2014 College Football - General Discussion

mabrowndog

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Not meant to be a megathread, so feel free to start other school & conference-specific threads.
 
Spring practices have been underway for several weeks, and a handful of schools already held their spring games over the past couple of days including Michigan, LSU, Oklahoma State & Baylor. At least nineteen other power programs will play their spring games this coming weekend, and nearly all of them will be televised or streamed online. This table is far from all-inclusive, but I tried to cover the teams that were most successful in 2013. If I missed your school it's not an intentional snub.
 
[tablegrid=]Apr 11 07:30 PM Louisville CardsTV Apr 12 11:00 AM Vanderbilt   Apr 12 12:00 PM South Carolina ESPNU Apr 12 12:30 PM Notre Dame NBCSN Apr 12 01:00 PM Georgia WatchESPN Apr 12 01:30 PM Florida GatorVision Apr 12 01:30 PM Ohio State Big Ten Network Apr 12 01:30 PM Penn State BTN2Go Apr 12 02:00 PM Central Florida   Apr 12 02:00 PM Nebraska BTN2Go Apr 12 03:00 PM Florida State ESPN Apr 12 03:00 PM Oklahoma Fox Sports Southwest Apr 12 03:00 PM Tennessee WatchESPN Apr 12 04:00 PM Arizona Pac-12 Network Apr 12 04:00 PM Clemson ESPNU Apr 12 04:00 PM Stanford Pac-12 Network Apr 12 04:00 PM Wisconsin Big Ten Network Apr 12 06:00 PM Miami WatchESPN Apr 12 07:00 PM Boise State Bronco Digital Network Apr 19 02:00 PM Alabama ESPNU Apr 19 02:00 PM Arizona State Pac-12 Network Apr 19 03:00 PM Auburn ESPN Apr 19 04:00 PM USC Pac-12 Network Apr 19 04:00 PM Washington Pac-12 Network Apr 19 02:00 PM Missouri Mizzou Network Apr 26 02:00 PM Kansas State ULive Apr 26 02:00 PM Michigan State Big Ten Network Apr 26 08:00 PM UCLA Pac-12 Network May 03 02:00 PM Oregon Pac-12 Network [/tablegrid]
 

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I threw a couple of early pre-season bets out there.  I hit South Carolina to win the BCS Championship at +3500, and Nick Marshall to win the Heisman at +3000.  I don't expect either of them to happen, but I thought they were some of the best longshots on the board, particularly Marshall, so I figured what the hell. 
 
That said, I can't remember a college football season as wide open as this one in both categories (assuming Winston doesn't go back to back on the Heisman).  As for the BCS, I could see up to 10 teams, maybe 15, having a realistic shot of winning it all.  You know Alabama will be out for blood, but Florida State, Auburn, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan State, etc.  Nothing would really surprise me at all, whereas in previous pre-seasons, you had to have Bama as the odds-on favorite, with maybe a couple of teams that could realistically get them.  That's, of course, not how it always panned out, but this pre-season, I don't see any team that doesn't have question marks all over it.
 

bbc23

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RedOctober3829 said:
Might there be a supplemental draft just like there was for Josh Gordon?  I'd be OK with the Patriots taking a chance on this guy.
Well he'd have to be 3 years out of high school right? So he has to wait a year during which I'd imagine he goes to a juco to play.