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CFB Experiment: Help Me Rate Your Team For This Season!

  • Indiana:

    Talent - 2.5
    Coaching - 5

    Buffalo Spartan ●

  • MSU
    8.5 coaching
    7 Talent
    9.5 Student body talent

    Your average UofM fan and I have something in common, neither of us went to UofM. Though we do share One major difference, I got Accepted.

    MSUDancinBear

  • Is the talent based on recruiting rankings or what you actually think the talent level is?

    c_woodson

  • I'm sorry when I joined 247 I was told there would be No Math and I don't do Story problems!

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    RicoX19 ●

  • Maryland

    6 talent
    7.5 coaching

    for an overall score of 13.5. I do believe coaching can be an 8 or higher, just some question marks with the coordinators.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Hot Sauce on 6/7/2011 at 1:52 PM

    Hot Sauce

  • c_woodson said...

    Is the talent based on recruiting rankings or what you actually think the talent level is?

    It's your own assessment really, but most have been looking at the recruiting rankings. I'm trying to get as an objective rating as possible, but there are going to be a few (obvious) problems

    1) I don't know team's rosters as well as fans of that team do.

    2) Because of #1, I have to rely on fans' opinions on their own team's talent

    3) Because of #1 and #2, there's bound to be some hyperbole.

    4) Recruiting rankings are going to be used as evidence by teams highly rated by the services, and disregarded by those teams that aren't as highly rated, it's best to just ask fans what they think of their own talent.

    Because I don't feel like taking the average of every BCS team's recruiting class over the past 5 years by the 3 main sites (Rivals/Scout/ESPN), I'm just going to rely on fans to be as objective as possible.

    Michigan State does not and will not run the 3-4 defense.

    SpartanRocky ●

  • Big 10 - Leaders

    Penn State - 15 (Talent: 7.5, Coaching: 7.5)
    Wisconsin -14 (Talent: 6, Coaching: 8)
    Ohio State - 14 (Talent: 9, Coaching: 5)
    Illinois - 12.5 (Talent: 6.5, Coaching: 6)
    Indiana - 6.5 (Talent: 3, Coaching: 3.5)
    Purdue - 6.5 (Talent: 3.5, Coaching: 3)

    Big 10 - Legends
    Nebraska - 16 (Talent: 8, Coaching: 8)
    Michigan State - 15 (Talent: 7, Coaching: 8)
    Iowa - 14 (Talent: 6, Coaching: 8)
    Michigan - 13.5 (Talent: 8.5, Coaching: 5)
    Northwestern - 13 (Talent: 4, Coaching: 9)
    Minnesota - 9.5 (Talent: 6, Coaching: 3.5)

    Based my talent ratings purely on Rivals. Based coaches on current staffs, with first year coaches slightly de-valued.

    This basically mirrors how I believe the B1G will play out this year with one exception. I don't really think Penn State will make it to the championship game, but it shows how close the B1G is. The only reason I think PSU won't make it is that they won't go into Columbus and Madison in back to back weeks and get the win (unless Bolden can really get it together, and even then its very unlikely).

    Batesianmimicry ●

  • Clemson
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    talent 8.5
    coaching 10.5
    +___________
    = 19

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    BritBrant

  • britbrant said...

    Clemson . . . talent 8.5 coaching 10.5 +___________ = 19

    10 is the upper limit, FYI [wink]

    Michigan State does not and will not run the 3-4 defense.

    SpartanRocky ●

  • Hot Sauce said...

    Maryland

    6 talent 7.5 coaching

    I'd give you a 7 on talent, maybe you're right though

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    NoVaNoles

  • SpartanRocky said...

    10 is the upper limit, FYI [wink]

    Dabo breaks the barrier though, he is that good

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    NoVaNoles

  • Hot Sauce said...

    Maryland

    6 talent 7.5 coaching

    for an overall score of 13.5. I do believe coaching can be an 8 or higher, just some question marks with the coordinators.

    Edsal (sp?) was out-coached by Rich Rod. Maybe a 7.5/20.

    c_woodson

  • britbrant said...

    Clemson . . . talent 8.5 coaching 10.5 +___________ = 19

    Clemson:

    Talent: 8.0
    Coaching: 6 (Score based solely on Kevin Steele)

    14

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    Clemson ●

  • First one here for UC. Hard to tell what kind of coach CBJ is after 4-8 season, following back-to-back BCS teams. I'll say 6 for coaching. Offensively we have some real talent at the skill positions, but our line play and defense are questions marks too. I'd give us a 6.5 on the talent skill for players. 12.5 total. But here is to hoping that CBJ and the Bearcats prove me to have underestimated them!

    bearcatfaithful

  • NoVaNoles said...

    Dabo breaks the barrier though, he is that good

    Jealous?

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    Clemson ●

  • bearcatfaithful said...

    First one here for UC. Hard to tell what kind of coach CBJ is after 4-8 season, following back-to-back BCS teams. I'll say 6 for coaching. Offensively we have some real talent at the skill positions, but our line play and defense are questions marks too. I'd give us a 6.5 on the talent skill for players. 12.5 total. But here is to hoping that CBJ and the Bearcats prove me to have underestimated them!

    Thanks for joining in, I appreciate the input! First Big East Team in on the board.

    WTF is up with the Big 12. Can't get any responses from them? Weird.

    Michigan State does not and will not run the 3-4 defense.

    SpartanRocky ●

  • Wisconsin

    Talent: 7.3
    Coaching: 8.1

    Total: 15.4

    "We don't care about anything but winning. No one cares about ethical standards thats for losers..." - BUCKNUTS

    Klobe1010

  • Clemson said...

    Jealous?

    Hell yeah ( liar )

    Really though I was just pilling on, you guys really should make Steele the HC before he leaves

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    NoVaNoles

  • Klobe1010 said...

    Wisconsin

    Talent: 7.3 Coaching: 8.1

    Total: 15.4

    Can only use increments of .5

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    NoVaNoles

  • NoVaNoles said...

    Hell yeah ( liar )

    Really though I was just pilling on, you guys really should make Steele the HC before he leaves

    I was being sarcastic as well. If we could arrange some activities during football season for Dabo to be involved in so he doesn't have to actually be at the games, I think he could be a pretty decent coach.

    And I like Steele, but at the same time, part of me really wants us to go after a big name coach instead of hiring all these "up and comers" that never really pan out. I would love to have Malzahn if he decided to pursue a head coaching job.

    This post was edited by Clemson on 6/7/2011 at 2:27 PM

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    Clemson ●

  • NoVaNoles said...

    I'd give you a 7 on talent, maybe you're right though

    Yeah I might be underrating the talent a bit. O'Brien, DJ Adams and Kenny Tate are a great core. O and D line plus the LB's still question marks. (even though Tate is now a hybrid LB)

    Edsall hasn't coached a game here yet but already #2 in the Atlantic in terms of coaching ability. He would be 2/3 in the coastal too imo. Gary Crowton might have done poorly at LSU but the ACC isn't the SEC west. He is a great offensive mind for a team coming off James Franklin.

    Hot Sauce

  • Arizona 11 Coaching 6.0 Talent 5.0 (for this season, Arizona is VERY young across the OL, and is depleted at LB thanks to injuries and attrition)

    Editor-In-Chief of Wildcat Sport Report and co-host of the Arizona football and basketball pre and postgame shows on 1290 KCUB.

    BradAllis ●

  • Clemson said...

    I was being sarcastic as well. If we could arrange some activities during football season for Dabo to be involved in so he doesn't have to actually be at the games, I think he could be a pretty decent coach.

    And I like Steele, but at the same time, part of me really wants us to go after a big name coach instead of hiring all these "up and comers" that never really pan out. I would love to have Malzahn if he decided to pursue a head coaching job.

    True... True

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    NoVaNoles

  • NoVaNoles said...

    Can only use increments of .5

    Ah yes, this is what I get for glancing at the rules.

    Let's use a rounding method and go with

    Wisconsin

    Talent: 7
    Coaching: 8.5

    Total: 15.5

    This post was edited by Klobe1010 on 6/7/2011 at 2:49 PM

    "We don't care about anything but winning. No one cares about ethical standards thats for losers..." - BUCKNUTS

    Klobe1010

  • SpartanRocky said...

    I posted a link on our board, what'd you expect biggrin. I also hit up the Wisky and Neb board; figured tOSU has enough of a presence. I'll do Iowa, etc. after lunch.

    Lmao, that would explain the -6 then. Like I said, msu fans neg bomb me as soon as they screen name, regardless of whether or not I talk about msu.

    As for Michigan, 8 talent, that has played like 6 talent. Coaching has 8+ potential, Hoke has been named his conference coach of the year 2 of the last 3 years, Borges is an established Offensive Coordinater, and Mattison's resume speaks for itself.

    xxmgobluexx ●

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