The OFFICIAL 2023 College Football RANDOM THOUGHTS Thread

[Whips-n-Chains]

The rankings are to draw casuals into viewing games.

No one cares about UW vs Cal but if they have #6 and #15 in front of their names it’s more compelling.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I’m glad that my reply met your satisfaction. So double digit wins over mediocre opponents aren’t a good indicator of if a team is good or not. Got it. Thanks Ed

I didn't say that.

Stretching the quality of those teams to make kentucky seem like a powerhouse or something is fugazi. Michigan has had an easy schedule but they've absolutely dismantled those teams and have improved along the way.

Why are you taking this shyt so weirdly. I didn't even say the name of your school. Like...why would I go so hard to defend Nebraska the way you are Kentucky?

 

[AVXL]

Kentucky's OOC wins:

Ball State, a 1-5 MAC squad
UAC, a 2-3 FCS team
Akron, a 1-5 MAC squad


Tennessee's OOC wins:

Virginia, a 1-5 ACC squad
Austin Peay, an FCS team
UTSA, a 2-3 American squad


Florida's OOC wins:

McNeese, an FCS team
Charlotte, a 1-4 American squad


Arkansas's OOC wins:

Western Carolina, an FCS team
Kent State, a 1-5 MAC squad


Texas A&M's OOC wins:

New Mexico, a 2-3 Mountain West squad
UL Monroe, a 2-3 Sun Belt squad


Alabama's OOC wins:

Middle Tennessee, a 1-5 CUSA squad
South Florida, a 3-3 American squad


LSU's OOC wins:

Grambling, an FCS squad


Auburn's OOC wins:

Massachusetts, a 1-6 independent
Cal, a 3-3 Pac-12 squad
Samford, an FCS team


Vandy's OOC wins:

Hawaii, a 2-4 Mountain West squad
Alabama A&M, an FCS team


South Carolina's OOC wins:

Furman, an FCS team


Ole Miss's OOC wins:

Mercer, an FCS team
Tulane, a 4-1 American squad
Georgia Tech, a 3-3 ACC squad


Missouri's OOC wins:

South Dakota, an FCS team
Middle Tennessee, a 1-5 CUSA squad
Kansas State, a 3-2 Big-12 squad
Memphis, a 4-1 American squad


Miss State's OOC wins:

SE Louisiana, an 0-6 FCS team
Arizona, a 3-3 Pac-12 squad
Western Michigan, a 2-4 MAC squad


Georgia's OOC wins:

UT Martin, an FCS team
Ball State, a 1-5 MAC squad
UAB, a 2-4 American squad





That's your ENTIRE conference's resume right now. Your ENTIRE conference has beaten....wait for it....ONE Big-5 team with a winning record.

fukk Big-5, let's look at all of FBS. Your entire conference of 14 teams has only beaten TWO other FBS teams with winning records.


SEC has played over 40 OOC games and yet your five best OOC wins so far are Kansas State, Tulane, Arizona, Georgia Tech, and Memphis.

So why does the SEC currently have 6 teams in the AP poll when coaches presumably have access to the same information? Why would UK have even been ranked if all of this mattered?

Please inform us

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

So why does the SEC currently have 6 teams in the AP poll when coaches presumably have access to the same information? Why would UK have even been ranked if all of this mattered?

Please inform us

This isn't my argument but, frst, you don't even know what poll is what lol.

Second, you again cite the rankings when it's exactly the point...it's conference bias. A win over a 20th ranked kentucky team seems better than a win over unranked Iowa with the same record.

It's whatever honestly, but you're proving him right by going directly to the rankings.

 

[Trav]

Cuz they some scum ass heaux & NCAA feel sorry for em for taking their coach away cuz he couldn't stay away from Red Robin

Nah yo, I agree

 

[Professor Emeritus]

So why does the SEC currently have 6 teams in the AP poll when coaches presumably have access to the same information? Why would UK have even been ranked if all of this mattered?

Please inform us

You do realize you just made a circular argument, right? You can't use the # of SEC teams ranked in the AP poll to prove that the SEC isn't overrated in the AP poll.

Also, coaches don't vote in the AP poll, which shows how informed you are on this subject.


Polls are biased because most people let reputation heavily influence their vote. The SEC has created an "image" of having a hard schedule, so a 3-2 LSU team can be ranked, even if their three wins were against teams so bad they were virtually worthless, while teams with fewer losses and far better wins are on the outside looking in. Combine that with the fact that most voters are concentrated in the east, and it's way easier for them to watch and root for teams on the east coast schedule, and you have a recipe for a distorted result.


It's always been this way. Remember back in 2000 when 10-1 Washington was shut out of the NCG, even though they'd beaten #2 Miami and #5 OSU and their only loss was to #8 UO......and instead 10-1 Florida State made the title game, even though their best win was over #15 Georgia Tech and they'd lost to the exact same Miami squad that Washington had beat?

That makes zero sense unless you understand voter bias.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I didn't say that.

Stretching the quality of those teams to make kentucky seem like a powerhouse or something is fugazi. Michigan has had an easy schedule but they've absolutely dismantled those teams and have improved along the way.

Why are you taking this shyt so weirdly. I didn't even say the name of your school. Like...why would I go so hard to defend Nebraska the way you are Kentucky?

Y’all lost to fukking TCU after having a month to prepare. Dominating inferior competition isn’t indicative of anything

 

[Trav]

Y’all lost to fukking TCU after having a month to prepare. Dominating inferior competition isn’t indicative of anything

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Y’all lost to fukking TCU after having a month to prepare. Dominating inferior competition isn’t indicative of anything

They also dominated Ohio State and Penn State, two legitimate top-10 squads. Did you even beat a ranked team before bowl season? If you had just managed to slip by an 8-4 LSU team, you could have slid right into that playoff on reputation alone despite not having beaten a single Top-20 opponent.

 

[CrimsonTider]

They also dominated Ohio State and Penn State, two legitimate top-10 squads. Did you even beat a ranked team before bowl season? If you had just managed to slip by an 8-4 LSU team, you could have slid right into that playoff on reputation alone despite not having beaten a single Top-20 opponent.

I don’t see where I said Bama had a better resume than Michigan. I said Michigan is embarrassing

 

[Numpsay]

So why does the SEC currently have 6 teams in the AP poll when coaches presumably have access to the same information? Why would UK have even been ranked if all of this mattered?

Please inform us

breh doesn't even understand the argument.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Y’all lost to fukking TCU after having a month to prepare. Dominating inferior competition isn’t indicative of anything

Obviously they didn't prepare well

So in the past few replies we learned

• Polls don't matter
• Wins vs inferior competition doesn't matter (but you get to choose who is superior and who is inferior based on your own head canon)
• Losses are bad only if you think the team is bad
• 5-1 in the sec is good even if you've beat nobody, but the same does not apply to other conferences
• Michigan shouldn't be ranked because they haven't beat anyone
• But Georgia is a rightful #1 because reasons
• Nothing matters unless it helps your team's perception

By these sliding metrics Oklahoma should be the #1 team in america, right?

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Weekly Computer-nonsense...still loving OSU and OU....

...yet Bama above Texas and both above several undefeated teams

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

...yet Bama above Texas and both above several undefeated teams

That defense. They see it.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Weekly Computer-nonsense...still loving OSU and OU....

...yet Bama above Texas and both above several undefeated teams

Clown shyt man. 2 loss Notre Dame over USC lmao