Originally posted by Yahoo
I don’t know who you would label as a national championship contender out of the Big 12, which is why no team from that conference is featured above. Neither Andy Staples at SI or Mark Schlabach at ESPN had a Big 12 team in their way-too-early top 10s, and other than Phil Steele’s love of Texas, no analyst has really thrown their support behind any of the teams from the league as a top five unit.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/championship-contenders-easiest-hardest-schedules-144719881.html
Originally posted by SI
Phil puts a lot of stock into recruiting rankings and NFL draft potential. In other words, he places a lot of weight on raw talent. It's no coincidence, then, that he seems to have a soft spot for the sport's bluebloods: He ranks Florida State No. 3 (current preseason consensus No. 13), Texas No. 4 (consensus No. 14) and, most astonishingly, USC No. 6 (consensus No. 21).
Conversely, he's a bit lower than most on the likes of No. 11 Stanford (consensus No. 4), No. 13 Texas A&M (consensus No. 6) and No. 14 South Carolina (consensus No. 7).
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130703/texas-longhorns-surprise-teams-mailbag/?sct=hp_wr_a3&eref=sihp
Originally posted by Phil Steele
14. Texas A&M Aggies
Ben Malena (PS No. 31), the Aggies' leading returning rusher (808 yards) behind QB Johnny Manziel, might actually be their third-best running back coming into this season. Brandon Williams (PS No. 5) is an Oklahoma transfer who benefited from a redshirt season, and Trey Williams (PS No. 4) had 1,104 all-purpose yards as a true freshman. Also added to the mix is Oregon transfer Tra Carson (PS No. 64), a good short-yardage back.
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9376354/georgia-bulldogs-top-ranking-nation-15-best-running-back-units-college-football
We have the 4th and 5th rated backs according to Phil Steele, yet he ranks the team as 14th in Running Backs and the sips 3rd It seems all Steele does is look at how they were rated coming out of high school and how long they have been starting in college. He contends that the sips will do well because their O-Line has played together for 2 years and has a starting QB with 2 years under his belt. He lists this as a strength despite the fact that they have both been HORRIBLE for those two years. Are they miraculously going to see the light and improve dramatically this season? Doubtful. Phil Steele used to be good, but I think he has lost credibility with insight like that over the past few years.
I don’t know who you would label as a national championship contender out of the Big 12, which is why no team from that conference is featured above. Neither Andy Staples at SI or Mark Schlabach at ESPN had a Big 12 team in their way-too-early top 10s, and other than Phil Steele’s love of Texas, no analyst has really thrown their support behind any of the teams from the league as a top five unit.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/championship-contenders-easiest-hardest-schedules-144719881.html
Originally posted by SI
Phil puts a lot of stock into recruiting rankings and NFL draft potential. In other words, he places a lot of weight on raw talent. It's no coincidence, then, that he seems to have a soft spot for the sport's bluebloods: He ranks Florida State No. 3 (current preseason consensus No. 13), Texas No. 4 (consensus No. 14) and, most astonishingly, USC No. 6 (consensus No. 21).
Conversely, he's a bit lower than most on the likes of No. 11 Stanford (consensus No. 4), No. 13 Texas A&M (consensus No. 6) and No. 14 South Carolina (consensus No. 7).
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130703/texas-longhorns-surprise-teams-mailbag/?sct=hp_wr_a3&eref=sihp
Originally posted by Phil Steele
14. Texas A&M Aggies
Ben Malena (PS No. 31), the Aggies' leading returning rusher (808 yards) behind QB Johnny Manziel, might actually be their third-best running back coming into this season. Brandon Williams (PS No. 5) is an Oklahoma transfer who benefited from a redshirt season, and Trey Williams (PS No. 4) had 1,104 all-purpose yards as a true freshman. Also added to the mix is Oregon transfer Tra Carson (PS No. 64), a good short-yardage back.
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9376354/georgia-bulldogs-top-ranking-nation-15-best-running-back-units-college-football
We have the 4th and 5th rated backs according to Phil Steele, yet he ranks the team as 14th in Running Backs and the sips 3rd It seems all Steele does is look at how they were rated coming out of high school and how long they have been starting in college. He contends that the sips will do well because their O-Line has played together for 2 years and has a starting QB with 2 years under his belt. He lists this as a strength despite the fact that they have both been HORRIBLE for those two years. Are they miraculously going to see the light and improve dramatically this season? Doubtful. Phil Steele used to be good, but I think he has lost credibility with insight like that over the past few years.
Edited by RayRay99 on Jul 25, 2013 10:21:09