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(09-04-2018 11:56 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/

Voters in L.A. trying to put a better spin on the Bruins' loss? Who cares really, it's great to see "Cincinnati" on screen and if the Bearcats take care of business the next three games they'll start climbing that ladder.

Obviously premature, but wow... that is a sight for sore eyes.

(09-04-2018 12:02 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 11:56 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/

Voters in L.A. trying to put a better spin on the Bruins' loss?

Heh... They do seem to be of the mind that UCLA lost that game, more so than Cincinnati won it. I think that's silly, but whatever. Glad to be in the national conversation in a positive light.

(09-04-2018 12:02 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 11:56 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/

Voters in L.A. trying to put a better spin on the Bruins' loss? Who cares really, it's great to see "Cincinnati" on screen and if the Bearcats take care of business the next three games they'll start climbing that ladder.

Actually, no. This is the Coaches Poll, and Chip Kelly isn't one of the 65 who vote. It could be that one coach put as at 23rd, thus the 3 points. Hopefully, it's multiple coaches putting us 25th. Unfortunately, we didn't get any AP votes.

(09-04-2018 01:15 PM)geef Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 12:02 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 11:56 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/

Voters in L.A. trying to put a better spin on the Bruins' loss? Who cares really, it's great to see "Cincinnati" on screen and if the Bearcats take care of business the next three games they'll start climbing that ladder.

Actually, no. This is the Coaches Poll, and Chip Kelly isn't one of the 65 who vote. It could be that one coach put as at 23rd, thus the 3 points. Hopefully, it's multiple coaches putting us 25th. Unfortunately, we didn't get any AP votes.

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.


Naaa

(09-04-2018 01:20 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 01:15 PM)geef Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 12:02 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(09-04-2018 11:56 AM)CincyBro Wrote:  sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/

Voters in L.A. trying to put a better spin on the Bruins' loss? Who cares really, it's great to see "Cincinnati" on screen and if the Bearcats take care of business the next three games they'll start climbing that ladder.

Actually, no. This is the Coaches Poll, and Chip Kelly isn't one of the 65 who vote. It could be that one coach put as at 23rd, thus the 3 points. Hopefully, it's multiple coaches putting us 25th. Unfortunately, we didn't get any AP votes.

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.


Naaa

More like that three of these voters helped out a conference mate:

Ken Niumatalolo
Major Applewhite
Charlie Strong
Willie Fritz
Geoff Collins

I'll never understand how a 0-1 team is ahead of a 1-0 team. Polls are stupid yet influential.

(09-04-2018 02:02 PM)digibrink Wrote:  I'll never understand how a 0-1 team is ahead of a 1-0 team. Polls are stupid yet influential.

You don't think there some 0-1 teams that are better than UC?

(09-04-2018 02:02 PM)digibrink Wrote:  I'll never understand how a 0-1 team is ahead of a 1-0 team. Polls are stupid yet influential.

Totally agree. Liberty > Washington; UMass > Michigan; UL-Monroe > Miami, FL.

Funny thing is, I could easily see UC beating Miami (OH), Alabama A&M, Ohio University, Connecticut, Tulane and Temple. Wonder how many we would have to win to reach the Top25? Wonder how high we would be at 7-0? Hope we beat Miami.

Once those 0-1 teams win a game then yeah, of course a 1-1 team with a win over a better opponent should be ranked ahead of a 2-0 team that hasn't beaten anyone. But not before then. Half of the teams in the top-25 haven't proven anything and are there for ESPN ratings etc

We need to beat Miami for any of our exuberance to be justified.

(09-04-2018 02:40 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Funny thing is, I could easily see UC beating Miami (OH), Alabama A&M, Ohio University, Connecticut, Tulane and Temple. Wonder how many we would have to win to reach the Top25? Wonder how high we would be at 7-0? Hope we beat Miami.

If we're undefeated through the Ohio game, and UCLA somehow manages 2-2 out of their first four, I think we're ranked in Week #5. Those are both HUUUUUGE ifs, since we have two tough tests and it would require UCLA to beat Fresno State and Colorado or shock the world to beat Oklahoma.

After ucf getting hosed last year they should be banding together as absolute homers for conference teams. Overrate everybody to compensate the disrespect given by others.

(09-05-2018 06:49 PM)cincy7718 Wrote:  After ucf getting hosed last year they should be banding together as absolute homers for conference teams. Overrate everybody to compensate the disrespect given by others.

The other conferences do it. It's all about playing the game when it comes to polls.

(09-04-2018 02:40 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Funny thing is, I could easily see UC beating Miami (OH), Alabama A&M, Ohio University, Connecticut, Tulane and Temple. Wonder how many we would have to win to reach the Top25? Wonder how high we would be at 7-0? Hope we beat Miami.

I could see that too. Alternately, drop to 1-1 against Miami and then face what should be a stronger OU team in two weeks it could become a 2-2 record with two losses to the MAC. Ouch; hope that's not the case.

This is a consequence of our great run from 2007-2012. Without the respect we earned then, we would be getting zero votes.

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/foo...ll/2018/3/

11 points in this week's coaches poll. Good for #40

we're already to 50% of our win total from last year and 25% of the win total of the last two year's combined!

Keep up the great work, boys! Go Bearcats!