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Post by sfvega on Aug 6, 2019 9:54:18 GMT -5
Preseason Coaches poll came out. 1. Clemson 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Oklahoma 5. Ohio State 6. LSU 7. Michigan 8. Florida 9. Notre Dame 10. Texas 11. Texas A&M 12. Washington 13. Oregon 14. Penn State 15. Utah 16. Auburn T17. Wisconsin T17. UCF 19. Iowa 20. Michigan State 21. Washington State 22. Syracuse 23. Stanford 24. Iowa State 25. Northwestern Nebraska 152; Boise State 118; Mississippi State 111; Miami 94; Army 91; Kentucky 79; Virginia Tech 64; Texas Christian 63; Southern California 47; Utah State 32; Fresno State 32; Virginia 30; Cincinnati 25; West Virginia 24; Memphis 24; Oklahoma State 20; South Carolina 15; NC State 12; Duke 10; Boston College 5; Florida State 4; Baylor 4; Appalachian State 4; North Texas 3; Houston 3; UCLA 2; Temple 2; Arizona State 2; Troy 1; Tennessee 1; Mississippi 1; Minnesota 1. ND ranked 9th, UCF tied for 17th, Miami unranked. About how I thought it would go, sadly. I actually believe ND is that good this year though. Nebraska basically at 26th. I'm okay with this. Keep them off the radar, and work their way up the ladder. 8-4 hopefully this season. Haven't had a lot of faith in Nebraska this decade, but they're in the right conference and division within that conference. Weirdly, they're almost ranked and the 8th team in voting in the Big Ten. Wouldn't surprise me if a few of those teams had bad years. Penn St seems worse than they have been in a while IMO.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 6, 2019 14:36:26 GMT -5
Nebraska basically at 26th. I'm okay with this. Keep them off the radar, and work their way up the ladder. 8-4 hopefully this season. Haven't had a lot of faith in Nebraska this decade, but they're in the right conference and division within that conference. Weirdly, they're almost ranked and the 8th team in voting in the Big Ten. Wouldn't surprise me if a few of those teams had bad years. Penn St seems worse than they have been in a while IMO. I was okay early on with Nebraska. Was Bo winning the big games against top opponents? Not really, but he was winning games they SHOULD win (Northwestern and Minnesota not withstanding). But then they fired him and hired a guy who should never have been hired in the first place, Mike Riley, just because the AD at the time had a gripe with Bo. A career .500 coach at best whose only major accomplishments were two Grey Cups with Winnipeg. I believe Frost will get Nebraska back to their winning ways. It also helps that he's a former Husker, as that gets brownie points from the fandom. Will he get them back to the National Championship? Hard to tell at this point. I'm more about let's win the West first, and contend for Big Ten Titles first before going for the crown. Remember, Osborne didn't win his first National Championship until 20 years after he took over.
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Post by zero744 on Aug 7, 2019 13:02:41 GMT -5
Everyone knows in order to get close to a title, you first must defeat the voters! Right now I think they have a few teams picked out for playoffs, barring a catastrophic failure.
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Post by sfvega on Aug 12, 2019 6:35:03 GMT -5
UCLA +3 USF +12.5 OK ST -14.5
Laid a little money down on some opening week lines, despite that always being a bad idea.
May put some homer money on Miami +7, but I don't expect to see it back considering Florida is a better team and we STILL have no idea who our QB is. Defense looks killer though.
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Post by sfvega on Aug 18, 2019 5:56:43 GMT -5
Well guys, we made it through the last Saturday pre-college football. The drought it over.
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Post by sfvega on Aug 18, 2019 10:49:36 GMT -5
News is coming in that former Texas RB Cedric Benson died in a motorcycle accident this weekend. He was a top 5 pick in the 05 draft and went on to have a few 1,000 yard seasons with Cincy. But he never quite lived up to how good he was in college. They ran that dude into the ground with 1,100+ career carries at UT. Doak Walker award winner and consensus All American his senior year. He was a friggin load to bring down in the Big XII, and Texas had some serious road graders.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 19, 2019 20:05:52 GMT -5
The question to ask can the beloved Pac-12 After Dark make a comeback
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Post by sfvega on Aug 19, 2019 22:00:28 GMT -5
The question to ask can the beloved Pac-12 After Dark make a comeback Leave the memories alone.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 23, 2019 17:27:02 GMT -5
A gators win would be nice this weekend just to see the excuses Mike Ryan has lol...
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Post by sfvega on Aug 23, 2019 20:47:44 GMT -5
Less than 24 hours away. The drought is over. A gators win would be nice this weekend just to see the excuses Mike Ryan has lol... You're always rooting against me just because of stupid, hilarious Mike Ryan...
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Post by zero744 on Aug 24, 2019 8:58:53 GMT -5
Got 50 yard line 1st row tickets for Maryland/Temple. Will be my first ever FBS game.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 24, 2019 19:02:51 GMT -5
Don't forget after this we got Hawaii/Arizona
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 24, 2019 19:34:37 GMT -5
TD Miami
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Post by sfvega on Aug 24, 2019 19:34:58 GMT -5
Oh hellllll yeah /stonecold
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Post by sfvega on Aug 24, 2019 19:36:08 GMT -5
Don't forget after this we got Hawaii/Arizona Who ya got? I think Arizona and your boy take it.
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Post by sfvega on Aug 24, 2019 19:41:21 GMT -5
Our defense >>> our offense.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 24, 2019 19:42:24 GMT -5
I think Hawaii wins it wasn't really impressed with Tate last season
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Post by sfvega on Aug 24, 2019 19:57:22 GMT -5
I think Hawaii wins it wasn't really impressed with Tate last season Yeah, Hawaii is the better team, but mobile QBs in college don't have to be very good to be very effective. See: Marcus Vick.
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 24, 2019 20:01:54 GMT -5
Didn't take long for the Florida is ranked too high hot takes to come out
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 24, 2019 20:03:44 GMT -5
Second half time
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