win2bfree Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18395211/alabama-crimson-tide-florida-state-seminoles-headline-way-too-early-top-25-2017 03. USC 08. UW 14. Stanford 23. WSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Guess CU is in the receiving votes catergory...looks like the Buff players will have some extra fuel in winter conditioning & spring ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplorerSunDevil Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 That PAC12 trophy is very oddly shaped................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 That PAC12 trophy is very oddly shaped................ Both the P12 and CFP trophies are top notch...would love to see the two of them together in a display case in Boulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueDuck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Both the P12 and CFP trophies are top notch...would love to see the two of them together in a display case in Boulder. The only way either happens, will be if cu gets another illegal 5 downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 USC loses a lot -- too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 The only way either happens, will be if cu gets another illegal 5 downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 USC loses a lot -- too high. I'm curious...how much is USC losing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'm curious...how much is USC losing? You can take a look at their depth chart right here: http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/usc/92269 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You can take a look at their depth chart right here: http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/usc/92269 Appreciate that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'm surprised WSU is ranked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'm surprised WSU is ranked. I'd put CU in place of WSU in most cases but they still got a bunch of defensive kids coming back (azgreg's link is awesome). They nearly won the North this season as well. WSU's 2017 OOC teams are all home games against Montana State, Boise State, and Nevada. We'll see if they get past Montana State. They gain Utah & USC from the South and will lose either Arizona school during conference play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 For once I can say that Oregon is going to be a surprise and do better than predicted, and not in the "flaming bag of dog shit" way that last year ended up being. I'm saying 8-4 at worst considering what's coming back on offense, which basically everyone expect the 3 graduating TEs, but Jacob Breeland did some good things and can block a bit, and the defense can't possibly be worse and does have some young talent. Hopefully a real DC and not lifer LB coach Pellum and whatever the hell Brady Hoke was will at least cut down a TD a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Did they mention the bottom 25? Curious to see where Arizona will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Card Tricks Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 For once I can say that Oregon is going to be a surprise and do better than predicted, and not in the "flaming bag of dog shit" way that last year ended up being. I'm saying 8-4 at worst considering what's coming back on offense (basically everyone expect the 3 graduatingTEs, but Jacob Breeland did some good things and can block a bit, and the defense can't possibly be worst and does have some young talent. Hopefully a real DC and not lifer Pellum and whatever the hell Brady Hoke was will at least cut down a TD a game. Sounds oddly familiar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 no one is as pessimistic as me regarding my sports teams, and even i agree that we just saw rock bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueDuck Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Card tricks is a smart guy, he knows just two years ago we won 9 games with a horrible D. I'm sure he'll have a fantastic breakdown of all the teams before the season, but like me he wants to see how our class finishes and what players might still leave before making a judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 More polls: http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/way-too-early-top-25-for-college-football-in-2017-alabama-on-top-florida-state-high/ 5. USC 7. UW 11. Stanford 21. UO 25. CU http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/college-football-top-25-2017-18-alabama-clemson-usc-penn-state-ohio-state-florida-state-michigan/1ki5o9b7yw86y1ej8yrnswitsg 2. USC 9. UW 16. Stanford 22. CU https://www.seccountry.com/sec/the-way-too-early-top-25-for-2017-alabama-is-the-clear-no-1 22. Stanford 18. CU 15. WSU 8. USC 6. UW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/gallery/preseason-top-25-rankings-2017-alabama-clemson-011017 4. USC 7. UW 12. Stanford 23. WSU 25. UCLA 27. Utah 28. CU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Card Tricks Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Anywhere from 12-15 sounds about right for Stanford. I actually appreciate the fact that we're not on anyone's Top 10. Even though I figured we'd win the Pac-12 last season (mostly by default), I never felt that we were Top 10 material despite our lofty preseason rankings. Sure enough, I was right. Coming into this season, I'm a bit more optimistic about our prospects but there are still plenty of questions that need answering through Spring and Fall camp. Afterall, replacing Christian McCaffrey and Solomon Thomas (and perhaps even Keller Chryst) will be an extremely tall task. The good news, however, is that Stanford tends to do better when everyone's betting against us. So from that standpoint, I'm glad to see us back in our relished role as underdogs. Given the fact that Chryst will be out for an extended period of time and may not even be ready to go by the season opener, I'm going to guess the final preseason rankings will be a little less kind to Stanford that what we're seeing right now with most projections in the 11-18 range. But I'd be pretty surprised to see Stanford fall out of the Top 25 entirely given the fact that we return 75% of last year's starters and draw the majority of our toughest opponents at home (Washington, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame, etc.). My guess is at the end of the day, we'll come in at around 18-22 in the final preseason polls with some serious dark horse potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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