🏈 Coach's Poll is out

[Duder]

1. Oregon
2. Boise State
3. Auburn
4. TCU
5. Michigan State
6. Alabama
7. Utah
8. Missouri
9. Wisconsin
10. Ohio State

 

[TideAlum05]

Such a freaking joke. If AU ends up in the NCG against Boise, TCU, or Utah, I will actually be forced to root for AU. I never root for AU. AU below Boise is a disgrace.

 

['65 Cobra]

Sure that's not the AP? Anyway, the fact that Boise is ahead of AU shows what a complete farce these polls have become. They are trying to force-feed Boise State on the college football world this year. AU just beat a top 10 LSU team, while Boise sat at home needing an extra three days to prepare for powerhouse La Tech. What a joke.

 

[planomateo]

yeah, what a joke that Florida was ranked in the top 10 at the beginning of the year and lost 3 in a row - you guys see what I'm saying here right...

I think Boise State is legit...they just haven't played enough ranked teams for others to buy into it.

 

[Duder]

I figured we would end up ahead of Boise State. Fortunately, it appears the computers and other BCS factors will show Auburn some love and boost us to #1 or #2 this week. If SOS is an actual factor, and as Auburn fans are acutely aware--it is supposed to be, there is no reason for Boise to be ahead of Auburn in any poll. South Carolina, Arkansas and LSU were ALL in the top 12 when we played them. Boise State has played VA Tech. Yes, the same VA Tech that lost to James Madison.

 

[planomateo]

lets not forget Auburn played all 3 ranked opponents @ home...not taking away from Auburn, just didn't have to travel to hostile environments for the big games. This is why Kirk Herbstriet picked them to win the West...

 

[Duder]

lets not forget Auburn played all 3 ranked opponents @ home...not taking away from Auburn, just didn't have to travel to hostile environments for the big games. This is why Kirk Herbstriet picked them to win the West...

Granted, and if we were discussing a team with a landmine schedule that had to go on the road for their biggest games I would absolutely concede. But we are talking about Boise State--their one landmine games was on a pseudo-neutral field against a team that followed that loss by dropping one to James Madison. I realize Boise State has a talented football team and they play fundamentally sound, but I'm just not sold on them being ranked higher than Auburn, Michigan State or Alabama for that matter. I think Michigan State is overrated also but at least they play in a real conference!

 

['65 Cobra]

Granted, and if we were discussing a team with a landmine schedule that had to go on the road for their biggest games I would absolutely concede. But we are talking about Boise State--their one landmine games was on a pseudo-neutral field against a team that followed that loss by dropping one to James Madison. I realize Boise State has a talented football team and they play fundamentally sound, but I'm just not sold on them being ranked higher than Auburn, Michigan State or Alabama for that matter. I think Michigan State is overrated also but at least they play in a real conference!

I agree with this. Va Tech traditionally starts out slow. Boise knew that when they scheduled them AND had a whole summer to prepare AND they had the following week off! Auburn has played an SEC schedule with 3 wins over top 15 schools. On the face of it, and head to head with Boise, 8-0 Auburn should be ranked higher than 6-0 Boise, the fact that they are not is pure crap. In fact, 7-1 Alabama should be ranked higher than 6-0 Boise, but whatever... Boise is the current media darling and they are riding it shamelessly. I can only hope that emotion wins out in one of these games and they look past one of their pathetic opponents and lose one.

Having said all of this, even an AU fan has to admit that AU has had the luxury of playing their toughest games at Jordan-Hare where they have a decided advantage with the crowd and, as it has been shown several times this year, the officials as well. AU struggled to beat MSU on the road.

Still, this topic is specific to AU vs. Boise and despite our rivalry, I am solidly in the corner of my SEC brother. In fact, I just told an AU fan friend of mine that I would love to see AU stomp the crap out of Boise in a bowl game this year. I just hope it's not in Glendale, where I hope Bama is stomping the crap out of Oregon!

 

[TheChief]

I think Boise State is legit...they just haven't played enough ranked teams for others to buy into it.

Don't buy into the media hype. There is no way BS would have ANY shot if they had to go through the SEC gauntlet. The college football season is just that: A SEASON. Not one game. Not one shot to play a big team. If BS plays an Auburn or an Alabama, we'll see how they do. I hope and pray it ends up being Bama. Let's see how they look then.

 

[planomateo]

I don't buy into the hype, but I realize they are a good "team"...they returned damn near the entire team from last year and over a few "tough games" they have proved over the last two years they are good. Now the big question, will the big schools schedule them - I would like to see all their OOC games with big name schools, either they prove they are legit or not. They play with a chip on their shoulder because everyone disrespects them, the players get passed up by the big schools and go to boise state, etc. there is alot that goes into being a team...its not always out talent the other team.

at the end of the day, I don't discount them just because they are Boise State or TCU, which is what I think most others do.

 

[ExiledTidefan]

Agree with Duder here. NO way that BSU should be ahead of Auburn, but the poll folks are trying to right a perceived wrong from last year. Never mind the fact that a bigger travesty than excluding BSU last year occurred in 2004. Auburn should have been in that NC game, but got cut out by the same Oklahoma team that has become the team that blows all their big game. Boise State beating them in 2006 not withstanding...

I really, really hope we get a combination of undefeated teams in the NC, but TCU and BSU are going to throw a monkey wrench into it. There was no one left on Boise's schedule after Oregon State. Auburn's schedule has been tough, albeit ALL of it at home, and they've got two tough games still to go....one of which is on the road, in the unfriendlist confines known to an Auburn player, coach, or fan...

 

[bamascw]

The talking heads want Boise in the NC game and are going to keep voting them high unless they lose. Even still, I don't see them staying ahead of an undefeated SEC team or even a 1 loss, SEC Champion. The strength of schedule should adjust that in the end. Until then, we just have to put up with the Boise koolaid caravan.

 

[srollins]

yeah, what a joke that Florida was ranked in the top 10 at the beginning of the year and lost 3 in a row - you guys see what I'm saying here right...

I think Boise State is legit...they just haven't played enough ranked teams for others to buy into it.

Boise is absolutely legit. They can beat any team in the country. I just don't think they can consistently beat them if they played our schedule. They play 2 or 3 decent teams per year while EVERY SEC team plays every other SEC team in their division plus 3 from the other division, then if you sprinkle in a good OOC opponent your schedule is brutal. If Boise played Ole Miss' schedule they would have 2-4 losses per year - in my opinion.

This begs the question, how does Boise St. get into the NC game legitimately? My answer is that if they want to run with the big dogs, they need to join a better conference. They could then have a respectable conference schedule without having to find big name OOC schools willing to fit them in their already full schedules.

 

[planomateo]

we'll never know what their record would be if they played in the SEC so why speculate. hell, I could speculate all day long that Florida was gonna win the SEC East and not lose 3 in a row at the beginning of the season....

 

[AlabamaAubKiller]

If it were up to me i wouldn't even put AU in the top 5. based on SoS alone.
So i hate them that much. Given the choice of pulling for them....
or running butt naked through an Al Quida training camp with live hand granades straped to my body
& a bullseye painted on my back.....i'll take the bullseye.

 

[XXL TideFan]

All I can say....................da barn and Boise play for it all. I am pulling for the Broncos

 

[Duder]

While everyone is pointing out that most of Auburn's tough SEC games are at home, let's take a stroll down memory lane and look at the 2009 Alabama SEC Schedule:

Arkansas
@Kentucky
@Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
LSU
@Mississippi State
@ Auburn

So, travel to Lexington, Oxford and Starkville--the same EXACT road game schedule Auburn had this year. Then at home for USCjr, Tennessee, LSU and Arkansas before travelling to Auburn for the Iron Bowl. Auburn plays the same exact SEC road game schedule, save the trip to Bryant-Denny at the end of the year. I feel fairly certain you didn't try to cheapen your run last year by pointing out the tough games were at home, eh?

Auburn should be ahead of BSU in the polls--period. At home or not, Auburn has taken down three top 12 SEC teams. They knocked off a Kentucky team that turned around and knocked off a rising South Carolina team. Any road win in the SEC is nothing to scoff at under any circumstance. Granted it was Mississippi State, but they were jacked for that game. They felt cheated by not getting Cam, they remembered what happened when they came to our house last year--that was as loud as I've ever heard that stadium. It isn't the same as walking into Bryant-Denny, Death Valley or Jordan-Hare but all SEC stadiums outside of Vanderbilt are raucous during a big game.

 

[Duder]

This begs the question, how does Boise St. get into the NC game legitimately? My answer is that if they want to run with the big dogs, they need to join a better conference. They could then have a respectable conference schedule without having to find big name OOC schools willing to fit them in their already full schedules.

+1

Boise State will continue being a media darling but ultimately an after-thought when bowl season rolls around until they decide to join a tougher conference. They have the chance to join another conference with all the realignment talks, they chose to stay put. They said they've laid an open challenge out to anyone IF they are willing to also travel to Boise for a game. Alabama's AD, among others, responded by saying that they never came calling.

 

[planomateo]

I think Auburn should be #1 or #2 - I haven't officially said it, but I don't want you to think I was discounting their wins at home...just stating the facts that the big games you guys all won them at home versus a hostile environment. Also this thought had nothing do do with your above post comparing schedules of bama to auburn, but more your thought that I was dumping on the barn.

 

[BamaDelta]

While everyone is pointing out that most of Auburn's tough SEC games are at home, let's take a stroll down memory lane and look at the 2009 Alabama SEC Schedule:

Arkansas
@Kentucky
@Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
LSU
@Mississippi State
@ Auburn

So, travel to Lexington, Oxford and Starkville--the same EXACT road game schedule Auburn had this year. Then at home for USCjr, Tennessee, LSU and Arkansas before travelling to Auburn for the Iron Bowl. Auburn plays the same exact SEC road game schedule, save the trip to Bryant-Denny at the end of the year. I feel fairly certain you didn't try to cheapen your run last year by pointing out the tough games were at home, eh?

Auburn should be ahead of BSU in the polls--period. At home or not, Auburn has taken down three top 12 SEC teams. They knocked off a Kentucky team that turned around and knocked off a rising South Carolina team. Any road win in the SEC is nothing to scoff at under any circumstance. Granted it was Mississippi State, but they were jacked for that game. They felt cheated by not getting Cam, they remembered what happened when they came to our house last year--that was as loud as I've ever heard that stadium. It isn't the same as walking into Bryant-Denny, Death Valley or Jordan-Hare but all SEC stadiums outside of Vanderbilt are raucous during a big game.

Last I remembered Auburn didn't have 5 or 6 teams with bye weeks before said team played Auburn. Also, there isn't a huge SECCG with a #1 at the end of the road waiting for Auburn if they make it through the schedule. Just sayin'. If Auburn makes it to SECCG all they'll have to do is dress out and it's over. Not quite the same as 2009 Alabama.