Aeronaut 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hilarious preseason ranking from faux sports : http://cfn.scout.com/2/1040316.html Here is the list of top 25: 25. USC 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 44 24. Georgia 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 69 23. Oregon State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 67 22. NC State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 20 21. West Virginia 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 26 20. Penn State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: T48 19. Texas 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 65 18. Notre Dame 2010 CFN Record: 22 17. Texas A&M 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 19 16. Arkansas 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 17 15. Arizona State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 55 14. Missouri 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 14 13. Mississippi State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 33 12. South Carolina 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 27 11. Oregon 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 7 10. Florida State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 15 9. Boise State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 5 8. Nebraska 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 16 7. Oklahoma State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 8 6. Florida 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 34 5. Ohio State 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 3 4. Wisconsin 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 13 3. Oklahoma 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 4 2. LSU 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 12 1. Alabama 2010 CFN Final Ranking: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiescottie 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? They are going to be a good team, no doubt, but #1 or #2? They lose their QB, Julio, and Ingram. Their o-line is decidedly not-impressive. Defense should be good. IMO Auburn NOT being on the list makes more sense than Alabama #1. But it is foxsports, so I probably just answered my own question.... LSU at #2 makes zero sense. Is Les just going to Harry Potter an offense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeasFan 3 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 This is so ridiculous that I won't waste the time myself, but it might be fun to compare their last season's Preseason Rankings with how things actually turned out. I'd be surprised if they beat Random Chance. Something like http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2010.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? They are going to be a good team, no doubt, but #1 or #2? They lose their QB, Julio, and Ingram. Their o-line is decidedly not-impressive. Defense should be good. IMO Auburn NOT being on the list makes more sense than Alabama #1. But it is foxsports, so I probably just answered my own question.... LSU at #2 makes zero sense. Is Les just going to Harry Potter an offense? LSU did sign that JUCO quarterback that was tearing it up this year...and we know how well that can work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duder 241 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Their ranking includes USC, Notre Dame and Texas. Bama has no business as the #1 team. Florida just outside the top 5? Give me a damn break. This ranking is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle77 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thank you! I was just walking between. Classes and busted out laughing! The people looking at me funny. It's not even April yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiescottie 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? They are going to be a good team, no doubt, but #1 or #2? They lose their QB, Julio, and Ingram. Their o-line is decidedly not-impressive. Defense should be good. IMO Auburn NOT being on the list makes more sense than Alabama #1. But it is foxsports, so I probably just answered my own question.... LSU at #2 makes zero sense. Is Les just going to Harry Potter an offense? LSU did sign that JUCO quarterback that was tearing it up this year...and we know how well that can work out. fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? They are going to be a good team, no doubt, but #1 or #2? They lose their QB, Julio, and Ingram. Their o-line is decidedly not-impressive. Defense should be good. IMO Auburn NOT being on the list makes more sense than Alabama #1. But it is foxsports, so I probably just answered my own question.... LSU at #2 makes zero sense. Is Les just going to Harry Potter an offense? LSU did sign that JUCO quarterback that was tearing it up this year...and we know how well that can work out. fair enough. Let's hope they don't have the same results.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEHey! 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm not sure about the details that go into making these ranking, but like others have said... this top 25 is laughable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiescottie 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? They are going to be a good team, no doubt, but #1 or #2? They lose their QB, Julio, and Ingram. Their o-line is decidedly not-impressive. Defense should be good. IMO Auburn NOT being on the list makes more sense than Alabama #1. But it is foxsports, so I probably just answered my own question.... LSU at #2 makes zero sense. Is Les just going to Harry Potter an offense? LSU did sign that JUCO quarterback that was tearing it up this year...and we know how well that can work out. fair enough. Let's hope they don't have the same results.... Big dude, but runs a 5.3. That's painfully slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyg 2 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 just another point to show why rankings shouldnt even come out till week 5. I do believe though if the SEC is to continue the streak of championships that LSU is going to have to carry that torch this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburntiger1987 759 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's painfully obvious that they are trying to stir things up since football season is over. Yes I know we have the playoffs for NFL but lets get serious, CFB season is the only real season. These types of things get people to keep coming back either to complain or hate, or to enjoy whatever else they have that says their team is great. It has become more about mouse clicks than real stories and real journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,109 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Far as I'm concerned, if you could see any team winning the SEC, they should be ranked in the top 15. Any possible way they win the SEC, they're a top 15 team. I can see the love for Bama. Richardson is an underground sensation. There were plenty of national murmurs that Bama was better off with him at the start of the season than they were when Ingram came back. I think that's a bit overstated, but they won't see a drop off at the position. Is losing McElroy really that big a deal? Is he appreciably better than Wilson before him? Or Croyle before him? Well, Brodie was a born loser so that's a bad example. But the point is, McCarren or whoever they pick isn't going to be asked to do a lot. It's going to be ground-based offense with a vertical passing game. If you believe in Bama's defense, you have to see them as a 10-3 team at WORST. That's my take on the Tide. LSU is a bit harder for me to figure. I think people underrate what a blow it is to lose a guy like Peterson. The defense is going to have growing pains next year, and the offense is going to have to carry them a bit as that happens. Unless Jefferson is much better or the new QB clearly beats him out, you're going to have a QB controversy on your hands. A real one. Not a "Jarrett Lee can't be as bad as Jordan Jefferson" type controversy but a tried and true capable of splintering your team controversy. LSU has a high ceiling but it has a low basement as well. Florida is tough to peg. They don't have a QB. At all. If Brantley stays (not a given), he's likely to be the guy because he's a pro-style QB. But the thing is, they just spent an entire year making sure he didn't have a lick of confidence. None. He's like a more timid version of 2008 Chris Todd. It's not his fault, but that's just how he ended up after being poorly coached all season, booed by the fans, pounded by on-coming DEs, and diving on bad snaps from his center. Without a QB, I just don't see it. Unless Weiss is a wizard of LesMiles-esque quality, they're not a threat to win the SEC. As for us, I get it and I don't. Some respect for a staff that's proven it can win (in 2009 and 2010) and a program that has been a winner for a long time (one losing season in the last 11 years; 7 Top 25 finishes in that time span) is in order when you're the champ. On the other hand, we've got to roll over quite a bit. Tuberville and his staff deserve a lot of credit for recruiting the foundation of a championship caliber team. But they deserve a lot of blame for this coming year when the Senior class is non-existent. You can't bag Tubs as a recruiter and love on this year's Senior class, but you can't love on his recruits without recognizing the hole in the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 The poll is already flawed at the top. No way bama and LSU will be 1-2 in the final BCS Poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdc81 90 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've got no problem with starting under the radar screen. Year PreSeason AP Poll Final AP Poll 1993 NR 4 2004 17 2 (#1 in my book) 2010 22 1 The good news is that 2011 will not be a beauty contest, the popular kids won't get all the awards and we have a coaching staff that is proven. Just hang that poll in the weight room and stay thirsty my friends. Little Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronaut 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 The poll is already flawed at the top. No way bama and LSU will be 1-2 in the final BCS Poll. Mathematically it is next to IMPOSSIBLE for two teams of same division be 1 & 2. Even if I did not know jack about ranking, I would KNOW that is almost impossible. That would mean that the #2 team did not even make it to it's conference title game. The loser of MNC game will have to be run out of the stadium I guess? And the rest of the BCS bowls are toilet bowls. Thus the proof that the guy is a bloody idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,109 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 One really cool thing about next year is that we're probably the only championship team in recent memory with zero pressure going into the next season. No one (outside of our locker room and fan base) expects us to be good. To be able to walk with the swag of a defending champ and still have a legit chip on your shoulder? That's a rare feat. The disrespect will definitely make the start of next season fun and unique. I think it lessens the possibility of a hangover. Not a lot of patting on the back going on in the media. We're like the anti-2009 Florida Gators. That's fun. I completely subscribe to the idea that becoming is more fun that being. The journey to Number One is the fun part. Being Number One is great, but it can wear on you. I've seen it from my Gator friends. They all hated the 2009 season, and it should have been fun. Let's start the journey back up and enjoy the heck out of a new breed of Tigers learning what it means to sacrifice for the family. It's going to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle2 53 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Enjoy the 2010 National Championship t-shirts. Welcome to payback time for a team that was so loaded with veterans and so reliant on two of the best players in college football. Cam Newton is gone to the NFL meaning the offense will now revolve completely around Michael Dyer, Onterio McCalebb and the running game early on. Four starters are gone from the offensive line, while the defensive front has to undergo a major rebuilding job with Nick Fairley and Antoine Carter done. The loss of PK Wes Byrum will also hurt. Fortunately, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn is back and things won't fall off the map, but the team will take a major step back. Payback? Ha. Everyone is so mad. And I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aKaBeasTTT 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilin tiger 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 That does it. From now on, I'm watching Clinton News Network. No, I just won't watch the crap at all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,109 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I stopped watching any 24-hour news station over a year ago. I really have to say that I haven't missed a thing. I literally haven't turned on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, or any equivalent in over 18 months. Do yourself the favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 This is Thayer Evans trying to get even. Did y'all notice him during the post-game interview with Cam Newton? Evans is standing in the near background, just behind Cam's left shoulder. He looks like he's been forced to chew lemon peel. The guy's first hope was to prevent Cam from winning the Heisman. When that was obviously going to fail, he manufactured more lies hoping to keep Auburn from winning first the SEC and then the BCS championships by getting Cam declared ineligible. Another failure! Now all he has left is to sit in the corner and pout and make up bogus prediction lists for next year. I don't see Auburn in the pre-season top five, but we are very likely to finish in the top 15, and maybe top ten. Faux sports is a joke, and will continue to be until they man up and fire Thayer Evans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 2,506 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? ... It goes something like this: Suppose there was this cfb fan base out there that was equal parts delusional, ignorant and didn't have enough sense to ration their disposal income on all things related to their team? And then suppose you owned a sports magazine in which you wanted to sell lots of those magazines in the dead-of-winter off season? ... Now, ask yourself: who better to rank #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeasFan 3 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Could someone please explain the love for Alabama? ... It goes something like this: Suppose there was this cfb fan base out there that was equal parts delusional, ignorant and didn't have enough sense to ration their disposal income on all things related to their team? And then suppose you owned a sports magazine in which you wanted to sell lots of those magazines in the dead-of-winter off season? ... Now, ask yourself: who better to rank #1? I hope you don't mind but I just had to copy this and email it to some friends. I haven't laughed as much all week! If I were going to mess with a sig, this might be it. Thanks for the laugh! WDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNewby 27 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 These soothsayers have no clue. But, it's a common illness throughout the profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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