GT #17 in Coaches Poll

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bke1984 said:
Right where I thought we'd be, but I think we should be in the top 15.

Several of these are pretty funny:

Georgia at #9. No QB, no Gurley. Defense wasn't all that great last year. Wouldn't surprise me if South Carolina beat them in week three.

FSU at #8 is pretty crazy too. Winston had so much to do with how good they were, and they're now without both him and Cook. They might be in for a fall.

USC at #10...yeah, OK...I'll believe this one when I see it.

Doesn't matter. We play four of the teams in the pre-season top-15 this year. If we beat Notre Dame in week 3 we will be right there in the mix.
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Have you been hearing how much they've been talking up Grayson Lambert at Ugag?? Oh my goodness you would think he's going to be the next Matthew Stafford! I honestly think he was the worst QB we faced last year hands down when we beat the brakes off UVA.
 

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FightWinDrink said:
Well yea, they can finish with 5 losses, fire their def coordinator, lose their QB and top receiver, lose their bowl game, and return the 2nd worst defense in their conference and make the top 10
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Don't forget their 0-2 record against teams that were beaten 59-0 during the course of the season. Those two teams being Wisconsin (vs. Ohio State) and Texas A&M (vs. Bama). Woof.
 

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17 is not a bad place to start from, but if we were more of a big name team, there is no doubt we would have started a lot higher.... Look at all the five and six loss SEC teams. I guess the end of last season is quickly forgotten.
 

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Yaller Jacket said:
17 is not a bad place to start from, but if we were more of a big name team, there is no doubt we would have started a lot higher.... Look at all the five and six loss SEC teams. I guess the end of last season is quickly forgotten.
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That just assures whichever 2 loss SEC team at the end of the season stays in the top ten and can claim a shot at the playoffs.
 
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IronJacket7 said:
I wish we were ranked lower than that. I like when they count us out.
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Part of me agrees with this, except that when you start at 17 and have a loss at some point before halfway, you dang near drop out (especially if you're in the ACC). If you start top 10, and early loss only drops you a few spots. Not saying we are definitely a top 10 team, but we are good enough now to start considering these implications to our season goals.
 
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SidewalkJacket said:
Part of me agrees with this, except that when you start at 17 and have a loss at some point before halfway, you dang near drop out (especially if you're in the ACC). If you start top 10, and early loss only drops you a few spots. Not saying we are definitely a top 10 team, but we are good enough now to start considering these implications to our season goals.
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Just win, Jackets. Just. Win.
 
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They may not all know what an axiom is, but the writers all start with the axiom that the SEC is in a league by itself. However they do recognize that there are other teams that can compete with them. Stanford and Oregon for example have earned their way to a higher place in the mind of the writers over time and over JT's tenure I hope and believe we can do the same.
 

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Yaller Jacket said:
17 is not a bad place to start from, but if we were more of a big name team, there is no doubt we would have started a lot higher.... Look at all the five and six loss SEC teams. I guess the end of last season is quickly forgotten.
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About what I expected. Although we finished strong and have a load of returning starters, GT has a long, way too long, history of failing to build on a successful year and the voters remember that.
 
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bke1984 said:
Doesn't matter. We play four of the teams in the pre-season top-15 this year. If we beat Notre Dame in week 3 we will be right there in the mix.
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Exactly. All 4 in the top 15! Plenty of opportunity to climb to the top. Take care of business.

Can't wait to see us do this to ND...
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AE 87 said:
I think it may be helpful for some to consider a likely starting point: 4yr recruiting average.
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It's funny how they seem to put so much emphasis on recruiting rankings when putting together top 25 lists. Those things are pretty much a crap-shoot (as evidence, the "revised" recruiting rankings after 4 years are always very different from the initial), yet they put more faith in those numbers than previous year's performance.
 

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The only thing that matters is where you finish, not where you start. It is nice to be talked about in the preseason, but I like flying under the radar till it counts.
 
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deeeznutz said:
It's funny how they seem to put so much emphasis on recruiting rankings when putting together top 25 lists. Those things are pretty much a crap-shoot (as evidence, the "revised" recruiting rankings after 4 years are always very different from the initial), yet they put more faith in those numbers than previous year's performance.
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In theory, the recruiting average should be a better indicator of what is to come instead of what just happened. In practice, it depends.
 
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