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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Cincydawg on August 29, 2018, 11:27:23 AM
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Measured using the AP poll, down to 40 or however far it goes with ORVs, to the final poll after all the games.
So, if you pick a team currently at say 30 in the AP and it finishes at 15, you get 15 points.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings
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My pick is Florida at 27th. I think they can finish 10-3 which would mean a ranking of 10-14 or so.
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Iowa.
(CD added - I have them at 37th, right?)
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My pick is Florida at 27th. I think they can finish 10-3 which would mean a ranking of 10-14 or so.
that's a good pick. I just looked at their schedule and it's very manageable.
Charleston Southern - FCS
Kentucky
Colorado State
@Tennessee
@Miss State
LSU
@Vanderbilt
Georgia
Missouri
South Carolina
Idaho
@Florida State
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Northwestern 13, Kansas State 10, Iowa State 8, Houston 6, Iowa 2
can I take 5 teams?
I'll take Northwestern. They may have won this contest last season. 2nd I'd take the Hawkeyes.
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Iowa.
(CD added - I have them at 37th, right?)
I have them at #41.
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Iowa also.
They have the trip to Happy Valley, but besides that? They are a bear in Iowa City, and get Wisconsin, Northwestern and Nebraska all at home, plus no MSU, UM or OSU. After that road trip to Penn State, the 3 (yes, only 3) other road games are Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana. They are #40, and I have to assume on paper right now are favorites in 10 of 12 games. The committee has gotten better about looking at schedule at the top, but as you move down, not so much, that easy schedule aside, I think a 10-2 Iowa team would be top 15 at worst.
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Link to the poll?
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Link to the poll?
link (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?topic=4923.0)
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West Virginia
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Iowa could be thoroughly mediocre and finish its season 9-3. That's probably good enough to make the top 25, and starting at 36, or whatever, that's probably in the running for considered most underrated.
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West Virginia
I like that pick. Schedule is very manageable and Will Grier is the best QB in college football now that Baker is gone. Florida would look light years different had he never left.
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This is for the final post-bowl poll, so Iowa could be 10-3, or 9-4. That means ranked 10-12th usually or 18-22.
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I like that pick. Schedule is very manageable and Will Grier is the best QB in college football now that Baker is gone. Florida would look light years different had he never left.
One could argue McElwain would still be the coach with Grier in Gville. But that's OT.
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Just to be different:
NC State at 32
Would anyone not on the list start at 42? If those are allowed to get picked I may have a different answer.
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Purdue or Nebraska. Neither is great. I doubt UNL will finish ranked, though Purdue very well may. But both are a LOT better than to receive zero votes, especially when like 40-50 teams receive votes.
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One could argue McElwain would still be the coach with Grier in Gville. But that's OT.
yup.
Reading that Bleacher Report article written by Will Grier, sure sounded like McElwain basically pushed him out the door. That's the impression that Grier gives off at least.
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Iowa State.
Big 12 is WIDE open this year and the Cyclones have the depth, well-roundedness, and experience of roster to weather through an unpredictable year in the conference.
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yup.
Reading that Bleacher Report article written by Will Grier, sure sounded like McElwain basically pushed him out the door. That's the impression that Grier gives off at least.
Well Grier did the wrongdoing. I think the timing of it was everything - dead center of the season. No one involved was acting with a calm demeanor, I'm sure.
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Iowa State.
Big 12 is WIDE open this year and the Cyclones have the depth, well-roundedness, and experience of roster to weather through an unpredictable year in the conference.
Isn't it crazy that this isn't a crazy post?!?
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Just to be different:
NC State at 32
Would anyone not on the list start at 42? If those are allowed to get picked I may have a different answer.
That was my 2nd choice
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DD is a good football coach.
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West Virginia
Maybe. I don’t know. They would also be a decent pick for most overrated team. We’ll see. The two grad transfers from Clemson and USC are both slated to start Saturday on the DL. If they can shore up what was a really weak area last year then WVU may belong on this list.
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Again, not a deep study, just a team that has a path, doesn't play anyone scary until the last week of the season. Would anyone be comfortable putting money on OU @ WV in late November, in a high-stakes game?
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Don't mean to sound like a homer, but I see Iowa as an 8-4 or 9-3 team. I lean more toward 9-3 due to schedule. Iowa could move up 20 spots. And, with Wisconsin having a very challenging schedule, they could overlook Iowa, and who knows. One of the focuses at Iowa this off-season was to study Badger video for 3-years and figure out why Iowa has been so submissive in recent years. There is some focus on the Wisconsin game because to win the West you have to defeat Madison.
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Florida State
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Florida State
I thought about them also. Oops.
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I'm going to say Colorado and NW after this weekend.
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I'm going to say Colorado and NW after this weekend.
NW? Then you must be high on Purdue. NW required a -3 TO margin (21 pts scored off those TOs) to amass a 1st-half lead, and then didn't score in the 2nd half as Purdue battled back to within 4. And then they'd have turned the ball over to Purdue for a chance to win if Lorenzo Neal hadn't gotten a critical penalty on a 3rd down stop.
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Was going to say Boston College but they are 27th.
ASU has got some talent and someone has gotta break out in Pac12 south.
We'll know more this week but keep an eye on the MWC, it looks solid this year.