Lousiana State. Louisville starts out at No. 6 with Florida State very close behind. Georgia and Notre Dame are virtually tied with the Florida Gatorshttp://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/09/usc-tops-first-itwentyfive-poll-ofnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112558122534548058Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:27:00 +00002005-09-01T06:28:22.213-07:00The NCAA finally made a ruling that makes sense. They have told schools not to worry about the rules when it comes to Katrina. The NCAA will turn the other cheek about some travel and family rules this year. Miles Brand said, "The first priority of those schools caught in Katrina's path is the students, staff and families who have been put in harm's way." It's about time that was the priorityhttp://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/09/ncaa-finally-gets-it-rightnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112313127029767397Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:54:00 +00002005-08-03T21:54:30.366-07:00Ex-Florida (and current Illinois) coach Ron Zook let loose a couple of days ago about his old employers, the Florida Gators. Now there is nothing more that I hate than a whiner and Zook has hit new heights. The main problem I have is that he complained the 'cupboard' was bare when he got there and now Meyer has a Heisman candidate in his first year. How quickly he has forgotten that his http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/08/whiny-zook-spouts-about-floridanoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112267547405122278Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:17:00 +00002005-07-29T15:20:10.456-07:00Buried as the second story on the USA Today college football beat page was something that I thought I would never see. After all, the BCS officials and university presidents agree that a playoff is not feasible because it would extend the season too much and we don't want to jeopardize the educational integrity of big time college football. So I was stunned to read that the BCS had submitted http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/presidential-hypocrisy-and-bcs-bowlsnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112261164904925730Fri, 29 Jul 2005 04:34:00 +00002005-07-28T21:34:09.070-07:00Barry Alvarez announced that he will step down as the coach of the Wisconsin Badgers after this year. People shouldn't underestimate the effect he has had on Big Ten football. He took a perrienial celler dwellar and made then a yearly force in the Big Ten and nationally. Now he has stepped down with style, grace, and UW in mind. He has already named the head coach (this is in his power ashttp://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/alvarez-leaving-right-waynoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112198158133789265Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:33:00 +00002005-07-21T14:33:01.376-07:00The big declaration from the new coach of Notre Dame has been made..."I'll be disappointed if our team isn't way better at the end of the year than they were at the beginning of the year." Wow Charlie, don't go too far out on a limb. I hate to tell Notre Dame fans this but I have recently seen a coach who was "just looking to improve". His name was Ron Zook and he moved the Florida football http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/zook-jr-at-notre-damenoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112175011714710169Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:15:00 +00002005-07-18T22:16:36.950-07:00Southern Cal the best team of all time? Dennis Dodd of Sportsline.com thinks if USC can win again this year, they merit consideration. While it never has been done before and it would be a magnificent feat, putting them among the elite teams in the history of the game is, I think, comical. For one thing, there are too many other teams that have dominated opponents (against tougher schedules, http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/southern-cal-best-evernoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112162053869325823Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:15:00 +00002005-07-17T10:15:38.723-07:00The Gamecocks admitted violations seem minor. In fact the idea of being punished for helping a student academically seems absurd. I don't care if the student is yours or not. I'm not sure there should ever be a penalty for academically helping any student. The extra workouts are violations, but they seem minor. I hope the NCAA thinks that USC's self imposed penalties are enough, but theyhttp://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/south-carolinas-violations-step-tonoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112156669701163087Sun, 17 Jul 2005 02:18:00 +00002005-07-16T19:18:17.036-07:00SPorts Illustrated has posted their previews of all 119 Div I teams. The previews are a must read for anyone wanting to get a good perspective on the upcoming season. They have been compiled by Athlon and have just enough depth to give the reader a clue without bogging you down.http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/sicom-posts-previewsnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112112234792854798Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:52:00 +00002005-07-11T15:52:27.933-07:00The BCS has a new poll with the title of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll. This poll will replace the AP in the BCS calculation. In a stroke of genius (finally), the poll will not be published until September 25th. A quick analysis of the collegefootballnews.com preseason top ten shows that all may have some sort of test before that first poll: USC - at Hawaii, Arkansas, at http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/details-of-new-bcs-poll-announcednoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-112111673877856176Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:14:00 +00002005-07-11T14:18:58.790-07:00We are less than two months away from the start of the college football season and I think I will be the first to say it... USC will not be the national champion for the third year in a row. They will lose somewhere along the way. The luck that has gifted them for two years will run out somewhere this year, I guarantee it. With that out of way, welcome to the 2005 iTwentyFive College Football http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2005/07/2005-college-football-itwentyfive-blognoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-109891233567125685Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:23:00 +00002004-10-27T14:25:35.670-07:00Everyone is sure we need a playoff. What is your plan to pull it off and appease everyone (including the University presidents).http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2004/10/so-we-need-playoff-how-would-you-do-itnoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-109874274702683801Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:09:00 +00002004-10-25T15:19:07.040-07:00I'd love to get some thoughts from you on why you rank where you rank. I'll start.... criteria 1) Record: If you are from a BCS conference, I immediately begin with how many losses do you have. This is why I have Wisconsin ranked ahead of FSU, and will continue to do so until they lose. This is the first category in my opinion, since it usually straightens itself out by the end of the season. http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2004/10/rankings-explanationnoreply@blogger.com (sportsaholic)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-109874107974406745Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:51:00 +00002004-10-25T14:52:56.926-07:00He sure doesn't seem to back away from the possibility. Maybe he realizes how good he had it at Gainesville... http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2004/10/spurrier-interestednoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767578.post-109872099036109272Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:16:00 +00002004-10-25T14:38:41.146-07:00We knew it was just a matter of time. Here is the story: ESPN.com - NCF - Source: Florida fires football coach Zook Now the speculation about the speculation can end and the true speculation can begin. The strange thing is... what does this do to recruiting? They won't hire any of the named replacements until their seasons are over (I would hope, at least) . But, who would commit to UF http://www.itwentyfive.com/pollstory/2004/10/florida-fires-football-coach-zooknoreply@blogger.com (Joey Ware)0