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Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls

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10-13-2014, 10:35 PM

History tells us that the teams that can compete for a national title are the ones that have been competing for titles. Michigan State had a good year last year following a decade of irrelevance. This year they've played two good teams and went 1-1. Only Kansas State out of the top 20 has played an overall weaker schedule than them.

 

Oklahoma is legit.

 

TCU was 4-8 last year. Counting this year they are 3-8 against ranked teams since 2012. Everyone went crazy because they stomped some awful teams, beat a mediocre Minnesota and pulled one big upset. Smart money is not on them finishing in the top 10.

 

Georgia is one-dimensional and barring fluke circumstances, that kind of team doesn't beat the top balanced teams. Gurley might be good enough to do it on his own, he's that transcendent, but even you seem hesitant about putting them ahead of Alabama.

 

The only exception to that rule is teams that have been recruiting exceptionally well. Aside from Georgia, none of those programs are top recruiters. Sometimes a team breaks the mold, but in general the smart money is on the teams loaded with 4 and 5 star recruits that turn into NFL talent like Alabama, FSU, and Notre Dame.

 

Just because teams get up to play Notre Dame doesn't mean their not good. They've been consistently at our near the top for years and odds are they will be again this year.

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Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 02:28 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by Jax Jag - 10-12-2014, 02:31 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 02:35 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by BigJohn98 - 10-12-2014, 03:25 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 05:16 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by BigJohn98 - 10-12-2014, 05:26 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by GingerJag - 10-12-2014, 05:31 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by Shack Del Rio - 10-12-2014, 05:31 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by Shack Del Rio - 10-12-2014, 05:32 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by GingerJag - 10-12-2014, 05:34 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by rfc17 - 10-12-2014, 05:35 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by Shack Del Rio - 10-12-2014, 05:47 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by rfc17 - 10-12-2014, 05:59 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by jtmoney - 10-12-2014, 06:01 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-12-2014, 08:44 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-12-2014, 08:48 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by BigJohn98 - 10-12-2014, 09:17 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 10:11 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 10:12 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by WingerDinger - 10-12-2014, 10:13 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-12-2014, 10:14 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-12-2014, 11:03 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-13-2014, 12:19 AM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-13-2014, 01:30 AM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by tbgh - 10-13-2014, 09:05 AM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by jtmoney - 10-13-2014, 09:17 AM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-13-2014, 09:24 AM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by jtmoney - 10-13-2014, 12:32 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by tbgh - 10-13-2014, 01:19 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by JaguarsWoman - 10-13-2014, 02:55 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by tbgh - 10-13-2014, 03:01 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by TravC59 - 10-13-2014, 03:39 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by jtmoney - 10-13-2014, 06:18 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by tbgh - 10-13-2014, 07:47 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by jtmoney - 10-13-2014, 08:23 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by tbgh - 10-13-2014, 10:35 PM
Week 8 AP And Coaches Polls - by Warjag - 10-13-2014, 10:56 PM



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