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It'sNotAFakeID
All-American
See Ellis Johnson is a voter in the coaches poll, wonder how high he rated us.
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
An unfair drop for Michigan. They played a ridiculous Alabama team, that even folks on HuskerBoard are wondering about being on par with the mid-90s Huskers. That's a scary-good Crimson Tide team right now.
Whistlebritches
Special Teams Player
Alabama played like it was their 10th game of the season and Michigan played like it was their 1st. Not bagging on Alabama in any way because they deserve that #1 ranking but Michigan looked woefully unprepared on defense and Robinson had an awful day. They will get better when Tousant (sp?) is back but they played like a 19th ranked team.
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NUance
Assistant Coach
Yeah, I'm conflicted on this. On one hand I applaud Michigan for scheduling a tough opponent. But OTOH, they got absolutely creamed. It was embarrassing. Way more lopsided than the 41-14 score. Dropping eleven spots seems a bit harsh. But I couldn't see dropping them less than 6 or 8 spots for a shellacking like that.
Comish
All-Conference
So, the BCS poll, which recognizes that any poll taken before at least a month of games are in the record book, is incorrect in their approach?I think actually that you might be taking it too seriously. It's not too dissimilar to the betting odds discussion in the other thread. The preseason poll is an educated guess, and then it settles out from there. It's pretty straightforward. And, some people enjoy discussing it.
No one is asserting that people don’t enjoy following and arguing about it, I’m just stating the obvious…i.e. that “educated” guesses are just that……”guesses”. And those guesses are more likely to be rooted in regional biases and remnants from the last season than any pertinent data associated with this season.
As to your claim that it’s pretty straightforward…………I’d say it’s just the opposite. Try and make sense of the movement or lack of movement after just one week. Example Michigan. If they really were top 10 material, then getting throttled by what looks like a great team should have been anticipated. But to almost fall out of the top 20? Do you agree Oklahoma, Michigan St, Wisconsin lived up to their ratings? This entire scenario is set up because of preseason “guesses”. Ergo, for most teams, you only move if the team ahead of you (arbitrarily placed by guess) loses.
I’d much rather see a month of games and then a more educated and justifiable placement of who sits where on the hierarchy.
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Something that may only interest me: UCLA beat Rice 49-24 and racks up over 600 yards in offense in the process. Southern Miss gets waxed by Nebraska 49-20 and gives up more than 600 yards in the process.
Despite this, Sagarin still has Southern Miss ranked ahead of UCLA:
50 Southern Miss
53 UCLA
Makes you wonder how we'll do against UCLA. The computer doesn't think much of the Rice win, apparently.
Despite this, Sagarin still has Southern Miss ranked ahead of UCLA:
50 Southern Miss
53 UCLA
Makes you wonder how we'll do against UCLA. The computer doesn't think much of the Rice win, apparently.
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
Comish and the BCS are correct.
The other poll services are also correct because people love to speculate.
The other poll services are also correct because people love to speculate.
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
Most of the college football insiders think the UCLA program is an utter mess, and that So. Miss is a program on the rise. They'll probably stick with that storyline as long as possible.
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NUance
Assistant Coach
Also the Sagarin program spins its wheels for a few weeks until it gets some meaningful data built up.
Blackshirts007
All-American
Looking ahead to college gameday for the Wisconsin games our competitors will be:
Tennessee vs Georgia
Texas vs. Oklahoma State- Not if OU beats Texas
Michigan State vs. Ohio State.
I think MSU vs. OSU will be our main competition...They should both be undefeated as should we and Wisconsin...however i think we the whole alternate jerseys and hype for revenge on our game, and the fact that we are already locked in on abc primetime i think we have a good chance...
Tennessee vs Georgia
Texas vs. Oklahoma State- Not if OU beats Texas
Michigan State vs. Ohio State.
I think MSU vs. OSU will be our main competition...They should both be undefeated as should we and Wisconsin...however i think we the whole alternate jerseys and hype for revenge on our game, and the fact that we are already locked in on abc primetime i think we have a good chance...
ADS
Heisman Trophy Winner
There is no way we beat out MSU and OSu for gameday, ESPN has a serious crush on Urban Meyer and msu.
HUSKER FREAK
Starter
I for one am a little nervous about the way our Defense played against the run. If we played containment we seemed to give up 5-10 yards. The blitzes were really effective if we would have made better tackles. I saw some improvment, and it was the first game, but UCLA running the zone read against us may have the game a lot closer than some people think. I really hope I am wrong.