I’ve watched Oregon twice. I’ve watched FSU twice. My opinion is that Oregon has the better team. No offense to FSU, they would beat the snot out of most everyone. I just think Oregon has a slightly more explosive offense. Let’s see how the Ducks face their last few challenges coming up.
FSU, Oregon and Bama are definitely the top three teams in the country. All of them should win out but the one that has the most hurdles is Alabama with Auburn and LSU still on the schedule. Neither of them should beat the Tide but both of them are capable of it. No offense to you SEC homers but I’d like to see Bama crap the bed against someone, a FSU/Oregon match-up would be fun.
Clemson is a much better team than they played Saturday night. Not saying they would have won the game but should have had a better showing. I think FSU could have beaten any college team in the nation Saturday night and a good half of the NFL crap we see too. Yep Clemson “Clemsoned”, not time to retire the phrase.
Mark
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
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THE TOP 16 1. Alabama (.984): Since allowing 42 points in their win over Texas A&M, the Tide defense has allowed a total of 16 in their past five games.
Florida State (.935): While the win over Clemson helped vault Florida State to No. 2, their margin over Oregon is incredibly slim. So strange as it may feel, Seminoles must root for Florida to recover and give their team another shot at a high-profile late-season win.
Oregon (.932): While they’re No.2 in both major polls, the Ducks find themselves third in the rankings that truly matter. After disposing of Washington State the Ducks don’t have a gimme on the rest of their slate, which reads vs. UCLA, at Stanford, vs. Utah, at Arizona, vs. Oregon State. Combined record: 25-8, with five of those losses coming to another team in that group.
Ohio State (.855): Buckeyes in real danger of starting the season at No. 2 in the polls, going undefeated, and somehow still being left out of the national title picture.
Missouri (.822): The Tigers’ rankings the last four weeks in the AP poll: unranked, No. 25, No. 14, No. 5. The BCS’s computers (which rank them second on average) say it’s about time you puny hu-mans caught on.
Stanford (.741): With pretty poll position and a marquee game against Oregon on the docket, the Cardinal are easily the current one-loss team best-prepared to make a charge at the BCS title game should the 'Noles and Buckeyes falter.
Miami (.720): 'Canes happy the top-10 carnage let them waltz up the polls even after the narrowest of escapes at North Carolina.
Baylor (.712): With the Bears fourth in Jeff Sagarin’s margin-based “predictor” ratings and 18th in his margin-free formula for the BCS, no one is angrier that the BCS’s computers aren’t allowed to consider margin-of-victory.
Clemson (.625): To make the ACC Championship Game (and have any real shot at getting back in the national
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Originally posted by saltydog235FSU, Oregon and Bama are definitely the top three teams in the country. All of them should win out but the one that has the most hurdles is Alabama with Auburn and LSU still on the schedule. Neither of them should beat the Tide but both of them are capable of it. No offense to you SEC homers but I’d like to see Bama crap the bed against someone, a FSU/Oregon match-up would be fun.
Clemson is a much better team than they played Saturday night. Not saying they would have won the game but should have had a better showing. I think FSU could have beaten any college team in the nation Saturday night and a good half of the NFL crap we see too. Yep Clemson “Clemsoned”, not time to retire the phrase.
Mark
Pioneer 222 Sportfish Yamaha F300
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
That was not pulling a Clemson. Yall lost to a legit top 5 team. Pulling a clemson is closer to what USC did. getting beat by a team they should beat.
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Originally posted by Edistodanielquote:
THE TOP 16 1. Alabama (.984): Since allowing 42 points in their win over Texas A&M, the Tide defense has allowed a total of 16 in their past five games.
Florida State (.935): While the win over Clemson helped vault Florida State to No. 2, their margin over Oregon is incredibly slim. So strange as it may feel, Seminoles must root for Florida to recover and give their team another shot at a high-profile late-season win.
Oregon (.932): While they’re No.2 in both major polls, the Ducks find themselves third in the rankings that truly matter. After disposing of Washington State the Ducks don’t have a gimme on the rest of their slate, which reads vs. UCLA, at Stanford, vs. Utah, at Arizona, vs. Oregon State. Combined record: 25-8, with five of those losses coming to another team in that group.
Ohio State (.855): Buckeyes in real danger of starting the season at No. 2 in the polls, going undefeated, and somehow still being left out of the national title picture.
Missouri (.822): The Tigers’ rankings the last four weeks in the AP poll: unranked, No. 25, No. 14, No. 5. The BCS’s computers (which rank them second on average) say it’s about time you puny hu-mans caught on.
Stanford (.741): With pretty poll position and a marquee game against Oregon on the docket, the Cardinal are easily the current one-loss team best-prepared to make a charge at the BCS title game should the 'Noles and Buckeyes falter.
Miami (.720): 'Canes happy the top-10 carnage let them waltz up the polls even after the narrowest of escapes at North Carolina.
Baylor (.712): With the Bears fourth in Jeff Sagarin’s margin-based “predictor” ratings and 18th in his margin-free formula for the BCS, no one is angrier that the BCS
I think Oregon needs to lose to stay out of the #2 spot. Personally I think FSU needs to hope Bama loses which is more likely to happen to be in the game.
By the time Oregon gets done, the computers will favor them with their ranked opponents that remain on the schedule. IMHO
While Clemson did not pull a Clemson, they did not look like a top 10 team Saturday. And FSU is insane. As much as I dislike FSU, it is a team that is fun to watch. That kid has it.
Should we now start chanting ACC, ACC, ACC. J/K I always hate the conference bandwagon, but it is strange to see the SEC looking like every other conference. Goes to show you how quickly things can get back to normal when a conference has average defense, and not an intergalactic one.
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I hate the chanting crap.
“it is strange to see the SEC looking like every other conference. Goes to show you how quickly things can get back to normal when a conference has average defense, and not an intergalactic one.”
The SEC teams that lost were to other SEC teams. The argument is typically for out-of-conference play. ACC vs SEC. Big10 vs SEC.
The SEC looks like there is more equality than in the past. Is that equality of the top, middle or bottom. I’m not sure yet.
Missou was bad last year, on top of the East this year. Is that because they are good or the rest bad??
Kentucky and Ark are the only teams with loosing records. Miss st is even.
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Originally posted by Fishb8Did you actually read the logic?
" Seminoles must root for Florida to recover and give their team another shot at a high-profile late-season win."
I’m fairly certain I mentioned and agreed with that? Either way, that writer’s opinion appended onto the scores means nothing to me. Especially considering the fact he didn’t even mention the Miami game. More than likely writer bias against ACC.
Once again, using your logic: if FSU beats the pants off of Miami, and Miami doesn’t lose anymore, that win will be more important than Oregon beating Stanford. Stanford will be a 2 loss team at that point and fall in the polls.
Florida is an SEC team, so using SEC logic beating them should give FSU at least 6-7 trillion more points.