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[Salt City Sooner]

Again, any omissions or ?'s Let me know.

Top 25

Florida
tOSU
OU
USC
UGA
Mizzou
WVU
Auburn
LSU
Clemson
Texas
Wisky
KU
BYU
ASU
Illinois
Tennessee
TTech
Oregon
South Florida
Va. Tech
Rutgers
Penn. St.
Wake Forest
Fresno St.

Rest of Big 12 & OU OOC's:

31- CU
32- OSU
36- Cincy
39- A&M
41- NU
45- TCU
50- Washington
64- KSU
81- ISU
84- BU

Heisman Favorites

Tebow
Daniel
Pat White
UGA's Moreno
Bradford
tOSU's Wells

12 others to watch:

'horns McCoy
Harrell & Crabtree
Clemson's Harper
Appy St.'s Edwards
Maclin
USC's McKnight
Illinois' Williams
UF's Harvin
tOSU's Boeckman
Washington's Locker (called him the Tebow of the west coast, btw)
UGA's Stafford


Teams on the rise (not named Oklahoma St.)

UCLA
TTech
Pitt
UNC

Teams on the decline

Kentucky
Arky
BC
Louisville

Conference rankings

SEC
B12
B10
Pac 10
ACC
Big East
MWC
C USA
MAC
WAC
Sun Belt

Top 1st year assistants

UCLA's Chow
ND's Tenuta
Louisville's English
UT's Muschamp
UF's Dan McCarney
Auburn's Franklin

Top Non-BCS teams

BYU
Fresno St. Utah

Top impact Freshmen

Bama's WR Julio Jones
Clemson's DE Da'Quan Bowers
CU's RB Darrell Scott
LSU's CB Patrick Johnson
UGA's K Blair Walsh

Coaches on the hot seat

UW's Willingham
Syracuse's Robinson
Iowa's Ferentz
KSU's Prince
Arizona's Stoops

Big 12 All American's

Crabtree @ WR
Duke @ OL
G. McCoy @ DL
Maclin @ PR

Other 1st team AA's of interest:

Cincy had 3 with Huber @ P, Byrd @ DL, & Mickens @ CB

2nd Team:

QB Daniel
WR Maclin
Tech's Vasquez @ OL
KU's Mortensen @ LB
Mizzou's Moore @ S
KU's Herford @ KR

3rd team:

CU's Hypolite @ DL
Nic Harris @ S
Mizzou's Wolfert @ K

Unit rankings (goes by conference, not no national rankings)

In the Big 12, OU has the:

#2 QB behind Mizzou
#1 RB's
#3 WR/TE's behind Mizzou & Tech
#1 OL & DL
#4 LB's behind KU, Mizzou, & UT
#4 DB's behind KU, Tech, & A&M

Recruiting rankings:

OU had the #7 class nationally behind 'Bama, tOSU, Miami, ND, USC, & UGA.

In the B12:

OU
UT
CU
A&M
MU
NU
OSU
KSU
KU
Tech
Baylor
ISU

In conference, Calhoun (8 nationally), Washington (10), & Good (29) were #'s 2,3, & 4 behind CU's Scott. Owens was #8 in the B12 (45 nationally), Jarboe 11th & 63rd, J. Johnson was 17th & 89th, & Landry Jones was 19th & 100th.

Big 12 Predictions:

North

Mizzou
KU
CU
NU
KSU
ISU

South

OU
UT
Tech
OSU
A&M
BU

B12 title game: OU over Mizzou

All B12 teams:

QB- Daniel
RB's- A&M's Goodson & NU's Lucky
WR's Tech's Crabtree & MU's Maclin
TE- Mizzou's Coffman
C- OU's Cooper
OL's- OU's Duke & Load, Tech's Vasquez, & UT's Dockery

DL- OU's English & McCoy, CU's Hypolite, UT's Orakpo
LB- KU's Mortenson, BU's Pawelek, Mizzou's Weatherspoon
DB's- KU's Harris, Tech's Wall, OU's Harris, & Mizzou's Moore

K- MU's Wolfert
P- A&M's Brantly
KR- KU's Herford
PR- MU's Maclin

2nd Team:

QB- Bradford
RB's Murray & KU's Sharp
WR's- Iggy & KU's Fields
TE- Gresham
C- KU's Cantrell
OL- MU's Brown, NU's Slauson, BU's Smith, & OU's Walker

DL- KSU's Campbell, OU's Granger, NU's Potter, MU's Sulak
LB- UT's Bobino, MU's Christopher, KU's Rivera
DB's- MU's Gettis, UT's Palmer, KSU's Chandler, BU's Lake

K- UT's Bailey
P- OSU's Fodge
KR- Iggy
PR- KSU's Murphy

3rd Team:

QB- KU's Reesing
RB- OU's Brown, A&M's Lane
WR- MU's Alexander, KSU's Murphy
TE- OSU's Pettigrew
C- KSU's Bedore
OL- MU's Gregory, KU's Hartley, OSU's Okung, TTU's Winn

DL- KU's Brorsen, MU's Hood, UT's Houston, TTU's Williams
LB- UT's Muckelroy, OU's Reynolds, ISU's Smith
DB- UT's Beasley, OSU's Lacey, TTU's McBath, KU's Stuckey

K- KSU's Rossman
P- NU's Titchner
KR- UT's Cosby
PR- OSU's Cox

[JLEW1818]

I'm still saying Oklahoma has the best chance to go undefeated schedule wise.... and thats my story and I'm sticking too it!

[KantoSooner]

Very possible and something of a disappointment if they do not.

[RedstickSooner]

I'm still saying Oklahoma has the best chance to go undefeated schedule wise.... and thats my story and I'm sticking too it!

Y'know, that got me thinking... Do I *want* us to go undefeated this year?

Now, hear me out. Obviously, yeah, I never want the Sooners to lose EVER. But, with a bad string of bowl experiences, I can't help wondering -- would the team benefit from a "patsy bowl"? Y'know, say, the Holiday or something? Could we maybe request *two* bowls this year?

With the unpleasant streak we've got in BCS bowls, the national championship game might intimidate us a bit. To win the crystal football, you not only need great athletes and great coaching -- you've got to be in the right headspace.

I dunno. Seems like it'd be hard to get into the headspace of a champion when BCS bowls have been so lame for us lately.

If we get into the Big Enchilada and lose this year -- or worse yet, lose badly, we will, I would imagine, officially be considered some kind of experts on the choke job.

Yeah, I get it -- there's a lot of reasons we've lost BCS bowls lately. It ain't something we could've avoided in most instances. But still, there comes a time when you can no longer make excuses, and have to face up to the fact that something isn't right.

So, yeah... I hope we win every game. Heck, if I'm honest with myself, I'll take an undefeated season with a bowl loss over a 3 loss season and a bowl win anytime. But this bowl streak has *got* to end. I don't care who we play or where we play -- we need a bowl win. Ain't natural for the Sooners to experience this kinda post-season drought.

[soonerfan28]

I think out of conference Cinci has the best shot and I believe Demetrius Jones will be the starter. I believe that offense better fits his skills. I hope it's a good game. Maybe like 42 to 21.