The Mad Hatter

September 5th, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^

Fuck the Coaches Poll.

Second, #8 isn't bad.  But WTF is FSU still doing at #9?  They should have dropped further.

I'd be nice if Florida could get their shit together and stay in the top 25.  They're barely hanging on @ 24.

Yo_Blue

September 5th, 2017 at 2:22 PM ^

Phil Fulmer does NOT get a vote, but Luke Fickell does.  No Harbaugh.  He probably told them he has better things to do than to waste time voting when the games are played on the field.

garde

September 5th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^

Agree. I can't believe the press and pundits weren't all over this. It was a blatant pass inference and the momentum changed after that. Don't get me wrong, 'Bama looked really good on D, but so did FSU

stephenrjking

September 5th, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^

Agree here. I hate that Alabama is as good as they are, but they are the standard. Really good teams can lose and lose convincingly to them. FSU was nearly their equal for much of the game before things started going wrong... but against whom will that not be the case?

Maybe OSU can hang with them. Clemson still, maybe. Penn State? Auburn? USC? Oklahoma? They'd get crushed.

BTW I don't think we'd look great against them this year, either. But next year will be a different story and I think we'll get a chance to find out.

 

crg

September 5th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^

Have to love that teams that beat serious challengers (UM, VT, Ok St, MD, maybe LSU) are ranked below teams that have (thus far) only proven that they can blowout teams so far beneath them that no significant conclusions can be drawn (PSU, Clem, OK, Wash, Wisc).

crg

September 5th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^

That's why I said maybe. BYU does not look good so far this year, but they are historically decent to good. It is possible they are just off to a bad start. They honestly belong in the P5 distinction more than some of the other programs that are already there.