Preseason ranking for chatter's sake ...

[surly]

This is before the championship game, which I see pitting oSu and K-State.

1. oSu - passing game + favorable schedule
2. K-State - Wizard's last trick before retirement
3. OU - not as easy as coordinating O
4. WVU - QB gets eligible
5. Texas - Herman brings hope
6. TCU - awful to respectable
7. BU - Clones in Waco
8. ISU - Ku visits
9. Ku - may surprise someone or two
10. Tech - piling-on

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Weird that you would put K-State that high...

 

[mj4cy]

I have

1. OU (still has the horses and a coach within the system)
2. OSU
3. WVU
4. Texas
5. K-State
6. TCU
7. ISU
8. BU
9. Tech
10. KU

 

[GTO]

1. OSU
2. OU
3. WVU
4. K-State
5. TCU
6. Texas
7. ISU
8. BU
9. Tech
10. KU

 

[TheJackWePack5]

1. Oklahoma
2. Oklahoma St
3. Texas
4. TCU
5. K-State
6. West Virginia
7. Baylor
8. Iowa St
9. Kansas
10. Texas Tech

 

[chuckd4735]

1. OSU
2. OU
3. K-State
4. WVU
5. TCU
6. Texas
7. BU
8. ISU
9. Tech
10. KU

 

[ZB4CY]

1) OSU
2) OU
3) K-State
4)Texas
5) WVU
6) TCU
7) ISU
8) BU
9) TTU
10) KU

 

[dualthreat]

I like your justification for putting us ahead of Kansas is because we play them at home.

Gee thanks

 

[surly]

Weird that you would put K-State that high...

Your own guys here had them winning the conference on their pod cast last week. So, why would you consider it weird that I'd pick them second?

 

[surly]

I like your justification for putting us ahead of Kansas is because we play them at home.

Gee thanks

More interesting to me are the folks who rank Texas 3 or 4.

 

[chuckd4735]

Your own guys here had them winning the conference on their pod cast last week. So, why would you consider it weird that I'd pick them second?

Because you're surly...

 

[TheJackWePack5]

More interesting to me are the folks who rank Texas 3 or 4.

Ehh. They have a ton of talent and a coach who has shown he can get a lot of out talent.

 

[rholtgraves]

K State will finish last as Karma comes back to bite Bill Snyder.

 

[jbindm]

1. Oklahoma
2. Oklahoma St
3. Texas
4. TCU
5. K-State
6. West Virginia
7. Baylor
8. Iowa St
9. Kansas
10. Texas Tech

I'd flip OU and OSU, but other than that I'd agree with this. I won't be surprised if Kingsbury gets canned midseason. TT is springing leaks everywhere, and without Mahomes to cover up some of their weaknesses they're going to be really bad.

 

[surly]

Texas hype will never end - check the last three ...
http://preseason.stassen.com/over-under/all-teams.html

 

[cyclonespiker33]

Texas hype will never end - check the last three ...
http://preseason.stassen.com/over-under/all-teams.html

Check out Herman's first year at his last school
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/tom-herman-2.html

 

[surly]

Check out Herman's first year at his last school
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/tom-herman-2.html

He must be the Bruce Weber of football. Did nicely with someone else's players, it seems. Then tailed-off severely his second year. Lost to Navy, Memphis and SMU (badly). But Charlie Strong said this Longhorn team would win 10 regardless who was coaching it. So, maybe so.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

He must be the Bruce Weber of football. Did nicely with someone else's players, it seems. Then tailed-off severely his second year. Lost to Navy, Memphis and SMU (badly). But Charlie Strong said this Longhorn team would win 10 regardless who was coaching it. So, maybe so.

Class - National Rank
2011 - 73 ~ These guys would have been RS seniors in Herman's first season
2012 - 56
2013 - 56
2014 - 76
2015 - 92 ~ These guys would have been true freshmen in Herman's first season

2016 - 36 ~ Herman's first actual class at Houston


I would love to have a tail-off season that results in a 9-3 record.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Class - National Rank
2011 - 73 ~ These guys would have been RS seniors in Herman's first season
2012 - 56
2013 - 56
2014 - 76
2015 - 92 ~ These guys would have been true freshmen in Herman's first season

2016 - 36 ~ Herman's first actual class at Houston


I would love to have a tail-off season that results in a 9-3 record.

Not to mention that DT that Herman brought in was one of the best interior linemen in the country as a true freshman.

Texas will be more talented than almost every team in the conference.

 

[surly]

And y'all thought Charlie Strong would star 5 years ago. "Oh, what a great hire. Ran off all those softies from Mack's team." I remember the narrative.