Top five questions:
--- Who will Clemson lose to next??
--- How badly will Tennessee beat Georgia??
--- In week one LSU beat Clemson 17-10. In week two LSU beat an unranked team 23-7 and Clemson beat an unranked team 27-16. Why did LSU stay at number 2 while Clemson actually FELL to number 12??
--- Why does Notre Dame have one loss and a bye week but still remains in the Top 10??
--- What kind of drugs are the "62 sportswriters and broadcasters" taking that compile the AP Poll??
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
They havent missed a bowl game in that time so that makes sense. Up until Venables took over they never had a losing season either. They basically were winning 11 or 12 games every year and he came in and has 2 6 win seasons in 3 years. If he cant get to 8 or 9 at least this year its time to get rid of him.
They go to South Carolina, Bama and Tennessee, Texas is a neutral game in Dallas. Missouri, Ole Miss, and LSU are home games. Auburns a home game as well.
Manning hasnt shown me anything yet to believe in him, and Bama has a coach that is to soft for what they should be. Tennessee will be tough as they will probably be a night game where the stadium will be crazy loud
@Maywood said:
Top five questions:
--- Who will Clemson lose to next??
--- How badly will Tennessee beat Georgia??
--- In week one LSU beat Clemson 17-10. In week two LSU beat an unranked team 23-7 and Clemson beat an unranked team 27-16. Why did LSU stay at number 2 while Clemson actually FELL to number 12??
--- Why does Notre Dame have one loss and a bye week but still remains in the Top 10??
--- What kind of drugs are the "62 sportswriters and broadcasters" taking that compile the AP Poll??
The polls are usually always ridiculous. They always give the benefit of the doubt to the southern teams. Why? I dont know?
AP top 10
Ohio State
Penn State
LSU
Oregon
Miami (Fla.)
Georgia
Texas
Notre Dame
Illinois
Florida State
Finally Illinois getting some respect. I would have Oregon at #3 as I think they would beat LSU.
Ohio State --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested in Week 8. Penn State --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested vs. Oregon in Week 4. LSU --- struggled against a weak team after struggling against overrated Clemson. Hard to understand their ranking so high. Oregon --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested vs. Penn State in Week 4. Miami (Fla.) --- won a squeaker with Notre Dame and hammered a weak B-CU. The truth comes in the next three weeks. Georgia --- easily beat one weak opponent and looked so-so against the next. Tennessee will show the real Bulldogs. Texas --- easily beak a weaker team. Three more weeks till we know the truth about Texas vs. Florida and Oklahoma. Notre Dame --- idle. It's hard to understand how one loss and one week off equates to staying in the Top 10. Illinois --- two easy wins over weaker teams. Hard to judge until they get into their Big 10 schedule. Florida State --- easily beat an overrated Alabama and overwhelmed an inferior East Texas A&M. Here come the Seminoles.
Sometimes I think these Polls are used as a strategic tool to position the teams in the order that the selection committee wants so the game pairings in the playoffs bring the best games. To me that partially explains why LSU is at 3 and Clemson got kicked out of the top 10. Next week, assuming no unforeseen surprises, the positioning will be furthered to get ready for the Week 4 showdown of Oregon vs. Penn State. After that game there will be a shake-up and it will be interesting to see how far the loser falls and how evident bias preferences will be.
Stay tuned.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
While its still too early to tell how good they are, I disagree that Duke is a weak team. Illinois was only favored by 3 points. Duke went 9-4 last year.
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Oklahoma will start the season 5-0, at worst 4-1 but yea that second half off the schedule is absolutely brutal
Fire AJ Preller
I just saw this stat from the BTN, Oklahoma since 2000, has the best win percentage at home in college football.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions
Top five questions:
--- Who will Clemson lose to next??
--- How badly will Tennessee beat Georgia??
--- In week one LSU beat Clemson 17-10. In week two LSU beat an unranked team 23-7 and Clemson beat an unranked team 27-16. Why did LSU stay at number 2 while Clemson actually FELL to number 12??
--- Why does Notre Dame have one loss and a bye week but still remains in the Top 10??
--- What kind of drugs are the "62 sportswriters and broadcasters" taking that compile the AP Poll??
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
They havent missed a bowl game in that time so that makes sense. Up until Venables took over they never had a losing season either. They basically were winning 11 or 12 games every year and he came in and has 2 6 win seasons in 3 years. If he cant get to 8 or 9 at least this year its time to get rid of him.
They go to South Carolina, Bama and Tennessee, Texas is a neutral game in Dallas. Missouri, Ole Miss, and LSU are home games. Auburns a home game as well.
Manning hasnt shown me anything yet to believe in him, and Bama has a coach that is to soft for what they should be. Tennessee will be tough as they will probably be a night game where the stadium will be crazy loud
Fire AJ Preller
The polls are usually always ridiculous. They always give the benefit of the doubt to the southern teams. Why? I dont know?
AP top 10
Finally Illinois getting some respect. I would have Oregon at #3 as I think they would beat LSU.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions
Ohio State --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested in Week 8.
Penn State --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested vs. Oregon in Week 4.
LSU --- struggled against a weak team after struggling against overrated Clemson. Hard to understand their ranking so high.
Oregon --- overwhelmed an inferior opponent as they should have. To be tested vs. Penn State in Week 4.
Miami (Fla.) --- won a squeaker with Notre Dame and hammered a weak B-CU. The truth comes in the next three weeks.
Georgia --- easily beat one weak opponent and looked so-so against the next. Tennessee will show the real Bulldogs.
Texas --- easily beak a weaker team. Three more weeks till we know the truth about Texas vs. Florida and Oklahoma.
Notre Dame --- idle. It's hard to understand how one loss and one week off equates to staying in the Top 10.
Illinois --- two easy wins over weaker teams. Hard to judge until they get into their Big 10 schedule.
Florida State --- easily beat an overrated Alabama and overwhelmed an inferior East Texas A&M. Here come the Seminoles.
Sometimes I think these Polls are used as a strategic tool to position the teams in the order that the selection committee wants so the game pairings in the playoffs bring the best games. To me that partially explains why LSU is at 3 and Clemson got kicked out of the top 10. Next week, assuming no unforeseen surprises, the positioning will be furthered to get ready for the Week 4 showdown of Oregon vs. Penn State. After that game there will be a shake-up and it will be interesting to see how far the loser falls and how evident bias preferences will be.
Stay tuned.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
While its still too early to tell how good they are, I disagree that Duke is a weak team. Illinois was only favored by 3 points. Duke went 9-4 last year.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions
Dukes a borderline bowl game team. Not a trash win but not impressive either.
ND always gets really ranked high from their tv deal. They even get a vote in things thats only their decision like they are a conference
Fire AJ Preller