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[smazza]

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who should usf be ranked over in top 25?

[outrunner]

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who should usf be ranked over in top 25?

I'm not pissed about the top 25, it's not getting a single vote thats WTF.

[UCFanatic]

Good point Knight.

But, I like not getting any attention at this point.  We don't really deserve a top 25 vote after some of our struggles this season.  We will EARN everything we deserve in the next couple of years.  At least nobody can complain that we're overrated this year.

We're gonna get there but we're gonna have to earn it beyond a shadow of a doubt.  Personally I think we'd beat many of those teams ranked in the bottom 25 and "others receiving votes."  I am obviously biased though.

UCF had 29 votes last year when we dominated a questionable conference. USF beat us both years and took down top 10 teams and you dont deserve some votes?

This is just another example of how the ranking systems in college football are totally inconsistent and flawed. That to me gets you at least a dozen votes!

I have always said you guys get no love. Maybe you should go 0-17 and then 8-3. That will get you pub. Though a good accomplishment it is amazing how screwed up publicity and rankings are. I for one will take it. Thats the good thing about doing bad. When you do something good you get all the love in the world. Kind of like a marriage!

[Mag Pie]

I still think there's a way to get two teams in the BCS.  Rutgers beats WV and gets the auto conference bid.  If I was UL and didn't get a bid when they're top 6 then I'd be pretty pissed.  It's not like their fans don't travel well.

On to this topic.  I thought we'd get a vote...as least one.  We lost to Rutgers by 2 at home, and beat a GREAT WV team on the road.  You tellin' me we're not better than Houston? And Hawaii?  Please!

[smazza]

NONE of the Big East Coaches invovled in the USA TODAY Coaches' Poll voted for USF (not even for 25th place).

Here's the 4 Big East Coaches who didn't put USF anywhere on their ballot:

UCONN's Randy Edsall (Didn't USF destroy UCONN this year?)

Rutger's Greg Schiano (Didn't USF just miss sending their game vs Rutgers in OT on a dropped pass during a 2 pt conversion?)

UL's Bobby Petrino

WVU's Rich Rodriquez (Did USF beat them at his home field yesterday?)

Are Big East Coaches "consciously" trying to keep USF "down"?

Complete list of Coaches is shown at the bottom of the poll:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

while yesterday was a great win

usf had a very soft schedule and beat no one else of any value

fiu,ftu,mcneese st,nc are very bad teams mst is a 1aa team.those are half usf's wins

usf needs to schedule top 25 on the road instead of home 1aa team

[E.T.]

A 2 loss team at #5  :

Notre Dame is lucky to be that high, #12

Rutgers deserves to be higher.

The problem is mor so now that people vote to place other teams instead of who deserves to be ranked.

[outrunner]

If you want teams...hows this

USF...8-4

Oregon State...8-4

Georgia...8-4

Penn State...8-4

Maryland...8-4

Clemson...8-4

South Carolina...7-5 ---they beat Miss St, Wofford, FAU, UK, Vandy, MTSU, Clemson---

[Mag Pie]

So WV on the road and UL on the road don't count?

Houston has played non ranked Miami and Oklahome State...yet they're getting votes.  After those two teams they play their crappy conference schedule and a 1-AA team.

Hawaii played only Boise State and Alabama (lost to both!) and they're top 25.  After that they played their super crappy conference schedule and are top 25.

So why did we not get a vote?  Oh, that's why--we're USF and no one knows us yet.  But the time will come...if we keep up what we're doing we'll get the respect soon.

[smazza]

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who should usf be ranked over in top 25?

I'm not pissed about the top 25, it's not getting a single vote thats WTF.

fair enough

[Mag Pie]

E.T, I agree that LSU shoudn't bet that high.  There's a lot of 1 loss teams that SHOULD be ahead of them.

Now as for ND--they need to get an at large bowl so I won't complain.  If ND fell lower than 14 they'd take the Gator so I'm glad that they didn't fall all the way down.

Boise State jumped higher than I thought, and so did Oklahoma.  That puts BSU in a BCS bowl for sure, and now Oklahoma is a threat to an at large.