HooplaNation's 2023 CFB Week 3 Rankings - Discussion Thread

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Wow, the Tennessee Vols drop totally out of some polls. And one loss Bama is ranked.
 
CoalTrain said:
1. Texas
2. Florida State
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Michigan
6. Duke
7. Miami
8. USC
9. Utah
10. Kansas State
11. North Carolina
12. Ohio State
13. Washington
14. North Carolina
15. Tennessee
16. Ole Miss
17. Kansas
18. Oklahoma
19. Iowa
20. Kentucky
21. Colorado
22. Alabama
23. LSU
24. UCLA
25. Oregon State
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You have UNC twice.
 
Alright. It's week 3. Who's ready for Michigan's huge primetime kickoff against (record screech) Bowling Green?
 
@Across The Field intrigued with Cincy at 19. They hadn't crossed my mind, but they have really good metrics and efficiency numbers. I also think the Pitt win will age pretty well(7/8 win team). Should be interesting to see where they end up in the B12. Pretty manageable schedule(no Texas or TCU). OU at home.
 
ericd7633 said:
@Across The Field intrigued with Cincy at 19. They hadn't crossed my mind, but they have really good metrics and efficiency numbers. I also think the Pitt win will age pretty well(7/8 win team). Should be interesting to see where they end up in the B12. Pretty manageable schedule(no Texas or TCU). OU at home.
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I think Fickell left a program with a lot of stability. I know Pitt wasn't a powerhouse but they were just outside the top 25 in both polls coming into the week. Cincy let their foot off the gas in the 4th but they looked dominant on the road the first 3 quarters. The OU game in Cincy in a couple of weeks could be really entertaining.
 
@osubuckeye89 with the worries you expressed about OSU, I'm surprised you have us up there that high.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
It's more of a benefit of the doubt I guess. Ill keep us up until we lose.
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It was nice seeing McCord throwing downfield more. Hopefully we're done with this "competition".
 
Across The Field said:
It was nice seeing McCord throwing downfield more. Hopefully we're done with this "competition".
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They need to just stick to McCord, switching QBs up totally throws things off.

The secondary reared it's ugly head again at times in this one. Cam Martinez should never see another meaningful down. Guy is terrible even against the most mediocre of WR talent.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
They need to just stick to McCord, switching QBs up totally throws things off.

The secondary reared it's ugly head again at times in this one. Cam Martinez should never see another meaningful down. Guy is terrible even against the most mediocre of WR talent.
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It still boggles my mind how Martinez sees the field outside of special teams period. He'd be better off switching to offense and being a gadget guy like Demario McCall was. At least he couldn't hurt us as much.
 
Across The Field said:
It still boggles my mind how Martinez sees the field outside of special teams period. He'd be better off switching to offense and being a gadget guy like Demario McCall was. At least he couldn't hurt us as much.
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DE play looks very underwhelming again as well. Sawyer and JJT (outside of that 1 game) have still not shown they can be the pass rushers we thought they'd be. JTT is a good run defender at least ill give him that. Sawyer is looking like a bigger disappointment than Zach Harrison though.

At this point it has to be the coaching. Larry Johnson SR had a great run but I think its time to move on.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
DE play looks very underwhelming again as well. Sawyer and JJT (outside of that 1 game) have still not shown they can be the pass rushers we thought they'd be. JTT is a good run defender at least ill give him that. Sawyer is looking like a bigger disappointment than Zach Harrison though.

At this point it has to be the coaching. Larry Johnson SR had a great run but I think its time to move on.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Kenyatta Jackson and Caden Curry get some meaningful snaps this weekend against WKU. They're not a great team but they can definitely throw it so I'd like to see some fresh DL on the field as much as we can. You're not wrong though, both Sawyer and JTT have been disappointments so far.
 
Across The Field said:
I wouldn't mind seeing Kenyatta Jackson and Caden Curry get some meaningful snaps this weekend against WKU. They're not a great team but they can definitely throw it so I'd like to see some fresh DL on the field as much as we can. You're not wrong though, both Sawyer and JTT have been disappointments so far.
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Neither of them have any pass rush moves. It's literally bull rush every time. I'm sure our opponents have all caught onto that.
 
CoalTrain said:
I wondered what was up there but.. we all have our opinions/ methods
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Having Tennessee UR is certainly no weirder than having Utah ranked ahead of Washington, Penn State, or Ohio State.
 
ericd7633 said:
@Across The Field intrigued with Cincy at 19. They hadn't crossed my mind, but they have really good metrics and efficiency numbers. I also think the Pitt win will age pretty well(7/8 win team). Should be interesting to see where they end up in the B12. Pretty manageable schedule(no Texas or TCU). OU at home.
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I'd forgotten the Big 12 wasn't going to have a round robin anymore. Definitely looks like Cincy got the best schedule of the newbies. They also miss K-State...but they might like to have TCU on the docket since they don't look too swift. And they get all the other three newbies. BYU only gets one of the newbies and Houston and UCF get two.

I think the four newcomers picked a good year to enter the conference. West Virginia, TCU, Baylor and Tech don't look too swift at this point.

Here's another thing I noticed. Houston plays 10 of their 12 games in Texas. They only travel outside the state to K-State and UCF.
 
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