A Recent List of Postseason Top 10 Teams Struggling Against Terrible or Small Schools

[bigdaddy]

App State beat 2 teams with winning records last year. Let's not pretend they dominated good teams winning 11 games.

I think we only beat two as well

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

Last year Stanford lost to Northwestern week 1. They finished the year #3 in the country.

North Carolina lost to eventual 3-9 South Carolina week 1. They finished the year in the ACC championship and an onside kick away from beating Clemson.

Clunkers are actually more likely in week 1 than anytime else. Week 1 is also the least likely game to reflect what type of team you will be.

They were an onside kick away from having an OPPORTUNITY to TIE it. Unless there's a 9 point TD/XP combo that was inserted last year.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Don't forget about the FAU/Florida game last year...FAU nearly pulled the upset...Another sunbelt team...The days of taking those teams lightly is over.

 

[bigdaddy]

Don't forget about the FAU/Florida game last year...FAU nearly pulled the upset...Another sunbelt team...The days of taking those teams lightly is over.

Just stop with the rational thought here, it scares the haters

 

[Shocker0]

As opposed to the list of top 10 teams who take care of business and absolutely beat the dog out of inferior competition? That list would be about 2 miles long.

But we all knew some would seek to explain-away last night's embarassment.

Man, you look even stupider now than you did when you originally posted all these trolling messages. Maybe you should've waited to watch your favorite team Florida play first before embarrassing yourself making fun of a Tennessee team that beat a team that was 11-2 last year while your boys struggle with one of the bottom five teams in the FBS.

 

[volfan102455]

Typically, I would not bet on Appy State, even in their best years, against Purdue, Washington, La Tech, WSU, Colorado, Kentucky, Cinci, Navy, or any of those other similar schools, even in their down years. But perhaps I am just drinking the Kool-Aid that says bigger programs in tougher conferences are automatically better.

The truth is some of the top teams in these smaller conferences are better than middle to bottom teams in the tougher conferences. And the gap has been closing every year.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

 

[cali_vol]

I wonder how many of those were in the season openers? It seems pretty clear to me that teams can hit a down week mid-season (the classic "trap game" scenario). What worries me is that in those mid-season games, you already have a sense of whether the team is any good or not. When it's the first game, there's a good chance that the performance could accurately reflect how good the team really is.

Completely disagree. The biggest improvement is often from week one to week two. The first game is often a very poor predictor of the season. Especially since first games are often cupcakes.