re: Athlon 2017 top 25

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He seems to have that pattern of win a big game early in the season, roll up some wins, then fade in the home stretch.

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He's only been a HC for 2 years. However, 1 of those years he only lost one game, and that was on the road without his starting QB. Last year, agreed they got up for their big games and didn't have their guys ready week to week. Some of that may have been from all the talk about him leaving, or it may have just been an below average job to finish the season.

13 means to me they go 9-3 in the regular season. Losses to USC, OU, and one other, maybe Okie State. no one else is really that good so I could see them doing something like that