Mook vs a crazy college basketball season

It is not that odd for a number 1 team to lose during a week.
It's not even that odd to have a new number 1 3 weeks in a row.

But this season has been nutty!

On Saturday, The number 1, 4, 5, 10,11, 13,14, 17 & 21 teams all lost- in one day!
Plus #6 lost on Sunday... and #15, 18, 22, & 24 lost earlier in the week... that's 14 of the top 24 losing! (And a couple of those teams lost multiple times)

This is not the first time this has happened this season

The week before, the top 4 teams ALL lost during the week (plus the team i had slated as #5) + 9,10,12, 16... that is 7 of the top ten teams losing in a week!

Earlier in the season:

a    #2, #3, #4, #5,#8,#9,#10,#11,#12,#13,#16, #17,#19,#20, #22, #24, #25 all lost

that's     17 of 25

 4 of the top 5

7 of the top 10

10/13

14/20

Maybe it's because the big East beat up on each other. Maybe there is more parity. Mid-majors can beat the big dogs. And the conferences are pretty even from top to bottom.

It looks like anyone could win this year. Ohio st looks pretty dominant. BYU has the superstar. i'm still holding out for Purdue. They got the Senior leadership, the good coach, great defense, amazing guard play, a couple guys who can take a game over... Robbie Hummel or not, they are still poised to make a championship run.
It has been a fun college basketball season. i hope they let some small school into the tourney (With good seedings)- like Butler, Valpo, Cleveland State, Witchita St, VCU, Old Dominion, Missouri St, George Mason, Richmond - and see what they can do... and i hope the BigTen still gets represented well - if MSU gets in, i'd still say they have a great chance at sweet 16 and even Elite 8.


i love sports. i love college basketball!

Mook vs the BCS standings

Is anyone surprised by Oklahoma being ranked #1 by the BCS? The BCS loves Oklahoma!

They actually may deserve it this year, they killed FSU, who has been good and beat up on Texas... they have a pretty tough schedule the rest of the way too...
... though not as hard as Oregon or Auburn will have to face...

i like Oregon, LeMicheal James is my heisman favorite. They don't have much defense though and the Pac-10 is tough... Auburn will lose... Michigan State may go unscathed, i'm not sure what to think of the big10, but i don't think they're great- good... but not great.

Purdue by the way is in 1st place & undefeated in the big10... Ohio st is not. Can we beat 'em again? doubtful, but we'll see...


Here's the thing. All the people on tv are idiots. Denard Robinson was a 90% chance of winning the heisman... then Taylor Martiez had ONE big game, and people were ready to give it to him - and last week he was benched... And who has Nebraska beaten that they became such a great team... i wasn't surprised at all that Texas won- they lost 2 games in a row (one to Oklahoma) and all of sudden they were a crappy unranked team to some...

It seems like most of the voting is not based on performance, but expectation, past results, and if they played on national tv...
i wasn't buying Michigan until they beat Wisconsin, but most others started drinking the kool-aid b/c they beat an awful Notre Dame team (which is alo why Michigan got ranked, and Stanford became the darkhorse champion).
Meanwhile, teams like Missouri and Oklahoma St don't even make the top ten as undefeated teams...

i was glad to see South Carolina lose and Florida lose... it's not because the SEC is so tough either, they lost to has-been teams...

i wonder how this will all turn out- but please, let's not have another Boise St vs TCU game.

My rankings

1.     Boise St           W: VT, Oregon St

2.     Oregon            W: Stanf

3.     OU                  W: FSU, AF, UT

4.     TCU                  W: Oregon St

5.     Auburn              W: SC, Ark

6.     MSU                 W: Wisc

7.     Bama                 L: SC

8.     Utah

9.     LSU                 W: UF, WV

10. Wisc                  L: MSU

11. Mizzou

12. Ohio St              L: Wisc

13. Stanford            L: Oregon

14. Ok St

15. Zona                    L: Oregon St, W: Iowa

16. UT                       L: OU, UCLA W: Neb

17. Neb                      L: UT

18. SC                       L: Aub, KU  W: Bama

19. Iowa                    L: Zona

20. FSU                     L: OU, W: Miami

21. Arkansas             L: Bama, Aub

22. VT

23. K-St

24. Miss St

25. AF                        L:OU

Mook vs Boise St & Oregon

The world & the BCS are against Boise St.
They are pointing to the weak schedule they have ahead - but what about the games they have already played?
Did Ohio St beat anyone? Did Nebraska? Ok Ohio st beat Miami, but they're probably not better than VaTech, and it wasn't on the road.

Boise St has just flat out won. When was the last time they lost a game?
They've beaten the bog programs too. They beat Oregon last year, so why is Oregon so far ahead of them?

Certainly this isn't last year, but Boise St returns almost everyone from last year, so that should give them some credit to at least get a chance...

Oregon did lose to Ohio St last year too - so maybe i should rank Ohio state above them, but i'm not going to. Oregon has killed everyone they have played. They're game against Stanford was impressive- because they were down - big time. And they came back. They're offense is explosive.

The Pac-10 is the best conference. The Big 10 is weak. Hey, i'm from bigten country. i love the big ten. But they're not that good. Arizona crushed Iowa.
The Pac 10 has done well. UCLA killed Texas also.

Oklahoma should have a gripe too. They have played the toughest schedule so far (of teams winning games - Toledo, Oregon St, and probably some other crappy team in there have played a tougher schedule).
But OU killed Florida St- made them look like fodder- but surprise, they may make it to a BCS game and top ten ranking by the time the season is done. They beat Air Force who is getting ranked as they deserve ane Texas - which was at one point top 5

But i don't think the BCS wants Boise St there. They will win. What are they going to do when Boise St and TCU beats all these teams they are supposed to lose to and goes undefeated?
i don't think ESPN wants Oregon there either - it all goes back to East Coast bias.

i'm glad Bama lost, and i hope Ohio St loses and even Oregon (that conference will be tough to escape w/o a loss). Nebraska & OU will at the very least play each other for the conference championship...
Ah, a playoff would be great - but even then i'm sure they'd find a way to screw the small market team - it's all about the Benjamins isn't it?

My rankings

10-10-10

1.     Boise St

2.     Oregon

3.     OU

4.     Ohio St

5.     Auburn

6.     Neb

7.     TCU

8.     SC

9.     Bama

10. Utah

11. LSU

12. Arkansas

13. Stanford

14. FSU

15. MSU

16. Zona

17. Ok St

18. Mizzou

19. Iowa

20. Wisc

21. AF

22. UF

23. UT

24. UofM

25. Miami

Mook vs College Football predictions for 2010

My predictions

1.            Bama

            defending National Champs with almost everyone back, best coach: consensus #1

2.            Boise St
Undefeated a season ago, with Kellen Moore and most others back. They deserve this spot and a chance to play for the national championship

3.            UT
i love Colt McCoy (this interview is amazing). If he hadn't got hurt they probably would have beat Bama last year, instead it gave Gilbert some experience that should help them compete                 

4.            Ohio St
i don't like Ohio st, but they always have talent and Pryor may be most talented in the league (Where would Rich Rod & Michigan be if they got him?) Tressel is a great coach. They'll be competing

5.            OU

            No Bradford, but he was gone most of last year anyway                 

6.            Iowa                       

7.            UF                       

8.            Miami                       

9.            Wisc           

10.            Oregon

11.            UNC           

12.            FSU           

13.            TCU           

14.            Stanford

15.            Ark           

16.            Penn St           

17.            VT           

18.            Utah

19.            USC           

20.            Pit           

            The next 15 are your usual suspects… Programs & Coaches…3 Florida school: Miami always produces talent & former Miami coach Butch Davis has a ton of talent at UNC. Bobby Bowden is gone, but Joe Pa is still at Penn St, but Wisc is actually more consistent, but Iowa –overrated a year ago, may be underrated this year… don’t know if TCU & Utah are big name programs yet, but maybe they should be. USC should still be respectable, but Oregon is the class of the Pac-10, and Jim Harbaugh will be one of the top coaches soon, if he isn’t already. Anf you may not like him, but Bobby Petrino can coach…

21.            LSU           

22.            Neb           

23.            Georgia

24.            GT           

25.            A&M

after that, a bunch of Pac-10 teams and Big Ten Teams... we'll see...

i think Purdue could finish 9-3, but it would have been nice to see Ralph Bolden.