2012 College Football Season Thread (Realer Than The Real Deal)

Weddings the 1st two Saturdays of September...........

People should be killed for such offenses.

Any Russellmania impact type transfers this year?

I'm going to Metlife stadium to watch my Orangemen get destroyed by USC September 8th.

The tailgate will be epic though.

Editor's note: Check out "The Herbie Awards" airing on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday.

It's that time of the year again, a chance to honor the best of the best. Welcome back to the Herbie Awards, where the elite players and coaches of college football are celebrated.

A reminder: This is just my list. These are my choices, and not everyone will agree. That's what makes it so fun.

With that being said, let's get the 12th annual Herbie Awards started.

STARRING ROLE: BEST RUNNING BACKS
1. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
2. Montee Ball, Wisconsin
3. Knile Davis, Arkansas
4. Kenjon Barner, Oregon
5. Stepfan Taylor, Stanford


CATCHING ON: TOP WIDE RECEIVERS
1. Marqise Lee, USC
2. Tavon Austin, West Virginia
3. Robert Woods, USC
4. Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee
5. Marquess Wilson, Washington State

QUARTERBACKS: POCKET PASSERS
1. Matt Barkley, USC
2. Aaron Murray, Georgia
3. Tyler Wilson, Arkansas
4. Geno Smith, West Virginia
5. Keith Price, Washington


QUARTERBACKS: DUAL-THREAT
1. Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
2. Collin Klein, Kansas State
3. Denard Robinson, Michigan
4. James Franklin, Missouri
5. Braxton Miller, Ohio State


TIGHT ENDS: BEST IN THE BIZ
1. Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
2. Jake Stoneburner, Ohio State
3. Zach Ertz, Stanford
4. Philip Lutzenkirchen, Auburn
5. Chris Gragg, Arkansas


END GAME: DEFENSIVE ENDS -- THE DIRTY DOZEN (I'm allowing myself to exceed the limit of five per category!)
1. Sam Montgomery, LSU
2. Brandon Jenkins, Florida State
3. William Gholston, Michigan State
4. Barkevious Mingo, LSU
5. Bjoern Werner, Florida State
6. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
7. Corey Lemonier, Auburn
8. Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
9. Dion Jordan, Oregon
10. Alex Okafor, Texas
11. John Simon, Ohio State
12. Malliciah Goodman, Clemson


INSIDE JOB: DEFENSIVE TACKLES
1. Star Lotulelei, Utah
2. Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State
3. Jesse Williams, Alabama
4. Kawann Short, Purdue
5. Bennie Logan, LSU


GOT YOUR BACK: OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
1. Jarvis Jones, Georgia
2. Chase Thomas, Stanford
3. Jonathan Brown, Illinois
4. Jamie Collins, Southern Miss
5. Jelani Jenkins, Florida


INSIDE LINEBACKERS
1. Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
2. Shayne Skov, Stanford
3. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
4. Nico Johnson, Alabama
5. Chris Borland, Wisconsin


TAKE COVER: DEFENSIVE BACKS
1. David Amerson, NC State
2. Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
3. Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
4. Nickell Robey, USC
5. Johnny Adams, Michigan State

SAFETY FIRST: TOP SAFETIES
1. Eric Reid, LSU
2. Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma
3. Robert Lester, Alabama
4. Bacarri Rambo, Georgia
5. Kenny Vaccaro, Texas


RIGHT TO EXCITE: MOST EXCITING PLAYERS
1. Tavon Austin, West Virginia
2. De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon
3. Denard Robinson, Michigan
4. Sammy Watkins, Clemson
5. Onterio McCalebb, Auburn


RODNEY DANGERFIELDS: PLAYERS WHO DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
1. David Amerson, NC State
2. Geno Smith, West Virginia
3. Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
4. Chase Thomas, Stanford
5. Bjoern Werner, Florida State


SHHHHH, DON'T TELL: BEST-KEPT SECRETS
1. Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State
2. Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
3. Cameron Marshall, Arizona State
4. Michael Clay, Oregon
5. Marquess Wilson, Washington State


DON'T TURN YOUR BACK: BACKYARD FOOTBALL
1. Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech
2. Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin
3. Jamal Miles, Arizona State
4. Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma
5. Eric Reid, LSU


DRESS FOR SUCCESS: LOOKS THE PART
1. William Gholston, Michigan State
2. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
3. Shayne Skov, Stanford
4. Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee
5. Marqise Lee, USC


OFF AND RUNNING: READY TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
1. Marqise Lee, USC
2. Keith Price, Washington
3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State
4. Nico Johnson, Alabama
5. Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas


OLD SCHOOL: THROWBACK PLAYERS
1. Collin Klein, Kansas State
2. Rex Burkhead, Nebraska
3. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
4. Max Bullough, Michigan State
5. Philip Lutzenkirchen, Auburn

1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2. Andrew Maxwell, Michigan State
3. Michael Holmes, Virginia Tech
4. Trey Metoyer, Oklahoma
5. Matt Miller, Boise State


OUCH! THE ANKLE BREAKERS
1. Denard Robinson, Michigan
2. Kenjon Barner, Oregon
3. Robert Woods, USC
4. Jamal Miles, Arizona State
5. Dustin Harris, Texas A&M

BASIC INSTINCT: IT'S EVERYTHING
1. Chris Borland, Wisconsin
2. Arthur Brown, Kansas State
3. Dion Bailey, USC
4. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
5. Cameron Lawrence, Mississippi State


SURPRISE PARTY: TEAMS
1. Mississippi State
2. Purdue
3. Boise State (Chris Petersen!)
4. Tennessee
5. UCLA

SUDDEN IMPACT: BEST COORDINATOR HIRES
1. Mike Stoops, Oklahoma
2. Doug Nussmeier, Alabama
3. Sal Sunseri, Tennessee
4. Brian VanGorder, Auburn
5. Justin Wilcox, Washington

MOVIN' ON UP: HEAD COACHES WHO WILL GET HIGHER-PROFILE OPPORTUNITIES
1. Charlie Strong, Louisville
2. James Franklin, Vanderbilt
3. Skip Holtz, South Florida
4. Dave Doeren, Northern Illinois
5. Mario Cristobal, FIU



THE ULTIMATE HERBIE
1. Matt Barkley, USC
2. Collin Klein, Kansas State
3. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
4. Barrett Jones, Alabama
5. Montee Ball, Wisconsin

ALL-HERBIE TEAM: WHAT A COLLEGE TEAM SHOULD LOOK LIKE
Offense Defense
QB Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech DL William Gholston, Michigan State
RB Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina DL Sam Montgomery, LSU
RB Rex Burkhead, Nebraska DL Corey Lemonier, Auburn
WR Marqise Lee, USC DL Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
WR Tavon Austin, West Virginia LB Shayne Skov, Stanford
WR Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia
TE Jake Stoneburner, Ohio State LB Jamie Collins, Southern Miss
T Oday Aboushi, Virginia
T Jake Matthews, Texas A&M CB Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech
C Barrett Jones, Alabama CB Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
G Chance Warmack, Alabama S Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
G Braden Hansen, BYU S Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma


CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS
Conference Champion Player of the Year
ACC Florida State over Virginia Tech Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
Big 12 Oklahoma Tavon Austin, West Virginia
Big East Pitt Ray Graham, Pitt
Big Ten Michigan State over Wisconsin Montee Ball, Wisconsin
Conference USA Southern Miss over SMU Jamie Collins, Southern Miss
MAC Ohio over Western Michigan Alex Carder, Western Michigan
Mountain West Boise State Robbie Rouse, Fresno State
Pac-12 USC over Oregon Matt Barkley, USC
SEC Alabama over Georgia Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
Sun Belt Florida International Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State
WAC Louisiana Tech Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech
National championship game: Florida State over USC

Lego.

 

Solid Verbal has put out some good conference preview podcasts. Also enjoying some of SI's stuff and of course, smartfootball.com and EDSBS. 

 

http://www.solidverbal.com/

 

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com on sun bowl. if maynard's not better than last year, no bowl

7-5 i hope......probably lose to BC first week 

No way they lose to BC

South Carolina, I'm buying you this year.

I doubt that this is USC year

Lou Holtz ‏@PretendLouHoltz
Noth shure if I jush peed myshelf becaush collish foothball ish closh or becaush of my proshtate.

Let the Urban era begin!

Do what you gotta do... iPhone, iPad, satellite hook-up in the party bus, FIND the TV at the reception (there is one somewhere no matter what people say)...

2010 Opener at the (new) Big House: 10 am ceremony, take 15 min to work the crowd - make sure presence is known, 1 hr drive back to the Big House, catch kick-off through end of 3rd, 1 hr drive back to reception, beat the wedding party, txt to confirm victory, food/booze/good times.

College football season. Lego

I'm hoping Jacoby Brissett does well , he seems like a great dude.

use your dvr or check your phone...

I have a wedding the day Michigan plays Minnesota, which is a game that you could miss, but I won't. I'll make the reception, that should be good enough.

Arkansas shall beat both Bama and LSU @ home. :

We are prone to drop one though, that South Carolina could get us, but we've had their number the past couple of years. Offense will not skip a beat without Bobby.

Ohio State .. Urban Renewal

My Bears back in Berkeley

*Dre 3000*
"alright ,alright, alright, alright"
*Dre 3000*

Been a long damn 9 months

Herbie has Jake Matthews over Luke Joeckel on his All-Herbie team? That's gotta be a mistake...

Here are some decent wallpapers: http://dylanphotog.imgur.com/ I just wish there were dates under the opponents. I guess that can be fixed rather easily, though.

Meh. Not enough flatscreens. Not impressed.

 

 

 

 

 

JUNKYARD BACK !

 

NCAA, meet Jarvis Jones' replacement..#59 Jordan Jenkins

 

 

 

Cant wait to see Vandy wash the Gamecocks 

so long as texas a&m doesn't blow it against Louisiana Tech in week one, college gameday at Texas A&M vs florida in week 2 is gonna be

I got A&M over Florida..