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Mdot21

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #42 on: October 29, 2018, 11:53:52 AM »
This Dawg edition has "issues".  Maybe like many Dawg fans I expect something close to perfection, but the defense is missing Roquan and is not stopping the run very well.  The offense can look great and then awful in minutes.  The OL is really dinged up and not playing like last year's at all.

Florida could have made that a very close game had the turnovers not killed them, and the almost did anyway until late.
Watched the entire game start to finish. Have to say, I was not that impressed with Georgia. Florida probably could've ran for 300 yards had they been more committed to running the ball. They let Franks throw it too much and Felipe Franks is awful. Pretty much any Felipe Franks pass is a wasted play. Not sure he could throw for 250 yards in a skeleton drill with like 4 or 5 receivers and no defense. He really blew that game for Florida and handed it right to Georgia. The Georgia defense was getting very little to no pressure on Franks and they had issues stopping the run and tackling. Most of Franks' bad plays honestly were unforced. He had all day in the pocket, he's just friggin terrible.
Florida was also missing 3 starting DBs and had issues in coverage all day long. Not sure that's the case if they have their guys. The Florida defense also never bothered to cover the TE once.
Florida is a very flawed team right now. There was no way they should've been ranked 9th. I think Mullen is a heck of a coach and their OL and run game is much improved, but they are going nowhere fast with Franks. They need to make a QB change now and build for the future.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #43 on: October 30, 2018, 07:56:34 AM »
Agree about UGA and UF both.  I also was at the last game where Bama was an underdog.  They led 31-0 at the half as I recall.  Just about everything that could go wrong did for the home team.  They sort of made it back in the second half a bit.

Michigan has been looking stout of late for obvious reasons, kind of like LSU in some ways.  Defense and enough offense.

Clemson has been looking better also, almost as if they might be able to play with that other team.  Some of that of course can be competition, but they demolished an undefeated NCSU.  The ACC is not much of a challenge these days.

It's weird, to me, how conferences can be very strong one year, or at least pretty solid, and look so weak the next.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #44 on: October 30, 2018, 08:17:54 AM »
1. Alabama
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. Notre Dame
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma
8. Clemson
9. West Virginia
10. Washington State
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #45 on: October 30, 2018, 08:19:57 AM »
I know Ohio State looked really bad, but I still think they are a very talented team with "holes", especially on D (duh).  Put them up against say ND in a bowl game and I think OSU comes out with a win.

Michigan versus LSU would be a fun game to watch, a slugfest, probably 6-4 in double OT.

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« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2018, 08:43:43 AM »
Auburn’s offense is terrible but they have a pretty good defense.
A&M and Miami are just bad football teams imo.
Not sure why there's such a precipitous drop-off in offensive production.  I thought that outside of "David" Tua, Stidham would have been able to make a claim as the SEC's second-best QB.  That obviously isn't the case at this point.
Gus's seat has to be feeling a bit toasty.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #47 on: October 30, 2018, 10:33:09 AM »
I don't regard A&M as a "bad football team".  They are 5-3 and hung with both Bama (a bit) and Clemson (to the end).  They also play at Auburn this weekend.  Auburn is a slight favorite.

One might consider Auburn close to bad after their loss AT HOME to Tennessee.

Auburn may be the most disappointing team versus preseason in existence.

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« Reply #48 on: October 30, 2018, 01:51:10 PM »
I don't regard A&M as a "bad football team".  They are 5-3 and hung with both Bama (a bit) and Clemson (to the end).  They also play at Auburn this weekend.  Auburn is a slight favorite.

One might consider Auburn close to bad after their loss AT HOME to Tennessee.

Auburn may be the most disappointing team versus preseason in existence.
Hmm. Not sure I agree on A&M. They got blown off the field by Bama 45-23. They hung with Bama for about a QTR and a half. They played Clemson tough- but that was before Lawrerence took over- and Clemson always plays teams they should crush close. Clemson seems to be a team that plays up or down to it's level of competition.
Look at their wins. They beat an FCS Northwestern State. They beat Louisiana Monroe. And they squeaked by mediocre South Carolina and Arkansas teams. They also probably should've lost to Kentucky and they just got a double digit beat down by a Mississippi State team that is one dimensional on offense and can't throw the football at all.
I just don't think A&M is that good.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #49 on: November 04, 2018, 08:36:33 PM »
Bump.  Updated through games on November 3rd.

1. Bama
2. Clemson
3. ND
4. Michigan
5. UGA
6. Oklahoma
7. Wazzu
8. LSU
9. WVU
10. Ohio St
11. Kentucky
12. UCF
13. Syracuse
14.Texas
15. Florida
16.NC St
17. Boston College
18. Mississippi St
19. Michigan St
20. Penn St
21. Wisconsin
22. Iowa
23. Iowa St
24. Auburn
25. Washington
« Last Edit: November 05, 2018, 05:54:09 AM by Kris60 »

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #50 on: November 04, 2018, 08:56:23 PM »
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Michigan
4. Notre Dame
5. West Virginia
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. LSU
9. Texas
10. Washington State
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #51 on: November 11, 2018, 09:44:09 AM »
Updated through November 10.

1. Bama
2. Clemson
3. ND
4. Michigan
5. UGA
6. Oklahoma
7. Wazzu
8. WVU
9. Ohio St
10. LSU
11. UCF
12. Texas
13. Penn St
14. Syracuse
15. Kentucky
16. Florida
17. Iowa St
18. Washington
19. Utah
20. Mississippi St
21. Duke
22. Northwestern
23. Auburn
24. Iowa
25. Texas A&M

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #52 on: November 11, 2018, 10:57:22 AM »
The highest ranked team to lose was NCSU (13th I think).  So, no change in top ten is really needed unless you drop OU for that close call.

Ohio State looked better of course on the road in a critical game, maybe they are sorting out some issues?

Alabama's offense is looking slightly mortal.  Clemson had a nice road win.  ND avoided any pretense of an upset.

Georgia labored for a while but eventually carved up Auburn with Swift, again, breaking a long one.


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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #53 on: November 11, 2018, 11:16:20 AM »
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Michigan
4. Georgia
5. Notre Dame
6. West Virginia
7. Ohio State
8. LSU
9. Washington State
10. Oklahoma

I definitely considered keeping OU out, but I ran out of teams to comfortably place above them.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #54 on: November 11, 2018, 11:19:32 AM »
I think OU would be a very dangerous opponent.  A team could get in a scoring match with them and have a couple drives stopped by turnovers and lose.

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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #55 on: November 11, 2018, 01:23:47 PM »
The highest ranked team to lose was NCSU (13th I think).  So, no change in top ten is really needed unless you drop OU for that close call.




Maybe, maybe not.  The idea that if you win you keep your spot is sorta poll era thinking.  The committee reevaluates you and your resume each week like it’s the first time they’ve ever seen it.  There is no baseline from last week to go by.
Now that I’ve gotten all preachy I think there is a good chance you are right.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see no movement at all in the top 10, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a little movement either.  Last week WVU was evaluated as a team with 3 wins over teams with winning records.  This week they will be evaluated as a team with one such win.  Ohio St last week had one such win.  This week they have two.  LSU had six of those wins last week.  This week they have 4.
My top 7 stayed the same but I moved around 8-10.  WVU and Ohio St moved up a spot in mine and LSU dropped two.  We’ll see what the committee does.

 

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