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Pac-12 Notes – New Hampshire Week
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September 9th
… Foe Pause …
ESPN Power rankings has CU at No. 20 in the nation
From ESPN … Defending national champion Alabama continues to look head and shoulders above everyone else through two weeks of the 2018 season.
But Saturday showed us the Crimson Tide might have some competition in the SEC West other than Auburn (hello, Mississippi State and Texas A&M), and defending SEC champion Georgia isn’t going away anytime soon.
While Alabama remains No. 1 in the ESPN Power Rankings after Week 2, Georgia and Ohio State climbed back into the coveted top four spots after impressive victories.
Remember, the Power Rankings are about how you look and whom you play each week. Forget the body of work or the brand name. These rankings drip with recency bias.
Here are the rankings after Week 2:
From the Pac-12 …
8. Stanford
16. Washington
18. Oregon
20. Colorado …
Week 2 result: Defeated Nebraska 33-28
What’s next: vs. New Hampshire (Saturday, 5 p.m. ET, Pac-12)
After an impressive opening win over rival Colorado State, the Buffaloes came from behind to spoil Scott Frost’s debut at Nebraska. Steven Montez has developed into one of the Pac-12’s best passers, and the Buffaloes seem ready to put last season’s 5-7 finish in the rearview mirror.
23. USC
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Jon Wilner: CU and Arizona State the torch-bearers for the Pac-12 South?
From the San Jose Mercury News … Instant reaction to weekend developments in the Pac-12 …
1. The unlikely torchbearers.
If you pegged Colorado and Arizona State as the teams to defend the Pac-12’s honor … Come on down!
(If you had Tempe at 2-0 and Tucson at 0-2, please come down, as well.)
What began as a gray Saturday with breakfast-time blowout losses by Arizona and UCLA took on an even darker shade during the afternoon games.
Then came the unnecessary roughness penalty on Nebraska and a second chance for the Buffs … and Steven Montez-to-Laviska Shenault for a 40-yard go-ahead touchdown strike.
It was a finish befitting the rivalry and a victory vital to the Buffaloes’s postseason prospects: Beat New Hampshire, and they’re halfway to bowl eligibility.
Maybe Nebraska isn’t Ohio State or Wisconsin. Well, it’s not Indiana or Purdue or Minnesota, either.
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The South, it seems, has become more muddled than it appeared prior to the season.
Could Colorado or Arizona State be the best team? Or is it Utah, despite the slog at Northern Illinois? And if USC is the team to beat, then it is only that by the length of the football.
I’d argue that the only certainty is that nobody in the South is elite — definitely not now and likely not in two months.
This could be a year the division champ is 6-3, with a handful just off the pace at 5-4.
No way anyone in the division gets to 7-2.
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Stuart
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Pac-12 Notes – New Hampshire Week
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September 9th
… Foe Pause …
ESPN Power rankings has CU at No. 20 in the nation
From ESPN … Defending national champion Alabama continues to look head and shoulders above everyone else through two weeks of the 2018 season.
But Saturday showed us the Crimson Tide might have some competition in the SEC West other than Auburn (hello, Mississippi State and Texas A&M), and defending SEC champion Georgia isn’t going away anytime soon.
While Alabama remains No. 1 in the ESPN Power Rankings after Week 2, Georgia and Ohio State climbed back into the coveted top four spots after impressive victories.
Remember, the Power Rankings are about how you look and whom you play each week. Forget the body of work or the brand name. These rankings drip with recency bias.
Here are the rankings after Week 2:
From the Pac-12 …
8. Stanford
16. Washington
18. Oregon
20. Colorado …
Week 2 result: Defeated Nebraska 33-28
What’s next: vs. New Hampshire (Saturday, 5 p.m. ET, Pac-12)
After an impressive opening win over rival Colorado State, the Buffaloes came from behind to spoil Scott Frost’s debut at Nebraska. Steven Montez has developed into one of the Pac-12’s best passers, and the Buffaloes seem ready to put last season’s 5-7 finish in the rearview mirror.
23. USC
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Jon Wilner: CU and Arizona State the torch-bearers for the Pac-12 South?
From the San Jose Mercury News … Instant reaction to weekend developments in the Pac-12 …
1. The unlikely torchbearers.
If you pegged Colorado and Arizona State as the teams to defend the Pac-12’s honor … Come on down!
(If you had Tempe at 2-0 and Tucson at 0-2, please come down, as well.)
What began as a gray Saturday with breakfast-time blowout losses by Arizona and UCLA took on an even darker shade during the afternoon games.
Then came the unnecessary roughness penalty on Nebraska and a second chance for the Buffs … and Steven Montez-to-Laviska Shenault for a 40-yard go-ahead touchdown strike.
It was a finish befitting the rivalry and a victory vital to the Buffaloes’s postseason prospects: Beat New Hampshire, and they’re halfway to bowl eligibility.
Maybe Nebraska isn’t Ohio State or Wisconsin. Well, it’s not Indiana or Purdue or Minnesota, either.
…
The South, it seems, has become more muddled than it appeared prior to the season.
Could Colorado or Arizona State be the best team? Or is it Utah, despite the slog at Northern Illinois? And if USC is the team to beat, then it is only that by the length of the football.
I’d argue that the only certainty is that nobody in the South is elite — definitely not now and likely not in two months.
This could be a year the division champ is 6-3, with a handful just off the pace at 5-4.
No way anyone in the division gets to 7-2.
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Stuart
Continue reading...