Who has been the biggest surprise team this year, good and bad?

• redfalcon

  

  BEST: Michigan State. I think everyone knew that they would be good, but I don't think anyone expected them to be as good as they have been. I realize that their schedule has not been too difficult, but no one expected them to go undefeated. With only four undefeated BCS teams left, there is national championship talk.
  
  WORST: Texas. Holy hell, they are bad. Losing to Oklahoma is understandable, but UCLA and Iowa State? Iowa State? What the hell has happened to this team?
• OQB

  

  Best: Mizzou, Michigan State, Auburn
  
  Worst: Texas, Miami,
• sjmvsfscs08

  OrrvilleQB;532984 wrote:Best: Mizzou, Michigan State, Auburn
  
  Worst: Texas, Texas, Texas

  
  This.
• Hulk Smash

  Best: Missouri, MSU, Auburn, FSU
  
  Worst: Texas, North Carolina
• believer

  

  Best: Missouri and Michigan State
  Worst: Texas (Amazing how one player can screw with a team's chemistry.)
  
  Biggest disappointment: Ohio State (But then again that's a foregone conclusion every season isn't it? Illinois, Purdue, USC, Wisconsin...one game every year does it all.)
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Worst (on the field): Texas
  Worst (off the field): North Carolina
  
  Best: Mizzou (Auburn is in a down SEC this year, and MSU has a "soft" Big Ten schedule this season and hasn't even played outside of Michigan until last week.)
• krambman

  

  I think that Virginia Tech fits in both categories. They were a huge disappointment early by losing their first two games, then a huge surprise now by winning their last six games.
• enigmaax

  Good: Hawaii - they are just running roughshod over the WAC; East Carolina - big win over NC State and dominating their conference; Northern Illinois - all of a sudden that loss to Iowa State doesn't look so bad...and they played Illinois tough
  
  Bad: The entire Big East - most people have been saying for a long time this isn't a good conference, but do they have a single OOC win against another BCS conference?....not to mention the losses to Tulane and Temple (hey wait, didn't they kick them out once?)
• headlock165

  Best-OREGON (Regardless of the talent they returned, I think people wrote them off after losing Masoli), MISSOURI (I was blown away not only by the win but the pride the fanbase and team displayed in their win over Oklahoma).
  
  Worst-TEXAS (Expectations are VERY high in Austin, Texas just like Columbus, Ohio. They've already lost three games and I see them losing at least one or two more games). NOTRE DAME (I understand it's Brian Kelly's first year but when are these PLAYERS going to step up. I'm not a fan of ND but they consistently lose with some of the most talented squads-see recruiting rankings over the last several years).
• FatHobbit

  

  Good - Missouri and MSU
  Bad - Texas and Florida
• centralbucksfan

  FatHobbit;533106 wrote:Good - Missouri and MSU
  Bad - Texas and Florida

  
  This. Texas is a bit surprising, obviously. Although they still at least have a big win over Nebraska. Fla was touted as a top 3 team with Brantley being touted the next great QB thing.
  
  Nobody in their right mind saw Mizzou and MSU doing what they have done. Although I feel both will not end up undefeated. Actually, I pick both of them to lose this coming weekend.
• Blanket

  Missouri as the best and Texas as the worst.
• grodt

  

  Good: Oregon, Auburn, Mizzou, Michigan State
  
  Bad: Texas, Washington
• 0311sdp

  Good-MSU and Missouri
  Bad-Texas, Florida,USC
• FatHobbit

  

  grodt;535073 wrote:Good: Oregon, Auburn, Mizzou, Michigan State
  
  Bad: Texas, Washington

  
  I forgot about Washington. After all the hype Locker had from ESPN they have been really bad.