[domer747]

The five biggest surprises of 2006:

1) Wake Forest - who in the right name of college football would have thought they'd have ended up in Saturday's ACC Championship.

2) Arkansas - congrats to Houston Nutt who was able to find any way possible to use Darren McFadden in that line-up. Fear the Razorbacks once Mitch Mustain fully learns that system.

3) Rutgers - The state school of New Jersey!

4) Michigan - As a Notre Dame fan this one kills me but congrats to the Wolverines and Lloyd Carr, boucing back from 7-5 and a loss to Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl.

5) Oklahoma - If you had told me they would make the Big 12 championship game without Rhett Bomar and "AP" half the year, I would have called you crazy!

Worst move of the year: Speeding up the game, please change that rule as soon as the year ends!

[VaTechNut]

Not all suprises are good, ergo:

1) Miami finishing a season 6-6 going to end up in the Obscure Bowl

2) FSU finishing a season 6-6, and getting shut out by Wake Forest at home.

3) Rutgers this one is a given.

4) WVU loss to USF, still stunned...

5) That with all the firings in the ACC Dukes coach, Ted Roof still has a job??

[domer747]

As long as Duke has Coach K and basketball, it seems football will be a distant second....

[Lefty Noob]

1. The complete meltdown of both Miami and FSU. Where would Florida football be right now if not for the Gators?

2. Rutgers - they've been the darlings of college football all year now. Schiano's a great coach and I hope he finished the job he started at that program.

3. OU winning without Peterson. I still can't believe this. They cost me 2 or 3 games in our predictions contest by playing this well. And without their best player, Stoops may just take this team to a conference title? Unreal.

4. Mike Shula getting fired. Not a surprise, because in reality, I kind of saw this coming after the loss to Auburn. This is sadly the landscape of college football right now. More tragic than surprising I guess.

5. The mess in the SEC. If Arkansas beats Florida, then LSU - who didn't even play in the conference championship - will likely be the highest ranked SEC team in the BCS. How? How does that happen?

[VaTechNut]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

5. The mess in the SEC. If Arkansas beats Florida, then LSU - who didn't even play in the conference championship - will likely be the highest ranked SEC team in the BCS. How? How does that happen?

I never realized until you said some thing, but the same could happen in the ACC, if Ga. Tech(22) beats Wake Forest(17), would that be enough to jump Va.Tech(14) in the BCS? !7 to 14, maybe if WF wins, but 22 - 14 isn't a jump, it's a pole vault.

I have a head ache now.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

1. The complete meltdown of both Miami and FSU. Where would Florida football be right now if not for the Gators?

Yeah, that would top my list...one maybe...but both at the same time?...never...the end of the world can't be far...

[EmpireWF]

My biggest surprise is that some people's predictions that the teams in the SEC would end up beating each other up came true. They won't get a National Title birth because they beat on each other.

Also, like everyone else...Rutgers. They had an amazing year and Schiano has continued the foundation of what can be a very special program for years to come.

[the ole football fan]

1. Rutgers, how could anything be bigger?

2. Oklahoma is a surprise and a true compliment to Stoops.

3. Miami!!!!

4. Bobby Bowden fires his son (is his trip out the door far off?)

5. Wake wins the ACC, are you kidding? Not the 'noles or 'canes? not the rambling wreck or the hokies? not even BC, Maryland, the UVA, or Clemson, but the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS?

[Lefty Noob]

Welcome to GoTeamsGo, ole football fan, and thanks for joining us!

Wake and Rutgers both are great stories. Proof that you never know what can happen in any given season or in any given game, and both programs are definitely on the rise. I just hope both coaches stay with the respective programs to finish the job they've started.

1- Miami- Downgraded to a tropical storm. I think the BE dumped them just in time.
2- The Big East- Three teams who have been in the top 6 at some point this season.
3- the ACC- Is there anybody out there still saying the ACC is the "best" conference in football? Is there anybody not saying they are not the worse. O-K Miami has a bad year but FSU also???
4-USC- losing to their whipping boy UCLA one game away from the NC.
5- the 2006-07 season- who can say they didn't enjoy the surprises and drama of this season and inthe end it all worked out jsut fine.