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Title: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 14, 2021, 01:59:55 PM
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. OU
4. Ohio St
5. Georgia
6. A&M
7. Notre Dame
8. Iowa St
9. North Carolina
10. Cincinnati
11. Florida
12. Oregon
13. LSU
14. USC
15. Wisconsin
16. Miami
17. Indiana
18. Iowa
19. Texas
20. Penn St
21. Washington
22. Oklahoma St
23. Louisiana
24. Coastal Carolina
25. Ole Miss
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26. Utah
27. Northwestern
28. Arizona St
29. Auburn
30. Liberty
31. BYU
32. TCU
33. Michigan
34. UCF
35. NC State
36. Boise St
37. Kentucky
38. San Jose St
39. Army
40. Virginia Tech
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 14, 2021, 02:16:31 PM



How did you guys allow yourselves to fall behind the Bearcats? 




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Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 14, 2021, 02:27:08 PM
With what we lost on offense and how bad our defense was, a preseason ranking of 11 shows Florida a lot of respect.  No?
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 14, 2021, 08:23:23 PM
Yeah, that's the most alarming part. They clearly got a helmet bump combined with an SEC bump in the preseason rankings, yet not even all that was enough to propel them above Cincinnati. 
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: MaximumSam on August 14, 2021, 08:27:30 PM
I have a hard time seeing Jack Coan leading ND to a top ten ranking. 
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: bayareabadger on August 14, 2021, 11:57:06 PM
Quote from: MaximumSam on August 14, 2021, 08:27:30 PM
I have a hard time seeing Jack Coan leading ND to a top ten ranking.
He’ll be fine and no one will be happy 
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 15, 2021, 12:59:47 AM
Quote from: MaximumSam on August 14, 2021, 08:27:30 PM
I have a hard time seeing Jack Coan leading ND to a top ten ranking.
Looking at their schedule, handing the ball to 23 a lot and playing good defense should net 7-8 wins.  If they split the other 4, that's 10-2 right there.
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 15, 2021, 01:07:00 AM
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on August 14, 2021, 08:23:23 PM
Yeah, that's the most alarming part. They clearly got a helmet bump combined with an SEC bump in the preseason rankings, yet not even all that was enough to propel them above Cincinnati.
I think UNC and LSU are overrated.  
Maybe it's just anecdotal on my part, but I recall when big-season QBs lose all their weapons, they tend to regress, statistically.  i know the rest of the team returns a lot, but they're not going to score so much this year.
And LSU is getting a helluva bump, but I'm not sure why.  They replace both coordinators (again) and went from having 3 QBs down to only 1 (1 hurt, 1 transferred).  And their pass defense last year is still the worse I've ever researched for Whoa Nellie (literally, THE worst).
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But they're a top 12-13 team now?  Huh?
Title: Re: Pre-Season Coaches Poll
Post by: Cincydawg on August 15, 2021, 07:27:27 AM
It's pretty easy to spot teams overranked, but when I look at the teams under them, I'm not sure they deserve to move up much either.

The good thing is none of this matters except for jawing.