College Preseason Rankings

timmgirvan · #1 08-19-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ddthetide

at least they'll make a major bowl because of the cupcake schedule they play.

As will LSU.......52nd ranked SOS!

ddthetide · #2 08-20-2007, 05:24 AM

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As will LSU.......52nd ranked SOS!

lsu has to get through the SEC. the big east should no longer get an automatic bcs bid.

Cannon Shell · #3 08-20-2007, 10:51 AM

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lsu has to get through the SEC. the big east should no longer get an automatic bcs bid.

The Big East has three teams ranked in the top 16. The Big 12 has 2. The SEC has 4. The Pac 10 has 3, The Acc has 1, The Big 10 has 3. I think the Big East is just fine. LSU plays a very fortunate schedule this year in that all of it's tough games are at home. I give them credit for playing Va. Tech because some of the other SEC schools seem to be content with cupcake city outside of the league schedule.

Cannon Shell · #4 08-20-2007, 11:27 AM

You know like.......Florida

Danzig · #5 08-20-2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Big East has three teams ranked in the top 16. The Big 12 has 2. The SEC has 4. The Pac 10 has 3, The Acc has 1, The Big 10 has 3. I think the Big East is just fine. LSU plays a very fortunate schedule this year in that all of it's tough games are at home. I give them credit for playing Va. Tech because some of the other SEC schools seem to be content with cupcake city outside of the league schedule.

ought to make up for that horrendous away schedule they had last year.

deltagulf · #6 08-20-2007, 07:47 PM

people seem to forget these college schedule are made years in advance.
lsu first game is just 10 days away. against mississippi state.

go tigers!!

Danzig · #7 08-20-2007, 08:04 PM

also funny how cupcake schedules are decried. they ALL play them. difference is in the big games, and the SEC is thought by most to be the toughest conference. with good reason!
a certain team was mentioned last year as deserving being named national champs as they went undefeated. they beat exactly one ranked team all year, in the last play of a very close bowl game. now THAT's crazy.

#8 08-20-2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Big East has three teams ranked in the top 16. The Big 12 has 2. The SEC has 4. The Pac 10 has 3, The Acc has 1, The Big 10 has 3. I think the Big East is just fine. LSU plays a very fortunate schedule this year in that all of it's tough games are at home. I give them credit for playing Va. Tech because some of the other SEC schools seem to be content with cupcake city outside of the league schedule.

Why did you use the Top 16? Could it be because Rutgers of the Big East is 16th? How about Starting at the Top 15. Then we have a diff. picture.

I also love this in baseball. Well in Tito's last 24 at bats he has hit 7 Home Runs. Very nice starting point that 24th at bat since of course that was a home run. That 8th home run came in the 66th at bat from present, so you certainly dont want to say that actually in Tito's last 65 at bats, he has hit 7 home runs. This kind of reading of stats is funny.

OK. So I am nuts. I just think stats and such are so easy to make a certain point look better than it really is.

Anyways... The SEC is very tough again. They will beat up on each other like always. The toughest Conf. away games in the country are in the SEC. And they have been for a while now.

Cannon Shell · #9 08-20-2007, 11:07 PM

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Why did you use the Top 16? Could it be because Rutgers of the Big East is 16th? How about Starting at the Top 15. Then we have a diff. picture.

I also love this in baseball. Well in Tito's last 24 at bats he has hit 7 Home Runs. Very nice starting point that 24th at bat since of course that was a home run. That 8th home run came in the 66th at bat from present, so you certainly dont want to say that actually in Tito's last 65 at bats, he has hit 7 home runs. This kind of reading of stats is funny.

OK. So I am nuts. I just think stats and such are so easy to make a certain point look better than it really is.

Anyways... The SEC is very tough again. They will beat up on each other like always. The toughest Conf. away games in the country are in the SEC. And they have been for a while now.

Well I could have used the top 24 and included 2 from the WAC. I think that if you are rated in the top 16 in the country then you may be ok. I get tired of hearing how great the SEC is and how the rest of the country is no good. Florida, LSU, Auburn, and Georgia and Tenn are consistently good but what about KY, Miss St, Ol Miss, Vanderbilt who are consistently bad? It is not like they play every good team in the conference every year. There is a lot of depth to the conference because there are a lot of good teams but there are a lot of other teams throughout the country that would do just fine in the SEC.

packerbacker7964 · #10 08-20-2007, 11:29 PM

Danzing how bout my Hogs this year? Also what ever happened to Cole Norman in the end?

Danzig · #11 08-21-2007, 03:03 AM

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Danzing how bout my Hogs this year? Also what ever happened to Cole Norman in the end?

haven't heard much about either one...the hogs are ranked 21, so i'm sure the shouting will now begin about how they are ranked too low. and usually when that happens, they show why.
as for norman, last i heard was that his trial will be in november--the criminal trial. there was a civil suit filed as well. (of course).

Danzig · #12 08-21-2007, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Well I could have used the top 24 and included 2 from the WAC. I think that if you are rated in the top 16 in the country then you may be ok. I get tired of hearing how great the SEC is and how the rest of the country is no good. Florida, LSU, Auburn, and Georgia and Tenn are consistently good but what about KY, Miss St, Ol Miss, Vanderbilt who are consistently bad? It is not like they play every good team in the conference every year. There is a lot of depth to the conference because there are a lot of good teams but there are a lot of other teams throughout the country that would do just fine in the SEC.

i think the sec tried to blow it's own horn a lot because they feel slighted on a nationwide level. hard to say tho that by trying to elevate themselves, that they are saying the rest are no good.
and so true about those four teams--they are perennial losers...

ddthetide · #13 08-21-2007, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Well I could have used the top 24 and included 2 from the WAC. I think that if you are rated in the top 16 in the country then you may be ok. I get tired of hearing how great the SEC is and how the rest of the country is no good. Florida, LSU, Auburn, and Georgia and Tenn are consistently good but what about KY, Miss St, Ol Miss, Vanderbilt who are consistently bad? It is not like they play every good team in the conference every year. There is a lot of depth to the conference because there are a lot of good teams but there are a lot of other teams throughout the country that would do just fine in the SEC.

these 4 are still better than the bottom 4 teams in any other conference. sec road games against these teams are no picnic. don't be shocked if vandy beats Bama in nashville, week #2.

Samarta · #14 08-21-2007, 06:20 AM

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these 4 are still better than the bottom 4 teams in any other conference. sec road games against these teams are no picnic. don't be shocked if vandy beats Bama in nashville, week #2.

I wouldn't be shocked if anyone beat Bama....

Damn that felt good....had to get that Bama dig in.....

Cannon Shell · #15 08-21-2007, 12:50 PM

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these 4 are still better than the bottom 4 teams in any other conference. sec road games against these teams are no picnic. don't be shocked if vandy beats Bama in nashville, week #2.

DD
That is an old argument that I always answer with...What difference does it make if you are beating the doormats by 25 or 35?
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Is the SEC the strongest overall football conference. Yes.
Is it that much better than the other power conferences? Not really

SniperSB23 · #16 08-20-2007, 11:36 PM

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Why did you use the Top 16?

If the sport stopped shooting itself in the foot and had a playoffs then the Top 16 would become incredibly significant as that would be the playoff teams.

Danzig · #17 08-21-2007, 03:06 AM

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If the sport stopped shooting itself in the foot and had a playoffs then the Top 16 would become incredibly significant as that would be the playoff teams.

didn't they announce a move towards a playoff? well...at least an extra bowl game between the top two--it's a start. rome wasn't built in a day.