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FBC 2008 Week 3 running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by king cranium maximus IV, Sep 9, 2008.

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  1. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Sporting News nailed it:"Pathetic-10"UC Davis would have played better at Maryland yesterday.
    I'm glad I didn't have money on Cal.
     
    JayFarrar, Sep 14, 2008
    #493
  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I'm not allowed to bet it, but I love handicapping the games, and I would have had money on Cal. The two touchdown spread made it so there were a few games I liked better, but I would have said that game was a good bet. I did say it. Other than the fact that this was Cal, the Pac-10, and these teams are so inconsistent (I am learning my lesson), that whole thing didn't add up in anything but bizarro world--until it actually happened and then it made perfect sense. Cal handles a respectable Michigan State team. Then they hang an absolute beating on Washington State. Maryland barely handled Delaware and got played tough by Middle Tennessee State. I *still* think Maryland is a mediocre team.

    The reason it makes sense now is what a friend who played in the ACC, and follows it closely still as a commentator, told me right before that game and has told me before. Maryland always plays up to the competition. He thought that was a game you stay away from. He was right. That doesn't fully explain it, because Maryland didn't just play up to the competition. They were the better team. With the ACC the way it is, Maryland could actually do some serious winning through its conference schedule. I never would have thought that three weeks ago.

    It's not that I thought Maryland was totally sorry, but you looked at the ACC before the season and you saw Clemson running away with it, perhaps Virginia Tech and Wake being decent and then everyone else battling for the scraps. At least that was the way I saw it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 14, 2008
    #494
  3. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Clemson has been a choking dog for years. Ask the other ACC folks on the board.

    Wake Forest might FINALLY be given credit for being a really good program. The same people who keep building up the same programs, regardless of the experience on the field or anything else, have been trying to bury Wake Forest. And they're not going away.

    Virginia Tech will probably win 8-9 games on defense and exceptional special teams, partly because the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference isn't very good. Maryland can be serious players if the QB can show some consistency. Headbutt has been around here long enough that his word works for me ...
     
    Sam Mills 51, Sep 14, 2008
    #495
  4. Pancamo

    Pancamo Active Member

    No, they have the best looking women of any school, anywhere.
     
    Pancamo, Sep 14, 2008
    #496
  5. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Interesting point brought up last night. Wisconsin offered to bring B10 refs to Fresno this year and let Fresno have WAC refs in Madison next year and was shot down.
     
    slappy4428, Sep 14, 2008
    #497
  6. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Polls are out. Great job coaches, keeping Arizona State in the poll at 24. And Vandy is getting the shaft, particularly in the coaches poll. Getting votes to put them at 35th, and apparently Connecticut has been more impressive to the coaches. Crackerjack job guys.
     
    Della9250, Sep 14, 2008
    #498
  7. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Oh and apparently after last night, Wisconsin is currently the 8th best team in the country.
     
    Della9250, Sep 14, 2008
    #499
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Della, give credit to Fresno State. It was there. This was their national title game. Wisconsin was lucky -- and good -- to win it.

    And Arizona State still in the top 25? What bizarro world is this?
     
    Songbird, Sep 14, 2008
    #500
  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    That's a strong team in the Valley. They may not be done yet.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Sep 14, 2008
    #501
  10. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    I don't doubt that Fresno State is a pretty good team. I don't see the logic in the entireity of the poll if the 8th best team barely wins at the No. 25/26 team based on the voting. Shouldn't Fresno then be higher? How can BYU by 11 this week? UCLA didn't a single vote, but Tennessee can still be considered a top 35 team? What Penn State's done so far that doesn't make them not even close to the top 10? Auburn wins 3-2 but doesn't drop in the coaches poll?

    I just don't get it sometimes.
     
    Della9250, Sep 14, 2008
    #502
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Fresno actually should have been higher. They are that good. But a fledgling team (i.e. not Boise State, which already had to fight that battle) out of the WAC is always going to be ranked too low until they get to 10-0.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 14, 2008
    #503
  12. king cranium maximus IV

    king cranium maximus IV Active Member

    Here's the problem:
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    I mean, sheesh.
     
    king cranium maximus IV, Sep 14, 2008
    #504
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