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2007-10-14 9:21 AM

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Subject: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall

The BCS rankings come out today. I guessing the PAC-10 will have 4 teams (USC, Cal, Oregon, and ARIZONA STATE) in the top 10.

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2007-10-14 9:33 AM
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2007-10-14 10:37 AM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall
It is simply impossible to go by the ranking to decide which conference is better since it depends on when a team lost to see how high they are ranked. I say if you look at how many teams are in a bowl game makes a better comparison. Right now the PAC-10 has a projected 6, maybe 7 teams. The SEC has 10. TEN! Don't get me wrong the PAC-10 is a good conference, better than some people give it credit for, but the SEC is the premier conference. Look at it this way there haven't been any huge upsets in the SEC of the top teams. Yes LSU lost to my Wildcats, but that is a huge difference from losing to Stanford or Oregon St.
2007-10-14 11:31 AM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall

Slow down there cowboy. I do expect to see the standings confirm that today. But you have to be a bit more realistic. The reason Pac-10 teams are doing so well right now is because they are feeding off the bottom of the conference. Want the worst the SEC has to offer, I give you Ole Miss, Vandy...and Arkansas. How confident would you feel about playing any of those?

The Pac-10 faithful always get excited this time a year. Well enjoy it because you good teams are about to play one another and no longer be in the top 10...a la the SEC each year.

Arizona State's next four games are Cal, Ore, UCLA & USC. They will lose at least 2
USC--I think people are jumping off the band wagon. Too many close calls to get the extra vote this year. ND could be ANOTHER tough game for them
Oregon--might be legit and seem to have the easiest road with USC & Az St at home
Cal--I expect them to drop out of the top 10. You get beat by at home by an unranked team?

Plus going into the weekend the Big East had 3 teams in the top 15 and another one undefeated and unranked.  I don't think many would make a case that the Big East is an elite football conference.  

 

 



Edited by ADollar79 2007-10-14 11:33 AM
2007-10-14 11:33 AM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall

Way to take a snapshot in time and use it to serve your point.  Where were you last week?

2007-10-14 12:29 PM
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I've always been there for ASU. Although it moves them into first place, I'm disappointed that Cal and USC have losses.

And before you say that ASU hasn't played anyone yet, look at this..

They beat Colorado, who then beat Oklahoma

They beat Stanford, who then beat #1 USC

They beat Oregon State, who then beat #2 Cal

They are 7-0 and you can't take that away. The real test will be this next 4 game stretch. Very happy to have the bye this week before Cal though.

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2007-10-14 12:41 PM
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They beat a team who beat a team........  You can come up with all kinds of stuff with that kinda logic.

They beat 3 average to bad teams who played well and beat other teams.

triguyfitz - 2007-10-14 12:29 PM

I've always been there for ASU. Although it moves them into first place, I'm disappointed that Cal and USC have losses.

And before you say that ASU hasn't played anyone yet, look at this..

They beat Colorado, who then beat Oklahoma

They beat Stanford, who then beat #1 USC

They beat Oregon State, who then beat #2 Cal

They are 7-0 and you can't take that away. The real test will be this next 4 game stretch. Very happy to have the bye this week before Cal though.

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2007-10-14 12:51 PM
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They beat the teams they were supposed to beat (unlike those others - - USC should NEVER lose to Stanford in football).

There's still a lot of football to be played. Just having a little fun because my team is 7-0. I like what Erickson said about the Devils, "I don't know how good we are, but it's nice to be 7-0"  (I'm paraphrasing).

2007-10-14 1:06 PM
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I'm just being bitter.  Don't mind me.

triguyfitz - 2007-10-14 12:51 PM

They beat the teams they were supposed to beat (unlike those others - - USC should NEVER lose to Stanford in football).

There's still a lot of football to be played. Just having a little fun because my team is 7-0. I like what Erickson said about the Devils, "I don't know how good we are, but it's nice to be 7-0"  (I'm paraphrasing).

2007-10-14 1:39 PM
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Last thing I'll say about this ...(probably not)

I'm a homer for ASU, but who is the person that gave them a #1 vote in the AP Poll?  C'mon -- even I don't think they deserve that.

1Ohio State (50) 1599
2South Florida (11) 1503
3Boston College (1) 1448
4Oklahoma (1) 1399
5LSU (1) 1331
6South Carolina1247
7Oregon1177
8Kentucky1098
9West Virginia1090
10California1065
11Virginia Tech951
12Arizona State (1) 948
13USC932
14Florida865
15Kansas664

2007-10-14 3:17 PM
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2007-10-14 3:56 PM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall
triguyfitz - 2007-10-14 12:39 PM

Last thing I'll say about this ...(probably not)

I'm a homer for ASU, but who is the person that gave them a #1 vote in the AP Poll? C'mon -- even I don't think they deserve that.

1Ohio State (50) 1599
2South Florida (11) 1503
3Boston College (1) 1448
4Oklahoma (1) 1399
5LSU (1) 1331
6South Carolina1247
7Oregon1177
8Kentucky1098
9West Virginia1090
10California1065
11Virginia Tech951
12Arizona State (1) 948
13USC932
14Florida865
15Kansas664

Heck, I'd give A State a number 1 vote before I'd give it to LSU immediately following a loss to an unranked opponent.

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2007-10-14 4:06 PM
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Brett - 2007-10-14 3:56 PM

Heck, I'd give A State a number 1 vote before I'd give it to LSU immediately following a loss to an unranked opponent.

bts 

Good thing someone as uninformed as you doesn't get a vote. Kentucky was 17th when they beat LSU.

2007-10-14 4:33 PM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall
triguyfitz - 2007-10-14 10:21 AM

The BCS rankings come out today. I guessing the PAC-10 will have 4 teams (USC, Cal, Oregon, and ARIZONA STATE) in the top 10.

SEC? 2

To go back to your original post, if we use the AP Poll (BCS may differ) then my math has

SEC 3
Pac-10 2

Case closed

Can we all agree that the Big 10 reeeeally sux!!!! 



Edited by ADollar79 2007-10-14 4:35 PM
2007-10-14 5:03 PM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall

There they are....


Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings BCS

TEAM RK PTS % RK PTS % A&H RB CM KM JS PW % COMP AVG BCS AVG PRVS
1 Ohio State 1 2845 .9982 1 1495 .9967 23 25 22 19 19 19 .830 T-5 .9416 NR
2 South Florida 3 2508 .8800 3 1320 .8800 25 24 25 25 25 25 1.000 1 .9200 NR
3 Boston College 2 2650 .9298 2 1383 .9220 20 21 19 23 21 20 .820 7 .8906 NR
4 LSU 5 2303 .8081 5 1173 .7820 22 22 23 24 24 24 .930 2 .8400 NR
5 Oklahoma 4 2503 .8782 4 1288 .8587 12 14 15 12 14 15 .550 11 .7623 NR
6 South Carolina 6 2009 .7049 8 997 .6647 21 20 20 22 23 23 .860 3 .7432 NR
7 Kentucky 11 1759 .6172 13 874 .5827 18 23 21 21 22 21 .850 4 .6833 NR
8 Arizona State 12 1697 .5954 12 936 .6240 24 17 24 20 17 22 .830 T-5 .6831 NR
9 West Virginia 8 1926 .6758 7 1007 .6713 10 19 11 17 18 18 .640 10 .6624 NR
10 Oregon 7 1974 .6926 6 1077 .7180 17 8 18 14 8 11 .500 13 .6369 NR
11 Virginia Tech 13 1638 .5747 11 982 .6547 11 16 17 18 16 17 .660 T-8 .6298 NR
12 California 10 1894 .6646 T-9 983 .6553 16 13 12 11 12 10 .480 T-14 .6000 NR
13 Kansas 15 1200 .4211 15 705 .4700 19 1 16 15 20 16 .660 T-8 .5170 NR
14 USC 9 1915 .6719 T-9 983 .6553 8 18 0 1 0 0 .090 23 .4724 NR
15 Florida 14 1458 .5116 14 726 .4840 6 12 8 10 7 3 .310 T-17 .4352 NR
16 Missouri 17 1053 .3695 17 519 .3460 15 5 10 9 11 13 .430 16 .3818 NR
17 Auburn 19 667 .2340 19 372 .2480 14 11 13 16 15 9 .530 12 .3373 NR
18 Hawaii 16 1198 .4204 16 558 .3720 0 0 6 0 0 14 .060 25 .2841 NR
19 Virginia 24 240 .0842 24 184 .1227 13 0 14 13 10 12 .480 T-14 .2290 NR
20 Georgia 20 528 .1853 20 282 .1880 9 2 7 6 9 8 .300 19 .2244 NR
21 Tennessee 22 420 .1474 22 193 .1287 7 10 5 7 13 7 .310 T-17 .1953 NR
22 Texas 18 786 .2758 18 396 .2640 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 NR .1799 NR
23 Cincinnati 23 369 .1295 23 192 .1280 3 0 9 0 1 6 .100 22 .1192 NR
24 Texas Tech 21 459 .1611 21 232 .1547 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 NR .1052 NR
25 Michigan 25 229 .0804 26 127 .0847 0 15 2 5 0 0 .070 24 .0783 NR

 

2007-10-14 5:28 PM
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Subject: RE: I guess the Pac-10 is better than the SEC afterall

I'm suprised USC is ranked so low (if you call that low).

My bad....but the season's not over.

One other thing - - please do not call ASU by the moniker 'A State' . Arizona State or ASU will be fine. It grates on my nerves everytime the guy on Fox Sports says it.



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ADollar79 - 2007-10-14 4:03 PM

There they are....


Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings BCS

TEAM RK PTS % RK PTS % A&H RB CM KM JS PW % COMP AVG BCS AVG PRVS
1 Ohio State 1 2845 .9982 1 1495 .9967 23 25 22 19 19 19 .830 T-5 .9416 NR
2 South Florida 3 2508 .8800 3 1320 .8800 25 24 25 25 25 25 1.000 1 .9200 NR
3 Boston College 2 2650 .9298 2 1383 .9220 20 21 19 23 21 20 .820 7 .8906 NR
4 LSU 5 2303 .8081 5 1173 .7820 22 22 23 24 24 24 .930 2 .8400 NR
5 Oklahoma 4 2503 .8782 4 1288 .8587 12 14 15 12 14 15 .550 11 .7623 NR
6 South Carolina 6 2009 .7049 8 997 .6647 21 20 20 22 23 23 .860 3 .7432 NR
7 Kentucky 11 1759 .6172 13 874 .5827 18 23 21 21 22 21 .850 4 .6833 NR
8 Arizona State 12 1697 .5954 12 936 .6240 24 17 24 20 17 22 .830 T-5 .6831 NR
9 West Virginia 8 1926 .6758 7 1007 .6713 10 19 11 17 18 18 .640 10 .6624 NR
10 Oregon 7 1974 .6926 6 1077 .7180 17 8 18 14 8 11 .500 13 .6369 NR
11 Virginia Tech 13 1638 .5747 11 982 .6547 11 16 17 18 16 17 .660 T-8 .6298 NR
12 California 10 1894 .6646 T-9 983 .6553 16 13 12 11 12 10 .480 T-14 .6000 NR
13 Kansas 15 1200 .4211 15 705 .4700 19 1 16 15 20 16 .660 T-8 .5170 NR
14 USC 9 1915 .6719 T-9 983 .6553 8 18 0 1 0 0 .090 23 .4724 NR
15 Florida 14 1458 .5116 14 726 .4840 6 12 8 10 7 3 .310 T-17 .4352 NR
16 Missouri 17 1053 .3695 17 519 .3460 15 5 10 9 11 13 .430 16 .3818 NR
17 Auburn 19 667 .2340 19 372 .2480 14 11 13 16 15 9 .530 12 .3373 NR
18 Hawaii 16 1198 .4204 16 558 .3720 0 0 6 0 0 14 .060 25 .2841 NR
19 Virginia 24 240 .0842 24 184 .1227 13 0 14 13 10 12 .480 T-14 .2290 NR
20 Georgia 20 528 .1853 20 282 .1880 9 2 7 6 9 8 .300 19 .2244 NR
21 Tennessee 22 420 .1474 22 193 .1287 7 10 5 7 13 7 .310 T-17 .1953 NR
22 Texas 18 786 .2758 18 396 .2640 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 NR .1799 NR
23 Cincinnati 23 369 .1295 23 192 .1280 3 0 9 0 1 6 .100 22 .1192 NR
24 Texas Tech 21 459 .1611 21 232 .1547 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 NR .1052 NR
25 Michigan 25 229 .0804 26 127 .0847 0 15 2 5 0 0 .070 24 .0783 NR

 

 

I'd say the Pac 10 is about middle of the... pack. Average at best in my opinion.

SEC: 7 (4th is highest ranking)

Big 12: 5 (5th is highest ranking)

Pac: 10: 4 (8th is highest ranking)

Acc: 4 (3rd is highest ranking)

Big 10: 2 (1st is highest)

 

2007-10-14 5:32 PM
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It was interesting to hear the opinions of the "experts" - Holtz had OSU at #1, May had USF...Herbstreit and Curso had OSU ....they rationalize it by saying they are unbeaten....same could be said for BC and USF....If you look at schedules USF should be #1 - since they have actually played ranked opponents and beaten them.

The old school establishment favor the named conferences - its a shame since the Big 10 is ( and has been for a few years) horrible overall. Teams like USF should get credit for playing and beating people ahead of the bigger conference teams

Hopefully time will show the weaknesses of the respective schedules and teams - and we'll get a great match up in the NC.

Sidenote - it would be hard to be in the SEC...thats one tough conference top to bottom!
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tmwelshy - 2007-10-14 6:28 PM

 

I'd say the Pac 10 is about middle of the... pack. Average at best in my opinion.

SEC: 7 (4th is highest ranking)

Big 12: 5 (5th is highest ranking)

Pac: 10: 4 (8th is highest ranking)

Acc: 4 (3rd is highest ranking)

Big 10: 2 (1st is highest)

 

Just for more foder....I would actually put the Pac above the Big 12 based on the rankings of those teams in the poll.  For example, I wouldn't argue that a conference that has 5 teams all 20-25 is stronger than a conference with 3 in the top 10. 

 

2007-10-14 6:48 PM
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Bcozican - 2007-10-14 3:32 PM It was interesting to hear the opinions of the "experts" - Holtz had OSU at #1, May had USF...Herbstreit and Curso had OSU ....they rationalize it by saying they are unbeaten....same could be said for BC and USF....If you look at schedules USF should be #1 - since they have actually played ranked opponents and beaten them. The old school establishment favor the named conferences - its a shame since the Big 10 is ( and has been for a few years) horrible overall. Teams like USF should get credit for playing and beating people ahead of the bigger conference teams Hopefully time will show the weaknesses of the respective schedules and teams - and we'll get a great match up in the NC. Sidenote - it would be hard to be in the SEC...thats one tough conference top to bottom!

Plus, you have to deduct any credit you'd give the Big 10 because they have 11 schools in the conference.  (Why is it still the Big 10? Granted, it does sound better than Big 11)

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ADollar79 - 2007-10-14 4:33 PM
tmwelshy - 2007-10-14 6:28 PM

 

I'd say the Pac 10 is about middle of the... pack. Average at best in my opinion.

SEC: 7 (4th is highest ranking)

Big 12: 5 (5th is highest ranking)

Pac: 10: 4 (8th is highest ranking)

Acc: 4 (3rd is highest ranking)

Big 10: 2 (1st is highest)

 

Just for more foder....I would actually put the Pac above the Big 12 based on the rankings of those teams in the poll. For example, I wouldn't argue that a conference that has 5 teams all 20-25 is stronger than a conference with 3 in the top 10.

 

I agree.... 

 



2007-10-15 1:16 AM
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Even though my team is pretty far down the list, I just have to say ...

Go Vols!!!
2007-10-15 3:27 AM
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Purdue's season is already a success by beating ND.

I just wish someone would tell my Boilermakers that the football season lasts beyond September...

Mark

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RedCorvette - 2007-10-15 2:27 AM

Purdue's season is already a success by beating ND.

I just wish someone would tell my Boilermakers that the football season lasts beyond September...

Mark

Amen Bro -> Just tell Morgan Burke to keep scheduling MAC teams all the way into November. Hell let's just join the MAC and get it over with...

Well at least this BCS list confirms one thing -> The Big Ten is definitely having a down year.

 

 

Having said all of that, the schadenfreude of Notre Dame's implosion is almost too much pleasure for me to handle.

 

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ScottoNM - 2007-10-15 10:49 AM
RedCorvette - 2007-10-15 2:27 AM

Purdue's season is already a success by beating ND.

I just wish someone would tell my Boilermakers that the football season lasts beyond September...

Mark

Amen Bro -> Just tell Morgan Burke to keep scheduling MAC teams all the way into November. Hell let's just join the MAC and get it over with...

Well at least this BCS list confirms one thing -> The Big Ten is definitely having a down year.

 

 

Having said all of that, the schadenfreude of Notre Dame's implosion is almost too much pleasure for me to handle.

 

Excellent....I had to go look that up.

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