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LSU ranked No. 8 by Sporting News
Posted on 7/16/09 at 8:59 am
Posted on 7/16/09 at 8:59 am
LSU, hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 8-5 season in 2008, is ranked No. 8 in the 2009 Sporting News Preseason Poll released today. Florida is ranked No. 1, and Ole Miss is ranked No. 5.
The Top 10:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Southern Cal
5. Ole Miss
6. Virginia Tech
7. Oregon
8. LSU
9. Ohio State
10. Oklahoma State
Link to complete poll
The Top 10:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Southern Cal
5. Ole Miss
6. Virginia Tech
7. Oregon
8. LSU
9. Ohio State
10. Oklahoma State
Link to complete poll
This post was edited on 7/16/09 at 9:28 am
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Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:16 am to TigerCLT
wow, 36 has to be a sift kick in the nuts for Barners, 
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:17 am to TigerCLT
bet this response will get the ranters going....here goes...SEC 8 teams in the Top 50, Pac 10 4 teams, now which is the better conference, who has the easiest path the BCS Championship game. Oh god I can hear it now....leave it alone........not that again......season hasn't started yet...blah blah blah LOL
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:26 am to TigerCLT
Oregon?! Give me a f-ing break! i am ok with everyone else....
over/under on Ole Miss's final ranking after the bowls in JAN. I am setting the bar at 22nd...
whatcha got?
over/under on Ole Miss's final ranking after the bowls in JAN. I am setting the bar at 22nd...
whatcha got?
This post was edited on 7/16/09 at 9:31 am
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:27 am to TigerCLT
Ole Miss is ridiculously overrated.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:33 am to acgeaux129
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Ole Miss is ridiculously overrated.
+ 10000000000000000000000000
you beat one Texas "pissed because we got the cotton bowl and not something bigger" Tech team
and all the sudden you are poised to win it all...
if they even sniff a 10 win season this year i will be shocked
only thing they have going for them is a cupcake scheduale with the ffew tough ones at home.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:34 am to acgeaux129
I like Virginia Tech, but once again they are overrated. They always fold down the stretch and then finish strong. Oregon yah right! 
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:35 am to jamoore
True. And Southern Cal is a little high for lacking a proven QB. They are going to finish a Top 10 team, but they may struggle to get back to the Rose Bowl this year.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:37 am to LATECHgradLSUfan
quote:
Oregon?! Give me a f-ing break! i am ok with everyone else....
oregon is going to be really good. they are going to win the pac 10 this year.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:38 am to jab3292
i picked us to go 10-2. one of those those losses will be to ole miss.
the other will be florida or bama...i havent decided yet.
the other will be florida or bama...i havent decided yet.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:40 am to jamoore
actually if you look at virginia techs preseason rankings and compare them to where they finish it is always w/in a couple spots
i'm talking like ussa today preaseason and ap preseason and then compare them to the corresponding final ranking
i'm talking like ussa today preaseason and ap preseason and then compare them to the corresponding final ranking
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:40 am to TigerCLT
Ok, I'll say it. LSU is too high on that list.
We may turn out to be a great team but there are a lot of question marks going in to this season.
We may turn out to be a great team but there are a lot of question marks going in to this season.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:42 am to skullhawk
True, but we also have Russel "Jesus" Sheppard on our team.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:44 am to jab3292
quote:
Ole Miss is a dark horse.
Ole Miss will not live up to expectations. They have a lot more room to drop than they do to rise.
For a team that has never even won its own division, #5 is too high. That said, I love it! This sets up great for LSU ... a team pissed about last year, kind of "overlooked" in favor of Ole Miss and Bama ... no national expectations for winning the SEC, etc....
We're poised for a great year.
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, _____ .... Already got my hotel rooms booked in Atlanta!
This post was edited on 7/16/09 at 9:54 am
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:48 am to TigerCLT
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8. LSU
Any team on any given Saturday can either win or lose depending on the how they are coached or how they play as a cohesive team. I know Sports Writers have a job to do, and the fan-base can rant approval/disapproval at the tome. But, for the Sporting News to rank LSU so low in this poll, they obviously must have collectively
's on the brick-wall of ignorance and lost all since of reason in their utter frustration of trying to pin the tail on the donkey of the BCS poll. They need to quit wishful thinking and come to their collective senses, realizing that on balance LSU is #1. 
This post was edited on 7/16/09 at 9:49 am
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:51 am to TigerCLT
I think 8-12 is about where we should be
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:55 am to JPLSU1981
Ole Miss is about to get a lesson in the statistical concept of “regression to the mean”. I can understand a national rank, but #5? Really? For a team that lost four games? One year removed from failing to win a single conference game? I’m not buying.
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:56 am to ibldprplgld
quote:
wow, 36 has to be a sift kick in the nuts for Barners,
Why is Auburn ranked that high?
Posted on 7/16/09 at 9:58 am to JPLSU1981
quote:
a team pissed about last year
Posted on 7/16/09 at 10:13 am to jamoore
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I like Virginia Tech, but once again they are overrated
this is the first time that they are returning their ENTIRE defense. I'd say that their ranking is well deserved.
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