It appears that writers around the country are finally starting to catch on to "The Man Who Wins Everywhere He Coaches."
Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech have been shut out in the five earliest preseason rankings released by major outlets for the 2011 season. Tech indeed failed to make an appearance in any of the top 25 listings, and even managed to avoid being named among the top 30 of Sports Illustrated and the top 50 of Nationalchamps.net!
Examining further, the Nationalchamps.net ranking showed Tech behind several traditional powers who are very likely to be overrated, such as Southern Miss, Baylor, and Miami(of Ohio), as well as behind two of its fellow service academies Navy and Air Force. Though Army did not appear in the top 50, it is unclear at this point as to how the site evaluates them in relation to the Yellow Jackets.
Just give Coach Johnson time though! Once he gets his players in, surely he'll bring The Trophy back home to North Avenue!
ESPN.com
SI.com - Not among 30 teams listed
Nationalchamps.net - Not among top 50 teams!
Orlando Sentinel
San Jose Mercury News
A proper analogy for this post:
ReplyDeleteThe sun is far away from the earth.
No shit. A team that just finished 6-7 probably isn't going to be ranked in a poll that's put out a week after the conclusion of the 2010 season. They'll probably not be ranked a week into the 2011 season either. They'll probably have to prove themselves to the sportswriters and pollsters.
Your hard on for CPJ is HILARIOUS. I laugh at the kind of life you have (and by life I mean you don't have one).
"Quarterback Christian Ponder and offensive linemen Rodney Hudson and Ryan McMahon are gone. Pretty much everyone else is back."
ReplyDeleteHell that's worthy of a #10 ranking don't you? I've got about 30 more of those too for ya
I personally like this gem:
ReplyDeleteKEY LOSSES
OFFENSE: Mario Fannin-RB, Terrell Zachery-WR, Kodi Burns-WR, Lee Ziemba-OT, Mike Berry-OG, Ryan Pugh-C, Byron Isom-OG, Wes Byrum-K
DEFENSE: Antoine Carter-DE, Mike Blanc-DT, Zach Clayton-DT, Michael Goggans-DE, Craig Stevens-LB, Josh Bynes-LB, Demond Washington-CB, Zac Etheridge-S, Aairon Savage-S, Ryan Shoemaker-P
So basically Auburn loses their whole team, yet garnishes a #5 ranking from one of those high quality sources. That establishes the credibility of your site. HAHAHAHAHA
To Anonymous @ 2:34PM,
ReplyDeleteUGA is a 6-7 team that is ranked in four of the five sources listed.
To Big Jim's Lawyer,
ReplyDeleteWell, if you'll actually bother to read the Nationalchamps.net explanation, they clearly note that the rankings are contingent on all current players with eligibility remaining(i.e Cam Newton) staying for next year. Even without him, I doubt they will drop the 45 spots requisite to allow GT into the top 50(of course provided GT is #51, which I'm sure is the assumption Johnson slurpers have already made).
all of these polls say 'Ridiculously early' or 'So early these aren't even legit' or some other like phrase.
ReplyDeletemy dawgs definitely aren't worthy of a top 25 ranking with our performance this year.