USC stunned, best football conference and Double-A Zone Facebook fan page - Sep 26, 2008 | 10:03:51
posted by: Howard Smith
Wow. What a football game last night in Corvallis, where top-ranked Southern California was shocked by a two-loss Oregon State team, 27-21. Is this the beginning of the trend where highly ranked teams begin to lose nearly every week, similar to what we saw last year? Our new Double-A Zone poll question asks you to name the most shocking upset in college football over the last two seasons - Appalachian State over Michigan, Stanford over USC, Pittsburgh over West Virginia or this game?
Our most recent poll asked which top four Division I FBS football team would lose first this season - USC, Oklahoma, Georgia or Florida? Only 18.5 percent of our respondents correctly answered USC, although the other three teams didn't even have the opportunity to play since we posted the question.
If most college football fans were asked to name the best conference top-to-bottom, the consensus answer would most likely be the SEC, although fans of the Colonial Athletic Association might disagree. The CAA currently has six teams ranked in the Division I FCS top 25, including the top two teams in the country (Richmond and James Madison). New Hampshire, Delaware, Massachusetts and Villanova are the other four ranked teams. Which conference is more dominant in its respective division - the SEC or CAA?
Over the last several years, many college football games lasted four hours or more. To shorten the game, the NCAA rules committee made some changes in the offseason, such as implementing a 40-second play clock. These changes have been successful considering, on average, games are 14 minutes shorter this season. Do you like the quicker game? Watch this video about the football rules changes with NCAA secretary-rules editor Rogers Redding:
Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt dislocated her shoulder while chasing a raccoon back in March. The raccoon was apparently attacking her dog, and the incident forced Summitt to have offseason surgery. Have you ever heard of a stranger cause of injury?
I vote Big 12 for the strongest FBS conference. It has five of the top 25 (four in the top 10, including the likely new No. 1 team), and three other teams on the edge of the top 25.
posted by: dp | 09/26/08
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It means that two very good teams with very good coaches made it to the final game.
