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RE: College Football preview
This is the only sport where I do not let anybody interrupt a day (Saturday) for it, although having games during the week helps with my addiction.
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RE: College Football preview
USF shows up at #40. So this means UCF is projected to win the AAC.
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RE: College Football preview
Iowa shows up at #39.
Wow looking at their writeup- they avoid playing Ohio St, Michigan, and Michigan St from the East. How is that possible?
Did love their new tradition they started last year of waving to the kids in the childrens hospital at the end of the 1st quarter of every game last year.
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RE: College Football preview
#39 Iowa
#40 South Florida
#41 Memphis
#42 UCLA
#43 Boston College
#44 Houston
#45 Duke
#46 Texas Tech
#47 Pittsburgh
#48 Nebraska
#49 Northern Illinois
#50 Marshall
#51 California
#52 Fresno State
#53 Wake Forest
#54 Toledo
#55 Arkansas State
#56 Tennessee
#57 Wyoming
#58 Virginia
#59 Ole Miss
#60 Louisiana Tech
#61 Missouri
#62 Navy
#63 Temple
#64 North Texas
#65 Georgia Tech
#66 Purdue
#67 Middle Tennessee
#68 Kentucky
#69 Troy
#70 Army
#71 Indiana
#72 Washington State
#73 Arkansas
#74 Appalachian State
#75 Minnesota
#76 Southern Miss
#77 BYU
#78 Arizona State
#79 Vanderbilt
#80 North Carolina
#81 SMU
#82 Baylor
#83 Maryland
#84 Syracuse
#85 Colorado State
#86 Ohio
#87 Rutgers
#88 Utah State
#89 Tulane
#90 UAB
#91 Buffalo
#92 Colorado
#93 Air Force
#94 Western Kentucky
#95 Western Michigan
#96 Massachusetts
#97 Tulsa
#98 Old Dominion
#99 Cincinnati
#100 Illinois
#101 Miami (OH)
#102 Florida International
#103 Georgia Southern
#104 Akron
A few quick thoughts so far:
Colorado, Ole Miss, Missouri, and Kentucky seem way undervalued. Tennessee is way too high and realistically could finish in the 80s or higher based on their schedule. Not as familiar with some of the other G5 teams but Cincinnati seems a bit undervalued as well.
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RE: College Football preview
(07-23-2018 08:46 AM)Gamecock Wrote: #39 Iowa
#40 South Florida
#41 Memphis
#42 UCLA
#43 Boston College
#44 Houston
#45 Duke
#46 Texas Tech
#47 Pittsburgh
#48 Nebraska
#49 Northern Illinois
#50 Marshall
#51 California
#52 Fresno State
#53 Wake Forest
#54 Toledo
#55 Arkansas State
#56 Tennessee
#57 Wyoming
#58 Virginia
#59 Ole Miss
#60 Louisiana Tech
#61 Missouri
#62 Navy
#63 Temple
#64 North Texas
#65 Georgia Tech
#66 Purdue
#67 Middle Tennessee
#68 Kentucky
#69 Troy
#70 Army
#71 Indiana
#72 Washington State
#73 Arkansas
#74 Appalachian State
#75 Minnesota
#76 Southern Miss
#77 BYU
#78 Arizona State
#79 Vanderbilt
#80 North Carolina
#81 SMU
#82 Baylor
#83 Maryland
#84 Syracuse
#85 Colorado State
#86 Ohio
#87 Rutgers
#88 Utah State
#89 Tulane
#90 UAB
#91 Buffalo
#92 Colorado
#93 Air Force
#94 Western Kentucky
#95 Western Michigan
#96 Massachusetts
#97 Tulsa
#98 Old Dominion
#99 Cincinnati
#100 Illinois
#101 Miami (OH)
#102 Florida International
#103 Georgia Southern
#104 Akron
A few quick thoughts so far:
Colorado, Ole Miss, Missouri, and Kentucky seem way undervalued. Tennessee is way too high and realistically could finish in the 80s or higher based on their schedule. Not as familiar with some of the other G5 teams but Cincinnati seems a bit undervalued as well.
With all due respect, I don't get the point of this thread. It's just the opinion of one web site, I mean, if the AP poll was releasing their top 25 one day at a time, I could see tracking and discussing that, because the AP poll at least has some historical legacy behind it.
I don't even know who "college football madness" is.
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07-23-2018 02:23 PM |
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quo vadis
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RE: College Football preview
(07-22-2018 03:07 PM)sierrajip Wrote: This is the only sport where I do not let anybody interrupt a day (Saturday) for it, although having games during the week helps with my addiction.
Yes, my wife knows ... on CF Saturday's, I'm up at 8 AM, flip on "Game Day" and have that on in the background for 3 hours as I putter around and take care of some business around the house, then at 11 AM (CST) I turn on the other two of my three TVs in the cave, and have a game on each one of them for basically the next 13 hours, unless a very compelling west coast game goes on even longer than that, or unless I finally fall asleep in my chair, LOL.
I make it up to her by making Friday a big date day and night, LOL.
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RE: College Football preview
(07-23-2018 02:23 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (07-23-2018 08:46 AM)Gamecock Wrote: #39 Iowa
#40 South Florida
#41 Memphis
#42 UCLA
#43 Boston College
#44 Houston
#45 Duke
#46 Texas Tech
#47 Pittsburgh
#48 Nebraska
#49 Northern Illinois
#50 Marshall
#51 California
#52 Fresno State
#53 Wake Forest
#54 Toledo
#55 Arkansas State
#56 Tennessee
#57 Wyoming
#58 Virginia
#59 Ole Miss
#60 Louisiana Tech
#61 Missouri
#62 Navy
#63 Temple
#64 North Texas
#65 Georgia Tech
#66 Purdue
#67 Middle Tennessee
#68 Kentucky
#69 Troy
#70 Army
#71 Indiana
#72 Washington State
#73 Arkansas
#74 Appalachian State
#75 Minnesota
#76 Southern Miss
#77 BYU
#78 Arizona State
#79 Vanderbilt
#80 North Carolina
#81 SMU
#82 Baylor
#83 Maryland
#84 Syracuse
#85 Colorado State
#86 Ohio
#87 Rutgers
#88 Utah State
#89 Tulane
#90 UAB
#91 Buffalo
#92 Colorado
#93 Air Force
#94 Western Kentucky
#95 Western Michigan
#96 Massachusetts
#97 Tulsa
#98 Old Dominion
#99 Cincinnati
#100 Illinois
#101 Miami (OH)
#102 Florida International
#103 Georgia Southern
#104 Akron
A few quick thoughts so far:
Colorado, Ole Miss, Missouri, and Kentucky seem way undervalued. Tennessee is way too high and realistically could finish in the 80s or higher based on their schedule. Not as familiar with some of the other G5 teams but Cincinnati seems a bit undervalued as well.
With all due respect, I don't get the point of this thread. It's just the opinion of one web site, I mean, if the AP poll was releasing their top 25 one day at a time, I could see tracking and discussing that, because the AP poll at least has some historical legacy behind it.
I don't even know who "college football madness" is.
I will take that a bit further.
For me, just about anything said or written during the entire off season is meaningless.
I don't ever pay any attention to any polls, write-ups, projections, predictions, "in depth analysis", etc... in the off season.
I just tune in for the games. Those are the only things that count. The games themselves will tell the true story.
Almost everything else (except injury, suspension or expulsion off season news) is pretty much just word vomit to fill dead air, get internet clicks or to sell subscriptions.
Hearing that the players are "really getting after it" in off season workouts or reading "predictions" from Dennis Dodds, Paul Finebaum or some other talking head is never anything I am interested in.
(This post was last modified: 07-23-2018 03:10 PM by TerryD.)
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RE: College Football preview
(07-23-2018 02:23 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (07-23-2018 08:46 AM)Gamecock Wrote: #39 Iowa
#40 South Florida
#41 Memphis
#42 UCLA
#43 Boston College
#44 Houston
#45 Duke
#46 Texas Tech
#47 Pittsburgh
#48 Nebraska
#49 Northern Illinois
#50 Marshall
#51 California
#52 Fresno State
#53 Wake Forest
#54 Toledo
#55 Arkansas State
#56 Tennessee
#57 Wyoming
#58 Virginia
#59 Ole Miss
#60 Louisiana Tech
#61 Missouri
#62 Navy
#63 Temple
#64 North Texas
#65 Georgia Tech
#66 Purdue
#67 Middle Tennessee
#68 Kentucky
#69 Troy
#70 Army
#71 Indiana
#72 Washington State
#73 Arkansas
#74 Appalachian State
#75 Minnesota
#76 Southern Miss
#77 BYU
#78 Arizona State
#79 Vanderbilt
#80 North Carolina
#81 SMU
#82 Baylor
#83 Maryland
#84 Syracuse
#85 Colorado State
#86 Ohio
#87 Rutgers
#88 Utah State
#89 Tulane
#90 UAB
#91 Buffalo
#92 Colorado
#93 Air Force
#94 Western Kentucky
#95 Western Michigan
#96 Massachusetts
#97 Tulsa
#98 Old Dominion
#99 Cincinnati
#100 Illinois
#101 Miami (OH)
#102 Florida International
#103 Georgia Southern
#104 Akron
A few quick thoughts so far:
Colorado, Ole Miss, Missouri, and Kentucky seem way undervalued. Tennessee is way too high and realistically could finish in the 80s or higher based on their schedule. Not as familiar with some of the other G5 teams but Cincinnati seems a bit undervalued as well.
With all due respect, I don't get the point of this thread. It's just the opinion of one web site, I mean, if the AP poll was releasing their top 25 one day at a time, I could see tracking and discussing that, because the AP poll at least has some historical legacy behind it.
I don't even know who "college football madness" is.
Who knows. There's not a link or a comprehensive list so I felt like if I posted that it might generate some discussion.
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RE: College Football preview
(07-23-2018 02:27 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (07-22-2018 03:07 PM)sierrajip Wrote: This is the only sport where I do not let anybody interrupt a day (Saturday) for it, although having games during the week helps with my addiction.
Yes, my wife knows ... on CF Saturday's, I'm up at 8 AM, flip on "Game Day" and have that on in the background for 3 hours as I putter around and take care of some business around the house, then at 11 AM (CST) I turn on the other two of my three TVs in the cave, and have a game on each one of them for basically the next 13 hours, unless a very compelling west coast game goes on even longer than that, or unless I finally fall asleep in my chair, LOL.
I make it up to her by making Friday a big date day and night, LOL.
I agree, unless we are at the game of course. Saturdays are 100% for college football 14+ weeks a year.
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07-23-2018 03:17 PM |
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(07-23-2018 03:05 PM)TerryD Wrote: Almost everything else (except injury, suspension or expulsion off season news) is pretty much just word vomit to fill dead air, get internet clicks or to sell subscriptions.
Hearing that the players are "really getting after it" in off season workouts or reading "predictions" from Dennis Dodds, Paul Finebaum or some other talking head is never anything I am interested in.
Yes, there is a dizzying plethora of 'analysis' from talking heads on all these cable channels and web sites, and it's just designed to generate eyeballs for advertisers. I ignore 99.9% of it.
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RE: College Football preview
Louisville shows up at #38. I think if you told Louisville fans this would be where they wound up, they would be fairly happy with that.
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07-24-2018 12:35 PM |
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RE: College Football preview
(07-23-2018 02:27 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (07-22-2018 03:07 PM)sierrajip Wrote: This is the only sport where I do not let anybody interrupt a day (Saturday) for it, although having games during the week helps with my addiction.
Yes, my wife knows ... on CF Saturday's, I'm up at 8 AM, flip on "Game Day" and have that on in the background for 3 hours as I putter around and take care of some business around the house, then at 11 AM (CST) I turn on the other two of my three TVs in the cave, and have a game on each one of them for basically the next 13 hours, unless a very compelling west coast game goes on even longer than that, or unless I finally fall asleep in my chair, LOL.
I make it up to her by making Friday a big date day and night, LOL.
The concessions we make.
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07-24-2018 02:47 PM |
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RE: College Football preview
San Diego St shows up at #36. Got 3 G5 teams left- assuming they're UCF, Boise St, and Florida Atlantic.
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RE: College Football preview
Arizona is #32.
I guess coaches poll should be out on Thursday. That's when they normally do that.
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RE: College Football preview
AP preseason poll is released on August 20th, three weeks from today.
Quote:AP Top 25
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SAVE THE DATES: The preseason Top 25 will be released on Monday, Aug. 20, at noon Eastern.The preseason AP All-America team will be released 24 hours later.
The final 2017-18 poll, to whet your appetite: http://apne.ws/8ZjoPRx
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RE: College Football preview
Texas A&M shows up at #30. Going to be a really interesting season for the Aggies with new coach Jimbo Fisher. Clemson and Alabama in first 4 weeks will be not so fun.
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RE: College Football preview
NC State shows up at #29.
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08-02-2018 09:17 AM |
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RE: College Football preview
Did see that the Coaches poll will be released at noon....
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RE: College Football preview
FAU shows up at #27. So they have it between Boise and UCF for the access spot.
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08-04-2018 08:15 AM |
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RE: College Football preview
Oregon kicks off the top 25 showing up at 25.
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