Top 20 for October 26th, 2008

When Eric and I sat down and did our individual voting for the week we agreed on 14 of the 20 votes exactly, and our top ten picks were the exact same as well. I would have to say that was the most my recording partner and I have ever agreed upon when it comes to rankings, and without too many bit time matchups this coming weekend, I don’t think things will change much in the coming week.

1) Texas

2) Alabama

3) Penn State

4) Oklahoma

5) Florida

6) Georgia

7) USC

Texas Tech

9) Utah

10) BYU

11) Boise State

12) Ohio State

13) Oklahoma State

14) Missouri

15) TCU

16) LSU

17) Tulsa

18) Ball State

19) Florida State

20) North Carolina

Receiving Votes: Minnesota

Honorable Mention: Virginia. Though the Wahoos are far from being out of the hole, they have put together a very impressive October that culminated with a victory over the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta.

NBL Bowl Outlook 10/27/2008

At this point in the season we expect the picture to be clearer on who will be receiving a BCS bowl invite and still be in the running for the national championship game, but the picture has only become muddier especially when you look at the teams from Non-BCS conferences who might receive an automatic bid, and possibly qualify for an at-large bid as well.

National Champtionship	Penn State	Florida
Rose Bowl	Ohio State	USC
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
Sugar Bowl	Alabama	Oklahoma
Fiesta Bowl	Texas	BYU
Cotton Bowl	Texas Tech	LSU
Gator Bowl	Florida State	Notre Dame
Capitol One Bowl	Michigan State	Georgia
Liberty Bowl	Tulsa	Ole Miss
Sun Bowl	Nebraska	Arizona
Chick-Fil-A Bowl	North Carolina	Auburn
Holiday Bowl	Oregon	Missouri
Independence Bowl	UL – Lafayette	Tennessee
Outback Bowl	South Carolina	Minnesota
Insight Bowl	Kansas	Northwestern
Champs Sports Bowl	Illinois	Wake Forest
Las Vegas Bowl	Utah	California
Alamo Bowl	Oklahoma State	Wisconsin
Motor City Bowl	Ball State	Rutgers
Humanitarian Bowl	Fresno State	Clemson
Music City Bowl	Georgia Tech	Kentucky
GMAC Bowl	East Carolina	Central Michigan
Texas Bowl	Colorado	UTEP
New Orleans Bowl	Troy	UCF
Hawaii Bowl	Boise State	Pittsburgh
Emerald Bowl	SJSU	Boston College
Meineke Car Care Bowl	South Florida	Miami, FL
Armed Forces Bowl	Rice	Air Force
Poinsettia Bowl	TCU	Western Michigan
Papajohns.com Bowl	Arkansas State	Cincinnati
New Mexico Bowl	Louisiana Tech	UNLV
International Bowl	Uconn	Buffalo
Congressional Bowl	Navy	Maryland
St. Petersberg Bowl	Louisville	Duke

With the Pac-10 more than likely unable to fulfill all their bowl agreements we should see extra teams from the MAC and Sun Belf earn bowl bids. Right now I have FAU, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, and Temple all sitting at home with 6-6 records.

Woody’s Picks – Week 10 (Final Picks)

WEEK 10

LW 2-4.  Went 12-4 (!!) in top-20 gms LW, but, as has been the case all ssn, managed to write up only two here – both losers.  It’s a shame they played that Navy-SMU gm in a torrential non-stop rainstorm . . . but that’s the risk one takes writing up picks early in the wk; obviously wouldn’t have played it by the time it kicked off.  Oh, and it’s also a shame that VT’s starting QB inj. on gm’s first play from scrimmage, and back-up Glennon inj. in 3Q, resulting in some dude named Cory Clark(wasn’t he on American Idol 4?) QB’ing the final 21 minutes of a nip-and-tuck gm . . . but that’s why it’s called gambling.  Let the week 10 cavalcade of losing embark!

YTD 26-40-1 (39%)

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Halloween Treat

Here is a special Halloween treat that I am dropping into the feed for all of you. This is from author Phil Rossi of Crescent fame. Phil is known for bringing you edge of your seat horror and suspense, and in a unique twist he composes and performs all of the music for his podcast novels and stories. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, and enjoy the day with your kids before plopping down in front of the tube tomorrow for some great football. For further stories by Phil be sure to check out CrescentStation.net

NBL Pre-Snap Read 10/29/2008

Hello again bootleggers! It is good to be back with you all again for the Naked Bootleg’s Pre-snap Read where we assure you that you will always get an unabashed, unbiased and uncensored view of college football. And of course this week will be no exception as we take a few minutes to talk about those jackasses out at North Texas that tested positive for drugs and stupid sports writers trying to create unnecessary hype. We will also be looking into match-ups between South Florida and Cincinnati, Northwestern and Minnesota, West Virginia and Connecticut, Florida State and Georgia Tech, Oregon and California, and because we are so generous, a 6th high level preview this week between the still undefeated Tulsa Golden Hurricanes and the often defeated Arkansas Razorbacks. And shall we not forget the two big ugly guys this week Georgia at Florida and Texas at Texas Tech.

South Florida @ Cincinnati
Eric’s Pick – South Florida
Randy’s Pick – South Florida

Northwestern @ Minnesota
Eric’s Pick – Minnesota
Randy’s Pick – Minnesota

West Virginia @ Connecticut
Eric’s Pick – West Virginia
Randy’s Pick – Connecticut

Florida State @ Georgia Tech
Eric’s Pick – Florida State
Randy’s Pick – Georgia Tech

Oregon @ California
Eric’s Pick – Oregon
Randy’s Pick – Oregon

Tulsa @ Arkansas
Eric’s Pick – Tulsa
Randy’s Pick – Arkansas

Florida @ Georgia*
Eric’s Pick – Florida
Randy’s Pick – Florida

Texas @ Texas Tech*
Eric’s Pick – Texas
Randy’s Pick – Texas

NBL Two Minute Drill 10/26/2008

Welcome Bootleggers! This is the October 26th edition of the Two Minute Drill. Tonight we are able to do something a little different as we’re going to give you live analysis of the Tulsa/UCF game while in progress.

Since Tulsa is a potential NBL Top 20 team we will not have the Top 20 in the podcast this week, but you can find them on the website starting Monday afternoon. We’ll also give you our unabashed, unbiased and uncensored view of what happened this past weekend in college football, and go over the shakeups in the BCS so far.

The latest BCS standings have come out, and the top five haven’t changed as we have Texas, Alabama and Penn State, Oklahoma and USC at 1 through 5. Here are the current standings, and remember that only the Top 12 really matter as a non-BCS school must be in the top 12 or top 16 and ahead of the lowest ranked BCS conference champion.

1) Texas
2) Alabama
3) Penn State
4) Oklahoma
5) USC
6) Georgia
7) Texas Tech
Florida
9) Oklahoma State
10) Utah
11) Boise State
12) Ohio State

Normally this is where we would talk about this week’s NBL Top 20, but we’re holding off until tomorrow to release the poll since there is still a game in progress that has bearing on the rankings.

Randy’s Top 5
1 Texas
2 Alabama
3 Penn State
4 Oklahoma
5 Florida

Eric’s Top 5
1 Texas
2 Alabama
3 Penn State
4 Oklahoma
5 Florida

We had a relatively calm weekend with the teams at the top of the national polls, but teams in the lower part suffered some unexpected upsets. One team that has been resurgent over the past few weeks is Virginia who got an unexpected victory this weekend in Atlanta over Georgia Tech. Other upsets include Louisville over south Florida and Rutgers over Pitt.

Oklahoma State @ Texas
Boston College @ North Carolina
Penn State @ Ohio State
USC @ Arizona
Texas Tech @ Kansas
Ole Miss @ Arkansas

UCF @ Tulsa

Eric is now 37-25 on the year
Randy is no 35-27 on the year
Of course these records do not include tonight’s game.

A quick shout out of congratulations to our buddy Bob Hamm from Oklahoma. He and his bride are inducing labor on Tuesday and my understanding is he and his wife are expecting a future Sooner cheerleader, so congrats to them, and we’ll talk to you later in the week when we bring you the Pre-Snap Read.

Woody’s Picks – Week 9

WEEK 9

LW 4-6.  I had typed a rant about four more ridiculous Ls in an absurdly unfortunate ssn, but I deleted it in favor of dwelling on the positive.  If you didn’t watch the USC-WSU gm, you missed one of the most thorough whippings ever in a BCS conf. gm.  For those who had the stomach to lay 43 pts, kudos.  WSU never made it to midfield; SC tried not to run up the score, attempting only 1 pass the entire second half, but still added 28 pts to the drubbing.

YTD 24-36-1 (40%)

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Top 20 for October 19th, 2008.

No real surprises as we look at the top three this week. BYU of course dropped a few spots after their unexpected thrashing at the hands of the Horned Frogs down in Fort Worth. With both Texas and Oklahoma State entering their matchup this week undefeated, and the game between Ohio State and Penn State we will see at least two of the teams in the top 12 fall this week.

1 Texas

2 Alabama

3 Penn State

4 Oklahoma

5 Florida

6 USC

7 Ohio State

8 Georgia

9 Utah

10 Texas Tech

11 BYU

12 Oklahoma State

13 Boise State

14 LSU

15 South Florida

16 Missouri

17 TCU

18 Georgia Tech

19 Kansas

20 Tulsa

Receiving Votes: Ball State, Boston College, Pittsburgh

Honorable Mention: This week’s honorable mention goes to the team that has had the biggest turn around since last season, the 6-1 Minnesota Golden Gophers. Tim Brewster has made Minnesota relevant in just his second year, and with remaining games at Purdue, against Northwestern and Michigan, at Wisconsin, and against Iowa, you have to figure that the Gophers will finish no worse than 8-4 and get a nice bowl invite. This compared to a 1-11 record from last year is certain to make Gopher fans sing Brewster’s praises… at least until kickoff of next season.

NBL Bowl Outlook 10/20/2008

With Texas establishing their dominance in back to back victories against arguably the best to teams they will face in the Big 12, its hard not to put them in the drivers seat for the Championship Game. This current projection is based on the presumption that there won’t be an invite to the BCS for a non-BCS team, though I think it unlikely right now. In doing this, it highlighted the weakness of conferences not called SEC or Big 12.

National Championship	Florida	Texas
Rose Bowl	Penn State	USC
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech	South Florida
Sugar Bowl	Alabama	Georgia Tech
Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma	Ohio State
Cotton Bowl	Texas Tech	LSU
Gator Bowl	Wake Forest	Notre Dame
Capitol One Bowl	Michigan State	Georgia
Liberty Bowl	Tulsa	Auburn
Sun Bowl	Nebraska	Arizona
Chick-Fil-A Bowl	North Carolina	Ole Miss
Holiday Bowl	Oregon	Missouri
Independence Bowl	Kansas	Vanderbilt
Outback Bowl	South Carolina	Minnesota
Insight Bowl	Colorado	Northwestern
Champs Sports Bowl	Wisconsin	Florida State
Las Vegas Bowl	BYU	California
Alamo Bowl	Oklahoma State	Illinois
Motor City Bowl	Western Michigan	Purdue
Humanitarian Bowl	Fresno State	Maryland
Music City Bowl	Boston College	Tennessee
GMAC Bowl	East Carolina	Central Michigan
Texas Bowl	Arkansas State	UTEP
New Orleans Bowl	Troy	UCF
Hawaii Bowl	Boise State	Louisville
Emerald Bowl	Arizona State	Miami, FL
Meineke Car Care Bowl	West Virginia	Clemson
Armed Forces Bowl	Rice	TCU
Poinsettia Bowl	Utah	New Mexico State
Papajohns.com Bowl	Kentucky	Cincinnati
New Mexico Bowl	Louisiana Tech	Air Force
International Bowl	Pittsburgh	Buffalo
Congressional Bowl	Navy	Ball State
St. Petersberg Bowl	Uconn	Florida Atlantic

As is true every week there are some 6-6 teams that will be left out in the cold. Current projections have Northern Illinois, Temple, San Jose State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and UNLV all sitting home; however if any team is able to secure a 7-5 record this year under the current bowl agreements they will get invited considering the number of available bowl invitations.

NBL Pre-Snap Read 10/23/2008

Good evening bootleggers. I’m Randy Hinckley and if you’re thinking my voice is a little out of place your right as your normal host for The Pre-Snap Read, Eric Pound couldn’t join us this evening so I’m flying solo. I’ll be bringing you your unabashed, unbiased and uncensored view of college football tonight, albeit with a shorter show length.

UConn Coach Randy Edsall is denying rumors that he is speaking with or has been contacted by Syracuse about a possible opening.

Army/Navy game will be the last game of the regular season starting next year.

Well, there’s plenty more we will be discussing in the scouting report section, but now we would like to direct you to our website at www.thenakedbootleg.com, were you can not only find these amazing podcasts, but analysis and opinion articles focusing on the world of college football, including Woody Johnson’s weekly picks. We also would like to encourage you to drop us a note, a comment, an audio recording, or whatever method is appropriate, legal and wont get us in trouble with our wives or get us fired from our real jobs.

Matchups discussed:

Oklahoma State @ Texas

Boston College @ North Carolina

Penn State @ Ohio State

USC @ Arizona

Texas Tech @ Kansas

UCF @ Tulsa

Ole Miss @ Arkansas

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