10-24-2010, 10:41 PM
Yeah, but what have those other teams done?
LSU needed fluke plays to beat bottom feeding Tennesee and Florida, and was in a tight game with Mcneese St. But they\'re in the ESS EEE CEE.
Ohio St. feasted on Marshall, Ohio, and Eastern Michigan, and their only marginally good win was against a very overrated Miami team.
Wisconsin was pushed by SJSU early in the season, barely escaped Az St, beat the vastly overrated Buckeyes, and then squeaked by an Iowa team that was beaten already by Arizona. Their only loss is to Michigan St., an undefeated team, but one that barely escaped against a Notre Dame team we demolished.
Oklahoma\'s record isn\'t terrible, but it\'s clear that Florida St and Texas are not marquee wins. They have wins of less than a TD against Utah St, Air Force, and Cincinnati, and just lost to a Mizzou team that has no other wins of significance.
Alabama at least beat up on SJSU, but their wins against Florida, Penn St, and Arkansas aren\'t looking quite so impressive anymore.
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Is Stanford a better team than Alabama? Probably not. But in terms of resumes I think ours is pretty damn good in comparison to the other one loss teams. We just don\'t have the name cachet or lofty preseason rankings those other teams have.
LSU needed fluke plays to beat bottom feeding Tennesee and Florida, and was in a tight game with Mcneese St. But they\'re in the ESS EEE CEE.
Ohio St. feasted on Marshall, Ohio, and Eastern Michigan, and their only marginally good win was against a very overrated Miami team.
Wisconsin was pushed by SJSU early in the season, barely escaped Az St, beat the vastly overrated Buckeyes, and then squeaked by an Iowa team that was beaten already by Arizona. Their only loss is to Michigan St., an undefeated team, but one that barely escaped against a Notre Dame team we demolished.
Oklahoma\'s record isn\'t terrible, but it\'s clear that Florida St and Texas are not marquee wins. They have wins of less than a TD against Utah St, Air Force, and Cincinnati, and just lost to a Mizzou team that has no other wins of significance.
Alabama at least beat up on SJSU, but their wins against Florida, Penn St, and Arkansas aren\'t looking quite so impressive anymore.
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Is Stanford a better team than Alabama? Probably not. But in terms of resumes I think ours is pretty damn good in comparison to the other one loss teams. We just don\'t have the name cachet or lofty preseason rankings those other teams have.