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DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


mastershakeman posted:

That's really pathetic

It's kinda sad, yeah. I'll be fair and say it's not completely the university's fault, I think the state as a whole had been in some budget troubles, and may still be.

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Spacemonkey57
Dec 1, 2004

C2C - 2.0 posted:

The shitshow that was the bowl game didn't do him any favors either.

This reminded me that Notre Dame had a 9 game bowl losing streak that included losses to Oregon State by 32, NC State by 22, Oregon State by 17, Ohio State by 14, and LSU by 27. Also Notre Dame appeared in four BCS bowls and went 0-4 losing by an average of 25 points. I don't really have a point other than gently caress Notre Dame I guess.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


Beckman owns. Haters vacate. GO FIGHTING ILLINI! *claps*

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
News: I don't think Utah's gonna suck this year

Views: :toot:

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



LeeMajors posted:

I don't understand how Steele keeps getting work.

Then again, this is the sport where Weis is still on like 4 different payrolls while sitting at home eating cheeseburgers, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.

Sometimes I think how bad can that man's self esteem be that schools literally pay him not to work for them anymore, then you look at his waistline and realize he's replaced the self esteem with baconators.

C2C - 2.0
May 14, 2006

Dubs In The Key Of Life


Lipstick Apathy
More poo poo to get mad about, y'all. Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason POWER poll:

quote:

One of the drawbacks of providing so much information in my annual College Football Preview is that some of the reasoning behind my ratings and projections can be difficult to grasp. Longtime readers of the magazine tend to understand the meaning of the different systems upon which I rely to make predictions (as well as my always expanding list of abbreviations), but some of the ratings may be a bit overwhelming for new readers.

Two of the most popular rankings are my Preseason Top 40 and my Power Poll, both of which appear each year in the magazine. In addition to including more teams (all 128 FBS teams), the Power Poll also differs from my Top 40 in terms of its rationale. The difference is straightforward: my Top 40 is a projection of where each team will finish, while the Power Poll is a ranking of each team based on their overall talent level. So why are the rankings different? The reason is schedule: one team may be more talented than another, but finish with a worse record based on a tougher schedule.

The next question you might be asking is, “how is the Power Poll calculated?” To evaluate teams, I rely on nine different of power ratings that look at different factors. The Power Poll is an aggregate of all nine sets of power ratings, so it tends to be the most accurate summation of how I rate each team. In essence, the Power Poll is the result of numerous computer rankings that have been developed over many years of close study.

Now that you know the underlying rationale, here is the Power Poll!

1. Ohio St
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. USC
5. Baylor
6. Oregon
7. Georgia
8. Stanford
9. Florida St
10. LSU
11. Michigan St
12. UCLA
13. Notre Dame
14. Auburn
15. Mississippi
16. Oklahoma
17. Wisconsin
18. Arkansas
19. Tennessee
20. Virginia Tech
21. Utah
22. Clemson
23. Oklahoma St
24. Georgia Tech
25. Miami, Fl
26. Penn St
27. Arizona St
28. Texas
29. West Virginia
30. Boise St
31. Missouri
32. Texas A&M
33. Arizona
34. Nebraska
35. Michigan
36. California
37. Louisville
38. Mississippi St
39. Minnesota
40. Florida
41. Kansas St
42. Pittsburgh
43. Duke
44. BYU
45. Marshall
46. Colorado
47. NC State
48. North Carolina
49. San Diego St
50. Texas Tech
51. Virginia
52. Utah St
53. Louisiana Tech
54. Northwestern
55. Cincinnati
56. South Carolina
57. Iowa
58. Kentucky
59. UCF
60. Rutgers
61. Temple
62. Illinois
63. Toledo
64. Memphis
65. Washington St
66. East Carolina
67. WKU
68. Northern Illinois
69. Boston College
70. Washington
71. Western Michigan
72. Indiana
73. Maryland
74. Iowa St
75. Bowling Green
76. Houston
77. Vanderbilt
78. Purdue
79. Akron
80. Appalachian St
81. Ohio
82. Navy
83. Air Force
84. Oregon St
85. Colorado St
86. Middle Tennessee
87. Arkansas St
88. Ball St
89. Fresno St
90. UL-Lafayette
91. Nevada
92. Tulsa
93. Syracuse
94. San Jose St
95. Massachusetts
96. Georgia Southern
97. Rice
98. New Mexico
99. Wake Forest
100. Hawai’i
101. Tulane
102. Connecticut
103. FIU
104. Kent St
105. Texas St
106. USF
107. UTEP
108. Old Dominion
109. Southern Miss
110. ULM
111. Central Michigan
112. North Texas
113. Florida Atlantic
114. Wyoming
115. Kansas
116. SMU
117. South Alabama
118. Buffalo
119. Idaho
120. New Mexico St
121. Army West Point
122. Troy
123. UTSA
124. Georgia St
125. Eastern Michigan
126. Miami, Oh
127. UNLV
128. Charlotte

MourningView
Sep 2, 2006


Is this Heaven?

Crotch Bat posted:

ATTN: MV
RE:



if it's in the game

Frinkahedron
Jul 26, 2006

Gobble Gobble

C2C - 2.0 posted:

More poo poo to get mad about, y'all. Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason POWER poll:

Virginia Tech top 20? :ohdear:

JesustheDarkLord
May 22, 2006

#VolsDeep
Lipstick Apathy
Looks pretty legit to me

Regnevelc
Jan 12, 2003

I'M A GROWN ASS MAN!

MourningView posted:

if it's in the game

man, that game needs to come back

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART
The Big 10 is banning its members from scheduling FCS teams and requiring at least one P5 OOC starting in 2016.

I wish all P5 conferences would follow suit.

Top Hats Monthly
Jun 22, 2011


People are people so why should it be, that you and I should get along so awfully blink blink recall STOP IT YOU POSH LITTLE SHIT
B1G has no FCS opponents

For shame.

Crotch Bat
Dec 6, 2003

Much like with everything else in life, the Euros seem to have more sense on how to do things in a fun atmosphere without sucking the soul out of the event.
51. Virginia

:laffo:

korrandark
Jan 5, 2009

C2C - 2.0 posted:

More poo poo to get mad about, y'all. Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason POWER poll:

Kansas is way too high.

Grittybeard
Mar 29, 2010

Bad, very bad!

korrandark posted:

Kansas way too high.

Yeah it's difficult for me to believe there will be 13 teams worse than KU this year.

Raku
Nov 7, 2012

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Roll Tide

Are they trying to get purdue to go FCS cuz otherwise how are they going to win a game

korrandark
Jan 5, 2009

Raku posted:

Are they trying to get purdue to go FCS cuz otherwise how are they going to win a game

Hope you like Purdue vs Wake Forest or Purdue vs Kansas.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007



The B1G basically has a gentleman's agreement with the MAC these days so this might not be entirely different if a lot of teams are putting Eastern Michigan or Miami on the schedule.

facebook jihad
Dec 18, 2007

by R. Guyovich
Mississippi State is so low and it feels so...normal

MourningView
Sep 2, 2006


Is this Heaven?

Regnevelc posted:

man, that game needs to come back

I played 2004 for almost a decade so I'm fine just running my 2012 Dynasty out into infinity. A new game just means I have to take over Iowa when they're bad and boring rather than getting to play with the beautiful spread option juggernaut full of 4.1 40 running five star recruits of my dreams that I have created. Fictional 4 Time Heisman Winning QB and NCAA Record Holder Elijah Carter has brought me far more joy than any actual Hawkeye since, like, Adrian Clayborn.

MourningView fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jul 31, 2015

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

C2C - 2.0 posted:

121. Army West Point

Army has more than one football team?

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

I didn't realize App State was that scary.

Oh whoops they're FBS now.

facebook jihad
Dec 18, 2007

by R. Guyovich

computer parts posted:

I didn't realize App State was that scary.

Oh whoops they're FBS now.

FBS is so waterlogged with mediocre teams after conference realignments that scheduling an FCS in 2015 should be a sin against God

mayodreams
Jul 4, 2003


Hello darkness,
my old friend

Raku posted:

Are they trying to get purdue to go FCS cuz otherwise how are they going to win a game

Purdue is ranked too high in that list. The blog that gives zero fucks about press passes and pleasing the AD has only been posting about the upcoming basketball season this summer, and we are just over a month from kickoff. The growing consensus is that football has finally bottomed out, and the climb out of the crater may be impossible.

Some stats for reference:

Darrell Hazell:
Season 1: 1-11 Overall / 0-8 B10
Season 2: 3-9 Overall / 1-7 B10 (lol Illinois)
4-20 overall and 1-15 in the Big10 going into year 3.

Danny Hope:
22-28 overall and 13-19 in the Big10

I know Hope left the cupboard pretty loving bare, but Hazell will have 3 years worth of his guys this year and things had better start turning around.

mayodreams fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Jul 31, 2015

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
the future is bad P5 FBS teams going broke trying to schedule other FBS cupcakes

Anals of History
Jul 29, 2003


Looks like MSU's got an open space on the first week of next season. They scheduled Furman for God knows whatever reason.

pillsburysoldier
Feb 11, 2008

Yo, peep that shit


I disagree. Those payouts are really important to them

Regnevelc
Jan 12, 2003

I'M A GROWN ASS MAN!

MourningView posted:

I played 2004 for almost a decade so I'm fine just running my 2012 Dynasty out into infinity. A new game just means I have to take over Iowa when they're bad and boring rather than getting to play with the beautiful spread option juggernaut full of 4.1 40 running five star recruits of my dreams that I have created. Fictional 4 Time Heisman Winning QB and NCAA Record Holder Elijah Carter has brought me far more joy than any actual Hawkeye since, like, Adrian Clayborn.

Yeah, but they don't have the game for PS4.

Regnevelc
Jan 12, 2003

I'M A GROWN ASS MAN!

pillsburysoldier posted:

I disagree. Those payouts are really important to them

Then workout a profit sharing system.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

they're actually all just scared of getting North Dakota State'd

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Alouicious posted:

they're actually all just scared of getting North Dakota State'd

They deserve to be in the big 12

MourningView
Sep 2, 2006


Is this Heaven?

Regnevelc posted:

Yeah, but they don't have the game for PS4.

It is one of two video games I still actually play (the other is an old Tiger Woods game) so I just play it on my old 360.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Regnevelc posted:

Yeah, but they don't have the game for PS4.

Why couldn't they have waited one more year to sue

Regnevelc
Jan 12, 2003

I'M A GROWN ASS MAN!

Metapod posted:

Why couldn't they have waited one more year to sue

No joke.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Regnevelc posted:

Then workout a profit sharing system.

Or if a school can't really support a FBS/FCS level program then let it slide down to whatever level can be sustained.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Metapod posted:

Army has more than one football team?

They rebranded a couple months ago. They're back to "Cadets" as the official nickname as well.

VDay
Jul 2, 2003

I'm Pacman Jones!

Metapod posted:

Why couldn't they have waited one more year to sue

Thanks, O'Bamannon.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Metapod posted:

They deserve to be in the big 12

As of Wednesday they are. Kind of.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches

Metapod posted:

Why couldn't they have waited one more year to sue

Give credit where credit's due

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KKKLIP ART
Sep 3, 2004

Gobble gobble, bitches

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