College football preseason predictions

by BirdGT on Feb 14, 2010 12:00 PM EST

Preseason prognosticators are already out in full force. All of the sources I've seen have included the Jackets in the top 25. Mark Schlabach of ESPN has predicted a ranking of 24th for the Jackets 2010 season. Rivals/Yahoo! was a little more generous giving the Jackets a preseason ranking of 19th. The College Football Network one-ups Rivals with a healthy 16th place preseason ranking. Here's a breakdown of our opponents' and other interesting teams' preseason rankings:

I think a lot of Tech fans hope that Iowa rolls through the Big 10 this season to justify our poor bowl performance. Looking back at past bowl losses, we see a few teams using GT as a springboard for a good following season:

Some teams didn't do quite so hot following the bowl beat down of GT.

What are your thoughts on GT's preseason ranking? Too high, too low? What about the other notable team rankings?

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No thoughts

on the preseason ranking, but don’t forget the Gator Bowl against the Hurricanes back in 2000. Miami went 11-1 the next year and won the Sugar Bowl, then went undefeated as National Champion the year after that.

by Howell on Feb 14, 2010 12:37 PM EST reply actions

Don't care about preseason rankings.

Though I think Iowa is gonna be STACKED next year

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Feb 14, 2010 1:43 PM EST reply actions

I'm excited to see what Al Groh's defense will look like

So now our opponents will have to adjust to both sides of the ball when playing us. There aren’t many 3-4 defenses in college ball. If we can get a half-way decent defense we might be worthy of those preseason rankings. Otherwise I’m not so sure we are a top 25 team after losing those 4 key juniors.

Let’s hope Nesbitt works on his throwing accuracy in the offseason

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by Jaxon on Feb 15, 2010 10:50 AM EST reply actions

Really surprised

at the respect UGA is getting with a new defensive coaching staff, very few returning starters on that side of the ball, and a new QB.

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by Markthejacket on Feb 15, 2010 1:23 PM EST reply actions

the ESPN guy

is a uga grad.

I spun around... and there I was, face-to-face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass.

by BirdGT on Feb 15, 2010 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

and also a turd

"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC

by Jesse28 on Feb 15, 2010 3:01 PM EST up reply actions

the Venn diagram is inclusive...

uga fans are included in the sets “douchebags” and “turds”

I spun around... and there I was, face-to-face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass.

by BirdGT on Feb 15, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions