Who beats who?

feltgod — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:28:59 -0000

I am curious what the BCS polls would look like #1-#8 if voters cast their ballots for the best teams based on their feelings of who would win a game on a neutral field right now (and ignoring the records of the teams). Below is what my "Who beats who" poll would like. What would your poll look like?

#1 Florida - they look dominant right now. I don't know if anyone could beat Florida 6 out 10 on a neutral field right now.

#2 OU - I hate em, but I do feel they would beat us 6 times out of 10. Thus I rank em ahead of us.

#3 TX - My #3-#6 are all close, but I feel like TX gets the nod given how much our defense is improving (and I'm a homer). If our offensive execution had not seemingly dipped significanlty recently, I would put us ahead of OU.

#4 Tx Tech - I'm still not fully sold on Tech although their last 2 victories have been impressive. Still, I feel like Tech has always beat everyone on their own turf. If they beat OU, I bump them to #1b with Florida.

#5 USC - Since this is a "Who beats who" poll, I'm (probably stupidly) ranking USC high since they seem to gear up and play well in big match ups against other highly ranked opponents.

#6 Alabama - may seem low, but they've had trouble putting points on the board and have a relatively soft schedule with their "big victories" coming over Georgia who's looking like fools gold and barely beating LSU whose current QB who looks like a highschool JV back up . Maybe they'll prove me wrong and beat Florida.

#7 Ok st - I think they're better that what they played versus Tech

#8 Penn St - Offensive execution has been poor of late (much like our Horns), but the defense is stout. If they played bama, it would be a 0-0 game.

Observations from Mizzou vs OKSt game

feltgod — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:51:08 -0000

1) Jeremy Maclin looked like he was trying to point shave or throw the game last night. I know that's a serious accusation, but if you go back and watch tape of the game you'll know what I mean. He wasn't outrunning defenders after making catches and on a few kick returns he seemed to be running right into the backs of his own teammates. He also dropped a kickoff. I remember watching the whole game thinking ... is Maclin trying to shave some points here? Strange.

2) Chase Daniel's arm strength looks well below average. He wasn't stepping into his throws last night and his passes were ripe for the pickin'.

3) We should let the grass grow long this week at DKR (ala ND vs USC from 2005) to neutralize Mizzou's speed and let this game be won by the big uglies upfront.

4) Chase Coffman's propensity to hurdle defenders on the TE screen is cute, but will end up in either an injury or a fumble soon. He has gotten a little too enamored with that move and a fast defense will take advantage of the time he loses in the air to swarm and destroy.

5) While he has been solid in his career, Mizzou's place kicker missed two big kicks last night. Hopefully we can hold them to FG attempts this coming Saturday.

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Who beats who?

Observations from Mizzou vs OKSt game