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FearlessF

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« Reply #182 on: November 22, 2018, 09:32:05 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 22, 2018, 09:29:43 AM
Getting to 8-3 after a 1-4 start would indeed be amazing.
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« Reply #183 on: November 22, 2018, 09:37:12 AM »
I prefer body of work over how are they playing now

injuries and other strange things happen in college football, early in the season and late in the season

to be a truly great team and merit a top 4 slot, you need to come out of the gate well and not stumble early
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #184 on: November 22, 2018, 10:09:33 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 22, 2018, 09:29:43 AM
Getting to 8-3 after a 1-4 start would indeed be amazing.
They are THAT good ...
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« Reply #185 on: November 22, 2018, 10:15:45 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 22, 2018, 09:37:12 AM
I prefer body of work over how are they playing now

injuries and other strange things happen in college football, early in the season and late in the season

to be a truly great team and merit a top 4 slot, you need to come out of the gate well and not stumble early
So much this. 

Injuries are part of football. The schools that have enough depth to withstand them are better "teams" than the ones that don't.
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #186 on: November 22, 2018, 10:20:07 AM »
This is one reason polls numbers vary so much.

1.  Body of work folks.
2.  How they are playing NOW folks.
3.  Who would beat who in an NF folks.
4.  Some kind of eye test or other
5.  Helmet.
6.  Some blend of the above.
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« Reply #187 on: November 22, 2018, 10:36:05 AM »
^^^^^

But mostly helmet. :)
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #188 on: November 22, 2018, 10:39:34 AM »
Then there is the "best teams for the playoff", as opposed to simply "the best teams".

I submit there is a difference between the two, perhaps subtle, but in an important way.

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« Reply #189 on: November 22, 2018, 11:14:38 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 22, 2018, 09:37:12 AM
I prefer body of work over how are they playing now

injuries and other strange things happen in college football, early in the season and late in the season

to be a truly great team and merit a top 4 slot, you need to come out of the gate well and not stumble early
This.  Not 100% this, but this.
We can all agree a team in November can be "better' than the same team in September.
BUT...what happens in September matters.  It happened.  
Imo, too many people throw it out, and start endorsing the 10-3 team who stunk in September as a viable "best team at the end of the season" crap.
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #190 on: November 22, 2018, 11:32:43 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 22, 2018, 10:15:45 AM
So much this.

Injuries are part of football. The schools that have enough depth to withstand them are better "teams" than the ones that don't.
not only this, but ya gotta have a bit of good luck to either go undefeated or only one loss
yes, September games count
unfortunately this leads some teams to schedule lightly in September
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« Reply #191 on: November 22, 2018, 12:14:49 PM »
When we have auto bids for Conference champs, it will then behoove teams to schedule a tougher nonCon slate in order to prepare themselves for the rigors of their Conference schedule.
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #192 on: November 22, 2018, 12:45:43 PM »
right, in your dreams
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« Reply #193 on: November 22, 2018, 12:53:23 PM »
I do indeed dream of the day that we have auto-bids for Conference champs as a result of a slightly expanded playoff field. It is going to be awesome when that happens.
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Re: Post Your Top 10
« Reply #194 on: November 22, 2018, 12:56:59 PM »
One of the reasons I prefer body of work as opposed to how they are playing now is the break from the postseason to the regular season.

If they jumped right into the playoffs after the regular season ended then maybe I’d be more open to considering how a team was playing at the moment.  But the regular season ends and everyone takes a month off and then comes back and plays.  It’s like hitting a reset button.
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« Reply #195 on: November 22, 2018, 12:57:19 PM »
They'd schedule 3-4 cupcakes to avoid injuries to starters and acquire meaningful depth.  At leas the smart ones would.
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