football 2007

December 11, 2007: Week 14 Football Notes

Quest for Perfection

Undefeated Teams, College (Div 1-A)
Hawaii

Winless Teams, College (Div 1-A)
none

Undefeated Teams, NFL
New England

Winless Teams, NFL
Miami

Week 14:
"The NFL Network is a tool for me."
     Cris Collinsworth - it wasn't meant to be derogatory, but he did say the NFL Network was a tool.

Week 13:
"DeMarcus Ware - what a tool he is."
     Cris Collinsworth - it wasn't meant to be derogatory, but he did say Ware was a tool.

Now that the final four Heisman finalists have been announced, what is your Heisman vote?

White Russian – Tebow
Brother Nature – Brennan (I think McFadden will win, but want Brennan to win)
Diesel – McFadden (since Tebow is a sophmore)
Sandman – McFadden
ACTUAL WINNER – Tebow

Prediction Tracker
On NFL Draft Day and on the first Saturday of the college football season, the BMTG Big Four made the following predictions. These predictions will be tracked throughout the season.

1. Who will be the National Champions and who will they beat?

White Russian – Louisville over LSU
Brother Nature – Texas over Oklahoma
Diesel – Wisconsin over Georgia
Sandman – USC over West Virginia

How the predicted champions have done so far:

Louisville (6-6)
Preseason Rank: 10
Current Rank: out of the top 25
Bowl Game: none

Texas (9-3)
Preseason Rank: 4
Current Rank: 19
Bowl Game: Holiday vs. Arizona State

Wisconsin (9-3)
Preseason Rank: 7
Current Rank: 18
Bowl Game: Outback vs. Tennessee

USC (10-2)
Preseason Rank: 1
Current Rank: 8
Bowl Game: Rose vs. Illinois

2. Who will win the Heisman?

White Russian – DeSean Jackson, California
Brother Nature – John David Booty, USC
Diesel – Brian Brohm, Louisville
Sandman – Darren McFadden, Arkansas
ACTUAL – Tim Tebow, Florida

The predicted Heismans final stats:

DeSean Jackson, California
Total – 60 rec for 681 yds and 6 TD, 11 runs for 132 yds and 1 TD, 12 punt ret for 133 yds and 1 TD

John David Booty, USC
Total – 190 for 303, 2106 yds, 20 TD, 9 INT, 1 rushing TD, 1 lost fumble

Brian Brohm, Louisville
Total – 308 for 473, 4024 yds, 30 TD, 12 INT, 3 rushing TD

Darren McFadden
Total – 304 runs for 1725 yds and 15 TD, 21 rec for 164 yds and 1 TD, 6 for 11 passing for 123 yds and 4 TD, 12 kick ret for 250 yds
Made it to Final Four, finished second to Tim Tebow

3. What are your draft day predictions?

White Russian	Marshawn Lynch will have a better season than Adrian Peterson. Brady Quinn gets caught with a prostitute.
Brother Nature	Leon Hall shocks everyone and kicks ass.
Diesel	Ginn plays 3 games. Quinn outperforms JaMarcus Russell.*
Sandman	Adrian Peterson is Rookie of the Year.
* Diesel maintains that he said Quinn outperforms Russell, but there are conflicting accounts of the official prediction, as it is possible that he said the "Detroit rookie QB" (Drew Stanton) would outperform Russell. Let this be a reminder to mean what you say and say what you mean.

How the players have done so far:

Marshawn Lynch, RB, Buffalo:
Week 14 - 23 runs for 107 yds, 1 lost fumble (vs Miami)

Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota:
Week 14 - 14 runs for 3 yds (at San Francisco)

Brady Quinn, QB, Cleveland:
Week 14 - Did not play

Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati:
Week 14 - 6 tackles (vs St. Louis)

Ted Ginn, Jr., WR, Miami:
Week 14 - 4 rec for 67 yds, 3 kick ret for 51 yds, 4 punt ret for 3 yds, 1 lost fumble (at Buffalo)
(13 games played out of 13)

Detroit rookie QB (Drew Stanton):
Out for season - knee surgery - 0 games played

JaMarcus Russell:
Week 14 - Did Not Play

4. Name the NFL final four (prediction made on draft day). Includes their current record.

White Russian	AFC - New England (13-0) & San Diego (8-5) NFC - Philadelphia (5-8) & San Francisco (3-10)
Brother Nature	AFC - San Diego (8-5) & Indianapolis (11-2) NFC - St. Louis (3-10) & New Orleans (6-7)
Diesel	AFC - Cincinnati (5-8) & Indianapolis (11-2) NFC - Chicago (5-8) & St. Louis (3-10)
Sandman	AFC - New England (13-0) & Baltimore (4-9) NFC - New Orleans (6-7) & Dallas (12-1)

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