2014 CFB Previews

[Leonardfan]

After seeing Twinkle Toes post on the 2014 AZ Wildcats I figured it was time to get the discussion going on the 2014 CFB previews. Anyone interested just reply to this thread. If anyone wants to take the lead on this and organize it feel free as well as I have been busy lately with not as much free time as in years past. I haven't been on much lately due to my new schedule and the fact everytime I login it looks more like castesoccer.us or a race mixing in islam debate :icon_lol:


List of 2014 NCAA FBS Programs (I copied the list from Wikipedia and it looks like it broke them down by state rather than alpabetical order) I will update them as people update this thread with the teams they want to write up:

Alabama Crimson Tide - Vanilla_sky - done
Auburn Tigers - Jack Lambert - done
South Alabama Jaguars - claimjumper - done
Troy Trojans - Jack Lambert - done
UAB Blazers - claimjumper - done
Arizona Wildcats - Twinkle Toes - done
Arizona State Sun Devils - claimjumper - done
Arkansas Razorbacks - TwentyTwo - Done
Arkansas State Red Wolves - claimjumper - done
California Golden Bears - Vanilla_Sky - done
Fresno State Bulldogs - claimjumper - done
San Diego State Aztecs - Vanilla_Sky - done
San Jose State Spartans - Vanilla_Sky - done
USC Trojans - Jack Lambert - done
Stanford Cardinal - TwentyTwo - done
UCLA Bruins
Air Force Falcons - Claimjumper - done
Colorado Buffaloes - Claimjumper - done
Colorado State Rams - Claimjumper - done
Connecticut Huskies - Vanilla_Sky - Done
Florida Gators - Vanillla_Sky - done
Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida International Panthers
Florida State Seminoles
Miami Hurricanes - Vanilla_Sky - done
South Florida Bulls - Vanilla_Sky - done
UCF Knights
Georgia Bulldogs - Vanilla_Sky - done
Georgia State Panthers - Col Reb - done
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - Jack Lambert - done
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors - Claimjumper - done
Boise State Broncos - Vanilla_Sky - done
Idaho Vandals - Claimejumper - done
Illinois Fighting Illini - Leonardfan - done
Northern Illinois Huskies
Northwestern Wildcats - Jack Lambert - done
Ball State Cardinals - Vanilla_Sky - done
Indiana Hoosiers - Vanilla_Sky - done
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Vanilla_Sky - done
Purdue Boilermakers - Jack Lambert - done
Iowa Hawkeyes - Leonardfan - done
Iowa State Cyclones - Leonardfan - done
Kansas Jayhawks - Claimejumper - done
Kansas State Wildcats - Claimjumper - Done
Kentucky Wildcats - Vanilla_Sky - Done
Louisville Cardinals - Leonardfan - done
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - Col Reb - done
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns - twentytwo - done
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs - Col. Reb - done
LSU Tigers - rajuncajun1 - done
Tulane Green Wave - Vanilla_Sky - done
Maryland Terrapins - leonardfan - done
Navy Midshipmen - Vanilla_Sky - done
Boston College Eagles - Col Reb - done
UMass Minutemen - Leonardfan - done
Central Michigan Chippewas - Jack Lambert - done
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Michigan Wolverines - Phall - done
Michigan State Spartans - Jack Lambert - done
Western Michigan Broncos - Jack Lambert - Done
Minnesota Golden Gophers - Leonardfan - done
Mississippi State Bulldogs - Col. Reb
Ole Miss Rebels - Vanilla_Sky - done
Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Vanilla_Sky - done
Missouri Tigers - Vanilla_Sky - done
Nebraska Cornhuskers - Jack Lambert - done
Nevada Wolf Pack - claimjumper - done
UNLV Rebels - claimjumper - done
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Vanilla_Sky - Done
New Mexico Lobos - Jack Lambert - done
New Mexico State Aggies
Army Black Knights - Vanilla_Sky - done
Buffalo Bulls
Syracuse Orange - Riggins 44 - done
Duke Blue Devils - Vanilla_Sky - done
East Carolina Pirates - Leonardfan - done
North Carolina Tar Heels - Jack Lambert - done
North Carolina State Wolfpack - Jack Lambert - done
Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Leonardfan - done
Akron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons - Leonardfan - done
Cincinnati Bearcats - Leonardfan - done
Kent State Golden Flashes
Miami RedHawks - Jack Lambert - done
Ohio Bobcats - Vanilla_Sky - done
Ohio State Buckeyes - Whiteathlete33 - done
Toledo Rockets - Leonardfan - done
Oklahoma Sooners - Claimjumper - done
Oklahoma State Cowboys - Claimjumper - done
Tulsa Golden Hurricane - Jack Lambert - done
Oregon Ducks - jack lambert - done
Oregon State Beavers - Leonardfan - Done
Penn State Nittany Lions - Leonardfan - Done
Pittsburgh Panthers - Leonardfan - Done
Temple Owls - Jack Lambert - Done
Clemson Tigers - Vanilla_Sky - done
South Carolina Game****s - Vanilla_Sky - done
Memphis Tigers - Col. Reb - done
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders - Vanilla_Sky - done
Tennessee Volunteers - Jack Lambert - done
Vanderbilt Commodores - Col. Reb - done
Baylor Bears - Leonardfan - Done
Houston Cougars - Leonardfan - Done
North Texas Mean Green - Twenty-Two - done
Rice Owls - claimjumper - done
SMU Mustangs - Stevo - done
TCU Horned Frogs - Claimjumper - done
Texas Longhorns - Jack Lamber - done
Texas A&M Aggies - Vanilla_Sky - done
Texas State Bobcats
Texas Tech Red Raiders - Claimjumper - done
UTEP Miners
UTSA Roadrunners - celticdb15 - done
BYU Cougars - Jack Lambert - done
Utah Utes - Claimjumper - done
Utah State Aggies - Claimejumper - done
Virginia Cavaliers - Leonardfan - done
Virginia Tech Hokies - Vanilla_Sky - done
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars - Leonardfan - done
Marshall Thundering Herd
West Virginia Mountaineers - Vanilla_Sky - done
Wisconsin Badgers - Celticdb15 - done
Wyoming Cowboys - Claimjumper - Done

 

[celticdb15]

I love this time of year! Count me in

 

[Leonardfan]

Thanks CelticDB for getting the ball rolling on this!

 

[Vanilla_Sky]

I can work too. I'll do Clemson to start.

 

[whiteathlete33]

I will certainly help as well.

 

[Jack Lambert]

I should be able to help out this year again as well, after the World Cup is finished and work hopefully slows down next week. I won't be able to do as many as the last few years, but I'll certainly do a few previews.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I should be able to help out this year again as well, after the World Cup is finished and work hopefully slows down next week. I won't be able to do as many as the last few years, but I'll certainly do a few previews.

Ill take all the MEAC teams if nobody minds?

 

[Freethinker]

If we can't get enough people as in years past, I'll volunteer. If others step up, I'll step aside as my college football knowledge is not as great as others.

I'd also need the links to where you guys find the most accurate 2-deeps and stuff like that.

 

[Leonardfan]

I think we will have enough teams to go around. I'll try to post a list of all the teams tomorrow and we can start formally getting things organized and tracked in terms of who wants to write up particular teams. The more help the better as it's pretty time consuming to do write ups for 120 or so teams

 

[Vanilla_Sky]

If we can't get enough people as in years past, I'll volunteer. If others step up, I'll step aside as my college football knowledge is not as great as others.

I'd also need the links to where you guys find the most accurate 2-deeps and stuff like that.

Ourlad has been posting 2014 college football depth charts but theirs seem to be based more on speculation and on using former depth charts from previous years. IMO the best way to do it is to use the official depth charts released in school media guides or on their websites. A lot of teams have post-spring charts out from earlier this year, but it will be a while until some more accurate ones are out.

 

[rajuncajun1]

2014 LSU Tigers

Currently there are 4 white starters:

Offense-
FB Connor Neighbors
TE Travis Dickson

Defense-
LT Christian LaCouture
MLB DJ Welter

Sadly, the only other white kid on the 2 deep roster is LT Ethan Pocic. At QB there is 3 teamer Brandon Bergeron a JC transfer. The 1 and 2 deep QB's are both Afletes. Les Miles has continued to overlook a wealth of talented white High School players in the state of Louisiana and has put together a roster that possibly will be the first to start 22 blacks in the near future. WR Trey Quinn will in my estimation transfer within 2 years to a school that welcomes diversity and allows a player the ability to compete regardless of skin color!

There are 116 players listed on the roster and 37 are white with most of those being Walk-Ons. 31%........This is PATHETIC!

 

[Don Wassall]

Currently there are 4 white starters:

Offense-
FB Connor Neighbors
TE Travis Dickson

Defense-
LT Christian LaCouture
MLB DJ Welter

Sadly, the only other white kid on the 2 deep roster is LT Ethan Pocic. At QB there is 3 teamer Brandon Bergeron a JC transfer. The 1 and 2 deep QB's are both Afletes. Les Miles has continued to overlook a wealth of talented white High School players in the state of Louisiana and has put together a roster that possibly will be the first to start 22 blacks in the near future. WR Trey Quinn will in my estimation transfer within 2 years to a school that welcomes diversity and allows a player the ability to compete regardless of skin color!

There are 116 players listed on the roster and 37 are white with most of those being Walk-Ons. 31%........This is PATHETIC!

Please re-post this in the College Football section as a new thread titled 2014 LSU Tigers. Thanks

 

[Leonardfan]

I updated the initial post with a list of all the FBS teams. I am taking Baylor, Oregon State, Penn State and Iowa. I will update the initial list with the teams people have already written up.

 

[Leonardfan]

Scout.com has previews of all the teams here: http://cfn.scout.com/

I will usually buy the athlon sports or phil steele preview magazines as well.

 

[Jack Lambert]

Put me down for Nebraska for sure! I'll look through the teams and decide on the rest later.

 

[Vanilla_Sky]

With SEC media day today I can take care of South Carolina, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Kentucky.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Scout.com has previews of all the teams here: http://cfn.scout.com/

I will usually buy the athlon sports or phil steele preview magazines as well.

I always get Phil Steele. I loved when he would cover the 4th string white corner which always gave me hope he might get a chance to play. Alas, such is the caste system. There are a lot of good white high school corners out there. All the detractors of this site need to watch Kansas wr Colin Spencer's high school tapes and wonder why this kid was the 88th ranked corner on scout and rivals. Clear and living proof the caste system is real and we are not all a bunch of paranoid race mongers on this site. Well sorry Thrashen and Werewolfe. But the rest of you are cool.

 

[Claimjumper]

I'll take Colorado State

 

[Leonardfan]

Made some updates to the list. Ill try to get mine done by the first weekend in august.

 

[whiteathlete33]

Doing Ohio State.

 

[Leonardfan]

Going to take Houston, UVA and Kansas St.

 

[Jack Lambert]

Got Purdue done. I'll take Miami (Ohio) and Tennessee as well!

 

[celticdb15]

Ill take whoever. Enjoying the write ups thus far guys keep it up!

 

[Leonardfan]

Took care of UVA and Houston. Claimjumper beat me to KSU and did a great write up. Just keep doing write ups everyone and i will update the list accordingly.

 

[TwentyTwo]

Enjoying reading the write ups...thanks for you all's hard work!

Was going to volunteer a few myself...but it looks like things are well in hand!