Ugly statistic…

[Moontan]

In The Athletic’s article AP Top 25: Michigan State climbs to No. 5; Wake Forest in top 10 for first time they included the following:

Hopefully Dino will get the Orangemen off of that list in the next couple of years.

 

[tbonezone]

In The Athletic’s article AP Top 25: Michigan State climbs to No. 5; Wake Forest in top 10 for first time they included the following:
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Hopefully Dino will get the Orangemen off of that list in the next couple of years.

no worries. all fine ACADEMIC institutions .

 

[Cuse'91]

In The Athletic’s article AP Top 25: Michigan State climbs to No. 5; Wake Forest in top 10 for first time they included the following:
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Hopefully Dino will get the Orangemen off of that list in the next couple of years.

Where are the Kansas Jayhawks?

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Where are the Kansas Jayhawks?

They were #2 in 2007.

 

[Cuse'91]

They were #2 in 2007.

My God.

 

[sufandu]

What makes me most disappointed is not that we haven't been in the top 10 recently, but that we were never top 10 during McNabb's junior and senior years. That's hard to believe, given the guys we also had on defense in '97.

 

[Trueblue25]

2 plays away from top 4 in 2018.

 

[Scooch]

In The Athletic’s article AP Top 25: Michigan State climbs to No. 5; Wake Forest in top 10 for first time they included the following:
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Hopefully Dino will get the Orangemen off of that list in the next couple of years.

And we have a thread wondering why there weren’t thousands more people in the Dome yesterday.

We’ve been so barely-mediocre-to-abysmal for so long, I don’t think us diehards can really fathom the irrelevance of it.

 

[orangenauburn]

2001 and 2018 should have been

 

[HRE Otto IV]

What makes me most disappointed is not that we haven't been in the top 10 recently, but that we were never top 10 during McNabb's junior and senior years. That's hard to believe, given the guys we also had on defense in '97.

Weren't we preseason Top 10 one of those years?

 

[HRE Otto IV]

We were AP 10th in 1996 preseason.

 

[Scooch]

2001 and 2018 should have been

We were properly rated those years. It’s not like we didn’t have a chance. We got blown out by Miami and ND respectively.

 

[Willy75]

2 plays away from top 4 in 2018.

Top 10 that year if the Pitt fg kicker doesn’t have the game of his life.

 

[721Comstock]

Top 10 that year if the Pitt fg kicker doesn’t have the game of his life.

OR if they blow the play dead where Dungey got stood up by half of Pitt’s D-line, and the other half worked on stripping the ball from him for about 5 seconds after his forward progress had been completely halted.

fumble.

nah. I’m not still bitter

 

[baggerbob]

Top 10 that year if the Pitt fg kicker doesn’t have the game of his life.

Actually if Eric doesn't get injured against Notre Dame, we probably would have finished on the top 10.

 

[All4SU]

2001 at #14 was right on the cusp.

 

[tbonezone]

WUDDACUDDA. and preseason don't mean squat. get us in the polls and i might let up a bit. til then...

 

[orangenauburn]

WUDDACUDDA. and preseason don't mean squat. get us in the polls and i might let up a bit. til then...

Disagree

Preseason puts you in position to have a good year and if you can get a few wins early, stay relevant during the year

Case in point 2019. Prior to Maryland game nationally we were relevant and a potential dark horse in ACC.

Then the rest of the season happened


If we somehow how finish 8-5 / 9-4 we probably get receiving votes and with what we have coming back, will probably start preseason receiving votes next year. Beat Purdue and we may end up top 25 early next season.

Golden opportunity with
UConn, Purdue, Wagner, ND.

Start 4-0, we are ranked next year

 

[tbonezone]

Disagree

Preseason puts you in position to have a good year and if you can get a few wins early, stay relevant during the year

disagree.

much rather be climbing up steady onto the ladder than slippy sliding down into oblivion after week 1.

 

[orangenauburn]

disagree.

much rather be climbing up steady onto the ladder than slippy sliding down into oblivion after week 1.

Which is why I said get a few wins early ... I.e. non conference schedule.

 

[tbonezone]

you make "a few early wins " sound easy . a win against Albany don't keep you in the polls .it's simple . beating quality opponents. that's what gets you ranked nationally and that's exactly why we aren't. we're 64. not good.

 

[orangenauburn]

you make "a few early wins " sound easy . a win against Albany don't keep you in the polls .it's simple . beating quality opponents. that's what gets you ranked nationally and that's exactly why we aren't. we're 64. not good.

And if we beat Purdue and ND next season, we are ranked

 

[GeauxSU]

Travis Etienne deciding to have the best quarter of play in his life

 

[tbonezone]

And if we beat Purdue and ND next season, we are ranked

when/if that would be marvelous. til then ...you are what the record says you are.

 

[anomander]

Top 10 that year if the Pitt fg kicker doesn’t have the game of his life.

Between that snd the horrible lineman downfield call that brought back Hacketts catch that would have iced the game at Clemson will haunt us forever