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Last night is proof how media-driven the start of football season is.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:04 pm
It's all about hype. Drumming up interest by pumping up teams that really aren't that good.
South Carolina.... bad. (When will the media learn its lesson with this school?)
Vanderbilt.... bad.
Ole Miss.... not nearly as good as advertised. Bo Wallace is horrible.
This is why I hate the season of hype and prognostication, because it's all bullshite. Let the games begin. I expect that the big physical teams will rise to the top again, as they always do. Alabama, LSU, Auburn, maybe UGA (although they routinely disappoint). Florida's offense is not much better than Tulane's. What this conference needs is for the Tennessee of old to rear its head. The one that steamrolled people at the line of scrimmage. The East is garbage until that happens.
South Carolina.... bad. (When will the media learn its lesson with this school?)
Vanderbilt.... bad.
Ole Miss.... not nearly as good as advertised. Bo Wallace is horrible.
This is why I hate the season of hype and prognostication, because it's all bullshite. Let the games begin. I expect that the big physical teams will rise to the top again, as they always do. Alabama, LSU, Auburn, maybe UGA (although they routinely disappoint). Florida's offense is not much better than Tulane's. What this conference needs is for the Tennessee of old to rear its head. The one that steamrolled people at the line of scrimmage. The East is garbage until that happens.
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Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:07 pm to Slippy
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The one that steamrolled people at the line of scrimmage
I agree, but it won't be this year it doesn't look like. They are the only team in college football over the last two years who don't return a single starter on either line of scrimmage.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:08 pm to Slippy
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Last night is proof how media-driven the start of football season is.
You needed proof?
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:09 pm to Slippy
It's the reason to chuckle at the folks who get so excited or bent by pre-season polls.
This board couldn't be more emblematic of it.
This board couldn't be more emblematic of it.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:10 pm to EKG
#9 vs #21 sounds a lot better and sells more newspapers and generates page clicks thank #21 vs unranked.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:12 pm to Tigerman97
I enjoyed pretty much everything about the game last night, including the build up. I like getting excited about the first game, even if one team is a tomato can with an absentee coach.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:15 pm to Slippy
Hype doesn't make a team better.
They've finished ranked higher than preseason the last three years.
They were hyped?
they won and it's only one game.
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South Carolina.... bad. (When will the media learn its lesson with this school?)
They've finished ranked higher than preseason the last three years.
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Vanderbilt.... bad.
They were hyped?
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Ole Miss.... not nearly as good as advertised. Bo Wallace is horrible.
they won and it's only one game.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:16 pm to Tigerman97
They shouldn't even begin to rank teams until about week 5.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:17 pm to Slippy
Last night is probably a bad example. Vegas, who doesn't pay much attention to media hype, had a pretty small line on the USCe/Aggie game. And I'm pretty sure the same with Vandy/Temple in Vandy's favor.
That said, we could do without an official poll until after the season starts.
That said, we could do without an official poll until after the season starts.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:18 pm to Slippy
I would like to see UT get back in the mix. However their schedule is truly a nightmare.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:41 pm to Pavoloco83
Certain schools can be trendy picks in the preseason. It's all fool's gold, brah.
FOOL'S GOLD!
South Carolina = underachieving wannabes
Ole Miss = runts
Vanderbilt = Vanderbilt
FOOL'S GOLD!
South Carolina = underachieving wannabes
Ole Miss = runts
Vanderbilt = Vanderbilt
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:54 pm to BluegrassBelle
The line was 10.5 in USC's favor last night.
That's pretty substantial for two ranked teams
That's pretty substantial for two ranked teams
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:56 pm to Slippy
You really don't know much about SECw teams until the 1st 1/3rd of the season is over.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:56 pm to Cockopotamus
Ole Miss was favored by 11.5.
We beat them by 21.......
We beat them by 21.......
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:56 pm to Cockopotamus
I thought it was smaller than that. Either way that just kind of further reinforces my point that it wasn't just a media assumption. Vegas doesn't just pull lines out of their arse based on who ESPN hyped in the off season.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 12:57 pm to Slippy
I look forward to the media being wrong about LSU again.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 1:30 pm to constant cough
Who cares. Long season. The best teams will get to the top after a while.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 1:48 pm to pankReb
Guess how I know you didn't watch the game.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 1:52 pm to constant cough
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I look forward to the media being wrong about LSU again.
Yeah, what's it been, one time in the past nine years that we matched or went below the preseason ranking for SEC finishes?
Posted on 8/29/14 at 1:54 pm to Datbayoubengal
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Datbayoubengal
LSU always handle the big games well. Its the medium level teams that they get upset by.
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