Jack's right. It'll straighten out to some degree once it matters. With the AP and coaches, yeah I could see us being probably the first 9-3 SEC school ever to only be ranked #22 or somwthing. The CFP poll has a bit of a better track record.
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If you really want to get ticked off then chew on this. How are we gonna feel when LSU and our Bulldogs both finish 9-3....and LSU gets a NY6 bowl and we don't? If we beat TAMU that's what is going to happen. Then watch Auburn get the Citrus over us. We'll end up playing some 7-5 B10 or ACC school in Nashville.
Cohen needs to be whispering in the SEC office's ear starting now.
Interestingly, this team finished 10-3 in the SEC and didn't end up ranked in the final AP top 25:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_G..._football_team
To be fair, they didn't beat anyone who finished ranked, and their 5 SEC wins all went 2-6 or 1-7, and Georgia Tech was 3-9 team that year too, so it's not really comparable to our team this year.
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It's absurd, but I'm OK with it. Let's keep that chip on our shoulder. We play better that way. We've never really dealt with success too well.
After we finish 8-4 or 9-3 (and hopefully win our bowl game), the party line next year will be that we're decent but can't win the big game. I hope it is. We'll have the most talent we've had since 1999/2000 and we will still have that chip on our shoulder for those big games.
Even if we beat aTm, if we lose to Bama, they'll start hating yet again.
Auburn is still doing it. They are a notch above us as a program. It really doesn't matter what you think. It's reality. It's the reality of playing with 18-22 year old kids.
Plus, you didn't read the rest of my post, that actually deals with HOW this happens, and HOW you can build on it.
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But just so you know, I'm a passionate fan of THE Mississippi State University & not Mittittippi Tate, &, when I faintly sniff that THE Mississippi State University fans are turning into Mittittippi Tate fans, I bring out the fire extinguisher
Shoot- we have some of our own fans bashing our fans for asking how we can improve and telling everyone that we're never going to be more than an eight win program and that we're dumb if we can't enjoy this because it's never going to get any better. How can we expect some voter in Texas to take us seriously when we have some of our people with that attitude?
This is the type of MSU fan I can't stand.
Bo says this yet is light on MSU's win total EVERY.SINGLE. YEAR.
Just cut the bullshit & have some pride. The state of MS so sick & tired of this crap.
It's a complete diservice
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I get it. I saw your post on the other board in response to 'tired' who was attempting to act like LSU would kill us now. I understand the frustration with that attitude.
I'm in the business of working in reality to try and build a national championship caliber team. I don't know why I really care, but I do. We all do or we wouldn't be here.
Check out this noted Mittittippi Tate fan. Do you guys like this? Do you think this helps build the program?
Here is what I find hilarious about the "realistic" Mittittippi Tate fans, is that they aren't actually realistic because they undershoot the win total every year
Is it somehow more respectable & realistic to undershoot the win total than over shoot it? What's the difference?
Realistic Bo Bounds undershoots MSU's most every year. I love the show BTW. Just dislike this perspective.
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College football team rankings with the press is all a popularity contest. As someone who at one time was a member of the sports press, I can tell you how the system works.
Votes are taken by the AP or UPI or USA Today either late Saturday or early Sunday. If a sports editor was like me and had to work Saturdays to put out a paper on Sunday, there really isn't any opportunity to watch any other games than those in your local area -- and only if those games were played before your work shift started. In the three years I was a sports editor I saw a total of ONE college game in person. As the one in charge I had to be at the paper putting it together while the reporters were at the actual games.
It was even worse if the games took place at night -- I would have to wait until 1 or 2 in the morning before the game stories came over the wire.
Rankings are based on reputation and fan base support. You could see it in how Parrish Alford didn't even vote for MSU this go around. The smaller, less reputation schools get notice only when they are making noise -- like when State was No. 1 -- and how fast they dropped when the team lost to Bama. I guarantee you most of the voting media was waiting for State to slip up and then they could downvote them.
If making a poll choice between a team you follow and one you know about you go with the one who has the most attention -- especially in high school polls when a paper in one location of the state knows nothing about teams in the other sections -- like the voting sports editor at the Sun Herald trying to logically compare Gulfport (a team he knows) vs South Panola (which he knows only in passing).
Poll rankings may be great for good feelings, but the only polls that matter in the end are wins and losses.
Polls promote certain programs. That?s all polls really are. They?re in place to promote.