Oldyeller
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RE: Week 9 Power Rankings
(10-27-2014 04:10 AM)CAJUNCOUNTRY Wrote: (10-26-2014 09:20 PM)Oldyeller Wrote: (10-26-2014 09:02 PM)CAJUNCOUNTRY Wrote: (10-26-2014 07:05 PM)Oldyeller Wrote: (10-26-2014 04:23 PM)bokobobcat1919 Wrote: Hard to place the top 3. I still believe stAte is better than Georgia Southern. Louisiana seems to be out of their funk and showing they are still one of the best teams in the Conference. GS has looked impressive and have won the games in front of them, but until they beat a team better than USA I cant call them the best... The significance of them not having to play UL and stAte cannot be understated. Those two teams are head and shoulders better than any team GS has faced in conference play.
*1. Louisiana
*2-3. stAte
*3-2. Georgia Southern
The rest of the conference is a little more clear cut.
4-5t USA
5-4t TXST
6 ULM
7 App State
8 Troy
9 Idaho
10 New Mexico State
11 Georgia State
If UL and State are that good, which I have no doubt they are, we have a strong G5 conference. Going back to the last game of 2013 to today GS has competed head to head with one SEC team and two ACC teams and are unbeaten in five Sun Belt conference games.
Taking a closer look the total points scored:
GS - 87
UF, NC state, Ga Tech - 86
Five game Sun Belt Conference Total score:
GS - 214
Sun Belt - 103
Average:
GS 42.8
SB 21.6
Only Ga Tech scored more points than G State.
Thought that was interesting.
If you are going to boost on your schedule go back and look at how much of your schedule have winning records and how many of those game you won. The conference always sets use up for failure, two Tuesday night games and TxSt, Ark State and USA all in a row with no off week in between those games but like GaSo we can only play the schedule we are given.
No boosting here. Anyway no way I'm getting into the who's better than who discussion. Need a little more confidence before getting into that discussion. SEC wins no matter the record are meaningful and both NC state and Tech have winning records. We were winning both games with less than three minutes on the dial driving to ice the deal when lightening struck for both. If UL is the better team go getem. GS's record speaks for itself.
NC state is 4-4 and on a four game losing streak. There are no moral victories in football. My point is if someone is putting up stats to say why GaSo is the best in the conference when I feel my team is the best then lets get the fact right.
Your point/comparison is based on GS not playing A state with no consideration of OOC play. Two of NC states loses are to FSU and Clemson but I stand corrected they are 4-4. Never suggested that GS was the best but the stats make a pretty good case for it. If the Sun Belt is as good as you believe they are I couldn't be happier. If the Sun Belt is not as good as you think they are, well, I still couldn't be happier. The only head to head comparison we have at this point is G state. 34 - 31 at home vs 69 - 31 away. In scoring alone that gives G state 10 possessions to score.
(This post was last modified: 10-27-2014 07:28 AM by Oldyeller.)
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