College Football - Week 5

[OUCPFL]

1 minute ago, Varking said:

But it doesn’t matter. If you are a National Championship caliber team you will have to face 2 of the 4 best teams in the league to win in. And again, it won’t matter if you win by 6 or 60. You can be the National Champ with the lowest point differential in history but you’d still be a national champion. 

Sure. But usually if you're beating the Colorado's of the world by 7 points when you're favored by 25. You'll get schooled by a good-great team eventually. I've seen it way too many times. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by OUCPFL

[Varking]

Remember when they randomly made Tennessee #1 for a week last season the week they were going to play Georgia? Then they lost to Georgia and it didn’t matter that they spent a week as the #1 team? Georgia should never have not been #1 but that’s what pollsters do. Ultimately UGA won a national championship and Tennessee didn’t make the playoff. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, OUCPFL said:

Now you're moving the goalposts. I asked if it didn't matter, then why would they move up and down the polls when they have struggle wins. Why would teams start out low in the CFP if they're undefeated? Now you're talking about Riley's offense and defense. Alright man. This has been a pleasure. 

You claim to be such a college football expert but seem utterly ignorant of the reality that early season polls always fluctuate significantly. Maybe USC will slip a spot or two for the final score being close against Colorado even though the majority of the game wasn't competitive. Maybe they would've bumped up a spot or two of they had held onto a blowout margin. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. A sport or two difference in an early October poll is irrelevant.

[Varking]

2 minutes ago, OUCPFL said:

Sure. But usually if you're beating the Colorado's of the world by 7 points when you're favored by 25. You'll get schooled by a good-great team eventually. 

That’s why you play the games. Sometimes a UGA loses to a South Carolina team that’s not ranked and then they run the table. But you’d think if they lose to an unranked team than surely they will lose to the harder teams…. But then they didn’t. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by Varking

[SCMunnerlyn1]

14 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Damn Bru McCoy just had a nasty ankle injury against South Carolina.

Unfortunately it's hard to feel bad for that fanbase after they caused and then cheered for the injuries to Marcus Lattimore and Nick Chubb. 

[Varking]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

You claim to be such a college football expert but seem utterly ignorant of the reality that early season polls always fluctuate significantly. Maybe USC will slip a spot or two for the final score being close against Colorado even though the majority of the game wasn't competitive. Maybe they would've bumped up a spot or two of they had held onto a blowout margin. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. A sport or two difference in an early October poll is irrelevant.

USC isn’t even going to drop. If they do it’ll be a spot. 11 struggled and 10 lost. How far are you dropping USC for winning?

[OUCPFL]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

You claim to be such a college football expert but seem utterly ignorant of the reality that early season polls always fluctuate significantly. Maybe USC will slip a spot or two for the final score being close against Colorado even though the majority of the game wasn't competitive. Maybe they would've bumped up a spot or two of they had held onto a blowout margin. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. A sport or two difference in an early October poll is irrelevant.

As the great Josh Pate says. A win isn't always a win in CFB. They will move down a few spots today. 

If you consistently cover, that's a move impressive feat. Or blow out opponents consistently. That's also why those teams get moved up in the top 10 quickly. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by OUCPFL

[OUCPFL]

Just now, Varking said:

USC isn’t even going to drop. If they do it’ll be a spot. 11 struggled and 10 lost. How far are you dropping USC for winning?

They'll drop 3 spots. They dropped 3 spots last week for winning by 14 against Arizona State..............

[Varking]

Just now, OUCPFL said:

As the great Josh Pate says. A win isn't always a win in CFB. They will move down a few spots today. 

If you consistently cover, that's a move impressive feat. Or blow out opponents consistently. That's also why those teams get moved up in the top 10. 

How far do you think they drop when #10 lost and #11 had to win in the last minute? Meanwhile there was never really any doubt USC was going to hold on to beat Colorado. 

[Varking]

1 minute ago, OUCPFL said:

They'll drop 3 spots. They dropped 3 spots last week for winning by 14 against Arizona State..............

So they will drop from 8 to 11?

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, SCMunnerlyn1 said:

Unfortunately it's hard to feel bad for that fanbase after they caused and then cheered for the injuries to Marcus Lattimore and Nick Chubb. 

They are definitely rowdy. I’m more concerned for the player than the fans thiugh.

[OUCPFL]

2 minutes ago, Varking said:

So they will drop from 8 to 11?

They should. That's what happened last week and they won by 14. I would say 2-3 spots. If not, I will be shocked. I could also see them moving OU up over them as they won 50-20 and they want them to be ranked higher for the RRR. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by OUCPFL

[LinvilleGorge]

The functional difference between being #8 in the first poll in October and #11? There isn't one.

[OUCPFL]

23 minutes ago, SCMunnerlyn1 said:

About time people started noticing that Clayton White was just as big of an issue as Satterfield was last year. 

Tenn isn't as good as they were last year but unfortunately now the gamecocks aren't either. 
Feel bad for Rattler and Legette. Those guys are looking like potential solid pros. 

You like Beamer? I think he's mad overrated at this point.