It’s pretty bad when our greatest homer says we have too many holes to be included in a January top 25.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: January 19, 2018 at 7:52:24 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: Alabama tops way-too-early Top 25 > preseason poll > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dooley: Alabama tops way-too-early Top 25 preseason poll > By Pat Dooley (Gainesville SUN) - January 19, 2018118 > > Count on Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban to break the tie with Alabama icon > Bear Bryant with a seventh national title following the 2018 regular season. > [David J. Phillip/Associated Press] > Here’s how you know you are a college football nut — you have a countdown > clock in your sports room telling how many days it is until the first spring > game of 2018. > > You will flip on the NFL conference title games this Sunday, but only to see > which schools have the most players on each team. You will check out a little > college basketball, but fantasize what kind of rush end every power forward > would be. > > And you are wondering why passing drills aren’t part of the Winter Olympics. > > For the rest of America, there is a whole world going on out there, which is > one reason it’s safer to be a college football nut. > > But you don’t have to have tunnel vision to already be wondering about the > next college football season as long as you still take your meals, remember > to pick your kids up from soccer practice and pay your electric bill. > > It’ll be here soon enough. The tailgates, the gnashing of teeth, the > second-guessing. It’ll be different around here in Gainesville with a new > coach and rumors of an actual offense. > > But one thing that won’t change is a January Top 25 that will change 50 times > before the first Associated Press poll is due. You’ve seen a few of them > already published, but I tried to wait until almost everybody had declared > for the NFL one way or another. > > 1. Alabama. > > Wow, that was easy. It must be nice for players to announce they are leaving > early and you pat them on the back and say, “Next.” The way Alabama’s > freshman performed in the title game, almost everybody is going to have the > Tide at the top. > > 2. Ohio State. > > Last year, I had the Buckeyes in my Final Four and I could make an argument > that I should have been proven right. It’s a factory up in Columbus. > > 3. Clemson. > > Speaking of factories. Whether the Tigers can go all the way depends on > whether or not QB Kelly Bryant can take the next step in the passing game, > but — with the entire defensive line back — points will be difficult to come > by against Dabo Swinney’s team. > > 4. West Virginia. > > Will Grier hasn’t played two straight seasons of college football in his > career. Watch out for the Mountaineers this year. > > 5. Washington. > > It was supposed to be a bit of a drop off in 2017, but it wasn’t that bad > which tells you a lot about the talent and coaching. > > 6. Georgia. > > The Bulldogs are difficult to figure, because they lose so much but still > have a ton of talent and the top recruiting class. Kirby Smart needs to keep > the momentum heading in the right direction. > > 7. Michigan State. > > I’m surprised that more of the early polls don’t have Sparty higher. Clearly, > MSU has rebounded from the one bad season. > > 8. Oklahoma. > > Baker Mayfield was such a major factor, it’s difficult to see Boomer back in > the playoffs. > > 9. Wisconsin. > > The schedule is a little tougher or they might be in my top four, but Wiscy > has a shot at the playoff. > > 10. Miami. > > That opening game against LSU in Arlington will define where this season will > go. > > 11. Stanford. > > Too high? Not with Bryce Love coming back. > > 12. Penn State. > > James Franklin just keeps producing good teams in Happy Valley. > > 13. Southern Cal. > > Lot of talent leaving, plenty still in the mix. > > 14. Auburn. > > Difficult to get the taste of the UCF out of our mouths. > > 15. TCU. > > After that one bad season, Gary Patterson has righted the ship. > > 16. Notre Dame. > > Losing DC Mike Elko will hurt, but the Irish will be fine. Just not great. > > 17. Virginia Tech. > > The Hokies were a bit of a fraud in 2017. I think they’ll be better this year. > > 18. UCF. > > Scott Frost was a special coach and there has to be a fall off, right? > > 19. Florida State. > > Obviously, we’re about to see if Deondre Francois is a difference maker. > > 20. Michigan. > > Jim Harbaugh’s popularity wearing off in Ann Arbor? > > 21. LSU. > > It’s pretty much the same old story with the Fighting O’s. > > 22. Kentucky. > > OK, I was wrong ranking the Kitties in the preseason last year, but 10 > defensive starters back makes me think this might be too low. > > 23. Texas. > > Does Tom Herman work some second-year magic? > > 24. Boise State. > > You can never go wrong with the Broncos somewhere in your preseason poll. > > 25. Arizona. > > Kevin Sumlin is a good coach. The Pac-12 is going to look a lot easier than > the SEC West. > > Nope, no Florida. I think the Gators have a manageable schedule, but a ways > to go to be a top-25 team. Too many holes still on the roster. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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