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Pre-season Top 5-10?

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TheRob8801;1636088; said:
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I'll be THAT GUY and make the leap that nobody else wants to make...

I like us as preseason #1....
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Have you read anything on this board in the past 6 months?

There have been people opining that the Buckeyes will be preseason #1 in 2010 for at least that long.
 
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I don't see how anyone thinks Alabama will be ranked #1. I don't think they'll be top 5.

Starting defense according to rivals:
DE - Lorenzo Washington - Senior
DE - Brandon Deaderick - Senior
NT - Terrance Cody - Senior
LB - Corey Reamer - Senior
LB - Eryk Andrews - Senior
LB - Rolando McLain - Junior - Bama folks think he's as good as gone
LB - Nico Johnson - Freshman
CB - Javier Arenas - Senior (Backup is also a Sr.)
CB - Kareem Jackson - Junior - Bama folks think he might leave too (Backup is a Sr.)
S - Mark Barron - Sophomore (Backup is a Sr.)
S - Justin Woodall - Senior

They definitely lose 7 starters and 3 of their top 4 corner backs. One more starter has his foot out the door, and the other will probably leave too. That leaves them returning starters only at LB and S, one each. They lose their top 4 cornerbacks and 2 of their top 4 safeties.

I understand the Ohio State team of 2006 faced a similar situation and came in ranked #1. But that team was expected to be an offensive juggernaut, and they lived up to their billing for most of the season.

I'm not sure you can say the same for Alabama. Yes they can return as many as 8 offensive starters, but with OSU returning 15-16, Iowa returning 16 starters, Oregon possibly returning 19 starters, always dangerous USC possibly returning 14 starters, this is going to be a very strong year, Miami returning as many as 15 starters. Hell, Florida can return as many as 14 starters (with Hernandez and Haden gone), and if Brantley lives up to billing they're dangerous. Georgia Tech will return 17 starters even if Dwyer and Morgan leave. Don't forget Oklahoma, who can return 17 starters.

It's too early for a top 10 with people still declaring for the draft, but here's my top 5.

#1) OSU
#2) Oregon
#3) Miami
#4) Iowa
#5) Georgia Tech
 
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Their two best OL are still returning, though. Also recall that the two running backs they relied on this year were freshmen backups (who played due to injury). I don't know if Iowa will be better than tOSU next year, but Iowa should be pretty good again. That's all I'm saying. I don't think they'll be ranked ahead of us, but I also don't think we should be the preseason #1 by any means. Defense is good, but we need more offense to go with it.

Edit: They = Iowa
 
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TheIronColonel;1636371; said:
I also don't think we should be the preseason #1 by any means. Defense is good, but we need more offense to go with it.
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Have you heard of this thing called ESPN?

With Bradford, McCoy, Claussen, and that Tebow fella all out of the picture, the media needs to find a new cast of characters to deify. The shortlist at QB is probably Masoli, Barkley, Harris, Taylor, and Pryor, plus throw in all those "dark horse" system guys from TT, SMU, Mizzou, etc. Of all of them, Pryor looked the most impressive on the biggest postseason stage.

To be preseason #1, it doesn't matter if Ohio State's offense is actually any good next year. What matters is that the media thinks it will be good. Well, TP put himself on the Heisman shortlist; the offense is suddenly an unstoppable juggernaut and TP has morphed into VY with better accuracy. Not that any of that is actually true, but if that is what the media thinks, and it appears some do, preseason #1 is not out of the question.
 
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I don't vouch for this site so don't kill the messenger but here is the first one i have seen...

2010 Earlybird Rankings

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1. Alabama
2. Boise State
3. Oregon
4. Florida
5. Ohio State
6. TCU
7. Texas
8. Georgia Tech
9. Iowa
10. Miami FL
11. Penn State
12. Nebraska
13. Southern California
14. Cincinnati
15. North Carolina
16. Oklahoma
17. Oregon State
18. Virginia Tech
19. West Virginia
20. Houston
21. Louisiana State
22. Wisconsin
23. Georgia
24. Arkansas
25. Missouri[/FONT]
 
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I may be in the minority, but I HATE being ranked high pre-season. So I am hoping that we lose enough defensive players and we get knocked down to tenth or something.

What I care about is where we are at the END of the season.

By the way, we should be in the top 5 on Friday, right? Alabama, Florida, Texas, tOSU?

(based on Alabama winning)
 
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ShakerBuck;1636419; said:
I don't vouch for this site so don't kill the messenger but here is the first one i have seen...

2010 Earlybird Rankings

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1. Alabama[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2. Boise State[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3. Oregon[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4. Florida[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5. Ohio State[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]...[/FONT]
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It's worth noting that these rankings were set in December, so having Oregon ahead of OSU for example was at least debateable and not an indication of incompetence.
 
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TGfan06;1636040; said:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Iowa
5. Texas
6. Boise State
7. Va. Tech
8. Ga. Tech
9. Florida
10. Wisconsin

Not sure I think that Texas or Boise should be ranked that high, but voters will.
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It seems like LSU always gets one of the pre-season Top 10 considerations. They might sneak in there since Jefferson is returning.

A better questions might be - who is 2010's Ole Miss? A team that ranked disgustingly too high and flops early and often
 
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BigWoof31;1636468; said:
It seems like LSU always gets one of the pre-season Top 10 considerations. They might sneak in there since Jefferson is returning.

A better questions might be - who is 2010's Ole Miss? A team that ranked disgustingly too high and flops early and often
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based on the bowl game last night, Gag Tech would be that flopper.
 
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