2009 RoughRider National Offensive Player of the Year

Tim Tebow had a "down" year compared to what people thought he would have. Colt McCoy got to play against a terrible Big XII and warmed up only late in the year. Jacory Harris had Miami going great in the beginning of the year, and stumbled lately. Notre Dame struggled even when Jimmy Clausen put up some good numbers.



But the 2009 RoughRider will go to the best player in the nation in 2009. Stanford running back Toby Gerhart. Gerhart rushed for 1736 in the 12 games for the 8-4 Cardinal. His biggest numbers came against the best teams. 200+ vs Washington, Oregon & Notre Dame. 178 put up vs Pete Carroll's vaunted USC Trojans. His biggest stage, 203 yards and 3 touchdowns in the season finale vs Notre Dame. Oh and he also thew a touchdown in the 45-38 shoot out with the Irish. Gerhart also set the Pac-10 rushing touchdown record with 26 scores.

It was once said that Heisman's are won or lost on your performance vs Notre Dame. Well Toby might not get the Heisman, but he is the 2009 RoughRider Offensive player of the Year.

Past Winners
2009-Toby Gerhart-RB-Stanford
2008-Colt McCoy-QB-Texas
2007-Kevin Smith-RB-Central Florida
2006-Darren McFadden-RB-Arkansas
2005-Reggie Bush-RB-USC
2004-Reggie Bush-RB-USC
2003-Larry Fitzgerald-WR-Pittsburgh
2002-Brad Banks-QB-Iowa
2001-Joey Harrington-QB-Oregon

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 29th

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Boise State
5. Alabama
6. Cincinnati
7. Ohio State
8. Oregon
9. Virginia Tech
10. Penn State
11. Pittsburgh
12. Iowa
13. Miami
14. BYU
15. Georgia Tech
16. Nebraska
17. USC
18. Oregon State
19. Houston
20. LSU


GFR Rankings Complete Poll

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 29th

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Boise State
5. Alabama
6. Cincinnati
7. Ohio State
8. Oregon
9. Virginia Tech
10. Penn State
11. Pittsburgh
12. Iowa
13. Miami
14. BYU
15. Georgia Tech
16. Nebraska
17. USC
18. Oregon State
19. Houston
20. LSU


GFR Rankings Complete Poll

Angels & Demons

Don't read if you haven't seen the movie.....

I don't think that Angels & Demons was as good as the Da Vinci code. You knew in the end that the good guys were going to find the bomb and save the Vatican. Great swing with Ewan McGregor, thought that was the best part of the story. I thought the Christian History was interesting history though. Tom Hanks still was great. Could have done with out a few scenes, and also thought it could have been wrapped up 20 minutes quicker. I think the Da Vinci code was also better with its twists and how it wrapped up were more a mystery than in Angels & Demons.

Still a good watch though.....3.5 Stars

My BCS Fix

8 teams – 8 Conf Champions. NO At-Larges allowed. If a school is not the conference champion. You will not be in the playoff. Notre Dame must join a conference. That way you know how to get in. No politicking…win the games and you get in.

Qualifying Conferences:
ACC
Big East
Big XII
Big Ten
Pac-10
SEC

The next 2 teams would be the Non BCS conferences. How the 5 conferences /army/navy would determine would need to be figured out yet, but give TCU’s & Boise’s a shot.

Have the Regular season ending on Thanksgiving weekend. Teams don’t need 2 bye weeks. Championship games on the 1st Saturday of December. Teams all have the same layoff.

The 8 teams play 4 games on New Year’s Day:
ROSE BOWL – Big Ten vs Pac-10
ORANGE BOWL – ACC vs Selection
SUGAR BOWL – SEC vs Selection
COTTON BOWL – BIG XII vs Selection

The selections would be taken in order of who’s already slotted team is ranked lowest in a new RPI similar poll. IE – If the Sugar has the #1 team, they get the last selection.

The winners would then play in Tempe/Fiesta Bowl on the weekend after Jan 1st. Those winners playing Monday Night in Tempe on Martin Luther King Day.

Schools don’t go back to school till after MLK day usually. They don’t have to worry about scheduling and travel then.

My BCS Fix

8 teams – 8 Conf Champions. NO At-Larges allowed. If a school is not the conference champion. You will not be in the playoff. Notre Dame must join a conference. That way you know how to get in. No politicking…win the games and you get in.

Qualifying Conferences:
ACC
Big East
Big XII
Big Ten
Pac-10
SEC

The next 2 teams would be the Non BCS conferences. How the 5 conferences /army/navy would determine would need to be figured out yet, but give TCU’s & Boise’s a shot.

Have the Regular season ending on Thanksgiving weekend. Teams don’t need 2 bye weeks. Championship games on the 1st Saturday of December. Teams all have the same layoff.

The 8 teams play 4 games on New Year’s Day:
ROSE BOWL – Big Ten vs Pac-10
ORANGE BOWL – ACC vs Selection
SUGAR BOWL – SEC vs Selection
COTTON BOWL – BIG XII vs Selection

The selections would be taken in order of who’s already slotted team is ranked lowest in a new RPI similar poll. IE – If the Sugar has the #1 team, they get the last selection.

The winners would then play in Tempe/Fiesta Bowl on the weekend after Jan 1st. Those winners playing Monday Night in Tempe on Martin Luther King Day.

Schools don’t go back to school till after MLK day usually. They don’t have to worry about scheduling and travel then.

2009 Survivor Series Picks

Survivor Series is here...and there are 3 traditional matches, 3 regular matches. I think we see some twists here to start to set up towards WrestleMania.

WWE Championship:I think John Cena keeps his title over DX, but I think we either see a DX split and either HHH turns heel, or both of them turn heel on Cena and after the match, bust him up pretty good.

World HeavyWeight Championship:I think that Jericho pulls out the win here and starts a feud against Y2J. I think this may be a split for the tag team champs too where they drop the titles soon too. I think that it would be stupid for the WWE to do that, Big Show and Y2J are doing good things together.

Batista vs Rey Mysterio: Batista continues to DESTROY his old friend.

Team Orton vs Team Kingston: The Viper destroys Team Kingston, and Kofi vs Orton is teased for the next PPV.

Team Miz vs Team Morrison: Probably one of the more exciting matches...Team Morrison gets the last laugh vs Team Miz. New feuds brew between the participants.

Team Mickie vs Team Michelle: McCool's team gets the last laugh.

New Moon

So Friday I helped (and my wife helped for the 2nd time) to boost the huge numbers of the Twilight saga's sequel "New Moon". Ok, so basically its a teeny bopper movie. It's Montegue's and Capulet's but in werewolf and vampire form. Was it entertaining? Yea, it was ok. I still don't understand the pale face love fest for Edward. Dude looks like a goober. The one thing I was excited about when I saw the preview was the transforming into a werewolf. THAT WAS COOL. I will admit. It wasn't the Wolverine Claws or anything. But it was pretty cool. Overall, it's going to make a lot of money and how they aren't making the 4th movie yet, I'm still unsure of. Do they not know the amount of money it will bring in? So it was entertaining, good time out with the wife. The 3rd movie comes out June 2010. My wife is already ready for the midnight showing again.

Hawk Talk Top 7 - Week 12

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Georgia Tech

2009 WoodyBoFry Big Ten Player of the Year

Last year was the year of running backs....this year, 2009, the year of Defense. There wasn't really a player in the Big Ten that stood out on the offensive side. Terrelle Pyror had his moments, Daryl Clark & Evan Royster had good games vs teams not named Iowa or Ohio State, Ricky Stanzi showed why he might be the most valuable, and others like John Clay and Mike Kafka had good years too. Nothing Great though.

On the other side, you had O'Brien Schofield at UW terrorizing backfields, Greg Jones a a tackling machine at East Lansing. The Dynamic Duo at Penn State of Sean Lee and Navorro Bowman, the entire Ohio State defensive line, and then the Iowa Trio of Angerer, Sash & Clayborn.

With the Big Ten Season complete, the 2009 WoodyBoFry winner goes to....


IOWA's Pat Angerer. The Iowa LB led the Big Ten in tackles at 102, averaged nearly 13 tackles a game and had a sack. The senior has been the heart and soul of the Hawks, who are 10-2 and possibly BCS bound.

Angerer becomes the 4th Hawkeye to win the Award (QB-Brad Banks-2002;QB-Drew Tate-2004; RB-Shonn Greene-2008.) and the first defensive player to win the award.

PAST WINNERS
2009-Pat Angerer-LB-Iowa
2008-Shonn Greene-RB-Iowa
2007-James Hardy-WR-Indiana
2006-Anthony Gonzalez-WR-Ohio State
2005-Tyrell Sutton-RB-Northwestern
2004-Braylon Edwards-WR-Michigan/Drew Tate-QB-Iowa
2003-Chris Perry-RB-Michigan
2002-Brad Banks-QB-Iowa
2001-Antwan Randel El-QB-Indiana

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 22nd

1. TCU
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Ohio State
8. Virgina Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Penn State
12. Georgia Tech
13. Oklahoma State
14. Iowa
15. Clemson
16. Miami
17. Utah
18. Texas Tech
19. BYU
20. Oregon State

http://home.mchsi.com/~nielsen.matt/gfr.pdf

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 22nd

1. TCU
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Ohio State
8. Virgina Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Penn State
12. Georgia Tech
13. Oklahoma State
14. Iowa
15. Clemson
16. Miami
17. Utah
18. Texas Tech
19. BYU
20. Oregon State

http://home.mchsi.com/~nielsen.matt/gfr.pdf

Hawk Talk Top 7 - Week 11

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Georgia Tech

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 15th

1. TCU
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Florida
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Ohio State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oklahoma State
13. Penn State
14. Iowa
15. Clemson
16. Wisconsin
17. Rutgers
18. Oregon State
19. Houston
20. LSU

Complete poll to be linked Monday

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 15th

1. TCU
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Florida
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Ohio State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oklahoma State
13. Penn State
14. Iowa
15. Clemson
16. Wisconsin
17. Rutgers
18. Oregon State
19. Houston
20. LSU

Complete poll to be linked Monday

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 8th

1. Texas
2. TCU
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Ohio State
8. Virgina Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Iowa
12. Penn State
13. Houston
14. USC
15. Oklahoma State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Clemson
18. Wisconsin
19. LSU
20. Miami

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 8th

1. Texas
2. TCU
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. Boise State
7. Ohio State
8. Virgina Tech
9. Oregon
10. Pittsburgh
11. Iowa
12. Penn State
13. Houston
14. USC
15. Oklahoma State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Clemson
18. Wisconsin
19. LSU
20. Miami

Hawk Talk Top 7 - Week 10

1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Cincinnati
5. TCU
6. Boise State
7. Georgia Tech

Thoughts....

So eye gouging and attempting to injure someone only gets a half game suspension? Florida Coach Urban Myer only seems to be worrying about Florida’s status in the BCS and National Championship. Not sending the right message. LB Brandon Spikes should be suspended more than the half vs. Vanderbilt. Send a message. Let the SEC officials get your wins for you. Urban, that was a bad move. Own up to it and be a coach…leader of men.

The college football world could see at least 4 unbeatens at the end of the season, is that a way to crown a national champion? Last year it was Utah going 13-0 and being shut out. This year you could get 3 BCS conf teams unbeaten after the bowl games, and then add in 2 BCS Busters. I’m not sure if a playoff is the right way, because you’re going to have the same thing, pollsters showing a bias and putting teams down they want to and boosting the top 4 or 8 they want to see. The national media is doing that to Iowa because they 1)don’t win pretty, 2) are from the Big Ten, and 3)aren’t named Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State. Of the unbeatens, Iowa has the best resume`, best schedule/hardest schedules, and best road wins. Look at it for yourself. Do some research. Yes they have some bad wins, but they are wins. Last year losing 4 games by 12 points they were told they are a good team, just can’t win the close games….this year they are winning them. What do you want them to do? Play the school for the blind and roll them up 77-0 like some SEC teams do with their scheduling?

The SEC isn’t great like the media thinks its its….The Big XII is even or below the Big Ten….The Pac-10 is better than the people think…

Watched V last night, and I don’t 100% remember the original but I remember it was frightening somewhat (I was 5.) when I’d be able to see a little of it watching with my sister. This version last night I thought was entertaining, the hour went by pretty quick.

Had Thai food last night for the 2nd time ever. 1st time I thought it was really good. Last night, it was very flavorless. Crab Rangoon was very good though…the meal was something I would have ordered different though.

Leaves suck! 15 bags done this weekend and a recycle bin. And yet there is still more to do! But at least my kids like to jump in them.

Thoughts....

So eye gouging and attempting to injure someone only gets a half game suspension? Florida Coach Urban Myer only seems to be worrying about Florida’s status in the BCS and National Championship. Not sending the right message. LB Brandon Spikes should be suspended more than the half vs. Vanderbilt. Send a message. Let the SEC officials get your wins for you. Urban, that was a bad move. Own up to it and be a coach…leader of men.

The college football world could see at least 4 unbeatens at the end of the season, is that a way to crown a national champion? Last year it was Utah going 13-0 and being shut out. This year you could get 3 BCS conf teams unbeaten after the bowl games, and then add in 2 BCS Busters. I’m not sure if a playoff is the right way, because you’re going to have the same thing, pollsters showing a bias and putting teams down they want to and boosting the top 4 or 8 they want to see. The national media is doing that to Iowa because they 1)don’t win pretty, 2) are from the Big Ten, and 3)aren’t named Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State. Of the unbeatens, Iowa has the best resume`, best schedule/hardest schedules, and best road wins. Look at it for yourself. Do some research. Yes they have some bad wins, but they are wins. Last year losing 4 games by 12 points they were told they are a good team, just can’t win the close games….this year they are winning them. What do you want them to do? Play the school for the blind and roll them up 77-0 like some SEC teams do with their scheduling?

The SEC isn’t great like the media thinks its its….The Big XII is even or below the Big Ten….The Pac-10 is better than the people think…

Watched V last night, and I don’t 100% remember the original but I remember it was frightening somewhat (I was 5.) when I’d be able to see a little of it watching with my sister. This version last night I thought was entertaining, the hour went by pretty quick.

Had Thai food last night for the 2nd time ever. 1st time I thought it was really good. Last night, it was very flavorless. Crab Rangoon was very good though…the meal was something I would have ordered different though.

Leaves suck! 15 bags done this weekend and a recycle bin. And yet there is still more to do! But at least my kids like to jump in them.

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 1st

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Cincinnati
4. TCU
5. Alabama
6. Iowa
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. Penn State
10. Virginia Tech

Complete Poll to be linked soon....

GFR Computer Ranking - Nov 1st

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Cincinnati
4. TCU
5. Alabama
6. Iowa
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. Penn State
10. Virginia Tech

Complete Poll to be linked soon....

Hawk Talk Top 7 - Week 9

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Oregon
4. Iowa
5. Cincinnati
6. TCU
7. Boise State