First coaches poll

[UOducksTK1]

I am going to be a bit middle of the road between the coaches poll and the sporting news poll. Please try to bear with me as I have had a long day today but will do my best to make sense. I think to start out the season the coaches poll has us just about where we should be. I do also think that we still as much as I hate to say it that we lose to USC twice unless the injury bug bites them. I still hope I am wrong because hate USC. It not unrealistic to think we can beat them. If though I am correct and we do lose twice I would say we end up around 11th by seasons end with the 2 losses before the bowl game.

Using this same logic, shouldn't teams like Arky, Georgia, So Carolina, etc also have at least 2 losses - against teams not ranked as high as USC? My read is that this is a pre-season poll, not an expected end of season poll, which is in essence pretty worthless but that's another topic. I would agree with you in having unknown expectations of how we will fare against SC but it is hard to win twice against a good team you match up with in the same season, let alone in the same month. (ask LSU how that worked out against Bama)(Sorry Bud).

Exactly, this is a preseason poll, not a projected season end poll. The team i put #1 pretty much says they are the best team. A #5 ranking pretty much says I'd expect them to lose to teams ranked above them, and beat most the teams below them.

[Elduderino]

Just my quick opinions:

Georgia and WVU are vastly overrated. WVU had an amazing bowl game but also won the Big East via a 3-way tie and I believe got absolutely HOUSED by Syracuse. SYRACUSE!!!! They also won their last 3 regular season games by a combined 7 points against powerhouse opponents Cinci, Pitt, and USF. Granted this is a new year, but they aren't playing Pitt, Cinci and USF anymore. Now they have to play Oklahoma, Kansas State, Texas, OK State etc.

As for Georgia, I just don't buy it. Aaron Murray looks good but they lost their top RB and they were a terrible rushing offense last year. They won the SEC East in what was a down year for Florida and Tennessee was deplorable. They benefited from the fact that the 3 best SEC teams were in the SEC West

I think Va Tech should be higher though. I'm a big fan of the QB Logan Thomas and their WR's. Sucks that they lost RB David Wilson to the NFL but I think they are a Top 12-15 team.

Just my 2 cents.

Dude, it's like you're in my head. Agree almost 100%; especially in regard to VT.

Georgia is getting love because they have as easy a path as a SEC team has had in a long time. Only real challenges for them, leading up to the the SECCG, are at Auburn, at South Carolina, and a neutral site game against Florida. I'm of the opinion that South Carolina is perpetually over-rated, Auburn will be above average, and Florida last year was nothing to write home about. They'll play Defense well enough to get past everyone else...then LSU will curb stomp them.