It pays to be prescient - Miami/FSU and polltalk cont'd
by EffinDane on Sep 8, 2009 9:44 AM EDT
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PrintEdit: I've attached my newest Top 25 after the jump for your reference.
That's right, I called it. They laughed. Eh, what can you do other than rank 'em and see what happens?
Scary things are happening in Florida. UF will win the MNC this year, FSU will be good, but it looks like Miami will be just a bit better than them this season.
The nice thing about this is that I already had Miami at 18th, where they will remain (of course, it wouldn't take a whole lot of convincing to get me to bump them over Clemson, ahem readers). As for FSU... losing at the end by some brilliant plays by Miami doesn't exactly give me a whole lot of reason to punish them terribly... yet. The worst that will happen is that they will drop 2 spots to #22, but at any rate they will stay about Nebraska.
What does this have to do with Georgia Tech? Well, we play Miami in like 10 days, and if we can't figure out a way to put some serious pressure on Harris, we may be in some serious trouble. It was unnerving to see the pass protection the 'Canes displayed, and guess what - they can run the ball too. I wasn't exactly impressed by our defensive line this past Saturday, and while I love Derrick Morgan, I can see Miami having the resources to take care of him will keeping Harris clean (read: double/triple coverage).
The story on defense is a little different. Once again, we have the blessing of running an unconventional offense, and since Miami has a new DC, we may be able to get them a little off-guard. Also, they can't afford to spend too much time just preparing for us when facing VT and Oklahoma in such a small time frame. Yes, their defense may still be a question pertaining to us, but there is no question that they are pretty good.
Hell, the whole team is pretty damn good. But that's should be a surprise. I already told you that a long, long time ago.
/danebrag
Also, I dropped WVU for the Bearcats. Whatever. From now on, that spot means "Insert who I think will win the Big East here."
1 Florida
2 Texas
3 USC
4 Alabama
5 OKSU
6 Penn State
7 Cal
8 Oklahoma
9 Virginia Tech
10 Ole Miss
11 BYU
12 LSU
13 Georgia Tech
14 TCU
15 Boise State
16 Ohio State
17 Clemson
18 Miami
19 uga
20 Utah
21 Cincinnati
22 FSU
23 Nebraska
24 Navy
25 Tenn
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Love the Big East spot. Sadly for them, that is really how it’s going to be.
As for Miami, I don’t think too many people would have a problem with them being above Clemson. In fact, I’ll say it’s a no-brainer. They just look like a better team top to bottom. I don’t like it as it pertains to GT, but it’s true.
As for the rest, I’m still not in agreement with completely dropping Oregon off the list while not really moving Boise St up much at all. Not after only the first week in the season at least. I’m also not sure I would have BYU up that high, but at least you didn’t put them ahead of OU. Also, good to see Navy on the list. And, without going back and checking on where you originally had Cal (I’m tired and lazy right now, sue me), they probably shouldn’t move that high based off a Maryland win, though in the end they will most assuredly deserve to be in the top ten.*
Other than those things, it looks solid. It’s hard to argue for a move in either direction outside of a spot or two for most of the teams. Week 2 will really start to show a teams true colors and we’ll have more to evaluate.
*This pont of view is clearly dependent on how one goes about their polls. Some base it off how they think they will end up at seasons end, other derive theirs based on how they see the teams at the moment. And as for movement in the polls, some look at each week as a clean slate, while other consider the previous weeks poll positions. I look at how I see the teams right now and adjust each new poll in relation to the last, and as such I disagree with large moves in either direction based on only one weeks worth of games. If a team continues to improve or falter, then the rise and drops will grow. Ex: Oregon lost to Boise St. in Week 1 and looked rather bad doing so. If they were originally ranked 10th, then I would probably drop them somewhere between 15-20, while also movig Boise St up a couple of spots. If Oregon then proceeded to flop in Week 2 they would get bounced from the top 25 altogether. I just wanted to share my thought process to clarify why I agree/disagree with certain aspects of the polls presented here. For future reference and all, etc etc…
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick
I kind of wanted to put Cal
Up in the Top 10 to begin with, but I bought into the Oregon hype. I wish could find this one website where someone tears Oregon apart in the preseason… everything he said was right, and I wish I would have listened to him.
Regardless, I have a serious man-crush on outstanding runningbacks not named Moreno (who wasn’t all that outstanding but whatever). That Maryland blowout really got me going.
And the Boise thing is still kind of eh. Oregon looked awful, and Boise beat them while also looking awful. It was an awfuld game. Thursday night was awful football. The good news is that as long as Boise blows everyone on their schedule out (which they should if they are a BCS team), they will move up into the Top 10 eventually. Right now though, I think Oregon really sucks that bad and Boise is getting the benefit of the doubt.
Yeah
I should have looked into Cal more myself as I originally didn’t see what the hype was about. I agree that they are a very good team, and yes they demolished Maryland, but we are also still talking about Maryland who is about as bi-polar as a team can get.
Agreed on Moreno, ha!
You are right, Thursday night was awful football, which is why I don’t put too much weight into Week 1 unless it’s very clear that the team is running on all cylinders. A lot of teams just have to get over the anxiety of it all and knock a little rust off. I’d drop Oregon no doubt, but I don’t think I would drop them entirely out, not yet anyways.
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick
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