Pre-Season rankings #6-#10 Breakdown

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Tonight we will be taking a look at the rest of the "Top 10" in the pre-season CFB polls.



6. "THE" State/SEC owned University of Higher Learning in Columbus, Ohio

The Good: Terrell Pryor, Terrell Pryor's 40 time, The Red Vest, Home field advantage

The Bad: Terrell Pryor's 40 time vs. SEC Defense, Penn St. on the road

Expectations are high again in Columbus, and why shouldn't they be? Different day, same story up there, a high pre-season ranking, a soft schedule outside of two impending losses to USC and Penn St, and inevitably an unearned NC game birth where they get worked by an SEC school. Terrell Pryor is a "Freak of Nature" who has talent to spare, which is good, because his supporting cast may need it if they run up against REAL competition. All in all, this year should be good for the Buckeye's, and with a +900 to win the BCS, they may actually have value.
Prediction: 10-2 (Loses to USC and Penn St. are on the horizon)

7. Virginia Tech

The Good: Tyrod Taylor, The "Lunch Box" defense

The Bad: A broken Darren Evans, an opening game vs. Alabama

Everything was looking super in Blacksburg, until Darren Evans went down with a bad ricket. The weight now rests squarely on the shoulders of QB Tyrod Taylor to lead the Hokies to perfection. He does still have LOTS-O-TALENT around him with a solid receiving corp. If VT can find a rushing attack, Taylor will be able to open up the offense and be more of a "Michael Vick" style threat, if not then he will be force to make plays from the pocket, which does not fit his profile. The good news is Bud Foster has a very talented defense who quietly ranked 7th in the country last year in total defense. They will be forced to make plays and create turnovers, which is commonly referred to as "Beamer Ball". VT is known for this style and have had alot of success, in tight close ball games. VT has a strong non-conference schedule with BAMA, NEBRASKA, and @ East Carolina on a Thursday Night...AAARRRGGHHH! Not to mention a night trip to Carter Finley to play the Wolfpack of NCSU. Good Luck Hokies, Your stay in the Top 10, may be kinda short...
Prediction: 9-3 (And that maybe generous)

8. Penn State

The Good: Darryl Clark, WHITE OUT NIGHT GAMES, a decent defense, arsenal of weapons on offense to include Evan Royster

The Bad: Holes in the O-Line

With a schedule that looks like they stole it from the basketball team, Penn St. should have a dump-truck load full of wins. The only games they REALLY GOT to show up for is a road trip to Champayne, IL and the Big 10 championship games vs. OSU on Nov. 7th. I think that if Daryl Clark and Evan Royster stay healthy and Stephfon Green preforms up to expectation again this year, Penn St. @ $3500 to win the BCS has astronomical value!(That is if Tebow mysteriously catches a VD and UF misses the bus to the NC game). PSU's only issue right now appears to be 3 gaping holes in the offensive line, but word out of College Station is that the problem has been remedied. The defense should be solid with no known issues to discuss or be worried about right now.
Prediction: 12-0(They shouldn't lose, and I haven't found a lose on that schedule yet)

9. LSU

The Good: John Chavis(new coordinator), Charles Scott, Brandon Lafell

The Bad: Les Miles, Crappy Defense

LSU is working on the getting the ship turned around on the defense after giving up more scores then the local "DELTA HOUSE" sorority on free hand job night. There defense was crappy, I mean, 8:00 am just after coffee running to the shitter, crappy. The offense will be better if sophomore QB Jordan Jefferson can figure out how to throw it to only his players, and not be sloppy with the ball. Charles Scott will be leaned on this year until Jefferson gets his legs under him, and when he does WATCH OUT, they might just be good again. The defense should be pretty strong this year and will be leaned on to create good situations to help out an offense that might struggle at times. I can see 3-4 losses on the schedule though, with road trips to Tuscaloosa, Oxford and Athens. A home game with Florida will be a classic, and they could pull it off, if Tebow falls off the top and of stadium and breaks every bone in his body while he is sky diving in with Chuck Norris, and even then it may be a stretch. Better this year, certainly, Top 10 material....uh no.
Prediction: 9-3 (possibly 5 losses if they forget again to play defense this year)

10. Ole Miss

The Good: The Lawn, Jevon Snead, Cordera Eason, No UF on the schedule

The Bad: HYPE, HYPE, HYPE

The Ole Miss Rebels have EXTREMELY LARGE SHOES TO FILL this year with expectations in Oxford thru the roof. After they rolled off 5 wins and smacking around T-Tech(The same team that beat Texas mind you)in the Cotton Bowl, why shouldn't the expectations be high? Not to mention that Steve Spurrier poured gas on their fire by voting Jevon Snead 1st team All SEC over Teblow at the "SEC SUMMIT MEETINGS" this past June. Snead is still behind Eli Manning's shadow, but a big year this year could make some in Oxford forget about past glory and focus on the future. Snead has a great supporting cast around him, returning 4 deep receivers and 2 RB's that will share time in the back field and should be able to take some pressure off of the gun slinger. The defense is fast and stingy and should be solid, holding opposing offense's to lower numbers that will help as well. With Bama, UT and LSU all coming to Oxford this year, the door is open for the Rebels to make a run at the West title, and possibly a BCS birth. If not, then bring on the Big 12 and another Cotton Bowl birth. Houston NUTZ has great talent that again has fallen into his lap, we'll all be axious to see if he can find away to screw it up.
Prediction: 11-1 (They will stumble somewhere, but where is the questions)

That concludes the Top 10 as Da GOAT see's it. You can agree or disagree, but whatever you think, post a comment and we'll swap ignorance about it!

Enjoy,
Da GOAT