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Third's Hella-Early Top 25 for 2025

Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:30 am
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
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Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:30 am
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:31 am to
1. Texas
2. Ohio State
3. Penn State
4. Georgia
5. Notre Dame
6. Clemson
7. Oregon
8. South Carolina
9. Miami
10. LSU
11. BYU
12. Iowa State
13. Alabama
14. Illinois
15. Tennessee
16. Arizona State
17. Kansas State
18. SMU
19. Florida
20. Ole Miss
21. Indiana
22. Michigan
23. Auburn
24. Louisville
25. Texas A&M

#TuesdaysAndThursdaysPodcast
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 9:32 am
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
66396 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:54 am to
quote:

23. Auburn





What ya smoking Third?
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
44982 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 10:20 am to
Great list Third!
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 11:10 am to
quote:

What ya smoking Third?


I smoke the FINEST of California Love

BUT, Given what we return and what we got in the portal and the recruiting class... this makes GREAT sense. This is not farfetched at all.
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 11:12 am to
quote:

Great list Third!


Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
28160 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 11:53 am to
quote:

23. Auburn


This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 11:55 am
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 11:55 am to
Maybe I should have asked this before I posted this... BUT, y'all DO actually WATCH the football games, right?
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

2025-26 College Football Playoff National Championship Odds
Courtesy of DraftKings as of 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, January 21.

Ohio State (+450)
Texas (+500)
Georgia (+550)
Oregon (+750)
Penn State (+900)
Alabama (+1200)
Notre Dame (+1600)
Clemson (+2000)
Tennessee (+2000)
LSU (+2000)
Ole Miss (+2500)
Miami FL (+2500)
Michigan (+3000)
Texas A&M (+2500)
South Carolina (+4000)
Florida (+6000)
USC (+7000)
Oklahoma (+7000)
Auburn (+8000)
SMU (+8000)
Arizona State (+9000)
Kansas State (+10000)


So Auburn being ranked 23rd is odd?
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
44982 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 12:29 pm to
Lot of people just dont like Freeze regardless of what our team looks like. Sad.
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 1/21/25 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

23. Auburn




16-0 Ship!
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
Member since Oct 2010
107154 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 12:57 pm to
quote:

So Auburn being ranked 23rd is odd?


frick those scoper and Stidham type bitches, we rolling in 25’
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 12:58 pm to
quote:

Lot of people just dont like Freeze regardless of what our team looks like. Sad.


It's just plain fricking weird at this point...
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
28160 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 1:42 pm to
quote:

Maybe I should have asked this before I posted this... BUT, y'all DO actually WATCH the football games, right?


Yeah, we didn't win many games last year.

And before you say something like, " we have a great recruiting class"... Yeah? So does everyone else.

I'll let Freeze have a good QB though before I make further opinions of him.. that is if he ever can find a QB he's capable of teaching his wisdom to..

He's had several QBs now, but apparently none are good enough to learn from him. We've seen no improvement in QB play AT ALL from this QB guru coach..
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 1:47 pm
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
28160 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 1:49 pm to
quote:

It's just plain fricking weird at this point...


You're a homer. It's okay. Nothing wrong with that on a message board.. It's almost expected.

We had a decent defense last year. We had an offense incapable of winning games. Poor gameday coaching, play calling, clock management.. I could go on.

But like I said, Freeze is fine for now I guess. But check back in in a few years and see how this post ages.

You think that's going to be magically fixed this year by 1st year QBs?

We finished 14th out of 16 places in the SEC, and now we're gonna be a top25 heading into next year?

I don't see that happening. I wouldn't mind being surprised though.. but yeah, I just don't see it.

Call me sad all day. That's fine. I call it being realistic.
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 2:17 pm
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
15235 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 2:04 pm to
If we had something like a late season upswing I would be feel more confident in a preseason ranking but cmon, I didn't see much offensive improvement to hang my hat on
Posted by AUmemphis
Member since Jan 2023
528 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Poor gameday coaching, play calling, clock management..


This is why I am skeptical too.

I will remain curious, but my expectations are low.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
44982 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 2:21 pm to
quote:

Poor gameday coaching, play calling, clock management

Lot of these characteristics define a lot of coaches in the final top 25.

So many bed shitters. They had players though and still got wins too.
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 2:59 pm
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 3:23 pm to
quote:

You're a homer. It's okay. Nothing wrong with that on a message board.. It's almost expected.



I'm actually NOT. But I'll say this:

quote:

We had a decent defense last year. We had an offense incapable of winning games. Poor gameday coaching, play calling, clock management.. I could go on.


All fixable. Usually happens when you move on from non-performing players.
Addition by subtraction. We'll miss Cowboy, KLS & McLeod. Outside of them, what's the loss?

I feel better QB, replaced Percy Lewis with a pro prospect. Added more talent and depth to the OLine. Replaced KLS with Singleton, best WR in the portal. Didn't lose any transfers of consequence. Added a great class on top of a great 2024 class that PRODUCED. Won 5 games that could HONESTLY have been 8-9

So what am I missing here?
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
66396 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 3:26 pm to
quote:

Maybe I should have asked this before I posted this... BUT, y'all DO actually WATCH the football games, right?



You mean our 11 games won in the past 2 years?


Yea, we saw them. LOL.
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