BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS
August 31, 2010
South Bend, Indiana
Black Buzz Sports News Preseason Fan Poll
RK TEAM
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Ohio State
5. Virginia Tech
6. TCU
7. Nebraska
8. Oklahoma
9. Oregon
10. North Carolina
11. Wisconsin
12. Miami of Florida
13. Florida State
14. USC
15. Iowa
16. LSU
17. Arkansas
18. Pitt
19. Auburn
20. Georgia Tech
21. Georgia
22. Penn State
23. Oregon State
24. West Virginia
25. South Carolina
Other teams receiving votes Clemson, Houston, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Missouri, Arizona, Washington, Boston College, Navy, Mississippi Sate, Mississippi, Oklahoma State, Temple , Connecticut, Cincinnati, SMU.
*Boise State was not ranked in the top twenty five because they basically only have a two game season. They play Virginia Tech and Oregon State and if the Buffaloes can beat V.Tech and Oregon State they may have a cake walk to the bogus BCS Championship game.
This college football season promises to be one of the most exciting in the last several years.
The ACC will be one of the top conferences in the country and North Carolina is simply loaded with mucho talent. The Clemson Tigers will upset a lot of the tier-one teams in the country and Miami and FSU are definitely ready for prime time.
Virginia Tech is also loaded on the offensive side of the ball and Ryan Lightning Williams is one of the premier backs in the country. Williams will team with (Thunder) Darren Evans to form one of the most formidable running back tandems in the country. Evans missed the entire 2009 season with an ACL injury but he is bigger and stronger than the Freshman sensation- lightning Williams. How can anyone beat a team that has thunder and lightning in their line-up?
Hokie qb, Tyrod Taylor is very steady and he proved that he can win in the clutch. Don't be surprised if the Hokies take on Bama, Florida or Texas for the fraudulent National title game.
Coach Ralph Friedgen at Maryland could be on the hot seat, but he has in fact resurrected Maryland football since 2001. And being an alumnus of Maryland could possibly buy coach Friedgen two more years as the head coach in a highly competitive ACC. The Terps will beat teams they were supposed to lose to this year. So don't sleep the Turtles!
Mike London, the new head coach at the University of Virginia will have to perform miracles in restoring pride and integrity into the Cavaliers program. But I do think that coach London will be up to the task. Watch for steady improvement in the Virginia program now that they have broken into the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area in recruiting some of the top talent in the state. London was able to beat the Hokies Beamer in some of the recruiting battles for some of the top talent in the State.
What high school recruit from the State of Virginia in their right mind would choose the Ma & Pa Kettle, Tobacco Road town of Blacksburg, Virginia over one of the most scenic, picturesque campuses with a top stellar elite academic program located in one of America's most livable cities---Charlottesville, Virginia? Do the parents and recruits read at all in the State of Virginia?
The University of Virginia will not lower its tough academic standards just to have a top tier one football program like the football factory schools such as Nebraska, FSU, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, USC, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia. But I do believe that coach London has the Virginia Cavaliers moving in the right direction and they will be able to compete with the heavyweights in the country in two years.
The SEC is loaded with top flight running backs and appears to still be the strongest conference from top to bottom. But the ACC and Big 12 are making up for lost time which is evidenced by the number of pros being drafted from the ACC and the Big 12.
Even with Mark Ingram, due to an injury, missing Bama's first game against San Jose State, Trent Richardson, his replacement may be the best all around running back in the country. With a healthy Ingram and Richardson they may be the best one-two punch in the country. Perhaps Ingram and Richardson will be the modern day version of Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside as Army's famous running back duo of Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis were first labeled who led Army to three consecutive undefeated seasons back in the 1940's. Both Blanchard and Davis won the Heisman Trophy at Army.
*Glen Davis is one of the greatest all around athletes in West Point history. Davis played guard on the basketball team, ran track and played baseball. Davis ran the 100 yard dash in 9.7 and the 220 yard dash in 20.9. He is still known as the fastest man to ever attend the West Point Military Academy. The Brooklyn Dodgers offered Davis a $75, 000 signing bonus to sign with the "Bums" but his military commitment prevented him from signing. I watched Davis on TV catch a pass from the Rams Bob Waterfield, and he ran for an 82 yard TD in the Championship game against the Browns in 1950 which the Browns won on a field goal by the great Lou the Toe Groza. No one on the Browns could catch Glen Davis even though he wasn't one hundred per cent healed from a knee injury. Davis ran 9.7 in the 100 yard dash and the great legendary Jess Owens best time in the 100 Yard dash was 9.4. Glen Davis was fast and he could really motor with the football.
Alabama wide receiver, Julio Jones could be a number one draft choice next year. Jones has very good hands, good separation on the ball and he blocks well.
The NCAA should intervene and prevent Alabama from playing Georgia State on November 20. Georgia State is a Division 1-AA school located in downtown Atlanta playing in their first year of football of any kind. Georgia State is not the University of Georgia or Georgia Tech. What a farce! I'm ashamed of Bama.
Saban is too arrogant and he may be brought down to size this year. It won't be a cake walk for Bama this year.
Watch out for Florida's Jeff Demps! Mr. Demps is a man on a mission and he may be the fastest running back in the history of college football with his 9.96 100 meter dash time which is better than the legendary 1964 Olympic 100 meter champ Bullet Bob Hayes. Demps is simply electrifying and look for him to put on a show reminiscent of Gayle Sayers in his prime.
What is it about the air in the State of Florida that makes humans run so fast? The Florida Gators have another Pouncey on the offensive line (Mike) and some of the pro-scouts think he is already better than his identical twin brother Maurkice who's a starting rookie center on the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers would be wise to trade up a notch to draft (2011) the other twin brother Mike, who can also play guard.
The Florida Gators have a mountain of talent and Urban Meyer may be the greatest offensive coach in College football.
Auburn and South Carolina are gaining on Bam and the Gators. Auburn has a running back who may not be the second coming of Bo Jackson but Mario Fanin can really carry the mail.
All three of the top Florida schools, Florida, Florida State, and Miami will be in the hunt for a Major BCS bowl.
LSU's Richard Murphy could be the best back in Tiger land in more than a decade. Kentucky's running back Derrick Locke combines both power and blazing speed .
The Georgia Bulldogs return their entire offensive line so look for Caleb King and Washun Ealey to run wild this fall. Georgia wide out A. J. Green needs someone like Matthew Stafford throwing the ball . Green could be the first wide receiver chosen in next year's draft and he will battle Julio Jones and Jon Baldwin for the highly covet Biletnikoff Award.
If Georgia coach Mark Richt can keep his Dawgs off of the police blotter, they may surprise a lot of SEC Conference foes this season. Georgia brought Richt to Athens to win a National title but he hasn't delivered. If Richt doesn't win nine games, he will indeed be on the hot seat in the Dawg Nation. Furthermore, Richt keeps loosing many of the recruitment battles with Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, FSU, LSU, and Tennessee for many of the four and five star recruits in the State of Georgia.
The Ohio State Buckeyes should go as far as Terrell Pryor can take them. The Buckeyes have a seasoned offensive and defensive line, so most of their success will be dependent on the young man from Jeanette PA, Terrell Pryor. I told Pryor last year that playing quarterback in Division 1-A is a 365 day job. We shall see how much progress the man from Jeanette, PA has made. Craig Ironhead Heyward's son, Cameron is simply a dominating beast on the Ohio State defensive line. He could be the first defensive lineman chosen in next year's professional draft.
Wisconsin will challenge the Buckeyes and the Badgers may have the best offensive line in college football. The Iowa Hawkeyes are a very good team who play basically in a weak conference but make no mistake about it, the Hawkeyes are for real.
If Jo Pa gets his troops up to play Bama and they pull an upset, Penn State may be able to hang out with the big boys in the Big Ten Conference. The Nittany Lions will have to get consistent play at the quarterback position, and the starting qb position is still up in the air.
* When was the last time a Big Ten running back was inducted into the Pro-Football Hall Of Fame located in Canton, Ohio?
Someone should tell the Pittsburgh Steelers hierarchy that if they want a nasty, good, fast, tough as nails running back, they need to take a tour of the Southeastern Conference this fall.
As usual, the Big 12 has some of the best talent in all of college football playing under its jurisdiction and even though Nebraska is back, the Longhorns and Sooners will be in the thick of things as they both desperately try to play with Bam and the Gators and the other heavyweights in the SEC. Watch out for those Baylor Bears!
Stoops is loaded at Oklahoma and so are the Texas Longhorns who promise to run the ball more this year. Texas Tech is very talented and they should win games that they were supposed to lose.
The PAC TEN is solid and USC, Oregon, Oregon State and Stanford can play with any team in the country.
Look for Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers to have a field day against the likes of Boise State and the Stanford Cardinals have a Heisman candidate in their Quarterback, Andrew Luck.
The Pitt Panthers should win the Big East title with West Virginia, Cincinnati and U.Conn breathing down their backs. From top to bottom of the Big East Conference, the Panthers have the best and most talent but the Mountaineers have a veteran ball club and WVU's speedy Noel Devine is among the elite backs in college football. Isn't Devine from Florida?
The Panther wide receiver Jon Baldwin from Aliquippa, PA could be the number one wide-out in the country this year and he should be taken in the first round of next year's professional Draft. Baldwin is a special talent and is a Darrell Revis type of ball player playing the wide-out position.
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania has produced some outstanding football players such as Mike Ditka, Tony Dorsett, Sean Gilbert, Ty Law, Darrelle Revis, Paul Posluszny and a whole host other fine athletes such as Pistol Pete Maravich, Robert Pipkin and others.
The Panthers have depth at each position and their upcoming game with the Utah Utes will tell where the Panthers are this season. Pitt wins the game against Utah in a shoot out 45-38.
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