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23 minutes ago, TxEx84 said:

So does Matt Baker (who)?  And Texas at 22!

Good God, Matt Baker's poll to end last year was a joke.

 

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    Congratulations Texas

  • Eh.  It was a disappointing season.  But being ranked is better than not being ranked, especially when it's hilariously one spot ahead of the ags.  

  • I've always maintained that the best setup is 8 teams - all 5 P5 champs, 3 at large and stipulations where a G5 with a certain record/ AP ranking gets in.  Auto-bids to the conference champs imme

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2 hours ago, MrPhlegm said:

Jawja at 3? Bbbbbbwwwahahahah.

aggy at 12? Lulz.

Ps. It don't make a shit.

aggy had more quality sec losses than us last year and will again this year. current conversion rate: 3 quality sec losses = 1 bdf big 12 worthless conference aggy would totally win if it were in win.

39 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Ferentz is 11-9 against ISU. He lost his first 4 games against the Cyclones and has gone 11-5 since. 

Kirk has been there 20 years? Damn. 

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14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Kirk has been there 20 years? Damn. 

Great pay for mediocre expectations.  The dude has a good gig.

3 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

When was the last time Iowa-Iowa State was a matchup of two ranked teams?

UNI gives both of them fits and will beat one of them.

33 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Kirk has been there 20 years? Damn. 

He's got a good agent. He had some success, there was "talk" about NFL teams pursuing him, so Iowa signed him to a 10-year deal with a massive buyout. Then his teams went in the tank, hitting a low of 4-8 in 2012, but Iowa couldn't afford to fire him. He gave up recruiting in Florida. Then in 2015 he took advantage of a schedule where Iowa's cross-divisional opponents were Maryland and Indiana, and won the B1G West. (In his defense, he was undefeated in his division with wins at Wisconsin, at Northwestern, and at Nebraska.) So Iowa gave him another big contract extension. 

The terms of the new contract didn't hamstring the school like the old one did. But the standards were set pretty low. Kirk gets his annual raise as long as he wins seven games. But he's achieved that every year since, going 8-5, 8-5, and 9-4. He seems to have righted the ship for the most part, given their expectations. 

12. Texas A&M

13. Washington

14. Utah

15. Penn State

16. Auburn

17. UCF

18. Michigan State

19. Wisconsin

20. Iowa

21. Iowa State

22. Syracuse

23. Washington State

24. Nebraska

25. Stanford

 

teams better than A&M in bold

 

Then why aren't they all bolded?
UNI gives both of them fits and will beat one of them.


UNI only plays us this year and they’ve only given Iowa one close game over the years. I think the Big 10 has discontinued playing FCS schools.

They’ve beaten us 3 times since 2007 and it makes me physically ill thinking about it. 90% of UNI alum (including a stunning number of athletes) are Iowa fans, and they are the most bizarrely arrogant sports fans I’ve encountered in my life.
5 hours ago, Ghost of Stevie Ray said:

Florida absolutely bitch slapped Michigan in the bowl game and they still rank Michigan higher??  

Yup. Was gonna say this. 

Hilarious.

3 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

Is it a QB competition between Jones and Franks or is Franks expected to start?

Did you watch Franks last year? He started balling out big-time. I'm the last guy in the world to get behind Franks because I saw him in person suck under Mcelwain but man he's been much better under Dan Mullen. I think he's turned the corner after the bowl practices and a great bowl game. 

 

46 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

He's got a good agent. He had some success, there was "talk" about NFL teams pursuing him, so Iowa signed him to a 10-year deal with a massive buyout. Then his teams went in the tank, hitting a low of 4-8 in 2012, but Iowa couldn't afford to fire him. He gave up recruiting in Florida. Then in 2015 he took advantage of a schedule where Iowa's cross-divisional opponents were Maryland and Indiana, and won the B1G West. (In his defense, he was undefeated in his division with wins at Wisconsin, at Northwestern, and at Nebraska.) So Iowa gave him another big contract extension. 

The terms of the new contract didn't hamstring the school like the old one did. But the standards were set pretty low. Kirk gets his annual raise as long as he wins seven games. But he's achieved that every year since, going 8-5, 8-5, and 9-4. He seems to have righted the ship for the most part, given their expectations. 

in other words, iowa are aggy, without the FCS cushion.

advantage aggy.

Utah are the most egregious entry.  Their performance in the PAC Championship game should have earned them a bowl ban for this season simply on principle.

12. Texas A&M

13. Washington

14. Utah

15. Penn State

16. Auburn

17. UCF

18. Michigan State

19. Wisconsin

20. Iowa

21. Iowa State

22. Syracuse

23. Washington State

24. Nebraska

25. Stanford

 

teams better than A&M in bold

 

Don't know what each team has coming back this year, but wouldn't have a problem putting State Penn, Sparty and even Wazzu above aggy..

On the other hand, while Kirk Bohls is as wrong as usual, this ballot is much less cunty than is his wont.

58 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I think the Big 10 has discontinued playing FCS schools.
 

 

Everyone should do this.  

4 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Kurt has Utah 5th. What a dumbass.

There's an argument to be made that if you assume the Pac, and especially the Pac South is going to be shitty, Utah could have a really special season just by being competent and well-coached and actually showing up for the Championship game this year.

5th best team? Lol no. Last one out of the Playoff kind of season? Very in play.

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5 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Never.  2005 was close, probably the closest it's been.

Hah, I remember that day very well, was the same day we played Ohio State in Columbus.  Watched it from Miani’s, the bar on High Street that whale cunt and co set up for the pregame....

Can somebody explain the Nebraska hype to me because I legit don’t get it. They went 4-8 a season ago and pulled in a 18th ranked recruiting class

That would be Matt Baker.  His voting is the worst ballot on there.  Stuff a few more sec teams in there why don't ya Matt. 

35 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Hah, I remember that day very well, was the same day we played Ohio State in Columbus.  Watched it from Miani’s, the bar on High Street that whale cunt and co set up for the pregame....

It was one of the most fun weekends of my college career.  I remember watching your game while getting ready to head back out to house parties and giving my Hawkeye buddies shit about the Big 12 owning the Big 10.  I'm not into taking credit for the rest of conference, but it was more salt to dump in the wound.

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Kirk Bowels always at the bottom

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34 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said:

Can somebody explain the Nebraska hype to me because I legit don’t get it. They went 4-8 a season ago and pulled in a 18th ranked recruiting class

Faith in Scott Frost.

35 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said:

Can somebody explain the Nebraska hype to me because I legit don’t get it. They went 4-8 a season ago and pulled in a 18th ranked recruiting class

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This might sound like a contradiction, but I feel an extremely intense feeling of not giving a shit about preseason polls.

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Whoop! SIAP
Some with texas at 3 and 4. Unchartered territory in the last 9 years.

I hope they aren't wrong but whoa.

Some guy named matt Baker with texas at #22. I guess tom snorted coke of his wife's tits.

Why even have rankings. Seriously. It's clear that either some of these guys are full on regarded or they give their ballot to their kids and tell them just to do whatever with it and send it in. 

These polls don't make a shit. Just get rid of them.  

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

There's an argument to be made that if you assume the Pac, and especially the Pac South is going to be shitty, Utah could have a really special season just by being competent and well-coached and actually showing up for the Championship game this year.

5th best team? Lol no. Last one out of the Playoff kind of season? Very in play.

Nah. They’re not that good and they have Washington State and at Washington on the schedule. They’d need just about everything to go their way just to get to 10-2 and would probably still lose the PAC 12 title game.

39 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Some guy named matt Baker with texas at #22. I guess tom snorted coke of his wife's tits.

Ok cool

Hook em!

23 minutes ago, pops said:

Why even have rankings. Seriously. It's clear that either some of these guys are full on regarded or they give their ballot to their kids and tell them just to do whatever with it and send it in. 

These polls don't make a shit. Just get rid of them.  

It's part of Disney Sports presents college football (tm) Doritos bowl national championship playoff series brought to you by Home Depot. It sells when you have #8 Florida playing Miami a week early, instead of just saying rivalry.. I guess..

My favorite is when they use the meaningless rankings for early season wins. Like well the SECSECSEC team lost to whoever BUT they were ranked 6 at the time... Even though they finish the season at 22 or whatever

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47 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Some guy named matt Baker with texas at #22. I guess tom snorted coke of his wife's tits.

His final poll last season had Georgia #6 and Texas #13.

1 hour ago, markstanco said:

Some guy named matt Baker with texas at #22. I guess tom snorted coke of his wife's tits.

Heard from a reliable source that he’s best friends with Daniel Figs, Billy Gooch and Kevin Moran.

55 minutes ago, Zavala said:

It's part of Disney Sports presents college football (tm) Doritos bowl national championship playoff series brought to you by Home Depot. It sells when you have #8 Florida playing Miami a week early, instead of just saying rivalry.. I guess..

While I generally agree, Wikipedia says they started the preseason AP poll in 1950, so this is a rich and historic sort of over-commercialization.

4 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I think the Big 10 has discontinued playing FCS schools.

 

The restriction on FCS scheduling now has a caveat. In years when Big Ten teams have four conference home games out of the nine-game schedule, they can put FCS teams on their schedule, commissioner Jim Delany told SB Nation during a press conference at the league’s media days Monday. It appears 11/14 B1G teams are not playing FCS this season.

 

It's sad that once again every SEC school is playing at least 1 FCS school. Of course it appears the ACC is completely bought in to the SEC scheduling model. Thank goodness for Texas, or the Big 12 would join them.

 

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11 hours ago, ztejas said:

I'll take Florida on a neutral site with a drunk Herman and Casey Thompson under center. 

Easily the least deserving of that ranking of the Top 10

12 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Never.  2005 was close, probably the closest it's been.

I was going to say 2002 when we had Seneca Wallace and Iowa had Brad Banks. 

8 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

 


UNI only plays us this year and they’ve only given Iowa one close game over the years. I think the Big 10 has discontinued playing FCS schools.

They’ve beaten us 3 times since 2007 and it makes me physically ill thinking about it. 90% of UNI alum (including a stunning number of athletes) are Iowa fans, and they are the most bizarrely arrogant sports fans I’ve encountered in my life.

 

I hate the UNI game for those reasons.  I'd rather Iowa State spend the $600,000 we pay them on another team to come to Ames.  The Clones are 22-5-3 vs UNI. It's basically an FCS rivalry game. 

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11 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

in other words, iowa are aggy, without the FCS cushion.

advantage aggy.

Iowa's so Aggy it would make your head spin.

When we had the USCish jerseys, they couldn't stop talking about it despite the fact Hayden Fry openly admitted he stole the Steelers unis for Iowa.  They also ripped off the Florida gator chomp, and the "O-H-I-O" chant.

All summer long, Iowa fans have swarmed to any Twitter praise of Iowa State to remind you that we historically suck or just post something to the effect of "the Clowns from Lames suck".  "Clowns" is to Hawk what "Sip" is to Aggy.  You would never guess they had the bigger fanbase, more resources, and greater historical cache based on their fan behavior.

 

6 hours ago, caliHORNia said:

Easily the least deserving of that ranking of the Top 10

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17 hours ago, Loco said:

also Michigan?  Has Coach Sleepover ever even won a conference title?

Just in case anyone wasn’t sure, Michigan hasn’t won the big ten since 2004, three years before Lloyd Carr retired. They have not played in any of the 8 conference championship games. 

Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan State all have 3 conference championships since Michigan’s last. 

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26 minutes ago, heso said:

Just in case anyone wasn’t sure, Michigan hasn’t won the big ten since 2004, three years before Lloyd Carr retired. They have not played in any of the 8 conference championship games. 

Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan State all have 3 conference championships since Michigan’s last. 

khaki game strong tho

Did I black out a miss a good year for the Big 10? Other than OSU, they were all somewhere between mediocre and bad. When's the last time Michigan or Penn State beat a good team?

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