2015 College Football Thread - In Season Edition

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Message SHIG P admin beers 13064 º places 502 º 14:42 Sun 10/18/2015 Originally posted by TheAlum Iowa should be ranked ahead of Stanford. #justsayin The way those games ended up lopsided you would think that as well. Iowa>NW>Stanford rule should apply, but I’m sure they are giving them the first game of the year benefit of the doubt.
Message brokensail P admin beers 21480 º places 1691 º 15:32 Sun 10/18/2015 The only lopsided games Iowa has had are North Texas (bottom 5 FBS team) and Northwestern. They’re also hurt by the perception of their schedule. Yes, Stanford shit the bed against Northwestern, and have since won their next five games by a combined 111 points (and it should really be more as they didn’t even play in the fourth quarter against Arizona or UCLA). I don’t think either team is a world beater, and Stanford certainly has their own problems (thin, inexperienced defense, for instance...and Kevin Hogan), but let’s not get too excited here. Both teams are pretty much at the same spot in the polls. It doesn’t really matter where you’re ranked if you’re in that 10 or 12 or 13 or whatever range.
Message Homer321 P beers 5369 º places 54 º 16:25 Sun 10/18/2015 If those rules applied shouldn’t Memphis and Florida be in the top 8 since they both beat Ole Miss who beat Bama? On the bright side of the Gator loss, I’m feeling better about the Georgia game in two weeks.

Message SHIG P admin beers 13064 º places 502 º 17:19 Sun 10/18/2015 Originally posted by Homer321 If those rules applied shouldn’t Memphis and Florida be in the top 8 since they both beat Ole Miss who beat Bama? On the bright side of the Gator loss, I’m feeling better about the Georgia game in two weeks. Maybe, but Bama will always get the Saban bump. Voters love that guy!
Message brokensail P admin beers 21480 º places 1691 º 18:09 Sun 10/18/2015 And yes, the transitive approach to ranking is not valid, as we’ve seen this year and many other times.
Message TheAlum beers 7164 º places 10 º 18:48 Sun 10/18/2015 Pitt win keeps looking better too. Again.. undefeated team that curb stomped NW vs team that lost to the same team (that keeps looking like a worse and worse loss for Stanford). Probably due another loss next weekend @ NEB too. Committee will get it right should it ever matter.
Message TheAlum beers 7164 º places 10 º 10:02 Mon 10/19/2015 http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-college-football-ucf-knights-george-o-leary-florida-football-landscape/

Message GodOfThunder P beers 1364 º places 65 º 11:38 Mon 10/19/2015 Originally posted by TheAlum http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-college-football-ucf-knights-george-o-leary-florida-football-landscape/ That’s actually a pretty good article. We’ve had a few great years, but sustaining our success is not easy. Kevin Smith was the first Junior to leave UCF early. In the last two years, we’ve had 3 others along with a large senior class last year. It hurts us. Combine that with the effects of our NCAA sanctions, which are really being felt now, a good amount of recruiting busts, injuries, and overall youth, and you get what we have now. We’ve had a lot of bad stuff happen, and we aren’t a good team. But, our geography and size will get us back to where we need to be. Maybe not winning Fiesta Bowls, but we will be a leader in the conference for a while.
Message brokensail P admin beers 21480 º places 1691 º 02:28 Wed 10/21/2015 http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2015/10/20/9573677/hatin-ass-spurriers-back Hatin Ass Spurrier posts are always on point, but holy shit did this one just kill it for me.
Message TheAlum beers 7164 º places 10 º 10:04 Wed 10/21/2015 Originally posted by GodOfThunder Originally posted by TheAlum http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-college-football-ucf-knights-george-o-leary-florida-football-landscape/ That’s actually a pretty good article. We’ve had a few great years, but sustaining our success is not easy. Kevin Smith was the first Junior to leave UCF early. In the last two years, we’ve had 3 others along with a large senior class last year. It hurts us. Combine that with the effects of our NCAA sanctions, which are really being felt now, a good amount of recruiting busts, injuries, and overall youth, and you get what we have now. We’ve had a lot of bad stuff happen, and we aren’t a good team. But, our geography and size will get us back to where we need to be. Maybe not winning Fiesta Bowls, but we will be a leader in the conference for a while. I definitely agree it was a good article. It seemed like UCF was poised to push the other Florida secondary tier schools down. Recruiting has been laughable though. With UCF’s current crash.. who knows who will (if anyone) reach up and grab that brass ring.