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(09-18-2016 01:17 PM)gobaseline Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:10 AM)WMU_Flyboy Wrote:  Don't think we get ranked but I do think we are playing the best football potentially in the history of the program. Definitely the best ball since I have been a Bronco fan starting in 2009

6 years?

Are you a gnat?

No. That's when I started to attend Western

(09-18-2016 02:37 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/ffwa...3-rankings

In the football writers Super 16 rankings -- look who gets some votes. :)

"Error 404, this isn't what you're looking for, but..."

That's what I got.

Error 404? It works. I just clicked on it -- even within your quote! Are you clicking on the link, or are you copying and pasted the Abbreviated display? Doing the abbreviated display will get you the 404.

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/ffwa...3-rankings

http://collegefootballnews.com

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/2016/ffwa-nff-super-16-week-3-rankings

(09-18-2016 03:22 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  Error 404? It works. I just clicked on it -- even within your quote! Are you clicking on the link, or are you copying and pasted the Abbreviated display? Doing the abbreviated display will get you the 404.

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/ffwa...3-rankings

http://collegefootballnews.com

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/2016/ffwa-nff-super-16-week-3-rankings

I clicked on your link. I also went through the CFN drop down menus and clicked on their link and got the same thing.

(09-18-2016 01:38 PM)wmubroncopilot Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 01:31 PM)gobaseline Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 11:10 AM)WMU_Flyboy Wrote:  Don't think we get ranked but I do think we are playing the best football potentially in the history of the program. Definitely the best ball since I have been a Bronco fan starting in 2009

To other folk's point ... neither big 10 program is any good. Beating them sure is better than losing but that would have had a whole different context.

Don't remember the date but that Illini team WMU beat at Ford's Field was far more a challenge as they were far better a team. So beating them and as WMU did that game alone trumps yesterday.

Cant blame this year's WMU squad that this years Illini stink (something I have been trying to convince others since this past February). But fans keep thinking b10 and they get stars in their eyes.

And I'm not saying this years WMU squad isn't as good as that WMU team either. You cant judge by the number of wins and losses. It comes down to how good were the teams they beat and lost to.

That Ford Field Illini team was light years better than last years BG team to help put it in context. Light years!

Better than this year's Illini, yeah. Probably not better than BG last year. They finished with 5 wins.

I would argue far better than BG of last year. U of I played and plays far tougher a schedule and was just coming off the Rose Bowl season. Meaning, they weren't as good as the previous year and didn't schedule My Fair Lady U or Nichols State to pad those 5 wins.

In fact that game, if won by Illinois would have put them in some fair to middlin bowl but still light years ahead of the Bahamian Tater bowls.

But the question you really want answered, is this years Fleck coached team really better than the best Cubit coached team? Correct?

We'll never know, but it was too bad that we had our best team in the same year that Ball State and CMU were so good (and had them on the road).

(09-18-2016 01:01 PM)John52168 Wrote:  In 2001 we were 9-1 heading into the final game of the season at CMU. We were as high as the 27th team in the nation. A win would have probably put us in the top 25 of both polls. We were 35 point favorites, which I thought was way to high.

2000. CMU had one win going into that game, and prior to that game we were carpet-bombing MAC foes by 40+ points. It was a legitimate spread. The rest is history, which is where I'll leave it.

As for the current rankings, I wasn't expecting us (or CMU or Toledo) to be ranked yet. The fact that all three teams are receiving votes is a positive sign. If we're fortunate enough to handle our business one game at a time over the next four weeks, then yes, I think it would be a legitimate possibility at that point.

Long way to go, though. One week at a time...

(09-18-2016 04:20 PM)The Colonel Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 01:01 PM)John52168 Wrote:  In 2001 we were 9-1 heading into the final game of the season at CMU. We were as high as the 27th team in the nation. A win would have probably put us in the top 25 of both polls. We were 35 point favorites, which I thought was way to high.

2000. CMU had one win going into that game, and prior to that game we were carpet-bombing MAC foes by 40+ points. It was a legitimate spread. The rest is history, which is where I'll leave it.

I'm still puking over that game...

This is why NIU looks so ominous this year....

(09-18-2016 04:20 PM)The Colonel Wrote:  

(09-18-2016 01:01 PM)John52168 Wrote:  In 2001 we were 9-1 heading into the final game of the season at CMU. We were as high as the 27th team in the nation. A win would have probably put us in the top 25 of both polls. We were 35 point favorites, which I thought was way to high.

2000. CMU had one win going into that game, and prior to that game we were carpet-bombing MAC foes by 40+ points. It was a legitimate spread. The rest is history, which is where I'll leave it.

As for the current rankings, I wasn't expecting us (or CMU or Toledo) to be ranked yet. The fact that all three teams are receiving votes is a positive sign. If we're fortunate enough to handle our business one game at a time over the next four weeks, then yes, I think it would be a legitimate possibility at that point.

Long way to go, though. One week at a time...

Sorry, I got the date wrong. I was thinking either 2000 or 2001. Anyway you look at it, even thinking of that game is nauseating.

If both teams are 4-0, the winner will likely be ranked. CMU is around 35 right now and WMU not far behind.

CMU and NIU both finished the season at 12-2 and both finished ranked around 23. So idk where this "you need to run the table to be ranked" is coming from. We are only 3 games into the season.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/au...story.html

I think we'll be ranked next week if all of the following happen:

WMU beats CMU
Oklahoma State beats Texas
Vanderbilt beats Florida
Utah State beats Boise State
Tennessee beats Georgia
USC beats Arizona State
TCU beats Oklahoma
Illinois St. beats North Dakota State
Kansas State beats West Virginia
Oregon State beats Colorado
Florida State beats North Carolina
Northwestern beats Iowa
Illinois beats Nebraska
Arizona beats UCLA
Louisiana Monroe beats Auburn
Missouri beats LSU
NC State beats Wake Forest
Ole Miss beats Memphis
Purdue beats Maryland

The stars are aligned!!!!

(09-27-2016 01:00 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  I think we'll be ranked next week if all of the following happen:

WMU beats CMU
Oklahoma State beats Texas
Vanderbilt beats Florida
Utah State beats Boise State
Tennessee beats Georgia
USC beats Arizona State
TCU beats Oklahoma
Illinois St. beats North Dakota State
Kansas State beats West Virginia
Oregon State beats Colorado
Florida State beats North Carolina
Northwestern beats Iowa
Illinois beats Nebraska
Arizona beats UCLA
Louisiana Monroe beats Auburn
Missouri beats LSU
NC State beats Wake Forest
Ole Miss beats Memphis
Purdue beats Maryland

The stars are aligned!!!!

That'd be one hell of a parlay card. Could you imagine the payout??? lol

AND:
NIU beats BSU by 1 pt due to 4 unforced turnovers, *and* the team hoists Rod Carey up on their shoulders celebrating him, as he gets an instant 10-year contract extension for $800k/yr.

Has anyone placed any cash on this scenario yet??

(09-27-2016 01:00 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  I think we'll be ranked next week if all of the following happen:

Vanderbilt beats Florida - Noon
Oklahoma State beats Texas - Noon, ABC
Northwestern beats Iowa - Noon, ESPN
Illinois St. beats North Dakota State - 2:00, ESPN3
Oregon State beats Colorado - 2:30
Florida State beats North Carolina - 3:30, ESPN
Illinois beats Nebraska - 3:30, ESPN2
Tennessee beats Georgia - 3:30, CBS
Purdue beats Maryland - 3:30, BTN
Kansas State beats West Virginia - 3:30, ESPNU
Louisiana Monroe beats Auburn - 3:30
NC State beats Wake Forest - 3:30
TCU beats Oklahoma - 5:00, Fox
Ole Miss beats Memphis - 7:00
WMU beats CMU - BE THERE!!!!
Missouri beats LSU - 7:30
USC beats Arizona State - 8:30, Fox
Utah State beats Boise State - 10:15, ESPN2
Arizona beats UCLA - 10:30, ESPN

The stars are aligned!!!!

(09-28-2016 08:37 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  Has anyone placed any cash on this scenario yet??

(09-27-2016 01:00 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  I think we'll be ranked next week if all of the following happen:

Vanderbilt beats Florida - Noon
Oklahoma State beats Texas - Noon, ABC
Northwestern beats Iowa - Noon, ESPN
Illinois St. beats North Dakota State - 2:00, ESPN3
Oregon State beats Colorado - 2:30
Florida State beats North Carolina - 3:30, ESPN
Illinois beats Nebraska - 3:30, ESPN2
Tennessee beats Georgia - 3:30, CBS
Purdue beats Maryland - 3:30, BTN
Kansas State beats West Virginia - 3:30, ESPNU
Louisiana Monroe beats Auburn - 3:30
NC State beats Wake Forest - 3:30
TCU beats Oklahoma - 5:00, Fox
Ole Miss beats Memphis - 7:00
WMU beats CMU - BE THERE!!!!
Missouri beats LSU - 7:30
USC beats Arizona State - 8:30, Fox
Utah State beats Boise State - 10:15, ESPN2
Arizona beats UCLA - 10:30, ESPN

The stars are aligned!!!!

My wager league doesn't go down to Div1AA games... which you had the one there with Illinois State.... I added all the others... took the points and parlayed all the winners and put on what $1 would win...

$1 with points would get you a cool $110538.00

Not bad!

(09-29-2016 11:17 AM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  Not bad!

Too bad my wager leagues is limited to a max of 6 games in a parlay. I don't bet real money... I have WAY too bad luck with that kind of thing... This is a wager league during the college and NFL football season... Only $100 on the line for the entire league... person with the most money in their pot at the end of the season wins the ACTUAL pot. Your $100 real dollars gets you $25000 fake dollars... must bet at
least 20% of what you currently have in your pot each week... If anything its giving me a good lesson in Money Line, Parlay and teasers against points...

However it did give me what it would return if you were able to actually parlay all of those...

(09-29-2016 11:22 AM)flushtheherd Wrote:  

(09-29-2016 11:17 AM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  Not bad!

Too bad my wager leagues is limited to a max of 6 games in a parlay. I don't bet real money... I have WAY too bad luck with that kind of thing... This is a wager league during the college and NFL football season... Only $100 on the line for the entire league... person with the most money in their pot at the end of the season wins the ACTUAL pot. Your $100 real dollars gets you $25000 fake dollars... must bet at
least 20% of what you currently have in your pot each week... If anything its giving me a good lesson in Money Line, Parlay and teasers against points...

However it did give me what it would return if you were able to actually parlay all of those...

I LOVE those. I was in one, but a math guy ruined it for everybody.

Ouch

Vanderbilt beats Florida - Noon
Oklahoma State beats Texas - Noon, ABC
Northwestern beats Iowa - Noon, ESPN
Illinois St. beats North Dakota State - 2:00, ESPN3
Oregon State beats Colorado - 2:30
Florida State beats North Carolina - 3:30, ESPN
Illinois beats Nebraska - 3:30, ESPN2
Tennessee beats Georgia - 3:30, CBS
Purdue beats Maryland - 3:30, BTN
Kansas State beats West Virginia - 3:30, ESPNU
Louisiana Monroe beats Auburn - 3:30
NC State beats Wake Forest - 3:30
TCU beats Oklahoma - 5:00, Fox
Ole Miss beats Memphis - 7:00
WMU beats CMU - BE THERE!!!!
Missouri beats LSU - 7:30
USC beats Arizona State - 8:30, Fox
Utah State beats Boise State - 10:15, ESPN2
Arizona beats UCLA - 10:30, ESPN