Preseason Ranking Means Nothing. Really.

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Michael Lewis Created a Monster
Published 8 days ago by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback
... slope gets a little steeper and, without at least a division title on the horizon, a bridge to the next hill, the boulder is suddenly a little heavier, in danger of rolling back in the opposite direction - can't put it all together, can't win the big one, etc. This is the first Leach team to face any kind of expectations of that sort, or of any sort, really, coming into the year - none of his previous outfits have been ranked entering the season, but Buckeye Commentary has a roundup of the early top 25 polls, and four of five (all but The Sporting News) have the ...

Texas Tech Friday Morning Notes - Seeing The Ball Well Edition
Published 8 days ago by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation
... Nice job by Buckeye Commentary, who compiled and averaged the current MSM preseason rankings, with your Red Raiders checking in at #12. ...

Rebutting the Buckeye Backlash Again
Published 7 days ago by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports
... Now that the early returns are starting to roll in, Buckeye Commentary has tallied the poll votes and come to this conclusion: ...

The Contenders: Georgia
Published 4 days ago by SMQ at Sunday Morning Quarterback
... Auburn, double-digit margins over Kentucky and Georgia Tech and the very un-subtle bludgeoning of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl – begins Oct. 28. Prior to that, if you ignore the "spike" facilitated by the 2007 offseason, the Bulldogs hadn’t been on an upward trend at any point more than three weeks in a row before they started down again. But then they got theyselves motivated, or something, and they’re the hottest stock of the early summer prognostiscenti: in the early polls, UGA is number one by the Worldwide Leader, The Sporting News, and (watch ...

Following Up
Published 3 days ago by SMQ at Sunday Morning Quarterback
... I think the argument can be revised from disdain among voters – who, despite Mandel's promise that OSU will "will quietly disappear into the night" with an early loss to USC, seem to like the Buckeyes just fine – to a general disdain among some sizable segment of the masses. I think this will be irrelevant to voters if OSU wins in the Coliseum, but I don't think it will go away among the viewing/commenting/letter-writing rabble, which seems to demand mythical championship blood in atonement for the sins of the last two alleged title games. ...

The Contenders: West Virginia
Published 2 days ago by SMQ at Sunday Morning Quarterback
... Voters aren’t wild about West Virginia, necessarily, but you won’t find any other Big East teams anywhere near the Mountaineers in the earliest preseason polls . The instinct to write WVU off post-Rodriguez is obvious, but give me a unanimous conference favorite with three straight top ten finishes and a serious candidate for the Trophy Which Shall Not Be Named, and I’ll give you a legitimate mythical championship aspirant. Darkhorse, at worst. ...