Joel Klatt post spring top 25
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Why? Why wouldn’t you take the top two teams?
What you are suggesting isn’t logical at all. It really doesn’t make sense.
because it doesn't fit your narrative, it does not make sense. lol to that. reality is that texas/ou to the sec is going to be a bigger deal than o and usc to the b10 as well because the sec games won't be against the purdue, minnesota, illinois, indiana, northwestern dolts of college football. random tv viewers tune in compelling match-ups.
Apples to apples is Texas/OU (2 top 20 teams) compared to Oregon/USC (2 top 20 teams). Apples to oranges is Texas/OU compared to UW/UCLA.
And you claim I have a narrative? Wow.
Of course I did. That doesn’t change the comparison however. Your initial post was that OU/UT would be more impactful than the four PAC schools joining the B1G. Another poster asked why not compare the 2 highest rated schools moving to new conferences, and you responded you could have easily said OU/UT vs UW/UCLA.
That was a stupid thing to say, as that’s not comparing strength to strength. That’s what I took issue with.
Notice, I didn’t take issue with your initial post. I didn’t have a problem with it. But I certainly had a problem with the comparison to UW/UCLA. So I posted how that wasn’t a good comparison.
Get it?
one vanderbilt, then the b10 northwestern, indiana, purdue, illinois, iowa, and i'd go on but won't.
feel free. below are the most viewed games from last year:
- Ohio State-Michigan: 19.07M (Fox)
- Georgia-Alabama (SEC Championship): 17.52M (CBS)
- Colorado-Oregon: 10.03M (ABC)
- Michigan-Iowa (Big Ten Championship): 10.02 million (Fox)
- Ohio State-Notre Dame: 9.98M (NBC)
- Penn State-Ohio State: 9.96M (Fox)
- Colorado State-Colorado: 9.3M (ESPN)
- Oregon-Washington (Pac-12 Championship): 9.25M (ABC)
- LSU-Florida State: 9.17M (ABC)
- Michigan-Penn State: 9.16M (Fox)
2/10 involved 2024 SEC teams.
Turns out normal people don't really care about Ole Miss and Missouri.
It would be nice to find out that not only have we made the Rhule Year 2 jump, but that Raiola is even better than we hoped (for a freshman) and we make a leap.
I like Klatt. He always has good things to say about Nebraska. He understands that college football is better when its blue bloods live up to their tradition.
who cares? did you just find out that Michigan and Ohio State are in the B1G?
you can't judge the B1G by Purdue & Northwestern and the SEC by Alabama & Georgia.
Ohio State/Oregon is going to be a huge draw
yes, that will be a great matchup. look forward to watching will howard otherwise probably would not watch other than the score. so will texas v. michigan (i'll take the horns). then texas v. uga, which i suspect will be a bigger view than oregon/ohio. we'll see. interesting match-ups for sure.
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You wouldn’t watch the Ohio state/Oregon matchup if not for Will Howard? For real?
considering Ohio State draws more viewers than Georgia, and Oregon draws more viewers than Texas, that'd be a surprising outcome, but if Texas and Georgia both enter that game undefeated I could see it.
I won't be surprised if the Texas/Michigan game ends up being one of those games where we look back at the end of the season and realize it was two teams that weren't as good as their ranking indicated.
correct. i'd far prefer seeing a b12 game. the only time i watch the b10 is when N is playing and there's not a compelling b12 game. utah/oSu is going to be must watch for me. all the ku games to see if they're a threat. byu/utah is the holy war after all. why would i care what's happening in c'bus other than to see will howard? most of the time i'm in 'the bill' anyway or the cats are on the philco.
I’m a little surprised Michigan is being ranked as high as they are after losing so many players, 13 to the draft alone, but I guess you have to give the defending champs respect. I’d be shocked if they get to the Ohio State game undefeated again, probably a 3 loss team this year
it's generally that way with texas. although sark seems to have built the program up from what we saw before. that's why i'm curious to see how they do this year after losing those two studs in the middle of the d'line plus some fine receivers to the nfl.
yep, that and how many coaches are successful following a legend? few. damn few.
michigan state will be interesting. i believe smith to be a very good coach. albeit, he's out of his territory at east lansing.
Receivers are going to be just as good as last year, even with the losses of Worthy and Mitchell. Bond, Cook, Golden, Bolden, and Wingo will make for a much deeper WR room. DL is definitely the big question mark. It's going to take lots of dudes step up to fill the void left by Sweat and Murphy. Back to back games against Oklahoma and Georgia is going to show us how good they will be though.
that game v. aTm is going to be high drama as well. glad to see the rivalry back. just awful what we've done setting games like that aside. ku/missouri, ou/N the same. thankfully, some of them are coming back like utah/byu. but losing "bedlam," geezzz.
you can’t act like every SEC matchup is gold. The group you mentioned would be on par with Arkansas, Miss. St., Vanderbilt, and South Carolina
three of those four play in wild arse environments and football saturdays are special. vandy is awful. agree.
"even though we lost the best receiving corp we've had in decades, we'll be just as good"
highly doubt that. Texas finishes with 3+ losses next year, Quinn Ewers drops out of any first round consideration after getting prison-raped by Georgia
I get wanting to watch your team or your conference. Generally, I feel the same. But the conference game I would want to watch would have to be compelling to miss a big game like this, in my opinion.
although a big game v. oregon, no question, it has no impact on me personally other than seeing will howard's play. i'm that way with bama/auburn, usc/ucla and so on, i.e. more likely just to watch the score than the game, preferring instead to watch b12 play.
i just way prefer watching games that impact my team than other conferences even though theirs are more compelling on a national scene like ohio/oregon. i will tune in N whenever it's the next alternative though but not sure why? i guess it's old ego state tapes that draw me, plus having been in the memorial many times.
Since when did it matter where sports journalists went to school? Keith Jackson didn’t go to Nebraska and he was “nails”. I dont get your point with this one. Klatt is pretty insightful. You can have your occasional douche bag like D Howard…..but Klatt is not that. (Rhyme).
Unlike most former athletes that go in broadcasting, you'd have no idea Klatt was a former Buff by just listening to him. I find him about the most balanced and entertaining CFB personality there is, and his weekly segments with Cowherd are freaking hilarious...the fact he speaks highly of us is just gravy on top o the taters.
Have you actually looked at Oregon's schedule? OSU at Oregon. Oregon at Michigan. Oregon at Wisconsin. Throw in Oregon vs. UCLA and Washington, decent matchups.
Pundits have to find something to write about in the off season so speculating on the rankings for the upcoming season is always a popular choice. BUT as I've said many times before just keep in mind those projections will be proven wrong and quickly forgotten once the real games get underway. How many people still talk about the pre-season rankings for last year?
Klatt always gives Nebraska the benefit of the doubt and this time I hope he is right.
I don't like any of the teams in new leagues to do as well as he thinks because in my opinion it is more difficult for coaching staffs to gameplan against a full slate of new teams than people think.
I also have a hard time believing in Ole Miss and Missouri. Having those two teams near the top of the SEC says more about the state of that league than anything.