College Gameday Thread: Week 2 - Page 29

Byrd430 · 09-12-2011, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by keylime_5

UCF and West VA over OSU? really?

and I know that all the early season rankings are all very debatable and that it's silly to have polls before we know anything about teams, but I think LSU deserves their ranking at #2 ahead of Alabama. What has Alabama done to earn a #2 ranking after losing McElroy, Ingram, Dareus, Carpenter, and Jones from last year - a year that they lost 3 games?

Return a defense loaded with first-round prospects, still have a great RB in Richardson and one of the top OL's in football....(plus all the other SEC teams with ????)

bearsfan_51 · 09-12-2011, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by keylime_5

UCF and West VA over OSU? really?

and I know that all the early season rankings are all very debatable and that it's silly to have polls before we know anything about teams, but I think LSU deserves their ranking at #2 ahead of Alabama. What has Alabama done to earn a #2 ranking after losing McElroy, Ingram, Dareus, Carpenter, and Jones from last year - a year that they lost 3 games?

That was the best 3 loss team in the history of college football. Bama is loaded.

JHL6719 · 09-13-2011, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by keylime_5

UCF and West VA over OSU? really?

and I know that all the early season rankings are all very debatable and that it's silly to have polls before we know anything about teams, but I think LSU deserves their ranking at #2 ahead of Alabama. What has Alabama done to earn a #2 ranking after losing McElroy, Ingram, Dareus, Carpenter, and Jones from last year - a year that they lost 3 games?

The funniest part of all those names listed there is, the guy we're probably missing the most is the one you'd least expect, and most unheralded of the bunch. James Carpenter.

BigJohn98 · 09-13-2011, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

LOL at you being unable to make one non-homer post about FSU.

But seriously, has Florida State done anything noteworthy in years other than pay a bunch of high school kids to join their team? If they beat Oklahoma then they'll skyrocket up, but they haven't done anything yet. Not winning the ****** ACC isn't exactly impressive.

What we've done in the last 5-10 years shouldn't have anything to do with how we are ranked this year. We have the recruiting now. We apparently have the coaching. Saturday will show if we are worthy of being in the top 5, and if we are back to being able to compete with elite teams.