College (Football) Pick 'Em

[reveal]

Well, Auburn lost a few really good players to the draft.

USC lost 3 major coaches (offensive coordinator, QB coach, and line coach) but they're still #1. That's a lot of talent gone as well.

 

[fett527]

USC lost 3 major coaches (offensive coordinator, QB coach, and line coach) but they're still #1. That's a lot of talent gone as well.

But USC has 2 front-runners for Heisman again. Same two from last year.

Don't get me started on how high Oklahoma is in the coaches poll.

EDIT: Maybe time for the new College Football thread Crothian?

 

[Crothian]

The College fopotball world is in love with USC and has been for a while now, so no suprise there. I do echo fett though about them Sooners, that ranking seemed a bit on the high side to me.

 

[drothgery]

The College fopotball world is in love with USC and has been for a while now, so no suprise there.

... but until something happens that suggest that love is undeserved, I'm not sure how anyone outside of rabid Auburn and LSU fans can complain about it.

 

[Crothian]

I'm not saying that USC has not shown the people they deserve the love, but it will be interesting to see how they get treated when they have their first lose. I don't see them going undefeated again.

 

[reveal]

... but until something happens that suggest that love is undeserved, I'm not sure how anyone outside of rabid Auburn and LSU fans can complain about it.

I'm just trying to understand how a team that went undefeated last year can slip from third to fifteenth. Yes, they lost players but USC lost 3 major coaches and is still #1. That doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Crothian]

I'm just trying to understand how a team that went undefeated last year can slip from third to fifteenth. Yes, they lost players but USC lost 3 major coaches and is still #1. That doesn't make sense to me.

Players are seen as a bigger lose then coaches. And they still got the head guy, of the coaches he gets most of the credit.

 

[reveal]

Players are seen as a bigger lose then coaches. And they still got the head guy, of the coaches he gets most of the credit.

Maybe, but the offensive coordinator went to Tennessee. He's the one who had most of the input as to how USC scored. Yes, Pete Carroll is a great college coach, but he's not the only important coach. I would think that if the guy who made your offense what it was left, the team wouldnt be looked on as favorably to be as good on offense.

 

[Crothian]

but in the end they still have a lot of very talented kids, a great class of underclassmen, and a really two national championships in the past two years.

Auburn is seen as having a really good season, but too many player changes to be considered that good this early on.

Besides, most people know these preseasons rankings are mostly guess work

 

[reveal]

Besides, most people know these preseasons rankings are mostly guess work

I know but it just shows the bias of the people who vote in these polls. It happened last year and, apparently, it's starting already. It sucks because these polls are what help teams get into a bowl game. The bigger the bowl game, the more money the school makes.