September 18th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
Alabama is the defending champ. This means something, as it should. Alabama has beaten a Top-25 team on the road (Ole Miss, 1-2), a win that this is the virtual equivalent to OSU's win over 1-2 Oklahoma in Norman. Oklahoma is not even a Top-25 team, per the Coaches Poll. Beating a highly-overrated, yet talented, USC team is a better win than beating Tulsa in Columbus.
I think it's reasonable to opine OSU is better than Alabama based on what we've seen, but I think you go too far when you use the phrase "no business."
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1) Alabama
2) Ohio State (even though we don't know how good or bad Oklahoma is...win in Norman is impressive, though)
3) Louisville (even though we don't know how good or bad FSU is)
4) Michigan
5) Clemson
some of the sheen for Houston was taken off of the Oklahoma win last night.
And considering was Cal did to Texas last night, we don't know what that MSU win in SB even means.
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They are @ Oregon next week too, so that is no gimme. They may be able to beat Oregon St w/o their starting QB though.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
They were only up by 3 against Cincy in the 4th. Their Oklahoma win also doesn't look so great after yesterday.
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September 18th, 2016 at 11:41 AM ^
Colorado was up 28-24 when their starting qb got injured. This wasn't the dominating win people want to say with how the final score looked.
September 18th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
Conversely, Michigan was on a 17-7 run with two less total possessions when he went out. They were rallying regardless. That's why we pay Harbaugh the big bucks.
September 18th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
And yet the spread in Vegas was 17 and we won by 17. Also beat the spread the first two games. So as far as the experts go (people who put their money where their mouth is), Michigan has performed at or above where they should have.
September 18th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^
Michigan scored in two plays on their very next drive to re-take the lead. That had nothing to do with Colorado's QB going down. It wasn't a dominating win, but that is mostly because of how poorly the first quarter went for Michigan. It was pretty freaking dominant from the second quarter on.
September 18th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
Keeping a spread QB on the field is part of the game. Defenses have long embraced the philosophy against spread QBs to "hit them hard, hit them often." Many teams over the years have beaten spread offenses by knocking out their QB, using completely legal hard-nosed play.
Your point is the equivalent of pretending that Michigan didn't get completely humilated in the 2012 Nebraska game (the Bellomy debacle). When Denard went down, Michigan was driving to go ahead 10-7 at the Nebraska 8-yard line. Instead, Michigan settled for a FG, and let's just say, the rest of the game didn't go very well.
September 18th, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
September 18th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
2) OSU
3) Louisville
4) Stanford
5) Houston
6) Wisconsin
7) MSU
8) Clemson
9) Michigan
10) Washington
And this does not reflect that I am dropping Michigan in the polls. I'd have them staying where I think they were before. I think they're high at 4. The teams ahead of us (besides Clemson, who I just think is a better team) have proven themselves in at least 1 tough game.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
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September 18th, 2016 at 10:15 AM ^
September 18th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
Wisconsin barely beat Georgia State... so it's hard to predict college football from game to game.
September 18th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
No, this is insane.
This is the same type of overreaction nonsense that put Texas from unranked to #11 for barely slipping by a TRASH Notre Dame team at home.
Wisconsin was losing in the 4th quarter to 0-3 Georgia State yesterday, a team significantly worse than UCF. But we beat a solid Power 5 team by 17 points and you people freak the fuck out?
Quit it with the relentless negativity.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
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September 18th, 2016 at 12:20 PM ^
Wisconsin over Michigan with their performance against Georgia St.? Put the pipe down buddy
September 18th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
Who did stanford prove themselves against in a tough game?
September 18th, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
September 18th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
Could sensibly put us ahead of Louisville. FSU may have been overrated at #2, but they still have top 10-15 talent, and Louisville absolutely destroyed them. We haven't been anywhere close to that impressive.
September 18th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Clemson
I don't see Michigan slipping, I don't see us moving up either. State would have to jump 8 spots to beat us out. A win against ND, while good, isn't going to set the world on fire.
Now let me pose a question. If NDSU was able to be ranked in the FBS polls, would they be a top 25 team? I'm actually serious about this, I think they could be a top 25 team.
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September 18th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
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1: Alabama
2: OSU
3: Louisville
4: Michigan
5: Clemson
September 18th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
1. OSU
2. Alabama
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Stanford
September 18th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
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September 18th, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^
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OSU
Lulvul
Stanford
Michigan
Clemson
Houston
Washington
State
Wisky
There should be the AP top ten entering week four.
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September 18th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
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September 18th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
Top 5
1. OSU
2. Alabama
3. Louisville
4 Clemson
5. Michigan
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September 18th, 2016 at 11:41 AM ^
September 18th, 2016 at 10:12 AM ^
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Clemson
5. Michigan
The discussion that our D is shaky or bad is dumb. We are down an All-American corner and two starters on the d-line. Speight wasn't great yesterday, but made plays when he needed to and didn't turn it over save the blitz, not to mention what can only be called bizarre play calling to open the game. We are gonna steam roll the B1G until Columbus.
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