What's new
By:

2014 College Football

heyhey said:
Their one loss so far is Florida St. Ours is Wazzu.
Click to expand...

That is the kicker.
It's not about who you beat as much as who you lost to in this particular case
 
Every person has unanimously stated that the SEC is the best football conference, dorks.

That doesn't mean that every team in the conference should get a boost in the rankings each year. There is no thought involved with voters at this point, they just put any SEC team at the top of their "loss tier" if that makes sense.
 
trigg3r said:
They also lost 41-7. Not at all indicative of a good team. I am not saying LSU won't be good down the line in years to come. I am saying they aren't that great this season and they we getting overrated by the voters due to being in the SEC. When they lose to Bama we can talk again.
Click to expand...

Maybe, but I think it's more indicative that they are an extremely young team, with a lot of talent and a very good home field advantage. I think they will probably end up being ranked about 20-25. They will barely lose to Bama, then dominate their last two games vs. Arkansas and A&M.
 
PKM said:
How?
Click to expand...

How? After the beat down by Auburn and the loss to Missippi State at home they shouldn't have been ranked 24th in the nation. They squeak one away from Ole Miss and jump to 15th. To me it was undeserved. To you, who knows? We all have our opinions.
 
UGLI baby said:
Every person has unanimously stated that the SEC is the best football conference, dorks.

That doesn't mean that every team in the conference should get a boost in the rankings each year. There is no thought involved with voters at this point, they just put any SEC team at the top of their "loss tier" if that makes sense.
Click to expand...

So you agree that we are the best but disagree that ours wins/losses should be weighted differently since we are, by your own admission, playing higher quality teams within our conference (that also schedules more OOC ranked opponets per team)?
 
trigg3r said:
How? After the beat down by Auburn and the loss to Missippi State at home they shouldn't have been ranked 24th in the nation. They squeak one away from Ole Miss and jump to 15th. To me it was undeserved. To you, who knows? We all have our opinions.
Click to expand...

No.. silly.. I meant how does one stop being dense?
 
Cy said:
Maybe, but I think it's more indicative that they are an extremely young team, with a lot of talent and a very good home field advantage. I think they will probably end up being ranked about 20-25. They will barely lose to Bama, then dominate their last two games vs. Arkansas and A&M.
Click to expand...

They also barely beat an awful Florida team. While they might have a bright future, they don't deserve credit for being young and possibly really good down the line. As we have said, let the games do the talking.
 
trigg3r said:
How? After the beat down by Auburn and the loss to Missippi State at home they shouldn't have been ranked 24th in the nation. They squeak one away from Ole Miss and jump to 15th. To me it was undeserved. To you, who knows? We all have our opinions.
Click to expand...

So after losing to teams who were ranked #2 and #3 (1 is now #1 and the other #4), they should be automatically unranked? I guess it depends on what the teams who are ranked around them are. I doubt any team below them had a very strong argument to be over them.

Then they beat the #3 overall team with a defensively dominant performance. How can you not expect a huge bump in the rankings? I don't get people complaining about LSU's ranking jump.
 
trigg3r said:
They also barely beat an awful Florida team. While they might have a bright future, they don't deserve credit for being young and possibly really good down the line. As we have said, let the games do the talking.
Click to expand...

Florida is 3-3. Awful by Florida standards, average by normal standards.

Utah loss to a team that is 2-6.........

They just beat the previously ranked #3 team, I believe their game has talked very loudly if you are looking at recent performance.

Also, LSU's close win was on the road @ Florida. Still a very hard place to play.

Utah loss to a **** *** team at home..... but they should be ranked above LSU who's losses are to #2 and #3 with a win over #3, right?
 
Cy said:
Florida is 3-3. Awful by Florida standards, average by normal standards.

Utah loss to a team that is 2-6.........
Click to expand...

And..... You keep saying this as if it is a great argument for the point we are arguing and it isn't. It's true that utah squandered a 17 point lead and lost at home to a bad team. But what exactly does that have yo do with the argument at hand? I already stated the SEC is the best conference as far as football is concerned. I said that I thought they were a bit overrated this year and were getting credit for how great they were in past years. You somewhat agreed with that while disagreeing about LSU being overrated. So what else do we have to say to each other?
 
People also put way too much stock into size of wins/losses.

A win is a win, a loss is a loss.

To me a close win vs. a lesser team is actually a great sign. It shows a team has the mental fortitude to pull out a close game when they are obviously not performing their best.

Auburn barely beat MSU last year, when we were ****ty, and still went on to be a very great team that nearly won a National Championship.
 
trigg3r said:
And..... You keep saying this as if it is a great argument for the point we are arguing and it isn't. It's true that utah squandered a 17 point lead and lost at home to a bad team. But what exactly does that have yo do with the argument at hand? I already stated the SEC is the best conference as far as football is concerned. I said that I thought they were a bit overrated this year and were getting credit for how great they were in past years. You somewhat agreed with that while disagreeing about LSU being overrated. So what else do we have to say to each other?
Click to expand...

SEC Roolz, PAC-12 Droolz
 
Cy said:
So after losing to teams who were ranked #2 and #3 (1 is now #1 and the other #4), they should be automatically unranked? I guess it depends on what the teams who are ranked around them are. I doubt any team below them had a very strong argument to be over them.

Then they beat the #3 overall team with a defensively dominant performance. How can you not expect a huge bump in the rankings? I don't get people complaining about LSU's ranking jump.
Click to expand...
By your logic UCLA was an awesome team when Utah played them, and it was on the road. So isn't that pretty damn impressive too? Add in a win vs USC and one less loss, and yea, LSU shouldn't have jumped Utah.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top