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goddfather40 · 11-22-2004, 08:43 PM

USC is not that much better. They are not as good as last year. I think those are somewhat consensus opinions. It is not a slam dunk that USC will beat Notre Dame or UCLA. A playoff system needs to be implemented quickly.

That being said I would like to dispute a few points brought up:

- The polls, especially the coaches poll, are not disproportionally weighted down with west coast voters. They didn't adjust the polls to accomdate West coast teams. The media conspriacy talk is stupid. The single determining factor in USC still being #1 ahead of the other two is the preseason poll.

- The PAC-10 is not as bad as others say, which is the case every year. Oregon State should have won at LSU, Arizona (the consensus worst team in the PAC-10) lost to Wisconsin only 9-7. Yes, I give you the fact that OU and Okla State beat Oregon and UCLA solidly. But with 3 top 20 teams compared to 4 top 25 for the Big 12 and 4/5 top 25 for the SEC, that is still not bad considering those conference do have 2 extra teams each.

- What if last year LSU was left out. Are you kidding, a team from the great and mighty SEC? There would've been a shitstorm like no other. Just like what's going to happen this year if Auburn is left out (justifiably so).

11-22-2004, 08:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
goddfather40 Llama Location: Cali-for-nye-a	USC is not that much better. They are not as good as last year. I think those are somewhat consensus opinions. It is not a slam dunk that USC will beat Notre Dame or UCLA. A playoff system needs to be implemented quickly. That being said I would like to dispute a few points brought up: - The polls, especially the coaches poll, are not disproportionally weighted down with west coast voters. They didn't adjust the polls to accomdate West coast teams. The media conspriacy talk is stupid. The single determining factor in USC still being #1 ahead of the other two is the preseason poll. - The PAC-10 is not as bad as others say, which is the case every year. Oregon State should have won at LSU, Arizona (the consensus worst team in the PAC-10) lost to Wisconsin only 9-7. Yes, I give you the fact that OU and Okla State beat Oregon and UCLA solidly. But with 3 top 20 teams compared to 4 top 25 for the Big 12 and 4/5 top 25 for the SEC, that is still not bad considering those conference do have 2 extra teams each. - What if last year LSU was left out. Are you kidding, a team from the great and mighty SEC? There would've been a shitstorm like no other. Just like what's going to happen this year if Auburn is left out (justifiably so). __________________ My name is goddfather40 and I approved this message. I got ho's and I got bitches, In C++ I branch with switches -MC Plus+