College Football 2005

[BigEd76]

Meineke Car Care Bowl (Official Site)
12/31/05 11:00AM -- ESPN2 -- Charlotte, NC
South Florida (6-5) vs N.C. State (6-5)
NFL prospects to watch:
USF = RB Andre Hall, OLB Stephen Nicholas*
NCSU = TE T.J. Williams, OT Derek Morris*, DE Mario Williams*, DE Manny Lawson, OLB Oliver Hoyte, DB Marcus Hudson

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Official Site)
12/31/05 1:00PM -- ESPN -- Memphis, TN
Tulsa (8-4) vs Fresno State (8-4)
NFL prospects to watch:
TULSA = TE Garrett Mills
FS = QB Paul Pinegar, RB Wendell Mathis, S Tyrone Culver

EV1.net Houston Bowl (Official Site)
12/31/05 2:30PM -- ESPN2 -- Houston, TX
Iowa State (7-4) vs TCU (10-1)
NFL prospects to watch:
ISU = WR Todd Blythe**, ILB Tim Dobbins

Outback Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 11:00AM -- ESPN -- Tampa, FL
Iowa (7-4) vs Florida (8-3)
NFL prospects to watch:
IOWA = QB Drew Tate*, WR Clinton Soloman, OT Mike Jones*, OLB Chad Greenway, ILB Abdul Hodge, CB Antwan Allen
FLA = QB Chris Leak*, RB DeShawn Wynn*, WR Chad Jackson*, C Mike Degory, CB Demetrice Webb*, S Jarvis Herring

SBC Cotton Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 11:00AM -- FOX -- Dallas, TX
Texas Tech (9-2) vs Alabama (9-2)
NFL prospects to watch:
TT = RB Taurean Henderson, WR Jarrett Hicks*, OT E.J. Whitley, S Vincent Meeks
BAMA = QB Brodie Croyle, RB Ken Darby*, DE Mark Anderson, OLB DeMeco Ryans, ILB Freddie Roach, S Roman Harper, S Charlie Peprah

Toyota Gator Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 12:30PM -- NBC -- Jacksonville, FL
Louisville (9-2) vs Virginia Tech (10-2)
NFL prospects to watch:
LOU = RB Michael Bush*, OT Travis Leffew, OG Jason Spitz, DE Elvis Dumervil, DT Montavious Stanley
VT = RB Cedric Humes, TE Jeff King, OG Will Montgomery, DE Darryl Tapp, DT Jonathan Lewis, CB Jimmy Williams

Capital One Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 1:00PM -- ABC -- Orlando, FL
Wisconsin (9-3) vs Auburn (9-2)
NFL prospects to watch:
WISC = FB Matt Bernstein, WR Jonathan Orr, WR Brandon Williams, OT Joe Thomas*, C Donovan Raiola, CB Brett Bell
AUB = WR Anthony Mix, WR Ben Obomanu, WR Courtney Taylor*, TE Cooper Wallace, OT Marcus McNeill, OT Troy Redd.ick, DT T.J. Jackson, OLB Travis Williams

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 4:30PM -- ABC -- Tempe, AZ
Ohio State (9-2) vs Notre Dame (9-2)
NFL prospects to watch:
OSU = WR Santonio Holmes*, WR/KR Ted Ginn Jr.**, TE Ryan Hamby, OT Rob Sims, C Nick Mangold, OLB A.J. Hawk, OLB Bobby Carpenter, ILB Anthony Schlegal, CB Ashton Youboty*, S Nate Salley
ND = QB Brady Quinn*, RB Darius Walker**, FB Rashon Powers-Neal, WR Maurice Stovall, OT Mark LeVoir, OT Ryan Harris*, DE Victor Abiamiri*, OLB Brandon Hoyte, CB Tom Zbikowski**

Nokia Sugar Bowl (Official Site)
1/2/06 8:30PM -- ABC -- Atlanta, GA
West Virginia (10-1) vs Georgia (10-2)
NFL prospects to watch:
WV = FS Jahmile Addae
UGA = QB D.J. Shockley, RB Danny Ware**, TE Leonard Pope*, OG Max Jean-Gilles, DT Gerald Anderson, CB DeMario Minter, CB Tim Jennings, FS Greg Blue

FedEx Orange Bowl (Official Site)
1/3/06 8:00PM -- ABC -- Miami, FL
Penn State (10-1) vs Florida State (8-4)
NFL prospects to watch:
PSU = DE Tamba Hali, OLB Paul Posluszny*, ILB Dan Connor**, CB Anwar Phillips, CB Alan Zemaitis
FSU = RB Leon Washington, RB Lorenzo Booker*, C David Castillo, DE Kamerion Wimbley, DT Brodrick Bunkley, OLB A.J. Nicholson, OLB Ernie Sims*, FS Pat Watkins

Rose Bowl presented by Citi (Official Site)
1/4/06 8:00PM -- ESPN -- Pasadena, CA
USC (12-0) vs Texas (12-0)
NFL prospects to watch:
USC = QB Matt Leinart, RB Reggie Bush*, RB LenDale White*, WR Dwayne Jarrett**, WR Steve Smith*, TE Dominique Byrd, OT Sam Baker**, OT Winston Justice, OG Taitusi Lutui, OL Kyle Williams*, C Jeff Byers**, DE Frostee Rucker, DE Lawrence Jackson**, CB Justin Wyatt, SS Darnell Bing*
TEX = QB Vince Young*, RB Selvin Young, TE David Thomas, OT Jonathan Scott, OT Justin Blalock*, OG Will Allen, DT Rodrique Wright, DT Larry Dibbles, ILB Aaron Harris, DB Michael Huff, CB Cedric Griffin

* = Junior
** = Sophomore (not eligible for the draft yet)
Players in blue are projected 1st-round picks for the 2006 draft or top sophomores that will be eligible for 2007

[henchmanUK]

 

[MURP]

chad henne in the 1st round. hmm.

[BigEd76]

AUB = OT Troy Redmeatcicle

[BigEd76]

chad henne in the 1st round. hmm.

Not now he isn't.  Next year, who knows...

[MURP]

yeah, but that could be said for any other sophmore who has some upside. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Some interesting info on coaches' final voting

ie:

Penn State was No. 3 on all but two ballots. Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione had Notre Dame third and the Nittany Lions fourth. Arkansas coach Houston Nutt had Auburn third, just ahead of Penn State.

[PhillyandBCEagles]

NFL prospects to watch:
BC = QB Quinton Porter...ILB Brian Toal**

Porter isn't even our starter anymore...he started off the season nicely but was injured in the our 3rd game vs. FSU, was never really the same after that and was replaced the 10th game of the season by Penn Charter grad Matt Ryan (sophomore and IMO a definite future NFL prospect).  BC's fans had been calling for Ryan to get the start since the 7th game of the season vs. Wake Forest, when Porter had an absolute atrocious game (almost as bad as McMahon on Monday night), got the hook in favor of Ryan with BC down 30-21 with 2:30 left in the ballgame, and Ryan stormed down the field twice to win 35-30.  Needless to say, of course, our stubborn-ass coach Tom O'Brien left Porter in at starter the next 2 games, Va Tech we probably wouldn't have won anyway but Porter also remained in until the very end of the game against UNC which directly led to a 16-14 loss (16-7 before Ryan engineered another late-game TD drive), despite our defense not giving up a single TD the entire game (UNC ran back the opening kickoff).  Ryan finally started the last 2 games and beat NC State 30-10 and 31-16 on the road.  Given that both those teams are better than UNC there's little doubt in my mind that had Ryan started in Chapel Hill we'd have blown them out, played in the ACC Championship game, and even with a loss to Va Tech would be getting ready for a trip to Atlanta to play LSU instead of farging Boise to play Boise State.  Sorry, rant over.  But yeah, Porter isn't getting anywhere near the NFL.

Toal is also a future 1st-round draft pick, spectacular WLB with decent size (may need to bulk up a bit) and great speed, hard hitter and has a knack for making big plays.  He's also been used as a short-yardage RB this season, has 21 carries for 50 yards and 6 TDs.  However he's questionable for the bowl game after suffering a shoulder nerve injury vs. NC State.  He's a sophomore and I expect him to stay at BC for all 4 years unless we have an absolutely spectacular season next year.

Kiwi is Kiwi and will likely go top 8, could even be the first defensive player drafted, and I wrote about Trueblood and Blackmon in the "Draft pick tracker" thread in the Eagles forum.

[ice grillin you]

http://www.bceaglesfootball.com/ndfan.htm

[BigEd76]

Boise State's head coach Dan Hawkins will take over Colorado

[BigEd76]

No more Peach Bowl after this year....just the "Chick-fil-A Bowl" 

[Rome]

Reggie Bush Is Coming Out.

Some NFL team just got much better and they don't even know it yet.

[MDS]

Are you serious? That...that's just nuts.

[rjs246]

I for one am stunned by this news.

STUNNED!

[ice grillin you]

im cuious to see how will the birds will work reggie into the backfield mix with westy and reno?