do u think West virginia has a chance at an undefeated season? whats ur preseason top 5?
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YES!  \n\nIf West Virginia had any time to shine, next season is it!  With the Big East as weak as it is, the toughest games will come from rival Maryland and new comers, that almost upset WVU last season in triple overtime, Louisville.  Not to mention Pitt is always a big game, so if WVU can overcome those games, there is no doubt in my mind they can run the table.  And if they do, they are definant Nat'l Champion contenders.\n\nMy Preseason top 5 are...\n\nOhio State\nWest Virginia\nOklahoma\nUSC\nTexas\n\n(forget Notre Dame! Most overrated program in America!)  \n\nPS, whoever said Boise State has no clue what they are talking about.  They lost their master mind head coach to the Colorado Buffs, they will have a down season this year compared to what they are used to having!
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Patrick White is AWESOME Ithink he will be awesome in the pros WVU will win the championship next year GO MOUNTAINEERS\nStave Slaton is good too
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No, they won't.  I doubt Rutgers will move into the top 5 either.  I will be rooting for the Scarlet, but I honestly don't think they will beat Louisville tonight.  One step at a time.  The real questions is if they do beat Louisville and WV, and stay undefeated, will they play the winner of OSU and Michigan for the title?\n\nGlad I was wrong on the outcome.  Now watch them get screwed in the BCS...
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Rutgers is a very good football team. If they finish undefeated meaning they beat WVU in Morgantown, they are a definite BCS bowl team.  They will likely be penalized for playing in a weak league.  I know the football "experts" have lately been getting on the "Big East Bandwagon" with both WVU and UofL being ranked as high as no. 3.  The problem with either of those teams and Rutgers also being ranked no.3 is their strength of schedule just doesn't come close to that of Big 10,SEC, Pac 10, or Big 12 schools.  I like the way Rutgers plays and I like their coach very much.  I'd be very surprised if he doesn't get an offer he can't refuse from Miami or another big school at the end of the year.  I hope Rutgers wins out and gets to a BCS bowl and wins there.  I do think they are the best of an otherwise overrated league.  I think if Rutgers wins out, they should be no better than no. 6, depending of course on how the teams above them do in the last few games of the year.  A very nice team though,very nice.
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Definitely West Virginia. Although they just lost their first conference game at Pittsburgh, they play in udoubtedly the best conference in the nation: the Big East.\n\nI say W.Viginia goes as far as the Elite 8, while M.State gets to the Sweet 16.\n\nI'll give you 5 good reasons why the Big East is MUCH better than the Big Ten: UCONN, Villanova, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and Georgetown.
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Yes, definitely a good team. They are consistent and know how to win. I predict a Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma or Nebraska. I believe they have what it takes to win. Their ranking should be higher maybe a 7.
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No, Ohio state won't be a contender.  they lost way too many starters, especailly on defense, which was their gimme last year.  It will be somethin else if Ohio State comes up wit it.  My pick is NotreDame with Brady Quinn @ his best.
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Dude....tough call!  It seems like the Big Ten is moving more and more to the West Coast Offense, but the foundation of the conference is running the ball.  Perhaps not as much as in the SEC, but the coaches in the Big Ten need to run to win.\n\nThat leaves us with a lot of good players to consider:\n\nMichigan's Michael Hart\nOhio State's Antonio Pittman\nMinnesota's Amir Pinnix\nNorthwestern's Tyrell Sutton\nMichigan State's Javon Ringer\nWisconsin's Hill/Walker/Foster combo\nPenn State's Tony Hunt\nIndiana's Josiah Sears\nIllinois's Pierre Thomas\nIowa's Albert Young\nand \nPurdue's Kory Sheets.\n\nMy money is on Tyrell Sutton as the best back in the Big Ten, but the spread offensive never hurts.  Sutton averaged 5.9 yards per carry last season, and he will get more touches with Basanez gone.  My only concern is that the offense could get too one-dimensional there if CJ Bacher can't keep up the good progress made by Basanez.\n\nWho will lead the conference in rushing yards next year?  That's gonna be Albert Young.  He is built like the ideal RB.  Strong and quick.  He and Drew Tate are the perfect one-two punch on the Hawkeye offense.\n\nThe most valuable back to their team?  Kory Sheets.  Purdue QB Curtis Painter loves to run the option, and that will only add to Sheets's production.\n\nMy Honorable Mentions are extended to Hart, Pittman, Ringer and Pinnix who will all have HUGE seasons next year.\n\nKeep your eyes on Jehuu Caulcrick for MSU, though...he's fantastic, too.\n\nMan, there's just to many good backs to choose....GREAT QUESTION!!!!
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West Virginia 45\nPittsburgh      27
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I totally agree.  I must say that in watching this game, I do not get any sort of sense of a quality team.  First let us look at the 10 point win for Louisville.  7 points came from a fumble (which was part of a series of 3 turnovers in 4 plays).  7 points came from a ugly punt with ugly tackling to be returned for a TD.  That just goes to show West Virginia was over rated.\n\nNow for Lousiville, they played horribly.  They allowed over 500 yards of offense against them (BTW for a total between both of over 1000 yards... yikes).  Even bad highschool teams give up less than this.  There was no tackling, there was no defense.  The game was a shootout to see who would make a few mistakes... West VA lost that bet.  It is easy to score a lot of points when the other team cannot stop an old woman with a cane in one hand and the ball in the other.  It is very easy to run up points all season when you play a bunch of short bus schools chasing butterflys up and down the field.  Wait until the bowl games... when all the "power house" Big East teams play real "Power Conferences."(SEC, Big 10, ACC, Pac 10).  They will learn what a real football is like.  All I hope for is either: 1) All the Big East teams knock each other out or 2) They all go to decent bowls where they get there butts kicked, and they start where they belong next year.  And yes, I know Ohio State is awesome, Michigan is too.  Sorry they have to knock each other out but it is the way it goes.  I see Ohio State/Florida or Auburn in the title... the way it should be.  Go Jackets (Yes, I know... not a title hope but they win the ACC and are Orange Bowl bound)!
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Losing Pittsnogle, Gansey, Beilein, and Collins, I'd say West Virginia is going to be in a rebuilding phase next year. Who knows if they will ever be as good as now, but Beilein is a great coach, so if he can recruit talented players, they defineatly will become good again.\nNext year's predicted starting lineup...\nPG Nichols (junior)\nSG Ruoff (sophmore)\nSF Young (senior)\nPF Alexander (sophmore)\nC Summers (5th year senior)\n\nAll either very inexperienced players or/and young players except for Young and Nichols. So it doesn't look good in a brutile Big East conferance.
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Jss. I think that of the three teams you listed Clemson should be the best of the bunch. \n\nOne they return a solid backfield, and recruited one more.\n\nTwo although he is un-proven Will Proctor is ready to lead.\n\nThree they do not have to Play Miami this year.\n\nLast but not least I still think they are better than FSU.
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#8  the U\n\nThere was a shakeup — no, let’s make that, earthquake, on the Miami coaching staff following the 40–3 embarrassment at the hands of LSU in the Peach Bowl, when four top assistants were shown the door. Also gone are leading receiver Sinorice Moss, four offensive line starters and kick returner extraordinaire Devin Hester. \n\nKyle Wright begins his junior season under the eyes of first-year offensive coordinator Rich Olson, who has spent the last 12 years coaching in the NFL, and new quarterbacks coach Todd Berry. Wright posted good numbers (59 percent completion average, 2,403 yards, 18 touchdowns to 10 interceptions) for a first-time starter, but he is capable of much more. High-potential wide receivers Ryan Moore, Lance Leggett and Darnell Jenkins also need to step it up. Tight End Greg Olsen might be the best pass catcher on the team; he leads the returnees with 31 catches in 2005. \n\nTyrone Moss ran for 701 yards and 12 touchdowns before a knee injury felled him after eight games. The prognosis is good for his 100 percent return. Also returning is Charlie Jones, who started the rest of the way and netted 507 yards. A new offensive line has to be assembled around returning center Anthony Wollschlager. \n\nThe Canes boasts perhaps the best pair of safeties in the nation. Brandon Meriweather led the Canes in tackles with 115, including 13 for a loss, and Kenny Phillips started 11 games as a true freshman and was a unanimous freshman All-American. Opposing offenses will have to game plan for Phillips for at least the next two years. End Baraka Atkins and linebacker Tavares Gooden are the bell-ringers up front. \n\nThe Hurricanes will open 2006 at home to Florida State on Monday, Sept. 4, then travel to Louisville in Week 3. Later in the season, on consecutive weekends, come games at Georgia Tech and home against Virginia Tech.\n\nMY pick: First in the ACC Coastal\n\nReturning starters\n5 offense, 6 defense, both kickers\n\nWinners\nSince 2000, Miami has the highest winning percentage of all Division I-A schools at .865 (64–10), having recorded at least nine wins in each of the six seasons.\n\nPoint taken\nMiami placekicker Jon Peattie leads all current players nationally in scoring with 272 points over his first three seasons.\n\nScore no more\nMiami’s defense in 2005 allowed fewer touchdowns (19) than any other in the nation last year except Alabama’s (15).\n\n2006 Schedule\nS. 4 Florida State\nS. 9 Florida A&M\nS. 16 at Louisville\nS. 30 Houston\nO. 7 North Carolina\nO. 14 Florida International\nO. 21 at Duke\nO. 28 at Georgia Tech\nN. 4 Virginia Tech\nN. 11 at Maryland\nN. 18 at Virginia\nN. 23 Boston College
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GO MARSHALL! \nNO ONE  LIKES THE COUCH BURNING MORGANTOWNERS!\nMARSHALL WILL WIN 42-6!\nI'M A PITT FAN!
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Any team that goes undefeated deserves to atlaest be recognized.  I think that they do belong there because they dont get to choose their schedule and its not their fault they dont have a tough schedule.  All they can do is try to win and go undefeated to even have a shot and thats what they are doing.  Its not fair that even if they go undefeated they still may not be in the top 10 even when a 2 loss LSU is in the top 10.   Give Boise state some credit...they havent lost yet.
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If they end up undefeated, they have to be in the BCS.\nI think they are better than some of the top ten teams. Even Louisville, who has a great offense, but it was clear last night that they can't stop a nun from stealing on defense.
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louisville in my opinion. they are a very streaky team. they almost lost to syracuse a few weeks ago and they still have pittsburgh and rutgers to play which will be 2 tough games. if Texas doesn't get in then somethings seriously wrong with the bcs. Texas Fight!