Utes Destroy Big12 Team, And Fall In Rankings!

[Deleted member 365]

At the same time, who says any of those teams are so great? The SEC has 5 teams in the top 12. Those 5 teams have a combined 1 win against an out of conference team that is ranked. And that one win is against 25th ranked West Virginia.

So, basically, they are great because we say they are. They haven't beat anybody but each other.

It will be good when Utah is in that good ole boys' club next year.

Auburn barely won by 3 points as time expired against a 3-3 team and that moved them up in the polls. Utah won by over 40 against a 3-3 team and dropped. It's BS no matter how you slice it.

I agree.

And it's necessarily that they're great because "we" say they are.

They're great because of name... Because preseason polls actually count in this sport.... Because a bunch of east coast biased morons who predicted Utah to be routed by Pitt and Bama think so.

If preseason polls actually counted, how many times would Dallas, Cleveland, Denver, and Portland have won the NBA title?

If preseason polls actually counted, the Chargers would have been NFL champions for about the last decade.

I think a big problem are these dumbass preseason polls. The bigwigs need to just keep from screwing up. While the little guys need to scratch and claw for anything... Even after going undefeated, they aren't guaranteed anything...

 

[SaltyDawg]

I agree.

And it's necessarily that they're great because "we" say they are.

They're great because of name... Because preseason polls actually count in this sport.... Because a bunch of east coast biased morons who predicted Utah to be routed by Pitt and Bama think so.

If preseason polls actually counted, how many times would Dallas, Cleveland, Denver, and Portland have won the NBA title?

If preseason polls actually counted, the Chargers would have been NFL champions for about the last decade.

I think a big problem are these dumbass preseason polls. The bigwigs need to just keep from screwing up. While the little guys need to scratch and claw for anything... Even after going undefeated, they aren't guaranteed anything...

Preseason polls are garbage, no doubt about it. But there is more to it that than. Utah actually dropped after a 41 point road win against a BCS team that had a winning record before the game started. Teams that have a loss and haven't beat any ranked out of conference opponents are ahead of undefeated teams.

The whole argument against a playoff is "the regular season means so much we can't compromise it with a playoff." Well then, why the heck are there undefeated teams behind teams with a loss in the polls?

It's a crap system. I'm just glad the Utes will be on the other side of it starting next year.

Iowa State may not be the best team out there, but they are the same Iowa State team that the rest of the Big 12 will be playing. Lets see if any of those Big 12 teams beat them by 41 on the road and drop in the polls.

 

[gregbroncs]

Those two 1 loss teams ahead of the Utes (Bama and SC) have legit arguments for being ranked ahead of many teams, including the Utes, as they've actually played a few Div I Football teams thus far(unlike the Utes, who have played a bunch of good HS teams).

Who has bama beaten. A weak florida team and whom else? S. Carolina beat Alabama but also lost elsewhere. Maybe Bama is just not all that good? Neither of those teams have proven all that much more than Utah. The difference is they play in the SEC which is not as good as usual but national coaches and writers don't care.

Utah has played a bunch of cupcakes but were supposed to be challenged this week. Guess what it was no challenge at all.

Utah should be ranked higher than the teams that have not won all of their games. Especially the way alabama lost to a team that is also not undefeated.

 

[gregbroncs]

I agree.

And it's necessarily that they're great because "we" say they are.

They're great because of name... Because preseason polls actually count in this sport.... Because a bunch of east coast biased morons who predicted Utah to be routed by Pitt and Bama think so.

If preseason polls actually counted, how many times would Dallas, Cleveland, Denver, and Portland have won the NBA title?

If preseason polls actually counted, the Chargers would have been NFL champions for about the last decade.

I think a big problem are these dumbass preseason polls. The bigwigs need to just keep from screwing up. While the little guys need to scratch and claw for anything... Even after going undefeated, they aren't guaranteed anything...

It's not just the preseason polls. All of the polls are a farce. I have maintained that if it is judged then it is not a sport. I'm starting to wonder if college football is a real sport because the NC seems to be decided by judges and not on the field.

 

[NUMBERICA]

College football is a joke and is a all about money and politics. Have fun going 12-0 and never seeing a playoff or a championship game.

Except next year and for the foreseeable future (if applicable)...

 

[Archie Moses]

Who has bama beaten. A weak florida team and whom else? S. Carolina beat Alabama but also lost elsewhere. Maybe Bama is just not all that good? Neither of those teams have proven all that much more than Utah. The difference is they play in the SEC which is not as good as usual but national coaches and writers don't care.

Utah has played a bunch of cupcakes but were supposed to be challenged this week. Guess what it was no challenge at all.

Utah should be ranked higher than the teams that have not won all of their games. Especially the way alabama lost to a team that is also not undefeated.

Bama beat a very good Arkansas team.

 

[gregbroncs]

Bama beat a very good Arkansas team.

Arkansas is in their conference, I believe. So like somebody else pointed out whom have they beaten outside of their conference that shows that they are any good? Granted Arkansas looked good. But it took a tremendous come back and having Arkansas completely fall on their faces in the 2nd half to beat them.

 

[Urzajazz]

I think they should just continue to play football games until a team loses. that way there is a clear number 1 team in the nation. take all the undefeateds at the end of the year pair them up and start watching them fall.

I'd be interested in that system.

No one should beat a team by multiple touchdowns and not fall in the polls. To be fair, Utah hasn't really played the kinds of teams other schools do, its just a fact of life. That will change next year and we'll see if they can roll with the big boys.

 

[SaltyDawg]

Bama beat a very good Arkansas team.

Arkansas is in their conference, I believe. So like somebody else pointed out whom have they beaten outside of their conference that shows that they are any good? Granted Arkansas looked good. But it took a tremendous come back and having Arkansas completely fall on their faces in the 2nd half to beat them.

How do we know Arkansas is any good? Who have they beaten? They have played a total of 1 ranked team (Alabama) and lost.

That is the whole thing- everyone says the SEC is good because they beat each other. They haven't proven they are any good. In fact, LSU looks pretty crappy. I would take Utah over them all day. yet, they actually moved up after barely winning by 3 points on a last second field goal over another mediocre team- after getting bailed out by the refs on what should have been an illegal forward pass.

I don't buy it. I haven't seen anything about any of those SEC teams to make me think they are better than Utah this year. I could understand giving Alabama the benefit of the doubt since they won the championship last year and were undefeated this year. But once they lost to a mediocre team they should have fell below Utah for sure.

I just don't see how it's possible to have 2 teams in the top 10 lose, and the 10th ranked team wins on the road, against a BCS school with a winning record (at the time), by over 40 points, and still drops in the polls. And it's even worse when there are 2 teams that have a loss in front of said undefeated team.

You'd think Utah would at least get some "benefit of the doubt" points for getting shafted out of the championship year before last.

 

[Scat]

How do we know Utah is any good? All you have to hang your hat on so far is that they beat a couple of BCS schools. As you're so fond of pointing out, BCS schools can suck too. BYU beat Washington. Clearly that makes BYU awesome, right?

Utah has beaten a couple of sucky BCS schools... that automatically makes them top 5? Keep your homerism in check for a few more games before you declare the Utes as a viable NCG contender.

 

[TroutBum]

As a BYU fan with money on The Game, I'm a little worried.

 

[prodigy]

How do we know Utah is any good?

I think the point is we know they are good based on their performance on the field. You don't blow teams out like we've been doing at a college football level if you aren't good. But are we great? That won't be answered until we play the likes of Air Force and TCU.