USA Today preseason poll Michigan #64
Other notables:
#1 OSU
#9 MSU
#21 ND
Discuss.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/08/19/college-football-…
August 20th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
Preseason polls are beyond meaningless. Let's see some football before we decide how good at football teams are.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^
3 to 4 weeks into the season. Give me a poll. 5 weeks, perfect. Don't care about them unless of course we are ranked high. They are for water cooler talk, but I love CFB so I don't mind them.
By the way, this poll is way off! We will be cracking the top 25.
August 20th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
I've been a fan of starting polls at week 5 for years.
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE LISTEN TO ME?????
August 20th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
I will bet anyone they do not finish 64th.
August 20th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
pre-season polls actually tend to be really accurate as a whole. Obviously there are individual outlier teams every year but as whole they tend to be pretty accurate.
August 20th, 2015 at 11:12 AM ^
They have the ability to impact the bowl/BCS/playoff picture in a way they shouldn't. Let's look at a hypothetical Michigan season. They start in the 60s, and maybe rattle off a run of great wins. As the last stretch of the season starts, they will have to pass teams with similar records who are ahead of them based only on preseason projections. I would rather those teams be grouped on a track record first.
August 20th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 4:40 PM ^
and Notre Dame?
August 20th, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^
If the premise I outlined helps Michigan instead of hurting them, it's still a flawed system.
August 20th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
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August 20th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
I would be even more against them if we were ranked #1. That would just be stupid.
August 20th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
I'd be shocked if any traditional poll had us nearly that low. This guy loves mid-majors. At least he has us ahead of Florida.
August 20th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^
Don't sleep on the Broncos, they return all the main peices after a much improved season. I think that they hang with MSU in their first game...which is surpisingly at home.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^
I think they'll be good, but a good MAC team is just a good MAC team. I have a feeling they'll have a nice record (9-3ish) but MSU will still smother them.
August 20th, 2015 at 10:01 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
he's referring to UM losing to Toledo in 2008.
August 20th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^
CMU had the Spartans' number for a few years there.
August 20th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
This game is set up perfectly for WMU.
This arguably the most talented team in the history of the MAC as the Broncos have had the two highest recruiting rankings ever by a MAC team.
This a home game for WMU which seems extremely odd that MSU would go there to play but that changes some things a bit.
Also MSU plays Oregon the following week in East Lansing so this game against WMU is a classic lookahead spot.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
I'm not an expert on MAC football either, but that never stopped me.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
Michigan State is going to disembowel them in the first quarter and that the stadium will start emptying shortly after half time.
August 20th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
won't move the ball at all and State will pressure them into a coma-like state. 41-10 or something like that will be the final.
August 20th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
With all the Sparty fans there it'll probably sound like a Spring Game in EL. It also helps to have an experienced senior QB on the road, regardless of environment. I guess I'll be in the surprised camp if this thing is close in the second half.
August 20th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
I think you are completely wrong... about the stadium emptying. It will be mostly Spartans in attendance. All my green and white friends have tickets.
August 20th, 2015 at 10:22 AM ^
WMU is playing a B1G school at home? And we thought DB was incompetent...
August 20th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
IIRC, MSU played a three game set against CMU, with two games in EL and one in Mt. Pleasant.
And IIRC, MSU lost two out of the three. Good times.
(Pay no attention to Toledo - that game NEVER HAPPENED! / Covers ears and starts yammering "mamamamamamamamamam" / )
August 20th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
That's not the first time, either. I know they played at Central a few years ago, too...
August 20th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
Don't take this as a defense of DB or staee in any way. I saw Minnesota play at Ohio U in 2003 when they had Marion Barber III and Minny finished the year with a bowl win and 10-3 record. I'm just saying quirky scheduling happens sometimes.
August 20th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
I saw Va. Tech at WMU in the Marcus Vick era.
August 20th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
2002? I was also at that one. Beautiful day, ugly game.
August 20th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Flanked by his fellow athletic directors -- EMU's Derrick Gragg, CMU's Dave Heeke and WMU's Kathy Beauregard -- as he made the announcement Thursday at Spartan Stadium, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said, "The economic impact from the collaboration of these four institutions is enormous, especially in this situation." The arrangement will keep millions of dollars inside the state of Michigan while saving the universities considerable revenue by reducing travel expenses and guaranteed appearance fees.
No comment, just giving the reasoning for it. Link
August 20th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
Not too scary.
August 20th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
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August 20th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
You're welcome Dan!
August 20th, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 9:31 AM ^
and I was exit stage left.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:31 AM ^
August 20th, 2015 at 9:32 AM ^
ohh...nvm. Wrong pole.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^
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