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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:32 PM)APPrising Wrote: Based on some research one of my clients paid me to do, I discovered that the talent gap between stAte and GaSo is pretty large. Don't blame me for my research though, I was just crunching numbers.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:32 PM)APPrising Wrote: Based on some research one of my clients paid me to do, I discovered that the talent gap between stAte and GaSo is pretty large. Don't blame me for my research though, I was just crunching numbers.
If it was the research you conducted on Oct 22 and Nov 5...I saw it!
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 01:50 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 11:54 AM)USAJag2011 Wrote: For the 1785978573th time, the transitive property does not work in football.
App, Ark State and Troy beat ULM by 40, 37 and 38. You guys only beat them by 20. See how little sense that makes?
POWER rankings...as in how teams are playing right NOW ( not the actual rankings)? It doesn't make sense to look at common opponent within 3 weeks? If not wouldn't this just be the regular rankings?
We played ULM weeks ago. They have gotten worse every week. I don't really think that's in dispute is it? Because they have slid DOWN the power rankings correct? Or is this not how this works?
Don't they change week to week according to who is clicking?
You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
And we're healthier now than we were against App and have 2 key players back that were missing that game, and we were missing Ellison against WVU (not that the result would have changed, but I'd be willing to bet we get some points on the board).
We put some interesting wrinkles in against Troy, both on offense and defense. We also MIGHT have learned to pass the ball....jury is still out on that.
We are not the same team that played in Boone, much like App wasn't the same team that played in Statesboro at this point last year.
I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
I also like our chances against UGA this weekend. We've gotta take care of business, and I won't be shocked if we take a L, but we've got more of a shot now than I thought we would earlier in the season.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 01:50 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 11:54 AM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 11:40 AM)tapate50 Wrote: So App can rocket up the power rankings after looking like hot garbage half of last year (and even leap us in some fans versions of this "power ranking" last year), but we can't improve in them at all because we played maybe our best all around game since W Mich? We thumped the team that took App to 3 OT by 35 and held them with 3 offensive points in their place.
RIIIIGGGHHHT. Makes perfect sense.
For the 1785978573th time, the transitive property does not work in football.
App, Ark State and Troy beat ULM by 40, 37 and 38. You guys only beat them by 20. See how little sense that makes?
POWER rankings...as in how teams are playing right NOW ( not the actual rankings)? It doesn't make sense to look at common opponent within 3 weeks? If not wouldn't this just be the regular rankings?
We played ULM weeks ago. They have gotten worse every week. I don't really think that's in dispute is it? Because they have slid DOWN the power rankings correct? Or is this not how this works?
Don't they change week to week according to who is clicking?
You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
They were king of the up and comers to Troy fans, and to make some App fans feel better about their near loss. They are improving, but they are too inconsistent to be a measuring stick for anyone, similar to USA.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:37 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
Spoken like a true Troy fan...from last week.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 01:50 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 11:54 AM)USAJag2011 Wrote: For the 1785978573th time, the transitive property does not work in football.
App, Ark State and Troy beat ULM by 40, 37 and 38. You guys only beat them by 20. See how little sense that makes?
POWER rankings...as in how teams are playing right NOW ( not the actual rankings)? It doesn't make sense to look at common opponent within 3 weeks? If not wouldn't this just be the regular rankings?
We played ULM weeks ago. They have gotten worse every week. I don't really think that's in dispute is it? Because they have slid DOWN the power rankings correct? Or is this not how this works?
Don't they change week to week according to who is clicking?
You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
We had an extremely poor plan against App. I think the staff was afraid of what would happen if we opened it up early (rightly so). I'd love a do over, but that's not in the cards til yall come on down south again. I think we are better than that game shows because quite frankly crazy things happen in our rivalry. We lost to WV and APP...everyone else has been beaten by more than 20 points. We may be third in the standings, but it ain't by a long shot. Some of the ranking composites agree. Til we play again or get A State on the schedule its just power rankings thread fodder.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:32 PM)APPrising Wrote: Based on some research one of my clients paid me to do, I discovered that the talent gap between stAte and GaSo is pretty large. Don't blame me for my research though, I was just crunching numbers.
That's pretty strong right there.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:37 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 01:50 PM)tapate50 Wrote: POWER rankings...as in how teams are playing right NOW ( not the actual rankings)? It doesn't make sense to look at common opponent within 3 weeks? If not wouldn't this just be the regular rankings?
We played ULM weeks ago. They have gotten worse every week. I don't really think that's in dispute is it? Because they have slid DOWN the power rankings correct? Or is this not how this works?
Don't they change week to week according to who is clicking?
You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
And we're healthier now than we were against App and have 2 key players back that were missing that game, and we were missing Ellison against WVU (not that the result would have changed, but I'd be willing to bet we get some points on the board).
We put some interesting wrinkles in against Troy, both on offense and defense. We also MIGHT have learned to pass the ball....jury is still out on that.
We are not the same team that played in Boone, much like App wasn't the same team that played in Statesboro at this point last year.
I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
I also like our chances against UGA this weekend. We've gotta take care of business, and I won't be shocked if we take a L, but we've got more of a shot now than I thought we would earlier in the season.
If you look at what you just posted, you will notice a lot of homer qualities emanating from well...everywhere. Before you assume you have a shot, please go watch the WVU and App State game again.
We all want to believe you have a chance but against good defenses, you have laid an egg. Two times this year, I see that happen and it really puts into perspective what you are up against with UGA.
The point of all of this is, you lost at App and you don't play State. You can play transitive property all you want but you can't talk about it without knowing that you didn't just lose, you were beaten soundly. I never assumed that App was better than Southern last year as you didn't have but one close game in conference all season.
As i've said. I saw State and Southern play in Boone this season and disregarding the score, State is a much better team top to bottom than Southern is this season. Next year may be different as they won't have Knighten.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:42 PM)ark30inf Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:37 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
Spoken like a true Troy fan...from last week.
I'm not a fan of a 3 win team.
We've also shown improvement throughout the year, from a team that's posting a margin of 20+ points in wins.
Not quite Troy level crowing. And I merely like our chances, not that we'll win.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:46 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: (11-17-2015 01:50 PM)tapate50 Wrote: POWER rankings...as in how teams are playing right NOW ( not the actual rankings)? It doesn't make sense to look at common opponent within 3 weeks? If not wouldn't this just be the regular rankings?
We played ULM weeks ago. They have gotten worse every week. I don't really think that's in dispute is it? Because they have slid DOWN the power rankings correct? Or is this not how this works?
Don't they change week to week according to who is clicking?
You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
We had an extremely poor plan against App. I think the staff was afraid of what would happen if we opened it up early (rightly so). I'd love a do over, but that's not in the cards til yall come on down south again. I think we are better than that game shows because quite frankly crazy things happen in our rivalry. We lost to WV and APP...everyone else has been beaten by more than 20 points. We may be third in the standings, but it ain't by a long shot. Some of the ranking composites agree. Til we play again or get A State on the schedule its just power rankings thread fodder.
There isn't a huge separation between the three schools but because there is a head to head involved, it's more clear than most would like to admit. App has had one close win, and two losses that were not really in doubt by the end of the 3rd. I don't think any games outside of the head to head and the game against State can really be taken into account when discussing the rating of the three because all match-ups are different, especially with an offense like you guys have.
Sadly, in FBS we won't be able to hope for another match-up this year, so all you can do is pull for each other and hope that together, the conference perception can be changed. It starts Saturday at 7:00 PM for you all.
Good luck.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:50 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:37 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
And we're healthier now than we were against App and have 2 key players back that were missing that game, and we were missing Ellison against WVU (not that the result would have changed, but I'd be willing to bet we get some points on the board).
We put some interesting wrinkles in against Troy, both on offense and defense. We also MIGHT have learned to pass the ball....jury is still out on that.
We are not the same team that played in Boone, much like App wasn't the same team that played in Statesboro at this point last year.
I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
I also like our chances against UGA this weekend. We've gotta take care of business, and I won't be shocked if we take a L, but we've got more of a shot now than I thought we would earlier in the season.
If you look at what you just posted, you will notice a lot of homer qualities emanating from well...everywhere. Before you assume you have a shot, please go watch the WVU and App State game again.
We all want to believe you have a chance but against good defenses, you have laid an egg. Two times this year, I see that happen and it really puts into perspective what you are up against with UGA.
The point of all of this is, you lost at App and you don't play State. You can play transitive property all you want but you can't talk about it without knowing that you didn't just lose, you were beaten soundly. I never assumed that App was better than Southern last year as you didn't have but one close game in conference all season.
As i've said. I saw State and Southern play in Boone this season and disregarding the score, State is a much better team top to bottom than Southern is this season. Next year may be different as they won't have Knighten.
Homerish....yet I mentioned things specifically that have improved for us, including changes in player status and scheme changes that have the potential to change some things around for us. I remember App fans saying the same thing last year..."We finally ditched the Air Raid and went power run and look how much better we are" "We finally got rid of the vanilla defense and got more aggressive and we're so much better on defense." If I'm bleeding homer tendencies all over my statements, then I'm no more homer than the majority of App fans last year.
Look, I won't be surprised if we lose this week. It's the most likely outcome. FEI has assigned a 75% win probability to UGA at a spread of 9 points. S&P+ has assigned a 59% win probability to UGA at a spread of 4 points. Both of those have us losing.....but both of them have us in striking distance, and that's where I think we have the potential to be. We have to play a complete game like we did this past week though.
Would you have liked your chances in a rematch against us at the end of the year last year?
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:54 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:46 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:13 PM)USAJag2011 Wrote: You are correct. Power Ranking, to me, mean who looks best now. I think an Ark State team dominating ULM and App dominating an improving Idaho looks better than beating Troy. Just my oppinion.
Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
We had an extremely poor plan against App. I think the staff was afraid of what would happen if we opened it up early (rightly so). I'd love a do over, but that's not in the cards til yall come on down south again. I think we are better than that game shows because quite frankly crazy things happen in our rivalry. We lost to WV and APP...everyone else has been beaten by more than 20 points. We may be third in the standings, but it ain't by a long shot. Some of the ranking composites agree. Til we play again or get A State on the schedule its just power rankings thread fodder.
There isn't a huge separation between the three schools but because there is a head to head involved, it's more clear than most would like to admit. App has had one close win, and two losses that were not really in doubt by the end of the 3rd. I don't think any games outside of the head to head and the game against State can really be taken into account when discussing the rating of the three because all match-ups are different, especially with an offense like you guys have.
Sadly, in FBS we won't be able to hope for another match-up this year, so all you can do is pull for each other and hope that together, the conference perception can be changed. It starts Saturday at 7:00 PM for you all.
Good luck.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 02:58 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:50 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:37 PM)eaglewraith Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:31 PM)ericsaid Wrote: (11-17-2015 02:25 PM)tapate50 Wrote: Troy (at home) was king of the up and comers just last week and we kept them out of the endzone offensively. Troy > Idaho for me.
Well App>Southern for me. And on the scoreboard this season. My condolences to your argument as you've been......lawyered.
But seriously, you can discuss power rankings, without discussing the game that was played between the two. Having seen all three teams in person, my objective view point says State is heads and shoulders above any team in the Belt this season with a healthy Knighten. (and a little motivation to avenge a home loss to an FBS Transitional team)
You all were shutdown by App and WVU in the same manner that State would be able to. State is probably the only other team in the belt that has the speed at linebacker to get to the outside before Breida and then clog the remaining lanes with safeties and linebackers the way App did. They are also in the Top 3 in coaching staff's in the Belt which can't be overlooked.
And we're healthier now than we were against App and have 2 key players back that were missing that game, and we were missing Ellison against WVU (not that the result would have changed, but I'd be willing to bet we get some points on the board).
We put some interesting wrinkles in against Troy, both on offense and defense. We also MIGHT have learned to pass the ball....jury is still out on that.
We are not the same team that played in Boone, much like App wasn't the same team that played in Statesboro at this point last year.
I'd like our chances on a rematch with App. I'd also like our chances against stAte.
I also like our chances against UGA this weekend. We've gotta take care of business, and I won't be shocked if we take a L, but we've got more of a shot now than I thought we would earlier in the season.
If you look at what you just posted, you will notice a lot of homer qualities emanating from well...everywhere. Before you assume you have a shot, please go watch the WVU and App State game again.
We all want to believe you have a chance but against good defenses, you have laid an egg. Two times this year, I see that happen and it really puts into perspective what you are up against with UGA.
The point of all of this is, you lost at App and you don't play State. You can play transitive property all you want but you can't talk about it without knowing that you didn't just lose, you were beaten soundly. I never assumed that App was better than Southern last year as you didn't have but one close game in conference all season.
As i've said. I saw State and Southern play in Boone this season and disregarding the score, State is a much better team top to bottom than Southern is this season. Next year may be different as they won't have Knighten.
Homerish....yet I mentioned things specifically that have improved for us, including changes in player status and scheme changes that have the potential to change some things around for us. I remember App fans saying the same thing last year..."We finally ditched the Air Raid and went power run and look how much better we are" "We finally got rid of the vanilla defense and got more aggressive and we're so much better on defense." If I'm bleeding homer tendencies all over my statements, then I'm no more homer than the majority of App fans last year.
Look, I won't be surprised if we lose this week. It's the most likely outcome. FEI has assigned a 75% win probability to UGA at a spread of 9 points. S&P+ has assigned a 59% win probability to UGA at a spread of 4 points. Both of those have us losing.....but both of them have us in striking distance, and that's where I think we have the potential to be. We have to play a complete game like we did this past week though.
Would you have liked your chances in a rematch against us at the end of the year last year?
App's team was different last year. Players weren't injured or waiting to come back from injury. The issue with them last year was that entirely different players were in because they were being redshirted at the time. After the Liberty game, the redshirt's came off and the same defensive players who made this years game was it was, stood up and took care of business. (Stringer and Boggs). However, with the offensive line the Eagles had last year i'd have expected the same outcome.
I can appreciate the argument for injuries but injuries and not having key players are part of the game as well. Hypothetical talks of who would win a rematch are just that. Ultimately they mean as much as if I talk about what I would do with the money I could win from the lottery.
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New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 01:24 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote: (11-17-2015 11:46 AM)GEAGLESJAG Wrote: (11-17-2015 10:06 AM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote: (11-17-2015 09:59 AM)GEAGLESJAG Wrote: (11-17-2015 08:48 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote: The argument would take a different form...
2014: By the end of the season App State was the best team but earlier losses kept them from going to the championship. App would beat both teams in the championship game if they played them again.
2015: Troy 2015 = App State 2014. Teams should now fear them as they have beaten ULM and NMSU and have the best defense in the Sun Belt. If they played USA again they would beat them by at least two touchdowns. If they played Idaho again they would win. Georgia Southern should worry about that game. Oh wait, we heard that one before.
The argument wouldn't go away, but teams not in the championship game would say that the teams that are in the championship game aren't the best. Maybe it's that the "second best" team was from the same division or another reeled off 6 wins to end the season and wasn't in the game... The argument would just be in a different form.
I believe 2015 is more like this:
2015: App St beats GS, Ark St beats App St, but the South Georgia Peach, Peanut, Watermellon Sports Computer says that GA So is 35 points better than App St and 34 points better than Ark St so we will beat either by 5 touchdowns therefore we should get the championship. Beat chest, brag GATA beat chest. If you don't believe us we will scream louder than everyone else.
If you look back through this thread you will find 99.9% of GS fans saying we are 2nd or 3rd in the power rankings so I can't for the life of me figure out what you are so butt-hurt about.
Those who scream butt-hurt are juvenile and have their panties in a wad and truly know what butt-hurt means.
Thanks this is the exact 'I'm not butt-hurt you're butt-hurt' type of response I was expecting.
Typical GS Juvenal response.
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GSU Eagles
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
Why is it that an expert like Phil Steele can rate GS #1 in his power ranking, but when 1 out of 10 GS fans ranks GS tied for first everyone gets upset. The other 9 of 10 rank GS 2 or 3. Not a single person has ranked GS the sole #1 .
This must be what it's like being a defending champion like the Patriots and Tom Brady!
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 04:00 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote: Why is it that an expert like Phil Steele can rate GS #1 in his power ranking, but when 1 out of 10 GS fans ranks GS tied for first everyone gets upset. The other 9 of 10 rank GS 2 or 3. Not a single person has ranked GS the sole #1 .
This must be what it's like being a defending champion like the Patriots and Tom Brady!
But GS fans aren't homers. No siree bob.
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
(11-17-2015 04:00 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote: Why is it that an expert like Phil Steele can rate GS #1 in his power ranking, but when 1 out of 10 GS fans ranks GS tied for first everyone gets upset. The other 9 of 10 rank GS 2 or 3. Not a single person has ranked GS the sole #1 .
This must be what it's like being a defending champion like the Patriots and Tom Brady!
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
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RE: New Power Rankings: 11-15-15
BTW…
1. StAte
2. App
3. GS
4. South
5. Troy
6.ULL
7. Georgia State
8. Idaho
9. NMSU
10. Texas State
11. ULM
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