The Appalachian Effect in N.C.A.A. Football

Remember when the Michigan Wolverines kicked off their football season last year with a loss to Appalachian State University?

Some people called it the biggest upset in college football history.
Well, as Mike Huguenin notes at Rivals.com, it looks like the big-time schools are being a lot more careful this year in picking their supposedly patsy opponents.
Appalachian, meanwhile, is hoping to start the ‘08 season even more outrageously than last year: against the defending national champs L.S.U. It should not be forgotten that Appalachian has won the past three national championships at its level.

Post-Spring Practice Top 25.....

1. Georgia (2) 2. Ohio State (7) 3. USC (4) 4. Oklahoma (1) 5. Missouri (3) 6. LSU (6) 7. West Virginia (9) 8. Texas (5) 9. Clemson (8) 10. Florida (10) 11. Kansas (17) 12. Illinois (19) 13. Virginia Tech (12) 14. Oregon (18) 15. Wisconsin (14) 16. BYU (16) 17. Arizona State (13) 18. Auburn (15) 19. Michigan State (24) 20. Tennessee (-)21. Texas Tech (23) 22. Pittsburgh (25) 23. Wake Forest (-)24. Penn State (11) 25. Fresno State (20)

12th Miracle of the World: The Broncos Smurf Turf.....

Some just wander through life trying to find out the answers to: why is the sky blue?...where do babies come from?...Will we be able to breath underwater in the year 2020?.....How did the world become the world?....and why in the name of... is the turf blue @ Boise State U? Well look no further all of life's mysterious answer's are right below...or @ least one of them... The mighty Broncos of Boise State University play on the world's only radical, other-worldly blue field. WHY??? The quality of color selection was affirmed by Mother Nature shortly after its installation in 1986 when passing flocks of migrating geese repeatedly landed in accidental mass suicides, apparently mistaking the field for a beautiful blue lake. Shortly thereafter the grounds keepers began covering the field when not in use, to prevent the aforementioned bird crash deaths and grisly clean-up efforts. No matter how many geese had to die, removing the beloved "Smurf Turf" was never considere...

SEC Pre-Season Breakdown

Will highly touted LSU QB Ryan Perrilloux get a shot this year? SEC Breakdown: EAST: 1) Florida 2) Georgia 3) Tennessee 4) South Carolina 5) Kentucky 6) Vandy WEST: 1) LSU 2) Arkansas 3) Auburn 4) Alabama 5) Ole Miss 6) Mississippi State Florida might not miss a beat on offense as they lost 4 year starter Chris Leak, who looks good in a Chicago Bears Uniform and has a legitimate shot to give weed smoking hippie Orton his walking papers, but their Defense looks shakey at best. UF lost a total of 9 starters on the this side of the ball, which will be exposed early on in the season. Still overall though the team to beat. LSU will start QB Matt Flynn who exploited the Miami D 2 years ago in route to a 41-3 beating of The U. Ryan Perrilloux the more talented and elusive QB will get the opportunity to win the job but has had to deal with some bad PR as he was implicated in a Federal probe involving an alleged counterfeiting ring. This dude's the real deal if he can get his act straigh...

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