Do we trust ESPN?

[deuce]

Announcer said that even though UF isn't ranked, we are 23rd in it's power rating.

Just talking up the UF/FSU game or are we really that powerful?

Inquiring minds...

 

[GatorJ]

I think it's because we're schizophrenic. Great on defense. But offensively, you just never know who's going to show up. And STs for that matter. Also our coaches tighten up as the games close out instead of going for the jugular. So that's about right. We're a top 25 team on talent and defensive play. But we're not ranked because we **** the bed so often.

 

[NVGator]

We are going to shock the world next Saturday,

 

[deuce]

After everything that's happened, it's hard to believe we are that good.

 

[TN G8tr]

Yep Deuce I was thinking the same thing. Just imagine what a top notch staff could do with this talent.

 

[NavetG8r]

Don't see any 4 loss teams in the top 25. Especially when one of those losses is to an unranked SC team.

 

[Gator Fever]

Somehow Sagarin has us pretty high also.

 

[Coach9]

The defense makes us a threat anytime we can get something out of the offense. There's several top 25 teams we could beat if we play a reasonably solid game.

 

[Coach9]

Don't see any 4 loss teams in the top 25. Especially when one of those losses is to an unranked SC team.

Arkansas has 5 loses and is pretty strong

 

[gatormandan]

The defense makes us a threat anytime we can get something out of the offense. There's several top 25 teams we could beat if we play a reasonably solid game.

Thats a huge "if". We cant seem to generate much offense against decent teams.

 

[Coach9]

Thats a huge "if". We cant seem to generate much offense against decent teams.

We put the highest point total up on Georgia and 3rd highest totals on Bama and LSU this season. So that is not entirely true. Consistency hasn't been there.

 

[SavannahGator]

We are going to shock the world next Saturday,

If former UF OC Addazio could almost pull it off as HC of BC, we certainly can finish the job that they started.

 

[yoshi_gator]

Trust ESPN...haha...hahahahaha...hahahahahahaahahahahahahaha.

Let me just say that until ESPN breaks out the tapes of how they slobbered all over Ohio State during the 2006 season, wanting to basically give them the NC game before it was even played vs us, shows it all again on prime time. Then a replay of our curbstomping of them followed by a prime time mea culpa of how they got it wrong AND never acknowledged afterwards how stupidly wrong they were. Then I might care what they think.

Of course that will never happen because they are shills. I'm not saying that they are all bad people but by in large I have no respect for them and hell of no respect for them being unbiased.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

To answer the title, no.

As for ranking, they said on the CBS game yesterday that some Vegas sportsbook would only have Arky as a 1.5 underdog to the Semenholes on a neutral field The SEC is the best conference in the country, period, no matter what that Nole Tool Kannel says.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

ESPN will pimp absolutely any team in any game they are covering that week.

 

[LagoonGator68]

The ESPN loons make Pat Doolie look like a paragon of excellence.

 

[88drgator]

Credible? No. They've ranked us 12/14 on the SEC blog - lower than UT and USCe who have worse conference records than us.

 

[ReelGatorDoc]

I'm afraid our 2ndary is going to get torched by Winston and Green, mainly due to lack of offensive production that puts the D on the
field too much. Our D line will wear out in the 2nd half if our O can't move the chains. Somehow we just need to over perform. Let
Winston push some refs around.

 

[Turk182]

Just checked ESPN Power Rating and we are no where to be found, not even top 35.