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Posted
1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea I think we’ll run out of games before 6 losses. 5 seems plausible though

I was just at Walgreens they have a sale on tampons. 

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Posted
21 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

Horns drop a spot to 8th in the AP, but just a point ahead of Illinois, and only ten points more than Aggy. OU not far behind at 11, either.

 

AP Top 25
 
RK
TEAM
REC PTS
TREND
1
Ohio StateOSU(55)
3-0 1631
-
2
Penn StatePSU(5)
3-0 1490
-
3
LSULSU(2)
3-0 1470
-
4
MiamiMIA(3)
3-0 1434
1
5
GeorgiaUGA
3-0 1428
1
6
OregonORE(1)
3-0 1423
2
7
Florida StateFSU
2-0 1123
3
8
TexasTEX
2-1 1111
1
9
IllinoisILL
3-0 1110
-
10 3-0 1101
6
11
OklahomaOU
3-0 1056
2
12
Iowa StateISU
4-0 820
2
13 3-0 748
4
14
AlabamaALA
2-1 599
5
15 2-1 583
-
16 3-0 573
4
17
Texas TechTTU
3-0 538
4
18
Georgia TechGT
3-0 511
NR
19
IndianaIU
3-0 458
3
20
VanderbiltVAN
3-0 397
NR
21 2-1 356
2
22
AuburnAUB
3-0 344
2
23
MissouriMIZ
3-0 292
2
24
Notre DameND
0-2 207
16
25
USCUSC
3-0 105
NR
 

Others receiving votes: BYU 94, South Florida 83, South Carolina 82, Mississippi State 69, TCU 67, Arizona State 57, Tulane 33, Louisville 25, Nebraska 9, Baylor 6, Clemson 6, SMU 4, NC State 4, UNLV 2, Navy 1

Dropped from rankings: South Carolina 11, Clemson 12, South Florida 18

Gift for Texas to still be in Top 10.  Horns need to find an offense quick!!!  

Nice to see Gtech ranked... Clemson no longer in the Top25 with so much talent gotta fire up the Dabo critics.  

 

Posted (edited)

My thread on the subject wasn’t taken seriously, probably due to my TTU fandom but also because that other thread came off as being pro OU so I guess I should have known better.

I won’t bump that thread, however, “objectivity” was also used and that really was the point I was trying to make.

So, this week we have 0-2 ND still ranked (2 top25 losses)

2-1 USF unranked (2 wins vs top25 and 1 loss vs top25)

The message:

South Florida you will NEVER be invited to the party 

ND you are ALWAYS welcome

 

I know that CFB is just a TeeVee show that needs eyeballs and ratings but at what point do the the eyeballs conclude that they no longer give a crap?

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Posted
1 minute ago, BluTechsan said:

My thread on the subject wasn’t taken seriously, probably due to my TTU fandom but also because that other thread came off as being pro OU so I guess I should have know better.

However, “objectivity” was also used and that really was the point I was trying to make.

So, this week we have 0-2 ND still ranked (2 top25 losses)

2-1 USF (2 wins vs top25 and 1 loss vs top25)

The message:

South Florida you will NEVER be invited to the party 

ND you are ALWAYS welcome

 

I know that CFB is just a TeeVee show that needs eyeballs and ratings but at what point do the the eyeballs conclude that they no longer give a crap?

You saw on that thread what the "completely objective" computer rankings coming up with based solely on current season W/L.  It's stupid and it doesn't work.  

Posted
2 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

My thread on the subject wasn’t taken seriously, probably due to my TTU fandom but also because that other thread came off as being pro OU so I guess I should have know better.

However, “objectivity” was also used and that really was the point I was trying to make.

So, this week we have 0-2 ND still ranked (2 top25 losses)

2-1 USF (2 wins vs top25 and 1 loss vs top25)

The message:

South Florida you will NEVER be invited to the party 

ND you are ALWAYS welcome

 

I know that CFB is just a TeeVee show that needs eyeballs and ratings but at what point do the the eyeballs conclude that they no longer give a crap?

I'm trying to understand a few things here:

1) You think people are going to look at AP voted rankings and then stop watching the game on tv? Is this a serious concern or position? Do you know how long the rankings have been idiotic? Longer than there have been tvs in most households. This goes back to the beginning, and yet viewership and interest only goes stronger.

2) You think the "2 wins vs top 25 opponents" statement is going to continue to carry water? Neither of those teams are still in the top 25. Hell, I'm not sure either Florida or Boise are even getting many votes at all. Texas went through the same shit last year. Opened the season with 4 ranked teams on the schedule and beat all but one of them. By the end of the year, many of those teams were no longer ranked and idiots were ridiculing Texas, a program that will play anyone, anywhere, any time, for having a weak schedule. They got ZERO credit for those teams being ranked earlier in the year (Michigan, OU, ATM).

 

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1 minute ago, utee94 said:

You saw on that thread what the "completely objective" computer rankings coming up with based solely on current season W/L.  It's stupid and it doesn't work.  

I did see that. My issue I guess becomes the meaning of “objective”. Why is it so difficult?

TTU being #1 is not objective.
Neither is ND inclusion’s over USF’s

Do we all agree with those 2 statements? It’s not really rocket surgery is it? Why do the actual voters make it seem so difficult?

 

Sidenote: My honest belief is that South Florida’s schedule isn’t strong enough for them to maintain a high rank all season. But to deny them early when they actually have the skins on the wall to take advantage of that brief window in time to celebrate all the pomp and circumstance that comes with being ranked is an example of where this great sport misses the boat. IMO

 

Posted
12 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I'm trying to understand a few things here:

1) You think people are going to look at AP voted rankings and then stop watching the game on tv? Is this a serious concern or position? Do you know how long the rankings have been idiotic? Longer than there have been tvs in most households. This goes back to the beginning, and yet viewership and interest only goes stronger.

2) You think the "2 wins vs top 25 opponents" statement is going to continue to carry water? Neither of those teams are still in the top 25. Hell, I'm not sure either Florida or Boise are even getting many votes at all. Texas went through the same shit last year. Opened the season with 4 ranked teams on the schedule and beat all but one of them. By the end of the year, many of those teams were no longer ranked and idiots were ridiculing Texas, a program that will play anyone, anywhere, any time, for having a weak schedule. They got ZERO credit for those teams being ranked earlier in the year (Michigan, OU, ATM).

 

Yes it’s been idiotic forever. We are being told that the CFP has corrected it. I maintain that it has not.

I am losing interest (ha, I’m posting on another schools message board) so I assume others are as well. Perhaps new consumers are outpacing us old timers and the ratings won’t falter. I know that I personally am not enjoying CFB like I used.

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