Interesting Athlon Rankings
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:56 pm
Interesting to see UAB ranked better than Tulane by 6 spots, and their coach with a little bit bigger margin in the coaching rankings over Willie Fritz (59 to 49). Although these are meaningless rankings used to fill pages and generate interest during the dog days, we cannot just write down a W for the UAB game. It's a road game (which Tulane typically struggles in) against a hungry team that will give us everything they have. That's really the swing game or the season. We must go 3-1 in OOC play..golfnut69 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:56 pm The Teams
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... ball-teams
The Coaches
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... aches-2018
The Conferences
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... r-rankings
I agree. Tulane has yet to put together a season where it consistently defeats -bad- teams, so it's difficult to assume that Tulane would managed to do so in a random season. That's not meant as a shot at UAB, but it is meant as an honest assessment of how many wins Tulane has left on the table under Fritz and CJ due to not being able to defeat teams that weren't that good.DfromCT wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:58 amInteresting to see UAB ranked better than Tulane by 6 spots, and their coach with a little bit bigger margin in the coaching rankings over Willie Fritz (59 to 49). Although these are meaningless rankings used to fill pages and generate interest during the dog days, se cannot just write down a W for the UAB game. It's a road game (which Tulane typically struggles in) against a hungry team that will give us everything they have. That's really the swing game or the season. We must go 3-1 in OOC play..golfnut69 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:56 pm The Teams
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... ball-teams
The Coaches
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... aches-2018
The Conferences
https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... r-rankings
I've got no problem with expectations. In fact I should have concluded my post above with that. The UAB coach has done a good job. I respect that he stayed the course when they pulled the rug from underneath him. He can coach. However I expect us to win that game like you do. Of course we have to be ready. That goes without saying for any team. Teams not being ready is why you have upsetsgalvezwave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:07 pmHa of course. My expectations are a little elevated . Which is extremely foolish on my part. I’ll be extremely disappointed if we don’t leave Ohio 2-2 at worst.