On philsteele's combined experience going into 2011 you were 45 and we were like 88 or something like that. There are a lot of ways to look at experience and returning starters is probably the most rudimentary.

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Posted by lsutigers1992

Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 10:57 am to bisonduck

There is a natural human bias toward offense, and if you don't believe this, you're deluding yourself. And Oregon is exhibit A.

4 out of every 5 writers will look at a final score and base their decisions on that.

Oregon will beat a team 66-28 but the game was 31-28 in the 3rd quarter and they scored a bunch of garbage touchdowns at the end. And most of the writers will INSIST that they somehow looked better than an Alabama team that won 17-0 but gave up 28 yards of offense and didn't let the opponent get past midfield. Because it was 17-0. "They struggled."

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Posted by Noplacelikehome

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 9/8/14 at 11:16 am to bisonduck

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On philsteele's combined experience going into 2011 you were 45 and we were like 88 or something like that. There are a lot of ways to look at experience and returning starters is probably the most rudimentary.

Haha Whatever makes you feel better. Oregon had 2 offensive players that were Heisman candidates.

Jarrett Lee had 98 passing yards and Oregon still got crushed.

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Posted by LL012697

Member since May 2013

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Posted on 9/13/14 at 10:17 pm to Zamoro10

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Is this the most honest AP ballot?
Based on early season results and not preconceived bias?

1. Oregon
2. Texas A&M
3. USC
4. LSU
5. Florida State
6. Georgia
7. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
9. Michigan State
10. Wisconsin
11. Oklahoma State
12. Brigham Young
13. Baylor
14. Auburn
15. Stanford
16. Notre Dame
17. UCLA
18. Mississippi
19. Virginia Tech
20. West Virginia
21. Marshall
22. Tennessee
23. Kansas State
24. Arizona State
25. South Carolina

Removed: Ohio State and Texas
Added: Virginia Tech and South Carolina

Just because Michigan State lost in Eugene doesn’t mean the Spartans aren’t worthy of the No. 9 ranking. Based on what we know thus far, common sense indicates that 90 or 95 percent of the teams in major college football would also lose in Eugene by a wide margin.

1. I view Oregon’s 19-point win over Michigan State and USC’s win at Stanford as higher-quality victories than LSU’s neutral-field escape over Wisconsin.

2. South Carolina’s bounce-back against East Carolina prompted me to grade Texas A&M’s win as ever-so-slightly more impressive than LSU’s victory over Wisconsin.

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