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Auburn Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
On Sunday night, the Auburn Tigers officially ended fall camp.
Following an off day Monday, the defending SEC champions will be in full preparation mode for their upcoming schedule—and what a tough schedule it will be.
Auburn will play seven teams that are ranked in both the preseason coaches and The Associated Press polls, more than any other team in the country. For the first time in program history, the Tigers will have to travel to both rivals Georgia and Alabama.
Even with the brutal 2014 schedule, preseason expectations are extremely high for Auburn, which returns most of its starters from its impressive offense and its steadily improving defense.
After all the off-the-field drama and on-the-field action of the summer on the Plains, I've revisited my May predictions. Has anything changed in my opinion of head coach Gus Malzahn's Tigers and their upcoming season? Let's take a game-by-game look.
College Football Head Coaches Who'll Make the Most Improvement in 2014
College football is a win-now business. This is not exactly breaking news: The ever-increasing influx of television and bowl money into the game has ratcheted up the pressure on head coaches to show on-field success, and immediately.
According to Syracuse.com's Patrick Stevens, only 57 of the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches have spent more than three seasons in their current positions. College football's coaching carousel is constant.
Per Stevens, the median hire date for an FBS head coach is Dec. 8, 2011. If coaches don't win immediately, athletic directors and boosters have shown they aren't afraid to pay a buyout clause and find someone who can.
When the 2014 season begins in less than two weeks, fans across the nation will be looking for signs of improvement from their favorite programs. Here is a look at some college football head coaches who should make the most improvement in 2014, running the gamut from newbie to established.
Florida Gators Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
We are less than two weeks away from the college football season, and now those predictions everybody has been throwing up against the wall finally mean something. While it's great to look at the schedule and talk about matchups, it's tough to predict games months in advance.
Back in May, I had the Florida Gators finishing with a respectable 9-3 record considering the season they had a year ago. Not much has changed with the results considering Florida is pretty much the same team it was a few months ago, and the opponents are still as tough as ever.
Although with updates throughout camp and the attitude players have toward the upcoming season, it's worth looking at these games again and throwing out a few updated predictions.
Here is how the Gators will fare in 2014.
2014 Big 12 Football Conference Predictions
It was a bit of a mystery who would come away with the Big 12 title in 2013, but this year it won't be.
Oklahoma and Baylor are the favorites coming off solid seasons. The Sooners' big win over Alabama set the tone heading into the 2014 season, while the Bears proved they could play with the best by winning their first Big 12 title and playing in the Fiesta Bowl.
While most focus on Oklahoma and Baylor, Kansas State could be in the running if coach Bill Snyder can use his magic to surprise as he did in 2012, with a senior quarterback and talent on the defensive end.
Other teams in the mix might be Texas, who will now be led by head coach Charlie Strong, as well as Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. It's expected that the Pokes and the Red Raiders will finish in the middle of the pack, but you never know in the wild Big 12.
A dark-horse candidate will be TCU, who will be trying to forget what occurred in 2013. Going 4-8 is almost unheard of for a Gary Patterson team, but the Horned Frogs could be a threat to be reckoned with if the offense can click right away with new offensive coordinators.
The Big 12 will be highly competitive this season for the most part and should see at least two teams advance to major bowl games at the end of the season.
UCLA Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions for 2014
With the start of the season a mere two weeks away, it seems prudent to make a few prognostications as to how Jim Mora and the UCLA football team will fare in 2014.
The Bruins' schedule is one of the more difficult ones in the entire country. Per the first AP Top 25 Preseason Poll, UCLA will face five ranked teams (Oregon, Stanford, Southern Cal, Arizona State, Washington).
Additionally, the No. 7 Bruins face a tough non-conference tilt against the Texas Longhorns in the Lone Star state. The season opener on the opposite side of the country, against an upstart Virginia squad, isn't an easy task, either.
This piece predicts how the Bruins will ultimately perform in 2014, on a game-by-game basis. Obviously, every single team on this list will suffer injuries throughout the season (to varying degrees), but predictions have been made under the assumption both teams are fully healthy.
UCLA Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions for 2014
Meet Notre Dame's New Starters for 2014
With Notre Dame's 2014 season thrown into chaos with the announced suspension of four players, the Irish will be forced to depend on a few more new faces this season.
With the fate of starters DaVaris Daniels, KeiVarae Russell and Ishaq Williams awaiting an academic investigation, the Irish could be even more green (pun intended) heading into their season opener against Rice.
After building a roster with successful recruiting campaigns since he arrived in South Bend, head coach Brian Kelly is better suited to play a young team than ever before. Even after losing Zack Martin, Stephon Tuitt, Troy Niklas, Louis Nix and Chris Watt in the first three rounds of the NFL draft, the Irish have a roster that Kelly has repeatedly called one of his deepest.
With less than two weeks until the Irish welcome Rice to Notre Dame Stadium, let's meet the new starters for 2014.
With Chuck Martin off to coach at Miami University (Ohio) and trusted assistant Mike Denbrock named the new coordinator, Kelly decided to reclaim the play-calling duties this offseason. He's also reopened his playbook, turning back to the spread-heavy concepts that helped build his offensive guru reputation.
Of course, Everett Golson had a big reason to do with that. Returning to the starting lineup after a dismissal from school that cost him the 2013 season, Golson's abilities fit perfectly in the spread. Let's look at the newcomers joining him on offense.
Ben Koyack
The most experienced of the new starters, Koyack is a three-year contributor at tight end who came on near the end of the 2013 season.
A candidate to be one of the team's captains, Koyack looks like another prototype NFL tight end, continuing a run of early draft picks that date back to the beginning of the Ty Willingham era with Anthony Fasano and continued on with John Carlson, Kyle Rudolph, Tyler Eifert and Niklas.
At 6'5", 254 pounds, Koyack has the ability to attach to the line of scrimmage as well as flex out to create a mismatch. He averaged 17.1 yards a catch last season playing as the Irish's No. 2 tight end behind Niklas, whose early exit to the NFL opens the door for Koyack to join him in 2015.
Chris Brown
A fairly disappointing sophomore season seemed to be salvaged during bowl season for Brown, who finished the year with his most productive game against Rutgers, making five catches in the Irish's 29-16 Pinstripe Bowl victory.
Brown was forced into a leadership role this spring with the academic suspension of Daniels, suddenly becoming the elder statesman in a young but talented receiving corps. That position of authority carried into the summer and fall camp, where Brown's done a great job holding onto a starting job at a very talented position.
Brown has the pedigree to be a very good player. A high school track star who scored more points individually at the South Carolina state meet than all but seven teams competing, Brown has sprinter speed and leaping ability that put him on the U.S. Junior National team.
After making 15 catches in 2013, Brown's poised to have a breakout junior season.
Corey Robinson
With Daniels' future in limbo, sophomore Corey Robinson is the next man in at outside receiver. Son of NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson, Kelly and his staff plucked the lanky receiver—a raw stringbean playing private small-school Texas-prep football at San Antonio Christian—out of obscurity.
Notre Dame was the first offer for Robinson, but after enrolling early he showed quickly what the staff saw in him. At a listed 6'4.5" (and likely a little bit taller), Robinson only made nine catches last season, but he dazzled with a pair of velcro hands and a catch radius that make him a very large target.
Paired with Everett Golson and given the opportunity to spend a lot of time in single coverage, Robinson was set to thrive this season anyway. But if Daniels is lost for an extended period, then Robinson moves into a key role for the Irish offense.
Tarean Folston
Entering Notre Dame relatively off the radar with most eyes focused on classmate Greg Bryant, Folston took control of the running back job down the stretch and enters fall as the team's starter. A smooth, efficient running back who has also showed a knack for breaking a long run, Folston will have opportunities to make a difference both as a runner and pass-catcher.
A starter leading a committee, Folston will share carries with Bryant and Cam McDaniel, though he's got the ability to take the job over. And with Golson piloting the offense, the threat of a mobile quarterback should open up a ground game that could power the Irish offense.
Matt Hegarty
One of the more amazing stories in college football, Hegarty was nearly out of the game when he suffered a stroke in November of 2012, needing heart surgery to repair two holes in his heart. The procedure put his career in jeopardy, but Hegarty recovered in 2013 and played key snaps at center when Nick Martin suffered a knee injury against BYU.
Hegarty filled in valiantly in the season's three final games and continued to play center during spring practice while Martin recovered. But while most had sophomore Mike McGlinchey starting at right tackle after playing during spring drills, Hegarty is at left guard while Steve Elmer plays tackle.
A senior with a fifth-year available, Hegarty adds a veteran body on the interior of the offensive line.
We already knew Brian VanGorder's defense was going to be young. But suspensions to key starters KeiVarae Russell and Ishaq Williams push two new names into the starting lineup. At this point, it might be easier to tell you who returns, but let's get the introductions started.
Andrew Trumbetti
The early-enrollee freshman has overtaken junior Romeo Okwara at defensive end, pushing his way onto the field, the first freshman defensive lineman to open the season as a starter since Anthony Weaver in 1998. Trumbetti was an Under Armour All-American last year and a 4-star recruit who chose the Irish over Florida and Michigan State, so the pedigree is there.
At 6'3.5" and 251 pounds, Trumbetti has decent enough size and has been lauded for his motor and pass-rushing skills. With multiple personnel packages, it's not as if Trumbetti will be an every-down player for the Irish, but he'll have a ton of responsibilities on his shoulders from the start of the season.
Jarron Jones
He may feel like a veteran at this point, but Jones only worked his way onto the field when Irish defensive linemen started dropping like flies last season. Originally a defensive end, Jones was the next man in after injuries took Louis Nix and Kona Schwenke off the field at nose guard.
Playing an impressive game against BYU, Jones held his own against Stanford and Rutgers, giving Notre Dame hope that life after Nix wasn't going to be too painful. Shifting into a four-man front takes some of the burden off Jones as a pure nose guard, but he'll still be asked to eat blockers and wreak havoc, something he should do fairly well.
Isaac Rochell
With senior Ishaq Williams off the field on Friday as the academic investigation began, Rochell was in his place at strong-side defensive end. After playing in 11 games and making 10 tackles as a freshman, Rochell hardly looked ready to take over a starting job, but the options behind him aren't great.
That's not to say the Georgia native doesn't have promise. Kelly surprised a lot of people when he called Rochell "a beast" last week during a press conference, a declaration that wasn't made to pump the young lineman's tires but rather because the 6'3.5" 287-pounder looks like a completely different player than the one who played last season.
There's no telling how prepared Rochell is to take significant snaps, but at this point he's going to take as many as he can handle. With offers from Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and other SEC powers coming out of high school, Rochell looked the part of a blue-chipper. We'll have to see if he's ready to play that role in 2014.
Joe Schmidt
After being one of the surprises of spring football, Schmidt has solidified his place in the middle of the Irish defense. The former walk-on (who has been on scholarship for two seasons) was buried on Bob Diaco's inside linebacker depth chart in the 3-4, but he is a much better fit playing behind a four-man front.
Undersized but instinctive, quick and tough, Schmidt is more than a Rudy-like story; he's a really good football player. With Jarrett Grace still making his slow return back, Kendall Moore suspended and Nyles Morgan swimming in very deep water as a true freshman, this is Schmidt's defense to run.
James Onwualu
If Schmidt's spot in the starting lineup is surprising, maybe Onwualu's is even more far-fetched. After starting four games at wide receiver for the Irish as a true freshman, Onwualu converted to the defensive side of the ball in the spring and began his transition as a safety before moving to linebacker.
Onwualu has packed five pounds onto his 6'1" frame after playing last season at 215. That's not enough bulk to take on offensive linemen, but Onwualu will start against teams that attempt to spread the Irish defense out, capable of covering just about anybody while also showing a toughness that allows him to do plenty of jobs.
Kelly has a reputation for flipping productive players from one side of the ball and making them better on the other. That looks to be happening quickly for Onwualu, who outbattled John Turner and Ben Councell for the starting job.
Cody Riggs
The decision to transfer to Notre Dame looks like a brilliant one for Riggs right now. (And for Notre Dame, who accepted the temporary fix.) Having already won a starting cornerback job opposite KeiVarae Russell, Riggs will ascend to the top cover corner role as long as Russell is off the field.
Starting 26 games between corner and safety over three-plus seasons (he received a medical redshirt after an early-season injury), Riggs wants to prove to NFL scouts he can make it as a cover man. He'll do more than just that for the Irish, sliding inside and out as a versatile piece of VanGorder's aggressive coverage schemes.
Cole Luke
With or without Russell, Luke was going to play a lot of football. But with Notre Dame's top cover corner held out of practice on Friday, the Irish turn to Luke, hoping the sophomore is ready to take on a much bigger responsibility.
Luke played in all 13 games last season, seeing a lot of time in the secondary playing nickel and cornerback for Diaco. But there's little Cover 2 in VanGorder's scheme, and Luke will be asked to do much more this season than he did just dropping into his zone as a freshman.
Max Redfield
After Kelly pushed Redfield into the starting lineup against Rutgers, the sophomore has solidified himself as the team's starting free safety. A former 5-star recruit, Redfield had a frustrating freshman season unable to work his way into Diaco's rotation at safety with the mental grind of the position holding him back.
While Kelly talked about limiting the decision-making Redfield needs to do on the field last week, the sophomore safety is ready to take ownership of the back end of the defense. Probably the most physically gifted safety the Irish have had since Harrison Smith, Redfield has all the talent in the world; he just has to play mistake-free football.
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Miami Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
The countdown to the 2014 regular season is dwindling, and the Miami Hurricanes are preparing to take the field on Sept. 1 against new conference foe Louisville.
Blood pressure rising, excitement building and game-by-game predictions forthcoming.
As the 'Canes continue to work through a quarterback battle, now narrowed to a transfer and true freshman, Duke Johnson, Denzel Perryman, Stacy Coley and Ereck Flowers lead a high-ceiling, low-floor Miami roster.
The following are based on the current health status of all involved teams, which is subject to change at any moment. But that doesn't mean we can't take a shot at the predictions.
Because football is great. Any disagreement? No? OK. Onward!
Ohio State Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
The Ohio State football team is gearing up for another national title run, but with the inaugural College Football Playoff on the horizon, Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes will be navigating a much tougher schedule in 2014.
The realigned Big Ten divisions have given Ohio State a loaded league slate, and a tougher nonconference lineup will challenge the Buckeyes early.
Can Ohio State put together its third consecutive undefeated regular season?
Big Ten Football: Every Team's Biggest Trap Game for the 2014 Season
It was almost exactly seven years ago that Michigan, then the No. 5 team in the nation, fell victim to one of the biggest trap games ever: a Week 1 visit from FCS Appalachian State. Even the best the Big Ten has to offer can succumb to pretty apparent traps from time to time.
Could it happen again in 2014?
Michigan is no longer a top-five team, and Appalachian State is no longer an FCS program, as the Mountaineers move to the FBS as a member of the Sun Belt this season. Still, there are enough pitfalls on the schedule all throughout the Big Ten to make any coach wary of early predictions for conference titles or College Football Playoff berths.
It's safe to say that there are games, like the Mountaineers' second visit to the Big House in a couple of short weeks, that won't be sneaking up on anyone.
But where are the quagmires for 2014?
Let's hone our Jedi senses as we sniff out the trap game of 2014 for each Big Ten team.
The 6 Most Overrated College Football Teams in the 2014 Preseason AP Poll
In the grand scheme of things, preseason rankings in college football are quite meaningless. Even more than in years past, where a team is ranked (or not ranked) to begin the season has almost no bearing on its spot in the polls or standings when the year is over.
The College Football Playoff has rendered such polls almost moot, since the selection committee charged with picking teams for the first-ever four-team tournament will use its own rankings based on data completely unrelated to how FBS coaches or national media members catalog the country's best teams.
But that still doesn't mean such polls don't have a place in today's game. They're a great source of discussion and debate, as anyone who checked in on Twitter in the hours after The Associated Press unveiled its initial poll can testify to. Outside of defending champ Florida State at No. 1, it was hard to find a consensus that agreed any other team was completely worthy of its ranking.
In many cases, a team earned a preseason ranking that seems far higher than it deserves based on how it performed in 2013, the quality of the starters it has returning and how good its newcomers are expected to be. Off-the-field conditions may also impact how the 2014 season will go, and if those factors aren't taken into consideration a team can end up with the dreaded "overrated" label.
Looking at the AP preseason Top 25, here are seven teams who fit that description (listed alphabetically).
Texas Football: Meet Texas' New Starters for 2014
The Longhorns have to replace seven departed starters from the 2013 roster. Past the midway point of fall camp, the leaders to fill those spots are pretty apparent.
Charlie Strong must replace two starters along the offensive line, leading receiver Mike Davis, safety Adrian Phillips and All-American defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat. Additionally, he must address the spots he opened up when he dismissed receiver Kendall Sanders and suspended safety Josh Turner.
Strong's work is cut out for him, but he does have some decent experience to pull from. Linemen Kent Perkins and Sedrick Flowers each have a start under their belts along with some steady reserve action. Receiver Marcus Johnson is also a no-brainer after making a few starts as a sophomore.
The rest are entering new territory, playing positions that must produce on a weekly basis.
LSU Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
LSU begins its 10th season under Les Miles in 13 days, yet it seems as if it was just yesterday when he took over the Tigers for the departed Nick Saban.
Time flies when you're having fun. In the SEC, where football means everything, winning equates to fun.
In nine years under Miles, the Tigers' 95 wins are eight more than any other SEC program. LSU's nine Top 25 finishes are more than any other SEC program in the same span.
LSU has accumulated at least 10 wins in each of the past four seasons. However, that streak can easily be snapped as the young Bayou Bengals have a brutal schedule ahead of them.
The Tigers were ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP poll released Saturday. But rankings can mean little. If LSU can avoid losing two games this season, it will be in the mix for one of the four playoff spots.
Here is a preview of how the Tigers will fare in the 2014.
College Football Preseason Rankings 2014: Comparing AP and Amway Coaches Top 25
With Sunday's release of the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll, we now have rankings from the media and from coaches (the Amway poll, which came out July 31) that give us an idea of which teams to expect to be this season's best.
They also give us plenty of room for debate, because while the No. 1 team is the same in both polls, there are plenty of differences. That's not surprising, considering the different voting blocs as well as the fact that the rankings came out 17 days apart.
While preseason polls are always speculative, the Amway came out before the start of training camp, and the AP debuted midway through fall practice and had the benefit of more current information—both positive and negative—to influence rankings.
Still, voters in both polls agreed on 24 of the same teams to rank among the top 25 to start the season, with 16 of those falling in the same spot in each ranking. Defending national champion Florida State opens atop both polls, collecting a combined 113 of 122 total first-place votes, Alabama is the No. 2 team in each poll.
Now that the polls are out, it's time to compare and contrast them to see where they match and where they diverge, while also speculating as to why discrepancies exist.
We Remember: Charles Woodson Snags 1-Handed Interception vs. Michigan State
Charles Woodson has had an incredibly successful football career, both in college and in the NFL, but this might have been one of the best plays of his career.
During his junior season in 1997, Woodson made this incredible one-handed interception while getting a foot in bounds against the Michigan State Spartans.
Woodson finished the game with two interceptions and eight for the season, going on to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Houston Cougars' High Hopes Hinge on Sophomore Quarterback John O'Korn
At a school made famous by high-flying offenses and prolific passing attacks, John O'Korn made the grade during his freshman season at the University of Houston.
O'Korn, a late-blooming but ultimately highly touted quarterback from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, chose Houston over home-state schools Central Florida and South Florida, as well as traditional power conference programs like Wisconsin, Mississippi and Louisville, to play for second-year head coach Tony Levine.
After taking over for the concussion-plagued David Piland last season, O'Korn helped lead the Cougars to a winning season and a bowl game appearance. Houston finished 8-5 in 2013 after suffering a 41-24 loss to Vanderbilt in the BBVA Compass Bowl.
Expected by most to limp near .500 for the season, the Cougars rode O'Korn's long-range passing ability, the playmaking capabilities of superstar wide receiver Deontay Greenberry and an absurdly larcenous defense to finish 5-3 in the American Athletic Conference.
Houston lost all four regular-season games by a total of 20 points, including heart-wrenching defeats against BYU (47-46) and eventual conference champion Central Florida (19-14), in which Houston had possession of the ball in the waning moments of the game. Improved play at quarterback should help the team turn close losses into wins.
O'Korn told the Houston Chronicle's Joseph Duarte that he's miles ahead of where he was last year, something Cougar fans are anxious to see play out over the course of the new season:
This point last year, I didn't really know any of the plays. I had never stepped foot on the field in a college game. Just really the experience that came from last year is something that will carry me through this year and the rest of my career here.
According to Duarte, Houston's offensive coordinator, Travis Bush, concurs.
"He doesn't walk around here like a high school kid anymore," said Bush. "He looks like a college quarterback and acts like a college quarterback. You can see the confidence."
O'Korn wasn't your typical true freshman quarterback. The strong-armed athlete did not come into the college game with a myriad of experience as a starting quarterback. In fact, Levine offered O'Korn a scholarship before he started a game at Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas.
Still, he managed to earn the AAC's Rookie of the Year award. He passed for 28 touchdowns and over 3,000 yards playing on mostly talent and gumption.
O'Korn told the Orlando Sentinel's Matt Murschel that he expected to be an improved quarterback this season in almost every way:
I really don't think I can pick out one thing. There's just so many different things. Going into the season, I really didn't know a whole lot. I just went out there and played and just learned as I played. I made a lot of mistakes, but when the same situations came around, I felt like I improved and I didn't make the same mistakes. Really, I couldn't pick out one thing, there is so much I learned and I learn now from going back and watching the film. … I just feel like I'm getting better every day.
Houston returns 19 starters this season, and it isn't hard to imagine O'Korn leading one of the most prolific offenses in the country. Greenberry, a talented receiver, averaged over 100 yards per game, while Markeith Ambles and Greg Ward should provide O'Korn with other ways to move the ball down the field.
The Cougars also return their top two rushers from last season, Ryan Jackson and Kenneth Farrow.
O'Korn told Duarte that he hopes to move the ball down the field faster and spread it around more:
I think you're going to see a lot faster, up-tempo offense where we spread the ball around more. We have so many weapons; it's just really ridiculous how many good players we have on this team and how many different things we can do. It definitely makes my job easier.
Meanwhile, Houston's defense should help keep the Coogs in contention, even if the offense stalls at times. Houston returns 10 starters from a defense that led the nation in creating turnovers last season.
The Cougars are a dark-horse candidate to win the conference behind Cincinnati and returning champion Central Florida, according to the AAC preseason media poll. But with O'Korn a year older, the Cougars' revved-up offense might just take them all the way to the top spot.
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Texas A&M Football: Final Game-by-Game Schedule Predictions
The Texas A&M football team will face one of the toughest schedules in the nation in 2014. The Aggies have enough talent on their roster to finish the regular season with a 9-3 record.
The Aggies will play nine 2013 bowl teams this season. In addition to the typical gauntlet that makes up the West division of the SEC, the Aggies will face South Carolina and Missouri from the East. The Gamecocks and Tigers won 23 games combined in 2013.
Texas A&M will also face Rice in its nonconference schedule. Rice won 10 games in 2013. The Aggies will need to have another strong offense and great improvement from their defense if they want to win nine or more games against their 2014 schedule.
This is a final game-by-game look at how their season should go in 2014.
Texas Head Coach Charlie Strong Takes Longhorns Bowling in Place of Practice
The Texas Longhorns have had a long offseason of practices, so head coach Charlie Strong decided to give his players a break.
On Sunday, Strong made the announcement to the players that instead of practice, they'd be going bowling. Of course, the players got quite excited about the change of plans.
[YouTube, h/t Reddit]
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Preseason College Football Rankings 2014: Winners and Losers from AP Poll
USA Today released its preseason Amway Coaches Poll three weeks ago. Now, it's time to get angry at the voting media, which is clearly underrating your team and an obvious fan for that cheating rival team, in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll.
It's no surprise that Florida State, the reigning national champion, is the preseason No. 1 team. The Seminoles simply have too much talent returning not to be an early favorite to go wire-to-wire in the first College Football Playoff season. Consider them the first "winner," if you will, before the season starts.
The entire AP Top 25 is listed below (first-place votes are in parenthesis):
1. Florida State (57)
2. Alabama (1)
3. Oregon (1)
4. Oklahoma (1)
5. Ohio State
6. Auburn
8. Michigan State
9. South Carolina
10. Baylor
11. Stanford
12. Georgia
14. Wisconsin
16. Clemson
17. Notre Dame
18. Ole Miss
19. Arizona State
20. Kansas State
21. Texas A&M
22. Nebraska
23. North Carolina
24. Missouri
25. Washington
Who are some other winners and losers from Sunday's AP poll? The answers are in the following slides. And, as ESPN's Brett McMurphy tweets: Don't like the preseason Top 25? Don't worry, as it is guaranteed to look quite different by year's end.
College Football Rankings 2014: Examining the Landscape of Early Top 25 Polls
Who might knock Florida State off the college football summit this year? The 2014 preseason polls shed a little bit of light on who may topple the reigning national champions.
2013 couldn't have gone much better for the Seminoles. Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy, and the program won its first national title since 1999. With so many players back from last year's team, FSU sits atop both the coaches and AP polls, receiving all but nine out of a possible 122 first-place votes.
Despite being the prohibitive early favorites to repeat as champions, the Seminoles will have plenty of competition this year. Alabama, Oklahoma, UCLA, Oregon, Auburn, Ohio State and Michigan State are all lurking lower down the polls.
You can view both preseason polls here, courtesy of ESPN.com.
Three of the teams mentioned below have arguably the strongest chances of usurping Florida State as the king of college football. They're not necessarily the best teams overall, but they've got the pieces to make the national championship in addition to a schedule that should allow them to make the final playoff.
The other two might not be title contenders, but they should play above expectations in 2014.
Contenders to Dethrone FSU
Oklahoma—No. 3 in Coaches Poll, No. 4 in AP Poll
Oklahoma is loaded across the board. The Sooners don't have one major area of weakness. The 2014 Sugar Bowl was a taste of what this team is capable of.
Then you throw in the possibility of Dorial Green-Beckham added to the passing game. According to CBSSports.com's Jeremy Fowler, the school has filed Green-Beckham's eligibility waiver. The former Missouri Tiger made a major jump in his sophomore season, and it's realistic to expect that he'd continue improving in year three.
However, Barrett Sallee of Bleacher Report thinks that the Sooners are national title contenders even without DGB in the fold:
The schedule also works out well for OU. It gets Baylor, Kansas State and Oklahoma State all at home. Also, without a conference title game, the team has one less opportunity to falter before the four-team playoff.
Oregon—No. 4 in Coaches Poll, No. 3 in AP Poll
With Marcus Mariota under center and the combination of Byron Marshall and Thomas Tyner in the backfield, Oregon's offense is among the best in the nation. As it seems with every year, scoring points won't be a problem for the Ducks.
You need only to look back on Florida State last year to see how much a great quarterback can lift an entire team. The Seminoles are obviously very balanced, but Winston was the difference between winning the conference and winning a national title.
Mariota is a strong contender to win the Heisman Trophy, and B/R's Matt Miller thinks he is the early favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2015 draft:
The Ducks defense isn't what you'd consider to be elite, but their offense alone will be enough to win games.
As Grantland's Holly Anderson wrote, though, Oregon's path to the College Football Playoff won't be easy:
Back to the notion of "underachieving" for a minute: Please adjust all perceptions of the concept to account for the Ducks' position within the maelstrom of the Pac-12, particularly as residents of the Hydra-headed North division. This team gets Michigan State in Week 2; plays Arizona and UCLA out of the South; and operates in a division containing defending Pac-12 champ Stanford, can't-be-discounted peskiness enthusiasts Oregon State and Washington State, and a looming legitimate threat in Washington. The very least the Ducks have to manage just to maintain respectability in this league is, in itself, a big damn deal.
We'll know fairly early what Oregon's ceiling is, with Michigan State in its second game and UCLA on the road in Game 6. If the Ducks pass those two tests, any doubts about their credentials will be put to rest. Stanford has been a bogey team in the past, but with the Cardinal making the trip to Eugene, Oregon will be considered the favorite for that one.
Ohio State—No. 6 in Coaches Poll, No. 5 in AP Poll
Many will likely scoff at the notion of Ohio State as a national title contender. But the biggest difference between the Buckeyes and Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and LSU is that they don't have to navigate through the SEC.
If OSU wins the Big Ten, then it will make the final playoff. From there, anything can happen.
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USC hasn't struggled in recent years for a lack of talent. Between the sanctions stemming from the Reggie Bush scandal and the incompetence of Lane Kiffin as a head coach, the Trojans have had too many obstacles to overcome.
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Defensively, the Trojans have three studs in defensive end Leonard Williams, inside linebacker Hayes Pullard and safety Su'a Cravens. This unit is good enough to win the conference.
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Texas Longhorns—No. 24 in Coaches Poll, Unranked in AP Poll
As much as Mack Brown has meant for the Texas football program, Charlie Strong arguably puts the Longhorns in a better position to win in 2014. He's a great head coach and should get the best out of an underperforming team.
Strong did make sure to measure expectations for the upcoming season.
"We have everything available, and I don't know why we can't be successful," he said, per Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman. "There's no reason for us not to be. Now, I can't tell you how soon it's going to be. Don't hold me to that. Don't say, 'Ooh, coach said next year we'll be in the national…' We will not be in the national championship game."
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So to make this top I used the Pastille bodice pattern from the Colette handbook as a base and just added a gathered rectangle for the peplum. I'm not usually a fan of gathers at the waist but in this case I love it!!! The fabric is a Japanese cotton print from my local Spotlight store. I used roughly a meter for the the whole thing. It is fully lined with some green fabric, some sort of polyester blend (it was pretty cheap). There is a hook and eye and an invisible zipper at the back. But the zipper is a bit messed up at the bottom. I can do zippers pretty well in unlined things but as soon as linign is added, it becomes a bit of a mess :P
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I have a Sharp LC-22LE22E TV, just 4 monthsa old. When I turn on power the white LED on front blinks as usual, however instead of flashing for a short time and then turning off, then allowing me to turn on TV with remote, it is continuing to flash without stopping and will not respond to remote or button on side of TV ... Behaving as if locked or jammed in some way. Any ideas? Any help much appreciated.
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If it's only four months old, I would be inclined to take it back to to where you bought it and get them to fix/replace it.
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Thanks, yes, it's looking like that's what I will have to do. Was just wondering / hoping there was some simple solution that I was just not seeing ...
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If you have any other equipment connected to it, DVD recorder etc., disconnect it. Connect the aerial lead directly from TV to wall socket, then try switching on. It could just be a glitch in the circuits which allow TV and other equipment to switch each other on and off.
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Unplug from the mains, disconnect all other leads, walk the dog or something else that take about an hour, connect the aerial and then the mains, switch on and hope.
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A 'Midsummer' treat from Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks
Hedy Weiss Sun-times THEATER critic July 17, 2014 2:45PM
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks | PHOTO BY JULIE STANTON
Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
— Gateway Park at Navy Pier on July 18 and 19 at 6:30 p.m.
— Parks scheduled to be visited, rain or shine, include:
— Garfield Park Conservatory (July 20); Tuley Park (July 22); Dvorak Park (July 23 and 24); Loyola Park (July 25 and 26); Washington Park (July 27); Riis Park (July 29); Piotrowski Park (July 30); Gage Park (July 31); Hamilton Park (Aug. 1); Frank J. Wilson Park (Aug. 2 and 3); Humboldt Park (Aug. 7); Welles Park (Aug. 8 and 9); Columbus Park (Aug. 10); Marquette Park (Aug. 12); Ridge Park (Aug. 13); South Shore Cultural Center (Aug. 14 and 15); Eckhart Park (Aug. 16 and 17)
Performances on Tues.-Sat. begin at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday performances begin at 4 p.m. (The Garfield Park Conservatory performance on July 20 will begin at 3 p.m.)
— Admission is free at all sites
— Visit www.chicagoshakes.com/parks
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Get ready for Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks, take three: "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Launched in the summer of 2012, and greatly expanded in the summer of 2013, this project of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (CST) — created to bring admission-free, family-friendly productions of Shakespeare's plays to parks throughout the city — was devised to coincide with both the letter and the spirit of the city's then newly issued Cultural Plan. And within just a few seasons — with support from the City of Chicago and the Chicago Park District, as well as a founding corporate sponsor (The Boeing Company), and a production sponsor (BMO Harris Bank) — it has taken on a life of its own.
To be sure, Shakespeare al fresco is not a new idea. The open-air productions at New York's Delacorte Theatre in Central Park have been summertime staples for decades, as have the Oak Park Festival's productions staged in Austin Gardens. And the list goes on and on. But Chicago Shakespeare's movable stage is special: It takes Shakespeare far beyond the confines of a home base as it literally rolls into each neighborhood park in the form of a specially equipped truck that unfolds into a stage.
In its first summer, a production of "The Taming of the Shrew" visited 10 parks and attracted about 10,000 people. And last summer it nearly doubled its efforts, with a production of "The Comedy of Errors" drawing about 20,000 people to 18 different park sites.
This time around, it is David H. Bell's high-energy, deftly condensed, 75-minute edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (initially mounted as a Short Shakespeare show on CST's mainstage), that will visit 18 parks, with 26 performances running July 18-Aug. 17. And it's a good bet this ever popular romantic comedy — which moves from city to forest, and involves royalty, mismatched lovers, workmen moonlighting as actors, and a group of mischievous, potion-dispensing fairies — will prove an ideal fit for audiences who also can kick back and picnic on the grass.
"I was an artistic rolling stone for nearly all my life, until I finally settledbegan in Chicago and teaching at Northwestern University not long ago," said Bell, who heads the school's Music Theatre program. "And I have to say it wasn't until last summer, when I looked out at the audience in one of the parks where we were performing, and realized the show had become part of the geography, that I felt like a true part of the community. It was a humbling experience, and one that made me feel really proud."
"Over the years I've seen many show at the Delacorte in New York, in Regents' Park in London, and at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires. And what I always loved was the sense of collusion between the park and the story being told. 'Midsummer' makes that connection perfectly, with all of the comedy and the magic taking place when the characters head into the forest. That's also why I've made the overall look of this production vaguely Edwardian. I wanted it to be clear that people were leaving the strictures of society and the court behind, and that their usual propriety was being dismantled 'in the wild'."
Asked if he thought Shakespeare's comedies were the only surefire hits for the parks, Bell said: "Not at all. I think 'Macbeth' would be really interesting in this environment, and 'Henry V,' with its battles and its sense of civic responsibility, could be brilliant in the parks, too. I'll be doing 'Pericles' on the mainstage next season, and though it's a lesser known work, I've learned it was one of the most popular in Shakespeare's time. It's a sort of dark action-adventure story, so that might work, too."
As for musicals, Bell (who is about to stage "On the Town," the great Leonard Bernstein/Comden & Green show at the Marriott Theatre), is all for it. But Chicago Shakespeare's executive director, Criss Henderson, wants to remain closer to the mission, at least for now.
"Of course we're thinking ahead to 2016, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death," he said. "So we'll be looking at a lot of different things."


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Planet Fallout Update – Dogmeat Armor Edition
Today Planet Fallout put up a new update on mods to their site, so I figured now's as good a time as ever to update you on some other happenings at their site.
Let's start with mods. Currently, the most popular mod on the site is eaglechunks01's Dogmeat Leather Armor. At double its normal cost this week, you can download it free here. Elsewhere, if you're looking for some ridiculous firepower, generalveggieman has unveiled his Super Fatman – which unleashes 255 mini-nukes with one shot. Finally, if you're looking to move through the Capital Wasteland a little quicker, check out Clorf's Sprint Mod — which cleverly uses up AP if you choose to sprint.
Are you just getting started with adding mods? You might want to check out these helpful tutorials on Installing Fallout 3 Mods and Installing Fallout Mod Manager.
In other modding news, Blinzler has a new State of Modding interview with Vault Dweller's Survival Perk Pack creator Pirate_Phil. Also, don't forget about the site's Project Safehouse Modding Contest — the deadline to enter is April 30th.
Last but not least, the Planet Fallout team is giving out DLC codes for The Pitt. Check here for more details.
Around the web and on newsstands
Here's a few things to be on the lookout for — both online and in print.
Voodoo Extreme has a new interview with Fallout 3 Production Director Ashley Cheng. In the interview, Ash discusses his role with the company dating back to his work on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Here's a snippet from the interview:
What is the process for determining art direction on any of the games you produce?
The art direction comes from our concept artists, our lead artists on the project (Matt Carofano for Elder Scrolls; Istvan Pely for Fallout 3), and our game director/exec producer, Todd Howard. We go through months and months of concepts, looking for the right tone and look. We tend to create concepts of overall scenes to help dictate the direction before getting into lots of detail.
Hit the link below for more news….
Fallout 3 DLC — Transferring Content Licenses to a New Console
Last year I put up this blog post explaining how to transfer content licenses to a new Xbox 360. With the release of Fallout 3 DLC, I've seen a number of folks asking whether or not they're able to play DLC content when they're NOT signed into Xbox LIVE — so I've figured now is a good time for a refresher.
So can you play content downloaded from Xbox LIVE while offline OR when using another user profile on your Xbox 360? The answer is YES, so long as you're playing the content on the same Xbox 360 you purchased the content on. This is because when you purchase content on your Xbox 360, you're assigned a license to use it only that Xbox 360. If you're no longer using the Xbox 360 you originally purchased the content on, you'll want to use the Xbox 360 Content License Transfer Tool.
For more details, including a step-by-step walkthrough video from Xbox's Major Nelson, head here.
What we're playing: Belated edition
Somewhere between feasting on Cadbury Creme Eggs and watching golf, "What We're Playing" didn't get posted over the weekend. Better late than never, here's the games we're playing. Highlights from this week include Killzone 2, The Dishwasher, and little game called World of Warcraft.
Have a great weekend week!
Daryl Brigner, Level Designer: Valkyria Chronicles (Check it out!), Killzone 2, Age of Conan, and LoTRO.
Orin Tresnjak, Graphics Programmer: Dragon Quest V, GTA Chinatown Wars, Killzone 2, Midnight Club Los Angeles.
Nate Purkeypile, Ho Down Coordinator: Resident Evil 5, Little Big Planet, Killzone 2, Dawn of War 2 and World of Goo.
Craig Lafferty, Senior Producer: Penny Arcade Episode 2, Killzone 2, Battleforge.
Around the web
Here's a look at some online coverage from the past week…
Up on GamaSutra today, there's a three-page interview with Pete Hines. Among other things, Pete discusses our partnership with Splash Damage and our DLC philosophy. Here's a snippet of the latter:
As a developer of open-world games, I imagine there is some degree of creative restriction on what Bethesda can do with DLC, in that discrete content has to be integrated in some logical way. You can't just add another racetrack to the menu, or whatever. How do you approach that?
Pete Hines: It is a constraint from one standpoint, which is that if you're going to plug it into the existing world then it has to be adaptable for anybody at any level that we discern, at least for the first two [in Fallout 3]. We don't discern whether you're level 1, level 10, level 15, or level 20, so we have to allow for all of that.
But in general, no. We like building our games that way. Having the DLC exist within that world allows us to, once we're done making all the content for the game and we've finished the game from that standpoint and then spent lot of time playing it, look for areas that we'd like to do more of — to do something different than when you're looking at the whole spectrum of content you've provided.
More news after the break….
GDC Awards replaying tonight on G4
If the image above looks blurry, that's because it pulled from a video taken at this year's GDC awards. Wanna see the awards with a little more clarity? Tonight's your chance. At 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. (EST), G4 is replaying higlights from this year's award ceremony.
Get the DVR and popcorn ready!
Greener pastures ahead
Here in DC (the "real" DC, that is), Spring is definitely in the air. The weather's warming up, the Cherry Blossoms are in bloom, and the baseball season has started up. For you folks that don't live in DC, here's a couple ways to liven up The Capital Wasteland that I found at Fallout 3 Nexus.
All that barren wasteland becoming an eye sore? As you can see from the screenshot above, Khyrim's GreenWorld might be just what you're looking for. Want some blue sky too? Hattix's Fellout: The Fallout 3 Weather Overhaul might help too.
Now if we could only get a mod that brings back the Capital Congressmen — so we can all revel in the joys of sport and sunshine.
Fallout 3 wins a baker's dozen at MI6
MI6, an annual conference for videogame marketing, held their awards show last night. With Pete on hand, Fallout 3 captured 13 awards — including nine Gold & Silver Awards in the following categories:
Gold Winners
- Outstanding Promotional Trailer: Fallout 3 Teaser Trailer
- Best Limited Edition or Collector's Promotion: Fallout 3 Collector's Edition
- Standout Print Campaign: Fallout 3 DC Metro Takeover
- Best Online Advertising Campaign: Fallout 3 Online Advertising Campaign
- Sharpest Pen Award — Best Copywriting/Print: Fallout 3 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
- Sharpest Eye Award — Best Directing: Fallout 3 "E3 Trailer"
- Best Use of Music: Fallout 3 "E3 Trailer"
Silver Winners
- Outstanding Overall Marketing Campaign: Fallout 3
- Outstanding Promotional Trailer: Fallout 3 "E3 Trailer"
Huge shout out to Pete and the rest of the marketing team, AKQA, The Ant Farm, Tangible Media, the developers, and everyone else that helped these ideas come to fruition.
Modding Interview: MentalElf
This week's modding interview features Barney Blankenship (known in the forums as MentalElf). Barney is a retired software engineer living out in Kauai. He's also a big fan of Chihuahuas.
How did you first get involved in the Bethesda modding community?
I wanted to become a graphic artist, so I purchased a student license copy of 3DS Max. It occurred to me Morrowind was the best game at the time, having just earned Game of the Year award, so I began learning about modding and playing Morrowind. I soon found the Elder Scrolls forums and how indispensible the community is. I soon got involved with the Children of the Night III (CON3) Morrowind project, and learned about modding as part of a team.


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