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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 21, 2004 17:23:42 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D A&M actually pulled it off !Sorry qcomdrj. No telling what is wrong with Clemson this year, they should have had a great offense.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 15, 2004 20:11:20 GMT -5
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 15, 2004 20:08:36 GMT -5
GIG'EM AGGIES!!!!! This is a tough one...... MY FAVORITE TEAMS 1. LSU 2. TEXAS A&M 3. CLEMSON 4. Ohio State 5. Oklahoma
sorry qcomdrj...I will have to go with the aggies.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 15, 2004 19:38:53 GMT -5
Depending on the weather....the game may be postponed until November 6. A decision is expected to be made tomorrow. Oh and LSU will win.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Nov 5, 2004 7:04:03 GMT -5
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 20, 2004 19:43:28 GMT -5
1. Oklahoma 2. Florida State 3. Auburn 4. Miami 5. Texas 6. USC 7. Wisconsin 8. California 9. Georgia 10. LSU 11. Virginia 12. Tennessee 13. Florida 14. Purdue 15. Virginia Tech 16. West Virginia 17. Texas A&M 18. Louisville 19. Utah 20. North Carolina State 21. Georgia Tech 22. Michigan 23. Arizona State 24. Oklahoma State 25. Maryland 26. Ohio State 27. Boise State 28. Wake Forest 29. Missouri 30. Texas Tech 31. Notre Dame 32. Stanford 33. Clemson 34. UAB 35. South Carolina 36. Alabama 37. Arkansas 38. Iowa 39. Memphis 40. Southern Miss just out: UConn, Fresno State, Northen Illinois, Louisiana Tech, UCLA, BYU, Iowa State, Marshall, Michigan State, Kansas State, Kansas, Colorado, North Carolina, Minnesota, Air Force, Boston College, Northwestern, and Navy All in all this is solid, but I do have a few problems. -Miami should be ahead of FSU -Maryland should be around #30-35. -Florida is too high. They still have two losses. -LSU is too high. I hate saying this but they are not a top 10 team right now. -Purdue should be higher, they have only one loss and it came in an extremly close game against UW. -UW should be ranked higher. -Texas Tech's offense has impressed in recent weeks and they deserve a top 25 ranking. That is about it. You should start coming back here more often fullforce! I rarely see you on here anymore. It is good to have another person posting some rankings so that I have something to compare my personal rankings to. And you used to contribute a lot to the CFB board.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 12, 2004 22:31:31 GMT -5
Overall I would say that is a pretty good top 40. Obviously we are all going to have some difference of opinion, but all in all that was pretty good. The major problems that I see is Purdue being too low, Ohio State being too high, Utah is too low, and Texas Tech is too low. Anyway, keep posting your top 40, I like having something to compare mine to.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 4, 2004 22:59:10 GMT -5
The way i decide my rankings is I watch the games i can, then look at recaps and stats of games i can't. Following this, I take that information and try to determine a top 40 based on who would win if team A plays team B at A's home, at B's home than at a truly neutral location (just so you know, the sugar bowl is not a truly nuetral location for LSU as the rose Bowl isn't for USC and the Orange Bowl isn't for Miami). Isn't it interesting that 3 of the BCS bowls last year were won by teams in their own home territory (2 in their own city and LSU in New Orleans.... but i digress. If I believe team A iwould beat team B at home and at a neurtal then team A will be higher than team B. WIN-LOSS RECORDS DO NOT MATTER NEARLY AS MUCH AS IN THE AP & ESPN/USAToday POLLS. My poll position is not an award given to a team who has done well, but an attempt top determine who is superior. (One reason why Utah is not that high is that they would likely lose to most top 20 level teams even in Salt Lake City.) I believe Georgia would be able to beat every team in the nation at home and at a truly neutral site, Oklahoma could beat every team but Georgia at home and at a truly neutral site (though I've been going back and forth between them and Texas at 1 and 2, luckily I won't have to wait too much longer to find out the answer) and so on... But my rankings would theoretically allow team A to defeat team B at Team A's home field and still have team B be ranked higher (This almost happened in the case of Maryland and WVU for example.) A close game, going to overtime, won at the last second, in front of 60,000+ at home does not mean you are a better team than the losing team. I see your point fullforce. And I agree with it for the most part. However I can also see the other side of that argument. Either way a win is a win, and a loss is a loss.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 4, 2004 22:57:21 GMT -5
Sproles is probably out of the Heisman race with Kstate doing so badly this year I would agree with that right now. But you never know. He is a great RB, and I wouldn't quite count him out yet.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 4, 2004 22:17:45 GMT -5
Your right in that A&M beat last years Big 12 Champions but K-State is not even close to the team they had last year, without Roberson the offense just doesnt go like it did and they lost a lot of their good players last year Roberson really must have been a bigger part of that offense than I thought. I really thought Sproles would still be able to carry this team. But I guess not.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Oct 4, 2004 21:41:31 GMT -5
Ok, first off, I screwed up putting Purdue at 20, i moved them to a better location. Now, go back and look at the opening of last weeks response were I talk about how the rankings work. Now your specific grumbles. LSU LSU got beat by the best team in the nation who played better than they have played all year, David Greene especially, I was not impressed with them, yetI don't think Florida, Tennessee, Minnesota or Ohio State are a better team than LSU. Now Tennessee is a team that lost some points in my book, you can get stomped like they did in front of 110,000 fans, yet Auburn is an extremely good team. Ohio State did lose a realatively close game to Northwestern, who is not a bad team this year (though i wouldn't call them good). They played about as poorly as they can, and were impressive a few weeks back at NCState, who you will see I think is a very good ballclub. Speaking of NCState, Wake Forest lost in OT to NCState, i didn't expect them to make it as close as they did, so why should i move them down? Georgia Tech lost to the 4th best team in the nation w/o the leading rusher in the ACC and argueably the best Defensive End in the nation still weak coming off injury. Clemson has played the most difficult schedule in the nation so far, they are 1-3, but are better than teams that have 1 loss that have lost to Troy or Southern Miss (Nebraska also barely got a by a HORRIBLE Pitt team). Colorado lost to a decent Mizzou team in Missouri, it was a close game, if the game was at Folsom Field Colordo would've likely won. Nebraska hasn't played well all season, eventually I simply started believing they just aren't a great football team. They are decent, but no better than that. On the ACC in general... Yeah, the ACC does have 9 teams in the best 40 in the nation, the ACC has great parity. Miami, FSU, GT, Clemson, NCState, Wake, VT, UVA, and Maryland are all decent football teams. I guess you would say there are only 7 teams that deserve the top 40 ranking (Clemson and Wake being left out). I would ask if you've watched them play this year? Also the SEC has 6 teams in my top 25 (Georgia, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, South Carolina ) the Big 12 has 8 in the top 40 (Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Mizzou, Colorado, KState, and Nebraska) the Big 10 has 5 in the top 40 (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan) and the Pac 10 has 3 in the top 15 (USC, Cal, and ASU) 9 in the top 40 is the most for a conference in the top 40, but if the ACC is the second best conference in the nation and the best between teams 5 and 9 (as most of us would agree), 9 in the top 40 is reasonable. Fullforce.....i hate saying this but I think LSU is too high. Put us around #20. This seems like it is a rebuilding year for us, and we got killed by Georgia. I did find a few problems. Purdue- they should be ranked higher. Their offense is great, and their D stepped up against ND. Utah-I really don't understand the #25 ranking. They are a top 15 team. Michigan-they are still a top 25 team. Wake Forest-they are too high. Clemson-sorry qcomdrj....but they are not a top 40 team right now.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 29, 2004 17:18:49 GMT -5
Does anyone here actually think USC is worthy of the #1 spot.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 26, 2004 16:46:34 GMT -5
Overall this is a pretty good list, however I do have a few problems.
-USC- #7 is about right, maybe a little low. -Auburn- #8 is too high. Auburn has a relatively one dimensional offense, and tends to struggle in games where they are forced to throw the ball. Maybe #11 or 12 is more appropriate. -Tennessee- Aside from their QB controversy this is a very talented team. Once they decide on which QB gets the starts, the Vols may win the SEC East or even the entire SEC. The Vols should be ranked ahead of Auburn. -Florida- To this point Chris Leak has not played up to the level he did last year. The Gators beat Kentucky 20-3 in the swamp, and that is not impressive. Florida should be around #17 or 18. -Arizona State-They have been impressive so far. However I think putting them at #15 is a bit much. 18 or 19 seems a little more appropriate to me, although 15 is still reasonable. -Utah- This is a good team. They should be ranked higher. I would put them around #15. -Virginia Tech- They have now lost 2. They should be in the bottom 5 of your top 40. Though they did outplay USC (and should have won), they are not worthy of that high ranking. -Purdue- They are far better than you give them credit for. I am not sure Purdue really took the Illini seriously, and it showed on Saturday. This may still be the best team in the BIG 10. -Notre Dame- Somehow this team keeps winning. I think they may actually be a top 20 or 25 team right now. Purdue will be a test for them. -Michigan- They have a young and inexperienced QB. The Wolverines will get it together in will be in good shape by mid season. -Clemson- They are now 1-3. They have played a tough schedule, but they still have not won. I would have them just out of the top 40. -Arkansas-They are now 3-1. The only loss coming to Texas. They beat 3-0 Alabama yesturday and they deserve a higher ranking. This is a young team, but Matt Jones will keep them in most games.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 16, 2004 20:17:11 GMT -5
tigerbait I agree with just about everything you said there, except L'Ville's Offense. Hanging 50+ points on Army is not amazing..thats average. and 28 against Kentucky, doesnt everyone score like 40+ on Kentucky? I could be wrong on this but I think L'ville will not live up to its hype. I am not biased, I have nothing against them, I just think they are a little overated. It is early in the season lobo. They will still impress....I might reconsider that #1 offense in the nation comment.....but Louisvilles offense will still be explosive.
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Post by tigerbait99 on Sept 14, 2004 19:31:50 GMT -5
-Texas barely beat a mediocre Arkansas team so #3 is too high. Their other opponent North Texas got beat by Florida Atlantic (or something like that.) -Florida State is now 0-1, they should not be in front of the other strong BCS conference teams that are 2-0. -Georgia was barely able to get by S. Carolina, and the gave up far to many points to 1AA Georgia Southern. -Purdue has been nothing but impressive so far. Their offense is strong, and their defense should be adequate for BIG 10 play. They are ranked too low. -I will try to hold off on some of my bias, however LSU is still 2-0, and should be ranked higher. -Auburn has yet to be proven against a strong opponent, they will play LSU this weekend and should get their first real test. They are at least a top 15 team, however I am not sure they are worthy of a top 10 spot at this point. -USC.....I just won't comment. -Michigan is still a top 20 team. They had a poor showing against ND, but they are starting a new QB, and will be better by mid-season. -Ohio State might be ranked a bit high. They have now had their first close game of the year with Marshall, and the Buckeyes were not impressive against Cincinnati. -Utah should be in the top 20, Boise and Fresno should be in the top 25. Southern Miss deserves consideration as well. -Clemson should have fallen to maybe 20-25. GT is not a bad team, but the Tigers can't afford another start like last seasons. They should again finish strong, but this team needs some improvement from what I have seen. -Georgia Tech-#14 is way too high. They should be maybe 24 or 25 at best IMO. -Maryland should be ranked, however #10 is too high. Maybe #15-18 would be a little bit more appropriate. No offense though...we are all a little bias. -Northern Illinois had a scare against a good 1AA program in Southern Illinois. I am uncertain as to where they should be placed. -Louisville is ranked too low. They will have an amazing offense this year, and their defense will be good enough hold down some opponents. -Cal has been great so far, their offense has been explosive. Their defense still leaves some to be desired, however this is a top 15 team. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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