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]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Disgruntled Goat: There are few things that Buckeyes and Wolverines can agree on, but that is one of them.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> In their last two games, tOSU has beat two good (but not outstanding) teams: Penn State (on the road, which is the northern version of Death Valley) and Wisconsin.

LSU made mistakes and lost to a good (but not outstanding) team in Kentucky. Oregon made mistakes and lost to a good (but not outstanding) Cal team.

Why are the Sweatervesters #1? They haven't screwed themselves over against teams they should have beat.

TheGreatOne

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Dave Ryan: The Boston College Eagles: 9-Time "Uncle Nutsy's Used Cars Bowl" Champions.

StartingAces

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Beansie: Oh, you're welcome. The defenses Dixon sees in the Pac 10 are nothing compared to the Buckeyes defense.

Christ Sabo

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @merde:

Well, in all fairness, either an entire division (121 players vs 11) or a team of division all-stars should beat a single regular team, unless that single team consists entirely of mini-ditkas.

drewheyman

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Shanoff's College Football Rankings:

1. SEC
2. Pac-10
3. Big 12
4. Big East
5. ACC
6. Any other team he can think of while still knowing nothing about
25. Ohio State

crap

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Camp Tiger Claw: This column reaffirms the idea that any idiot with a computer can state their opinion. I would almost rather read the SSW.

For the record, I dislike Ohio State, but putting them at #3 is just plain retarded. I was not going to be surprised if he had VaTech way up there still.

Matt Saracen

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @jose reyes.the roof: Ok I think it needs to be said that there are differences between wins against quality opponents and quality wins. The fact that tOSU hasn't been significantly challenged in any 4th quarter of a game all year speaks to me that their victories are quality. Now while their opponents may not be quality there really can't be any questioning of their wins since they haven't been decided on fluke plays, lucky turnovers, or bad refereeing. Furthermore while the SEC have wins against quality teams, they also have losses against mediocre opponents i.e. Bama vs FSU and MSU vs Kentucky/Auburn. OSU simply doesn't have that on their resume.

ReeferMadness

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Christ Sabo: We Oregon fans would welcome that matchup as well, thank you.

Beansie

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @The Seaward (nee Tocchets Bookie): Seven SEC in the top 25 seems exceedingly optimistic. & it could easily be nine, since Kentucky & South Cack have at least two quality wins each (which are two more than Ohio State... zing!).

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @The Seaward (nee Tocchets Bookie): Lifelong fan and current student here. Yes, it's sort of weird that OSU, who normally gets perhaps too much respect, is getting shat on this year. But I don't think a lot of people have actually watched OSU's games this year and seen how impressive we are. Maybe I am just drinking the Columbus kool-aid, but I would welcome a matchup with LSU or Oregon so that the Buckeyes could finally silence their innumerable detractors.

Christ Sabo

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Spurrier is going to fuck florida suck, shanoff.

SonofSpurrier

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Christ Sabo: Not an alum; just a lifelong fan, here. I think we Buckeye fans are proving a point that we are vociferous but not retarded (see: all of the SEC's blind handjobbers [read: CBS]). We also don't get arrested for pelting opposing fans with full beer cans at frat parties.

The Seaward (nee Tocchets Bookie)

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Deadspin seems to have a lot of OSU students or alumni commenters. I must say, I am impressed; you cannot escape the Power of the Buckeye.

Christ Sabo

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Here's a question I was pondering at the end of the Navy-ND game: When one of the Chevrolet Players of the Game is from a service academy, who does GM send that check to? Everybody at the academy is already getting a free education, so they don't presumably have a scholarship fund. Does GM just send 'em a couple hundred donuts and call it a day?

finite_elephant

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @3championshipsandwich: @MoClarettMoProblems: I think that's the point.

ReeferMadness

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @jose reyes.the roof: You're a bit more conservative than I am. After last week I figured he'd rank the entire SEC, half the Pac-10, Kansas, Missouri and UConn all ahead of Ohio State.

The Seaward (nee Tocchets Bookie)

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @preciousroy:

well when you put it that way...

MoClarettMoProblems

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe: The Barack Obama Bowl!

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @MitchKayak: I think he's too busy guiding the fate of the Detroit Lions right now.

Dany Heatley Speedwagon

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Alabama is the second best team in the SEC because there is only one team better than Alabama.

Okay, so I took a shot.. and we come full circle with bad logic.

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> "Alabama, arguable the second best team in the SEC"

How is it even remotely possible to argue that Alabama is the second best team in the SEC?

Absolutely. Indefensible.

MoClarettMoProblems

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Alabama the second best team in the SEC? Did you miss the FSU game?

iHaveaRagingTebowner

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> I think AgentOrangeBlu, ESPN's featured commenter said it best:

"The rankings=joke. The ONLY was to settle it ... is on the field."

That's right. On the field is the ONLY was to settle it.

thetaxman

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Disgruntled Goat: Beat me to it.

ReeferMadness

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Why is Hawaii's situation this year any different than Boise State's last year? Are you merely mentioning Hawaii as an undefeated, or stating their case to go to the National Championship?

BubbaCJ24

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Oh college football, your existence provides us with so many unnecessary video clips during the NFL draft.

suedevsleather

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Um, if Alabama is "arguably" the second best team in the SEC, what does that say about the conference this year? Perhaps a tad overrated?

DannyNoonan

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Uh, UConn has a loss and Hawaii's schedule is probably weaker than Kansas'.

Maybe you're missing my point?

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @preciousroy: Yup, I remember. Ok, if Kansas get beat, Hawaii and Uconn are still left with tOSU.
Weiss's fupa is scared of Mangino's.


ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Hey remember three weeks ago when South Florida was #2?

Kansas has at least a couple of very losable games left. Even if they win out, their non-conference schedule is going to give computers and pollsters all the ammo they need to put them behind a 1-loss LSU or Oregon.

Not saying I agree with it, but that's the reality.

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @BubbaCJ24: I thank Purple Jesus every year I can avoid Indiana.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Ohio State is lucky they avoided Indiana this year, or all of this would be moot.

/delusional

BubbaCJ24

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @drewheyman: We have one. It switches locations between Columbus and Ann Arbor each year.

Disgruntled Goat

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> While I agree with Dan that "Weiss is a feeble college coach", his fupa remains strong on any competitive level.

katolesce

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe: I just think if you survive a D1, BCS member conference schedule unbeaten, you should be rewarded. Personally, I'm thinking tOSU and Kansas will be it, but heck if Hawaii and UCONN survive, more power to 'em. It will prolly be a better game than last year's and the low ratings will help speed up the demise of the BCS anyway. I think it's a win-win.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> And by SMU I meant U of Texas. Idiot.

Lindsay Lohans Left Boob

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> The Smug Cloud over my house that has been hovering for the last couple of weeks quickly disappeared after the BC game.

HazelMaesLandingStrip

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Kansas still has to play Ok St, Missouri, and Oklahoma (probably). if they win all of those, I'm pretty sure they will be in the title game. It's not going to happen, but if it did....

And come on Big 10, you bunch of fruits, get a title game already.

drewheyman

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @JoeyPorterAle: That list has to be false. I do not see UNLV, SMU, and Miami (FL) on there.

Seriously though...Notre Dame females? Woof! For every hot girl at St. Mary's, God planted a tree on Notre Dame's campus. For every hot girl at Notre dame, God built a golden dome.

Lindsay Lohans Left Boob

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @apostles03: Really? Well that's just super... it was far more entertaining than anything going inside, that's for damn sure.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe:
that's YOU'RE dumbass...


Lunatic Fringe

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry:

So your ready for Hawaii v. Kansas ??

Lunatic Fringe

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe: +1. that's a funny...

THE hoi polloi

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @OchentaYcinco: HA! I heard about that! Yinzers were talking....

apostles03

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Bud Fox: Beat me to it!

FightTiger

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Wanstache must be thanking the football gods that Charlie Weiss is in his 3rd season also.

NCAA D I-A Graduation Success Rate

95, U.S. Naval Academy
94, Northwestern
93, NOTRE DAME, Boston College, Duke, Stanford
92, U.S. Air Force Academy
91, Vanderbilt
90, Wake Forest
87, U.S. Military Academy
85, Rice
84, Baylor, SMU
83, Nebraska
81, Ball State, Kent State, Southern Mississippi

The Middies beat them there also - and just guessing there aren't a lot of General Studies/Sports Management majors at Annapolis.

JoeyPorterAle

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Let's just hope that Shanoff keeps picking against Georgia. It's been working out quite well for the Dawgs.

Da_Mang

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> "How could you NOT be rooting for Kansas to complete this dream season?"

Rather easily, actually.

Bud Fox

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @OchentaYcinco: You say tomato, I say mater...let's call the whole thing off.
My point stands...12-0 plays in the big bowl. 11-1 plays on 1/1/08; otherwise book your flight to Shevreport now.


ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @GraniteInMyVeins: I was at that game. OSU didn't pull that one out of the fire so much as they held on to the lead for dear life. It was also a road game.

MoBot

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Matt_T: they also put up 31 on UF. Troy's got a good football team. Haugabook is a monster. I fully expected them to give your boys a game and they didn't disappoint.

pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @apostles03: Speaking of Pitt, instead of going into the 20-17 Pitt-Syracuse barnburner on Saturday, I stayed in the parking lot drinking, where one of my friends was in a Port-o-john that was knocked horizontal with him still inside. In my view, this was clearly the highlight of the Wannstedt era.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> One more loss by Notre Dame and they may not make the Gator Bowl. Might have to settle for the Texas Bowl.

UkraineNotWeak

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> 11:45 AM ON MON NOV 5 2007
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Shanoff is a fraud!!

ArkansasFred

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> At this point, I'm not even offended by Shanoff's underestimation of Ohio State. I tip my hat to his consistency.

/OSU Alumnus

MoBot

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> just get me my smorsgasbord now!

Babcocksure

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Does anyone else remember last year's OSU-Illnois game? Coach Sweater Vest had to pull that one out of the fire against a then-Big-10 bottom feeder (Gophers: how's that cellar these days?); Leitch's team might do you proud this week, Shanoff.

GraniteInMyVeins

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Dan, did you not notice that Cincy lost to Pitt 9 days ago?

And that UCONN crushed that same Pitt team?

As a Pitt fan I have to warn you---don't bet the house on that prediction there, Danny-boy.

apostles03

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Yes that was the same Troy that beat OK State and scored a lot of points on Arkansas.

And that was the Troy coach calling 3 timeouts with 30 seconds left just so he could beat the spread.

Matt_T

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: June Jones, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> if you survive a DI schedule undefeated, you should play in the title game

I thought we were talking about the Football Bowl Subdivision National Championship District of Anaheim, and such as.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe: I'm laughing and rageifying at the same time.

Disgruntled Goat

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lady Andrea: Good work. I'm still drunk after that one BTW. All Navy grads who went to Jesuit high schools should be too.

oldefreddjung

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Boise State, Tulane, and maybe someone else I'm forgetting are intrigued by your blah blah blah...

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Shanoff, you have surprised. I had Ohio State projected to four on your blogpoll ballot, & three SEC teams rocking it in the top eleven. Wha'ppened, homes?

josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Sorry, I must be one of the mouth breathers, but if you survive a DI schedule undefeated, you should play in the title game. GO Kansas, and tOSU, GO!! Sorry, kids, one loss=no shot if there are 2 (or more) unbeatens. The only hope to kill the BCS is mutiple unbeatens OR multiple 2 or 3 loss conference champs. Go Chaos go!!

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> 4. Kansas
Scoring 76 is no joke.

Scoring 69 on the other hand is hilarious

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Disgruntled Goat:

How can you tell whats a dumpster & whats a house ?

Lunatic Fringe

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @MitchKayak: I think he's putting his full effort behind the Lions, leaving Notre Dame and Rockies by the wayside.

Send It In, Jerome!

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lunatic Fringe: I will tie you to a dumpster in Columbus.

Disgruntled Goat

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @EddieRebel: He is a lock at No. 1. He eats his opponents alive, literally.

The Jesus

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Arriaga_II: I'm glad he is getting the band back together. They really suffered after Jesus botched that audition for Dimension.

MitchKayak

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> So all this talk is about which team get to beat the crap out of tOSU in the "Mythical Championship Game" ?

Lunatic Fringe

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Port City Gangsta: He'll have to pry all stiff-arming honors from Shaun Rogers' large, face-crushing hands.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Charles S. Dutton as THE JANITOR! is rolling in his grave.

Wee_Evans

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @BigRicks: I think Dan likes to build teams up (UConn at No. 5) so he can pick against them for a "big upset". Look for Shanoff to rank Hawaii in the top 10 the week before they play Boise St. and then he'll pick the Broncos and pat himself on the back when the Blue Turfers win

Gary the No Trash Cougar

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @OchentaYcinco: @preciousroy: I finally found some youtube footage: [ladiesdotdotdot.wordpress.com]

Lady Andrea

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @MitchKayak: Yeah, Jesus had some grade trouble...Mainly this one professor who was just a dick, man. So you know, he's gonna move in with his mom, work at his dad's hardware store, get his head together, write some songs for his band, take some core stuff at community college...but he'll be back.

Arriaga_II

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Charles: I was a BC fan until I went to FSU, so they were mighty surprised when I ended up knowing more about their team than they did.

Camp Tiger Claw

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> I was on hand for the McFadden Experience on Saturday. Even if Houston Nutt outthinks his team into 3 straight losses, #5 should still be given any and all stiff arming trophy-like hardware.

Bunkie Perkins

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Gary the No Trash Cougar: The game Saturday night was the most fun I've had at a college football game in ages.

I should also learn to not stop at the Blogroll and comment before reading to the bottom and seeing a Cincinatti pick over Uconn. Grade. A. Bologna.

BigRicks

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Glad to see BC do number two all over the lawn

Take that Boston! Now all you have are the World Series champion Red Sox, the undefeated Patriots and the all-star Celtics!

StuScott Booyahs

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Disgruntled Goat: No, I think Hawaii beat them back in week 3 of the season.

UpstateUnderdog

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> /stupid question

What the fuck happened to RSS?

Doxidan, Gentle Doxidan

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Gary the No Trash Cougar: And South Florida got I think 5 and 6 turnovers respectively against Auburn and West Fuckin' Virgina.

Part of the game.

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Camp Tiger Claw:

Sorry to hear you sat by ShortStack and his friends.

The rest of us have seen enough up and downs with BC to know that nothing is certain with our team.

What made the VTech game so sweet is what made the FSU game so painful: despite not playing at our best, we still had a chance to win at the end.

Charles

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Cincy may have beaten South Florida, but South Florida had EIGHT turnovers in that game and Cincy scored 31 of their 38 points in the first quarter, UConn has only 10 turnovers all season and the UConn defense allowed the most points they had all season against Rutgers and still only let up 19. So South Florida, UConn is not.
/UConn Alum


Gary the No Trash Cougar

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> I'm enjoying the Uconn love from Shanoff, they are 2 bad snaps (in the Virginia game) from being undefeated right now.

BigRicks

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Upstate Underdog: Isn't Central Nevada Teacher's College & Auto Body up next for them?

Disgruntled Goat

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> You forgot to mention how fat Mangino is. And I miss the italics.

EddieRebel

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Charles: Apparently you never met the football experts that were sitting near me on Saturday night. Never had they been so shocked in all 7 weeks they had been following college football!

Camp Tiger Claw

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> holy crud, the HTML is well-formatted.

MENDOZA!!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lady Andrea: @OchentaYcinco: Totally reminded me of when Roy Williams went airborne to do the same thing to Chrissy Simms.

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> No love for Hawaii ? They are undefeated so that must mean they should be at least #3 in the country.

/sarcasm

UpstateUnderdog

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Illinois 28 Ohio St. 17..bet the orange and blue this week.

jwaves2007

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Lady Andrea: That play was awesome. He looked like Lavar Arrington from back in the day.

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> @Dave Ryan:

I think most BC fans would have told you that before FSU. BC was ranked second, but by no means were fans under the impression that it was the second-most talented team in the country.

Charles

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Florida State at BC: Any chance the Eagles suffer a let-down? Not at home with 10 days to prepare against the negligible Noles.
Pick: BC

At least you're consistent in having no goddamn idea what you're talking about.


Camp Tiger Claw

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> So Jesus is taking fall off right?

Seems that way.

MitchKayak

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> I was actively rooting for Navy. Good for them. Also, one of their defensive guys had a flying sack on the QB that was just aweseome.

Lady Andrea

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> And so it begs the far more controversial question.

Actually no it doesn't. No logical fallacy here. Just the dumbest fucking convention for picking a champion in the history of planet earth.

preciousroy

]]> <![CDATA[Who's Number 2?]]> Who's Number 2?

(and who... does.... Number... Two... work... for?????)

A: Not BC

A Pimp Named DaveR

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