2010 USA TODAY Coaches Preseason Poll
 

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So much for Nebraska being irrelevant:)

Where's Notre Dame? :D

Go HOGS!

In all honesty, that ranking is way too high, imo. I bet they finish somewhere between 17-23. Not being a hater, just calling it based on how I see it.

Go Canes!

VT is gonna be sick this year.

I am a hater, but in all honesty, my hatred aside, their ranking is too high..

On another note, Oklahoma???? WTF???? they have no business being in the Top 10

i bet they lose to Boise St 9/6.... just sayin

Hopefully VT shuts up the Boise State morons early this year.

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Iowa ranked too high, makes me nervous...
TCU should be fun to watch this year...
Didn't Oregon lose their QB?.....
Boise returns 21 of 22 starters, hope VT beats them early so we don't have to hear talk of their weak-ass conference and gay blue field...

Come on college football we are ready for you!!

They got Weissed.

No offense to Nebraska or their fans, but they suck balls.

Masoli was taken in at Ole Miss.

Boise State kinda got screwed. I was expecting to see them 2 or 3.

Yeah, didn't he got in on some sort of loophole where if a college offers a major your current school doesn't you don't have to sit a year? Now Masoli is something like a Park Ranger major. ROFL

That is why I wonder if Oregon isn't ranked a little too high.

I'm torn about Nebraska being overrated. I think Nebraska has more talent than any team on its schedule, except Texas. This will also be a season in which few teams across the country will be consistently good. I don't see why Nebraska can't be a factor for a BCS game. Not the national title game, but a BCS game.

that would require them to win the Big12... dont see that happening when they lose to texas and make the big12 championship and lose to texas again..

I like our chances against Texas this year. There's more than a little motivation to beat the 'Horns.

That would assish if Nebraska won the Big 12 and then left the conference. lol

i have no doubt about the motivation.. i wouldnt be surprised if Nebraska beat them but i dont think Neb has enough offense to do it.. but you never know..
Cant wait for Neb to join a real conference next year!:)

There's more than a LITTLE motivation for 10 other B12 teams to beat the crap out of NU.
:D

Iowa ranked high makes me a little nervous too.. they tend to play better as the underdog.. but i have a feeling its gonna be another big year for Iowa.. all their big games are at home.. can you smell roses!?? :)

With this schedule? Top 5 is more than generous.

Mon, Sept 6 vsVirginia Tech
Sat, Sept 18 @Wyoming
Sat, Sept 25 vsOregon State
Sat, Oct 2 @New Mexico State
Sat, Oct 9 vsToledo
Sat, Oct 16 @San Jose
Tue, Oct 26 vsLouisiana Tech
Sat, Nov 6 vsHawaii
Fri, Nov 12 @Idaho
Fri, Nov 19 vsFresno State
Fri, Nov 26 @Nevada
Sat, Dec 4 vsUtah State

I can't wait for Nebraska to get a full taste of the Big Ten, its going to be fun! And of course I hope they will be on the receiving end of a few Iowa ass whoopings. Should be a great rivalry.

:D Same as every year I'm happy if we have a winning season and make a decent bowl.

If they somehow beat Vtech, they're going undefeated. Now would this be enough for a title game?

IMHO the Huskers fit into the B10 very nicely. As to the Hawks whipping their ass....I've sat in Kinnick and watched Nebraska wax our ass (42-13?) in 99 or 2000 so I'm not gonna' run a lot of smack on that. I agree it should turn into a nice rivalry.

With that travesty of a schedule? Hopefully the computers would know better than that as well as the human voters.

The Big 10? LMAO

Les Miles is about to get his ass fired.

Haven't you heard? Losing Suh makes their defense better.

what you an SEC guy?? please dont tell me you think the Big12 as of right now is better than the big 10!?

OU WTF
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Yeah. I think he had to graduate from Oregon and then enroll in a graduate degree program at Ole Miss that wasn't offered at Oregon.

Nebraska is overrated, but they may not lose alot of games so I can see them being ranked that high actually. They get to play against the Big 12 North, who quite frankly, is going to be terrible this year. Kansas sucks. Iowa State sucks. Colorado sucks. K-State sucks. Missouri will probably be okay, but they have alot to work on.

Nebraska in the top 10 where they belong.

IMHO B12 and B10 are both fine conferences. UT is the alpha, OU holds their own and the drop-off is huge from there.
OSU is the B10 alpha, Michigan is usually right there but not lately, then there is a second tier in the B10 that is much better than the B12 second tier.

SEC is top dog.

SEC is top dog, agreed.. but after last year i have to say Big 10 is the #2.. Big 12 outside of Texas OU and Neb there is a HUGE drop off.. Big 10 has OSU, penn st, iowa, Wisc, Michigan(if they ever turn it around) then the drop off from there is not as significant as it is in the big 12.. add Neb to the big ten and have Michigan turn things around.. big ten is the best conference in the country.. Another thing against the big12 NO DEFENSE!! except for a select few teams.. thats my opinion on that matter

As an Iowa fan, I can't wait for Nebraska to play Iowa, but I would rather they stay in the Big 12, and they just play them in a non-conference game. Iowa has some problems recruiting as it is, but once Nebraska is in the Big 10 blueprint they could snag some recruits out of Michigan, PA, Ohio etc that Iowa is used to getting. If a kid can't go to OSU, Michigan, or Penn State...they can now go to another school w/ rich tradition and one that is in the Big 10. I don't think it helps Iowa out at all w/ Nebraska coming to the Big 10.

Agree 100% with your assesment except IMO OU plays a pretty nice D usually and SEC is the best football conference from top to bottom.

As to Michigan: Rodriguez better win or go. I don't like how he runs his show, can see him getting UM into trouble. Michigan being a football power is good for all of the B10 IMHO.

34th? :shrug:

I can see your point. Wonder where Nebraska recruits from now and if it is that different from what you describe above?

So now preseason polls = relevancy?

From what I hear, Crick = Suh X 10!

Nobody is even remotely saying the Blackshirts won't miss Suh or that Crick is better. Crick is a projected first-round pick, but Suh is the most decorated Blackshirt to ever put on the uniform.

Suh was the defense!!1!

The fact that we're discussing it means a lot.

Iowa Football Fan

Kansas Basketball Fan

You bandwagon much?:evil:

Suh was worth at least 2 games last year for the Fuskers

They just snagged another Texan the other day.

Nebraska? Is Texas a new recruiting ground for them? I can't see how they would not have already been in TX.

They recruit nationally thats why it's funny when people said leaving for the Big 10 would hurt them recruiting yet they've got one of the best classes next year.

Wow. You guys are slacking. No ones crying about Ohio St.? :evil:

I would certainly think that was the case. BWillie made a good comment that NU being B10 would infringe on some of Iowa's recruiting. Seems like they would both have been fighting at the same trough for years now.
OTOH there will certainly be some increased exposure for NU to kids Iowa is chasing but that will work both ways won't it?

I don't think they got the last name on that shirt quite right.

SEC is, and would still be, better.

eh they will lost their share of games... especially the Miami game at the beginning of the season

It's all the same to anyone not from Iowa. :)

If they lose to Miami I'll eat my shoe. Now, I can see them losing to Iowa, maybe Wisconsin, but that is it.

Of course they will, until the NCAA cracks down on over signing, I'd expect the SEC to continue to be the best.

Iowa/OSU game is going to be huge.

i got 40yd line 3rd row seats on iowa's side for that game!! GONNA BE NUTZ!! i hope gameday is there for that game

Hahahaha I stay out of most of these threads, because my Buckeye allegiance gets me in trouble. Your post is hilarious though, Buckeye City will make a run at the title this year.

It's Kinnick man, EVERY side is the Iowa side :D
:IA:

Iowa would be a long shot, Wisconsin I don't even view as a threat. Iowa always plays us tough, anybody has a chance, but the Buckeyes are loaded this year.

Undoubtedly this is true although the B12 North should be damn happy it's Iowa State:D

Yeah OSU looks awful good. Of course they look good every year.
Do the B10 a favor, would you? If you make it to the title game win the goddamn thing.

it all falls on pryor's shoulders though... is he going to be the guy from the rose bowl?? or the guy from the purdue game?? or the Wisc game??(5 of 13)... i take a mix a of both.. OSU goes 9-3 this year.. sorry!:D

this is very true.. but its 10 times better sitting behind the Iowa bench.. So awesome

Nice! I'll be sitting in the damn OSU section as an Iowa Fan. My buddy can get me free tix (he's a buckeye alumn) or so he claims at this point

No KU or MU; in the name of balance, I can live with this.

I do agree somewhat with this sentiment, but I think it falls almost equally on the O-Line, OState is a power running team. If we can dominate the LOS we have the RB's to dominate. I really hope Pryor will continue to develop and improve in the passing game, as long as he doesn't make major mistakes we will be in every game. Our defense is gonna be legit again, and this is the year our offense could rise to the level caliber of our defense. I love playing Iowa, its Big 10 football at it's finest, Iowa always has me holding my breath when we play you guys.

If I see Pryor on campus I will put in a special request lol.

All he needs to do is not screw it up and let the rest of the talent take care of things for him.

I thought this was the 1st coaches poll. Oh well.

Is Aubern fielding that strong a team this season? I always like watching them for whatever reason.

I thought this was funny and since I can't start threads this seemed like a good place.

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