Way Too Early College Football Poll - without the side nonsense

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WinterBorn

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ESPN put out their Way To Early College Football Poll.

1) Clemson
2) Alabama
3) Ohio State
4) Oklahoma
5) Georgia

Looks familiar, doesn't it?

Sporting News has the same 5 teams at the top, but in a different order.
1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Georgia
4) Ohio State
5) Oklahoma

Athlon's top 5 teams looks much the same.
1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Ohio State
4) Georgia
5) Miami


I guess we will know more as the spring games shake out the rosters.
 
My apologies to any college football fans for forgetting to ban CFM.

Now we can discuss the teams and games. Anyone think a new team will crack the top this year?
 
I think Alabama will win it all again. But if it won't be my Crimson Tide, I think Clemson has a good shot. Most of that solid defense is back and hungry to payback.
 
archives said:
Well, seeing it is obvious that you are an Alabama fan perhaps you can take a shot at the following,

"Colin Cowherd claims knowledge of at least 1 SEC football program that is paying players"
https://www.seccountry.com/sec/colin-cowherd-knowledge-sec-football-program-paying-players

So, any guesses?
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None at all.

Yes, I am a Bama fan. But unless you have solid evidence it is Alabama, you are barking up the wrong tree. People often accuse Alabama of cheating on these forums. But none seem to ever have any actual evidence. They just point and cry because of what Saban has been able to accomplish.
 
WinterBorn said:
None at all.

Yes, I am a Bama fan. But unless you have solid evidence it is Alabama, you are barking up the wrong tree. People often accuse Alabama of cheating on these forums. But none seem to ever have any actual evidence. They just point and cry because of what Saban has been able to accomplish.
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I thought Auburn or Mississippi State have had questions in the past regarding paying players?

And did you ever ask yourself why a University whose goal is supposedly to educate kids would spend eighteen million on a football coaching staff? Somehow paying one athletic coach seven million dollars plus frills doesn't seem to relate to amateurism
 
archives said:
I thought Auburn or Mississippi State have had questions in the past regarding paying players?

And did you ever ask yourself why a University whose goal is supposedly to educate kids would spend eighteen million on a football coaching staff? Somehow paying one athletic coach seven million dollars plus frills doesn't seem to relate to amateurism
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The players are amateur. The coaches and trainers are not.

"The Crimson Tide's football program reported $103.9 million in revenue for 2016 and posted a $47 million profit. That's up 3.6% from last year. "
from: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/09/news/alabama-clemson-championship-revenue/index.html

The football programs pays for the entire athletic dept and still contributes to the general fund of the university.



"Before Saban arrived, the school had already begun an enrollment push, topping 20,000 in 2003 (20,333), and reaching a then-record 23,878 for the 2006-07 academic school year. For that fall, it received 15,761 applications.

For the fall of 2016, it received 42,802 applications. Enrollment was 37,665.

Normally when a school significantly expands the quality of its student applications dips. That wasn’t the case at Alabama. The average ACT score went from 24.2 in 2006 to 27.07 a decade later. The average GPA for the incoming freshmen rose from 3.4 to 3.69.

The geographical makeup of the student body also has changed dramatically. In 2004, 72 percent of freshmen came from within the state. Just four years after Saban arrived the university had more students from out-of-state for the first time."
from: https://www.seccountry.com/alabama/...success-transformed-alabama-not-just-football

I would say the money was well spent.
 
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