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.