Not really sure what you expect when the HC changes and the replacement is in his first HC gig anywhere and key players are suspended (have the Tat5 and then a few others for accepting $200 at a charity event). I'm not making excuses; this was definitely a game that they should have won being up 21. But as an OSU fan, this was going to be a long season, and I didn't think they were going to be a top 25 team at all this year.
I don't expect anything. Just reiterating it... this game pretty much showed it. That o-line played better. Martinez and Burkhead took over the game.
Understood, just ... feeling like ****, left to go to the airport at 27-6, come back to watch NEB go up with that go ahead TD and I'm thinking to myself WTF...even with a terrible team, the D should have been better. Oh well, they are hot garbage, I agree, just felt like I had to semi-defend them.
I get you. Tough times. You guys will be back though... just a matter of time. tOSU recruits almost as good as anyone in the country.
No Wisconsin? I agree with you with all of that except I'd put Wisconsin slightly ahead of Stanford right now.
1.LSU 2.Alabama 3.Oklahoma 4.Wisconsin 5.Stanford SEC always gets the benefit of the doubt to me. I don't trust Clemson.
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Coaches Poll 1. Oklahoma (32) 2. LSU (15) 3. Alabama (11) 4. Wisconsin (1) 5. Stanford 6. Boise State 7. Oklahoma State 8. Clemson 9. Oregon 10. Michigan 11. Arkansas 12. Georgia Tech 13. South Carolina 14. Nebraska 15. Illinois 16. West Virginia 17. Virginia Tech 18. Kansas State 19. Michigan State 20. Arizona State 21. Texas 22. Houston 23. Texas A&M 24. Baylor 25. Penn State Dropped out No. 18 Florida (4-2, lost to No. 2 LSU 41-11), No. 22 Florida State (2-3, lost to Wake Forest 35-30), No. 23 Auburn (4-2, lost to then-No. 12 Arkansas 38-14). Others receiving votes Florida (4-2) 72; Washington (4-1) 52; North Carolina (5-1) 43; Auburn (4-2) 33; Notre Dame (4-2) 31; South Florida (4-1) 30; Wake Forest (4-1) 22; Georgia (4-2) 15; Southern Methodist (4-1) 11; Texas Tech (4-1) 9; Rutgers (4-1) 8; Southern Mississippi (5-1) 7; TCU (4-2) 4; Hawaii (3-2) 1.
1. Alabama 2. LSU 3. Oklahoma 4. Wisconsin 5. Oklahoma St 6. Stanford Right now, I give Bama the edge over LSU because AJ McCarron is better than Jarrett Lee.
I find that sort of funny. They just bunched all the Texas teams together. Too much trouble to figure who is better than who right now...
AP Top 25: 1. LSU(40) 2. Alabama(10) 3. Oklahoma(8) 4. Wisconsin 5. Boise St.(1) 6. Oklahoma St. 7. Stanford 8. Clemson 9. Oregon 10. Arkansas 11. Michigan 12. Georgia Tech 13. West Virginia 14. Nebraska 15. South Carolina 16. Illinois 17. Kansas St. 18. Arizona St. 19. Virginia Tech 20. Baylor 21. Texas A&M 22. Texas 23. Michigan St. 24. Auburn 25. Houston Others Receiving Votes: Florida(4-2) 86; Washington(4-1) 71; Notre Dame(4-2) 64; Georgia(4-2) 61; Penn State(5-1) 22; Southern California(4-1) 17; North Carolina(5-1) 13; South Florida(4-1) 11; Wake Forest(4-1) 7; Southern Mississippi(5-1) 4; Southern Methodist(4-1) 3; Texas Tech(4-1) 2; Cincinnati(4-1) 1
For the sake of discussion, why should LSU be rated higher than Alabama other than strength of schedule (so far)?
SoS is really the only reason. LSU has just played better competition. Really, the most dominant team all-around has been Wisconsin (they've won every game by 30+), but they are also rightfully lower due to SoS.
