<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:27:38.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bo Knows Blogging</title><subtitle type='html'>Written by an Auburn fan, this blog will touch on all things college football.  Seeing that it is a blog, you should expect it to be self-serving and with a lean towards the SEC and my love for the Tigers.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115946607067123580</id><published>2006-09-28T10:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T10:54:30.683-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Genius</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bama.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/320/bama.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;If you aren't reading &lt;a href="http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/"&gt;EveryDayShouldBeSaturday&lt;/a&gt; on a regular basis, then you really should be.  Auburn fans will find this UF site especially entertaining during "Bama Week."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=2631"&gt;Check out his latest gem here.  Apparently scientist have unearthed the remains of one of the first Alabama fans.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115946607067123580?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115946607067123580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115946607067123580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115946607067123580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115946607067123580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/genius.html' title='Genius'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115945822583568159</id><published>2006-09-28T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T08:43:45.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Look Ahead...week 5</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;       &lt;/p&gt;Every Wednesday, I will look ahead to the upcoming weekend's schedule to predict the scores from all the SEC games and some of the bigger games from all over the nation as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Last week: 12-1&lt;br /&gt;Season: 12-1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Auburn @ South Carolina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On paper, this should be a fairly easy game.  On the other hand, any SEC fan knows that a Spurrier coached team is able to rise up on any given week and knock out any given opponent.  This has the potential to be a trap game for the Tigers, but I don't think there is any way that Kenny Irons doesn't go for at least 150 against his former team.  By the way, the Gamecocks gave up almost 300 rushing years to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wofford&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Auburn 38- South Carolina 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alabama @ Florida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I feel the same way about this game as I did about this game last year.  I gave the Tide no chance of keeping it close against a Gator team that clearly looked superior heading into the game.  The Tide defense is not terrible, and Parker-Wilson has proved to not be a huge step down from Brodie Croyle.  Call me crazy, but I think this one is close.  I'm still picking the Gators in the Swamp, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Florida 24- Alabama 21&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tennessee @ Memphis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tennessee is not a great football team.  This game should be a blowout, but I think Memphis keeps it somewhat close at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tennessee 28- Memphis 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And the blowouts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mississippi St. @ LSU- &lt;/span&gt;LSU 38- MSU 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Central Michigan @ Kentucky- &lt;/span&gt;Kentucky 34- C. MI- 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Temple @ Vanderbilt-&lt;/span&gt; Vandy 37- Temple 16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Georgia @ Ole Miss-&lt;/span&gt; Georgia 40- Ole Miss 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Now for some scores from around the top 25...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ohio St. @ Iowa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As one who thinks Iowa is better than Michigan, I say this is the toughest test of the year for the Buckeyes.  I don't know if this is wishful thinking, but I'm feeling the HUGE upset for the Hawkeyes at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iowa 27- OSU 24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there any player more fun to watch than GT's Calvin Johnson.  Still, he doesn't have the personnel on his team to take out the Hokies in Blacksburg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;VaTech 24- GaTech 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Purdue @ Notre Dame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The unranked but unbeaten Boilermakes travel to South Bend to take on the struggling Irish.  Expect the struggles to continue, but Irish will pull off a close win at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Notre Dame 17- Purdue 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115945822583568159?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115945822583568159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115945822583568159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115945822583568159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115945822583568159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/look-aheadweek-5.html' title='A Look Ahead...week 5'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115920872783449535</id><published>2006-09-25T11:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T11:25:27.843-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paterno</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/joepa.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/320/joepa.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://alsoreceivingvotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/paterno-signs-deal-to-endorse-oops-i.html"&gt;Looks like Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a new endorsement deal....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115920872783449535?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115920872783449535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115920872783449535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920872783449535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920872783449535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/paterno.html' title='Paterno'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115920778373680445</id><published>2006-09-25T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T11:09:43.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Week 4 Top 10</title><content type='html'>With the egg that Georgia laid at home against Colorado, they were bound to be dropped in my top 10 a little.  Other than that, most everything is the same as last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1. Ohio St. (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;2. Auburn (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;3. Southern Cal (3-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;4. West Virginia (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;5. Florida (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;6. Michigan (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;7. Texas (3-1)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;8. Oregon (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;9. Georgia (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;10. Louisville (4-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115920778373680445?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115920778373680445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115920778373680445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920778373680445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920778373680445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/week-4-top-10.html' title='Week 4 Top 10'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115920671567117683</id><published>2006-09-25T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T10:51:55.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Look Behind</title><content type='html'>It's Monday, and that means it's time to see how I did on last weekend's predictions...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alabama @ Arkansas- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has all the makings of a great game. Alabama probably has a slight edge in talent, but the Fayettville faithful will surely put things on a level playing field. Both teams struggled to beat Vanderbilt, and both are starting quarterbacks with no real SEC experience. Will this be the first big win for John Parker Wilson or for Mitch Mustain? Look for the home team to win by a field goal. Arkansas 23- Alabama 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;I nailed this one-&lt;br /&gt;Arkansas 24- Alabama 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kentucky @ Florida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really think this game will be closer than you think. Florida is prone to making mistakes, and Kentucky has athletic an offense as anyone in the league. Eventually, the Wildcat defense will crumble and the Gators will get one step closer to a matchup of undefeated teams when they travel to Auburn. Florida 41- Kentucky 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;I'm taking credit for this one- a close game until late, just as I predicted. &lt;br /&gt;Florida 26-Kentucky 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake Forest @ Ole Miss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake is a surprising 3-0 heading into this game, but have they come far enough to go on the road and take out a decent SEC team? I wouldn't think so. Look for Schaeffer to have his first big game as the Ole Miss QB. Ole Miss 34- Wake Forest 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;When I'm wrong, I'm really wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wake 27- Ole Miss 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mississippi St. @ UAB&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this the game that the Bulldogs will finally get their first win? I'd say that they have a good shot against a struggling UAB team. The Blazers looked decent in the opening loss at Oklahoma, and of course they were stomped by the Bulldogs of Georgia, but it's their win that tells me the most about them. They beat East Carolina by a score of 17-12. Not impressive by any standards. The Mississippi State defense could very well pitch a shutout in this game, and the offense should be able to move the ball just enough to get the victory. Mississippi St. 13- UAB 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Once again, I nailed it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;MSU 16- UAB 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following games should be blowouts that don't really need a paragraph to break them down:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colorado @ Georgia- Georgia 51- Colorado 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Um, yeah- I overshot this one a bit&lt;br /&gt;Georgia 14- Colorado 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buffalo @ Auburn- Auburn 49- Buffalo 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Slightly overshot, but still a stomping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Auburn 38- Buffalo 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marshall @ Tennessee- Tennessee 38- Marshall 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;As expected...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tennessee 33- Marshall 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tennessee St. @ Vanderbilt- Vanderbilt 31- Tennessee St. 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Once again, I'm on fire!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vandy 38- Tn St.- 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Florida Atlantic @ South Carolina- South Carolina 37- Fla. Atlantic 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Another blowout...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SC 45 - FL Atlantic 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tulane @ LSU- LSU 48- Tulane 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Another one I nailed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;LSU 49- Tulane 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for some scores from around the top 25...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wisconsin @ Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just don't see a team that only put up 14 points on San Diego State beating a team that just took out Notre Dame in a big way. Michigan 31- Wisconsin 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;A close game early, but ends up as I predicted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Michigan 27- Wisconsin 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arizona St. @ California&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If previous games indicate the strength of either team's defense, this should be a high scoring game. California 38- Arizona St. 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;A high scoring game, although not quite as close as I thought...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;California 49- AZ St. 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penn St. @ Ohio St.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here's what I said:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd love to see the upset here, but it's not gonna happen.  This shouldn't even be a close game.  Ohio St. 31- Penn St. 14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The score doesn't begin to tell how close this game really was.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ohio St. 28- Penn St. 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So in Week 4, I went 12-1.  Not too shabby.&lt;br /&gt;This week:12-1&lt;br /&gt;Season: 12-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115920671567117683?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115920671567117683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115920671567117683' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920671567117683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115920671567117683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/look-behind.html' title='A Look Behind'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115876626947980997</id><published>2006-09-20T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T08:31:09.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Look Ahead...</title><content type='html'>Every Wednesday, I will look ahead to the upcoming weekend's schedule to predict the scores from all the SEC games and some of the bigger games from all over the nation as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alabama @ Arkansas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has all the makings of a great game.  Alabama probably has a slight edge in talent, but the Fayettville faithful will surely put things on a level playing field.  Both teams struggled to beat Vanderbilt, and both are starting quarterbacks with no real SEC experience.  Will this be the first big win for John Parker Wilson or for Mitch Mustain?  Look for the home team to win by a field goal.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Arkansas 23- Alabama 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kentucky @ Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really think this game will be closer than you think.  Florida is prone to making mistakes, and Kentucky has athletic an offense as anyone in the league.  Eventually, the Wildcat defense will crumble and the Gators will get one step closer to a matchup of undefeated teams when they travel to Auburn.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Florida 41- Kentucky 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wake Forest @ Ole Miss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake is a surprising 3-0 heading into this game, but have they come far enough to go on the road and take out a decent SEC team?  I wouldn't think so.  Look for Schaeffer to have his first big game as the Ole Miss QB.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ole Miss 34- Wake Forest 17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mississippi St. @ UAB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this the game that the Bulldogs will finally get their first win?  I'd say that they have a good shot against a struggling UAB team.  The Blazers looked decent in the opening loss at Oklahoma, and of course they were stomped by the Bulldogs of Georgia, but it's their win that tells me the most about them.  They beat East Carolina by a score of 17-12.  Not impressive by any standards.  The Mississippi State defense could very well pitch a shutout in this game, and the offense should be able to move the ball just enough to get the victory.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mississippi St. 13- UAB 3&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The following games should be blowouts that don't really need a paragraph to break them down:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Colorado @ Georgia&lt;/span&gt;- Georgia 51- Colorado 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buffalo @ Auburn- &lt;/span&gt;Auburn 49- Buffalo 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marshall @ Tennessee&lt;/span&gt;- Tennessee 38- Marshall 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tennessee St. @ Vanderbilt&lt;/span&gt;- Vanderbilt 31- Tennessee St. 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Florida Atlantic @ South Carolina&lt;/span&gt;- South Carolina 37- Fla. Atlantic 13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tulane @ LSU&lt;/span&gt;- LSU 48- Tulane 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for some scores from around the top 25...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wisconsin @ Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I just don't see a team that only put up 14 points on San Diego State beating a team that just took out Notre Dame in a big way. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Michigan 31- Wisconsin 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Arizona St. @ California&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If previous games indicate the strength of either team's defense, this should be a high scoring game.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;California 38- Arizona St. 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Penn St. @ Ohio St.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I'd love to see the upset here, but it's not gonna happen.  This shouldn't even be a close game.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ohio St. 31- Penn St. 14&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115876626947980997?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115876626947980997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115876626947980997' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115876626947980997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115876626947980997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/look-ahead.html' title='A Look Ahead...'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115861405386068614</id><published>2006-09-18T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T09:05:47.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The State of the SEC</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://files.aximsite.com/sec/sec-logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://files.aximsite.com/sec/sec-logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, it's only week 4 and most teams have only played cupcakes thus far, but it's never too early to grade where each SEC program is thus far.  Each team's grade will be based on performance this season, and overall direction of the program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Auburn&lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There isn't a team in the conference that is in better hands and going in a better direction than Auburn.  Not only do they have the best coaching staff in the league, they have also been reeling in some of the top recruiting classes in the country for several years running.  The only thing that could hurt Auburn is having it's top-notch coaching staff bolt for full time positions elsewhere.  Throw in an endorsement deal with UnderArmour, and you've got yourself an A+&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LSU&lt;/span&gt;- A+&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;You&lt;font&gt; can almost say the exact same things for LSU that we said for Auburn.  Good coaching, great recruiting classes, and the scariest quarterback in the conference add up to an A+ for them as well.  It is nice to see the shift of power from the East to the West divisions complete.  LSU gets extra points for maintaining their program in the face of Katrina.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Georgia&lt;/span&gt;- A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Georgia is the picture of consistency.  Year after year they go out, win their 10 games and go home.  While Tennessee and Florida have had some rough spots over the past few years, Georgia has been the team left standing at or near the top of the division most consistently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt;- A-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to give Florida an &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; right now, if for no other reason because of their lofty ranking and recent victory over Tennessee.  Chris Leak is still better know for having weird looking eyes than for being a great QB, but Tim Tebow looks like the future of the SEC.  Let's see if they can plug the few holes that they have in time for a tilt at Auburn in October.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/span&gt;- B+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tennessee used to never lose at home.  Ever.  The Vols had a swagger, a confidence- and opposing teams knew it.  Then came the Auburn game in 2004 that matched two top 10 teams.  By halftime, Jason Campbell and his Tigers were up 31-3.  Since then, Tennessee has lost game after game at Neyland- the most recent being a choke-job against Florida.  The team has talent, but how much longer will Phil be allowed to huff and puff down the sidelines?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Arkansas&lt;/span&gt;- B-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not in the same tier as the top 5 team in the SEC, but the Hogs seem to be on their way.  Great recruiting classes, including QB Mitch Mustain promise to bring the Hogs back to national prominence sooner rather than later.  Always physical, always plays tough- eventually those will turn into big W's for Arkansas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;South Carolina&lt;/span&gt;- C+&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Welcome to the roller coaster that is South Carolina football.  Is there a team in the conference that will consistently look scary one week and terrible the next?  I have no clue how good or how bad this team is.  The problem is, I dont think Spurrier does either.  Any team with Steve Spurrier at the helm is going to be heading in the right direction, though.  If he can win at Duke, he can win in Columbia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alabama&lt;/span&gt;- C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I see the Crimson Tide football team, it reminds me of how I feel about Britney Spears.  There used to be no hotter celebrity alive than Britney, but now she is an overweight, unappealing shadow of herself.  The Tide used to be the class of the SEC, but now find themselves to be nothing more than a mediocre team.  I don't know many fans that beleive Mike Shula is the long term coach- outside of a suprising win against Florida last year, what has he done?  This seems awfully low for a team that won 10 games last season, but even then you knew that the bottom could fall out at any time.  Alabama doesn't have the nasty defense that won over half their games last year, and that spells trouble.&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ole Miss&lt;/span&gt;- C-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ole Miss could find itself rising up this list pretty quickly if coach Orgeron can get his players to buy into his system.  For the first time since overrated Eli was in Oxford, the Rebels have a legitimate threat at QB to score a toughdown on every play.  The main thing that may keep Ole Miss from progressing may be the brutal SEC schedule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vanderbilt&lt;/span&gt;- C-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;there really anyone out there that doesn't secretly root for Vanderbilt?  Jay Cutler was able to rid the 'Dores of their long-time reputation for being the worst team in the conference.  Led by playmaking WR Earl Bennett, the Vandy team is now downright spunky.  Ask Alabama and Arkansas if they think Vanderbilt is on the right track...&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kentucky&lt;/span&gt;- D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;The &lt;font&gt;fans in blue are once again already looking forward to basketball season.  I must admit though, that this team is fun to watch with one of the most athletic QB's in the conference.  A surprise win over a superior Ole Miss team went unnoticed, largely because it really has no bearing on the rest of the country whatsoever.&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mississippi St&lt;/span&gt;.- D-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hey, remember&lt;font&gt; when Jackie Sherrill was leading the Bulldogs to SEC crowns half a decade ago?  Me neither.  This team has one of the most atrocious offenses I've ever had the displeasure of witnessing.  When Tulane takes you behind the woodshed, it's time to re-evaluate where you stand as a program.  It's hard not to root for the class-act Sly Croom, but I feel like he is behind the eight ball at this point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115861405386068614?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115861405386068614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115861405386068614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115861405386068614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115861405386068614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/state-of-sec.html' title='The State of the SEC'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115861183048367579</id><published>2006-09-18T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T13:53:52.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bennett Out With Broken Ankle</title><content type='html'>Starting Tight End &lt;a href="http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bennett_cole00.html"&gt;Cole Bennett&lt;/a&gt; suffered a broken ankle against LSU and will likely miss 6 weeks.  This will be an oppurtune time for highly touted prospects Tommy Trott and Gabe McKenzie to step up and fill the void left by the veteran Bennett.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all wish Bennett a speedy and full recovery.  I know he would love nothing more than to come back and torch the Bulldogs from his home state of Georgia.  Until then, check out &lt;a href="http://theauburner.com/bennett_interview.html"&gt;Cole's interview with TheAuburner&lt;/a&gt; from last season.&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115861183048367579?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115861183048367579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115861183048367579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115861183048367579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115861183048367579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/bennett-out-with-broken-ankle.html' title='Bennett Out With Broken Ankle'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115860822120809886</id><published>2006-09-18T12:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T12:37:01.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Now Geaux Away!</title><content type='html'>The SEC makes an official statement about the Auburn-LSU game: &lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2593195"&gt;The Refs got it right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey LSU: &lt;a href="http://www.belicove.com/archives/beliblog/Mikal%20Baby%20Pic.jpg"&gt;Greaux Up!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115860822120809886?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115860822120809886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115860822120809886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860822120809886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860822120809886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/now-geaux-away.html' title='Now Geaux Away!'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115860525818144986</id><published>2006-09-18T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T11:49:17.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Got 12?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/got12new.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/320/got12new.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Nope.  And neither do you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For as long as I can remember, I have endured Bama fans defending their recent dismal seasons by reminding anyone who will listen that they still have their 12 national championships to fall back on.  Initially, I let the Bama fans rattle on.  Honestly, if your current situation and/or future was this bleak, wouldn't you yearn for the "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Bryant"&gt;good ol days&lt;/a&gt;" as well?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While Alabama's past is impressive, it's still not quite as impressive as they would like you to believe.  Let's have a look at their 12 national championships, shall we?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1925 National Championship- Alabama claims they share this one with Dartmouth.      Who awarded the NC? Houlgate and Helms. Houlgate started his system in 1927.      So Bama won their 1925 NC using a formula that didn't exist until 1927? Helms      Athletic Foundation started in 1941. Another incredible &lt;strong&gt;retroactive&lt;/strong&gt;      NC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1926    National Championship- Alabama claims they share this one with 3 other teams    with equal or &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;better&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; records! Once again it is the    Helms Athletic Foundation in &lt;strong&gt;1941&lt;/strong&gt; that awards it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1930    National Championship- The Davis poll says that Bama tied Notre Dame for NC    this year. This was the only one to award it to Bama. Notre Dame was named NC    in &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt; polls! Parke Davis is another retroactive system! He (an    individual, not an organization) did his in &lt;strong&gt;1933&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1934    National Championship- Alabama says they share this with two other teams. The    awarders are Dunkel, Williamson, and Football Thesaurus. Dunkel was an individual    who came up with his own system. Williamson was a geologist who came up with    his own system. Football Thesaurus first appeared in &lt;strong&gt;1946&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1941 National Championship- This is a complete joke. The AP ranked Alabama      20th in the nation with 14 teams with better records in the top 20. Once again      it is the Football Thesaurus that retroactively awards it. Alabama finished      3rd in the SEC that year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1961    National Championship- Finally a legitimate NC. One poll didn't give it to Bama    though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1964    National Championship- While the AP did award the NC to Bama (10-1-0), Arkansas    had the better record, 11-0. Alabama played Texas in their bowl and &lt;strong&gt;LOST&lt;/strong&gt;.    The AP final poll was before the bowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1965    National Championship- The AP gave this to Bama. That year there were &lt;strong&gt;three&lt;/strong&gt;    teams with better records than Bama. Bama 9-1-1, Michigan St 10-1-0, Arkansas    10-1-0, Nebraska 10-1-0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1973    National Championship- AP puts Bama 4th after their bowl game loss. Bama claims    a NC from the UPI poll that was taken before they met Notre Dame in the bowl    game and lost. There were &lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt; teams with better records than    Bama that year. The embarrassment of naming Alabama number one caused the UPI    to name champions after bowl games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1978 National Championship- AP gives this to Alabama(11-1-0) even though      USC (12-1-0) had the better record Guess who Alabama lost to that year? &lt;strong&gt;USC!!!!!!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;.      UPI gave the NC to USC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1979    National Championship- Their second legitimate NC. Their first Unanimous NC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1992    National Championship- Their third legitimate NC. Their second Unanimous NC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, next time you grow weary of hearing a sidewalk alum harping about Bama's 12 titles- feel free to direct them to this site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note:  Information for this post was taken directly from &lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/bafflemaster/nc.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115860525818144986?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115860525818144986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115860525818144986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860525818144986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860525818144986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/got-12.html' title='Got 12?'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115860415114511141</id><published>2006-09-18T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T11:29:13.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>University of Alabama- Shining Beacon of Discipline</title><content type='html'>I've got one word for you, &lt;a href="http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/.Pictures/crying_baby.jpg"&gt;Mike Shula&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Balls&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As in, grow a pair.  The way you have handled the Juwan Simpson issue has been disgraceful, even by Alabama's standards. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of you may not know the details of what has been going on at our sister school up the road.  Allow me to catch you up.  In May of this year, the starting LB for the Crimson tide was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana and carrying a pistol without a license.  To add a bit of irony to the story, a month before the incident Simpson was given the Derrick Thomas Community Award, named after the late ex-Alabama linebacker who was actively involved in charitable works.  When later asked what he thought his punishment should be, Simpson replied that they should give him an ice cream cone.  Not only does this show ignorance and poor judgment, it also shows a complete lack of remorse for his actions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One would assume that such an infraction would merit some sort of harsh suspension to begin the season.  The opener against Hawaii came, and Simpson was in the starting lineup and led the team in tackles.  Next up was Vanderbilt.  Once again, Simpson started, led the team in tackles, and had a game winning interception as time expired.  This brings us to this past weekend's game against pushover Louisiana-Monroe.  Suprising perhaps the most faithful of Tide fans, Simpson sat the game out as his punishment from his summer snafu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the disciplinary message you want to send your team?  Get arrested and you will be suspended as soon as we play a team that we can spare you for!  Shula defended his actions, explaining that he didn't want to punish the entire team by suspending a star player for tough games.  Excuse me, Mike- that's what being a part of a team is all about.  If a player screws up, it affects the entire team, like it or not.  The pressure of not wanting to let down your teammates is the most powerful tool that a coach has when it comes to disciplinary action.  By picking a convenient game well into the season to punish his star player shows Coach Mike Shula for what he truly is- a coward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For an example of how to handle that situation in a morally sound manner, check out Coach Tommy Tuberville (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;click clack&lt;/span&gt;).  This off-season, two of his starting linebackers were involved in separate incidents were both were caught drinking, and in one case driving.  Coach Tuberville did not hesitate to suspend both players for the first 3 games of the season, which included last weeks all-important tilt with LSU. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuberville gets it.  You punish to teach a lesson, whether it is convenient or not.  His actions made it quite clear that he truly felt strongly about the actions of his players, so much that he was willing to potentially have this season marred in order to show that certain actions will not be tolerated. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shula does not.  Three things were made clear by his actions.  First of all, he only punishes is players for the sake of being able to say that he punished them.  If he truly wanted them to learn a lesson, or if he truly wanted to send a message, he would suspend them no matter who the opponent is.  The second thing is that Coach Shula does not have confidence in his team this year.  If he did, he wouldn't have problems with suspending players against the likes of Hawaii and Vanderbilt- we aren't exactly talking about perennial powerhouses here.  The final thing we learned about Coach Mike Shula from this situation is that he is a spineless man without control over his football team.  That is a recipe for a downward spiral. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes we Auburn fans have to look hard to find a legitimate reason to criticize the Tide.  Other times, it's almost too easy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115860415114511141?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115860415114511141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115860415114511141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860415114511141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115860415114511141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/university-of-alabama-shining-beacon.html' title='University of Alabama- Shining Beacon of Discipline'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115859991632743163</id><published>2006-09-18T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T10:19:42.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Auburn-LSU, Final Thoughts</title><content type='html'>Seeing how I love the Auburn Tigers, and seeing how it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; my blog, we are going to go into a little more detail about the big game from last weekend.  If you don't like it, read a blog about flowers or poetry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This game was HUGE for Auburn.  The Tigers took a page out of Stephen Colbert's playbook and put the rest of the SEC "on notice."  Yes, we have huge games with Florida and Georgia still looming.  I'm pretty sure everyone knew that LSU was going to be Auburn's toughest test, and vice versa.  I'm not saying that we &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;can't &lt;/span&gt;lose a game this year- I'm just saying that we  lose a game this year.  Florida was less than impressive against another overrated Tennessee team, leaving Georgia as the biggest hurdle between us and another undefeated season.  Actually, I think Georgia will probably be our &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;two&lt;/span&gt; biggest hurdles, assuming we see them again in Atlanta. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our defense looked a lot better against LSU than it did against Washington St. and Mississippi St.  In the first two games, team were able to run up the middle at will.  It was when they tried to get to the outside corner when our speed would keep the run at bay.  This worried me.  That is, until I saw us jam the LSU running game.  They ran left- we stopped them.  They ran right- we stopped them.  They ran up the gut- nothing.  I'm beginning to develop a man-crush on Will Muschamp, although I'm still a sucker for &lt;a href="http://www.theauburner.com/borgeshirt.html"&gt;short, overweight offensive coordinators with no hair&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115859991632743163?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115859991632743163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115859991632743163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115859991632743163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115859991632743163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/auburn-lsu-final-thoughts_115859991632743163.html' title='Auburn-LSU, Final Thoughts'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115853214703474283</id><published>2006-09-17T15:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T08:39:28.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Separation Saturday</title><content type='html'>Let me start this post by admitting that I now hate the phrase, "Separation Saturday."  It's not that it's not catchy, because it is.  It's not that it's a misnomer, because it really isn't.  It's because ESPN, through it's television coverage and web presence, have used the phrase roughly 28 thousand times over the past week and a half.  One reason I resent ESPN- they seem to feel the need to bastardize every good thing in sports.  From this point on, I will refer to them as the WorldWide Leader in Bastardizing Sports (WWLBS).  By the way, did you hear that a couple of guys who are related played some sort of football game against each other last Sunday?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I digress.  Even the WWLBS could not taint the weekend that we just experienced across the spectrum of college football.  Rivalries were renewed, championship dreams were kept alive by some, and seasons were essentially ruined for others.  Needless to say, here are some recaps and my thoughts on the biggest games.  Hopefully funny stuff to come later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;LSU @ Auburn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of people looked at the final score of this game and assumed that both teams showed that they were lacking on the offensive side of the ball.  A lot of people were wrong.  This was simply the story of two physical defenses clashing, essentially rendering the opposing offenses impotent.  LSU came into this game with hopes of a national title- and certainly they have the talent for such a conquest.  They leave as a longshot to enter the BCS picture now.  Auburn came into this game with the same aspirations and head into a relative off week (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;vs. Buffalo at home&lt;/span&gt;) in fantastic shape.  Huge hurdles in the forms of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama still loom, but look for the Tigers in orange and blue to make another run similar to their dream 2004 season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Michigan @ Notre Dame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may as well dub this game the "Media loves to overplay our success" bowl.  One could think of few matchups that could boast the prestiege and storied history that comes with these two programs.  Having said that, Notre Dame and Charlie Weiss were severely overrated and were destined for a huge letdown game.  With the press Notre Dame has gotten since last season, one would assume that is they who are the defending national champions of college football.  The good offense of Michigan exposed the porous defense of the Irish in this one, and we can expect other teams to follow the same recipe this year.  Michigan takes a huge step forward.  The biggest danger for Michigan may not be the Big-10 competition, but perhaps looking too far ahead to what should be a huge game against the rival Buckeyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Florida @ Tennessee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One would probably look at this game and think, "Wow- what a matchup of evenly matched teams!"  Even though Tennessee led for the majority of the game, it was obvious that Florida was fielding the better team.  This doesn't bode well for either team.  Obviously, Tennessee isn't quite back to their previous position as an elite SEC team.  On the other side, it should worry Florida that they kept shooting themselves in the foot against an inferior team, and had to come from behind in the 4th quarter to win.  This may be overly presumptuous, but the Fla-Tenn game may have shown that Georgia has the best shot to reach Atlanta this December. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nebraska @ Southern Cal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there a team that the media wants to see succeed more than USC?  By listening to the pundits, you would have thought that this was a clash between two of the elite teams in the nation.  Southern Cal fits the bill, but Nebraska most certainly does not.  Like every other Big-12 team, Nebraska is mediocre at best.  Still, we are supposed to believe that USC did something amazing by defeating a mediocre team &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;at home&lt;/span&gt;.  Southern Cal is one of the top 5 teams in the country- let's just not go overboard trying to defend their exploits.  By the way, Southern Cal won't lose this year- even though the game with Cal will be built up to be another "clash of the titans." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Top 10 (week 3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1. Ohio State (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;2. Auburn (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;3. Southern Cal (2-0)&lt;br /&gt;4. West Virginia (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;5. Michigan (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;6. Georgia (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;7. Florida (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;8. Texas (2-1)&lt;br /&gt;9. Oregon (3-0)&lt;br /&gt;10. Louisville (3-0)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34584005-115853214703474283?l=boknowsblogging.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/115853214703474283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34584005&amp;postID=115853214703474283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115853214703474283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34584005/posts/default/115853214703474283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boknowsblogging.blogspot.com/2006/09/separation-saturday.html' title='Separation Saturday'/><author><name>Wes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03234781369791489796</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='20' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34584005.post-115852796937569651</id><published>2006-09-17T14:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T13:49:39.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/1600/bo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5022/3812/320/bo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the start of something.  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