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Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:26 pm to Crimson Legend
quote:I'd have less of a problem with such a criterion if the polls didn't start until at least after week five. This pre-season rankings stuff we have now is bullshite.
I think they should take out the 2 points for being ranked #1 in the weekly polls. That is the weak spot in the criteria. It gives too much weight for a team that might have been shown to have been ranked too high for long stretches of the season.
Mississippi State received almost as many points for 4 weeks at #1 a couple years ago as a team which won the AP title.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:43 pm to Crimson Legend
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I think they should take out the 2 points for being ranked #1 in the weekly polls.
Yup. In fact 92 of the 105 weeks that Ohio St. has been ranked #1 came in years they did not win the AP poll title. That is 87.6% of their #1 rankings
Alabama was 40 weeks at number #1 without a title out of 74 total rankings. That is only 54.1%.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 12:57 am to Crimson Legend
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Case in point:
It listed the 90's as Miami's best decade.
I don't care if they had more weeks ranked in the 90's. The 80's were Miami's best decade.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 4:53 am to Crimson Legend
The only thing it confirms is that out of the 7 or 8 blue bloods who are the top all time 5. Any metric picks the same 5 teams. The order is wrong. Alabama is clearly 1 which is quite an achievement as passing Notre Dame is the equivalent of passing Babe Ruth. The next four are in a battle for second and a good or bad 3-4 year run scrambles that order. Bama stay on top for the foreseeable future. Truth.
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 4:55 am
Posted on 8/3/16 at 7:27 am to Tiger Live2
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It listed the 90's as Miami's best decade.
I don't care if they had more weeks ranked in the 90's. The 80's were Miami's best decade.
Absolutely. Anyone old enough to have watched football in the 80's and 90's would agree immediately.
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