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03-11-2006, 09:40 PM
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good team, but counting on a freshman QB is not a solid foundation.
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I agree, just ask Oklahoma. |
03-11-2006, 09:43 PM
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Oh give me a f**king break! WVU #2? A team from the Big East? They get that kind of pre season bump and they play Pitt and Rutgers for the conference toughies. Oh wait, maybe they have to catch Cincinnati on the road, mid season...
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03-11-2006, 10:06 PM
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B20's Thoughts...
-I like us at #5. Too many questions, but I think we have a lot of answers (and good ones).
-I see West Virginia being this year's Purdue. Highly ranked based on a solid core coming back and a TON of extra bonus votes due to an "easy schedule"
-Oklahoma could be this year's Tennessee/Iowa. High hopes (and pre-season rankings), but things fall through due to inefficiencies. I guess I see them more as an Iowa (mediocre) than a Tennessee (downright terrible).
-USC is going to be DANG-ER-OUS this year. Yeah, they're losing a lot, but they have guys that could've started at some pretty big schools last year that were riding the pine (their 3rd string QB could have played for 80% of other teams last year as a true frosh!)
-I'm predicting that the Pac-10 won't be as embaressing as they have in past years. They still won't be considered "great", but I think they could pass for being "quite good" for a change. Maybe USC will actually have COMPETITION for a change...
-I don't think there's a clear-cut number 1 this year, because it seems as though this is going to be considered a "down-year" for the upcoming season (due to a lot of elite players graduating; a lot of "potential superstars" leaving early). My pick for pre-season #1 is Notre Dame, because 1) they're returning as many starters as we did last year, 2) it'll make their losing just THAT MUCH sweeter, and 3) I want a rematch. In other years, I don't know if we could get away with losing 9 of 11 players on D and still be considered a top 6 or 7 team. This year, we can.
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03-11-2006, 10:52 PM
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ND just has to many questions on defense to be brought into this discussion.
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03-11-2006, 10:59 PM
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ND just has to many questions on defense to be brought into this discussion.
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Agreed...but the offense is what the writer's love. That is why tOSU is up there as well.
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03-11-2006, 11:03 PM
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Agreed...but the offense is what the writer's love. That is why tOSU is up there as well.
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The good news is that I don't think ND will face a defense anywhere near as good as OSU had last year.
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03-11-2006, 11:04 PM
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The good news is that I don't think ND will face a defense the anywhere near as good as OSU had last year.
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I'll probably be the first of many to say that I don't think ND will face a team like that for awhile! |
03-11-2006, 11:43 PM
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I'll probably be the first of many to say that I don't think ND will face a team like that for awhile!
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I don't think there will be a D like that for a while...
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03-11-2006, 11:50 PM
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