Dolfan in NYC Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 And we are back! It's time once again... for RANKINGZ~! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 First games are on Saturday, first games that matter on next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 That USC mascot is horrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 If you buy the rankings at preseason as mattering, the B1G is setting a new standard for being top heavy. Four ranked teams, all in the top eleven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I forgot that I missed these weekly ranking GIFs. I'm going to look forward to the kickoff classic next year in Atlanta when I'm not having to pay what Bammers and Free Shoes U are paying for their game on the secondary market. $300 for the top of the nosebleeds for what will be a sloppy week 1 game isn't worth it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 If FSU's OL plays like they did last year Deondre Francois won't make it thru the Bama game let alone the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowanole Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 39 minutes ago, Hail Sabin said: If FSU's OL plays like they did last year Deondre Francois won't make it thru the Bama game let alone the season. Outside of 2012 & 13 (and the second half of 2014 after Erving moved to center) Trickett's lines have been horrendous. There are 4 coaches that aren't FSU caliber coaches, imo. Would like to see an upgrade for Dawsey, Miller, Trickett and Kelly. Ideal world, get a DC that is a DB coach, familiar with patern matching, move Kelly back to LB coach and bring in a younger WR coach. Trickett needed to be gone 6 years ago... End rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowanole Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 50 minutes ago, Chaos said: I forgot that I missed these weekly ranking GIFs. I'm going to look forward to the kickoff classic next year in Atlanta when I'm not having to pay what Bammers and Free Shoes U are paying for their game on the secondary market. $300 for the top of the nosebleeds for what will be a sloppy week 1 game isn't worth it. I'm in the lower level for $225. Of course, that doesn't include booster fees, but that's the same for any game. Btw, prices should drop even more. Neither FSU or Bama released seat locations until late last week, which made it impossible to list on StubHub, ect before then. You can get lower level for $350 by the end of the week, maybe even less by early next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 21 minutes ago, iowanole said: Outside of 2012 & 13 (and the second half of 2014 after Erving moved to center) Trickett's lines have been horrendous. There are 4 coaches that aren't FSU caliber coaches, imo. Would like to see an upgrade for Dawsey, Miller, Trickett and Kelly. Ideal world, get a DC that is a DB coach, familiar with patern matching, move Kelly back to LB coach and bring in a younger WR coach. Trickett needed to be gone 6 years ago... End rant Yeah Trickett annoys me to no end the thing he teaches I hate the most is the if a DLineman jumps the whole O-line freezes so the QB trys to get a free play while trying not to die with 4 or 5 free rushers running at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowanole Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, Hail Sabin said: Yeah Trickett annoys me to no end the thing he teaches I hate the most is the if a DLineman jumps the whole O-line freezes so the QB trys to get a free play while trying not to die with 4 or 5 free rushers running at him. Thank God he hasn't done that for a few years, but the way that Eberle blocked (or didn't block), you would assume he still does! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 46 minutes ago, iowanole said: I'm in the lower level for $225. Of course, that doesn't include booster fees, but that's the same for any game. Btw, prices should drop even more. Neither FSU or Bama released seat locations until late last week, which made it impossible to list on StubHub, ect before then. You can get lower level for $350 by the end of the week, maybe even less by early next. Yeah, I didn't factor that in. I'm around some tickets for Bama games that I sparingly get access to for like my wife and family, and I think we got our season tickets in around the end of last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowanole Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Chaos said: Yeah, I didn't factor that in. I'm around some tickets for Bama games that I sparingly get access to for like my wife and family, and I think we got our season tickets in around the end of last week. Yep. Just got season tickets yesterday as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 7 hours ago, iowanole said: Thank God he hasn't done that for a few years, but the way that Eberle blocked (or didn't block), you would assume he still does! I think he stopped doing that when if the line did it his toothpick of a son playing QB would have been on the receiving end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 https://www.sbnation.com/a/cfb-preview-2017/blue-chip-ratio Probably just confirms something obvious (it takes talent to win!) but I found this really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Neat article on Georgia State's new home, the erstwhile Turner Field, now Georgia State Stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 IIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMMME. GET IN HERE WITH YOUR PLAYOFF PICKS, ETC. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I GOT I GOT I GOT I GOT: Alabama Ohio State FSU Oklahoma State I'm not outhinking the room this year. It's highly unlikely Bama runs the regular season undefeated again (they may not even make it through Week 1), but even with a loss, I don't see anyone else in the SEC ready to rise up and take their spot. Ohio State is just worlds more talented than everybody else in the B1G this year, and they've got a real OC again who won't squander all that talent, as they have the past 2 seasons. The ACC looks REAL competitive, but FSU looks like the pick. Clemson's September schedule would be difficult to navigate even if they had DeShaun Watson at QB...and they don't. I do like Oklahoma State to steal the Big 12 from an Oklahoma team that's talented enough to make the playoffs, but obviously has a lot of question marks after the sudden retirement of Bob Stoops. Their schedule is preposterously easy, so they'll likely have to go undefeated to get a playoff berth, but they're LOADED on offense, and I think they can get it done. I see USC/Stanford/Washington cannibalizing each other in the Pac-12 and keeping the conference out of the playoffs. Probably Stanford wins it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Mason Rudolph already 7 for 8 for 123 yards and 2 TDs. Against Tulsa, but still. I think he's actually a better QB, and especially a pro prospect, than more high-profile guys like Darnold and Rosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I got Alabama, USC, FSU, and Satan. Which admittedly is a lot of chalk, but talent wins out. Although the Buckeyes schedule, at least on paper, is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Ohio State is definitely not ready for the season to start. Although they are starting to play better and should still hold on to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Well, that was short lived hope for a massive season opening upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 10 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Well, that was short lived hope for a massive season opening upset. Indiana's offensive tempo killed them on defense. Plus Ohio State was moving the ball, they just weren't finishing in the first half. It was about 2 quarters more than I expected to watch. (I figured I'd catch about half a quarter of Ohio State blowing them out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 A decade ago, and keeping an open mind to my faulty memory, you had national title winning coaches at Michigan (Lloyd Carr), Ohio State (Jim Tresel), Penn State (Speak No Evil), USC (Pete Carroll), Oklahoma (Bob Stoops), Texas (Mack Brown), Florida State (Bobby Bowden), Florida (Urban Myer), just hired at Alabama (Nick Saban), and about to be one at LSU (Les Miles). Carr would retire at the end of the season, so we didn't get a season with all ten, but we had nine. Right now, we have Saban still at Bama, Myer at Ohio State, then we've added Jimbo Fischer at Florida State and Soybean Wind at Clemson (in between we briefly had Gene Chizik... Stop laughing EVA) That's kinda an amazing drop off. A lot of it, of course, is that Meyer and especially Saban have all but monopolized the title, but still. And nobody is further west than Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Shit I forgot Phil Fulmer at Tennessee and Spurrier at South Carolina. So we did have ten for a few years and even 11 for a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 8/31/2017 at 10:23 PM, Brian Fowler said: I got Alabama, USC, FSU, and Satan. Which admittedly is a lot of chalk, but talent wins out. You have USC there twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Is Navy still smacking around Lane Kiffin? Is that game over yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Pete said: You have USC there twice. If I expected that joke about any of them, it would've been Bama. But seriously, fuck Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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