Comments on: SEC dominates Top 10 of coaches’ poll; LSU nets No. 1 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/ CollegeFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 15:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: truetarheelfan http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98869 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:24:51 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98869 First there are 5 major conferences say what u want and let te laughing begin but the ACC is considered a major conference and mark my word FSU will be an elite team this yr sec defense will keep them in EVERY GAME VT is always good va is rapidly improving coach fedora is getting elite recruits and clemson will be a beast this yr… Big 12 will have a down yr big only has one real contender PAC is a two team race and I think Oregon will feel disrespected by USCook for them to upset the mighty trojans… Secondly the sec can schedule whoever they want can u imagine potential having to play south Carolina Georgia lady alabama and arkansas all in one season c’mon PAC fan I’m and acc fan and I know that the SEC is crim de la cream in college football… Let’s be real here no one plays the schedule or runs the gauntlet the sec does

]]> By: normtide http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98845 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:14:02 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98845 Your point would make sense if there was a promotion system, but atm, any school can move up at will. Again, is south alabama tougher this year because they moved up? Some fcs teams are better then say utsa, west kentucky, usa, etc. And again, usc needs to play more good teams before it’s fans should call out the sec.

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98839 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:54:53 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98839 @normtide

I’m not saying the SEC has an easy run as much as I am saying that no FBS team should schedule an FCS school. And of the four major conferences (SEC, Pac 12, Big 12, B1G), the SEC seems to do it the most. While there are good FBS teams and bad ones, the FBS, overall, is in an entirely different league than the FCS. That’s what I am saying.

]]> By: normtide http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98799 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:57:30 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98799 Just to make a point, a gimme win is the same regardless of the label. I will put bama or lsu’s sched up against any team out there. Just to be clear, I think usc is one of the few teams that can hang with the sec, year after year. Mainly cause they play defense as well a recruit good. I only disagree with how you imply sec teams have an easy run.

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98795 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:42:29 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98795 @normtide

Don’t know why you keep mentioning Fresno St. USC played them 7 years ago.

]]> By: tigersgeaux http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98713 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:53:13 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98713 normtide: That is a good post, that if I were a PAC fan I would not be able to contest. I did not know about USC’s schedule and their opponents rankings so I performed a little Internet and Google research and found your statements correct.

There is nothing in USC’s schedule to compare to the competition and excellence (quality) of the AAA’s–as southernpatriots’ calls them–(Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas) and LSU and those 4 teams have to face one another, year in and year out. Add in an East team or two or three such as Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina and then add in another team or two ranked in the top 20 or so each year, and it is a schedule that few teams “enjoy” year in and year out.

]]> By: normtide http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98461 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:28:17 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98461 The kickoff games are for recruiting, thats why atlanta and dallas are picked, by both teams. Lsu is going to pac country, bama went to b1g country. We have had home and home vs psu, ucla, oklahoma… USC played one with big bad fresno st. Utsa and south alabama are fbs teams now, so are they a tough out now, as opposed to last year when they were fcs? The fact is, for a number of years now the sec has played a top 2 team at the end of the year and won. Does usc play teams as good as lsu every year? As good as au? As ark? As bama? These 4 are in the same division. Usc’s division has zona, asu, colorado, and ucla. None of this are on par. Tbh, usc should win that easily, every year. The b1g plays the mac every year. We win the big games, and you worry about the little ones. Last year bama played lsu, au, and uf, all three have win titles in the last 6 years. Did usc play any former bcs champs? Bama plays 2 top ten teams in the first 3 weeks, usc plays one all year. You want us to play less weak teams, I want yall to play more strong teams.

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98456 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:16:15 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98456 @fhuizar

Exactly. Neutral site stuff is weak. Home and home series is better.

]]> By: fhuizar http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98455 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:10:02 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98455 Why go down to the Georgia dome for kick off classic

Why go to dallas for another kick off classic

Why not just schedule a home and home

If usc and texas did it, ucla and texas did it

Why cant SEC teams schedule a real home and home series?

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Im saying a regular season true home and home series!

Not a bowl game or a kickoff classic one time deal

I’d love to watch bama @ Oregon in autzen

Usc @ lsu

]]> By: truetarheelfan http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98448 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:51:17 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98448 USC is an elite program but they dodge as well… They are right LSU tried to schedule USC and they turned LSU down kidding tried instead for tennessee after first leaving after a yr then second stealing recruits and players on his way out to add insult to injury he offers tenn a chance to play at USC not even at tenn tacky and wrong I think the man can coach but let’s not kid ourselves USC is no saint of a program

]]> By: tigersgeaux http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98443 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:26:23 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98443 From what I have heard LSU has tried to schedule PAC teams and only Oregon and Washington so far have accepted the invitation. Both were scheduled. Responses back from USC, Stanford, and one other was generally that their regular schedule was filled with difficult games already and they weren’t ready at this time to schedule another tough game.

Maybe the PAC might actually schedule LSU in 2020 or sometime afterward. Oklahoma finally relented and scheduled in 2018 and 19, so there is hope for the PAC teams.

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98440 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:16:04 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98440 @normtide

I’m not talking about SOS so much as I am talking about FBS schools playing FCS schools.

Only three schools have never scheduled a game against an FCS program. ND, USC, and UCLA.

In the last couple of years, USC has admittedly had a weaker non-conference schedule. This is usually not the case. In the early 2000s, USC played tough teams like Kansas St and Auburn in OOC games. Then others like Nebraska, Virignia Tech, and Arkansas. Then Ohio State. We have Texas coming up in 2017 and 2018. This series was scheduled a few years back. Which brings me to something else you need to consider. Sometimes teams schedule home and home series so far in advance that you have no idea how good a team will be by the team you play them. Could be a great team, like the 2010 Rose Bowl winning Ohio State team that USC beat. Maybe Texas, who has been pretty strong especially on the recruiting trail will be terrible in 2017. Maybe they will be preseason favorites. And we got Hawaii too. They were pretty good a couple times in the last 10 years. My point is that USC plays FBS schools that are AQ and BCS teams. Maybe the particular year they play that team is an off year, but we play solid programs. And we seem to be a better team the tougher our schedule is…like in 2004. USC had toughest schedule and dominated everyone. Don’t forget how good the Pac 12 was not so long ago (in last 10 years). They just got overshadowed because USC was in a league of their own.

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]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98429 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:52:25 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98429 @fhuizar

USC didn’t just steamroll over Auburn in 2003 at Jordan Hare. It was the No. 9 ranked Auburn team (No. 1 according to Sports Illustrated). An Auburn team composed of Karlos Dansby, Cadillac Williams, Jason Campbell and Ronnie Brown.

And it was just in 2002 and 2003 that USC beat Auburn. USC played Arkansas in a home and home series in 2005 and 2006. The first game was a 70-17 thrashing of Arkansas where 3 or 4 different Trojan QBs threw at least one TD pass. The second was a 50-14 whooping of Arkansas @ Arkansas. That Arkansas team went on to win the SEC West and had players like Felix Jones, Peyton Hillis, and Darren McFadden.

LSU and USC need to schedule something. Or USC and Alabama. Or USC and South Carolina.

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It’d be good for the game.

Lol i still remember USC rolling Auburn at Jordan Hare haha

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98387 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:27:06 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98387 @normtide

Yes, other non SEC schools play FCS schools too. But I’m a USC fan and alum and we have never scheduled a game against an FCS opponent. I know some schools in the Pac do it but not USC and not UCLA. And the schools that do it shouldn’t. But the SEC does it more than anyone else and still call themselves the best. I thought you has to beat the best to be the best. Don’t get me wrong, though, I still think that right now the SEC is the top conference.

]]> By: manchestermiracle http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98379 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:18:44 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98379 Great comments on here by (almost) everyone. Outstanding commitments and loyalty to the schools. Best of all, an almost universal dislike of pre-season polls. However, those polls seem to accomplish just what is intended: To hype the coming season and get everyone’s dander up. From the number of replies on just this site, the meaningless pre-season poll has done its job.

About the only thing the BCS has gotten correct is not putting out a poll until several weeks’ worth of games have been played.

]]> By: poison66 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98375 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:21:15 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98375 Clemson #14???????? Lmao…. Oklahoma State should be ahead of that scrub team…….

]]> By: normtide http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98372 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:55:57 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98372 The pac does too. Zona or ASU had six wins but missed a bowl cause of to many fcs teams a couple years ago. I still contend that many fcs teams are better then the very bottom of fbs

]]> By: truetarheelfan http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98370 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:05:16 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98370 Well the SEC may schedule alot of fcs schools but not as much as the acc every yr we have at least 4 teams that have to win 7 games instead of six because they play 2 teams in the fcs even though app state is an awesome fcs program I don’t care how good they are they won’t count towards ur bid to be bowl eligible if u play 2 of those type teams and trust me there is a reason no one schedules app state anymore they are quietly the boise state of the east on a smaller scale they never rebuild just reload…. But the SEC schedules alot just not sure if they schedule as many of the cupcakes as the ACC who lately seem to want to thrive in mediocrity

]]> By: Pac12Ute http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98365 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:54:08 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98365 With the new “playoff” measurements taking into account strength of schedule, these pre-season polls need to be banned. The guess work put into the pre-season polls artificially ranks unproven teams and makes a win against a pre-season top 25 team appear better than it actually is because the team was never really as good as they were ranked. An early loss to a pre-season top 25 results in less of an impact on the losing team’s ranking as well. The only problem with removing the poll is that conferences who find themselves well represented in the top 25 stand to lose the most, so I doubt it will ever happen. BCS 2.0

]]> By: Pac12Ute http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98364 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:44:40 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98364 Clemson, Florida State, Notre Dame, Florida, Texas, and Nebraska in the top 25 after last season… REALLY??? I can understand a few of these teams ending up roughly where they’re at now, but how many times are the pre-season polls going to rank Clemson and Florida State only to have them completely underperform with their above average talent and make the pre-season polls seem even that much more irrelevant?

]]> By: suprmous http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98359 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:04:13 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98359 I don’t think Coach Miles likes havin the bullseye on his back this early in the season and I know I damned sure don’t. What is it with havin preseason polls anyway? You can’t judge anybody if they haven’t gotten any playin time under their belts, c’mon folks in the “journalism” business. You might want to wait before jumpin the gun on this. Not sayin that there isn’t some good teams in the Top 10 but please give me a break and just hold off on the judgement till after the 2nd or 3rd wk into the season will ya?

]]> By: papabush88 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98355 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:59:15 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98355 @normtide

And if the Miami Heat scheduled a game against some minor league team, that would be ridiculous. The Sac Kings and Charlotte Bobcats are terrible teams but at least they’re in the NBA. FBS schools should not schedule FCS. The SEC does this more than any top conference. They also play more non AQ teams and non BCS teams than any conference. It’s just deplorable. But the SEC is still good and I enjoy watching teams like Alabama and Arkansas and South Carolina and Florida…but I do not like watching Alabama vs LSU…that was just boring…twice

]]> By: birdcen http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98354 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:40:10 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98354 Everybody loves their team and it’s always great in August…I’m a UGA grad and love my Dawgs! They might be ranked a little high but have a great team. But PAC 12 guy…USC is sick and so is Oregon…other than that…run of the mill. You play 8 games in the SEC and it ain’t FBS. Not saying it’s right but just saying it’s a fact. Good luck!

]]> By: thecrazyasianinseccountry http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98353 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:40:05 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98353 @hoggette….
You’re hurt over what Petrino did?
Your should ask PSU how they feel about their former coach?

]]> By: hoggette http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98348 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:50:43 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98348 Don’t even begin to know the hurt all of Arkansas felt over the Petrino mess. Our University did the right thing. So many colleges would have looked the other way and just did the business side.
He’s a great offensive mind but believe Paul will do a very good job. So, between the reasons I gave and just plain old karma believe we will win this one.

]]> By: normtide http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98347 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:39:10 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98347 Hoggette, did not mean to imply you are a bandwagon fan, just that I am not sold on your coach. I think we all know the importance of the head coach. Ark has a great chance of winning due to the facts you stated. In fact, if petrino was still the coach, you would prob be favored in the game.

]]> By: suprmous http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/02/sec-dominates-top-10-of-coaches-poll-lsu-nets-no-1/#comment-98346 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:37:04 +0000 http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164589#comment-98346 Coooooo Weeeeeee, good to see southernpatriots and tigersgeaux as well as the rest of you good people. I’m in agreement with you on not wantin to see anymore coachin fiascos AND any more of the other stuff that went on before the team left for the Dome. Lets just say it’s time to let that dawg lie and get on with another fantastic season. southernpatriots, word on the corner has it Zack’s chompin at the bit and ready to show folks how he’s changed and is ready to be both a leader and a champion. If that kid can live up to half of that I’ll be happier than a crawfish in mud. And speakin of food, how in da World am I goin to know which way to find all you good people when I get back? Seems like when I go away for 3 months I almost forget which way I’m goin,hahaha.

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