CardinalBlackTrojan
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
(04-12-2021 07:29 AM)balanced_view Wrote: (04-12-2021 03:11 AM)Mandalorian Wrote: (02-10-2021 12:53 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote: (02-10-2021 12:33 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote: (02-10-2021 11:56 AM)High Country Student Wrote: Am I missing something with Troy? Why are they ranked so high?
We have all but like 2 starters returning plus the data goes back 2-4 years and in 2017 we had 11-2 record and 2018 we finished 10-3 so that helps gives us a boost I'm sure. We also signed a good recruiting class.
We actually return every starter but one.
The entire starting defense returns, plus the depth. Plus adding a CB from NC State and DL from Florida State.
The entire starting offense returns except WR Khalil McClain (he was only the 4th leading receiver in yards). The depth also returns, plus adding QB from Missouri and RB from Florida State.
Troy has the pieces to win the Sun Belt.
Just not the coach
We just need the coach to be good enough to win 4 OCC games this season, and we'll handle winning the Sun Belt.
The Cajuns certainly have the horses and coaches to beat Texas, Ohio, Liberty, and Nichols State. Watching them will be very interesting.
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EigenEagle
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
Just for the hell of it, final SP+ rankings 2014-2020 with 2021 projected rankings.
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(This post was last modified: 04-12-2021 12:41 PM by EigenEagle.)
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Cajun_lannister
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
(04-12-2021 12:41 PM)EigenEagle Wrote: Just for the hell of it, final SP+ rankings 2014-2020 with 2021 projected rankings.
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2015 was awful I don't think I watched a game sober that year
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Yosef Himself
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2021 04:11 PM by Yosef Himself.)
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balanced_view
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
(04-13-2021 04:11 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: ESPN's FPI for 2021:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/group/37
CCU #36
App #38
Troy #52
UL #69
ArkSt #82
GSU #86
GS #88
TxSt #97
USA #118
ULM #121
SBC Avg 78.7
Others:
AAC Avg: 75.27
MAC Avg: 85.82
MWC Avg: 97.4
CUSA Avg: 108
projecting overall # 69, 54% to win division and 7.2 wins for Louisiana, too bad these folks not in charge of any gambling. could be some easy money to be made. the conference averages look ok for the preseason.
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2021 05:56 PM by balanced_view.)
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Goronic
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
App State played pretty well last year, but never hit their high gear. The only game we got our asses kicked was the Louisiana game. Only reason it was remotely close in score is because the long snapper thought the punter was standing 40 yards behind him.
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BurlingtonApp
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
(04-13-2021 08:35 PM)Goronic Wrote: App State played pretty well last year, but never hit their high gear. The only game we got our asses kicked was the Louisiana game. Only reason it was remotely close in score is because the long snapper thought the punter was standing 40 yards behind him.
I don't know if I'd go that far. We outgained them by 60 yards, dominated TOP, and had more first downs. Zac just had an absolutely awful night and we had three turnovers to counter their horrible snaps.
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RE: ESPN SP+ 2021 Pre-Season rankings
If we can get solid OL play, we could have a chance to compete. I know people will point at the qb, but line was a mess with injuries last year. Not sure about who is going to be the starting RB, best rb got kicked off the team.
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