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re: ESPN Initial Preseason FPI Rankings

Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:16 pm to
Posted by ManBearSharkReb
Member since Dec 2018
7501 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:16 pm to
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Good you deserve after that cupcake schedule


Not our fault the SEC forces us to play Mississippi state and lsu every year.
Posted by Pat Dye 60 minutes
Member since Jun 2026
85 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 6:48 pm to
I agree. I think Cignetti is a good coach but I don't think he's the #1 coach in college football like ESPN just ranked him today. He has coached at Indiana for 2 years and made the playoffs both years and with 2 different QB's but I think his team kinda snuck up on their competition in 2024 and I think his 2025 Natty run was aided mostly by his Heisman QB, Mendoza. There were a handful of games this year where Indiana was down in the 2nd half and Mendoza carried them to a win. He did it in the NCG versus Miami.

If Cignetti can make the playoffs again this year, which will be 3 years, 3 playoff appearances with 3 different QB's, then I'll give him ALL of his flowers but I still have to wonder "if Cignetti is this coach whisperer like the media claims, then why did it take him until he was in his 60's to finally get a D-1 head coaching job and the job he got was arguably the most dogshit job in D-1, Indiana." I think this is going to end up being a Brady/Belichick type thing in the end and we'll all see that Cignetti is good but not GOAT type of good like so many have crowned him lately.
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
5561 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 7:03 pm to
Despite being # 16 to # 25 in the FPI rankings about half of those teams will have crappy seasons. I just hope UF isnt one of them and can go 8-4.
Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 7/9/26 at 7:11 pm to
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Pat Dye 60 minutes

Well said, imo
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
5561 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 7:17 pm to
Cignetti has a good eye for college talent at QB and other positions. I mean he made a QB that was playing for the Ohio Bobcats in 2023 look really good in 2024 also. I wonder if he also is taking a lot of players that are very solid and experienced but just below that talent level where you have to pay a lot in the NIL market. He seems to just get around 5 or so expensive guys in his NIL classes.
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
22169 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:27 pm to
LSU plays 7.
Posted by BurgTiger
Member since Feb 2014
3503 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:18 pm to
ND staring at 3. They don’t play a ranked team till week 7.

2 of their ranked opponents weren’t even P4 4 years ago. They could lose all 3 and will still be top 12. BS.
Posted by John somers
Los Proxima
Member since Oct 2024
1944 posts
Posted on 7/10/26 at 10:03 am to
That guy gave monkeypox to a whole bunch of interns.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
18965 posts
Posted on 7/10/26 at 12:18 pm to
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ND staring at 3. They don’t play a ranked team till week 7.

2 of their ranked opponents weren’t even P4 4 years ago. They could lose all 3 and will still be top 12. BS.


I didn't realize how bullshite their schedule was, yikes...

Wisconsin (@ Lambeau)
Rice
Michigan State
@ Purdue
@ North Carolina
Stanford
@ BYU
Navy
Miami
Boston College
SMU
@ Syracuse
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
22169 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 6:26 am to
The powers that be had their chance recently to finally force ND into a conference, but no....
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