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Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

lawfamily — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:33:21 -0000

Colley sucks. I can see how you would like Colley, with the ridiculous overrating of UT and AF, but that isn't realistic. Prove it until the BYU vs. Utah matchup, and then it will make sense, but this early? After last year? With BYU performing like they did last Saturday? That just isn't realistic, my friend.

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

Bama_DevilDog — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:52:42 -0000

Amen.

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Bama_DevilDog — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:42 -0000

But the justification for the rankings are simple. If your thinking...

Flordia... has looked and peformed a little better than Georgia who ecked by South Carolina.

Mizz. Offense is very impressive, and I just dont see. BYU, Texas, Penn State or Bama, really over taking them in the rankings. Even if the "juice" put it on them.

But like I said we will find out about your sweet LSU team this saturday.

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JB — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:35:00 -0000

As many questions FLA has on D, at least they dont have a QB who threw the ball through the uprights on a fourth and goal....(ala Jarrett Lee)...we have more questions, in fact the game with Auburn might as well be termed the Question Bowl,......i know it was cheezy, but cathcy all the same

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Zac — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:07:34 -0000

Howzabout crazy UConn? Hard-Luck Temple (that final play against Buffalo) takes em to OT, then the Huskies Dominate VA. Go figure.

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Zac — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:03:47 -0000

Rutgers has no replacement for Ray Rice, and Teel can't do it all by himself. The game against NC proved that.

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ROLLTIDE_73 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:48:05 -0000

No words ever spoken were ever more true

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ROLLTIDE_73 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:22:07 -0000

James if the coaches are impressed with auburns performances then they shouldnt have a right to have a poll....you couldnt find the end zone against Miss state if you would have had a GPS.the thing that gets me is tubbs acts like hes happy with it .....I guess auburn is still hideing what they have until the lsu game right.any way none of these polls matter until the stupid BCS poll comes out.i still say there needs to be a play off.and No. 7 is going to be a long row to hoe.oh yea i dont think sabans the highest paid any more think that goes to les miles not sure but i think some people got some raises. so they can thank nick for raising the salary bar for them

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TheUofA — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:40:12 -0000

YEP, That's about right!

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aVoiceInSC — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:27:06 -0000

Colorado koolade...LOL
I've always called it Rocky Mountain spring water...

Anyway, I'm jealous. I need to get over to the motherland sometime soon. Fortunately I'm not terribly deprived where I am though. I'm really not missing out on too much here. I feel for those in other parts of the country who are though.

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

AUtigerman — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:09:18 -0000

One thing is for certain. Over the next couple of weeks there will be a lot of change in the polls. LSU,Auburn,Alabama and Georgia will all face each other and someone has to lose.
regardless of who losses, then they will all face each other again...lol

No need to hate on the SEC for having 5 teams in the top 10 cause we will put each other out of it anyway.

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

AUtigerman — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:40:04 -0000

Guess thats where we differ. Id like to see some offense but i loved the D in that game.

I just think that the LSU QBs are going to have a tough tough time. Neither one has ever played in an away game. And i just think they wont perform very well.

Guess we will see.

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1Tomcat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:51:13 -0000

Ya and I prefer bottles over cans, but its better than Colorado koolade, and most Americans are for the most part dont really drink real beer, but are quite content with the big three.
I spent about 10 months in Sussex England. They have real beer over there, its pumped up by hand, and its served in 20 ounce pints.
You know you have real beer, when you can see the hops and find an occasional dead bee. That stuff is pretty strong too and it goes down real good.

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

Tommy_Trojan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:03:04 -0000

AUtigerman:

I guess what we're talkin' about here is a 20-7 blowout? 20-7 is a blowout in the SEC? I thought that Florida's 59-20 pasting of Tennessee last year might have been a blowout in the SEC. But, I guess everything changed last weekend - maybe 4-2 could now be considered a blowout. BTW, my bro from Bama (the Pig Farmer) kept flippin' over to that Auburn game while we were watchin' USC. I couldn't even stay awake for the two minute commercial break that was happening during the USC-Ohio State game. That was the most boring game I have ever witnessed. I don't think we ever saw anything at all happen except for the safety. I would have more enjoyed pulling the wings off of flies.

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aVoiceInSC — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:00:54 -0000

Floridian or Icelander, you pay more attention to the MWC than I do, and maybe more than anyone here. I am assuming that you have much more inside info on the topic than I do.

The championship game in C-USA allows ECU to play a possibly undefeated Tulsa where they wouldn't have without it, which would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of their schedule. Head to head, it also would seem to be the kicker to make their schedule harder than a BYU/Utah regardless of the MWC being stronger than C-USA.

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aVoiceInSC — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:56:15 -0000

I am familiar with the polls that are used in the BCS, but what are you referring to as "BCS GURU"?

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Ben Prather — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:05:24 -0000

Like a Floridian would have any magical insider info. What happened to all that talk last year about BCS non AQ conference members needing to schedule cupcakes to improve their odds of going undefeated like Hawaii did? I thought they were full of it then.

I don't really think it would help protect from a PAC 10 expansion as that is a lot of money for the defecting teams. I have been toying with the idea that Utah and BYU would have better chances at a BCS bowl in the MWC than the PAC 10. At least in the PAC 10 they would have a shot, though very long, at the title.

The better argument for expansion is that the conference is the premier BCS non AQ conference. If they lose Utah and BYU they would be greatly tarnished. TCU could bolt for C-USA to rejoin the former SWC members and the WAC would be able to take there pick of the rest. By expanding now they would remain the premier BCS non AQ conference with any PAC 10 expansion and be able to replace the defectors with ease.

I think if the championship game made a difference it would draw attention but the Utah BYU game in this scenario would be a de facto MWC championship game. Also #4-7 of the MWC are better than their C-USA counterparts. The MWC is significantly stronger in the middle and usually stronger at the top.

The MWC should expand sooner than latter, I said so before the season and i'm sticking to it.

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blackdawg — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:28:19 -0000

I'm going to Jacksonville for the GA - FL game, may go to Auburn haven't decided yet. My wife wants to go to Kentucky, but it's so close to the Florida game, I doubt we'll make that trip. The GA/FL game should be huge this year, can't miss that game.

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aVoiceInSC — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:06:48 -0000

Yeah, we've certainly been through this before...but riddle me this. Let's say that ECU and BYU/Utah go undefeated. Let's say that ECU gets in and BYU/Utah does not. Then, let's also say that it gets determined that the reason that ECU gets in instead of BYU/Utah is simply the championship game that they were afforded by playing in a 12 team conference. Do you think, if that were the case, that the MWC would grab 3 more teams to become 12 in order to have a title game? If the MWC did do this, I think it could go a LONG way in protecting them from any Pac 10 expansion as the MWC would be a very solid group. What're the chances, given what you know, that this would happen?

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

Ben Prather — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:55:15 -0000

Billingley
Colley
Massey
Sagarin

Anderson and Hester and Wolfe don't release rankings this early. The medians listed above appear very close to what BCS GURU uses as the substitute for these.

For the Sagarin the BCS uses the rankings in red, favoring the top non BCS teams. they all have at least one non AQ conference member in the top 10. I HIGHLY recommend Colley and Massey.

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Ben Prather — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:46:46 -0000

Deja vu!

I think after the MWC raids the WAC, C-USA would be stronger and would absord the top WAC and Sun Belt teams. The Big East might take a team from the MAC to get a northern team to ease division alignments though Marshall could fill that roll.

I have the MWC taking Houston instead of UTEP for TV markets. Who really knows. Either way C-USA needs 4 teams, 5 if they lose Marshall, to remain strong. Louisiana Tech, Troy, Florida Atlantic and Arkansas State look like good choices for them.

The remaining WAC and Sun Belt teams would peice together a new conference with Hawaii and Florida Int. likely remaining independent.
I am currently in flux on my thoughts on PAC 10 expansion. I can't elaborate more until my thoughts reach a steady state. That might be A LONG TIME.

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aVoiceInSC — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:38:25 -0000

Where do you see these results? Link me up, please.

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aVoiceInSC — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:37:34 -0000

Yeah, you'll have fun regardless. Sometimes those games are the best to go to because there is absolutely no tension about the possibility of a loss. Check out Keith Street if you're hungry. They have outstanding food and it's about 200 feet from TTT.

So, you're going to have been to SC State @ Clemson, Georgia @ South Carolina, Alabama vs. Clemson in Atlanta, and quite a few Georgia home games this year. Am I leaving any out? That's very impressive if you ask me.

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AUtigerman — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:37 -0000

Well you didnt mention numbers you mentioned 3 or 4 names which to me implied only 3 or 4 lost starters. i meant no harm by that.

AU defense is every bit as good and prehaps better then LSU. Ranked number 6 last year and returned 8 starters. Very Very deep on the line. I just cant see LSU putting up big numbers against us.

We dont have all the big names that LSU has but they will be well known soon.

They may win but seldom is it a blow out and i suspect saturday will be the same.

Re: 2008 - Week 3 College Football Polls

Ben Prather — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:29:06 -0000

I can't wait for BCS guru's results tomorrow. The data is out and I can reproduce the results, but why when he does such a good job with it?

The computers appear to be doing a great job for the MWC and East Carolina. MUCH better than they did for Hawaii last year.

I guess it helps to actually play people who are good.