Post week 2 college football contenders/pretenders

[EMH]

Pretenders...

OK, Notre Dame, take a seat pal...
Michigan, that's the best QB you have??
Oregon, OU dumped Gabriel for a reason... and Boise almost clipped your wings
OU, by the way, was shut out in the second half by Houston at home - lucky for OU they don't face VANDY this year
Oklahoma State, nice come back, not convinced Arkansas is a good team

Contenders

UGA
Ohio ST
The Horns - still think Ewers has a weak arm and is horribly overrated, but rest of team is there and impressive
Ole Miss - about 15 years ago they lost to Vandy 40-0, and have since tossed every possible academic and character standard to win
Mizzou - the test is in two weeks, they face Vandy
USC - was very impressed with the whole team playing LSU
da U - Miami has perhaps the best QB in college football, and the rest of the team is good, watch out for the Caines!!
Vandy - undefeated and arrow is UP

 

[my2¢]

I'd put Texas up there with the contenders, oh wait, see you've got them listed, I didn't recognize "the Horns" (edit).

Ohio State has played 2 MAC teams, that's sad. And speaking of the MAC, my Bowling Green State University Falcons losing by only 7 to Penn State surprised me. Hopefully this year BGSU beats rival Toledo.

 

[EMH]

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RANK	TEAM	TREND	POINTS		NEXT GAME
1	Georgia (54)2-0	—	1566
2	Texas (4)2-0	1	1492
3	Ohio State (5)2-0	1	1476
4	Alabama 2-0	—	1331
5	Ole Miss 2-0	1	1323
6	Missouri 2-0	3	1125
7	Tennessee 2-0	7	1107
8	Penn State 2-0	—	1090
9	Oregon 2-0	2	1077
10	Miami (Fla.) 2-0	2	1073
11	USC 2-0	2	1022
12	Utah 2-0	1	1010
13	Oklahoma State 2-0	3	734
14	Kansas State 2-0	3	702
15	Oklahoma 2-0	—	672
16	LSU 1-1	2	521
17	Michigan 1-1	7	503
18	Notre Dame 1-1	13	427
19	Louisville 2-0	3	383
20	Arizona 2-0	—	381
21	Iowa St. 2-0	8	309
22	Clemson 1-1	3	292
23	Nebraska 2-0	7	142
24	Boston College 2-0	3	116
25	N. Illinois 2-0	—	114

Others Receiving Votes​

• Illinois (101) 2-0; Boise State (77) 1-1; Texas A&M (68) 1-1; Syracuse (63) 2-0; Memphis (38) 2-0; Washington (27) 2-0; Iowa (24) 1-1; Kansas (22) 1-1; Vanderbilt (18) 2-0; South Carolina (10) 2-0; Wisconsin (9) 2-0; Liberty (9) 2-0; UNLV (7) 2-0; North Carolina (7) 2-0; California (3) 2-0; BYU (2) 2-0; TCU (1) 2-0; UCF (1) 2-0;

I should add the Vols, they looked very tough against NC State, although that was much more of a game than the score indicates... until NC State QB Grayson McCall ended a 70 yard NC St drive in Q2 with one of the worst pick 6s in history... then NC St collapsed.

But the Vol OL looked good and it needs to, that QB is not built to take a heavy pounding.

 

[EMH]

I'd put Texas up there with the contenders, oh wait, see you've got them listed, I didn't recognize "the Horns" (edit).

Ohio State has played 2 MAC teams, that's sad. And speaking of the MAC, my Bowling Green State University Falcons losing by only 7 to Penn State surprised me. Hopefully this year BGSU beats rival Toledo.

And who OWNS the Horns in football??

Which team that has played the Horns 10 or more times has the best record against the Horns?

 

[Votto]

Pretenders...

OK, Notre Dame, take a seat pal...
Michigan, that's the best QB you have??
Oregon, OU dumped Gabriel for a reason... and Boise almost clipped your wings
OU, by the way, was shut out in the second half by Houston at home - lucky for OU they don't face VANDY this year
Oklahoma State, nice come back, not convinced Arkansas is a good team

Contenders

UGA
Ohio ST
The Horns - still think Ewers has a weak arm and is horribly overrated, but rest of team is there and impressive
Ole Miss - about 15 years ago they lost to Vandy 40-0, and have since tossed every possible academic and character standard to win
Mizzou - the test is in two weeks, they face Vandy
USC - was very impressed with the whole team playing LSU
da U - Miami has perhaps the best QB in college football, and the rest of the team is good, watch out for the Caines!!
Vandy - undefeated and arrow is UP

No mention of Alabama or Clemson?

LOL.

 

[Votto]

And who OWNS the Horns in football??

Which team that has played the Horns 10 or more times has the best record against the Horns?

Looking forward to the Texas/Georgia game.

Lots of popcorn, granted, it will not be as fun as watching Texas completely destroy Michigan last Saturday.

 

[EMH]

No mention of Alabama or Clemson?

LOL.

Clemson played UGA. How did that go?

The Tide had a lame effort against USF - University Somewhere in FLA (because Tampa is NOT "south" Florida)

Clemson = not serious

The Tide - yet to show it but not out

 

[EMH]

Looking forward to the Texas/Georgia game.

Lots of popcorn, granted, it will not be as fun as watching Texas completely destroy Michigan last Saturday.

The team that OWNS the Horns is the week after UGA....

8-3-1

 

[Mac-7]

The team that OWNS the Horns is the week after UGA....

8-3-1

Texas is certainly in the top 5 or 6 along with Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, and Alabama in no particular order

Lets see them play each other head to head before getting too excited

We should have a clearer picture one month from now

 

[EMH]

Oregon,

almost lost to Boise ST....

 

[Mac-7]

almost lost to Boise ST....

Over confidence maybe

Lack of preparation for a weaker team

The Ducks have more talent than Boise St

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Texas is certainly in the top 5 or 6 along with Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, and Alabama in no particular order

Lets see them play each other head to head before getting too excited

We should have a clearer picture one month from now

Not so sure about Oregon. They have not looked good in either of their wins against weak opponents.

 

[Mac-7]

And who OWNS the Horns in football??

Which team that has played the Horns 10 or more times has the best record against the Horns?

Past seasons mean nothing

All that matters is the team Texas puts on the field this year

 

[Mac-7]

Not so sure about Oregon. They have not looked good in either of their wins against weak opponents.

Preseason polls are meaningless

If Oregon has a fatal flaw we’ll soon know based on winning and losing

Gabriel is a good QB in spite of a slow start so far

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Preseason polls are meaningless

If Oregon has a fatal flaw we’ll soon know based on winning and losing

Gabriel is a good QB in spite of a slow start so far

I agree that they are, just ask Florida State.

But Oregon has played and barely beaten Idaho and Boise St. They are both 2nd, or 3rd, tier teams.

They have a lot of work to do.

 

[Mac-7]

I agree that they are, just ask Florida State.

But Oregon has played and barely beaten Idaho and Boise St. They are both 2nd, or 3rd, tier teams.

They have a lot of work to do.

Oregon thanks to the NIL has recruited a lot of talent

Several players that Texas tried to sign but failed

There is plenty of time to write them off because they will play a Big 10 schedule

But I think they are one of the elite teams this year

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Oregon thanks to the NIL has recruited a lot of talent

Several players that Texas tried to sign but failed

There is plenty of time to write them off because they will play a Big 10 schedule

But I think they are one of the elite teams this year

They may end up that way, but right now they are not.

 

[Mac-7]

They may end up that way, but right now they are not.

Its still a long season

For 10 teams the gosl is a national championship.

And some top ten teams will fall short, if for no other reason than injuries to key players

Maybe Oregon is only good enough to play the spoiler to another contender

But its too soon to know

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Its still a long season

For 10 teams the gosl is a national championship.

And some top ten teams will fall short, if for no other reason than injuries to key players

Maybe Oregon is only good enough to play the spoiler to another contender

But its too soon to know

With a 12 team playoff they have a chance to make and then all bets are off.

On a side note, the biggest benefit of the extended playoff are these games we saw the last two weeks between highly ranked teams. That alone makes the change worthwhile

 

[Fiero425]

Pretenders...

OK, Notre Dame, take a seat pal...
Michigan, that's the best QB you have??
Oregon, OU dumped Gabriel for a reason... and Boise almost clipped your wings
OU, by the way, was shut out in the second half by Houston at home - lucky for OU they don't face VANDY this year
Oklahoma State, nice come back, not convinced Arkansas is a good team

Contenders

UGA
Ohio ST
The Horns - still think Ewers has a weak arm and is horribly overrated, but rest of team is there and impressive
Ole Miss - about 15 years ago they lost to Vandy 40-0, and have since tossed every possible academic and character standard to win
Mizzou - the test is in two weeks, they face Vandy
USC - was very impressed with the whole team playing LSU
da U - Miami has perhaps the best QB in college football, and the rest of the team is good, watch out for the Caines!!
Vandy - undefeated and arrow is UP

How the mighty have fallen! Just heard ND lost to my Alma mtr! WTF happened to The Irish?