OOC "cupcake"
- Thread starter huKSer
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Whoa. Western Michigan is 8-2 and 5-1 in the MAC. Their only other loss is to a Central Michigan team that just beat Indiana. Their starting to look like a pretty respectable "cupcake" team.
They are a solid team, but I think beating Kansas at this stage in the season is more impressive than that win. Would NU beat them if they played them now?
papersun87
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And we blew those suckers out. :bonez
I think we would. With the groove the O is in right now, it would be hard for them to keep us from moving the chains. We would eat up clock and our D-line would be in their QB's face all day.
clone
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Uh, wmu was ranked #85 when they played Nu. That pretty much equals cupcake.
HINDSIGHT is always 20-20. early polls are what they are- early guesses, they don't have the gift of looking ahead seven or eight weeks. :dumdum
I sure don't recall anyone here predicting back then, wmu to be a rated team in november, did you??
BEAT KSU!!
Pre-season, Phil Steele actually had WMU rated ahead of Nebraska(#40-WMU, #41-NU). That guy knows a hell of a lot about grading football teams, as his preseason rankings on almost every conference are dead on. For example, Steele had the Big 12 north as: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa State with NU-KU being the swing game to decide 2nd/3rd. The South he has OU, TT, Texas, Okie State, A&M, Baylor. Looks to be about right to me.
junior4949
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Have you noticed how spot on he's been thus far in the season with regards to what players will have breakout games each week? I can't remember what game it was, but Lucky was his breakout RB that week. Lucky went on to have like 157 or so all purpose yards and a great game. From what I've seen, Steele probably has the best grasp of grading college football.
Igetbored216
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Cy the Cyclone
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He gets all his material from me...actually...I AM Phil Steele! Unless he's an ugly, dopey looking guy...haven't ever seen him I don't think...but if he IS an ugly slob, I AM NOT Phil Steele. And when he's way off I'm not him either...only when he's right or at least close....
Uh..watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
I agree. If you are a stat guy like me, it is like crack. There is a ridiculous amount of information compared to any other football magazine and he is usually pretty on point with his evaluations.