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8/22/2009

Florida is Football’s Preseason No. 1

Filed under: Sports — DRJ @ 12:20 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

College football season is almost here and the defending champion Florida Gators are the AP’s preseason No. 1:

“Florida is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ preseason Top 25 released Saturday, followed by Texas, Oklahoma, Southern California and Alabama. But the Gators are in a class by themselves, the most overwhelming preseason No. 1 in the history of the media poll.

Florida received 58 of the 60 first-place votes, or 96.7 percent. Texas got the other first-place votes. “

With a starting quarterback like Tim Tebow, all 22 defensive players returning, and a coach like Urban Meyer … Florida is the team to beat.

— DRJ

20 Responses to “Florida is Football’s Preseason No. 1”

  1. And anything less than the national championship for the Gators is a season failure.

    Paul (creator of "Staunch Brayer") (3b3b67)

  2. I knew you’d be the first to comment on this post, Paul. I’m a Texas fan so it makes sense that I’m the second to comment. I suspect we’ll be watching Florida win all season long.

    DRJ (3f5471)

  3. DRJ – I don’t see Illinois in that poll. What’s up with that? I’m going to have to have a word with JD.

    daleyrocks (718861)

  4. Florida may be returning most (if not all) of their talent from last year, but they are still young, and it’s still college football – where strange things happen most every week.

    Alias4 (1659da)

  5. Hopefully one day Florida and the SEC will start playing a real Divison I schedule. Until then, the Little Sisters of the Blind will continue to cash in and allow the SEC to beat them up.

    gahrie (9d1bb3)

  6. gahrie:

    Last year Florida had to play 6 teams ranked in the top 25 (at the time of the games), including two teams ranked no. 1, in order to win the national championship. It seems like a tough enough schedule for me.

    But the odds are strongly against Florida repeating. As the Football Outsiders recently noted in a WJS article, out of the past 10 most highly touted teams entering the preseason, only 1 went on to win a national championship. See the link:

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204683204574358521116454750.html

    Roscoe (c63744)

  7. Tebow is the most over-rated QB ever. USC will lose @ Ohio State, and I will be there. Oklahoma and Florida in the championship again, and without Harvin, Florida is easier to beat, but only slightly.

    Has anyone ever been to the Red River Shootout?

    JD (aef39c)

  8. I wonder what grade level they read at.

    jimboster (fe0b27)

  9. […] Florida is Football’s Preseason No. 1 […]

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  10. Texas Tech got hosed in that poll.

    Mike LaRoche (82fa1f)

  11. Tech and TCU seldom get respect until they force people to notice them by winning.

    DRJ (3f5471)

  12. Tebow is the most over-rated QB ever.

    Well, Doug Flutie snaps to mind. I’m sure there are others.

    KB (c67320)

  13. As you all know, I am a huge Mike Leach fan. Tech got screwed.

    But LaRoche is a racist.

    JD (9f8068)

  14. KB – Remember Todd Marinovich?

    daleyrocks (718861)

  15. Be careful criticizing the Gators’ non-conference schedule. In 2008, they won the national championship will playing the 4th toughest schedule.

    http://www.rogerspoll.com/ncaafb_2008_sos_final.html

    SEC schools have to go outside the conference to find cupcake opponents, unlike the Big 11, etc.

    Jal Arky (c36046)

  16. GO GATOR
    I’d like to gradulate the corch.

    u1oo (83e5b0)

  17. Tebow didn’t go pro this time around because he’d have to take a pay cut.

    either orr (466a1d)

  18. It is clear that u100 is superb to any other commenters in the country and in the blogs that we read.

    Scrutineer (7a27e6)

  19. Florida : America’s wang.

    Max Power (310017)

  20. Wrong thread, Max Power. The circumcision post is here.

    EDIT: I see you’ve already been to the other thread and posted under the name A Sullivan. I suspect you were just kidding but please pick one name and stick with it.

    DRJ (3f5471)


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